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If you could live forever, would you? So that started out as a tagline. A capture of the essential question at the heart of this glorious and moving story that has an international following as a novel and is about to meet you in the form of a world premiere musical. But that idea, in all its enormity, has become something of an obsession lately. In our incredibly crowded lives, the dedication of a few hours of one’s time to sit in a theatre can seem an all too expendable choice. So it becomes incumbent upon those of us who traffic in this art form to make the argument of its worth. Its necessity. Done right, the act of theatre can be an impossibly sacred and wonderful thing. A shared time in which we take on the very meaning of our humanity and walk out bigger, better, and somehow more whole for having gone on the journey. Done right, theatre can do that. What makes it right? Impossible skill. OK, well, we’ve got the creative quartet of Claudia Shear, Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen and Casey Nicholaw. If you don’t know why that matters, I promise you that you will in just a couple of hours. What else makes a work of theatre matter? That it asks the biggest of questions with the fullest of hearts and has as many open doors and windows in it as possible for you — our fellow traveler — to walk through. If you could live forever, would you? It’s not as simple a question as you think. Or maybe it is. I just know it’s big. And that’s what makes it right.
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Crazy About Him Tuck director-choreographer says story’s big themes and emotional power make it right for a musical
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asey Nicholaw is among the hottest makers of Broadway musicals around. He earned Tony nominations for choreographing Monty Python’s Spamalot (2005) and for directing and choreographing The Drowsy Chaperone (2006). He won a Tony for his codirection of The Book of Mormon (2011) and was nominated for its choreography. In addition to Tuck Everlasting receiving its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre, his recent projects include Aladdin, which opened on Broadway last March, and a new Broadway production due this March. “He’s our generation’s Broadway royalty,” says Susan V. Booth, the Alliance Theatre’s artistic director. “Aside from his total mastery of human and theatrical spectacle, I think we’re all so crazy about him because he’s so authentically crazy about the art form. And that passion glows in his work.” As a kid in Southern California, Nicholaw wrote and directed backyard shows and pressed his friends into performing. “I loved making stories up and bossing other kids around,” he says, chuckling. His mom supported his passion, getting him dance lessons and taking him to see professional shows. When he couldn’t get the musical theater training he sought in college – at age 19 and with $50 – he hoofed it to New York, made friends fast and camped on their couches. The rest of the story includes building the resume that led to Tuck. In the past five years, Nicholaw says he’s met “maybe a hundred times” with the musical’s creative team – book writer Claudia Shear and songwriters Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen – to develop a show based on Natalie Babbitt’s 1975 novel for young readers. The musical, set in New ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG 13
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Casey Nicholaw He relishes the chance to both direct and choreograph. “I feel like it can only be helpful when the direction and dance have the same feel, flow and energy. I like high energy, and I like seamless transitions. “You know what I really love in this story? The humanity. All four of the Tucks have a different opinion about living forever. Each responds in a different way. Each and every audience member should be able to relate to one of them. To some, living forever may seem like a blessing. To others, a curse.” Booth says Tuck takes on the biggest question of all: “How do we value our lives?” Would Nicholaw drink the magical water if it meant living forever? Shear has indicated she’d happily live forever, but Nicholaw is less gung-ho. “I think life should be natural,” he says. “To me, life is about the people in your life and if they all passed away, I don’t know if I would want to keep on going.” What might you choose? A
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England in 1881, asks: If you could, would you choose to live forever? Shear is a two-time Tony nominee, as actor and writer of Dirty Blonde (2000); Miller and Tysen are the 2014 winners of the Fred Ebb Award, given for excellence in music theater songwriting. It’s given to composers or songwriting teams who have not yet achieved significant commercial success. Although only 52, Nicholaw has put in his time in front of the footlights, singing and dancing through eight Broadway shows, from Crazy for You (1996) to Thoroughly Modern Millie (2004). The list includes The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Victor/Victoria, Steel Pier, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Saturday Night Fever and Seussical. Most were new shows (versus revivals), he says, “So that’s how I learned to build a show and work things out from the ground up.” Deep down he was still that bossy kid wanting to take charge. While playing an unspecific critter in Seussical some 14 years ago, he had a bit of an epiphany. “I loved Seussical,” he says. “But there I was onstage, in this cage, wearing a costume made of purple yarn. I thought to myself: ‘There has to be something more for me. I want to be creative on my own.’ I just felt that there was something for me beyond that purple yarn suit.” So he began showcasing his choreography. One job led to a bigger one. New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley praised Nicholaw’s Book of Mormon choreography for evoking “the tap orgies of Busby Berkeley, the zoological pageantry of The Lion King, the calisthenic boogieing of latter-day Broadway and even Martha Graham-style Americana.” Tuck Everlasting has its own challenges. “This one was a little tough at first,” Nicholaw says, “but its themes about life and death are as big as you can get. Those themes and the story’s emotional power make it right for a musical adaptation.” But yes, he adds, “we had to find moments to add lighter touches, bits of humor.”
Tuck Everlasting: From Book to Musical
There are two kinds of adaptation: those that make you long for the original and those that take an original story and transform it into something new and wonderful. Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s masterpiece of star-crossed lovers adapted from a little-known Italian novella, is a brilliant example of adaptation at its finest. What great adaptation requires is source material with space for a different emotional language to tell the story. Tuck Everlasting, written for young adult readers, is such a novel. The prose is clean and swift, its wisdom contained in strict adherence to the form of a short novel. There is room for young adult readers to inject their own experiences of moral choice into the experience of reading the book. It is a favorite with school districts and teachers because it can entertain while showing off great traditions of American prose. As source material for a musical, Tuck Everlasting’s story provides a platform for sung emotion and the euphoria of musical theater dance. Like classic musicals Brigadoon or Carousel, the show portrays strong moral choice as a passage to earned adulthood. The simplicity and whimsy of young adult literature allows the creative team to create an experience for adults and young adults to share together. Celise Kalke, Alliance Theatre Director of New Projects TUCK EVERLASTING 40TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK COVER IMAGE COURTESY OF MACMILLIAN
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The History of the Music Box
he music box is a self-playing musical instrument that was popular in the 19th century. It produces sounds through the use of metal pins (or depressions) that are placed on a revolving cylinder or disc, which pluck the metal teeth of a steel comb placed inside, producing a preprogrammed musical composition. The first music box mechanism was developed in 1796 by Swiss watchmaker Antonie Farve, whose invention of the cylinder method allowed for the miniaturization of mechanical music boxes. Although sizes varied from boxes that could fit inside a waistcoat pocket to the size of a large piece of furniture, most were tabletop models.
