MACBETH Playbill - Spring 2018

Cleveland’s Classic Company at the Hanna Theatre presents

March 29 – April 15, 2018

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Welcome..................................................................................................................... 4 About Great Lakes Theater............................................................................................ 5 News & Notes.............................................................................................................. 6 Macbeth...................................................................................................................... 9 Cast of Characters...................................................................................................... 10 Spotlight on Macbeth................................................................................................. 11 The Artistic Company................................................................................................. 22 Donors....................................................................................................................... 30 Trustees..................................................................................................................... 36 Staff.......................................................................................................................... 37 Guest Services at Playhouse Square............................................................................ 38 April/May at Playhouse Square.................................................................................... 39

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WELCOME Dear Friends,

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n behalf of our artists, staff and Board of Trustees, welcome to Great Lakes Theater’s 56th season! Our mission, “to bring the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience,” guides our mainstage productions as well as our educational programming, in the belief that theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, and provide our student audiences a glimpse of a broader world and the wellspring of learning made possible through the arts.

Following the sensational success of our Midwest premiere production of Stephen King’s Misery, we are thrilled to be back on stage at the Hanna Theatre with two great plays: Shakespeare’s phantasmagoria of horror, Macbeth; and, as an antidote to Misery and Macbeth, Beehive: The 60s Musical, a celebration of pop music from the groovy ’60s, not to mention the outlandish hair!

As we did with last season’s Elizabethan-inspired production of Hamlet, our spring Shakespeare production of Macbeth again invites audiences on stage for a full immersion in the nightmarish vision of Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy. Be prepared for a close encounter with witches, ghosts and bloody murder!

We are proud to announce that Macbeth was chosen to participate in Shakespeare in American Communities (a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest) and awarded a generous grant in support of our work allowing us to make Shakespeare accessible to students from area schools through our Student Matinee Series and School Residency Program. We also extend a very special thanks to our great friends John and Barbara Schubert for their sustained support of Great Lakes Theater as Production Sponsors of Macbeth.

The upcoming finale of our season brings six dynamic women to the stage in Beehive, a ’60s-era jukebox musical created by Larry Gallagher and staged by Great Lakes Theater Resident Director Victoria Bussert. Beehive celebrates the music of Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Janis Joplin and many more.

We sincerely hope you will join us for both of our spring productions! I encourage you to read through your program and look around the theater tonight. You will see the names of many friends, partners, corporations and foundations, whose generous support makes all of this possible. Please consider joining these donors by becoming a member of the Great Lakes Theater family with your gift! (As a reminder, ticket sales account for only 50 percent of the cost of producing our mainstage and educational programming.) Complete Membership information can be found in the insert enclosed in this playbill.

We extend our deepest gratitude to all of our sponsors and annual Members, with continued appreciation to our partners of over 35 years at Playhouse Square and the tireless efforts of our Board of Trustees, dedicated administrative staff, gifted artists and the tremendous generosity of this community!

I hope to see you in our audience again soon.

Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director

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ABOUT GREAT LAKES THEATER

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he mission of Great Lakes Theater (GLT), through its mainstage productions and its education programs, is to bring the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience.

Since the company’s inception in 1962, programming has been rooted in Shakespeare, but GLT’s commitment to great plays spans the breadth of all cultures, forms of theater and time periods –– including the 20th century –– and provides for the occasional mounting of new works that complement the classical repertoire.

Classic theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, revel in eloquent language, and preserve the traditions of diverse cultures and generate communal spirit. On its mainstage and through its education programs, GLT seeks to create visceral, immediate experiences for participants, asserting theater’s historic role as a vehicle for advancing the common good and helping people make the joyful and meaningful connections between classic plays and their own lives.

The company’s commitment to classic theater is magnified in the educational programs that surround its productions. Since its inception, GLT has had a strong presence in area schools, bringing students to the theater for matinee performances and sending specially trained actor-teachers to the schools for weeklong residencies developed to explore classic drama from a theatrical point of view. GLT is equally dedicated to enhancing the theater experience for adult audiences. To this end, GLT regularly serves as the catalyst for community events and programs in the arts and humanities that illuminate the plays on its stage.

Great Lakes Theater is one of only a handful of American theaters that have stayed the course as a classic theater. As GLT approaches a decade in its permanent home at the Hanna Theatre, the company reaffirms its belief in the power of partnership, its determination to make this community a better place in which to live, and its commitment to ensure the legacy of classic theater in Cleveland.

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Great Lakes Theater’s fall 2017 production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) Keri René Fuller as Esmeralda and Corey Mach as Quasimodo

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NEWS & NOTES

Behind the Seams

Tour Terrific

Welcome Home

On Saturday, February 24, members of Great Lakes Theater’s Shakespeare Society joined Costume Shop Manager Esther Haberlen for an exclusive, behind-thescenes glimpse of the costume creation process for our production of Macbeth.

After participants learned a few tricks of the trade, Esther put them right to work. Look closely. You may just see the results of their handiwork in the costumes that appear on stage!

Great Lakes Theater’s Classics on Tour production of Mark Twain’s American classic Huck Finn visited 42 schools and community venues throughout northeast Ohio thanks to generous support from the FirstEnergy Foundation, the GAR Found­ ation and The Nord Family Foundation. Geared toward middle-school students and their families, Classics on Tour 2018 performances provided a literacy-based, theatrical experience and conveyed important social themes of acceptance and under­ standing for approx­ imately 5,000 attendees.

Bob and Susan were new to northeast Ohio, and thanks to their neighbors, Harry and Ann, have found a home at Great Lakes Theater. After attending a Great Lakes Theater production and joining us for our Theatre Critic Roundtable, they made a commitment to live, professional classic theater in Cleveland by joining our Shakespeare Society. We are grateful for their generous support. We look forward to sharing our work with them for seasons to come and are thrilled to welcome them to our growing family of donor Members.

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September 28 - November 11, 2018 / Hanna Theatre Music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus / Some songs with Stig Anderson Book by Catherine Johnson / Originally conceived by Judy Cramer / Based on the songs of ABBA

A Classic Romantic Comedy

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE October 5 - November 4, 2018 / Hanna Theatre

Based on the novel by Jane Austen / Adapted by Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan

Northeast Ohio’s Favorite Holiday Tradition

A CHRISTMAS CAROL November 30 - December 23, 2018 / Ohio Theatre

By Charles Dickens / Adapted and originally directed by Gerald Freedman

Agatha Christie’s Gripping Courtroom Thriller

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION February 15 - March 10, 2019 / Hanna Theatre

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Shakespeare’s Uproarious Battle of the Sexes

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW March 29 - April 14, 2019 / Hanna Theatre

By William Shakespeare

A Tony-Winning Rock ‘n’ Roll Tribute

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Hanna Theatre | March 29 – April 15, 2018

Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director

With generous support from:

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTED BY

CHARLES FEE

Company

Pedar Benson Bate* Laura Welsh Berg* Lynn Robert Berg* Remell Bowens Jr. Jeb Burris* Aled Davies* Jodi Dominick* Scenic Designer Russell Metheny

Jonathan Dyrud* Meredith Lark* Andrew May* Dougfred Miller* Erin Partin* Andrew Pope

Peter Ribar David Anthony Smith* Jake Spencer Nick Steen* M.A. Taylor* Daniel Telford Niko Ustin

Costume Designer Kim Krumm Sorenson

Lighting Designer Rick Martin

Sound Designer Matthew Webb

Fight Choreographer Text & Speech Coaches Ken Merckx Dougfred Miller* David Anthony Smith*

Stage Manager Jessica B. Lucas*

Asst. Stage Manager Nicki Cathro*

*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States Great Lakes Theater’s production of Macbeth is part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Great Lakes Theater student subscriptions are subsidized by a generous gift from Eaton.

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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CAST OF CHARACTERS Three Witches.....................................Laura Welsh Berg*, Jodi Dominick*, Meredith Lark* Duncan, king of Scotland................................................................David Anthony Smith* Malcolm, Duncan’s elder son.......................................................................... Jeb Burris* Donalbain, Duncan’s younger son.................................................................... Peter Ribar

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Macbeth, thane of Glamis.................................................................... Lynn Robert Berg* Lady Macbeth............................................................................................... Erin Partin* Seyton, attendant to Macbeth.......................................................................Aled Davies* Gentlewoman, attendant to Lady Macbeth............................................. Laura Welsh Berg* Banquo, commander, with Macbeth, of Duncan’s army........................... Jonathan Dyrud*† Fleance, his son.......................................................................................... Jake Spencer Macduff, a Scottish noble..............................................................................Nick Steen* Lady Macduff........................................................................................... Jodi Dominick* Macduff’s son.................................................................................................Niko Ustin Lennox Ross

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Scottish nobles

.......................................................................Andrew May* .................................................................. Dougfred Miller*

Old Siward, commander of the English forces..................................David Anthony Smith* Young Siward, Old Siward’s son................................................................... Daniel Telford Two murderers in Macbeth’s service................................Pedar Benson Bate*, M.A. Taylor* A sergeant in Duncan’s army..............................................................Pedar Benson Bate* Ensemble......................................Pedar Benson Bate*, Remell Bowens Jr., Andrew Pope, Peter Ribar, M.A. Taylor*, Daniel Telford * Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States † Fight Captain

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Spotlight on Macbeth

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Scenic design by Russell Metheny

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reat Lakes Theater audiences familiar with our work may be surprised to see the physical space of the Hanna stage returned to the same configuration that we created last season for our production of Hamlet. Our intention to experiment with a fixed stage, reminiscent of Elizabethan playhouses and the Globe Theatre resulted in the stripping away of some of the trappings of contemporary scenic design – focusing instead on the language, characters and storytelling techniques inherent in Shakespeare’s texts. From the moment we began rehearsals on stage for Hamlet, we knew that we wanted to continue to explore this idea with another play – Macbeth. Fortunately, the audience was as enthusiastic about the idea as we were.

