Tell Me My Dream at the Alliance Theatre

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Family Series on the Alliance Stage

Oct. 28–Nov. 8, 2015

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“I don’t need anyone to tell me my dream … I will tell myself.” So said one of the multiple middle-school kids who contributed so much to the further development of the play you will see today. And that is completely the point.

I am lifted by the fact that these “dreamers” are so compassionate. I am also pleased and so proud that the remarkable Pearl Cleage decided to write a play to honor how young people dream and to further charge them to take action when dreams are challenged or when they feel what is right is denied. I hope the journeys of Wallace and Jeremy and Mary and Henry will inspire other youthful adventurers.

Thank you, young people, for continuing to tell us your dreams and thank you, caregivers, for granting young people the time and space to witness and explore their thoughts and aspirations through the medium of theatre.

“If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less, but to dream more, to dream all the time.”

— Marcel Proust Dream on,

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HOOPS and Dreams How Pearl Cleage came to write her first play for middle-schoolers

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pair of cops – one black, one white – cruise side by side on their police bikes. A girl with screaming purple hair yaks loudly into her phone. A family of five strolls in a gently swaying cluster, the women and girls in traditional Indian saris.

This is the sort of “anything goes” scene you’ll often find on the Atlanta BeltLine. A far cry from the city of yesteryear.

But here’s the deal. In that moment, a drummer and a sax player are performing freestyle jazz in Historic Fourth Ward Park.

Their jam session is so loud that joggers remove their earbuds as they get closer.

And, funny thing, everyone is making eye contact. Dog walkers step to the drummer’s persistent beat. Little kids stomp and twirl, trying not to drop their King of Pops pops.

And everyone is smiling.

In her new play, Tell Me My Dream, Pearl Cleage points to this very phenomenon: the power of music to bond and transform us, no matter who we are or where we’ve come from.

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When Cleage, the Alliance Theatre’s playwright in residence, took part in the Atlanta Music Festival a few years ago, she became curious. She learned the event’s roots reached back to the first Atlanta Colored Music Festival of 1910. The founder was Henry Hugh Proctor, then pastor of Atlanta’s First Congregational Church.

Some 40 African-Americans had been killed in the Atlanta Race Riots of 1906.

Things were still tense four years later. Proctor had many reasons for starting the festival: He wanted to showcase the era’s most prominent African-American classical concert artists; he believed that music could help the city heal. His dream was to unite black and white Atlantans through music.

“It was the first integrated cultural event in Atlanta history,” Cleage says of the

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festival, which drew 2,000 people. There was segregated seating, but it was still “so very significant, because it followed a murderous, terrible moment in city history and represented a major shift in how a community could come together to experience something wonderful.” (The event lasted eight years but was revived in 2001 as the Atlanta Music Festival.)

About the time Cleage was researching the festival’s origins, her grandson Michael, then 11, told her that he liked going to see plays with her, but was too old for most children’s theater.

“So I said, ‘OK, I will write a play for you,’” Cleage recalls.

With input from her writer-husband, Zaron W. Burnett, Cleage devised a story about two middle-school boys from 2015 who

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Members of the First Congregational Church in 1910. Proceeds from the Atlanta Colored Music Festival funded the institutional work of the church.

time-travel to 1910 Atlanta, where they meet a family preparing to attend that first music festival. Because Michael, now 13, plays basketball, she made sure to include the game.

In Tell Me My Dream, Wallace and Jeremy – the boys from 2015 – compare notes about racial progress with Mary and Henry, a girl and boy living in 1910. The 1910 kids learn about someone named Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream. And that the term “colored” is no longer used.

They also learn that things aren’t exactly perfect a century later. They’re stunned to learn that kids have been shot and killed amid racial animosity. They learn about peaceful protest demonstrations and that “every step leads to the next one and the next one.” They contemplate what role they can play to affect

change in their own lives and times.

