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tribes

by Nina Raine

Directed by Michael Evan Haney† January 29-February 16, 2014 Set & Lighting Designer Sound Designer Costume Designer Properties Master & Design Assistant Production Coordinator & Master Electrician Production Stage Manager Technical Operations Director Dialect Coaches

Brian c. Mehring Fitz Pattonǂ Reba Senske Shannon Rae Lutz Matthew Hollstegge Brandon T. Holmes* Aaron Clements Kate Glasheen, Jennifer Scapetis

TRIBES was commissioned and first presented by English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre on 14 October 2010.

TRIBES was presented by Barrow Street Theatre, New York, NY in 2012.

TRIBES is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

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This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. †

*Cast/production member belongs to Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. This theatre operates under an agreement between Actors’ Equity Association, Professional Actors, and Stage Managers in the United States. Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. ‡

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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Billy........................................................................................................ Dale Dymkoski Daniel.......................................................................................... Ryan Wesley Gilreath* Ruth............................................................................................................... Jen Joplin* Sylvia.................................................................................................Kelly Mengelkoch* Christopher........................................................................................ Barry Mulholland* Beth...........................................................................................................Amy Warner*

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Assistant Director; Sound & Video Operator..............................................Ben Raanan 1st Assistant Stage Manager..........................................................................Zach Wells 2nd Assistant Stage Manager.................................................................... Becca Howell Sound & Video Operator........................................................................ Jeremy Parker Light Board Operator............................................................................... Jared Hudson Running Crew............................................ Linnea Bond, Jeremy Parker, Zak Schneider Wardrobe.................................................................. Hannah Sawicki, Sola Thompson

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Daniel..................................................................................................... Zak Schneider Ruth......................................................................................................... Becca Howell Sylvia......................................................................................................... Linnea Bond Beth........................................................................................................ Jeremy Parker

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Tribes is performed with one intermission.

Approximate total running time is 2 hours, 15 minutes.

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heading why i wrote tribes

by Nina Raine Reprinted with Permission from Royal Court Theatre, London

I first had the idea of writing Tribes when I watched a documentary about a deaf couple. The woman was pregnant. They wanted their baby to be deaf.

I was struck by the thought that this was actually what many people feel, deaf or otherwise. Parents take great pleasure in witnessing the qualities they have managed to pass on to their children. Not only a set of genes. A set of values, beliefs. Even a particular language.

The family is a tribe: an infighting tribe, but intensely loyal.

Once I started looking around, tribes were everywhere. I went to New York and was fascinated by the Orthodox Jews in Williamsburg, who all wear a sort of uniform. They were like an enormous extended family.

And just like some religions can seem completely mad to non-believers, so the rituals and hierarchies of a family can seem nonsensical to an outsider.

I learnt some sign language. I found it immensely tiring. Sign demands that you heighten your facial expressions – ‘like’ – you stroke your neck downwards and smile beatifically, ‘don’t like’ you stroke your neck upwards and make a face almost as if you are throwing up. I felt like I was being made to assume a personality that didn’t fit me. I realised how much we express our personality through the way we speak. I didn’t like having to change my personality. And sign has a different grammar. I felt stupid, slow, uncomprehending. Was this what it might be like to be a deaf person trying to follow a rapid spoken conversation? But I was also envious. I loved the way sign looked when used by those fluent in it. It could be beautiful. Wouldn’t it be great to be a ‘virtuoso’ in sign? They must exist, like poets or politicians in the hearing world…

Finally, I thought about my own family. Full of its own eccentricities, rules, in-jokes and punishments. What if someone in my (hearing, garrulous) family had been born deaf?

All these things went into the play, which took a very long time to write. All I knew was that at the beginning we would be plunged into a family dinner. The first scene was easy to write. I wrote it with no idea of the characters’ names, or of how many siblings there were. But oddly, it is one of the scenes that has hardly changed during the writing of the play. It sat there for a very long time.

And then, slowly, I wrote the rest. The crazy family was born fully formed. I just had to work out what happened to them.

