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“Aggle, Flaggle, Klabble!” Have you ever been so wound up that you couldn’t even find the words to express your excitement? That’s exactly how I felt when Virginia Shearer, the Eleanor McDonald Storza Director of Education at the High Museum, called me and asked if we’d like to collaborate around children’s book author and artist Mo Willems. After harnessing my joy, I was able to manage a quick and very enthusiastic “YES!” In a wonderful twist of fate, it so happens that our beloved Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families, Rosemary Newcott, directed the world premiere of Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical some five years ago at the Kennedy Center. That show also featured a scenic design by our very own Kat Conley. It felt like a homecoming. Just like Trixie (the young protagonist in the play), our creative team would be reunited with their lovable bunny once again. While that original production wound up touring the country and beyond (traveling as far as Bahrain), I had always hoped that Atlanta audiences would also discover the joy and unbridled fun of this production. And it seems only fitting that our first foray into celebrating the art of children’s picture book art starts with Mo Willems. For Knuffle Bunny is a glorious story of firsts: the first trip to the laundromat for a father and daughter, the first experience of missing a friend, the first words of a child. This experience also marks a number of firsts for the Alliance: our first summer family show, our first large-scale collaboration with the High Museum of Art (make sure you stop over and see the absolutely stunning Seriously Silly! The art & whimsy of Mo Willems exhibition running through Jan. 10, 2016), and the kickoff of our first campuswide effort to make all of the youth and family programming we do more easily accessible to Atlanta families. So, thank you for being among the first audiences to share in this joyful experience. Please come back and join us this fall for Play the Play With Cat the Cat, our world premiere Theatre for the Very Young show inspired by Mo Willems’ “Cat the Cat” series.

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Thank goodness author Mo Willems has so many ‘terrible’ ideas

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Newcott, the Alliance’s Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families, leads the stage musical of Knuffle Bunny for a second time.

“He’s just tremendous in the room,” Newcott continues. “His observation skills are so sharp and his ability to see how young people think and feel is really honorable. For me, he is one of those people who really lives his art.”

In 2010, she directed its premiere at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Willems spun the show out of his 2004 best-selling autobiographical picture book about a daddy-daughter trip to the laundromat. He made sure to include gigantic

Willems has “more fun seeing the world than anybody else.” That’s the skinny from Rosemary Newcott, director of the Alliance Theatre’s Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical.

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ARTWORK © MO WILLEMS, FROM THE BOOK, KNUFFLE BUNNY: A CAUTIONARY TALE BY MO WILLEMS. PUBLISHED BY HYPERION BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. PHOTO BY MARTY UMANS.

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“I’m curious to see how this production differs from the original,” says author/illustrator Mo Willems (at right, with a particularly close friend). “Theatre should be an organic opportunity to change and morph.”

dancing laundry — “the bigger the better.”

“He has this wicked sense of humor that doesn’t stop,” Newcott says.

She guided the original cast to achieve just the right balance “between showing real love and slapstick frustration,” Willems says. “I’m curious to see how this production differs from the original, which I hope it does. Theatre should be an organic opportunity to change and morph.”

“Knuffle,” by the way, is pronounced “KA-nuffull.” It’s the Dutch word for “hug.” Who ka-new?

Willems, 47, has created more than 40 children’s books, and several have won top literary awards, including three Caldecott Honors and two Theodor Seuss Geisel Medals.

Besides Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale and its follow-up, Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, his many titles include Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and the Elephant and Piggie early-reader series.

Just out is I Will Take a Nap!, the 23rd title in a series featuring best buds Gerald and Piggie.

Willems’ work is “filled with love,” Newcott says, and his humor tickles adults as much as it delights kids.

“One of the things that makes his work so spectacular is that there’s a level of sophistication that makes it all-audience programming. That’s

what I look for in every single thing I direct.”

Willems wants his work to be accessible and invites kids to try drawing his characters — much like he started out by drawing Charlie Brown.