And that brings us to Cleage’s dream for Tell Me My Dream, her first play for middleschoolers and beyond.

“I would love for it to be something that young people in Atlanta encounter over the years,” she says. “My dream might be for it to be an annual presentation, performed in conjunction with the music festival. Wouldn’t that be something?”

Kids in their middle-school years, need more theater opportunities, says Cleage, “to learn about their history and how it fits into their lives.”

She wrote Dream so that it could be done simply, perhaps as a touring show. The subject matter and themes are what matter most.

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ISAKE AKANKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Solomon JEREMIAH PARKER HOBBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Glass STEPHEN RUFFIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wallace Anderson AVERY SHARPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry Butler * DAVIORR SNIPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reverend James Solomon VALLEA E. WOODBURY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Butler UNDERSTUDIES STEPHEN BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry Butler/Reverend James Solomon/Wallace Anderson MARISA GARRETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Butler/Mary Solomon PATRICK SCHWEIGERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Glass STAGE MANAGEMENT * BARBARA GANTT O’HALEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager KARA PROCELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Production Assistant * DAVIORR SNIPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Stage Manager SPECIAL THANKS To all of the middle-school students, Alliance Theatre campers, teachers, teaching artists and actors who contributed to the development of this play.

To the New Visions New Voices Festival at the Kennedy Center where this play received its first development workshop.

To David Schindler, Andre Hickman and the Atlanta Hawks organization for the basketball footage.

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profiles ISAKE AKANKE (Mary Solomon) is delighted to make her debut on the Alliance Stage. She earned her B.F.A. from Southern Methodist University.

Her training has allowed her to take on roles from Shakespeare to James Baldwin. She has been privileged to work with phenomenal directors such as Patricia McGregor, award-winning playwright Will Power and Atlanta’s own Paris Crayton III. Recent roles include Leann in The Best Game, Katharina in The Shakespeare Project, Cookie in Hurt Village, Lorenzo in Blues for Mister Charlie and Maretha in The Piano Lesson. Isake is excited to launch her professional acting career in Atlanta and looks forward to her journey as a young actress. She sends a special thank you to Ms. Cleage and Rosemary for the opportunity. Finally, a thank you to her family for all of their support, encouragement and love.

STEPHEN BROWN (US Henry Butler/Reverend James Solomon/ Wallace Anderson) is excited to be making his Alliance Theatre debut with this very talented group. He hails from the great city of Detroit. Some of his most recent roles include Grey Kinsey in A Thousand Circlets, Romeo in Romeo + Juliet and Warner Huntington III in Legally Blonde: The Musical. His hope is that, with this play, every person will leave edified and empowered to fearlessly play their part when their time comes. He thanks you all for supporting live theatre.

MARISA GARRETT (US Anna Butler/Mary Solomon), a native of Powder Springs, is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory (CCM Drama). Marisa trained in the master class program at the Company Acting Studio in Atlanta. While there, she participated in the apprentice teaching program under the guidance of Lisina Stoneburner. Her recent credits include principal player in the company’s burlesque sketch comedy, Funny Femme Fatales. She also directed Alan Ball’s Five Women Wearing the Same Dress after playing ‘Lil Bit/Keisha’ in Pearl Cleage’s A Song for Corretta. She’d like to thank God, her family and friends.

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JEREMIAH PARKER HOBBS (Jeremy Glass) is so excited to be back at the Alliance, where he was last seen as Dad in Knuffle Bunny. Atlanta credits: Rent, The Rocky Horror Show (Actor’s Express), Godspell (Stage Door), Samantha Brown (Aurora), Xanadu, Moonlight and Magnolias (Legacy). Thanks to Mom, Dad and Abigail, always.

