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A L e tt er from th e Foun der Dear Friends, I am overjoyed to present Into the Breeches! written by George Brant and directed by the amazing Jackson Gay. Although we select our productions over a year in advance, it always feels like they arrive at just the right moment. This one is an uplifting and heartfelt story that tackles so many themes and is, ultimately, a love letter to theatre itself. It feels apt that it will be our second-to-last production on this stage before we move into the Baker Theatre and Education Center for our 2024-2025 season. Excitement is certainly building for the new theater, and I'm just as thrilled as everyone else! Yet, let's not forget to appreciate the wonderful experiences we have right here at the Norris Center in these final months. There's so much to look forward to! Our final mainstage Norris Center production, She Loves Me, opens March 23rd and runs through April 21st. Directed by yours truly, this “vanilla ice cream” musical is a confection of heart, humor, memorable songs, and musical theatre delight. It will be the perfect swan song to our years spent at the Norris Center as we transform this stage one last time into something magical. After that, you can support our Conservatory teen actors as they perform the hilarious play Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic from May 11-16th. Following that, we have a whole summer of educational programming planned, including productions of Willy Wonka, JR. and Seussical JR. for students aged 8-18. We are announcing the inaugural season in the Baker Theatre and Education Center soon. In fact, by the time you read this, it will likely have already been announced. Our inaugural season in the Baker will feature spectacular shows on two different stages, featuring a wide variety of genres and styles. Flex Passes go on sale to the general public on February 20th and you should make sure you act fast! Seats are filling up, and if you want to secure yours, I promise that now is the best time to do it. Thank you so much for supporting live theatre. Now, more than ever, it is important that we continue to walk in another person’s shoes, explore the importance of civil discourse, and remember what it means to be human. I hope you enjoy the show! With gratitude,

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A L e tt e r f rom th e C h ai rm an Welcome to the 2023-2024 season at Gulfshore Playhouse! I have the great honor to serve as the Chairman of the Board during this thrilling time in Gulfshore Playhouse history. An incredible season awaits, featuring toptier talent hired from across the country to create the thoughtful, entertaining, and joyful productions you are about to witness. The Gulfshore Playhouse staff, led by CEO & Producing Artistic Director Kristen Coury and COO & Managing Director Joel Markus, has grown to continue to meet the high expectations we have for our future. We have worked hard to attract and retain skilled professionals in creating these high quality productions. We are blessed with this wonderful group of people who are passionate about creating great theatre. We have a very special, dedicated, and committed Board of Directors who give generously of their time, talent, and resources to support the mission and strategies of Gulfshore Playhouse. We are so grateful our community continues to grow with generous donors and curious patrons who sustain and inspire us. Theatre is a truly collaborative artform, and all of us are working together to make Gulfshore Playhouse a world-class LORT theatre (League of Resident Theatres, the highest level of professional regional theatres). Gulfshore Playhouse Education continues to transform our community through many initiatives. Not only does The Conservatory offer students the chance to learn and perform using theatre techniques from professionals, we also partner with Collier County Public Schools and other area organizations to make sure every student in our region has the opportunity to experience theatre. Because of your continued support, our fiscal year ended financially strong, our Capital Campaign continues to meet fundraising goals, the artistic quality of our productions received high praise, and construction on the new theatre complex is proceeding with great excitement. I hope that you find this season captivating, entertaining, and inspiring. Thank you for being a part of our community and for being here today. Please tell your friends, family and colleagues about all of the opportunities for engagement the Gulfshore Playhouse offers. Enjoy the show! Sincerely, Steve Akin Chairman of the Board

A L e tt e r f rom th e May o r History is in the making, right here in Naples, FL. Gulfshore Playhouse produces its transformational 2023-2024 season in the Norris Center ahead of an exciting transition into their brand new home, The Gulfshore Playhouse Baker Theater and Education Center, in October of 2024. Their new home is fully under construction and coming to life at the corner of Goodlette Frank Road and 1st Avenue S, a corner that is truly transforming before our eyes as the construction project continues. The City is grateful to its leaders, donors, theatre enthusiasts, professional performers, and exceptional staff and volunteers who support our cultural landscape and are leading the way in the live performing arts scene. I encourage you to be a part of making history in your community. Please join the community and play your part in building your legacy at the new Gulfshore Playhouse Baker Theatre and Education Center. You will find Gulfshore Playhouse will enrich your quality of life here in Naples. I hope you enjoy the season and see you at the theatre!

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Starring (in alphabetical order) Becca Ballenger Ebony Blake Dan Butler Lea DiMarchi

Beth Hylton Kevin Loreque Karen Peakes Jo Twiss

Scenic Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Kristen Martino**

Tracy Dorman**

Dalton Hamilton**

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Rod Kinter*

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Jackson Gay* "Into the Breeches!" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com" Originally commissioned by Trinity Repertory Company, Providence, RI, August, 2014. World Premiere Produced by Trinity Repertory Company, Curt Columbus (Artistic Director), Tom Parrish (Executive Director) "Amapola" Written by Albert Gamse and Joseph M. Lacalle Published by Edward B. Marks Music Company All Rights administered by Round Hill Carlin, LLC The actors and stage manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. (*) Denotes a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (**) Denotes a member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829

Cast of Characters (in alphabetical order) June Bennett ............ Becca Ballenger Ida Green ..................... Ebony Blake Ellsworth Snow ................ Dan Butler Grace Richards ......... Lea DiMarchi

Celeste Fielding ............ Beth Hylton Stuart Lasker ............ Kevin Loreque Maggie Dalton .......... Karen Peakes Winifred Snow ............... Jo Twiss

Run Time 2 Hours and 15 Minutes including intermission.

Setting Providence, Rhode Island, Fall of 1942

Warnings One scene includes theatrical sword fighting.

