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SE A SON AN GEL S Jane & Steve Akin, Patty & Jay Baker, Glenda & Rich Struthers

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Dear Friends, Happy New Year! If you’re returning to us, welcome back. If you’re here for the first time, welcome to Gulfshore Playhouse for what will undoubtedly be a spectacular year. We’re starting strong with two incredible productions: the classic Agatha Christie mystery, The Mousetrap, on the Moran Mainstage, and the world premiere of Circle Forward by Deb Hiett in the Struthers Studio. Circle Forward came to us through our 2023 New Works Festival. After a brief interlude while we settled into our new space, I’m thrilled to say that we are relaunching our new play development festival once again, this time rebranded as the Next Wave Festival. Join us January 31st-February 1st for an exciting weekend of new play readings. This year, we’ll be presenting staged readings of three unproduced plays, curated by us by working with agents and industry professionals. Not only will you get to play an important role in the development of these works, a Festival pass will grant you access to exclusive events where you’ll get to interact with the artists and your fellow theatre-lovers. And that’s just in January! If you don’t have your tickets for the hilarious comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, the unforgettable Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, and Ken Ludwig’s heartwarming Dear Jack, Dear Louise, I’d encourage you to do that now. Each one of these productions will be a real treat. Registration is now open for our Gulfshore Playhouse Education Conservatory spring and summer programs and productions. We have numerous after-school classes running throughout the winter and spring, as well as auditions for Six: Teen Edition on March 4th. And if the children in your life are looking for a fun, fulfilling way to spend their summer, check out our full range of summer camps and productions: Disney’s Freaky Friday and Disney’s Newsies Jr. And our Education programs aren’t just for kids! We’ve also got fitness classes, lectures, Paint ‘n Sip, and more opportunities for students of every age. Gulfshore Playhouse continues to grow, and that is entirely thanks to you. Live theatre provides a way for humans to connect with one another in these often isolating times, as well as watch real people making art in front of your eyes. I hope that while you watch the performance and you share a collective gasp or laugh, you feel, as I do, about why the theatregoing experience is so vital and exceptional. Maybe you’ll even join us at the lobby bar after the show. Either way, I hope you see Gulfshore Playhouse as your home for professional theatre. Thank you so much for being here. I hope you enjoy the show! With gratitude, Kristen Coury Founder, CEO, and Producing Artistic Director G U L F S H O R E P L AY H O U S E

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A letter from the Chairman of the Board On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am delighted to welcome you to the 2025–2026 season at Gulfshore Playhouse. We are coming off an extraordinary inaugural year in the magnificent Baker Theatre and Education Center, and I am thrilled to welcome you back for our second season in this new home. As Chairman of the Board, one of my greatest joys has been seeing the excitement and pride our community feels in having a theatre of this caliber here in Naples. We’ve watched our audience grow, expanded our reach through education programs, welcomed neighbors and friends into our lobby and bar, and opened our doors to events for organizations and businesses across the region. The growing awareness of the art being produced and the activities happening daily at Gulfshore Playhouse are wonderful signs for the future. With growth comes greater responsibility. The cost of producing theatre at this level continues to rise, as does the need for expanded staff and resources. Yet the impact of this work could not be clearer. Theatre enriches our lives and strengthens our community. It takes the vision of leadership, the creativity and hard work of a dedicated staff, the guidance of an experienced Board, the generosity of donors, and the loyalty of an engaged audience to make it all possible. This season promises many exciting productions and opportunities—far more than I can highlight here. I encourage you to discover the many ways you can take part in all that Gulfshore Playhouse has to offer. Thank you for being here. I hope this season brings you joy, inspiration, insight, and unforgettable experiences. Thank you, Steve Akin Chairman of the Board

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Donor Spotlight Anthony and Beverly Petullo

Honoring a Transformative Gift for Gulfshore Playhouse Education

Anthony and Beverly Petullo attending the K-5 student matinee performance of White Christmas.

Gulfshore Playhouse is proud to recognize Anthony and Beverly Petullo, whose extraordinary generosity continues to transform the lives of young people throughout Southwest Florida. In 2024, the Petullos made a visionary $1.5 million endowment to support Gulfshore Playhouse Education.

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Today, we are honored to celebrate their additional $500,000 commitment, bringing their total endowment investment to an incredible $2 million. This gift strengthens the long-term sustainability of our educational programs and ensures that thousands of students will experience the power of live theatre for generations to come. 5

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For the Petullos, the inspiration behind their philanthropy is simple yet profound: every child deserves access to the performing arts. They often emphasize the importance of exposing young people to creativity, imagination, and storytelling, all opportunities that can spark curiosity, foster empathy, and broaden a student’s sense of what is possible. Nowhere is their impact more visible than at our Gulfshore Playhouse Student Matinees, which are funded entirely through their endowment. Each season, hundreds of students pour into our theatre, many stepping into a professional performance space for the very first time. Student matinee performance of Anything Goes.

The Petullos often attend these performances and share that few things bring them more joy than witnessing children experience “theatre magic” the moment the lights dim, the curtain rises, and a world of possibility unfolds before them.

They hope their gift inspires others to support the Gulfshore Playhouse endowment, ensuring that this professional theatre continues to thrive in our community for generations to come. Because of Anthony and Beverly Petullo’s remarkable generosity, these transformative experiences are not only possible today, they are guaranteed for the future. Their leadership and passion for arts education inspire all of us, and we are deeply grateful for their unwavering belief in the power of theatre to change lives.

