Edward Foote at the Alliance Theatre

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With Edward Foote, Atlanta playwright Phillip DePoy brings playgoers to the Southern Appalachians, in the worst of times. By Julie Bookman

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What do we mean when we say “classic?”

An adjective more readily applied to cars than literature these days, classic is one of those adjectives that seems to have moved into “all in the eye of the beholder” status. If you’re feeling snooty, you can pull out the term “canonical,” when talking about dramatic literature, and there’s a vague sense that we’re closing in on a definition of something known — something permanent and yet evergreen. Something almost sacred. For literature to achieve that status, it’s got to have some pretty good bones. A sturdy enough structure and compelling enough narrative that it can emerge and re-emerge generation after generation, in culture after culture, and still have the power to compel.

The ancient Greeks turned out a few classics. Heck, you might argue that they originated the canon of dramatic literature. They certainly threw some terrific stories into the human narrative pot that have held up pretty well. So when that nice Philip DePoy suggested that he might like to have his way with the Oedipus story — and by “have his way,” he meant throwing snake handling, Appalachia and shaped-note singing into the mix — it seemed like a journey to take. Because, at its roots, the Oedipal story of overweening pride, familial trauma, and an unsolved murder mystery is — well — kind of a classic for the stage.

The Greeks made theatre so they could better understand how they — and we — are made.

What makes us tick. And what makes some of us tick differently than others. They thought it was a pretty essential practice in which every citizen of their population ought to participate.

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With Edward Foote, Atlanta playwright Phillip DePoy brings playgoers to the Southern Appalachians, in the worst of times

By Julie Bookman You can’t put your finger on it, but something’s afoot in Edward Foote. What could it be?

Not so fast. A scribe as seasoned as Phillip DePoy will build the tension gradually.

The author of 15 novels, two nonfiction titles and more than 40 produced plays wants his audience to ponder and pry, to wonder why, maybe even squirm a little.

For Atlanta’s DePoy, the arrival of Edward Foote on the Alliance Theatre stage marks the end of a journey that took root in 1969.

He was a student at Georgia State University, an English major with a folklore minor. He remembers

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being “completely knocked out” during a student research trip to a church in the North Georgia mountains where he witnessed a Pentecostal service with snake handling, people speaking in tongues and screaming.

“A guy was pulling snakes out and started hitting himself in the face with them,” DePoy recalls.

“He was even daring a rattlesnake to bite him. I had never experienced such a thing. I mean, these folks were completely transformed by what was happening.

“My first thought was that I was trapped in this building, where everyone was hysterical. My second thought was, ‘This is really great theater.’ That was the beginning of the play for me.”

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Left: Coal miners and their families handling snakes at a Pentacostal Church of God in Lejunio, Harlan County, Kentucky, 1946. Below: Edward Foote playwright Phillip DePoy On his website, DePoy says he tells “ancient stories in a new way.” He continues: “Through every fashionable literary movement, through every historical context, before civilizations rise and after they fall, we repeat the events in different ways.”

Almost everything he writes has some basis in folklore, mythology or classic literature. There are witches, ghosts, time travelers, curses — or in the case of Edward Foote, a stranger who comes to call.

DePoy calls Edward Foote “a twisted take on the Oedipus story, set in Appalachia during the Depression. So you can bet it’s a happy little play.

Plus there’s music.” The piece includes authentic Sacred Harp (or shape-note) music and traditional Appalachian songs.

He selected the songs for Edward Foote with input from his younger brother, Scott, an actor-musician who’s heavily involved in Sacred Harp singing.

Both brothers compose music and come by it naturally; their dad played French horn with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

DePoy sees Edward Foote as the first in his “Appalachian trilogy.” The next two plays will share themes with the medieval romantic legend of Tristan and Isolde, and Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Southern Appalachia, where DePoy has lived and worked at times, is a frequent setting for his writing. He has an ear for the language, in which a flower may be called “right pretty,” while someone upset can “seem mite distress.”

“I’ve had the good fortune to know the people who belong to that region,” he says. “I’ve met them, spent time with them.” He set Edward Foote in the Depression because his story needed a time, place and small community that were as bare bones as possible.

“While the Depression was horrible for all, it was literally killing those in Appalachia,” DePoy says.

“Almost half of adults died from starvation or lack of water. Many women died in childbirth.

According to some records, the infant mortality rate was 90 percent: Nine in 10 babies died. People

who had had nothing now had negative nothing — and nothing that could be done about it. It was like a biblical plague.”

Oh, that thing you can’t quite put your finger on in Edward Foote? Call it a sense of quiet, approaching gloom or doom. How does DePoy craft this subtle buildup of dread, or anticipation, or suspense?

It comes from “more than 40 years of writing every day, and studying and thinking about writing,” he says. And watching Alfred Hitchcock films and reading Raymond Chandler novels to figure out the way the tension mounts.

When he gets down to talking about how he builds toward a big reveal, it turns out he’s a mystery writer whose process actually is mysterious.

“I know this sounds a little insane,” he says, “but I’m not sure what it is that does the writing. It’s certainly not my conscious mind. Something works itself out, then I type it on the page. For me, the creative process is a sort of ineffable experience.

Like something else does the writing and I’m just there to do the typing. Seriously.”

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In the Tradition of

Southern Gothic

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By Patrick Myers, Literary Intern

hen we think about the Southern Gothic, many of us jump to the names that have made the genre a hallmark of American literature. Beloved talents such as Carson McCullers, Tennessee Williams and William Faulkner have all subscribed to the genre’s macabre and fantastical stylings. Although inspired by the Gothic fiction of 18th-century England and its penchant for exposing regressive social mores through the supernatural, the work is steeped in the tradition and locales of the South, from the remote dirt road of Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” to Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County. This genre is notable for its complex and often mentally or emotionally off-kilter characters. These colorful personalities navigate complicated social constructs as viewed through the lens of their own morality. O’Connor puts it bluntly: “We in the South live in a society that is rich in contradiction, rich in irony, rich in contrast, and particularly rich in its speech.”

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BACKGROUND IMAGE COURTESY INGRAM IMAGE / AJC / CARL VANV ECHTEN / DORIS ULMANN

Clockwise from top left: Flannery O’Connor and her peacocks (circa 1960) at her ancestral farm in Milledgeville. Miss Elsie Stewart, tomboy on a cabin porch, Brasstown, N.C. William Faulkner in 1954.