STEPHEN RUFFIN (Wallace Anderson) is ecstatic to be making his Alliance Theatre debut. Other professional credits: Pericles: Prince of Tyre, Cymbeline, Macbeth, Coriolanus (Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern); A Christmas Carol, The Tempest (The Hippodrome State Theatre). TV/ film: “Sleepy Hollow.” So incredibly thankful to have an opportunity to do what I love on the Alliance stage. Mad love to friends, my family and my stunning fiancée.

AVERY SHARPE (Henry Butler) cannot express how humbled he is to be making his Alliance Theatre debut!

Other Atlanta credits include Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet (Actor’s Express); The Frog Prince, As You Like It (Georgia Shakespeare); and Once Upon a Mattress (Stage Door Players). Having recently taken flight from Kennesaw State University, he wants to send out his love there. He also would like to thank Pearl Cleage for her ever-graceful work, Rosemary and the production team for all their talent and patience, and all his friends, family and in-betweens for their love. You’re all his heroes.

PATRICK SCHWEIGERT (US Jeremy Glass) is a graduate of Kennesaw State University and Aurora Theatre’s 2014-15 apprentice company. This is his first time working with the Alliance, and he’s thrilled with the opportunity!

Recent credits include Rent (Actor’s Express) and Les Misérables (Aurora). Many thanks to Rosemary, Jody, Miah and of course Rose, Mom, Dad, 122 and my Aurora family for always helping me along the way.

profiles cast DAVIORR SNIPES (Reverend James Solomon) is ecstatic to make his debut on the Alliance stage.

Off-Broadway: The Color of Justice (Town Hall Theatre). National tours: The Color of Justice, Freedom Train (Theatre Works USA). Atlanta theater credits: The Pillowman, The Odd Couple, 12 Angry Men. Regional theatre: Ain’t Misbehavin, Hello Dolly, Man of La Mancha (New London Barn Playhouse). Training: B.F.A., NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Thank you to Pearl, Rosemary, Jody and Thomas for making this happen. Mom, Dad, Toyiah and Michelle, you are my heart.

VALLEA E. WOODBURY (Anna Butler) “Vuh LAY uh” is so excited to make her debut on the Alliance stage.

Previous credits include A Christmas Carol and Doris the Church Lady in The Color Purple at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Mama Bear, A Lesson Before Dying, Doubt, Twelfth Night, Flyin’ West, award-winning productions at The Second City Chicago and Drury Lane Oakbrook (Ragtime). Vallea earned her M.F.A. in Performance at the University of Georgia in May. She is also a Northwestern University graduate and has trained at the esteemed school at Steppenwolf and The Second City Chicago Improv Conservatory.

She thanks her family for their encouragement and support. vallea.com PEARL CLEAGE (Playwright) is the Mellon Playwright in Residence at the Alliance Theatre.

Her plays include Blues for an Alabama Sky, The Nacirema Society and What I Learned in Paris. She is also the author of eight novels including What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and a New York Times bestseller. Tell Me My Dream is based on a story by Pearl and her husband, writer Zaron W. Burnett Jr. This is her first play for young audiences and is dedicated to her grandchildren Michael, Chloe, Bailey, Averie and Ethan.

ROSEMARY NEWCOTT (Director) is the Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families and is most fortunate to be here directing and sharing space with so many

gifted artists and professionals. Favorite Alliance directing credits include A Christmas Carol, Courage (premiere), James and the Giant Peach, Waiting for Balloon (premiere), Shrek!, Grimm Lives of the Inbetweens (premiere), Seussical, Class of 3000 LIVE! (premiere), Einstein Is a Dummy (premiere), The Book of Ruth, The Hobbit and more. Favorite national directing credits include KnuffleBunny: A Cautionary Musical and Jason Invisible at the Kennedy Center and Frida Libra at La Jolla Playhouse (all premieres). Rosemary also directed the high school Collision Project for 10 years and pioneered the Alliance’s innovative Theatre for the Very Young. Rosemary was named Atlanta Lexus Leader of the Arts in December 2001 and is a recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship. In 2005 she was named best director of the year by the AJC and was awarded the GTC Distinguished Career Award. She is a 2009 recipient of the Princess Grace Special Projects Award and the 2010 Spirit of Suzi Bass Award. She is on the advisory board at Kennesaw State University’s theatre department and has served on the national board of TYA/USA. Much love to my family and especially Tom, who has always advocated “dreaming.”

