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Even we Northerners have steel magnolias in our lives.

Mine was my grandmother, Rose Griffin Bowman. Grandma Rose was a child of Athens, Tennessee whose handbag always matched her shoes, who had a cast iron skillet with about six decades of seasoning, and whose belly laugh – something one heard early and often in her presence – could stop a train. While she ended up spending the last fifty years of her life in Ohio, Grandma Rose never stopped being a Southerner. It was, she opined, a psychological state rather than a geographic one. She was also my dearest friend and my personal hero, because she was forever joyous and impeccably turned out, no matter what was going on in her life. When I asked her – somewhere around her 90th birthday – if that was a well constructed façade or a true way of being, her answer was immediate. “If you start with the former, you’ll get to the latter.”

Robert Harling’s genius story of the power and grace of a band of Southern women has become an internationally iconic work that is evergreen in its appeal for a reason. We will, all of us and always, need the life lessons these steel magnolias have to teach us. And even if we’re not lucky enough to have had one as a grandmother, we can always find half a dozen of them at Truvy’s Beauty Shop.

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rooted in Southern steeliness displayed in ‘Magnolias’

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J

udith Ivey is a Texas native, and although she’s lived in New York much longer than anywhere else, there’s no loosening her Southern apron strings.

“It’s just ingrained in you, isn’t it?” she says, laughing. “I have always strongly identified with the South. When I am dealing with someone who’s being cold and abrupt or indifferent, I can be pretty sure they’re not from the South. I think of Truvy’s line: ‘Smile! It increases your face value!’ ” That’s just one of what Ivey calls the many “bumper-sticker lines” in Steel Magnolias, Robert Harling’s 1987 comic drama.

The six women who frequent Truvy’s little Louisiana beauty parlor “all speak in bumper stickers,” says Ivey, the Tony Award-winning actor who’s turned to directing in recent years.

“The script is full of these quotable quotes.

Bobby Harling has such a rare ability to turn a phrase and not only make an intelligent point, but make you laugh at the same time. I think that’s something that’s uniquely Southern, too.”

A quick flip of the script proves her point:

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“I really do love football, but it’s hard to parlay that into a reason to live.”

“I have so much Christmas spirit I could scream!”

“If he was dumb enough to spend the rest of his life with me, then I’m dumb enough to marry him.”

“The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.”

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“ This play embraces all aspects of life and humanity, so that means it is full of fun and full of pain.”

Judith Ivey ROBERT HARLING wrote Steel Magnolias, in part, to deal with the death of his younger sister, Susan.

“Every time I sit down to read the play, I marvel at the power of its execution,” Ivey says. “The play would not work if you took one of the six characters out. No one is more important than the other and each one has a story to tell. Bobby Harling wrote about what he knew with great truth and sensitivity. He knew this world and these women, and he paid such beautiful attention to details.”

Ivey first directed Steel Magnolias it in 2005 at Houston’s Alley Theatre. Harling liked that production so much he asked her to direct two star-filled staged readings in 2012.

“I feel like there is something karmic about my association with Steel Magnolias,” Ivey says, “like I was supposed to meet Robert Harling and become closely involved with his story about women and community. I grew up in a small town, so I am attracted to his story where these people experience these comedies and tragedies together. This play embraces all aspects of life and humanity, so that means it is full of fun and full of pain. It still moves me to watch these women during the course of a year and a half.”

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Harling, now 63, wrote the play to honor his younger sister, Susan, whose Type 1 diabetes led to her death in 1985. Writing helped him deal with his grief, and he wanted to spotlight that there was always humor amid the tears and tragedy.

Ultimately, Ivey sees Steel Magnolias as a love story honoring the strength women gain from their friendships with other women.

She also likes the play’s emphasis on women accepting one another warts and all.

Does she consider herself a “steel magnolia”?

“You know, I do,” she says. “I think that Southern women are different from Northern women in that we try to hold onto our femininity while also taking charge of the situation.”

And no place better to tend to the feminine side than a beauty shop, right?

“You are invited into what is a very specific place,” Ivey says. “It’s where you can let your hair down, both literally and figuratively. This is the safe haven where you share what’s going on in your life. It’s almost like therapy. You feel nurtured and protected. And there’s that unspoken rule: What is said in the beauty salon stays in the beauty salon.”

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PLAYWRIGHT

ROBERT HARLING Produced in association with David Youse

COSTUME DESIGN

SET DESIGN

MICHAEL YEARGAN JOSEPH G. AULISI WIG & HAIR DESIGN

PAUL HUNTLEY

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CELISE KALKE

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SOUND DESIGN

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JODY FELDMAN

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JUDITH IVEY Originally produced by the W.P.A. Theatre, New York City, 1987 Kyle Renick, Artistic Director

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CAST (in alphabetical order)

* Becky Ann Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clairee * Beth Broderick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M’Lynn * David de Vries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radio DJ Voiceover * Mary Pat Gleason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ouiser * Deirdre Lovejoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truvy * Sarah Stiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annelle * Zoë Winters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelby UNDERSTUDIES

Jo Howarth — US Ouiser/Clairee Shelly McCook — US Truvy and M’Lynn Morgan Pelligrino — US Annelle/Shelby STAGE MANAGEMENT

* R. Lamar Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager * Jayson T. Waddell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Stage Manager Egan Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Apprentice PRODUCTION AND CONSULTANTS

James Ivey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Director Dr. Victor Silverman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical Consultant Joi Cantrell, Olivia Cantrell, Dawn Drummond, . . . . . . . . . . . . Impulse Salon Hair Consultants Lita Espinall, Stephanie Peters, Ryan Williams, Dyana Fores, Erin Potvin Elisa Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dialect Coach Setting: Truvy’s Beauty Shop in Chinquapin Parish, Louisiana Time: April 1985 to November 1, 1987.