As with Hamlet, we are taking a somewhat historical approach to costume design in our production of Macbeth, a medieval Scottish world – serving the source material for Shakespeare’s play while affording audiences the opportunity to discover its own connections to contemporary life rather than transposing the play, through costumes, scenery and properties, into another time and setting.

This is not to argue that more highly conceptualized productions of Shakespeare’s plays are not valid, or that we will not continue to explore “simile” and “metaphoric” approaches (as we have in most of our Shakespeare outings). But with both Hamlet and Macbeth, at least, we have taken a pause from contemporary references: no cell phones, video screens or contemporary music.

We hope you are enjoying this radical idea.

For discussion of the play, historical context and a peek at design research and sources, please read on through our Spotlight on Macbeth – an addition to this playbill curated/written by Margaret Lynch and made possible through the generosity of Donald F. and Anne T. Palmer.

Summary

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acbeth, set primarily in Scotland, mixes witchcraft, prophecy, and murder. Three “Weïrd Sisters” appear to Macbeth and his comrade Banquo after a battle and prophesy that Macbeth will be king and that the descendants of Banquo will also reign. When Macbeth arrives at his castle, he and Lady Macbeth plot to assassinate King Duncan, soon to be their guest, so that Macbeth can become king.

After Macbeth murders Duncan, the king’s two sons flee, and Macbeth is crowned.

Fearing that Banquo’s descendants will, according to the Weïrd Sisters’ predictions, take over the kingdom, Macbeth has Banquo killed. At a royal banquet that evening,

Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost appear covered in blood. Macbeth determines to consult the Weïrd Sisters again. They comfort him with ambiguous promises.

Another nobleman, Macduff, rides to England to join Duncan’s older son, Malcolm.

Macbeth has Macduff’s wife and children murdered. Malcolm and Macduff lead an army against Macbeth, as Lady Macbeth goes mad and commits suicide.

Macbeth confronts Malcolm’s army, trusting in the Weïrd Sisters’ comforting promises.

He learns that the promises are tricks, but continues to fight.

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acbeth is bold and intensely focused.

With taut concision, it forcefully wields vivid language and violent action. It’s one of Shakespeare’s shortest plays. Written in 1606, it’s the mature work of a man who may have been world-weary but was confident in his power as a master writer and successful theater shareowner.

William Shakespeare came up in the London theater world in the 1580s and the 1590s. He joined the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, a theater company that prospered during the waning years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. By 1599, the company had the means to build a public playhouse, the Globe Theatre. When Elizabeth’s successor was crowned James I of England on July 25, 1603, the new king soon announced that the Lord Chamberlain’s Men would henceforth enjoy royal preferment as the King’s Men. When James ascended to the English throne, Shakespeare witnessed a momentous shift — the peaceful transfer of power from one dynasty to another, from the Tudor to the Stuart. The Tudors had taken advantage of the dynastic struggle of the War of the Roses to

A 1620 portrait of James in his full regalia as King of Scotland, England and Ireland

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“Macbeth and Banquo encountering the witches,” from the 1st edition of Holinshed’s Chronicles

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fight and marry their way to kingship in 1485.

Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, had reigned for almost half a century, from 1558 to 1603. Since the unmarried Elizabeth had no children, and all other rivals had died of some mischance or other, the throne passed to James Stuart. James was already King of Scotland, heir to the dynasty that had ruled Scotland since the late 14th century but also descended in a direct line from Elizabeth’s Tudor aunt.

Again and again throughout his career, Shakespeare returned to questions of governance and the nature and transfer of power. In 1587, when he was just breaking into theater, a book was published — the second edition of Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, compiled by Raphael Holinshed — that he would continue to ransack for compelling examples of kingship in English history and “pre-history.” He would turn to Roman exemplars as well. In the early 1590s, he tackled the Tudor consolidation of power in the three parts of Henry VI and Richard III. The Plantagenet kings who preceded the Tudors provided material for other English history plays. But in 1605 and 1606, he looked through the lens of more distant times — ancient Britain and Scotland for King Lear and Macbeth, and ancient Rome for Antony and Cleopatra, which shared with Macbeth a “power couple” at its center.

The question of English succession might have seemed settled with James’ coronation in 1603. But civic unease was not quickly dispelled. England and Scotland were independent and rival countries only united in the person of James, with the more dominant England often striving to subjugate its northern neighbor. What if James’ ascension turned the tables on England? In 1605, a group of

Suspected witches kneeling before King James, from Daemonologie (1597)

Lady Macbeth’s admonition to her husband to “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” may allude to a 1605 medal commemorating the exposure of the Gunpowder Plot, which depicted a serpent hiding among lilies and roses.

freelance theater writers, including Ben Jonson, who wrote sometimes for Shakespeare’s company, was thrown into prison for penning Eastward Ho!, a city comedy that satirized the Scottish nobles who were flooding London in those days.

The year 1605 also marked a graver threat to James. Although Queen Elizabeth had many times reaffirmed the split that her father, Henry VIII, made from the Roman Catholic Church, English Catholics had never tired of agitating for a reversal. They hoped for more tolerance

A contemporary engraving of some of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators

Henry Garnett, famously declared that equivocation, or not telling the entire truth, was acceptable in defense of the Catholic faith.

Shakespeare’s play transcends a political moment, however. As king, his Macbeth is a polar opposite to the scholarly James. Macbeth is established as a charismatic warrior in the opening moments of the play. His “bloody execution” is celebrated, his ability to “unseam” an enemy “from the nave to the chaps.”

However, as he kills to gain and secure power, he violates societal norms. He becomes “in blood/Stepp’d in so far” that he cannot, as a Scottish lord observes, “buckle his distemper’d cause/Within the belt of rule.” By the end of the play, the warrior has been deemed a “hellhound” and “dead butcher.”

The question of how manhood relates to physical valor threads through the play: “I dare do all that may become a man.” “When you durst do it, then you were a man.” “What, quite unmann’d in folly?” “What man dare, I dare.”

“Dispute it like a man.” “But like a man he died.” Manhood is contrasted with the “womanly” defense of tears. Lady Macbeth summons courage for bloody deeds by crying, “unsex me here.” Macbeth fears “no man that’s born of woman” until he hears that “Macduff was from his mother’s womb/Untimely ripp’d.” The play represents a dark meditation on the nature of humanity that is still unsettling.

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from James, whose mother, Mary Queen of Scots, had been a Catholic. But James, eager to win the support of the English Protestant majority, immediately promulgated several anti-Catholic policies instead. Catholic plotting against James swirled, culminating in the so-called Gunpowder Plot to blow up the king in the House of Lords, which was thwarted on November 5, 1605.

The year 1606 might thus have been a dangerous moment for a Scottish play. But Shakespeare carried it off. He flattered James.

In Holinshed’s Chronicles, Banquo, James’ supposed ancestor, was a co-conspirator of Macbeth’s; in Shakespeare’s play, Banquo shuns Macbeth’s treachery but is promised “Thou shalt get kings” including those “That two-fold balls and treble scepters carry” — the symbols of James’ amalgamated power. The play’s prophetic witches were already part of Holinshed’s story, but Shakespeare heightened their sinister role, perhaps to play to James’ interests. A woman had confessed to trying to assassinate James through witchcraft at the North Berwick witch trials of 1590, and James had written about witchcraft in a 1597 treatise titled Daemonologie.

There are references in Shakespeare’s play to the Gunpowder Plot. A drunken porter babbles about a farmer, an equivocator and a tailor: two of the plotters used the aliases of Farmer and Taylor, and one of the accused, the Jesuit priest

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Macbeth Through the Ages

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Simon Forman, a school Contemporary sheet music for teacher and occultist, a song, “Come Away,” that reported attending a perfor- Thomas Middleton may have mance of Macbeth on April added to productions of 20, 1610, at the Globe Macbeth and to the text of Theatre — though some the play as published in the scholars claim that Forman’s First Folio diaries were later forgeries.

