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RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN

by Gina Gionfriddo

Directed by D. Lynn Meyers† October 9-27, 2013 Set & Lighting Designer Sound Designer Costume Designer Properties Master & Design Assistant Production Coordinator & Master Electrician Production Stage Manager Technical Operations Director

Brian c. Mehring Fitz Pattonǂ Reba Senske Shannon Rae Lutz Matthew Hollstegge Brandon T. Holmes* Aaron Clements

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Production member belongs to United Scenic Artists, Local 829, a labor union representing designers and artists in the entertainment industry. It is a nationwide autonomous Local of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).

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CAST & CREW CAST (in order of appearance)

Gwen Harper................................................................................................. Jen Joplin* Catherine Croll.............................................................................. Corinne Mohlenhoff* Don Harper................................................................................................Charlie Clark* Avery Willard........................................................................................Hannah Sawicki Alice Croll...............................................................................................Patricia Linhart*

RUNNING CREW

Assistant Director.......................................................................................Ben Raanan 1st Assistant Stage Manager.............................................................. Melissa Olberding 2nd Assistant Stage Manager................................................................... Zak Schneider Sound Board Operator........................................................................... Jeremy Parker Light Board Operator............................................................................... Becca Howell Running Crew........................................... Jared Hudson, Ben Raanan, Sola Thompson Wardrobe........................................................................ Jared Hudson, Jeremy Parker

UNDERSTUDIES

Gwen Harper........................................................................................... Becca Howell Catherine Croll........................................................................................... Linnea Bond Don Harper.............................................................................................. Jared Hudson Avery Willard........................................................................................ Sola Thompson Alice Croll................................................................................................ Jeremy Parker

SETTING

A college town in New England; summer.

Rapture, Blister, Burn is performed with one intermission.

Approximate total running time is 2 hours, 15 minutes.

PLAY/Back Series Upcoming PLAY/Back Dates:

Rapture, Blister, Burn Head of History, Philosophy, & Political Science, University of Cincinnati, Blue Ash

Thurs, October 24th Dr. Anne Runyan

Professor, Department of Women's Studies, University of Cincinnati

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Thursday, October 17th Dr. Andrea Kornbluh

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DIRECTOR'S NOTES I have long admired Gina Gionfriddo’s work; two of her other plays, After Ashley and Becky Shaw, were strongly considered to be part of past seasons here at ETC. When I read Rapture, Blister, Burn, I was captivated and delighted. In this one play she has managed to sum up both political and private outcomes of the women’s movement and has done so in a sexy, intriguing way.

Make no mistake though, Rapture, Blister, Burn is also a love story. The story of “the one who got away” and what happens when we get them back, is one that most of us have not been able to play out in our own lives. I adore that Gionfriddo allows us to go down the road less traveled and blaze a path exploring a future that most of us would feel is off limits.

Now in casting this play, the question of “what does the age 40 look like?” kept coming up. I can honestly say that it was a point of great discussion and great concern. We had to find women who were roughly 20 years apart. Corinne, Jen and Charlie (who play Catherine, Gwen, and Don, respectively) are close to being the exact same age so we chose the other two actors on either side of this triangle. How great that 40 is the new 30 and 60 the new 50, but how confusing when casting a play!

As a working woman who was raised by a working woman, who had been raised by a working woman, the whole notion of exploring the “women’s movement” was never discussed in our home. We simply lived it. We were women who were on the move, there were careers and families, successes and struggles.

Gina Gionfriddo is following in the extraordinary footsteps of Wendy Wasserstein, whose plays broke ground a few decades ago in bringing the challenge of being a “successful woman” to the stage. With The Heidi Chronicles and Uncommon Women and Others, she took the issues from the theoretical to the tangible and we watched them play out. As we women continue to reinvent and explore our roles at home and in society, having such remarkable writers capture our stories is indeed wonderful.

This play is smart, funny, and touching. Fantasies and fears entwine, cautious people leap into the deep end of the living pool without a life jacket. Even though it is October, we are taking one step back and sharing a special summer with five fascinating people. Enjoy the vacation.