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director's notes My niece, Molly, was born with a profound hearing impairment. Like Billy in tonight’s play, she was raised as a lip reader in a hearing, academic family. My wife, Amy Warner, once asked her if she liked cartoons. She answered, “No. Because when they talk their mouths only say, Blah, blah, blah.” Molly yearned for a best friend and sometimes felt she was a disappointment as a daughter. An extremely bright and engaging child, I remember one Christmas in Minnesota the extended family read A Christmas Carol together and at age six she read the role of Christmas Past. She was wonderful, sounding out the word “’Rec-la-ma-tion” with relish. She received cochlear implants during her sophomore year at Yale.

She continued her education at UC San Francisco Medical School. She is now a doctor doing research in psychiatry. Because of her, and the challenges I saw her overcome, I was drawn to this play immediately.

Tribes, by Nina Raine, examines questions that confront every family with a deaf child. We experience, in a visceral way, the issues that arise from being deaf in a very hearing world. The isolation, the exclusion and the Audism inherent in the hearing community affect not only the deaf person but also those who love them.

But one doesn’t need to know or be a deaf person to be affected by this story.

Raine’s play also examines the idea of what it means to be a family, a “tribe”, and how we define ourselves by the tribes to which we belong. The play explores the power these tribes have over us and the difficulties encountered when trying to break away from the tribe or in trying to change the tribal rules.

This is a fiercely intelligent and emotional play filled with exciting, exasperating and loving characters—just like a family. I hope you leave the theatre tonight not only with more knowledge, but also with more questions. I hope those questions lead to discussions with your loved ones about the idea of “family.” My favorite form of theatre is one that challenges us, surprises us and makes us question our place in the world. I hope this one does all of those things for you.

-Michael Evan Haney

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significant events in deaf history 1648 (UK): British physician and philosopher John Bulwer, who studied and wrote about the importance of gesture for communication, publishes Philocophus, in which he become the first person in Britain to advocate education for the deaf.

1760 (UK): Thomas Braidwood founds Braidwood’s Academy for the Deaf and Dumb in Hackney, the first of its kind in England. Braidwood adopted a combination of signing and speaking, a forerunner to the Total Communication method. However, this school was available only to those wealthy enough to afford it.

1792 (UK): Reverend John Townsend founds the first ever public school for the deaf in England.

1792-1860s (UK): Referred to as the golden age of sign language in deaf education in Britain. De l’Epee and Heinicke correspond with each other, each trying to further their own point of view. Oralism gains momentum near the end, which culminates in the International Congress on the Deaf or the Milan Conference, in 1880.

1817 (US): Thomas Gallauder and Laurent Clerc found the first American Deaf school in Connecticut. Gallaudet traveled to Europe to study methods of educating the deaf so he could bring back recommendations for a school for the deaf in America.

1818-1912 (US): More than 30 schools for the Deaf are established in America by deaf and hearing teachers from the Connecticut school. ASL flourishes, and 40 percent of all teachers in Deaf schools are deaf themselves.

1864 (US): Gallaudet University is founded in Washington, D.C., headed by the son of Thomas Gallaudet. Abraham Lincoln signs its charter and it is the only accredited facility for the deaf to offer college degrees.

1870 (US): Alexander Graham Bell becomes involved in promoting deaf education.

His mother was deaf and his father and grandfather were elocutionists, who specialized in voice presentation and delivery. He founds a school in 1872 that is focused on the oral method of instruction for teachers of the deaf using the Visible Speech method, developed by his father. This school is not very effective, earning opposition from the established Deaf schools that use the manual (sign language) method.

1876 (US): Bell invents the telephone, and on his reputation and wealth, founds the Volta Bureau to promote oralism in education for deaf children. He later becomes the first president of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf.

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1880: The International Congress on the Deaf is held, furthering the oralist agenda.

