March 2013: Whipping Man

Recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award®

March 8–April 7, 2013 Series on the Hertz Stage

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12 The Whipping Man: Learning From the Crossroads of History

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We tend to remember things a little bit differently than how they actually happened.

This is both a good thing and a bad thing — it leads to hyperbolic stories of THAT Thanksgiving at Aunt Abby's house — but it also leads to rich and enduring memories of deep engagement with a person, a place or an idea. And it's that latter notion, the close dancing with a big idea, that can lead people to remember a theatrical performance in a way that's clearly bigger than those two hours in the theatre ever could have truly been. Those enhanced memories, it seems to me, always come about when we wrestle with a work not only while it plays in front of us, but in the lobby afterward. Over coffee, after that, and the next morning, when the ideas still seem active.

The Whipping Man was a play that people who know this theatre well said we HAD to do. And it took one reading to understand why. What Matthew Lopez has done with this astonishing work is to capture all kinds of lightening in a bottle. This play will blow up your notions of history, of family, of race, of religion. It will give you far more to think about than you could ever finish in the couple of hours you spend in the theatre. And why is that a “must-do” play for The Alliance? Because the one constant common denominator of our blessedly diverse audience is that we all want something memorable. Something that lasts longer than the walk to your car after the show.

Here it comes.

Susan V. Booth Jennings Hertz Artistic Director

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In the past year Alexander Greenfield directed at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, assistant directed Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People at Manhattan Theatre Club and Athol Fugard’s The Road to Mecca on Broadway, and helped stage Glengarry Glen Ross with an Irish cast at Dublin’s storied Gate Theatre. Along the way he was nominated for a Suzi Bass Award, Atlanta’s theater honors, for his direction of Sweeney Todd at Fabrefaction Theatre.

Whew!

The Atlanta-raised, New York-based director, accomplished at just 25, is home again for The Whipping Man, a crackling three-actor drama set at the close of the Civil War. While here he’s hoping to reconnect with old friends, including staffers at 7 Stages, where an even younger Greenfield once interned.

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He’s “had a crush on” The Whipping Man since first encountering the script in the fall of 2010, he says. “I thought, my God, this play would be unbelievable in Atlanta.”

Apparently, Alliance Artistic Director Susan V. Booth thought the same thing.

The Whipping Man opens in April 1865 when a wounded Jewish Confederate soldier returns to find his Virginia home vacated, in ruins and occupied by two of his former slaves. Eventually they celebrate a Seder together. (The Passover holiday in 1865 actually began the day after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox.)

That playwright Matthew Lopez, who’s in his 30s, is neither African-American or Jewish — he’s a self-described “foxhole Episcopalian” from Florida

Top: Richmond, Va., after the Civil War. Photo by Alexander Gardner, 1865; below left: Refugees living on a boat, April, 1865; below right: Destruction of Richmond, Va., 1865.

with Puerto Rican and Polish-Russian heritage — just stirs the pot of his play’s universality.

The Whipping Man is, in fact, one of the most popular titles at regional theaters this season, with 14 productions at companies from Louisville to Skokie, Ill., Rochester, N.Y., to Portland, Ore., and in Toronto.

In Atlanta, Greenfield says, the script speaks to the ongoing evolution of the city’s identity, as it would in any former Confederate place but particularly the adopted hometown of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “ The Whipping Man should play well here because it doesn’t seek to condemn or judge in any way.," he says. "Each character is flawed and human in equal proportion.”

The drama "simultaneously wades

through issues as thick as what does it mean to be free? What are the responsibilities of that? Can you love, or be friends with, someone you own or have societal advantages over? What is the power of faith? It gets into all these big things, but it drives forward in action.”

He calls The Whipping Man a “newfashioned melodrama” because it’s full of secrets and risk and danger. You, as the audience, will be “in” on some of the secrets; others will be news to you as they are to the characters onstage.

“Our job,” Greenfield says, “is to just tell the story. Our hope is that it will be embraced. There is a safety net in the fact that it’s a great play.” alliancetheatre.org

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The Whipping Man: Learning From the Crossroads of History

By JirÉh Holder

The Civil War has long been a point of patriotic curiosity and respect in American art and culture. But why? Whether focused on the devastation of the South, the atrocities of slavery or the difficulty of a nation readjusting its social, economic and moral standing, we are constantly revisiting "the worst of wars."

The topics of slavery and racial dynamics are especially critical to Southern audiences. Playwright Matthew Lopez handles this complex and sensitive subject by taking a new look at the humanity and faith of Civil War survivors. What makes The Whipping Man worthy of its rank as the nation's third-most-produced play this season is that his subject matter has not been frequently investigated. In simplest terms, a Jewish Confederate soldier returns home to find it in ruins and his former slaves adjusting to freedom.

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Art and history have no shortage of parallels and comparisons between Jewish people and African-Americans, but Lopez’s play places the two cultures in an almost radical context. Or so it seems. In fact, the relationship between Jews and slavery in America is not without historical backing.

At the brink of the Civil War, America turned to a respected rabbi and scholar to justify slavery. Dr. Morris J. Raphall’s discourse on “The Bible View of Slavery” denied that any statement or law in the Bible could be interpreted to prohibit slavery, insisting that the very highest authority in the Bible (the Ten Commandments) sanctioned human slavery. Raphall had many public supporters and opponents in his time, but the context of this story is one Lopez felt compelled to tell again for a twenty first century audience.”

When asked what he hopes audiences take away from The Whipping Man, Lopez says, “That American history is a succession of crossroads and intersections, and we’re a product of those intersections and all of our compromises. This is just one example of historic events colliding and becoming the past.”