Macbeth must have stayed in the repertory of the King’s Men, however. Although the tragedy was never published independently, it was included in the First Folio edition of Shakespeare’s work that was assembled by the playwright’s colleagues in 1623. Most scholars agree that the First Folio text of the play bears signs of revision and interpolation, perhaps by Thomas Middleton, a younger contemporary of Shakespeare’s who became associated with the King’s Men and may have collaborated with Shakespeare on Timon of Athens and may have had a hand in revising Macbeth, Measure for Measure and All’s Well That Ends Well. Two songs that also appear in Middleton’s own play, The Witch, of 1613-1616, are included in the First Folio text of Macbeth, as are speeches by Hecate, who was also a character in Middleton’s play.

William Davenant revived Macbeth after the restoration of the monarchy and the theaters in 1660. But it was actor-manager David Garrick who really brought the play to life for English audiences, with many dynamic performances of the title role from 1744 until his stage partner Hannah Pritchard retired in 1768.

A 1769 engraving of David Garrick in the role of Macbeth The 1849 Astor Place Opera House riots between supporters of American actor Edwin Forrest and English actor William Charles Macready

Actress Sarah Siddons “owned” the role of Lady Macbeth from the 1780s through her retirement in 1812. Performing with her brother John Philip Kemble, she created an indelible impression with her expressive and passionate portrayal.

She was still the standard for Lady Macbeths a century later, when Ellen Terry’s more passive interpretation was compared, unfavorably, with Siddons’ more powerful take.

An 1822 print of Sarah Siddons in the role of Lady Macbeth

On May 10, 1849, in New York City, American actor Edwin Forrest scheduled a performance of Macbeth at the working-class Broadway Theatre to conflict with English actor William Charles Macready’s presentation of the same play at the upper-crust Astor Opera House.

A riot broke out between supporters of both actors, and by the time this outbreak of class warfare was quelled, at least 25 were dead and more than 120 injured.

The poster for Orson Welles’ so-called “Voodoo” Macbeth production in 1936

Ian McKellen and Judi Dench in the acclaimed 1976 RSC production of Macbeth

An explicitly sexual interpretation of the relationship between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, pioneered by actress Sarah Bernhardt, played out in many 20th-century productions, notably a 1976 production of the Royal Shakespeare Company directed by Trevor Nunn and featuring Ian McKellen and Judi Dench.

This is the sixth time Great Lakes Theater has produced Macbeth: it’s been helmed by artistic directors Arthur Lithgow (1965), Lawrence Carra (1969), Gerald Freedman (1986), James Bundy (2000) and Charles Fee (2008). Fee’s 2008 production opened the newly renovated Hanna Theatre and fully exploited the theater’s new thrust stage and hydraulic lifts with startling and dramatic effect.

Macbeth, Great Lakes Theater, 1986 (directed by Gerald Freedman; acted by Reno Roop, Richard Jordan and Melinda Wood)

Macbeth, Great Lakes Theater, 2000 (directed by James Bundy; acted by Derrick Weeden and Pamela Nyberg)

Macbeth, Great Lakes Theater, 2008 (directed by Charles Fee; acted by Dougfred Miller and Lynn Robert Berg)

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The 20-year-old Orson Welles moved the play’s setting from Scotland to the Caribbean and employed an entirely Black cast and African drummers to create the sensational “Voodoo” Macbeth in a 1936 production for the “Negro Unit” of the Federal Theater Project.

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From inspiration to production

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This season’s production of Macbeth will be presented within the physical structure of the Elizabethan playhouse set developed for last year’s production of Hamlet.

year ago, for Great Lakes Theater’s 2017 production of Hamlet, Producing Artistic Director Charles Fee and Scenic Designer Russell Metheny decided to create a wooden structure on the Hanna Theatre stage that would evoke the structure of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and would be surrounded, as the Globe Theatre stage was, by galleries for audience seating. “We are inviting the audience on stage to create an active sense of participation,” Fee explained at the time. “For those sitting in the traditional seating in front of the stage, the audience on stage will appear to be in the play — like a jury in a court room judging the events as they unfold.”

The audience’s marked enthusiasm for the immediacy of the Hamlet staging prompted Fee to revisit the same Elizabethan playhouse environment for this year’s production of Macbeth.

Hamlet and Macbeth differ greatly in tone: Hamlet is a character of learning and reflection,

Using leather and chain mail, costume designer Kim Krumm Sorenson strove to create military attire that did not come across as a uniform.

Explained Sorenson, “These are groups of tribal warlords who come together in shifting alliances.

There is no standing state army.”

Contemporary fashion images provided exemplars for the layers of boiled wool, hanging pieces and dreadlocks that set the witches apart.

Edgy and whimsical images from contemporary fashion photography inspired the ragged, wrapped, and layered look that sets the witches apart in this production.

duction, big and broad questions like this one propelled the exploration of Macbeth undertaken by director Fee and his design team and acting company.

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Macbeth a man of feverish action who inhabits a pre-literate society. But both plays use soliloquies extensively to create an intimacy between performer and audience, a sense of communication that is amplified by the onstage seating and the playhouse setting. Macbeth’s soliloquies, observes Fee, reveal him as a character “plagued by an inability to stop himself from thinking forward. He is constantly projecting himself through his imagination into a future that is dangerous and problematic. The language is focused, like a knife blade in its sharpness.”

In Macbeth, says Fee, “we encounter a world of war — a place governed by ‘warlords’ through broad swords and pikes. As the play progresses, we see the beginning of the formation of a state that is governed by a system of justice.” The “look” of the physical production, in props and costumes, reflects this rough and rugged place.

Within this world, the witches operate in their own supernatural realm. A central platform that can be raised and lowered by hydraulic lifts creates a charged and charmed space for their conjuring. It’s important to Fee that the witches remain enigmatic, separate and mysterious, their motivation and agency unknown.

“They speak things that may be true, forecast a possible future. But they do not actively interfere. Shakespeare is interested in the question of free will. Do we live in a deterministic world?” In creating the physical environment of this pro-

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Pedar Benson Bate* Sergeant/Murderer/Ensemble Four seasons with GLT Pedar is delighted to return to the beautiful Hanna Theatre. Previous credits with GLT: Matt in The Fantasticks, Marius in Les Misérables, “Loverly” Tenor in My Fair Lady, Curio in Twelfth Night, Slender in Merry Wives of Windsor. Other regional theaters: Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, New London Barn Playhouse, Northern Stage, Finger Lakes Musical Theater Festival. Bachelor of Music, The Ohio State University. A huge bloody thanks to Charlie, Matt, and Ken, as well as to my awesome wife, Meredith, and to the supportive clans Bate, Schneider, Lark!

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Proud member AEA. Laura Welsh Berg* Witch/Gentlewoman Twelve seasons with GLT Shows at GLT include Hamlet (Hamlet), And Then There Were None, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, Sweeney Todd, The Tempest, Hay Fever, My Fair Lady, All’s Well That Ends Well, Major Barbara, Macbeth, Measure for Measure and She Stoops to Conquer. At Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival: Viola in Twelfth Night and Speed in Two Gentlemen of Verona. Chicago credits include The Farnsworth Invention at Timeline Theater, Arms and the Man at Centerstage and Mill Fire at SheilPark. She has a B.A. in theater from Baldwin Wallace University and an M.F.A. from DePaul University.

Lynn Robert Berg* Macbeth Sixteen seasons with GLT

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Great Lakes Theater: Scrooge (A Christmas Carol), The Ghost and Player King (Hamlet), Malvolio (Twelfth Night), Richard III (Richard III), Frank Ford (The Merry

Wives of Windsor), Polixenes (The Winter’s Tale), Doctor Parker (Bat Boy: The Musical), Caliban (The Tempest), Demetrius (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).

Other credits: Don Armado (Love’s Labour’s Lost), Dr. Watson (The Hound of the Baskervilles) with Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Hucklebee (The Fantasticks), Bill Walker (Major Barbara), Edmund (King Lear), Hastings (She Stoops to Conquer) with Idaho Shakespeare Festival. M.F.A. from the University of Delaware Professional Theater Training Program. SLL’M Remell Bowens Jr. Ensemble GLT debut Originally from Florida, Remell is a junior at Baldwin Wallace University in the B.F.A. Acting Program. Being an artist for almost 15 years in musical theater, Remell decided to develop a more classical training in college. He is ecstatic to have the opportunity to develop a relationship with Great Lakes Theater and share his passion for the arts in a new atmosphere. “Behind me is Infinite Power, before me is Endless Possibility, around me is Boundless Opportunity!” – Stella Stuart. For more information, visit RemellBowensJr.com.

Jeb Burris* Malcolm Two seasons with GLT Jeb is thrilled to be back at GLT. Some previous credits include work with Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Love’s Labour’s Lost; Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival in The Comedy of Errors; and multiple seasons with the Indiana Repertory Theater, American Players Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Sacramento Theatre Company, Capital Stage and the Utah Shakespeare Festival where he can be seen next. Jeb earned his B.A. from Ball State University and an M.F.A. from Illinois State,

and also trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in the U.K. Aled Davies* Seyton Seventeen seasons with GLT

Previous shows include Wait Until Dark, Les Misérables, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sweeney Todd, The Mousetrap, Cabaret, Into the Woods, Twelfth Night, An Ideal Husband, The Imaginary Invalid, My Fair Lady, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Richard III. Eight seasons at The Idaho Shakespeare Festival, GLT’s sister company. Other theaters: New World Stages, Hudson Backstage Theater, The Beck Center, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Hayworth Theatre, Dobama Theatre and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Jodi is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music.