-D. Lynn Meyers

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BACKSTORY: HORROR 101 Reprinted with Permission from Playwrights Horizons In Rapture, Blister, Burn, as rockstar academic Catherine whisks her motley class through a survey of feminism in the 20th century, she finds startling resonances in the history of horror flicks. "Horror movies can be read," she tells them, "as the collective nightmares of the generations that produced them." Taking a cue from Catherine, a quick look at the trajectory of the horror genre reveals an unexpected history of 20th century culture, as the anxieties and stresses unique to each decade are personified by the monsters we imagine, from zombies to psychopaths to enemies of state.

The '40s: As a real monster terrorized Europe, Americans were falling for "monster-horror," most notably The Wolf Man. Hitler often referred to the SS as "my pack of wolves," and gave Nazi bases names such as "Wolf's Lair" or "Wolf's Gulch."

The '50s: Nuclear Annihilation. Aliens. Communists. We feared everything from post-nuclear monsters like Godzilla to an Invasion of the Body Snatchers, in which aliens invade Earth and replace humans with clones—a parable that was either anti-McCarthy or anti-communist, depending on where you stood.

The '60s: After a decade of Cold War with nary a Soviet invasion, paranoia gave way to optimism. While everyone was turning on, tuning in, and dropping out, horror turned its critique toward American society. Often considered the first-ever subversive horror movie, Night of the Living Dead follows a black hero who survives an undead invasion only to be shot dead by the redneck living.

The '70s: Vietnam. Watergate. Oil strikes. Hostages in Iran. Disco. The progressive optimism of the '60s gave way to a "silent majority" in the '70s that feared a disintegrating national moral character. A monster could lurk within any normal American family. Whether it's your Mom (Shivers), Dad (The Shining), husband (The Stepford Wives), son (The Omen), or daughter (The Exorcist), the killer is inside...the...house!

The '80s: The conservative worries of the '70s came to a head in the era of New Coke. Someone had to bring the hard drugs and sexual liberation to a gruesome end. Somebody like, say, Freddy Krueger? Enter The Slasher Film, in which promiscuous teens avoid unwanted pregnancies and the threat of AIDS entirely by losing their heads before they can lose their virginities.

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The '90s: By this time, America was just, like, so totally over horror. Flush from the tech bubble, we laughed at our old fears. Horror films were dominated by post-modern commentary on the genre in films like Scream or Peter Jackson's Braindead.

Which brings us to a new millennium and the trend of "Torture Porn," a subject that (as you'll see) proves divisive in Catherine's increasingly volatile classroom.

Showing us every grisly detail, torture films reflect (according to academics and critics) a palpable feeling of American vulnerability. In Hostel (2005), for example, American backpackers go for a jaunt in a former Soviet-bloc country, only to be captured and tortured by foreigners. Whether this can be read as a comment on American exceptionalism or a reaction to Abu Ghraib, it's a possible insight to the American mindset, as pointed out by Gionfroddo's play, and evidenced by our relationship to horror films over time.

- Jerry Lieblich, Literary Resident, Playwrights Horizons

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THE CAST JEN JOPLIN (Gwen Harper) is thrilled to be making her Ensemble debut. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity, a graduate of Wright State University, a resident artist with the Human Race Theatre in Dayton, and Development Associate at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Originally from St. Louis, she has worked across the country as an actress, voiceover artist, producer, and teacher. Some of her favorite roles include Annette in God of Carnage, Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra, Catherine in Proof, Maria in Twelfth Night, Lenny in Crimes of the Heart, Bun in The Love Talker, and Harper in Angels in America. She would like to thank Lynn for this opportunity to play with such a fantastic cast and crew. Her heart and thanks belong to Jason, her husband, and Max, her son, for all they do to help Mommy take the stage.

CORINNE MOHLENHOFF (Catherine Croll) is thrilled to be returning to ETC. She was last seen in Collected Stories.

Ms. Mohlenhoff is a native of New Jersey and has spent time training and working in theaters in Pennsylvania, California, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. She has had the pleasure of working for various local theatres, including Human Race Theatre Company and Ovation Theatre Company. She is onstage most often at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, where she was seen most recently in Les Liaisons Dangereuses and the world premiere of Joe Stollenwerk’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Above all, she loves her role as Mom to her son and daughter. Special thanks to her Mom and Dad for all of their help and support, and thanks especially to Brian—for his boundless love, understanding, encouragement, and inspiration.