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PLAYWRIGHT & MUSIC DIRECTOR

PHILLIP DEPOY SET DESIGN

TONY CISEK

COSTUME DESIGN

SYDNEY ROBERTS

DRAMATURG

CELISE KALKE

LIGHTING DESIGN

SETH REISER

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JODY FELDMAN

SOUND DESIGN

CLAY BENNING

STAGE MANAGER

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profiles CAST (in alphabetical order)

Jeremy Aggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reece * Lowrey Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Nevins * Steve Coulter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Earl Jeannette DePoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Townsperson/Musician * Scott E. DePoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Townsperson/Musician * Ann Marie Gideon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nigella Trevor Winfield Goble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barlow * Bethany Anne Lind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Nevins Hayley Platt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann UNDERSTUDIES

Lee Buechele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Earl Stephanie Friedman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nigella/Mrs. Nevins Kate Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Edward McCreary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barlow/Mr. Nevins Brody Wellmaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reece STAGE MANAGEMENT

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profiles cast JEREMY AGGERS

LOWREY BROWN

STEVE COULTER

JEANNETTE DePOY

SCOTT E. DePOY

ANN MARIE GIDEON

TREVOR WINFIELD GOBLE

BETHANY ANNE LIND

HAYLEY PLATT

UNDERSTUDIES

LEE BUECHELE

STEPHANIE FRIEDMAN

EDWARD McCREARY

KATE JOHNSON

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profiles JEREMY AGGERS (Reece) is a singer-songwriter, voice-over artist and actor. He’s honored to be making his third appearance on the Alliance stage. He has released three albums under the Brash Music label and has narrated more than 100 audiobooks under the pseudonym Jeremy Arthur. Atlanta acting credits include Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, The Whipping Man (Alliance Theatre); Kimberly Akimbo, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Based on a Totally True Story (Actor’s Express); A Sander’s Family Christmas (Theatre in the Square); Bach at Leipzig and the upcoming Hands on a Hardbody (Aurora Theatre). Love to KJW, and his family.

LOWREY BROWN (Mr. Nevins) is thrilled to be making his debut on the Hertz Stage! A graduate of Kennesaw State University, Lowrey has been acting professionally in and around the Atlanta area for the past five years. Recent productions include Les Miserables (Enjolras) at Aurora Theatre; and A Christmas Carol (Young Scrooge) and The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow) at the Alliance. You may also have seen him recently on AMC’s “TURN,” NBC’s “Revolution” or VH1’s “Hindsight.”

Enjoy the show and special thanks to my family, friends and loving wife!

LEE BUECHELE (US Ray Earl) is honored to join the Edward Foote storytelling team. Lee began acting in 2001, a lifelong dream. Favorite roles: Elwood (Harvey), Sidney (Deathtrap), Big Daddy (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ), Dr. Larch (Ciderhouse Rules) and Juror Three (12 Angry Men). Lee has appeared in several indie films and episodes of Investigation Discovery Channel shows. He also directs historical walking tours and umpires baseball. He studied with the Alliance Theatre Education Program and Kristen Shaw Acting Studio. Thanks and kudos to Chris, Steve, Jody, Emily, and our amazing cast and crew for sharing their art and their hearts!

STEVE COULTER (Ray Earl) graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts. Regionally, he has worked at the Guthrie Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Atlanta credits include Crimes of the Heart and The Bench at the Alliance; Underneath the Lintel at Actors Theatre of Atlanta and Aurora Theatre; and Southern Comforts at Georgia Ensemble Theatre. Film and TV appearances include The Hunger Games, Flight, The Conjuring, Kill the Messenger, “Banshee,” Insidious Chapter 2, the upcoming Ashby with Mickey Rourke and opposite Bruce Willis in Extraction. He recently joined the cast of “The Walking Dead” as Reg. JEANNETTE DePOY (Townsperson/Musician) started doing Sacred Harp at a singing school in June 1993. Credits include Lawless and the soundtrack of Cold Mountain. She was on the Great High Mountain tour following Cold Mountain and in Cold Mountain: Words and Music with Nicole Kidman and Jude Law. She sang backup vocals for Alison Krauss at the Academy Awards on the Oscar-nominated song “The Scarlet Tide,” written by Elvis Costello and T-Bone Burnett.

She also is secretary of the Sacred Harp Musical Heritage Association. Love to wonderful Scott. Come sing with us! atlantasacredharp.org

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SCOTT E. DePOY (Townsperson/Musician) sang on the soundtrack for Cold Mountain and at the Academy Awards with Elvis Costello and Alison Krauss, on the Great High Mountain tour produced by TBone Burnett, and at the Words and Music of Cold Mountain concert with Anthony Minghella. He has composed and performed music for the Alliance Theatre, Theatre in the Square and Kaiser Permanente among many others. Local productions include the Smoke on the Mountain trilogy (Theatre in the Square, Atlanta Lyric Theatre); Cotton Patch Gospel (Theatrical Outfit, GET); Ring of Fire and Almost Heaven (GET). TV credits include “Bloodlands” and “Sleepy Hollow.”

STEPHANIE FRIEDMAN (US Nigella/Mrs. Nevins) Atlanta credits include Pluto (Actor’s Express); Titus Clown (Out of Hand); Philadelphia, Here I Come (Aris); and The Unauthorized ... Samantha Brown (Aurora Theatre). Stephanie received her B.F.A. from Boston University’s School of Theatre and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. She is thankful to join the Edward Foote company and to share this story!

Next, Stephanie will be playing Ellie in Samuel Hunter’s The Whale at Actor’s Express.

ANN MARIE GIDEON (Nigella) Alliance Theatre: The Geller Girls, A Christmas Carol. Georgia Shakespeare: One Man, Two Guvnors; As You Like It; Hamlet; Metamorphoses; Importance of Being Earnest; Noises Off; Shrew: The Musical (Suzi Bass nomination). Horizon Theatre: Time Stands Still (Suzi Bass nomination). Pinch ’N’ Ouch Theatre: Bachelorette. National tours: Much Ado About Nothing and Lord of the Flies (National Players), Honky Tonk Angels (Springer Opera House). Graduate of the University of Memphis.

