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FLORIDA REP

2022-2023 CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF LIVE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE!
Greg Longenhagen, Artistic Director
LADY DAY AT EMERSON BAR & GRILL • INCIDENT AT OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP • AND THEN THERE WERE NONE • FREUD’S LAST SESSION • RIPCORD • THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST • ON GOLDEN POND • RING OF FIRE • LOBBY HERO
• John Martin, Executive Director
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WELCOME TO OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY SEASON!

It’s hard to believe a quarter century has passed since our first production, because it feels like it was just yesterday when I first stepped onto the Historic Arcade stage in the fall of 1998. I must admit, both Florida Rep and I have gathered a wealth of experiences since that inaugural season. Hundreds of productions, thousands of actors and designers, technicians, interns, and countless students and patrons have walked through our doors to be moved by the work on our stages.

Thanks to the City of Fort Myers, the Community Redevelopment Agency, and the vision of our founders, Florida Rep has impacted a generation of young people and a generation of theatre goers and helped to make downtown Fort Myers a destination for entertainment and the arts.

Throughout the years, I’ve had the pleasure of working at Florida Rep as an actor, fight choreographer, dialect coach and stage director, and even seen through my children’s eyes the impact our Education Programs make for so many young people. And now, in my fifth season as your Producing Artistic Director, it is an honor to look back on the journey, the countless creative professionals who make working at Florida Rep their passion, and the varied stories we’ve brought to life on our stages.

Storytelling is at the heart of live theatre. Telling stories well is what professional producing theatres do best and throughout our 25-year history, Florida Rep has developed a reputation as one of the top repertory theatres in the business –that’s according to local and national reviews, but more importantly, it’s also the opinion of our loyal audience members.

This season we are telling stories about family, connection, and love. Many of the plays chronicle relationships between wildly different people finding common ground, some provide an escape; others ask us to consider the world from someone else’s perspective, and our spring musical promises to have you dancing in the aisles – again!

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 4 FROM YOUR PRODUCING

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Our Jubilee Season line-up will take you on a journey through time and place from Victorian England, to a 1950’s gritty Philadelphia bar, to a Catholic suburban home in the 1970’s, to a serene New England lake house in the 1980’s, plus the contemporary settings of a senior living complex, a Manhattan high rise lobby, and more.

As you immerse yourself in these terrific comedies, thought-provoking dramas, and poignant musical offerings, you will be led by some of our signature Ensemble members alongside frequent guest artists and some fresh new faces and creative works soon to become part of the Florida Rep legacy. Our visiting professionals and local creative team are dedicated to bringing you the finest in live professional theatre – a tradition we established, and continue to maintain, since we opened our doors.

Downtown Fort Myers was a different place in the late 1990s. It was not the vibrant community center we know now – teaming with busy restaurants, shops, art centers, hotels, and more. At that time, the River District was ripe for rejuvenation and Florida Repertory Theatre was one of the early pioneers. When Florida Rep took residence in the deserted Historic Arcade we became a key player in the downtown renaissance. Thanks to the dedication of our company members and ever-growing loyal patrons and supporters, we now look back with pride, and look forward to all that the future has to offer.

The play you are about to watch is a unique production designed, crafted, directed, and cast specifically for you. You won’t see this version of this play anywhere else, and our team takes great pride in the work they do to delight, entertain, and enrich your life. On behalf of all of us at Florida Rep, we wish to thank you for your patronage, your support, and for joining us at the theatre. We look forward to sharing the next twenty-five years with you.

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Welcome to our 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee Season!

On behalf of all of us at Florida Rep, I am honored to welcome you to our 25th season.

I remember so clearly our inaugural 1998-1999 season. Our first production Noises Off had those first audiences laughing in the aisles, setting the bar for what was to follow. It was so successful that we revived it in our 13th year starring Jason Parrish, early in his career here, alongside Vicki Boyle, in her Florida Rep debut.

As a longtime Board Member, I’ve seen nearly every production so it’s hard to pick my fondest memory, but a highlight was watching my husband making his “professional” debut with a walk-on role in Inherit the Wind. As you sit back, I encourage you to reflect on your history with Florida Rep. I hope you feel as grateful as I do that Florida Rep is here working to keep professional theatre alive in Downtown Fort Myers. If this is your first visit, I hope you are inspired to return.

Our education department is also critical to our success and plays an important part in the cultural health of our community. We are proud to offer classes for all ages and have brought theatre to thousands of Lee County students. Our Conservatory Program for advanced-level students celebrated a milestone last fall when a group of local young artists took the stage alongside professional actors in West Side Story.

It is also vital that Florida Rep give back to the industry by nurturing new works. Our Playlab festival invites playwrights to submit their new offerings and since its inception in 2014, has produced 32 play readings including two commissioned works for young audiences. It is also responsible for six world premieres or regional premiere productions.

We want to thank you for all the ways you support us—from major donations to ticket purchases. It’s only through your financial support that we are able to present the Broadway-quality productions you deserve. Ticket sales alone cannot sustain us. If you able, we hope you will consider donating today.

In closing, and most importantly, I invite you to sit back and enjoy the show!

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 9 A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRPERSON

Dear Florida Repertory Theatre Patrons,

Happy Silver Anniversary! I am delighted to welcome you as Florida Rep celebrates 25 years of presenting award-winning regional theater at the historic Arcade Theatre and Art Stage Studio Theatre.

The stage lights shone brightly last season with the return to live theatre! What a thrill once again to come together to experience theatre, that cultural phenomenon that connects our community through the human experience— our history, our heritage and the way we relate to one another.

Undoubtedly one of Southwest Florida’s most important cultural and educational institutions, Florida Repertory Theatre unites our community by serving over 45,000 young people and their families each year through a variety of exceptional arts education and outreach programs. Florida Rep provides jobs, purchases goods and services from within the community, welcomes nearly 100,000 patrons annually to the Historic River District, showcasing them as a cornerstone of the Fort Myers economy.

This is certainly an Anniversary worth celebrating and I am delighted to share this with you. Congratulations again to Florida Rep! And many wishes for a bright and successful future.

Yours in public service,

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POP-UP MASTERCLASS SERIES

OFFERED ON SATURDAYS, ONCE PER MONTH

Offered once per month on Saturdays, these sessions, taught be seasoned professionals, give students the opportunity to learn or advance their skills in acting, tap dancing, fight choreography, voice, auditioning, and more.

THEATRE TECH PROGRAM

This spring we will pilot a theatre tech program giving students an introduction to the crafts that take place behind the scenes such as set design, costumes & make-up, lights & sound, and stage management.

To enroll or for more information, please visit our website FloridaRepEducation.Org and complete the “Want to Learn More” survey.

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2022-23 WINTER/SPRING PROGRAMMING
Join us for one of our Theatre for Young Audiences performances offered in the Historic Arcade Theatre. A MUSICAL EXPERIENCE RIPPED FROM THE PAGES OF MO WILLEMS’ BEST-SELLING BOOKS! A brand-new musical adventure where Ella must find the power to be her true self! Ella Enchanted the musical
Tickets: $10 Check FloridaRepEducation.Org for details and show dates.

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EDUCATION’S SPRING 2023 CONSERVATORY

Florida Rep’s Theatre Conservatory program offers young artists an introduction to the professional theatre experience and culminates with a public performance in the Historic Arcade Theatre.

THE MUSICAL

Conceived and Developed by David De Silva

Book by JOSE FERNANDEZ • Lyrics by JACQUES LEVY • Music by STEVE MARGOSHES

Title Song " FAME " written by Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore

Fame The Musical inspired generations to fight for fame and light up the sky like a flame! The show follows the final class of New York City’s celebrated High School for the Performing Arts from admission in 1980 to their graduation in 1984. All the struggles, fears and triumphs and features the Academy Award-winning title song and a host of catchy pop numbers. Florida Rep Education’s production will be directed by Monique Caldwell and will feature local SWFL students performing with a live band.

MAY 18-21 & 24-27, 2023

AUDITIONS: MARCH 9 & 10

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ENSEMBLE OF ARTISTS

Florida Repertory Theatre is committed to providing a first-class regional theatre for Southwest Florida; to creating, nurturing, and developing a diverse ensemble of theatre professionals who will develop long term relationships working on a wide variety of plays; to helping improve the quality of life in our community through all the arts; and to making the arts, especially theatre, accessible to every segment of our community.

We would like to recognize these core members of our Ensemble of Theatre Professionals.

Ensemble Artist Featured in the 2022-2023 Season

Viki Boyleb Actor

Since 2010

David Breitbarthb Actor

Since 2011

Rachel Burttram Actor

Since 2002

Mark Chambers Actor

Since 2006

Chris Clavellib Actor/Director

Since 2000

Michelle Damato Actor

Since 2007

ACTORS & DIRECTORS

Kate Hamptonb Actor

Since 2012

Maureen Heffernanb Director

Since 2002

V Craig Heidenreichb Actor/Director

Since 2016

Patricia Idlette Actor

Since 2008

Greg Longenhagenb Actor/Director

Since 1998

William McNultyb Actor

Since 2012

Sara Morseyb Actor

Since 2008

Jason Parrishb Actor/Director

Since 2005

Brendan Powers Actor

Since 2008

Peter Thomassonb Actor

Since 2004

IN MEMORIAM

Niels Miller Actor & Director 1925-2006

Graham Smith Actor 1955-2020

DESIGNERS & STAGE MANAGERS

Audrey M. Brownb Stage Manager

Since 2007

Richard Crowellb Set Designer

Since 1998

Arthur D’Alessio Choreographer

Since 1999

Stefanie Gendab Costume Designer

Since 2008

Jim Hunterb Set & Lighting Designer

Since 2000

Amy L. Massarib Stage Manager

Since 2010

Ray Rechtb Set Designer

Since 1999

David M. Upton Set & Lighting Designer

Since 2006

Janine Wochnab Stage Manager

Since 2005

Robert F. Wolinb Set Designer

Since 2006

Todd O. Wrenb Lighting Designer

Since 2005

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 23

SHELL POINT

Concert Series 2022 2023

Big Band Swing & Jazz Series

HERB BRUCE AND THE HERBICIDE JAZZ BAND with Michael Andrew

Nov. 3, 2022 • 7 p.m. • $55

JOHN PIZZARELLI TRIO

Jan. 5, 2023 • 7 p.m.

Pop Series

HOTEL CALIFORNIA –THE ORIGINAL EAGLES TRIBUTE BAND

Feb. 1 & 2, 2023

GENTRI –THE GENTLEMEN TRIO

March 24, 2023

LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK (REVISITED): SIMON & GARFUNKEL TRIBUTE

April 3 & 4, 2023

Classical Series

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Nov. 17, 2022

Theatre Series

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Nov. 18, 2022 • 7 p.m.

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Feb. 13, 2023 • 7 p.m. • $55

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PlayLab is an intensive weekend festival that showcases new plays and new voices in the American Theatre! Join us this spring for an action-packed weekend of readings, panel discussions, networking events, and more!

Be part of the New Play Development process as you watch Florida Rep’s Ensemble Members & guest artists working on a series of NEW plays from established & emerging playwrights!

Playwrights & Titles Coming Soon for 2023!

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Join us as we celebrate our “Silver Jubilee” 25th Anniversary at our annual fundraising gala! The evening will be a joyful celebration of Florida Rep through the years, with dazzling live professional entertainment, a delicious gourmet dinner, live and silent auctions featuring one-of-a-kind experiences, and much more. Mingle with Florida Rep’s staff, artists, and like-minded performing arts supporters.

