"Guys and Dolls" Playbill (Great Lakes Theater/PlayhouseSquare)

Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare May 1 - June 30, 2013

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Great Lakes Theater

A Message From the Chairman of PlayhouseSquare...........................................................................4 The PlayhouseSquare Story..................................................................................................................8 About Great Lakes Theater...................................................................................................................9 PlayhouseSquare Spotlight On ..........................................................................................................10 Celebrating 90 Years at PlayhouseSquare.........................................................................................15 PlayhouseSquare Trustees..................................................................................................................16 Great Lakes Theater Trustees.............................................................................................................17 Giving Back to PlayhouseSquare........................................................................................................18 PlayhouseSquare Donors....................................................................................................................21 Great Lakes Theater Donors...............................................................................................................31 A Program Note from the Senior Vice President of Theater Operations of PlayhouseSquare...........38 A Message from the Producing Artistic Director of Great Lakes Theater........................................39 Guys and Dolls....................................................................................................................................41 The Cast.............................................................................................................................................42 Scenes and Musical Numbers............................................................................................................44 Director’s Note....................................................................................................................................46 Who’s Who...........................................................................................................................................49 Great Lakes Theater Staff..................................................................................................................62 May/June On Our Stages....................................................................................................................63

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dear friends

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n our ongoing mission to book outstanding shows and entertainment, advance arts education and manage our vibrant theater district, PlayhouseSquare wears many hats. One of those frequently worn is that of host.

Not only are we again hosting the 4th annual International Children’s Festival May 6–11 (presented by Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital), but at this time of year, we happily play host to many area high school and college graduations. In fact, more than 4,000 students will be accepting diplomas on our stages this year. It’s truly a rite of passage that will elicit fond memories of PlayhouseSquare for these graduates far into the future.

Then in August, we switch our attention from stage to screen, hosting a month of classic films and cartoons on the largest non-IMAX screen in Ohio as we present the 16th annual Cinema at the Square.

And, although we welcome more than one million guests for a variety of entertainment genres throughout the year, our added hosting duties include 200-plus organizations and individuals who take advantage of our unique venues to commemorate milestone events, train employees, award their champions, launch products and initiatives, celebrate achievements and exchange wedding vows. (The historic grand staircase of the Palace Theatre is one of the most-requested Cleveland sites for glamorous wedding party photos.)

To this end, I am pleased to announce that PlayhouseSquare was recently honored as Corporate Meeting Venue of the Year at the Connectors’ Choice Awards sponsored by CBC Magazine. Such private and corporate event hosting is only one of the many ways we serve our community. We urge you to visit playhousesquare.org to learn how various PlayhouseSquare spaces can be made available to host your next event.

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elcome to the 2012-2013 KeyBank Broadway Series at PlayhouseSquare.

Another exciting show awaits you.

KeyBank is proud to support PlayhouseSquare and help them bring world class theatrical productions to our region. PlayhouseSquare is regularly recognized as one of the most successful theatre operations of its kind in the country and is clearly a jewel of northeast Ohio.

Key believes that being a strong bank extends far beyond just being a leading provider of financial services for our clients. At Key, we believe when our communities thrive, we all thrive.

Key has a long history of investing in our communities. We provide philanthropic and sponsorship support to numerous organizations across the region including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cavaliers, the Indians, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, to name a few. We are strong believers in the power of community and the value of community investment.

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PlayhouseSquare

The Rise and Fall of PlayhouseSquare Between February 1921 and November 1922, five opulent theaters opened along the Euclid Avenue – the Allen, Hanna, Ohio, State and Palace. Dubbed Playhouse Square, the theaters presented history’s most iconic performers in legitimate theater, vaudeville and silent movies while acting as a tremendous source of civic pride. Over the years, suburban flight and the rise of television sent PlayhouseSquare into a death spiral throughout the 1950s and 1960s. By July 1969, all four theaters had closed. Neglect and vandalism ensued.

In 1970, a bold plan from a local not-for-profit civic group called the Playhouse Square Association, led by a group of visionaries, launched a vigorous grass-roots campaign to save the theaters.

Rescue and Rebirth The threatened razing of the Ohio and State in 1972 galvanized community leaders, including politicians, activists, funders, businessmen, and the Junior League, who obtained a stay of execution. In succeeding years, limited repair and renovation allowed for sporadic staging of productions as money was raised for complete restoration. An expected three-week run of the musical revue Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris opened in the State Theatre lobby in 1973. So beloved, it played for two years.

Bolstered by such artistic successes, the preservationists continued to stave off demolition, built community support, assembled a professional management team and raised $40 million in a spirit of public/private partnership.

Restoration began with the July 1982 reopening of the Ohio Theatre. By the end of the 1980s, the curtain had risen again in both the State and Palace. The Allen (1997), the Idea Center (2005), and the Hanna (2008) would later take their place alongside the other jewels in PlayhouseSquare’s crown.

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Today, PlayhouseSquare has 10 bustling performing spaces, including the recent reconfiguration of the Allen Theatre to welcome Cleveland Play House and the Department of Theatre and Dance and Visual Arts Programs of Cleveland State University as new resident companies. These ten spaces comprise the world’s largest theater restoration project and make PlayhouseSquare the largest performing arts center in the country outside of New York, with one million guests per year. And still only a few years old, the addition of the renovated Idea Center building provides classroom, studio and theater space as the exclusive home for community engagement and education performances, workshops and classes.

PlayhouseSquare’s unique business model—using the arts as an economic engine for the area—has spurred a great deal of development in the PlayhouseSquare District. The performing arts center, once torn, tattered and ready for demolition, now owns, manages and leases over one million feet of real estate within PlayhouseSquare and manages another one million feet outside of the District, along with the co-development of the Wyndham Hotel.

And just like the visionaries who helped to restore PlayhouseSquare to its original opulence, the work is not yet done. The future will welcome additional area development and beautification, dining and housing, and a continued commitment to arts education and a wide array of live entertainment.

PlayhouseSquare is a hometown success story and it belongs to you, our donors, sponsors, audience members and community. Please discover more and view our Emmy Award winning mini-film, More Than Just a Show at playhousequare.org/ourstory and consider making a gift that supports our efforts to bring today into tomorrow.

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Great Lakes Theater

he mission of Great Lakes Theater, through its main stage 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 Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes Theater’s Spring 2013 production of Blithe Spirit. capacity to illuminate truth (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, revel in eloquent language, preserve the traditions of diverse cultures and generate communal spirit.

On its main stage 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 Great Lakes Theater’s fall 2012 production of The has had a strong presence in area schools, bringImaginary Invalid. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) ing students to the theater for matinee performances and sending specially trained actor-teach- classic theater. As Great Lakes moves into a new ers to the schools for weeklong residencies devel- era with a permanent home in the Hanna Theatre, oped to explore classic drama from a theatrical the company reaffirms its belief in the power of point of view. GLT is equally dedicated to enhanc- partnership, its determination to make this coming the theater experience for adult audiences munity a better place in which to live, and its through Surround, a series of community pro- commitment to ensure the legacy of classic thegrams that explore the themes of a main stage ater in Cleveland. production. To this end, Great Lakes Theater 1501 Euclid Ave., Suite 300 regularly serves as the catalyst for community Cleveland, OH 44115 events and programs in the arts and humanities P: (216) 241-5490 that illuminate the plays on its stage.

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In a life-imitates-art move, Toledo, OH native Crystal Bowersox has been cast to portray the legendary Patsy Cline on Broadway this July in Always…Patsy Cline. Cline was discovered on “The Arthur Godfrey Show,” the #1 talent TV show of its day. Likewise, Bowersox came to fame as a runner-up on “American Idol,” today’s #1 TV talent program. Oscar and Emmy nominee Annette O’Toole also stars.

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It might be putting the horse before the cart, but the “Theme from Stephen Ward” (the still-in-theworks Andrew Lloyd Webber musical) was recently released for download even though the musical won’t debut in London until sometime in 2014! Stephen Ward is a musical about British Parliament’s famous Profumo Affair which scandalized Parliament.

The story is from the perspective of Dr. Stephen Ward, a society osteopath at the scandal’s center.

AMAZING LION KING FACTS July 9 – Aug. 4, while you’re enjoying the world’s #1 musical, Disney’s The Lion King, consider these fun facts: • There are more than 200 puppets of various models in the show • It took 17,000 hours to build the puppets and masks.

• The show’s tallest animal? The 18-ft. giraffe. The smallest?

The 5" trick mouse on Scar’s cane • There are 134 people directly involved in the show’s daily production.

NOT JUST FOR DECEMBER HOLIDAYS May and June find people gift shopping for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduations and weddings. Consider the gift that gives an experience that creates memories – the PlayhouseSquare Gift Card. It’s the gift that gives them a choice to attend any production at PlayhouseSquare including Broadway, concerts, dance, comedy and speakers.

90 YEARS OF CHANGE Guests reading a Palace Theatre playbill at a show in 1922 would have seen local ads for Chandler & Rudd Market, where a cherry pie was 25 cents (marked down from 35 cents!), and the English Woolen Mills at 418-422 Superior Ave. boasting it was “the largest retail tailoring establishment in all America,” offering suits and topcoats ranging from $15 - $28.50!

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Fans of NBC’s cancelled 30 Rock who are looking for an Alec Baldwin fix can find him on Broadway starring in the recently premiered Orphans. No stranger to the Great White Way, in addition to his Oscar nominations and two Emmy Awards, Baldwin received a 1992 Tony nomination for A Streetcar Named Desire.

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CINEMA AT THE SQUARE RETURNS Classic films and cartoons?

Family-friendly movies?

Largest non-IMAX screen in Ohio? We got ‘em all during the 16th Annual Cinema at the Square in the Palace Theatre August 1 – 18.

Experience movies the way they were meant to be seen… on the big screen for just $5 while munching popcorn (at less than regular movie house prices!) Movie titles and their screening dates will be forthcoming at playhousesquare.org/ cinema.

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Each Tuesday, May 21 – September 17, you are invited to congregate at 6 pm in the State Theatre Lobby for free, guided TakeA-Hike walking tours of the PlayhouseSquare District.

Sponsored by Dollar Bank, the 5th anniversary tours highlight the history, fun facts and future plans of the area and feature actors portraying important Cleveland figures of the neighborhood. Each tour lasts approximately 90 minutes. For more information, visit clevelandgatewaydistrict.com or call 216-771-1994.

If you’ve seen our historic 1927 refurbished Kimball organ played in the Palace Theatre (as it will be prior to each of the films during August’s annual Cinema at the Square), you might wonder “where are the pipes that produce that glorious sound?”

Usually invisible to Palace audiences, the 13 sets of pipes are located behind grids on either side of the stage. When the organ is about to be played, the pipe room’s lights are turned on, allowing the audience to see the giant organ pipe valves open and close through latticed grills. More than an organ, the Kimball includes a xylophone, Glockenspiel, celesta, complete set of drums and many cymbals.

KUDOS TO WYNDHAM WINNERS Congratulations to the Wyndham Cleveland Hotel’s GM Brian Moloney and Dir. of Sales Jill Vance. The Wyndham at PlayhouseSquare won the honors of “Corporate Meeting Venue of the Year” in the Hotel category at Cleveland Business Connects’ recent 6th Annual Connectors Choice Awards.

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JUMP BACK TWO SPACES On February 23, PlayhouseSquare Partners hosted the 22nd annual Jump Back Ball – Jump Back Two Spaces. A play on classic board games, this year’s party featured live music by SWAGG and Velvet Shake, a gourmet Sammy’s buffet, multiple open bars, and life-sized board game décor and activities. VIP guests enjoyed a pre-party catered by awardwinning chef Jonathon Sawyer (The Greenhouse Tavern, Noodlecat) who also provided on-site cooking demos.

The sold-out event, which broke the Jump Back Ball ticket sales record by selling-out in a matter of weeks, raised more than $135,000 in support of PlayhouseSquare’s not-forprofit mission. For more information about Partners visit playhousesquare.org/partners

Celebrating 90 Years at PlayhouseSquare!

Recognizing The Women

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layhouseSquare would not be the jewel of downtown Cleveland that it is today without the support of women from members of The Junior League of Cleveland to leaders of other arts organizations to volunteers and early employees of PlayhouseSquare.

We remember Kathleen Kennedy†, Jane Kirkham† and Gwill York Newman† and recognize and thank Natalie Epstein, Elaine “Lainie” Hadden, Cecelia “Ceil” Hartman, Barbara Robinson and Sally Winter for their efforts to save PlayhouseSquare. Epstein, Hadden, Hartman, Robinson and Winter were interviewed for the PlayhouseSquare archives and here’s what they had to say:

Natalie Epstein

Elaine “Lainie” Hadden

“…it was a very emotional evening [Great Lakes Theater’s first performance in the Ohio].”

“Looking back on this project, it is the most worth-it thing that I ever had the good fortune to do.”

Cecilia “Ceil” Hartman

Barbara Robinson

“I looked around and I saw thousands of people in the theaters… at that moment I sat back and thought about everything we did. The many long hours, the very low pay, the personal and professional sacrifices were all worth it.”

“On the opening night of the ballet here…when the applauding and the cheering started…the tears were coming into my eyes.”

Sally Winter

“I have a real sense of pride about being in on the underground floor; a real sense of ownership. I think if you ask anyone of us who was here from the beginning it’s kind of like our child.”

Look for more features in the coming months as we continue to celebrate and honor the individuals who played a major role in saving PlayhouseSquare.

Watch more of their interviews and others at playhousesquare.org/history.

