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Lookingglass’ David Catlin, who took the Alliance’s Moby Dick to acrobatic heights in 2016, this time puts his twist on Shakespeare’s giddy lovefest. | By Julie Bookman
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In Wyoming, they call it “smelling the barn.” Literally, it refers to the sudden quickening of the pace as trail ponies (typically carrying tourists, which is how I learned about this phenomenon) come down from their mountain trails and realize the day is almost over. Suddenly the trot becomes a canter, and that animal is ready to be off the clock. The metaphor is useful to describe the velocity that occurs on any project/race/endeavor as it nears its finish. (Witness the all-out sprints that occur on the 10th Street leg of the Peachtree Road Race.) So here we are at the Atlanta Botanical Garden and we are smelling the barn. As well as the orchids. Our new theater is taking on beautiful shape and our season on the road is enjoying a beautiful finish. It was essential to us to find a work of theater as lush and lovely as this setting, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream is hard to beat. It was equally essential that we enlist a director/adapter who would meet the challenge of making theater in a garden with an exhaustive imagination and a deep sense of playfulness. David Catlin of Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre checks those boxes and adds the bonus of being more fun than, well, trail pony rides. And finally, it was essential to us that we express to you early and often how ridiculously, fully and expansively grateful we are to YOU for going on this Atlanta/ Alliance odyssey with us. You’ve been the best of all possible traveling companions this past year, and we can’t wait to take you on the journey home. But first — before you smell the barn — smell the roses, the orchids, the wonder. And enjoy A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Lookingglass’ David Catlin took the Alliance’s Moby Dick to acrobatic heights in 2016. Now he puts his twist on Shakespeare’s giddy lovefest. By Julie Bookman 6 ALLIANCE THEATRE | ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG
The players and creators gather on the first day of rehearsals for the Alliance Theatre’s 2018/19 season opener, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Photo by A’riel Tinter.
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s the thick heat of August fades and September’s slip into October promises sweeter night air, the place to be (or not to be) is the southeastern pocket of Atlanta Botanical Garden, where A Midsummer Night’s Dream moves us into the Alliance Theatre’s 50th anniversary season. “The course of true love never did run smooth,” says Lysander, who’s in love with Hermia in Shakespeare’s saucy 16th-century romp. The romantic farce “celebrates the madness and irrationality of love,” says David Catlin who’s back at the Alliance to direct this twisty remix of the bard’s popular comedy. Exactly how twisty? For starters, Catlin is the same guy who sent a giant whale soaring over Alliance audiences in 2016 with an acrobatic reimagining of Moby Dick. A founding artist with Chicago’s creative Lookingglass Theatre, Catlin is pulled toward athletic, collaborative theater. (He’s also an actor, playwright, artistic associate with Chicago’s ENCORE ATLANTA | ATLANTA’S PERFORMING ARTS PUBLICATION | ENCOREATLANTA.COM
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CLOCKWISE, FROM LEFT: A costume rendering from designer Sully Ratke; bits and pieces that give actors and the creative team a sense of place for their garden; frequent Alliance actor Courtney Patterson plays Petunia Prune. Photos by A’riel Tinter.
Actors Gymnasium and a lecturer at Northwestern University.) Lookingglass Alice (based on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) and The Student Prince are two other classics from which Catlin has spun unexpected theatrical spectacles. (After Midsummer, he’ll concoct a new Frankenstein for Lookingglass.) His Midsummer, staged outdoors in the 1.5-acre Skyline Garden, is rooted in A Midsummer Night’s Daydream, a “wild reimagining” that Catlin directed at Northwestern last year. In that 90-minute version (much abbreviated from the original text), eight students handled multiple roles. For the Alliance, Catlin has pared the cast to six. He settled on the Skyline Garden — with its stately covered patio and aquatic plant pond — after surveying his outdoor possibilities. He saw the pond, 61 feet in diameter, as an ideal spot for a stage with seating for 300. Kat Conley’s scenic design called for a platform to be built over the existing pond, then adding a shallow pond atop the platform and many “lily pad platforms.” This world-premiere adaptation blends dance, music, circus arts and familiar bits from other Shakespeare plays. The six actors will be gardeners (with such names as Petunia Prune and Clay Grout) called upon to perform a play within the play — just as Bottom the weaver and five others do in the original Midsummer. Catlin has encouraged the actors to provide ideas. That’s key to his directing strategy and shaping the final product. “I think of myself as a collaborative creator,” Catlin says. “I like responding to whoever is in the room. It’s important that the vision of the piece is shared by everybody. In an ideal world, everyone is contributing their own skills, ideas and
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unique humor to make the production better. Maybe they’re adding what they love or fear or think about ... giving us something more to think about.” But six actors taking on a Shakespeare comedy that usually features a cast of 25 or more? And the five-act Midsummer slashed to one act of less than 90 minutes with no intermission? “Something about the impossibility of the task appeals to me,” Catlin says. It “demands that we get more creative and demands a high level of imaginative thinking from me, the actors and the audience.” In his Moby Dick, for example, a flash of a moment late in the show caused some patrons to shriek, while others struggled to make sense of what had happened. “You either believed that an 80-ton whale swam over your head, or maybe you just saw it as a big sheet,” Catlin says. “Our task as theater makers is to give the audience just enough so they can paint the rest of it with their imaginations.” “For me, that’s the heart of it: a collaborative creation from a group of people who tell a story so that the audience sees it anew. Hopefully it will touch you in a different way.” How different? You’re advised to sit back and fret not. Don’t ponder the plot. Lose yourself in the creative spirit and delicious poetry of the language. This isn’t one of those Shakespeare plays meant to tax your brain. It is the one in which a gaggle of amateur actors (here, gardeners), rehearse a play to perform in honor of the Duke of Athens’ marriage to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazon. There’s also a spat between Oberon and Titania, King and Queen of the Fairies, that sets off all sorts of mischief. And it’s also the play in which magic flower juice, when placed on the eyes of someone sleeping, causes that person to love the very first being he or she sees upon awakening: “Be it on lion, bear, or wolf, or bull, / On meddling monkey, or on busy ape.” Got that? No worries. It doesn’t matter. Says Catlin, “It’s all wonderful nonsense.” A
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Q: Have you designed outdoor theater before? CK: Yes, I did a lot of Shake at the Lake sets for Georgia Shakespeare when they adapted sets from their Oglethorpe space to the outdoor spaces in Piedmont Park. The biggest difference between that process and the Midsummer Night’s Dream process was that this wasn’t about building on the idea of a traditional theater. It wasn’t an established venue. Q: What has been the most challenging piece of designing in the Atlanta Botanical Gardens? CK: Coming up with how to put a theater on a 63-ft.-wide pond. It was challenging. Then the Alliance’s technical people made my initial idea happen. With a cast of six, the experience had to be intimate, so putting the whole show on top of the pond including most of the audience will magically produce that intimacy. 12 ALLIANCE THEATRE | ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream scenic designer Kat Conley is a noted Atlanta-based artist. She’s most memorably known for her work at Georgia Shakespeare and her many collaborations with Rosemary Newcott, the Alliance Theatre for Youth And Families’ artistic director. Conley shared some of her experiences in designing this site-specific production with Alliance Theatre Artistic Programs Manager Celise Kalke.
Q: What have you learned about plants and space in this process? CK: Director David Caitlin, costumer designer Sully Ratke and I are taking a lot of inspiration for our design from the plants in the garden. Q: Is there a specific plant that inspired your design? CK: Water lilies and water flowers are my main inspiration. That’s because we’re putting a pond on top of a pond, and the set itself looks like series of water lilies. Q: As a designer what do you love about the world of A Midsummer Night’s Dream? CK: The play is love and finding magical life. It’s a world inhabited by fairies. It’s all of our human emotions played out under the moon and the stars in one night. Q: How do you use these human emotions when designing the set? CK: A set is the physical manifestation of emotion. You must keep characters’ motivations in mind as you design the physical world of a play. Q: What’s been the most enjoyable thing about this process? CK: Working with the people and creative team on this show. It’s been a magical collaboration. A
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ach year, the Alliance assembles a group of 20 diverse high school students from metro Atlanta to participate in the Palefsky Collision Project. An innovative, three-week program that gives students a platform to tackle important social issues, the Palefsky Collision Project has been shaping the lives of engaged, young citizens for 17 years. Each group is asked to “collide” with a classic text, explore its themes and, under the guidance of a professional playwright and director, create its own play inspired by the source material but perceived through their own contemporary prisms. For the past eight seasons, the guiding playwright has been the Alliance Mellon Playwright in Residence Pearl Cleage (Pointing at the Moon, Blues for an Alabama Sky). “Within our circle we have a dynamic diversity that reflects the changing face of metro Atlanta in the most beautiful way,” Cleage says. “Working with these young people always energizes me, combats any cynicism that might be lurking in my weary brain and fills me with hope for the future.”