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Gulfshore Playhouse operates under agreements between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), a consortium of regional theatres throughout the nation; Actors Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States; the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), an independent national labor union; and United Scenic Artists (USA), a union of scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers. The National Alliance for Musical Theatre, founded in 1985, is a not-for-profit organization serving the musical theatre community. The 165 organizational members and 75 individual members, located throughout 33 states and abroad, are some of the leading producers of musical theatre in the world, and include theatres, presenting organizations, higher education programs and individual producers. Gulfshore Playhouse is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American Theatre.

Gulfshore Playhouse is an Associate Member of the National New Play Network.

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

DIRECTOR'S NOTE

JACKSON GAY "O, for a Muse of Fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!" Into the Breeches is a love letter to the theater. It is a celebration of the theater's unique ability to employ a limitless imagination to tell compelling universal stories about what it means to be a human being. Into the Breeches dramatizes how good art can bring people of different beliefs and backgrounds together to work towards a common goal. And it instructs us on how to have a lot of fun along the way. In our modern world we sometimes find ourselves at war with each other. Because of our contemporary socio-political context, we forget to celebrate what we all have in common--our deep desire for community, love of family, our love of country, the importance of laughing together and supporting each other in hard times. We forget the importance of coming together inside a dark theater as a community to experience the magical rejuvenating power of good storytelling. It has been a joy to work with this beautiful company of actors and with everyone at Gulfshore Playhouse. It's been artistically and personally meaningful to get to work on a play that not only makes you laugh but also restores your faith in the power of working together - because of and despite any differences. A unified effort makes any victory all the sweeter. Into the Breeches, as Maggie says in the play, "...does not speak of tragedy, but of patriotism, sacrifice, victory! And that victory shall linger..!"

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"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead!"

This iconic line, cleverly punned by playwright George Brant in the title of today’s play, comes from Shakespeare’s Henry V. Set during the events surrounding the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War, this enduring and oft-quoted historical epic is frequently brought to mind in times of war. In fact, a 1944 film version directed by and starring Laurence Olivier was intended to be a morale booster for the British people. During times of global tension, fear, and uncertainty, creating art may feel unimportant. However, for thousands of years, theatre has not only survived historical hardship, it has again and again proven its importance and enduring relevance to our lives. This was one of the many inspirations behind Into the Breeches! which premiered at Trinity Repertory Theatre in 2018. Set on the homefront in fall 1942, the United States had only been officially involved in the war against the Axis Powers for less than a year. A staggering 11% of the country’s population served in the military. With an unprecedented number called away to the frontlines and a drastic need to increase war production, quick and massive social changes swept the country. Brant read through wartime diaries, sweethearts’ correspondence, African American poetry, and the historical homefront efforts to create the world of the play. The war effort changed not just the country at large, but also each individual who lived through it. Day-to-day life was impacted by government-sponsored campaigns, causing communities to rally together. A rationing system meant every person received minimum amounts of necessities. “Victory Gardens” in backyards, vacant lots, and public parks produced over 1 billion tons of food. Household fat was saved and used to manufacture glycerine, clothes were repaired rather than replaced, and “War Nurseries” assisted mothers who were needed in the workplace.

While many of these activities reflected the best of humanity, the period was not without its challenges. Suddenly, women and racially marginalized people were able to take jobs that had previously been inaccessible to them. About 6 million women worked in war-related jobs. More than 1 million black Americans migrated from the South and took jobs in urban centers. These changes were not without resistance, as many workplaces attempted to maintain the status quo by separating workers along gender and racial lines and offering much lower pay. While unemployment was at an all-time low and many benefited from the availability of overtime work, factory conditions were harsh and oftentimes discriminatory. Between the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and the D-Day Invasion of 1944, there were more industrial casualties on the homefront than within the military. Over 6.7 million laborers went on strike during the war years. Racial tensions were exacerbated, leading to the “Double V for Victory” campaign launched by the Pittsburgh Courier in 1942, which reflected the hypocrisy between the ideological reasoning for U.S. involvement in the war and the denial of rights back home. It was a truly complicated and fascinating period of American history, portentous of many things tat would come later. While the World War II homefront had its highs and lows, it doesn’t mean the good diminishes the bad or vice versa. As humans, we are capable of holding many truths at once. We can be frightened and heartbroken yet still find joy. We can miss a loved one deeply What Into the Breeches! does beautifully is and yet still delight in weave all of this together into a humorous what we learn about and heart-warming tapestry, celebrating ourselves in their the complexity and richness of our human absence. We can’t rid experience. the world of pain, but we can create art. Audrey Zielenbach Literary Manager

During World War II, this type of persuasive messaging served as a powerful tool for shaping public perception and rallying support during this pivotal period in our nation's history.

TALK OF THE TIMES:

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Tread the Boards

To appear on stage as an actor. This idiom uses boards in the sense of “a theatrical stage,” a usage dating from the mid-1700s. It dates from the mid-1800s but was preceded by the idiom tread the stage, first recorded in 1691.

Footlights In theatre, a row of lights set at floor level at the front of a stage, used to provide a part of the general illumination and to soften the heavy shadows produced by overhead lighting.

Long in the tooth Rather old. Originates from horse’s teeth; unlike humans’, horse’s teeth continue to grow with age. They also wear down with use, but the changes in the characteristics of the teeth over time make it possible to make a rough estimate of a horse’s age by examining them.

Victory socks As during World War I, the need for socks was paramount. Cold, wet, sore feet were the enemy as surely as German or Japanese troops. The push was knitting for “The Boys,” the men on active duty.

The Allies The big four Allied powers of World War II were England (Great Britain, the United Kingdom), the United States of America, the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R., Russia), and France.