He gets armloads of fan mail in which kids include drawings of wide-eyed Pigeon in comical situations. Here’s what else Willems had to say in an email chat: Question: When did you first start drawing and making up stories?

Answer: I have wanted to draw and be funny from the time I drew on the walls with my poop as a toddler. Once I graduated to crayons and paper as a medium, I focused on copying Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the whole “Peanuts” gang. At age 5, I wrote to Charles Schulz and asked if I could have his job when he died.

Q: How did writing for “Sesame Street” help you grow as a storyteller?

A: “Sesame Street” changed my life twice.

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desire to write and draw. Then again, in my early 20s, I was invited to write scripts and create animated films for them. My efforts on “Sesame Street” made me fall in love with the demandingly philosophical world of writing for children. Because children are new here, they haven’t had the time to get the myriad cultural references we take for granted. So your palette is limited to the core philosophical issues: What is love? Why do people hurt each other? Can I drive the bus?

Q: How did you get the idea that Knuffle Bunny could become a musical?

A: Turning Knuffle Bunny into a musical is a terrible idea. Many of my ideas are terrible ideas, because for me “terrible” simply means “hasn’t been tried before.” And I like trying things. The “terrible” idea here was creating a musical starring someone who couldn’t speak.

That’s funny. So, the big aria of loss and love and fear is the heart of the show and, to me, “terribly” poignant.

Q: Did you have a Knuffle Bunny or stuffed toy as a child? If so, do you still have it?

A: I did have quite a few stuffed animals that hung out with me. My favorite was Red Lamb, an, uh, red lamb who, incidentally, was also my fiancée. In addition to having a menagerie of stuffed friends, I was employed by an Invisible Boss at an Invisible Invention Factory. I no longer have the stuffed animals and eventually married someone else. I do, however, still have that Invisible Boss.

Q: Of all choices, why a pigeon? Why did that creature become your signature character?

A: A hippopotamus would not fit on the page.

Also, it’s a “terrible” idea to give a pigeon a starring role.

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Wait! There’s even more Mo coming to the Alliance, too Just as Knuffle Bunny hops onto the Alliance stage, a retrospective of Mo Willems’ work is on exhibit at the High Museum of Art. Seriously Silly: The art & whimsy of Mo Willems, features almost 100 works by the children’s author and illustrator. It marks the first time the Alliance and the High Museum are offering work by the same artist at the same time. The High exhibition runs through Jan. 10, 2016.

Willems sees Seriously Silly as an opportunity “for children to discover the joy of visiting a museum and to remind adults that simple and easy are two very different things.”

Even more Mo is coming this fall: • The Alliance’s Theatre for the Very Young (ages 18 months to 5 years) stages a new production, Play the Play With Cat the Cat based on the “Cat the Cat” book series by Willems, Oct. 2-Nov. 15.

• The Story of Diva and Flea, written

by Willems and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, comes out in October.

It’s Willems’ first chaper book.

• The Kennedy Center remounts Willems’ second musical, Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a Play! (Nov. 23-Dec. 31). It will tour the country beginning next spring and continuing through the 2016-17 season.

ALLIANCE THEATRE Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director presents

Based on the book KNUFFLE BUNNY: A CAUTIONARY TALE by Mo Willems Published by Hyperion Books for Children

SCRIPT AND LYRICS BY

MO WILLEMS MUSIC BY

MICHAEL SILVERSHER SET DESIGN

KAT CONLEY

COSTUME DESIGN

SYDNEY ROBERTS

CHOREOGRAPHER

JEN MACQUEEN

LIGHTING DESIGN

PETE SHINN

MUSIC DIRECTOR

CHRISTOPHER CANNON

SOUND DESIGN

CLAY BENNING STAGE MANAGER

LIZ CAMPBELL

PROJECTION DESIGN

MIKE POST

CASTING

JODY FELDMAN

DIRECTED BY

ROSEMARY NEWCOTT This play was commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and was first produced at the Kennedy Center during the 2009-10.