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BECKY ANN BAKER

BETH BRODERICK

DEIRDRE LOVEJOY

DAVID DE VRIES

SARAH STILES

MARY PAT GLEASON

ZOË WINTERS

UNDERSTUDIES

JO HOWARTH

SHELLY McCOOK

MORGAN PELLIGRINO

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profiles BECKY ANN BAKER (Clairee) Broadway: Good People, All My Sons, Assassins, Titanic, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Off-Broadway: Comedy of Errors, The Great God Pan, Suddenly Last Summer, The House in Town, Wonderful Town.

Film: Trainwreck, 23 Blast, Hope Springs, Nights in Rodanthe, War of the Worlds, Two Weeks Notice, A Simple Plan, Men in Black. TV: “Girls” (Critics Choice nomination), “Person of Interest,” “Elementary,” “The Good Wife,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Frasier,” “Sex and the City” and Jean Weir on “Freaks & Geeks.” Member of the Actor’s Studio, Drama Dept. and Usual Suspects — NYTW. Becky’s best production: Willa, coproduced with actor Dylan Baker.

BETH BRODERICK (M’Lynn) New York and Off-Broadway: Murder at the Rutherford House, Elizabeth Rex the Musical and Stage Door.

Regional theatre: Just Outside Redemption, Theatre en Bloc (Austin); Heads, Blank Theatre (Los Angeles); Bad Dates, Chicago Northlight/ Laguna Playhouse; Zastrozzi, Beverly Hills Playhouse. TV: “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “The Five Mrs. Buchanans,” Heart’s Afire” and “Glory Days.” Beth recently finished filming “A Perfect Christmas.” She is also a scriptwriter, voice-over artist, featured contributor to the Huffington Post and a founder of MOMENTUM, one of the country’s first organizations to help people with AIDS. DAVID DE VRIES (Radio DJ Voiceover) performed on Broadway as Lumiere in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, along with three other companies in the show’s long and successful history. He played Dr. Dillamond in the smash hit Wicked for three years in three companies across the country. David has frequented the Atlanta stage with Suzi-nominated appearances in shows like Carapace and Sleuth (Alliance) and Theatrical Outfit’s Freud’s Last Session.

Television credits include “Nashville,” “Devious Maids” and “Halt and Catch Fire.” His career in voiceover has included award-winning narrations of audiobooks and thousands of commercials for radio and television. As a director, David helmed the critically acclaimed production of Red at

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Theatrical Outfit, and directs Storefront Church at the Outfit this spring. His next Alliance appearance will be as Ebenezer Scrooge in the Alliance’s 25th anniversary production of A Christmas Carol.

MARY PAT GLEASON (Ouiser) has worked with Steven Soderbergh (Traffic), Nicholas Hytner (The Crucible) and the Coen Brothers (Intolerable Cruelty) to name just a few films. Her extensive career on television includes recurring roles on “Desperate Housewives,” “Will & Grace,” “Instant Mom” and the cult favorite “The Middleman.” Recently seen on “Motive,” “Scandal,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Mom,” “Two Broke Girls” and “Hawaii Five-O.” In New York, Mary Pat wrote and starred in Stopping Traffic, her acclaimed one-woman show, at the Vineyard Theatre. Other roles include Eunice in A Streetcar Named Desire (George Street Playhouse), Dorine in Tartuffe and Kathleen in Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Mary Pat played Jane Hogan on “The Guiding Light” for two years.

JO HOWARTH (US Ouiser/Clairee) was an early member of the Playwrights’ Center acting company (Minneapolis) working with writers such as August Wilson, Lee Blessing, and Steven Dietz. In Georgia, she’s appeared in many works by award-winning playwright Topher Payne, including Swell Party (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), Evelyn in Purgatory (Essential Theatre), Lakebottom Proper (Springer Opera House), Don’t Look at the Fat Lady (Process Theatre — Best Actress/Metropolitan Atlanta Theater). Other favorite performances: Suddenly Last Summer (Actor’s Express), Butterflies Are Free (Stage Door Players), Doubt (Out of Box), Johnny Drago’s Trash (Process Theatre). Jo is a member of NYC-based Flying Carpet Theater.