Jonathan Dyrud* Banquo Four seasons with GLT GLT/Idaho Shakespeare Festival: Hamlet in Hamlet, King Ferdinand in Love’s

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This season for GLT: Mr. Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol, Snug/Egeus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Father Dupin/ Ensemble in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Previously: Marcellus/The Gravedigger in Hamlet, Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady, The Old Actor in The Fantasticks, Scrooge/ Samuels in A Christmas Carol, King Lear in King Lear, John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Your Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dorn in The Seagull, Deputy Governor Danforth in The Crucible, Prospero in The Tempest, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. A proud and appreciative member of Actors’ Equity since 1984.

Jodi Dominick* Lady Macduff/Witch Ten seasons with GLT

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Labour’s Lost, Anthony Marston in And Then There Were None, Nephew Fred/Ensemble in A Christmas Carol, Edmund in King Lear, Tony Wendice in Dial “M” for Murder, Antonio in The Tempest. Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival: Antipholus of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors. New York: Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Hip to Hip Theater Company). Regional credits: Froth and Friar Peter in Measure for Measure, Medvedenko in The Seagull (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). TV/film: Verder in Big House. Training: Southern Oregon University.

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Meredith Lark* Witch Two seasons with GLT Meredith is overjoyed to return to Great Lakes Theater for her second season.

Previous credits with GLT: The Mute in The Fantasticks. Favorite credits include Mary Turner in Within the Law (East Lynne Theater Company), Belle in A Christmas Carol (Northern Stage), Margot in Dial “M” For Murder, Vivienne in Legally Blonde, Laurey in Oklahoma!, Carol in Laughter on the 23rd Floor (New London Barn Playhouse), The Mute in The Fantasticks (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival). B.A. in theater from The Ohio State University. Graduate of the National Theater Institute. Proud member AEA. Love to Pedar and MDAAPT! Andrew May* Lennox Eight seasons with GLT

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Andrew is thrilled to participate in this classic which eluded him nine years ago during the inaugural production of the renovated Hanna Theatre. Since leaving Cleveland, Andrew has received rave reviews off-Broadway for his performance of Jamie Tyrone in the Pearl Theatre’s A Moon for the Misbegotten, as Friedrich Mueller in the International Broadway tour of War Horse and in numerous regional theaters across the United States and Canada. Most recently, he has performed at Barrington Stage,

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Dougfred Miller* Ross Sixteen seasons with GLT Most recently, Doug played a haunting Marley in A Christmas Carol and a heartbreaking Polonius in Hamlet. Previous appearances include Kent in King Lear, several characters in Dial “M” for Murder, and a widely acclaimed Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing. Other theaters include the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Alaska Repertory Theatre and the Central Dramatic Theatre Company of Hanoi, Vietnam. Doug is a proud graduate of the PTTP at the University of Delaware, a prouder member of Actors’ Equity, and a proudest dad of Marlowe.

Erin Partin* Lady Macbeth Three seasons with GLT Erin was last seen at Great Lakes Theater playing Ophelia in Hamlet. She has performed regionally with Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, Shakespeare Theatre in DC, Delaware REP, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Favorite roles: Princess of France (Love’s Labour’s Lost), Ariel (The Tempest), Ophelia (Hamlet), Isabella (Measure for Measure), Roxanne (Cyrano De Bergerac), Stella (A Streetcar Named Desire), Mary Boyle (Juno and the Paycock), Clarice (The Liar), Ilona Szabo (The Play’s the Thing) and Raina (Arms and the Man). Erin received her master’s degree from the Professional Theater Training Program in 2007.

Andrew Pope Ensemble GLT debut From Cleveland Heights, Drew is a junior at Baldwin

Wallace University in the B.F.A. Acting Program. He has been doing shows for nine years, and has portrayed Walter Lee Younger in A Raisin in the Sun, Nikos in Big Love, George Armstrong in Intimate Apparel and Doc Gibbs in Our Town. Drew is overjoyed to finally work with Great Lakes and is prepared to grow artistically. “Tell the story.”

Peter Ribar Donalbain/Ensemble GLT debut

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GLT audiences have seen him as Prospero (The Tempest), Iago (Othello), Jaques (As You Like It), Duke of Buckingham (Richard III), Muggeridge/Christmas Present/Debtor (A Christmas Carol), Viscount Goring (An Ideal Husband), Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Malvolio (Twelfth Night), Macduff (Macbeth), Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing), Sergius (Arms and the Man), Algernon (The Importance of Being Earnest), Marc Antony (Julius Caesar) and Berowne (Love’s Labour’s Lost). He has performed at the Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theater in San Diego, South Coast Repertory, Laguna Playhouse, Sierra Rep, Madison Rep and Shakespeare festivals of Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Garden Grove, Rhode Island, Nevada and Lake Tahoe. Forever and a day — Natalia.

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A senior in Baldwin Wallace’s B.F.A. in Acting program, Peter is grateful and excited to be making the switch from understudy to joining the stage in Great Lakes Theater’s production of Macbeth. His most recent credits at BW include Rock ‘N’ Roll as Ferdinand, Intimate Apparel as Mr. Marks and Angels in America: Perestroika as Joe. He’d like to thank the GLT team for this humbling opportunity, and everyone in his life who has helped teach and guide him on this journey. Love to his family, this is for them.

David Anthony Smith* Duncan/Old Siward Fifteen seasons with GLT

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Jake Spencer Fleance GLT debut A fifth-grader at Kenston Intermediate, Jake has been performing around northeast Ohio since age 7. Favorite roles include Ralphie, Flick and Randy in A Christmas Story (Cleveland Play House), Boy in Waiting for Godot (Beck Center), Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird (Brecksville Little Theater), Michael Banks in Mary Poppins (Geauga Lyric Theatre) and Michael Darling in Peter Pan (Weathervane Playhouse). Jake has received training through Cleveland Play House Theatre Academy, Chagrin Valley Youth Theatre and Cleveland City Dance. He enjoys video games, watching wrestling and testing out hot sauces.

Nick Steen* Macduff Five seasons with GLT Nick is honored to be returning to the beautiful Hanna.

His previous roles with the company include Oberon and Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Laertes in Hamlet, Mike Talman in Wait Until Dark, Lombard in And Then There Were None, Dumaine in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Max Halliday in Dial “M” for Murder, Sebastian in The Tempest and Clifford in Deathtrap. Nick received his B.F.A. from the University of Evansville and M.F.A. from A.C.T. Nick is on a journey together with the greatest fish a guy could ask for - <4 you Nicki. NickSteen.com M.A. Taylor* Murderer/Ensemble Fifteen seasons with GLT

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M.A. is glad to get back to the Hanna Theater. Previous credits include King Louis Xll/ Ensemble, The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Reynaldo, Hamlet; Charity Man/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Feste, Twelfth Night; Doolittle, My Fair Lady; Rogers, And Then There Were None; Nathaniel, Love’s Labour’s Lost. Other theaters: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, PTTP/Rep, Boise Contemporary

Theater, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.

He holds an M.F.A. from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP). Many thanks to his families (genetic and professional). And as always, Go Tribe!

Daniel Telford Young Siward/Ensemble GLT debut Daniel Telford is a senior at Baldwin Wallace finishing his B.F.A. in classical acting. He has had a long history with Great Lakes Theater: interning, understudying and now on stage! Previous roles include Davis in Really Really at The Beck Center, C.C. Showers in The Diviners and Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Baldwin Wallace University. He thanks his loved ones, teachers and the Great Lakes Theater family for their patience and knowledge through this journey.

Niko Ustin Macduff’s Son Two seasons with GLT Niko is a sixth-grader at Ruffing Montessori School in Cleveland Heights. He has previously appeared with Great Lakes Theater in A Christmas Carol. Past productions include The Grapes of Wrath with Sugar Creek Opera in Watseka, Illinois; Mary Poppins with Mercury Theater Company in South Euclid; and The Jungle Book, Willy Wonka and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Heights Youth Theatre in University Heights.

Niko has been a member of the Croatian folk dance group Zagreb Junior Tamburitzans, and studies piano at CIM. His hobbies include soccer, skiing, 3-D printing, cooking and latte art.