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FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE

GREG LONGENHAGEN, Producing Artistic Director • JOHN MARTIN, Executive Director

2022-2023 SEASON

ARTSTAGE STUDIO THEATRE • FORT MYERS RIVER DISTRICT

PRESENTS

SPONSORED BY DAVID FRITZ

TAYLOR CARPET ONE FLOOR & HOME • WZVN ABC-7

STARRING

CHASE BRACKETT^ • DAVID BREITBARTH*† • TALLEY GALE*

CAROL HALSTEAD* • JAKE MURPHY* • JAN NEUBERGER*

ELLA OLESEN • SETH ROBERT PATTERSON^ • MAX ROLL*

DIRECTED BY CHRIS CLAVELLI**†

SCENIC DESIGNER KIMBERLY V. POWERS***

COSTUME DESIGNER STEFANIE GENDA***†

LIGHTING DESIGNER TODD O. WREN***†

SOUND DESIGNER KATIE LOWE

STAGE MANAGER JANINE WOCHNA*†

ASST. STAGE MANAGER BYRON F. ABENS*

†Member of Florida Repertory Theatre’s Ensemble of Theatre Artists • *Member of Actors’ Equity Association

**Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society • ˆ Equity Membership Candidate

2022-23 GRAND SEASON SPONSORS

This entire season sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Florida Repertory Theatre is a fully professional non-profit LOA/LORT Theatre company on contract with the Actors’ Equity Association that proudly employs members of the national theatrical labor unions.
IN THE KNOW IN THE NOW. Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency

STARRING

(in order of appearance)

Algernon Moncrieff.................................Jake Murphy*†

Lane.............................................Seth Robert Patterson^†

John “Jack” Worthing, J.P..............................Max Roll*†

Lady Bracknell........................................Carol Halstead*†

Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax...........................Talley Gale*†

Miss Prism..................................................Jan Neuberger*†

Cecily Cardew..................................................Ella Olesen*†

Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.......David Breitbarth*†

Merriman...................................................Chase Brackett^†

DRAMATURG

Shami J. McCormick

UNDERSTUDIES & SHIFT CREW

Gwendolyn Fairfax......................................Sarah Brackett^†

Lane/Merriman/Chasuble.........................Sam Crabtree^†

Lady Bracknell/Miss Prism.....................Arielle Conrad^†

Cecily Cardew...........................................Brianna McVaugh^

Jack Worthing.............................Seth Robert Patterson^†

TIME AND PLACE

England, 1895.

Act I: Algernon’s London Flat Act II: A country manor in Hertfordshire

Any taping, filming, recording or broadcast of this play is strictly prohibited.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is performed with one 15-minute intermission.

RUN CREW

Light Board Operator: Tyler Evans

Wardrobe Crew: Briar Edwards, Anthony Toney

Stage Hand: Jennifer Woodford

†Member of Florida Repertory Theatre’s Ensemble of Theatre Artists.

See page 23 for the entire ensemble.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

OSCAR FINGAL O’FLAHERTIE WILLS WILDE

(1854 – 1900)

was an Irish poet and playwright. His parents were intellectuals ensuring Wilde had a top-notch education first at Trinity College Dublin, and then at Oxford. Upon graduation, Wilde moved to London. He married Constance Lloyd in 1884, and the pair had two children together. After writing in different forms through the 1880s, Wilde became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He published two collections of children’s stories and his first and only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. His first play Lady Windermere’s Fan opened in 1892, and he went on to write A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest, which opened on February 14, 1895, in the St. James Theatre in London. That same year Wilde’s personal life became a source of controversy triggering him to file criminal libel charges against the Marquis of Queensberry when he made public accusations about Wilde’s relationship with the Marquis’s son, Lord Alfred ‘Bosie’ Douglas. Ultimately, Wilde dropped his case after evidence led to Wilde’s own arrest and imprisonment for “gross indecency.” Upon his release from jail two years later, Wilde moved to France and wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol, a response to the agony he experienced in prison. Wilde died in 1900 from meningitis set on by a serious ear infection. (photo credit:

* The Actors & Stage Manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
**
ˆ Equity Membership Candidate
“Life is much too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.” –Oscar Wilde
***
Napolean Sarony) SHAMI J. McCORMICK (Dramaturg) is a theatre and literary artist happy to step into Oscar Wilde’s Victorian era and share some insights with the director and cast of The Importance of Being Ernest. She is currently writing a children’s adventure series for BGG Creative Studio as well as editing a theatrical memoir. Shami is a proud member of AEA and AFTRA.

WHO’S WHO

CHASE BRACKETT ^

(Merriman, u/s Algernon Moncrieff) is an actor, singer, and violinist who is excited to be one of Florida Rep’s acting interns for the 20222023 season. He recently appeared on stage in NYC in Snoopy’s Magical Christmas (S.O.O.P. Theatre), Fantasy Tavern Night (Bits and Crits), and The Rowdy Bardlings (Lords of Adventure). Other regional credits: The Lost Colony, Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, and Pathological (The Waterside Theatre). He is also touring Ella Enchanted The Musical, Macbeth, and Elephant and Piggie’s: We’re in a Play with Florida Rep’s Education Department throughout the 2022-2023 season. Favorite past roles include Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Toby in Sweeney Todd, and Jesus in Godspell.  Education: BFA Reinhardt University, MCS acting, Tyler Knauf studio. He thanks his wife and family for their love and continued support.

DAVID BREITBARTH*†

(Rev. Canon Chasuble) has been an Ensemble Member since 2012. Florida Rep productions: Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, A Doll’s House, Part 2, West Side Story, A Fox on the Fairway, Sylvia, The Unexpected Guest, Tribes, Social Security, Lend Me A Tenor, and Rumors. David is 25 years an Associate Artist at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota where he’s appeared in over 80 productions, which include Rhinoceros (also at American Conservatory Theatre, SF), Murder on the Orient Express, A Doll’s House Part 2, The Little Foxes, Both Your Houses, The Grapes of Wrath, Glengarry Glen Ross, Clybourne Park, God of Carnage, Once in a Lifetime, Twelve Angry Men, The Front Page, The Immigrant, world premieres of Men of Tortuga and Perfect Mendacity, A Few Good Men, A Flea in Her Ear, Rounding Third, Art, and Nicholas Nickleby. Broadway 1st National Tour: Spring Awakening. Film and television: Frasier, Taken!, Law & Order, and Fame. David is a proud 2013 LuntFontanne Fellow, selected by the prestigious Ten Chimneys Foundation.

TALLEY GALE* (Gwendolen Fairfax) is delighted to make her Florida Repertory Theatre debut! New York: readings of The Convent of Pleasure and The Shadow of a Doubt (Red Bull Theatre). Regional: Private Lives, Antony and Cleopatra (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), Primating (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), Proof (Oldcastle Theatre), Hamlet, Love’s Labours Lost, Macbeth, Richard II, The Last Match, Red Velvet (The Old Globe), This is Our Youth (Steppenwolf

Theatre). TV: Harlem (Amazon) and the web series Queen’s English. Talley hosts the podcast Tea & Vulgarity. BFA: Ball State University; MFA: The Old Globe/University of San Diego. Special thanks to Wolf Talent Group in NYC. Talley is passionate about arts in the South and is therefore making a small gift to the Thea Foundation, a youth arts organization in her home state of Arkansas, in honor of this production. www.theafoundation.org.

CAROL HALSTEAD* (Lady Bracknell) Since last at Florida Rep, Carol played Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (CTC) and National Tour of C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce. Florida Rep credits: Into the Breeches and Native Gardens. Broadway: Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Off-Broadway: The Great Divorce, The Duchess of Malfi, Pericles, Walking Down Broadway, Easter Candy, Urgent Fury, and The Mask. Recent Regional includes Pride & Prejudice, Hamlet (Santa Cruz Shakespeare ), A Dolls House, Part 2 (Maltz Jupiter Theater), Buried Child, Richard III (STNJ), Noises Off (CTC), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Portland Center Stage), Clybourne Park (Barrington Stage ), Good People (The Old Globe), August: Osage County (Fulton Theatre), God of Carnage (Hudson Stage), and other work at The Shakespeare Theatre Company D.C., Baltimore’s CenterStage, Denver Center Theatre Company, Orlando Shakespeare, Cleveland Play House, Dorset Theatre Festival, Kansas City Rep, Syracuse Stage, San Jose Rep. Carol lives in New York City – where she trains as a 4th degree black belt in Seido Karate. She is a graduate of F.S.U. & San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre. Recent TV: Madame Secretary, Elementary, Law & Order. Upcoming film: Books & Drinks. @carol_halstead

JAKE MURPHY* (Algernon Moncrieff) is a NorCal native with tree pollen allergies. He is also an actor based in New York City. Florida

Rep: Hay Fever. Regional Theatre:  Romeo and Juliet (Marin Shakespeare), Brecht on Brecht and Ideation* (New Repertory Theatre), Mamihlapinatapai (Boston Playwrights Theatre), and Sherlock Holmes, Noises Off!, and To Kill A Mockingbird (Sacramento Theatre Company). New York Theatre: Dead End (Axis Theater Company), Brecht on Brecht (Potomac Theatre Project), and Circadia and Missed Connections (Brunch Theatre). Film: Diagnosis, Come at Me Bro**, Small Time, Flunkyball, I Carry You With Me, Can Hitler Happen Here?, and  Prom King 2010. Television: A Crime to Remember, Evil Lives Here, The Defectives, and Dichos. Awards: *IRNE nomination and **Golden Door Film Festival nomination. Education: Boston University School of Theatre. Love to ma and B .

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JAN NEUBERGER*

(Miss Prism) is a veteran actor of 49 years and counting. She was an original cast member of Broadway’s Wicked, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Big, A Change in the Heir and the 1974 revival of Gypsy. Among other credits are Off-Broadway, regional and stock productions in abundance; national tours, a couple of films, and concerts at Royal Albert and Carnegie Halls. Since setting up shop in Florida eight years ago, Jan has criss-crossed the country in productions of Billy Elliot, Boeing Boeing, Informed Consent, Sister Act, Tartuffe, The Life and Death of Richard II, On Golden Pond, Holiday Inn, The Full Monty, Private Lives and, here at Florida Rep, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and Into the Breeches! Devotees of the Hallmark Channel may have seen her in True Love Blooms, shot in her adoptive hometown of St. Petersburg, and she’ll appear as Grandma CeCe in the upcoming rom-com A Taste of Love www.boomergirl.net.

ELLA OLESEN (Cecily Cardew) is making her Florida Repertory Theatre debut! Recent credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Philadelphia Orchestra), Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party, Broadway Our Way Concert (University of Michigan), Young Frankenstein, Rock of Ages, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (The Barn Theatre), and Sister Act (Trentino Music Festival). Assistant directing credits include Third (Nutley Little Theatre) and Jekyll & Hyde (Star Royale Theatre). Training: BFA in Musical Theatre, University of Michigan. Ella sends love and gratitude to family and friends for their constant support. Go Canada, and go blue! www.ellaolesen.com

SETH ROBERT PATTERSON^ (Lane, u/s Jack Worthing) is a recent Central Michigan University graduate where he studied musical theatre under the tutelage of Dr. Eric Tucker.  Recent collegiate credits: The Last Five Years, Punk Rock, Fool For Love, and Little Shop of Horrors (Central Michigan Univ.).  Recent regional credits include Xanadu (Emerald Coast Theatre Company), Aida (Glow Lyric Theatre), Classic Broadway (Glow Lyric Theatre), and Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None (Florida Rep). This season, Seth will appear in Elephant and Piggie’s: We’re in a Play, Ella Enchanted, and Macbeth with Florida Rep’s Education Department. To my people, I am forever grateful.