Production was localized in Switzerland, where artisan watchmakers would power these creations through their skilled clockwork. A cottage industry would soon form, and boxes would grow to be more ornate, with extensively inlaid cases and multiple cylinders that could either be removed or placed on a revolving base. Rare as they were in the early 19th century, music boxes became highly sought after and valued instruments for homes, and acquiring one could bring music into the homes of urban and rural Americans alike. Its value to families such as the Tucks, therefore, would be considered priceless. Patrick Myers, Alliance Theatre literary intern
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ALLIANCE THEATRE Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director presents
BOOK BY
CLAUDIA SHEAR
MUSIC BY
LYRICS BY
CHRIS MILLER
NATHAN TYSEN
Based on the novel “Tuck Everlasting” by Natalie Babbitt SET DESIGN
WALT SPANGLER HAIR DESIGN
COSTUME DESIGN
GREGG BARNES
ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
JOSH MARQUETTE
PATRICK WETZEL
CASTING
ASSOCIATE MUSICAL DIRECTOR/CONDUCTOR
TELSEY + COMPANY BETHANY KNOX, CSA & JODY FELDMAN
LIGHTING DESIGN
KENNETH POSNER
NILS-PETTER ANKARBLOM
STACEY TODD HOLT ORCHESTRATIONS
JOHN CLANCY
SOUND DESIGN
BRIAN RONAN PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
HOLLY COOMBS DANCE MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS
DAVID CHASE
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
ROB BERMAN DIRECTED & CHOREOGRAPHED BY
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cast CAST (in alphabetical order)
* Brad Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Fred Applegate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constable Joe * Julie Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Brad Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble Josh Brook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Carolee Carmello (appearing Jan. 21-Feb. 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mae Tuck * Deanna Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Shannon Eubanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nana * KC Fredericks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Lisa Gajda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Jessica Lee Goldyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Neil Haskell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Liza Jaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy Foster * Andrew Keenan-Bolger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesse Tuck * Jane Labanz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Beth Leavel (appearing Feb. 6-22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mae Tuck * Robert Lenzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miles Tuck * Sarah Charles Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winnie Foster * Terrence Mann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Man in the Yellow Suit * Michael Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angus Tuck Marco Schittone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Curtis Schroeger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble Ben Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble * Michael Wartella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugo UNDERSTUDIES
* Brad Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angus Tuck * Julie Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy Foster * Brad Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constable Joe/Man in the Yellow Suit * KC Fredricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesse Tuck * Neil Haskell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miles Tuck * Liza Jaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mae Tuck * Jane Labanz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nana * Curtis Schroeger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugo Mabel Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winnie Foster STAGE MANAGEMENT
* Holly Coombs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Production Stage Manager * McKenzie Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Stage Manager * Jayson T. Waddell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Stage Manager Emma Ramsay-Saxon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Apprentice
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Karen Aguirre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlanta Young Performer Supervisor Stephanie Celustka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Sound Designer Emmy Childers, Brittany Johnson, Maegan Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Additional Stitchers Michael Fauss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rehearsal Pianist Anne Kaye/Doug Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copyists Sara Levine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Hair and Wig Designer Jennifer Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York Young Performer Supervisor Scot Mann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fight Coach Lindsay McWilliams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Costume Designer Anthony Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Lighting Designer and Moving Light Programmer Robert Sambrato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Lighting Designer Billy Stein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Keyboard Programmer Rebekah Suellau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Script Supervisor Michael Tracey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sound Mixer MUSICIANS
Nils-Petter Ankarblom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conductor/Keyboard Marla Feeney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed Bill Hatcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guitars Elizabeth Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cello Joel Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bass Catherine Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Violin/Viola Drew Simpson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drums/Percussion Robert Strickland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keyboard II SPECIAL THANK YOU
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profiles
BRAD ANDERSON
FRED APPLEGATE
JULIE BARNES
BRAD BRADLEY
JOSH BROOK
CAROLEE CARMELLO
DEANNA DOYLE
SHANNON EUBANKS
KC FREDERICKS
LISA GADJA
JESSICA LEE GOLDYN
NEIL HASKELL
LIZA JAINE
ANDREW KEENANBOLGER
JANE LABANZ
BETH LEAVEL
ROBERT LENZI
SARAH CHARLES LEWIS
TERRENCE MANN
MICHAEL PARK
MARCO SCHITTONE
CURTIS SCHROEGER
BEN SILVER
MABEL TYLER
MICHAEL WARTELLA
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profiles cast BRAD ANDERSON (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at the Alliance Theatre! Other Alliance credits: Hot Mikado (Scooter). Broadway: Fosse (Mr. Bojangles vocalist), Kiss Me Kate (Gremio), The Boy From Oz (Mark Herron/Peter Allen standby), Anything Goes, All Shook Up (Chad), A Chorus Line (Don Kerr-original revival cast). Tours/regional: Chicago (Hollywood Bowl), Parade, Leap of Faith, South Pacific (Lt. Cable/Helen Hayes nom), Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis (Rocky/Joe Hardy u/s), Aida (Radames), Smokey Joe’s Café, Starlight Express. This FULL CIRCLE moment brought to you by Dance and Happiness! FRED APPLEGATE (Constable Joe) comes to Tuck directly from playing Father O’Brien on Broadway in The Last Ship. Fred starred as Max Bialystock in The Producers (Broadway and London). Other Broadway: Sister Act, La Cage aux Folles, Young Frankenstein, The Sound of Music and Fanny for Encores!, Happiness at Lincoln Center. National Tours: Anything Goes, The Producers, Beauty and the Beast. American Clock, Wild Oats, Mrs. California and Expecting Isabel at the Mark Taper; Uncle Vanya at the Geffen Playhouse and Enter the Guardsman at the Old Globe; Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Room Service and seven more as resident artist at The Guthrie Theater. Television, series regular: “Newhart,” “FM,” “Life...and Stuff,” “Woops!,” “Nine to Five;” recurring roles: “Cosby,” “Night Court,” “Growing Pains,” guest-starring: “Person of Interest,” “Will and Grace,” “Dr. Quinn,” “ER,” “Seinfeld,” “Touched By an Angel,” “Northern Exposure”... over 150 episodes. Married to Cherie Sprosty, a Catholic liturgist, they have three children: Ben, Meredith and Ethan. Graduate of Northwestern University, a proud member of Actor’s Equity. fredapplegate.com JULIE BARNES (Ensemble) Broadway credits: original cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Little
