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ALICE IN WONDERLAND book by Joseph McDonough music and lyrics by David Kisor

Directed by D. Lynn Meyers† November 28 – December 30, 2012 Set Designer Lighting Designer & Master Electrician Sound Designer Costume Designer Properties Master & Design Assistant Production Stage Manager Technical Operations Director Choreographer Musical Director Dance Captain

Brian c. Mehring Matthew Hollstegge Chuck Hatcher‡ Reba Senske Shannon Rae Lutz Brandon Holmes* Aaron Clements Dee Anne Bryll Scot Woolley Andrew Maloney

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CAST (in alphabetical order)

White Rabbit.............................................................................................Michael G. Bath * Tweedledum......................................................................................................Buz Davis * Mock Turtle................................................................................................ Jared D. Doren * Caterpillar/Butterfly............................................................................................ Ken Early Mom/Queen of Hearts/King......................................................................... Deb G. Girdler * Mad Hatter........................................................................................... Shannon Rae Lutz Cheshire Cat..................................................................................................Sara Mackie * Card 5.....................................................................................................Andrew Maloney Card 2........................................................................................................Spenser Smith Tweedledee..................................................................................................... Tess Talbot Card 7........................................................................................................Nick Tsangaris Alice.........................................................................................................Sarah M. White March Hare..................................................................................................Torie Wiggins Dormouse..................................................................................................... Kate Wilford *

RUNNING CREW

1st Assistant Stage Manager.................................................................... Hannah Holthaus 2nd Assistant Stage Manager.......................................................................... Anne Dufault House Manager................................................................................ Caity O'Shaughnessy Sound Board Operator..................................................................................Paloma White Light Board Operator....................................................................................... Leah Baker

UNDERSTUDIES

Leah Baker, Anne Dufault, Paloma White

SETTING

The present; Alice's home and Wonderland.

Alice in Wonderland is performed with one intermission.

Approximate total running time is 85 minutes.

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music Anna Selnick

Briana Weiler Scott Weiler

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SONG LIST Act 1 Again.........................................................................................Company Falling...............................................................................Alice, Company Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Dee................................. Tweedledee, Tweedledum Who Are You?............................................................................Caterpillar Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Dee Reprise #1................ Tweedledee, Tweedledum I Am What I Am......................................................................Cheshire Cat Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Dee Reprise #2................ Tweedledee, Tweedledum The Lesson For Today...........................Mad Hatter, March Hare, Dormouse The Dormouse Tells a Story........................................................Dormouse Cover Your Mistakes........................................................................ Cards Croquet with The Queen..............................................................Company

Act 2 My Mom Always Says........................................................................Alice Will You, Won't You Join the Dance...........................................Mock Turtle Hear Ye, Hear Ye.........................................................................Company Cat's Got Your Tongue............................................................Cheshire Cat Languished in Jail....................................................................Mock Turtle Don't Mess With The Queen............................................ Queen, Company Finale.........................................................................................Company

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DIRECTOR’S NOTES When Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a.k.a. Lewis Carroll, wrote Alice in Wonderland nearly 150 years ago, I wonder if he imagined that his creation would continue to captivate imaginations for generations of readers. He liked like to tell stories and lift the day-to-day world from the mundane to the amazing. Perhaps it’s his ingenious invention of characters which are bigger than life, yet completely recognizable, that allows his stories to go through time untainted by years. He was not afraid to think big and bold and bring to life a world that otherwise would have been held captive in his mind’s eye.

Blissfully, he shared his vision; the adaptation you see before you is a clear testament to this unique vision. David Kisor and Joe McDonough took the source material and wove a musical tale that is relevant to our audiences. Many of you will not have the joy of seeing this show with 191 small children. It is indeed a joy. The majority of children who participate in our Fairy Godmother Program each year will have their first theatre experience here at ETC with this show. They have no censors, no code of behavior in place. When it is good, they let you know and when it’s bad they are equally as telling in their response. This opportunity to share new scripts and music with purely unbiased audiences helps us create shows that will endure as well as the tales upon which they are based. Our audiences, tall and small, are the reason we do this work, the reason we tell our stories.

As a theatre dedicated to bringing to our stage the contemporary issues we face, we also have a responsibility to sometimes simply entertain and engage in delightful journeys. Such is the Alice in Wonderland before you. Yes, it has a parable wrapped inside a confection that tells us “home” is not such a bad place and “rules” can be for our own good. But hopefully it will also be a fun time. We pride ourselves on sharing shows at the holidays that will serve a non-denominational, multi-generational audience. We want to be a respite from the storm of holiday shopping and the hustle of holiday happenings. Hopefully your stay in Wonderland will be a delightful part of this holiday season, capturing the enchantment of a tale that came to be when the world was still light by candles.

Thank you for being here. I hope you will plan to be with us as we kick off 2013 with the captivating Freud's Last Session. In the meantime I wish you the happiest of holidays and the most wonderful of New Years!

