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Susan Booth: Hey, Kevin — it would appear that, oops, we’ve done it again, and invited you back. (I trust you caught the Brittney Spears lyrical reference that I’m using to establish my “I’m cool enough to hang with the Dad’s folks” credibility.) It appears, too, that you’re doing a show with a lot of punctuation marks in the title. Can you f@*ing explain that?

Kevin Gillese: Susan — look, I don’t know how to tell you this but ... that Brittney Spears song you referenced ... it was released in 2000.

That was 15 years ago. That is not current in any way. But this show at the Hertz, on the other hand, was just written over the past few months so it’s about as current as it gets, and I’ve always believed that the best way to communicate “cutting-edge” is to put a swear word in the title. Right?

SB: Sh**, yeah, Kevin. Although I wonder if you could give me any advice on how I might respond to those patrons currently reading our exchange who are going to write me dismayed letters about my use of profanity and lack of propriety? And remember, these are folks I like a lot and upon whom I depend?

KG: I guess I would tell them that comedy is about pushing boundaries, it’s about exploring topics that are “off-limits” and using the power of humor to allow us to say things that we wouldn’t normally be allowed to say. And if that intellectual justification doesn’t fly, I guess I’d just say: come on, man, all the kids are doing it!

SB: Kevin — that all sounds terrific, but I think I have an even better idea. I think I’m going to send those folks directly on to you. Think of it as my holiday present to you!

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Bleep-Bleep & Bah,

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Dad’s Garage returns with another show to shake up the holidays.

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ost of us know someone who has had it up to here (all the way up to their clenched teeth and flaring nostrils), with holiday joy, shimmer and schmaltz.

Or someone who winces at yet another telecast of “Rudolph” with his nose so bright or “Charlie Brown” lugging around that pathetic tree.

Perhaps you know or may even be someone who’s – just plain Nutcracker’d out.

This is the person for whom Merry %#!*ing Christmas tolls. (If you have trouble saying the title, just go with Merry Bleeping Christmas).

The all-new show from Scratch, the Canadian writing-performing team of Kevin Gillese and Arlen Konopaki, is wild, wacky and more naughty than nice.

Scratch is the Edmonton duo’s “trademark brand” of improvisational theater, admired for its wit and brains as much as its sheer lunacy.

Actors play multiple roles in a Scratch show, which always contains three outrageous

storylines on something of a collision course.

In Merry %#!*ing Christmas, which is fully scripted, the main stories involve an evil Santa with weapons of mass destruction; a partly redeemed Ebenezer Scrooge zapped to the future to save Christmas; and “the loneliest orphan in the world.” There’s also an androgynous Frosty the Snowperson and a miserable single dad, among others.

The Scratch formula involves such components as musical montages and actors jumping and spinning in place to signal transitions. Gillese and Konopaki developed the formula in 2004, then traveled across North America, Europe and Australia performing as Scratch. In 2009, Gillese (pronounced GUH-lease) moved to Atlanta to become the artistic director of Dad’s Garage, but he continues to write with Konopaki, now a film and video director based in New York City. And Dad’s regularly dabbles in Scratch fare.

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hammer out ideas and plot points via phone, then each writes specific scenes to send to the other guy, who’s allowed to fiddle further – if he feels he must.

This is the second consecutive holiday season Dad’s is doing an original holiday show on the Alliance’s Hertz Stage. Last year’s It’s a Wonderful Laugh whisked audiences to Bedford Falls, the setting of the 1946 holiday movie classic It’s a Wonderful Life. Each performance was a different beast, as the audience called upon the actors to improvise characters who crashed the story to throw the plot off course for George Bailey and the rest.

“We’re just very happy to be invited back,” Gillese says.

“We wanted to do something full-on this time, rather than a show that relies on improv.

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deal with it, says Gillese, but he wants them to jump swiftly back on script. “I ask them to not overdo it.”

Is it hard to stick to a script when you regularly inhabit the improv arena? Not really, says Mark Kendall, a Dad’s Garage ensemble member who plays (among other things), the miserable single father in Merry.

“The scripted shows are a nice change,” he says. The cast features Dad’s regulars who have performed a boatload of improv together, “so we know each other well. We have great chemistry.”

Kendall enjoys the chance to help launch an original Scratch script. “Kevin and Arlen are great writers. Their writing style is fast-paced and filled with great physical stuff.