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Donor Spotlight Brigitte and James Marino SE A SON AMBA S SADORS

Gulfshore Playhouse is proud to spotlight longtime supporters Brigitte and James Marino, whose personal and professional journeys reflect a deep commitment to excellence, entrepreneurship, and community. Brigitte spent many years as the co-owner of a highly successful hair salon in New Jersey. Her talent and leadership helped shape the business into a thriving, respected establishment. After marrying James in 1985, the salon was eventually sold to dedicated employees, whom Brigitte continued to mentor for several years, ensuring the business’s continued success. James has spent more than fifty years in the transportation industry, building an impressive career defined by innovation and vision. He began at a young age driving 18-wheel semi-trailers before launching his own trucking company, which he later sold. Recognizing the future of freight logistics, James went on to pioneer a forwardthinking freight-handling venture that thrived for over two decades. His next chapter brought him to Hub Group, an Illinois-based organization where he served as a co-partner as the company expanded to 34 cities nationwide. Hub Group later went public in the 1990s and remains a prominent presence on the NASDAQ under the call letters HUBG. For many years, Brigitte and James have generously supported Gulfshore Playhouse, inspired by a shared belief in the life-changing power of professional theatre. They express heartfelt gratitude to everyone whose dedication has helped bring worldclass productions to Naples, from the beloved days at the Norris Center to the exciting era of our new theatre. Their continued support helps ensure that each performance shines with the exceptional professional artistry, talent, and storytelling that defines Gulfshore Playhouse. We are deeply grateful for Brigitte and James’ enduring support and enthusiasm. Without their commitment, achieving our vision would not have been possible. 7

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S TARRIN G ( IN ORDER OF APPE AR AN CE ) Tarah Flanagan Tony Carter Gavin Michaels Beth Hylton Christopher Gerson Elisabeth Yancey Brian Owen Michael Doherty

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Robert Mark Morgan**

Kathleen Geldard**

Jimmy Lawlor**

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WIG DESIGNER

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Jane Shaw**

Bobbie Zlotnik

Patrick Mulryan

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S TAGE M A N AGE R

Eli Lynn

Kristen Larson

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D I REC TOR OF PRODU C T I ON

Michael Cassara, CSA

Ray Inkel

COO & MANAGING DIRECTOR

CEO & PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Joel Markus

Kristen Coury D IREC T E D BY

Laura Kepley

SHOW SP O NSO RS :

Jeri L. Wolfson & Lynda Sylvester

The Director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. 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 United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829

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CA S T OF C H AR AC T ERS ( IN ORDER OF APPE AR AN CE ) Mollie Ralston ��Tarah Flanagan Giles Ralston �� Tony Carter Christopher Wren �� Gavin Michaels Mrs. Boyle ��Beth Hylton Major Metcalf �� Christopher Gerson Miss Casewell �� Elisabeth Yancey Mr. Paravicini.............................................................................................. Brian Owen Detective Sergeant Trotter �� Michael Doherty RUN T IME 2 hours and 10 minutes including a 10-minute intermission. SE T T IN G The Great Hall at Monkswell Manor, 1950s.

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.

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.

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

The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production and distributing recordings or streams in any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author(s)’s rights and actionable under United States copyright law. For more information: please visit: concordtheatricals.com/ resources/protecting-artists SPECI AL T H ANKS Asolo Repertory Theatre and Cleveland Play House.

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Director’s Note I have loved Agatha Christie mysteries ever since I first encountered the movie version of Evil Under the Sun when I was twelve. Once I discovered it was based on a novel, I ran to the library and then many a night was spent, after official bed time hours, reading by flashlight underneath the covers. Thrilled and terrified, I traveled through the fascinating and dangerous worlds she created, where nothing was as it seems. In addition to stimulating my imagination and making my heart race, the Christie mysteries taught me empathy and critical thinking. I imagined myself in the characters’ shoes. Thinking about their motives and analyzing their behavior from many different angles catalyzed a lifelong interest in psychology. I didn’t know at the time that the interests, passions, and skills triggered by the Christie mysteries would become foundational to my work as a director and theatre-maker. I like to think of myself as a “Theatrical Detective:” searching for clues in the script; empathizing with the characters while examining them under a magnifying glass; and hunting for the hidden truths of the human experience. To direct this play, it was essential to uncover the characters’ buried secrets and traumas coming out of WWII. They have been ravaged by the depravations and horrors of war and are now desperate to create a sense of order and security. Some are anxious to return to “normal” pre-war times, others to build a new and more enlightened world. All the characters struggle with how to deal with the past. They ask: Is it best to try to forget and drive forward? Or is that shirking responsibility and running away? Is the painful process of unearthing a terrible secret the only way to truly heal? As this is a story from Agatha Christie, it is naturally full of misdirection, menace, mystery, and murder. But she also layers in mercy. Her play urges us to take care of each other, while warning us of the horrible consequences when we, as individuals and as a society, turn a blind eye on cruelty and abuse. Ultimately, her story reminds us that communal compassion and grace will guide us to salvation. It has been a very special experience to direct this play with this outstanding company of actors and artists, while being so gracefully and compassionately cared for by every member of the Gulfshore Playhouse family. Thank you, and enjoy the show. Laura Kepley Director