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trustees Officers

PlayhouseSquare

Chairmen Emeritus

Oliver C. Henkel, Jr. John F. Lewis Julien L. McCall Chair-Elect & Vice Chair, Forrest D. Hayes Community Engagement & Education Glenn R. Brown David S. Goodman* Jon H. Outcalt Henry F. Eaton† President and CEO K.K. Sullivan Art J. Falco* Thomas W. Adler Vice Chair, Development Paul H. Carleton* Board Members Chair Thomas C. Stevens*

Vice Chair, Finance Richard H. Fearon* Vice Chair, Government Affairs William R. Seelbach* Vice Chair, Nominating & Governance Paul Clark* Vice Chair, Real Estate James A. Ratner* Vice Chair, Sales and Marketing Himanshu Amin* Vice Chair, Strategic Planning Christopher M. Connor* Secretary/Treasurer Thomas E. Wagner*

Ex-Officio Frank G. Jackson, Mayor Martin J. Sweeney Council President as of March 28, 2013 *Executive Committee †-deceased

Terry Adelman Thomas W. Adler* Warren E. Anderson* John D. Andrica Ronald M. Berkman Julia S. Bolton Glenn R. Brown Barbara Byrd-Bennett Marjorie M. Carlson Scott Chaikin* John G. Chapman, Sr. James R. Clay Gwenay Coniglio Paul J. Dolan Craig A. Donnan Uleto Fuentes Marcus Glover Lawrence H. Hatch David G. Heiman Oliver C. Henkel, Jr.* David Jacobs Louis G. Joseph Margaret M. Judd Mary Lynn Laughlin John F. Lewis* Paul Mancino Darrell L. McNair James I. Merlino Jon H. Outcalt*

James R. Pender Deborah Z. Read Monte C. Repasky Fred Rothstein Robert D. Saada Luci Schey Manisha Ahuja Sethi Lauren Spilman Sara Ellen Stashower David J. Strauss K.K. Sullivan* Jerry Sue Thornton P. Kelly Tompkins Robert J. Tomsich Kurt C. Treu Dominic A. Visconsi Daniel P. Walsh Neil C. Weinberger Mort Weisberg Darrell A. Young

Trustee for Life Edward H. deConingh, Jr. victor gelb Forrest D. Hayes Lois U. Horvitz William B. Lawrence Julien L. McCall Lindsay J. Morgenthaler Rena Olshansky Victor J. Scaravilli Lawrence J. Wilker James B. Wolf, Jr.

National Trustee Bonnie Osher

Partners Co-Chair Dawn McFadden Brent M. Pietrafese

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President Mitchell G. Blair*

Secretary Susan Hastings*

Treasurer Walter Avdey*

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John E. Katzenmeyer† Denise Horstman Keen Anthony C. LaPlaca Jonathan Leiken William E. MacDonald III† Ellen Stirn Mavec† Mary J. Mayer John E. McGrath Gregory V. Mersol Leslie H. Moeller Janet E. Neary*† Robert D. Neary† Pamela G. Noble* Michael J. Peterman† Thomas A. Piraino Jr. Timothy K. Pistell† David P. Porter† Deborah Ratner Shawn M. Riley Georgianna T. Roberts† John D. Schubert† Peter Shimrak† Laura Siegal† Mark C. Siegel* Sally J. Staley* Robert L. Stark Kate Stenson Diana W. Stromberg Gerald F. Unger John V. Van Hulle Donna Walsh Thomas D. Warren Paul L. Wellener IV Kevin M. White Patrick Zohn

Thomas G. Stafford*†

Thomas A. Aldrich Michelle Arendt Dalia Baker Robyn Barrie David Bialosky Kim F. Bixenstine* Mark H. Brandt William Caster* Barbara Cercone Beverly J. Coen Gail L. Cudak Carolyn Dickson† Leslie Dickson William B. Doggett† Carol Dolan* Edward Donnelly Timothy J. Downing* Natalie Epstein*† Rudolph H. Garfield † Henry G. Grendell Stephen H. Gariepy Elizabeth A. Grove Samuel Hartwell* William W. Jacobs*†

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layhouseSquare is a community-based not-for-profit organization which depends upon philanthropic support from individuals, foundations, and corporations. Proceeds from ticket sales alone do not sustain the organization, therefore more than $4 million dollars must be raised annually to help PlayhouseSquare meet its mission of operating and maintaining the historic theaters, expanding arts education outreach, and investing in the community through area development. The following is a list of charitable opportunities which support PlayhouseSquare. There are many stages of giving available based on your desired level of support. We express our gratitude for all donations received.

Donor Circle Donor Circle is a membership program for individuals who give an annual gift of $600 or more. Donor Circle members receive advance access to tickets, prime seating for Broadway and other performances, a personal ticket concierge and, at select giving levels, access to the private RJF Presidents’ Club for dinner and bar service, plus reserved parking in the PlayhouseSquare garage.

Corporate Giving

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Corporate donations provide PlayhouseSquare with valuable financial support. Companies making

annual gifts of $1200 or more receive community recognition, client entertainment and employee rewards. As an added incentive, Eaton Corporation has pledged to match two-to-one any new or increased corporate gifts. Eaton Corporation’s Challenge Grant will help raise more than $400,000 to support PlayhouseSquare’s education initiatives.

Foundation Support Corporate, community and family foundations and government agencies like the Ohio Arts Council and Cuyahoga County Arts and Culture provide PlayhouseSquare with annual operating support and funding for education programs.

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Friends is a membership program for individuals who give an annual gift of $50 to $599. Members receive advance access to tickets, discounts, special recognition and invitations to private events throughout the year.

Pals is a way for children ages 2-12 to form a special connection with PlayhouseSquare. At the same time, they learn about the importance of giving back to their community. Pals and their grown-ups have access to priority ticketing and free parking in the PlayhouseSquare garage for select family performances as well as special pre- and post-show events. Family memberships are available for $50 and $75 per year.

Partners Partners is the official young professionals group of PlayhouseSquare. Members enjoy unique opportunities to network, volunteer and socialize in one of the most beautiful locations in downtown Cleveland. Young professionals can join Partners for as little as $50 per year.

Endowment and Planned Giving Individuals and families that have declared their intention to include PlayhouseSquare in their estate plans, whether by will, trust or life income arrangement, are recognized through The Muse Society. No minimum is required to participate.

Requests for anonymity are respected.

To learn more about: Becoming a donor, call Michelle Ryan Stewart...............................216-640-8411 Donor Circle Membership, call Mary Winchester.............................216-640-8412 Friends Membership, call Carrie Balchak.......................................216-640-8417 PlayhouseSquare Partners, call Molly Franz....................................216-640-8416 Pals Membership, call Sarah Biondo.............................................216-640-8408 Endowment and Planned Giving, call Bill D. Hilyard.......................216-640-8415

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ith sincere gratitude, we recognize the following individuals, corporations, and foundations, who have provided generous support of $1200 or higher to PlayhouseSquare through an annual or special gift. Listing current as of March 28, 2013.

Individuals & Family Foundations Director ($25,000 - $49,999) Patricia & John Chapman Katherine & James R. Pender The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation - Bruce & Ellen Mavec Tom & Chris Stevens Morton J. Weisberg Executive ($20,000 - $24,999) Corinne L. Dodero Foundation for the Arts & Sciences ^ Producer ($15,000 - $19,999) The Thomas & Joann Adler Family Foundation Himanshu & Leslie Amin Jenny & Glenn Brown Samuel J. & Connie M. Frankino Foundation Lois U. Horvitz Dan & Carla Kennedy Luci & Ralph Schey Foundation Lauren & Steve Spilman K.K. & Joe Sullivan Dominic A. Visconsi, Sr. Platinum Founder ($10,000 - $14,999) Anonymous Warren E. Anderson Dr. John Burke & Hon. Nancy Fuerst Christopher & Sara Connor Richard & Evelyn Dolejs Art & Maryann Falco Ron & Eileen Gold David S. Goodman & Barbara L. Hawley ^ David & Robin Gunning Brenda & David Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Lozick David Maltz Susan & John Onysko Jane & Jon Outcalt Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast Len & Cel Polster James & Susan Ratner Walt & Carol Rosebrough The Denise G. & Norman E. Wells, Jr. Family Foundation

Sustaining Founder ($5,000 - $9,999) Anonymous (2) Terry & Sheldon Adelman John & Diane Andrica Lois Baker Daniel & Deborah Bandi Michael & Christine Banks Family Michael Baruschke & Denise C. Huck Fred & Mary Behm ^ Robert F. Bendall Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton Amy & Stan Brady The Buffie Family Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carleton Marge & Harry Carlson Maria Cashy Scott Chaikin & Mary Beth Cooper Dr. & Mrs. William A. Chilcote, Jr. James & Susan Clay Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Clutterbuck Gwenay & Thomas Coniglio Kenneth, Karen & Zoe Conley ^ Mathew & Megan Cox * Mary Jo & Donald J. Dailey The Dolan Family Mr. & Mrs. Craig Donnan Robert A. & Joan P. Ellis Irving and Gloria Fine Louise A. Fletcher Robert & Ruth Fortney Barbara & Fred Fruscella Uleto & Lisa Fuentes Patricia A. Gaul vic & joan gelb George M. & Pamela S. Humphrey Fund Gries Family Foundation Rochelle & Harley Gross Peter & Debra Guren Kathleen E. Hancock Kathie & Chuck Hardin Sondra & Steve Hardis Marsha Ann Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Hatch Sally & Oliver Henkel In Memory of Kathleen Hlavin Priscilla B. Hoag Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz Richard Horvitz & Erica Hartman-Horvitz Steve & Elizabeth Hunyadi Margy & Amo Judd Walter & Jean Kalberer Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Kamins ^ Judith S. Kamm

Pam & Steve Keefe Steven Kimmelman Ms. Susan L. Kohn Noreen Koppelman-Goldstein & Brian Robbins ^ Terry Kovel Mary Lynn & Gary Laughlin Dean & Lynda Leonakis Cathy & John Lewis Jon P. Lilley Michael & Tracy Lipscomb Rita & Charles Maimbourg Paul & Corene Mancino Marcia & Andrew Margolius Ruth & Doug Mayers Jim & Amy Merlino Norman Millstein Barry Minoff Kay Morabito Sally S. & John C. Morley Mr. Joseph T. Gorman †Creighton & Janice Smith Murch ^ Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Nock Drs. Lydia & Stephan Parker Mary Perkins Doug Perkowski David & Jeanne Polo Kelly Price Tawny Ratner Mr. & Mrs. John W. Read Robert S. & Sylvia K. Reitman Family Foundation Monte & Jill Repasky Barbara S. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Jon Rogen Dr. & Mrs. Fred C. Rothstein Drs. Edward & Teresa Ruch Robert & Kristen Saada Jimmy & Debra Schultz Sally & John Schulze William & Nancy Seelbach Neil & Manisha Sethi Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Slater Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Spaeth ^ Lois & Tom Stauffer Michelle & Mike Stewart Mr. & Mrs. David J. Strauss Fred & Betsy Stueber Mr. & Mrs. David W. Szamborski ^ Jamie & Mark Tepper * The Ruth & Elmer Babin Foundation Jerry Sue Thornton, Ph.D. Kurt & Christine Treu Kathleen & Craig Urmston Vaidean & Lauer Family Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Wagner Daniel & Molly Walsh

Bill & Gia Weisberg Mr. James W. Wert Wolf Family Foundation Gregory J. Wood Mr. and Mrs. David Yankovitz Darrell A. Young Gold Founder ($2,500 - $4,999) Anonymous (6) Frederic & Michelle Ahlgren Tony & Becky Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Mark Angel Robert D. & Barbara Jo Bailey Don & Beverly Baines Mr. & Mrs. Rick Baker Patricia A. Barnes Dr. George & Mrs. Ramona Bause Barry B. & Brenda S. Beeler RAB & NDB George & Courtney Benson Dr. Alok & Christine Bhaiji Mr. James M. Biggar John & Gibby Bittman The Blanchard Family Marilyn & Larry Blaustein Mr. and Mrs. James C. Boland Debbie & Scott Boncha Ronald Borsenik Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Bradley Jennifer Brainard ^ Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Breece Marc L. Brenner Ms. Leslie Brown Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Burke Mrs. John Butauski Barbara Byrd-Bennett Dr. & Mrs. J. Jeffery Cameron Vincent C. Campanella Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Campbell Ken & Marsha Caratelli Fred & Karen Carmen Carole & David Carr Colleen & Chris Carroll Mary Kay Carroll Leigh Carter Bob & Roslyn Case Mr. & Mrs. Harry Cashy William & Elizabeth Cassella ^ Terry & Marlene Castilyn David & Susan Catanzarite ^ Debra & Seth Chwast Mrs. Frank P. Ciriello The Cline Family R. Fred Coffin Mr. & Mrs. Jacques Comer William H. Considine

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Joyce & Bill Litzler David & Janice Logsdon Charles & Lisa Loper Linda Lovell & Robert Toth Michael & Debbie Marks Mark & Connie Matthews Craig & Patricia McAllester Gregory & Karen McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. C. Andrew McCartney Scott & Beth McMillen Rob & Janet McMinn Mr. & Mrs. Darrell McNair Michelle M. Meers Mark & Barb Meister David Miceli & Elizabeth Hiser Gordon Michelich Mr. & Mrs. Jared Miller Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Miller, Jr. Joan & Charles Mockbee Paul & Sallie Moledor Edward Montgomery Beth E. Mooney Michael & Marci Moses Marjorie & Bert Moyar The Mullins Family Susan B. Murphy Linda M. & William N. Neiheiser Desiree & Lou Nekola Rebecca Nelson and Family * Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Nettis Laura & Steve Nobil Fisher & Phillips LLP Mr. & Mrs. Ernest J. Novak Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Novak