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The Alliance hosts interviews each year, calling for students “who have something to say and the desire to say it.” The Palefsky Collision Project ensemble is made up of actors, singers, dancers, writers, directors and technicians. Any high school student, regardless of experience, is invited to interview to become a part of the project. “I am absolutely in love with this process!” says 2018 participant Sara Dardik. “Of every theater project that I’ve ever been a part of from the time that I was 5, this is by far the most incredible and life-changing experience.” The Palefsky Collision Project gives teens ownership of a performance at the Alliance. It also gives the students validity — confidence in their talents, strength for the future and power in their decisions. Each culminating play is presented in free, public performances at the end of the three-week session, consistently to “sold-out” audiences. For more information on the Palefsky Collision Project, visit www.alliancetheatre.org/ collisionproject. ENCORE ATLANTA | ATLANTA’S PERFORMING ARTS PUBLICATION | ENCOREATLANTA.COM 15
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KAT CONLEY CHOREOGRAPHER
COSTUME DESIGN
SULLY RATKE
SYLVIA HERNANDEZ-DiSTASI
LIGHTING DESIGN
LESLEY BOECKMAN STAGE MANAGER
TESS GOLDEN
SOUND DESIGN & ORIGINAL MUSIC
RICK SIMS CASTING
JODY FELDMAN
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The Alliance Series is supported in part by the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle.
CAST in alphabetical order * ADEOYE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis Fern * DEVON HALES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lily Bulb * JOE KNEZEVICH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brick B. Bottomside * COURTNEY PATTERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petunia Prune * ERICKA RATCLIFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gossamer Thistle * TRAVIS TURNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clay Grout UNDERSTUDIES ASHLEY ANDERSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lily Bulb TENNISON BARRY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis Fern KELLY CRISS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petunia Prune MICHAEL VINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brick B. Bottomside RYAN VO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clay Grout ANNA WILLIFORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gossamer Thistle STAGE MANAGEMENT * TESS GOLDEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager * PAUL VELLA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Stage Manager SKYLAR BURKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Apprentice
PRODUCTION & DESIGN ASSISTANCE BEN RAWSON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Lighting Designer ASHLEY ANDERSON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant to the Director ELISA CARLSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dialect Vocal Coach FOR THIS PRODUCTION JENNIFER ACKLAND, HAUZIA CONYERS, NIKI TRAXLER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe STEVE JORDAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting Programmer ANNA LEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deck Sound GRAHAM SCHWARTZ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sound Mixer
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The Alliance Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union. The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young Audiences (ASSITEJ/USA), The Atlanta Coalition of Theatres, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Midtown Alliance. Photos may be taken in the theater before the performance, during intermission, and following the performance. If you share your photos, please credit the designers. Photos, 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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profiles ADEOYE (Francis Fern) is thrilled to return to the Alliance. He previously appeared here in Moby Dick as Queequeg (Suzi Bass nomination for best featured male actor). Credits: Lookingglass Alice, The Little Prince, Peter Pan, Icarus, Black Diamond (Lookingglass Theatre), The Magnificents (House Theatre), The Unmentionables (Steppenwolf Theatre), The Lost Boys of Sudan (Victory Gardens Theater), Lookingglass Alice (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), A Raisin in the Sun (Guthrie Theatre/Penumbra Theatre). Television: “Detroit 1-8-7,” “Leverage,” “Prison Break.” Film: #Vengeance Is Mine, Chicago Overcoat. M.F.A. The Academy for Classical Acting at The Shakespeare Theatre and The George Washington University. Love and gratitude to his family. DEVON HALES (Lily Bulb) is thrilled to be back with the Alliance. Atlanta: Knuffle Bunny (Alliance Theatre, Suzi Bass winner); Shakespeare in Love (Alliance); As You Like It, The Frog Prince, One Man Two Guvnors (Georgia Shakespeare); I and You (Aurora Theatre, Suzi Bass nominee); Appropriate (Actor’s Express); The Light in the Piazza, The Dancing Handkerchief, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, 110 in the Shade (Theatrical Outfit). Named one of Atlanta’s “Eight Young Actors to Watch” by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. TV: “The Resident” (Fox), “Stan Against Evil” (IFC), “Swamp Murders” (ID), “Your Worst Nightmare” (ID). Represented by Houghton Talent. KSU grad. Many thanks to Jody, David, Daniel and to Mom: Xxoo. JOE KNEZEVICH (Brick B. Bottomside) is honored to be back at the Alliance with this amazing creative team. Previously at the Alliance: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, August: Osage County, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, among others. He was also an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare (Hamlet, Richard III,
Much Ado About Nothing, Metamorphoses, Noises Off ) and appears regularly at Theatrical Outfit, most recently in Perfect Arrangement. Recent film/TV work includes “American Made,” “Hidden Figures,” “The Resident,” “Brockmire” and “Manhunt: Unabomber.” Look for him next year in Clint Eastwood’s The Mule. All love to Ann Marie, Jack, Liza, and Lucy. COURTNEY PATTERSON (Petunia Prune) returns to the Alliance after appearing in such productions as Disgraced; The Geller Girls; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; August: Osage County; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; and A Christmas Carol. She has acted on stages around the city, including Georgia Shakespeare, Theatrical Outfit, Aurora Theatre, and Synchronicity Theatre). TV/film: “The Walking Dead,” “Stuff You Should Know,” “Drop Dead Diva,” “Good Eats,” SuperIntelligence, Life of the Party, Anchorman 2, Let’s Be Cops and Trouble With the Curve. Thank you for supporting live theater! Much love to Nick, Javier, Susan, Mom and Dad. courtneypatterson.net ERICKA RATCLIFF (Gossamer Thistle) is glad you’re here. She has theater credits with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Second City, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Collaboraction, Mixed Blood Theatre Company, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company and tours throughout Australia, London and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with the award-winning play Funk It Up About Nothing. TV/film: Chiraq, “Chicago Fire,” “The Unborn” and the independent film Olympia. Ensemble member with The House Theatre of Chicago and Congo Square Theatre. She’s a graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago and most recently performed in the world premiere of Plantation! at Lookingglass Theatre, where she is an artistic associate.
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profiles TRAVIS TURNER (Clay Grout) is making his Alliance Theatre debut. Recent credits: Bootycandy (Windy City Playhouse, dir. Robert O’Hara), Thaddeus and Slocum (Lookingglass Theatre), The Flick (Steppenwolf Theatre), We Are Proud to Present ... (Victory Gardens Theater), The Upstairs Concierge (Goodman Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Macbeth (Denver Center Theatre Company) and The Mystery of Love & Sex (Writers Theatre). The Second City: Woolly Mammoth, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, La Jolla Playhouse, Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles), Lyric Opera Chicago and the Goodman. Television: “Hot Date.” Education: North Atlanta High School and Northwestern University. ASHLEY ANDERSON (U/S Lily Bulb) is bust-brimmingly grateful to both understudy and be “behind the table” soaking in the knowledge that director, choreographer and actors have to offer within this magnetic rehearsal room. Anderson is an Atlanta actor (The Jungle Book at Alliance Theatre; Cardboard Piano at Actor’s Express, Ada and the Memory Engine at Essential Theatre) and movement director. Movement director credits: Sense and Sensibility at Synchronicity Theatre, Just Another Play About Rainbows at Havoc Movement Company. Thank you so much, Alliance Theatre for the opportunity. “We know what we are, not what we may be” — Shakespeare TENNISON BARRY (U/S Francis Fern) is honored to work with the Alliance on his first professional theater production. He attended North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) to study theater before moving to Atlanta to pursue his acting and stunt career. He thanks God and his friends and family for this opportunity.
