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Last year I was introduced to our winning play by our Kenny Leon Fellow Levi Jelks (now getting an M.F.A. at Carnegie Mellon University). I was deep in the reading process when he walked into my office, put The C.A. Lyons Project down on my desk, and walked out. “Well,” I thought, “this must be some play.” The C.A. Lyons Project is indeed some play although it almost isn’t a play – almost. It uses dance and scene work interchangeably and employs a nonlinear narrative structure more like dance theatre than literary theatre. Connections between scenes are emotional or topical rather than linear. W hen reading the play, it unfolds itself gradually, its story and its wisdom meeting with a bang on the last page.

Susan Booth used the word “audacious” to describe theatrical risk-taking. I like the word “adventure.” This play is both, an “audacious adventure.” I’ve never been sure what it would look like, but I’ve always been sure (and with Kent Gash directing am now very sure) it would be great. And from announcement to production I’ve been sure that our adventurous Hertz

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Award-winning Tsehaye HĂŠbert delves into the transformative power of dance and the early days of aids

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KEVIN S. ROBERTS

HER SECOND ACT

Director Kent Gash

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he next time you think it’s too late to do that one thing you vowed you would someday do, try saying this for inspiration: “Tsehaye Hébert.”

That’s: “suh-HI ah-BEAR.” When many of her peers were throwing themselves retirement parties, Tsehaye Geralyn Hébert was filling out paperwork for grad school.

Then, in 2012, while attending the graduate playwriting program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she became critically ill, leading to a coma and paralysis. She could neither walk nor talk nor hold a pencil.

“The joke in my family,” Hébert says, “is that I had to finish my play.” Her physical therapist promised to “work the snot out of me. The first time I tried to stand up, I fainted.” But eventually she could walk 6 feet on the treadmill, then 12, then 24, and then more each day.

Hébert, playwright-inresidence at Chicago State University as well as a longtime community arts activist and writing teacher, sees her life as “epic.” She’s won recognition for earlier plays, but the one she had to finish is The C.A. Lyons Project, winner of the 2015 Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate

Playwriting Competition. The piece began as “a whole bunch of thoughts and scraps of stuff” relating to her experiences on the black dance scene as AIDS took hold.

Over the years, whenever she had an idea for her “someday” play, Hébert would scribble it down and toss it into a box. “I carried that box around for years,” she says. A graduate school adviser gave her the courage to finally tackle its contents.

A native of Baton Rouge, La., Hébert considers herself mightily influenced by the land of gumbo, Mardi Gras, storytelling “and ritual, always ritual, and always live music.” She went to New York in the 1970s in search of “black dance beyond the cakewalk and tap dancing.”

Ultimately, she was told that she was not right — that she was too old to dance, that she didn’t have the right body type.

She landed at Northwestern University to study film and theatre “completely buying the story that dance was not in my future.” But one day she found herself in a place as vast as an armory, where an African dance class was underway.

“I literally started weeping when I walked in,” she says. “There were 200 people, from children

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to the elderly, all shapes and sizes imaginable.

There were 25 drummers and the whole room was dancing — heavyset people, people with canes. It was a joyous community. I had come home.”

She became part of Chicago’s fledgling avant-garde black dance movement. AIDS, not yet identified, was already striking. Hébert knew dancers who died young, including a leading choreographic talent.

“Tsehaye and I were both alive at the dawn of the 1980s as the world skittishly confronted the AIDS epidemic that would rob the world of many cultural giants,” says Kent Gash, the former Alliance associate artistic director who directs the multidisciplinary The C.A. Lyons Project. “In the dance world alone, we lost brilliant black choreographers Billy Wilson, Ulysses Dove, the grand master Alvin Ailey and countless gifted performers. Who knows what extraordinary work they were yet to create?”

Set in the 1980s, the play centers on the founder of a dynamic African-American dance company who’s scrambling to choreograph while he’s gravely ill, and three female dancers, each of whom is impacted by what’s happening to him.

In a fluid and lyrical narrative, Gash says Hébert explosively probes several themes: the life-and-death urgency prompted by the disease; the collision of black consciousness with sexual identity; class and politics; and the complex nuances of the human heart.

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“You are going to get a ride when you see this show,” says Hébert. “Remember, I come from the land of Mardi Gras.”

While Angels in America and The Normal Heart are well-known plays dealing with AIDS, Gash calls The C.A. Lyons Project “more timely and necessary than ever before” due to its focus on black men, who continue to be impacted by HIV/AIDS more than any other segment of the population.

Hébert still gets emotional when she thinks of the man who died in his mid-30s and inspired her title character.