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About the Author Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and, in many languages, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 66 crime novels, 150 short stories, over 20 plays, and six novels written under the name Mary Westmacott. Her work includes Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and the genre-defining And Then There Were None. Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was written towards the end of the First World War, in which she served in the Voluntary Aid Detachment. In it, she created Hercule Poirot, the little Belgian detective who was destined to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. It was published by Bodley Head in 1920. In 1926, after averaging a book a year, Agatha Christie wrote her first masterpiece. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was the first of her books to be published by Collins and marked the beginning of an author-publisher relationship that lasted for 50 years and well over 70 books. Ackroyd was also the first of Agatha Christie’s books to be dramatized – under the title Alibi – and to have a successful run in London’s West End. By 1930, Agatha had introduced a new character to act as detective. When she created Miss Marple, Agatha did not expect her to become Poirot’s rival, but with The Murder at the Vicarage, Miss Marple’s first full-length outing, it appeared she had produced another popular and enduring character. The Mousetrap, her most successful play of all, opened in 1952 and is the longestrunning play in history. Agatha Christie was made a dame in 1971. She died in 1976. Agatha Christie Limited (ACL) has been managing the literary and media rights to Agatha Christie’s works around the world since 1955, working with the best talents in film, television, publishing, stage and on digital platforms to ensure that Christie’s work continues to reach new audiences in innovative ways and to the highest standard. The company is managed by Christie’s great grandson James Prichard.

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About the Cast Tony Carter (Giles Ralston) is a Chicago based actor who’s excited to be returning to Florida where he recently played Tony Wendice in Dial M for Murder at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota! Chicago credits include: Oliver in As You Like It (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast (Drury Lane Theatre); Dr. Mesmer in Mesmerized (Chicago Children’s Theatre); and Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (First Folio Theatre). Regional credits include the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Utah Festival Opera, Actors Theatre of Indiana, and Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre where he most recently played Sky Masterson in Guys & Dolls. He wants to thank Gulfshore Playhouse for rescuing him from Chicago winter and dedicates this performance to his partner Dani with all of his Love. You can follow Tony on instagram @tonyscarter.

Michael Doherty (Detective Sergeant Trotter) is an awardwinning actor and writer with over 70 professional theatre credits from around the country. Previously at Gulfshore Playhouse: Paul in Moon Over Buffalo. Off-Broadway: Jimmy in Dublin by Lamplight (59E59). Regional: Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest (Guthrie); Jason/Tyrone in Hand to God (Berkeley Rep; Theatre Bay Area Award); Younger Brother in Ragtime, Dogberry in Much Ado, Oz in Come From Away, Rick Steadman in The Nerd (Milwaukee Rep); Charlie in The Foreigner, Mr. Green in Clue, Fanny Babbs in Charley’s Aunt, Narrator in Every Brilliant Thing (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Chris in The Play That Goes Wrong (Cleveland Play House); Ollie in the world premiere of Tiny Houses (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Play House), Actor 1 in Baskerville, Prince John in Sherwood (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Topper in A Christmas Carol (Denver Center), Justin in Assistance (Wilma), Leo Bloom in The Producers, Lucullus in Timon of Athens (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher (Connecticut Rep; CT Critics’ Circle Nomination); Leaf Coneybear in Spelling Bee (Theatre Horizon; Barrymore Award). TV: “Wu Tang: An American Saga” (Hulu/FX), “Take My Muffin” (ToonBox Studios), “Los Jarochos” (pilot; Best Writing, iTV Festival). Podcast: Mythic Thunderlute, A D&D Podcast Musical (co-creator). 15

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Upcoming: Oliver in Da at Redhouse Arts Center. His play, Dogberry & Verges Are Scared, debuted in the Philly Fringe and will continue its rolling world premiere at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company this summer. Love to Alex and the cats. IG: @thedohberman; Website: mikedoh.com

Tarah Flanagan (Mollie Ralston) is delighted to return to Gulfshore Playhouse having last appeared as Penelope in The Lady Demands Satisfaction, directed by Jeffery Binder. New York Theatre: The Sheen Center, The Mint Theatre, and the titular role in The Little Prince, directed by Kim Martin-Cotten at the Pearl Theatre. Regional Theatre: Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Alabama Shakes. Fest (world premiere of Buzz, dir. by Carrie Preston) Arkansas Rep, Cleveland Play House (Every Brilliant Thing dir. Laura Kepley, An Iliad), Cincinnati Playhouse (world premiere of Rooted by Deborah Zoe Laufer), Clarence Brown Theatre, Crossroads Theatre, Eugene O’Neil Theatre, Fulton Theatre, Pacific Conservatory Theatre, Pioneer Theatre, Public Theatre of Maine, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, Studio Arena Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (titular role in St. Joan). She has been a company member of the Great River Shakespeare Festival since 2007. TV/Film: Ramy, directed by Ramy Youssef (Hulu). “As the World Turns” (CBS), “Futurestates” (PBS), “Mother’s Book,” directed by Keith Joseph Atkins, and “Darwin: The Series,” directed by Carrie Preston. Training: PCPA, Sergant Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University (BFA) Alabama Shakespeare Fest. UA Tuscaloosa (MFA).

Christopher Gerson (Major Metcalf) was most recently seen in Sherwood and Hamlet at The Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Other recent credits include The Mousetrap and Laughter on the 23rd Floor at Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, Off-Broadway in Chains at The Mint, Alabama Story, BUZZ, Our Town at ASF, and the title role of Richard III at The Great River Shakespeare Festival. Theatre credits include: South Coast Repertory Theatre, Red Bull Theater, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cleveland Play House, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, The Actors Gang, and the Pioneer Theatre. Television/Film: Evil (Paramount), The Other Two (HBO), G U L F S H O R E P L AY H O U S E

About the Cast “Blacklist,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Prodigal Son,” “Mr. Robot,” “The Good Fight,” “Younger,” “Days of Our Lives,” and “Chicago Hope.”