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KELLY CRISS (U/S Petunia Prune) is delighted to return to the Alliance, where she’s been seen in Play the Play With Cat the Cat. Other Atlanta theater credits include Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Aurora Theatre, Essential Theatre, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Georgia Shakespeare, Serenbe Playhouse, Synchronicity Theatre, Stage Door Players and Theatre in the Square. Criss is a founding member of the Weird Sisters Theatre Project and serves on its board of directors. Thanks and love to family and friends! MICHAEL VINE (U/S Brick B. Bottomside) is happy to be back at the Alliance, where he was an understudy in Crossing Delancey last fall. Recent credits include First Date (Marietta Theatre Company); The Glass Menagerie (Marietta’s Theatre in the Square); The Tempest, Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare on Draught); Peter and the Starcatcher, I’ ll Be Back Before Midnight!, Antigone, Mary Poppins (Barter Theatre). B.A. Acting from the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!). Love and thanks to family, the Players and to you — for supporting live theater. RYAN VO (U/S Clay Grout) is so excited to be collaborating with the Alliance Theatre again. Atlanta credits: The Jungle Book, Alice Between (Alliance Theatre); The Book of Will (Theatrical Outfit); Appropriate, The Crucible, The Legend of Georgia McBride (Actor’s Express); Tarzan! (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse); Murder! At the Strand (Strand Theatre); Dangerous Women (Weird Sisters Theatre Project). He’s been an acting intern at Actor’s Express and has a B.F.A. in acting from the University of Southern Mississippi. Vo is represented by The People Store, TV/film agency. Instagram: @TheRyanVo
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profiles ANNA WILLIFORD (U/S Gossamer Thistle) is an Atlanta native and Auburn University graduate with a B.F.A. in theater performance. Atlanta credits: The Jungle Book, Charlotte’s Web (Alliance Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Kennesaw); Charlotte’s Web, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Center for Puppetry Arts); Of Mice and Men, Charlotte’s Web (Serenbe Playhouse). This fall, she’ll reprise her role as Rudolph in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at the Center for Puppetry Arts. She is proud to be represented by the People Store. Endless love to her family for their support! www.annawilliford.com ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. 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 theater as an essential component of our society. DAVID CATLIN (Director) is a founding member, ensemble member, actor, writer, director and former artistic director of Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago. Previous Alliance directing/writing credits include Moby Dick and Lookingglass Alice. Other regional directing/writing credits: McCarter Theatre, the New Victory on 42nd Street, Arden Theatre, Actors Theater of Louisville, Syracuse Stage, Adrienne Arsht Center, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Arena Stage, South Coast Repertory Theatre and the Getty Villa. Catlin will direct his adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for Lookingglass in the summer of 2019. He is an artistic associate with Actors Gymnasium and serves on the acting faculty at Northwestern University. SYLVIA HERNANDEZ-DiSTASI (Choreographer) has been creating her brand of circus-inspired choreography since leaving her career as a circus acrobat in the early 1990s. She co-founded and is the artistic director at 22 ALLIANCE THEATRE | ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG
the Actors Gymnasium outside of Chicago, where she is a master teacher, choreographer and directs the Professional Circus Training Program. Sylvia has been an artistic associate with the Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre Company since 1999, where she has worked on more than 15 productions. She has won four Joseph Jefferson awards for choreography. She has worked on more than 15 productions there, winning three of her four Joseph Jefferson awards with for Lookingglass productions. She has received the 3Arts Award for Design (2014) and the Award of Honor for Outstanding Contributions from the Illinois Theater Association. LESLEY BOECKMAN (Lighting Designer) has more than 15 years of experience as a lighting designer, master electrician and lighting technologist. She recently earned her M.F.A. in theater design and technology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she taught fabrication techniques, lighting and projection technology for the entertainment dngineering and design program. She is a design engineer with Coherent Design, an audiovisual and theater design consulting firm in Las Vegas. Lighting design credits include Second City — Charmed and Dangerous; The Santaland Diaries (Baltimore Center Stage); Radium Girls; The Tempest; Nunsense (Roland Park Country School). Performance venue architectural lighting designs include Texas Live! and Maryland Live! (Build out 3). KAT CONLEY (Scenic Designer) is ecstatic to return to Shakespeare on the final stop of the Alliance’s year on the road. She has designed more than 27 Alliance productions, including last year’s The Jungle Book and Crossing Delancey. Conley has designed scenery for Arena Stage, Orlando Shakespeare, the Kennedy Center, Georgia Shakespeare, Marin Theatre Company, Actor’s Express, Atlanta Ballet, the Center for Puppetry Arts, 7 Stages, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Theatre, Theatre in the Square and Aurora Theatre. She continues to be the charge scenic artist at the Alliance Theatre. Whether dramatically challenging, visionary or escapist, all theater
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profiles and art is important, thank you for supporting it in our community. SULLY RATKE (Costume Designer) has an M.F.A. in stage design from Northwestern University and a B.A. in drawing & painting and Italian from the University of Notre Dame. Ratke’s interest in physical theater and the relationship of design to performative storytelling has led her to work on toy theater and puppet projects as well as dance, devised and site-specific work. Chicago theater: Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Drury Lane, Griffin Theatre, The Gift Theatre, the Actors Gymnasium, Two Pence Theatre Company, Chicago Fringe Opera Company. Regional theater: Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.), Alliance Theatre and South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, Calif). Her work has been recognized by Chicago’s Jeff awards and the LA Drama Critics Circle. She teaches design at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University and North Central College, and works as a freelance illustrator while maintaining a passion for poetry and music. Ratke is fascinated by all peoples and their wide world — and harbors an intuition for connecting them. RICK SIMS (Sound Designer) is based in Chicago and thrilled to be back for his second production at the Alliance. Chicago credits: Steppenwolf, Goodman, Court Theatre, Writers Theatre and Victory Gardens (plus countless others). Regional credits: the Getty in Los Angeles; South Coast Repertory; Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.); Alliance Theatre (Moby Dick); Boston Playwrights; Arden Theatre in Philadelphia; Playwrights Horizons in NYC; Actors Theatre of Louisville. Sims is a member of Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago. TESS GOLDEN (Stage Manager) is so happy to be working with the Alliance Theatre for the first time. Her Chicago credits include Beyond Caring, Blood Wedding, In the Garden: A Darwinian Love Story, The Little Prince, Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (Lookingglass Theatre Company); The Burials, How Long Will I Cry?, Oblivion, Where We’re Born 24 ALLIANCE THEATRE | ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Wonderland: Alice’s Rock and Roll Adventure (Chicago Children’s Theatre); and The Skin of Our Teeth, Northanger Abbey (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company). She also toured Lookingglass Alice to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Ben, and their daughters, Alessia and Carmelina. PAUL VELLA (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be making his Alliance Theatre debut. Broadway: My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center. Selected off-Broadway credits include Julius Caesar at Shakespeare in the Park, The Skin of Our Teeth at Theatre for a New Audience, Marisol at The Juilliard School and Death for Five Voices at Prospect Theater. Regional theater credits: Trinity Rep, Barrington Stage Company, Ocean State Theatre, Swine Palace, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse and Little Theatre of the Rockies. Vella is a proud graduate of the University of Northern Colorado and a proud member of Actors’ Equity. MIKE SCHLEIFER (Managing Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2014 as general manager, and in 2016 became managing director. While at the Alliance, Schleifer has led the administrative team on more than 50 productions and was one of the architects of the “On the Road” season, in which the Alliance produced 12 shows at 12 venues. He is proud to have started the Alliance’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and to serve on the League of Resident Theatre’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative. Previously, he spent 13 years at Baltimore’s Center Stage, working as associate producer, production manager and resident stage manager. While in Baltimore, he spent seven years as an adjunct faculty member at Towson University and guest lectured all over the East Coast. Schleifer began his career as a stage manager and has dozens of stage-management credits in New York and regionally. He is married to theater director and educator Laura Hackman and is the proud father of two boys, Jack and Ben.
profiles JODY FELDMAN (Casting Director) began her theater career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the assistant general manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Feldman is the Allliance’s producer and casting director. She joined the company in 1991 as casting director. She has cast and produced more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions at the Alliance, encompassing a range of world premieres that includes The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, What I Learned in Paris by Pearl Cleage, Broke and Troubadour by Janece Shaffer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney and more than 10 years of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competitionwinning plays plus such world and regional premiere musicals as Tuck Everlasting, Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical, Bring It On: The Musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Harmony, A New Musical and The Prom. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance engagement activities and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for community conversation and connection. SUSAN V. BOOTH (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Palefsky Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting
Competition, the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, local producing partnerships and regional collaborative productions as well as commercial partnerships on such projects as The Prom; Tuck Everlasting; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’ da Noise, Bring in ’ da Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. She has directed world premieres by such writers as Pearl Cleage, Janece Shaffer, former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, Stephen King, John Mellencamp and Kristian Bush. She has directed nationally at the Goodman Theatre, 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, DePaul and Emory universities and is a past president of the board of directors for the Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for the field. She is a trustee of Denison University and a member of the Carter Center’s Board of Councilors. Booth’s leadership is underwritten by the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, an initiative to support and promote women’s theater leadership funded by the Pussycat Foundation. She is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.
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Your story. Your stage. In celebration of our 50th Anniversary Season, we’ve asked Alliance friends and family to share some of their favorite memories or experiences with the Alliance Theatre. Dean and Bronson Smith have been active Alliance Theatre Board Members for over 15 of years. Dean is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Botanical Garden. My involvement in the Alliance Theatre has been one big party! Chairing the Tony Evening (an annual Alliance fundraising gala) with my husband Bronson Smith was a blast! We added a new dimension by introducing a band into the event for all the people that love to do some crazy dancing! Especially me! It was a fabulous evening! The second thrill involving the Alliance was having the opportunity to sponsor the wonderful and entertaining new musical, Troubadour! Wow, what a thrill to be with Kristian Bush (Troubadour’s music composer and lyricist)! Having him in my home playing the guitar and singing his beautiful songs that were introduced in the play was awesome! I have been a huge fan of Sugarland for years! I am still swooning! The Alliance Theatre will always have a special place in my heart! I hope the party never ends! Can’t wait for the 50th anniversary celebration! See you then! — Dean D. Smith
synopsis Hermia is in love with Lysander. But Hermia’s father demands that she marry Demetrius. Demetrius used to be in love with Helena, but his love melted like the snow. Hermia and Lysander run away into the deep and darkest woods. Demetrius follows them. Helena follows Demetrius. Meanwhile, in the forest, the fairy King Oberon and Queen Titania are fighting over the custody of an orphaned mortal boy. To get his revenge, the tyrant Oberon sends his mischievous servant Puck to gather Aphrodite’s powerful magic from a flower struck by one of Cupid’s arrows. The magic from this flower has the power to make man or woman fall madly in love with the next living creature they see. Our lovers and fairies find mischief, mayhem and madness beneath the moonlight. Will they awake to ache and misery? Or to their heart’s truest love?