D. Lynn Meyers, Director

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THE CAST (in alphabetical order) MICHAEL G. BATH (White Rabbit) has been a professional actor in the Cincinnati area since he interned at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati during the 1990–1991 season. This year, Mr. Bath celebrates his sixteenth consecutive holiday show with ETC. In 1998, he was nominated for a Cincinnati Entertainment Award for his role as Stanley (best local actor) in Chaps! at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. He received an Acclaim Award in 2010 for his role as Roy Cohn in Angels in America Part 1: Millenium Approaches at Know Theatre.

In 2011, he received Acclaim Awards for his roles as Adam (Equity actor in a lead role) in Next Fall and as Jesus and Stephen Hawking (Equity actor in a supporting role) in End Days, both at ETC. His other favorite ETC performances include Opus, The Exonerated, Mauritius, Becky's New Car, and My Name is Asher Lev. He is a Wilmington College graduate and a proud member of Actors' Equity Association. Big thanks and much love to his wife, Tricia, and dog, Obi. BUZ DAVIS (Tweedledum) is happy to return to ETC's holiday show as a Tweedle this year, following Gloom in Snow White, the Jester in Jack In The Beanstalk, and a one-night performance as the Czar in The Frog Princess. His other favorite ETC credits include A Package Deal; A Slice of Buffalo, A Peace of Paris, Buckminster Fuller: In and Out of Universe; Mauritius and most recently Time Stands Still.

Mr. Davis' other regional credits include: Superior Donuts and Disgruntled Employees, The Clifton Players; All’s Well That Ends Well, CSC; The History Boys, NSC; Barber of Seville, Cincinnati Opera; Wait Until Dark, Human Race Theatre Company; A Man Called Beethoven with Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops, Naples Philharmonic, and CSO; Frankenstein, the pre-renovation Carnegie; and Tartuffe and A Winters Tale, Michigan Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Davis enjoys the many hats of a life in the theatre including teaching privately and as the acting coach at Moeller High School, and directing Creation of The World (and Other Business), On The Open Road here at ETC, Die Fledermaus at Miami University, The Crucible for crucial public discourse and the Cincinnati premiere of A Bright New Boise with the Clifton Players. Catch him next at Clifton in A Behanding in Spokane. Carnivores in Action? Ten Fine Toes!

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JARED D. DOREN (Mock Turtle) is a former member of the 1995-1996 ETC Acting Intern Company. His past Ensemble Theatre CIncinnati credits include: Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Princess, Alice in Wonderland, A Question of Mercy, Two Weeks with the Queen, The Last Act is a Solo, as well as the stage readings of The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later (An Epilogue), Campaign, The Musical and Anne of Green Gables, The Musical.

Mr. Doren's other local performance credits include The Baker's Wife in Concert (Carnegie Arts Center), Of Mice and Men (Children's Theatre of Cincinnati) and 1776 (Downtown Theatre Classics). Mr. Doren's directing credits include Pump Boys and Dinettes (Carnegie Arts Center), The Elephant Man, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, (abridged), The Boys Next Door and "Art" for Falcon Theatre. This spring, he will be directing And Then There Were None with Falcon Theatre.

KEN EARLY (Caterpillar/Butterfly) is happy to return to Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. Mr. Early's other ETC credits include The Whipping Man, Snow White, The Frog Princess, Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty, and Grey Gardens. His other regional credits include Adding Machine the Musical and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at Know Theatre of Cincinnati. For New Stage Collective, he performed in Dead City, Take Me Out, and Side Show. Mr. Early would like to thank his family and friends for their love and support.

DEB G. GIRDLER (Mom, Queen of Hearts, King) is thrilled to be back at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. Ms. Girdler began her career on the Showboat Majestic, attended University of Cincinnati’s CollegeConservatory of Music, and has worked Off-Broadway, in regional theatre, and in summer stock for over thirty years. Some of her favorite productions have been presented here at ETC, including The Last Session, Three Tall Women, Three Viewings, and, of course, being the villainess in a multitude of holiday productions. Ms. Girdler is a Kentucky Colonel, proud citizen of Westwood, and is always grateful to be able to work in Cincinnati, since she suffers from home-sickness whenever her work takes her away from home. She is listed in the official scripts of several shows as a cast member of the premiere productions, including the stage version of Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Hoodwinked!

The Musical, and It Runs in the Family by Ray Cooney. Happy Holidays!

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THE CAST cont.

SHANNON RAE LUTZ (Mad Hatter) first performed on Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati's stage in the 1989 New Works Festival.

In 1991, she joined the Acting Intern Company. She has been seen on ETC’s mainstage in Fiction, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Chronicles of Plague, A School for Scandal, Cinderella (1992), Zorro, Poor Super Man, The Frog Princess (1997, 2002), Sleeping Beauty (2000, 2009) and Alice in Wonderland (1998, 2003, 2008, 2012) A CCM graduate, she earned her M.F.A. in Theatre Performance in 1996. She is honored and grateful to have collaborated with D. Lynn Meyers and Brian c. Mehring on about one hundred productions as Resident Property Master and Design Assistant. As Director of Intern Programming, she is thrilled to share the stage with members of ETC's Intern Company, past and present. Much gratitude and love to her family, the astounding Ruth Sawyer and to Scot Woolley, Joe and David.