Planned and organized by a committee set up by the Pereire Society, a society in France against sign language, the Congress was biased, and over half of the invited delegates were known oralists. It was said that speech and sign together ruin opportunities to develop lip-reading and speech. A vote was held to determine which way to move forward hearing teachers and educators from Italy, France, England, Sweden, Belgium and the United States. No deaf people were present to represent themselves.

1892 (US): Electrical hearing aid is invented, and it weighs several pounds, making them difficult to use.

1941-1945 (US): World War II creates a need for labor, and deaf men and women are hired in record numbers. This alerts the hearing community to the abilities of deaf people.

1944 (UK): National Deaf Children’s Society is founded in London. The 1944 Education Act ensures that sign language is kept out of the classrooms in Britain.

1950-1960s (UK): Audiology is introduced as well as the idea of measuring hearing loss. Oralism becomes stricter in schools, with many students punished for using sign language.

1960 (US): William Stoke writes Sign Language Structure, the first book recognizing sign language as an actual language.

1964 (US): Oral deaf education is labeled a failure by the Babbidge Report, issued

by Congress.

1988 (UK): The first Resolution of the European Parliament on Sign Languages was adopted, which focused on the rights of the deaf and the importance of sign language in their lives.

2003 (UK): British Sign Language is recognized by the government as a full, independent language.

2013 (US): ASL is not yet recognized as an official language by the federal government.

Some individual states, including Minnesota, recognize ASL as a language.

—Excerpted from the Guthrie Theater Play Guide for Tribes. Reprinted with permission.

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the cast dale dymkoski (Billy) began his acting career in New York City with a foundation in the Meisner Technique, developed out of the legendary Neighborhood Playhouse. After performing in downtown experimental theater and appearing on Law & Order: SVU, he relocated to Los Angeles where he starred in the independent films Lucky Bastard, Somefarwhere, and The Pretty Boys. In between dramatic roles, Mr. Dymkoski can be found performing standup comedy at Flappers Comedy Club and the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Never one to sit still, he also enjoys playing baseball and music, training CrossFit, cooking and romping around with his two rescued Chihuahua pups. At the age of three, he was diagnosed with a moderately severe bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and was outfitted with hearing aids. He has lived through every incarnation of hearing aid, and believes today's digital technology has given him the chance to play guitar and sing in pitch, something he never thought possible. He is honored to be part of ETC's production of Tribes. For more information, visit www.daledymkoski.com.

ryan wesley gilreath (Daniel), a New York-based actor, is glad to be making his return to ETC. He was last seen in Other Desert Cities and Next Fall. His other ETC credits include 33 Variations and Mary's Wedding. As a child growing up in Cincinnati, he always wanted to be a police officer, doctor, fireman, pilot, clown, lawyer...clown. After deciding that acting would allow him to do it all, he trained at the University of Central Florida's Conservatory program. His television credits include NBC's Deception, Fox's pilot Guilty in which he had a scene opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Team Umizoomi on Nick Jr. Recently, Mr. Gilreath was seen as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol as Playhouse in the Park, worked with Emmy-nominated Stephen David Entertainment on the miniseries Gold Fever which aired on Discovery last October, and in the film The Tribunal. For more info, visit: www.ryanwesleygilreath.com.

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the cast heading cont. jen joplin (Ruth) returns to ETC, having recently appeared in Rapture, Blister, Burn earlier this season. 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 Michael 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. kelly mengelkoch (Sylvia) is thrilled to be making her ETC debut with Tribes. Originally hailing from Kansas, she is a tenth-year resident ensemble member with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (CSC), and is happy to now call the Queen City her home. Locally, she has also performed with New Stage Collective, The Human Race Theatre Company, Xavier University, as well as most recently with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in A Christmas Carol. Some favorite memories in town with CSC have been All's Well that Ends Well, The Turn of the Screw, Henry VIII: All is True, Pride and Prejudice, and Measure for Measure. She would like to send love and thanks to her many families, and especially to her ridiculously talented husband, Mr. Dubin. barry mulholland (Christopher) is pleased to return to Ensemble Theatre, having previously appeared in ETC’s productions of Freud's Last Session and End Days. Off-Broadway, he’s been seen in Wild Oats, Ghost Sonata, Faust, and Danton’s Death for Classic Stage Company, as well as the American premiere of Karen Sunde’s Balloon. Regionally, Mr. Mulholland has appeared at such theatres as Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Shakespeare, Playhouse in the Park, the Long Wharf, the Shakespeare Theatre, the Clarence Brown, Capital Rep, and Merrimack Rep, and his west coast credits include three seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, a season with Seattle’s Intiman Theatre, and the L.A. production of Love Streams, directed by John Cassavetes. His plays Existential Therapy and Barnes and Noble Conquer the World were performed in New York as part of Love Creek Theatre‘s annual festival of new plays.