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Linda B. Schneider Bob & Cindy Schneider Brad & Staicey Scholtz Sue & Jerry Schroer Janet & Gary Schuster Richard & Janet Schwarz Dr. John Sedor Walter & Joyce Senney Darcy J. Sentowsky Marian & Michael Shaughnessy Mike & Carol Sherwin ^ Debra Shifrin & Steven Newman Dale & Nancy Short Mike & Marsha Shydlowski Kathi Sibel Donald A. & Catherine C. Sinko Howard & Debi Slater Dolores J. & George E. Smiley ^ Clayton & Jennifer Smith * Mr. & Mrs. David B. Smith Jeffrey H. Smythe Nathan & Cecilia Speelman Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Spiker Cheryl & Edward Springer Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Spurney Sara Stashower & Mark Heller Dave Stinson & Darren LeBeau Judy & Walter Stuelpe ^ Marlene Tehi Jeff Tennant Joseph F. Tetlak Jeff Thomas Tonya & Robert Thomas Ron & Pat Trzcinski ^

Susan & John Turben Foundation Ron J. Turk Ronna & Hal Uhrman Mr. & Mrs. Kim Ullman Dorinna & Chris Unger Gerald F. Unger * Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Vanke Karen S. Verderber Tracy & Nicole Vigh * Mr. & Mrs. John Vinton David & Barbara Vito Walt & Karen Walburn Bernard M. Wald Eric & Joyce Wald Robert & Shelly Wallens William Warren Jeff & Sharon Weeden Hannah & Michael Weil Bob & Laurel Weinberg Dr. & Mrs. Jon L. Weingart Mr. Lee Weingart Aaron & Whitney Weisenberg Larry & Lisa Weiser William M. Weiss Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Dickson L. Whitney, Jr. Allen & Lisa Wiant Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Wieder William J. Williams John & Jacqueline Woods Sandy & Tim Wuliger Xavier-Nichols Foundation Doreen A. Yashan Jennie & Dennis Zamberlan Daniel & Ellen Zelman ^

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Investor ($1,2000 - $2,499) Anonymous (5) Albert T. Adams Mr & Mrs Patrick R. Alexander Mr. Nicholas Antonio Carl & Jill Aquila George & Roma Aronoff Mr. & Mrs. Albert A. Augustus Dr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Bailey Vince & Donna Bednarz Alan & Gayl Berger Christopher & Kimberly Berger Mr. & Mrs. Ronald B. Bixel Dr. Philip M. Blitz David & Sarah Blue Gary & Kay Bluhm Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Bluso Louis & Jane Bodnar Ken Bonenberger Ken & Sheila Bossin Randall & Cheryl Brent David Breuning Mr. & Mrs. Charles Burger Mr. & Mrs. Brian T. Burke Anne Burr Kitty & Ed Butler Marilyn A. Callaly Marlene S. Campbell Ms. Patricia E. Campbell Michele & Michael Canty * Billy & Linda Cappelli-O’Brien Mrs. Rita Carroll Ray & Carolyn Castelluccio

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Raleigh E. Drennon Mrs. Ralph L. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Duvin Rosemary Dziak Glenn Ebel Mike & Geri Evans Ghazi & Bernadette Faddoul Dr. & Mrs. J. Peter Fegen Robert U. & Karen E. Fein * Mr. Michael & Dr. Elizabeth Ferguson Dan & Carolyn Fleig The Fornal Family Jim & Linda Francis Dr. Michael & Lydia Frankel Bart & Gerry Frazzitta James Fredrickson and Jane Dailey Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Friedman Marcia & Tony Fugaro Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Fyffe Dr. & Mrs. Edward H. Gabelman Mr. & Mrs. Dale Gabor Mrs. John F. Gale Barbara & Peter Galvin Jack & Candy Gaudry Bob & Ann Gillespie Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Glauberman Barbara L. Goodin Cheryl Goodlin Jim & Karen Gornik Michael D. Gower Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Grasson Lincoln & Sandra Graubard Evalyn Greene and Paul Gallmeier

Jed & Kim Greene Martha A. Griffiths Mr. & Mrs. James B. Griswold Anna Maria Guglielmo, D.D.S. * Karen Hadden Dan & Maureen Haggerty Mike Hargrove Drs. Robert, Chris & Jill Harter Jeff & Corrine Hartman * Dr. & Mrs. A. George Hawwa Dr. Stephen & Barbara Helper Karen & Roger Hess Linnea T. Hille Wm. D. Hilyard & Gina M. Vernaci Drs. Rosamond Hong & Jeffrey Weil The Matthew R. & Marie M. Hopkins Foundation Charles Horn Denise Horstman Jacqueline & Peter Hoyt ^ Vincent & Gwen Hrobat Ted & Donna Huddle Valerie A. Hughes Martha S. Hunter Steven & Diane Hupp Dale & Peggy Jakab Michael & Rosemarie Jaworski Lori C. Jones Jenna & Tom Jontz Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Junkin Mrs. Rachel Kabb-Effron Jeffrey & Joy Kalata Andrew & Katherine Kartalis Mr. & Mrs. John J. Kastelic

Mary Ann & Jack Katzenmeyer Judy & David Kaufman Elizabeth Keefer Allan & Millicent Kleinman Foundation Mrs. Kathy M. Klimko Ray & Maureen Klinc Debe & Kerry Klotzman Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Knight Joan & Gary Knopf Mr. Velkata Kollipara Ashok & Nafisa Kondru Stephen & Kim Koos Jeffrey & Sue Ellen Korach Donna L. Korn Harvey & Norma Kotler Doris Kramer The Kuhn Family Foundation Peter & Cathy Kuhn Dr. Rosalie Faraci Kuns Mr. & Mrs. John Lane Samie & Tom Lang Mr. Jon Lawrence Dr. & Mrs. John Lazo, Jr. Brenda & Bill LeBlanc Bob & Michele Lee Lester & Linda Lefton Mary Anne & Mike Leon Richard & Michelle Letsky Gregg A. Levine Mark & Sarah Link Brian Luntz * Mr. & Mrs. Jack Lutzo Laura Markley *

Mr. & Mrs. Andy Markowitz Paul & Phyllis Maron Ron & Betty Martin The Martinez Family William Mayer Laura & Chris McKenna Cindy McMahon Dr. & Mrs. Marc J. McNaughton Mr. & Mrs. Howard Mell Aaron & Nicole Mendelsohn * Keith & Laurie Meyers Don & Dianne Miears Dr. Cynthia Mikula Mr. & Mrs. Eric B. Miller Mr. Joseph Minotti Keith & Candy Mirman Brenda Moncla Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Montgomery Mrs. Gloria J. Moore Dr. Melodie Morgan-Minott Pamela & Jeffrey Moritz Harriet & Mel Morris Anthony Murru Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Neary Karen E. O’Brien Trust Patrick & Kathy O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. O’Connor Michael & Susan O’Connor Brian & Barbara O’Dell Thomas & Lynn O’Donnell James Oh Tom & Alice Onusko Thomas J. Pajk Terry & Patricia Palermo -

Jim & Joan Cochran Philip & Joyce Parkhurst Martha Passerell Judith M. Pendergast Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey E. Pennington Michael & Shari Perlmuter Cloyd & Susan Peters In Memory of Jeffrey J. Pfaff Janet G. Pierce * Jean & John Piety Julie & Stan Plante Sara Pocinki Julia & Larry Pollock Joel Porter Rolfe Porter Susan & Robert Price Scott & Mary Lou Purtell John & Coyne Quinn Irene Raber Mr. & Mrs. Albert B. Ratner David Rega Marc & Donna Penner Len & Linda Reiter Ed & Betty Richley Candace B & Dennis Risen Jeffrey P. Riskin Robert J. Rody Dennis Rose Kenneth R. Rosen Donald Rosenfeld Jim & Heidi Rudolph Dr. D. Todd & Cindy Russell Michael D. Russell J. Kevin & Carol Ryan

David E. & Kathleen M. Sands Sangree Family Foundation John & Amy Scanlan Mark & Monica Schie John & Barbara Schubert Marcy & Dennis Schwartz Eleanor Schwartz Carolyn P. Seelbach Robin & Sanford Seiger Leonard Senkfor Mrs. Diana Shall Mr. Arthur & Dr. Carol Shamakian Ms. Karen Sharp Mr. & Mrs. Martin Shaw Ms. Karen Shobert Mr. & Mrs. Walton A. Silver Harlan & Betty Silversten Becky & Heath Smargiasso Mr. & Mrs. John D. Southworth Shani & Scott Spiegle Stephen & Bonnie Spiegle M/M James Spitz & M/M Daniel Rothstein Terry, Dianne & Amy Squire Susan Srnovrsnik Debbie & Dave Stahler Richard Starr Arthur D. Stehlik Joel & Linda R Stile Jan & Will Sukenik Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Taylor James E. Teubner Charles E. Thayer, II Billy & Gloria Treister

Margaret A. Turchanik Peter J. Tuttle Michael & Kathleen Urban Nancy & Michael Vacante George & Janet Voinovich Mr. & Mrs. Robert Vyhnalek Mr. & Mrs. James Walker Mr. & Mrs. Ed Weaver Mr. & Mrs. Jerome A. Weinberger Michael & Danielle Weiner * Brenda & Robert B. Weltman Don & Theo Wessell Tom & Laura Weyenberg Nancy E. White Karen Wiese Tom & Mary Yablonsky Hallie I. Yavitch Brian Young & Neil Young Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Young Patricia Young Jessyca Pearson Yucas Martha Zalka Lon & Nancy Zeager A. Paul Ziegler Martha Zlotnik

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The George Gund Foundation Ohio Arts Council PNC Director ($25,000 - $49,999) The Andrews Foundation Martha Holden Jennings Foundation John P. Murphy Foundation Michael Pender Memorial Foundation Executive ($20,000 - $24,999) Eaton Corporation The William J. & Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation Producer ($15,000 - $19,999) George W. Codrington Charitable Trust LECOM Middough Parker Hannifin Foundation Proto Machine & Mfg, Inc Platinum Founder ($10,000 - $14,999) The Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation The Abington Foundation The Brewer-Garrett Company The Cliffs Foundation

Dominion East Ohio Ernst & Young LLP The Giant Eagle Foundation The Hankins Foundation The Lincoln Electric Foundation McGladrey Medical Mutual of Ohio NACCO Industries, Inc. North Coast Concrete, Inc. OM Group Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Summit Resources Group, Inc. Thomas H. White Foundation Wyndham Cleveland Hotel at PlayhouseSquare Sustaining Founder ($5,000 - $9,999) Advantage Consulting Applied Industrial Technologies Arts Midwest Touring Fund Bachelor Button Florist Baker & Hostetler LLP The Bicknell Fund Billie Howland Steffee Family Fund The Ferro Foundation FirstMerit Forest City Enterprises The Harry K. & Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation The George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust Jones Day KeyBank

C.A. Litzler Co., Inc. Mar-Bal Inc. Materion Corporation Moen Incorporated The Murch Foundation National Concession Company, Inc. Nordson Corporation Foundation Northwestern Mutual Financial Network The O’Neill Brothers Foundation PolyOne Corporation PRADCO Remington Products Company ^ RPM International Inc. The Sage Cleveland Foundation Schneider Saddlery Co., Inc. The Shamrock Companies, Inc. The Sherwin-Williams Company Stern Advertising, Inc. Time Warner Cable Media Sales The George Garretson Wade Charitable Trust Walter & Haverfield LLP Western Reserve Systems, Inc. Wright Foundation Gold Founder ($2,500 - $4,999) Action Based Research, LLC All-Terrain Tire Althans Insurance Agency ABM Parking Services Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC

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Mid America Management Corp. ^ Mombo Management LLC Nexus Engineering Group, LLC The Plain Dealer Plante & Moran, P.L.L.C. The Wm. Plotz Machine & Forge Co. Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP Premier Development Partners LLC Right Team, Inc. SIFCO Industries Inc. Squire Sanders (US) LLP Standard Contracting & Engineering Thompson Hine LLP Union Partners, LLC United Surface Finishing VIP Restoration Inc. Waldheger-Coyne Co., L.P.A. Westfield Insurance Zanotti Enterprises, LTD. Investor ($1,2000 - $2,499) Beverage Distributors, Inc. Chester L. Sumpter & Associates, LLC Cleveland Vicon Company Inc. Corporate Sceening Services, Inc. CSP Graphics The Davey Tree Expert Company Richard L. Demsey Co., L.P.A. Easton Telecom Services LLC Electronic Salesmasters Inc. The Higley Fund

House of LaRose Inc Klemenc Construction Co., Inc. McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A. Mid-West Poly Pak, Inc. ^ Moscarino & Treu LLP Myers Precision Grinding Company, Inc. Numerequip, Inc. Ohio CAT Olympic Steel, Inc. Partners Enviromental Consulting, Inc. Planned Financial Services POLYCASE Source Diagnostics Sussen Foundation, Inc. Ulmer & Berne LLP Voss Industries Inc. *PlayhouseSquare Partners ^ Supporter of Arts Education Chairman’s Challenge

Endowment and Planned Giving Anonymous (2) The Thomas & Joann Adler Family Foundation John & Diane Andrica Fred and Mary Behm Anna Bussian Mr. Lawrence J. Carlini