All the characters have arcs, so you get that nice balance of building a character that has somewhere to go.”

And there’s real meat.

“Scratch is so good at delivering more than comedy,” Kendall says.

“Amid the heart, humor and hilarity there are real stakes, strong relationships going on, characters who care about each other.”

If you happen to love Christmas and all its trimmings, fret not. Kendall says you’ll get your fix. “But there’s plenty for those who also hate traditional holiday plays.” A

More Scratch – at your fingertips

If you like the Scratch style, check out “Hart of America,” a new Web series from Gillese and Konopaki and their first effort for the screen. Set in a state park, the series (10 five-minute episodes) features several top talents from Dad’s Garage and celebrity guests such as Fred Willard.

Gillese plays Bigfoot. Visit hartofamerica.com

Funds roll for new Garage Dad’s Garage Theatre Company lost its longtime Inman Park home to redevelopment in 2013. Since then, it has performed mostly at 7 Stages in Little Five Points while running a successful capital campaign. The company continues at 7 Stages through Dec. 31, then moves to the new, permanent Dad’s. The new space, an old church at 569 Ezzard St. in the Old Fourth Ward, is being renovated. More than 1,200 donors from more than 25 states and seven countries contributed to the effort through a Kickstarter campaign.

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promised her one thing: that it would be funny and good.”

It’s crucial to the continued success of Atlanta’s theater scene, Gillese says, “for theater companies with different aesthetics and different sensibilities, to be working together.” The 20-year-old Dad’s Garage is known both for its outrageous scripted productions and an endless stream of improv shows.

With last year’s It’s a Wonderful Laugh, Dad’s attempted to tone down its usual racy mischief.

Gillese says they went with the title Merry %#!*ing Christmas this time “to better let everyone know exactly what they’re getting themselves into.” There’s no gory violence or nudity but expect plenty of cursring and other R-rated content.

“We get to flip a lot of Christmas stuff on its head,” Gillese says. “We like to reverse expectations.”

The scripted shows from Scratch spring from material Gillese and Konopaki mined while touring. “Because we were doing improv, we were churning out all of this new material,” Gillese says. “After each show we would fill up these little notebooks with jokes, plots and other things.”

Merry Bleeping Christmas is their fourth scripted show that incorporates some of that material. Last spring’s Battle Space Wars, described as a Battlestar-Galacticaparody-turned-Sharknadospoof-turned-Armageddon sendup, was another.

If something happens during a Merry Bleeping performance to throw things off course, actors can acknowledge it and

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CHRIS BLAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ebenezer Scrooge KAREN CASSADY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adorable Orphan TAYLOR M. DOOLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frosty MARK KENDALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry ED MORGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Narrator/Sidekick/Assistant Director CHRIS RITTELMEYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santa Claus JAMES WATSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accompanist/Music Improviser/Narrator STAGE MANAGEMENT

GRACE MADDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager KARA PROCELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Production Assistant PRODUCTION AND DESIGN ASSISTANCE

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profiles CHRIS BLAIR (Ebenezer Scrooge) is so very excited you are here to see this show! Thank you for supporting local living artists. We can’t tell you how much it means to us that you have joined us tonight. Chris is a founding member of Dad’s Garage Theatre in Atlanta. Credits include Samurai Davis Jr. and Dimsum’s Mega Super Happy Funtime Improv Show, The Change, Going Out of Business Show, Date, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, History of Rock and Roll (Dad’s Garage). Thanks to family and friends for your support and inspiration. Love to the Goose.

KAREN CASSADY (Adorable Orphan) is thrilled to be back at the Alliance with Dad’s Garage’s second production on the Hertz Stage. She is an improviser and ensemble member at Dad’s Garage and Laughing Matters. Some of her favorite theater credits include It’s a Wonderful Laugh (Dad’s/Alliance Theatre), Invasion: Christmas Carol (Dad’s Garage), King of Pops: A Post Apocalyptic Musical (Dad’s Garage), 44 Plays for 44 Presidents (Dad’s Garage), Musicals Suck: The Musical (Dad’s Garage), Zonkers (Dad’s Garage), Peachtree Battle (Ansley Park Playhouse), Hairspray (MJCCA). TV/film: Adult Swim’s “Too Many Cooks,” “Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell.”