Mermaid, Mary Poppins. First national tour of Spamalot (u/s Lady of the Lake) (Fireside Theatre); 9 to 5 (Violet), Run for Your Wife (Mary). West End credits: Joseph and His Amazing…, Evita, Crazy for You, Cats, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Oklahoma! (RSC) Beauty & the Beast (Chichester Festival) Gondliers, Out of This World, Seagull, Seven Doors. She can be seen playing Truly Scrumptious on the Lincoln Center recording of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Kate in the National Theatre’s production of Oklahoma! Love to family, Corey and baby Mason. BRAD BRADLEY (Ensemble) Broadway credits include the original casts of Spamalot, People in the Picture, Annie Get Your Gun (w/Bernadette Peters & Reba McEntire), Thou Shalt Not and Steel Pier and the closing Broadway cast of Billy Elliot. Brad starred as Patsy opposite Gary Beach and Richard Chamberlain’s King Arthur on the first national tour of Spamalot. NYC: I Am Harvey Milk, Chita: A Legendary Celebration. Off-Broadway: Ernest in Love, A Christmas Carol (MSG), Coconuts. Recent regional: Bert in Mary Poppins, Spats in Sugar and Phil in White Christmas. At age 12, Brad was a backup dancer for Michael Jackson in the Pepsi commercial. JOSH BROOK (Ensemble) is delighted to be creating with the Alliance Theatre this season. Other Atlanta credits: Lyle the Crocodile (Synchronicity Theatre); The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Georgia Ensemble Theatre); West Side Story (Fabrefaction Theatre Conservatory); Terminus (SAIAH); Red Badge of Courage (7 Stages). He is currently playing Vinny in his fourth season with KidStuf at North Point Ministries. He would like to thank Casey, Jody, his loving family and one very cute Rabbitt. Enjoy the show! CAROLEE CARMELLO (Mae Tuck, appearing Jan. 21-Feb. 5) Broadway: City of Angels, Falsettos, Parade (Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award),
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profiles 1776, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Kiss Me Kate, Urinetown, Lestat (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Mamma Mia! (Audience Favorite nomination), The Addams Family (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Sister Act and Scandalous (Tony and Drama Desk nominations). Off-Broadway: john and jen, Das Barbecü, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Hello Again (Obie Award), A Class Act, The Vagina Monologues and Elegies. National tours: Chess, Big River, Falsettos and Les Misérables. TV: “Smash,” “Law & Order,” “Frasier,” “Ed” and “Remember W.E.N.N.” (SAG Award nomination). DEANNA DOYLE (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Alliance Theatre debut and to be a part of this beautiful story! Fourth-generation performer, starting with her vaudevillian great-great-aunts. Former dancer with Kansas City Ballet, performing lead roles in works by Twyla Tharp, Agnes de Mille, George Balanchine, Lynne Taylor-Corbet and Paul Taylor. Broadway/New York: Phantom of the Opera (Meg Giry), On Your Toes (City Center Encores!). Favorite regional: On Your Toes (Vera) and most recently Barrington Stage’s On the Town (Ivy Smith). For Grandmother, who is in my heart forever. SHANNON EUBANKS (Nana) is delighted to be back at the Alliance, after appearing in The Color Purple. Favorite Atlanta credits include The Savannah Disputation (Theatrical Outfit), Suddenly Last Summer (Actor’s Express), Amy’s View (Theatre in the Square), Iphigenia and Other Daughters (Theatre Emory), The Lion in Winter (Georgia Ensemble Theatre). Regional: Much Ado About Nothing, Tartuffe, Betrayal, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arms and the Man, A Flea in Her Ear (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Taming of the Shrew (Alaska Repertory Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire (Highland Repertory Theatre); Poor Murderer (ANTA West). Television favorites: “The Originals” (recurring), “Eastbound and Down,”
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“Nightjohn,” “Margaret Mitchell,” “The Other Anna,” “Loving” (series regular). Film: The Patriot, Runaway Jury, Lightning Bug, Twenty Years After, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Something to Talk About. Much love to my delightful and astonishingly gifted family. KC FREDERICKS (Ensemble) is honored to make his Alliance Theatre debut! National tours: Wicked (Chistery), Cats. Favorite regional: Kiss Me, Kate! (Gremio – Barrington); A Chorus Line (Mark – Paper Mill, Maltz Jupiter); The Little Mermaid (Paper Mill, PCLO, K.C. Starlight, NC Theatre); Cats (Mistoffelees – MGR); Chicago (Muny); The Music Man (Maltz Jupiter). Dance companies: RhetOracle Dance Company (Los Angeles), Odyssey Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City). Film/TV: “Smash,” Disney’s High School Musical 3: Senior Year, The American Mall (MTV), “Live From Lincoln Center,” “From Broadway With Love.” Love and thanks to God, my wonderful family, Matt, CTG & especially Casey for this amazing experience! LISA GAJDA (Ensemble) Broadway: Chaplin (u/s), Hedda Hopper, Catch Me If You Can (u/s Carol), Elf, Finian’s Rainbow (u/s Susan), Guys and Dolls, Pal Joey (u/s Gladys), Cry Baby (u/s Mona, Pepper), The Times They Are A-Changin’, Spamalot, Movin’ Out, Taboo, Urban Cowboy, Sweet Smell of Success (u/s Rita), Kiss Me Kate, Fosse, How to Succeed in Business, Tommy. Television: 2012 Tony awards opening number, “Fashion Rocks” (with Duran Duran), “Viva Variety” (Swimsuit Squad), MTV Music Awards (with Paula Abdul), 63rd and 64th Academy awards. JESSICA GOLDYN (Ensemble) Broadway/NY: A Chorus Line (Val/Cassie), On the Town (Ivy Smith), City Center Encores!, ADM21 at the Joyce Theatre. National tour: Fosse. Regional: South Pacific (Nellie),
profiles cast Young Frankenstein (Elizabeth), Chicago (Velma), Sweet Charity (Charity), Damn Yankees (Lola), TV/ film: “Smash,” Every Little Step.
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NEIL HASKELL (Ensemble) is very excited to be making his Alliance Theatre debut. His credits include Broadway: Bring It On (Steven), Cinderella, 9 to 5, The Times They Are A-Changin’. Other credits: Altar Boyz (off-Broadway), West Side Story (first national tour), Girl Crazy at Encores!, F#@king Up Everything (NYMF). TV: “Glee,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” “Faking It.” Film: Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, The American Mall, Going the Distance. Thanks and love to my family! @NeilHaskell
JANE LABANZ (Ensemble) has appeared on Broadway, in national tours, at Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall and many regional theatres including the Cincinnati Playhouse and Arena Stage. She has stood by for Sandy Duncan, Stefanie Powers and Susan Egan and has shared the stage with Patti LuPone, Ann-Margret, Marie Osmond, Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking. Recent roles include Violet in 9 to 5, Brooke in Noises Off and Alison Barrett in the American premiere of Love Story at the Walnut Street Theatre. TV appearances include “Kennedy Center Honors” and “Sondheim’s 80th Birthday Special” for PBS. janelabanz.com. Love always to Paul.