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about the alliance theatre Celebrating its 50th anniversary season, the Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theater in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually. Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance received the Regional Theatre Tony Award for sustained excellence in programming, education and community engagement. In January 2019, the Alliance will open its new, state-of-the-art performance space, The Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre. Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 110 productions including nine that transferred to Broadway. The Alliance education department reaches 90,000 students annually through performances, classes, camps and in-school initiatives designed to support teachers and enhance student learning. The Alliance Theatre values community, curiosity, collaboration and excellence, and is dedicated to representing Atlanta’s diverse community with the stories we tell, the artists, staff and leaders we employ and the audiences we serve. OUR MISSION To expand hearts and minds onstage and off. OUR VISION Making Atlanta more deeply connected, curious and compassionate through theater and arts education.
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board of directors officers
Co-Chairs Anne Kaiser Hala Moddelmog Immediate Past Chair Reade Fahs Vice Chair Lila Hertz 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* Kenny Blank* Terri Bonoff Laura Brightwell Megan Burton Peter Carter Jeffrey S. Cashdan Susan Catalfano Steve Chaddick* Tena Clark Leigh Ann Costley Allison Dukes Fred Ehlers Reade Fahs* Howard Feinsand* Andrea Freeman Bill Freitag Richard Goerss* Pat Gunning Lila Hertz* Jocelyn Hunter* Erika James Bob Jimenez
Sam Johnson* Anne Kaiser* John Keller Lauren Kiefer* Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Alan McKeon* Dori Miller Hala Moddelmog* Phil Moïse* Jane Morgan^ Maureen Morrison Josh Owen Victoria Palefsky* Paul Pendergrass Scott Pioli Jamal Powell Helen Smith Price Asif Ramji Sean Reardon Patty Reid Margaret Reiser* Matthew Richburg Maurice Rosenbaum Steve Selig Pam Sessions Doug Shipman^* Mark Silberman Chris Sizemore Bill Sleeper Bronson Smith E. Kendrick Smith Karen Spiegel Chandra Stephens-Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker Rosemarie Thurston Benny Varzi Rebekah Wasserman Brad Watkins Cynthia Widner Wall Jill Wilson Paul Wrights Todd Zeldin
advisory board
Advisory Board Co-Chairs Laura Hardman* Phil Moïse* Alexander Acosta Andrew Agan Chris Ahrenkiel Chris Appleton Carrie Ashbee Kamau Bobb Jericho Brown Sarah Mercer Chatel Nisha Choksi Farah Clerveau Ezra Cohen Velma Cowen Tilley Gail Crowder Makeba Dixon-Hill Jason Feldman Nathan Flint Karen Foster Ashby Fox Patsy Garrett Karen Gentry Sarah Frances Giovino Henry Gonzalez Hari Gopal Kimberley J. Hale Elizabeth Hall Nancy Halwig Wendy L. Heckelman Jason Hoch Jim Issa Karl Jennings Michael Kaluzny Gloria Kantor Helen Kim Ho Allegra J. Lawrence-Hardy Mark Lee Quinn Leoni Andra London Ryland McClendon Darryal McCullough Carol Meadows Dedi Mohr Michelle Morgan Deborah G. Neese Joan Netzel Andisheh Nouraee Ade Oguntoye Gail O’Neill
Michael Parver Hetal Patel Kathy Portnoy Shannon Price Kat Reynolds Jason Rhoades Robyn S. Roberts Amanda Shailendra Jibran Shermohammed Robert D. Simmermon Christie Sithiphone Nicola Smith Charles Stephens Jennifer Streeter Mark E. Swinton Chuck Taylor Yvette Thomas-Henry Hilda Tompkins Nse Ufot Roxanne Varzi Diletha E. Waldon Charmaine Ward Ben Warshaw Arlene Warshaw Gould * Executive Committee Member ^ Ex-officio
volunteer leadership
President, STARS Jane Morgan Chairman, Theater Advocates Judy Feldstein & Susan Stiefel Chairman, Theater Educators Myra Medlin & Faye Windham Chairman, Theater Ushers Edwina Sellan Chairman, Hospitality Susan Stiefel
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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.
$1 Million + The Coca-Cola Company
$250,000+ The Rich Foundation Spray Foundation
Anonymous The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Pussycat Foundation
$100,000+ The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Delta Air Lines, Inc. The Home Depot Foundation The Kendeda Fund
Shubert Foundation The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Turner The David, Helen, and Marian Woodward Fund
$50,000+ AT&T R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation Fulton County Board of Commissioners
Kaiser Permanente The Zeist Foundation
$25,000+ Camp-Younts Foundation Carter’s Charitable Foundation City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Edgerton Foundation Georgia-Pacific
Georgia Natural Gas Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. MAP Fund National Endowment for the Arts Northern Trust Publix Super Markets Charities
Shakespeare in American Communities: National Endowment for the Arts in Partnership with Arts Midwest The Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation
Thalia & Michael C Carlos Foundation Georgia Council for the Arts Jones Day The Abraham J & Phyllis Katz Foundation
Northside Hospital Rotary Education Foundation of Atlanta Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Worldpay US, Inc.
$10,000+ Anonymous The Allstate Foundation Alston & Bird Aon
$5,000+ Anonymous George M. Brown Trust of Atlanta John and Mary Franklin Foundation Mary Wilmer Covey Charitable Trust
Northwestern Mutual Goodwin, Wright/Northwestern Benefit/Bert and Cathy Clark Place to Perform Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Theatre Forward
By attending our theater, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2018/19 season, the Alliance Theatre turns 50. Help us celebrate the power of great theater for 50 years by making another statement of support louder than any standing ovation. Visit our website at alliancetheatre.org and click on Donate.
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sponsors Alliance Family Series Sponsor The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company, offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries. In addition to the company’s Coca-Cola brands, our portfolio includes some of the world’s most valuable beverage brands, such as AdeS soy-based beverages, Ayataka green tea, Dasani waters, Del Valle juices and nectars, Fanta, Georgia coffee, Gold Peak teas and coffees, Honest Tea, innocent smoothies and juices, Minute Maid juices, Powerade sports drinks, Simply juices, smartwater, Sprite, vitaminwater and ZICO coconut water. We’re constantly transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing innovative new products to market. We’re also working to reduce our environmental impact by replenishing water and promoting recycling. With our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000 people, bringing economic opportunity to local communities worldwide. Learn more at Coca-Cola Journey at www.coca-colacompany.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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government
Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners
This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency the National Endowment for the Arts.
Major support is provided by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.
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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 404-733-4710. Listed below are pledges and gifts to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and special events from June 1, 2017 - July 31, 2018.
