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FORWARD THEATER COMPANY presents
Andrew Whiteʋ
Rachel E. Kraft
Artistic Director
44 Plays for 44 Presidents
Executive Director
Executive Director
proudly presents
Written and Directed by
Original Music Joe Cerqua**
Choreographer Maureen Janson
Assistant Director Annelise Dickinson
Stage Manager Mark Sahba*
Assistant Stage Manager Erin McConnell
MARY ZIMMERMANĘ‹
Based on a translation by David Slavitt of Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Production Sponsor
Opening Night Sponsor
Additional support provided by Lisa Naparstek Green and Howard Green, Todd and Barbara Leland and The Pauls Foundation Daniel Ostlingʋ, USA Scenic Designer
Mara Blumenfeldʋ, USA Costume Designer
Andre Pluessʋ, USA 44 Plays for 44 Presidents is generously sponsored by: The Burish Group of UBS Financial Services Inc.
T.J. Gerckens, USA Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Original Music Composition
Willie Schwarz
Maria DeFabo
Cynthia Cahill*
Joel Hobson
Sean K. Walters
Production Stage Manager
Production Manager
Properties Designer Technical Director
CAST
Sunday, September 9, 2012 6:30 pm
Ceyx and Others..............................Usman Ally* Midas and Others......................Raymond Foxʋ* Myrrha and Others......................Anjali Bhimani* Phaeton and Others.......................Doug Haraʋ* Hermes and Others..........Lawrence E. DiStasiʋ* Erysichthon and Others...............Chris Kipiniak* Therapist and Others.........Marilyn Dodds Frank* Alcyon and Others..................Louise Lamsonʋ* Aphrodite and Others...................Anne Fogarty* Eurydice and Others.....................Lauren Orkus*
with funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board.
Season sponsors:
2012-2013 Season Sponsors
UNDERSTUDIES
Connie U’Ren and Jacky U’Ren Official Caterer of the SMPAC
Edgar Dobie
Artistic Director
Lighting Designer Greg Hoffman
Costume Designer Monica Butler
John Gurda The history of the south shore region
Heidi Stillmanʋ
Artistic Director of New Work
Arena Stage
Molly Smith
Directed by Jennifer Uphoff Gray Set & Properties Designer Charles J. Trieloff II
Philip R. Smithʋ
Producing Artistic Director
in association with
By Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Genevra Gallo-Bayiates, ChloĂŤ Johnston, and Karen Weinberg
Matthew Q. Fahey*, Will Gillespie, Ashleigh Lathrop, Makha Mthembu, Tempe Thomas* and Coy Benning Wentworth
Emerald City
CATERiNG LLC
Richard Cotovsky
C. Michael Wright Producing Artistic Director
note that Metamorphoses includes a scene which contains male nudity. Carlo Please Lorenzo Garcia Producing *MemberDirector of Actors’ Equity Association, the union for professional actors and stage managers
Kirsten Mulvey and the Pleasant Rowland Great Performance Fund for Theater, Director Artistic Managing Director a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation
Official Cleaning Services of the SMPAC: TASC Services LLC
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*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. ** Member, United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 IATSE
The South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center 2011-2012 Season was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Opening Night Restaurant Sponsor
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)
presents
44 Plays for 44 Presidents
Lookingglass Theatre Company is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for American Theatre, and of the League of Chicago Theatres, the local service organization for theatre. Metamorphoses
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by Herb Gardner
GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER
August 9-26, 2012 Jonathan West Director
By Sam Shepard
Brandy Kline* Stage Manager/Producton Manager/Company Manager Brandon Kirkham Scenic Designer
Kristina L.Van Slyke Costume Designer
Dana Fralick Properties Designer
Directed by Carlo Lorenzo Garcia
Scenic Design by Amanda Rozmiarek Lighting Design by Claire Sangster Costume Design by Stefin Steberl Fight Design by Ryan Bourque Prop Design by Gaby Labotka Sound Design by Laura Oleska Projection Design by Michelle Underwood Technical Direction by Dereck Garner Stage Management by Casey Peek Asst. Direction by Gaby Labotka
Eric Appleton Lighting Designer
Josh Schmidt** Sound Designer
*Performers appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
**Member of United Scenic Artists, local 829.
A THOUSAND CLOWNS is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
CO-SPONSORED BY: Briggs & Stratton Corporation Foundation, Inc. Lloyd & Mary Ann Gerlach George & Julie Mosher PREVIEW SPONSOR:
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This program is partially funded by grants from The Illinois Arts Council, The Alphawood Foundation and The Richard H.Driehaus Foundation
MEDIA SPONSOR:
A Thousand Clowns
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Geography of a Horse Dreamer
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