Additional support provided by

Alliance Family Series Season Sponsored by

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profiles CAST (in alphabetical order)

Hannah Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mom/Dance Captain Devon Hales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trixie Jeremiah Parker Hobbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dad Jake Krakovsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Pigeon/Knuffle Bunny/Dream Knuffle Bunny/Clothing Andrea Washington . . . . . . . . . . The Pigeon/Knuffle Bunny/Dream Knuffle Bunny/Clothing/ASM UNDERSTUDIES

Greg Bosworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dad Jessica Mathis . . . . . . . Trixie/Mom/US The Pigeon/Knuffle Bunny/Dream Knuffle Bunny/Clothing Evan McLean . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dad/The Pigeon/Knuffle Bunny/Dream Knuffle Bunny/Clothing STAGE MANAGEMENT * Liz Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager Barbara O’Haley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Production Assistant PRODUCTION AND DESIGN ASSISTANCE Jen MacQueen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choreographer Jason VonHinezmeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puppet Coach/Consultant

Support for Knuffle Bunny and Seriously Silly! The art & whimsy of Mo Willems is provided by the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation.

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HANNAH CHURCH

DEVON HALES

JAKE KRAKOVSKY

JEREMIAH PARKER HOBBS

ANDREA WASHINGTON

UNDERSTUDIES

GREG BOSWORTH

JESSICA MATHIS

EVAN MCLEAN

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profiles GREG BOSWORTH (US Dad) National tours: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Regional: and A Grand Night for Singing (Buck’s County Playhouse).

Favorite Atlanta credits: The Drowsy Chaperone, Clyde n’ Bonnie: A Folktale, Neighborhood 3 and Academy (Aurora Theatre); The Producers (Theater of the Stars); Xanadu, Spring Awakening (Actor’s Express). TV: “Resurrection.” Greg also plays Waldo in Northpoint Ministries’ “Kidstuf!” Much love to Mom and Dad who get to see him in shows now that they live in Atlanta, and also to Olivia who is just the coolest person alive. Thanks for marrying me.

HANNAH CHURCH (Mom/Dance Captain) is honored to be performing on the Hertz Stage! Hannah can also be seen in Playboy of the Western World (Arís) and The Addams Family (OnStage Atlanta).

International tours: The Tower (Artspot Educational Theatre), with which she performed in South America, the Middle East and Asia. Regional credits: Spring Awakening (Wendla), Romeo & Juliet (Juliet) and others at the Roxy Regional; Hello, Dolly! (Round Barn Theatre); Waffle Palace and Santaland Diaries (Horizon Theatre). She is a playwright apprentice at Horizon Theatre. Thank you to Rosemary, Jody, Emily and Marguerite! Love to Jon and family!

DEVON HALES (Trixie) is ecstatic to be making her Alliance Theatre debut. She is a member of Kennesaw State University’s Class of 2015, with a degree in theatre & performance studies. Previous Atlanta credits: As You Like It, One Man Two Guvnors, The Frog Prince (Georgia Shakespeare) and Red Badge of Courage (7 Stages). Heaps of gratitude to the professors and advisers in the T&PS department, all at 122 and her fearless mentor, RG. Xxoo to Mom and Dylan.

JEREMIAH PARKER HOBBS (Dad) is so thrilled to be making his Alliance Theatre debut with this lovely show! Last year, he was in The Rocky Horror Show at Actor’s Express (Riff Raff ) and played Jesus in Godspell at Stage Door Players. So much thanks to his mommy and daddy for all their support, and Abigail for spending the first few years of her life as his own Knuffle Bunny.

JAKE KRAKOVSKY (The Pigeon/Knuffle Bunny/ Dream Knuffle Bunny/Clothing) is humbled and delighted to make his Alliance Theatre debut in Knuffle Bunny. He has been fortunate enough to collaborate with Theater Emory, The Object Group, Ex Somnium, Out of Hand Theater and the Center for Puppetry Arts, where he works as a teaching artist and puppeteer.

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Accademia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Huge thanks to his family, friends and teachers for their ongoing and much-appreciated love & support!