PREMIERE SUPPORT Spotlight $100,000+
Leadership Circle $15,000+
Director’s Circle $10,000+
SKK Foundation
Anonymous Farideh & Al Azadi Susan Booth & Max Leventhal Roxanne & Jeffrey Cashdan Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. Fredric M. Ehlers & Mr. David Lile Ellen & Howard Feinsand Doris & Matthew Geller Jocelyn J. Hunter Sam & Stefanie Johnson Jane & J. Hicks Lanier Bob & Margaret Reiser Rotary Club of Atlanta Linda & Steve Selig; Kathy & Steve Kuranoff Mr. & Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith Dean DuBose & Bronson Smith Charlita Stephens-Walker & Delores Stephens Paul Wrights
Anonymous Ms. Kristin R. Adams James Anderson The Balloun Family Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Laura Brightwell Mr. & Mrs. Peter Carter Mr. & Mrs. Mark Eden Bill Freitag Marsha & Richard Goerss Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Doug & Lila Hertz Mr. Wayne S. Hyatt Mr. Bob Jimenez Boland & Andrea Lea Jones John C. Keller Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer David & Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Terri Bonoff & Matthew Knopf Ms. Evelyn Ashley & Mr. Alan B. McKeon Hala & Steve Moddelmog Phil & Caroline Moïse Mr. & Mrs. Angus Morrison
$5,000
$2,500+
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Asher James & Vicki Bell Frank Buonanotte Mr. W. Imara Canady Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Ezra Cohen Charitable Fund LeighAnn & Chad Costley Linda & Gene Davidson Mr. & Mrs. William Dukes Diane Durgin Eve Joy Eckardt Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette George M. Brown Trust Fund Mr. Marvin Goldstein Mrs. Erika James Lee Jenkins in honor of his wife Margaret David L. Kuniansky Dr. & Mrs. John Lee Mr. & Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr. Raymond & Penelope McPhee Anna & Hays Mershon Walter W. Mitchell & Marci Schmerler Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Debbie & Lon Neese Scott, Dallas, & Mia Pioli Helen Smith Price Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Sharon & David Schachter William & Margarita Sleeper Lynne & Steve Steindel Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Michael & June Tompkins
Anonymous Elaine & Miles Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Phyllis Kozarsky & Eliot Arnovitz Ellen Arnovitz Lisa & Joe Bankoff Deborah L. Bannworth & Joy Lynn Fields Mr. & Mrs. Roland L. Bates Candace & Jeff Bell Ariana L. Hargrave Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Mrs. Lucinda W. Bunnen Candace Carson Ms. Tena Clark & Ms. Michelle LeClair Mark Coan & Family Charitable Fund Rita & Ralph Connell Susan & Ed Croft Ann & Jim Curry Marcia & John Donnell Eierman Foundation Tina & Tim Eyerly Mr. & Mrs. David Fisher Mr. & Mrs. John D. Fuller Heidi & David Geller Karen Gentry The Robert S. Elster Foundation Mr. Terrence S. Hahn & Ms. Joan Stanescu Lynne & Jack Halpern Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman John Haupert & Bryan Brooks Dr. Wendy Heckelman Mrs. Amie Herbert
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Herbert Henry & EttaRae Hirsch Foundation Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Richard & Janice Howerton III Linda & Richard Hubert Jason & Laurie Jeffay Michael Kaluzny Paul & Rosthema Kastin Mr. Charles R. Kowal Eddie & Debbie Levin Dr. Roger Lewis Kristie L. Madara Daniel Marks & Keri Powell Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Dedi & Julian Mohr June M. Morrison Joan Netzel & John Gronwall Lynn & Galen Oelkers John & Helen Parker Susan & David Peterson Sam & Barbara Pettway Mr. & Mrs. Norman J. Radow Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Helen M. Regenstein Mr. & Mrs. Chip Rumely Mr. George Russell, Jr. & Mrs. Faye Sampson-Russell Mr. Ronald B. Russell & Mr. Tommy Sweat Alan & Cyndy* Schreihofer Sonny & Jeanne Seals Dr. & Mrs. R. K. Sehgal Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III Charlotte & Tom Shields Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong Benjamin R. Sillins
Spotlight $50,000+ Antinori Foundation Patty & Doug Reid Artistic Director’s Circle $35,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick Ms. Lynn Eden Anne & Mark Kaiser Chairman’s Cicle $25,000+ The Antinori Foundation The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Stephanie Blank Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Catalfano Katie & Reade Fahs David & Carolyn Gould Starr Moore & the James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Victoria & Howard Palefsky Mr. & Mrs. Brad L. Watkins
Mr. Josh D. Owen & Ms. Rebecca Robles L. Paul Pendergrass Mr. & Mrs. Asif Ramji Dan & Garnet Reardon Sean & Danielle Reardon Matt Richburg Pam Sessions & Don Donnelly Mark & Linda Silberman Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Karen & John Spiegel Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Tim & Maria Tassopoulous Rosemarie & David Thurston Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund Benny & Roxanne Varzi Waffle House Susan & Tom Wardell Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Joni Winston Woodruff Arts Center President’s Fund Amy & Todd Zeldin
BENEFACTORS
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Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Sara & Paul Steinfeld Susan & Alan Stiefel Maria-Ruth Storts Mark Swinton Kathy & Ron Tomajko Cynthia Widner Wall & James A. Wall Mr. Charles R. Wolf The Zaban Foundation John & Kathy Zamer Ms. Kathryn M. Zickert $1,500+ Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda C. Adams Diane & Kent Alexander John & Lynn Ayers Elizabeth & John Bacon Joselyn & Bobby Baker MR. & Mrs. Billy Bauman Mark & Pam Bell Mr. & Mrs. John Benator Lesley & Bruce Berman Karen & David Birnbrey Shirley Blaine Mr. & Mrs. Jon Brown Dr. Aubrey Bush & Dr. Carol Bush Melodie H. Clayton Brad & Sally Currey Lori & Todd Edlin Ralph & Ree Edwards Michael & Jody Feldman Ms. Dale A. Ferguson Andrew & Wendie Fisher Debbie Frank & Sandy McDonald
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 404-733-4710. Listed below are pledges and gifts to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and special events from June 1, 2017 - July 31, 2018. $1,500+ continued Andrea Freeman Azita & Oscar Garrett Karen & Andrew Ghertner Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Goodman Mr. Kevin Greiner & Mrs. Robyn S. Roberts Bruce & Elizabeth Herman Dr. Joyce F. Houser Adrienne Hudson-Morgan Mark Keiser Dr. William A. Kiser
Sheri & Steve Labovitz Michelle & Jonathan Lerner Mr. & Mrs. Louis Lettes Robert & Michelle Leven Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh, III Erin Quinn Dr. John & Melissa Merlino Dori & Jack Miller Nancy & Mike Millett Janice & Tom Munsterman Jane & Chuck Musholt In Honor of Don Musholt Peg Petersen
Thomas Pinckney Robert & Eva Ratonyi Dr. Denise Raynor Richard C. Munroe Foundation Dr. Susan & Mr. David Rifkin Peter & Alice Rogers Adam & Rachel Roseman Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rosenberg Fred & Diane Shaftman Nancy & Gerald Silverboard Robert & Judith Simmermon Michelle & Gary Simon
Jim & Janie Stratigos Howard & Robin Sysler Mary & Eric Tanenblatt Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Judith & Mark Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Robert Taylor Stan & Velma Tilley Mr. & Mrs. Ted Verren Ms. Avril Vignos Mr. D. Richard Williams & Ms. Janet M. Lavine Sue S. Williams William & Nancy Yang
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bumblauskas Andrew Childers Ms. Nisha Choksi Liz & Charlie Cohn B.J. Erb, M.D. & Bruce I. Crabtree III The Dallas Foundation Celeste Davis Richard & Linda Davis Phil Delanty Mr. & Mrs. Brian Dyson Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards Mr. Ricky Eichholz Mr. & Mrs. Leonard R. Epley Elizabeth Etoll Ms. Gail H. Evans Mrs. Eleanor H. Finley Mr. Henry Frazier Mr. & Mrs. Pamela Galenkamp Anthony Gary George T. Baker Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J Glass James & Vicki Griffiths Louise S. Gunn Nancy & J. Michael Halwig MD Tyson Harper Mr. Lucas Hathaway Dawn & Jack Hereth James A. Hill Mr. & Mrs. Phillip S. Hodges Ms. Venita Howell Mr. & Mrs. George Ickes Cheryl & Ernie Johnson George H. Johnson Mrs. Leslie Joyce Elena Kaplan Chris & Gail Kearney Mr. & Mrs. Edward Koffsky Ms. Lois L. Kuniansky Leslie D. Leigh M.D. Wanda Lewis Brenda & Mark Lichtenstein Michael Lipsitt Mr. Kevin & Dr. Jennifer Lyman Sam & Scotty Mcaliley Ms. Theresa McCabe William McGee Doug & Norma McNeill Geoffrey & Betsy Meacham Stacia Minton Kate Morgens Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Chris & Brittany Moses JDI Fund Clair & Thomas Muller Kim Nolte Mr. Mark A. Pallansch
Paul Paris Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pollock Tera Reese-Beisbier Carol Riggs Roger & Lynn Ritvo in honor of Ken McNeil Aaron Rogers Dr. Donald H. Ross & Ms. Patti Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Rothberg Mr. Jim Schroder & Morli Desai The Shockley Family Mindy & David Shoulberg David & Virginia Sjoquist Brenda J. Smith David Smith & Katrina Ferguson Smith Jennifer Stone Faye Tate Johnie L. Teague Robert Todd Mr. & Mrs. Jerel Verner Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Vivona Ms. Kathy Waller & Mr. Kenny Goggins Brooke Weinmann In Honor of Winston Weinmann Alfred Wilson Melody Wilder Wilson & David Wilson Blake & Alice Wood Sherry & Donn Wright Holly & Marty York
David Collins Kenneth Collins Colonna Family Mrs. Anne S. Conkin Mr. & Mrs. Charles Conover Jean & Jerry Cooper Gray & Marge Crouse Jennifer Dana Thomas & Ella Dasher Jeanne S. Pudenz Hayley E. DeBell Sarah l. DeFrancis Kirk Diamond Mary Grace Diehl & Michael Jablonski Ray Dingledine Derrick Doose Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Dreger Alexandra & Charlotte Dretler Darra M. Edwards Mr. Sean Erwin Mr. & Mrs. David Evans Laura Federspiel Peter B. Fellman Michele & George Fox Dixil Francis Louise B. Franklin Shan Franklin Marla Jane Franks, MD Elley Frost Ms. Julianne Gambert Ed Gentle Derrick & Rachel Gervin Crystal Gibbs Dr. & Mrs. Donald M. Gilner Jon & Suzanne Glenn Martin & Doris Goldstein Ms. Maira Goytia Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Karon Graves Bryant Gresham Edmond Griffin Lindara Halloran Warren Harper Bergen Haworth Dr. & Mrs. David M. Hill Mark Hobson Catherine Binns & Jim Honkisz Alice Hood Shara Horne Dr. Hugh Hudson Jr. Mitchell & Pam Hughes Lee Jarboe William Johnson Mr. & Mrs. William R. Johnson Derek & Lisa Johnston Drs. Sharon Neulinger & Richard Kaplan
PATRONS $1,000+ Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Joel Adler Rob & Suzanne Boas Sara & Alex Brown Frank & Mary Anne Chew David Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin John D. Copeland John Vaught & Karen Gentry Warren M. Gump Mrs. Kristin Hathaway Hansen & Mr. Norman Hansen Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Carsten Hilker John Hopkins Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Dr. & Mrs. Eugene S. Hurwitz Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Suzanne & Thad King Lucy Kinnaird Mr. & Mrs. Isador Mitzner Ann Starr & Kent Nelson RefrigiWear Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Jane & Rein Saral Sam Schwartz & Lynn Goldowski Elizabeth Wallace & Christopher Scislowicz Jane E. Shivers Susan & Jay Smith Nicola Smith Tony Spurlin Karen & Alex Stickney Jenny Streeter Lorre L. Trytten Ttee Jeff Tucker Carolyn Tuthill Bozzuto Vogel Family Foundation Valerie & Peter Weitzner Adrienne Whitehead Ms. Amy Winokur Lynne Winship $500+ Actor’s Equity Association Dawn & Michael Adamson Theodore & Andrea Altholz Dr. Gordon Baker Dr. Deborah Baumgarten Ms. Mary Bergh Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Berman Jay Bernath Betty Blondeau-Russell Judge JoAnn Bowens Ginny & Charles Brewer
$250 + Anonymous (5) Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Anderson Ms. Tracie Arnold Yvette A. Assem Dr. Evelyn R. Babey Kristen Barnett Ms. Phyllis J. Baskin Mr. Anthony Nastri Anonymous Bonny Breuer Dr. Harold J. Brody catherine brown Helen Brown Mr. Lumis C. Brown, D.M.D. & Mrs. Helen Brown D A. Bush Mr. & Mrs. Joel Butler Dr. & Mrs. William J. Casarella Mrs. Mysti Cenkner Ms. Laurie J. Champion Acquanette Chatman Shonda Cheekes Jennifer Rashad-Clayvon Jamie Clements & Lance Owen Kitty & Ezra Cohen
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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 404-733-4710. Listed below are pledges and gifts to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and special events from June 1, 2017 - July 31, 2018.