DEIRDRE LOVEJOY (Truvy) Most recently Tony Kushner’s newest play, IHO, at Berkeley Rep. Broadway: Lucky Guy (with Tom Hanks), Six Degrees of Separation, Getting and Spending, The Gathering. Off-Broadway: How I Learned to Drive (original NY production & Arena Stage); Midsummer Night’s Dream, Machinal (Public Theatre); Henry IV (Delacorte); Macbeth, Comedy

profiles of Errors, The Sisters Rosensweig (Old Globe); Heartbreak House (Huntington). Notable TV/ film: Five seasons as Rhonda Pearlman on HBO’s “The Wire,” “Girls,” “Orange Is the New Black,” “Bones,” (The Gravedigger), “Body of Proof,” “The West Wing,” “Private Practice,” “The Closer,” “Law & Order” (all), Step Up. Deirdre’s solo play Bird Elephant China premiered at the Chautauqua Theatre last year. MFA: NYU. Visit DeirdreLovejoy.com. Twitter @ddlovejoy.

SHELLY McCOOK (US Truvy/M’Lynn) is so happy to be part of this production and to be in the room with such a talented group of women. Other Alliance credits: So Long on Lonely Street, A Streetcar Named Desire, Laughing Wild. Favorite Atlanta credits: Sylvia, Smoke on the Mountain (Theatre in the Square); Lost in the Cosmos, The Moviegoer, Hard Times (Theatrical Outfit); Boston Marriage (7 Stages); Beautiful Thing, The New Century (Actor’s Express); Glorious, Boom (Aurora Theatre); The Only Light in Reno, Tokens of Affection, Deathtrap (Georgia Ensemble Theatre).

MORGAN PELLIGRINO (US Annelle/ Shelby) worked with the Alliance as Holly’s understudy for Warrior Class on the Hertz Stage last fall. Other credits include Nora/Assistance, Cécile Volanges/Dangerous Liaisons, Hero/Much Ado About Nothing, Perfect Love/The Arabian Nights and has co-starred in an episode of “The Vampire Diaries.” You can also catch her starring in a web series called “Margo and the Universe” as well as her own sketch group, Velvet Synergies.

Morgan graduated from the University of Georgia with degrees in theatre and mass media arts. She is grateful to be working with the Alliance once again.

SARAH STILES (Annelle) Most recently played Jessica in MCC’s production of Hand to God (Lucille Lortel nom) and Little Red Riding Hood in Shakespeare in the Park’s Into the Woods. Broadway: Muriel in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Kate/Lucy in Avenue Q, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. OffBroadway/original cast recordings: Joanne in Vanities (Second Stage), Nazirah in The Road to

Qatar (York Theater). Sarah is voice of Spider in the soon-to-be-released recording of Pasek and Paul’s James and the Giant Peach. She is also the lead vocalist in Gary Lucas’ “Fleischerei” project, which features music from Max Fleischer’s “Betty Boop” and “Popeye” cartoons.

ZOË WINTERS (Shelby) Off-Broadway: Much Ado About Nothing (DelacorteTheater), An Octoroon (Soho Rep), Love and Information (NYTW), 4000 Miles (Lincoln Center), Love Song (59E59). Also: Hater, The Eyes of Others (Ohio Theatre); self-written Swimming Legs (TheaterLab); and Not At The Dinner Table (New Ohio Theatre). Regional includes Be a Good Little Widow (Old Globe); The Imaginary Invalid (Seattle Rep); The Importance of Being Earnest (Paper Mill Playhouse); Room Service (Westport Country Playhouse); The Rivals, The Matchmaker (Baltimore CenterStage); Mauritius (Magic Theatre), Half ’n Half ’n Half (Merrimack Rep.). Film/TV: Gray Dog, In the Family, Under (Student Academy Award Gold Medal), “Law & Order,” “Ugly Betty,” “Gossip Girl,” “Army Wives.” B.F.A., SUNY Purchase.

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ROBERT HARLING (Playwright) Born in Dothan, Ala., Robert lived in several Southern towns —including Madison, Ga. — before his family settled in Louisiana when he was 12.

Upon graduation from Tulane Law School, rather than take the bar exam, he opted to become an actor in New York. After years of productive work as an actor in voiceovers and commercials, family trauma inspired him to write his play Steel Magnolias. The play chronicles his sister Susan’s struggle with diabetes and celebrates the community of women who surrounded and supported her through good times and bad. He adapted his play into the

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profiles popular film of the same title, which was filmed entirely on location in Natchitoches, La., where the events that inspired the story took place. He has also written the screenplays for Soapdish, The First Wives Club, The Evening Star and Laws of Attraction. For television, he created and executive produced the ABC series “G.C.B.” Current projects include writing the book for the stage musical of Soapdish and the book for a musical version of the film Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Harling is thrilled his play is returning to the stage of the Alliance.

JUDITH IVEY (Director) is the recipient of the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for her acting work in Steaming and Hurlyburly, the Obie Award for her performance in The Moonshot Tape, and countless others for her stage and film work as an actress. Ivey’s most recent directing credit is Our Suburb at Theater J in Washington, D.C. Previous directing jobs include Vanities: The Musical at the Pasadena Playhouse and Second Stage in New York; Carapace (Kendeda Prize winner, Suzi Bass award nomination) at the Alliance Theatre; The Butcher of Baraboo at the Second Stage Uptown Series; Fugue at the Cherry Lane Theatre; and Southern Comforts at Primary Stages in NYC. Judith directed Bad Dates at both the Northlight Theatre in Chicago and the Laguna Playhouse in California; Steel Magnolias at Houston’s Alley Theatre; and More with Yeardley Smith at Union Square Theatre and the Falcon Theatre in Los Angeles.