Understudies Pedar Benson Bate*, Laura Welsh Berg*, Remell Bowens Jr., Tyler Collins, Aled Davies*, Meredith Lark*, Dougfred Miller*, Andrew Pope, Alexa Querin, Peter Ribar, Jake Spencer, Liam Stilson, M.A. Taylor*, Daniel Telford, Niko Ustin, Grant StrlichWaybright, Sydnee Williams

Directors Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director Director, Macbeth Sixteen seasons with GLT

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Directing credits at GLT: Misery, Hamlet, And Then There Were None, Dial “M” for Murder, Deathtrap, Blithe Spirit, Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hay Fever, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arms and the Man and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Charles holds a unique position in the American theater as producing artistic director of three independently operated, professional theater companies: Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland, Ohio (since 2002); Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho (since 1991) and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival in Incline Village, Nevada (since 2010). His appointments have resulted in a dynamic and groundbreaking producing model for the companies, in which more

than 60 plays have been shared since 2002.

In 2009, Charles was honored to receive recognition for his leadership by the Cleveland Arts Prize as a recipient of the Martha Joseph Award. Other awards include The Mayor’s and Governor’s awards for Excellence in the Arts, Idaho. From 1988 to 1992, he held the position of artistic director at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in California. He has also worked with The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, the Milwaukee and Missouri repertory theaters, Actor’s Theatre of Phoenix and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. In addition to his work with the companies in Ohio, Idaho and Nevada, Charles is active within the community. He has served as a member of the strategic planning committee for the Morrison Center, as producer of the FUNDSY Award Gala (’96, ’98 and 2000), and as producer of the 1996 Idaho Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Charles has served on the board of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Downtown Rotary Club. He received his B.A. from the University of the Pacific and Master

APRIL 21, 2018

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of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Along with his wife, Lidia and daughter, Alexa, Charles resides in Boise, Cleveland and Lake Tahoe — a feat that is only possible because of the incredible love and support of his family, and the generous communities he serves!

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Ken Merckx Fight Choreographer Twelve seasons with GLT Ken Merckx has choreographed fights and taught actors theatrical combat for film, television, theater and universities all across the country. Ken is the resident fight choreographer for the Idaho and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare festivals, A Noise Within (Los Angeles) and the Great Lakes Theater (Cleveland). Mr. Merckx received his M.F.A. in acting from the University of Illinois and his B.A. in theater studies from the University of Washington.

Designers Rick Martin Lighting Designer Sixteen seasons with GLT Many productions with GLT and ISF including The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. Opera: Mitridate, Re di Ponto (La Monnaie, Brussels – scenery and lighting), Le Diable dans le beffroi, La Chute de la Maison Usher (Opéra national de Paris – scenery and lighting) and Dialogues des Carmèlites (Opéra de Toulon). Concerts: Harawi (Opèra Comique, Paris – scenery and lighting), Le martyre de Saint Sèbastien (Citè de la Musique, Paris and Arsenal, Metz). Coming up: BUTTERFLY – Itinéraire d’une jeune fille désorientée, d’après Madama Butterfly de Puccini (Opera de Limoges, France – lighting), Serse (Staatstheater Nürnberg, Germany – lighting) Member: United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE. Russell Metheny Scenic Designer Thirteen seasons with GLT

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For GLT: Twelfth Night, And Then There Were None, Dial “M” for Murder, The

Tempest, Deathtrap, As You Like It, Blithe Spirit, The Mousetrap, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Measure For Measure, Arsenic and Old Lace, Julius Caesar and The Merry Wives of Windsor. For ISF, he has designed The 39 Steps, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Woman In Black, A Tuna Christmas, Greater Tuna, King Lear and others. Recent productions include Both Your Houses; Philadelphia, Here I Come!; My Fair Lady; 1776 for Asolo Theatre. Regionally, Russell has designed for Indiana Rep, Asolo Theatre, ACT San Francisco, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre and Goodspeed Musicals among others.

Kim Krumm Sorenson Costume Designer Fourteen seasons with GLT Kim is pleased to be spending her 14th season with Great Lakes Theater, where she most recently designed Hamlet. Other GLT designs include Twelfth Night, And Then There Were None, The Tempest (twice), Dial “M” For Murder, As You Like It, The Mousetrap and more. She is a resident designer for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival.

Her work has also been seen at REP – University of Delaware, TACT – NYC, Delaware Theatre Company, Playmakers Repertory Company, Hartford Stage Company, Guthrie Theatre, Intiman Theatre, George Street Playhouse, The Acting Company, Indiana Repertory Theater, Portland Stage Company, Boise Contemporary Theater and Juilliard.

Matthew Webb Sound Designer Eleven seasons with GLT Matthew is thrilled to be making spooky sounds in the Hanna again after last year’s Hamlet. Other sound design credits include Eurydice (Baldwin Wallace University), Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeareience at Idaho Shakespeare Festival). As music director for Great Lakes: Forever Plaid, The Fantasticks, Sweeney Todd, Sondheim on Sondheim, Guys and Dolls, Cabaret, Bat Boy: The Musical, The

Mystery of Edwin Drood, Into the Woods, A Christmas Carol, Macbeth, Two Gentlemen of Verona and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Proud graduate of Baldwin Wallace University. Many thanks to Charlie, Sara and his wonderful parents.

Stage Management Jessica B. Lucas* Stage Manager Six seasons with GLT

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Nicki Cathro* Assistant Stage Manager Two seasons with GLT Nicki is overjoyed to be returning for her second season at the Hanna. Previously seen as Assistant Stage Manager on Misery and Production Assistant on Hamlet, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Great Lakes Theater and Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Nicki earned her B.F.A. in radio, television and film from the University of North Texas. She has worked primarily in film production and photography and is thrilled to return to her first love, tech theater, alongside her true love Nick <4. For more information on her media company, please visit cavernmedia.com.

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Previous Stage Management credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Wait Until Dark with Great Lakes Theater; and Wait Until Dark, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Idaho Shakespeare Festival.

Previous Assistant Stage Management credits include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, My Fair Lady, The Secret Garden, King Lear and A Christmas Carol with Great Lakes Theater.

And Then There Were None, Love’s Labour’s Lost, My Fair Lady, Dial “M” for Murder,

Secret Garden and King Lear with Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Jessica earned her B.A. in theater from the University of Scranton. GF, you are the best.

A Summer Camp for students ages 4-18 June 11–15 and June 18–22, 2018 At Berea-Midpark High School Full and Half-Day camps available Camp Theater is a summer drama camp that immerses students in interactive and educational theater-based activities.

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DONORS The trustees, staff and artistic company of Great Lakes Theater express our deepest gratitude to the hundreds of supporters of Cleveland’s Classic Company. The donors listed below and on the following pages made generous gifts to our Annual Fund between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017. “I can no other answer make but thanks.” Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene iii

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Make a Contribution Great Lakes Theater served more than 130,000 students and adults last year through its Hanna and Ohio Theatre mainstage productions and education programs throughout northeast Ohio. This would not have been possible without the annual support of the hundreds of generous donors listed below. Please consider joining the Great Lakes Theater family by making a contribution to support Cleveland’s Classic Company. Visit the “Support Us” section of our website (GreatLakesTheater.org) or call us at (216) 453-1067 to learn more about our Membership and donation opportunities.

Sponsors: Company Sponsors $100,000 and above The Cleveland Foundation***

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture*** Lead Sponsors $50,000 to $99,999 The David & Inez Myers Foundation*** Ohio Arts Council*** The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation***

The George Gund Foundation*** The Kulas Foundation*** The John P. Murphy Foundation***

Sponsors $25,000 to $49,999 The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation* The Community Foundation of Lorain County*** The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation*** The Reinberger Foundation***

Season Sponsors:

Shakespeare in American Communities: National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest John & Barbara Schubert***

Media Sponsors:

Great Lakes Theater Business Alliance:

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*3 – 5 consecutive years as a donor **6 – 9 consecutive years as a donor ***10 or more consecutive years as a donor

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THE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY

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Annual Fund donors of $1,000 and above are members of Great Lakes Theater’s “Shakespeare Society” and are entitled to special, exclusive benefits, including invitations to special events and activities. For more information, contact Chris Fornadel at (216) 453-1067.