$250 + continued Mr. & Mrs. Sean Keenan Mr. Graham Kerr Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Kramer Michael Leonard J. Bancroft Lesesne In honor of Billy Levine S. Jarvin Levison Faith & Howard Levy Linda Lewin Richard Long & Sheri Easton-Long David Lower Judith Lyon & Ron Bloom Sarah Macknik Sonya Matchan Mr. Joshua McLaurin Gregory L. Middleton Nancy J. Moore Gayle & Peyton Morgan Richard & Jennifer Morgan Jonetta & Bafana Moyo Daniel P. Murphy
Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Murray Dr. & Mrs. Stephen I. Oppenheimer Leonard Pallats Michelle Parisi Mike Peck Mrs. Angelina M. Pennington Ms. Amanda Persons Sophia Brothers Peterman Kris Pinto Allen & Susan Potter Jacqueline Powe Dr. James L. Powell Melissa D. Preston CPA P.C. Brenda Pruitt Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Reeves Susan H. Reinach Lois & Donald Reitzes Dr. Jerry & Mrs. Linda Richman Mr. & Mrs. Ted J. Rikard Brian & Lynn Roberts Wyanet Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Rodbell Gloria J. Rodgers
Physical Therapy Pros LLC Malik Rose Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Ross Garey C. Rozier Myna Sain Katrina Salter-Wood Dr. Debra F. Saxe Amy Jeanne Rosenberg Schwartz Stanley & Georgia Segal John Semon Dr. Susan E. Shapiro Ms. Caryl Shepherd Bob & Jeanne Shulman Ricardo Simon Mr. Patrick Skaggs Fred B. Smith Shavone Smith Steve & Claudia Smith Will Smith Barry Spurlock Mr. & Mrs. Kenard G. Strauss Mr. & Mrs. Alan Sunshine Mr. & Mrs. George M. Taylor
Ms. Adriana Thumann Mrs. Gail K. Tolbert Mr. & Mrs. Dave Tolman Debra Turner John & Bunny Underwood Vance Walters Tom & Vicki Warner Caitlin Way Ms. Cathy Weil Greg & Teresa Wellborn Ms Charlene White Ms. Anna D. Wick Mialeeka Williams with No Other Council Kevin & Jennifer Wauson Kiki Wilson Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Winner Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Young Mr. Todd Youngblood James Zeumer Mr. Li Zheng & Ms. Yi Jzang * Deceased
Alliance Theatre Staff Giving We would like to thank the following Alliance Theatre & Woodruff Arts Center staff members who have contributed to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and Transformation Campaign. Emika Abe Jessica Boatright Susan V. Booth Scott Bowne Jamie Clements Kat Conley Patrick Conley Liz Davis Lynn Donoghue Christina Dresser Jody Feldman
Collins Goss Kristin Hathaway Hansen Danielle Hicks Jim Hubbert Max Leventhal Kyle Longwell Suzanne Morris Christopher Moses Margo Moskowitz Victor Mouledoux Janine Musholt
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Patrick Myers Rosemary Newcott J. Noble Johnnie Oliver Courtney O’Neill Willie Palmer Parks Thomas Pinckney Rebecca Pogue Mike Schleifer Amy Schwartz Doug Shipman
Brian Shively Matthew Tanner Laura Thruston Brenda Turner Sarah Wallis Caitlin Way Cindy Lou Who Jackie Williams Jennifer Williford Michael Winn
annual fund legacy society Celebrating our supporters who have made a legacy gift to the Alliance Theatre.
The Legacy Society celebrates individuals who have made a planned gift to the Alliance Theatre. Making a planned gift is a wonderful way to show your support and appreciation for the Alliance Theatre and its mission, while accommodating your financial, estate planning and philanthropic goals. With smart planning, you may increase the size of your estate and/or reduce the tax burden on your heirs. Just as important, you will know that you have made a meaningful and lasting contribution to the Alliance Theatre. To learn more about the Legacy Society, please contact Jamie Clements at 404-733-4701 or Jamie.Clements@@alliancetheatre.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 Diane Durgin Elizabeth Etoll Howard & Ellen Feinsand
Laura & John Hardman Glen E. & Nancy Hesler William C. Hyde Lauren & David Kiefer Virginia Vann* & Ken Large Anna & Hays Mershon Mr. & Mrs. John McColskey Phil & Caroline Moïse Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Victoria & Howard Palefsky Jan Pomerantz Helen M. Regenstein
Margaret & Bob Reiser Neal & Tricia Schachtel Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton, III Jane E. Shivers Roger J. Smith & Christopher M. Jones Wayne & Lee Harper Vason Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White
* deceased
matching gift companies We would like to thank the following companies who have matched contributions to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund. Please visit alliancetheatre.org/match to find out if your employer will match your contribution. American Express GE Energy Norfolk Southern Corporation AIG Corporation Georgia Power Plum Creek Aon Risk Solutions Home Depot Foundation Prudential Financial AT&T Honda Motor Co. Publix Super Markets Bank of America/Merrill Lynch IBM Corporation Sprint Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein JPMorgan Chase SunTrust Foundation Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Kimberly-Clark Foundation Time Warner, Inc. Chubb Corporation Macy’s Foundation Verizon Corporation The Coca-Cola Company McDonald’s Corporation Yahoo! Deloitte Microsoft Corporation Wells Fargo Equifax, Inc. Neiman Marcus
Do you appreciate live theatre, enjoy meeting new people and trying new things? If so, then get involved with one of the largest volunteer forces in the arts. The Alliance Theatre volunteer STARS program offers a wide range of opportunities, which includes advocating for live theatre, ushering for Alliance productions, participating in and staffing fundraising & hospitality events, and assisting Alliance staff members with daily office tasks. STARS is composed of three committees working together on fundsaving and fund-raising projects to benefit the theatre. The three committees are the Theatre Advocates, the Theatre Educators, and the Theatre Ushers. For more information on becoming a volunteer, please contact Destiny Stancil at destiny.stancil@alliancetheatre.org.
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THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE
Woodruff Circle members each contribute more than $250,000 annually to support the arts and education work of The Woodruff Arts Center, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art. We are deeply grateful to these partners who lead our efforts to ensure the arts thrive in our community.
$1 MILLION+
JOY AND TONY* GREENE
$500,000+ A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (2) Bank of America Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda and Dan Cathy The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Mr. and Mrs.* Bradley Currey, Jr. Douglas J. Hertz Family Foundation Ms. Lynn Eden Forward Arts Foundation Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. The Home Depot Foundation
The Marcus Foundation, Inc. Sarah and Jim Kennedy SunTrust Teammates SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust The Zeist Foundation
$400,000+ Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation
PwC, Partners & Employees
$300,000+ EY, Partners & Employees King & Spalding, Partners & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees Lucy R. and Gary Lee, Jr. The Rich Foundation
The Sara Giles Moore Foundation Spray Foundation, Inc. UPS Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wood
$250,000+ Invesco Ltd. Victoria and Howard Palefsky Pussycat Foundation
Louise S. Sams and Jerome Grilhot Turner
Contributions Made: June 1, 2017 – May 31, 2018 Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors *Deceased
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DINING GUIDE
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A GREAT NIGHT OUT? Try one of these
local restaurants before or after the show. For dinner-and-show packages, visit encoreatlanta.com/offers.