TREVOR WINFIELD GOBLE (Barlow) is so excited to be making his Alliance Theatre debut. Trevor is a proud graduate of Kennesaw State University with a B.A. in theatre and performance studies. Other credits include Philadelphia, Here I Come! (Arís Theatre); XPT 2014 (Center for Puppetry Arts); and The Man Who Came to Dinner (Georgia Ensemble Theatre). Trevor’s also a teaching artist for the Alliance Theatre and a performer/ playwright for the Children’s Museum of Atlanta. He thanks Jody and Chris for this wonderful opportunity, Phillip for his amazing script and his family, friends and mentors for all their support. God bless!

KATE JOHNSON (US Ann) is thrilled to be working with the Alliance Theatre for the first time and has enjoyed being involved in Edward Foote. Kate recently graduated with a B.F.A. in musical theatre from Reinhardt University and serves as part of the apprentice company at Georgia Ensemble Theatre, where she was in the ensemble of The Elephant Man, played Lucy in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and understudied Leigh in Homers. She would like to thank Jody and Chris for this opportunity, her parents, Eli and her sister Beth, who is a warrior.

BETHANY ANNE LIND (Mrs. Nevins) is happy to be back at the Alliance Theatre. Alliance credits: August: Osage County, Carapace and 26 Miles. Regional: His Girl Friday (La Jolla Playhouse); Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

profiles cast (Arena Stage); Really Really (Signature Theatre); and The Storytelling Ability of a Boy (Florida Stage). Atlanta: Our Town and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (True Colors); Glass Menagerie and Metamorphoses (Georgia Shakespeare); The Storytelling Ability of a Boy (Aurora); and others. Film and television: Flight with Denzel Washington, Mean Girls 2, Rectify, “Army Wives,” “The Game,” “Drop Dead Diva” and the romantic lead in the indie feature Crackerjack, which you can now find on Amazon/iTunes. www.bethanylind.com EDWARD McCREARY (US Barlow/Mr. Nevins) is excited to be working with such a dedicated group of local talent. Edward graduated from the University of Georgia with degrees in theatre and economics. Recent Atlanta credits include Serenbe Playhouse’s Oklahoma! (Curly); the Aurora Theatre-Synchronicity Theatre co-production of Peter Pan and Wendy (Peter); Aurora’s Les Miserables (ensemble); Actor’s Express’ Les Liasons Dangeruses (Azolan). Next he’ll be playing Spike in Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike at Horizon Theatre and the Aurora.

Thanks to Jody, Chris and the Alliance team. Sending love to Mom and Dad. HAYLEY PLATT (Ann) is honored and excited to return to the Hertz Stage in Edward Foote. Also at the Alliance: The Tall Girls (Puppy). Atlanta credits include Marina in Pericles, Cordelia in King Lear and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Atlanta Shakespeare Company); Dr. Faustus (Resurgens Theatre); and Monty Python’s Spamalot (Atlanta Lyric Theatre). National: Playhouse Disney Live! (Feld Entertainment) and entertainment cast member for the Walt Disney World Corp. in Florida. International: Feld’s Playhouse Disney Live! (South America, Caribbean and Canada); Winnie the Pooh Live (China, Russia and Japan); Disney Live: Three Classic Fairy Tales (China, Italy, Australia and Spain); and Disney Live: Mickey’s Music Festival (Spain). Hayley graduated with a B.A. in theatre and classical culture from the University of Georgia. Much love to my family! I love you all to the sky and back!

BRODY WELLMAKER (US Reece) studied theatre with the Gainesville Theatre Alliance at the University of North Georgia and Brenau University before pursuing his acting career in Atlanta. Latest professional credits include That Uganda Play (Reed) and Lombardi (Paul Hornung).

He appeared as a guest artist in Morehouse College’s production of In the Red and Bown Water (Man from State/Oli Roon). Educational credits include Raisin in the Sun (Karl Lindner), The Producers (Carmen Ghia) and The Underpants (Versati). Recent TV credits include “Vampire Diaries” (Greg) and Investigate Discovery’s “Your Worst Nightmare” (John). He would like to thank Staci and Tim Wellmaker, his rock star parents for their everlasting love and support along with Corey, Josh, Dakota, Faith, Logan and Alex.

CHRIS COLEMAN (Director) has been artistic director of Portland Center Stage, the second largest theater in the Pacific Northwest, since 2000. Before moving to Portland, Chris was artistic director at Actor’s Express in Atlanta, a company he co-founded in 1988.

He has directed at theaters across the country, including Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Oregon Shakespeare

Festival, ACT-Seattle, Dallas Theatre Center, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop and Center Stage in Baltimore. His last projects at the Alliance were as director for Heartbreak House, Tom in The Glass Menagerie and Marvin in Falsettos. Chris holds a B.F.A. from Baylor University and an M.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon. In 2012 he led the successful ballot measure that now generates funding to put art and music teachers back in Portland’s elementary schools, while almost tripling public funding to many of the city’s arts organizations.

Chris and his husband, Rodney, are the proud parents of a Jack Russell/Lab mix and an English Blockhead Yellow Lab. PHILLIP DePOY (Playwright/Music Director) has been a novelist and playwright for 30 years. New York productions include Lamb on Fire (Mazur Theatre) and Easy, which won the Edgar Award in New York (best play, 2002). Regional productions of his Appalachian Christmas Homecoming were most recently seen in Seattle and North Carolina. Locally commissioned plays include Turned Funny, Christmas at Sweet Apple and Stealing Dixie. He’s the author of five Flap Tucker novels and seven Fever Devilin books; his new series features Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe. In the 1980s he was composer in residence for the Academy Theatre; in the 1990s he served as artistic director of Theatrical Outfit and composed music for such Alliance Theatre productions as Angels in America, A Man for All Seasons, The Seagull and Dancing at Lughnasa. He has also been the director of two university theatre programs. Mr. DePoy is deliriously married to playwright Lee Nowell.

TONY CISEK (Scenic Design) has collaborated with companies across the United States including Roundabout Theatre, Arena Stage, Guthrie Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, South Coast Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Portland Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Indiana Rep, Syracuse Stage, New York Theatre Workshop, Cleveland Play House, Folger Theatre, Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre, GALA Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival and Signature Theatre. For his work as a scenic designer he has received four Helen Hayes Awards in Washington, four Drammy Awards in Portland and a Barrymore Award nomination in Philadelphia, as well as numerous other citations. Tony has also designed for opera, TV and film. He was the principal theatre consultant for the Atlas Performing Arts Center, completed in Washington, D.C., in 2006. He has taught at Catholic and George Mason universities, is a member of United Scenic Artists and holds an M.F.A. in design from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. For photos and a resume of his work, please visit tonycisek.com.