JESSICA MATHIS (US Trixie/Mom/The Pigeon/Knuffle Bunny/Dream Knuffle Bunny/Clothing) is thrilled to make her Atlanta debut with the Alliance Theatre! She has always had a love for children’s theatre, having worked previously for Missoula Children’s Theatre and the TYA tour at Valdosta State University where she received her B.F.A. in musical theatre. Credits include The Marvelous Wonderettes; A Little Night Music, The Sound of Music; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Pippin; and State Fair.

Much love to my family and Corbin for their amazing support!

EVAN McLEAN (US Dad/The Pigeon/Knuffle Bunny/ Dream Knuffle Bunny/Clothing) is so excited to be working with the Alliance for the first time! Evan’s recent theatre credits include Chip in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (OnStage Atlanta); the Cat (US/P) in The Cat in the Hat and and Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre); and Tootles in Peter Pan and Wendy (Aurora/Synchronicity Theatre co-production); and touring with the Bright Star Touring Theatre from Asheville, N.C. Evan would like to thank his family, friends and everyone at the Alliance! You can catch him this summer in OnStage Atlanta’s production of The Addams Family as Lucas Beineke.

ANDREA WASHINGTON (The Pigeon/Knuffle Bunny/Dream Knuffle Bunny/Clothing/ASM) is delighted to return to the Alliance Theatre. Credits include two national tours of Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical (Kennedy Center TYA); Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter (Synchronicity Theatre); Jelly’s Last Jam, Go, Dog, Go! and TVY’s Waiting for Balloon (Alliance Theatre). Andrea graduated with a B.A. in theatre and German from the University of West Georgia. She is a teaching artist for the Alliance Theatre and Synchronicity’s Playmaking for Girls. She is grateful to Rosemary and Chris for this amazing opportunity. Many thanks to my supportive family and my loving husband, Kaaleeish.

MO WILLEMS (Author) is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator. He began his career as a writer and animator for PBS’ “Sesame Street,” where he earned six Emmy Awards for his writing. During his nine seasons at “Sesame Street,” Willems also served as a weekly commentator for BBC Radio and created two animated series, Nickelodeon’s “The Off-Beats” and Cartoon Network’s “Sheep in the Big City.” While serving as head writer for Cartoon Network’s No. 1-rated show, “Codename: Kids Next Door,” he began writing and drawing books for children. His debut effort, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, became a New York Times

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FOR TICKETS, VISIT OR CALL: high.org/seriouslysilly | 404.733.5000 This exhibition is organized by The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, Massachusetts. Support for the organization of the exhibition has been generously provided by Disney Publishing Worldwide. Support in Atlanta is made possible by the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation and Inaugural Grandparents Circle of Support.

profiles best-seller and was awarded a Caldecott Honor in 2004.

The following year Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale was awarded a Caldecott Honor. The sequel, Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity earned Willems his third Caldecott Honor in 2008. In addition to picture books, Willems created the Elephant and Piggie books, a series of beginning readers that was awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal in 2008 and 2009 and Geisel Honors in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Willems’ drawings and sculptures have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the nation; his graphic story about his family experiences during 9/11 for DC Comics resides in the Library of Congress’s permanent collection. Willems wrote the script and lyrics for Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical, commissioned by the Kennedy Center for its 2010 season. His monumental sculpture, “The Red Elephant,” can be seen in the courtyard of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Willems lives in Massachusetts with his family.