Victory Roll A hairstyle that became popular in the 1940’s. Making such a hairstyle means creating large and voluminous curls either on top of your head or around the face. The rolls got their name from an aerobatic maneuver used during World War II. Originally published by Trinity Repertory Company in their Into the Breeches study guide.

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT

GEORGE BRANT

SOURCES: INTERVIEW WITH GILLIAN GURGANUS (2018) AND LAUREN SHOUSE (2019)

What was your inspiration for writing Into the Breeches!? My wife Laura Kepley is the artistic director for The Cleveland Play House, and the theatre was about to celebrate their 100th anniversary, and as a result, everyone on the staff was digging into the theatre's history. I became intrigued by the effort, which led me to rifling through the Women's Committee's archived scrapbooks of the Play House's WWII years and discovering the pivotal part that the women on the homefront played in keeping the theatre afloat during that difficult time. This spurred me on to further research: war time diaries, sweethearts' correspondence with soldiers, African-American poetry of the time, anything that expanded my knowledge of women on the home-front beyond Rosie the Riveter. At the time I had a commission with Trinity Repertory Company, a theatre which I'm quite familiar with from our time living in Rhode Island, so the play ended up a bit of a hybrid between the history of the two theatres.

How is Into the Breeches! relevant to today's audiences? Even though the play does take place in the '40s, I do think it holds a mirror up to today in many ways, actually kind of increasingly with recent events, with more of a focus on women and their struggles in various industries. It's been interesting to see how the play is taking on more relevance as time goes on because it is very much about a group of women, in this case who have never had the opportunity to act on stage before, but it's the very fact that the men are away for the war that allows the women to take on roles that they've never had before, and not just roles in the theatre, but really roles in their lives that they've never had. One of the characters in the play has never acted before because her husband never really approved of it, but now he's gone, so she feels like she can take a chance on it. The character Maggie, was the assistant director for 26 years, and this is finally her chance to actually direct a show. It's really about all the characters awakening to new possibilities in their lives and opening up to those possibilities and running with them. It's very much about women of this time, but unfortunately, things haven't changed all that drastically since then, so I think it does carry a lot of relevance and also just the simple fact that we are technically still at war as a country, even though most of us are able to carry about as if that's not the case. This is very much a play where the presence of war is being felt and I think the contrast, to me, is almost very interesting in that this was a time period where everybody really pulled together as a country and everybody knew we were at war and everyone knew someone who was fighting overseas and the whole country really rallied together, 28

whether it was scrap metal drives or rationing of food. The whole country was in that war and I think it's good to be reminded of that nowadays when it seems like a small percentage of our countrymen are fighting these wars for us, and the rest of us are told to just go shopping and carry about our lives.

What is your connection to Shakespeare's works, especially The Henriad? I grew up loving Shakespeare; I don't know how many times as a kid I watched the VHS tape I'd recorded of Olivier's King Lear. I've had the pleasure of seeing a full Henriad at Trinity Rep and many productions of the individual plays. The Henry plays, particularly Henry V, felt like the perfect match for a theatre trying to rally the troops and the home front.

In the show, Maggie tells Ellsworth about "the linger effect." What do you hope lingers with these audiences who come to Into the Breeches!? With any play you hope that you characters will linger afterwards and will hang in the audience's memories, but in this case, this play ends on a note where they're about to do the play and I think that might create a bit of the linger effect because we know that something happens right after the play ends. The play ends with a beginning, so I think in that vein it will linger for an audience. There's a certain tragic air to the end of the play, I mean if you know the history of things, as far as women in the workforce in this time, they were all first told, "Don't get a job, stay at home as women, this is all men's work" and when the men all went away, suddenly the women were encouraged to work in the factories and to support the troops in that way, but once the men came back, the women were all fired and lost their jobs. So it's a time of flowering that I think this play shows, but for those of us who know the history, we know this flowering comes to an end in a few years. So I think there's also some tragic lingering in that effect. Scan here to learn more about Into the Breeches! in our Dramaturgical Packet

About the Cast (in alphabetical order)

BECCA BALLENGER (JUNE

BENNE T T )

Gulfshore Playhouse debut! Selected regional credits include Steel Magnolias (Geva TheatreCenter and Idaho Shakespeare Festival); A Midsummer Night’s Dream and White Lightning (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Hamlet 50/50 (Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival); The Mystery of Love and Sex and Papermaker (Shadowland Stages). Off-Broadway: A Midsummer Nights’ Dream (Masterworks) and Sludge (2017 Relentless Award Winner). TV credits include recurring roles on “New Amsterdam,” “FBI: Most Wanted.” Proud AEA/SAG-AFTRA. www.beccaballenger.com

EBONY

BLAKE

(IDA GREEN) Ebony is beyond honored to be making her Gulfshore Playhouse debut! Favorite credits include: Harry Potter and The Cursed Child (Broadway), The Book of Mormon (First National Tour), Aida (National Tour), Jitney (The Human Race Theatre Company), Black Nativity (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Music Theatre of Wichita), “Bull (CBS),” “Equalizer (CBS),” “Blue Bloods (CBS).” Proud graduate of Wright State University. AEA and SAG-AFTRA. ebonyblake.com

DAN BUTLER

(ELLSWORTH SNOW)

An actor/writer director/producer/poet, Dan Butler’s many acting credits include Broadway: Travesties (Roundabout); Twentieth Century (Roundabout); Biloxi Blues (Neil Simon Theatre); The Hothouse (Broadway); Off-Broadway/Regional: When Harry Met Rehab (Greenhouse Theatre – Chicago); Warhol/Capote (A.R.T.), The Weir (Irish Rep), Irish Curse (Soho Playhouse); The Only Thing Worse You Could’ve Told Me …(Actor’s Playhouse, Drama Desk/Outer Critics nominations), Beast, Emerald City

(both at NYTW), Lisbon Traviata (MTC/Mark Taper Forum), The Widow Claire (Circle in the Square downtown). Film: Blonde, Crazy Stupid Love, Karl Rove, I Love You (co-writer/ director), Pearl (adaptor/director), Enemy of the State, Fixing Frank, Long Walk Home, Silence of the Lambs. TV: “The Mist,” “Prayers for Bobby,” “Hey, Arnold,” “From the Earth to the Moon,” “Frasier (6 seasons playing Bob “Bulldog” Briscoe).”