Some of the earliest theories claimed that art’s purpose is not to instruct but to offer a mirror so society can truly see itself.

Matthew Lopez masterfully joins the ranks of great artists as he follows this tradition in his breakout play. In a social climate of radically shifting cultural landscapes, The Whipping Man gives audiences a new lens through which to look back and learn from the past. By revisiting the view of a time that American audiences are all too familiar with, we receive a fresh prism through which to see our current society and, ultimately, a wonderful opportunity to reconcile our collective past while perfecting our unified future.

Jiréh Holder is the Alliance Theatre's Kenny Leon Fellow

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

Written by MATTHEW LOPEZ Set Design by

Costume Design by

Jason Sherwood

Michael Krass

Production Stage Manager

Pat A. Flora

Lighting Design by

Liz Lee

Dramaturgy by

Original Music & Sound Design by

Kendall Simpson Casting by

Celise Kalke

Jody Feldman

Directed by Alexander GreenfIeld The Whipping Man is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Hertz Season Sponsored By

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cast SETTING: Richmond, Virginia, 1865

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION Cast in alphabetical order

Jeremy Aggers...................................................................................................... Caleb *Keith Randolph Smith .......................................................................................Simon John Stewart...........................................................................................................John *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies and stand-ins never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

Thomas Ramseur-King.............................................................................................John Brandon White.......................................................................................................Simon Samuel Traquina..................................................................................................... Caleb Steve Tolin.............................................................................................. Effects Makeup Natasha Smith....................................................................................Assistant Director Haylee Scott.................................................Stage Management Production Assistant

Special Thanks for Engagement support: Anti-Defamation League, Emory Center for Ethics, Breman Museum, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, The Temple, Temple Sinai, Atlanta History Center, Enid Draluck

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited, is a violation of United States Copyright Law and is an actionable Federal Offense.

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cast JEREMY AGGERS (Caleb) is grateful to be returning to the Alliance stage. Jeremy is a musician, voice-over, and stage actor from North Carolina. He’s lived in Atlanta since 2006 and was last seen on the Alliance stage in Ghost Brothers of Darkland County.

When not acting or playing his songs under the Brash Music label, he narrates for ListenUp Audiobooks.

He’d like to thank his family for most everything, and Kristin for everything else.

KEITH RANDOLPH SMITH (Simon) Alliance: God of Carnage and King Hedley II. Broadway: Fences; King Hedley II; Piano Lesson; Come Back Little Sheba; and Salome. Off-Broadway: Jitney; Fabulation; Midsum-mer Night’s Dream; First Breeze of Summer; Holiday Heart; Before It Hits Home; A Soldier’s Play. Regional: Looking Over the President’s Shoulder; Seven Guitars; Le Trois Dumas; The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove; Cobb; The Heliotrope Bouquet; Resurrection; Three Sisters; Death of a Salesman. Film: Malcolm X; Girl Six; Three Windows; Backstreet Justice; Warrior Class; Journeymen; Path to Paradise. Television: “Onion Sports Network”; “Cosby”; “NY Undercover”; “Law & Order”; “Law & Order: SVU”; “Law & Order: CI”; “I’ll Fly Away”; “One Life to Live”; “All My Children.”

JOHN STEWART (John) received his training from Kennesaw State University and is excited to make his debut on the Hertz Stage here at the Alliance Theatre. Shows include: A Christmas Carol (Alliance), The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Synchronicity) and Splittin’ the Raft (KSU). For Splittin’ the Raft he was awarded an Outstanding Acting Fellowship by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

He is beyond humbled to be a part of this gifted cast and crew, and he is honored to be able to tell this story that he believes thoroughly. Thanks and LOVE to God above all, Haylee and his family, friends, faculty and mentors for their love and support. Gratitude to Jody Feldman for the opportunity. It is an honor to have you all in my corner..

THOMAS

RAMSEUR-KING

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returns to the Alliance, where he most recently appeared at The Kendeda Festival in Beans Don't Burn on the Grill. Other credits include Death of Bliss at The Pittsburgh Playhouse, Moments in Life at The Southwest Arts Center, and his debut as Hank on GMC's Worldwide Premiere of "Sugar Mommas" which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award earlier this year.

Thomas is elated to be understudying such a powerful role. He would like to thank the Alliance Theatre for this wonderful opportunity, his family and friends for their undying love and support, and his ancestors for their boundless sacrifices which set the stage for these stories to be forever told and interminably learned from!

BRANDON WHITE (US Simon) is a recent transplant from Washington DC, where he was last seen in Art Creates Life's production, Billie Holiday vs. The United States. DC Regional credits: The Resurrectionist King (Active Cultures Theatre); In Darfur (Theater J); Holes (Adventure Theatre); Lions of Industry/ Mothers of Invention (Discovery Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun (African Continuum Theatre); A Lesson Before Dying (US, Roundhouse Theatre); Youth or Dare Tour 2004 and 2009 Express Tour (Young Playwrights Theatre); and a host of community theatre credits. He received his B.F.A. from Howard University. Brandon is the founding Artistic Director of Nu Visions of Excellence Theatre Company and a director with a growing list of regional credits. He recently joined Alchemy of Acting, one of Atlanta's premiere adult conservatory schools, as a new instructor. He gives thanks to his friends and family for their support. Gye-Nyame.

SAMUEL TRAQUINA (US Caleb) is new to the Atlanta theater scene. As a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina, he has acted in numerous academic and professional productions.

Recent roles include Orestes in Iphegenia, Mowgli in The Jungle Book, Dr. Pinch in Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors and El Fayoumy in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.

