Two Jews, Talking

MARCH 17 - 19

TWO JEWS, TALKING

MISSION STATEMENT: Flat Rock Playhouse, The State Theatre of North Carolina, enriches lives through the art of theatre by sustaining production excellence, nurturing talent, and inspiring creativity in an inclusive safe haven for artistic vision, life-long learning, and creative risk.

FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE’S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION: Flat Rock Playhouse, The State Theatre of North Carolina, is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive community of artists, patrons, volunteers, students, partners, and supporters where everyone is welcome.

At Flat Rock Playhouse, all people – whatever their gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, religion, education, or ability – are valued and respected.

As storytellers, we strive to tell stories that reflect and illuminate the diversity of our shared humanity. We are grateful to our community and our audience members for joining us in this shared spirit of inclusion and equity for all.

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A MESSAGE FROM JOE IPPOLITO PRESIDENT, FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE BOARD OF TRUSTEES We are back! Perhaps that makes me a “cockeyed optimist” akin to Rogers and Hammerstein’s Nellie Forbush in South Pacific. Uncertainty about the pandemic indeed lingers. Still, we all need to return to some semblance of normality in our lives. So, it is far too difficult for me to be anything but excited about Flat Rock Playhouse’s 2022 season. With great pleasure as President of the Board of Trustees, I welcome you back to the Rock. We are happy to see you – and we have missed you!

I assure you that the entire Playhouse Staff and Board are excited to be back as well. And we are back with the same professionalism and delightful productions you expect from this company of outstanding thespians. Nothing has changed—the excellence you have come to expect is still the watchword around here.

Flat Rock Playhouse owes each of you and many others a very big THANK YOU for your support during the hiatus that marked 2020 and 2021. We thank you for your wonderful generosity during our Rock Solid Campaign last year. Your trust and dedication to the arts and FRP are cherished and cheered. You exhibit the can-do Vagabond Spirit that inhabits this Playhouse.

Still, we must not rest on the success of the Rock Solid Campaign alone. Live theater is a costly business.

We seek to produce “magic” for our audience and transport you to different places and eras, all of which we do with lights, scenery, costumes, sound, props, facilities and administrative support, and superb actors. What goes on behind the scenes is not unlike the magic of the rabbit in the magician’s hat. Yes, we all know the rabbit was put there by the magician, but we still are charmed and entertained when the rabbit magically appears from the magician’s empty hat. And like the magician, it’s our job to keep the secrets of our work away from you to surprise and dazzle you from show to show.

But all of that ‘magic’ requires care and feeding. That is where your continued generosity is so important. Ticket prices alone cannot (and do not) support all the costs of production. So, we still need your welcomed and continued contributions to keep your “Western Carolina Broadway” vibrant and magical for you.

Thanks, for your caring, thanks for your patronage and support, and thanks for your continuing generosity. Now, sit back and let us entertain you!

Sincerely, Joe Ippolito

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A MESSAGE FROM LISA K. BRYANT, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Welcome (back) to Flat Rock Playhouse! If I hadn’t lived it every day, I would be hard-pressed to believe that FRP’s doors were shut for 19 months, or 572 days. Either way—a long time! We missed all our patrons and artists and the thrill of producing live theatre more than I can express. As it has all over the world, the global pandemic has had its way with the ‘ROCK’ too. The live arts were particularly challenged since having folks gather indoors en masse wasn’t the priority for health experts, not to mention the complex process involved behind the scenes putting a live show together and ensuring the safety of the team. BUT! We’re here now and overjoyed to get back to doing what we do—for You! And honestly, we’re ready to remind everyone just how special The State Theatre of North Carolina is and that there is nowhere else in Western North Carolina that offers world-class entertainment quite like the Playhouse does.

Thank you for coming back to the theatre! Without you, there literally is no us. Our gratitude for the unwavering support of Playhouse and theatre lovers knows no bounds, and we just want to thank you over and over with production excellence that brings joy and light to your lives, and to everyone at FRP for decades more to come.

With love and gratitude, Lisa K. Bryant, Producing Artistic Director

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Two Jews, Talking

By Ed. Weinberger Artistic Director LISA K. BRYANT Production Manager ADAM GOODRUM

Lighting Designer / Master Electrician BEN HAMANN

Sound Designer KURT DAVIS

Projections Designer CJ BARNWELL

Costume Designer ASHLI ARNOLD CRUMP

Technical Director CHRIS SIMPSON

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HAL LINDEN started his career as a big band musician and singer in the 1950s. After his time in the army, he began acting in summer stock and off-Broadway productions. Linden got his big break in 1958 when he replaced Sydney Chaplin in the Broadway production of Bells Are Ringing. In 1971, he won a Best Actor Tony Award for his portrayal of Mayer Rothschild in the musical The Rothschilds. In 1974, Linden landed his best-known role as the title character in the television comedy series Barney Miller.