Avon Circle ($10,000 to $24,999)

Globe Circle ($2,500 to $4,999)

Folio Circle ($1,000 to $2,499)

The Abington Foundation** Eaton Corporation*** First Energy Foundation The GAR Foundation*** Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer*** Janet E. Neary*** The Lubrizol Foundation*** Nordson Corporation Foundation** Don & Anne Palmer*** Tim & Lynn Pistell*** PNC* Georgianna T. Roberts*** The Shubert Foundation*** Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford***

Anonymous (2) Chuck & Bonnie Abbey** Walt & Laura Avdey** Dalia & Robert Baker*** Mitch & Liz Blair*** Glenn & Jenny Brown*** Mr. & Mrs. Homer D. W. Chisholm*** The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation*** Gail Cudak & Thomas Young*** Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press* Charles, Lidia & Alexa Fee** Dianne V. Foley* Steve Gariepy & Nancy Sin*** Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell*** Mary Elizabeth Huber William W. Jacobs*** Katie Kennedy & Doug White The Laub Foundation*** Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust*** Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer*** Jack McGrath*** Katie McVoy & Justin Cernansky Donald W. Morrison*** Nicholas & Sue Peay*** Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast*** Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Peterman*** Thomas A. Piraino & Barbara C. McWilliams** Prof. Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Betty Willis Ruben* Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ruhl*** Kim Sherwin** Sally J. Staley*** Arthur L. Thomas John and Lori Wheeler Kevin M. & Anne R. White** Robert & Emily Williams* Ms. Rebecca A. Zuti & Mr. Anthony D. DeCello**

Anonymous (1) Michelle R. Arendt*** Robyn & David Barrie*** John & Laura Bertsch** David & Carolyn Bialosky* Kim & Bart Bixenstine** Jack & Janice Campbell*** Beverly J. Coen** Ms. Leslie C. Dickson* Barry & Suzanne Doggett*** Dr. Howard Epstein The Gries Family Foundation*** Elizabeth Grove & Rich Bedell* Drs. Thomas & Cynthia Gustaferro Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.*** Kenneth Karosy*** Faisal Khan & Angela DiCorleto Donna M. & Alex I. Koler The Milton A. & Charlotte R. Kramer Charitable Foundation* John J. and JoAnn D. Lane* Mr. & Mrs. William E. MacDonald III* Mr. & Mrs. Douglas McGregor Ms. Danielle M. Morris Ms. Karen Nemec** Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. O’Connor** Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer M. Piper*** John & Norine Prim*** Ms. Ana G. Rodriguez Linda Schlageter*** Brit & Kate Stenson*** Christopher & Gail Steward Helen F. & Louis Stolier Family Foundation The Alvah Stone & Adele Corning Chisholm Memorial Fund Diana & Eugene Stromberg*** Gerald F. Unger*** Mary C. Warren** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Warren Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Wellener IV*** Julie Sabroff Willoughby Mr. Lee C. Zeiszler*

Stratford Circle ($5,000 to $9,999) The Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation*** Mr. Todd M. Burger & Ms. Kristie Beck* Bill & Judie Caster** Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill** Richard & Evelyn Dolejs** Natalie Epstein*** Ernst & Young, LLP*** The Harry K. & Emma R. Fox Foundation*** The Giant Eagle Foundation** Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen** Diane Kathleen Hupp* Susan & John Lebold Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller*** David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse*** The Sherwin-Williams Company Laura & Alvin Siegal*** Paul A. and Sonja F. Unger Fund The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust**

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*3-5 consecutive years as a donor. **6-9 consecutive years as a donor. *** 10 or more consecutive years as a donor.

THE LEGACY SOCIETY

Great Lakes Theater’s Legacy Society honors individuals, families, foundations and other generous donors that make gifts to Great Lakes Theater’s Endowment Fund or have made a provision for Great Lakes Theater through their estate plans.

Please consider becoming a member of the growing list of generous Great Lakes Theater Legacy Society supporters and help ensure that classic theater endures for future generations in northeast Ohio by designating Great Lakes Theater a beneficiary in your will, trust or other estate plans.

“Evermore thanks.”

Kathleen L. Barber* Marilyn* & Paul* Brentlinger Willard & Donna Carmel Mary* & Leigh Carter Natalie & Morton* Epstein Gerald Freedman GAR Foundation Edward S. Godleski Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson

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Mary Jane Davis Hartwell* Samuel S. Hartwell The Hershey Foundation Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer Kate Lunsford Mary Anne* & Jack McGrath Janet & Bob* Neary James A . Nelson* Donald & Anne Palmer

Jean Z.* & John S.* Piety Tim & Lynn Pistell Professor Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Betty Willis Ruben The John Sherwin Family George* & Marjorie* Springer Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford Arthur L. Thomas Audrey* & Dick* Watts

Gifts to the Great Lakes Theater Endowment Fund were received from the following donors between July 1 and December 31, 2017.

Edward S. Godleski Janet & Bob* Neary Mary Jane Davis Hartwell* Jean Z.* & John S.* Piety David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse in memory of Morton G. Epstein *Deceased: The legacy of these generous donors lives on for future generations.

LEAVE A LEGACY!

For more information regarding planned gifts, please contact Todd Krispinsky, Director of Institutional Advancement.

(216) 453-4449 | tkrispinsky@greatlakestheater.org

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The following individuals made their first gift, returned as active donors or increased their gift to Great Lakes Theater’s Annual Fund during the period of July 1, 2017 through January 31, 2018. The Great Lakes Theater family is grateful for your support!

Dr. & Mrs. Peter & Kathy Alscher Donna Beletic John & Laura Bertsch Mr. Peter Blohm & Mrs. Consuelo Molins Blohm Bernice A. Bolek Mr. Stanley C. Brandt & Ms. Mary K. Whitmer V. Elizabeth Brown Barbara J. Burke Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Charlick Ms. Joanne Clifford John & Donna Clifford Christopher & Nancy Coburn Mr. & Ms. James Collins Robert & Susan Conrad Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Cooper Stan & Lisa Corwin

Sustainers ($500 to $999)

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Anonymous (1) Jeffrey Boecker & Susan Iler Julia & Ben Brouhard* H.F. & J.C. Burkhardt*** Beverly & Bruce Cameron* Donald & Annamarie Chick*** Eileen Kennedy & Greg Cloyd Bruce & Maryellen Cudney* Carolyn & Charles Dickson*** Mary Dolan & David Haracz James Eschmeyer*** Evans Charitable Foundation Dale & Linda Gabor Janet & Patricia Glaeser*** Gary & Joanna Graeff* Virginia Hansen*** Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kimmel** Chris & Laura Larson Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Lesh Eva & Rudolf Linnebach* Ken & Mary Loparo*** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Lynch*** Mark & Barbara Mazzone* Francis & Viola McDowell** Helen & Harry Mercer** The Music and Drama Club Deborah L. Neale*** Doug Perkowski Mr. John Rampe Thomas & Helen Rathburn** Naomi G. & Edwin Z. Singer Family Fund, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland** Karl & Carol Theil

Dr. & Mrs. Dale H. Cowan Ms. & Mr. M. Judith Crocker Mrs. Mary J. Decker Mr. & Mrs. John Doucette Gene & Patricia Ewald Mr. Joseph A. Ferritto Bob & Mia Graf Ms. Lisa Greb Ms. Kathy Grekco Lee & Peter Haas Mr. & Mrs. William Hasler Geoffrey Michael Heller Memorial Fund Ms. Eleanor W. Helper Tom & Luz Higgason Mark & Lynn Hofflund Dr. Randal N. Huff Ms. Elizabeth A. Irwin Dr. Steven & Lena Kanter Ursula Korneitchouk Pat Murphy & Mike Kupiec Mr. & Mrs. John J. Lane

Eva & Rudolf Linnebach Mr. & Mrs. John S. Lupo Mr. Alex Machaskee Prof. & Ms. James Marino The Mersol Family Steven & Dolly Minter Toni & Linda Moore Mr. & Mrs. John C. Morley Mr. Ronald Mortus Ms. Brenda Norton Mr. & Mrs. John R. Pendergast Mary Perkins Mr. & Mrs. James M. Petras Mr. William Plesec Ms. Betsy R. Quinn Rick & Paula Reed Linda Schlageter Steve & Kathy Schultz Jeff & Beth Ann Sedam Mr. Bahman Y. Sharif Ms. Annette Shaughnessy

Ms. Dana Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Dale M. Sroka Mr. Arthur D. Stehlik & Mrs. Sherri L. Stehlik Christopher & Gail Steward Ms. Katherine StokesShafer Albert Stratton Ms. Margaret A. Svoboda Mr. & Mrs. Sean Swick Dr. Joanne M. Uniatowski Ryan Vidmar Ms. Kimberly A. Vivolo Mr. & Ms. Michael Wagner Mr. Adam Wilde Colleen Williams & Jim Persichitti Robert C. & Emily C. Williams Mr. Paul Wolansky Ms. Maxene Zion

Raymond Voelker* William Wilkinson Margaret & Loyal Wilson* Women’s Committee of Great Lakes Theater Festival*** Brian Wynne & Patrick Cozzens** Ms. Margaret E. Zellmer* Patrick M. Zohn*** John & Jane Zuzek***

Mary Eileen Fogarty*** Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Frei** Ted & Nancy Goble Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Gray** John Greene* Robert T. Hexter Rick Hoch Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr. Robert & Linda Jenkins** Amy & Jeff Johnson* Bernie & Nancy Karr*** Ms. Joylen J. Kent* Charles King & Catherine Keating Bill & Susan Kirchner Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick*** Ronald G. Kollar*** Stephen & Carolyn Kuerbitz Fred & Joann Lafferty*** Morton & Lola Litt* Anne R. & Kenneth E. Love** Jennifer & Peter Meckes* The Mersol Family*** David & Leslee Miraldi*** Steve Z. & Mary Gibbs Mitchell*** Dale Sr., Dale Jr. & Gayle Montgomery Frank Rausche Dr. Edward J. Rockwood*** Reinhold & Ginny Roedig*** Mrs. Sharon M. Rogers*** Otmar & Rota Sackerlotzky*** Paul Schumacher Dr. Howard Simon* Dr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Smith*** The Edward & Katherine Thomas Family Frank & Vicki Titas**