“The grief at having lost him was so immense because he was the dance,” she says. “When you watched him dance, it was electrifying. I have always wanted the world to hear the story about how dance transformed my life and how it transformed the lives of others.”

Hébert has “played with this story in ways you cannot possibly imagine. First, I had to tell a good freaking story. I am trying to crack open the story and the stage at the same time. I want to open up the window wide enough so the audience can choose to climb through it, or they can sit back and peer through it and think about it.”

Most of all, she wants playgoers “to walk away a little differently than when they entered the theatre.”

Perhaps some will even dance their way out the door.

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ALLIANCE THEATRE Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director presents The winner of the 2015 Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition

PLAYWRIGHT

TSEHAYE GERALYN HÉBERT SET DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGN

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CASTING

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JASON SHERWOOD DEDE AYITE

SOUND DESIGN

LIZ LEE

DAVID WILSON

DELL HOWLETT JODY FELDMAN CELISE KALKE & CALLERI CASTING

STAGE MANAGER

lark hackshaw

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KENT GASH Season Sponsored by

Made possible with generous support from the Kendeda Fund, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, and the National Endowment for the Arts

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profiles CAST (in alphabetical order)

* Michelle A. Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gracious Dunning * Donna Biscoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosetta Kent * James Brown III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.A. Lyons * Danielle Deadwyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chaos Unit (neé Christine Cross/Dancer) * Francesca Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amandla Sister Afrikia (neé Amy Kent) * Tiffany Denise Hobbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bethlehem “Beth” Dunning/Dancer Juel D. Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clyde “Pretty Boy” Wylie/Dancer * Keith Randolph Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Kent/Stan Cross UNDERSTUDIES

Terrence Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clyde “Pretty Boy” Wylie Ashlee Gillum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bethlehem “Beth” Dunning Jelani Akil Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.A. Lyons/Richard Kent/Stan Cross Danielle Mills . . . . . . . . . Amandla Sister Afrikia (neé Amy Kent)/Chaos Unit (neé Christine Cross) Sheryl Renee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosetta Kent/Gracious Dunning STAGE MANAGEMENT

* lark hackshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager Haylee Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Production Assistant PRODUCTION AND DESIGN ASSISTANCE

Juel D. Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dance Captain Jackie Bruce & Pat McDaniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sign Interpreters The C.A. Lyons Project received a development workshop as a part of the Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights Workshop.

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profiles cast MICHELLE A. BANKS (Gracious Dunning) is very excited to make her Alliance Theatre debut. Theatre credits: Big River (Mark Taper Forum and Ford’s Theatre), Reflections of a Black Deaf Woman (one-woman show), Story Theatre, A Not So Quiet Nocturne, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Noises Off!, Godspell, Negritude, Motherline, Profile of a Deaf Peddler, Absolute Dream, MAAF. TV/film: “Soul Food,” “Girlfriends,” “10-8,” “Strong Medicine,” Compensation, Malcolm X, The End, Cutting of a Free Bird. Michelle is grateful for the generous support and love from family and friends. I would like to dedicate my performance to Mama T (Theresa Sharp).

DONNA BISCOE (Rosetta Kent) is a graduate of Clark College and is happy to return to the Alliance stage. Some of her favorite theatre credits include Right On, A Raisin in the Sun, Gee’s Bend, Little Foxes, Doubt (Alliance Theatre); Our Town, To Kill a Mockingbird, Waiting to Be Invited, Homebody Kabul, Joe Turner’s Come tand Gone, Holiday Heart (Arena Stage); and Fences. Ms. Biscoe made her theatre directorial debut this year with A Raisin in the Sun. Film and TV credits include Mockingjay 1, Rectify, “Nashville,” Comeback Dad, Sacrament, “Army Wives,” “Rickey Smiley Show,” “Necessary Roughness” and StarCrossed, in which she co-starred, among others.

TERRENCE BLACK (US Clyde “Pretty Boy” Wylie) is an Atlanta-based performance artist.

He is an active member of the Youth Ensemble of Atlanta (YEA), where he has studied under Charles Bullock, Andrea Frye and Debi Barber. As a part of the YEA, he has contributed creatively to the choreography and script of the original productions Urban Holiday Soup and Prey. This is his first production with the Alliance Theatre. He is honored to be a part of such an esteemed group of artists.

JAMES BROWN III (C.A. Lyons) is honored to be making his Alliance Theatre debut! He just finished shooting the short film Love for Passion and was most recently on “Peter Pan

Live” (NBC), “The Mysteries of Laura” (NBC), and “Forever” (ABC). Broadway: Rocky; Ghost; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; Memphis; The Little Mermaid; The Color Purple; Wicked; The Frogs.