SARA MACKIE (Cheshire Cat) lives in Cincinnati. She has been fortunate to be in Ensemble Theatre Cincinanti productions including The Marvelous Wonderettes and Winter Wonderettes, Rabbit Hole, Mauritius, The Great American Trailer Park Musical and many holiday offerings among others. She has also performed with the Human Race Theatre Company in many musical theatre workshops as well as on their main-stage, most recently as Utility Woman in Red-Blooded All-American Man. Her Carnegie Theatre roles include Rhetta Cupp in Pump Boys and Dinettes and Maria Strauss in the premiere workshop production of The Sandman. She has toured children’s theatre, performed with many regional theatres across the country and can be seen in many short independent films. Safe and Happy Holiday Wishes to you and yours.

ANDREW MALONEY (Card 5) is thrilled to be back on the Ensemble stage in Alice in Wonderland! A proud member of the Equity Membership Candiacy program, he recently returned from Quito, Ecuador where he played Action in the Ecuadorian premiere of West Side Story at the Teatro Nacional Sucre. Mr. Maloney was a member of the Acting Intern Company at Ensemble during the 2011-2012 season. As an intern, he was seen as Nuts the Squirrel in Snow White, and understudied roles of Gabe (Next to Normal), Denny (Life Could Be a Dream) and James (Time Stands Still). He has been seen on many local stages including The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Jersey Productions, The Showboat Majestic, The Covedale Theatre, and Northern Kentucky University.

Many thanks to Lynn and the family at ETC and to my family and friends for their constant love and support!

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SPENSER SMITH (Card 2) is a current member of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati's Acting Intern Company. Last season, he spent nine months on tour with the National Players where he was seen in The Taming of the Shrew and Of Mice and Men. This past summer, he created the role of Teen Lincoln in the new musical A. Lincoln: A Pioneer Tale at the Lincoln Amphitheatre. He is a 2011 graduate of the B.F.A. acting program at Northern Kentucky University where his favorite credits include: Titanic, the Musical, Cinderella and the role of Inspector Truscott in Loot for which he won an Acclaim Award.

TESS TALBOT (Tweedledee) is a local Cincinnatian excited to be working with Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati this season. She is a graduate of Wright State University with a B.F.A. in Acting summa cum laude. Some of her favorite roles include understudying the part of Jeffrey and Others in Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati's Mrs. Mannerly, Antoni(a) in The Merchant of Venice, Mary Rudge in the Bruce Cromer adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge Parts I and II, Flo Owens in Picnic, and Stevie in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?. She would like to thank Lynn for the opportunity and her family for their support.

NICK TSANGARIS (Card 7) is absolutely honored and humbled to be making his professional debut on Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati's stage and to be a member of this year’s internship company. A recent graduate of Xavier University, he has had the privilege to play Joe Pitt in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Sergeant of Police in Pirates of Penzance, Ted in Spooky Dog and the Teenage Gang Mysteries, for which he was nominated for the national Irene Ryan award, CB in Dog Sees God, and most recently, the understudy for Mike Dillon in ETC's production of Good People. This past summer, he was lucky enough to act in both Whistle Stop Romance and Next Table in the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Mr. Tsangaris has also served as the face of the companies Flying Rabbit Enterprises and First Student, Inc. He would like to thank Lynn Meyers for making this opportunity possible, Cheryl Couch, Laura Kristal, Terry Fox, his wonderful cast and crew, and his friends and family for supporting him.

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THE CAST cont.

SARAH M. WHITE (Alice) is so excited to be a part of this year's Intern Company at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati! She is a recent graduate of Ball State University's Musical Theatre program, where some of her favorite credits include: One Flea Spare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, All in the Timing, Macbeth, Company, and Hair. She also appeared in the Downtown Dinner Theatre production of A Grand Night for Singing. She would like to thank Shannon and Lynn for this amazing opportunity. She would also like to send love and gratitude to her parents, her teachers, her fellow interns, her amazing friends, and Sarah for helping her along this crazy journey!

TORIE WIGGINS (March Hare) is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with a B.F.A. in Dramatic Performance. She co-adapted and performed her one woman show, Your Negro Tour Guide at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, as well as other venues in Cincinnati and across the country. Currently residing in New York, she has appeared on All My Children, the feature film Love Me Through It and her voice can be heard on national television and radio commercials. She most recently performed as a Seasonal Resident Artist with Know Theatre of Cincinnati, appearing in Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party, Collapse, Afghan Women Writer's Project, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.

She was most recently seen in To Kill A Mockingbird at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, for which she was nominated for a League of Cincinnati Theatres Award. She is thrilled to be back on stage at ETC!