ROSEMARY NEWCOTT (Director) is the Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families and is thrilled to be reunited with “The Bunny,” having directed the premiere production at the Kennedy Center in 2010. She is also privileged to be part of this amazing Alliance Theatre/High Museum collaboration. Favorite Alliance directing credits include A Christmas Carol, Courage (premiere), Waiting for Balloon (premiere), Shrek!, Grimm Lives of the Inbetweens (premiere), Seussical, Class of 3,000 LIVE! (premiere), Einstein Is a Dummy (premiere), The Book of Ruth, The Hobbit and more. Favorite national directing credits include Jason Invisible at the Kennedy Center and Frida Libra at La Jolla Playhouse (all premieres). Rosemary also directed the high school Collision Project for 10 years and pioneered the Alliance’s innovative Theatre for the Very Young. She was named an Atlanta Lexus Leader of the Arts in December 2001 and is a recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship. In 2005 she was named best director of the year by the AJC and was awarded the GTC Distinguished Career Award. She is a 2009 recipient of the Princess Grace Special Projects Award and the 2010 Spirit of Suzi Bass Award. She is on the advisory board at Kennesaw State University’s theatre department and serves on the national board of TYA/USA. Many thanks to Mo Willems, Chris Moses, Virginia Shearer and the rest of my lovely family both here and at home. Hold fast to your bunny!

CHRISTOPHER CANNON (Musical Director) is an Atlanta native and proud to be returning to the Alliance Theatre. Alliance credits include Honk!, Disney’s Mulan, Seussical: The Musical; Disney’s Aladdin; The Wizard of Oz; Chess; Hot Mikado; Once More With Hart; tick, tick ... BOOM!; Let’s Talk About AIDS; Pacific Overtures; Leap; and An Evening With Phylicia Rashad. Christopher programs keyboards and records tracks for such regional theatre companies as Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the North Shore Music Theatre in Massachusetts.

Other Atlanta credits include Pump Boys and Dinettes at Theatrical Outfit. Christopher is honored to have performed at the Vatican and the White House. Visit christophercannonmusic.com.

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KAT CONLEY (Set Design) returns to the Alliance after designing last season’s James and the Giant Peach.

Previous shows for the Alliance include Charlotte’s Web; Holidays With the Chalks; The Wizard of Oz; Honk!; Disney’s Mulan; 26 Miles; Class of 3000 LIVE; Goodnight Moon; Eurydice; Seussical the Musical; Degas’ Little Dancer; Disney’s Aladdin; Go, Dog, Go!; The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales; Shear Madness; The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer; Ferdinand the Bull; and Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Based in Atlanta since 2000, Kat has designed scenery for Arena Stage, Orlando Shakespeare, the Kennedy Center, Georgia Shakespeare, Marin Theatre Company, the Atlanta Ballet, the Center for Puppetry Arts, 7 Stages, Theatrical Outfit, Theatre in the Square, the Springer Opera House and Aurora Theatre. She is an associate artist with Actor’s Express and a longime associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare. Kat is also the charge scenic artist for the Alliance Theatre. Whether dramatically challenging, visionary or escapist, all theatre and art is important, thank you for supporting it in our community.

SYDNEY ROBERTS (Costume Design) Knuffle Bunny is the 16th production Sydney has done with Rosemary Newcott at the Alliance, and it is always a treat to reunite for these fun and imagination-filled shows. 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 other Atlanta stages. She has a Drammy for The Devils at Portland Center Stage; last season’s Mary Poppins at the Aurora Theatre won the Suzi Bass Award for best costumes for a musical. Her designs for Next to Normal went to Geva Theatre, and she recently returned to Portland to design Dreamgirls. Sydney has taught costume design at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Emory University and Oglethorpe University. She is a member of USA 829.

PETE SHINN (Lighting Design) is the Alliance Theatre’s master electrician. His credits include Shrek, Charlotte’s Web, Apples and Oranges, The Wizard of Oz, Broke, Honk!, Disney’s Mulan, Class of 3000 LIVE, Seussical: The Musical, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and Glengarry Glen Ross at the Alliance; Blood Knot, Keeping Watch and A Christmas Memory for Theatrical Outfit. Previous designs have been with the Alliance (Alliance Stage and Hertz Stage), Actor’s Express, Horizon Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, George Street Playhouse and Delaware Repertory Theatre.

CLAY BENNING (Sound Design) has been the Alliance Theatre’s resident sound designer for 15 years and has designed more than 85 productions including 26 world premieres, 30 musicals and 20 Theatre for Young Audiences productions. Recent works include Native Guard, The Geller Girls, The Tall Girls and Next to Normal. Other design work has included 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

profiles cast 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.