MAX ROLL* (Jack Worthing) is delighted to be making his Florida Rep debut. Off Broadway: Mrs. Warren’s Profession (u/s all the men). Canada: Richard in 2 Pianos 4 Hands at the Royal Alex and NAC. UK regional: Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing and Orsino in Twelfth Night, both for Rabble Theatre. UK National Tour: Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby for Blackeyed Theatre Company. Narrator of multiple audiobooks. Partner to TC, cat dad to Minervina, and proud son. Thanks to Chris, Jason, and Greg and to AR Entertainment for being in my corner. Graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

SARAH BRACKETT^ (u/s Gwendolen Fairfax) is an acting intern at Florida Repertory Theatre. She is an Atlanta native but has spent the last few years living in New York City with her husband, fellow acting intern, Chase. She graduated from Reinhardt University with a BFA in musical theatre in 2017. Since that time she has had the opportunity to work on some wonderful productions, including And Then There Were None, Incident at our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ella Enchanted the Musical, Macbeth, and Elephant and Piggie: We’re in a Play! (Florida Repertory Theatre); Beauty and the Beast, Life Could be a Dream, Junie B. Jones the Musical, James and the Giant Peach (Round Barn Theatre); A Christmas Carol National Tour (The Nebraska Theatre Caravan); The Sirens (The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire); and She Kills Monsters, Triassic Parq (Out of Box Theatre). Shout out to Matthew Corozine Studios and Tyler Knauf Studios for their incredible guidance and support. Thank you to Florida Rep for this wonderful opportunity. Lastly, she wants to thank her family for their continued love and support. Sarahbrackett.actor

ARIELLE CONRAD^ (u/s Lady Bracknell, Miss Prism) is elated to be joining Florida Repertory Theatre for the first time! Arielle is an acting intern for the 20222023 season. She graduated with a BFA in musical theatre from Western Kentucky University in 2020, where she also acted as the student head of the Props Department. Recent collegiate credits include The Drowsy Chaperone, Hair, 9 to 5, and Medea. Arielle is also currently touring Macbeth, Ella Enchanted the Musical, and Elephant and Piggie’s: We’re in a Play with Florida Rep’s Education Department. When she’s not onstage, she enjoys making music with her dad and taking too many photos of her cat, Tuck. She is deeply grateful for the unconditional love and support from her people.

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SAM CRABTREE^ (u/s Lane, Merriman, Chasuble) is a a recent acting graduate from the University of Nevada, Reno and serving as an acting intern at Florida Rep. His recent productions include The Birds and The Village Postmaster (Thunder Bay Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival), Into the Woods (SSPA), and And Then There Were None (Florida Rep). This season he will also appear in Florida Rep’s touring education shows Elephant and Piggie’s: We’re in a Play, Ella Enchanted, and Macbeth.

BRIANNA McVAUGH^ (u/s Cecily Cardew) is a graduate of The University of South Florida where she earned her B.A. in Theatre Performance. She is and actor/singer/dancer as well as an advanced actor/combatant certified by the Society of American Fight Directors in all eight recognized stage combat weapons. Brianna has worked as a performer professionally in productions such as A Clockwork Orange at Jobsite Theatre in Tampa, Florida and Unto These Hills at Mountainside Theatre in Cherokee, North Carolina. She’s also been seen as a stunt performer in The Big Test Stunt Show at Legoland in Goshen, New York. Along with being a performer, Brianna is also a professional fight/intimacy director, working on shows such as House of Desires at The University of South Florida, Moon Over Buffalo at Plant City High School and The Play That Goes Wrong at Newsome High School, and most recently And Then There Were None here at Florida Rep. She has also been an intimacy director for Jobsite Theatre’s production of Animals Out of Paper. Brianna is so excited to be a part of Florida Repertory Theatre’s acting intern company for the 2022-2023 season.

CHRIS CLAVELLI**† (Director) is an ensemble member and the resident director of the Florida Repertory Theatre where he has directed and acted in over 40 productions. At Florida Rep, he has directed Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Morning After Grace, House of Blue Leaves, The Glass Menagerie, Collected Stories, Time Stands Still, Tribes, Lend Me a Tenor, A Doll’s House Part 2 (2020 production) and The Cocktail Hour,  Alone Together, The Mystery of Irma Vep and Educating Rita. Other directing credits: The Riverside Theatre, Two River Theatre Company, The Public Theatre, The Virginia Stage Company, The Depot Theatre, The Chenango River Theatre, The University of South Carolina, Fairleigh Dickinson University and The Actors Studio. He served as Adjunct Professor of classical acting in the master’s program at Pace University/Actors Studio Drama School for five years, Adjunct Professor of British styles and American farce studies at CAP 21/ Molloy College, Assistant Professor, acting, Florida Gulf Coast University and instructor of voice and

speech and on camera technique at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. He is a member of Actors Equity Association, American Federation and Television Artists/ Screen Actors Guild and The Society of Directors and Choreographers. His acting work has been seen on your television, Off-Broadway, around the United States in regional theatre and in over 18 roles on Florida Rep stages. This spring, he will be seen as Doctor Hoover in Paramout Pictures The Mayor of Kingstown. He is the recipient of the best actor Carbonell, a Barrymore Award, a Broadway World Best Director Award and a nomination for The Alan Schneider directing award through Theatre Communications Group. In just a few weeks he will begin rehearsals for Oleanna at The Riverside Theatre.

STEFANIE GENDA***† (Costume Designer)

Florida Rep:  Ripcord, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Inspector Calls, Million Dollar Quartet, Cabaret, Twelve Angry Men; NYC Theatre Credits: world premiere  The Karpovsky Variations (Boomerang Theater Company), Don’t Do This To Us! (The Tank), Marrow (59E59 and Edinburgh Fringe), Complete Works of William Shakespeare…Abridged, Bunnicula (Mile Square Theatre),  Bubba (NY Fringe Fest); Regional Theatre Credits:  Lost in Yonkers  (Riverside Theatre); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Tuacahn Center for the Arts); Linger (Premiere Stages, Best Costume Design Broadway World);  Crossing Swords, tick, Tick...BOOM!  (American Theatre Group).  Othello (American Shakespeare Center), “How You Look at It” (Short Film). Stefanie’s Broadway credits include assistant costume designer on Ain’t No Mo and the revival of Company along with working at Manhattan Theatre Club on both their Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

KATIE LOWE (Sound Designer) is happy to return as Resident Sound Designer this anniversary season! Previous credits include Ripcord, Freud’s Last Session, And Then There Were None, Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Matilda, Spring Awakening, Disney’s Newsies (Sound Engineer, Florida Repertory Theatre),  Maytag Virgin, Bulletproof Backpack, Every Brilliant Thing, Barefoot in the Park, Alabaster, An Inspector Calls, A Fox on the Fairway, Always… Patsy Cline, Romeo and Juliet, August Wilson’s Fences, Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical, Damascus, Steel Magnolias, Becoming Dr. Ruth, Refugee, (Sound Designer, Florida Repertory Theatre),  Cabaret (Florida Repertory Theatre, A2), Million Dollar Quartet (Endstation Theatre Company, A2), Sense and Sensibility (University of Kentucky, Sound Designer). Katie would like to thank her parents and fiancé, Ben, for their endless support and love!

WHO’S WHO

WHO’S WHO

KIMBERLY V. POWERS*** (Scenic Designer)

Theatre credits include productions at Syracuse Stage (NY), Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma (OK), Skylight Music Theater (WI), Virginia Repertory Theatre (VA), Trike Theatre (AR), Southern Repertory Theatre (LA), Stages Rep (TX), Children’s Musical Theater San Jose (CA), Orlando Repertory Theatre (FL), TheatreSquared (AR), National Theatre Conservatory (CO), Children’s Theatre of Charlotte (NC), Cape Fear Regional Theatre (NC), Theatre By The Sea (RI), Potsdam Music Theatre (NY), Northern Stage (VT), West Texas A&M University (TX), Porthouse Theatre (OH), Eastman School of Music (NY), Seaside Music Theater (FL), IBEX Puppetry (FL), Atlantic Stage (SC), Warehouse Theatre (SC), and The University of Arkansas (AR). She was the Resident Set Designer and Props Master for Ocean State Theatre Company’s inaugural season 2012-2013; Resident Set Designer for Ohio Light Opera (2008-2015); and first Design Assistant at The Denver Center Theatre Company for the 2006-2008 seasons. She also worked at the Cleveland Play House as a scenic artist for the 2002-2003 season. Kimberly has been a freelance scenic artist since 2000. Notable clients include Hangar Theatre (NY), New York Music Theatre Festival (NY), Signature Theatre (VA), and Lyric Theatre (OK), TheatreSquared (AR), among others. She has also created public art in Arkansas and Tulsa and has been commissioned as a fine artist and muralist. Additionally, she has worked professionally as a props master, event designer and coordinator, graphic designer, and exhibit designer and has taught in the Theatre Departments at The University of Arkansas, Coastal Carolina University, The University of Tulsa, and Colby College. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Scenic Design from Kent State University and is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.

TODD O. WREN***† (Lighting Designer) is delighted to participate in Florida Rep’s continued growth as an ensemble member. A special thanks goes to you,

the audience, for your support. Todd’s theatrical credits include Good Speed Musicals, Cleveland Playhouse, People’s Light and Opera Company, The Royal Manitoba Theatre Center, Merrimack Repertory, Barter Theatre, Tennessee Repertory, John F. Kennedy Center, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Charlotte Repertory, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Town and Gown Theatre, Casa Manana, and Flat Rock Playhouse. Todd is a member of United Scenic Artists, New York Local #829.

JANINE WOCHNA*† (Stage Manager), is an ensemble member having most previously stage-managed And Then There Were None, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Maytag Virgin, Morning After Grace, The Woman in Black, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, and many others since 2005. Regional theatre credits include The Man of La Mancha and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Triad Stage, four seasons as Resident Stage Manager at the Geva Theatre, and 14 seasons at the Cleveland Play House. She is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

BYRON F. ABENS* (Asst. Stage Manager)

Previous credits include numerous productions with TheaterWorks USA, both touring and in New York, including The Pout-Pout Fish, Seussical, Skippyjon Jones (Lucille Lortel Award nominee for Best Musical), Click Clack Moo, and The Lightning Thief. Additionally, Byron has worked Off-Broadway on productions such as Gates of Gold and Tales from the Tunnel. Regional theatre and opera credits include productions at Stages St. Louis, Porthouse Theatre, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera North, Toledo Opera, and Michigan Opera Theatre. A Cleveland native, Byron now resides in New York City. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American Actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www. actorsequity.org.

FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL THEATRES ASSOCIATION (FPTA) is a statewide organization of professional theatre companies and theatre professionals interested in the development and promotion of professional theatre throughout Florida. Florida Repertory Theatre is a proud FPTA member theatre.

Florida Repertory Theatre is a member of THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (TCG), the national organization for the American Theatre.

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Florida Repertory Theatre is a proud Associate Member of the NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK

The World Around Wilde’s Characters

The 63-year period between 1837 and 1901 marked the reign of Queen Victoria and came to be known as the Victorian Era. England during this time, along with much of the world, went through some dynamic changes spurred by the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of the Industrial Revolution, and the rapid growth in Imperialism. By the end of Victoria’s reign, Great Britain controlled approximately one-fifth of the globe and an equal or greater portion of its population. This period of globalization led by Great Britain was known as the Pax Britannica (cf Wikipedia), or British Peace. Britain was the economic, social, and cultural leader of the world backed by a strong military. London became both the world’s largest city, the epicenter of the British Empire, and the iconic pillar of “the well-ordered society.”