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Harry & Marjorie Carlson Patricia & John Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Charnas The Children’s Theatre Endowment established by the Junior League of Cleveland Audrey DeClement Susan & Robert Droman Esther L. & Alfred M. Eich Mr. & Mrs. Oliver F. Emerson Irving B. & Gloria G. Fine Eleanor J. Fitzgerald † Emily A. Fleisher Edward L. Franke † Chris Anna Fullerton Barbara & Peter Galvin vic & joan gelb Peter & Debra Guren Virginia Harrison Hamann † Kathleen E. Hancock Marsha Ann Harrison Lawrence and Linda Hatch Mr. & Mrs. Forrest D. Hayes Wm. D. Hilyard & Gina M. Vernaci Barry & Brenda Hummel Mrs. Jonathan E. Ingersoll Elizabeth D. Keil Gilbert P. & Gail A. Kenehan Jane Kirkham † Vivian Kist Thomas Kowatch Barbara E. Kozel Jeffrey & Elaine Kubach Mina N. Kulber †

Samie & Tom Lang Jonathan A. Leebow Maxine Goodman Levin † Cathy & John Lewis Mr. Julien L. McCall The Estate of David & Carole Mendelsohn Kay Morabito Ms. Beverly Morrow Neale & Associates Mr. James A. Nelson † Steele Nowlin & Christine Jayjack Kevin J. O’Brien Jane & Jon Outcalt Jim & Kathy Pender Clark N. Pope & Sarah M. Planchon Pope Ron & Nanci Pottorff Don & Joanne Reiss Albert Rettag Paul & Lori Rupert Mr. & Mrs. Victor J. Scaravilli Bob & Betty Schmiermund The Estate of Jo Hershey Seldon Betty W. Sinclair † The William N. Skirball Endowment Fund Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Spaeth Lois & Tom Stauffer Michelle & Mike Stewart K.K. & Joe Sullivan Robert J. Swadey Gary & Nancy Temple Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Wagner † Deceased

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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 made generous gifts between July 1, 2011 and March 31, 2013. Evermore Thanks!

Make a Contribution As our supporters know, ticket revenue covers only about half of the cost of producing the high quality, professional classic theater for which Great Lakes Theater is known. We invite you to help us bridge this gap by making a tax-deductible contribution today and becoming a member of the Great Lakes Theater “family.” To make a donation or learn more, contact the Great Lakes Theater Development Office (216.453.1068) or visit the “Support Us” section of our website at www.greatlakestheater.org.

Sponsors Company Sponsors $100,000 and above The Cleveland Foundation*** Cuyahoga Arts and Culture*

The George Gund Foundation*** The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation***

Ohio Arts Council*** PNC Foundation** The Sherwick Fund

John P. Murphy Foundation David & Inez Myers Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio*** Sponsors $25,000 to $49,999 The Community Foundation of Lorain County**

The GAR Foundation*** The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation***

Kulas Foundation* John & Barbara Schubert***

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Lead Sponsors $50,000 to $99,999

Avon Circle $10,000 to $24,999 The Abington Foundation Mr. Paul S. Brentlinger*** The Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation* Eaton Corporation***

Louise H. & David S. Ingalls Foundation Mary Ann & Jack Katzenmeyer*** Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Neary*** The Nord Family Foundation***

William J. & Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation Parker Hannifin Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pistell*** Mrs. James O. Roberts*** The Shubert Foundation***

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Welcome!

The following donors made their first contribution to Great Lakes Theater during the period July 1 – March 31, 2013. A heartfelt “Thank You” goes out to these generous individuals for joining the Great Lakes Theater “family!”

Larry & Jean Gilbert Mr. Bernard J. Golias, Jr. Jack & Joyce Hall Jan Henderson Mr. Robert Iredell IV Mr. & Mrs. Edwin T. Jeffery William & Marion Kettering Ms. Carla Licastro Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Linick Frederick C. Luckay Mr. & Mrs. John S. Lupo Mr. James L. Marsey & Mrs. Ellen Palmer Marsey Mr. Robert J. Mathews Mr. & Mrs. John F. McClatchey Kevin & Kim Miller Dale, Dale Jr. & Gayle Montgomery Mr. Jason Oblander Robert & Jan Ontolchik

Ms. Diane L. Pauley Mr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph K. Schmeller Mr. & Mrs. Lee Tenenbaum Ms. Marjorie Turner Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Vail Mr. Daniel M. Vento Gordon & Virginia Wepfer Robert & Emily Williams Mr. Warren I. Williamson & Ms. Lael A. Kilpatrick Mr. Larry M. Wolf Mr. Sam Wolfe Ms. Janice M. Wood Ms. Jennifer B. Schwartz Wright Ms. Rachael Haking Yu Mr. David A. Zagore Mr. Lee C. Zeiszler Ms. Margaret E. Zellmer

The donors listed below have returned to active donor status by making a contribution to Great Lakes Theater’s Annual Fund during the nine-month period ending March 31, 2013. Welcome back!

Nancy L. Adams Lori Adler Daniel & Ellen Arbeznik Mrs. “AL” Archambault John & Kathy Baker Dr. & Mrs. George H. Belhobek Roger A. Bielefeld Bernice A. Bolek Carol Brenneman Richard & Mary Ann Brockett Ms. Jan M. Campbell David & Carole Carr Marcia G. Christian John & Donna Clifford Dr. & Mrs Kevin D. Cooper Bruce & Maryellen Cudney Mr. Alex Derkaschenko Edward & Mary Kay Donnelly Janice G. Downing Daniel & Joyce Dyer Howard P. Erlichman Gene & Patricia Ewald Ms. Elizabeth A. Grove Lee & Peter Haas John & Virginia Hansen

Michael & Suzanne Harris Tom & Luz Higgason Kathy & Jamie Hogg Dr. Randal N. Huff James & Gale Jacobsohn Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas R. Jones Samuel C. Kennell Charles King & Catherine Keating Mr. & Mrs. Albert Kirby Ms. Judith A. Kish Stuart & Anne Klein Mr. & Mrs. Donald P. Knechtges Glenn & Jean Knight Mr. Martin F. Kohn & Mrs. Marcia R. Silver Jacob Kronenberg & Barbara Belovich Mr. & Mrs Gregory Kruszka Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Lacey Stefanie Lanese Mr. & Mrs. Robert Larson Morton & Lola Litt Stephen & Mary Ann Mahoney Paul & Georgia Martoccia Mrs. Ruth P. Mennell Tom & Mary Neff

Mr. William J. Neubert Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. O’Neil Dr. George P. Parras Mr. & Mrs. James M. Petras Polyone Corporation James & Susan Prince Larry & Susan Rakow Ann Pinkerton Ranney Ms. Lori Riga & Mr. Jeff Saks Barbara S. Robinson Prof. Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Betty Willis Ruben Michael Russell John & Susan Sigfried Theresa A. Simek Mary Slak Kent & Judy Smith Albert Stratton Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Sullivan The Edward & Katherine Thomas Family Ms. Alice H. Webster Sharon & Yoash Wiener John & Diane Young

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Anonymous Randy & Pam Ballard Mr. Joseph M. Bennett Mr. Jesse Berger David & Carolyn Bialosky Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. Boehnlein Mr. David C. Borsani Christopher Brandle Ms. Emily Holdge Brasfield Mr. William D. Broadhurst Dr. David L. Bronson Ms. Julia R. Brouhard Gerald & Nancy Brown Robert J. Conrad Ms. Jean Seitter Cummins Bob & Ginny Eckardt Mr. & Mrs. L. William Erb Ms. Belinda B. Fouts Jane Frankel Interiors, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Georgieff

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Stratford Circle ($5,000 to $9,999) Anonymous Bridgewater Associates, Inc. Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill* Mr. & Mrs. Morton G. Epstein*** Ernst & Young, LLP The Harry K. & Emma R. Fox Foundation*** The Giant Eagle Foundation Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen** Leonard Krieger Fund of The Cleveland Foundation David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse*** Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Ratner Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford*** The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust*

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Anonymous (3) Bonnie & Chuck Abbey* Walt & Laura Avdey* Robyn & David Barrie*** Mitchell & Elizabeth Blair** Jenny & Glenn Brown*** The Carmel Family Foundation** Bill & Judie Caster Mr. & Mrs. Homer D. W. Chisholm*** George W. Codrington Foundation*** Gail Cudak & Thomas Young*** Barry & Suzanne Doggett*** Richard & Evelyn Dolejs Dominion Foundation*** Charles, Lidia & Alexa Fee Steve Gariepy & Nancy Sin** Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings* William W. Jacobs** Anthony LaPlaca The Laub Foundation*** Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust Lincoln Electric Company Lubrizol Corporation*** Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer** The Mersol Family*** Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller** Nordson Corporation Foundation* Nicholas & Sue Peay** Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Peterman*** Thomas A. Piraino & Barbara C. McWilliams Shawn M. Riley & Christine Sommer Riley* Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ruhl*** Dr. & Mrs. Gerard Seltzer Kim Sherwin* Donald A. & Catherine C. Sinko*** Sally J. Staley** Brit & Kate Stenson*** Paul & Pamela Teel* Donna & Richard Walsh***

Donors educate

Our Region’s Students Over 17,000 students and their teachers from school districts across northern Ohio attend Great Lakes Theater Student Matinee Series performances each season thanks to deeply discounted tickets underwritten by donor support.

Learn more and help us change lives at GreatLakesTheater.org.

Folio Circle ($1,000 to $2,499) Anonymous (2) Thomas A. Aldrich & Carol A. Armbrust Michelle R. Arendt** Dr. & Mrs. James Arnold The Biel-Goebel Family Foundation* Kim & Bart Bixenstine Mr. & Mrs. Mark Brandt J.C. & H.F. Burkhardt*** Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cercone** Corning Chisholm*** Beverly J. Coen The Collacott Foundation** Carolyn & Charles Dickson*** Ms. Leslie Dickson Larry & Eva Haas Dolan Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press** Helen W. France Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield, Jr.*** David Goodman & Barbara Hawley* Ms. Roe Green Gries Family Foundation*** William R. Gustaferro*** Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hahn, Jr.** John & Virginia Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell** Mr. & Mrs. Michael Horvitz Kenneth Karosy** Donna M. & Alex I. Koler Charlotte R. Kramer Jonathan Leiken & Erika Friedman Jack McGrath*** Stephen & Donna Miller** Mr. & Mrs. William Mitchell*** Mr. & Mrs. John C. Morley*** Donald W. Morrison*** NACCO Industries, Inc.

Pamela G. Noble & E. Macke Bentley IV Mr. & Mrs. William Osborne, Jr.*** Dr. & Mrs. Donald Palmer*** Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast*** Mr. & Mrs. John S. Piety*** Dr. & Mrs. Bradford Richmond* Linda Schlageter*** The Elizabeth & Ellery Sedgwick Fund Craig & Wendy Stark** Mrs. Edward R. Stell Marie Strawbridge Diana & Eugene Stromberg*** Target Mary C. Warren** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Warren** Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Wellener IV*** Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. White

Sustainers ($500 to $999) Anonymous Robert & Dalia Baker** Jonathan M. Boylan & Marianne Ludwig Mr. & Mrs. John D. Campbell* Karen, Ken, & Zoe Conley James Eschmeyer*** Gary & Katie Geoffrion*** Christine L. Gill Janet & Patricia Glaeser*** Iris & Tom Harvie*** Harry & Sandra Holmes Howell Computing, Inc. Stewart & Donna Kohl* Lampl Family Foundation*

Rosa & Samuel Lobe Memorial Fund** Dr. Lawrence & Mary Lohman Ken & Mary Loparo** Gil & Carol Lowenthal*** Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Mayer* Jean McQuillan & Richard Christ*** The Music and Drama Club* John & Norine Prim*** Donna & James Reid** Mrs. Sharon Rogers* Mr. & Mrs. Mark Siegel* Naomi G. & Edwin Z. Singer Family Fund* Frances Stewart & David Mook Mr. Robert A. Tschannen** Mr. & Mrs. James D. Vail Carol Lee Vella** Nancy C. Wamsley Mr. & Mrs. Robert Warmeling Women’s Committee of Great Lakes Theater Festival*** Dr. Brian R. Wynne & Patrick Cozzens John & Jane Zuzek**

Patrons ($250 to 499) Anonymous (2) Actors’ Equity Foundation*** Thomas W. & Joann Adler** Dr. & Mrs. David F. Bennhoff* Elizabeth Billings* Gary & Kay Bluhm Children of Marilyn E. Brentlinger Jack & Mebby Brown Barbara J. Burke Marilyn Callaly* Mr. & Mrs. Lucien H. Case

Donors support

Audiences and Artists Did you know that ticket revenue covers only half the cost of creating a Great Lakes Theater production? Generous donors ensure that our classical theater productions are of the highest quality possible, attracting the brightest talent to our stage.