LIZ CAMPBELL (Stage Manager) Alliance credits include James and the Giant Peach, A Christmas Carol, Shrek, Charlotte’s Web, Wizard of Oz, Honk!, Disney’s Mulan, Class of 3000, Live! and Goodnight Moon with assistant credits including Bull Durham, Harmony: A New Musical, Into the Woods and Next to Normal. Local credits include Monty Python’s Spamalot, Ragtime and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); Three Sistahs, True Love Lies, Charm School, The Bluest Eye and The Syringa Tree (Horizon Theatre); and Dividing the Estate, It’s a Wonderful Life, Confederacy of Dunces and Big River (Theatrical Outfit). She holds a B.F.A. in theatre from Niagara University. Member of Actors’ Equity Association. Thanks to Rosemary and Barbara. Love to Ali and Maggie.

JASON vonHINEZMEYER (Puppet Coach/ Consultant) has been the resident puppet builder at the Center for Puppetry Arts since 2002, designing and building shows such as Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat, Shrek, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Ghastly Dreadfuls, Avanti da Vinci, Cinderella della Circus, Dinosaurs, The Little Pirate Mermaid, Peter Pan, Ruth and the Green Book, Aesop’s Carnival, Duke Ellington’s Cat and The Ugly Duckling. Other theatre credits include Scarlett’s Web; The Super Villain Monologues; Clash Titan, Clash! (Dad’s Garage Theatre); Shipwrecked! An Entertainment (Actors Theatre of Louisville).

MIKE POST (Projection Design) was production manager for Georgia Shakespeare. Previously, he was the technical theatre instructor at Georgia Perimeter College, where he designed lights and projections for such shows as Copenhagen, Blues for an Alabama Sky and Tartuffe. At the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Mike designed lighting for Idols of the King, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Rocket City. At Georgia Shakespeare he lit many shows, including Hamlet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Odyssey, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing and Metamorphoses with Liz Lee. He also designed Some Men at Actor’s Express, 13th of Paris at Horizon Theatre, and Driving Miss Daisy and The Guys at Theatrical Outfit. Mike also does projection work for the Center for Puppetry Arts including such shows as Rudolph, Space and Ruth and The Green Book as well as other shows such as Every Tongue Confess at Horizon Theatre.

JEN MacQUEEN (Choreographer) Off-Broadway: Be, New Faces, Fear Of, Vaudeville 2000 and The Elegance and Comedy of Tap. Off-off Broadway: Cannibal: The Musical, A Birthday Surprise, Mag Mor and The Broadway Dance Outlet. National tours: Red Hot and Cole and Promises Promises (tap sections). Recent regional theatre: Mary Poppins, Dante’s Inferno (cyr portions), A Chorus Line, Singin’ in the Rain, Sweet Charity, Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Smokey Joe’s Café, Cabaret, Annie Get Your Gun, Illyria, Fiddler on the Roof, Chicago, A Year With Frog & Toad, The It Girl, Shrew – The Musical!, High Society, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company,

Cabaret, Anything Goes, Guys & Dolls, The World Goes ‘Round, Pippin and The 1940’s Radio Hour. For the past 20 years, Jen has taught workshops and set works all over the United States. She won the Suzi Bass Award for her choreography for Auora Theatre’s Mary Poppins, two Woodie Awards for her work on The World Goes Round and Pippin, and a total of 11 Spotlight Awards for her work in New York. Jen is proud to be a professor of dance at Kennesaw State University, and runs CirqueFreaks Aerial and Circus Arts: cirquefreaks.com.

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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about the alliance theatre Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre has become the leading producing theater 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 Tuck Everlasting. 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.