This is his first production with the Alliance, and he is excited to be a part of more shows in the future! alliancetheatre.org

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profiles ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. In the 2012-2013 Season, the Alliance Theatre congratulates Actors’ Equity Association for its 100 years of service to the theatre community.

Matthew Lopez (Playwright) The Whipping Man premiered off-Broadway in 2011 at Manhattan Theatre Club in a production directed by Doug Hughes and starring Andre Braugher. For it, Mr. Lopez was awarded the John Gassner Playwriting Award from the Outer Critics Circle. The play premiered at Luna Stage in Montclair, NJ in 2006 and was produced and developed at Penumbra Theatre Company in St. Paul, MN and the Old Globe in San Diego before arriving in New York.

Other works include Reverberation, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Zoey's Perfect Wedding and The Sentinels, which premiered last year in London as part of Headlong Theatre Company's 9/11 Decade project. Mr. Lopez is a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect, a past member of the Ars Nova Play Group and a recent artist-in-residence at the Old Globe. He is currently the 2012/13 Aetna New Voices Fellow at Hartford Stage. He is commissioned

by Hartford Stage, Roundabout Theatre Company and Manhattan Theatre Club. Mr. Lopez is a staff writer on the HBO series The Newsroom.

ALEXANDER GREENFIELD (Director) is an Atlanta-raised, New York-based stage director.

Directing credits include Happy Days by Samuel Beckett; Sweeney Todd (Suzi Bass Award nomination for Outstanding Director, seven 2012 Atlanta Theater Fan Awards); A Number by Caryl Churchill; and The Bone Violin by Doug Wright.

Recent staged readings include Reporting Live at NYMF (starring Broadway's Kate Shindle, Alex Brightman and Theresa McCarthy) and Kind Souls, a new play by Pulitzer Prize nominee Tom Diggs.

For nearly three years, he has worked alongside Tony-winning director Doug Hughes. Broadway AD credits include The Big Knife (upcoming), An Enemy of the People, The Road to Mecca (dir. Gordon Edelstein), Born Yesterday, Elling and Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Other AD credits include Glengarry Glen Ross at the renowned Gate Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, and the current off-Broadway production of My Name Is Asher Lev. BFA with honors from NYU/Tisch and a proud member of SDC.

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JASON SHERWOOD (Scenic Design) Alliance Theatre debut. Recent credits: In the Next Room ... (Yale Drama); Assassins (CAP21; Dir: Kent Gash); The DETAILS Collections (NY M-B Fashion Week); The Bump (The Flea, U.S. premiere, Dir: Mia Walker); Revisiting Wildfire (Arclight Theatre); Gypsy, August: Osage County, Grey Gardens (Civic Theatre); Salacious Universe (PS122); Reckless (Gallery Players); Violet (NYU, Dir: Michael McElroy); XIX (by Jessica Almasy, NY premiere), ‘Da Kink in My Hair (Dir: Michele Shay, NY premiere), gardenplays (NY premiere, NYTW E4th). He has assistant or associate designed on Broadway, for the New Group, the Signature Theatre (NY), the ART, the NYC Opera, Shakespeare TC (DC), regionally throughout the U.S., and on corporate international events for Target (featuring performances by Taylor Swift, James Taylor, Beyonce and Tony Bennett). NYU grad. www. jasonsherwooddesign.com.

MICHAEL KRASS (Costume Design) designed Pride and Prejudice for the Alliance and is very pleased to return. Broadway credits include The Lyons, The Constant Wife, Twelve Angry Men, Reckless, After the Fall, Hedda Gabler, Charlie Brown, The Rehearsal, The Lion in Winter and many more. National tours: Angels in America, Full Gallop. Off-Broadway: world premieres by Edward Albee, John Guare, Christopher Durang, Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) Kenny Lonergan, Theresa Rebeck, Keith Bunin, David Rabe, Elaine May and many more. Regional credits include the Guthrie, Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Festival; Boston’s Huntington; Williamstown; Hangar Theatre; Ahmanson; Old Globe; Arena Stage; Chicago Shakespeare; McCarter Theatre, etc. Film: Campbell Scott’s Hamlet. Opera: Pelleas and Melisande at the Mariinsky, St Petersburg, Russia. Awards: 2006 Tony Award nomination; multiple Drama Desk and American Theatre Wing nominations; two Chicago Jefferson nominations, Beverly Hills NAACP nomination.

LIZ LEE (Lighting Design) always enjoys her work at the Alliance. Previous designs include God of Carnage, Sleuth, Cuttin’ Up, Tick, Tick … Boom! and Top Dog/Under Dog. Based in Atlanta, she is producer and resident lighting designer for the Center for Puppetry Arts, where her most recent projects include The Adventures of Mighty Bug and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Other recent designs include Shrew the Musical at Georgia Shakespeare.

KENDALL SIMPSON (Original Music & Sound Design) has designed and composed original scores for Atlanta theaters including Georgia Shakespeare, Alliance

profiles Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit and Theater Emory. Working in film, Simpson scored The Promotion (2011). Other independent films include The Etiquette Man, which received top honors at several film festivals. Television credits include scores for “Sesame Street” and Elmo DVDs. Simpson’s most recent work for dance is a video, Transit, which premiered at the 2012 American Dance Festival. Other works include Papillon, premiered by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Lee Harper and Dancers. Simpson is honored to have won three Suzi Bass awards. He serves as music hirector of the Emory Dance program.

PAT A. FLORA (Production Stage Manager) has been affiliated with the Alliance Theatre for more than 30 years, with favorite projects too numerous to list. She has had the great good fortune to work with many talented professionals in a variety of artistic disciplines not only in Atlanta but throughout the country and abroad. Ms. Flora is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, since 1980.