Other notable credits: The Last Goodbye (The Old Globe), The Producers (first national tour), The Lion King (first national tour), Michael Jackson’s 30th anniversary tour. Education: Brown University. Thank you to my family, Brandon and my agents (The Mine) Twitter: @TheJBIII, Instagram: @JamesBrownIII, JamesBrownIII.com DANIELLE DEADWYLER (Chaos Unit (neé Christine Cross)/ Dancer) is thankful for this return to the Alliance. Recent Alliance projects: Charlotte’s Web (Charlotte) and Real Tweenagers of Atlanta: The Final Assembly (August March). Atlanta credits: Francine/Lena, Clybourne Park (Aurora Theatre); Cathleen, Dividing the Estate (Theatrical Outfit); Lily Louise Jackson, The Book Club Play (Horizon); Normal Jean/Kid/LaWanda, The Colored Museum (True Colors); Fannie Mae, Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery (Horizon); Lady in Yellow, For Colored Girls (True Colors). TV/film credits: “A Cross to Bear” (UpTV); “Being Mary Jane”(BET); “Ir/Reconcilable” (HBO). Danielle was Creative Loafing’s 2013 Critics Pick for best actress and is a 2014 Idea Capital grantee. Love you forever, Ezra & Reggie.

ASHLEE GILLUM (US Bethlehem “Beth” Dunning) is a Detroit native and Clark Atlanta University graduate. She is excited to make her debut with the Alliance Theatre as a part of The C.A. Lyons Project company!

Stage credits include Mark E. Swinton’s U Don’t Know Me: The Musical and Fantasia’s Back to Me Tour. TV/film: Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls, The Lottery Ticket, B.E.T’s “106 & Park” and MTV’s “Teen Wolf.” She thanks her family and friends for their continuous support in pursuit of her dreams!

FRANCESCA HARPER (Amandla Sister Afrikia (neé Amy Kent)) Dance Theater of Harlem, principal dancer/Ballet Frankfurt (1994-99. Broadway: Fosse, The Producers, The Frogs and The Color Purple. National tours: Helen in ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG 13

profiles Sweet Charity, Judith in Sophisticated Ladies.

Off-Broadway: The one-woman show The Look of Feeling, directed by Susan Batson. Feature films: The Producers, ballet consultant for Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky. Artistic director: The Francesca Harper Project. Awards: Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Videodance Award, Living History Award for Black History Month 2013, Louis Vuitton Innovation and Technology award 2013. Special thanks to my family: Eric, Harper, Margo, Denise, John and Irma for the constant support and inspiration and to Kent Gash for this glorious opportunity. francescaharper.com TIFFANY DENISE HOBBS (Bethlehem “Beth” Dunning/ Dancer) is a former member of Dallas Theater Center’s Brierley Resident Acting Company, where her credits include Clybourne Park, A Raisin in the Sun, Stagger Lee, Cabaret and A Christmas Carol. Select awards: best performances by women (DFW Region’s Best Onstage), outstanding supporting actress (LA WebFest), Broadway World (best leading & featured actress in musicals), Star Project (NBC/American Black Film Festival).

Favorite credits: Much Ado About Nothing, Spunk, Race (Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre), Blues for Mister Charlie, The Piano Lesson. New York theatre: The Burnin’ (Public Theater). Film: “Dallas Buyers Club.” An M.F.A. acting graduate from SMU, Tiffany is thrilled to make her Alliance debut.

JELANI AKIL JONES (US CA. Lyons/Atty. Kent/Stan Cross) is a proud graduate of Tri-Cities High School of the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program. Other Alliance credits: The Project’s Project.

Atlanta credits: West Side Story (Fabrefaction Theatre); Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Synchronicity Theatre); In Darfur (Horizon Theatre); Black Nativity (True Colors Theatre); Soweto, Soweto a Township Is Calling (Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble of Atlanta); and The Golden Ticket (Atlanta Opera). Dance: Axam Dance Theatre Experience, Ballethnic Dance Company, Cincinnati Ballet, Northern Kentucky Ballet Theatre, The Ailey School.

TV/film: Remember the Titans, Drumline.

Commercial: KFC.

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JUEL D. LANE (Clyde “Pretty Boy” Wylie/Dancer) is thrilled to return to the Alliance stage.

Other credits: I Dream (assistant choreographer). Regional: Spunk (True Colors Theatre, choreographer); Rob Jackson’s Rebirth (Fox Theatre, Atlanta, choreographer); Stagger Lee (Dallas Theater Center, associate choreographer). Mentions: Dance Magazine “25 to Watch” (2013), Creative Loafing and Arts ATL. Professional dance companies: Ronald K. Brown Evidence, Helen Simoneau Danse, and currently with Camille A. Brown & Dancers.