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Associates ($100 to $249) Anonymous (8) Stanley & Hope Adelstein* John Bacon & Cat White Dr. & Mrs. Robert Bahler** Lynne M. Bajec Carol Barnak Mr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates* Mr. James J. Benedict, Jr. Linda M. Betzer & Iris W. Bishop Den Blanda George & Gerry Blomgren Susan Bobey Ms. Nicole Bogdanovic Phyliss M. Boggs Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton John Bolton* Bette Bonder & Patrick Bray* Robin Herrington-Bowen** Stanley Brandt & Mary Whitmer** Joanne R. Bratush** V. Elizabeth Brown* Ms. Nancy H. Burcham*** Bill & Marilyn Caplick** Larry & Andi Carlini* Cindy & Tim Carr*** Rollin & Anne Conway Tom & Anita Cook*** Doug & Mary Court* David & Gayle Cratty* Judith Darus* Lowell & Carole Davis*** Shirley B. Dawson Myron R. Day* Chad & Andrea Deal Sean M. Decatur Audrey De Clement*** Firmin C. Deibel, Jr.**

Marilyn P. Demeter*** Carolyn J. Buller & Bill Doll* Rita & Dennis Dura* Anthony P. Duszynski Dr. Robert Eiben Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg*** The Eldridge Family*** Mr. & Mrs. Oliver F. Emerson Deena & Richard Epstein*** Jeanne S. Epstein** Janice Evans Susan L. Fike*** Mary Eileen Fogarty*** David V. Foos** Joy M. Freda** Mr. & Mrs. Lou Galizio** Mrs. Barbara J. Garris Deborah A. Geier*** Greg & Gail Gibson*** Gary & Joanna Graeff* Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Gray Lainie Hadden Hazel Haffner** Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld* Zoe Harper* Tom & Debra Hayes Curt & Karen Henkle* Mark & Lynn Hofflund Clyde A. Horn*** Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson Margaret Kaczmarek Marilyn & Howard Karfeld*** Lauren Kawentel* Mr. Karl Keller Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Kelley*** Mr. Jack K. Kellogg Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kimmel* Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick** David & Sue Klepac Ronald Kollar*

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Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Kozel*** Loretta J. Krejci Brandon Kubitz Eleanor & Stephen Kushnick*** Ben & Julie Langhinrichs Devere E. Logan Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Love* Brian & Renee Lowery* Cathy J. McCall Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McDonald Francis & Viola McDowell** Ms. Linda McGinty Michael H. McGookey Rita C. McLaughlin* Jennifer & Peter Meckes*** Rev. Edward E. Mehok** Helen & Harry Mercer* Richard & Karen Middaugh Antoinette Miller Mary & Steve Mitchell*** Amanda Mockbee Roy & Cindy Moore* Toni & Linda Moore* Patricia Moyer & Steve Botorff* Pat Murphy & Mike Kupiec Ms. Karen Nemec Rosemary Nosetic** Lou Papes* Zachary & Deborah Paris* Lee & Maria Parks*** Brian Perry & Ka Pi Hoh*** Alan & Nancy Petrov* Thomas & Helen Rathburn* Judy & Clifford Reeves* Sue Reusser*** Keith & Margaret Robinson Dr. Edward J. Rockwood*** Reinhold & Ginny Roedig** Joan Rusnak Mr. & Mrs. James A. Saks* Mrs. Kathy Salem Mark J. Salling** Mr. & Mrs. James C. Schaefer Dina & Richard Schoonmaker*** Kathryn Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Shemo Donna Sheridan** Dr. Dave & Faye Sholiton*** Howard & Judith Siegel** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Slavin* Marg Slesnick David & Rita Smith** William E. Spatz* Susan St. John* Darwin L. Steele*** Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel*** Mickey Stern Dan & Robin Sullivan* Lorraine S. Szabo Mr. & Mrs. John J. Tanis Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Tatman Dr. & Mrs. Ken Tomecki** Kathleen Turner** Elizabeth Twohig** Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard* James L. Wagner Ms. Kathleen Waits

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Anonymous (3) Ms. Tereasa Andreani Janis Baker* Thomas & Joan Baker Jeanette S. Barclay* Carol Barnak Margret Beekel John & Jeannene Bertosa* John & Laura Bertsch Tom & Dorothy Bier** Mr. & Mrs. David Blackman* Mr. Paul Blonsky Dr. & Mrs. Dieter Bloser*** Ms. Dorothy Borer Bill & Jewell Brake Barbara Brock Mr. & Mrs. Robert Charlick* Donald & Annamarie Chick Kathleen M. Cooper* Lisa & Stan Corwin Alfred R. Cowger Jr. & Tony Wesley Samuel Cowling* Ronald & Patricia Cramer* Mr. & Mrs. John Dettelbach Mr. Evan DeWitt Daniel Divis** Mr. & Mrs. Mike Dowell Ms. Linda Elliott Douglas D. Farling Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Field** Dr. Jay Taylor & Ms. Kristin Firth Mary Ann & Joseph Fischer Jeffrey Ford Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Fouts*** Gerald Frei* Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Frey* Charles & Julia Gall Ms. Sally Gamier Katherine A. Ganz Mr. & Mrs. James Gianelos Ms. Marlyn Gilbert Thomas Gilbride* Jeffrey P. Gluvna & Barbara A. Blake** Dr. & Mrs. Norman W. Goldston** Ilona K. Gram Jean E. Gubbins Nancy Y. Hammond Marian Hancy* Mr. John Hayden Arlene & William Hazlett* Jean Heller Marcus Hendershott* Robert T. Hexter Susan Hill Frank & Gerry Hoffert*

Community and Economy Each year, Great Lakes Theater performances and programs contribute over $6.2M in regional economic impact while connecting more than 100,000 students and adults to the world’s greatest plays.

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Roger & Madelon Horvath William Ivancic Mr. James Jaggers Susan Janney Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Kahn Ruth & Don Kalish* Dennis Kelly Mr. Gilbert Kenehan Larry & Janet Kilgore** Robert & Nancy Klein** Michael & Lynn Kleinman Herschel & Maxine Koblenz* Ursula Korneitchouk* Sharon Kraber Ms. Anna Kukelhan Dr. & Mrs. Irving Kushner Fred & Joann Lafferty John & Johanna Langham Mr. & Mrs. Brian Lawler Stephen & Arlene Lawson* Gregory & Vickie Leyes Ted & Mary Lomac** Mrs. Martha Lottman Walt & Molly Maciejewski** Linda Macklin Mr. J. Adin Mann Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Mann* Ronald & Betty Manolio** Gretchen Mates* Nancy V. Matyazic Constance B. Miller Nan Miller Ms. Susannah Muskovitz Kim Whitesel-Nakel Betty Nassif*

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Neubert** Ken Noetzel* David Oldham* Geraldine C. O’Neill* Joan M. Oravec*** Paul H. Pangrace** Peggy & Michael Partington** Cathrin Peter Wilmer & Joann Piper* Mr. & Mrs. Harold Pittaway III Mr. & Mrs. Louis Pongracz Donald & Anjean Poyer Mr. Stanley Proctor The Reinker Family** Ms. Jacqueline Rhodes Mr. Norman Robbins Carole & Charles B. Rosenblatt** Drs. Arnold & Alta Rosenzweig Marjorie Rott Mr. & Mrs. Michael Rowan* Barbara Sabo Mr. & Mrs. Tom Schock William & Lisa Schonberg Donna & Raymond Schuerger* Doris A. Schultz* Ms. Terry Sericola Randall & Sara Shaner* Ms. Julia Shaw Elaine & Don Sherman Patricia J. Shook* Laura & Alvin Siegal*** Mr. & Mrs. David K. Siegel* Mr. & Mrs. Bart Simon H. Bernard & Edith Smith Mr. & Mrs. John Southworth*

Rex & Judy Stanforth** Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Stanger* Ms. Karen Stanton Albert & Bernice Strasshofer* Linda Striefsky & James Carlson* Mr. & Mrs. James F. Sweeney* Ms. Deanna Taborosi Bob Taylor & Jeff Herrmann* Carol A. Vidoli* Mr. Kenneth Vinciquerra Tom Wagner & Malinda Smyth Mrs. Barbara S. Walker David M. Walker*** Drs. Jay & Kathleen Ward*** Todd & Margie Warnicke* Carole & William Warren** Ronald & Pearl Waxman* Mrs. Leslie T. Webster Mr. & Mrs. Edward Weintraub Mel & Maureen Weisblatt** Mr. & Mrs. John H. Weitz*** Roger & Nancy Welchans** Mr. W. Craig Wilde Ronald Wittmaack James & Sandra Wood* James Zaranec Ms. Denise Zeman

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Program Note

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Gina Vernaci

rom Shakespeare’s “Seven Ages of Man” to your favorite one-armed bandit, the number “7” seems to carry with it significance and good fortune. For us, the serendipity associated with that number began in 2007.

Hope was in the air in June of that year, as our Convention and Visitors Bureau announced that Positively Cleveland would open a 3500-square-foot Visitors Center. Its prominent location (in the corner window of the abandoned Higbee building on Public Square) renewed the prospects for a second life for this storied edifice.

In July, an adaptation of the quirky musical Xanadu opened at New York’s Helen Hayes Theatre. The musical’s choreographer, Dan Knechtges, skated off with his first Tony nomination for his work with this tongue-in-cheek romp at Mt. Olympus. His talent was rapidly catching the attention of the Broadway gurus.

Also that month, Central Park was the location of a three-day salute to the 40th Anniversary of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. Steel Burkhardt, a recent graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College, was making his New York debut as a member of the Tribe. He went on to assume the lead as Berger in London, the U.S. tour and the Broadway return engagement.

Meanwhile, back on the north coast, we all held great expectations that September as the announcement of a reimagined vision for the Hanna Theatre was unveiled. Great Lakes Theater (Festival at the time) and PlayhouseSquare had ambitions of creating what was described as an architectural and social experiment. The plan for a seating configuration that combined bar stools and banquettes with traditional row seating was trailblazing.

Now, fast-forward to the present, as those disparate events from the past fuse their destinies to our co-production of Guys and Dolls.

While our producing team sat in the conference room at Great Lakes Theater (GLT), bantering about titles for our joint production, Cleveland’s Horseshoe Casino was busy putting the finishing touches in place for their highly lauded opening. Under consideration in our discussions were new and revived book musicals, plays and cabaret-style presentations. Although there were many ideas, nothing rose to the top—at first.

I have to admit, this process seems like it would be easy and immediate. It is a bit like going to a restaurant which has a long, extended menu. For me, I mull over the selections as though I am panning for gold… searching for that special nugget for dinner. I keep turning the pages until something strikes me as a tasty idea.

Finally, Sara Bruner, the Artistic Associate for GLT, suggested we consider the quintessential classic musical framed around gambling—Guys and Dolls. It was either our collective adrenaline rush or a latent aftershock from the previously discussed events of 2007, but the earth moved under our feet as we danced with joy. What a terrific idea!

The opportunity to hear a company of 30+ singers and musicians deliver Frank Loesser’s score in the intimacy of the now renovated and fully functioning Hanna would be a magical experience. “7.”

As luck would have it, Dan Knetchtges was available. Although he had grown up attending shows at PlayhouseSquare with his family, this graduate of Grafton’s Midview High School and Otterbein College had jetted off to New York, before having the chance to work here. “7.”

The final piece of the puzzle was casting. We held several auditions for principal roles in Cleveland and New York. Happily, those roles are filled with our first choices. However, the part of Sky Masterson proved exceedingly difficult. After a literal coast-to-coast search, Steel Burkhardt became available. And we snagged him. “7.”

We are delighted to share our jackpot with you.

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Gina Vernaci Senior Vice President of Theater Operations

A message

Producing Artistic Director

Dear Friends,

O

n behalf of the artists, staff, and Board of Trustees of Great Lakes Theater, welcome to our production of Guys and Dolls, the final offering of our 51st Season! To all our new friends, joining us as part of our continuing partnership with PlayhouseSquare and the KeyBank Broadway Series, we say thank you for the opportunity to share our work and all that’s best about PlayhouseSquare – in a word, collaboration! And to those in the audience who have been supporting “Cleveland’s Classic Theater” for decades, welcome back to the Hanna Theatre for what promises to be a spectacular production of Frank Loesser’s masterpiece, Guys and Dolls.

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.

It is a joy to work, once again, with Art Falco, Gina Vernaci, David Greene, and the great team at PlayhouseSquare; our production of Guys and Dolls simply would not have been possible without their generous support and partnership. It is especially gratifying to welcome Cleveland native Dan Knechtges as director and choreographer of Guys and Dolls to the Great Lakes Theater/PlayhouseSquare family. Dan has established himself as one of the leading artists in the American theater; working regularly on Broadway. He is a Tony Award nominee whose most recent credits include Sondheim on Sondheim Lysistrata Jones, Xanadu, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, among many others.

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In 1982, Great Lakes Theater became the first resident theater company to make its home at PlayhouseSquare as part of the world’s largest theater renovation project. In our 31 year history as residents of PlayhouseSquare, fortune has shined on our company through a succession of extraordinary leaders, dedicated board members, and a community of support undaunted by the challenges of creating and sustaining the artistic and educational mission of Great Lakes Theater. Since the successful completion of our $20 million Re-Imagine a Classic Campaign in 2008, we have made our home in the newly renovated Hanna Theatre while continuing to produce our holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, in the Ohio Theatre. As residents of both sides of the Euclid corridor at PlayhouseSquare, Great Lakes Theater is proud to be part of the incredible success of this magnificent, historic theater district.

As you look around the theater you will see the names of many friends, partners, corporations and foundations whose support makes all of this possible. We extend our deepest gratitude to each and every one of them and look forward to a future filled with ever more collaboration and creativity.

Thank you for your support. I hope to see you in our audience again soon.

Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director Great Lakes Theater

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A Musical Fable of Broadway Based on a Story and Characters of Damon Runyon

book by

Directed & Choreographed by

Dan Knechtges

Company

Harry Bouvy* Steel Burkhardt* Phillip Michael Carroll* Zach Cossman Beth Crandall*

Aled Davies* Leah Horowitz* Ben Liebert* Jose Luaces* Jon-Paul Mateo*

Bailey Carter Moulse Sarah M. O’Connor* Wayne W. Pretlow* Sadé Simmons* Blakely Slaybaugh*

Lenne Snively Arthur Wise* Sam Wolf Kirsten Wyatt*

Scenic Designer Beowulf Boritt

Costume Designer Jennifer Caprio

Lighting Designer David Lander

Sound Designer Richard B. Ingraham

Music Director Matthew Webb

Conductor Steven Gross

Stage Manager Corrie E. Purdum*

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Frank Loesser Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

Music and Lyrics by

Associate Choreographer Jim Cooney Assistant Stage Manager Jennifer Caster*

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission. *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Guys and Dolls is presented through special arrangement with Music Theater International (MIT). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019/ Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684/ www.MTIShows.com

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the cast

Guys and Dolls

Dramatis Personae Nicely-Nicely Johnson.....................................................................................................Wayne W. Pretlow * Benny Southstreet......................................................................................................................Arthur Wise * Rusty Charlie.................................................................................................................... Blakely Slaybaugh * Sarah Brown.......................................................................................................................... Leah Horowitz * Arvide Abernathy........................................................................................................................Aled Davies * Agatha member of the Mission Band.....................................................................................Sadé Simmons * Martha member of the Mission Band...........................................................................Sarah M. O’Connor * Harry the Horse.................................................................................................................... Zach Cossman Lt. Brannigan............................................................................................................Phillip Michael Carroll * Nathan Detroit..........................................................................................................................Harry Bouvy * Angie the Ox...................................................................................................................................Sam Wolf Miss Adelaide.......................................................................................................................... Kirsten Wyatt * Sky Masterson...................................................................................................................... Steel Burkhardt * Joey Biltmore................................................................................................................................Jose Luaces * Mimi........................................................................................................................................Beth Crandall *+

Starring in the cast of GUYS and DOLLS

Steel Burkhardt

Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Class of 2007

Cleveland’s Steakhouse Also from BW in the cast: Arthur Wise ‘10, Bailey Moulse ‘12, and Sam Wolf ‘15 Coming from one of the finest music theatre programs in the nation, Baldwin Wallace University graduates are found in leading productions across the country and abroad. If you like what you saw today, watch for other BW stars at www.bw.edu/musictheatre/.

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General Matilda B. Cartwright.............................................................................................. Lenne Snively Big Jule.........................................................................................................................................Ben Liebert * Hot Box Girls................Beth Crandall*+, Bailey Carter Moulse, Sarah M. O’Connor*, Sadé Simmons * Ensemble...........................................Zach Cossman, Beth Crandall*+, Jose Luaces*, Jon-Paul Mateo*,

Bailey Carter Moulse, Sarah M. O’Connor*, Sadé Simmons*, Blakely Slaybaugh*, Sam Wolf

Orchestra Conductor......................................................................................................................................Steven Gross Keyboards...................................................................................... Matthew Webb, Steven Gross, Sara Smith Trumpets.................................................................................................................... Joe Miller, Loren Toplitz Trombone........................................................................................................................................Jason Smith Reeds...................................................... Michelle Holy, Steve Zombory, John Perrine, Bettyjeane Quimby Percussion............................................................................................................................. Andrew Pongracz

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.

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Scenes & Musical Numbers

Scenes Act I

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Scene 1 – Runyonland Scene 2 – Save-A-Soul Mission, Interior Scene 3 – Phone Booth Scene 4 – The Hot Box Nightclub Scene 5 – A Street Off Broadway Scene 6 – Save-A-Soul Mission, Exterior Scene 7 – A Street Off Broadway Scene 8 – Havana, Cuba – A Dive, Interior Scene 9 – Havana, Cuba – A Dive, Exterior Scene 10 – Save-A-Soul Mission, Exterior

Scene 1 – The Hot Box Nightclub Scene 2 – The West Forties Scene 3 – The Sewer Scene 4 – A Street Off Broadway Scene 5 – Save-A-Soul Mission Scene 6 – A Street Off Broadway Scene 7 – Runyonland

MUSICAL NUMBERS Act I Opening (Runyonland).............................................................................................................The Company Fugue for Tinhorns.....................................Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, and Rusty Charlie Follow the Fold............................................................ Sarah Brown, Arvide Abernathy, and Mission Band The Oldest Established.......Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, Nathan Detroit, and Crap Shooters Follow the Fold (Reprise)........................................... Sarah Brown, Arvide Abernathy, and Mission Band I’ll Know.......................................................................................................Sarah Brown and Sky Masterson A Bushel and a Peck................................................................................... Miss Adelaide and Hot Box Girls Adelaide’s Lament.......................................................................................................................Miss Adelaide Guys and Dolls......................................................................Nicely-Nicely Johnson and Benny Southstreet Havana.........................................................................................................................................The Company If I Were a Bell ............................................................................................................................. Sarah Brown My Time of Day ........................................................................................................................Sky Masterson I’ve Never Been in Love Before..................................................................Sky Masterson and Sarah Brown

Act II Take Back Your Mink................................................................................. Miss Adelaide and Hot Box Girls Adelaide’s Lament (Reprise).......................................................................................................Miss Adelaide More I Cannot Wish You..................................................................................................... Arvide Abernathy Crapshooters Dance ............................................................................................................The Crapshooters Luck Be a Lady.....................................................................................Sky Masterson and The Crapshooters Sue Me....................................................................................................... Miss Adelaide and Nathan Detroit Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat............................................. Nicely-Nicely Johnson and The Company Follow the Fold (Reprise)..........................................................................................................The Company Marry the Man Today.................................................................................. Miss Adelaide and Sarah Brown Guys and Dolls (Reprise)...........................................................................................................The Company

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uys and Dolls is regarded by almost everyone in the theater community as one of the greatest musical comedies ever written. Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling created a show that audiences the world-over continue to flock to. Everyone who I spoke to about the show always said the same thing — “I love that show!” I am no exception and I like to think that I have many similar connections to Damon Runyon who wrote the original stories that this musical is based upon.

Damon Runyon was born on Oct. 4, 1880 in Manhattan, Kansas. His various jobs included newspaper journalism, organizing a minor league baseball team and a stint in the army. He moved to New York at the relatively late age of 30 and fell in love with the city. Ironically, he made his fame and fortune writing short stories about Broadway low-lifes and these stories and characters were adapted into the musical Guys and Dolls - most notably, the short story The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown. As one reads these stories, the humanity and humor that reverberate through these characters comes rushing off the page. Runyon was writing for an audience that was in the midst of the Great Depression and needed relief. Does this sound relevant or what? He delivered in droves. As with the musical, Guys and Dolls, you believe that these characters are REAL. I too left the Midwest to go to New York, partly to start a career in theatre, but also because I had fallen in love with a city that I thought existed in popular media ... which of course includes Guys and Dolls.

My intro to the show came when I was in high school and was in the chorus at Elyria Summer Theatre. I had yet to visit New York by that point, but somehow I wanted to live in a city where a chorus girl talked like a dame and a gangster spoke like a philosophy student. Did I know that this did not exist? I’m sure I did, but the power of the world that Damon Runyon had created was overwhelming. So sue me! When researching the show I came across this quote from the author, James Breslin, “Damon Runyon invented the Broadway of Guys and Dolls and the Roaring Twenties, neither of which existed, but whose names and phrases became part of theater history and the American language.” I was vindicated!

20 years since moving, I am honored to return to my hometown and celebrate the two cities that mean the most in my life — New York and Cleveland.

Dan Knechtges Director, Guys and Dolls

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Steel Burkhardt* Sky Masterson, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Steel is a graduate of BaldwinWallace Conservatory of Music.

Steel was blessed to be a part of the cast of the Tony Award-winning revival of Hair and went on to play the role of Berger in the West End production in London, the first national tour (Helen Hayes nominee), and another stop on Broadway (Summer of Love in 2011). Steel was last seen in Scott Wittman’s critically acclaimed Juke Box Jackie at La Mama Experimental Theater.

Much Love to his Purple house family, as well as T. E. and his NYC Tribe. AEA Phillip Michael Carroll* Lieutenant Brannigan, Guys and Dolls Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Phil is thrilled to be returning to the beautiful Hanna Theatre.

Recent roles include Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden in Next to Normal and Mitchell Green in The Little Dog Laughed at the Beck Center, as well as Victor/Max

in Cabaret and Curtis in Taming of the Shrew with GLT. Other favorites include Rapunzel’s Prince (Into the Woods), Taylor (Brooklyn The Musical), Phantom (Phantom of the Opera--non-union world premiere), and Terry (Sideshow). Phil is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association.

Zach Cossman Harry the Horse/Ensemble, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Zach’s previous credits include Lost Boys: The Musical (NY Workshop); Jake in Band Geeks: The Musical (regional premiere); Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street; Leaf Coneybear in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Theodore Laurie in Little Women; Harold Bride in Titanic; Dwayne in 9 to 5; Paul in RENT; Fender in Hairspray; Lord Evelyn in Anything Goes; and Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd. Thanks to my family and Sarah for their love and support. Special thanks to Tony!

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ZachCossman.com Beth Crandall* Mimi/Hot Box Girl/ Ensemble/ Dance Captain, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Beth made her Broadway debut in the revival of West Side Story. She then went on to Dance Captain the Broadway first national tour of West Side Story, traveling the country for over a year. Beth also served as Dance Captain for the first national tour of Wonderful Town. Favorite regional credits include Carousel at Goodspeed Opera House, Disney’s High School Musical at Paper Mill Playhouse, West Side Story at Barrington Stage Co, Oklahoma! at Atlanta’s Theater of the Stars and The Music Man at MerryGo-Round Playhouse. She also toured inter­ nationally as Anybodys in West Side Story, performing in six European countries, Israel and Japan. Beth graduated with honors from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in theater. Love to Mom & Dad. Proud member of AEA. www.

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Harry Bouvy* Nathan Detroit, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Harry most recently played Hannibal Lecter in the offBroadway smash, Silence! The Musical. He was Sir Robin in the Las Vegas company of Spamalot, and Carmen Ghia in the national tour of The Producers (Helen Hayes nomination). Regional credits include Pittsburgh Public Theater, City Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Virginia Stage and Hartford TheaterWorks; and two seasons at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, in shows that include Angels in America, The Clockmaker, Art, Snakebit, Last Night of Ballyhoo, Stones In His Pockets, Hamlet; and four one-man shows: I Am My Own Wife, Chesapeake, Fully Committed and This Wonderful Life. Film: The Producers. TV: The Good Wife, 666 Park Avenue, Law & Order, Sex and the City and All My Children. www.harrybouvy. com.

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Aled Davies* Arvide Abernathy, Guys and Dolls; Dr. Bradman, Blithe Spirit; Scrooge/Samuels, A Christmas Carol; Camillo in The Winter’s Tale; and Monsieur Diafoirus in The Imaginary Invalid Twelve seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previously for GLT: Scrooge/Samuels in A Christmas Carol, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Major Metcalf in The Mousetrap, Vincentio in The Taming of the Shrew, Duke of Milan in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Brabantio in Othello, The Earl of Caversham in An Ideal Husband, Sheriff Reynolds in Bat Boy: The Musical, Oberon/ Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Your Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Sea Captain/Priest in Twelfth Night, Solinus/Dr. Pinch in The Comedy of Errors, Dorn in The Seagull, Duncan/Old Siward in Macbeth, Deputy Governor Danforth in The Crucible, King of France in All’s Well That Ends Well, Mr. Witherspoon in Arsenic and Old Lace, Escalus in Measure for Measure, Prospero in The Tempest, David Bliss in Hay Fever, Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Boyet in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar, Claudius in Hamlet, Cleante in Tartuffe, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Buckingham in Richard III and Topper in A Christmas Carol. Aled has been a proud and appreciative member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1984.

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Leah Horowitz* Sarah Brown, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut A native New Yorker, Leah is excited to experience Cleveland and Great Lakes Theater for the first time! Leah was most recently seen on Broadway in the acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies as Young Heidi, a role she played through the show’s three incarnations at the Kennedy Center, Broadway and at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles. She can also be heard on the Grammy-nominated cast recording.