Celise Kalke (Director of New Projects) is excited to be indulging her love of American history working on The Whipping Man. Other historical projects on her resume include Intimate Apparel and the world premieres of Nacirema Society, What I Learned in Paris, False Creeds and development of John Guare’s free man of color. Kalke joined the Alliance in 2005. Before moving to the Alliance she was director of the Literary Department at the Public Theater in New York, working with writers such as John Guare, Diana Son, Tracey Scott Wilson and Stephen Adly Guirgis, and serving as the production dramaturg for Shakespeare in Central Park productions. At the Public she worked with such well-known actors as Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def, Ben Stiller, Jimmy Smits, Peter Dinklage and Rosie Perez. She was an artistic Associate at Next Theatre and the resident dramaturg for Court Theatre in Chicago.

Jody Feldman (Associate Producer) has been the head of casting for the Alliance Theatre since 1991.

She has cast more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions for the Alliance, including a wide range of classical, contemporary and world premiere dramas and musicals. She has worked with such directors as Susan V. Booth, Kenny Leon, David H. Bell, Kent Gash, Doug Hughes, Gary Griffin, Molly Smith and Andy Blankenbuehler. Since the Alliance is a center for new play development and productions, Jody has been privileged to cast a large number of new plays including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, Flyin’ West and Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney, and world premiere musicals such as Aida,

The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical and Bring It On: The Musical. Jody also serves as casting director for Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company and worked as Atlanta casting director for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Tribute in Washington, D.C., and the feature film Charming the Hearts of Men. Jody began her theatre career as an actress and then as assistant general manager at the Academy Theatre with Frank Wittow. More than anything, Jody would like to thank you for being here to share the joy of live theatre with her Alliance Theatre family.

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 Com-petition, created local pro-ducing partnerships and has overseen 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 nationally 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 the past president of the board of directors for Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for the field), is on the artistic board of the Steinberg Charitable Trust in New York and is a trustee of Denison University.

Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal. susan.booth@ woodruffcenter.org

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notes Synopsis The Civil War has just ended and a Jewish Confederate soldier returns to find his once-grand home in ruins. Its only occupants are two of his family’s former slaves.

Confronted with a changed, uncertain social order and bound by the history and faith they share, the three men must grapple with their responsibility to each other and the secrets they hold. The Whipping Man is a riveting drama about newfound freedom, the legacy of slavery, redemption and regret.

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Members of our community respond to the work on the Alliance Stage In The Whipping Man I discovered: That at the intersection of faith, religion, and history there are both nutrients to support the growth of hostility, intolerance, and hatred as well as to support the growth of hospitality, tolerance, and forgiveness. We are poised at this moment to cultivate and to nurture positive growth and to ensure that the harvest reaped will be a bountiful one.

— Carlton Mackey, Assistant Director, D. Abbott Turner Program in Ethics and Servant Leadership Director, Ethics & the Arts Initiative Emory University Center for Ethics

The Whipping Man captures a moment in our collective history of profound change, where human relationships had to be rethought, renegotiated.

Our most contentious American ways of seeing the world – through race, through religion, through region, through role – come together in this remarkable play, and are filtered through ritual. The pain of slavery and the responsibilities of freedom unfold during a Jewish seder, where hidden truths are finally revealed and a way of life is transformed. Through The Whipping Man I rediscovered the power of human transformation, the importance of ritual, and the ability of the theater to reignite our imagination.

— Paul Root Wolpe, Ph. D. Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Bioethics, Raymond F. Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair in Jewish Bioethics, Director, Emory University Center for Ethics

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For more information on becoming a volunteer, please contact Shana Orr at shana.orr@woodruffcenter. org or call 404.733.4761.

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about the alliance theatre Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre remains closely tied to the cultural identity of Atlanta, growing as the city has grown. The theatre has gained national recognition and prominence as Atlanta has become a leading international city. In 1977, the Alliance merged with the Atlanta Children’s Theatre (founded in 1929) in order to include Atlanta’s youngest audiences in fully produced theatrical experiences. In 1979, the Alliance created the Theatre School (now the Acting Program and Education Department) in order to strengthen the relationship with our community. In 2007, under the leadership of Susan Booth, the Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance received the Regional Theatre Tony Award®, in recognition of sustained excellence in programming, education and community engagement.

Realizing that our audience and the national field supports plays developed in Atlanta, the Alliance has created a large body of new work. The Alliance produces world premiere American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent regional productions. The theatre creates and nurtures the plays and careers of early-career playwrights through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, providing a premiere for the winner as part of our regular season and national networking opportunities for four finalists. Locally based artists create work on a nationally watched stage, launching and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community. Finally we create and produce original plays for young audiences at every age level: from the Collision Project, which creates opportunities for high school artists to collide with classic texts, to the groundbreaking Theatre for the Very Young, creating interactive work for infants and toddlers.

The Alliance takes great pride in our multigenerational educational programming. Believing that the same excellence found on our stage must be found in our education programs, the Alliance created the Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists. A collaborative partnership between the Alliance and partner schools, the institute programs equip teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum, align with the Georgia Performance Standards and increase student learning. These innovative programs include GA Wolf Trap, a nationally recognized professional learning program that focuses on literacy skills for children in pre-K – 2nd grade; Dramaturgy K-12, a unique program that empowers student scholars to create research material that both informs Alliance productions and prepares their peer audiences; and Collision Plus, which takes the creativity and collaboration of the Collision Project into our high school classrooms. The Alliance also offers community education, including classes for all ages and abilities of theatre interest; and adult student productions of unproduced plays in development (working with local writers and playwrights from the National Graduate Playwriting Competition). Twice recognized by the federal Department of Education as leaders in the field of arts education, these programs reflect the Alliance’s commitment to citywide arts access.