Commissions: Atlanta Ballet, North Carolina School of the Arts, Wake Forest University.

Dance films: Just Another Day and How to Kill a Ghost.

DANIELLE MILLS (US Amandla Sister Afrikia (neé Amy Kent)/Chaos Unit (neé Christine Cross)) is excited to be a part of this production and working with the Alliance for the first time! She is a native of the Bronx and is in her last semester as an M.F.A. performance candidate at the University of Georgia. Favorite university theatre roles include Mrs. Bennet (Pride & Prejudice), Fannie Dove (Flyin’ West) and Mary (Black Nativity). She looks forward to working with the Alliance Theatre in the future.

SHERYL RENEE (US Rosetta Kent/Mrs. Lyons/Gracious Dunning) is delighted to be back in Atlanta and at the Alliance Theatre after 15 years. Her theatre credits include Chicago, Rock Odyssey, Ananse, The African Spiderman (Alliance TYA); Dreamgirls, Bessie’s Blues, Madhearts, Higher Ground, Black Nativity (Jomandi); Hi Hat Hattie (Ovation Award winner); Sistas and Storytellers. Sheryl also enjoys a diverse career as a vocalist, producer and entrepreneur. She sends love to her daughters and six granddaughters! sherylrenee.com KEITH RANDOLPH SMITH (Richard Kent/Stan Cross) Alliance: King Hedley II, God of Carnage, The Whipping Man. International: Jitney (National Theatre, London).

Broadway: Piano Lesson; Salome;

profiles cast King Hedley II; Come Back Little Sheba; Fences.

Off-Broadway: Tamburlaine (TFANA); Intimacy (New Group); First Breeze of Summer (Signature); Fabulation (Playwrights Horizon); Holiday Heart (MTC); Jitney (Second Stage). Regional: Water by the Spoonful (Old Globe); Antony and Cleopatra (Hartford Stage); In Walks Ed (Long Wharf ); Before It Hits Home (Arena Stage); Dreams of Sarah Breedlove (Goodman); As If Body-Loop (Humana Festival). Film/TV: Malcolm X; Girl Six; Three Windows; Journeyman; Path to Paradise; Fallout; “The Cosby Show,” “One Life to Live,” “All My Children,” “I’ll Fly Away,” “Onion SportsDesk,” “Law & Order” (CI, SVU, original). Keith and the Alliance Theatre are participants in the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships, funded by the William & Eva Fox Foundation and administrated by Theatre Communications Group.

TSEHAYE GERALYN HÉBERT (Playwright) A Northwestern University graduate, she previously studied with Barbara Ann Teer (National Black Theatre in Harlem) and earned the M.F.A.W. at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where pygMALI, her reimagining of Shaw’s Pygmalion, won the RhinoFest competition. Previous awards: New Voices and Visions Award (Louisiana State University); New Works/New Visions Midwest Playwrights Project (Bedtime Story). Hébert is a Dramatists Guild of America member. She sits on the honorary board of Piven Theatre Workshop (Evanston, Ill.) and interned at Lookingglass Theatre (Chicago). One of 80 poets selected to celebrate Gwendolyn Brooks’ 80th birthday, she has served as an artist and playwright-in-residence, most recently at Chicago State University, where Yvonne, Rhonda and Tracey Spend the Evening Together Again and A Meditation on Violence, a Piece…Peace Yet to Be Named were produced. Other works include Blakk Love:Storeez of a Darker Hue/ The Bath (Chameleon Theatre); Bedtime Story (ETA Creative Arts); pygMALI (Prop Theatre); and Elegy for Miss Lucy (M.F.A.W. thesis project). The C.A. Lyons Project is included in the National New Play Network (ATF/Kennedy Center).

KENT GASH (Director) is founding director of NYU’s New Studio on Broadway, where he has directed The American Clock, The Wild Party, Drood, Nine, Sweeney Todd, The Seven, Assassins, The Who’s Tommy and A Little Night Music (April 2015). New York productions include Langston in Harlem (co-author) at Urban Stages, Broke-ology at Juilliard, the off-Broadway