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Amy warner (Beth) is delighted to be returning to ETC, where she has been seen in Other Desert Cities, End Days, Collected Stories, 33 Variations (CEA award), Fiction, Permanent Collection, The Women of Lockerbie, and The Guys.

Her Fringe Festival production of The Edge was also seen on this stage. Ms. Warner has worked locally at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in Speaking in Tongues, You Can’t Take it With You, Twelfth Night, Reckless, and A Christmas Carol; Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in Richard III, Cymbaline, Hamlet, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (CEA award), Pride & Prejudice, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses; New Stage Collective in Who is Sylvia? or The Goat (Acclaim award) and A Little NIght Music; Know Theatre Cincinnati in Angels in America, and she was in Dale Hodges’ production of Les Belles Sœurs (Acclaim award). She worked three seasons Off-Broadway with the Classic Stage Company. Her credits there include The Orestia, Faust, Danton’s Death, Frankenstein, and Wild Oats. Her Los Angeles credits include Lady Chatterley’s Lover (L.A. Drama Critics Circle nomination). She has had co-starring roles on Ally McBeal, Boston Public, The Guardian, E.R., and The Practice. She has toured her solo show, As the Wind Rocks the Wagon, directed by her husband Michael Haney across the country and abroad.

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about the director michael evan haney (Director) is delighted to return to ETC where he has directed: Freud's Last Session, Time Stands Still, End Days, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Souvenir (transferring to The English Theatre of Vienna and Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Permanent Collection, Blue/Orange, Bed Among the Lentils/Underneath the Lintel, Syncopation, The Countess, and Private Eyes. He also directed Hound of the Baskervilles and Oliver Twist at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. As Associate Artist with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, he has directed The Understudy, Over The Tavern, The History of Invulnerability, Sleuth, Blackbird, Love Song, Around the World in 80 Days (transferred Off-Broadway to the Irish Repertory Theatre), Crime and Punishment, Reckless, Witness for the Prosecution, The Clean House, A Christmas Carol (1993-2013), Bad Dates, A Picasso, Hiding Behind Comets, The Drawer Boy, The Syringa Tree, Proof, The Mystery of Irma Vep (2001), and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. His international credits include: The Syringa Tree (the English Theatres of Vienna and Frankfurt); and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Mr. Haney’s regional credits include: All My Sons, Alabama Shakespeare Festival; The Drawer Boy, Actors Theatre of Louisville; The Syringa Tree and The Heidi Chronicles, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; The Underpants, Capital Repertory Theatre; The Mystery of Irma Vep, Meadow Brook Theatre; Comedy of Errors and Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting, Sacramento Theatre Company; Monument Boulevard, Missouri Repertory Theatre; The Potting Shed, Washington Stage Guild; Comedy of Errors, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival; Charley’s Aunt, Wayside Theatre; King of Dominoes, Passage Theatre Company; Scotland Road, Pacific Resident Theatre, Drama-Logue Award for direction; and As the Wind Rocks the Wagon (a one-woman show written and performed by his wife Amy Warner). He was also the Artistic Director of Allenberry Playhouse in Pennsylvania. Mr. Haney’s acting credits include seasons with The Arena Stage, Missouri Repertory Theatre, and Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival; a national tour of Nicholas Nickleby, Return to the River, Jail Diary of Albee Sachs, and The Devils (off-Broadway); and Elie Wiesel’s Zalmen on Broadway.