He portrayed the eponymous captain of the 12th Precinct in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. The role earned him seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations. Linden has continued a stellar career in the arts and revived his musical career: in 2011, he released his first album of pop and jazz standards, It's Never Too Late.

BERNIE KOPELL was led to the arts from his youth and attended New York University to study dramatic arts before fulfilling his military service. At the beginning of his career, he drove a taxi in Los Angeles and sold vacuum cleaners before landing a minor role in The Brighter Day. He quickly went on to star in My Favorite Martian and The Jack Benny Program. Kopell's success soared with roles on favorites such as Green Acres, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Bewitched, and Kojak. Kopell is best known, though, for his portrayal of Agent Siegfriend in Get Smart and his longest-running role: Dr. Adam Bricker on The Love Boat. Kopell was with The Love Boat for its entirety and appeared in 250 episodes.

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FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE STAFF Producing Artistic Director.......................................................................................................................Lisa K. Bryant Artistic Associate ..................................................................................................................................Matthew Glover Production Manager ............................................................................................................................Adam Goodrum Director Of Education ..............................................................................................................................Anna Kimmell Major Gifts Officer..........................................................................................................................Kim Hinkelman Development Manager ............................................................................................................................ Olivia Palmer Graphic + Media Designer.................................................................................................................Christy Souther Social Media Coordinator.............................................................................................................................Emily Gill Finance Director.................................................................................................................Samantha Yaeger Goodrum Master Electrician......................................................................................................................................Ben Hamann Head of Sound................................................................................................................................................Kurt Davis

Resident Costume Designer / Costume Shop Manager.................................................................Ashli Arnold Crump Facilities Manager .......................................................................................................................................Paul Feraldi Assistant Facilities Manager ......................................................................................................................Bryan Taylor Director Of Ticketing + Guest Services................................................................................................ Daniel Williams Assistant Box Office Manager.................................................................................................................Jessica Ritchie Box Office Staff........................................................................................................................................Stephanie Orr House Managers................................................................................................................Emmett Casey, Vicki Leeds

PRODUCTION STAFF Production Manager..............................................................................................................................Adam Goodrum TEchnical Director.....................................................................................................................................Chris Simpson Projections Designer....................................................................................................................................CJ Barnwell Lighting Designer / Master Electrician .............................................................................................Benjamin Hamann Costume Design / Costume Shop Manager ....................................................................................Ashli Arnold Crump Head of Sound................................................................................................................................................Kurt Davis

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ADAM GOODRUM (PRODUCTION MANAGER) Adam graduated from UNC School of the Arts in with a B.F.A. in Technical Direction. After graduating he went to Goodspeed Opera House where he spent 3 years climbing the ranks from a Carpenter, Lead Welder, Master Carpenter to their Assistant Technical Director 2007. He then moved to DC to become Signature Theatre’s Technical Director. After a year with Signature he returned to Goodspeed to take over as their Technical Director where he stayed from 20092013. In 2013 Adam moved closer to home and joined the Flat Rock Playhouse staff where he took on the position of Technical Director, and in 2014, he moved up to be the Production Manager. Adam is happy to have found his place back in his home state of NC where he is closer to family and friends and where he and his wife, Samantha welcomed their first child Ryden to the Vagabond Family in 2018.

CJ BARNWELL (PROJECTIONS DESIGNER) joined Flat Rock Playhouse in January of 2014 as Master Electrician and in 2015 moved up to Head of Lighting and Visual Media. He has created lighting designs for a number of shows for the Playhouse including South Pacific, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Million Dollar Quartet, and Always Patsy Cline. Additionally, CJ has created visual media for many productions as well, including 2020’s Nat Zegree Virtual Cabaret as well as many of the Music on the Rock™ concerts at the Playhouse. Designing lights and visuals around the southeast, some of CJ’s other projects include the world premiere of Curvy Widow & Brave New World, at NC Stage and Immediate Theater Project’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. After graduating from College of Charleston with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Technology, CJ went on to pursue various positions around the country. See his other current and upcoming projects at www.CJLights.com.

BEN HAMANN (LIGHTING DESIGNER / MASTER ELECTRICIAN) first joined the FRP family in 2019 and is thrilled to be back to kick off a new season on the rock! He is a North Carolina native and holds both a BA and MA in Theatre Arts from Bob Jones University. His favorite shows to work on at FRP have been The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe, All Shook Up, and Turn of the Screw. His other lighting credits include Guys & Dolls, Mary Poppins (Overshadowed Theatrical Productions); Christmas Cabaret (Younts Center). He would like to thank his friends and family for their love and support and a special thanks to CJ Barnwell for his guidance and mentorship these past few years.