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George Goodwin Laura Hardman John Hays Mershon Helen M. Regenstein

Madelyn Adams Tracie Arnold Connie Austin Terri Bagen Candace Bell Mark Bell Barry Berlin Veronica Biggins Nancy Bistritz Melanie Boltax Sarah Robinson Borders Erin Brown Stephen Brown Donna Burchfield Catharine Burkett Susan Callaway W. Imara Canady James Cox Chambers Ron Clark Tony Conway Richard Cravey Jackie Cushman Sallie Daniel Debbie Dermer John Deushane Patricia L. Dickey

Chair: Ann W. Cramer Sally Dorsey Juanita Markwalter Enid Draluck Kent Matlock Cydnee Dubrof Philip McAdoo Diane Durgin Reese McCranie Bob Eckardt S. Alan McKnight, Jr. Jo Roberson Edwards Penny McPhee Kathryn Farley Dori Miller Ellen Feinsand Dedi Mohr Valerie Ferguson Mary Moore Donna Fitzmaurice Starr Moore Barry Flink Cynthia Moreland Jay Freer Elena Mullican Kevin Glass Linda Newpot Margie Goheen Bill Nigut Lisa Greenberg Travis Reed Patrice Greer Kathryn Richard Jennifer Hale Georgia Schley Ritchie Valerie Hartman Candace Rodriguez Rita Izaguirre Bobby Rosenbloum Stacii Jae Johnson Jack Sawyer Andrea Jones Christine Schneider Lauren Kiefer Alan Schreihofer David Kuniansky Sonny Seals Constance Lewis The Honorable Kristie Madara Leah Ward Sears Rosemary Magee Linda Selig

Philip H. MoĂŻse Maureen Morrison Richard S. Myrick Scarlet Pressley-Brown Helen Smith Price Patty Reid Maurice Rosenbaum William B. Rowland Steve Selig Karen Shepherd Spiegel Frank Ski William D. Sleeper

Bronson Smith John Strom Charles E. Taylor Rosemarie Thurston Peter D. Weitzner Cynthia Widner Wall P.J. Younglove Hovey Todd Zeldin

Lifetime Directors Robert E. Reiser, Jr. Debbie Shelton Jane E. Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson

Benjamin T. White

Advisory Board Janece Shaffer Jonathan Shapero Anne Sheehan Linda Silberman E. Kendrick Smith Lynda Smith Chandra StephensAlbright Charlita StephensWalker Veda Storey Todd Tautfest Susan Tucker Wayne Vason Lynda Walker Bob Walker Aaron Watson A. Penniman Wells, Jr. Rick Western Mary Williams Suzy Wilner Joni Winston Paul Root Wolpe

Volunteer Leadership President, STARS President, Alliance Theatre Guild President, Alliance Theatre Children’s Guild

Twyla Jackson Sarah Larson Jane Morgan

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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

Kendeda Fund

Wells Fargo Foundation

John H. & Wilhelmina Harland Charitable Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

North Highland Company PNC Bank The Rich Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc

U.S. Department of Education The Zeist Foundation

Publix Super Market Charities, Inc. The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

National Endowment for the Arts Target David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund

Cartoon Network Duke Realty Emory Healthcare Impact Creativity/NCTF Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia-Pacific Foundation

Georgia Power The Imlay Foundation Jones Day Premiere Global Services, Inc Price Gilbert Jr. Charitable Fund

The John & Mary Franklin Foundation Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Plum Creek power2give.org

Eierman Foundation The Elster Foundation

Jones Day

appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency — the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major funding for this organization is

provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

★★★★★★ $100,000+ Delta Air Lines, Inc

★★★★★ $50,000+ Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award Fulton County Arts & Culture The Home Depot

★★★★ $25,000+ AT&T Atlanta Foundation City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs

★★★ $10,000+ American Intercontinental University Arby’s Foundation Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Bryan Cave Carters, Inc.

★★ $5,000+ Aon The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

★ $2,500+ Belk, Inc. DocAuto

government

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the

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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 Turner’s local philanthropy, in particular organizations and programs that enhance the quality of life for all residents of its Atlanta hometown.

Cast and company flowers sponsored by

Marketing Partners

Official Pizzeria

Official Hotel

Digital Marketing Partner

Research Partner

Jezebel Magazine

Restaurant Partners

EPIC events

By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2012/13 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 44. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 44 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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annual fund The Alliance Theatre is deeply grateful to our Top Billing donors who contribute $1,000.00 or more to our Annual Fund. For more information on how to join Top Billing, please contact Maya Robinson at 404.733.4710 or maya.robinson@woodruffcenter.org

$50,000+

Victoria & Howard Palefsky

$35,000+

Barbara & Steve Chaddick James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Sally G. Tomlinson

$25,000+

Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand Dan & Garnet Reardon Joni Winston

$10,000+

The Balloun Family Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Ansley & Mark Callaway Ann & Jeff Cramer Linda & Gene Davidson 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 James & Lori Kilberg Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Jeffrey C. Levy Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Moddelmog Phil & Caroline Moïse Mr. & Mrs. Angus Morrison Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Patty & Doug Reid Bob & Margaret Reiser Linda & Steve Selig Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson Smith John & Karen Spiegel Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles & Delores Stephens Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Rosemarie & David Thurston Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Tomé

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Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Amy & Todd Zeldin

$7,500-$9,999

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Jocelyn J. Hunter Helen Smith Price Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum P.J. Younglove Hovey