SYDNEY ROBERTS (Costume Design) is excited to return to the Alliance Theatre. Other Alliance credits: James and the Giant Peach, Next to Normal, I Just Stopped By to See the Man, Warrior Class and Spoon Lake Blues.

Sydney was an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare and has designed for many Atlanta stages. She has a Drammy for The Devils at Portland Center Stage; last season’s Mary Poppins at Aurora Theatre won the Suzi Bass Award for best costumes/musical. Her designs for Next to Normal went to Geva Theatre, and she recently returned to ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG 15

profiles Portland to design Dreamgirls. Sydney has taught costume design at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Emory and Oglethorpe universities. She is a member of USA 829.

SETH REISER (Lighting Design) NYC: Winners at Ensemble Studio Theatre; Round-Up at BAM with Sufjan Stevens and yarn/wire; Saint Matthew Passion at the Park Avenue Armory/Lincoln Center; Uncle Vanya at the Pearl Theatre Company; The Mysteries at the Flea; The Bad Guys at Second Stage; The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at the Public Theatre; the Obie Awardwinning production of The Lily’s Revenge at HERE Arts; Reggie Watts and Tommy Smith’s Radio Play at PS 122. Regional: Syracuse Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, Two River Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Trinity Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory, Denver Center Theatre Company, On the Boards, Woolly Mammoth, American Repertory Theatre and Playmakers Repertory, among others. Seth received his bachelor’s from Ohio Wesleyan and his M.F.A. from NYU/Tisch. sethreiserdesign.com CLAY BENNING (Sound Design) has been the resident sound designer at the Alliance Theatre for 15 years and has designed more than 85 productions including 26 world premieres, 30 musicals and 20 Theater for Young Audiences productions. Recent work includea Native Guard, The Geller Girls, The Tall Girls and Next to Normal. He’s also designed at Georgia Shakespeare, Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Geva Theatre and Synchronicity Theatre. Awards: 2006, 2007 and 2009 Suzi Bass awards for outstanding sound design, with 16 nominations. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (B.A.), North Carolina School of the Arts (M.F.A.) and a member of IATSE/USA829. lark hackshaw (Stage Manager) Although lark has been stage managing at the Alliance Theatre for more than 20 years, she also has worked at many regional theatres (Cleveland Play House, San Jose Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, Maltz Jupiter, Trinity Rep, Arena Stage, MUNY, North Carolina Black Rep) and has taken out several major tours. Her favorite shows include Broadway’s Stick Fly; local favorites Black Nativity, Kandi Burruss’ A Mother’s Love, The C.A. Lyons Project, Maurice Hines’ Tappin Through Life, The Tall Girls, The Geller Girls, ’ da Kink in My Hair, Bring It On: The Musical, Zorro, The Nacirema Society, Broke, Dreamgirls, Sheddin’, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Good People and Wit. lark is a line producer/executive assistant for Winston-Salem’s National Black Theatre Festival and the proud recipient of Howard University’s 2012 Distinguished Howard Player Award.

CELISE KALKE (Director of New Projects) is honored to work as dramaturg on her first world premiere production of a play by Phillip DePoy. Celise is excited to add this play to her growing list of premieres by Atlanta-based artists including Janece Shaffer, Pearl Cleage and Natasha Trethewey. She is proud to manage both the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwright Competition and the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab — two

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programs dedicated to nurturing artistic growth for the national and local field. Before moving to the Alliance, Celise was director of the literary department at the Public Theater in New York and served as the production dramaturg for Shakespeare in Central Park productions.

JODY FELDMAN (Casting) began her theatre career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the assistant general manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Jody is the associate producer and casting director at the Alliance Theatre, where she started in 1991 as casting director. While at the Alliance, she has cast and produced more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions encompassing a wide range of world premieres including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, What I Learned in Paris by Pearl Cleage, Broke by Janece Shaffer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney and 10 years of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning plays, as well as such world and regional premiere musicals as Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical, Bring It On: The Musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and, most recently, Harmony, A New Musical. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance engagement activities and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for community conversation and connection.

SUSAN V. BOOTH (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, local producing partnerships and regional collaborative productions as well as commercial partnerships on projects including Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’ da Noise, Bring in ’ da Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. As a director, she has worked at theatres including the Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation. She has held teaching positions at Northwestern and DePaul universities, and serves as adjunct faculty with Emory University. She is a past president of the board of directors for the Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for the field) and is a trustee of Denison University and the Howard School. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.

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It’s cold in the mountains today. As I stare out my window, I see the bare trees on the ridges like wooden soldiers standing at attention.

I feel protected. I feel safe. The mountains’ majesty and mystery always evident, they continuously beckon. Their undulating form exudes a calming influence. They can seemingly right any wrong.

Reading Edward Foote, I am reminded of their power and their irresistible call and yet ever mindful of the fear they can instill in one and the suspicions they can drag out of you. What secrets does that cove or holler hold? The shape-note music in the play pulls at me as well, with its beautifully simple call-and-response nature. The Christian themes in conflict with the secrets of the singers add to the mystery. These hills, the place I call home, a good place to snuggle up with a Phillip DePoy mystery.

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synopsis Setting: Southern Appalachia during the Great Depression, the end of October, in a meeting hall or Grange house.

A stranger, Ray Earl Redford, comes to a desolate Appalachian community during the Depression. He seems to simply wander into the Meeting House on the eve of Preacher Reece’s marriage to Nigella (an orphan Reece has taken in). But this odd visitor uncovers a terrible truth among the tangled family relationships in this closely knit community. He claims he’s come to prevent a crime, but is he himself the criminal?

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about the alliance theatre Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre has become the leading producing theatre in the Southeast, creating the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people. The Alliance values excellence, pursued with integrity and creativity, and achieved through collaboration. Reaching more than 200,000 patrons annually, the Alliance delivers powerful programming that challenges adult and youth audiences to think critically and care deeply. Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, the Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance Theatre, in 2007, received the Regional Theatre Tony Award in recognition of sustained excellence in programming, education and community engagement.

Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 80 original productions including Tony Award winners The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice, and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo. The Alliance has a reputation for developing important American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent productions, including the world premieres of Sister Act: The Musical; Come Fly Away; Bring It On: The Musical; Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; the American premiere of Zorro, with music by the Gipsy Kings; and most recently, Bull Durham and Harmony: A New Musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman. The Alliance also nurtures the careers of playwrights through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, producing a premiere for the competition winner as part of the regular season, and the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, providing developmental support and production resources for three performing arts projects each year. The work produced by the Alliance gives locally based artists the chance to create on a nationally watched stage, building and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community.

Each year the Alliance Theatre Acting Program and Education Department reaches close to 50,000 students through performances, acting classes, drama camps and in-school initiatives. The Alliance creates and produces plays for young audiences at every age level, from the Collision Project, where high school artists create and perform new work based on a classic text, to the groundbreaking Theatre for the Very Young, creating interactive shows for infants and toddlers. The Alliance also offers community education classes for all ages and abilities of theatre interest, and adult student productions of unproduced plays in development, working with local and national playwrights.

An active participant in Georgia classrooms, the Alliance has developed programs using theatrical techniques to aid in student learning through storytelling and problem-solving. The Alliance’s Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists equips teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum, align with the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards and increase student learning. These programs include Georgia Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts, which focuses on literacy skills for children in Pre-K–2nd grade, and Dramaturgy K–12, in which students create research material that informs Alliance productions and prepares peer audiences. Twice recognized by the U.S. Education Department as leaders in arts education, these programs reflect the Alliance’s commitment to citywide arts access.

Atlanta’s National Theatre, expanding hearts and minds on stage and off. alliancetheatre.org or 404.733.4650

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board of directors Officers Chair: Reade Fahs* Immediate Past Chair: Victoria Palefsky* Treasurer: Steve Chaddick*

Lifetime Directors Rita Anderson Ken Bernhardt Frank Chew Ann Cramer* Linda Davidson

Laura Hardman* Hays Mershon Richard S. Myrick Helen Regenstein Bob Reiser

Jane Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson Ben White

Directors Kristin R. Adams* James Anderson* Lynn Ayers^ Kenny Blank Steve Chaddick Philippa Ellis Daryl Evans Joseph W. Evans Reade Fahs Howard Feinsand* Molly Fuller* Richard Goerss Andrew Golde, M.D. Alexander Goldsmith

Pat Gunning Virginia A. Hepner^* Lila Hertz* Jocelyn Hunter* Christopher M. Jones John Keller* Lauren Kiefer James A. Kilberg* Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Malinda Krantz Jeff Levy* Alan McKeon Carol Meadows* Hala Moddelmog

Phil Moise* Maureen Morrison Victoria Palefsky Scott Pioli Helen Smith Price Dan Reardon* Patty Reid Margaret Reiser Fran Rogers Maurice Rosenbaum Bobby Rosenbloum Bill Rowland Surishtha Sehgal Steve Selig

Pam Sessions* Bill Sleeper Bronson Smith Karen Spiegel John Strom Chuck Taylor Rosemarie Thurston Rebekah Wasserman Cynthia Widner Wall Jill Wilson Paul Wrights Todd Zeldin

Advisory Board

Advisory Board Chair: Laura Hardman* Madelyn Adams Tracie Arnold Shean Atkins Connie Austin Michael Barrett Paul Bianchi Keith Bolden Donna Bowman Erin Brown Stephen Brown Catharine Burkett Susan Callaway Imara Canady Sona Chambers Andrew Chang Greg Changnon Caren Cook Sallie Daniel

Cydnee Dubrof Lisa Ramirez Ellinger David Felfoldi Cindy Fowler Kevin Glass Barbara Goldman Patrice Greer Michael Harper Neil Hirsch Heather Vincent Holley Rita Izaguirre Andrea Jones David Kuniansky Constance Lewis Rosemary Magee Juanita Markwalter Reese McCranie S. Alan McKnight Jr.

Penelope McPhee Liza McSwain Dori Miller Mary Moore Starr Moore Molly Osborne Kendrick Phillips Almeera Jiwa Pratt Kathryn Richard Georgia Schley Ritchie Candace Rodriguez Chris Schneider Alan Schreihofer Ron Segal Linda Selig Jonathan Shapero Linda Silberman Nancy Silverboard

Lynda Smith Steven Steindel Chandra StephensAlbright Charlita StephensWalker Susan Stiefel Todd A. Tautfest Shawn Tylka Avril Vignos Lynda Walker Aaron Watson Joni Winston Kristen Wood

Volunteer Leadership

President, STARS: Lynn Ayers President, Alliance Theatre Guild: Bobbi Kornblit President, Alliance Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre Guild: Vicki Travis

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sponsors Alliance Sponsors are businesses, corporations and institutions that have supported the work of the Alliance Theatre. We thank them for their generosity and support.

★★★★★★★ $250,000+ The Coca-Cola Company The Goizueta Foundation

The Kendeda Fund The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Wells Fargo Foundation

★★★★★★ $100,000+ AT&T Delta Air Lines, Inc. The Home Depot

The Shubert Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

★★★★★ $50,000+ Carter’s The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta North Highland Company

PNC Wal-Mart Foundation The Zeist Foundation

★★★★ $25,000+ Atlanta Foundation City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Fulton County Arts & Culture Georgia Power Loews Atlanta Hotel

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. The Rich Foundation The Harold & Mini Steinberg Charitable Trust Target

★★★ $10,000+ Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation Cartoon Network John and Mary Franklin Foundation Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia Natural Gas

★★ $5,000+

AON Arby’s Foundation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Buckhead Atlanta Dixon Hughes Goodman

Georgia-Pacific Foundation Impact Creativity/NCTF National Endowment for the Arts Rich Entertainment Group State Bank

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

DocAuto Equifax William and Eva Fox Foundation Greenberg Traurig LLP Jones Day

JP Morgan Chase & Co. King & Spalding National Vision Plum Creek Foundation Theatre Communications Group

By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2014/15 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 46. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 46 years by making another statement of support louder than any standing ovation. Visit our website at alliancetheatre.org and click on Donate.

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sponsors TURNER VOICES is committed to meaningful corporate citizenship in the communities in which the company operates and its employees work and live. The arts is one focus area of Turnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local philanthropy, in particular organizations and programs that enhance the quality of life for all residents of its Atlanta hometown.