LEA DIMARCHI (GRACE

RICHARDS)

BETH

HYLTON

Gulfshore Playhouse debut! Regional highlights : 4000 Miles (Bec, Westport Country Playhouse), Private Lives (Sibyl), Oleanna (Carol, Katonah Classic Stage), The Miracle Worker (Annie Sullivan, Judson Theatre Co.), Cyrano de Bergerac (Roxane), As You Like It (Rosalind), Into the Woods (Cinderella, Texas Shakespeare Festival). Film/TV: “Hawaii Five-0” & “FBI ,"(CBS) This is the Night (Blumhouse). Born and raised in Honolulu. Training: Carnegie Mellon and BADA. Infinite mahalo to my incredible family, friends, and team. www.LeaDiMarchi.com

(CELESTE

FIELDING)

Beth is delighted to return to Gulfshore Playhouse where she was last seen as M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias. Other performances at GP include A Doll’s House (Nora), Life (x) 3 (Sonia), Blithe Spirit (Ruth). She is a member of the resident company of Everyman Theatre in Baltimore where she has performed in over 25 plays. Favorite performances there include The Sound Inside (Bella), The Revolutionists (Marie Antoinette), Intimate Apparel (Mrs. Van Buren), Noises Off (Belinda Blair), A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche) and Outside Mullingar (Rosemary). [OFFBROADWAY]: 59E59: Handbagged (Liz). [OTHER NYC]: NYC Fringe Fest; Vital Theatre Company; Gorilla Rep; founding member, Ground Floor Theatre Lab. [REGIONAL]: Round House Theatre: Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up (Lamby), Small Mouth Sounds (Joan), Rapture, Blister,

Burn, (Gwen), Natural Shocks (reading) ; Rep Stage: The Heidi Chronicles (Heidi), Circle Mirror Transformation (Theresa); Woolly Mammoth: Collective Rage (Betty1), Appropriate (Rachael), Martha Josie and the Chinese Elvis (Josie); Center Stage: Clybourne Park (Bev/Kathy), Beneatha’s Place (Harriet); Maltz Jupiter: The 39 Steps (The Woman); Delaware Theatre Company: Blithe Spirit (Elvira); Weston Playhouse: Death of a Salesman (Miss Forsythe, Christopher Lloyd as Willy Loman); Public Theatre of Maine: The Cocktail Hour (Nina), On Golden Pond (Chelsea); Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre: House and Garden (JoAnna), Private Lives (Amanda), An Ideal Husband (Lady Chiltern); Olney Theatre Center: Hay Fever (Myra), The Savannah Disputation (Melissa), The Heiress (Marian); PlayMakers Rep: Hay Fever (Sorel), The School For Wives (Georgette), Look Homeward, Angel (Laura), Wit (u/s Tandy Cronyn as Vivian Bearing); The Hipp: Suddenly Last Summer (Catherine), Up (Helen); Kennedy Theatre NC: Skylight (Kyra); Ford’s: The Heavens Are Hung In Black (Mrs Winston), Member of the Wedding (Janice); Kennedy Center: Mister Roberts (Lieutenant Girard).

KEVIN LOREQUE

(STUART LASKER) Most

recently finished the Off-Broadway run of an extraordinary, World Premiere play called War Words at A.R.T./ New York; he portrayed a real-life Army vet (Dan F.) who’s a RPA Pilot. Kevin’s most recent TELEVISION credits include: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Godfather of Harlem,”“Pose,” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” He plays Lonnie, one of the leads in the Feature Film Small Time on Amazon Prime and Apple TV, who’s a war veteran with PTSD. Other TV: “The Blacklist,” “Elementary,” “Person of Interest,” and “Boardwalk Empire,” among others. THEATRE includes: I Am My Own Wife (International Tour: Africa, UK, USA), the Broadway National Tours of Cats (Rum Tum Tugger) and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Papa Who). Regional theatre credits include lead roles in The Elephant Man, Cabaret, Sleuth, Man of La Mancha, Spamalot, George M!, Romeo and Juliet, Chicago, The

Who’s Tommy, A Man of No Importance, and more recently in the World Premiere play Year One. Kevin is represented by the Bloc Talent Agency NYC, and “Into the Breeches!” is his 119th stage production. He is thrilled to be making his debut at Gulfshore Playhouse in this wonderful play.

KAREN PEAKES

(MAGGIE DALTON) is so

very happy to be back at Gulfshore so soon after last season’s Steel Magnolias, when she had the honor of playing Truvy! Karen’s first appearance with Gulfshore was as Lizzie, in Maytag Virgin, with her husband right smack in the middle of the pandemic, and Gulfshore will always hold a special place in her heart for being brave enough to make that happen. She’s a Barrymore nominated actor, working primarily in Philadelphia, and has performed with the The Walnut, Arden, Wilma, InterAct, 1812, Act 2 Playhouse, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, The Lantern, Delaware Theatre, and People’s Light. She’s also performed at The Folger, in DC, and The Peterborough Players, in NH. She’s a two-time Audie nominated audiobook narrator of over 80 titles, and proud mom to Owen. Love to Ian, and special thanks to dear Kristen and all the amazing folks at Gulfshore.