$5,000-$7,499

Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow Mrs. Kristin Adams James Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Austin Bill & Peg Balzer Lisa & Joe Bankoff Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Ezra Cohen Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Erin & John Heyman Paul & Rosthema Kastin Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Philip I. Kent Foundation Cynthia & Alan Maloy Melanie & S. Alan McKnight, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Dedi & Julian Mohr Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson Mr. and Ms. Hugh S. Ripps Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strom

$2,500-$4,999

Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Judy M. Anderson Ellen Arnovitz Southern States LLC Karen Beardslee & Susie McGinnis Balfour Beatty Construction Ms. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder

Candace & Jeff Bell Ms. Beryl Bergquist Ms. Raluca Bighiu Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Susan & Tom Callaway Frank & Mary Anne Chew Alan & Chi Colberg Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Russell & Sandra Dawson Douglas & Camille Duerr Diane Durgin Eierman Foundation Dean & Christine Eisner Philippa & Burrell Ellis The Elster Foundation John & Cindy Ethridge Diane & Daryl Evans Kathryn T. Farley, PhD Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Mr. & Mrs. John D. Fuller Marsha & Richard Goerss Mr. & Mrs. Barry Goheen Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Mrs. Carrie G. Hall John & Simone Hanson Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Virginia A. Hepner & Malcolm S. Barnes In honor of the Alliance Theatre Education Department Mr. Robert A. Jetmundsen David L. Kuniansky Leslie Leigh M.D. Dick Lyon Kristie L. Madara Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mattingly Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Mr. William E. Michalewicz Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Morgens West Foundation June M. Morrison Jodi & Henry Niden Kathleen Nixon & Gregory Berkey Susan & David Peterson

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. (Gifts processed as of January 1, 2013)

Ms. Scarlet Pressley-Brown & Mr. Wendell Brown Bill & Rhonda Rowland Mr. & Ms. Michael Salyards David & Sharon Schacter Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Sonny & Jeanne Seals Kevin Seaway Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton III Charlotte & Tom Shields Mr. Brian Shively & Mr. Jim Jinhong William & Margarita Sleeper Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Karen & Alex Stickney Maria-Ruth Storts Mr. Todd Tautfest & Mr. Kevin Esch TAYLAR Development & Associates Mr. James Thomas Michael & June Tompkins Tull Charitable Foundation Susan & Tom Wardell Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. John & Kathy Zamer

$1,500-$2,499

JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Elaine & Miles Alexander Theodore & Andrea Altholz Rita & Ted Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William Andrade Elizabeth & John Bacon James & Therese Bailey Mark & Pam Bell Mr. George H. Boulineau Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Breakstone Stephen Brown Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe In memory of George Mason Coleman Mr. & Mrs. James L. Curry Ms. Sallie Adams Daniel Mr. & Mrs. James C. Edenfield Ralph & Ree Edwards Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Michael & Jody Feldman Mr. & Mrs. Andy Fisher

Viki & Paul R. Freeman Mr. Andrew L. Ghertner Patrice & Ernest Greer Ms. Kristin Hathaway Hansen & Mr. Norman Hansen Mr. & Mrs. David Hardegree, Jr. Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Linda & Richard Hubert Mr. & Mrs. James E Hugh, III Richard & Marcia Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer Lucy Kinnaird Steven & Sheri Labovitz Lanier-Goodman Foundation Julie & Billy Levine Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Lubo Fund The McGee Group Jim & Jo McLean Sally & Tom McNulty Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Nancy & Mike Millett Mrs. Judy Miller Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Joyce & Michael Natbony Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Newport John & Helen Parker Bill & Carey Peard Ms. Kathleen Pendergraft Peg Petersen Sam & Barbara Pettway Kathryn & John Richard Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Peter & Alice Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Scott C. Satterwhite Ms. Christine Schneider The Honorable Leah W. Sears & Mr. Haskell Ward Tim & Anne Sheehan Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman Martin & Patricia Silbiger A. Boyd Simpson & Melody Mann-Simpson Drs. Marjorie & Quentin Smith Oronda M. Smith Dr. O. Kirsten Spraggins Lynne & Steve Steindel Dante's Down the Hatch, Buckhead

Susan & Alan Stiefel Jim & Janie Stratigos J. Thomas Taylor, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Dr. William Torres Joshua & Zenobia Trexler Kimberly S. Tribble & Mark S. Lange Mrs. Lynda Walker Elizabeth Wallace & Chris Scislowicz Penn & Sally Wells Bruce Westbrook J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Wyper Judy Zaban

$1,000-$1,499

Mr. George Boyd Mrs. Barbara Brady Ginny & Charles Brewer Sara & Alex Brown William & Norah Byrnes Brad & Sally Currey Mr. & Mrs. David E. Dermer The Galloway Foundation in honor of Dr. Andrew Golde Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Ms. Diane Hockstader Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hyman, Jr. Mr. David Stockert & Ms. Cameron Ives Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Gordon L. Joyner, Esq. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kruger J. Bancroft Lesesne Ron Grapevine & Rosemary Magee William McDaniel Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Ms. Rebecca J. Reeves Mr. Scott Shickler Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Bob Sullivan Drs. Eldred & Ava Taylor Melody Wilder Wilson Lynne Winship Holly & Marty York Lynne T. Zappone

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annual fund The Alliance Theatre thanks the following staff members not only for their dedication and hard work, but also for their financial contributions to the Annual Fund: Janet Abercrombie, Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal, Sharon Brewer, Talia Bromstead, Liz Campbell, Jody Feldman, Lindsey Hardegree, Kristin Hathaway Hansen, Celeste Mercer, Margo Moskowitz, Michele Mummert, Rosemary Newcott, Shana Orr, Maya Robinson, Bryan Saxon, Gary Sayers, Brian Shively

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

American Express Company American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Aon Corporation AT&T Bank of America Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Charles Schwab and Co., Inc. Chubb & Son, Inc.