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Major funding is provide by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

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annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.8 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support.

Please consider making an Annual Fund donation today. To find out more about the benefits of giving or to make your gift, visit us at alliancetheatre.org/donate or call 404-733-4757.

Gifts processed as of March 1, 2015.

$35,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Victoria & Howard Palefsky Sally G. Tomlinson

$25,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand Dan & Garnet Reardon

$10,000+ The Balloun Family Stephanie Blank Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Ann & Jeff Cramer Linda & Gene Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Reade Fahs Doris & Matthew Geller Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Golde David & Carolyn Gould Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Doug & Lila Hertz Andrea & Boland Jones John & Angie Keller Sarah & Jim Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer James & Lori Kilberg David & Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Malinda Krantz Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Jeffrey C. Levy Mr. & Mrs. Angus Morrison Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Helen Smith Price Patty & Doug Reid Bob & Margaret Reiser Linda & Steve Selig Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson Smith John & Karen Spiegel Lynne & Steve Steindel Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles* & Delores Stephens Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Mary Rose Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Tomé Nina Urban Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Mrs. Jill Wilson Joni Winston Paul Wrights Amy & Todd Zeldin

$7,500-$9,999 The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Marsha & Richard Goerss Jocelyn J. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Moddelmog Phil & Caroline Moïse Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Rosemarie & David Thurston

$5,000-$7,499 Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow Mrs. Kristin Adams James Anderson

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Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Austin Lisa & Joe Bankoff Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Frank & Mary Anne Chew Ezra Cohen Charitable Trust Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Erin & John Heyman David L. Kuniansky Leslie Leigh M.D. Mr. & Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr. Anna & Hays Mershon Hugh & Susanne Ripps The Rockdale Foundation Bill & Rhonda Rowland Sharon & David Schachter Dr. & Mrs. R. K. Sehgal Mr. & Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strom Susan & Tom Wardell

$2,500-$4,999 Elaine & Miles Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen In honor of the Alliance Theatre Education Department Ellen Arnovitz John & Lynn Ayers Cheryl M. Baer Karen Beardslee & Susie McGinnis Ms. Beryl Bergquist Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Sara & Alex Brown Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Mr. & Mrs. James L. Curry Russell & Sandra Dawson Diane Durgin Dr. & Mrs. Dale E. Edmondson Eierman Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Philippa & Burrell Ellis John & Cindy Ethridge Kathryn T. Farley, PhD Mr. & Mrs. Adam Fuller Mr. & Mrs. John D. Fuller Heidi & David Geller Mr. Andrew L. Ghertner Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Mrs. Carrie G. Hall Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Hindman Family Charitable Trust Henry & EttaRae Hirsch Foundation P.J. Younglove Hovey Linda & Richard Hubert Paul & Rosthema Kastin Mr. David Long Lubo Fund Dick Lyon Kristie L. Madara Cynthia & Alan Maloy Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Melanie & S. Alan McKnight, Jr. Carol & Dart Meadows Mr. & Mrs. William E. Michalewicz Nancy & Mike Millett Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Dedi & Julian Mohr June M. Morrison

Scott, Dallas & Mia Pioli Mr. Jared Ripps & Dr. Kiera von Besser Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rosenberg Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Sonny & Jeanne Seals Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III Charlotte & Tom Shields Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman William & Margarita Sleeper Southern States LLC Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Karen & Alex Stickney Maria-Ruth Storts TAYLAR Development Mr. James Thomas Michael & June Tompkins Joshua & Zenobia Trexler Kimberly & Kevin Walther Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Lynne Winship The Zaban Foundation John & Kathy Zamer

$1,500-$2,499 JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Theodore & Andrea Altholz Judy M. Anderson Pam Anderson Mike & Karen Armand James & Therese Bailey Ms. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Candace & Jeff Bell Mark & Pam Bell Stephen Brown Susan & Tom Callaway Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Melodie H. Clayton Mark & Ruth Coan Brad & Sally Currey Ms. Sallie Adams Daniel Julia & André Demetrius Cassandra Edmond & Surlanthra Joline Ralph & Ree Edwards The Elster Foundation Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Tim & Tina Eyerly Michael & Jody Feldman Mr. David Felfoldi Andrew & Wendie Fisher Mike Flueckinger Linda M. Garrett Lisa A. Gillespie, M.D. Deidre Greene & Rob Dixon Warren M. Gump Kristin Hathaway Hansen & Norman Hansen Dr. & Mrs. Steven Harris Fred Hicks Mark Hobson Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Mr. W. Glenn Howard Adrienne Hudson Robert Judd Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kalson Janice L. Karkula

annual fund $1,500-$2,499 Dr. William A. Kiser Brian & Carrie Kurlander Steven & Sheri Labovitz Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh, III Eric & Marcia Ludgood Ron Grapevine & Rosemary Magee Jim & Jo McLean Sally & Tom McNulty Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ms. Nancy Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Janice & Tom Munsterman Molly Osborne Rita Owens John & Helen Parker Bill & Carey Peard Ms. Kathleen Pendergraft Peg Petersen Sam & Barbara Pettway Michael Pickering Mr. & Mrs. Gene Poland

Karen Porch Kathleen Prussner Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Quillian III Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Rebecca & John Reeves Mrs. Helen M. Regenstein Kathryn & John Richard Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Peter & Alice Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Rosenberg Jacob Rumney John Sabine Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Silverboard Mr. Scott Sorrels Dr. O. Kirsten Spraggins Martha B. Stephens & Linda August Susan & Alan Stiefel Jim & Janie Stratigos Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Drs. Eldred & Ava Taylor Kathy & Ron Tomajko Melanie Turner Lynda Walker & Len Levy Lauren Willard-Jelks

$1,000-$1,499 Mr. & Mrs. George Ajy Aaron & Corrie Alford Michael & Andrea Barrett Mr. Donald Bonar & Mr. Elmer Langham Eleanor B. Cobb David H. & Christine T. Cofrin Ralph & Rita Connell Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Fink Marvin & Lynn Davis Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Lucy & Alfred Guo Sylvia Halleck John & Simone Hanson Valerie Hartman Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Carsten Hilker Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. Wayne S. Hyatt Mr. David Stockert & Ms. Cameron Ives Robert A. Jetmundsen Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Carolyn L. Kennedy Lanier-Goodman Foundation

