Violet Playbill

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march 22 – april 10, 2016

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music by Jeanine Tesori lyrics and book by Brian Crawley based on "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts Directed by D. Lynn Meyers† May 3-22, 2016 Set & Lighting Designer Sound Designer Costume Designer Music Director Wigs & Makeup Designer Choreographer/Staging Dialect Coach Properties Master & Design Assistant Production Manager & Master Electrician Technical Director Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager

Brian c. Mehring Jeremy Lee‡ Reba Senske Scot Woolley Kelly Yurko Patti James Julia Guichard Shannon Rae Lutz Matthew Hollstegge Jack Murphy Brandon T. Holmes* Elizabeth Freyman*

VIOLET is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

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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 Monty................................................................................................... Mark Beyer* Father................................................................................................. Charlie Clark* Preacher/Bus Driver 1/Bus Driver 4.......................................................Phil Fiorini* Flick.............................................................................. Phillip Johnson-Richardson Radio Singer........................................................................................ Stephen Kell Music Hall Singer/Healing Trio............................................................ Sara Mackie* Leroy Evans/Radio Soloist/Bus Driver 3....................................... Andrew Maloney* Waiter/Billy Dean/Radio Singer/Virgil.......................................... Patrick E. Phillips Young Violet...................................................................................Delaney Ragusa Violet................................................................................................. Brooke Steele Healing Trio/Almeta/Lula Buffington................................................. Torie Wiggins* Old Lady/Hotel Hooker........................................................................Kate Wilford* running crew Assistant Stage Manager.......................................................... Elizabeth Freyman* 2nd Assistant Stage Manager.............................................................Lauren Bowler Assistant Director.................................................................................Ben Raanan Assistant to the Music Director......................................................Connor Howard Light Board Operator................................................................... Brendan Getches Sound Board Mixer............................................................................Sean K. Tingle Spot Operator................................................... Kendra Beitzel, Daniela N. Nenova Running Crew.................................................................................... Joshua Harris Wardrobe................................................................ Katie Groneman, Stephen Kell band Guitar..............................................................................................Joel Greenberg Drums..............................................................................................Adam Wheeler Bass....................................................................................................... Matt Wiles Keyboard............................................................................................ Scot Woolley understudies Music Hall Singer/Healing Trio......................................................... Kendra Beitzel Violet................................................................................................Lauren Bowler Leroy Evans/Radio Soloist/Bus Driver 3....................................... Brendan Getches Old Lady/Hotel Hooker.................................................................. Katie Groneman Waiter/Billy Dean/Radio Singer/Virgil............................................... Joshua Harris Healing Trio/Almeta/Lula Buffington......................................... Daniela N. Nenova setting 1964; North Carolina, Oklahoma, and points in between.

Approximate total running time is 1 hour, 50 minutes with no intermission.

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song list Water in the Well....................................................................Young Violet, Violet Surprised.......................................................................................................Violet On My Way...................................................................................Violet, Company M & M's................................................................................................... Company Luck of the Draw................................... Flick, Monty, Young Violet, Violet, Father Question 'n Answer.......................................................................... Monty, Violet All to Pieces....................................................... Young Violet, Violet, Monty, Flick A Healing Touch............................................. Preacher, Young Violet, Healing Trio Let It Sing......................................................................................................... Flick Anyone Would Do....................................................................Flick, Hotel Hooker Who'll Be The One (If Not Me)................................... Radio Soloist, Radio Singers Last Time I Came to Memphis..................................................................... Monty Lonely Stranger.............................. Music Hall Singer, Monty, Flick, Hotel Hooker Lay Down Your Head......................................................................................Violet Anyone Would Do (Reprise)....................Music Hall Singer, Hotel Hooker, Almeta Hard To Say Goodbye...........................................................................Flick, Violet Promise, Violet........................................................................ Flick, Monty, Violet Raise Me Up.........................................................Lula Buffington, Preacher, Choir Down The Mountain............................................................... Father, Young Violet In The Chapel.................................................................................................Violet Raise Me Up (Reprise)...................................................................................Violet Look At Me..............................................................................Young Violet, Violet That's What I Could Do.................................................................................Father Surprised (Reprise)........................................................................................Violet M & M's (Reprise).................................................................................... Company Promise Me (Reprise).....................................................Flick, Violet, Young Violet Bring Me to Light..................................................................................... Company special acknowledgments Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

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director's notes Before another sunrise wakes me, Before another night is gone I’ll find out where this highway takes me You know I’ve got to travel on.

Left my troubles all behind me Back there when I climbed on board Jordan river’s where you’ll find me It’s wide but not too wide to ford And as I’m going along, I carry with me Promises that can’t go wrong As I travel on my way.

This core anthem puts into words why we are presenting Violet and why we did when it debuted here in 1999. This song of hope, moving forward, and the faith that promises can’t go wrong is the heart of Ensemble Theatre and is a perfect way to close our 30th Anniversary season and set the stage for what’s next.

For thirty years, standing its ground on Vine Street no matter what the external forces, ETC has moved our region forward with new work, always seeking what was next. Now, as we embark on our Next Stage Campaign providing greater ease of access and the capacity to producing year round, Violet yet again takes our stage. Violet was and is a turning point for ETC. The cast you see before you consists of those embarking on their career and others who have grown up on our stage. Violet embodies ETC’s commitment to continually recreate itself, to remain constant to the road leading towards a stronger community and a celebration of the art form.