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THE CAST CONT. CHARLIE CLARK (Don Harper), is thrilled to be back at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, where he was last seen in the remount of Next to Normal as Doctor Madden. Now an Indianapolis-based actor, he played Dan this past winter in Phoenix Theatre’s production of Next to Normal and was just seen in this summer’s sold-out run of Church Girls at Commonwealth Dinner Theatre at NKU. His previous Cincinnati credits include: Enoch Snow (Acclaim Award) in Carousel, Fagin in Oliver!, and Freddie (Acclaim Award) in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Carnegie; Brandon in Next Fall, Joe/Jerry in Grey Gardens, Man #2 in Don’t Make Me Pull This Show Over, Prince Ivan in The Frog Princess, and Tweedledum in Alice in Wonderland, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; Boyet in Loves Labour’s Lost and Lord Chamberlain in Henry VIII, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. His other local credits include The Full Monty, Sunday in the Park with George, and Take Me Out, See What I Wanna See, Hello Again, and The Charlie Clark Show. Mr. Clark's Chicago credits include Gabriel in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Apple Tree Theatre; Harvey in The Hawkshaws, The Baum House; and Frank (After Dark Award) in Merrily We Roll Along, Jack (After Dark Award) in Into the Woods, and Robert (Jeff Award) in Company, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago, among others. Mr. Clark would like to thank his wife, Greta, and sons Ben, Jack, and Owen for letting him play. You can see what he is doing next at facebook.com/charlie.clark.actor.

HANNAH SAWICKI (Avery Willard) is so excited and grateful to be making her debut at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. She is returning home to Cincinnati, having graduated cum laude from Butler University with a B.A. in Theatre and a minor in Digital Media Production. Most recently Ms. Sawicki's favorite roles have been Selena in the devised piece Lunar 2.0 with Butler University, Princess of Rhyme in The Phantom Tollbooth with NoExit Performance, and Violet in the independent horror movie Coda. She would like to thank all of her family and friends for all of their love, support, encouragement, and advice for without which she wouldn't have ended up here. Enjoy the show!

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THE CAST CONT. PATRICIA LINHART (Alice Croll) is very excited to be working again at ETC. She has had the pleasure of being involved with the professional play readings of three world premiere musicals: Orphan Train, Campaign and River of Freedom. She comes to ETC from a successful run of Becky's New Car at the Human Race Theatre of Dayton where she is a resident company member. Other favorites at the Human Race include A Little Night Music, Harold and Maude, Closer Than Ever, and The Sisters Rosensweig. At Dayton’s Victoria Theatre, she has been seen in Quilters, I Hate Hamlet, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Green Gables. Other venues include The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Cincinnati POPS with concerts at Music Hall as well as Carnegie Hall. Ms. Linhart's day job is Educator, Associate Professor of Musical Theatre Voice at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she received the Ernest N. Glover “Outstanding Teacher Award.” She is a proud member of Actors' Equity.

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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR D. LYNN MEYERS is in her sixteenth season as the Producing Artistic Director of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati where she has directed over fifty world and regional premieres, including Good People, Alice in Wonderland, Next to Normal, and The Whipping Man. She recently directed The Pavilion at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Pride and Prejudice for the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. She directed Off-Broadway at the York Theatre with Marsha Norman’s Traveler in the Dark and James McClure’s Max and Maxie. Her regional work includes Capital Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Florida Stage, and the Falcon Theatre in Los Angeles where she directed the Sweet 16 anniversary production of Steel Magnolias. Her several Canadian national tours included Mass Appeal with the late great Gale Gordon. As a producer for Dove Audio, she produced and directed dozens of audio books. She served as the Associate Artistic Director of the Cincinnati Playhouse for several seasons where she cast over one hundred productions as well as directed in both the Marx and Shelterhouse theatres. In addition to her directing work, she is a member of the Casting Society of America and has cast for Hallmark, PBS, CBS, BBC, HBO, MTM, Paramount and MGM. Her favorite feature credit is serving as Location Casting Director for the Academy Award-winning Shawshank Redemption. She was named one of four finalists for the Zelda Fichandler National Award in 2011, honoring directors whose work is making an impact on the art form and their community. She was honored as a YWCA Woman of Achievement and given the Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Continued Excellence. She is a proud graduate of Thomas More College and serves on the college’s Board of Trustees.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT GINA GIONFRIDDO has received the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights, a Lucille Lortel Fellowship, and a Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship. Her work includes After Ashley, Safe, Trepidation Nation, U.S. Drag (published in "Women Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2002") and Guinevere. After Ashley and U.S. Drag are published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