Raymond & Penelope McPhee Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Galen Oelkers Dr. & Mrs. Stephen I. Oppenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Gregg & Beth Paradies Roger & Lynn Ritvo in honor of Ken McNeil Mr. & Mrs. Peter Scanavino Ms. Christine Schneider Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schultz Jane E. Shivers Philip Slaughter Joe Sniezek Tim & Maria Tassopoulos Vogel Family Foundation Courtney & Grant Wainscott Mrs. Sue S. Williams Melody Wilder Wilson Ms. Cecelia Wray William & Nancy Yang * Deceased

Legacy Society The following are members of the Legacy Society who are ensuring the future strength of the Alliance Theatre through planned gifts to benefit the Theatre. The Legacy Society is the special recognition group for those who have included the Theatre or any component of the Woodruff Arts Center in their estate plans. For more information about making a planned gift to benefit the Alliance Theatre, please contact Paige Smith, Director of Individual Giving at 404-733-4697 or Paige.Smith@woodruffcenter.org.

Rita M. Anderson Anonymous Betty Blondeau-Russell Jim & Anne Breedlove Ezra Cohen Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft, III Sallie Adams Daniel Linda & Gene Davidson Howard & Ellen Feinsand

Laura & John Hardman Glen E. & Nancy Hesler P.J. Younglove Hovey William C. Hyde Lauren & David Kiefer Virginia Vann* & Ken Large Anna & Hays Mershon Mr. & Mrs. John McColskey Phil & Caroline Moise Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick

Howard & Victoria Palefsky Jan Pomerantz Helen M. Regenstein Bob & Margaret Reiser Neal & Tricia Schachtel Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton, III Jane E. Shivers Wayne & Lee Harper Vason Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White

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THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE Woodruff Circle members each contribute more than $250,000 annually to support the arts and education work of the Woodruff Arts Center, the Alliance Theatre, Arts for Learning, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the High Museum of Art. We are deeply grateful for these 32 partners who help ensure the arts thrive in our community.

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A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. The Goizueta Foundation Hagedorn Family SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Bank Teammates and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. and Harry L. English

Memorial Fund Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Wells Fargo

$250,000-$499,999 AT&T Bank of America Lucinda Bunnen The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte, its Partners & Employees Fulton County Arts Council Nancy & Holcombe T. Green, Jr. The Home Depot Fay & W. Barrett Howell The Kendeda Fund Sarah & Jim Kennedy Marilyn & Donald Keough The Estate of Florence Kopleff The Sara Giles Moore Foundation PNC PwC, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. Louise Sams Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. Ticketmaster UPS

THE PATRON CIRCLE The Woodruff Arts Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Campaign set an all-time record, raising more than $9.6 million, thanks to the generosity of Patron Circle donors and their contributors.

Campaign gifts support our shared services model, which funds campus-wide operations. $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Bank Teammates and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund $300,000+ Cox Interests: Anne Cox Chambers* Atlanta Journal Constitution James M. Cox Foundation Cox Radio Group Atlanta WSB-TV Deloitte, its Partners & Employees The Home Depot PwC, Partners & Employees UPS

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$200,000+ Bank of America The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Delta Air Lines, Inc. EY, Partners & Employees Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. $150,000+ Alston & Bird LLP Cushman & Wakefield of Georgia King & Spalding Partners & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Sara Giles Moore Foundation The Rich Foundation, Inc.

$100,000+ AT&T Equifax Inc. & Employees Invesco Ltd. Kay and Doug Ivester * Jones Day Foundation and Employees Kaiser Permanente The Marcus Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund $75,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Chick-fil-A Foundation Kilpatrick Townsend LLP The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation * Mr. and Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe Regions Financial Corporation RockTenn

$50,000+ Susan & Richard Anderson Neal K. Aronson & Wendy L. Conrad Birch Communications Camp-Younts Foundation Crawford & Company Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion Jones Lang LaSalle NCR Foundation Novelis PNC Primerica Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP The Zeist Foundation, Inc. $25,000+ Arby’s Foundation Atlanta Foundation Lisa & Joe Bankoff * BB&T Corporation Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Cousins Properties Foundation John & Mary Franklin Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III * Georgia Natural Gas Georgia-Pacific GMT Capital Corporation Greenberg Traurig, LLP Holder Construction Company The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Lou Brown Jewell The Joe E. Johnston Foundation Sarah & Jim Kennedy The Klaus Family Foundation * The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Livingston Foundation, Inc. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Newell Rubbermaid Norfolk Southern Foundation Printpack, Inc. & The Gay and Erskine Love Foundation Patty and Doug Reid Family Foundation Rollins, Inc. Rooms to Go Children’s Fund Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. SCANA Energy Southwest Airlines Southwire Company

Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund Troutman Sanders LLP United Distributors, Inc. Verizon Waffle House, Inc. Gertrude & Williams C. Wardlaw Fund Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Woodruff Arts Center Employees Yancey Bros. Co. $15,000+ A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Aaron’s Inc. ABM Onsite Services ACE Charitable Foundation Acuity Brands A.E.M. Family Foundation Mr. Peter Aman * Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlantic American Corporation Atlantic Trust Anna & Ed Bastian* Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris * Laura & Stan Blackburn * Bluetube Interactive Ms. Lisa Borders * The Boston Consulting Group The Brand Banking Company The George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta, Georgia Bryan Cave LLP Capital Guardian Trust Company Casey-Slade Group, Merrill Lynch Center Family Foundation The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Mr. Thomas C. Chubb * Ann & Jeff Cramer * CSX Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. * Michael S. Donnelly * Fifth Third Bank First Data Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Flanagan * Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke Mr. Phil Harrison * HD Supply Virginia A. Hepner & Malcolm Barnes *

The Howell Fund, Inc. * Isdell Family Foundation Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation The Thomas M. & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Foundation Thomas H. Lanier Family Foundation Lanier Parking Solutions The Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy Fund * The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation, Inc. Karole & John Lloyd * Kurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl Davis * Macy’s Foundation Majestic Realty Mohawk Industries, Inc. & Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Boykin Vicki & John Palmer The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Post Properties, Inc. Jane and Joe Prendergast Quikrete Mary & Craig Ramsey Regal Entertainment Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William H. Rogers, Jr. * Louise Sams & Jerome Grilhot * Selig Enterprises, Inc./ The Selig Foundation * Smith & Howard Karen & John Spiegel State Bank & Trust Company Claire E. Sterk and Kirk Elifson * Tishman Speyer Properties Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc. Mr. Paul E. Viera * Sue & John Wieland Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Mrs. Sue S. Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP Wood Partners Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees * 2014/2015 Board Members Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors

If you would like to make an individual, foundation or corporate contribution to the Woodruff Center Annual Campaign, please contact Jamie.Clements@woodruffcenter.org (individual or foundation) or Lisa.Robinson@woodruffcenter.org (corporate).