premiere of Miss Evers’ Boys for the Melting Pot Theatre Company, Call of the Children Home for Primary Stages, Beggars Holiday for the York and Samm-Art William’s Home. Multiple readings for the Public Theatre include Robert O’Hara’s Barbecue. Recent productions: Choir Boy for Studio Theatre in DC and The Comedy of Errors for Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Upcoming projects include Choir Boy for Marin Theatre Company. As former associate artistic director at the Alliance, he directed and choreographed Quiara Hudes’ 26 Miles (world premiere); Radio Golf; Sophisticated Ladies; Sleuth; Elliot; A Soldiers Fugue; Jelly’s Last Jam; Tick, Tick… Boom; Five Guys Named Moe (also for Theatre Virginia and Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Suzan- Lori Park’s Topdog/Underdog (with Trinity Rep and New Rep. winner of the Boston Theatre Critics Circle Elliot Norton Award for best director, 2004-05); King Hedley II; Shakespeare’s R&J; Pacific Overtures (with Cincinnati Playhouse and North Shore Music Theatre); and God of Carnage starring Jasmine Guy. Regional: Seven Guitars for Marin Theatre Company; the Cleveland Play House production of Mahalia; Crowns, Gee’s Bend and Pure Confidence for the Denver Center Theatre Company; The Brothers Size for the McCarter; Wig Out at Sundance; adapting and directing the Intiman Theatre’s Native Son; and Ain’t Misbehavin’ for Arizona Theatre Company, Cleveland Playhouse, San Jose Rep, Trinity Rep, Hartford Stage, North Shore Music Theatre and Maltz Jupiter Theatre; and the Geffen/Kennedy Center productions of Harriet’s Return starring Debbie Allen, and Private Lives and Coriolanus for Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Associate artistic director at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, 1999-2001.

B.F.A. in acting: Carnegie Mellon University, M.F.A. in directing UCLA. DELL HOWLETT (Choreographer) is adjunct professor in the NYU/Tisch School of the Arts in the Department of Drama’s New Studio on Broadway. He comes to this production of The C.A. Lyons Project directly from choreographing New York University’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Choreography highlights include A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (dir. Ian Belknap), Ragtime (dir. Erin Ortman), Rent (dir. Kenneth Noel Mitchell), Assassins (dir.

Kent Gash), The Boyfriend (dir. Brian Hill) and Tearing Down the Walls (dir. Daniel Beatty).

Performance highlights include Aida (Broadway), Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bombay Dreams (Original Broadway cast), Pippin (national tour), West Side

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profiles Story (international tour/La Scala Opera House).

Company member (Koresh Dance Company).

B.F.A. from the University of the Arts. Dell also serves as artistic director for Young Performers of America. He dedicates this work to any artist courageous enough to pass the torch.

JASON SHERWOOD (Scenic Designer) Alliance: The Whipping Man (2013 Suzi Bass Award nomination). Recent designs include The Circus in Winter (world premiere) at Goodspeed Musicals; The Mysteries (world premiere) at the Flea Theatre; Ndebele Funeral (world premiere) at 59E59; Choir Boy at Studio Theatre; Sea Wife at NY Stage & Film; Powerhouse with Naked Angels; Midsummer, Parade and In the Next Room with Yale Dramat Ten Mile Lake (world premiere) at Serenbe Playhouse; How Water Behaves (world premiere) at Capital Repertory Theatre; As You Like It at the Two River Theater; Kind Souls (world premiere) off-Broadway at Theater 54; and runway shows for NY Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Upcoming: Jasper in Deadland at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, National Pastime at Bucks County Playhouse, 4000 Miles at the Aurora Theatre, Midsummer at the Two River Theater, and associate design for Living on Love on Broadway. Jason is the 2013 LiveDesign Magazine “Young Designer to Watch” and a 2013 USITT Rising Designer Award finalist. NYU grad. jasonsherwooddesign.com.

DEDE AYITE (Costume Design) Upcoming: Marie Antoinette (Steppenwolfe Theatre). Selected design credits: Stagger Lee (Dallas Theatre Center); Five Guys Named Moe (Arena Stage, Cleveland Play House); brownsville song (b-side for tray) (LCT3); Urban Retreat, Manahatta (The Public); Raisin in the Sun (Cal Shakes); The Music Man in Concert (Two Rivers, NJPAC); Kurt Metzger (Comedy Central); Adoration of the Old Woman (Intar); Woyzeck (UM, Amherst); Look Upon Our Lowliness (TMTC); “Fox Shortcoms” (Fox Network); COPPER Project (Improv Everywhere/ BBC America); Last Laugh (soloNOVA Festival); Hollow Roots (The Public), Mary Stuart (NYU); Holding It Down (Harlem Stage); Vassa (Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute); Illmatic (Urban Stages); The Piano Lesson (Yale Repertory Theatre); Smile Orange (Trinidad); American Schemes (Summer Stage, NYC). M.F.A.: Yale School of Drama.

LIZ LEE (Lighting Design) always enjoys her work at the Alliance. Previous designs include

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Steel Magnolias, 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 for the Center for Puppetry Arts, where her recent projects include Rainforest Adventures, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. DAVID LAMONT WILSON (Sound Designer) is extremely pleased to be working on his first design project with The Alliance Theatre in addition to again working with Kent Gash.