This is the world from which Wilde’s characters were hatched. Aristocrats, such as Lady Bracknell, would have witnessed a massive migration from the country to the cities. London’s population in 1800 hovered around one million; by 1900 it had grown to 6.7 million. Though meteoric growth may have been spurred by technological advances and the opportunities they brought, challenges arose in the form of overcrowding, the spread of slums and disease, child labor, issues around inherited vs. earned wealth, and greater, forced proximity between the social classes. There were also questions about the role of the aristocracy vs. meritocracy.

Abrupt change usually brings abrupt reaction. Brits could look across the channel and see how absolutism and food shortages brought the guillotine front and center and ended a monarchy. Though Great Britain pushed at and absorbed the world’s boundaries, the growing pains at home were difficult to handle. Lineage, money, land, education, and etiquette had been the hallmarks of the aristocratic life. To keep its sense of privilege, the boundaries of each element were further crystallized and codified. What resulted were extreme and inflexible norms of social behavior that helped keep class distinctions distinct. Arguably, Britain’s role as both the policeman and cultural icon of the world led to a code of conduct that, at least on the surface, appeared worthy and emblematic of its leadership role. But it must have been exhausting to sustain!

Victorian Money Conversion

100 pounds in 1850 = £17,230 today

1 pound during Victorian times = £156 today

DRAMATURGICAL NOTES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS & FLORIDA REP STAFF

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Janice Danzig, Chair

Naomi Bloom, Vice Chair

Dinah Bloomhall

Alexandra Bremner

Shavon Chester

Doris Colgate

Fay C. Gronski, Secretary

Arthur Zupko, Treasurer

Marc Collins

David M. Fritz

R. Marc Laviolette

Greg Longenhagen

ADVISORY BOARD

Sunny Lubner

John Martin

Martin McLaughlin

Marlene Moulton

Don Abbott • Liz Abbott • Suzanne Boy • Don Gurule • Melinda Isley • Jan Klein

Jane Lane • R. Marc Laviolette • Darrel Lieze-Adams • Greg Longenhagen • Donna Lovejoy

Clive Lubner • John Martin • Jeff McCullers

STAFF

ARTISTIC & EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

Executive Director............................................John Martin

Producing Artistic Director........Greg Longenhagen

Associate Artistic Director.......................Jason Parrish

Executive Assistant............................Dianne Summers

ADMINISTRATION

Finance Director.................................................Scott Osler

Business Manager............................................Kelly Colton

Company Manager............................................Joy Rester

Director of Operations...........................Juan Santiago

Asst. Operations Manager...........................Blanca Solis

Box Office Manager................................Gerrie Benzing

Front of House Associates....Rick Aschenbrenner, Renae Corvi, Joanne Friedman, Angel Harris, Joey Herrera, Jennifer Manekin, Lori McKenzie, Beverly Morgan, Yamil Ocasio, Lee Slattery, Donna VanDuiven

DEVELOPMENT & FUNDRAISING

Development Director..........................Jennifer Denike

Development Associate............................Emily Yorgey

MARKETING

Marketing Director............................Deborah Jonsson

Digital Media Specialist....................Joe Dafeldecker

Social Media Specialist.......................Stephanie Davis

EDUCATION

Education Director.............................Monique Caldwell

Asst. Education Director...............................Emily Turtle

Touring & Outreach Manager...........Isabella Cintron

PRODUCTION

Production Manager/Safety Officer...Charles Clark

Associate Production Manager.............Naomi Bates

Technical Director.................................Christian Londos

Asst. Technical Director........................Miranda White

Production Shop Foreman......................Liam Fisher

Resident Director...........................................Chris Clavelli

Master Electrician..............................................Joel Zishuk

Asst. Master Electrician.................................Tyler Evans

Carpenter........................................................Shellie Raleigh

Sound Engineer..................................................Katie Lowe

Costume Shop Manager..................Stephanie Hawks

Asst. Costume Shop Manager..............Briar Edwards

Wardrobe Supervisor...........Anthony “Tony” Toney

Scenic Charge...............................Julie Beth McCracken

Scenic Artist...................................................London Dailey

Properties Manager...............................Jesseca Terhaar

Properties Artist.................................................Lily Munroe

2022-2023 INTERN COMPANY

Acting Company......................................Chase Brackett, Sarah Brackett, Arielle Conrad, Sam Crabtree, Brianna McVaugh, Seth Patterson

Production............................................Matthew Hakesley, Emma Sabulsky, Dillon Sheehan, Erija Wayman-Murdock

Company Management.............................Gabby Farve

Stage Management....DJ Kelly, Jennifer Woodford

Costumes.......................Sam Bogan, Eleanor Boozer

Properties.......................................................John O’Shields

Contains strong language, adult situations, & brief nudity.

Florida Rep 2020 Producton of A GENTLEMEN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER featuring Gail Bennett, David Darrow & Alex May

A TIMELINE OF ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE

Fall 2001

Fall 1998

Florida Rep is founded by Robert Cacioppo & Carrie Lund. After 10 successful seasons producing professional theatre, Cacioppo & Lund bring their troupe from Sanibel to Downtown Fort Myers. With the help of Don Paight and the Fort Myers Redevelopment Agency, the Historic Arcade Theatre becomes a hub for the arts in the struggling Downtown River District.

The inaugural season opens with Noises O by Michael Frayn.

*Fun fact: Then a traveling actor, Greg Longenhagen, was meant to star in the production, but a cartilage tear knee injury during dress rehearsal sidelined the 30-year-old actor just before opening. Longenhagen now serves as Producing Artistic Director.

Spring 2000

After a full season producing a wide variety of comedies, dramas, and musicals, Florida Rep makes a statement in the spring of 2000 with the modern American classic Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee. The play boasts a cast of over 50 professional and community actors – and remains the largest productions (in terms of people) ever to be produced on the Arcade stage.

John Martin joins the sta as Managing Director. He is tasked with charting a new nancial course for the edgling company, and begins to focus on Florida Rep’s nancial health. Now the company’s Executive Director, Martin is Florida Rep’s longest-serving sta member beginning his 21st season in 2022.

Spring 2001

Florida Rep makes a splash producing the hard-hitting Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Wit by Margaret Edson.

Summer 2004

The theatre pays tribute to Neil Simon with summer productions of Lost in Yonkers, Fools, and the second installment of his biographical trilogy, Biloxi Blues.

• 25 Years
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Inherit the Wind Wit Noises O
FOUNDING YEARS
Robert Cacioppo

BUILDING A REPUTATION

Fall 2005

Associate Artistic Director & Ensemble Member, Jason Parrish, starts his career at Florida Rep as part of the ’05-’06 Acting Intern Company.

Fall 2006

Florida Rep commissions a new play for young audiences about the life of and impact of Thomas Edison by Kathryn Schultz Miller, Thomas Edison: Fire of Genius as part of its touring program.

January 2009

In the midst of the great recession, Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal visits Florida Rep and gives Dancing at Lughnasa a sterling national review, telling readers nationwide to “make haste to Fort Myers where the weather is warm and the theatre ne.” Audiences do, and combined with a

major individual donation, the sales help to keep the theatre a oat into 2009.

Teachout, who died in 2022, visited Florida Rep nine consecutive seasons. His reviews helped to elevate Florida Rep’s national pro le for a decade. Florida Rep is forever in his debt.

Fall 2007

The 10th Anniversary Season opens with a co-production of Romeo & Juliet with the Classical Theatre of Harlem. With support from the Foundation for Lee County Schools, Florida Rep o ers the production free to nearly 5,000 high school students.

Winter 2007

Florida Rep is one of the rst regional theatres to produce Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire after its Broadway run – and just before it snagged the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

TERRY TEACHOUT

Best-selling Author, Playwright & Drama Critic 1956 – 2022

YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO TO BROADWAY, OR TO NEW YORK, TO SEE A FIRST-RATE SHOW. YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT WHERE YOU LIVE, WHEREVER YOU LIVE.”

–Terry Teachout to the American Theatre Critics Association, 2012

Romeo & Juliet Rabbit Hole

Fall 2009

The Santaland Diaries adapted from David Sedaris’ sardonic short story is the rst production to take the stage in Florida Rep’s Studio – a makeshift performance venue in the theatre’s rehearsal hall. The show is revived as a holiday event for six consecutive seasons.

Fall 2012

With funding from Arthur M. Zupko, renovation on the ArtStage Studio Theatre is completed and opens with Camping with Henry & Tom. Three full ArtStage productions followed in the 15th Anniversary Season: The Santaland Diaries, Time Stands Still, and The Fantasticks.

Spring 2015

Chosen from the PlayLab Festival, Florida Rep produces its rst World Premiere as part of its professional season, Split in Three by Daryl Lisa Fazio.

Winter/Spring 2011

The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow & John Buchan takes the stage as a co-production with Orlando Shakespeare Theatre and breaks attendance and revenue records.

Under the leadership of Education Director Rachael Endrizzi, the Conservatory Program debuts for advanced-level young people.

Inaugural productions are 13 the Musical and Disney’s Sleeping Beauty.

Winter/Spring 2014

2014 starts strong with another rave review in The Wall Street Journal for the American classic, Arsenic & Old Lace, local critical acclaim with the hard-hitting Pulitzer Prize-winner Clybourne Park, and the inaugural PlayLab Festival of New Works.

The Santaland Diaries Camping with Henry and Tom The 39 Steps 13 The Musial Clybourne Park PlayLab reading of Journey to Oz
A PLAYER ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
Split in Three

Fall 2016

Produced in the aftermath of a contentious election season, Best of Enemies by Mark St. Germain becomes a sell-out hit in the ArtStage Studio. Its message of nding common ground struck a nerve

Fall 2017

The 20th Anniversary Season’s September opening moves ahead despite Hurricane Irma shutting down rehearsals and previews for Outside Mullingar, a touching Irish love story.

Winter 2019

Fences is an artistic high water mark as the rst play the theatre produced by the consequential American playwright, August Wilson.

Musicals Tenderly and Million Dollar Quartet break attendance and box o ce records in Florida Rep’s 21st Season.

Doublewide by Steven Spotswood is produced as a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, after its reading in the 2016 PlayLab Festival.

Scan for details about highlighted production photos on this timeline and program cover.

Fall 2018

Longtime Ensemble actor & director, Greg Longenhagen is named Artistic Director in the theatre’s 21st season.

The Education Department commissions an adaptation of the bestselling novel Refugee for its Touring Theatre Series, and hosts authors Eric Coble & Alan Gratz for its world premiere production.

Spring 2019

Thanks to a transformative gift from a group of dedicated donors, Florida Rep purchases the Historic Arcade Theatre, the Bradford Building block, and the adjacent parking lot in Downtown Fort Myers.

Doublewide Best of Enemies
A NEW ERA BEGINS
Fences

Fall 2019

Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly opens a record-breaking 11-theatre National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere in the ArtStage Studio Theatre.

Winter 2020

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder sets new attendance records and is the last production to open and close as scheduled before COVID-19 shuts down the entertainment industry.

Florida Rep’s virtual gala raises a record-breaking amount from generous donors in the wake of COVID pandemic shut-downs.

Fall 2022

Hurricane Ian strikes SWFL submerging theatre spaces in 4’ of water which damages o ce and rehearsal spaces, ArtStage Studio and the Historic Arcade Theatre.

Spring 2022

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story sets box o ce records during its sensational 5-week run with audiences dancing in the aisles.

Fall 2020/ Winter 2021

The theatre creates countless virtual o erings to keep audiences engaged and artists employed during pandemic closures.

Under Greg Longenhagen’s leadership, Florida Rep opened an outdoor series, and used its outdoor stage for professional and Conservatory productions into the spring of 2021.

Fall 2021

The ArtStage Studio opened to in-person performances after 18 months with a world- premiere cabaret, Let’s Fall in Love, a salute to Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr, and more.

West Side Story opens on the Arcade stage as the rst coproduction between Florida Rep and its Conservatory Program. A cast of over 40 teens and professional actors brought the American classic to life.