MICHAEL YEARGAN (Set Designer) designs for plays and musicals including Seascape, The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific, Awake and Sing, Ah, Wilderness (originally designed for the Yale Repertory Theatre) and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (which also originated at the Yale Repertory Theatre), all on Broadway, as well as numerous productions off-Broadway and in regional theatres throughout the United States, including five or more at Long Wharf Theatre. Michael’s set design won the 2005 Tony Award for The Light in the Piazza and a Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award for Awake and Sing. He is the resident set designer at the Yale Repertory Theatre and is a longtime

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professor of stage design at the Yale School of Drama.

JOSEPH G. AULISI (Costume Designer) In addition to his film career, Joseph G. Aulisi has designed costumes for numerous noteworthy musicals and plays on Broadway. His work on McG’s Charlie’s Angels and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle earned Costume Designers Guild Award nominations. He was recently a Costume Designers Guild Award nominee again for Bob Balaban’s Bernard and Doris, which also brought him an Emmy Award nomination. He was previously an Emmy Award nominee for Lamont Johnson’s miniseries “Lincoln.” His theatre credits include Jake’s Women (in San Diego) and Broadway Bound, Rumors and God’s Favorite (all on Broadway). His other Broadway credits as costume designer include the Tony Awardwinning Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre, Marilyn: An American Fable (directed by Kenny Ortega), and Rockabye Hamlet (directed by Gower Champion).

LIZ LEE (Lighting Designer) always enjoys her work at the Alliance. Previous designs include In Love & Warcraft; The Whipping Man; God of Carnage; Sleuth; Cuttin’Up; Tick, Tick …

Boom!; and Topdog/Underdog. Based in Atlanta, she is producer and resident lighting designer at the Center for Puppetry Arts, where her recent projects include Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat, Charlotte’s Web and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Other local designs include Metamorphoses and Shrew the Musical at Georgia Shakespeare.

KENDALL SIMPSON (Sound Design/ Composer) has designed and composed original scores for several Atlanta-area theaters including Georgia Shakespeare, Alliance Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Horizon Theater, Theatrical Outfit and Theater Emory. For film, Simpson scored “The Promotion” (2011). Other independent films include the The Etiquette Man, which has received top honors at several film festivals.

Television credits include scores for “Sesame Street” and Elmo DVDs. Simpson’s most recent work for dance is a video, disrepair, premiered

profiles at the 2009 American Dance Festival. Other works include Papillon, which premiered with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Lee Harper and Dancers. Simpson is honored to have won three Suzi Bass awards. He is the music director for the dance program at Emory University.

With the Chalks; and Bike America. Illinois Shakespeare Festival: Antony & Cleopatra, Macbeth, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Shame the Devil: An Evening With Fanny Kemble. Jayson is a graduate of the Gainesville Theatre Alliance and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

PAUL HUNTLEY (Wig & Hair Design) London-born Paul Huntley has worked on hundreds of Broadway shows since his 1972 arrival in New York, most memorably the original productions of Amadeus, Cats, Evita, Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd, The Producers and Hairspray. A recipient of Drama Desk and Tony awards, he also has worked with the some of the most legendary leading ladies of the cinema, from Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich and Vivien Leigh to Jane Fonda, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange and Scarlett Johansson. Current Broadway shows include Cinderella and Cabaret.

CELISE KALKE (Dramaturg/Director of New Projects) is proud to work on her second production with Judith Ivey as director, and is so proud of Carapace, the 2011 Alliance/Kendeda winner. Other Atlanta-based artists with whom Celise has worked include members of the first Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, Janece Shaffer, Pearl Cleage and (upcoming) Dad’s Garage and Philip DePoy. Celise spent 2013-14 working on the 10th anniversary season of the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwright Competition.

The competition-winning world premieres at the Alliance include these critically acclaimed and exciting productions: In Love and Warcraft, Bike America, The Fairy Tale Lives of Russian Girls, Carapace, Tennis in Nablus, Smart Cookie, In the Red and Brown Water and False Creeds. Before moving to the Alliance, Kalke was the director of the literary department at the Public Theater in New York, and served as the production dramaturg for the Shakespeare in Central Park productions where she worked on Dirty Tricks starring Ms. Ivey.

R. LAMAR WILLIAMS (Stage Manager) is an Atlanta native who studied theatre at Florida A&M University’s Essential Theatre.

His 13-year tenure at the Alliance has included stage managing In Love and Warcraft, Choir Boy, Bike America, The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, Carapace, Sammy & Me, Tennis in Nablus, The Second City: Peach Drop Stop & Roll, The Second City: Miracle on 1280 Peachtree Street and Broke. He assistant stage managed Zorro: The Musical, What I Learned in Paris, August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf, Doubt, Jelly’s Last Jam and the world premieres of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Sister Act: The Musical and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.

For Sensei, JDawn, Chelsea & Solari and all humanity — “changing the world 1 play @ a time!”