LIVINGSTON RESTAURANT AND BAR — It’s hard to beat the location (across from the Fox Theatre in the Georgian Terrace), and diners get complimentary parking, but the main attraction is the glamour of the main dining room, 38 ALLIANCE THEATRE | ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG
which has hosted the likes of Clark Gable, and the al fresco seating area. 659 Peachtree St. NE, 404.897.5000, livingstonatlanta.com. M NEIGHBORHOOD CODES A Alpharetta M Midtown BR Brookhaven NA North Atlanta BW Brookwood OFW Old Fourth Ward B Buckhead P Perimeter Mall D Downtown SS Sandy Springs DK DeKalb V Vinings DW Dunwoody VH Virginia Highland IP Inman Park W Westside
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AMERICAN BUCKHEAD DINER An American dining experience unlike any other, Buckhead Diner is truly an Atlanta classic. Join us where diner meets fine dining, with inventive and long-time favorite menu items, snappy service and retro style. 3073 Piedmont Rd. NE, 404.262.3336, buckheadrestaurants.com, B
THE ENCORE ATLANTA DINING GUIDE LOBBY — The much-praised Lobby Bar and Bistro is a stylish yet casual modern American bistro that entices guests with its tempting aromas and alluring atmosphere. 361 17th St. NE, 404.961.7370, lobbyattwelve.com, M PACES & VINE — Located in The Vinings Jubilee featuring eclectic American comfort food along with lighter fare. Menu highlights include the Lobster Cobb Salad, GuinnessBraised Beef Brisket, Charred Salmon, and Crispy Pork Shank. P&V is also a wine-lover’s haven with an extensive, carefully-curated wine list, Wednesday Wine Tastings, and Half-Off Wine Bottle Sundays. Lunch, Dinner, Saturday and Sunday Brunch. 4300 Paces Ferry Road, 404.205.8255, pacesandvine.com. V
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PARISH — Unique people, delicious food and good-for-the-Earth goods all come together at this brasserie and neighborhood café. Step off the BeltLine and join the vibrant culture of Inman Park. Whether you go upstairs to the brasserie or head downstairs to the café, expect inspired familiar American food, inventive beverages and warm hospitality. 240 North Highland Ave. NE, 404.681.4434, parishatl.com. OFW
PACES & VINE’s BRAISED SHORT RIB RAGÙ with house-made papperdelle and house-made ricotta.
TWO URBAN LICKS — Heats up the Atlanta restaurant scene with its fiery American cooking. The experience available at TWO urban licks has made it one of the city’s busiest restaurants on a nightly basis. 820 Ralph McGill Blvd., 404.522.4622, twourbanlicks.com. M
SOHO — American-style bistro offers fish and seafood, beef, game and poultry, with gluten-free lunch and dinner options, plus their speciallypriced Cobb Energy Centre theater menu will get you in and out with plenty of time to make the performance; just show your tickets to your server. Different weekly “wine and tapas” flights debut each Wednesday night. Vinings Jubilee, 4300 Paces Ferry Road, 770.801.0069, sohoatlanta.com. V
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DAVIO’S — The concept behind Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse is simple, regional Italian food with a focus on the grill. Davio’s serves everything from aged steaks to simple-yet-unique pasta creations; all prepared by hand, using the finest ingredients. 3500 Peachtree Road, NE, 404-844-4810, davios.com/atl. B ROOM AT TWELVE — Go to this modern American steakhouse for drinks, steaks and sushi. You’ll find it on West Peachtree Street in the boutique TWELVE Hotel, Centennial Park. Room is open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Call or visit for reservations and more. 400 Peachtree St NW, #12, 404.418.1250. roomattwelve.com, D RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE — A favorite local steakhouse with multiple locations near shopping and entertainment hot spots. Sides are generous, and the quality of the steaks and seafood is excellent. Four locations: Alpharetta: 11655 Haynes Bridge Road, 770.777.1500; Buckhead: 3285 Peachtree Road NE, 404.365.0660; Centennial Olympic Park: 267 Marietta St. NW, 404.223.6500; Kennesaw, 620 Chastain Road NW, 770.420.1985; ruthschris.com. A, B, D, NA BREAKFAST/BRUNCH/DESSERT CORNER CAFE — This Buckhead favorite serves breakfast, brunch, and lunch selections, including salads, soups, and sandwiches, as well as baked-on-site pastries, bread, and special desserts. 3070 Piedmont Rd., 404.240.1978, buckheadrestaurants.com. B 40 ALLIANCE THEATRE | ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG
BREWPUB/GOURMET PUB FARE GORDON BIERSCH — Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this breweryrestaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. 3242 Peachtree Road NE, 404.264.0253, gordonbiersch.com. B CREOLE/CAJUN COPELAND’S OF NEW ORLEANS — Bayou fare, plus steak, chicken, pasta and sandwiches. Fresh desserts and pastries from the Cheesecake Bakery. Live Jazz Sunday brunch buffet. A favorite gathering spot for Saints fans. Libations include the “Pontchartrain Beach” martini. Lunch, brunch, dinner. Takeout available. 3101 Cobb Parkway, 770.612.3311, copelandsatlanta.com. V DINNER THEATER LIPS-ATLANTA — Part cocktail bar, part restaurant, part wa-a-ay overthe-top dinner theater in Brookhaven. The only things padded here are the waitresses. Open Wed.-Sun. only. Reservations required for dinner shows (not for the bar). Complimentary on-site valet parking. See website for more important information. 3011 Buford Hwy, 404.315.7711, atldragshow.com, BH
RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE’s CRAB STACK made of colossal lump blue crab, avocado, mango and cucumber.
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STEAKHOUSE CHOPS LOBSTER BAR — An Atlanta staple known for its awardwinning food and service, Chops consistently ranks as one of the top ten steakhouses in the country. 70 West Paces Ferry Rd., 404.262.2675, buckheadrestaurants.com. B
THE ENCORE ATLANTA DINING GUIDE exposed-brick interior and a back patio. 992 Virginia Ave. NE, 404.873.5430, latavolatrattoria.com. M
COPELAND’S OF NEW ORLEANS’ EGGPLANT PIROGUE: fried eggplant slices, au gratin sauce, Gulf shrimp, fresh crab claws served on a bed of angel hair pasta.
EUROPEAN FUSION ECCO — Esquire Magazine named this casual, European-influenced bistro a best new restaurant in America. It’s received raves for its wine list, wood-fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese menus. 40 7th St. NE, 404.347.9555, ecco-atlanta.com. M FRENCH BISTRO NIKO is a nod to Paris in the heart of Buckhead. The classic French fare is authentic & ensures that everyone finds something to suit their tastes. 3344 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404.261.6456, buckheadrestaurants.com. B
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ITALIAN LA TAVOLA — Neighborhood hub for classic Italian comfort food has a cozy,
PRICCI — A contemporary Italian restaurant with a creative menu, dramatic interior and friendly service, Pricci is fun, stylish dining at its best. Casual and classy, Pricci has an innovative menu which combines classic cuisine with modern flair. 500 Pharr Road, 404.237.2941, buckheadrestaurants.com. B JAPANESE NAKATO — An authentic Japanese family owned restaurant serving dinnerboth traditional and hibachi/teppanyaki style favorites, along with the freshest selection of sushi in Atlanta. 1776 Cheshire Bridge Road, NE, 404-873-6582, nakatorestaurant.com. B MEXICAN ALMA — A refreshing approach to contemporary Mexican cuisine. Bright, fresh ingredients and traditional regional influences come together with other Latin American flavors in vibrant dishes that feel familiar and new all at once. 191 Peachtree St. NE, 404.968.9662, alma-atlanta.com. D EL TACO — An eco-friendly watering hole serving fresh Mexican food made with all-natural meats and tasty margaritas. 1186 North Highland Ave. NE, 404.873.4656, eltaco-atlanta.com. VH SEAFOOD/SUSHI ATLANTA FISH MARKET — With the Southeast’s widest selection of fresh seafood, and a menu printed twice daily, Atlanta Fish Market’s comfortable, neighborhood atmosphere is a relaxing retreat from the hustle and bustle of Buckhead. 265 Pharr Rd., 404.262.3165. buckheadrestaurants.com. B LA TAVOLA’s LASAGNA BOLOGNESE steals the Sunday brunch show. Arrive early. It goes quickly.
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THE ENCORE ATLANTA DINING GUIDE KYMA — A contemporary seafood tavern with an inventive yet approachable menu that stays true to its Greek origins. The dazzling constellation display on the blue ceiling, white marble columns and fresh fish display create an experience like no other. 3085 Piedmont Rd., 404.262.0702. buckheadrestaurants.com. B LURE — A modern interpretation of a classic fish house with a focus on seasonality and freshness. 1106 Crescent Ave., 404.817.3650. lure-atlanta.com. M
SOUTHERN/SOUTHERN-INSPIRED SOUTH CITY KITCHEN — With a stylish, Southern-contemporary menu, this DiRoNA restaurant helped make grits hip for the business crowd. Three locations: Buckhead: 3350 Peachtree Rd #175, 404.8156677; Midtown: 1144 Crescent Ave., 404.873.7358; Vinings: 1675 Cumberland Parkway, 770.435.0700, southcitykitchen.com. B, M, V THE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN — This Southern-inspired gastropub located in The Shops Buckhead Atlanta “celebrates every aspect of what it means to be from the South,” using locally sourced ingredients in their fresh, modern take on traditional dishes. Beverages? Your choices run from barrel-aged cocktails to bottled Buckhead Life Restaurant Group’s KYMA features contemporary seafood true to its Greek origins.