The last line of Violet is a question. “Will you bring me to light?” Along with my sincere gratitude for your taking this journey with us, I ask you to stay the course as we travel on our way. I leave you with my promise that, with your help, the road ahead will lead us all to an extraordinary destination of the spirit. Healing, hope, faith, and love await us all. Thank you for putting tires on the bus.

-D. Lynn Meyers

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the cast mark beyer (Monty) is thrilled to make his debut as a member of Actors' Equity Association with ETC. He graduated from Wright State University last year with a BFA in Musical Theatre and his prior professional credits include the Beast in the International Tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Roger in Rent, and Enjolras in Les Misérables.

charlie clark (Father) was last seen as Pastor Jay in Luna Gale. His previous Cincinnati credits include Benny in Hands on a Hardbody, Don in Rapture, Blister, Burn, Dr. Rock in Next to Normal, 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, all with Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; Enoch Snow in Carousel, Fagin in Oliver!, and Freddie in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, all at The Carnegie; and Boyet in Loves Labour’s Lost and Lord Chamberlain in Henry VIII, both with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. His other local credits include Jerry in The Full Monty, George in Sunday in the Park with George, and Mason in Take Me Out, New Stage Collective; The Husband in See What I Wanna See, Know Theatre; The Husband in Hello Again, The Satori Group; and Charlie in The Charlie Clark Show, 2008 Fringe Festival. Prior Chicago credits include Gabriel in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Apple Tree Theatre; The Hawkshaws, The Baum House; and Frank in Merrily We Roll Along, Jack in Into the Woods, and Robert in Company, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago, among others. His Indianapolis credits include Charlie in On Golden Pond with Indiana Repertory and Dan in Next to Normal at Phoenix Theatre. He 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. For Ron Coleman. phil fiorini (Preacher/Bus Driver 1/Bus Driver 4) returns to Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, having last appeared in Sleeping Beauty and Hands on a Hardbody. The last and only time he has performed in Cincinnati was at the Aronoff in The Lion King. He spent three and a half years on the Broadway tour playing Pumbaa the Warthog. His other national tours include Greater Tuna and A Tuna Christmas. Some of his favorite roles regionally over the years are: the Marquis de Sade in Quills, Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Phil in Maritius, Dr. Parker in Bat Boy, and Charlie in Dirty Blonde. He is glad to be back in Cincinnati and is grateful to his supportive family and friends.

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the cast phillip johnson-richardson (Flick) is a rising junior at CCM and is honored to be making his Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati debut in Violet as one of his dream roles. His CCM credits include: Big River (Jim), American Idiot (Ensemble u/s St. Jimmy), and The Nutcracker Swing (Dancer). His regional credits include: Hairspray (Seaweed), Theatre Charlotte; Guys and Dolls (Scranton Slim) at CPCC Summer Stock, Smokey Joe's Café (Michael/Fred), Carolina Broadway Theatre; and The Music Man and Aida, The Muny (upcoming). He would like to thank his family for all of their love and support no matter what and the big man upstairs! Let it Sing! stephen kell (Radio Singer) is from Greenville Ohio, and is excited to be making his debut here at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. He is a recent graduate from Wright State University with a BFA in Acting. He is currently an apprentice here at ETC and has understudied Ulysses in Annapurna, Prince Freddy in Cinderella, and Pastor Jay in Luna Gale. Some of his recent credits from Wright State and the Dayton area include Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Bingley and Col Fitzwilliam in Pride and Prejudice, General Henry Fontanas in Magic Fire, Dwayne Wilson in Harvey, Knight of Ni and Tim the Enchanter in Spamalot, and Himself in the one-person show Blood. sara mackie (Music Hall Singer/Healing Trio) is an alum of the Wright State Acting BFA program, and she has been fortunate to be on the boards here at ETC in Hands on a Hardbody, all three Wonderettes, Other Desert Cities, Rabbit Hole, and Mauritius, among other premiere productions since 1999. She is rhapsodic to be included in the exceptional ensemble of Violet. Her Human Race Theatre Company credits include Twelfth Night and the premiere staged readings of three new musical works. She has performed with the Carnegie Theatre in Pump Boys and Dinettes and the premiere staged reading of The Sandman. A recent favorite artistic experience was playing the role of Frankie in the highly acclaimed NET production of Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune. In addition to the small screen, short films and web skits, she has had the great pleasure of touring to theatres across the country, but for now prefers to make Cincinnati her home. What a thriving community to which we belong! Thank you for supporting live professional theatre. Much gratitude and mad respect to Lynn and love to Michael.

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the cast andrew maloney (Leroy Evans/Radio Soloist/Bus Driver 3) is thrilled to be returning to the ETC stage for their 30 th Anniversary season! His other Ensemble credits include: Ensemble in Around the World in 80 Days, Card 5 in Alice in Wonderland and Nuts the Squirrel in Snow White.