JO TWISS

(WINIFRED SNOW)

Jo has worked extensively all over the country and is happy to join you all here in Naples. Broadway: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Select recent Regional theatre credits: A Christmas Carol at the McCarter Theatre. Richard 2, Shakespeare in Love, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Pride and Prejudice at The Pennsylvania Shakespeare festival. The Roomate at Florida Studio theatre. A Christmas Story and A Rabbit Hole at St Louis Rep, Theatre Works & Theatre With A View; Cabaret, The Producers, Steel Magnolias, A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Patsy Cline at Bristol Riverside Theatre. A Glass Menagerie at the Hanger theatre. Recent Film and TV: “RUN (reoccurring),” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Blue Bloods,” “The 31

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Broad City,” “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Viral,” “The Affair,” “Revolutionary Road,” “Benim,” “Seven Seconds,” “Shirley,” and a repeat offender on all the “Law and Order” series. Jo is also a long time company member of the legendary Circle Rep now the New Circle Theatre Company in NYC. She is currently studying to be a soul level animal communicator.

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(PLAYWRIGHT)

plays include Grounded, Marie and Rosetta, Into the Breeches!, The Prince of Providence, Elephant’s Graveyard, The Land of Oz, Tender Age, The Mourners’ Bench, Any Other Name, Salvage and Grizzly Mama. An Affiliate Writer at the Playwrights’ Center, his scripts have been produced internationally by such companies as the Public Theater, the Atlantic Theater Company, Cleveland Play House, Trinity Repertory Company, the Studio Theatre, Alley Theatre, Asolo Repertory, London’s Gate Theatre, Page 73 and the Traverse Theatre. His plays have received a Lucille Lortel Award, an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award, the Smith Prize, a Fringe First Award, an Off-West End Theatre Award, an NNPN Rolling World Premiere, four OAC Individual Excellence Awards and the Keene Prize for Literature. George received his MFA in Writing from the Michener Center at UT-Austin and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

JACKSON

GAY

(DIRECTOR)

Recent work: Natural History by Collin Van Son (O’Neill Festival); Christina Anderson's the ripple, the wave that carried me home (world premiere co-production Berkeley Rep and Goodman Theatre); Workshop of the new musical Hard Road (book by Willy Holtzman, music by Nashville's Marty Dodson and David Spangler); Partnership (Mint Theater); New Neighborhood’s Endless Loop of Gratitude www.newneighborhood. net (New Ohio’s Ice Factory); Lucy Thurber’s Transfers for Audible, MCC, and New York Stage & Film; These Paper Bullets! by Rolin

Jones with music by Billie Joe Armstrong (New Neighborhood, Atlantic, Geffen, Yale Rep). Upcoming: workshop of The Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 2020 by Jennifer Maisel (Lucille Lortel); Steel Magnolias (Sharon Playhouse). Jackson teaches directing at Brooklyn College. MFA Directing Yale School of Drama. www.jacksongracegay.com

KRISTEN MARTINO (SCENIC DESIGNER)

is excited to be returning to Gulfshore Playhouse after previously designing several shows including Winter Wonderettes, Camelot, Morning After Grace, Higher, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Revolutionists. Kristen is currently the Assistant Professor of Scenic Design at University of South Florida in Tampa and prior to the transition to Florida, she was based in Chicago as a freelance scenic designer. Kristen’s work has been seen around the country on stages such as Drury Lane Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, The Cape Playhouse, and Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre. Kristen has spent the last several years assisting prominent designers in the Chicago area which has given her the opportunity to work on museum exhibits and theatrical productions internationally including the 2020 West End production of The Prince of Egypt. Kristen was also a part of the team selected to represent the United States by designing the USA’s Emerging Artist Exhibit for the 2019 Prague Quadrennial. Kristen is the recipient of the 2022 USITT Rising Star Award and a proud member of USA829. www.kristenmartino.com

TRACY DORMAN (COSTUME DESIGNER)

Tracy has designed productions at regional theatre and opera companies around the country. She has designed at Asolo Repertory Theatre, Maltz-Jupiter, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Cleveland Play House, Syracuse Stage, GEVA, Milwaukee Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Drury Lane (Chicago), Kansas City Rep, Manhattan School of Music, Virginia Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Omaha, Chicago Opera Theatre, Glimmerglass, and New York City Opera. From 2005-2008 she was an associate costume designer on the CBS daytime drama “As the World Turns,” for which she won a 2007 Emmy Award for Costume Design. Tracy continues to work in tv along with her theater and opera work; most recently she has worked on “Law & Order-SVU (NBC),” “West World (HBO),” and “The Equalizer (CBS).” Please visit www.tracydorman.com for a more extensive listing of production credits.

DALTON HAMILTON (LIGHTING DESIGNER)

Dalton works around the country as a designer, associate, and programmer. He treasures coming to Naples to work with the wonderful people at Gulfshore Playhouse. His work has been seen on stage at the following Regional Theaters: Bay Street Theater, Gulfshore Playhouse, Tuacahn Amphitheatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, City Springs Theatre Company, Nashville Rep, FreeFall Theatre, and American Stage. Dalton has also been an Associate Designer for numerous theme park shows at Busch Gardens Williamsburg under Lighting Designer Ken Billington for the past 9 years. Other credits include The Prince of Egypt (US Assistant, West End) with LD Mike Billings, Rogers: The Musical, “Hawkeye” Series (Marvel Studios: Disney+) and The Twenty-Sided Tavern (Broadway Playhouse, Chicago) with LD Mike Wood. Proud member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829. daltonhamiltonlightingdesign.com @dhlightingdesign

DANIEL BAKER (SOUND DESIGNER) is

a sound designer, audio producer, and educator living in New City, NY. He is a founding member of Daniel Baker & Co.,an audio production company that creates sound designs and music for theater, film,

dance and other endeavors across the media spectrum. He also teaches sound design at Barnard College, BerkleeNYC and Fordham University at Lincoln Center. Broadway credits are The Parisian Woman, Eclipsed, American Son (asst. sound design) and Purlie Victorious (asst. sound design) Selected Off-Broadway credits include: Toni Stone at Roundabout Theatre Company; The Lying Lesson, The Great Leap, The Jammer, and These Paper Bullets! at the Atlantic; The Four of Us and When We Were Young and Unafraid at MTC; Bull in a China Shop at LCT3; The Good Negro and Eclipsed at The Public; A Winter’s Tale at TFANA. Daniel has designed sound for over 150 productions at 25 regional theaters across the country. He holds an MFA in sound design from the Yale school of drama.