KATE WILFORD (Dormouse) was just seen at Ensemble in the regional premiere of Good People. Ms. Wilford's other Ensemble favorites were the regional premieres of Becky’s New Car, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Women Of Lockerbie, the world premieres of Wayfarer’s Rest, Snow White, and the award-winning musical Don’t Make Me Pull This Show Over..., as well as Keeping The Faith, and the Woody Allen comedy Death Defying Acts. She won both an Acclaim and a CEA award for lead actress in a drama as Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman with New Edgecliff Theater. Ms. Wilford is familiar to Cincinnati audiences with her performances in Romeo and Juliet, The Cherry Orchard, All My Sons, and Bedroom Farce at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. She was artistic director for Cincinnati Children's Theater for several years, and has directed for the Women’s Theater Initiative and Xavier University as well. She worked for many years as a voice-over and on camera artist. She is currently the executive director of Afterschool Acting, a non-profit dedicated to bringing local professional actors into underserved schools to teach and mentor. She is the daughter of fellow actress and teacher Diane Kvapil and wife of Cincinnati artist Jay Wilford. Her favorite job, however, has been as mother to Josh and Liza. Happy holidays to all!

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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR D. LYNN MEYERS is currently in her 15th season as Producing Artistic Director. She recently directed The Pavilion at Playhouse in the Park and Pride and Prejudice for Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

She directed Steel Magnolias at Garry Marshall’s Falcon Theatre in LA. Her Off-Broadway credits include Traveler in the Dark and Max and Maxie. Select regional credits include: Stage West in Calgary and Toronto, and Mayfield Theatre in Edmonton where she directed her original musical, Starstruck. Canadian tours include: I Hate Hamlet, Same Time, Next Year, and Mass Appeal with the late Gale Gordon. Select ETC credits include: the regional premieres of Next Fall, Thurgood, The Marvelous Wonderettes, 33 Variations, Mary’s Wedding, String of Pearls, I Am My Own Wife, The Exonerated, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the world premiere of James and Annie. Previously affiliated with Playhouse in the Park as Associate Director and Casting Director, she directed The Real Thing and Steel Magnolias. Her Casting Director credits include work for MTM, CBS, PBS, BBC, HBO, Paramount, and her favorite, serving as Location Casting Director for Castle Rock’s The Shawshank Redemption. She is a graduate and Board Member of Thomas More College and was inducted into the Cincinnati Entertainment Award’s Hall of Fame. She is an alumna of Leadership Cincinnati's Class 33, recipient of the 2002 YWCA Career Women of Achievement Award and a Women of Over-the-Rhine Award. She served as the keynote speaker for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology’s 2009 Annual Conference.

ABOUT THE CREATORS DAVID KISOR (Playwright) is a composer, performer, and teacher and received his Master’s Degree in Music Composition from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. He is also Director of Music at the New Thought Unity Center of Cincinnati. His professional acting debut came in 1996 in ETC’s Cars, Dogs, Money and the Moon, and continued in Robin Hood. Mr. Kisor has also composed for and given musical direction to: Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, The Frog Princess, Violet, Around the World in 80 Days, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and The Adventures of Pinocchio.

JOSEPH MCDONOUGH (Playwright) ) has worked with David Kisor on Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati's holiday musicals for the past sixteen seasons. His play Wayfarer’s Rest was produced at ETC and his plays Travels of Angelica, Stone My Heart and One were produced at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park where he twice won the Mickey Kaplan New American Play Prize. His work has also been produced locally with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and the Children’s Theatre, as well as at the Spoon Theatre in New York, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Georgia Repertory Theatre, Theatre in the Square in Atlanta, the Changing Scene in Denver, and the Riverside Theatre in Florida. He has developed his work at Lincoln Center, Abingdon Theatre Company and The Players in New York, as well as at Chicago Dramatists and New River Dramatists in Healing Springs, NC.

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THE PRODUCTION TEAM BRANDON HOLMES (Production Stage Manager) This is Mr. Holmes' first experience working with Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. He is a graduate of Wichita State University with a B.F.A. in Technical Theatre and Design. For two seasons, he was a Stage Management Intern at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. His favorite credits there include Thunder Knocking On The Door, Merrily We Roll Along, A Christmas Carol, Over the Tavern and The Understudy. For four summers, he also served as an Assistant Stage Manager at Music Theatre of Wichita (MTW) where he worked on over twenty musical productions. Favorite credits at MTW include Les Misérables, The Producers, Miss Saigon, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sunset Boulevard and The Little Mermaid. Originally from Overland Park, Kansas, he has worked on productions with KC Starlight, Theatre in the Park, Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Wichita Center for the Arts, and Signature Theatre. Thank you to the cast and design staff of Alice for making this a memorable experience, to his Cincinnati Playhouse family for encouraging him, as well as Lynn for this opportunity. Lastly, to Mom, Dad, Ryan, Justin and AJ for their continued love, support and encouragement. Mr. Holmes is a proud new Actors' Equity Member!