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THE PRODUCTION TEAM BRANDON T. HOLMES (Production Stage Manager) is currently in his second season with Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. Previous productions include Alice in Wonderland, Freud’s Last Session, and Black Pearl Sings!. He holds a BFA from Wichita State University in Technical Theatre and Design. This past summer, he served as Production Stage Manager for LOOK Musical Theatre in Tulsa, OK. There, he stage managed productions of Hello, Dolly, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Side

By Side By Sondheim. He has also worked with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Music Theatre of Wichita, Theatre in the Park, Kansas City Starlight, and Wichita Center for the Arts. Favorite productions include Thunder Knocking on the Door, Merrily We Roll Along (directed by John Doyle), Disney’s The Little Mermaid, The Producers, Miss Saigon and Sunset Boulevard.

Thank you to the cast and design staff for making this a fantastic experience. Love to MDRJMAT. Proud Actors' Equity Association member!

BRIAN c. MEHRING (Resident Set & Lighting 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 and 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.

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.

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, 2012), 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.

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PRODUCTION TEAM CONT. 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.

FITZ PAT TON (Sound Designer) has designed and scored more than 260 productions in 20 cities across the U.S, and was the designer for I'll Eat You Last, featuring Bette Midler at The Booth. In 2010, he was awarded both Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Awards for his design for When the Rain Stops Falling at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, and was nominated again in 2011 for his work on The Other Place at MCC, which completed its Broadway run this winter at the Friedman. His symphony, The Holy Land, a 45-minute work for baritone, tenor, mezzo-soprano, and orchestra, was completed in January of this year, and he is the founder of Chance Magazine, a new theatre design magazine that debuted in May.

REBA SENSKE (Costume Designer) is 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.

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MCF Advisors, LCC David & Judith Morgan Fund* Jack & Moe Rouse Fund* Pete & Ginger Strange Family Fund* UC Physicians Co. CINCINNATI CIRCLE ($1,000-$2,499): Anonymous (3) Anatole Alper Americana Arts Foundation Nicholas Apanius Mrs. Charlene Breidster Thomas R. Dietz Kathy DeLaura & Ron Steinhoff Dee & David Dillon Fund* John & Jen DuBois Grace A. Epstein Mary & Bob Fitzpatrick Linda & Gary Greenberg Bob & Mary Hamilton Suzanne & Dr. Bob Hasl Bob & Judy Heaton Daniel Hurley William & Mary Jane James Cecilia & Tom Kloecker Kroger Community Rewards Program Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Nancy Lutz Judith B. Green & Thomas M. McDonough Dr. Lisa Jo Melnyk Sharon & Graham Mitchell Diane & Dave Moccia Dr. Patricia O'Connor Joseph A. & Susan E. Pichler Fund* Sue & Jerry Ransohoff Fund* Hera Reines James & Sue Riley Marvin & Betsy Schwartz Fund* Jane Bogart Sellers Shelly Shor Gerson Linda & Andy Smith Mary Stagaman Paul & Jill Staubitz Paula Steiner The Corky & Rick Steiner Family Foundation Glenda Suttman Target Stores Judith B. Titchener Ed Trach U.S. Bank Mr. & Mrs. Anthony. Woodward The Dennis B. & Patricia L. Worthen Fund Mike & Liz Zimmer

OUR 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. The following list was updated September 21, 2013 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $125+ since July 1, 2012. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. For questions or corrections, please contact Ashley Johnson at (513) 421-3555, ext. 17.