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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 L. 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 Children’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

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

★★★ $10,000+

Alston & Bird Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation Cartoon Network John and Mary Franklin Foundation Georgia Council for the Arts

★★ $5,000+

AON Arby’s Foundation Balentine/PGI DocAuto Equifax

Georgia Natural Gas Georgia-Pacific Foundation Greenberg Traurig LLP Impact Creativity/NCTF National Endowment for the Arts Rich Entertainment Group

State Bank Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP United Distributors Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

William and Eva Fox Foundation Jones Day JP Morgan Chase & Co. King & Spalding National Vision

PGI 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 DELTA AIR LINES serves more than160 million customers each year. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 351 destinations in 64 countries on six continents. Delta is an active partner in supporting community organizations, museums and exhibits that enlighten and inspire people to better themselves and better their world. For more information about Delta, please visit our website at delta.com.

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government

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

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.

GCA also receives support from its partner agency the National Endowment for the Arts.

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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 April 15, 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 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 Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Philippa & Burrell Ellis John & Cindy Ethridge 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 Susan & David Peterson 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 Claire Abrieu JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Theodore & Andrea Altholz Judy M. Anderson Pam Anderson Mike & Karen Armand Mary Allen Arnold James & Therese Bailey Ms. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Karen Beardslee & Susie McGinnis 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 The DeCoster Family 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. Mr. & Mrs. Joel Goldman Deidre Greene & Rob Dixon Warren M. Gump Kristin Hathaway Hansen & Norman Hansen Dr. & Mrs. Steven Harris John Haupert Fred Hicks Mark Hobson Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Frank & Joyce Houser Mr. W. Glenn Howard

annual fund Adrienne Hudson Robert Judd Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kalson Janice L. Karkula

$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 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. 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 Lucy Kinnaird Lanier-Goodman Foundation

Raymond & Penelope McPhee Janice & Tom Munsterman 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 Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg 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

Matching Gift Companies We would like to thank the following companies who have matched contributions to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund. Please visit alliancetheatre.org/match to find out if your employer will match your contribution.

American Express AIG Corporation Aon Corporation AT&T Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Chubb Corporation The Coca-Cola Company Deloitte Equifax, Inc.

GE Energy Georgia Power Home Depot Foundation Honda Motor Co. IBM Corporation JPMorgan Chase Kimberly-Clark Foundation Macy’s Foundation McDonald’s Corporation Microsoft Corporation Neiman Marcus

Norfolk Southern Corporation Plum Creek Prudential Financial Publix Super Markets Sprint SunTrust Foundation Time Warner, Inc. Verizon Corporation Yahoo!

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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 Center for Ethics Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nysa Noelle London 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Boatright Manager of Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathleen Covington Creative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talia Bromstad Online Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Maley Group Services Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Pinckney Group Services Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daviorr Snipes 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, Ken McNeil, Margo Moskowitz, Lynn Vatter Marketing Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Vann

Development Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlin Way Campaign Director, Alliance Theatre/Woodruff Arts Center . . . . . Kristin Hathaway Hansen 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 TVY Coordinator/Family Programs Assistant . . . . . . . Corinne Weintraub 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 . . . . . . . Karen Aguirre, Ricardo Aponte, Olivia Aston, Danye Brown, Kati Grace Brown, Kyle Brumley, Daniel Burns, Mark Cabus, Kirstin Calvert, Taryn Camora, Kara Cantrell, Katie Causey, Sarah Cave, Tara Chiusano, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, Nakeisha Daniel, Theresa Davis, David de Vries, John Doyle, Rachael Endrizzi, Sharon Foote, Dan Ford, Polly Garcia, Allison Gardner, Ann Marie Gideon, Trevor Goble, Neeley Gossett, Terry Guest, Laura Hackman, Sarah Newby Halicks, Al Hamacher, Amy Handler, Jordan Harris, Brandi Hoofnagle, 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, Julie Puckett, Joseph Reed, Claire Ritzler, Scottie Rowell, Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Sheri Mann Stewart, Clint Thornton, Shirnest Tolbert, Ebony Tucker, Jeremy Varner, Scott Warren, Andrea Washington, Davia Weatherill, Corinne Weintraub, Katy Whitson, Stephanie Willis, 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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