CIGNA Corporation Citigroup Foundation The Coca-Cola Company Equifax Inc. Federated Department Stores, Inc. GE Energy Home Depot Foundation IBM Corporation

JPMorgan Private Bank Kimberly-Clark Foundation Macy’s Foundation McDonald’s Corporation Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc Microsoft Corporation NDCHealth Norfolk Southern Corporation

Prudential Financial Sprint SunTrust Foundation Time Warner, Inc. UPS Verizon Corporation Yahoo!

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, Maya Robinson, Major Contributions Manager at 404.733.4710 or Maya.

Robinson@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

Laura & John Hardman Glen E. & Nancy Hesler P.J. Younglove Hovey William C. Hyde Virginia Vann & Ken Large Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Mr. & Mrs. John McColskey Phil & Caroline Moïse 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 Lynne Winship

Artsvibe Teen Council Adia Barlow, Amber Hood, Amorette Aryee, Ariadne Shirley, Bria Butler, Caroline Oelkers, Casey Wortham, Cristina Guerra, Darren Mann, Dasia Wilson, Donovan Dodds, DuMarkus Davis, Eli Fernandez, Elyse Wolford, Emily Russ, Emma Nigut, Emma Kupor, Eunice Kim, Ilya Kim, Imani Duhe, Jackie Kenny, Jessika Bassil, Joseph Fan, Kaitlin Nam Kameron Kierce, Kassie Taylor, Kathryn Evans, Kodie Stringer, Kylie O'Laughlin, Lihua Shu, Lily Dickinson, Marlow Greer, Nacida Marrero, Nicholas Wynn, Noah Reyes, Noemi Raygoza, Paul Duhe, Rachel Cunningham, Riley Schatz, Santiago Bejarano, Sara Endrias, Saraiah Vincent, Shaina McLawrence, Shelise du Cille, Sidni Wooten, Sophia Jactel, Ta'Neal Chandler, William Cormier

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Patron Circle of Stars By investing $15,000 or more in The Woodruff Arts Center and its divisions — the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences — these outstanding Annual Corporate Campaign donors helped us raise more than $9 million last year. Thank you!

Chairman’s Council ★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. UPS ★★★★★★★★★★ $300,000+ Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution James M. Cox Foundation, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, WSB-TV The Hon. Anne Cox Chambers Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+ AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Equifax Inc. & Employees The Home Depot Foundation PwC, Partners & Employees SunTrust Bank Employees & Trusteed Foundations Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund Greene-Sawtell Foundation SunTrust Foundation ★★★★★★★★ $150,000+ Jones Day Foundation & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Sara Giles Moore Foundation The Rich Foundation, Inc. The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund

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★★★★★★★ $100,000+ Alston & Bird LLP Bank of America Delta Air Lines, Inc. Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding Partners & Employees The Klaus Family Foundation The Marcus Foundation, Inc. Novelis Inc. Southwest Airlines Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Wells Fargo

★★★★★★ $75,000+ Goodwin Group Kilpatrick Townsend Norfolk Southern The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Regions Financial Corporation RockTenn Siemens Industry, Inc. ★★★★★ $50,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Balch & Bingham Lisa & Joe Bankoff Crawford & Company GE Energy Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion IntercontinentalExchange PNC Primerica Troutman Sanders LLP

★★★★ $35,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Atlanta Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III Invesco PLC Philip I. Kent Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Hellen Ingram Plummer Foundation, Inc. Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation Alex and Betty Smith DonorAdvised Fund at the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia Harris A. Smith Devyne Stephens Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP United Distributors, Inc. Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. ★★★ $25,000+ Julie & Jim Balloun BB&T Corporation Cousins Properties Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. DLA Piper Mike Donnelly Doosan Infracore International Georgia-Pacific Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund GMT Capital Corporation Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke

Beth & Tommy Holder The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Infor Global Solutions Sarah & Jim Kennedy Macy’s Foundation Mueller Water Products, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe SCANA Energy Selig Enterprises, Inc./The Selig Foundation Southwire Company Towers Watson Waffle House, Inc. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Carla & Leonard Wood Yancey Bros. Co. ★★ $15,000+ ACE Charitable Foundation Acuity Brands Alvarez & Marsal Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Assurant The Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors Atlanta Marriott Marquis Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris Bessemer Trust Laura & Stan Blackburn The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation The Boston Consulting Group Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch The Brand Banking Company George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta Bryan Cave LLP

Mary Cahill & Rory Murphy Camp-Younts Foundation Center Family Foundation Mr. Charles Center Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene Berman The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Cornerstone Investment Partners Dewberry Foundation Duke Realty Corporation The Deborah Elkins Foundation Fifth Third Bank First Data Corporation Ford & Harrison LLP Robert L. Fornaro Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Georgia Natural Gas Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes The Howell Fund, Inc. ICS Contract Services, LLC Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester Jamestown Mr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation Ingrid Saunders Jones JWT The Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation Kurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl Davis Thomas H. Lanier Family Foundation Lanier Parking Solutions The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Livingston Foundation, Inc. Karole & John Lloyd Mohawk Industries, Inc. & Frank H. Boykin

Katherine John Murphy Foundation Newell Rubbermaid Gail & Bob O’Leary Vicki & John Palmer The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Post Properties, Inc. Mary & Craig Ramsey Smith Gambrell and Russell, LLP Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Sprint Foundation State Bank & Trust Company Staples Foundation Superior Essex Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Thompson Verizon Sue & John Wieland Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams The Xerox Foundation

*Annual Campaign Donors from June 1, 2011–May 31, 2012

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alliance theatre staff Artistic