ACTORS COLUMN ($500-$999): Anonymous (2) Joan & Oliver Baily Malcolm A. & Glenda Bernstein Michael Berry & Melanie Garner David & Elaine Billmire Bob & Elaine Blatt Rosemary H. & Frank Bloom Special Fund* Carter & Jo Ann Bobbitt, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Robert L. Bogenschutz Clay & Emily Bond Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Matching Gift Program Jacklyn & Gary Bryson Denise & Martin Chambers Meredythe G. & Clayton C. Daley, Jr. Family Fund* Mark & Louis Dauner Mary Pat England Nora Zorich & Thomas Filardo Family Fund* Kenneth J. Furrier GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program Michael Haney & Amy Warner Marilyn P. & Joseph W. Hirschhorn Fund* Florette Hoffheimer Betty Huck John Isador & Sandy Kaltman Keith & Patti James Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Matching Gifts Program Arleene Keller Norah & joe Mock Deborah & John Moffatt Marilyn Z. Ott Kit & Jack Overbeck Nellie Leaman Taft Charitable Foundation Carol Talbot & John Battistone Mr. Laurence Weber Irwin & Barbara Weinberg Mark D. Manley & Annette Januzzi Wick Jo Ann Wieghaus Jeffrey & Nadia Wuest

Larry & Janet Clements Susannah Davids & Steve Myer Judith de Luce Kelly M. Dehan & Stephen H. Gallenstein Kathy DeLaura & Ron Steinhoff Darin Dugan Ray & Kay Edwards Robert & Elizabeth W. Ehrsam Richard & Carol Fencl Terrell & Susan Finney David W. & Frances H. Goldman Fund* Helen & John Habbert Judith Harmony & Richard Jackson Sue Harris & Meredith Green Debra Hartsell & Michael James Nada Latto, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Alfonso & Mary Lopez Len & Sherie Marek Dr. & Mrs. John E. McCall Ryan Messer & James Musuraca William & Sibyl Miller Hatsuki Miyata

STAGE MANAGERS COLUMN ($250-$499): Anonymous (3) Richard & Susan Baum Leonard Berenfield Neil E. Billman, In memory of Eunice Billman Eileen & William Bishop Daniel Brown & Mark Haggard Brenda Carter Cincinnati Veterans' Affairs Medical Center Research Service, In honor of Kathy DeLaura * Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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OUR SUPPORTERS, CONT. STAGE MANAGERS CONT. mj Dynamics William & Sara Morgan, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Hon. Norbert & Linnea Nadel Michael Nordlund & Lisa Lee Morris & Patricia Passer Family Fund* Alice & Burton Perlman Barbara & Michael Porte Barry L. Prince Becky & Ted Richards Tim & Mary Riordan George & Caroll Roden J. R. Rulon Jude Samuel John & Martha Spiess Ed & Anne Stern Elizabeth Stites & Kevin Randall Dr. & Mrs. Joe & Nancy Stratman Sarah S. Timmons, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Dixie & Bill Utter Jennifer Verkamp Buzz Ward Steve F. Warkany Fund* Gene Wilson Zaring Family Foundation, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer CREW COLUMN ($125-$249): Anonymous (3) Larry & Debby Adams Anne Aiken Albert & Lillian Andrews Gail Barker, M.D. John Batchelor Hal & Sandi Bernstein Neil Bortz & Susan Myers Warren & Gail Cato Kevin & Linda Chaney Sally Chatfield Dunn Jean & Matt Chimsky James Cissell Susan Cohen & Robert Schmuelling Dr. & Mrs. Alan Cordell Rev. Dr. Robert W. Croskery & Beverly Croskery, Ph.D. Douglas L. Custis & Katherine A. Keller Charlene Davis Emilie W. & David W. Dressler Family Fund* Peggy Eberhard Charles K. Eckert Charles & Harriet Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Fink Deborah Friedman Carol S. Friel Janice & Sidney Goldstein Mrs. Madeleine H. Gordon Cyndi Grammel, In honor of Skylar Cherry Sean Gray Michael Gumbleton & Teddy Gumbleton Ann E. Hicks * Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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Dale Hodges Emily M. Hodges Fund David & Karen Hoguet Cindy & Bill Hopping Erin Houlihan & John Bostick James Jorden Charles D. King Tana Kirkbride & Amit Gupta Carmen & Rich Kovarsky Mr. & Mrs. Polk Laffoon, IV Dorothy K. Larsson Lowell Latto, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer M. Ann Leech John Lin Jacqueline M. Mack & Dr. Edward B. Silberstein DeDe & Kevin McNeal Jan & Marilyn Methlie Dr. Ralph Meyer Ronald & Nancy Mielech Ariel Miller, In honor of John & Ruth Sawyer Anu & Shekhar Mitra Nora Moushey Eunice H. Murphy Paul & Mary Ann Odegard Irene & Daniel Randolph Family Barbara & Dave Reaman Margaret M. Reid Danielle & Kenneth Revelson Joyce Rich Barbara Robb, in honor of Sara Mackie Dr. Raymond H. Rolwing Marianne & Snowden Rowe, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Richard Russell Patti & Mitchell Sacks Catharine B. Saelinger Jeanie Schmidt Elizabeth Sherwood Eli E. Shupe, Jr. & Toby Ruben Jacqueline & Richard Snyder Jean Springer Howard & Nancy Starnbach Elizabeth A. Stone Fred & Anne Straus Charitable Fund J. Michael & Patricia Thierauf Lynda A. Thomas, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Tom Umfrid & Phil Tworek Rosalie P. van Nuis Carter Waide Priscilla S. Walford Jane A. Walker Pann & Terry Webb Mike Wedig Jackie Weist Joseph Wessling Stuart Wheaton & Lenore Horner Barbara Wiedemann Kate & Jay Wilford Joseph D. Williams Dr. & Mrs. James & Ronna Willis