JAYSON T. WADDELL (Assistant Stage Manager) is happy to be back with the Alliance Theatre! He has had the pleasure of working on such Alliance productions as Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life; The Geller Girls; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Carapace; A Christmas Carol; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; Broke; Spoon Lake Blues; Sex and the Second City; Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls; Next to Normal; Holidays

JODY FELDMAN (Producer/Casting Director) began her theatre career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the assistant general manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Jody is the associate producer and casting director at the Alliance Theatre, where she started in 1991 as casting director. While at the Alliance, she has cast and produced more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions encompassing a wide range of world premieres including The Last Night of Ballyhoo

by Alfred Uhry, What I Learned in Paris by Pearl Cleage, Broke by Janece Shaffer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney and 10 years of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning plays, as well as such world and regional premiere musicals as Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical,

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profiles Bring It On: The Musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and, most recently, Harmony, A New Musical. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance engagement activities and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for community conversation and connection.

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

Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.

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Actor Cynthia Barker playing SAL, the moment after final image of Gabrielle Fulton’s play Uprising.

The inaugural Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab showcase ran Aug. 9-10, playing to full houses on the Hertz Stage.

The Lab gives resources to Atlanta-based artists so that their ideas-in-process can become production-ready projects. The second showcase will be in late fall 2015.

For more information about applications, please contact celise.kalke@woodruffcenter.org or visit the Alliance website at alliancetheatre.org.

“ We hemmed and hawed over whether to submit an application for our project [Moxie]. In the end we said, ‘Nothing ventured, nothing gained.’

We are so very grateful that we ventured because what we gained was more than we could have imagined. And trust us, we can imagine a lot.”

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steel mag•no•lia noun: something beautiful made of very strong stuff

by Celise Kalke

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teel Magnolias is a play that makes you laugh through your tears. A play so successful it can obscure its own substance. We remember the hairspray and forget the issues. Like many classic plays, it is a wonderful experience with provocative content buried deep in its bones.

Written in tribute to the author’s sister, the play remains a passionate tool for diabetes advocacy as well defending the rights of women to make their own decisions about fertility. It also celebrates a unique community of women, their loyalty and cultural ties. As Truvy says, “We enjoy being nice to each other. There’s not much else to do in this town.”

Steel Magnolias builds its pleasure from familiar surprises, relationships that exist in real life rarely given life on the stage. It portrays a mother-daughter bond united by a common goal: fighting for Shelby’s health and happiness. Shelby’s husband, brothers and father seem to orbit around these two strong women who adore each other almost as much as they adore their arguments and fierce battles of independence. They are a mother and daughter who, as adults, find their way to friendship, whose bond is as fierce as war buddies.

“When I was a kid, a lady in the neighborhood had a large metal floral paperweight on her kitchen counter that served as a receptacle for change, keys ... it weighted down the check for the milkman or the dry-cleaner receipt ... whatever. She called that thing on her counter ‘the steel magnolia.’ She’d say, ‘Take a quarter from the steel magnolia and get us some ice cream.’ I found it interesting that the thing was neither steel nor a magnolia, but that’s what she called it. And the imagery stuck. Something beautiful made of very strong stuff.”

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And indeed they are fighting a war: one against a fearsome and common disease. Shelby Eatenton (married name Latcherie) lives with Type 1, “childhood onset” diabetes, a disease of the pancreas in which that organ, in most cases, stops producing insulin. Until 1922 a diabetes diagnosis was a death sentence. Patients, often children, slipped into diabetic comas induced by too much sugar in the bloodstream. The discovery of external insulin in 1922 was one of mankind’s most important medical discoveries, the results so dramatic that patients went from comatose to revived and healthy in minutes. The discoverers won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1923.

For almost 100 years, advances in diabetes care have concerned managing the receipt of external insulin and managing the sometimes devastating effects of external insulin on a human body. Lifespans and lifestyles of those with diabetes get longer and better yearly. Yet a flame lit in Canada in 1989 by the Queen Mother, to be extinguished upon finding a cure, still burns.

Written in the mid-1980s and set in 1985-87, Steel Magnolias has reached a point in a play’s life cycle where its status as an American classic is being tested. As a comedy and well-observed ode to small-town Southern life and a love of looking good, it is without equal. The play is as well written as it is entertaining, as important as it is hilarious, and allows a group of hilarious actresses to show off their prowess.

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Downtown Natchitoches, La., still still looks a lot like it did when playwright Robert Harling was a boy. The fictional Chinquapin Parish of Steel Magnolias is based on this city.

Impact Creativity is an urgent call to action to save theatre education programs in 19 of our largest cities. Impact Creativity brings together theatres, arts education experts and individuals to help over 500,000 children and youth, most of them disadvantaged, succeed through the arts by sustaining the theatre arts education programs threatened by today’s fiscal climate. The following donors have provided support for the Alliance Theatre’s educational programs through their contributions to Impact Creativity. For more information on how “theatre education changes lives,” please visit impactcreativity.org.

contributors As of September 2014 ($100,000 or more) CMT/ABC The Hearst Foundations ($50,000 or more) AOL Schloss Family Foundation ($25,000 or more) Wells Fargo ($10,000 or more) Steven and Joy Bunson Lisa Orberg Southwest Airlines ($5,000 or more) Frank and Bonnie Orlowski Edison Peres* ($2,500 or more) Buford Alexander and Pamela Farr Jennifer Bielstein* Cathy Dantchik* Paula A. Dominick* Howard and Janet Kagan* Michael Lawrence and Glen Gillen* Seth Newell* Laurie Podolsky* RBC Wealth Management George S. Smith, Jr.* Isabelle Winkles* ($1,000 or more) Pamela Curry* Jon Dorfman and Melissa Kaish* Bruce Ewing* Donna Fontana* Alan and Jennifer Freedman * Silent Auction Support  In-kind support

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Learn how to convey your message with authenticity and confidence in an Alliance@work workshop or coaching session.