LIZA JAINE (Betsy Foster) makes her Alliance debut with Tuck Everlasting. Atlanta credits: Mary Poppins and Christmas Canteen at the Aurora Theatre and Marvelous Wonderettes at ART Station. National tours: A Chorus Line, State Fair and Damn Yankees. Regional highlights: Prudie Cupp in Pump Boys and Dinettes (Drury Lane), Dorothy Parker in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Drury Lane), Rona in The 25th Annual… Spelling Bee (Noble Fool). Heartfelt thanks to Jody, Susan and the rest of the Tuck team. She dedicates this and all performances to the loves of her life — her brilliant husband, Jonathan, and their amazing son, Wyatt. lizajaine.com ANDREW KEENAN-BOLGER (Jesse Tuck) “Crutchie” in the original Broadway cast of Newsies (Outer Critics Circle nomination). Other Broadway: Mary Poppins, Seussical, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol. First national tours: Spelling Bee, Grinch..., Mary Poppins, Ragtime. Film: Billy Frazier in upcoming film The Rewrite, starring Hugh Grant; You Must Be Joking; Marci X; TV: “Nurse Jackie,” “Looking,” “The Naked Brothers Band, “One Life to Live.” B.F.A. from the University of Michigan. Cocreator of the acclaimed Web series, “Submissions
BETH LEAVEL (Mae Tuck, appearing Feb. 6-22) has received Tony, Drama Desk, NY Outer Critics Circle and L.A. Drama Critics awards for her performance as the title character in The Drowsy Chaperone. Beth also received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for her role as Florence Greenberg in Baby It’s You. She recently made her NY cabaret debut at 54 Below to sold-out audiences. She has performed the roles of Dolly in Hello, Dolly! at Cape Playhouse, Sally Adams in Call Me Madam at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias at the North Carolina Theatre and the much put-upon maid Berthe in Boeing-Boeing at the Paper Mill Playhouse. Other Broadway roles: Emily in Elf, Donna in Mamma Mia!, Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein, Dorothy Brock in the revival of 42nd Street, Tess in the original company of Crazy for You, Mrs. Bixby in The Civil War, Ellie in Hal Prince’s Show Boat and Anytime Annie (her Broadway debut) in 42nd Street. Ms. Leavel was also seen in New York City Center Encores! production of No, No, Nanette as Lucille. Numerous off-Broadway, regional theatre,
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profiles commercials and TV, including the final episode of “ER.” M.F.A. from UNC-G. Proud mom to T.J. and Sam. Grateful to my boys @ BRS/GAGE. ROBERT LENZI (Miles Tuck) is very grateful to be making his Alliance Theatre debut! Broadway: South Pacific (Lincoln Center). Off-Broadway: Dogfight (Second Stage Theater), Hello Again (Transport Group). Regional: Road Show (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Into the Woods (co-production Baltimore CENTERSTAGE and Westport Country Playhouse). Film: The Last Airbender, Sex and the City 2, The Happening, The Village. Television: “Deception” (NBC), “Blue Bloods” (CBS), “One Life to Live” (ABC), “Live From Lincoln Center” (PBS), “Clubhouse” (CBS). Robert received a B.F.A. in acting from Carnegie Mellon University. Special thanks and love to Mom, Dad and Krystina. SARAH CHARLES LEWIS (Winnie Foster) is 10 years old and thrilled to return to the Alliance stage. Other Atlanta credits: Express Yourself/Broadway Dreams Foundation. Recent awards: 2014 Suzi Bass nominee/outstanding lead actress in a musical and 2013 Junior Miss Access Broadway Nationals. Favorite Atlanta credits: Annie in Annie (Atlanta Lyric Theatre), Young Fiona in Shrek the Musical (Louchiey Theater), Janie in It’s a Wonderful Life (Gypsy Theater) and JoJo in Seussical the Musical (Louchiey Theater). Sarah thanks the Alliance Theatre and the entire Tuck team for this incredible opportunity. Hugs to RISPA, BDF, Carson-Adler, KTM and especially her family & friends. It’s truly a dream come true! SarahCharlesLewis.com TERRENCE MANN (Man in the Yellow Suit) Broadway: Charlemagne - Pippin (Best Featured Actor-Outer Critic Circle Award, Tony nomination); Mal Beineke-Addams Family. Beast-Beauty and the Beast (Tony nomination); Javert-Les Misérables (Tony nomination); Rumtum Tugger-Cats; Chauvelin-
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Scarlet Pimpernel. John Lennon-Lennon. Frank N. Furter-Rocky Horror Show; Scrooge-A Christmas Carol; Narrator-Jerome Robbin’s Broadway; and Barnum. Off-Broadway: Assassins. TV/film: Mr. Whispers “Sense 8” on Netflix, Bob in Dresden Files, Critters, A Chorus Line, “Mrs. Santa Claus,” “As the World Turns” (Emmy nomination). Terrence served as the artistic director of the North Carolina Theatre from 1991 throuh 2000. He is a distinguished professor of musical theatre at Western Carolina University and co-director of the Triple Arts Musical Theatre Workshop. triplearts.com MICHAEL PARK (Angus Tuck) Broadway: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Gooper), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Mr. Bratt), Carousel (Billy), Smokey Joe’s Café (original cast) and Little Me (Lucky). Off-Broadway work includes Macheath in Threepenny Opera (Atlantic), Hello Again (Lincoln Center), Violet, The Burnt Part Boys (Playwrights Horizons), Bloomer Girl, Applause (City Center Encores!), Middletown (Vineyard Theatre). Michael is best known for his work as Jack Snyder on “As the World Turns,” for which he received two consecutive Emmy awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He recently appeared on NBC’s broadcast of “Peter Pan Live.” Other recent noteworthy TV appearances include NBC’s presentation of “The Sound of Music Live!” and arcs on Netflix’ “House of Cards” as well as “Chicago PD” for NBC. MARCO SCHITTONE (Ensemble) has been performing since he was 4 years old. Credits include Les Misérables (Gavroche), Oliver, Aristocrats, Seussical the Musical and the Jungle Book. Marco attends second grade at Montgomery Elementary School and is excited to be making his debut at the Alliance Theatre. He is grateful for the opportunity to be part of this tremendous production. He would like to thank his family for their support
profiles in allowing him to pursue his passion of music, dance and theatre. Marco would like to tell his fans, “Peace and love XOXO.” CURTIS SCHROEGER (Ensemble) What a dream to be premiering this beautiful story! Recently finished Fiddler on the Roof at Arena Stage and the Goodspeed Opera House. Broadway tours: Disney’s Mary Poppins, Lincoln Center’s South Pacific, Topol/ Harvey Fierstein’s Fiddler on the Roof, NY City Center Encores Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Florida State MT alum. Proud AEA. High-fives and many thanks to Casey and the creative team! For my beautiful family and Sam. iamcurtis.info BEN SILVER (Ensemble) is excited to make his debut on the Alliance stage. An Oglethorpe University graduate, his Atlanta credits include Over the Rainbow, Six Degrees of Separation, (both at Actor’s Express) and Assistance (Pinch ‘N’ Ouch Theatre). He can also be seen as JJ in the film Alone With People. He’d like to send thanks to Jody Feldman for the opportunity, Jessica De Maria for her neverending patience, Matt Huff for his mentoring, and most of all his parents, for all they do. MABEL TYLER (US Winnie Foster) is thrilled about her first opportunity at the Alliance Theatre as part of Tuck Everlasting. Favorite Atlanta credits: Les Misérables, Mary Poppins (Aurora), Willy Wonka (Fabrefaction), Madeline’s Christmas (Horizon), Annie (Cumming Playhouse), The Snow Princess (YAP). TV/film: “Nashville,” The Sunday Horse. Sincere thanks to Mr. Casey, Miss Jody and the Tuck cast and crew for this amazing experience. Deep gratitude to voice teacher Nathan Munson! Appreciation and love to my family for all of their support. Enjoy the show! Num. 6:24-26 MICHAEL WARTELLA (Hugo) Broadway/ national tours: Wicked. Off-Broadway: Rent, The Kid