Donations for Woodruff Arts Center Annual Campaign June 1, 2013 – May 31, 2014

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alliance theatre staff A rtistic

Management

Jennings Hertz Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth & Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemary Newcott Producer & Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Feldman Director of New Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celise Kalke Playwright in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearl Cleage Artistic Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo Moskowitz Atlanta Artist Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veronica Duerr Artistic Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Kleypas Literary Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Myers Kenny Leon Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Bishop Yale Theatre Management Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gretchen Wright Reiser Lab Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie Harrison Elliott, Linnea Frye, Katie Givens-Kime, Neeley Gossett, Marium Kahlid, Mark Kendall, Haddon Kime, Addae Moon, Nichole Palmietto

General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Schleifer Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laura Thruston

Production Management Director of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor W. Smith

Costumes Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Cone Design Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April Andrew, Lea Preston Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Craft Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana L. Thomas Stitchers & First Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Brett Parker Wardrobe . . . . . . . Hauzia Conyers, Alexandra Matthews, Niki Traxler Wig Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsey Ewing

Electrics Electrics Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Shinn Staff Electricians . . . . . . . . . Steve Jordan, Steven Love, Jenn Trippe

Properties Properties Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Lyons Properties Master Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Cooper Morris Properties Buyer & Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heather Schroeder Properties Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Butkovich

Scenery Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Longwell Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan Kier Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Conley Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Manny Abreo, Jonathan Fries, Michael Lyons, William Spratt Additional Scenic Carpenters . . . . . . . . . .Erin Canfield, Bret Brammer Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kat Conley Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Engelmann Additional Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Rondone

Sound Resident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clay Benning Sound Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holly O’Regan, Michelle Jarvis, Kristin von Hinezmeyer

Stage Management Stage Managers . . . . . Liz Campbell, lark hackshaw, R. Lamar Williams Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jayson T. Waddell Stage Management Production Assistants . . . . . Barbara Gantt O’Haley, Kara Procell, Emma Ramsay-Saxon, Haylee Scott

Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Bowne Crew Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent Simons Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willie Palmer Parks Properties Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney O’Neill TYF Lead Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deb Maberry Additional Stagehands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Locklear James McBrayer, Victor Mouledoux, James Schlachter

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A dministration & Finance Director of Finance & Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Shively Manager of Information Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Hubbert Accounting Coordinators . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Covington, Julie Hall Management Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Harris

Marketing Director of Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Sayers Manager of Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathleen Covington Creative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talia Bromstad Online Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Maley Group Services Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daviorr Snipes Community Relations Curator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kate McNeely Community Engagement Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Winn Marketing & Promotions Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holland Baird Ticketing & Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shana Orr Front of House & Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . Marjon Wolfe Assistant Manager Season Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danielle Hicks Senior Ticket Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Martin, Ken McNeil House Managers . . . . . . . . . Dana Hylton Calabro, Christina Dresser, Kate McNeely, Ken McNeil, Margo Moskowitz, Lynn Vatter Marketing Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Vann

Development Campaign Director, Alliance Theatre/Woodruff Arts Center . . . . . Kristin Hathaway Hansen Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlin Way Director of Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paige Smith Associate Director of Grants Management/Woodruff Arts Center . . . . . Rebecca Levenberg Events Manager, Alliance Theatre/Woodruff Arts Center. . . Jennifer Williford Broad Based Giving Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janet Abercrombie Development Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Saxon Corporate Philanthropy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brien Faucett

Education Director of Education & Associate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christopher Moses Director of Institute for Educators & Teaching Artists . . . Michele Mummert Education Coordinator & Producer of Drama Camps . . . . Christina Dresser Education Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Jones Family Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Aston Bosworth Teen Programs Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Wallis Project Coordinator of Institute for Educators & Teaching Arists . . . . . . . Mary Alice Nichols Education Customer Service & Sales Associate . . . . . . . . . .Nicole Kang Communications Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Noble Resident Teaching Artists . . . . . . Valetta Anderson, Kim Bowers-Rheay Teaching Artists . . . . . . Ricardo Aponte, Olivia Aston, Travis Boatright, Danye Brown, Kati Grace Brown, Kyle Brumley, Mark Cabus, Kirstin Calvert, Kara Cantrell, Katie Causey, Sarah Cave, Tara Chiusano, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, Theresa Davis, Jessica De Maria, David de Vries, Cristina deVallescar, John Doyle, Rachael Endrizzi, Sharon Foote, Dan Ford, Polly Garcia, Allison Gardner, Trevor Goble, Neeley Gossett, Terry Guest, Laura Hackman, Lyndsey Jones-McAdams, Sarah Newby Halicks, Al Hamacher, Amy Handler, BJ Hughes, Rachel Jones, Adam King, Jade Lambert Smith, LeeAnna Lambert, Clayton Landey, Bethany Lind, Amy Lucas, Paige Mattox, Barry Stewart Mann, Cara Mantella, Gloria Mason Martin, Patrick McColery, Bryan Mercer, Courtnee Miles, Mandy Mitchell, Joseph Reed, Claire Ritzler, Diany Rodriguez, Scottie Rowell, Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Sheri Mann Stewart, Clint Thornton, Shirnest Tolbert, Ebony Tucker, Jeremy Varner, Scott Warren, Davia Weatherill, Corinne Weintraub, Vallea Woodbury ArtsVibe Teen Ensemble . . . . Alexus Anderson, Shelby Bice, Jessie Broz, Kaya Camp, Charles Ellerby, Delly Fears, Kyla Hunter, Diran Johnson, Jada Leakes, Caroline LeDuc, Samantha McMullen, Jonathan Nguyen, Nick O’Neill, Alishia Patricio

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LEGO Robotics littleBits & Bugs Circuitry Gadgets & Devices Building Quest: Minecraft & 3D Printing Middle School Design Academy Camp sessions held at: Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) The Lovett School Georgia Tech College of Architecture

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