Beth Hylton (Mrs. Boyle) is thrilled to return to Gulfshore Playhouse, having previously performed here in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Into the Breeches, Steel Magnolias, A Doll’s House, and Blithe Spirit. Beth is a proud member of the resident company of actors at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, where she has performed in over 25 productions, from world premieres to American and European classics. Favorite roles at Everyman include Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Rosemary in Outside Mullingar, Margot in Dial M for Murder, Marie Antoinette in The Revolutionists, and Bella in The Sound Inside. This spring at Everyman, Beth will appear as Masha in Sonia Vanya Masha and Spike. Off-Broadway: At 59E59 — Liz in Handbagged (director Indhu Rubasingham). Other NYC: NYC Fringe Fest, Gorilla Rep, founding member, Ground Floor Theatre Lab, and Todo Con Nada. Beth’s favorite regional credits include Rachael in Appropriate and Betty #1 in Collective Rage (world premieres), both at Woolly Mammoth; Amanda in Private Lives at Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre; Bev and Kathy in Clybourne Park at Baltimore Center Stage; Lunenburg at the Public Theatre of Maine; and the one-person play Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up at Round House. Other regional credits: Rep Stage, Olney Theatre Center, Historic Ford’s Theatre, Kennedy Center Eisenhower Stage, The Folger, Maltz Jupiter, Delaware Theatre Company, Weston Playhouse, PlayMakers Rep, NC Stage. TV/Film: “Law and Order” (2022), “House of Cards,” “One Life to Live,” “Thespian,” the indie feature The Other You, and Beth is currently part of the ensemble cast of the streaming series Deep End on Fawesome TV/YouTube. More info available at www.bethhyltonactor.com. Beth has an MFA from UNC-Chapel Hill/PATP.

Gavin Michaels (Christopher Wren) is from wonderfully rainy Seattle, Washington, and currently based out of New York City. Regional theatre credits include Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Cleveland Play House) and Helmy in Crooked Cross (Mint Theatre, Off-Broadway). 17

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He recently appeared on “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC). He is a proud graduate of the Case Western Reserve University/CPH MFA Acting Program. In summer 2025, he wrapped production on Son of Bysshe, an eccentric period drama short film he produced and starred in about the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. More info: gavinmichaels.com /@_gavinmichaels

Brian Owen (Mr. Paravicini) can’t believe his luck returning once more to Gulfshore Playhouse, and feels immeasurable gratitude to be part of this generous ensemble of artists. His favorite roles are husband to his wife Nicole and official bellyscratcher of their dog Ms. Starbara Miriam Stanwyck. You can currently hear him as Dogberry in the Play On Podcast’s Much Ado About Nothing and the Original Cast Album of Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical, both streaming now! Previously at Gulfshore Playhouse in Noises Off, The 39 Steps, and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Other selected credits include Sesame Street, Boeing Boeing, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, That Parenting Musical, Bye Bye Birdie, five times riding the hurricane of Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, the premieres of Dog Man: The Musical and Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Matchmaker and too many productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to count. Grateful to be part of Team Boals, Winnett and Associates, much love and thanks. Proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. MFA: FSU/ Asolo Conservatory. Felt Art: @difficultlemondesigns (IG) difficultlemon.com

Elisabeth Yancey (Miss Casewell) is thrilled to return to Gulfshore Playhouse, where she was last seen in Barefoot in the Park! Recent credits include the first national tour of Clue (Yvette), as well as regional work with Palm Beach Dramaworks, Cleveland Play House, Oberlin Summer Theater Festival, and Wellesley Repertory Theater. Chautauqua Institute Conservatory, 2020; MFA Acting (CWRU/CPH); BA Theatre Studies (Wellesley College); Certificate in Classical Acting (LAMDA) IG: @elisabethyancey

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About the Creatives Laura Kepley (Director) is thrilled to be making her Gulfshore Playhouse debut. She has directed over 60 productions nationally, including at The Alliance Theatre, Asolo Repertory Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Play House, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Everyman Theatre, Syracuse Stage, and Trinity Repertory Company, among others. She has served on the faculty of Brown University and Case Western Reserve University. Laura was Artistic Director of Cleveland Play House for nine years, and during her tenure, CPH earned the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony® Award. Education: Northwestern University (BA) and Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company (MFA).

Robert Mark Morgan (Scenic Designer) is delighted to be designing his first show at Gulfshore Playhouse. He is a teaching professor and researcher on the topics of design and creativity at Washington University in St. Louis, and has designed for theatre, museum, film, VR theatre, and theme park venues. His Creativity Call workshop has been presented at conferences nationally and internationally. His stage designs have been seen onstage nationally at Asolo Repertory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Merrimack Rep, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Alliance Theatre, Barrington Stage, Marin Theatre Company, the Old Globe, the MUNY (St. Louis), and American Conservatory Theatre. Rob authored a book on creativity through the lens of stage design called The Art of Scenic Design: A Practical Guide to the Creative Process, and is a proud member of USA-829. For more on his work, visit www.morgansetdesign.com

Kathleen Geldard (Costume Designer) Regional Theatre: Signature Theatre: Hair, Assassins, Billy Elliot; Alabama Shakespeare Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Tempest, Macbeth; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Macbeth; Denver Center for the Performing Arts: The 39 Steps; Cincinnati Playhouse; Arena Stage; Everyman Theatre; Woolly Mammoth; Kennedy Center; Studio Theatre; Round House Theatre; Imagination Stage; Folger Theatre; Portland Center Stage; Actors Theatre of Louisville: Humana Festivals (2015–2018); Huntington Theatre; La Jolla Playhouse; Berkeley Rep; CenterStage; Florida Studio Theatre; Weston Playhouse; Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Cape Playhouse; Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. Opera: Washington National Opera: Macbeth; Metropolitan Opera: Associate Designer, Grounded.