Robert & Marti Vagi** Mr. & Mrs. James D. Vail** Carol Lee Vella*** James L. Wagner** Nancy-Anne Wargo* Dr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Watts** Chris & Mary Weaver Mrs. Betty S. Weiss** Mr. John Wiedemann & Ms. Pamela Schnellinger* David Wildermuth Donald & Dorothy Zito*

Patrons ($250 to $499) The Thomas and Joann Adler Family Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland*** Joel & Teresa Andreani Thomas & Joan Baker* Mr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates** Fred & Mary Behm*** Kathy Berkshire John & Jeannene Bertosa** Gary & Kay Bluhm** Bernice A. Bolek*** Bette Bonder & Patrick Bray** Richard & Mary Ann Brockett* Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Carlson Cindy & Tim Carr* Ms. Megan Casserlie* Robert and Susan Conrad Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Cooper* Audrey DeClement*** Pete & Margaret Dobbins* Mr. & Mrs. L. William Erb* Jon & Mary Fancher** Ann & Harry Farmer* Mr. Joseph A. Ferritto

Associates ($125 to $249) Anonymous (5) Lori Adler** Ms. Nancy J. Arndt Dolores P. Bastaich Ms. Pamela Benson* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Berges Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Beyer Roger Bielefeld** Martha & Wayne Bifano Denise Blanda Susan Bobey** John Bolton*** Ms. Dorothy F. Borer* Joanne R. Bratush*** James F. Brown Mike & Carole Brown* V. Elizabeth Brown** Larry & Andi Carlini** Mr. & Mrs. Lucien H. Case Jean McQuillan & Richard Christ*** John & Donna Clifford***

William E. Spatz** Susan St. John** Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel*** Anita K. Stoll Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Sullivan** Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Tatman* Dr. & Mrs. Ken Tomecki*** Dorothy Ann Turick Elizabeth Twohig Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard** Christine and Daniel Vento* Mrs. Barbara S. Walker Thomas M. Wladyka* Jeanne Wojciechowicz James & Sandra Wood** John & Dianne Young*

Friends ($75 to $124) Anonymous (2) Ms. Josephine B. Anderson Kimberley Barton Thomas D. Basco Brian & Teresa Bester Tom & Dorothy Bier Elizabeth A. Billings Dr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser*** Phyliss M. Boggs Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton*** Dr. W. H. Boom & Ms. Anne L. Batzell Mr. Stanley C. Brandt & Ms. Mary K. Whitmer*** Susan Brenneman Barbara J. Burke** Kathy Caldwell Robert S. Carillio Dr. & Mrs. Dale H. Cowan* Samuel Cowling** Dr. Ben S. Curatolo Judith Darus* Lowell & Carole Davis*** Chris & Mary Ann Deibel*** Donna Douglas*** Virginia Dybicz The Eldridge Family Janice Evans** Douglas D. Farling Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Field*** Daniel Fishwick Carmela Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Lou Galizio*** Marian Hancy** Jean Heller* Frank & Gerry Hoffert** Mark & Lynn Hofflund* Ron & Joanne Hulec*** William Ivancic** Marie Ivkanec* Thomas Jecker Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Kelley Dennis Kelly** Mr. Gilbert P. Kenehan* Samuel C. Kennell* Mr. Kenneth R. Kessler Mr. & Mrs. Albert Kirby Mr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Kruszka* Ms. Linda V. Lefkovitz* James M. Lewan

James Marino Anne Martin Francis Martin Connie May James L. Mayer Cathy J. McCall*** Rev. Edward E. Mehok*** Antoinette Miller*** Diane Moffett Mr. John M. Moss & Mrs. Karen J. Moss Kim Whitesel-Nakel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Neides Mark Norris Gerald Norton Maura O’Donnell-McCarthy Joan M. Oravec*** Meribeth Pannitto Peggy & Michael Partington*** Mr. Alan A. Pomiecko Larry & Susan Rakow* Judy & Clifford Reeves** The Reinker Family*** Mr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen Peter E. Renerts Ms. Jacqueline Y. Rhodes** Robinson Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland* Mr. Mark J. Salling & Ms. Cindie Carroll Pankhurst*** Doris A. Schultz** Steve & Kathy Schultz** Linda Sebald* Randall & Sara Shaner Dr. Dave & Faye Sholiton* Ms. Sue N. Siefert Ms. Ellen J. Skinner Mary Slowey Alma L. Smith* Edward W. & Donna Rae Smith James Sonday James Spallino Gail Stroud Laura L. Sutera Ms. Elizabeth Swenson* Linda Taege Carol A. Vidoli*** Michael Wagner Tom Wagner & Malinda Smyth** Rev. & Mrs. David M. Walker*** Sharon & Yoash Wiener*** Todd Wilson Ms. Janet R. Wolf Arthur & Deborah Zinn* *3 – 5 consecutive years as a donor **6 – 9 consecutive years as a donor ***10 or more consecutive years as a donor

Gifts were received in honor of: Morton & Natalie Epstein Michael J. Peterman Sally J. Staley Betty S. Weiss

Gifts were received in memory of: Marcia Detwiler Morton G. Epstein Diana Fee Mary Jane Davis Hartwell Robert D. Neary

The Women’s Committee Formed in 1961, the committee is Great Lakes Theater’s longest standing volunteer support group.

Members act as hosts for our actors, provide support in our administrative office and at events, and cheer us on throughout the season. If you would like to become a member, call Joanne Hulec at (216) 252-8717 for more information.

Officers Janice Campbell, President Kathy Berkshire, Co-Vice Chair Barb Chernus, Co-Vice Chair Viola McDowell, Recording Secretary Bernice Bolek, Corresponding Secretary Nanci Kirkpatrick, Treasurer

Matching Gift Corporations ArcelorMittal Eaton Corporation GE Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation IBM Corporation The Lubrizol Foundation Nordson Corporation Foundation PNC Progressive Insurance Foundation Schneider Electric North America Foundation The Sherwin-Williams Company

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James Collins Rollin & Anne Conway** Stan & Lisa Corwin David & Gayle Cratty*** Daniel Divis Daniel & Joyce Dyer * Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg*** Robert Erikson Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Fairchild David V. Foos*** Charles & Julia Gall** Mrs. Carla Gallagher* Mrs. Barbara J. Garris Deborah A. Geier*** Greg & Gail Gibson*** Virginia T. Goetz* Elaine H. Green Jean E. Gubbins** Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld** Michael & Suzanne Harris* Curt & Karen Henkle** Robin Herrington-Bowen Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Hicks Kathy & Jamie Hogg*** Clyde A. Horn*** Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson* Marilyn & Howard Karfeld*** Lauren Kawentel** William & Marion Kettering* Michael & Lynn Kleinman* Mr. Thomas Knox* Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Kozel*** Jacob Kronenberg & Barbara Belovich*** Eleanor & Stephen Kushnick*** Leslie Lahr* Jennifer & Robert Larson* Mr.& Mrs. Brian Lawler* Gregory Leach* Gregory & Vickie Leyes* Thomas & Sheryl Love Mr. & Mrs. John M. Lovett* Brian & Renee Lowery** Robert & Beth MacMurray* Kimberly A. Mahoney Manubay Joshua K. Mayers Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McDonald*** Bill & Marilyn Miller Roy & Cindy Moore*** Toni & Linda Moore** Ms. Barbara H. Nahra Tom & Mary Neff** Thomas Neff Robert & Margery Orth Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Patalon* Ms. Diane L. Pauley Brian Perry & Ka Pi Hoh* Ms. Mary L. Pollak* Andrew & Brenda Pongracz* Mr. & Mrs. Louis Pongracz** Ms. Bette M. Prendergast James & Susan Prince* Mr. & Mrs. James A. Saks** Donna Schuerger*** Donna Sheridan*** Richard Shirey* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Slavin*** Marg Slesnick Anthony Smits Mr. & Mrs. John Southworth*

Many companies, like the ones listed above, match all or a portion of their employees’ charitable giving. Is your employer a matching gift company? Find out by contacting your employer or the Great Lakes Theater Development Office at (216) 453-1067.

Every effort is made to ensure that our donor records are current and correct. Please call the Development Office at (216) 453-4442 with questions or to report updates and revisions.