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KURT DAVIS (SOUND DESIGNER) graduated from The University of Mississippi, receiving a B.F.A. in Theatrical Design & Production with an emphasis in Sound Design. After graduating, he moved to DC to work at the Shakespeare Theatre Company as a Sound Operator from 2015 to 2018. He then returned to his hometown of Jackson, MIssissippi and worked with New Stage Theatre for a season-and-a-half as the Sound Engineer. While there, he designed several productions, including The Diary of Anne Frank, Sweat, Bright Star, and Matilda: The Musical. In February of 2020, Kurt moved to Brevard, NC to serve as Brevard College’s Campus Event Technical Director and Brevard Music Center’s Head of Audio. Recently, he co-designed 2021’s A Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas and soon after became Head of Audio for the playhouse. He is thrilled to be here at The Rock for it’s 2022 season!

ASHLI ARNOLD CRUMP (COSTUME DESIGNER / COSTUME SHOP MANAGER) After a restful year of nature walks, coffee in pajamas, and time spent with cats, Ashli is back for a change of pace on The Rock! No introduction needed, she has been a Vagabond for 30 years and has led the costume department for over a decade. A graduate of the former FRP Theatre for Young People Conservatory program. She has a degree in Theatre Design and Technology from Appalachian State University. As the Resident Costume Designer she has designed numerous FRP productions. Some of her favorites include South Pacific, All Shook Up, Annie, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Chasing Rainbows, Million Dollar Quartet, 9 to 5, The Music Man, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Hank Williams Lost Highway, The Little Prince, Peter Pan, and A Christmas Story. Ashli has also designed or worked for New Stage Theatre, Florida Repertory Theatre, Mill Mountain Theatre, South Carolina Children’s Theatre, Blowing Rock Stage Company, The Opera Company of NC, Brevard Music Center, Brevard College, and Sapsis Rigging. You can also see Ashli’s handcrafted jewelry and designs at The Garage on 25 in Fletcher, NC. CHRIS SIMPSON (TECHNICAL DIRECTOR) first came to Flat Rock Playhouse as the Master Carpenter in 2004 and left in 2009 as the Assistant Technical Director to his mentor, Bruce R. Bailey. He then traveled to Southwest Florida to become the Technical Director at Florida Repertory Theater in Fort Myers, Florida.

After six years, Chris and his new wife, Claire, moved back to North Carolina and lived in Greensboro where he was the Technical Director at Triad Stage. But the Western North Carolina mountains called him back to the Rock, and he returned as the Technical Director in 2017. Chris is over the moon to return to his favorite place after two years away and do what he loves with the folks he admires here at the Playhouse. Chris lives in the little town of Tryon with his talented and lovely Bride and their goofy doggo, Hoyt. Thank you for supporting live local theater and of course: Sit back, Relax and Enjoy the Show.

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Feb. 24 - March 5

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Two Jews, Talking

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A Hilarious Staged Reading March 17 - 19

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Elton John March 31 - April 2

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Catch Me If You Can April 28 - May 14

Million Dollar Quartet May 20 - June 19

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West Side Story July 1 - 30 The Musical Story Continues

Mozart to Pop Chart Aug. 5 - 13

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Aug. 19 - Sept. 4

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God of Carnage Sept. 15 - Oct. 8 Introducing: The Black Box Series

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Blood Knot Sept. 16 - Oct. 9 Encore Performance

Mamma Mia! Oct. 21 - Nov. 13

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Find peace and tranquility in this new garden of remembrance.

Flat Rock Playhouse’s founder, Robroy Farquhar, settled in this beautiful mountain region to celebrate the joys of nature and create a safe haven to practice his craft. In 2021, we continue to embrace the quiet serenity of our beautiful surroundings with The Leiman Garden of Remembrance.

David and Sharon Leiman donated this hallowed ground in memory of the six million Jews and millions of other men, women, and children murdered by Nazi Germany. The garden invites us all to remember, learn, reflect and NEVER FORGET. David and Sharon first came to Flat Rock Playhouse in 2016 for the all-star hit production, Million Dollar Quartet. We are honored and overjoyed to call this dynamic duo part of the Flat Rock Playhouse team of patrons, donors, and volunteers.

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS ROCK SOLID CAMPAIGN INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS: We are abundantly grateful for the generous support of our donors who ensure that the show will go on. Together we can preserve, ignite, and revitalize the arts in Western North Carolina.

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