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about the playwright nina raine (Playwright) began her career as a trainee director at the Royal Court Theatre after graduating from Oxford. She dramaturged and directed Unprotected at the Liverpool Everyman (TMA Best Director Award, Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award). Her debut play, Rabbit, premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in 2006 and transferred to the West End before going to New York. Rabbit won the Charles Wintour Evening Standard and Critics Circle Award for most Promising Playwright. Ms. Raines also directed her second play, Tiger Country, at Hampstead Theatre. She directed Jumpy at the Royal Court Theatre, later transferring to the West End, and Shades (Critics Circle and Evening Standard Awards for Most Promising Newcomer). Her commission for the Royal Court Theatre, Tribes, directed by Roger Michell, won an Offie award and was also nominated for both Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for best new play.

Tribes opened to rave reviews and won the 2012 Drama Desk Award for Best New Play and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play. She recently opened Longing at Hampstead Theatre.

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heading 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.

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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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the production team aaron clements (Technical Operations Director) is now in his fourth year at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. 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 patton (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 last year, and he is the founder of Chance Magazine, a new theatre design magazine that debuted last 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. maryanne barth (Primary Consultant) has been involved with theatre as a consultant for Deaf Culture, American Sign Language Linguistics and mentoring theatre interpreters. Ms. Barth is Deaf and brings with her experience as an administrator, educator, linguist, and counselor. Her love of theatre began at the age of nine and the love has never been extinguished. Working with everyone on Tribes has been a wonderful experience. A special thanks to Lynn Meyers for bringing this eye opening production to Cincinnati.

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production team heading cont. kate glasheen (Dialect Coach) is pleased to serve as Dialect Coach for her first production at ETC. Ms. Glasheen holds an M.A. in Voice from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London and a B.A. in Acting from Butler University. She is an actor, choreographer, and Adjunct Professor of Drama at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. Her voice/dialect coaching credits include: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Falcon Theatre, The Showboat Majestic, The Covedale Center for the Arts, Untethered Theatre and London based theaters Upstairs at the Gatehouse, dANTE or dIE, Peut-Être Theatre, and the Off-Cut Festival at Riverside Studios.

She was most recently seen onstage at The Know Theatre as Isobel in Bull.

Ms. Glasheen also serves as Associate Editor for the Voice and Speech Trainers Association scholarly journal The Voice and Speech Review. jennifer scapetis (Dialect Coach) is a voice/dialect coach and an actor. She trained and worked as an actor in London, graduating from ArtsEd, and studied Voice at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London. Ms. Scapetis is currently an Adjunct Professor of Voice and Acting at CCM Drama. Her voice/ dialect credits include: A Christmas Carol and Fake Flowers Don't Die, Playhouse in the Park; Oliver and Of Mice and Men, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Bull, Know Theatre; Boeing Boeing, The Crucible and Metamorphoses, CCM Drama; Dr. Faustus, The Rose Theatre (London); The Government Inspector, The Oval Theatre (London); and Love Letters and Lost Images, Inspire Theatre (Henley Fringe Festival, UK).

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production team cont. dawn caudill (Signing Coach, ASL Interpreter) has been involved in the field of interpreting in numerous capacities for more than twenty-eight years. She has worked as an educational interpreter, freelance interpreter, interpreter coordinator and interpreter educator during her career. She is currently the chairperson and professor at Cincinnati State’s Interpreter Training Program. Her undergraduate work was in bible, interpreting and deaf education. Her graduate work is in business administration and ASL linguistics. She currently interprets in the community and also specializes in theatrical and conference interpreting. She has been a theatrical interpreter for Ensemble Theatre for more than ten years and loves being a part of the family. She is married to the love of her life, Jason, and they have two sons (some refer to them as “dogs”). gail maue (ASL Interpreter) has been interpreting in the Cincinnati area for twenty years. She is nationally certified and interprets in the areas of post-secondary, medical, video relay, government, corporate and a favorite area to interpret is theatre! She also currently teaches at Cincinnati State College in the area of Sign Language and has been working with Ensemble Theatre for the past four seasons. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband, three boys and two dogs. They love to travel any chance they get!