(The New Group), Seussical (Theaterworks/USA), Oliver Twist (TFANA). Regional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Christmas Carol and A Prayer for Owen Meany, (Ovation nomination), all with the Denver Center Theatre Company; Oliver Twist (coproduction with A.R.T. and Berkeley Rep). TV/film: Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet, “Mysteries of Laura,” and Hallmark original movie “Loving Leah.” So much love to my amazing family!! ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. CLAUDIA SHEAR (Book) Broadway: Dirty Blonde (dir. James Lapine, Tony and Drama Desk nominations for Best Play and Best Actress, Drama League Award, Theatre World Award); The Smell of the Kill (dir. Chris Ashley, Drama League Award). London/West End: Dirty Blonde, Chicago. OffWest End: Who’s the Daddy. Off-Broadway: Blown Sideways Through Life (dir. Chris Ashley, Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination); Dirty Blonde, New York Theatre Workshop; Restoration, New York Theatre Workshop. Regional: The Smell of the Kill (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Dirty Blonde (Kennedy Center, Helen Hayes nominations for Best Play and Best Actress); Dirty Blonde (West Yorkshire Playhouse); End of the Day (dir. Scott Elliot, Williamstown Theatre Festival); Blown Sideways Through Life (Coronet Theatre); Restoration, LaJolla Playhouse. Television: “Friends,” “Earthly Possessions” (dir. James Lapine), “Blown Sideways Through Life” (dir. Chris Ashley, winner Montreux Rose d’Or. Film: Living Out Loud, It Could Happen to You, The Opportunists. Claudia writes for various publications, including The New York Times, New
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profiles York magazine, Vogue and Travel & Leisure. She is a member of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, NYTW’s Usual Suspects and The Dramatists Guild. She has been wild about Harry since 2004. CHRIS MILLER (Music) The Burnt Part Boys (Playwrights Horizons/Vineyard Theatre, Lucille Lortel nominee for Best Musical, Barrington Stage); Fugitive Songs (Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Revue); The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Barrington Stage). The Whipping Man (Actors Theater of Louisville); Anna Christie (Old Globe); Co-composer with Michel Friedman, Angels in America (Signature Theatre, NY; Michael Greif, director). Various songs for “Sesame Street,” “Elmo’s World,” and “The Electric Company.” Upcoming with lyricist Nathan Tysen: commissions from Lincoln Center Theatre and Playwrights Horizons. In addition, Ravello (Signature Theatre, Va., American Musical Voices Project), two other stage musicals and a song cycle for soprano Rebecca Luker. Cast albums of The Burnt Part Boys and Fugitive Songs available at iTunes and Amazon. Winner of Richard Rodgers, Jonathan Larson, Kitty Carlisle Hart & Fred Ebb awards. Proud graduate of Elon University and NYU. For my Mother, family and Buryl Red. NATHAN TYSEN (Lyrics) was awarded both the Edward Kleban prize for most promising lyricist and (with collaborator Chris Miller) the 2014 Fred Ebb award for excellence in musical theatre songwriting. Work with Miller includes The Burnt Part Boys, Fugitive Songs, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, two circuses for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, and a song for the revue Stars of David. Current projects include an adaptation of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s film Amélie (book by Craig Lucas, music by Dan Messé, direction by Pam MacKinnon, opening at Berkeley Rep this summer), and book and lyrics for Stillwater (music
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by Joe’s Pet Project, opening at KC Rep this spring). TV: songs for “Sesame Street” and “The Electric Company.” Originally from Salina, Kan. Nathan now lives in Brooklyn with his remarkable wife, Kait. M.F.A.: NYU GMTWP. B.F.A.: Missouri State Univ. MILLERandTYSEN.com CASEY NICHOLAW (Director, Choreographer) Currently on Broadway: Aladdin (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for choreography); The Book of Mormon (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for codirection with Trey Parker) as well as Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for choreography. Other Broadway credits as director/choreographer: The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle nominations); Elf: The Musical. As choreographer: Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols(Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations). Television: “Smash,” “PBS Great Performances.” PATRICK WETZEL (Associate Director) is happy to be at the Alliance Theatre. Broadway: Aladdin, On the Town, All About Me, Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Producers, Thou Shalt Not, Annie Get Your Gun, Ain’t Broadway Grand. Other NY credits: Opening Doors (Carnegie Hall), Golden Boy (City Center), Juno (City Center), Cinderella (Madison Square Garden). Regional: Minsky’s (Ahmanson), 42nd Street (Goodspeed), Finian’s Rainbow (Goodspeed), Fiddler on the Roof (NC Theatre). Film: The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, Disney’s A Christmas Carol, The Producers. STACEY TODD HOLT (Associate Choreographer) is excited to be returning to his hometown of Atlanta to bring this beautiful new musical to life on the Alliance stage. Performing credits include nine Broadway shows, three off-Broadway shows,
profiles four national tours, numerous regional, plenty of summer stock, some TV/film and an occasional commercial. A huge thank you to Casey and much love to both Marthas. WALT SPANGLER (Set Designer) Broadway credits include Desire Under the Elms directed by Robert Falls; Hollywood Arms directed by Harold Prince; Scandalous directed by David Armstrong; A Christmas Story: The Musical directed by John Rando. New York credits include scenic designs for the Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater Company, Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theatre Company, The New Group and Lincoln Center Festival. Regional credits include Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the Guthrie Theater, the Shakespeare Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Goodspeed Musicals, Paper Mill Playhouse, Centerstage, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, The 5th Avenue Theatre and the Alley Theatre. Mr. Spangler received his M.F.A/ from the Yale School of Drama. GREGG BARNES (Costume Designer) Broadway: Aladdin, Kinky Boots (Tony nomination), Follies (2012 Tony, Drama Desk and Henry Hewes awards); Elf; Legally Blonde (Tony and Olivier nominations); The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics awards, Olivier nomination); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Flower Drum Song, (Tony nomination); Side Show; Bye, Bye, Birdie. Other NYC credits: The Wizard of Oz (Madison Square Garden); Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Pageant (NY and London’s West End-Olivier nomination); The Kathy and Mo Show; Anyone Can Whistle; No, No, Nanette; Follies; The Most Happy Fella (Encores). National tours: Legally Blonde, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels. Regional credits: Robin and the Seven Hoods; Hay Fever; Suds (the Old Globe Theater); Minsky’s (Ahmanson Theater, LA Drama Critics Award); Mame’ Follies (Kennedy Center); Allegro (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes Award); and Flower Drum (Mark Taper Forum, L.A. Outer Critics and Garland awards). TDF Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. Faculty NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts 1982-2002. KENNETH POSNER (Lighting Design) has more than 50 Broadway play and musical theatre credits. He designs extensively offBroadway, for resident theatres and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally. Selected Broadway credits: If/ Then, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Cinderella, Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia-Shipwrecked, Other Desert Cities, The Frogs, Harvey, The Best Man, The Merchant of Venice, The Royal Family, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Goat, Uncle Vanya, Side Man, The Little Foxes and Wicked. He is the recipient of the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle and Obie awards. BRIAN RONAN (Sound Design) is happy to be back in Atlanta, where he designed Bring It On. He has designed more than 30 Broadway shows, including The Last Ship; Cabaret; If/ Then; Beautiful; Annie; Bring It On; Nice Work; The Book of Mormon; Anything Goes; American Idiot; Promises, Promises; Next to Normal; Grease; Curtains; Spring Awakening; Grey Gardens and The Pajama Game. Brian is the recipient of Obie, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, London’s Olivier and Tony awards. His career has spanned North America, Europe and Asia and has allowed him to work with the most talented composers, directors, designers, actors, musicians and stagehands in the world, for which he is eternally grateful.