Internationally, Mr. Maloney was seen as Action in the Ecuadorian premiere of West Side Story at the Teatro Nacional Sucre in Quito, Ecuador. Recent credits include Steve/Others in Rent, Balladeer in Assassins, Scuttle in The Little Mermaid, and Mike Costa in A Chorus Line. Recently voted 2016 Best Local Actor in Cincinnati CityBeat’s annual “Best of” issue, he has been on many local stages including: The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, Falcon Theatre, and Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre. He would like to thank Lynn and the entire family at ETC for giving him this unbelievable opportunity, the cast of Violet for making this experience one he will never forget, and his family for their continued love and support of his crazy dreams! He is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association. www.andrewmaloneyactor.com.

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the cast patrick e. phillips (Waiter/Billy Dean/Radio Singer/Virgil) is happy to be back on the Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati stage, having appeared in this season’s opening production of Luna Gale as Peter. He is a proud graduate of Xavier University where he received his BA in Theatre and English. Patrick was a member of the 2014-2015 Acting Intern Program at ETC where he performed as part of the Ensemble in Love and Information and Sleeping Beauty as Branch/Dragon. His other recent credits include Henry VI Part I, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Saint Joan and Relatively Speaking, Diogenes Theatre Company; and Mockingbird, Falcon Theatre. He sends his love and gratitude to D. Lynn Meyers for this opportunity, Shannon Rae Lutz, Stephen Skiles, his family, friends, and his beautiful fiancé, Julia. More about him and his work is at www.PatrickEPhillips.com.

delaney ragusa (Young Violet) is thrilled to be making her Ensemble Theatre debut with this very talented cast and crew, and is so grateful for the chance to be working under Lynn Meyers' direction. Seen in the Off-Broadway U.S. premiere of A Little Princess, Ms. Ragusa’s other New York appearances include Lyrics for Life at Symphony Space.

Locally, she has played leading roles as Martha Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Essie in You Can't Take it With You, SCPA; and Boris the Spy in CTM's production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. As a ninth grade student at The School for Creative and Performing Arts, she loves performing daily in Drama and Musical Theatre. Other training includes guitar, ukelele, piano, vocal, and dance. For more information, visit www.delaneyragusa.com. She'd love to especially to thank her family, friends, and instructors for always being there to support her endeavors!

brooke steele (Violet) returns to ETC, having appeared in Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Hands on a Hardbody. Her favorite roles include Suzy Simpson in the three incarnations of The Marvelous Wonderettes at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Leni Riefenstahl in Monstrous Beauty (Northern Kentucky University), June the Ingenue in The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) (Showboat Majestic) and the title role in Peter Pan (Covedale Center). She studied theatre at NKU. She lives in Pleasant Ridge with her husband, Josh, and their daughter, Daphne.

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the cast torie wiggins (Healing Trio/Almeta/Lula Buffington) is a graduate of UC-CCM with a BFA in Dramatic Performance, and has co-adapted and performed a one-woman show, Your Negro Tour Guide, and toured with it across the country. She most recently landed a principal role in the movie A Christmas Melody on the Hallmark Channel, directed by Mariah Carey.

Cincinnati credits include: Afghan Women Writer’s Project, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Pluto, and Harry and the Thief, Know Theatre of Cincinnati; The Mountaintop, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; and Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 by Anna Deveare Smith, Diogenes Theatre Co. She also appeared in To Kill a Mockingbird with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and performed the title role in Black Pearl Sings! at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. She performed with The Human Race Theatre Co. as Vera Charles in Mame, Cassandra in Vonya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, and Mabel in Crowns. She most recently reprised her role as Calpurnia in Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's production of To Kill a Mockingbird and is excited to be back on Ensemble's stage! Thanks to God and her beloved fiancé, Aaron.

kate wilford (Old Lady/Hotel Hooker) has been seen recently in Cinderella, Luna Gale, Hands on a Hardbody, and Sleeping Beauty. Her other past Ensemble favorites are Becky’s New Car, Good People, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Women of Lockerbie, as well as the world premieres of the musicals Snow White, Don’t Make Me Pull This Show Over, Keeping the Faith, and Wayfarer’s Rest. Elsewhere, she won Acclaim and CEA awards as best actress for her performance in Death of a Salesman. Other award-winning performances were in When The Rain Stops Falling at Know Theatre and Don’t Make Me Pull This Show Over here at Ensemble Theatre. She has appeared at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in Romeo and Juliet, The Cherry Orchard, All My Sons, and Bedroom Farce. Regionally, she has worked at The Lyceum Theatre, Beef N Boards, Westgate Theatre, The Kenley Players, and was a founding member of The Troupe, here in Cincinnati, as well as directed at Xavier University, Thomas More College, and for three years at Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati. She is the Executive Director of Afterschool Acting, a company dedicated to experienced actors teaching the acting experience in area schools. She is also an adjunct acting and directing teacher at Thomas More College, CCM, and Chatfield College. She sends her love and thanks to Lynn and the Wilford family for their love and support.