Thanks Mom and Dad for supporting me no matter how crazy my dreams seem. Allan and Jackie — there are no words. My sweet nephew Benaiah — I’m crazy about you. Michael … you know. ;) TAYLOR M. DOOLEY (Frosty) couldn’t imagine a more fitting Alliance debut than a show whose title alone stands to offend dozens. She’s a proud general company member at Dad’s Garage, where her credits include Battle Space Wars, Dementia Juice, Effed Up Fairy Tales, and Slaughter Camp. Other Atlanta credits: The Dumb Waiter, Anton in Show Business (Weird Sisters Theatre Project), Evelyn in Purgatory (U/S, Essential Theatre Festival) and Exit, Pursued by a Bear (Synchronicity Theatre). Voiceover credits: Delta Community Credit Union, Georgia Lottery, Walmart, Seapak, Brutal Legend and “Rick and Steve.” I love you, Ethan and Veda. You’re my favorites.

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MARK KENDALL (Jerry) is an ensemble member at Dad’s Garage. He is also the writer/performer of the one-man sketch show The Magic Negro and Other Blackness, which this year is part of the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab. ED MORGAN (Narrator/Sidekick) is very excited to be back at the Alliance for another Dad’s Garage production (seriously, I don’t know why they invited us back) and another opportunity to help create a show with his ol’ buddy Kev. He has been a member of the Dad’s Garage ensemble since 2009 and has appeared in such as The Change: Another Teenage Werewolf Musical, Samurai Davis Jr. and Dim Sum’s Mega Super Happy Fun Time Improv Show and Song of the Living Dead. He is returning for his second time around as assistant director after 2015’s Battle Space Wars.

CHRIS RITTELMEYER (Santa Claus) is very excited to work on the Alliance stage for the first time. He has been a member of the Dad’s Garage ensemble cast for four years. Dad’s Garage credits: King of Pops: The Musical, Wrath of Con, Slaughter Camp, Song of the Living Dead, Musicals Suck: The Musical, 44 Plays for 44 Presidents, Spoon. Much love to Amie and my boys, Tucker & Monkey.

KEVIN GILLESE (Director/Co-Playwright) is positively tickled to be back at the Alliance after directing last year’s It’s a Wonderful Laugh on the Hertz Stage. As artistic director, he has written and directed many Dad’s Garage Theatre shows, including Two Gentlemen of Lebowski, Musicals Suck: The Musical, SEX aka Wieners and Boobs, Battle Space Wars and many others. Kevin is excited to be opening the new home of Dad’s Garage Theatre in the Old Fourth Ward this New Year’s Eve — you should come check it out some time. If you liked Merry %#!*ing Christmas, you should check out the Web series that he just created with the same co-writer: www.hartofamerica.com.

Ff you hated the show, tell all your enemies to go check out Dad’s Garage.

ARLEN KONOPAKI (Co-Playwright) is a New York City-based writer and filmmaker.

Originally from Canada, his films have screened at festivals around the world, including the Stanley Film Festival and the Toronto International Film

profiles Festival. Arlen’s work has been featured on IFC. com, Splitsider, the Huffington Post, My Damn Channel, Hot97.com, GQ.com and Buzzfeed, and he has written digital content for Condé Nast Entertainment. He is a Canadian Comedy Award recipient for his short film work and has been nominated three additional times for his live performances and short films. Arlen works as a video producer and director for the men’s magazine GQ. As a cinematographer, Arlen has recently shot content for Red Bull and Canon, and worked as a second camera operator on the A&E television show “American Takedown.” Films that Arlen has shot have screened at the Woodstock Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, the Art of Brooklyn Festival and many more. A graduate of the B.F.A. acting program at the University of Alberta, Arlen is working on his thesis in pursuit of his M.F.A. in film directing and cinematography at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

MALLORY HAZEN (Choreographer) After performing as a dancer in Dad’s Garage and Friends for the past two years, Mallory is thrilled to be making her choreographic debut for Dad’s Garage.

Mallory holds a B.A. in theatre and music and is working toward a master’s in human nutrition.

Performance: West Side Story, Cindy the Musical, Urinetown, Dear Edwina, Cinderella and the unveiling of Antonio Browns LVL XIII luxury men’s shoe line. Choreography: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Pajama Game, Cinderella, The Wizard of Oz, Phazes of Love, Emerging New Choreographers Workshop, Dance Canvas Drawing Board choreographer 2015, Gotta Dance Atlanta’s Contemporary.