ROD KINTER

(FIGHT DIRECTOR)

is thrilled to be making his debut at the Gulfshore Playhouse.He is a NY based fight director with credits including Broadway: The Lightning Thief and Live from Lincoln Center: Porgy and Bess (NYCO). Off Broadway, Rod was the Resident Fight Director for 9 seasons for Pearl Theatre Company. Other Off-Broadway credits: The Perelman Performing Arts Center, The Lucille Lortell, Lynn Redgrave, The Mint, The Minetta Lane,The Acorn, Signature, and the East 13th Street Playhouse. Rod was the Resident Fight Director for New York City Opera at Lincoln Center from 1995 to 2010. Regional credits include: ART, Yale Rep, The Cleveland Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dorset Theatre Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Rep, The McCarter,The Barter Theatre, Cape Playhouse, Shakespeare on the Sound, Glimmerglass Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and Opera Festival of NJ. Rod is a member of the SDC and on faculty at AMDA teaching Stage Combat.

DANNY KUENZEL (STAGE MANAGER)

is delighted to be back at Gulfshore Playhouse once again this season, having just tackled Winter Wonderettes. Prior to that she’d managed Gulfshore Playhouse’s Barefoot in the Park, Steel Magnolias, The 39 Steps, Another Revolution, and Bedlam’s Saint Joan. Other regional 33

credits include: Mason Street Warehouse, Clarence Brown Theatre, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, The Alley Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook, and the Contemporary American Theatre Festival. Danny is a proud 20+ year member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union for theatrical actors and stage managers. She dedicates this show to the strong women in her family who have led and followed, taught and learned, spoke and listened, supported and leaned on, guided and wandered beside on her journey through life.

MICHAEL CASSARA (CASTING) casts theatre and film in New York City, and is thrilled to be returning for a twelfth season with Gulfshore Playhouse, where he has cast over 45 plays and musicals since 2009. Recent credits include An American In Paris (International Tour, dir Christopher Wheeldon), Spamilton (NYC/Chicago/ Pittsburgh CLO/national), Enter Laughing (York Theatre), Gigantic (Vineyard Theatre), Forbidden Broadway (last three editions/cast albums), The 12 (Denver Center/world premiere). Film credits include The Hyperglot (Artios nomination for excellence in casting, dir. Michael Urie), Contest, Grantham & Rose (dir. Kristin Hanggi, starring Marla Gibbs, Jake T. Austin and Tessa Thompson). Other regional credits include productions for Ogunquit Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Denver Center, Old Globe, Asolo Rep, Hangar Theatre, and many more. Resident Casting Director for the New York Musical Festival (NYMF) since 2007 and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) since 2013. Michael is a native Clevelander and a member of the Casting Society of America. JOEL MARKUS

(COO & MANAGING DIRECTOR) is thrilled

to be in his sixth season as Gulfshore Playhouse’s COO & Managing Director. Joel enjoys working side by side with Kristen to produce Broadway caliber theatre while focusing on cultivating a great staff and culture. In his time at Gulfshore Playhouse, Joel has helped 34

grow and double the theatre’s budget, double the staff, has co-managed the design and construction of the new $72M Baker Theatre and Education Center, new production shops construction project, has been instrumental in joining LORT (most recently, being on the negotiating committee for LORT and Actors’ Equity Association), and navigated and guided the organization through the pandemic and Hurricane Ian. Joel’s thirty year career has taken him to some of our nation’s leading professional regional theatres. Previously, he spent seven years at The Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, America’s oldest professional theatre with an annual budget of over $16 Million. Joel has played integral roles in the production of hundreds of plays over ten seasons at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, four years at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, five summers at the Weston Playhouse in Vermont, American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin, and North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts. Joel is a graduate of Indiana University and originally from Miami, Florida.

KRISTEN COURY

(CEO & PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR)

is the CEO and Producing Artistic Director of Gulfshore Playhouse. She founded the Playhouse in 2004, after moving to Naples from New York City. Under her leadership, the Playhouse has grown to a staff of 56, an annual budget of $8.15M with no debt, and led the charge to create a $72M state-of-the-art Theatre and Education Center at the gateway to downtown Naples, which will be open to the public in late 2024. As part of this project, Coury ignited a public/private partnership with the City of Naples, donating an acre of land upon which to build a public parking garage. While in New York, she worked on Broadway for Walt Disney Theatrical’s production of Beauty and the Beast, both nationally and internationally, and for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s company, The Really Useful Group, working on Sunset Boulevard and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Kristen made her feature film directorial debut with Friends and Family, a comedy starring Tony Lo Bianco, Anna Maria Alberghetti, and Tovah Feldshuh,

which was released around the US and Europe. Kristen has directed several new works, produced a CD, and worked on a variety of musicals in various stages of development. Kristen is also a frequent investor in Broadway productions, mostrecently The Neil Diamond Musical: A Beautiful Noise. Kristen has directed over 40 productions for the Playhouse. Including a ten person, 2 piano My Fair Lady, world premieres, the world premiere of The God Game by Suzanne Bradbeer and The Butcher by Gwydion Suilebhan. She is currently preparing to direct the final production in the Norris Center, the musical She Loves Me. Kristen was one of the “Top 40 Professionals Under 40” by Gulfshore Life Magazine in 2008, a “Star in the Arts” by the United Arts Council of Collier County in 2011, and she was named one of the Men and Women of the Year by Gulfshore Life in 2013. She served two terms on the board of Theatre Communications Group, the national advocacy group for professional theatres. She is a member of the board of the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce, and was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Business Leaders in Collier County in 2022, 2023, and 2024 Most recently, she was appointed to Florida Council for arts and culture by Senate President Kathleen Passidomo.