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the playwright brian crawley (Librettist) is a playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the book and lyrics for A Little Princess (composer Andrew Lippa) which debuted at Theatreworks of Palo Alto in the summer of 2004. He also wrote the book and lyrics for Violet (composer Jeanine Tesori) which was mounted Off-Broadway by Playwrights Horizons in 1997, then remounted in a concert version in 2003 to help inaugurate their new theater. Other musicals he has written include Evangeline with Ted Dykstra and Down There with composer Lewis Flinn. He appears in the documentary One Night Stand, in which he writes a short musical in 24 hours with composer Gabriel Kahane. For the libretto of Violet, Mr. Crawley won the Kleban Award. Prior to the Playwrights Horizons production, and on its behalf, Violet was given the Richard Rodgers Musical Production Award and an AT&T OnStage Award. Afterwards, besides a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical, Violet received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical over all the year's Broadway offerings (as did Paula Vogel's play How I Learned to Drive; the first time two Off-Broadway pieces took these top awards in the Drama Critic Circle's history). His plays have been developed or staged at Lincoln Center, New York Theater Workshop, the National Alliance of Musical Theatre, and the Eugene O'Neill summer theater conference. He majored in Theater Studies at Yale and has an MFA in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Mr. Crawley is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

jeanine tesori (Composer) won the Tony Award for Best Original Score with Lisa Kron for the musical Fun Home, which is currently playing on Broadway.

She has also written Tony-nominated scores for Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center; Thoroughly Modern Millie (lyrics, Dick Scanlan); Caroline, or Change (lyrics, Tony Kushner); and Shrek The Musical (lyrics, David Lindsay-Abaire). The production of Caroline, or Change at the National Theatre in London received the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Her 1997 Off-Broadway musical Violet (lyrics, Brian Crawley) opened on Broadway in 2014 and garnered four Tony nominations, including Best Musical Revival. Opera: A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck (libretto, Tony Kushner; Glimmerglass) and The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me (libretto, J. D. McClatchy, Kennedy Center). Music for plays: Mother Courage (dir. George C. Wolfe, with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline), John Guare's A Free Man of Color (Lincoln Center Theater, dir. George C. Wolfe), and Romeo and Juliet (Delacorte Gala). Film scores: Nights in Rodanthe, Every Day, and You're Not You. Ms. Tesori is a member of the Dramatists Guild and was cited by the ASCAP as the first female composer to have two new musicals running concurrently on Broadway. She is the founding artistic director of Encores! Off-Center at New York City Center, and is a lecturer in music at Yale University. Most of all, she is the proud parent of Siena Rafter, a senior at LaGuardia High School for the Arts.

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the director D. lynn meyers (Director) is in her eighteenth season as the Producing Artistic Director of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati where she has directed over fifty world and regional premieres, including Luna Gale, Hands On A Hardbody, Rapture, Blister, Burn, Next to Normal, and The Whipping Man. She directed The Pavilion at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Pride and Prejudice for 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 several Canadian national tours included Mass Appeal with the late great Gale Gordon. She served as the Associate Artistic Director at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park for several seasons where she cast over a hundred productions as well as directed. In addition to directing, she is a member of the Casting Society of America and has cast for Hallmark, PBS, CBS, BBC, HBO, Paramount, and MGM. Her feature credits include serving as Location Casting Director for Shawshank Redemption, Carol, and Miles Ahead. 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's a graduate of Thomas More College and serves on the college’s Board of Trustees.

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the production team brandon T. holmes (Production Stage Manager) is currently in his fourth season with ETC. He holds a BFA from Wichita State University in Technical Theatre and Design. For four summers, he served as an Assistant Stage Manager with Music Theatre Wichita where he worked on over twenty productions. He also served as Production Stage Manager for LOOK Musical Theatre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2010, he moved to Cincinnati and spent two seasons at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park as a stage management intern. Favorite productions include Thunder Knocking on the Door, Hands on a Hardbody, Merrily We Roll Along (directed by John Doyle), Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Outside Mullingar, Miss Saigon, Tribes, and Sunset Boulevard. Thank you to Lynn, Matt, Shannon, and Brian for imagining such beautiful productions and creating the magic that is seen onstage. Love to MDJATA for sending their love and support from KC & Seattle. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. elizabeth freyman (Assistant Stage Manager) is a graduate of CCM’s Stage Management Program (BFA, 2014), she is now a proud member of Actors' Equity.

Previous Ensemble Credits: Freud’s Last Session, Black Pearl Sings!, The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns, and Sleeping Beauty. Other selected credits include: Le nozze di Figaro (PSM), The Princeton Festival; Il Trovatore (ASM), Knoxville Opera; Magic Flute (PSM), Piedmont Opera; Street Scene (ASM), Opera North; and Der fliegende Holländer (ASM), Piedmont Opera. Love to her amazing family and the best friends.

BRIAN c. MEHRING (Resident Set & Lighting Designer) has designed over 100 productions at ETC. His favorite productions include: Thom Pain (based on nothing), Next to Normal, 33 Variations, Freud's Last Session, and I Am My Own Wife. Mr. Mehring’s regional favorites for set design include: The Last 5 Years and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, 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.

SHANNON RAE LUTZ (Properties Master/Design Assistant) earned her Master's degree from UC-CCM in 1996 and became Prop Master at ETC. 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 1988-1989 New Works Festival. In 1991, she was granted an ETC Internship. Now the Director of Apprentice Programming, she is honored to guide ETC's essential ensemble: The Professional Acting Apprentice Company.

"Happy 30th ETC and thank you Ruth and John Sawyer, the Mahlers, D. Lynn Meyers and countless others for making that possible."