Alliance@Work is a professional development program for business professionals who are interested in improving their public speaking and presentation skills through theatre and the power of storytelling.

Alliance@work provides a framework of theater-based techniques and strategies that help people: > Discover how to be authentic and believable when presenting > Connect your message to powerful storytelling for a variety of audiences > Learn from professional directors and actors

“I have been to other speaking classes where you just stand behind the podium. Alliance@work is not that. It was fun, informative and innovative.

For those who want to convey their message with authenticity and power, this is the program for them.� — Michael Barrett, President, Resonance Consulting

Find out more at http://bit.ly/1wiYkDo or contact J. Noble at j.noble@woodruffcenter.org, 404.733.5257 or 404.615.9965 (cell)

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

Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 80 original productions including Tony Award winners The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice, and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo.

The Alliance has a reputation for developing important American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring, and subsequent productions, including the world premieres of Sister Act: The Musical, Come Fly Away, Bring It On: The Musical, Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, the American premiere of Zorro, with music by the Gipsy Kings, and most recently, Bull Durham and Harmony — A New Musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman. The Alliance also nurtures the careers of playwrights through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, producing a premiere for the competition winner as part of the regular season, and the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, providing developmental support and production resources for three performing arts projects each year. The work produced by the Alliance gives locally based artists the chance to create on a nationally watched stage, building and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community.

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

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

The Alliance delivers the finest talent, art and educational opportunities for Atlanta audiences — proving once again that the Alliance is where great theatre lives. alliancetheatre.org or 404.733.4650

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When I read the script for Steel Magnolias, I was reminded about the laugh-outloud zingers that offset the rough patches in the lives of a group of Southern belles. I’m a fan of the movie, and I was delighted that the spot-on dialogue in the play brought the story to full bloom onstage.

In my own novel, I honor the power of friendship between women and their strength to overcome life’s obstacles. Beloved works like Steel Magnolias created a tradition of female protagonists — mothers, daughters and friends — who made me laugh and cry along their uncertain journeys, bless their hearts!

— Bobbi Kornblit Author of Shelter Fom the Texas Heat Alliance Theatre Guild President 2014-15

synopsis Steel Magnolias, set in northern Louisiana in the fictional Chinquapin Parish, takes place in Truvy’s beauty shop. On Saturdays the women of the neighborhood gather to have their hair done, but more importantly to share news, make plans and remain deeply involved in each other’s lives. Shelby, M’Lynn’s daughter, has moved away but returns home for all important occasions, and we meet on her wedding day. The play moves through the most significant events of Shelby’s life, from her wedding to her heroic decision to be a mother whatever the personal cost. Surprising, funny, attractive and strong, the women of Steel Magnolias are as powerful today as they were 30 years ago when the play premiered.

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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

George Goodwin Laura Hardman* Hays Mershon Richard S. Myrick Helen Regenstein

Bob Reiser Jane Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson Ben White

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

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

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

Bill Sleeper Bronson Smith Karen Spiegel John Strom Chuck Taylor Rosemarie Thurston Nina Urban Rebekah Wasserman Cynthia Widner Wall Jill Wilson Todd Zeldin

Advisory Board

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

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

S. Alan McKnight, Jr. Penelope McPhee Dori Miller Mary Moore Starr Moore Molly Osborne Kendrick Phillips Almeera Jiwa Pratt Liza Purcell Kathryn Richard Georgia Schley Ritchie Candace Rodriguez Chris Schneider Alan Schreihofer Ron Segal Linda Selig Jonathan Shapero Linda Silberman

Volunteer Leadership

President, STARS: Lynn Ayers President, Alliance Theatre Guild: Bobbi Kornblit President, Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild: Vicki Travis

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

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

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

The Kendeda Fund The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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

The Shubert Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

★★★★★ $50,000+ The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The Frances and Beverly DuBose Foundation Fulton County Arts & Culture North Highland Company

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

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

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sponsors THE COCA-COLA COMPANY is the world’s largest beverage

company, refreshing consumers at a rate of 1.5 billion servings a day with more than 450 sparkling and still brands in more than 200 countries.

Along with Coca-Cola, recognized as the world’s most valuable brand, the Company’s portfolio includes 12 other major brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid and Georgia Coffee. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources, and enhance the economic development and cultural experiences of the communities where we operate. For more information about our Company, please visit our website at www.thecoca-colacompany.com.

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government

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of FCAC.

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 Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of September 15, 2014.