KOREY WASHINGTON (Set Designer) The Culver City, Calif., native has designed environments and scenery for theatre, television, film and tours for the past two decades. Mr. Washington has presented his design work in more than 150 venues, arenas and theatres around the country including The Staples Center, The Kennedy Center, Los Angeles Theatre Center, The Alliance Theatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Madison Square Garden, Dolby Theatre (formerly the Kodak Theatre) and Universal Amphitheater, to name a few. Outside of his many recent design projects, including the upcoming Miles Ahead, starring and directed by Don Cheadle, he has shared his experience to become the creative cirector for minority events for Hyundai Motor Corp. and Miller Lite. The most prolific and exciting production that Korey has been a part of is headed by his executive producer, Tracey, his wife of 25 years and his associate producers, Clark Elizabeth, Jason Michael and Andrew Michael, all of whom are glad to have him as the creative

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profiles director on their life-long production titled, Family. koreywashington.com SYDNEY ROBERTS (Costume Designer) Tell Me My Dream is the 16th production Sydney has done with Rosemary Newcott here at the Alliance, and it is always a treat to reunite for these fun and imagination-filled shows. Other Alliance Theatre credits: Next to Normal, I Just Stopped By to See the Man, Warrior Class and Spoon Lake Blues. Sydney was an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare and has designed for many other Atlanta stages. She has received awards for her designs here in Atlanta and in Portland, Ore. Sydney has taught costume design at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Emory University and Oglethorpe University. She is a member of USA 829.

STEVE LOVE (Lighting Designer) is a graduate of Kennesaw State University’s Theatre program.

A four year member of the Alliance Theatre staff, Steven is excited to make his design debut on the Alliance main stage. Design credits include Splitting The Raft at Kennesaw State University and Scratch: The Revengence at Dad’s Garage Theatre. Thank you to Pete Shinn for his mentorship and to Rosemary Newcott for the opportunity.

CLAY BENNING (Sound Designer) has been the resident sound designer at the Alliance Theatre for 15 years and has designed more than 85 productions including 26 world premiers, 30 musicals and 20 Theatre for Young Audiences productions. Recent works include Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, Native Guard, The Geller Girls, The Tall Girls and Next to Normal. Other design work has included Georgia Shakespeare, Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Geva Theatre and Synchronicity Theatre.

Awards: 2006, 2007 and 2009 Suzi Bass awards for outstanding sound design with 16 nominations. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (B.A.), North Carolina School of the Arts (M.F.A.) and a member of IATSE/USA829.

TYRONE JACKSON (Composer) received his bachelor’s degree from the University of New Orleans, where he studied with Ellis Marsalis and received his master’s in jazz studies from Georgia

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State University. Jackson has performed with Earl Klugh, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, BeBe Winans, Jennifer Holliday and Marcus Miller, to name a few. As a composer, Jackson has released three CDs of original works. Jackson also composed, performed original works and arrangements for Native Guard, a book of poems written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet laureate Natasha Tretheway. Native Guard, directed by Alliance Theatre artistic director Susan Booth, has received critical acclaim due to the synergy of drama, music and audiovisual artistry. TyroneJackson.com, cdbaby.com/cd/tjackson BARBARA GANTT O’HALEY (Stage Manager) is excited to be back for her fifth year at the Alliance Theatre, where she previously stage managed Courage and Grimm Lives of the In-Betweens, as well as served as stage manager production assistant for Knufflebunny: A Cautionary Musical, James and the Giant Peach, Shrek, Charlotte’s Web, I Just Stopped by to See the Man and two productions of The Real Tweenagers of Atlanta. Other stage manager credits include: Cats (Atlanta Lyric Theatre), Mysterious Connections, The Local, Great Falls (Essential Theatre). Assistant stage manager credits: Memphis (Aurora Theatre/ Theatrical Outfit); Spamalot (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); Storefront Church, The Guys, The Fabulous Lipitones, My Name Is Asher Lev and The Green Book (Theatrical Outfit). She is thankful to Rosemary for always being a pleasure to work with as well as everyone else who makes Theatre for Youth and Families such a joy every year. Love to Patrick.