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Without your support, we couldn't tell the whole story.

To make a gift, (513) 421-3555 or online: www. ensemblecincinnati.org/support

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the premiere society The Premiere Society recognizes 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 January 5, 2014 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $1,000 + since October 1, 2012. For questions or corrections, please contact Ashley Johnson at (513) 421-3555, ext. 17. world circle ($10,000+): Anonymous (4) ArtsWave The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Lucille K. & Charles O. Carothers The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc. William A. Friedlander Fund* John & Gloria Goering Family Gift Fund LPK The H.B., E.W., & F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank & Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees Macy's Messer Construction Co. Mitchell S. Meyers & Jacqueline P. Meyers Foundation Ohio Arts Council P&G Fund* PNC Foundation Richard Postler & Manuel Hernandez John & Ruth Sawyer Fund* The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee Ladislas & Vilma Segoe Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. The Estate of Andrew D. Smith The Jack J. Smith, Jr. Charitable Trust, PNC Bank and Karen Wachs, Co-Trustees The Dudley S. Taft Charitable Foundation Marilyn & Martin Wade national circle ($5,000-$9,999): William P. Anderson Foundation The Erma A. Bantz Foundation Clement & Ann Buenger Foundation CitiGroup Mr. & Mrs. A.B. Closson, Jr. Crosset Family Fund* Harry & Linda Fath Dennis & Rita Geiger Lynne Miller & Steve King Kroger Edward & Anita Marks David & Judith Morgan Fund* Judith Postler Jack & Moe Rouse Fund* Pete & Ginger Strange Family Fund* Thompson Hine LLP Western & Southern Financial Fund The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation regional circle ($2,500-$4,999): Anonymous Anatole Alper Mary & William Bonansinga Charitable Family Fund*

Mrs. Charlene Breidster Kenneth & Joan Campbell Thomas R. Dietz Gallagher SKS Chip Gerhardt William & Mary Jane James Marcene & Jim Kinney Kroger Community Rewards Program MCF Advisors, LCC Mr. Ihor & Dr. Lisa Jo Melnyk Paula Steiner Judith B. Titchener Ed Trach Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Woodward cincinnati circle ($1,000-$2,499): Anonymous (4) Americana Arts Foundation Nicholas Apanius Malcolm A. & Glenda Bernstein Bob & Elaine Blatt Meredythe G. & Clayton C. Daley, Jr. Family Fund* Kathy DeLaura & Ron Steinhoff Dee & David Dillon Fund* John & Jen DuBois Grace A. Epstein Mary & Bob Fitzpatrick Kenneth J. Furrier Linda & Gary Greenberg Bob & Mary Hamilton Michael Haney & Amy Warner Suzanne & Dr. Bob Hasl Bob & Judy Heaton Daniel Hurley Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund* Cecilia & Tom Kloecker Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Nancy Lutz Judith B. Green & Thomas M. McDonough Sharon & Graham Mitchell Diane & Dave Moccia John & Deborah Moffatt Dr. Patricia O'Connor Marilyn Z. Ott Pepper Family Fund* 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 Mary Stagaman Paul & Jill Staubitz

* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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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 January 5, 2014 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $125+ since October 1, 2012. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. For questions or corrections, please contact Ashley Johnson at (513) 421-3555, ext. 17. cincinnati circle cont.