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

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

$10,000+ The Balloun Family Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Ann & Jeff Cramer Linda & Gene Davidson Diane & Daryl Evans Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Evans Mr. and Mrs. Reade Fahs Doris & Matthew Geller Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Golde David & Carolyn Gould Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Doug & Lila Hertz John & Angie Keller Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer James & Lori Kilberg Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Jeffrey C. Levy Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Moddelmog Mr. and Mrs. Angus Morrison Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Helen Smith Price Patty & Doug Reid Bob & Margaret Reiser Linda & Steve Selig Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson Smith John & Karen Spiegel Lynne & Steve Steindel Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles* & Delores Stephens Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Tome Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Joni Winston Amy & Todd Zeldin

$7,500-$9,999 The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Marsha & Richard Goerss P.J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Andrea and Boland Jones Phil & Caroline Mo誰se Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Rosemarie & David Thurston

$5,000-$7,499 Mrs. Kristin Adams James Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Austin Bill & Peg Balzer Lisa & Joe Bankoff Kathy & Ken Bernhardt

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Frank & Mary Anne Chew Ezra Cohen Charitable Trust Doug & Donna Curling Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow Erin & John Heyman Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Philip I. Kent Foundation David L. Kuniansky Mr. & Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr. Anna & Hays Mershon Ms. Scarlet Pressley-Brown & Mr. Wendell Brown Hugh & Susanne Ripps The Rockdale Foundation Bill & Rhonda Rowland Sharon & David Schachter Dr. and Mrs. R. K. Sehgal Mr. & Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Mr. and Mrs. John R. Strom Susan & Tom Wardell Bruce Westbrook Mrs. Jill Wilson

$2,500-$4,999 Alexander Babbage in appreciation of Vicki Palesky Elaine & Miles Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen In honor of the Alliance Theatre Education Department Ellen Arnovitz Cheryl M. Baer Leslie Bassett & Family Karen Beardslee & Susie McGinnis Ms. Beryl Bergquist Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Sara & Alex Brown Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Mr. & Mrs. James L. Curry Russell & Sandra Dawson Douglas & Camille Duerr Diane Durgin Dr. & Mrs. Dale E. Edmondson Eierman Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Philippa & Burrell Ellis John & Cindy Ethridge Kathryn T. Farley, PhD Mr. & Mrs. John D. Fuller Mr. & Mrs. Adam Fuller Heidi & David Geller Mr. Andrew L. Ghertner Mr. & Mrs. Barry Goheen Mrs. Carrie G. Hall Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Henry & EttaRae Hirsch Foundation Linda & Richard Hubert M.C. Jackson, Sr., Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. John A. Johnson Paul & Rosthema Kastin Leslie Leigh M.D. Lubo Fund Dick Lyon

Kristie L. Madara Cynthia & Alan Maloy Mr. & Mrs. Paul P. Mattingly Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Melanie & S. Alan McKnight, Jr. Carol & Dart Meadows Mr. William E. Michalewicz Nancy & Mike Millett Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Dedi & Julian Mohr Morgens West Foundation June M. Morrison Kathleen Nixon & Gregory Berkey Susan & David Peterson Mr. Jared Ripps and Dr. Kiera von Besser Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rosenberg Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Sonny & Jeanne Seals Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III Charlotte & Tom Shields Brian Shively and Jim Jinhong Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman William & Margarita Sleeper Oronda M. Smith Southern States LLC Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Karen & Alex Stickney Maria-Ruth Storts TAYLAR Development Balfour Beatty Construction Mr. James Thomas Michael & June Tompkins Joshua & Zenobia Trexler Kimberly & Kevin Walther Janice M. Warner Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Penn & Sally Wells Joan N. Whitcomb J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company The Zaban Foundation John & Kathy Zamer

$1,500-$2,499 JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Jeff & Belinda Allen Theodore & Andrea Altholz Judy M. Anderson Rita & Ted Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William Andrade John & Lynn Ayers Mr. & Mrs. John Bacheller, Jr. Elizabeth & John Bacon James & Therese Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Basaraba Ms. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Candace & Jeff Bell Mark & Pam Bell Mr. & Mrs. Mark Blumenthal Ginny & Charles Brewer Stephen Brown Susan & Tom Callaway Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Christopher Clegg Mark & Ruth Coan

annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of September 15, 2014.

Tim D. Couch Brad & Sally Currey Ms. Sallie Adams Daniel Fantastic Finds & Fantastic Finds For Him Julia & AndrĂŠ Demetrius Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards Ralph & Ree Edwards Thomas Engler & Ron Davis Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Tim & Tina Eyerly Michael & Jody Feldman Mr. David Felfoldi Andrew and Wendie Fisher Mike Flueckinger Viki & Paul Freeman Linda M. Garrett Lisa A. Gillespie, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Deidre Greene & Rob Dixon Warren M. Gump Dr. Steven & Marnie Harris Mrs. Kristin Hathaway Hansen & Mr. Norman Hansen Joan & David Herskovits Fred Hicks Carol Hill Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Dr. Joyce F. Houser Linda L. Lively and James E. Hugh, III Richard & Marcia Jacobson Mr. Robert A. Jetmundsen Robert Judd Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kalson Janice L. Karkula Dr. Shirley Williams-Kirksey Dr. William A. Kiser Steven & Sheri Labovitz Neuro Tour Physical Therapy, Inc. Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Eric & Marcia Ludgood The McGee Group Robert & Deborah McKeeman Jim & Jo McLean Sally & Tom McNulty Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ms. Nancy Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Janice & Tom Munsterman Joyce & Michael Natbony Molly T. Osborne Rita Owens John & Helen Parker Monica W. Parker Bill & Carey Peard Ms. Kathleen Pendergraft Peg Petersen Sam & Barbara Pettway Michael Pickering Mr. & Mrs. Gene Poland Karen Porch Kathleen Prussner Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Quillian III Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Rebecca and John Reeves Mrs. Helen M. Regenstein Kathryn & John Richard Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Peter & Alice Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Rosenberg