NADIA MORGAN (Set Design) has been building, painting and creating sets for theatre since 1994. She graduated from Georgia State University with a B.A. in theatre and worked for many Atlanta theatre companies before moving to Los Angeles, where she earned her M.F.A. in theater design with a specialization in scenic painting in 2007 from the California Institute of the Arts. Favorite designs include Up From the Downs and Ochre and Onyx for Watts Village Theatre Company, and The Mystery Plays and And the Winner Is for Stillspeaking Theatre. Since returning to Atlanta, her favorite scenic designs include Angry Fags at 7 Stages, and A Wrinkle in Time at Theatrical Outfit.

Nadia is a scenic artist on “The Vampire Diaries.”

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graduate of Georgia College and State University, where he studied theatre with an emphasis in lighting, acting and directing. His past designs for Dad’s Garage include Battle Space Wars, Thankskilling and last year’s holiday production of It’s a Wonderful Laugh. He would like to thank Dad’s Garage and the Alliance Theatre for this awesome opportunity to design with them.

ZOE ADBERG (Costume Design) Originally from Seattle, Zoe is now based out of Richmond, Va., and Atlanta. Favorite credits include Dear Edwina, The House of Bernarda Alba andThe Secret Garden (all 2011); Tom Jones (2012); Little Shop of Horrors and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (both 2013). She has been working and designing for Theater Emory since 2013. She has contributed to the production teams of I Am Not That I Play and Macbeth (both 2013); Freefall, Pinter Review and Pinter Kaleidoscope (all 2014); and Marisol (2015). Pinter Fest, which included Pinter Review and Pinter Kaleidoscope, was named best student/ college roduction by the website ArtsATL. She designed and created all of the costumes for Dad’s Garage’s original Scratch-style play Battle Space Wars, as well the upcoming Web series “Hart of America.”

DAN BAUMAN (Sound Design) designs sound all over town, plays bass for the Dirt Poets and cohosts “The Nine Billion Names of Pod” podcast. Big love to Courtney.

KEVIN STILLWELL (Fight Choreographer) returns to Dad’s, invited to create some Christmas violence. Recent credits include Romeo & Juliet and Calendar Girls (GET), The Breakers (7 Stages), Lasso of Truth (Synchronicity). Fight credits include Battle Space Wars, Song of the Living Dead, Angry Fags and others. Love to the Melich.

JAMES WATSON (Composer/Accompanist/ Narrator) is a composer, performer, and education entrepreneur from Bristol, England, and delighted to work with Dad’s Garage again after an exciting spring as a contributing composer on King of Pops, The Post-Apocalyptic Musical! James is one of the founders of The New School, an innovative new high school in Inman Park, and a board member at The Atlanta Music Project.

GRACE MADDEN (Stage Manager) is a fourth-year B.F.A. stage management major at the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University in St. Louis. She has been at Dad’s

profiles cast Garage as the arts management intern since August. Stage management credits include The Sound of Music (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre in Holland, Mich.), The Tempest (Webster University Conservatory), A Devised Piece (Webster University Conservatory), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis) and Opus (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis).

SUSAN V. BOOTH (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Palefsky 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 such theaters as 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 The Alliance Theatre is Atlanta’s national theater, expanding hearts and minds on stage and off. Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theater in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 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, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance Theatre 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 95 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 developed and premiered important American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring, and subsequent productions, including the world premieres of Sister Act: The Musical, Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away, Bring It On: The Musical, Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Harmony – A New Musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, and most recently the world premiere of the new musical Tuck Everlasting. The Alliance also creates and nurtures the careers of artists through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, producing the world 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 Alliance’s dedication to providing access to the arts is reflected in its commitment to creating new work for all ages, and to bringing that work into classrooms and communities across Atlanta and throughout the region. More than 50,000 students each year experience age-specific professional performances and participate in acting classes, drama camps, and in-school initiatives through the Alliance Theatre Acting Program and Education Department. The Alliance’s groundbreaking Kathy and Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young performances offer professionally-produced, fully interactive theater for infants and toddlers; the Palefsky Collision Project invites high school artists to create and perform new civic-minded theater based on a classic text; and community acting classes and skill-building workshops engage professional artists, young actors, business leaders, and curious learners of all ages. Twice recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for leadership in arts education, the Alliance Arts for Learning Institute equips classroom teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum and have been empirically proven to improve student learning. These programs include Georgia Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts and Dramaturgy K–12, in which students create research material that informs Alliance productions and prepares peer audiences.