OUR STAFF EXECUTIVE BOARD John Sawyer Stephen M. King Chair President Marcene Kinney Vice President

Mitchell Meyers Treasurer

Jane Sellers Secretary

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Nick Apanius Mary Bonansinga Otto M. Budig Dr. Charles O. Carothers Brenda A. Carter Kathy DeLaura Tom Dietz Dennis Geiger

Chip Gerhardt Skip Hickenlooper Dan Hurley Edward G. Marks Richard L. Postler Mary Stagaman Mike Zimmer

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF D. Lynn Meyers Producing Artistic Director

PRODUCTION STAFF Brian c. Mehring Resident Set & Lighting Designer

Richard J. Diehl Managing Director

Matthew Hollstegge Production Coordinator & Master Electrician

Jocelyn Meyer Director of Marketing & Communications Allison Fangman Director of Education Outreach Jared D. Doren Director of Patron Services & Development Associate Ashley Johnson Producing Associate FINANCIAL ADVISOR Chet Cavaliere BOX OFFICE STAFF John Diehl Seth Longland Jenna McBride Sarah Nix Becca Schall HOUSE MANAGER Amy Janowiecki HEAD OF SECURITY Officer Nick Ligon ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNS Dori Branch, Producing Melissa Foster, Marketing

Shannon Rae Lutz Property Master, Design Assistant & Director of Intern Programming Aaron Clements Technical Operations Director Jack Murphy Technical Assistant Jacob Himmelspach Technical Apprentice Brandon T. Holmes Production Stage Manager Starr Fish Costume Assistant STAGE MANAGEMENT INTERNS Melissa Olberding Zach Wells DIRECTING INTERN Ben Raanan ACTING INTERN COMPANY Linnea Bond, Becca Howell, Jared Hudson, Jeremy Parker, Hannah Sawicki, Zak Schneider, Sola Thompson

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PATRON SERVICES ENSEMBLE THEATRE CINCINNATI 1127 Vine Street | Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 | www.ensemblecincinnati.org (513) 421-3555 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.

TICKET RESERVATIONS & SALE POLICY Reservations can be made by calling the box office, in person, or online. 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 12th Street) or at the surface lot, both are conveniently 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.

CHILDREN Children under the age of 4 will not be admitted to productions unless otherwise advertised. Parents with disruptive children will be asked to leave the theatre.

LATECOMERS & ADMITTANCE Latecomers will be seated at the House Manager’s discretion and may be denied admission depending upon the demands or structure of a particular production. Should you need to leave the theatre during a performance, readmittance is not guaranteed. 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. Readmittance will be at House Manager's discretion.

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 available. Generally, sign-interpreted performances are on the third Wednesday of every production.

CAMERAS, CELL PHONES & STAGE 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.

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

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