JODY FELDMAN (Casting) began her theatre career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the assistant general manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Jody is the associate producer and casting director at the Alliance, 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

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profiles Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning plays, as well as 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 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 Palefsky Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, local producing partnerships and regional collaborative productions as well as commercial partnerships on projects including Tuck

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Everlasting, 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 theaters 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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the junior dramaturgs Relating to Characters in Tell Me My Dream The character I relate to the most is Mary. She is always trying to help everyone and she goes over and beyond to help people out. Based on my experience, the advice I would give to Mary is to try not to stress too much over the problems of other people.

— K.A. The character I relate to the most is Henry. Henry and I both have hit tough patches in life. My mother had a really bad accident, which left her without mobility for a couple of months. That was a trying time for my family. The situations within Henry’s family have been difficult for him as well.

Another thing Henry and I have in common is how we deal with situations. I, like Henry, tend to run away from things. Although, if I had to give Henry advice, I would say, “The storm is almost over and it’s going to get better. Never give up!”

— K.P. Many teens will relate to Henry because he thinks there is somewhere better than where he currently lives. I would advise Henry to rethink how he solves his problems. In the end, his decision may be one that he regrets ultimately.

— T.W. If I could travel back in time …

If I could travel in time, I would like to go back to 1963 to march with Dr. Martin Luther King to make a difference and fight for civil rights.

— K.A. If I could go back in time, I would travel to the year 2001. I would stop the attacks on the World Trade Center. Lives would be spared and the fear of terrorist attacks wouldn’t be a problem.

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“Nothing opens the heart like beautiful music,” says the Rev. Solomon in Tell Me My Dream. Based on a story she wrote with Zaron Burnett Jr., Pearl Cleage’s play combines teenage time travel with reflections on freedom and loads of good humor. I love the way that basketball, Mozart and Sly Stone play important roles in this story about a concert that marked a milestone in race relations. Tell Me My Dream shows us that music belongs to everyone and the color of one’s skin has nothing to do with the way that music moves us. Music can help us feel redemption and soothe our grief. For the Rev. Solomon, Mozart’s music sounded like freedom. For Henry’s father, it meant love. Equally powerful for me was the message from Wallace’s granddad, the drummer, who “learned everything there was to know about God from listening to music.”

Lois Reitzes Director of Arts & Cultural Programming Host, City Lights WABE 90.1 www.wabe.org P.S.: I became friends with Pearl Cleage because of our mutual connection through music. She has been a longtime listener to WABE, and we discovered many years ago a shared love of Mozart, Motown and any songs that are over-the-top with emotion.

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about the alliance theatre The Alliance Theatre is Atlanta’s national theater, expanding hearts and minds on stage and off. Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theater in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually. The Alliance delivers powerful programming that challenges adult and youth audiences to think critically and care deeply. Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance Theatre received the Regional Theatre Tony Award® in recognition of sustained excellence in programming, education, and community engagement.

Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 95 original productions including Tony Award® winners The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice, and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo.

The Alliance has developed and premiered important American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring, and subsequent productions, including the world premieres of Sister Act: The Musical, Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away, Bring It On: The Musical, Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Harmony – A New Musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, and most recently the world premiere of the new musical Tuck Everlasting. The Alliance also creates and nurtures the careers of artists through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, producing the world premiere for the competition winner as part of the regular season, and the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, providing developmental support and production resources for three performing arts projects each year.