BRIAN c. MEHRING (Set Designer) has designed over seventy productions at ETC. His favorite productions include: Thom Pain (based on nothing), James and Annie, Copenhagen, Blue/Orange, and I Am My Own Wife. Mr. Mehring’s regional favorites for set design include: The Last 5 Years, The Laramie Project (Playhouse in the Park), Henry IV, Part 1 (The Georgia Shakespeare Festival), and I Am My Own Wife (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Peterborough Players, and Florida Studio Theatre); and for video design, Hiding Behind Comets (Playhouse in the Park). Mr. Mehring has also served as Charge Scenic Painter for the Cincinnati Opera and as the Production Designer for Speaking of Women’s Health (1999). Mr. Mehring spent a season assisting mentor Paul Shortt at Teatro de Lucca and three seasons assisting Broadway Designer Robert T. Williams at Artpark in New York.

CHUCK HATCHER (Sound Designer) is a Professor of Theater Design and Production at University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, where he heads the B.F.A./M.F.A. training program in sound design. At Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Mr. Hatcher's credits include End Days, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens, 25 The Musical and a long list of holiday shows. This past summer, he designed sound for a new adaptation of Titanic at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY. At Cincinnati Playhouse in Park his credits include The Understudy, Victoria Musica, as well as The Garden of Rikki, Tikki Tavi for Playhouse's Off The Hill series while at CCM his work has been heard on Chess, Make Me A Song, Evita, and HAIR, among others. Mr. Hatcher is a member of USA829 and is happy to be back on the ETC team for his second Alice In Wonderland!

MATTHEW HOLLSTEGGE (Lighting Designer/Master Electrician) is a proud graduate of Thomas More College and is now in his tenth year as Master Electrician at ETC. His lighting design credits include: Gravesongs, Souvenir, Ugly Duck, The Ensemble Project: Rebels With a Cause, Raw: Revealed, and Breath, Boom!; Rapunzel for the Cincinnati Opera; and Oleanna with Director Michael Burnham. Additionally, his lighting design for Souvenir was remounted at Vienna’s English Theatre in Vienna, Austria. Mr. Hollstegge assisted Betsy Adams and Nancy Schertler at Playhouse in the Park, and currently assists the amazing Brian c. Mehring.

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SHANNON RAE LUTZ (Properties Master/Design Assistant) earned her Master’s degree in 1996 and became Prop Master at ETC and since then she has “mastered” dozens of productions. Ms. Lutz would like to thank the Cincinnati theatre community and patrons for their generous, supportive and tenacious spirit. Trained as a performer, she first appeared on ETC’s stage during the 1989 New Works Festival. In 1991, she was granted an ETC Internship.

Now, the Director of Intern Programming, she is honored to guide ETC’s essential ensemble: the Intern Company. ETC performance credits include: Fiction, Alice in Wonderland (1998, 2003, & 2008), Poor Super Man, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Chronicles of Plague, A School for Scandal, Cinderella, Zorro, The Frog Princess, and Sleeping Beauty (2009, 2000). She would like to thank her family for their persistent love and support, Ruth for lessons in art, life, and integrity, and Lynn for her dedication to our dreams.

REBA SENSKE (Costume Designer) is currently CCM’s Associate Costume Designer.

She’s designed costumes for ETC’s Becky’s New Car, My Name is Asher Lev, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, 33 Variations, Mauritius, Grey Gardens, The Seafarer, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Mary’s Wedding, Rabbit Hole, Souvenir, String of Pearls, I Am My Own Wife, Nite Club Confidential, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), among countless others. Her other credits include ETC’s world premiere holiday productions of Ugly Duck, Cinderella, The Frog Princess, Alice in Wonderland, and Sleeping Beauty, as well as Side Man, A Question of Mercy, Edward Albee’s Seascape, and Traveler in the Dark. Recent CCM credits include: Hot Summer Nights’ Violet, We Tell the Story, and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. Other CCM credits include: Wonderful Town, The Boys from Syracuse, Oklahoma!, and Big River. She designed Noah’s Flood for the May Festival and is Cincinnati Opera’s costume coordinator.

She designed Ainadamar, Cosi Fan Tutti and We Rise to Freedom for the Cincinnati Opera.

SCOT WOOLLEY (Musical Director) appeared at ETC in 33 Variations, Grey Gardens, and Souvenir (also at Vienna’s English Theatre). He created Broadway arrangements for State Fair, and Off-Broadway vocal arrangements for Tapestry, the Music of Carole King. Other ETC credits include 25 The Musical, Cinderella, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Mack and Mabel, and Nite Club Confidential, for which he conducted and played the piano. He also composed the theme for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float in 2004. Playhouse credits include conducting for Rocky Horror, Candide, Carnival, as well as performing in the world premiere of Ace. He conducted national tours of Crazy For You and Tommy and conducted and arranged music for productions at Alliance Theatre, Syracuse Stage, and Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. His other credits include serving as music director/pianist for Five Course Love at Dayton’s Human Race Theatre and as conductor with Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Lyric Theater. His arrangements were recently heard with the KSO in performance with the band Over The Rhine. Mr. Woolley has been orchestrating material for Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic and KSO.