David’s sound design was last heard for the world premiere of Not Enuf Lifetimes at the Atlas Theatre in Washington, DC. Mr. Wilson will next be working on the sound design for the world premiere of Chocolate Covered Ants for Restoration Stage. Favorite sound design projects include Am I Black Enough Yet, Titus Andronicus, Fences, The Glass Menagerie, The Amen Corner, The Oracle, Spunk, The Chain, From The Mississippi Delta, Waitin’ To Be Invited and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? David has designed sound for The Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre, Signature Theatre, Lincoln Theatre, Catalyst Theatre, Horizon’s Theatre, Imagination Stage, The Smithsonian Discovery Theatre, The Actor’s Repertory, Restoration Stage, Georgetown University, The Washington Shakespeare Theatre, and The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. lark hackshaw (Stage Manager) Although lark has been stage managing at the Alliance Theatre for more than 20 years, she also has worked at many regional theatres across the United States (Cleveland Playhouse, San Jose Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, Maltz Jupiter, Trinity Rep, Arena Stage, MUNY, N. Carolina Black Rep) and has taken out several major tours.

Her favorite shows include Broadway’s Stick Fly. Other favorites include Black Nativity, Kandi Burruss’ A Mother’s Love, Maurice Hines’ Tappin Through Life, The Tall Girls, The Geller Girls, ‘ da Kink in My Hair, Bring It On: The Musical, Zorro, The Nacirema Society, Broke, Dreamgirls, Sheddin’, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Topdog/Underdog, Good People and Wit. lark is a line producer/executive assistant for WinstonSalem’s National Black Theatre Festival and the proud recipient of Howard University’s 2012 Distinguished Howard Player Award.

profiles CELISE KALKE (Director of New Projects) is honored to work as dramaturg again with director Kent Gash — their last world premiere together was 26 Miles — and on The C.A. Lyons Project, the 11th winner of the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition. Celise still is excited about the audience’s embrace of the 13/14 Alliance/Kendeda 10th Anniversary Hertz Season.

Since 2005 she has grown the competition to include collaboration with the Lark Theatre Center in New York, a reading festival in Atlanta, a workshop at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and ongoing new play workshops across the country. Celise has worked on such critically acclaimed, Kendeda-winning world premieres at the Alliance as In Love and Warcraft, Bike America, 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 she was the director of the literary department at the Public Theater in New York, working with writers such as John Guare, Diana Son, Tracey Scott Wilson and Stephen Adly Guirgis, and serving as the production dramaturg for the Shakespeare in Central Park productions.

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 11 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, 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.

DEDICATION To the many whose feet I stepped on and bumped into, searching for my own rhythms.

I wouldn’t be here if it were not for my amazing family and friends, the angels who lovingly nurtured me back; classmates and professors (Ruth Margraff, Beau O’Reilly, Robin Deacon, Anne Calcagno - School of the Art Institute of Chicago); Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital; Muntu Dance Theatre; Joan Gray and Nilaja Niyonu; the late saxophonist Fred Anderson; original Katherine Dunham dancer Lucille Ellis; and Barbara Ann Teer (National Black Theatre) who lovingly reset my compass.

Shelly Taplin & Alyo Tolbert Eddie Jean-Baptiste - George Frances Boyd - Cedric Hampton -Billy Murphy I wish I had loved you all more!

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Theatre ... theatre ... theatre ... theatre. The C.A. Lyons Project is a grand example of what theatre can and should do. I entered into this world of drama late in my life, later than the child actors that inhabit my hometown of Los Angeles. I was reminded that I was not exposed to the arts and really had no appreciation of it or its players. When I experienced theatre for the first time in college, onstage (a baptism of fire by all accounts), I was thrust into a world that had been my calling long before I knew what it was. Theatre has made me a more tolerant and loving person. I read this play and experienced it with open heart, mind and soul and realized that I love the person that theatre has made me and has allowed me to have no judgments on a person’s lifestyle or expressions. Tsehaye has crafted a masterfully thoughtful piece of art.

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synopsis Setting: Chicago, Illinois (and Paris, France); a highly stylized Winter 1982 (and the past from the late 1940s to the early 1980s).

The C.A. Lyons Project tells the story of three dancers brought together as his muses by dance genius C.A. Lyons: Amandla Sister Afrika (born Amy Kent), a traditional Afrikan dancer; Bethlehem Dunning, a classically trained ballerina raised by a single mother who is deaf; and Chaos Unit (born Chris[tine] Cross), who does “her own thing” that might be the invention of hip-hop. Unable to hide his sexual identity or his disease, C.A. Lyons must create a strong core unit out of these three disparate dancers in order for his fledgling and fragile New Black Dance Company to survive.