The Alliance’s dedication to providing access to the arts is reflected in its commitment to creating new work for all ages, and to bringing that work into classrooms and communities across Atlanta and throughout the region. More than 50,000 students each year experience age-specific professional performances and participate in acting classes, drama camps, and in-school initiatives through the Alliance Theatre Acting Program and Education Department. The Alliance’s groundbreaking Theatre for the Very Young performances offer professionally-produced, fully interactive theater for infants and toddlers; the Palefsky Collision Project invites high school artists to create and perform new civicminded theater based on a classic text; and community acting classes and skill-building workshops engage professional artists, young actors, business leaders, and curious learners of all ages. Twice recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for leadership in arts education, the Alliance Arts for Learning Institute equips classroom teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum and have been empirically proven to improve student learning. These programs include Georgia Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts and Dramaturgy K–12, in which students create research material that informs Alliance productions and prepares peer audiences.

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

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Rita Anderson Ken Bernhardt Frank Chew Ann Cramer* Linda Davidson

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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

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annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.8 million to the Annual Fund so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. Please consider making an Annual Fund donation today. To find out more about the benefits of giving or to make your gift, visit us at alliancetheatre.org/donate or call 404-733-4757.

Gifts processed between October 1, 2014- October 15, 2015. $25,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Victoria & Howard Palefsky Dan & Garnet Reardon $15,000+ Susan Booth & Max Leventhal Katie & Reade Fahs Doris & Matthew Geller David & Carolyn Gould Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Bob & Margaret Reiser Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff $10,000-$14,999 Mrs. Kristin Adams The Balloun Family Stephanie Blank Ann & Jeff Cramer Linda & Gene Davidson The Frances & Beverly DuBose Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Evans Patrick J. Gunning Hertz Family Foundation Andrea & Boland Jones John C. Keller Sarah & Jim Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer James & Lori Kilberg David & Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Malinda Krantz Mr. & Mrs. Angus Morrison Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Patty & Doug Reid Linda & Steve Selig Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson Smith Helen Smith Price John & Karen Spiegel Lynne & Steve Steindel Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles* & Delores Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Tomé Nina Urban Waffle House, Inc. Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Joni Winston $7,500-$9,999 The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Marsha & Richard Goerss Jocelyn J. Hunter Leslie D. Leigh M.D. Hala & Steve Moddelmog Phil & Caroline Moïse Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Rosemarie & David Thurston Amy & Todd Zeldin $5,000-$7,499 Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow James Anderson

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Austin Lisa & Joe Bankoff Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Mr. Fred M. Ehlers & Mr. David Lile Erin & John Heyman Leslie Joyce & Rod Smith David L. Kuniansky Mr. & Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr. Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Anna & Hays Mershon Bill & Rhonda Rowland Sharon & David Schachter Dr. & Mrs. R. K. Sehgal William & Margarita Sleeper Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strom Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Susan & Tom Wardell Mrs. Jill Wilson $2,500-$4,999 Elaine & Miles Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Ellen Arnovitz John & Lynn Ayers Ms. Beryl Bergquist Sara & Alex Brown Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Frank & Mary Anne Chew Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Diane Durgin Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Philippa & Burrell Ellis John & Cindy Ethridge Diane & Daryl Evans Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Mr. & Mrs. Adam Fuller Mr. & Mrs. John D. Fuller Mr. Andrew L. Ghertner Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Mrs. Carrie G. Hall Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Henry & EttaRae Hirsch Foundation Linda & Richard Hubert Paul & Rosthema Kastin Kristie L. Madara Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. William E. Michalewicz June M. Morrison Susan & David Peterson Scott, Dallas, & Mia Pioli Sonny & Jeanne Seals In honor of the Alliance Theatre Education Department Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III Charlotte & Tom Shields