The work produced by the Alliance allows locally based artists the chance to create on a nationally watched stage, building and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community. The vision of the Alliance Theatre is to be a beacon of leadership for the national field, while remaining deeply rooted in and reflective of our local Atlanta community. alliancetheatre.org or 404.733.4650

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

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

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

Jane Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson Ben White

Directors Kristin R. Adams* James Anderson* Lynn Ayers^ Kenny Blank Steve Chaddick* Leigh Ann Costley Fred Ehlers Daryl Evans Joseph W. Evans Reade Fahs* Howard Feinsand* Molly Fuller Richard Goerss* Alexander Goldsmith

Pat Gunning Virginia A. Hepner^ Lila Hertz* Jocelyn Hunter* Christopher M. Jones Leslie Joyce Anne Kaiser* John Keller Lauren Kiefer* James A. Kilberg Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Malinda Krantz* Alan McKeon* Carol Meadows*

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

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

Advisory Board

Advisory Board Chair: Laura Hardman* Vice Chair: Phil Moise*

Joel Alvarado Shean L. Atkins Maurice Baker Michael Barrett Shana Basnight Paul Bianchi Danny Blumenfield Keith Arthur Bolden Heidi Boykin Donna Bowman Erin Brown Stephen Brown Kristen Wood Burke Tarsha Whitaker Calloway

Madison Cario Sona Chambers Andrew Chang Greg Changnon Caren Cook Emily Decker Angela Edmond Lisa Ramirez Ellinger David Felfoldi Cindy Fowler Matt Geller Barbara Goldman September Gray Lauren Linder Grunberg

Nancy Halwig Janet Stovall Harrell Neil Hirsch Heather Vincent Holley Rita Izaguirre Rachelle Kuramoto Santiago Marquez Liza McSwain Dori Miller Marjorie Mitchell Valerie Mosley Kendrick Heather Phillips Almeera Jiwa Pratt Chris Schneider

Jennifer Schwartz Ron Segal Nancy Silverboard Steven Steindel Chandra StephensAlbright Charlita StephensWalker Susan Stiefel Natasha Trethewey Alexandra Tucci Shawn Tylka Avril Vignos Ellen Adair Wyche

Volunteer Leadership

President, STARS: Lynn Ayers President, Alliance Theatre Guild: Joan Milsap 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 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Wells Fargo Foundation

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

The Kendeda Fund The Shubert Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

★★★★★ $50,000+ Carter’s The Edgerton Foundation Fulton County Arts & Culture North Highland Company

PNC R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation Wal-Mart Foundation The Zeist Foundation

★★★★ $25,000+ Atlanta Foundation City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Emory Brain Health Center Georgia Power

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

★★★ $10,000+ Alston & Bird Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation Cartoon Network Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia Natural Gas Georgia-Pacific Foundation

Greenberg Traurig LLP Hire Profile Impact Creativity/NCTF National Endowment for the Arts State Bank & Trust Company Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP

The Mark & Evelyn Tramell Foundation United Distributors Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Young Audiences, Inc

DocAuto William and Eva Fox Foundation John and Mary Franklin Foundation Jones Day

King & Spalding, LLP The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. Plum Creek Foundation Theatre Communications Group

★★ $5,000+ AON Arby’s Foundation Balentine+Company CKKO Foundation

By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2015/16 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 47. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 47 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 Individual donors contribute more than $2 million to the Alliance Theatre so that we are able to present exceptional theater and educational programming to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. 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.

Listed below are pledges and payments to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and special events for the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons from June 1, 2014 through October 30, 2015.

Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Austin Lisa & Joe Bankoff Stephanie Blank Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Mr. Fredric M. Ehlers & Mr. David Lile John & Cindy Ethridge Brumley & Brad Foster Erin & John Heyman Paul & Rosthema Kastin David L. Kuniansky James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Scott, Dallas, & Mia Pioli Bill & Rhonda Rowland Sharon & David Schachter Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Susan & Tom Wardell P.J. Younglove Hovey

Carol & Dart Meadows Mr. & Mrs. William E. Michalewicz Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Dedi & Julian Mohr June M. Morrison Debbie & Lon Neese Susan & David Peterson Mr. Jared Ripps & Dr. Kiera von Besser The Elster Foundation Alan & Cyndy* Schreihofer Sonny & Jeanne Seals Mr.& Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III Charlotte & Tom Shields Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong Mark & Linda Silberman Nancy & Gerald Silverboard Mr. & Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Karen & Alex Stickney Mr. Russell B. Still in honor of the Alliance Theatre Education Department Maria-Ruth Storts Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strom Mr. James Thomas Michael & June Tompkins Mr. James Wall & Mrs. Cynthia Widner Wall Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Lynne Winship The Zaban Foundation John & Kathy Zamer

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$1,500 - $2,499

Elaine & Miles Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Pam Anderson Mike & Karen Armand Ellen Arnovitz The Rockdale Foundation Karen Beardslee & Susie McGinnis Ms. Beryl Bergquist Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Sara & Alex Brown Susan & Tom Callaway Frank & Mary Anne Chew Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Diane Durgin Mr. Fred Ehlers Eierman Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Philippa & Burrell Ellis Diane & Daryl Evans Michael & Jody Feldman Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette 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 Linda & Richard Hubert Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Kauffman Brian & Carrie Kurlander Neuro Tour Physical Therapy, Inc. I AM PR Agency LLC Kristie L. Madara

Claire Abreu Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda C. Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Mary Allen Arnold Cyndae Arrendale Elizabeth & John Bacon Mr. & Mrs. Gerardo Balboni Michael & Andrea Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Roland L. Bates Ms. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Wilma Elizabeth Beaty Candace & Jeff Bell Mark & Pam Bell Hardy & Amy Brumfield Aubrey & Carol Bush Kelly & Joe Cannon Mrs. Erin D. Cay Melodie H. Clayton Mark & Ruth Coan David Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin Brad & Sally Currey Mr. & Mrs. F. Tread Davis, Jr. Cassandra Edmond Ralph & Ree Edwards Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Tim & Tina Eyerly Andrew & Wendie Fisher Jennifer Fletcher Viki & Paul Freeman Linda M. Garrett Mr. John Garver & Ms. Penelope Prime Mr. & Mrs. Joel Goldman Dr. & Mrs. Steven Harris Valerie Hartman John Haupert

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$7,500-$9,999

Victoria & Howard Palefsky Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson Smith

Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Leslie D. Leigh M.D. Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum

$25,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand Malinda Krantz Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Dan & Garnet Reardon Patty & Doug Reid Bob & Margaret Reiser Linda & Steve Selig

$15,000-$24,999 Mrs. Kristin Adams James Anderson The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Susan Booth & Max Leventhal Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Reade Fahs Doris & Matthew Geller Marsha & Richard Goerss David & Carolyn Gould Jocelyn J. Hunter John C. Keller Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer James & Lori Kilberg David & Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Phil & Caroline Moïse Mr. & Mrs. Angus Morrison Rosemarie & David Thurston Ramona & Ben White Amy & Todd Zeldin

$10,000-$14,999 Billye & Hank Aaron John & Lynn Ayers The Balloun Family Linda & Gene Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Adam Fuller Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Doug & Lila Hertz Andrea & Boland Jones Mrs. Leslie Joyce Sarah & Jim Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr. Anna & Hays Mershon Hala & Steve Moddelmog Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Helen Smith Price Dr. & Mrs. R. K. Sehgal William & Margarita Sleeper John & Karen Spiegel Lynne & Steve Steindel Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles* & Delores Stephens Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Mrs. Mary Rose Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Tomé Nina Urban Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Suzy Wilner Mrs. Jill Wilson Joni Winston Paul Wrights

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annual fund Mark Hobson Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Dr. Joyce F. Houser Mr. W. Glenn Howard Adrienne Hudson Dr. Maleka Ingram Jason & Laurie Jeffay Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Kalson Mr. & Mrs. Gert Kampfer Mr. Maddox Kilgore Dr. William A. Kiser Steven & Sheri Labovitz Jeffrey C. Levy Konrad & Natasha Lewis Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh, III Richard Long & Sheri Easton-Long Mr. Heath Massey & Mr. John Mitchener Mary Lou McCloskey Jim & Jo McLean Mrs. Carol Meadows Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ms. Nancy Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Molly Osborne Brandie Park Bill & Carey Peard Peg Petersen Sam & Barbara Pettway