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profiles ROB BERMAN (Music Director) is the music director of Encores!, New York City Center’s acclaimed series of musicals in concert, for which he has conducted 20 productions including Stephen Sondheim’s Anyone Can Whistle and Frank Loesser’s The Most Happy Fella. On Broadway, Rob has conducted Finian’s Rainbow, White Christmas, Wonderful Town, The Apple Tree, The Pajama Game starring Harry Connick Jr. and Promises, Promises. For nine years Rob has been music director of “The Kennedy Center Honors” on CBS, for which he has five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Music Direction, winning one in 2012. He has conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Barbara Cook and was music director for “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House” (PBS). He is music director for Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s new musical, Bright Star, which premiered at the Old Globe in San Diego. NILS-PETTER ANKARBLOM (Associate Music Director/Conductor) is an award-winning Swedish composer and arranger who divides his time between the United States and Sweden. He writes music for film, TV, theatre, video games and albums. He just produced, orchestrated and co-wrote the Christmas album Happy Holidays for Swedish singer Magnus Carlsson. Recent shows as music director include Miller & Tysen’s Fugitive Songs (Short North Stage, Columbus, Ohio), Play It By Heart (Human Race Theater Company, Dayton, Ohio) and Sunday in the Park With George (directed by Sarna Lapine). NilsPetter is the international music director for Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts, a nonprofit that brings young artists together with theatre professionals in workshops to create new musicals. With Lovewell he has brought more than 25 original shows to life including The Weight of Words, currently in eight productions across the country. Please visit nilspetterankarblom.com and lovewell.org
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DAVID CHASE (Musical Dance Arrangements) was the dance arranger for the Donmar production of Guys and Dolls in London, and continued his association there with Michael Grandage and Rob Ashford on Evita. His work as dance arranger on Broadway includes The Little Mermaid, Cry-Baby, Curtains, The Wedding Singer, The Pajama Game, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Flower Drum Song, Kiss Me Kate, Seussical, The Scarlet Pimpernel (v2), Side Show and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. His Broadway credits as music supervisor include are The Pajama Game with Harry Connick Jr., Flower Drum Song, The Music Man, Side Show, Little Me, Damn Yankees and Billy Elliot. He has also arranged many times for the Boston Pops, provided arrangements and musical supervision for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and Disney’s On the Record, and completed dance music and orchestrations for the feature film Beyond the Sea. David lives with his wife and two sons in New York City. Musical training: Biology degree from Harvard University. JOHN CLANCY (Orchestrations) Public Theater, NY: Fortress of Solitude, Fun Home (Drama Desk nom) Broadway: Shrek the Musical, (Tony and Drama Desk noms with Danny Troob, 2009). Regional credits: Just So (assoc. orch., Goodspeed/ North Shore). As a drummer and/or music director, Clancy has played with Randy Newman, Carly Simon, Chrissy Amphlett, Danielia Cotton, Alexa Joel, Constantine Maroulis (“American Idol”), music directed two Kidz Bop Live! national tours, and worked with Bono and Edge of U2 on Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. ANNE KAYE/ DOUG HOUSTON (Copyists) Broadway and off-Broadway credits: The Boy From Oz, Chita Rivera: A Dancer’s Life, Sweet Charity, La Cage aux Folles, The Scottsboro Boys, Shrek, A Catered Affair, The Addams Family, Hugh Jackman Back on
profiles B’way, Big Fish, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Fun Home, The Visit, Fortress of Solitude, Cabaret. HOLLY COOMBS (Production Stage Manager) Broadway credits: Aladdin, The Nance, Catch Me If You Can. Other credits include Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson the Immortal World Tour, Yankee Tavern, The Trip to Bountiful (ACT Seattle), American Buffalo, God of Carnage, You Can’t Take It With You (Seattle Repertory Theatre), A Christmas Story (5th Avenue Theatre) and Peter Pan (Seattle Children’s Theatre). Big thanks to the University of Puget Sound. MCKENZIE MURPHY (Assistant Stage Manager) Broadway: If/Then; Cinderella; Elf; An Enemy of the People; Peter and the Starcatcher; Wit; Everyday Rapture; Bye, Bye, Birdie; 9 to 5, The Musical. OffBroadway: Peter and the Starcatcher (New World Stages), The Talls (Second Stage Uptown), Sex Lives of Our Parents (Second Stage Uptown), Peter and the Starcatcher (New York Theatre Workshop). Tours: Peter and the Starcatcher, 9 to 5 The Musical. Readings: Games Inmates Play, Reunion in Bartersville, Starving, Kinky Boots, Jump, Play It Cool. B.A., Stony Brook University. JAYSON T. WADDELL (Assistant Stage Manager) is happy to be back with the Alliance Theatre! He has had the pleasure of working on such Alliance productions as Steel Magnolias, Maurice Hines Is Tappin’ Thru Life; The Geller Girls; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Carapace; A Christmas Carol; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; Broke; Spoon Lake Blues; Sex and the Second City; Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls; Next to Normal; Holidays With the Chalks and Bike America. Illinois Shakespeare Festival: Antony & Cleopatra, Macbeth, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Shame the Devil: An Evening With Fanny Kemble. Jayson is a graduate of the Gainesville Theatre Alliance and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
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 Theatre, where she started in 1991 as casting director. While at the Alliance, she has cast and produced more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions encompassing a wide range of world premieres including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, What I Learned in Paris by Pearl Cleage, Broke by Janece Shaffer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney and 10 years of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning plays, as well as such world and regional premiere musicals as Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical, 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. TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting) Broadway/ Tours: Something Rotten, An American in Paris, Finding Neverland, The King and I, If/Then, Kinky Boots, Wicked, Newsies, Pippin, Motown. Film: The Intern, Ithaca, Focus, A Most Violent Year, Into the Woods, The Last 5 Years, Stage Fright, Song One. TV: “Flesh and Bone,” “Peter Pan Live!,” “Penny Dreadful,” “Masters of Sex.” www.telseyandco. com. Telsey + Company Staff: Bernard Telsey CSA, Will Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfield CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Abbie Brady-Dalton CSA, Cesar A. Rocha CSA, Andrew Femenella CSA, Karyn Casl CSA, Kristina Bramhall, Conrad Woolfe, Rachel Nadler, Rachel Minow, Sean Gannon, Scott Galina
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profiles SUSAN V. BOOTH ( Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, local producing partnerships and regional collaborative productions as well as commercial partnerships on projects including Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’ da Noise, Bring in ’ da Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. As a director, she has worked at theatres including the
Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation. She has held teaching positions at Northwestern and DePaul universities, and serves as adjunct faculty with Emory University. She is a past president of the board of directors for the Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for the field) and is a trustee of Denison University and the Howard School. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.