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THE PRODUCTION TEAM (Cont.)

DEE ANNE BRYLL (Choreographer) Ms. Bryll's Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati credits include Nite Club Confidential, The Guys, Syncopation, Cinderella, The Frog Princess, and Snow White.

Her regional credits include Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s The Clean House (2006), A Christmas Carol (2000-2012), dance consultant for Marry Me a Little (2009) and The Glass Menagerie (1999). Ms. Bryll has been a director/choreographer for shows including: The Music Man, I Love a Piano and I Do! I Do!, Cincinnati Landmark Theatre; Falsettos, Singin' in the Rain, She Loves Me, Smokey Joe’s Café, Ragtime, The Pajama Game, Windy City (regional premiere) and the CEA award-winning productions of Parade, Evita and Assassins. She won a 2006 CEA award for her performance as Maggie Jones in 42nd Street. She and her husband, Edward Cohen, were awarded the 2010 Acclaim Trailblazer Award for contribution to Cincinnati Theatre.

Ms. Bryll has held faculty positions at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department, Northern Kentucky University, St. Ursula Academy and The School for Creative and Performing Arts.

AARON CLEMENTS (Technical Operations Director) is now in his fourth year at ETC. He is a native of Charlotte, NC and received his B.F.A. in Theater with a design/technical emphasis at Greensboro College. Mr. Clements worked four seasons at Seaside Music Theater as a carpenter, master carpenter, metal shop foreman, and as the assistant technical director for a winter season. He received his M.F.A. in Technical Direction from UC’s College-Conservatory of Music. He has also worked as a carpenter for ETC’s productions of Grey Gardens and Alice in Wonderland.

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THE PREMIERE SOCIETY ETC created the Premiere Society to recognize individuals who have made gifts totaling $1,000 or more within the past year. The exceptional generosity of these donors enables ETC to present world class new works and works new to the region by having the resources to achieve the highest level of artistic quality possible. The following list was updated November 2, 2012 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $1,000 + since September 1, 2011. For questions or corrections, please contact Jocelyn Meyer at (513) 421-3555, ext. 15.

WORLD CIRCLE ($10,000+): Anonymous ArtsWave The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Charles O. Carothers The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc. Sue & Bill Friedlander The Greater Cincinnati Foundation The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./US Bank Foundation Jack J. Smith, Jr. Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, N.A and Karen Wachs, Co-Trustees The Andrew Jergens Foundation The Estate of Dr. Stanley Kaplan LPK Macy's Mitchell S. Meyers & Jacqueline P. Meyers Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Arts Council Richard Postler and Manuel Hernandez John and Ruth Sawyer Fund* Ladislas & Vilma Segoe Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. PNC Foundation NATIONAL CIRCLE ($5,000-$9,999): William P. Anderson Foundation Mary & William Bonansinga Charitable Family Fund* Harry & Linda Fath Stephen M. King & Lynne M. Miller Kroger Edward & Anita Marks Messer Construction Co. James & Mary Nordlund The Dudley Taft Charitable Foundation Reuben Herzfeld Fund* REGIONAL CIRCLE ($2,500-$4,999): Anonymous Kenneth & Joan Campbell Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Closson, Jr. Crosset Family Fund* Thomas R. Dietz GBBN Architects Dennis & Rita Geiger Chip Gerhardt Mr. & Mrs. Skip & Susan Hickenlooper David and Judith Morgan Fund*

Jack & Moe Rouse Fund* Schiff, Kreidler-Shell Pete & Ginger Strange Family Fund* UC Physicians Co. CINCINNATI CIRCLE ($1,000-$2,499): Anonymous (2) Americana Arts Foundation Nicholas Apanius Mrs. Charlene Breidster Netherland Rubber Company Meredythe G. & Clayton C. Daley, Jr. Family Fund* Mark & Gigi Daly Kathy DeLaura and Ron Steinhoff Dee & David Dillon Donor Advised Fund* John & Jen DuBois Mary & Bob Fitzpatrick Linda Greenberg Fund* Bob and Mary Hamilton Suzanne & Dr. Bob Hasl Robert & Judy Heaton Daniel Hurley William and Mary Jane James Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund* Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Nancy Lutz Judith B. Green & Thomas M. McDonough Mr. Ihor & Dr. Lisa Jo Melnyk Sharon & Graham Mitchell Diane & Dave Moccia Pat O'Connor Marilyn Z. Ott Pepper Family Fund* James & Sue Riley Marvin & Besty Schwartz Fund* Jane Bogart Sellers Arnie & Ina Shayne Shelly Shor Gerson Drs. Brian & Tracey Skale Paul & Jill Staubitz Paula M. Steiner The Corky & Rick Steiner Family Foundation Glenda Suttman Ed Trach Mr. Laurence Weber Mr. and Mrs. Anthony. Woodward The Dennis B. & Patricia L. Worthen Fund Mike & Liz Zimmer

* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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OUR DONORS & SUPPORTERS ETC gratefully acknowledges the extraordinary individuals, families, and organizations whose generous support makes it possible for us to present exceptional theatre and unique educational outreach programs for our community. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. For questions or corrections, please contact Jocelyn Meyer at (513) 421-3555, ext. 15.