Karen Porch Daniel Marks & Keri Powell Ms. Cynthia Power Erin Quinn Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Rebecca & John Reeves Helen M. Regenstein Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Peter & Alice Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rosenberg Ms. Carolyn L. Rountree Jacob Rumney John Sabine Jane & Rein Saral Dr. William Torres David Saylor Mr. Scott Shickler Jane E. Shivers Philip Slaughter Mr. Scott Sorrels Ms. Martha B. Stephens & Ms. Linda B. August Susan & Alan Stiefel Ms. Dot Stoller Jim & Janie Stratigos Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Kathy & Ron Tomajko

$1,000 - $1,499 Dawn & Michael Adamson Kellie Appel

Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Berman Thomas & Wendy Betenia Shirley Blaine Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Blake in honor of Reade Fahs Stephen Brown Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brusco Ronald L. Budde Frank Buonanotte Eleanor B. Cobb Ralph & Rita Connell WMLB, AM 1690 Marvin & Lynn Davis The DeCoster Family Leonard Epley Bryan & Barbara Fields Ms. Lee Foster Mrs. Cindy P. Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Paul Gaffney Mr. Charles Gardner & Mrs. Patti Eylar Mr. & Mrs. Chris Gentry Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Patrice & Ernest Greer Warren M. Gump Lucy & Alfred Guo Halpern Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Lucas Hathaway Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Dawn & Jack Hereth Carsten Hilker Mr. Wayne S. Hyatt Mr. & Mrs. Bahman M. Irvani Robert Judd

Mr. & Ms. Mark A. Kaiser Mark Keiser Lucy Kinnaird Lanier-Goodman Foundation Andrea & Mike Leven Ms. Vikki Locke Mr. & Mrs. Harold J. Logan Lubo Fund Mrs. Myra E. McElhaney Mr. Bijon Memar Dori & Jack Miller Janice & Tom Munsterman Dennis & Debra Murphy Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Margo Brinton & Eldon Park Mr. Chris Payne Mr. Michael Richardson Dr. Jerry Richman, DDS Roger & Lynn Ritvo in honor of Ken McNeil Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schultz Ms. Pam Sessions & Mr. Don Donnelly Tim & Maria Tassopoulous Mr. Richard Thomas Ms. Avril Vignos Vogel Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bradford L. Watkins Sue S. Williams Melody Wilder Wilson William & Nancy Yang

* Deceased

Alliance Theatre Staff Giving We would like to thank the following Alliance Theatre & Woodruff Arts Center staff members who have contributed to the 2015/16 Alliance Theatre Annual Fund.

Jessica Boatright Susan V. Booth Clifford Clark Jamie Clements Megan DeWitt Christina Dresser Jody Feldman Jim Hubbert Kyle Longwell

Liz Lyons Christopher Moses Margo Moskowitz Patrick Myers J. Noble Shana Orr Thomas Pinckney Rebecca Pogue Mike Schleifer

Amy Schwartz Brian Shively Paige Smith Matthew Tanner Laura Thruston Caitlin Way Michael Winn

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 Caitlin Way, Associate Dir. of Development, Board/Major Gifts at 404-733-4757 or caitlin.way@woodruffcenter.orgwoodruffcenter.org.

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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 ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG 25

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alliance theatre staff A rtistic Jennings Hertz Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rosemary Newcott Producer & Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Feldman Director of New Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celise Kalke Playwright in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearl Cleage Phil Kent Directing Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Holt Artistic Support Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Kleypas Literary Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Matthews Reiser Lab Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie Harrison Elliott, Linnea Frye, Katie Givens-Kime, Neeley Gossett, Marium Kahlid, Mark Kendall, Haddon Kime, Addae Moon, Nichole Palmietto

Production Management

Director of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor W. Smith Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo Moskowitz

Costumes

Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Cone Design Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . April Andrew, Jordan Jaked Carrier Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Craftsmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana L. Thomas Stitchers/First Hands . . . . Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Brett Parker Wigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Ewing Wardrobe . . . . . . . Hauzia Conyers, Alexandra Matthews, Niki Traxler Additional Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katy Munroe

Electrics

Electrics Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Shinn Staff Electricians . . . . . Steve Jordan, Steven Love, Jennifer Nakahara

Scenery

Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Longwell Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan Kier Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Conley Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manny Abreo, William Spratt, John Victor Mouledoux Jr., Michael Lyons Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kat Conley Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Beall

Sound

Resident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clay Benning Production Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Jarvis Sound Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristin von Hinezmeyer, Elyssa Kohen, Holly O’Reagan