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the production team cont. reba senske (Costume Designer) is CCM's Associate Costume Designer. She's designed costumes for ETC's Becky's New Car, 33 Variations, Mauritius, Grey Gardens, The Seafarer, Rabbit Hole, Souvenir, String of Pearls, I Am My Own Wife, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), among countless others. Her other credits include ETC's Ugly Duck, Cinderella, The Frog Princess, Alice in Wonderland, and Sleeping Beauty, as well as Side Man, A Question of Mercy, Seascape, and Traveler in the Dark. CCM credits include: Hot Summer Nights, Violet, We Tell the Story, and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. Other CCM credits include: Singin' in the Rain, 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 Calisto for the Cincinnati Opera.

jeremy lee (Sound Designer) designed ETC's regional premiere of Hands on a Hardbody. His previous Cincinnati designs include the world premiere of Theresa Rebeck's Dead Accounts at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and last season's Les Misérables at CCM. His design work includes the international productions of Nilo Cruz’s Pais de Bicicleta (Bogota) and David Edgar's Continental Divide (London's Barbicon Theatre, Birmingham Rep). He was the Associate Designer for the Bridge Project's 2010 World Tour of The Tempest and As You Like It, and the assistant designer for Tarzan in Holland and 42nd Street in Moscow. Off-Broadway, Mr. Lee has designed Tamar of the River and Working for Prospect Theatre Company, The Ohmies, Adam Bock’s The Thugs, Alex Timbers’ Dance Dance Revolution, Song for New York (Mabou Mines), as well as designs for NYTW, 13P, LAByrinth, Clubbed Thumb and many others. Favorite regional theatre designs include Somewhere (Premiere, Old Globe and TheatreWorks Palo Alto); West Side Story (5th Avenue Theatre), and many shows at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Lee is a professor of Sound Design at CCM.

jack murphy (Technical Director) grew up in the Cincinnati area. He went to undergrad at Hanover College where he studied technical theatre. While there he spent his summers at several different summer stock theatres such as Georgia Shakespeare Company and the Brevard Music Center’s Janiec Opera Company as a carpenter. After graduation he moved to Bellport, NY to work for The Gateway Playhouse as a carpenter and rigger. When he left Gateway, he went to work on The Pride of America, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship. After another summer at the Janiec Opera Company, he came full circle and returned home to Cincinnati.

Since he has been back, he has worked at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and River City Scenic as well as ETC.

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the production team patti james (Staging/Choreographer) is happy to be back at ETC with Lynn and her staff. Her previous work at ETC includes: Hands on a Hard Body, Life Could Be A Dream, Next To Normal, Winter Wonderettes, 25 The Musical, Marvelous Wonderettes, Grey Gardens, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and the role of Lottie in Mack and Mabel. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at the CCM, teaching tap and jazz, as well as choreographing productions of Candide, Dancing at Lughnasa, Merrily We Roll Along, The Full Monty, Wonderful Town, Little Women, Good News, Anything Goes, Evita, Into The Woods, Singing in the Rain, The Merry Widow, Big River, and Lysistrata Jones. For her involvement in Cincinnati Theatre, she received the Acclaim MVP Award in 2009-2010. For eight years, she directed and choreographed Home For the Holidays, featuring the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. For the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, she choreographed the 2004 Today’s Tonys, and the 2007 Red, White and Boom at Riverbend. Ms. James has worked with The Northern Kentucky Symphony on Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, The Sound of Music, and Oliver. She also choreographed the production of Mariel for the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and she has worked on a number of productions with The Carnegie in Covington, Kentucky. Ms. James lives with Keith, her husband of 36 years, and they have two grown daughters, Alexis (husband Emmett and sons Emmett and Auggie) and Chloe (husband Eric).

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the production team cont. scot woolley (Musical Director) has appeared at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati 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. 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. National tours include Crazy for You, Tommy, and The Will Rogers Follies. Mr. Woolley's orchestral arrangements have been heard in Atlanta, Portland, Indianapolis, Hong Kong and regularly with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra.

julia guichard (Dialect Coach) has been teaching at Miami University since 1998. She holds a BFA in Acting from the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago and an MFA in Acting from The Pennsylvania State University.

She is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, holding certificates from The Performance School and Alexander Technique International. As a guest artist, she has taught the Technique in the BFA acting programs at Carnegie Mellon, the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music and others.

She has worked as a movement and vocal coach for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, and others. She is an active member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association, and a VASTA Fellow. She has served as the Production Editor and Associate Editor for the Voice and Speech Review, a professional journal presented by VASTA. Publications include articles in Theatre Topics and The Voice and Speech Review. At Miami, she teaches classes in acting, voice, speech, script analysis and Alexander Technique.

Kelly Yurko (Wig & Makeup Designer) has been the head of the Makeup and Wig Design program at University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music since 2001, where her designs have been seen in several productions including Into the Woods, Hair, and Evita. She has worked on several productions at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, including Alice in Wonderland, (all of) The Marvelous Wonderettes, The Whipping Man, Mrs. Mannerly, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and many more. Her work has been seen at The Wolf Trap Opera, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera, Wright State University, Hartford Stage Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Indiana Reperatory Theatre, Denver Theatre Center, Ford’s Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and Kentucky Opera.