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Jimmy Lawlor (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to return to Gulfshore Playhouse! At Gulfshore Playhouse: Informed Consent, An Enemy of the People, My Fair Lady, Do This, Merchant of Venice, Leading Ladies, The Price, Scapino, Miss Keller Has No 2nd Book, Mystery of Irma Vep, An Iliad, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Revolutionists, Saint Joan, It’s a Wonderful Life, Native Gardens, The Lady Demands Satisfaction, The 39 Steps, Noises Off, and GP Galas since 2018. Jimmy is a Scorpio, father, cat owner, and music enthusiast who enjoys scotch and bourbon. He only runs when chased. Jimmy designs lighting for opera, theatre, dance, corporate clients, architecture, interiors, and more. His New York work includes Broadway, OffBroadway, and beyond. His work has been seen internationally, and he is currently on the resident lighting design team of the Metropolitan Opera. MFA from NYU Tisch. Member of USA 829. Website: www.lawlordesign.com

Jane Shaw (Sound Designer) Gulfshore Playhouse: debut. Previously with director Laura Kepley: productions at Cleveland Play House, including The Crucible and Shakespeare in Love, and Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville and Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood at Alabama Shakespeare. Recent credits include A Doll’s House (Guthrie), Archduke (Roundabout), Dial M for Murder (Two River), Prosperous Fools (Theatre for a New Audience, NYC), Leopoldstadt (Huntington, Shakespeare Theatre Company), Music City (Bedlam), and A View from the Bridge (Long Wharf ). NYC: Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Mint Theater Company, National Black Theatre, Repertorio Español, and NYTW. Recognition: Drama Desk, Connecticut Critics Circle, Henry Award, Bessie Award. Ms. Shaw is a Kansas native living in Brooklyn. She is a graduate of Harvard and the Yale School of Drama. Proud member of TSDCA and USA Local 829. Website: www.janeshaw.com

Bobbie Zlotnik (Wig Designer) is an NYC-based hair designer and is ecstatic to return to Naples for his 16th Gulfshore Playhouse production. Previous Gulfshore Playhouse shows include: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Sweet Charity, Anything Goes, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Dial M for Murder, Noises Off, and She Loves Me. Off-Broadway: Emojiland (Drama Desk Nom.), Gene & Gilda, Charles Busch’s Ibsen’s Ghost, Gatsby Immersive, Fairycakes, Forbidden Broadway, and countless others. National Tours: Here You Come Again, Emojiland, Cocomelon LIVE, On Your Feet (also Ogunquit Playhouse & La Mirada). Film/ TV: The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Gilded Age, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Stranger Things, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness. Select Regional Credits: Williamstown Theatre Festival: Camino Real, Not About Nightingales, Spirit of the People. Cape Playhouse: Joan, Rent, Come From Away, Buddy, Waitress, Beautiful, Baskerville, Camelot, An American in Paris, Sense & Sensibility, Jersey Boys, G U L F S H O R E P L AY H O U S E

About the Creatives and Ain’t Misbehavin’. The Lex: Joseph…, 42nd Street, Fiddler, Jersey Boys, White Christmas, The Sound of Music, Memphis, The Little Mermaid, Newsies, and Music Man. Sharon Playhouse: Million Dollar Quartet, Annie, Sylvia, and The Mousetrap. Penguin Rep: Gene & Gilda, The Virtuous Life of Joseph Andrews, and Souvenir. Syracuse Stage: Cinderella, Murder On The Orient Express, Tender Rain, and Our Town. Upcoming: A Christmas Carol (The Lex), Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big Jersey Christmas Show (George Street), Frozen (Syracuse Stage), The Importance of Being Earnest, and Beautiful (Gulfshore Playhouse). Website: www.BobbieZlotnik.com

Patrick Mulryan (Dialects) as a Voice and Dialect Coach, Patrick is currently represented on Broadway by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Lyric) and OffBroadway by The Play That Goes Wrong (New World Stages). Last season, he coached the Gulfshore Playhouse production of Anything Goes, and this season he worked on Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at Gulfshore Playhouse. Past Broadway credits include David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face (Roundabout), starring Daniel Dae Kim and Francis Jue (who won a 2025 Tony® for his performance), and Left on Tenth, starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher and directed by Susan Stroman. Other past credits include Corruption at Lincoln Center Theater (directed by Bartlett Sher), Lost in Yonkers at Hartford Stage (co-directed by and starring Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason), and Sweat at the Huntington Theater Company, for which the cast received the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Ensemble. Directing credits include Indian Ink, Raison d’être: an Evening of Pirandello (also adaptor), and Goblin Market (JJewell Productions), which he directed in New York at 59E59 and abroad at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. Acting credits include Menier Chocolate Factory (London), Roundabout Theatre, EST, Barrow Street/TFANA, La MaMa, McCarter, Old Globe, Trinity Rep, and the Guthrie. Patrick is a member of the Voice and Speech faculty at the Juilliard School in the Drama Division. He received his MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep and is a certified teacher of the Miller Voice Method (mVm). Patrick is also a board member of Colored Criticism, an organization that highlights the voices of artists, audiences, and professionals historically sidelined from cultural criticism.

