Marie and Rosetta

The Hippodrome Theatre proudly presents a co-production with Freefall Theatre

by George Brant directed by Lydia Fort

onstage Feb.28 - March 22 “Marie and Rosetta” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company. World Premiere presented by Atlantic Theatre Company, New York City, 2016. MARIE AND ROSETTA was developed at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley as part of their New Works Festival.Additional development at The Playwright’s Center Produced by special arrangement withHarmony Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com) and The New Project.

The Hippodrome Theatre proudly presents a co-production with Freefall Theatre

by George Brant directed by Lydia Fort** Stage Manager Sarah Smiley* Set Construction Gary Musik Productions Set Designer Tom Hansen Sound Engineer Amanda Nipper-Yanes

Costume Designer Frank Chavez Adapted for the space by Stephanie Parks Lighting Designer Dalton Hamilton Adapted for the space by Robert P. Robins

Props Designer Sarah Smiley* Master Electrician Bill Boothman Music Director Bert Rodriguez Technical Director Warren Goodwin

Actors’ Equity Association Actors’ Equity Association (“Equity”), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 actors and stage managers. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks Hippodrome programs are sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts & Culture; Visit Gainesville Alachua County, and by the City of Gainesville, Dept. of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs. Playbill by Deanna Natour.

Please do not use the entrances and exits during the performance.

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

by George Brant directed by Lydia Fort**

The cast Marie Knight......................................................Hillary Scales-Lewis* Sister Rosetta Tharpe..............................................Illeana Kirven*

*Appearing through an Agreement between the Hippodrome Theatre and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. ^ Member of the Hippodrome Theatre’s company of actors. ** Denotes member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

Setting: A showroom in a modest funeral home There will be NO intermission

The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

“Marie and Rosetta” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company. World Premiere presented by Atlantic Theatre Company, New York City, 2016.

MARIE AND ROSETTA was developed at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley as part of their New Works Festival.Additional development at The Playwright’s Center and The New Harmony Project.

PRODUCTION CO-SPONSOR Technicolors Salon

REHEARSAL SPONSOR

Amelia’s Fine Italian Cusine

WHO’S WHO AT THE HIPP Stephanie Lynge (Artistic Director) is an accomplished actor, director, producer, teacher and coach. Stephanie has enjoyed a career of more than 27 years in professional theater and education. Since 2013 she has worked on more than 40 productions at the Hippodrome either as an actor, director, choreographer, or dramaturg. She was seen on stage last season in The Wolves and Let The Right One In. Her other acting credits include performances in New York City on Broadway and Off Broadway, at Lincoln Center, BAM, Jean Cocteau Rep, and the York Theater Workshop. Regional theaters include Freefall, Goodspeed Opera House, Sacramento Music Circus, Pasadena Playhouse, Rep Theater of St. Louis, Flat Rock Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Seaside Music Theater, as well as several National Tours. Directing credits include the Hippodrome’s Every Christmas Story Ever Told, The Legend of Georgia McBride, and The Blameless as well as plays at the 45th Street Theater (NYC), New York Musical Theater Festival, and the University of Florida. Stephanie has served as a Visiting professor at Indiana University, and an Adjunct professor at New Jersey City University and University of Florida. After receiving her BA in Musical Theater from Indiana University, Stephanie llived and worked as an actor in New York City for over 20 years. Stephanie holds a Master of Fine Arts in acting from University of Florida and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association since 1996.

Nicole Daenzer (Managing Director) Nicole is excited to be leading the

Hippodrome’s Administrative Team, after spending six years as the Director of Finance and Operations. Prior to her time at the Hippodrome, she lived in San Francisco, where she worked in financial planning and forensic accounting at a consulting firm in the Financial District, and a smattering of other places like a university foundation and a national tax prep franchise.

She is a fierce advocate of liberal arts degrees, having earned hers in classical languages and literatures. aut inveniam viam aut faciam.

WHO’S WHO-ABOUT THE AUTHOR George Brant (Author) Brant’s plays include Grounded, Marie and Rosetta, Into the Breeches!, Elephant’s Graveyard, The Prince of Providence, Tender Age, Dark Room, Grizzly Mama, Good on Paper, The Mourners’ Bench, Salvage, Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile, Any Other Name, Defiant, Miracle: A Tragedy, Ashes, NOK, The Lonesome Hoboes, All Talk, One Hand Clapping, The Royal Historian of Oz, Lovely Letters, Three Men in a Boat, Borglum! The Mount Rushmore Musical, Tights on a Wire, and Night of the Mime.

Brant’s work has been produced internationally, and his plays have been generously developed by the Metropolitan Opera, The Playwrights’ Center, Asolo Rep, McCarter Theatre Center, New Harmony Project, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, WordBRIDGE Playwright’s Lab, InterAct Theatre, Theatre @ Boston Court, Playwright and Director Center of Moscow, Florida Studio Theatre, Contemporary Drama Festival of Hungary, the Hangar Theatre, and Equity Library Theatre, among others.

His scripts have been awarded a Lucille Lortel Award, an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award, a Scotsman Fringe First Award, an Off-West End Theatre Award for Best Production, an NNPN Rolling World Premiere, the Smith Prize, the Keene Prize for Literature, a Theatre Netto Festival Prize, a Creative Workforce Fellowship, the David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award from the Kennedy Center and three Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards. He has received writing fellowships from the James A. Michener Center for Writers, the McCarter Theatre Sallie B. Goodman Artist’s Retreat, the MacDowell Colony, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, the Hermitage Artists’ Retreat and the Blue Mountain Center as well as commissions from the Metropolitan Opera, Trinity Repertory Company, Cleveland Play House, Dobama Theatre and Theatre 4.