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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 April 18, 2016 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $1,000 + since February 1, 2014. For questions or corrections, please contact Ashley Johnson at (513) 421-3555, ext. 17. world circle ($10,000+): Anonymous (4) William P. Anderson Foundation ArtsWave Rosemary Bloom Gifting Fund*^ The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation^ City of Cincinnati^ Lucille K. & Charles O. Carothers^ The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc. William A. Friedlander Fund*^ Dennis & Rita Geiger^ Jane & Chip Gerhardt^ John & Gloria Goering Family Gift Fund H.C.S. Foundation^ Donald C. & Laura M. Harrison Fund* The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./US Bank Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Skip & Susan Hickenlooper^ LPK^ Nellie Leaman Taft Foundation Luther Foundation^ Macy's Edward & Anita Marks^ George & Margaret McLane Foundation^ Mitchell S. Meyers & Jacqueline P. Meyers Foundation^ James A. Miller^ Ohio Arts Council Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission^ Ohio Valley Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Agent^ P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Fund PNC Foundation Richard Postler & Manuel Hernandez Moe & Jack Rouse^ Robert C. & Adele R. Schiff Foundation^ The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Jack J. Smith, Jr. Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, N.A & James S. Wachs, Co-Trustees Paul & Jill Staubitz^ Elizabeth A. Stone^ The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation national circle ($5,000-$9,999): Denise & Martin Chambers Crosset Family Fund* Harry & Linda Fath^ The Raymond C. & Anna T. Johnson Foundation Marcene Kinney^ Kroger The LaBoiteaux Family Foundation Messer Construction Co. Lynne Miller & Stephen King^ Charles Scott Riley III Foundation Elizabeth & Blake Selnick The Dudley S. Taft Charitable Foundation Ms. Carol Talbot * Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation ^ Capital Campaign Donor ~ Next Stage Donor

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Thompson Hine LLP Irwin & Barbara Weinberg regional circle ($2,500-$4,999): Nicholas Apanius^ Mary & William Bonansinga Charitable Family Fund*^ J Allan & Dorothy Campbell Family Fund* Kathy DeLaura & Ron Steinhoff^ John DuBois fbt Tech Linda Greenberg Fund* Marilyn P. & Joseph W. Hirschhorn Fund*^ Ron Longstreth & Allen Black Molly McDonough & Kenneth T. Mahler Mr. & Mrs. David E. Moccia Norah & joe Mock David & Judith Morgan Fund* Neal Patel ^ Digi & Mike Schueler Marvin & Betsy Schwartz Fund* Betsy & Paul Sittenfeld Mary Stagaman^ Summerfair Foundation, Inc. Glenda Suttman^ cincinnati circle ($1,000-$2,499): Anonymous (2) Renee Alper Americana Arts Foundation Gale & Dave Beckett Wilma & Herb Beigel^ Barbara & Wayne Beimesch~ Len Berenfield Michael Berry & Melanie Garner Robert L. Bogenschutz Karen & Christopher Bowman Mrs. Charlene Breidster Ken & Joan Campbell Brenda Carter^ Burton & Susan Closson Cincinnati OH Chapter of The Links, Incorporated Community Arts Inititves Mark Dauner Grace A. Epstein Richard & Carol Fencl Mary & Bob Fitzpatrick Lee & Sue Flischel Fund* Shelly Gerson Judith B. Green & Thomas M. McDonough Helen & John Habbert~ Irving Harris Mrs. C. H. Harrison III Debra Hartsell & Michael James Suzanne & Dr. Bob Hasl Bob & Judy Heaton

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 April 18, 2016 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $125+ since February 1, 2014. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. For questions or corrections, please contact Ashley Johnson at (513) 421-3555, ext. 17.

Debbie Hill Emily M. Hodges Fund Erin Houlihan & John Bostick Daniel Hurley^ William & Mary Jane James Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund* Kroger Community Rewards Program Chris Lewis & Alicia Bond-Lewis^ Motch Family Foundation Inc, In memory of Dr. Charles Carothers Dr. Patricia O'Connor Marilyn J. & Jack D. Osborn Fund* Marilyn Z. Ott Joseph A. & Susan E. Pichler Fund* Hera Reines Josh & Kathy Sands Jay & Meta Sien^ Paula Steiner The Corky & Rick Steiner Family Foundation Judith B. Titchener Marty Tomb Ed Trach UPS Geraldine Warner Lois Widlansky Ronna & James Willis Charitable Fund The Dennis B. & Patricia L. Worthen Fund Mike & Liz Zimmer^ Nora Zorich & Thomas Filardo Family Fund* 30 FOR 30 CLUB: Bob Amott & Janice Flanagan Eileen & William Bishop Mark Bowen Chet Cavaliere James Cissell Jacqueline Conner Mark Dauner Bob Gaston, DVM Ann E. Hicks Ervin W. Houston Betty Huck J.B. Lutz Family Dr. Robert Keith & Kathleen Thornton-Keith Steve & Laurie Kiracofe David Martin Bill & Karen McKim Allen R. Middleton & Gary A. Daniels James & Mary Nordlund Barbara & Michael Porte Al Roane Tom & Mary Schmitz Janet Schultz & Russell Lascelles William Schutzius Jennifer Stucker & John Eck

* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation ^ Capital Campaign Donor ~ Next Stage Donor