Alabaster The Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Golden West Side Story Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story Let’s Fall in Love
CEMENTING OUR LEGACY
Best of Broadway

SUPPORTERS IN

The following individuals have made significant contributions to Florida Repertory Theatre over the past two seasons.

PLEASE JOIN US IN THANKING ALL OF THESE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTORS TO FLORIDA REP’S CONTINUED SUCCESS.

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 46
Carolyn & Mark Ain Naomi Bloom Hugh & Mary Denison Betty & Don Abbott Ellie Fox Sue & Jack Rogers Noreen Raney Dr. Maura Chippendale Martin & Mary Ann McLaughlin

THE SPOTLIGHT

We thank them for their commitment to sustain professional live theater, nurture the next generation of artists and enhance the cultural landscape of southwest Florida.

• Karen Allegretti

• Darlene & Val Arnold

• Lynne Birdt

• Alexandra & Eunice Bremner

• Art & Hazel Brisker

• Judy & Barry Bronstein

• Jonatha & James Castle

• Joseph Catti

• Janice & Michael Danzig

• Ruth & Robert Diefenbach

• Emily Eason

• Missy Jordan

• Norine Kehila

• Jane King

• Donald & Rebecca Linton

• Joel Magyar

• Charlotte McCartney

• Robin & Jan Mills

• Lee Moore & Dee Whited

• Dave & Carol Munro

• Laurye & Wayne O’Melia

• Diane & Ronald Pierce

• Gayle Rosemann & Paul McElwee

• Jerry & Lorna Shafir

• Shelley Wilson & Terry Kelley

• Arthur Zupko

Please see page 55 for a full list of Florida Rep’s 2022-2023 donors and in-kind contributors—more than 1,700 people & organizations who are Florida Rep’s Angels. THANK YOU ALL.

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 47
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2022-2023 DONOR SUPPORT

(INCLUDES DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 & NOV 25, 2022)

HEIRLOOM SOCIETY FOUNDING MEMBERS

Darlene & Val Arnold

Linda Sebastian & Guy Almeling

Naomi Bloom

Dinah Bloomhall

Jane & Bob Breisch

Janet & Bruce Bunch

Linda & Dan Carp

Doris & Steve Colgate

Berne Davis

Mary & Hugh Denison

Ellie Fox

Jim & Nancy Garfield

Vici & Russ Hamm

Jim & Mary Lavelle

John Madden

Joel Magyar

Eileen Powers

Noreen Raney

Gayle Rosemann & Paul McElwee

Shelley Wilson & Terry Kelley

Arthur M. Zupko

GRAND SEASON SPONSORS

City of Fort Myers / Fort Myers

Redevelopment Agency

The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel / Tourist Development Council

Florida Weekly

Gulfshore Life Magazine

The Shubert Foundation

State of Florida / Division of Cultural Affairs

2022-2023 SHOW SPONSORS

Linda Sebastian & Guy Almeling

Darlene M. Arnold

Lynne Birdt

Naomi Bloom

Alexander Bremner: In Memory of Eunice Bremner

Jane & Bob Breisch

Janet & Bruce Bunch

Chippendale Audiology

William E. Cross Foundation: Art & Hazel Brisker, Donald & Rebecca Linton

Dentons, Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.

Florida Weekly

Ellie Fox

David Fritz

Kearns Restaurant Group: Izzy’s Fish & Oyster; Firestone; Cabo’s Cantina; Lodge-Sports, Brews & BBQ; Capone’s Coal Fired Pizza; Downtown Social House; & The Boat House

LCEC

Gail McClure

Mary Ann & Martin McLaughlin

Lee Moore & Dee Whited

Northern Trust

Noreen Raney

Sam Galloway Ford-Lincoln

Taylor Carpet

Ann & Peter Thornton

Westbay Community Foundation

WGCU Public Media

WZVN ABC-7

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER’S CIRCLE

$10,000+

Betty & Don Abbott

Mark & Carolyn Ain

Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation

Ms. Karen Allegretti

Darlene & Val Arnold

Art Dealers Association of America Inc

Lynne Birdt

Naomi Bloom

Dinah Bloomhall

Nick & Aline Bodven

Jane & Bob Breisch

Alexandra & Eunice Bremner

Judy & Barry Bronstein

Janet & Bruce Bunch

Mr. & Mrs. Dan & Linda Carp

Dr. Maura Chippendale-Chippendale Audiology

City of Fort Myers

Steve & Doris Colgate

Janice & Michael Danzig

Dentons Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.

Ruth & Robert Diefenbach

Louis & Patricia A. Dunning

Emily Eason

Claiborne & Ned Foulds Foundation

Ellie Fox

Mr. David Fritz

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 55

2022-2023 DONOR SUPPORT

(INCLUDES DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 & NOV 25, 2022)

Vici & Russ Hamm

Steven & Wendy Jess

Jonatha & James Castle/Grampy’s Charities

Missy Jordan

Joseph Catti-FineMark National Bank & Trust

Mrs. Norine Kehila

Jane V. King

Lee Anne Tauck / L.A.T. Foundation

Lise & Marc Laviolette

LeeCares Rehire Grant

Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC)

Lighthouse Wealth Management

Sunny & Clive Lubner / Clive Daniel

Home

John & Dar Mayer

Dr. Gail D. McClure

Martin McLaughlin-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Mary Ann & Martin McLaughlin

Jack & Engrid Meng

Robin & Jan Mills

Lee Moore & Dee Whited

Dave & Carol Munro

Northern Trust Company

Laurye & Wayne O’Melia

Charles & Susan Patten

Diane & Ronald Pierce

Noreen Raney

Sue & Jack Rogers

Mr. & Ms. Jerry & Lorna Shafir

Allen & Elizabeth Shevach

The Shubert Foundation, Inc.

Shuttered Venue Operators Grant

State of Florida- Division of Cultural Affairs

Mr. Frank C. Taylor

Waterman Broadcasting of Florida

Mordechai & Michal Wiesler

William & Patricia M. Wiggenhorn

William E. Cross Foundation-Art & Hazel

Brisker, Donald & Rebecca Linton

Shelley Wilson & Terry Kelley

Arthur M. Zupko

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE

$5,000-$9,999

Alley Theatre

Alliance for the Arts & Meisenberg

Family Trust

Linda Sebastian & Guy Almeling

The Dexter F. & Dorothy H. Baker Foundation

Beth H. Crane

Colin & Sandy Black

Mr. & Mrs. Don & Marcia Bolte

Stephen R. Bowen Construction, Inc.

Marc Collins

Jane E. de Lisser

Destination Magazine Gayle Dublin:In

Honor of David Fritz

Dave & Cheryl Duffield-In Memory of Ron

Wallace

Florida Weekly

Galloway Family of Dealerships

Doug & Linda Garde

Nancie & Glen Harper

Dr. John H. Mitchell-In Memory of Sally R. Mitchell

Darrel Lieze-Adams

Bev & Tom Lisle

Mark Loren Designs

Susan Morris-In Memory of Flo Korman

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Peden | the Veranda

Kearns Restaurant Group: Lodge, Firestone, Capone’s, Cabos Cantina, Izzy’s, Social House & Boathouse

Joel & Bunny Ospa

Retina Health Center-Alexander Eaton, M.D. & Hussein Wafapoor, M.D.

Gayle Rosemann & Paul McElwee

Herb & Ellen Schneider

Robert Schuster - in Loving Memory of Rita Rose Schuster

Jim & Millie Sernovitz

Ron & Carol Sperling

Toti - Gulf & Main

Twisted Vine Bistro-Denise & Steve Hollister

Anne Wardlow

Becky & Dick Werner

West Bay Community Charitable Foundation

WGCU Public Media

Catherine Williams

Maureen & Robert Wott

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $2,500-$4,999

The Irving Downtown

Chris Blauvelt - the Standard Restaurant

Judy & Charles Cahn

Clive Daniel Home

Community Foundation of Collier CountyGreen Heron Fund

Danny Cunningham

Mary Ross Denison

Katie and Gary Dittman

Carol Duffy:In Memory of Mark Duffy

Darlene & Robert Duvin

Shell Point Retirement Community

Ronald & Lynn Felice

Stephen & Christine Fisher

Florida Theatrical Association

Greg Gehringer

Ellen Baker Ghelardi & Raymond Ghelardi

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FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON

2022-2023 DONOR SUPPORT

(INCLUDES DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 & NOV 25, 2022)

Sharon & Martin Gorman

Dr. & Mrs. David & Jan Gray

Don Gurule & Laura Wright

Diane Hanley

Les & Dottie Hardison

Robert Adams & Roberta Heller

Roberta Heller:In Memory of Bob Adams

Dr. Susan B. Herbel

Gregory Balestrero & Frances Higgins

Carol Lynn & David Higley

Julie Ireland

In Loving Memory of Wendy Jess

Ruth & Don Keck

Chuck & Helen Ketteman

Roger & Karen Klotz

Dr. Charles Klucka & Daniel Zeugin

Lt Col Donald K. Longer

Dr. & Mrs. Stephen & Jane Lukowicz

Dr. Eugene & Joan Markham

John W. Martin

Teri Moore - The Art of Fashion & Moore

Fred Musch

Annmarie Neal

Paulette Oliva & Peter McClung

Mary & Dick Paulson

Donna & Richard Pesci

Pultegroup

Judith Reich

Nils Richter-Kearns Restaurant Group

Susan Rivera

The School District of Lee County

Nancy Sharpless

Linda & Ronald Sheets

Mr. & Mrs. Martha & Benjamin Lee Simmons

Ms. Maureen Smitt Grabowski

Joan Maupin & Michael Stepto

Stonebridge Services -Florida Dust Free Tile

Removal

Beverly Taht

Ann & Peter Thornton

Barbara Vandelaar

William & Mary Waldau

Dolores Walkenhorst

Norma & John Walley

Judy Weiner

Matthew & JayeLyn Wessendorf

Pink & Ron Wesorick

Pamela & Thomas Whiteside

Karen & Bruce Wilburn

Richard E. Wood

ACTOR’S CIRCLE $1,000-$2,499

William & Karen Aarons

Liz Abbott & Greg Longenhagen

Kevin & Krista Anderson

John & Vasiliki Ayotte-In Memory of Mary Ann

McLaughlin

Vasil Babamov

Anina & Ben Bachrach

Cece Black

Shirley Bohnert

Alexandra & Eunice Bremner in Memory of RosieGirl

Nancy & Ted Brother

Genevieve & Cal Bruno - Bruno’s of Brooklyn

Peter Malen & Liz Byck

Cameratta Companies

Gordon & Janice Cameron

Patricia Carroll

Howard Clauser

John & Susan Connor

Lillian Coury

Drs. Scott and Dana Crater

Larry & Donna Davis

Patricia & Michael Davis

Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. DeBell

Lynda Dechert

Steve & Sheri Delaney

Jennifer & Richard Denike

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis R Devoy

Gene & Mary Dolan-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Michael & Gloria Dolan

Capt. Jim & C. Druyor

Michael Duffel

Barbara & Barry Epstein

Gloria Fassett

Tim Ferguson

Michael Filipowski

Drs. Joe & Dorit Fisher

Florida Gulf Coast University

Fort Myers Mastersingers

Hans & Linda Friedebach

Ellen Gardner in Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Gayle Dublin

Jane Gieryic

Marilyn Graham

Bruce Greenberg

George Walker & Dianne Greene Farrell

Diana Grissom

Mr. Christopher & Joni Hall

Karen Mae Hanson

Myk Hauser

Joseph & Seanne Heffernan

George May & Joanne Heroy-Giller

Mary Jane & John Hicks

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Horowitz

Kim Hostetler

Murray & Kathy Hudson

Melinda Isley

Dr. John F. McCullers

Bjarni & Deborah Jonsson

Paul & Sally Joslyn

Roy Kennix & Frankie Jennings

Mr. Michael Kistler

Judy & Dick Koloski

Legacy Dental Studio

Richard Lenholt & Mary Robinson

David & Trish Lerner-In Honor of Ron & Pink Wesorick

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Levinthal

Lynda Long

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 57

2022-2023 DONOR SUPPORT

(INCLUDES DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 & NOV 25, 2022)

Kathleen Longenhagen

Kathleen & Rob Lopes

Mrs. Tara Jean Lowman

Luminary Hotel & Co.