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T HANK YOU T O OUR D O N O R S ($2,500 - $4,999) Roseann & Gregory Anselmi Margie & John Bennecke Dee & Dickson Brown Maritza & Leno Corradi Brooke & Gerard de Gunzburg Hilda Emerson Sandra & Raymond Fino Katrin van Dam & Tony Fross John Furanna & Billie Spooner Susan Gohl Green Heron Fund Laird & John Groody Nancy Hanson LeahGrace Kayler Sandra & Jason Korn Nancy G. Lauridsen Dennis Ling & Janice Teal

Florean & Edward Mader Debbie & Bobbie Milotte Nancy & Gene Mueller Myfifdent Foundation Cindy & Tony Panzica Emma & Mark Purdy Kathleen & Richard Redfern Louise & Ric Rust Kristine & Davey Scoon Laura Scott Andy Solis Joy & Jerald Spivak Linda & Ken Sumner The Tenzer Family Foundation Vicki Tracy Michal Wiesler Arlene & Donald Shapiro

($1,000 - $2,499) Jim Abbott Ashok Bakhru John Baum Nancy & Glen Bergert Carol Bishko Kathy & Ted Bobby Ann Brennan Cavalier Foundation Craig Colbert & Jonathan Unger Claire & Wayne Dailey Carol S. Eicher Patricia & James Ford Joanne Fowler Ann & Graham Frank Barbara & George Franks Christine Friedrich Jane & Neal Gelfand Brian Goguen Dot & Bill Hagman Linda L. Hall Linda Hamburger Judith & Howard Harper Graceann & Jack Hoopes Judy & Stuart Kaplan Mary Jane & Michael Kitchen Vladi & John Kling Herbert Kuebler & Phil Evans Dorothy & Dan Leach Patricia & John Leikhim Barbara & Robert Levine Gayle Levy & Martin Barber Eleanor Liberman Jo & Dick Liddy Suzanne Lount Linda Lovisa

Richard Macken Jeanne & Robert McCarthy Valerie & Bill McGarry Paula & Ronald Meyer Tracie & Gary Miller Laura & Leo Montgomery Pat & Edward Petrella Maureen Silliman & Bill Parry Judy & Dell Pooler Marilyn & Dick Powers Ellen & Lance Primis James Rathmann Betsy McNally Ravenel Family Charitable Fund Karen & Alan Reynolds Wendy & Jerry Richman Kathryn & Charles Rieger Paula and Roger Roe Family Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation Kim & Linda Rosenberg Elizabeth Ryan Robert Schultheis Boake & Marian Sells SWFL Print Sea Salt Naples Millie & James Sernovitz Sarah & Dinesh Sharma Mary & Stephen B. Smith Solot and Karp Family Foundation Linda & Russ Southworth Carol & Ron Sperling Martine & Jim Stamos Joe Stevens Alice Van Hoesen Brian Wendt Beverly & John Wernette

T HANK YOU T O OUR D O N O R S William Whelpley & Lorry Ann Cipriano Laurence Wolfe Nancy W. Woltz Lou & Bruce Zellner

($500 - $999) Linda Adamany Sandra & Dan Apple Mary Aronin Martin S. Berman & Mary Ann Jasienowski Karen & Gary Biernesser Rob Bogosian Carole & Glenn Bolles Donna Bradt Mackenzie and Anthony Caraballo Patti & Victor Caroli Helen & Stephen Casey Sherry Cooper Hal & Ann Davis Fund of the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Barry Fidelman Mary & George Forshay Jane Gaillard Shirley & Glen Gronlund Robert and Julia Jessup Charitable Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Jane & Henry Kelly Helle Kiiss Carole & Brad Kindem Susan & Bernard Layton Rebecca & David Linz Sandra Geffert & Tony Maglione Jackie & Bill Masterson

Sheila McHale Mehle Family Foundation Julia & Michael Milone Connie Mockenhaupt Peg & John Mongiello Krystina & Joseph Mortellaro Carol Muckerman CFA Society Of Naples Meredith Parsons Rob & Ashley Pellicer Elizabeth A. Pircio Shontra & Andre Powell Michelle Pulles Leslie & Andy Rahl Judith & Jack Remondi Jacqueline Ressa Sandra & Don Romoser Sandra & Ronald Roth Marlene Rubenstein Bernhard Schiefer Daphne Jameson & Jim Schmotter Susan & George Schreiber Ashley & Tyler Smith Reagan Terry George Valva Kay & Peter Wall Theresa & Paul Way Lynn & John Wigton

($250 - $499) Ted Beaty Jay Benet Glenn Bost Ellen Brodhun June Reeves & Frank Caccamise Adrianne & Dennis Cady Kenneth F. Caulfield Linda & Richard J. Censits Caryl & John Corbett Anne & Robert Depew Jenny & Michael Field Paul Freiberg Jane Graham Heather & Jonathan Greenfield Kathy and David Holmes Carol Kimmel Charles Kiven Gwen Howell Klein Charles Kochakian