Buzz Ward Barry & Karen Webb Pann & Terry Webb Dick & Debbie Westheimer Beverly & Robert Winkelman 30 ROCKS! Sponsors: Richard L. Postler & Manuel Hernandez The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation PNC Richard Rosenthal and Kitty Strauss Rosenthal Jack Rouse Associates 30 ROCKS! in-kind contributors: Joe Rigotti/Accent on Cincinnati Wiedemann's 3 Sweet Girls Cakery A Catered Affair Coffee Emporium Cuisine East West Catering The Delish Dish Catering & Made By Mavis Artisan Jam Eddie Merlot's Prime Aged Beef and Seafood Edibles-n-Such, Inc. Funky's Catering Golden Rule Catering Gomez Salsa Hilvers Catering Macaron Bar McHales Events & Catering Mecklenburg Gardens Pit to Plate BBQ Raffel's Catering Inc. Revolution Rotisserie & Bar Tano Bistro & Catering Vonderhaar's Catering Actors Column ($500-$999): Anonymous (4) Actors' Equity Foundation, Inc. Anne Aiken Lois Annich & Richard Israel Malcolm A. & Glenda Bernstein David & Elaine Billmire Eileen & William Bishop Walter Blair^ Bob & Elaine Blatt Clay & Emily Bond Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Matching Gift Program Daniel Brown & Mark Haggard Gary & Jackie Bryson Roger Cranos William & Catherine Cody Meredythe G. & Clayton C. Daley, Jr. Family Fund* Judith de Luce

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Actors Cont.

Kelly M. Dehan Charles & Lois Deitschel Kathryn J. DeLong GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program Michael Haney & Amy Warner Florette Hoffheimer Keith & Patti James Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Matching Gifts Program Arleene Keller Knickers of Hyde Park Carmen & Rich Kovarsky Virginia Kuertz~ Mr. Ihor & Dr. Lisa Jo Melnyk John & Deborah Moffatt William & Sara Morgan Kit & Jack Overbeck Morris & Patricia Passer Family Fund* Alice & Burton Perlman Pepper Family Fund* Presidential Plaza Associates, LTD Jane Bogart Sellers^ John J. Schiff, Jr. Linda & Andy Smith Elizabeth Stites & Kevin Randall Bob & Connie Reed B.W. Robb Becky & Ted Richards Stephen & Helen Rindsberg George & Caroll Roden Rich & Jess Roedersheimer^ Ruth Sawyer^ Dee Stegman^ The Sweeny Family Charitable Fund, In honor of Jack & Kit Overbeck Maureen & Larry Vignola Ann & Victor Warner Barry & Karen Webb Larry Weber Barbara Wiedemann Jo Ann Wieghaus Beverly & Robert Winkelman Mr. & Mrs. Joseph & Patricia Witson Anne J. Wrider stage managers Column ($250-$499): Anonymous (5) Larry & Debby Adams Amy Alig Howard & Frankie Alper Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago American Express Employee Giving Program Norman Bates Mike & Juliette Bezold Neil E. Billman Mark Bowen Charlin & Peter Briggs Rhoda & John Brooks Jack & Sue Buescher * Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation ^ Capital Campaign Donor ~ Next Stage Donor

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Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. James Cissell Jim & Debby Cummins Robert & Elizabeth Ehrsam Elliot Management Group, LLC Terrell & Susan Finney Carol S. Friel Donn Goebel & Cathy McLeod Gulf Coast Combined Federal Campaign Chanda Hackett Betsy & Tom Hampton Bill Harnish Joe & Susan Harten Julia Hawgood & Harry Kangis Ann E. Hicks Diane & Ervin Houston Betty Huck Caroline Idinopulos-Vigran Gifting Fund Interact for Health, in memory of Jean Springer John Isidor & Sandy Kaltman Crystal Kendrick Tim & Grace Kerr Charles D. King Steve & Laurie Kiracofe Renee & Bradley Lemberg Al & Mary Lopez mj Dynamics Jane MacKnight & Dennis Johnson William M. & Karen P. McKim Mary Ann Meanwell Dr. Ralph Meyer Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Meyer William & Sibyl Miller Hatsuki Miyata Sally Moore Nora & Michael Moushey Anne Mulder & Rebecca Gibbs Greg & Suzy Noll~ Parks OV Electric Terry & Jill Parsons David M. Piatt* Barbara & Michael Porte Sara H. Pritchard Al Roane J.R. Rulon Jim Schmidt~ Tom & Mary Sue Schmitz Russell Schnurr Abby & David Schwartz Patrick & Ida Sepate Arnie & Ina Shayne Robert & Eleanor Shott Philanthropic Fund Simon Sotelo^ John & Martha Spiess Barbara & Ethan Stanley Howard & Nancy Starnbach Ed & Anne Stern Jennifer Stucker & John Eck Tom & Kate Tepe Carol Thaman

our supporters cont.