Other Broadway credits include Cosette in Les Miserables; White Christmas; The Woman in White; Fiddler on the Roof; La Cage Aux Folles; and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Other New York and regional work includes the recent Carousel with the

NY Philharmonic; Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel) at Sacramento Music Circus; Merrily We Roll Along (also cast recording) and Where’s Charley? at NY City Center Encores!; Showboat (Magnolia - Kevin Kline award nominee) and Les Miserables (Cosette) at the St. Louis Muny; Leonard Bernstein’s MASS with the Baltimore Symphony (Grammynominated recording); Les Misérables (Cosette) at the Marriott Lincolnshire in Illinois and at TUTS in Texas; and the world premiere of Ordinary Days (Claire) at Pennsylvania Centre Stage. For more, please visit leahhorowitz.com. Love to husband Matty back in NYC! Ben Liebert* Big Jule, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Ben is excited to be back in Cleveland after playing Boq here on the first national tour of Wicked, a role he also played on Broadway. Favorite roles include Eugene on the international tour of Grease, Nicky/Trekkie in Avenue Q, Henry in Next to Normal, Lefou in Beauty and the Beast, Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Dizzy in the East Coast premiere of Roger Bean’s Summer of Love. Ben originated the role of Salee in The Christmas Rose at Carnegie Hall, opposite Lee Roy Reams, and recently played the title role in Icarus, produced by the Jim Henson Carriage House. He holds his B.F.A. from New York University, studied at the International Theater Workshop in Amsterdam and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. Thanks to the family, K, the Roster and Dan for thinking outside the box. Find out more at benliebert.com Jose Luaces* Joey Biltmore/Ensemble, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Jose is thrilled to join the Guys and Dolls company at Great Lakes Theater. Broadway and NYC credits include A Christmas Story, Big Fish (Workshop), All That Glitters (Workshop), Venus Flytrap, Malvolio’s Revenge. Tours: 101 Dalmatians, Reel to Real. Regional: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat and Fiddler on the Roof (Theater of the Stars), Altar Boyz, Footloose, La Cage (Actors Playhouse), She Loves

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Me (Caldwell Theater), West Side Story (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Cats, Aida, Disney’s Aladdin (Seaside Music Theater). www.JoseLuaces.com Jon-Paul Mateo* Ensemble, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Jon-Paul is so happy to be a part of Guys and Dolls here at Great Lakes Theater. A New York native, he teaches dance not only in the city but across the Country. Broadway credits include: All About Me (starring Dame Edna), The Wedding Singer (ensemble) and HOT FEET (ensemble). Off Broadway: Naked Boys Singing (the entertainer). Regional Credits include: West Side Story (Bernardo), La Cage Aux Folles (Chantal), Guys and Dolls (Sky Masterson). Tours: The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. T.V and film credits include: “I Am Legend”, “Job”, “Across The Universe”. He has danced, sang and choreographed for companies such as Universal Orlando, Disney World, Royal Caribbean, Princess and Norwegian cruise line. He was also a soloist at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, France.

Thanks Mom for your guidance and thanks Kim for always loving your crazy little brother.

Bailey Carter Moulse Hot Box Girl/Ensemble, Guys and Dolls Three seasons at Great Lakes Theater Bailey is delighted to be returning to Great Lakes Theater! GLT and Idaho Shakespeare Festival credits include Fritzie in Cabaret, Tourist Kid/Servant Joseph/ Bridesmaid/u/s Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew, and u/s Wendy, Beatrice in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Regional: Evil Dead (Shelly), Bye, Bye Birdie (Alice). Other: Lizzie Borden workshop (Bridget Sullivan), Ordinary Days (Deb), Goblin Market (Lizzie), Dog Sees God (Marcy), The Odd Couple (Cecily Pigeon). Resident actor with D’Vine Comedy, a New York-based sketch comedy group. BM from Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music. Many thanks to The Krasny Office. Endless love and appreciation to Mom, Dad and Sam.

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Sarah M. O’Connor* Martha/Hot Box Girl /Ensemble, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Sarah is thrilled to follow the fold to Cleveland! She is a Jersey girl and proud graduate of Syracuse Univer­ sity. Tours: Young Frankenstein (Inga cover).

Regional: 9 to 5 (Maria), Meet Me in St. Louis (Rose), Oklahoma! (Laurey). For Mom and Dad, with love always. Thank you for always believing in me.

Wayne W. Pretlow* Nicely-Nicely, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Television: Guest star on CBS drama, The Good Wife season one; Elementary, season one; co-star HBO, The Sopranos season two; NBC Law & Order and Law & Order SVU. Film: The Accident (Cannes Film Festival winner), Next Stop Wonderland and In Retrospect. Broadway: The Civil War, A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden. Off-Broadway: St. Louis Women, starring Vanessa L. Williams; Golden Boy, City Center.

International tours: Ain’t Misbehavin; Regional: Guys and Dolls (Arena Stage) Nominations: 2000 Helen Hayes; 2013 I.R.N.E for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (Guys and Dolls). He has appeared in more than 100 national commercials, which include those for Saturn, Wendy’s, Cannon Copiers, Staples and AOL. Pretlow is CEO and Founder of ICH Artist Marketing Consulting (ichartconsulting.webs.com); professional: waynepretlow.com, twitter: @pretzenmassa, PTL! Sadé Simmons* Agatha/Hot Box Girl /Ensemble, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Sadé is thrilled to be making her Great Lakes debut in Guys and Dolls. The last two years have had Ms. Simmons spreading Christmas cheer for audiences on the stage of Radio City Music Hall in The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. She has also been seen in Hairspray (Nathalie), Rock n’ Pop and My Fair Lady, as well as on Good Morning America and in a commercial for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. She would like to thank her family, the original Trifecta, and her husband Aaron, for their love and support.

Arthur Wise* Benny Southstreet, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Arthur is excited to be returning to Great Lakes Theater after understudying the amazing Aled Davies in The Mystery of Edwin Drood! Arthur is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace Music Theatre Program and has recently performed in national tours of My Fair Lady.

Regional credits: Ezekiel in White Christmas (Arkansas Rep), Amadeus (Northern Stage), Molokov in Chess (PlayhouseSquare), Sheriff Gilbeau in August Osage County (WPPAC), Vinnie in The Odd Couple (Porthouse Theatre) and Hair and Kiss Me Kate (Cain Park), as well as numerous readings and concerts in New York.

This fall, Arthur will be joining The American Conservatory Theater’s MFA Class of 2016. Many thanks to Vicky and Scott, Dan Knechtges, Penny Luedtke, Great Lakes and my amazing friends and family.

Lenne Snively General Matilda B. Cartwright, Guys and Dolls.

Great Lakes Theater debut Lenne is thrilled to be making her first appearance at Great Lakes Theater and is grateful for the opportunity to join this theater family. She most recently appeared as Miss Hannigan in Annie at the Beck Center. Lenne has appeared in theaters all over Ohio, where her favorite roles include Hannah in The Spitfire Grill, Sarah in Quilters, Penelope Pennywise in Urinetown, Lily in A Man of No Importance, Jeannette Burmeister in The Full Monty, Big Edie in Grey Gardens and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd. Lenne is a weaver and owner of The 1919 Weaving Company, where she sells her original designs. She lives in Cleveland with her husband, guitarist/singer/songwriter Jim Snively, an Irish Setter named Fiona Claire, a Bluetick Coonhound called Elijah Blue and one very loud talking bird who proudly tells everyone his name is Peabody. She loves them all ... and in that order.

Sam Wolf Angie the Ox/Ensemble, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Regional: Xanadu (Sonny), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (John Calhoun/Male Soloist), Grease (Roger), Footloose (Travis). Other: Rent (Roger), Singin’ in the Rain (Cosmo), All Shook Up (Chad), Swing! (Principal Dancer). Sam is a rising junior Music Theatre major at Baldwin Wallace University, where he was seen in Follies (Young Vincent) and Titanic (Mr. D’amico). Endless thanks to Vicky, Scott, Steven, Greg, Sara, Czarnota, Bailey and Mom and Dad for everything. BWMT15!

Kirsten Wyatt* Miss Adelaide, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Kirsten is ecstatic to be making her debut at Great Lakes Theater. On Broadway, she has been seen in A Christmas Story (Higbee’s Elf/Mrs. Schwartz), Elf (Santa’s Elf), Shrek (Shoemaker’s Elf), Grease (Frenchy, 2007 revival), High Fidelity (Anna), The Pajama Game (Poopsie), Urinetown (Little Becky Two Shoes) and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lucy/Sally standby). Favorite

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Blakely Slaybaugh* Rusty Charlie/Ensemble, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Blakely is excited to be making his Great Lakes Theater debut and revisiting this Broadway classic for the fourth time since age 4. He most recently finished playing Percy Floppingdale/Robelaire in the world premiere production of Frog Kiss.

Before that, Blakely originated the role of Harold Lloyd in the New York premiere of ’SWonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, and played over 400 performances as Pinocchio in the first national Broadway tour of SHREK: The Musical. Other credits include Mike (A Chorus Line), Emcee (Cabaret), Hot Blades Harry (Urinetown), Dean (All Shook Up) and Eugene (Biloxi Blues), among many others. BFA: CCM. Special thanks to Dan for the chance to revisit this timeless piece of musical theater. Love to Gretchen, Mom, Dad & Parker. www.BlakelySlaybaugh.com

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regional roles include Agnes Gooch in the Goodspeed Opera House production of Mame, for which she won a Connecticut Critics Circle Award; Paulette in Legally Blonde at The Cape Playhouse; Peter in Peter Pan at Pioneer Theater; and Dulcie on the national tour of The Boy Friend directed by Dame Julie Andrews. She’s also performed regionally at Baltimore Center Stage, American Repertory Theater, St Louis MUNY, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Kirsten’s TV credits include Naked Brothers Band, ATWT, AMC. Check out her website at www. kirstenwyatt.net or tweet her @KirstenWyatt. Love to Sean, her awesome husband.

Understudies Lindsay Bayer, Zach Cossman, Ben Liebert*, Lauren Newell, Patrick Newell, Jenyth Rosati, Arthur Wise*, Sam Wolf, Cody Zak, Karen Zondag

DIRECTORS & CHOREOGRAPHERS Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director Eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater Directing credits at GLT: Blithe Spirit, Romeo and

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Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, 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 Lake Tahoe, Nevada (since 2010). His appointments have resulted in a dynamic and groundbreaking producing model for the companies, in which 45 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, in Boise, 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 of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego.

Along with his wife, Lidia, and 17-year-old 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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Dan Knechtges Director/Choreographer, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater Debut Dan’s Broadway credits include Lysistrata Jones (Direction & Choreography), Xanadu (directed

by Chris Ashley, Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination), Sondheim on Sondheim (directed by James Lapine), 110 in The Shade (starring Audra McDonald) and The 25th Annual Putnum County

Spelling Bee (directed by James Lapine.) Dan also choreographed the off-Broadway incarnation of The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee at Second Stage, which earned him a Lucille Lortel Award nomination. Off-Broadway credits include directing Tail! Spin! (starring Mo Rocca and Rachel Dratch) for the 2012 Fringe Festival, Merrily We Roll Along for Encores! at City Center (directed by James Lapine), Vanities at Second Stage and directing and choreographing Lysistrata Jones for the Transport Group.

Other credits include Der Schuh Das Manitu (Berlin, Germany), The Nightingale (LaJolla Playhouse), Vanities (Theatreworks Palo Alto), Give It Up! (Dallas Theatre Center), Girl In The Frame (Goodspeed), Boys From Syracuse (Centerstage Baltimore), Godspell (Papermill Playhouse), Oklahoma!, The Wiz, Cats, My Fair Lady, Chalk Circle, Sound of Music, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat (Hangar Theatre), Mame, Angel Street, Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Surflight Theatre), Don Giovanni (Indianapolis Opera), Carousel, The Merry Widow, West Side Story (Opera Illinois).

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Dan not only has worked in the theater world but also has worked on several operas and concerts. He had the unique experience of choreographing Leonard Bernstein’s MASS for the Dallas Symphony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the assassination of JFK. He also set the piece on Ballet Met dancers in Columbus, OH for ProMusica. Dan’s concert dance premiere was for BalletMet’s JazzMoves choreographing the finale, Mowtown Moves with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra.

Dan’s choreography can be seen in the Todd Solondz’s movie Palindromes, Dark Horse, White Collar on USA Network, The 2011 TV Land Awards with Liza Minnelli, and in Fatboy Slim’s music video “It’s a Wonderful Night,” which reached No. 1 in the U.K. He has also taught dance at numerous institutions and often does master classes all over the country.

Dan holds a BFA in musical theatre from Otterbein College in Westerville, OH and hails from Cleveland, OH. He is also a member of the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab. For more information visit www.danknechtges. com

Jim Cooney Associate Choreographer, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Cleveland native, now New Yorker for 14 years, Jim is honored to be making his GLT debut! Select choreography for television and stage: Extreme Makeover:Home Edition featuring Kristin Chenoweth, The Glee Project for Oxygen’s Upfronts, The Today Show featuring Little Richard, The Accused for Tropicana in Atlantic City (awarded Best Casino Show of the Year), and assisting Tony-nominated Randy Skinner on the City Center production of Abby’s Song starring Paul Sorvino and the musical Ginger starring Tony Award-winner Donna McKechnie. He’s also choreographed live events for the likes of Warner Bros., OfficeMax and Glamour magazine, featuring celebrities including Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin and Robbie Rosen of American Idol. Jim is on faculty at Broadway Dance Center where he was praised by The New York Times for his teaching. He also serves as faculty advisor for Broadway Dance Center’s professional training programs.

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Matthew Webb Music Director, Guys and Dolls and A Christmas Carol Six seasons at Great Lakes Theater Matthew is a graduate of the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music and hails from Cordova, Illinois. Previously at Great Lakes: Sondheim on Sondheim, Cabaret, Bat Boy: The Musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Into the Woods, Macbeth, Two Gentlemen of Verona and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

He is also the music director for the acclaimed corporate entertainment group, The Water Coolers.

DESIGNERS

Jennifer Caprio Costume Designer, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Broadway: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Other NYC: In Transit (Primary Stages, Lucille Lortel Award nomination), Fugitive Songs (Dreamlight Theatre Company), Masked (DR2 Theatre), Striking 12 (Daryl Roth Theatre), The Atheist (Center Stage), Wanda’s World (Amas Musical Theatre), Modern & Post-Modern Living (LaMama Experimental Theatre Club).

International: The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), The Great American Trailer Park Musical (International Tour), Queen Esther Marrow and the Harlem Gospel Singers (International Tours 2010, 2011, 2012). Regional: Florida Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera

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Beowulf Boritt Scenic Designer, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Broadway: The Scottsboro Boys (Tony nomination), Chaplin, Grace, Rock of Ages, Sondheim on Sondheim, The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, The Two And Only. OffBroadway: More than 50 shows, including The Last Five Years, Toxic Avenger, If There Is I Haven’t

Found It Yet, Miss Julie, Roundabout, Public, MTC, 2nd Stage, Vineyard, MCC, Primary Stages, New Group, Pearl, American Place, Keen Company. Other designs: The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Ballet) Paradise Found (London), Reel to Real (Beijing) and two editions of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

He received a 2007 OBIE Award.