The following list was updated November 2, 2012 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $125 + since September 1, 2011.

ACTORS COLUMN (ALL DONORS $500-$999): Anonymous (2) Michael Berry & Melanie Garner Mike & Juliette Bezold David & Elaine Billmire Bob & Elaine Blatt Rosemary H. & Frank Bloom Special Fund* Clay and Emily Bond Mark Dauner The Rafael de Acha & Kimberly Daniel de Acha Family Foundation Mary Pat England Eva G. & Oakley Farris Kenneth J. Furrier Marilyn & Joseph Hirschhorn Keith & Patti James mj Dynamics Arleene Keller Villa Madonna Academy Norah & joe Mock Deborah & John Moffatt Kit & Jack Overbeck Doreen Quinn Jack & Kris Schwein Linda & Andy Smith John and Martha Spiess Mary R. Stagaman Nellie Leaman Taft Charitable Foundation Maureen & Larry Vignola Irwin and Barbara Weinberg Jo Ann Wieghaus STAGE MANAGERS COLUMN (ALL DONORS $250-$499): Actors' Equity Foundation, Inc. Helen & Keith Armstrong Fund* Leonard & Barbara Berenfield Neil E. Billman, In Memory of Taffy Billman Dorothy Blatt Mark Bowen Debbie & Jody Brandt

Daniel Brown & Mark Haggard Jacklyn Bryson Michael L. Cioffi Larry & Janet Clements Kelly M. Dehan & Stephen H. Gallenstein Kathryn J. DeLong Darin Dugan Duke Energy Richard Fencl GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program David W. and Frances H. Goldman Fund* Helen & John Habbert Michael Haney & Amy Warner Judith Harmony & Richard Jackson Debra Hartsell Betty Huck Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Matching Gifts Program Michael & Barbara Lancor William & Sibyl Miller Hatsuki Miyata Alice & Burton Perlman Margaret M. Reid Tim & Mary Riordan J. R. Rulon Mark Silbersack & Ruth Schwallie Leslie Shiels Eleanor Shott Edward & Anne Stern Elizabeth Stites & Kevin Randall Dr. & Mrs. Joe & Nancy Stratman Dixie & Bill Utter Buzz Ward Steve F. Warkany Fund* CREW COLUMN (ALL DONORS $125-$249): Anonymous (4) Karen & Fred Abel Scott & Anne Aiken Norita Aplin & Stanley Ragle Neil Bortz

* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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OUR DONORS & SUPPORTERS (Cont.)

David A. Brashear Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Matching Gift Program Chester & Joy Cavaliere Kevin & Linda Chaney Douglas L. Custis & Katherine A. Keller Charlene Davis Judith de Luce Richard & Tracy Diehl Richard & Deirdre Dyson Peggy Eberhard Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Fink Michael & Teddy Gumbleton Steve & Becky Haines Irving Harris Sue Harris Ann Hicks Dale Hodges David & Karen Hoguet Cindy & Bill Hopping Erin Houlihan & John Bostick Nancy Jones & Richard Sippel Charles D. King Margaret W. Kite, In Honor of Ruth Sawyer Carmen & Rich Kovarsky Mr. and Mrs. Polk Laffoon, IV

Dorothy K. Larsson Alfonso & Mary Lopez Dick & Barbara Males Susan Marmo & Neil Berman Graham & Karen Paxton Elaine Reubel Steven & Carol Reubel Danielle & Kenneth Revelson Becky & Ted Richards George & Caroll Roden Mary Rogers, in Honor of Joseph McDonough Richard Russell Catharine B. Saelinger Joe & Kathy Schwab Paul & Marcia Shortt Richard & Jackie Snyder Jean Springer Tom Tepe Autocenter Tom Umfrid and Phil Tworek Priscilla S. Walford Jane A. Walker Jackie Weist Joseph Wessling Kate & Jay Wilford Joseph D. Williams

SUPPORT YOUR PREMIERE THEATRE! Even with sold-out houses, ticket sales only make up ~34% of ETC’s annual budget. So, we rely on donor support to help bridge the gap between our affordable ticket prices and the cost it takes to produce exceptional theatre with high professional and artistic quality. Your contributions help support all of our programs and professional artists, while also making a significant impact on Over-the-Rhine by allowing us to remain a viable, economic engine for the neighborhood.

WAYS TO DONATE: 1. Donate online 24/7 @ www.ensemblecincinnati.org

3. Text "ETCGIVE" to 20222 to give $10

4. Charge by phone, (513) 421-3555 2. Mail a check to: ENSEMBLE THEATRE CINCINNATI 5. Give in the form of appreciated stock.