Thornton-Keith Family Charitable Gift Fund Marcia Togneri Joseph & Kathleen Tomain Fund* Rosalie P. van Nuis Priscilla S. Walford Buzz Ward Steve F. Warkany Fund* Wendy & Norm Wasserman Debbie & Richard Westheimer Jane C. Whalen Mark D. Manley & Annette J. Wick Jay & Kate Wilford Joseph D. Williams XLC Services, LLC crew Column ($125-$249): Anonymous (10) Karen & Fred Abel Christine O. Adams Lucy Allen Bob Amott & Janice Flanagan Albert & Lillian Andrews Daniel & Frances Bailey Marshall & Alyce Bailey-Thomas Henrietta Barlag Mary Ann Bender Jane Bennett William Blake Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bloch Anna Braam Mr. David A. Brashear Warren & Gail Cato Kevin & Linda Chaney Sally Chatfield Dunn Susan Cohen & Robert Schmuelling Jacqueline Conner Barbara & Gary Cummins Sonia Daoud Steve & Daina Dennis Mary & Clyde Dial Jane & Igor Dumbadze Peggy Eberhard Charles K. Eckert Charles & Harriet Edwards Robin Ellerhorst, in memory of Kenneth Mahler, Sr Mr. Frederick A. Fink Amy Fitzgibbons Annie E. Fitzpatrick~ Chuck & Judy Foster Sandra Gans Joanne Glaser & Robert Larson ~ Gumbleton Family Gwen Heilbrun~ Dave & Susan Hill David & Karen Hoguet Linda Holthaus Cindy & Bill Hopping Marilyn Hurrell Nancy Jones & Richard Sippel Janice Kagermeier

Dick & Mona Kerstine Tana Kirkbride & Amit Gupta Vivian Kline Pinky & Sam Kocoshis John & Pat Leikhim Susan Lennert Carol Leslie Barbara Lind John & Kathy Lorenz J.B. Lutz Family Phil & Joan Maechling Sherry & Steve McCamley Laura S. Menge Jan & Marilyn Methlie F. Lee Meyer Lynne Meyers Gordon, MFA Jean & Buck Middlekauff Allen R. Middleton & Gary A. Daniels Drs. Steven & Jacqueline Miller Family Foundation Mary Sue Morrow Roy & Cheryl Newman Ms. Kathleen O'Connell & Dr. H. Kenneth Peterson Paul & Mary Ann Odegard Ms. Nancy Ohnmeis Fred & Leila Oliver Nancy L. Phelan Irene & Daniel Randolph Family Sue & Jerry Ransohoff Fund* Steven & Carol Reubel Rhinegeist Royal C. Riedinger Dr. Raymond H. Rolwing Madeleine Rose Barb & Rich Ruddy Richard Russell Catharine Saelinger Joyce Salinger Sally & Howard Sampson Alfred & Stephanie Sassler Carol Schaber Jeanie Schmidt David Schneider Tom & Ellen Seward Judy Sharp Elizabeth Sherwood & Tina Stoeberl Paul & Marcia Shortt Mrs. Barbara B. Simon Mary Lee & Louie Sirkin Myfanwy & Robert Smith Tim Smith & Penny Poirier Richard & Jackie Snyder Keven Speece Fred & Anne Straus Charitable Fund Dennis & Helen Sullivan J. Michael & Patricia Thierauf Lynn & Dan Ticotsky Tom Umfrid & Phil Tworek Vendini Pann & Terry Webb Wuedeman Family Fund*

* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation ^ Capital Campaign Donor ~ Next Stage Donor

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DISCOVER

MUSIC

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our staff Executive board

Stephen M. King, Chair Chip Gerhardt, President Kathy DeLaura, Vice President Mike Zimmer, Treasurer Nick Apanius, Secretary Administrative staff D. Lynn Meyers The Ruth Dennis Sawyer/ Mary Taft Mahler Producing Artistic Director

board of Trustees Alicia Bond-Lewis Otto M. Budig Brenda A. Carter Dennis Geiger Dan Hurley Marcene Kinney Mitchell Meyers directors emeritus Skip Hickenlooper Edward G. Marks

Nilesh Patel Richard L. Postler Rich Roedersheimer Paul Sittenfeld Simón Sotelo Jane Sellers Mary Stagaman founders' circle Ruth D. & John Sawyer Ken & Mary "Murph" Mahler Dr. Charles O. Carothers

Richard J. Diehl Managing Director

production staff Brian c. Mehring Resident Set & Lighting Designer

Julie Carpenter Development Manager

Matthew Hollstegge Production Manager & Master Electrician

Ashley Johnson Grants & Annual Fund Manager

Shannon Rae Lutz Property Master, Design Assistant & Director of Apprentice Programming

Jocelyn Meyer Director of Marketing & Communications Amy Barbian Marketing Associate Jared D. Doren Patron Services Manager & Development Associate Ben Raanan Director of Education & Outreach, Assistant Director John Diehl Operations Associate Box office associates Warren Bryson John Diehl Becca Howell Patrick E. Phillips Sharisse Saunders Becca Schall House managers Becca Howell Sharisse Saunders

Jack Murphy Technical Director Bryce Edmonston Technical Apprentice Brandon T. Holmes Production Stage Manager Elizabeth Freyman Assistant Stage Manager Starr Fish Costume Assistant head of security Nick Ligon Financial Advisor Chet Cavaliere Professional acting apprentices Kendra Beitzel Joshua Harris Lauren Bowler Stephen Kell Brendan Getches Daniela N. Nenova Katie Groneman

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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 and Mercer Commons Garage.

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 available. Generally, signinterpreted 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 8 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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