Aaron Martin

Theodore & Mary Mascott

Mr. & Mrs. Frank & Susan Matthews

Kathleen McClanahan-Gruhl

Arden & Jacke McCurdy

Laura Reed & Pat McGinnis

Jack & Engrid: in Honor of John & Norma Walley

Rosalind Metcalf

Linda & George Miller

John H. & Barbara C. Moore

Bari Newport and Magnus Stark

Karen Orman & David Lewis

Misha Pakdaman

Jo Ann & Sam Papanek

Tina Parker

Tina Parker: In Memory of Ron Wallace

Ellyn Pascoe

Janice & Bob Piazza

Richard Paritzky & Marilynne Ponto

Gary & Susan Raimy

Pat Rawert

Garrett & Judith Reasoner

Carol S. Robinson-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Carol Robinson

Jim & Teddy Rodenfels

Philip & Judith Rogers

Georgia & Donald Russell

Laska & Michael Ryan

Sid Sapakie

Charles & Joyce Saparnis

Tom & Judy Schmitz

John & Mary Helen Schnittger

Carly Schwartzel

Jason and Diane Scoggins

Seed and Bean Market

Judith Sheperd

Bunny & Bob Sher

Ron & Marge Sidman

Gretchen & Halsey Spruance

Sharon McAllister & John Stefani

David and Nancy Strack

Diane & Bradford P. Straus

Donna Sublett

In Honor of Dr. Gail McClure

Katherine F. Van der Mey

Fred & Susan Weinman

Dr. & Mrs. Donald & Michele

Wernsing

Cliff & Georgeanne Williams

Peter A. Wilson

Kay & Terry Wynter / Terry Wynter Auto Service Center

EXECUTIVE FRIEND $500-$999

Barb Acomb

Ellen Airs

Harold Balink

Jerry L Bedacht

Paul & Irene Bellfy

Joan Berejik

Viki Boyle

James & Betty Brice

Jim & Martha Brueggeman

Kay & Brian Bucher

Adrianne & Dennis Cady

Tony Capone and Michael Marotta

Guy Carter

Nancy & George A. Cleaver

Ms. Oneida Clement

Carolyn & Mark Cranfield

Dana Tyler Jewelry

Ms. Joan and Richard Davis

Pete Dellicarpini

Louise & William Donadio

Jim and Karen Duff

Patricia Eggenschiller & Paul May

Mr. William G Finke

Alice and Dean Fjelstul

Carl Flanigan

Mrs. Sally S. Flash

Susan J French-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Steven & Janice Gadson

Kathy & Steve Gaerte

Kathy Galloway

Jim & Nancy Garfield

Bruce & Janet George

Richard Gerstein

Bill & Doris Gilliland

Andrea & Milton Goodman

David & Gail Hall

Nancy Hamilton Musser

Mr. Wayne Douglas Helm

Kenneth & Kathleen Horn

Larry E. Jones

Rob and Jen Joyce

Gene & Mary Kasper

Sandra Kreatz

Tony & Maria Landl

Audrey & Lou Laucirica

James & Mary Lavelle

Mr. & Mrs. J.D. & Holly Leland

Dick Lenholt

Shirley & Joel Levine

Mrs. Joann Padove Lewin

John and Jane Linscott

Richard & Karen Marciante:In Memory of Mark Duffy

Dick & Bev Mast

Mary Ann & Martin

McLaughlin-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Ms. Roberta a Meissner

Mr. Douglas E Metz

Sandra & Philip Mezey

Anne Michaud

Cheryle Micinski

Suzanne Moore

James & Sherry Morgan

Deborah & Phil Morris

George & Judith Mosse

Bob Murray

Steve & Cindy Novak

Sylvester Ogden

Elizabeth Oliver

Robert & Katherine Page

Dr. & Mrs. Frank & Judy Palaia

Mary Anne Palermo

Luanne & Bob Peck

Dr. Mary & Joseph Periard

Peter’s Ice Cream & Coffee Shop

Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre

Cindy Richardson

Richard Rittenberg

Mrs. Kerrie L. Roadcap

Michael Rozek

Robert and Lynn Salem

Robert & Carol Scher

Mrs. Reeva & Ian Shaffer

Monica & Tom Shaner

Mrs. Phyllis Sharp

Robert & Christine Shockey

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sims

Mr. and Mrs. Ley and Shari Smith

Mr. Ley Sheward Smith

Larry Steinborn

Katrin & George Sternberg

Strauss & Safran Families

Charles Swan

Ms. Ann Thornburg

Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Barbara Traum

Trophy Case

Tina Turi-Shelley

Henry Von Schreiner

Bob & Skippie Wade

Barbara Waldman

Judy Weiner-In Honor of Dr. Gail McClure

Lyman & Deana Welch

Don and Michele Wernsing

Tom and Pam Whiteside

Mr. Stephen & Esther Wiener

Ken and Elaine Willis

Mary Anne & Tom Spann

Wisteria Tea Room

Shirley Furry & George Witte

Barbara and John Wolfe

Byron Yake

Halyna Traversa and Bill Young

Paula & Mack Young

Susan Zell

SUPPORTER’S CIRCLE $250-$499

Rabbi & Mrs. Arline & Solomon Agin

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2022-2023 DONOR SUPPORT

(INCLUDES DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 & NOV 25, 2022)

Sherie Akerley

Tania Alves

Marsha Asp

Michael & Terry Baldwin

Michael & Maureen Barisonek

Bette & Bob Batson

David & Gail Beattie

Barbara & Maurice Bell

Penny Long & Ben Cooper

Craig & Margaret Bennington

Sabina Altholz & Bill Tournay

Marilyn Blackstone

Ron & Cindy Blythe

Ms. Anne Boxall

Muriel & Robert Bruskin- in Memory of Ron Wallace

Allyson & Philip Burnett

Lesley Bush

Dr. Diane Call

Cantina Laredo

Mr. & Mrs. Barbara & Reynolds

Challoner

Miss Shavon Chester

Dr. Paul & Vickie Christianson

Coastal Dayz Brewery

In Honor of Steve Colgate

Debra & Kenny Collins

Kenneth Creech

James & Patricia Crowley

Kathleen Cudahy-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Pam & Don Cummins

Ray and Suzi Curler

Janet E Daly

Dr. & Mrs. Richard & Judi Davis

Gina & Paul Dengler

Daun Dessak

John & Cheryl Dillon

Eileen Powers

Mary & Gene Dolan

Michael & Kathy Donlan

Susan & Robert DoucetteIn Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Gary & Pam Edwards

Ms. Joyce Ellwanger

Andrew & Marcia Evans

Vicki Baker

Mrs. Karen Fazio

Richard Flinn

Ms. Arlene R. Foreman

Jeff and Sheila Frank

Douglas & Veda Frederick

Paula Friedman & Jerry Bernay

Pason & Renee Gaddis

Mary Studer & Geraldine

Geboski

Susan & William Gillam

Jan & Brian Gilmer

Gunter Glass-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Gunter M Glass

Mr. Joseph & Marcia Goldberg

Harold Goldstein

Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Diane Goldstein

Sally L. Gore

Toby Green

Joy Gugliuzza

Gisela Hammond

Betsy K. Hannon

Mr. John Henry Harman

Linda Harris

Maureen Heffernan and Betsy Stewart

Dr. & Mrs. Beverly Hemphill

Richard Hempstead

Virginia & Randall Henderson

Jacquelyn Hill

Jack Hockley

Bonnie & Brian Hogan

John & Kay Hoppers

Leonard & Susan Howell

Jennifer Isenhower

Michael Jacquinto

Mr. Paul W. Corliss

Dona Ainsley & Jeff McCullers

Cindy Padnos & Jim

Redmond-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Sarah Joyce Family

Louis & Sharon Kapp

Arthur P. Kidd

Joseph & Kim Kopp

Rich & Kathy Kresge

Margaret & Josephine Lane

Ms. Judith L Langley

Donna Leahy

Alan & Edina Lessack

Stephanie Levin

Theresa Lianzi

Mr. & Mrs. Harvey & Carol Lincoln

Robert & Bonnie Long

Marcia Lopata

Dan Flaherty & Linda Lynch

Mark Magee

Patricia McFeeley

Carol McLaughlin-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Andrew McMillan

Roy & Beverly McTarnaghan

Ann Richard & Burton Meisner

Carolyn Messina

Frank Miller

Ms. Phyllis Minott

Diane Monhollan

Deborah Moore

Elaine & Parker Moore

Sara Morsey

Terry & Joan Mountford

Dennis & Lisa Najjar

Naples Soap Company

Network for Good

Karen & Kenneth Noble

Phyllis & Arthur Ohlstein

Scott & Holly Osler

Tina Parker in Memory of Clif

Jason Parrish

Jeff Parrish

Mary Parrish

Mary & Peter Perkins

Mr. Brad Anthony Peterson

Mr. Philip F. Peterson

Nancy & John Petralia

Lynne Petterson-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Allen & Peggy Post

Ed & Pat Powers

Jack Psiris & Doreen Kostel

Dave & Lil Rea

Peter & Suzanne Read

Ken & Donna Rebar

Connie Ricciardi

John & Lyn Rice

Richard Mark & Ellis Robinson

Karen & Wayne Rockenbach

Barbara and Bob Greene

Patricia & John Russell

Karen & Bill Sartoris

Michael Satow

Richard & Joanne Schwarz

Kathy and Kevin Sheehan

Bonnie & Louis Silverstein

Bob & Maggie Simon

Holly & Nick Simone

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph & Joyce Sirkin

Fritz & Sharon Smith

Faith & Ron Souders

Greta Spalding-Martin

Maria & Thomas Spinner

Mr. Robert E Stachowiak

Katrin Sternberg

Diane & Bradford Straus-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Lois Strauss

Suzanne Summit

Peter Thomasson

The Thompson Agency

Margie & Paul Tirey

Gary & Gay Trippe

Paul and Lisa Tritel

Ken & Virginia Trudell

Willard & Grace Vandenberg

Randa & Bill Veach

Susan & Mike Vitale

Mimi Von Schreiner-Valenti

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Louis Webb

Rosemary & William Whisten

Ilene Saffron & Guy Whitesman

Michael Wilson

Ms. Myrtis S Yake

Shirley Zimmerman

Dr. Ellen Zinner

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 59

2022-2023 DONOR SUPPORT

(INCLUDES DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 & NOV 25, 2022)