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Spanish spice-rubbed 24-OUNCE RIBEYE, crispy potatoes, mushrooms and rioja bordelaise at GYPSY KITCHEN located in The Shops Buckhead.
libations to adult beverages on tap, along with New World wines and craft beers and the “perfect” mint julep. 3035 Peachtree Rd., NE, Suite A208, 404.939.9845, thesoutherngentlemanatl.com. B
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SPANISH/IBERIAN FUSION GYPSY KITCHEN — The culinary riches of Spain, influenced by Moroccan and Indian cuisines; sharable Spanish snacks and plates served in a stylish modern atmosphere in The Shops Buckhead Atlanta. 3035 Peachtree Rd., NE, Suite A209, 404.939.9840, gypsykitchenatl.com. B
THE ENCORE ATLANTA DINING GUIDE to let you experience the most iconic food throughout different parts of Asia. Taking inspiration from various cuisines, the menu at Herban Fix is carefully crafted and plated and all the dishes are designed for sharing. Ingredients are premium select, organic, fresh and aimed at good health as well as great taste. 565-A Peachtree Street NE, 404.815.8787, herbanfix.com. M
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The plant-based dishes such as the CURRY NOODLE SOUP at SoNo’s HERBAN FIX is delightfully pleasing as to the eye as well as they are to the palate.
VEGAN HERBAN FIX — With a mission to share the best fusion vegan cuisine with local residents, businesses and visitors, Herban Fix offers a fusion vegan menu
WINERY/DINING + EVENT VENUE CITY WINERY — A unique facility, combining a fully functioning winery with intimate concerts, food & wine classes, private events in a variety of configurations, and fine dining. 650 North Avenue, NE, 404-946-3791, citywinery.com/atlanta. M
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alliance theatre staff ARTISTIC 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 Playwright in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearl Cleage Casting & Engagement Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hershey Millner Artistic Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiffany Williams Spelman Leadership Fellows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maya Lawrence, Aierelle McGill Kenny Leon Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chanel Pinnock Literary Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexis Williams Spelman Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dominique Guilford, Jessenia Ingram, Angelica Johnson Reiser Lab Artists – Round 4 . . . . . . . . . . Melissa Foulger, Keith Franklin, Hank Kimmel, Eric Little, Daphne Mintz, Lee Osorio, Angela Farr Schiller, Tisha Whitaker, Anthony White, Rodney Williams Reiser Lab Artists – Round 5 . . . . Daryl Lisa Fazio, Karen Robinson, Carolyn Cook, Okorie Johnson, Radcliffe Bailey, Fahamu Pecou, Topher Payne, Richard Eldredge, Gina Rickicki
Scenery Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Longwell Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ruth Richardson Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Conley Welder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rigel Powell Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manny Abreo, Marlon Wilson Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kat Conley Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Brooks Additional Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Jackson, J.J. Wallace
Production Management Director of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor W. Smith Associate Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Margo Moskowitz Education Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Fries
Sound Resident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clay Benning Production Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Jarvis Sound Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Lipsitt, Holly O’Reagan, Graham Schwartz
Costumes Director of Costume Shop and Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer Henderson Assistant Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April Andrew Design Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Clockel Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Craftsmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana L. Thomas Stitchers/1st Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Brett Parker Wig Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsey Ewing Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hauzia Conyers, Katy Munroe, Niki Traxler
Stage Management Interim Resident Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Campbell Alliance Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lark hackshaw, Jayson T. Waddell Stage Management Production Assistants . . . . . Skylar Burks, Allison Kelly, Ashley Dickey
Electrics Lighting and Projections Department Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steven Love Staff Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Jordan, Landon Robinson
Properties Interim Properties Manager and Master Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Cooper Morris Props Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Butkovich Props Artisan / Buyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimberly Townsend Props Artisan Overhire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn Muse
Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Bowne Assistant Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney O’Neill Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willie Palmer Parks Automation Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Victor Mouledoux Jr. Properties Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haylee Scott
EDUCATION Teaching Artists (continued) . . . . . . . Richard Garner, Sarah Newby Halicks, Al Hamacher, Dan Reardon Director of Education & Associate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Moses Amber Hamilton, Robert Hindsman, Mira Hirsch, Catherine Dee Holly, BJ Hughes, Hannah Hyde, Rachel Jones, Carole Kaboya, Tinashe Kajese, Chloe Kay, Ashe Kazanjian, Database & Content Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Dresser David Kote, Clayton Landey , Kathleen Link, Nicole Livieratos, Shayla Love, Amy Lucas, Family Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Aston Bosworth Chani Maisonet, Barry Stewart Mann,Cara Mantella, Marielle Martinez, Patrick McColery, Education Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Myers Matt McCubbin, Tiffany McGehee, Bethany Mendenhall, Bryan Mercer, Karin Mervis, Teen & Adult Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Wallis Marcie Millard, Ashton Montgomery, Courtney Moors, Jenna Jackson Morris, JD Myers, Institute Program Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Pogue Lee Nowell, Teundras Oaks, Mary Emily O’Bradovich, Lee Osorio, Brooke Owens, Manager of Education Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Davis Tafee Patterson, Michelle Pokopac, Ashley Prince, Samantha Provenzano, Julie Puckett, Education Customer Service Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiffany Porter Camp Coordinator & Family Programs Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aierelle McGill J.L. Reed, Kiona Reese, Cara Reid, Gabriella Rosado, David Rosetti, Julissa Sabino, Vivi Sawyer, Avery Sharpe, Linda Sherbert, Laura Spears, David Sterritt, LeeAnna Lambert Sweatt, Communications Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Noble Holly Tatem, Jasmine Thomas, Chase Thomaston, Ed Thrower, Ebony Tucker, Jose Vasquez, Education Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Autumn Stephens Rachel Wansker, Megan Wartell, Andrea Washington, Davia Weatherill, Caitlyn Weaver, Teaching Artists . . . . . . . . . . .Jeremy Aggers, Will Amato, Chase Anderson, Ricardo Aponte, Kim Bowers-Rheay Baran, Peyton Bolling, Jared Brodie, Chelsea Brown, Danye’ Brown, Megan Wheeler, Katy Whitson, Stephanie Willis, Vallea Woodbury, Melissa Word Kyle Brumley, Lon Bumgarner, Mark Cabus, Kirstin Calvert, Kara Cantrell, Taryn Carmona, Teen Ensemble Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Adams Ward, Dru Berrian, Tyler Bey, Karen Cassady, Anna Caudle (Williford), Katie Causey, Hannah Lake Chatham, Vivi Chavez, Flannery Bogost, Kamryn Charus, Nadia Crawlle, Spencer Ford, Hannah Chiclana, Hannah Church, Jaehn Clare, Megan Cramer, Nakeisha Daniel, Stephanie Henderson, Ari Isenberg, Daisy Jinadu, Zach Kepler, Barbara Kincaid Theresa Davis, Shelli Delgado, Phillip DePoy, Jorge Donoso, John Doyle, Laurin Dunleavy, Janine Leslie, Marshall Mabry, Geordyn Marks, Riana Naipaul, Micah Noel Jessica Espinoza, Shelby Folks, Sharon Foote, Elaine Friend, Daryl Funn, Allison Gardner, Sylvie Oechsner, Isaac Presberg, Emily Pugh, Monique Schloss, Jhye Smith, Isabella Solis, Antonio Toussaint MANAGEMENT Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Schleifer Development Manager, Special Contributions and Brand Awareness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gretchen Wright Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laura Thruston Associate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donya K. Washington Associate Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emika Abe Marketing Mandela Washington Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzyika Nyimbili Director of Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Boatright Brand Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holland Baird Creative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talia Bromstad Administration & Finance Director of Finance & Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Shively Content Strategist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathleen Covington Manager of Information Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Hubbert Patron Experience Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danielle Hicks Accounting Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Hall Promotions Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verity Lister Accounts Payable Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kadeja Moton Season Ticket Concierge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken McNeil Management Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Houser Sales & Revenue Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas Pinckney Administration/Education Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elecia Crowley Group Services Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jocelyn Rick Group Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daviorr Snipes Brand Journalist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A’riel Tinter Development Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamie Clements Digital Communications Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ansley Usery Associate Director of Development, Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caitlin Way Audience Development Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Winn Grants Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Collins Desselle Lead House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Destiny Stancil Development Manager, Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julianne Gambert Assistant House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Parker Development Coordinator, Board Relations & Special Events . . . . . . . Lindsay Ridgeway House Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dana Hylton Calabro, Christina Dresser, Ken McNeil, Alicia Quirk, Sarah Wallis Development Coordinator, Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jo Lopez Program Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace Madden
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