Administration

Jennings Hertz Artistic Director...................................... Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth.......................................... Rosemary Newcott Associate Producer......................................................... Jody Feldman Director of New Projects.....................................................Celise Kalke Artist In Dialogue............................................................... Pearl Cleage Community Engagement & Casting Associate..............DayRon J. Miles Artistic Assistant........................................................Margo Moskowitz Artistic Intern................................................................... Kathryn David Literary Intern................................................................. Natasha Smith Kenny Leon Fellow............................................................. JirĂŠh Holder

General Manager............................................................ Max Leventhal Company Manager........................................................ Laura Thruston Management Assistant.........................................................Alicia Quirk Manager of Information Resources..................................... Jim Hubbert

Education Director of Educational Programs........................... Christopher Moses Director of the Acting Program.......................................... Al Hamacher Director, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists.......................................... Michele Mummert Education Development Manager...................................Sharon Brewer Education Coordinator & Producer of Drama Camps .Christina Dresser Education Assistant.......................................................... Rachel Jones Theatre for the Very Young Coordinator...............................Olivia Aston Resident Artist in Education........................................Patrick McColery Resident Teaching Artists......... Kim Bowers-Rheay, Valetta Anderson Teen Programs Assistant.................................................... Sarah Wallis Project Coordinator, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists........................................... Mary Alice Nichols Teaching Artists....Ricardo Aponte, Paul Armbruster, Denise Arribas, Olivia Aston, Corey Bradberry, Sharon Brewer, Daniel Brown, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, Jessica De Maria, John Doyle, Marissa Druzbanski, Sharon Foote, Polly Garcia, Allison Gardner, Kimberly Geter, Holly Godwin, Neely Gossett, Erin Greer, Amy Handler, Angie Harrell, Betty Hart, Michael Haverty, Lesley Howe, BJ Hughes, John Jaramillio, Bernard D. Jones, Rachel Jones, LeeAnna Lambert, Amy Lucas, Barry Stewart Mann, Michele McCullough Hazard, Bryan Mercer, Marcie Millard, Tracy V. Moore, Kati Grace Morton, Jessica Muhammad, Sarah Lancaster Cave, Claire Ritzler, Manny Rivers, Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Sheri Mann Stewart, Clint Thornton, Shirnest Tolbert, Ebony Tucker, Davia Weatherill, Jeanene Williams

Finance Director of Finance & Administration.................................. Brian Shively Accounting Coordinator............................................................Julie Hall Accounting Coordinator................................................Ashley Bradford

Development Director of Development..............................Kristin Hathaway Hansen Corporate Relations Officer................................................ Paige Smith Major Contributions Manager...................................... Maya Robinson Special Events & Board Manager............................Lindsey Hardegree Special Events & Board Assistant..................................... Bryan Saxon Grants Manager...................................................Rebecca Levenberg Development Coordinator...................................... Janet Abercrombie Development Volunteer.............................................. Elaine Hentschel

Marketing Director of Marketing.......................................................... Gary Sayers Brand Manager............................................................ Caroline Tanner Public Relations Manager...................................... Kathleen Covington Digital Brand Manager..........................................................John Maley Creative Manager...........................................................Talia Bromstad Marketing Volunteer.................................................................Don Vann Group Services Coordinators............... Celeste Mercer, Kate McNeely Patron Services Manager........................................................Shana Orr Patron Services Coordinator.................................................Alicia Quirk Marketing Communications Coordinator........................... Holland Baird House Managers.......................... Olivia Aston, Dana Hylton Calabro, Christina Dresser, Lindsey Hardegree, Ken McNeil, Alicia Quirk, Lynn Vatter Assistant Manager Season Tickets..................................Danielle Hicks Senior Ticket Agents.................................... Chad Martin, Ken McNeil

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

Stage Management Alliance Stage Managers.......................... Pat A. Flora, lark hackshaw Liz Campbell, R. Lamar Williams Hertz Stage Management Production Assistant................. Haylee Scott Stage Management Apprentices........................................Erin Sanchez TYF Stage Management Production Assistant................. Barbara Gantt

Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager................................................ Scott Bowne Crew Chief........................................................................ Deb Maberry Flyman................................................................................ Willie Parks Properties Stagehand.................................................. Courtney O'Neill Stage Carpenter................................................................ Paul Arebalo Additional StageHand.....................Chris Locklear, Jayson T. Waddell

Electrics Electrics Manager..................................................................Pete Shinn Staff Electricians...................Steve Jordan, Steven Love, Jenn Trippe Additional Electricians.................................. Heather Pynne, Ben Tilley

Sound Resident Sound Designer..................................................Clay Benning Sound Engineers/Board Ops.................... Holly Blakely, Adair Mallory, Hidenori Nakajo

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Scenery Technical Director.............................................................Kyle Longwell Assistant Technical Director..................................................Megan Kier Shop Foreman................................................................ Patrick Conley Carpenters...............................................Manny Abreo, Erin Canfield, Jonathan Fries, Michael Lyons Charge Scenic Artist..............................................................Kat Conley Scenic Artist................................................................. Christa Seekatz

Properties Properties Manager...........................................................Robert Elliott Props Lead Artisan..........................................Suzanne Cooper Morris Properties Buyer Artisan.......................................... Heather Schroeder Properties Artisan........................................................ Bruce Butkovich

Costumes Costume Shop Manager..............................................Carol Hammond Design Assistant...........................................................English Benning Draper..................................................Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Craftsmaster................................................................Diana L. Thomas Stitchers/First Hands........................................................ Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Maegan Robinson Wardrobe........................................................John Hardy, Niki Traxler

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