Laura and Richard Lehrich Heather Lerner Rashida Loya Barbara & Alan Morris Ruth & Ron Mutchnik John P. Nuzzo Joyce & William O'Meara Arthur Paone Jenn & Jerry Parson Arlene & Terry Riegel Jane & Bruce Robert Lawrence Smilgius Beverly Smith Marcia L. Smith Mary Kaye & Donald J. Sparaco Saundra & Peter Spilotro Kathryn Stromberger Bonnie & Don Tripi Elizabeth Schessler & Thomas Unger

G u l f s h o re Play h ou s e Vo l u nte e r Us h e r s Volunteers are an integral part of the work we do. Volunteering is a great way to enjoy theatrical experiences and socialize with fellow theatre-lovers. We are so grateful for our volunteers! Frank Agitali Maria Lane Arends Elizabeth Allen Larry Allen Lisa Auclair Dianne Bacon* Daniel Badley Katherine Baer Doris Balconi+ Gary Balconi+ Melody Bales Kaylene Balzer Doris E. Barrett* Angela Barris Robert Bartenstein Maria Bello Jeanette Benfante+ Arlene Bialkowski+ Ron Bieganek Judi Bloom Tammy Bower-Yorty Pat Bradford Jeanine Brakefield* Katie Brill* Frank Caccamise* Onetia Cameron Nidia Candelmo Lori Carr J Carroll Connie Carter Maureen Casey-Coe Bob Castonguay Nancy Castonguay Donna Caughman Monisha Charles Gail Chazanovitz Melanie Chiani* Michael Clayman Art Collins Bonnie Cousineau Fran Coyle Laureen Coyne Janice Cressman Maureen Crichton+ Stuart Crichton+ Leona Curzi Nancy Daras Shirley Day 58

Cathy DeMartis+ Zeke DeMartis+ Marianne Dicampo Susan Dixon Bruce Dolin* Sandra Dolin* Kathleen Donelli Barbara Donohue John Donohue Moira Dougherty* Rich Dougherty Janine Dowdle Damien Drab Janet Dubeau+ Dot Dunbar Robert Dunbar Beverly Duncan* Katie Ekker* Greg Ellis* Jan Ellis* Celene Evans Carrol Ewert* Larry Ewert* Carol Fahl Steve Fapka Gail Fitch Linnea Fraser Linda Friis Maria Gannatti Joe Gargiulo Bunny Gartner Craig Goeske+ Dave Golya* Hector Gonzalez Marie Goodier Charlene Gould+ David Greener Nancy Greener Ray Grimmon* Lori Hajec Dave Hanson Tammy Harris+ Annette Herrick Jacqui Higgins Cliff Hogen Steve Holtz Ed Hunt Maggie Hunt

Linda Johnson* Cindy Jones Lori Joyce Keven Joyce Shelagh Joyce Rose Kalba* Beth Keenan* Carolyn Kerl* Linda Knight Eileen Komanecky Beverly Lachenmayer Frances Lang Karen Lang* Ron Lanning Margaret Lemon Helane LePort Jane Levine* Michael Levine* Gabriel Lewis Joe Libertelli* Betty Liming* Dan Liming* Rashida Loya Nancy Lucey Angela Maguire* Renee Marino* Paola Martello Lorel Martens+ Mary Martini Lisa Mash Lola Mason Marybeth Mastrianni Lisa Mathe Carol Matyniak+ Pat McAlevey Victoria McCally Debron McCartney+ Harry McCartney+ Connell McGeehan Cindi McKnight* Dave McKnight* Kathryn McMullen John Meade Elizabeth Mellon Karen Miller Colleen Minogue Ken Moffat Laurie Mountford Nancy Moylan John Murphy David Mario Nal Craig Nayhouse Bobbie Nemerson* Rich Nemerson* Catherine Nelson Debra Noons

Nancy Oakes Rod Oakes Susan O’Brien Maureen Okeefe Debbie Olsen+ Aley Osorio Nora Ousley* Joe Paczkowski+ Lorraine Paczkowski+ Linda Palmer* Ray Palmer* Mary Parelli Maria Parillo Robert Parillo Doris Parker Karen Patrico* Maria Pentakis* Amy Picotte* Bob Picotte Gerry Pierce* Ashley Pollard Spenser Pollard Angelo Polizzi* Cynthia Popp Cecelia Price* Ingrid Prieditis Alison Pruitt Dolores Pytlik Bob Ray Linda Ray David Randell Gail Reifsnyder+ Peter Reifsnyder+ June Reeves Susan Reville Lynda Reymann+ Suzanne Rhea Dan Ricks+ June Ricks+ Wendy Rieger Melinda Rinzivillo Gail Riva+ Kaitlyn Rispoli Cheryl Ritchie Kathy Rogers Keylis Roque Tracy Rosen Debbie Rough* Maria Rozo Ann Rubright Charles Sabo* Sharon Sabo* Donna Santamarina Daniel Schriner Alicia Schwartz Mary Scioscia

Neil Scioscia Robbie Short Nancy Sekulich+ Jully Seybert* Randy Seybert* Jeannette Simon Roger Simon Carol Simpson Jean Sloan Hollie Smillie Tom Smillie Beverly Smith* Jeannie Smith* Maria Sour Christine Spangler Michael Stanek Mary Steffan* Leslie Strauss+ Dave Sutton Sharon Sutton Deb Taylor Rich Taylor Roberta Taylor+ Rodger Taylor+ Carol Thexton* Sharon Thoemke* Calvin Thomas Patty Tilghman Candi Tipton Ann Todd Dottie Tormey Suzanne Trevors* Fran Tucker* Stan Tucker* Ken Turner Sue Turner* Louise Valentine* Barbara Vegter Margaret Walrod MJ Wann Karen Weinman Jeannine Whitlock* Daphne Whitman Kate Wilde Rob Wilde Nancy Woodward Nancy Woolf Suzanne Worthington Yelena Yurinets David Zipfel Paula Zipfel * 5+ years of service +10+ years of service

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