The Corky & Rick Steiner Family Foundation Glenda Suttman Carol Talbot & John Battistone Target Stores U.S. Bank Larry Weber The Dennis B. & Patricia L. Worthen Fund Mike & Liz Zimmer Nora Zorich & Thomas Filardo Family Fund* Actors Column ($500-$999): Anonymous (4) Actors' Equity Foundation, Inc. Norita Aplin & Stanley Ragle Joan & Oliver Baily Len Berenfield Michael Berry & Melanie Garner Neil E. Billman, in Memory of Taffy Billman David & Elaine Billmire dabby 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 Gary & Jackie Bryson Denise & Martin Chambers William & Catherine Cody Darin Dugan Robert & Elizabeth Ehrsam Mary Pat England Terrell & Susan Finney GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program Helen & John Habbert 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 Mark D. Manley & Annette Januzzi Wick Norah & joe Mock Kit & Jack Overbeck Presidential Plaza Associates, LTD Becky & Ted Richards Linda & Andy Smith Ed & Anne Stern Elizabeth Stites & Kevin Randall * Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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Joe & Nancy Stratman Nellie Leaman Taft Charitable Foundation Buzz Ward Irwin & Barbara Weinberg Barbara Wiedemann Jo Ann Wieghaus Dr. & Mrs. James & Ronna Willis Gene Wilson Jeffrey & Nadia Wuest stage managers Column ($250-$499): Anonymous (4) Albert & Lillian Andrews Richard & Susan Baum Eileen & William Bishop Neil Bortz Mark Bowen Daniel Brown & Mark Haggard Dorota Burgess Brenda Carter Kevin & Linda Chaney Anne E. Charles, in memory of Richard Charles Sally Chatfield Dunn Jan & Gerald Checco Cincinnati Veterans' Affairs Medical Center Research Service, in honor of Kathy DeLaura Larry & Janet Clements Susannah Davids & Steve Myer Judith de Luce Kelly M. Dehan Emilie W. & David W. Dressler Family Fund* Ray & Kay Edwards Richard & Carol Fencl Carol S. Friel David W. & Frances H. Goldman Fund* Michael Gumbleton & Teddy Gumbleton Judith Harmony & Richard Jackson Sue Harris & Meredith Green Joe & Susan Harten Debra Hartsell & Michael James Hennekes CPA Services, LLC Ann E. Hicks David & Karen Hoguet James & Robin Huizenga Jean Kinmoth Kirkwood's Sweeper Shop, Inc. Carmen & Rich Kovarsky Nada Latto, in Memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Warren Leight John Lin Alfonso & Mary Lopez Jacqueline M. Mack & Dr. Edward B. Silberstein Len & Sherie Marek

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Dr. & Mrs. John E. McCall William M. & Karen P. McKim DeDe & Kevin McNeal Ryan Messer & James Musuraca Dr. Ralph Meyer Ronald & Nancy Mielech Drs. Steven & Jacqueline Miller Family Foundation William & Sibyl Miller Anu & Shekhar Mitra William & Sara Morgan, in Memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Hon. Norbert & Linnea Nadel Roy Newman Michael Nordlund & Lisa Lee Morris & Patricia Passer Family Fund* Alice & Burton Perlman Barbara & Michael Porte Barry L. Prince Irene & Daniel Randolph Family Margaret M. Reid Tim & Mary Riordan George & Caroll Roden J. R. Rulon Catharine B. Saelinger Jude Samuel Elizabeth & Blake Selnick Eleanor Shott Eli E. Shupe, Jr. & Toby Ruben John & Martha Spiess Dennis & Helen Sullivan The Tarshis Family Fund at Schwab Charitable Fund J. Michael & Patricia Thierauf Lynn & Dan Ticotsky Sarah S. Timmons, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Tom Umfrid & Phil Tworek Dixie & Bill Utter Jennifer Verkamp Steve F. Warkany Fund* Joseph Wessling Stuart Wheaton & Lenore Horner Kate & Jay Wilford The Rev. Anne Wrider Zaring Family Foundation, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer

Hal & Sandi Bernstein Leo A. Black Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bloch John T. Bruggen Warren & Gail Cato Chester Cavaliere Jean & Matt Chimsky Angela Chong James Cissell Susan Cohen & Robert Schmuelling Dr. & Mrs. Alan Cordell Roger Cranos Lee Crooks Rev. Dr. Robert W. Croskery & Beverly Croskery, Ph.D. Mike & Becky Curtiss Douglas L. Custis & Katherine A. Keller Sonia Daoud Charlene Davis Amy Diamond & Edward Wolf Jane & Igor Dumbadze Richard & Deirdre Dyson Peggy Eberhard Charles K. Eckert Charles & Harriet Edwards Jerome & Jean Eichert Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Fink Deborah Friedman Eugenie & Edward Goggin

crew Column ($125-$249): Anonymous (7) Karen & Fred Abel Jean L. Abrahamson Christine O. Adams Larry & Debby Adams Anne Aiken Gail Barker, M.D. Henrietta Barlag John Batchelor Nancy & Norm Bates Tricia & Michael G. Bath Jane Bennett Bill & Janet Berger * Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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our supporters cont. crew Cont.

Janice & Sidney Goldstein Diane & Stanley Goodman Mrs. Madeleine H. Gordon Cyndi Grammel, In Honor of Skylar Cherry Sean Gray JoAnn & Gary Hagopian Irving Harris Patricia Hemmer Jacquelyn Hirt Dale Hodges & David Logan Emily M. Hodges Fund Cindy & Bill Hopping Erin Houlihan & John Bostick Marilyn Hurrell Caroline Idinopulos-Vigran Gifting Fund Kenneth Jordan James Jorden Iris Kelsen Charles D. King Tana Kirkbride & Amit Gupta Margaret W. Kite Tim & Mary Alice Koch Pinky & Sam Kocoshis Marvin & Gerry Kraus Susan Kruezmann Mr. & Mrs. Polk Laffoon, IV Dorothy K. Larsson Lowell Latto, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer M. Ann Leech Whitney & Phillip Long Dick & Barbara Males Jan & Marilyn Methlie John F. Metz Dr. Stephen F. Mielech Ariel Miller, in Honor of John & Ruth Sawyer Regine Moulton Nora Moushey Eunice H. Murphy Paul & Mary Ann Odegard

Fred & Leila Oliver Melissa & John Panzeca Sara H. Pritchard Barbara & Dave Reaman Joyce Rich Barbara Robb, in honor of Sara Mackie Dr. Raymond H. Rolwing Marianne & Snowden Rowe, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Rich & Barb Ruddy Richard Russell Patti & Mitchell Sacks Robert & Christine Scheadler Jeanie Schmidt Elizabeth Sherwood Elaine Shinkle Paul Shortt John & Linda Silvati Mrs. Barbara B. Simon Mary Lee & Louie Sirkin Myfanwy & Robert Smith Jacqueline & Richard Snyder Keven Speece Jean Springer Howard & Nancy Starnbach Elizabeth A. Stone Fred & Anne Straus Charitable Fund Tom Tepe Lynda A. Thomas, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Rosalie P. van Nuis Carter Waide Dr. & Mrs. George Waissbluth Priscilla S. Walford Jane A. Walker Pann & Terry Webb Mike Wedig Jackie Weist Joseph D. Williams Mark & Irene Zigoris

intern sponsors Anonymous William & Catherine Cody Patrick Cusick Norah & joe Mock Robert Streicher

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* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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our heading staff Executive board John Sawyer Stephen M. King Chair President Marcene Kinney Vice President

Mitchell Meyers Treasurer

Jane Sellers Secretary

Administrative staff D. Lynn Meyers The Ruth Dennis Sawyer/ Mary Taft Mahler Producing Artistic Director Richard J. Diehl Managing Director Jocelyn Meyer Director of Marketing & Communications Jared D. Doren Director of Patron Services & Development Associate Ashley Johnson Producing Associate Financial Advisor Chet Cavaliere Box office staff John Diehl Seth Longland Sarah Nix Becca Schall House manager Amy Janowiecki head of security Officer Nick Ligon Administrative Interns Dori Branch, Producing Melissa Foster, Marketing

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 Simón Sotelo Mary Stagaman Mike Zimmer

production staff Brian c. Mehring Resident Set & Lighting Designer Matthew Hollstegge Production Coordinator & Master Electrician 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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