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William & Margarita Sleeper Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Karen & Alex Stickney Maria-Ruth Storts Michael & June Tompkins Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Lynne Winship P.J. Younglove Hovey The Zaban Foundation John & Kathy Zamer $1,500-$2,499 Claire Abreu Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda C. Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Pam Anderson Mary Allen Arnold Elizabeth & John Bacon Mr. & Mrs. Gerardo Balboni Mr. & Mrs. Roland L. Bates Karen Beardslee & Susie McGinnis Wilma Elizabeth Beaty Candace & Jeff Bell Mark & Pam Bell Aubrey & Carol Bush Susan & Tom Callaway Melodie H. Clayton Mark & Ruth Coan David Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin Brad & Sally Currey Cassandra Edmond Ralph & Ree Edwards The Elster Foundation Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Andrew & Wendie Fisher Linda M. Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Joel Goldman Dr. & Mrs. Steven Harris Valerie Hartman John Haupert Mark Hobson Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Dr. Joyce F. Houser Mr. W. Glenn Howard Adrienne Hudson Dr. Maleka Ingram Jason & Laurie Jeffay Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Kalson Mr. Maddox Kilgore Dr. William A. Kiser Brian & Carrie Kurlander Steven & Sheri Labovitz Jeffrey C. Levy Konrad & Natasha Lewis Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh, III Mary Lou McCloskey Jim & Jo McLean Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ms. Nancy Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Molly Osborne Bill & Carey Peard Sam & Barbara Pettway Peg Petersen Karen Porch Daniel Marks & Keri Powell

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For more information about making a planned gift to benefit the Alliance Theatre, please contact Caitlin Way, Associate Director of Development, Board Relations and Major Gifts at Caitlin.Way@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

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Susan & John Major Donor Advised Fund at the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation John R. Mathena Daniel A. Simkowitz John Thomopoulos Isabelle Winkles ($1,000 or more) Leslie Chao Steven & Donna Gartner Ruth E. Gitlin Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy Foundation Adrian Liddard Robin & Bob Paulson Charitable Fund Mark Rosenblatt Stephanie Scott ♦In-kind support Theatre Forward supporters are former supporters of National Corporate Theatre Fund and Impact Creativity.

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

Production Management

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

Costumes

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

Electrics

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

Scenery

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

Sound

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

Stage Management

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

Stage Operations

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

Properties

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

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

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

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

A dministration & Finance

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

Development

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

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

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November 6, 2015 at 8PM The Alliance Stage at the Woodruff Arts Center For ticket information visit choa.org/toweroftalent Performance produced and directed by Dr. Warren Woodruff, inspired by Dr. Fuddle and The Gold Baton, Thomas Ludwig of The Beethoven Chamber Orchestra and Lynn Stallings of the Atlanta Workshop Players SPONSORS: Atlanta Magazine • Sans Wine & Spirits • Western Spirits Beverage Co • Eagle Rock Distributing Co • Corona • Linda Suvalsky • Savannah Distributing Co • United Distributors • Georgia Crown Distributing Co • National Distributing Co • Scott Neu • Empire Distributors, Inc. • Marianne, Stephen and Aubrey Garber • Maniya Barredo • Alvaro Arauz • eSBe Designs • Behavioral Institute of Atlanta • Goldman Sachs • Dr. Fuddle and the Gold Baton • Banfi Wines • Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Priluck • Winebow • Fernet-Branca • Quality Fine Wine and Spirits • For tickets and sponsorship information visit choa.org/toweroftalent Palm Bay International • Seagram’s Vodka • Crystal Head Vodka • Templeton Rye • Carpano Vermouths • Corralejo Tequila • Ferrari-Carano Vineyards • Diageo • Jim Beam • Pernod Ricard • 3a law practice management • Sidney Frank • Dr. Ed Gerson and Robyn Spizman • Dr. Warren Woodruff • Joey Deblasi • Carlton Fields Jorden Burt • Phipps Plaza • Lenox Mall • Metropolitan Ballet Theatre

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