Eli Lynn (Fight Director) is a Philadelphia-based actor, award-winning fight director, and IDC-certified Intimacy Director. Recent FD/ID work includes The Comeuppance (Wilma/Woolly Mammoth), Great Expectations (The Acting Company), Macbeth (Lantern Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors, Peter Panto, Raisin in the Sun (People’s Light), The Play That Goes Wrong (1812 Productions/PA Shakespeare Festival), and feature film Scabs (Tommy Butler). Their work has been seen at numerous regional theatres, including The Wilma, Arden Theatre, 21

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PA Shakespeare Festival, People’s Light, InterAct Theatre, Theatre Exile, Philadelphia Theatre Co., and Philadelphia Artists Collective, among many others. They also choreograph and teach workshops at regional universities, including UPenn, Princeton, Temple, Rutgers (Camden), Villanova, and Arcadia. They have studied stage combat for over 15 years, and are a certified Advanced Actor Combatant with five international organizations. They are also an Artistic Associate at Philadelphia Artists’ Collective. Love always to V. Eli-Lynn.com. @EverInMotley

Kristen Larson (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working with Gulfshore Playhouse and getting to know Naples. She has 13 seasons working with Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas, where some of her favorite credits include: The Glass Menagerie, Noises Off, Edward Albee’s Seascape, Clue, Sweat, Sense and Sensibility, 1984, Murder on the Orient Express, The Humans, Twelfth Night, Holmes and Watson, The 39 Steps, A Christmas Carol, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In the 2020–2021 season, Krissy served as Assistant Director for several of the Alley’s digital productions, including Medea, An Enemy of the People, and A Christmas Carol. Krissy has also worked on several new plays/World Premieres, including The Body Snatcher, Little Comedies, Lover Beloved (with Susanne Vega), Syncing Ink (Alley Theatre), The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry (Perseverance Theatre), The Last Duck (Jackalope Theatre), and Hit The Wall (The Inconvenience). Even more work with Theatre Under The Stars, Stages Theatre, Profiles Theatre, and Forestburgh Playhouse. When she’s not at the theatre, Krissy amuses herself by reading memoirs, collecting stickers, digging through bins at record stores, finding the best coffee shops, asking about your astrological big three, spotting out-of-state license plates, and hanging out with her dog Izzy. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. For Matt and Ten, always.

Michael Cassara, CSA (Casting Director) casts theatre and film in New York City and is thrilled to return to Gulfshore Playhouse for a 17th season, having cast over 70 productions here since 2009. Recent credits include American Eclipse (Michael John LaChiusa, dir. Bill Rauch), An American In Paris (Int’l Tour, dir Christopher Wheeldon), Spamilton (NYC/Chicago/Pittsburgh CLO/tour), Forbidden Broadway (last five editions/albums), and over 750 plays and musicals since 2003. Regional credits include Weston Theater Company, Argyle Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Denver Center, Asolo Rep, and many more. Resident Casting Director for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) since 2013. Michael is a native Clevelander and serves on the BFA faculty at Wright State University. Member, Casting Society of America (CSA). BFA, Otterbein University. MichaelCassara.net @michaelcassara

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About the Creatives Joel Markus (COO & Managing Director) is thrilled to be in his eighth 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 grow and quadruple the theatre’s budget, triple the staff, has co-managed the design and construction of the new $72M Baker Theatre and Education Center, the production shop 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 was recognized as one of the top COOs in SWFL by the Community Foundation. Joel’s thirty year career has taken him to some of our nation’s leading professional regional theatres. He most recently spent seven seasons at America’s oldest theatre, Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. 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 Founder, CEO and Producing Artistic Director of Gulfshore Playhouse. She founded the Playhouse in 2004, and shortly thereafter started producing with no staff and virtually no funding. Under her leadership, the Playhouse has grown to a staff of 83 people with an annual budget of $14.5M with no long-term debt. Kristen led the charge to create the iconic $75M state-of-the-art Baker Theatre and Education Center at the gateway to downtown Naples, which opened on November 1st, 2024. As part of this project, Coury ignited one of the largest public/private partnerships in City of Naples history, initiating a land-swap with the Wynn family and subsequently donating over an acre of land to the City upon which to build a public parking garage. While in New York, she worked on Broadway for Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, and for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s company, The Really Useful Group, and made her feature film directorial debut with an independent film entitled Friends and Family. Kristen is also a frequent investor in Broadway productions, most recently A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. Kristen has directed nearly 50 productions for the Playhouse. Most recently, she directed the final production in the Norris Center, the musical She Loves Me, and the inaugural show in the Baker Theatre and Education Center, Anything Goes and has just completed directing Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Kristen was named one of the Men and Women of the Year by Gulfshore Life in 2013 and again in 2024. She also received the Murray Hendel Award for Civic Achievement in 2023. 23

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She served two terms on the board of Theatre Communications Group, the national advocacy group for professional theatre and is currently a member of the board of the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce. Kristen is very honored to have been appointed to Florida Council for arts and culture by Senate President Kathleen Passidomo. She was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Business Leaders in Collier County by Naples Illustrated for the last four years, and, this year, was listed in the 2025 Edition of Florida Trend Magazine as one of the 500 Most Influential Business Leaders in the State of Florida.