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schultz Mr. Scott Shickler Martin & Patricia Silbiger Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Silverboard A. Boyd Simpson & Melody Mann-Simpson Drs. Marjorie & Quentin Smith Dr. O. Kirsten Spraggins Susan & Alan Stiefel Jim & Janie Stratigos Michelle Sutter Drs. Eldred & Ava Taylor Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor The Tolson Firm Kathy & Ron Tomajko Kimberly S. Tribble & Mark S. Lange Melanie Turner Van Laar Skin Care Lynda Walker & Len Levy Ms. Ann Westbrook Lauren Willard-Jelks Mrs. Sue S. Williams

$1,000-$1,499

Roger & Lynn Ritvo in honor of Ken McNeil Kevin Ruhl Jacob Rumney Gary, Cannon, Frankie & Trey Sayers Mr. & Mrs. Peter Scanavino Ms. Christine Schneider Sharon & Chip Shirley Jane E. Shivers Philip Slaughter Susan & Jay Smith Joe Sniezek Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Bob Sullivan The Elster Foundation Bill & Judy Vogel Melody Wilder Wilson Lynne Winship Ms. Cecelia Wray William & Nancy Yang Lynne T. Zappone * Deceased

Mr. & Mrs. George Ajy Aaron & Corrie Alford Mr. & Mrs. Robert Arogeti Michael & Andrea Barrett In Memory of Sol Blaine Mr. Donald Bonar & Mr. Elmer Langham Jim & Barbara Brady Eleanor B. Cobb David H. & Christine T. Cofrin Ralph & Rita Connell Bob Copeland Terry & Sharon Culp Mr. & Mrs. David E. Dermer Mr. & Mrs. John Deushane Ms. Patricia L. Dickey Enid & Jerry Draluck Ms. Gail H. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Fink Marvin & Lynn Davis The Galloway Foundation in honor of Dr. Andrew Golde Divida Gude Sylvia Halleck John & Simone Hanson Valerie Hartman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hayler Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Mr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Hindman Mark Hobson Melinda & Phil Holladay in honor of Rebekah Wasserman Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. Wayne S. Hyatt Mr. David Stockert & Ms. Cameron Ives Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Carolyn L. Kennedy In Memory of George Mason Coleman In honor of Billy Levine Ron Grapevine & Rosemary Magee William McDaniel Raymond & Penelope McPhee Mr. & Mrs. Galen Oelkers Dr. & Mrs. Stephen I. Oppenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Gregg & Beth Paradies Ms. Del Podsiadlo

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annual fund Legacy Society The following are members of the Legacy Society who are ensuring the future strength of the Alliance Theatre Company 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 Maya Robinson, Major Contributions Manager at (404) 733-4710 or maya.robinson@woodruffcenter.org.

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

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

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

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

American Express American Honda Motor Co. AIG Corporation Aon Corporation AT&T Bank of America Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Chubb & Son, Inc. CIGNA Corporation Citigroup Foundation The Coca-Cola Company

Equifax, Inc. Federated Department Stores Inc. GE Energy Home Depot Foundation IBM Corporation JPMorgan Chase Kimberly-Clark Foundation Macy’s Foundation McDonald’s Corporation Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Microsoft Corporation NDCHealth

Neiman Marcus Norfolk Southern Corporation Plum Creek Prudential Financial Sprint SunTrust Foundation Time Warner, Inc. UPS Verizon Corporation Yahoo!

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 four separate organizations working together on fund-saving and fund-raising projects to benefit the theatre. The four volunteer groups are the Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild, Alliance Theatre Guild, the Direct Volunteers and the Usher Corps.

For more information on becoming a volunteer, please contact Shana Orr at 404.733.4761 or shana.orr@woodruffcenter.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, the Alliance Theatre, Arts for Learning, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the High Museum of Art. We are deeply grateful for these 33 partners who help ensure the arts thrive in our community.

$1+ MILLION

$500,000-$999,999

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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alliance theatre staff A rtistic

Management

Jennings Hertz Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth & Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemary Newcott Producer & Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Feldman Director of New Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celise Kalke Playwright in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearl Cleage Artistic Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo Moskowitz Atlanta Artists Fellows . . . . . . . . . . . Suehyla El-Attar, John Stewart Artistic Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Kleypas Literary Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Myers Kenny Leon Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Bishop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Development Campaign Director, Alliance Theatre/Woodruff Arts Center . . . . . Kristin Hathaway Hansen Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlin Way WAC Special Events Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Williford Grants Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Levenberg Broad Based Giving Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janet Abercrombie Development Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Saxon

Scenery

Education

Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Longwell Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan Kier Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Conley Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Manny Abreo, Jonathan Fries, Michael Lyons, William Spratt Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kat Conley Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Engelmann

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

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

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

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

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