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TRUSTEES Chair

Thomas G. Stafford †

President

Timothy J. Downing

Secretary

Kim Bixenstine

Treasurer

at Playhouse Square

Walter Avdey

Trustees

Michelle Arendt Jennifer Armstrong Dalia Baker Gary Benz David L. Bialosky

Todd M. Burger * William Caster * Gail L. Cudak Carolyn Dickson † Leslie Dickson William B. Doggett † Carol Dolan * Dr. Howard G. Epstein Natalie Epstein *† Dianne V. Foley * Stephen H. Gariepy Lynn M. Gattozzi Derek Green Elizabeth A. Grove * Arthur C. Hall, III Samuel Hartwell * Mary Elizabeth Huber Diane Hupp

William W. Jacobs *† John E. Katzenmeyer † Denise Horstman Keen Kathleen Kennedy * Faisal Khan * John W. Lebold * William E. MacDonald III † Ellen Stirn Mavec † Mary J. Mayer John E. McGrath † Katie McVoy * Leslie H. Moeller Mike Mumford Janet E. Neary † Pamela G. Noble * Michael J. Peterman † Timothy K. Pistell † David P. Porter †

Georgianna T. Roberts † Ana Rodriguez John D. Schubert † Peter Shimrak † Sally J. Staley Diana W. Stromberg Jason Ronald Suslak Kristine M. Tesar Gerald F. Unger Thomas D. Warren Nancy Wellener Kevin M. White Julie Sabroff Willoughby Patrick Zohn Rebecca A. Zuti * Executive Committee † Life Trustee

STRATEGIC ALLIANCE In 2002, Great Lakes Theater (Cleveland, Ohio) and Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Boise, Idaho) conceived a unique, strategic producing alliance designed to maximize return on organizational investments, increase production efficiencies, create long term work opportunities for artists and share best practices. In 2010, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (Incline Village, Nevada) joined the collaborative — further contributing to the momentum of the revolutionary producing prototype's success. The long term results have been remarkable. The alliance's three independent, 501c3 regional theaters have shared over 50 jointly-created productions — each featuring long term, multi-city employment opportunities for artistic company members. This revolutionary producing model has realized its vision and exceeded expectations while simultaneously resulting in notable audience growth for each company.

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STAFF Leadership Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director Bob Taylor, Executive Director

Management Team Director of Educational Services.................Kelly Schaffer Florian Production Manager................................Jeff Herrmann Director of Institutional Advancement.................Todd Krispinsky Director of Educational Programming...... Lisa Ortenzi

Artistic Artistic Associate..............................................Tom Ford

Education

Finance & Administration

Volunteers

Company Doctor.......Dr. Donald Ford & Cleveland Clinic Trinity High School Intern......................Maxwell Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal Education Interns..........Hannah Gears, Elizabeth Tofig

Manager of Finance & Administration...................Stephanie Reed

Special Thanks

Institutional Advancement

Great Lakes Theater is a member of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) and operates under agreements with LORT, Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity Association, American Federation of Musicians, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and the United Scenic Artists, which are unions representing professional actors, stage managers, musicians, stagehands, directors, choreographers, and designers, respectively, in the United States.

Development Manager............................Chris Fornadel Audience Engagement Coordinator........ Jeremy Lewis Marketing & Communications Manager................................................. Kacey Shapiro Donor Relations Associate...............Elizabeth Steward

Production Assistant Production Manager...............Corrie Purdum Technical Director.......................................Mark Cytron Assistant Technical Director..........William Langenhop Master Carpenter.......................................Lindsay Loar Carpenter/Welder...............................Richard Haberlen Carpenters............................ Val Kozlenko, Gary Zsigrai Properties Master..............................Jessica Rosenlieb Assistant Properties Master..............Bernadine Cockey Costume Shop Manager................. Esther M. Haberlen Assistant Shop Manager/Draper....................Leah Loar Draper.......................................................... Diana Sidley First Hand........................................... Christina Spencer

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Education Outreach Associate................David Hansen School Residency Program Actor-Teachers................... Luke Brett, DeLee Cooper, Adam Graber, Tim Keo, Kimberly Martin, Zyrece Montgomery, Will Sanborn, Leah Smith

Crafts/Design Assistant...............................Zack Hickle Stitcher...............................................Mackenzie Malone Overhire Stitchers............Rainie Jiang, Kerry McCarthy Wardrobe Supervisor..................... Colleen McLaughlin Wardrobe Crew............Zack Hickle, Mackenzie Malone, Christina Spencer Wig Design............................... Wigs and Whiskers, LLC Master Electrician.....................................Tammy Taylor Electrics Assistant............................Gregory S. Falcione Charge Scenic Artist.................................... Ruth Lohse Audio Supervisor.....................................Brian Chismar Stage Manager...................................Jessica B. Lucas* Assistant Stage Manager..........................Nicki Cathro* Production Associate/Child Supervisor..... Amy Essick Stage Management Intern/ Child Supervisor...................................Jennifer Landis Run Crew.................... Gregory S. Falcione, Gary Zsigrai Hanna Theatre Crew............Thomas Boddy, Chris Guy, Shaun Milligan, Nathan Tulenson

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Playbill Editor: Linda Feagler For advertising information, please contact Matthew Kraniske: 216-377-3681

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PLAYHOUSE SQUARE GUEST SERVICES Guest Assistance For questions or service that may provide a quality, entertaining experience, please see the House Manager on duty. A RedCoat usher can direct you to their office location.

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We Love Hearing From Our Guests Your feedback is important. For matters that are not immediate or for additional questions you may have, please access our online comment form at playhousesquare. org/contact-us.

We read and share all comments with the staff and meet often to discuss how we can improve upon your experience at Playhouse Square. You may also find us on Facebook at facebook.com/playhousesquare, or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/playhousesquare.

Beware of Ticket Scalpers Buy your tickets ONLY from the Playhouse Square Ticket Office, at playhousesquare. org, by phone at 216-241-6000 or your licensed group/travel leader. (We cannot guarantee validity or admittance for tickets purchased elsewhere, nor can we issue replacement tickets if they are lost or stolen). Help us keep ticket prices affordable and fair for everyone.

Service for Our Guests with Special Needs Large type programs and wireless headsets are available in the House Managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office.

Camera Policy Cameras, including cameras on cell phones and other personal handheld devices, audio/ video tape recorders and flash photography are strictly prohibited.

Emergency Phone Number In emergency situations, family members or babysitters may call 216-771-5537 (evening hours) or 216-771-4444 (daytime hours) should they need to get a message to a guest in our theaters.

Cell Phones The experience of a live performance can be ruined by the interruption of ringtones, vibrating phones or conversation. The magic of a darkened theater can be disrupted by the light of someone text messaging as well.

Please be considerate to others and remember to turn off your cell phone for the duration of the show.

Thank You

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Playhouse Square gratefully acknow­ ledges the people of Cuyahoga County for their historical support to theater restoration, upkeep and programming, as well as through their ongoing contributions through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.

APRIL/MAY AT PLAYHOUSE SQUARE OUTCALT/ HELEN/ ALLEN ALLEN ALLEN Sunday

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CONNOR KEYBANK US BANK WESTFIELD PALACE STATE PLAZA STUDIO Thursday

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Flanagan’s Wake Fifth of July Macbeth Marat/Sade Jay Leno

Flanagan’s Wake Fifth of July Macbeth Marat/Sade Darci Lynne and Friends Live

Flanagan’s Wake Macbeth Marat/Sade The Humans

Flanagan’s Wake Macbeth Marat/Sade Guess/I Love You The Humans MYSTIC INDIA Putnam/Spelling Bee

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Guess How Much I Love You The Humans

Guess How Much I Love You The Humans

Macbeth Marat/Sade The Humans

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 The Humans The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The Humans The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The Humans The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Celtic Woman

Flanagan’s Wake The Humans The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Whose Live Anyway?

Flanagan’s Wake The Humans The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The Humans Putnam/Spelling Bee

The Humans The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The Humans The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The Humans The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Flanagan’s Wake The Humans The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Bring It On! tick, tick…BOOM!

Flanagan’s Wake The Humans The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Bring It On! tick, tick…BOOM!

Putnam/Spelling Bee Journey to Oz Secret Life/Suitcases Disney’s Aladdin Lula Del Ray Beehive: The 60s Musical

Putnam/Spelling Bee Journey to Oz Secret Life/Suitcases Disney’s Aladdin Lula Del Ray Beehive: 60s Musical The Royale

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The Humans Putnam/Spelling Bee Bring It On! tick, tick…BOOM!

Putnam/Spelling Bee Journey to Oz The Secret Life of Suitcases

Putnam/Spelling Bee Journey to Oz Putnam/Spelling Bee The Secret Life of Journey to Oz Suitcases The Secret Life of Disney’s Aladdin Suitcases Disney’s Aladdin

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Putnam/Spelling Bee Disney’s Aladdin Beehive: 60s Musical The Royale Miranda Sings Live...

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Disney’s Aladdin Beehive: The 60s Musical The Royale Carol Burnett

Disney’s Aladdin Beehive: The 60s Musical The Royale

Disney’s Aladdin Beehive: The 60s Musical The Royale Alice

Disney’s Aladdin Beehive: The 60s Musical The Royale Alice Cleveland Jazz Orchestra

Disney’s Aladdin Beehive: The 60s Musical The Royale

Disney’s Aladdin Beehive: The 60s Musical The Royale

Disney’s Aladdin Beehive: The 60s Musical The Royale

Disney’s Aladdin Beehive: The 60s Musical The Royale 2018 Dazzle Awards

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Macbeth Marat/Sade Guess/I Love You The Humans The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

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Disney’s Aladdin Beehive: The 60s Musical The Royale Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio

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