1127 Vine Street Contact our Development Dept. for instructions.

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

6. Name ETC in your will or estate bequest.

ETC is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization and your contribution is tax-deductible. * Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE BOARD

John Sawyer, Chair Stephen M. King, President Marcene C. Kinney, Vice President Mitchell Meyers, Treasurer Jane Sellers, Secretary

ADVISORY MEMBERS Chet Cavaliere

TRUSTEES

Nick Apanius Mary Bonansinga Otto M. Budig Dr. Charles O. Carothers Kathy DeLaura Tom Dietz Dennis Geiger Chip Gerhardt

Skip Hickenlooper Dan Hurley Edward G. Marks Richard L. Postler Ruth D. Sawyer Mary Stagaman Mike Zimmer

STAFF D. Lynn Meyers, Producing Artistic Director Richard J. Diehl, Managing Director Jocelyn Meyer, Director of Communications & Development Manager Chet Cavaliere, Financial Advisor Amy King Ruggaber, Director of Education Jared D. Doren, Patron Services Manager & Development Associate John Diehl, Box Office Associate Seth Longland, Box Office Associate Jenna McBride, Box Office Associate Sarah Nix, Box Office Associate

Ashley Johnson, Producing Associate Brian c. Mehring, Resident Set & Lighting Designer Matthew Hollstegge, Production Coordinator & Master Electrician Shannon Rae Lutz, Properties Master, Design Assistant, & Director of Intern Programming Aaron Clements, Technical Operations Director Katie Hamilton, Assistant Technical Director Constance Dubinski, Production Stage Manager Caity O'Shaughnessy, House Manager Officer Nick Ligon, Head of Security

Jessica Gardner, Administrative Intern Amy Janowiecki, Marketing & Public Relations Intern Rachel Burson, Stage Management Intern Margot Whitney, Stage Management Intern Stefan Haase, Technical Apprentice

2012 –2013 ACTING INTERN COMPANY Leah Baker Anne Dufault Spenser Smith Tess Talbot

Nick Tsangaris Paloma White Sarah White

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BOX OFFICE POLICIES & GENERAL INFORMATION ENSEMBLE THEATRE CINCINNATI 1127 Vine Street | Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 | www.ensemblecincinnati.org

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ETC BOX OFFICE HOURS & ACCEPTED PAYMENT Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 2 hours prior to curtain. Weekend hours vary. VISA, MC, Discover, and AmEx are accepted, as well as Downtown Gift Cards and Over-the-Rhine Merchant Gift Cards.

TICKET RESERVATIONS & SALE POLICY Reservations can be made by calling (513) 421-3555, in person at 1127 Vine Street, or online at www.ensemblecincinnat.org. Ticket reservations are not accepted via email. Single-ticket purchases are a final sale with no refund. Single tickets may, however, be exchanged for another performance during the run of a show for a fee, but may not be exchanged from one production to another. If a patron is a no-show for their reserved performance, ETC is under no obligation to reschedule his or her tickets.

TAX CREDITS

 If for any reason you cannot attend your performance and cannot reschedule for another date, tickets released prior to performances by calling the ETC box office are fully deductible as a charitable contribution. No-shows or tickets released after curtain time do not qualify as tax credits.

 PARKING Patrons may park at the Gateway Garage (accessible via 12 Street) or at the surface lot, both are conveniently th

located at the corner of Vine and 12th Streets. Parking is also available at Washington Park Garage, accessible via Elm or Race Street. Charges vary.

LATECOMERS & ADMITTANCE

 Latecomers will be seated at the House Manager’s discretion. Latecomers may be denied admission depending

upon the demands or structure of a particular production. Please allow yourself adequate time to arrive, park, pick up your tickets, and be seated. Should you need to leave the theatre during a performance, readmittance is not guaranteed and will be at the discretion of the House Manager. ETC reserves the right to deny admission and/or remove any disruptive patrons from the theatre at any time.

RESTROOMS

 Restrooms are located at the front of the lobby. Should you need to use the restroom during a performance, please exit the theatre the same way you came in. You will be reseated at the discretion of the House Manager.

ACCESSIBILITY

 Please notify the box office in advance if you require wheelchair-accessible seating or have special seating

needs and our staff will be happy to accommodate you. Audio-enhancement and large-print playbills are offered for all productions and may be picked up at the box office counter prior to curtain. Generally, signinterpreted performances for the hearing-impaired are offered on the third Wednesday of every production.

CAMERAS, CELL PHONES & STAGE

µ Actors’ Equity Association strictly prohibits the use of cameras or recording devices (including camera phones) in the theatre. Kindly turn off any cell phones or pagers prior to the show starting. Text messaging during the show disturbs other audience members and actors and will not be tolerated. For safety reasons, audience members are strictly prohibited from standing, sitting or otherwise being or putting anything onstage at any time.

& DISCOUNTS  GROUPS Groups of 10 or more can save over single-ticket prices, please call (513) 421-3555 for more information and pricing. Student rates, Public Radio Perks Card, AAA, ArtsWave Fun Card, Enjoy the Arts, and educator and military member discounts available (please consult your appropriate membership(s) for details and exclusions).

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