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Enter a young boy’s wild and surreal world of magic and adventure in this jazzy Broadwaystyle musical by Tony-nominated music and lyricists Pasek and Paul (A Christmas Story).
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March 11–29, 2015 Tickets @ 404.733.5000 alliancetheatre.org/giantpeach | Groups 404.733.4690 Schoolday performances available! 404.733.4691 *Not to be combined with other offers. Offer based upon availability. Not valid on previously purchased tickets.
By Timothy Allen McDonald Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Based on the book by Roald Dahl Directed by Rosemary Newcott
discover us discover us. discover you. Who wants to live forever? We all do! Or do we? Living forever seems to be a blessing. Or is it a curse? This premiere production by the Alliance Theatre of the musical Tuck Everlasting does what musical theatre does best - explore timeless themes with song and choreography. Our Alliance Theatre has a rich history of bringing new musicals into the world for the first time. Tuck Everlasting asks us to consider how we spend our time in the world. While we won’t live forever, it’s my fervent hope that musical theatre will endure to entertain, to delight and to inspire audiences for, well, forever. Starr Moore Advisory Board Member, Alliance Theatre
synopsis Setting: Treegap, New Hampshire, 1881 It’s 1881, and 11-year-old Winnie Foster lives in a house near her family-owned woods. Tired of always being a “good girl” and living in the confines of her fenced-in yard, Winnie defies her mother’s orders and runs away, escaping beyond the gate to chase a large, unwieldy toad. In the woods, Winnie happens upon and befriends 17-year-old Jesse Tuck. When his mother, Mae, and brother Miles arrive, it becomes clear they have a secret to protect. When Mae is frightened by a voice in the woods, they quickly depart, whisking Winnie off with them. Upon arrival at the Tuck home, Winnie is introduced to Angus “Pa” Tuck. The Tucks shock Winnie with the revelation of their secret but, as she slowly gets to know each of them, she begins to enjoy her adventure with the family. Meanwhile, Winnie’s worried mother asks for help finding her missing daughter. The town Constable and his deputy Hugo set out in search of Winnie. The traveling fair is in town, bringing with it the Man in the Yellow Suit, who has been searching for the Tucks for most of his life. When the Man in the Yellow Suit gets dangerously close to the source of the Tucks’ secret, Winnie must the make a bold choice to protect the family, but not before being offered an opportunity that forces her to question everything she’s ever known and promises to change her life forever.
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about the alliance theatre Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre has become the leading producing theatre in the Southeast, creating the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people. The Alliance values excellence, pursued with integrity and creativity, and achieved through collaboration. Reaching more than 200,000 patrons annually, the Alliance delivers powerful programming that challenges adult and youth audiences to think critically and care deeply. Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, the Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance Theatre, in 2007, received the Regional Theatre Tony Award in recognition of sustained excellence in programming, education and community engagement. Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 80 original productions including Tony Award winners The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice, and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo. The Alliance has a reputation for developing important American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent productions, including the world premieres of Sister Act: The Musical; Come Fly Away; Bring It On: The Musical; Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; the American premiere of Zorro, with music by the Gipsy Kings; and most recently, Bull Durham and Harmony: A New Musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman. The Alliance also nurtures the careers of playwrights through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, producing a premiere for the competition winner as part of the regular season, and the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, providing developmental support and production resources for three performing arts projects each year. The work produced by the Alliance gives locally based artists the chance to create on a nationally watched stage, building and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community. Each year the Alliance Theatre Acting Program and Education Department reaches close to 50,000 students through performances, acting classes, drama camps and in-school initiatives. The Alliance creates and produces plays for young audiences at every age level, from the Collision Project, where high school artists create and perform new work based on a classic text, to the groundbreaking Theatre for the Very Young, creating interactive shows for infants and toddlers. The Alliance also offers community education classes for all ages and abilities of theatre interest, and adult student productions of unproduced plays in development, working with local and national playwrights. An active participant in Georgia classrooms, the Alliance has developed programs using theatrical techniques to aid in student learning through storytelling and problem-solving. The Alliance’s Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists equips teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum, align with the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards and increase student learning. These programs include Georgia Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts, which focuses on literacy skills for children in Pre-K–2nd grade, and Dramaturgy K–12, in which students create research material that informs Alliance productions and prepares peer audiences. Twice recognized by the U.S. Education Department as leaders in arts education, these programs reflect the Alliance’s commitment to citywide arts access. The Alliance delivers the finest talent, art and educational opportunities for Atlanta audiences — proving once again that the Alliance is where great theatre lives. alliancetheatre.org or 404.733.4650
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When Lyons can no longer hide his sexuality or illness, his fledgling dance company is threatened, and the women who love him must come together to decide the best way to carry on his legacy.
February 13–March 8, 2015 Tickets @ 404.733.5000 alliancetheatre.org/calyons | Groups 404.733.4690
By Tsehaye Geralyn HĂŠbert Directed by Kent Gash
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board of directors Officers Chair: Reade Fahs* Immediate Past Chair: Victoria Palefsky* Treasurer: Steve Chaddick*
Lifetime Directors Rita Anderson Ken Bernhardt Frank Chew Ann Cramer* Linda Davidson
George Goodwin Laura Hardman* Hays Mershon Richard S. Myrick Helen Regenstein
Bob Reiser Jane Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson Ben White
Directors Kristin R. Adams* James Anderson* Lynn Ayers^ Kenny Blank Steve Chaddick Philippa Ellis Daryl Evans Joseph W. Evans Reade Fahs Howard Feinsand* Molly Fuller* Richard Goerss Andrew Golde, M.D. Alexander Goldsmith
Pat Gunning Virginia A. Hepner^* Lila Hertz* Jocelyn Hunter* John Keller* Lauren Kiefer James A. Kilberg* Mary Jane Kirkpatrick 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 Nina Urban Rebekah Wasserman Cynthia Widner Wall Jill Wilson Todd Zeldin
Advisory Board
Advisory Board Chair: Laura Hardman* Madelyn Adams Tracie Arnold Shean Atkins Connie Austin Michael Barrett Paul Bianchi Keith Bolden Donna Bowman Erin Brown Stephen Brown Catharine Burkett Susan Callaway Imara Canady Sona Chambers Andrew Chang Greg Changnon Caren Cook Sallie Daniel
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
Volunteer Leadership
President, STARS: Lynn Ayers President, Alliance Theatre Guild: Bobbi Kornblit President, Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild: Vicki Travis
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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
for getting everyone out of their seats. PNC is proud to support the Alliance Theatre. For setting the highest artistic standard and creating the powerful experience of shared theatre. Stop by a PNC Bank branch for more information or visit us online at pnc.com
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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 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY is the world’s largest beverage
company, refreshing consumers at a rate of 1.5 billion servings a day with more than 450 sparkling and still brands in more than 200 countries. Along with Coca-Cola, recognized as the world’s most valuable brand, the Company’s portfolio includes 12 other major brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid and Georgia Coffee. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources, and enhance the economic development and cultural experiences of the communities where we operate. For more information about our Company, please visit our website at www.thecoca-colacompany.com. Cast and company flowers sponsored by
Official Hotel
Official Staffing Consultant
Research Partner
Digital Marketing Partner
Foxgloves & Ivy
Community Foundation
restaurant partners
government
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 $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of December 15, 2014.