CONTRIBUTOR’S CIRCLE $100-$249

William & Karen Aarons-In Memory of Mary Ann

McLaughlin

Dan & Sandy Abbanato in memory of Mark Charles

Duffy

Dr. Thomas A. & Ursula M. Abele

Jeanne Achille

John & Dee Acuff

David and Sara Adelizzi

Ms. Narges Ahmadi

Catherine & Doug Albert

Alan Alpert & Linda Trotta

Susan J. Alyn

Mr. Donald Amaro

In memory of Mary Ann

McLaughlin

Craig & Mary Lou Anderson

Robert Andriani

In Memory of Ronald Wallace

Mr. Wayne Antworth

Maryanne & Warren Appell

Lora Ashman

Larry & Roberta Atkinson

Women of Substance-In Honor of Naomi Bloom’s Birthday

Dan Bacalzo

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Baker

Lisa Ballantine

Domonic Barnes

Dr. Lawrence Barton

Gail Bass

Elizabeth Bastian

Marsha Bates

Barbara Baumecker

Richard & Katherine Baylis

Mary & Frank Benak

Allan & Beverly Bercaw

Robert & Sara Berendt

Richard & Jane Bevis

Grant & Judy Birch

John & Kate Birkle

Kelly Bishop

Judith Blackburn

Ron Lange & Nancy Blair

Naomi Bloom-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Marsha Bloom Weitz - in Honor of Naomi Bloom’s Birthday and the Courtyard in Honor of Ron Wallace

Karen Borden

Ellen & John Bordieri

David Cohn & Carol Borloff

Ray & Marie Bosso

Kenneth and Marlene Botzung

Alexandra & Eunice Bremner-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Sherrill Britton

Michal Brody

Audrey Brown & Graham Smith

Rev. Robert and Alva Browning

Carolyn & Fred Brueggemann

Gary & Kathleen Brun

Diane Bruno

Muriel & Robert Bruskin

Diane & John Buchanan

John & Nancy Buckley

3pepper Burrito Company

Rachel Burttram & Brendan Powers

Ms. Nancy L Byerts

Linda Calhoun

Marti Campbell

Lynne & George Campean

Louise & Dennis Cannizzaro

Captiva Cruises

Terry Caron

William W Carpenter

James & Kathleen Carr-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Victoria Casella

Dr. & Mrs. Salvatore Castronovo & Margaret Kuss

Miriam B. Chaiklin-In Memory of Ronald Wallace

Bill White & Rita Chaney

Bill & Mary Christison

Tony Cicerello

Jessica Clark

Jessica Clark Wisdom

Brian Clendenin-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Jim & Patty Coats

Lois Colagrossi-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Juanita Coleman

Don & Charlotte Conkklin

In Memory of Mary McLaughlin from Friends of The Family

From Aramark

Carol Cook & Susan Grieger, for Dianne & Rob

Chloe’s Cookies

Creative Arts Charitable Foundation

Lareese Crippen

Pam Cronin

In Remembrance of Mark Duffy

Joana Cruz

Ms. Nancy B Cunningham

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Cure

Dr. & Mrs. Richard & Nancy Curtin

Morris Curtis

Sharon & Stephen Dahl

Ms. Waneta Dailey

Anne Dalton-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Janice & Michael Danzig-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Janice & Michael Danzig:In Memory of Eunice Bremner

John Eft & Darlene Russ-Eft:In Memory of Ron Wallace

Stephanie Davis

Lynne M. Davison

David Dawson

Edward & Patricia Decrosta

Eileen Deignan

Linda Demaree, Dolores

Bagish, Rex Laws, Bump

Joan Desfosses

Phillip & Helen Deverman

Jane & Dan DiLena

Sharon G. Dimond

Mr. Michael J. Dinunzio

Larry & Pat Dixon

Helen & Charles Donaldson

Nancy Donovan

Michael & Janice Dougherty

Margaret Downey

Anne F. Duffy

Marie Ann Dulzer

Dick and Karen Durand

Susan Dyrek

Michael and Rose Edwards

Gary Eidson

Marcus & Marlene Einstein

Mr. & Mrs. Joyce EllwangerIn Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Peggi Erickson

Larry & Linda Esbjorn

Jen Ewing

Jan & Vicki Faber & Baker

Mary Faegre

Daryl Fazio

Audrey & Ed Ferman

Mary Ann Ferrarese

Darlene D. Ferrer

Mr. Lee Allen Finch

Katherine Fisher

Sharon Flanigan

J V Fleckenstein

Eric & Colleen Fleetham

Patricia Fluno

Julia Foley

Craig & Margaret Folk

Daniel Fongemie

Gail & Mike Fortier

Shelly Frank

Irwin & Carol Friedman

Jan Frisch

David Fritz-In Memory of Ron Wallace

David Fritz:In Honor of Steve Colgate

Ft. Myers Chamber of Commerce

Dorothy & Tom Gaffney

Mark & Ingrid Gambill

Barbara Gatison

Ms. Randy M Girer

Sandra Glenton

Anita Gluckstal

Trevor Gluski

Jean & Warwick Goater

Nancy & John Godina

Jim Goodale & Honey Leveen

Carolyn Gora

John Granatino

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 60

2022-2023 DONOR SUPPORT

(INCLUDES DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 & NOV 25, 2022)

John & Frances Granatino

Mr. Joseph Lynch Granger

Susan Greenhill

Antoinette and Oliver Griffin

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Grimmer Sr.

William & Shareen Groce

Beverly Gromek

Tiffany Guerra

Peter & Lynn Gund

Margaret & Ernst Hagen

Robert & Evelyne Hall

Happy Birthday Steve Colgate

Mr. & Mrs. Neal & Sheryl Halleran

Mike Halpin

Mary, Joanna, & William Harmon

Mrs. Karen L. Harris

John Hart

Jeffrey and Emily Hawley

Hilary Hayden

Loretta & Peter Heller

George & Eileen Herberger

Tamara Leake

Sharon & Ray Hershey

Morris Herstein

Paul & Joan Hirsch

Mr. & Mrs. Errol & Cheryl Hohmann

Ms. Jane Holder

Mary T. Holl

Mrs. Barbara Hollasch

Vicki Holt

Nora Hoover

Ruth Hovet

Sheila Hoyt

Judith Huebner

Jean Hutzler

IBM

IMAG History and Science Center

Larry & Judy Ingle

Donna M. Jablonski

Mary Daley Jacobs

Jason’s Deli

Mr. & Mrs. Chris J Jensen

Alice & Charles JohnsonIn Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Bob & Judy Joyce

Valerie Kaiser

Peter Kalikow-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Christina Kardon

Leonard & Angela Katz

Bonnie Kellen

Candace Kelley

Ms. Kathryn Kelly

Nancy C. Kelly

Jacquelyn Kenly

Paul Kidd

Ann T.M. Kiely

Ms. Josephine R Kingsley

James Kohler

Mrs. Jean Kohn

Sarkis & Marie Kojian

Mrs. Melanie Kopacz

Marilyn & Julian Korn

John & Odette Kotsi

Gregory & Mary Lou Kreis

Anne & Kenneth Kunzman-In Memory of Mary Ann McLauglin

Gerald & Dorothy Kurtz

Deanne Kyle

Sylvia Lachapelle

Jacques Lamarre

Barb Lamphere

Ron & Anne Marie Landisi

Edward Langston

Dr. & Mrs. Robert & Nanda

Edward Lapata

Martin Laplatney

Pamela Lassman-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Lise & Marc Laviolette-In memory of Ron Wallace

Eileen & Chick Lawless

Wendy and Tim

Bruce & Susan Lawson

Marcia Leadbetter

Helen & Bruce Leddy

Susan & Chris Lee

Charlotte Lefton

Phyllis & Dale Lentz

Jeffrey Letts & Barry Lukatch

David Lewis

Linda & Les Lincke

C A Lincoln

John & Barbara Lindsey:In Memory of Mark Duffy

Larry & Patricia Linn

David J. Lionett Fund of Greater Worcester Community Foundation

Sherron Long

Diane Longenhagen Milia

Kathleen & Richard

Longenhagen

Mary Longer

Marcia Lopata-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Sunny & Clive Lubner:In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Sunny & Clive Lubner-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Robin MacBriar

Steve and Pam Mack in loving memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Mrs. Valerie Magas

Karen & Len Makowski

Toni Marion-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

James & Donna Markusen

Rosemarie Marone

Thomas Mather

Donna L. Matthews

Dennis C. Maulden

Rev Charles & Pamela May

Barbara Mazur

Pamela McCabe

Don McDonald

Ruth McGuire

Jeanette Meade-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Jeanette Meade

Donna Meltz

Philip Mercer

Larry & Mireille Meyers

Carol & Patrick Milkovich

Brenda & Bob Miller

Mary Miller

Mr. Robert W Miller

Beatrix Mitchell

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell

Jim & Geraldine Mockler

Melinda Moore

Diane & Roger Morin

Kim Morgan Dean

Deborah Mortensen

Frank & Judy Moser

Kathy Schneiderman and Marty Moss

Mr. & Ms. Edward Muldoon

Ann & Charles Mullen

Priscilla Myers

Naples Botanical Garden

Mary Frances Nelson

Dr. Wayne Bryce Nelson

Mr. & Mrs. Howard Nemenoff

Nancy Ness

Lillian Neubauer

Mrs. Ellsworth Snow

Dr. Thalia Nittis

Wayne Noble

Northern Trust Bank-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Clark & Barbara Norton

Roger & Gail Novak

Dr. Andrew & Denise OakesLottridge

Robert & Laura O’Flynn

Ralph & Arlene Oistacher

Sharon & Frederick Olson

Mrs. Sharon Marie Olson

Sandra Oltean

The Orr Family

Julia Osborne

In Loving Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Ms. Marlene Ott

Kent D. Overbey

Joy and Stu Pankin

Arthur J. Paone

Laura Perrone

Vincent Petraro-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Ms. Darlene F Philip

Judith Phillips

Valerie & Doug

Bentley & Barbara Pierce

Eleanor & Blaine Place

John & Sharon Poole

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 61

2022-2023 DONOR SUPPORT

(INCLUDES DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 & NOV 25, 2022)

Lourdes Price

Cynthia Pride

Rose & Kenneth Pryor

Carl & Elaine Puricelli

Mr. Gary Allan Ralph

Kim J. Reese

Danny and Valinda Rester

Richard Haley, Inc.

Kathi Rinehart

Gloria & Richard Rittenberg

Mr. Andrew George Robel

Diane Roberts

Mr. James L. Robertson

Susan K Roberts

Valerie Ann Robinson

Island City Stage

Joseph Rosenberg

V.I.P. Tours of New York, Joe Rosenberg and Alejandro

Almaguer

Michael & Carol Rosenberg

Denise Rosenbloum

Enid Rosenthal - in Memory of Ron Wallace

David & Victoria Ross

Portia Rouby

Felinda Rubin

Rodney Ruppel

Bob & Nanno Ryan-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Salon Nicholas

Leroy & Polly Sample

Juan Santiago

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Santoro

Toby & Sandi Sauls

Warren Sauter

Joanne Scanlon Prestia

Tom Scattoloni

Mary Louise Schaefer

Fred and Miriam Schearer

Mrs. Barbara K Schellhammer

Jane Schiff

Ellen Douglas Schlaefer in

honor of Julie H. Duro

Reina & Robert Schlager

Jeffrey & Deborah Schmitt

David R. Schneider

Roger Schonewise

Julia & Donald Schwartz

Harriet & Stu Schweitzer

George Sciascia

Linda Seifert

Dara Shareef-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Kathy Shaw

Roger Shaw

Colleen Corbett Sheldon

Bunny & Bob Sher-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Bob & Pat Short

In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Dr. & Mrs. Albert & Anita Shrive

Mary Ann Siclari

Peter & Mary Kay Sidell

Larry & Helen Siebert

Howard S. Silverman

Kate Simon

Donna & Mark Sisitsky- in Memory of Ron Wallace

John W. & Carolyn L. Smith

John Smith-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

John W. Smith

Shelia Sobeski

Miss Wendy Joy Sommariva

Patrick & Cindy Sorensen

Charles & Susan Spilman

Dr. Jo Stecher

Bill Stejskal

Nicholas & Mickey Sterling

Art Stevens

Mr. & Mrs. Kelsey & Jean Stewart

Ruthann Stinson

Albert Stohrer

Albert + Kathleen Stohrer

John & Stephanie Stoll

Mr. Richard Benyo & Janet Stradley

Janet Stradley

Friends of the great Mike Filipowski

Sunny & Clive Lubner:In Honor of Steve Colgate

Linda K Sutherland

Mr. Donald S Sutton

Sherry Swearngin

Kay Swift-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Kay Swift

Sid & Sandy Tally

Judith & John Taylor

Ms. Sandy Teger

Brian Thompson

Terry & Mimi Tincher

David Tompkins

Lyn Bruner & Ronald Treaseh

David Trowbridge

Doris M Trowbridge

Ginny & Blair Tullis

John Turbyfill

Jean Turnbull

Linda and Tom Uhler

Mary Valpey

Carolann & Gerritt VanderMeer

Sandra Velasquez

Ted & Lisa Ehrlich

Lisa Viola

Ray Vold

Bill and Mary Vollmer

Lorraine Walker Williams

Barbara Waller

Rich & Laurie Ward

Richard & Darlene Watkins

Kathy Weigel

Arthur Wenk & Patti Wilson

Arthur Wenk

Kathryn Weston

Colleen Wheeler

Pat & Hubert Whitaker

Tommy & Trudy Williams

Charles & Joyce Winchester

Barbara Jane Winkler

Carrie and David Wintersteen

Wilder W Woods

Laura Woodward

Joanne & Henry Worley

Ms. Mary Margaret Wright

Jennifer & Philip Wyckoff

Pam Wynne

Lisa Yorgey

Billie Young

Dr. & Mrs. Norman J. Zeig

Mrs. Edwin & Ronellva Ziebart

Zoeller Inc.