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Dramaturgical Notes

Agatha Christie, 1946 UPI/Bettmann Archive

Agatha Christie is known as the “Queen of Crime” (the nickname is actually trademarked by her estate), and for very good reason. For one thing, she was astonishingly prolific in her 56-year-long career as a writer, producing 66 crime novels, 154 short stories, and 20 original plays. For another, she enjoyed an unusual degree of success, not just for a woman in the twentieth century, but for any person in human history. It is estimated that her books have sold over 2 billion copies worldwide, making her the most-published novelist of all time and the third alltime bestseller right after William Shakespeare and the Bible. And, perhaps most relevantly, she wrote what became the longest-running play in human history: The Mousetrap. Its West End run, which first premiered in 1952, celebrated its 30,000th performance in spring 2025. Though she only began playwriting towards the end of her career, Christie had been a fan of theatre since her childhood. Everyone in her family loved it, frequently attending performances at the local theatre and the Theatre Royal and Opera House in Abbey Road. Her great-aunt took her to the theatre once a week whenever she visited. In fact, the first story Agatha ever wrote was a short play for her and her sister, Madge, about the inheritance of an old castle. She once harbored aspirations of becoming an opera singer, and she noted that one of the “highlights of my existence” was appearing in a youth production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the Guard in which she played the hero, Colonel Fairfax.

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During her adolescence, she befriended the theatrical impresario C.B. Cochran, who eventually launched the career of Noël Coward, a playwright Agatha greatly admired and would later dethrone when The Mousetrap surpassed Blithe Spirit’s record for longest running West End show. The Cochrans invited Agatha to their house in London where she was privy to all sorts of theatrical gossip. This fascination and love for the theatre and the people who inhabited that world continued throughout her life. Some have classified her playwriting as almost a “hobby.” A passion she was able to pursue because her “day job” as a novelist was so fruitful. However, that phrasing is somewhat dismissive of her success and the true craft of her stage works. It seemed that Agatha Christie truly loved writing plays. She notes in her autobiography: Of course I knew that writing books was my steady, solid profession. I could go on inventing plots and writing my books until I went gaga...writing plays seemed to me entrancing simply because it wasn’t my job, because I hadn’t got the Agatha Christie, 1950 feeling that I had to think of Getty Images a play – I only had to write the play that I was already thinking of. Plays are much easier to write than books, because you can see them in your mind’s eye, you are not hampered by all the description that clogs you so terribly in a book and stops you getting on with what’s happening. The circumscribed limits of the stage simplify things for you. You don’t have to follow the heroine up and down the stairs, or out to the tennis lawn and back, thinking thoughts that have to be described. You only have what can be seen and heard and done to deal with. Looking and listening and feeling is what you have to deal with. The first Agatha Christie work that appeared on stage was an adaptation of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Michael Morton in 1928. She disliked the adaptive changes and so she decided that if you want something done right, you ought to do it yourself. The first play she wrote for the stage was Black Coffee, a Hercule Poirot spy thriller, which premiered in 1930. Then she adapted several of her own detective novels for the stage: And Then There Were None in 1943, Appointment with Death in 1945, and The Hollow in 1951. G U L F S H O R E P L AY H O U S E

Dramaturgical Notes The Mousetrap premiered in the West End in 1952, but the story began a few years prior to that in 1947, when the BBC produced an evening of radio programs to honor Queen Mary’s 80th birthday. The Queen specifically requested an Agatha Christie story, so she penned a half-hour radio play titled Three Blind Mice. She later expanded this into a short story and eventually decided to adapt it into a full-length play. Apparently, she had low expectations for the play, believing it would run no more than eight months. In a plot twist that might’ve surprised even the Queen of Crime, the play became an unprecedented success. This was in no small part thanks to savvy producer Peter Saunders who managed to stoke the success of the play long after it might’ve otherwise burned out. The decision to produce The Mousetrap in a relatively small West End house (not much larger than the one you’re sitting in right now), and the publicity he created around each milestone that The Mousetrap surpassed all contributed to the show’s longevity. Its early years were also given a boost by the star power of Richard Attenborough (of Jurassic Park and brother of David fame for me, personally) and his wife, Sheila, two beloved figures in the West End. Attenborough performed in the play for two years. Christie reflected on why she believed The Mousetrap was so successful in her autobiography: People always ask me to what I attribute the success of The Mousetrap. Apart from replying with the obvious answer, Luck! – because it is luck, ninety per cent luck, at least, I should say – the only reason I can give is that there is a bit of something in it for almost everybody: people of different age groups and tastes can enjoy seeing it...But I think, considering it and trying to be neither conceited nor over-modest that, of its kind – which is to say a light play with both humour and thriller appeal – it is well constructed. The thing unfolds so that you want to know what happens next, and you can’t quite see where the next few minutes will lead you. I think, too, though there is a tendency for all plays that have run a long time to be acted, sooner or later, as if the people in them were caricatures, the people in The Mousetrap could all be real people ...a young woman, bitter against life, determined to live only for the future; the young man who refuses to face life and yearns to be mothered; and the boy who childishly wants to get his own back.....all these seem to me real, natural, when one watches them.

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She followed The Mousetrap with two more huge hits, Witness for the Prosecution, which can also still be seen in London today, and Spider’s Web. She is the only woman ever to have three plays running in the West End simultaneously. In the book Agatha Christie, First Lady of Crime, J.C. Trewin stated that Christie was “A MIDA S GIF T TO T HE T HE AT RE .”