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

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

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

Jane Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson Ben White

Directors Kristin R. Adams* James Anderson* Lynn Ayers^ Kenny Blank Steve Chaddick 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 Malinda Krantz Jeff Levy* Alan McKeon Carol Meadows* Hala Moddelmog Phil Moise*

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

Bill Sleeper Bronson Smith Karen Spiegel John Strom Chuck Taylor Rosemarie Thurston 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

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 Liza McSwain Dori Miller Mary Moore Starr Moore Molly Osborne Kendrick Phillips Almeera Jiwa Pratt Kathryn Richard Georgia Schley Ritchie Candace Rodriguez Chris Schneider Alan Schreihofer Ron Segal Linda Selig Jonathan Shapero Linda Silberman 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

Volunteer Leadership

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

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

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

The Kendeda Fund The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Wells Fargo Foundation

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

The Shubert Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

★★★★★ $50,000+ The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta North Highland Company PNC

Wal-Mart Foundation The Zeist Foundation

★★★★ $25,000+ Atlanta Foundation City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Fulton County Arts & Culture Georgia Power Loews Atlanta Hotel

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

★★★ $10,000+ Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation Cartoon Network John and Mary Franklin Foundation Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia Natural Gas

★★ $5,000+

AON Arby’s Foundation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Buckhead Atlanta Dixon Hughes Goodman

Georgia-Pacific Foundation Impact Creativity/NCTF National Endowment for the Arts Rich Entertainment Group State Bank

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

DocAuto Equifax William and Eva Fox Foundation Greenberg Traurig LLP Jones Day

JP Morgan Chase & Co. King & Spalding National Vision Plum Creek Foundation Theatre Communications Group

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 TURNER VOICES is committed to meaningful corporate citizenship in the communities in the company operates and its employees work and live. The arts is one focus area of Turner’s local philanthropy, in particular organizations and programs that enhance the quality of life for all residents of its Atlanta hometown.

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Major funding is provide by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.

GCA also receives support from its partner agency the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support is provided by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

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annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.8 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of January 15, 2015.

$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 Stephanie Blank Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Ann & Jeff Cramer Linda & Gene Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Reade Fahs Doris & Matthew Geller Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Golde David & Carolyn Gould Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Doug & Lila Hertz Andrea & Boland Jones John & Angie Keller Sarah & Jim Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer James & Lori Kilberg David & Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Jeffrey C. Levy Mr. & 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 Tomé Nina Urban Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Mrs. Jill Wilson Joni Winston Paul Wrights Amy & Todd Zeldin

$7,500-$9,999 The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Marsha & Richard Goerss Jocelyn J. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Moddelmog Phil & Caroline Moïse Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Rosemarie & David Thurston

$5,000-$7,499 Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow Mrs. Kristin Adams

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James Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Austin Lisa & Joe Bankoff Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Frank & Mary Anne Chew Ezra Cohen Charitable Trust Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Erin & John Heyman David L. Kuniansky Mr. & Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr. Anna & Hays Mershon Hugh & Susanne Ripps The Rockdale Foundation Bill & Rhonda Rowland Sharon & David Schachter Dr. & Mrs. R. K. Sehgal Mr. & Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strom Susan & Tom Wardell

$2,500-$4,999 Elaine & Miles Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen In honor of the Alliance Theatre Education Department Ellen Arnovitz John & Lynn Ayers Cheryl M. Baer 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 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. Adam Fuller Mr. & Mrs. John D. Fuller Heidi & David Geller Mr. Andrew L. Ghertner Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Mrs. Carrie G. Hall Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Hindman Family Charitable Trust Henry & EttaRae Hirsch Foundation P.J. Younglove Hovey Linda & Richard Hubert Paul & Rosthema Kastin Leslie Leigh M.D. Lubo Fund Dick Lyon Kristie L. Madara Cynthia & Alan Maloy Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Melanie & S. Alan McKnight, Jr. Carol & Dart Meadows Mr. & Mrs. William E. Michalewicz Nancy & Mike Millett

Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Dedi & Julian Mohr June M. Morrison Mr. Jared Ripps & 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 & Jim Jinhong Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman William & Margarita Sleeper Southern States LLC Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Karen & Alex Stickney Maria-Ruth Storts TAYLAR Development Mr. James Thomas Michael & June Tompkins Joshua & Zenobia Trexler Kimberly & Kevin Walther Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Lynne Winship 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 Pam Anderson James & Therese Bailey Ms. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Candace & Jeff Bell Mark & Pam Bell Stephen Brown Susan & Tom Callaway Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Christopher Clegg Mark & Ruth Coan Brad & Sally Currey Ms. Sallie Adams Daniel Julia & André Demetrius Ralph & Ree Edwards The Elster Foundation Thomas Engler & Ron Davis Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Tim & Tina Eyerly Michael & Jody Feldman Mr. David Felfoldi Andrew & Wendie Fisher Mike Flueckinger Linda M. Garrett Lisa A. Gillespie, M.D. Deidre Greene & Rob Dixon Warren M. Gump Kristin Hathaway Hansen & Norman Hansen Fred Hicks Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Adrienne Hudson Robert Judd

annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.8 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of January 15, 2015.

Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kalson Janice L. Karkula Dr. William A. Kiser Brian & Carrie Kurlander Steven & Sheri Labovitz Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh, III Eric & Marcia Ludgood Ron Grapevine & Rosemary Magee Robert & Deborah McKeeman Jim & Jo McLean Sally & Tom McNulty Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ms. Nancy Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Janice & Tom Munsterman Molly 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 & 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 Jacob Rumney John Sabine Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Silverboard Mr. Scott Sorrels Dr. O. Kirsten Spraggins Martha B. Stephen & Linda August Susan & Alan Stiefel Jim & Janie Stratigos Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Drs. Eldred & Ava Taylor Kathy & Ron Tomajko Melanie Turner Lynda Walker & Len Levy Ms. Ann Westbrook Lauren Willard-Jelks

Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Carsten Hilker Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. Wayne S. Hyatt Mr. David Stockert & Ms. Cameron Ives Robert A. Jetmundsen Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Carolyn L. Kennedy Lanier-Goodman Foundation Raymond & Penelope McPhee Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Galen Oelkers Dr. & Mrs. Stephen I. Oppenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Gregg & Beth Paradies Roger & Lynn Ritvo in honor of Ken McNeil Mr. & Mrs. Peter Scanavino Ms. Christine Schneider Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schultz Jane E. Shivers Philip Slaughter Joe Sniezek Tim & Maria Tassopoulos Vogel Family Foundation Mrs. Sue S. Williams Melody Wilder Wilson Ms. Cecelia Wray William & Nancy Yang * Deceased

$1,000-$1,499 Mr. & Mrs. George Ajy Aaron & Corrie Alford Michael & Andrea Barrett In Memory of Sol Blaine Mr. Donald Bonar & Mr. Elmer Langham Eleanor B. Cobb David H. & Christine T. Cofrin Ralph & Rita Connell Ms. Gail H. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Fink Marvin & Lynn Davis Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Sylvia Halleck John & Simone Hanson Valerie Hartman

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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 Paige Smith, Director of Individual Giving at 404-733-4697 or Paige.Smith@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 AIG Corporation Aon Corporation AT&T Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Chubb Corporation The Coca-Cola Company Deloitte Equifax, Inc.

GE Energy Georgia Power Home Depot Foundation Honda Motor Co. IBM Corporation JPMorgan Chase Kimberly-Clark Foundation Macy’s Foundation McDonald’s Corporation Microsoft Corporation Neiman Marcus

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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 32 partners who help ensure the arts thrive in our community.

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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 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 United Distributors, Inc. 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 ACE Charitable Foundation 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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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 Artist Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veronica Duerr Artistic Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Kleypas Literary Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Myers Kenny Leon Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Bishop Yale Theatre Management Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gretchen Wright

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

Scenery Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Longwell Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan Kier Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Conley Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Manny Abreo, Jonathan Fries, Michael Lyons, William Spratt Additional Scenic Carpenters . . . . . . . . . .Erin Canfield, Bret Brammer Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kat Conley Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Engelmann Additional Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Rondone

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 Operations Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Bowne Crew Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent Simons Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willie Palmer Parks Properties Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney O’Neill TYF Lead Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deb Maberry Additional Stagehands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Locklear James McBrayer, Victor Mouledoux, James Schlachter

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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 Group Services Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daviorr Snipes 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

Development Campaign Director, Alliance Theatre/Woodruff Arts Center . . . . . Kristin Hathaway Hansen Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlin Way Director of Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paige Smith Associate Director of Grants Management/Woodruff Arts Center . . . . . Rebecca Levenberg Events Manager, Alliance Theatre/Woodruff Arts Center. . . Jennifer Williford Broad Based Giving Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janet Abercrombie Development Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Saxon Corporate Philanthropy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brien Faucett

Education Director of Education & 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, Charles Ellerby, Delly Fears, Kyla Hunter, Diran Johnson, Jada Leakes, Caroline LeDuc, Samantha McMullen, Jonathan Nguyen, Nick O’Neill, Alishia Patricio, Rachel Platt

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