Robert Zukerman

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Rita Abbott

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Thomas Albitz

Mrs. Virginia Amend

John Donnellan & Ann Betters - in Honor of Naomi Bloom’s Birthday

Debra Bass

Ashley Baucom

Carol Beck

Mr. James W. Beever, III

Brannon & Matt Belcastro

Cecilia Bell

April H. Bellefeuille

Mrs. Lori Berkowitz

Marsha Bloom Weitz-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Zeke Bocklage

Karen Bottemanne

Karen Boyce

In memory of Mary Ann

McLaughlin

Sarah Brown

S. Dean Brown

Catherine Bush

Clyde Butcher

Andrew Cerullo

Thomas C. Chester

Kathryn & Miguel Cintron

Don Clark

Kristin Clippard

In Honor of Kim Morgan Dean and Tricia Matthews by Linda Coffey

Nancy Collins

Patricia J. Collins-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Eric Condit

Barbara Jean & Robert

Connors-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Emma Paige Cook

Candice Crain - In memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

In memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Dolly and Bob Dalton

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 62

DONOR SUPPORT

(INCLUDES DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 & NOV 25, 2022)

Janice Danzig:In Honor of Steve Colgate

Booch & Ginger Demarchi

Debra De Rosso

Pete & Anita Di Bella

Terry & Charlie Divine

Michelle Dominek

Edison Ford Winter Estates

Patricia Espeut

Carol Evans

Jane Evans

Mary Jane Everett

Doug & Debbie Felkins

The Friends & Family Fund

Barbara Fernot

Marilyn W. Fielding-In Memory of Ltc John F. Fielding

Helen Fisher

Tina Frankenhoff

Carol and Charles Fuechsel

In remembrance of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Gametime Fort Myers

Catherine Gardiner

Jennifer Gardiner

Richard Gates

Pat Germain

Mariella Goldberg

Linda & Larry Gonneville

Joan Goodwin

The Gossett Family

Mr. Edward Gray

Green Cup Cafe

Linda D. Greene:In Memory of Mark Duffy

Emma L Gurule

Roy Hahnfeld

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Harris

Peter and Carole Hart

Bennie Harvard:In Memory of Mark Duffy

Mr. & Mrs. David R Hazzard

Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Carolyn Helms

Joey Herrera

Debra & Jeff Hodroff

John Hoyt

In memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Mr. Ian M Ireland

Penny Irwin

Kyle Jackson

Ellen Jacobs-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Kathy Jeffery

James O’Brien & Patrica Jessie

Robert Johnson

Dr. & Mrs. Warren & Carol Johnson

Warren & Carol Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Johnston

Christina Jonsson

Matt Kelley

Kerrie Roadcap Right Choice Realty

Jan & Jed Klein

Mr. Richard M. Klish

Kristy Knupp

Emily & Stan Kotler

Ruth E. Kramer

Dan and Nancie LaDuke

Charles Lam:In Memory of Mark Duffy

Lise & Marc Laviolette-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

In honor of Jim and Claire Akins

Carol Leone

Randy & Susan Lichtman- in Memory of Ron Wallace

Bonnie & Jon Liljequist

Margaret Lombardi-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Jack & Pat Long

Philip Milia & Diane

Longenhagen Milia-In Honor of Greg Longenhagen & Liz Abbott

Glen & Patricia Lose

Raymond & Maryjo Luebbers

Kathleen Mahan

Darlene Mahnken

Joanne and Richard Salmon

Tricia Matthews

Alex May & Taylor Hale

Frank McDonough

Barbara McMahan

Mrs. Jane McWilliams

Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Merola

Donna Miceli

Ann Mieczkowski

Don & Karen Miller

Gretchen Monti

Toby and Bernie Moss

Danna Munson

Mrs. Elena A Murray

Kathy & Tom Nicol

Mrs. Margaret Ann Nielsen

Robert & Paula Novander

Karen Oberthal

Patrick O’Hare

Ms. Palma Louise Okeefe

Sarah O’Reilly

Kim Ostrenko

Denise Panunte

Beverly Poole

Don Redman

Art & Averil Reisman

Nancy Repanshek

Rodizio Grill

Hazel Rodriguez & Family

Nancy and Daniel Rooney

Susan Rowe

Judi Roye

La Ree & David Rudge

John Ryan

Margaret Ryan

Ms. Rosemary Sacco

Charles & Joyce Saparnis-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Carole Schieszler

The Schram Family

Madeline Seefeld

Mrs. Susan Jean Sekira

Mary P Shanahan

Ralph & Sandra Shaw

Imran Sheikh

Nancy Sheppard-In Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Debra Silver-In Memory of Ron Wallace

Richard & Pamela Simon

Geri and Alan Smith

Lois M. Smith

Mr. Stanley Smulyan

Judith Spiegel

Kent Sprague

Henry and Janice St. Hilaire

Patricia Stilwell

Becky Stroebel

Mary Studer

Ms. Doris E Swensono

Gina Taylor

Chuck & Paula TebbettsIn Memory of Mary Ann McLaughlin

Emma & Fawn

James & Gloria Tindell

Margie Tingley

Nancy M. Trainor

Tropical Breeze Fun Park

Patrick Joseph Tucker

Tom & Jill Valesky

Robert & Ruth van Jones

Gary & Linda Vannice

Mama V. WKHS

George Voegele

Douglas & Linda Wallin

Gerrie Weaver

Micah Weese

Dr. Nancy L. Weiss

Dr. Denise Renee Wesley

Joyce White

H. Lee Whittington

Mr. & Mrs. Jim And Christine Wideman

Dan & Andrea Williams

Diane Williams

Irene & Ted Winterrowd

Emily Yorgey

This listing reflects generous contributions made in the past year or as pledges for the 2022-2023 Season. Consider adding your name to this list.

To Contact the Development Department, call 239.219.1540.

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Sandy Abrahams

Connie Arebalo

Marsha Asp

Pam Banez

Betsy Baskin

John A. Baskin

Diane Bates

Diane and Dave Bavaria

Keb and Barb Bell

Janet Bilyeu

Ben Bishop

Kelly Bishop

Frank Bova

JoAnn Bova

Sandra (Sandy) Boykin

Christine Brazee

Patricia (Trish) Brendon

S. Dean Brown

Patsy Bushdorf

Rosemary Butcher

Marie Butler

Kim Calhoon

Marti Campbell

Nancy Collins

Laurieston (Laurie) Cone

Linda Cone

Timothy J. Conte

Carol Costa

Barb and Jim Coury

Sylvia Culora

Vicki Z. Culver

Shirley Dalesio

Jerry and Dorothy Darling

Hilda M. Dienes

Ray Diorio

Chris Dixon

Nancy (Niki) Downey

Natasha Draayer

Michael (Mike) Duffell

Mary Duncan

Katie Elkins

Ellen Epstein

M. Carolina Estevez

Patricia (Pat) Farrell

Nancy Feldman

Mary Ferguson

Arnie Flakowitz

Patricia ‘Tish’ Flattery

Tina Flock

Stephanie Floer

Denise H. Flynn

Lynne French

Georgia Frieswick

Janice K. Gadson

Steven L. Gadson

Sandy Gagnon

Madeleine Garner

Steve Garner

Ann Garvelink

Richard Garvelink

Linda Gentilcore

Pat Gentile

Jane Gieryic

Anthony Gizzy

Darlene Godby

Elaine Goldsmith

Tom Goldsmith

Sherrie Good

Jean Halko

David L. and Bernadette Hamera

Christine Hankins

Janel Harper

Helen Haver

Susan (Sally) Hiller

Kathy Himes

Paula Hinspeter

Diane Howard

Barbara Hughes

Gayle Hunt

Peggy Jackson

Kay Janssen

Cynthia and Dennis Jindra

Arthur Jones

Marilyn Jones

Brian Karl

Mary Kellner

Ron Kellner

Polly Kiely

Richard A. Kilfoyle

Ed Kocsis

Jan Kocsis

James and Ranea Kwiatkowski

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2022-2023 SEASON 72
We salute our supporting stars, our volunteer brigade, the Scene Stealers!

These individuals have given their valuable time and talents in many capacities over the past 24 seasons.

Alan Lessack

Edina Lessack

Frank Livermore

Carol Lowery

Joanne MacPeek

Don Malson

Nancy Malson

Elaine Masse

Pamela (PJ) May

Lois Mc Donnell

Jeanne McCafferty

Denise Y. McElligott

Ginger McHale

Deborah Metz-Iannucci

Sondra S. Mickle

Donna Milbee

Barbara (Barb) Miller

Neil Miller

Phyllis Monfredini

Evelyn Murphy

Mildred Murphy

Sherry and Sharon Murray

James Nebel

Richard and Bobbie Nemerson

Becky Nilson

Connie Nolan

Mike Nolan

Gail Novak

Roger J. Novak

Kathy Orkowski

George and Ann Parke

Carlos Perez

Steve Pilzer

Barbara Piontek

Blaine and Ellie Place

Bob Polsonetti

Edith C. Prandini

Jacque Reinhardt

Will and Donna Richards

Sandy Richardson

R. Scott Ritchhart

Diane Roberts

Annette Roeckers

Patty Rosado

Joyce Rotello

Rich Rotello

Juan Santiago

Jim Schafer

Marie Schafer

Jill Schreidell

John Schulz

Diane Scrobe

Peter Scrobe

Donald Baker Sharon Jaksa

Scott and Jannette Simon

Jane L. Skinner

Joan W. Skinner

Virginia Skorupski

Blanca Solis

Greta Spalding-Martin

Lorraine Stanek

Nancy Stevens

Kelly Strugala

Richard Supalo

Diane Swan

Ken Tillman

Linda Tillman

Nina (Danita) Tomasello

Lucille (Lucy) Trojan

Harry Tucker

Linda Tucker

Linda Twaddle

Mike Twaddle

Bana Devi S. Vasquez

Beth Whaley

Lizbeth Wiley

Pauline Williams

Mary Zappulla

Ellen Zinner

John and Claire Zwieg

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