$35,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Victoria & Howard Palefsky Sally G. Tomlinson
$25,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand Dan & Garnet Reardon
$10,000+ The Balloun Family 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 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. Steven J. Moddelmog 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 Andrea & Boland Jones 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 Alexander Babbage in appreciation of Vicki Palesky 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. 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 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 Mark & Pam Bell Candace & Jeff 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 Thomas Engler & Ron Davis The Elster Foundation 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 Robert Judd
annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of December 15, 2014.
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 Monica W. Parker John & Helen 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. Fredric Rosenberg Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg John Sabine Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schultz Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Silverboard Mr. Scott Sorrels Dr. O. Kirsten Spraggins 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
Carsten Hillker Melinda & Phil Holladay in honor of Rebekah Wasserman 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 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 Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel
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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 Caitlin Way, Director of Development 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
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
Norfolk Southern Corporation Plum Creek Prudential Financial Publix Super Markets Sprint SunTrust Foundation Time Warner, Inc. Verizon Corporation Yahoo! Wells Fargo
Do you appreciate live theatre, enjoy meeting new people and trying new things? If so, then get involved with one of the largest volunteer forces in the arts. The Alliance Theatre volunteer STARS program offers a wide range of opportunities, which includes advocating for live theatre, ushering for Alliance productions, participating in and staffing fundraising & hospitality events, and assisting Alliance staff members with daily office tasks. STARS is composed of four separate organizations working together on fund-saving and fund-raising projects to benefit the theatre. The four volunteer groups are the Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild, Alliance Theatre Guild, the Direct Volunteers and the Usher Corps. For more information on becoming a volunteer, please contact Shana Orr at 404.733.4761 or shana.orr@woodruffcenter.org.
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Tuck Everlastin g NOW THAT YOU’VE SEEN THE SHOW, READ THE BRANDNEW 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BELOVED CLASSIC
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“The story is, like the Tucks, timeless.” — Chicago Sun-Times
“A fearsome and beautifully written book that can’t be put down or forgotten.” —The New York Times
FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION BY GREGORY MAGUIRE, THE AUTHOR OF WICKED WICKED,, AND ADDITIONAL BONUS MATERIALS
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THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE Woodruff Circle members each contribute more than $250,000 annually to support the arts and education work of the Woodruff Arts Center, the Alliance Theatre, Arts for Learning, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the High Museum of Art. We are deeply grateful for these 33 partners who help ensure the arts thrive in our community.
$1+ MILLION
$500,000-$999,999
A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. The Goizueta Foundation Hagedorn Family SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Bank Teammates and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Wells Fargo
$250,000-$499,999 AT&T Bank of America Lucinda Bunnen The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte, its Partners & Employees Fulton County Arts Council Nancy & Holcombe T. Green, Jr. The Home Depot Fay & W. Barrett Howell The Kendeda Fund Sarah & Jim Kennedy Marilyn & Donald Keough The Estate of Florence Kopleff 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 Acuity Brands A.E.M. Family Foundation Mr. Peter Aman * Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlantic American Corporation Atlantic Trust Anna & Ed Bastian* Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris * Laura & Stan Blackburn * Bluetube Interactive Ms. Lisa Borders * The Boston Consulting Group The Brand Banking Company The George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta, Georgia Bryan Cave LLP Capital Guardian Trust Company Casey-Slade Group, Merrill Lynch Center Family Foundation The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Mr. Thomas C. Chubb * Ann & Jeff Cramer * CSX Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. * Michael S. Donnelly * Fifth Third Bank First Data Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Flanagan * Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke Mr. Phil Harrison * HD Supply Virginia A. Hepner & Malcolm Barnes * The Howell Fund, Inc. *
Isdell Family Foundation Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation The Thomas M. & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Foundation Thomas H. Lanier Family Foundation Lanier Parking Solutions The Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy Fund * The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation, Inc. Karole & John Lloyd * Kurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl Davis * Macy’s Foundation Majestic Realty Mohawk Industries, Inc. & Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Boykin Vicki & John Palmer The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Post Properties, Inc. Jane and Joe Prendergast Quikrete Mary & Craig Ramsey Regal Entertainment Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William H. Rogers, Jr. * Louise Sams & Jerome Grilhot * Selig Enterprises, Inc./ The Selig Foundation * Smith & Howard Karen & John Spiegel State Bank & Trust Company Claire E. Sterk and Kirk Elifson * Tishman Speyer Properties Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc. Mr. Paul E. Viera * Sue & John Wieland Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Mrs. Sue S. Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP Wood Partners Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees * 2014/2015 Board Members Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors
Donations for Woodruff Arts Center Annual Campaign June 1, 2013 – May 31, 2014
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alliance theatre staff A rtistic
Management
Jennings Hertz Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth & Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemary Newcott Producer & Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Feldman Director of New Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celise Kalke Playwright in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearl Cleage Artistic Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo Moskowitz Atlanta Artists Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veronica Duerr Artistic Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Kleypas Literary Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Myers Kenny Leon Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Bishop
General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Schleifer Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laura Thruston
Production Management Director of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor W. Smith
Costumes Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Cone Design Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April Andrew, Lea Preston Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Craft Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana L. Thomas Stitchers & First Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Brett Parker Wardrobe . . . . . . . Hauzia Conyers, Alexandra Matthews, Niki Traxler Wig Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsey Ewing
Electrics Electrics Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Shinn Staff Electricians . . . . . . . . . Steve Jordan, Steven Love, Jenn Trippe
Properties Properties Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Lyons Properties Master Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Cooper Morris Properties Buyer & Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heather Schroeder Properties Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Butkovich
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 Show Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Locklear Additional Load In Stagehands . . . . . . .Avery Bowne, James McBrayer, James Schlachter, Daniel Wagener
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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 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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