Stage Management

Resident Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bret Torbeck Alliance Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . lark hackshaw, Liz Campbell, Barbara O’Haley, R. Lamar Williams Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jayson T. Waddell Stage Management Production Assistants . . . . . . . . . Britney DeRosa, Jade McGill, Kara Procell

Stage Operations

Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Bowne Crew Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent Simons Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deb Maberry Additional Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kara Procell Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Willie Parks Properties Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney O’Neill

Properties

Properties Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Lyons Master Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Cooper Morris Props Artisan and Buyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimberly Townsend Props Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Butkovich

Education Dan Reardon Director of Education & Associate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Moses Alliance Arts for Learning Institute Director . . . . . . . . . Barbara O’Brien Database & Content Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Dresser Administrative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Jones Family Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Aston Bosworth Early Childhood Program Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kristen Buckley Theatre for the Very Young Coordinator & Family Programs Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corinne Weintraub Teen & Adult Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Wallis Institute Program Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Alice Nichols Institute Program Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Pogue Education Sales & Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Kang Communications Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Noble Professional Learning Specialist . . . . . . . . . Kim Bowers-Rheay Baran Teaching Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abyss, Karen Aguirre, Olivia Aston Bosworth, Kim Bowers-Rheay Baran, Kati Grace Brown, Kyle Brumley, Daniel Burns, Amy Cain Lucas, Kirstin Calvert, Kara Cantell, Taryn Carmona, Katie Causey, Sarah Cave,

Teaching Artists (continued) . . Tara Chiusano, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, Nakeisha Daniel, Benjamin Davis, Theresa Davis, John Doyle, Laurin Dunleavy, Tawni Edwards, Rachael Endrizzi, Jessica Espinoza, Sharon Foote, Dan Ford, Daryl Funn, Polly Garcia, Allison Gardner, Ann Marie Gideon, Trevor Goble, Neeley Gossett, Terry Guest, Al Hamacher, Jordan Harris, Brandi Hoofnagle, BJ Hughes, Tinashe Kajese, Adam King, LeeAnna Lambert, Clayton Landey, Bethany Lind, Nicole Livieratos, Barry Stewart Mann, Cara Mantella, Gloria Martin, Paige Mattox, Bryan Mercer, Karin Mervis, Courtnee Miles, Mandy Mitchell, Sarah Newby Halicks, Tafee Patterson, Tawny Powell, Eric Prather, Julie Puckett, Iris Rice, Claire Ritzler, Anandi Salinas, Henry Scott, Tinashe Kajese, Linda Sherbert, Ebony Tucker, Jeremy Varner, Jose Miguel Vasquez, Andrea Washington, Davia Weatherill, Corinne Weintraub, Katy Whitson, Stephanie Willis, Vallea E. Woodbury Teen Ensemble Members . . . . . . . . Caroline Bergwall, Matthew Brown, Olivia Cappelletti, Emily Combs, Chloe Citron, Sydni Daniels, Ashley Elmore, Jamila Gray, Grace Hawkins, Kyla Hunter, Tess Luman, Jade Nixon, Anna Patterson, Aushailene Ragin, Khaira Reese, Alexandria Smith, Autumn Stephens, Angel Upshaw, Dequadray White, Jordon Whitehead, Camille Williams, Dhakirah Williamson

Management General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Schleifer Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laura Thruston Off-Campus Season Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donya K. Washington

A dministration & Finance

Director of Finance & Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Shively Manager of Information Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Hubbert Accounting Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Covington, Julie Hall Management Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Myers Interim Management Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elecia Crowley

Development

Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamie Clements Associate Director of Development, Board Relations & Major Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlin Way Associate Director of Development, Individual Giving & Special Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige Smith Grants Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clifford Clark Development Coordinator, Board Relations & Special Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan DeWitt

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Marketing

Director of Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Boatright Manager of Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathleen Covington Online Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Maley Creative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talia Bromstad Marketing & Promotions Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holland Baird Marketing Communications Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Harris Group Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Pinckney Group Services Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daviorr Snipes Group Services and Education Sales Coordinator . . . . . . . . Elisia’ Parker Community Engagement Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Winn Ticketing & Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shana Orr Front of House & Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . Marjon Wolfe House Managers . . . . . . . . . Dana Hylton Calabro, Christina Dresser, Ken McNeil Assistant Manager Season Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danielle Hicks Senior Ticket Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken McNeil Marketing Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Vann

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