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Boston, La Jolla Playhouse, Virginia Stage Company, Utah Shakespeare Festival (Seven Productions), Playmakers Rep, Williamstown Theatre Festival (five seasons), Actors Theatre of Louisville, Geva Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Westport Country Playhouse, Capital Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Hangar Theatre (13 seasons), among others. Film/Television: Born to Shine (Art Director, Time Warner Cable); Oz: The Great and Powerful (Costume Assistant).

Education/Other: BFA Ithaca College; MFA Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Upcoming: NYC: Little Miss Sunshine and Ella Minnow Pea (Goodspeed).

Steven Gross Conductor, Guys and Dolls Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Steven is pleased to be returning to GLT after music directing productions of Gypsy and Anything Goes. Steven has worked on Broadway and the West End as conductor and pianist on such shows as The Life, Urinetown, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Chicago, Miss Saigon, The Wedding Singer, Saturday Night Fever and Dreamgirls, plus the New York City

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He has worked off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons and the Algonquin Theater. His adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance at the South Street Seaport was Lortel-nominated for best musical. Regional theater work includes music direction in St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Miami, Philadelphia and Chicago. He has conducted the European premieres of The Life, Urinetown, Falsettos, Beehive, Forever Plaid, Closer Than Ever and Flora the Red Menace. He also works extensively as an opera and concert conductor. He has collaborated as an orchestrator/ arranger on new musicals with composers Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus on their new version of Chess, Cy Coleman on two of his last performed musicals, David Friedman and Mark Hollmann. He has also worked on developing new works with composers Cy Coleman, Mark Hollmann and David Friedman. Steven works actively as an orchestrator and arranger for many symphony orchestras, as well as for varied television, radio, video and on-line stations. His musical Nijinsky has been performed in Berlin, Hamburg and Zurich, and will debut in Lausanne

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David Lander Lighting Designer, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Broadway: The Heiress with Jessica Chastain and Dan Stevens, The Lyons with Linda Lavin, Master Class with Tyne Daly, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo with Robin Williams (Drama Desk Award, Tony and Outer Critics nominations for Best Lighting Design), 33 Variations with Jane Fonda (Tony and Outer Critics nominations), I Am My Own Wife (Drama Desk and Outer Critics nominations), A Man for All Seasons with Frank Langella, Dirty Blond, Golden Child. OffBroadway: Fran’s Bed with Mia Farrow, King Lear with Kevin Klein, Macbeth with Live Schreiber and Jennifer Ehle, Modern Orthodox with Molly Ringwald and Jason Biggs, among others.

Regional: Ahmanson Theatre, Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Geffin Playhouse, The Goodman Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, St. Louis MUNY, The Old Globe, Philadelphia Theatre Company, among

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Richard B. Ingraham Sound Designer, Guys and Dolls and Blithe Spirit Two seasons with Great Lakes Richard has designed sound for numerous theaters in the area and around the country.

Previously at Great Lakes, Richard designed sound for Blithe Spirit, Sondheim on Sondheim and many of the Outreach Tours. Other recent sound designs include Follies for Baldwin Wallace University; Next to Normal, Annie, Xanadu and Spring Awakening for Beck Center; Ave Q for Cain Park; Ghosts of War and A Bright New Boise for Dobama Theatre; Songs for a New World and Pride and Prejudice for Hope Summer Repertory Theatre in Holland, Michigan; and Strike Slip for Oberlin College. Richard has worked as a show control programmer and installer for several clients, including Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, The Lincoln Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois, and Stone Mountain Park in Georgia. He has also taught sound design and related course work at The Carnegie Mellon School of Drama

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others. International: London, Dublin, Caracas, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne, among others.

STAGE MANAGEMENT Jennifer Caster* Assistant Stage Manager, Guys and Dolls Great Lakes Theater debut Stage management credits include Earth Plays, Water Ways, The Secret Social, Standing on Ceremony, Poor Little Lulu and At-TEN-tion Span (Cleveland Public Theatre); Antony and Cleopatra, Burt Dow, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, Elizabeth Rex, Dying City, and Brilliant Traces (Stonington Opera House, ME); Red Light Winter, Fefu and Her Friends, Passion Play and How I Learned to Drive (Bard College Fisher Center, NY); Septimus and Clarissa (assistant credit, Ripe Time, NY); Futurity (HERE Arts Center, NY); PITCH (LaMaMa, Etc., NY); Waxing West (Dramalabbet, Stockholm). Jennifer is the Production Manager for Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant.

Corrie E. Purdum* Stage Manager, Guys and Dolls, Much Ado About Nothing, A Christmas Carol and The Winter’s Tale Seven seasons at Great Lakes Theater GLT: The Taming of the Shrew, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Christmas Carol, The Tempest, Measure for Measure, The Crucible, Into the Woods, The Comedy of Errors, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Bat Boy: The Musical, Othello, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Cabaret, The Mousetrap, Sondheim on Sondheim, The Winter’s Tale, and Much Ado About Nothing.

Other credits include The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, seven seasons with Idaho

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Shakespeare Festival, six seasons with the Cleveland Play House and three seasons with Cain Park. Corrie is an alumna of BaldwinWallace College, where she teaches stage management.

THE AUTHORS Abe Burrows Co-writer, Guys and Dolls After studying to be a doctor and an accountant, Abe Burrows had a career in sales before becoming a successful radio scriptwriter and writer/ performer of musical parody numbers. His first Broadway libretto was Guys and Dolls, co-written with Jo Swerling, with a score by Frank Loesser.

Among the musicals for which he provided librettos are Make A Wish, Can-Can and Silk Stockings (both with scores by Cole Porter), Say, Darling, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (which he also directed; score by Frank Loesser). His non-musical plays include Cactus Flower (wrote and directed) and Forty Carats (directed).

Frank Loesser Music and Lyrics, Guys and Dolls One of America’s great composer/lyricists, Frank Loesser began his songwriting career during the Depression as a lyricist, contributing songs to Broadway revues and nightclub acts. His work with composer Irving Actman in the 1936 revue The Illustrator’s Show led to a songwriting contract in Hollywood, where he spent the next 11 years working with such composers as Burton Lane, Jule Styne, Arthur Schwartz and Hoagy Carmichael. Some of his film songs from that period include “Two Sleepy People,” “Jingle Jangle Jingle” and “I Don’t Want To Walk Without You.”

The first song for which Loesser wrote both words and music was “Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition,” written during his World War II service. His Hollywood work after the war included the hit songs “Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year,” “A Slow Boat To China” and the 1949 Oscar-winning song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” In 1948, Loesser was approached by fledgling Broadway producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin to write music and lyrics to George Abbott’s libretto for an adaptation of the classic Brandon Thomas play Charley’s Aunt. The new musical, which starred Ray Bolger, was called Where’s Charley? and was a hit. This led to Loesser’s next show, the hugely influential and successful Guys and Dolls in 1950, also produced

by Feuer and Martin, with a script by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling. In 1956, Loesser wrote the libretto, music and lyrics for his next show, The Most Happy Fella, adapted from Sidney

Howard’s play, They Knew What They Wanted.

This impressive score contains over 30 musical numbers and makes extensive use of operatic techniques and forms, including recitative, arias, duets, trios and choral numbers. In 1960, he provided the score and was co-librettist for Greenwillow. In 1961, Loesser wrote the score for the Pulitzer Prize-winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. His last show, Pleasures and Palaces, closed in 1965 during outof-town try-outs.

Jo Swerling Co-writer, Guys and Dolls Born in Russia in 1897, Jo Swerling was a playwright, screenwriter and vaudeville sketch writer. Mr. Swerling’s long career began as a reporter and feature writer in New York and Chicago.

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Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director Bob Taylor, Executive Director The Winter’s Tale, The Imaginary Invalid, A Christmas Carol, Blithe Spirit, Much Ado About Nothing, Guys and Dolls

Audience Engagement Manager................................... Chris Fornadel Development Associate..............................Kathy Schwartfigure-Yopp Trinity High School Interns...............Jacqueline Brown, Hannah Maier, Emily Spies Office Volunteers........Janice Campbell, Barb Cercone, Janet Glaeser

DIRECTORS

PRODUCTION

Jesse Berger, Sara Bruner, Charles Fee, Dan Knechtges, Sharon Ott, Matthew Webb, Tracy Young

J. Todd Adams*, Julia Ashkettle, Laura Welsh Berg, Lynn Robert Berg*, Laurie Birmingham*, Cassandra Bissell*, Austin Blunk, Harry Bouvy*, Neil Brookshire*, Lise Bruneau*, Sara M. Bruner*, Steel Burkhardt*, Phillip Michael Carroll*, Kyle Carthens, Kate Clay, Ashley Coleman, Zach Cossman, Beth Crandall*, Aled Davies*, Jodi Dominick*, Kiara Durbin, Mackenzie Dale Durken, Tom Ford*, Shanara Gabrielle*, Ian Gould*, Laurel Hoffman, Leah Horowitz*, Paul Hurley*, Sara Hymes, Morgan August Isabella, Maggie Kettering*, Drew Kopas*, Kimbre Lancaster*, Juan Rivera Lebron*, Ben Liebert*, Darryl Lewis*, Jose Luaces*, Jon-Paul Mateo*, Darren Matthias*, David McCann*, Chris McCarrell, Molly McGinnis*, Dougfred Miller*, Bailey Carter Moulse, Betsy Mugavero*, Cameron Danielle Nelson, Carly Marie Nelson, Cassidy Josephine Nelson, Sarah M. O’Connor*, Bennett Palmer, Laura Perrotta*, Eduardo Placer*, Wayne W. Pretlow*, Sadé Simmons*, Blakely Slaybaugh*, David Anthony Smith*, Eric Damon Smith*, Lenne Snively, Dudley Swetland*, M.A. Taylor*, Matthew Taylor, Karen Thorla, Miles Gaston Villanueva*, Ryan Vincent, Steven J. West, Jordan Whalen, Arthur Wise*, Sam Wolf, Kirsten Wyatt*, Cody Zak

Stage Manager..................................................Corrie E. Purdum* Assistant Stage Manager.....................................Jennifer Caster* Production Associate ........................................ Jessica B. Lucas Production Assistant..........................................Kristen Boehnlein Technical Director......................................................Mark Cytron Assistant Technical Director.......................... William Langenhop Master Carpenter.......................................................Lindsay Loar Master Electrician................................................... Tammy Taylor Carpenter/Welders................... Michael Esber, Richard Haberlen, Fritz Lombardi Properties Master.......................................................Terry Martin Properties Intern............................................Hannah Shoemaker Charge Scenic Artist......................................................Angi Grow Scenic Artist.........................................................Christine Dugan Costume Shop Manager...................................Esther M. Haberlen Assistant Shop Manager/Draper.................................... Leah Loar Draper...........................................Katharine Romell, Diana Sidley First Hands..................................... Kristine Davies, Grace Keenan Stitchers..................................... Stephanie Fisher, Michelle Metro Design Assistant/Craft Artisan...........................Krista Tomorowitz Wig Designer............................................................... David Boba Wardrobe Supervisor..................................................... Anji Dunn Wardrobe Crew................................................ Christopher Ersing Run Crew..................................................................... Gary Zsigra Staff Sound Desinger....................................Richard B. Ingraham Overhire Crew ................... Colleen Albrecht, Alexander Haubrich, Ralph Melari, Jessica Rosenlieb Hanna Theatre Crew ............................ Thomas Boddy, Chris Guy, Shaun Milligan, Robert Prah Sound Engineer................................................... Nathan Tulenson Associate Scenic Designer....................................... .Alexis Disler Assistant to the Lighting Designer.......................... Greg Falcione SDC Observer........................................................ Abigail Strange

MANAGEMENT TEAM

*Members of Actors’ Equity Association

Artistic Associate.............................................................. Sara Bruner Production Manager......................................Christopher D. Flinchum Marketing & Public Relations Director ...................Todd S. Krispinsky Development Director....................................................Holly Tomasch

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2012–13 ARTISTIC COMPANY

DESIGNERS Christopher Acebo, David M. Barber, Beowulf Boritt, Jennifer Caprio, Martín Céspedes, Jim Cooney, Mary Jo Dondlinger, John Ezell, Gene Emerson Friedman, Esther M. Haberlen, Jason Hartley, Richard B. Ingraham, Stan Kozak, David Lander, Hugh Landwehr, Stephen LeGrand, Tom Mardikes, Rick Martin, Russell Metheny, Paul James Prendergast, Lisa Reynolds, Ken Roht, James Scott, Kim Krumm Sorenson, Cynthia Stillings, Sara Jean Tosetti, Robert Waldman, Adam Wernick, Brandon Wolcott ACTORS

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ADMINISTRATION

Education Associate............................................Kelly Schaffer Florian Associate Director of Education........................................Lisa Ortenzi School Residency Supervisor........................................ David Hansen Actor-Teachers School Residency Program............. Katelyn Cornelius, Melissa Crum, Andrew Gombas, Khaki Hermann, Tim Keo, Debbie Keppler, Eric Perusek, Brett Radke

Great Lakes Theater is a member of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) and operates under agreements with LORT, Actors’ 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.

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