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Just as she mastered the craft of the detective novel, she also mastered the art of theatrical entertainment. It’s no mystery why her work continues to thrill, entertain, and delight us today. By Audrey Zielenbach Dramaturg

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By including Gulfshore Playhouse in your estate plan, you are supporting Gulfshore Playhouse’s long-term fiscal stability and leaving a lasting legacy that will allow us to create, engage, and inspire for many years to come. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO N OT IF Y U S OF YOUR IN T EN T OR DISCU S S YOUR O P T IONS , PLE A SE C ON TAC T LISA H AL SE Y AT 239.261 .7529 E X T 203 . OR LH AL SE Y@GULF SHOREPL AYHOU SE .ORG G U L F S H O R E P L AY H O U S E

Our Board of Directors C H AIRM AN OF T HE B OARD Steve Akin

V ICE - C H AIR Rich Struthers Patty Baker Jim Bosscher Kristen Coury David Drobis Gary Gregg Tim Habbershon Mitch Hertz Jason Hunter Korn Pamela Krupka Vince Maffeo Sandi Moran Gerry Moss Jack Nortman Tony Panzica Gail Kern Paster Susan Regenstein Rick Rondinelli Cynthia Scholl Tennille Sevigny Ashley Smith Pat Sweet Joanne Wyss

EMERI T U S Don J. Gunther Bob Harden Dave Wilson

LIFE T IME T RU S T EE S Tom Gallagher Don McCulloch

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Our Staff and Leadership L E AD E R S H IP

Kristen Coury, CEO & Producing Artistic Director Joel Markus, COO & Managing Director ARTISTIC

PROD UC T IO N M A N AGEMEN T

CEO & Producing Artistic Director ................. Kristen Coury Director of Production .............................................. Ray Inkel Associate Artistic Director ................................... Dann Dunn Associate Production Manager .................................. Lila Sell Line Producer ........................................... Audrey Zielenbach

ADMINIS T R AT ION

SC EN ERY

Technical Production Manager ......................... Brooke Oteri Technical Director - Moran Mainstage ............... John Forton COO & Managing Director ................................... Joel Markus Technical Director - Struthers Studio .................... Alex Riggs Director of Facilities ........................................... Joe Salemme Scene Shop Supervisor .............................. Anthony Knudson Maintenance Manager ............................. Julian Pena-Garcia Stage Supervisor ................................................ Andrew Geier Director of Events/Food & Beverage ................... Erin Burney Carpenters ........................ Tom Gregus, Deborah Samuelson Assistant Events/Food & Beverage Managers ............................... Scenic Technicians .............. Brian Richards, Chris Williams, Jeanette Persails, Crystal Diggs Josh Wood Executive Assistant ........................................... Sydney Mixon SC EN IC A R T Administrative Assistant .......................... Hannah Schumacher Scenic Art Supervisor ........................................... James Allen FI N A N C E Assistant Scenic Arts Supervisor .................. Katherine Burns Chief Financial Officer ......................................... Joey Rudder Scenic Artists ........................ Larashleigh Wallace, Mish Fink Director of Finance ........................................... Alyson McCoy PRO PE R T IE S Finance Associate ......................................... Maureen Devine IT Specialist ................................................... Drew Whitcomb Properties Supervisor ..................................... Jonathan Willis Assistant Properties Supervisor .................. Gwendolyn Rygg A DVA N C E ME N T Properties Artisans .................. Hunter Booth, Maxine Walby Chief Advancement Officer .................................. Lisa Halsey Properties Technician ....................................... Rylee McNeal Director of Advancement Events ........................ Sarah Owen L IG H T IN G Chief of Staff ................................................. Brandon Horwin Advancement Officer ............................................ Amy Talbot Lighting Supervisor .................................. Elizabeth Knudson Stewardship Managers ......... Mary Hackeloer, Grace Stewart Assistant Lighting Supervisor ............................. Lynn Slutsky Lighting Technicians ...................... Jaden O’Berry, Ray Ward

M A RKE T IN G

SO UN D Chief Marketing Officer .............................. Rachel Applegate Marketing Manager ........................................ Heidi Overman Sound Supervisor .................................................. Owen True Art Director ............................................................. Trevor List Assistant Sound Supervisor ............................... Max Heyliger Graphic Designer .......................................... Ashley Martinez Sound Technicians .................. Emily Parker, Kaleb Pecoraro Web Strategist .................................................... Gaston Barua C O S T UME S Patron Services Managers ...................... Meghan Fitzpatrick, Costume Shop Manager ............................. Jennifer Bronsted Ashleigh Jennings Assistant Costume Shop Manager ................ Elizabeth Eaton Assistant Patron Services Manager ................... Joan Cannon Drapers .......................................... Lana Grant, Sarah Greene Patron Services Assistants ... Zoë Bradshaw, Timothy Coryell, First Hands ................................ Mya Nunez, Gabby DePrizio Sara Ross, Sabina Valery Wardrobe Supervisor ................................... Marissa Mascolo Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor ..................... Emma Madden E D U CAT I O N Conservatory Manager ......................................... John Perine Wig & Makeup Supervisor ............................... Rebecca Mack ThinkTheatre Coordinator ...................... Meredith Singleton Assistant Wig & Makeup Supervisor .................. Joan Harlow ArtReach Coordinator ................................... Frances Barnett Costume Technician ..................................... Suvonna Bynum Education Assistant ......................................... Sophie Cooper GE N E R A L M A N AG E ME N T

S TAGE M A N AGEMEN T

Stage Management Production Assistants ...... Dylan Gellett, General Manager ..................................................... Jim Dallas Connor J. Reilly, Bailey Shea Company Manager ............................................. Abigail Greer Assistant Company Manager ................. Chanda Hawthorne Front of House Manager .......................... Jeremy Bennington Assistant Front of House Manager ................... Zachary Klein

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