George received his MFA in Writing from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

He is published by Samuel French, Oberon Books, Fisher Verlage and Smith & Kraus.

WHO’S WHO IN

MARIE AND ROSETTA Lydia Fort** (Director) . has directed at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Bay Street Theater, Actors Express, Cygnet Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, Perseverance Theatre, Women’s Project Theatre, Women Center Stage,Urban Stages, McCarter Theatre YouthInk! Festival, New Federal Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem, freeFall Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Planet Connections Festivity (where she was honored with the 2103 Best Director Award) as well as other festivals including the New Black Fest, 48 Hours in Harlem and the Fire This Time Festival. She was a Time Warner Foundation Fellow of the 2012-2014 Lab at Women’s Project Theater, a TCG New Generations Future Leaders Grantee, New York Theatre Workshop Directing Fellow, and Drama League Directing Fellow. She is an Assistant Professor at Emory University and serves on the Executive Board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. MFA in Directing from the University of Washington.

DIRECTOR’S NOTES Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a force of nature; a woman ahead of her time.

She pioneered a sound that influenced the first generation of rock ‘n’ roll legends but was all but forgotten up until a few years ago when she was inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.

Growing up, I knew that while Elvis was lauded as the progeninator of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Little Richard and Chuck Berry were there leading the way in its nascent stage. It was a source of pride to know that African Americans had a major impact in the birth of this important musical genre. But now we know that Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a Black woman, was in fact the real pioneer of that guitar sound we know as Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Marie and Rosetta is a gorgeous play that celebrates Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s rightful place in the annals of Rock history, and she was a woman who boldly proclaimed her worth in a time when America fiercely denied it. In Marie and Rosetta, playwright George Brant bestows an honor long overdue for the Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll and allows us theatre-makers and audiences alike to come to know the powerhouse and heroine that Sister Rosetta Tharpe continues to be for people all over the world today.

-Lydia Fort** (Director)

ABOUT THE CO-PRODUCTION WITH FREE FALL THEATRE

A Hippodrome Co-Production with freeFall Theater – A Brand New World!

The 2019-20 Season at the Hippodrome has been a time of growth and new initiatives. And none are as exciting to us as our first Co-Production with freeFall Theater. This is a brand new adventure for both theaters, and a wonderful example of the Florida theatrical community coming together to create great art and support each other at the same time.

I had been talking to artistic director Eric Davis for years about the possibility of doing a co-production between his theatre, freeFall in St. Petersburg, and the Hippodrome but there were a lot of details to work out. Would it involve one show or two? How could we share designers and actors? How could we make our production schedules match and satisfy Actors Equity Association, the union for professional actors?

Eventually, we decided that each theater would originate one production in January and then the same cast would travel to the other theatre to continue its run. We chose two shows that we knew our audiences would love -- LONE STAR SPIRITS, a hysterical comedy set in Texas and MARIE & ROSETTA, the remarkable story of legendary Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock and roll, and her protege Marie Knight. When the first show, LONE STAR SPIRITS closes on February 16th, The Hippodrome will load the sets, costumes, and props into a UHaul and drive it to St. Petersburg. FreeFall will do the same and our trucks will pass each other on I-75.

This co-production allows us to share our designers, thereby bringing new creative ideas to our audiences. Some of our company members will be working at freeFall for the first time and some of their favorite actors will be performing at The Hipp. And just as importantly, the fiscal implications of this co-production will help both theaters. By sharing productions, it will help us keep our costs lower and shorten our dark time (no shows equal no income) to only ten days between shows.

We hope you enjoy both of these remarkable plays as we embark on this new adventure of shared creativity and artistic and fiscal growth.

-Stephanie Lynge (Artistic Director of Hippodrome Theatre)

WHO’S WHO IN

MARIE AND ROSETTA

Hillary Scales-Lewis* (Marie Knight)

Originally from Newport News VA, Hillary is thrilled to be on the freeFall and the Hippodrome stages. As an MFA graduate from USM, Hillary has worked throughout the southeast and Okinawa, Japan. Hillary recently appeared on TV One’s For My Man and Fatal Attraction. You may also see her on a National Commercial for the company Taxslayer. Hillary’s past theatre credits include: Lizzy in Miss Bennet’s: Christmas at Pemberly, Marta in Company, BJ in Smokey Joe’s Cafe and Glinda in The Wiz, to name a few.

Hillary would like to thank her friends and family for all their love and support.

Illeana Kirven* (Sister Rosetta Tharpe)

is absolutely thrilled to make her Hippodrome Theatre debut. She is honored to continue the story of the great Sister Rosetta Tharpe after a very successful run at The freeFall Theatre in St, Petersburg, FL. A few of her favorite productions include Caroline in multiple productions of Caroline, or Change (Spinning Tree Theatre, Kansas City, MO & Playhouse on the Square, TN (Ostrander Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical), Gary Coleman in Avenue Q, Oda Mae Brown in Ghost, the Musical. Illeana gives thanks to God, her wonderful mother, family and friends for many years of love and support. Illeana would especially like to thank The freeFall and Hippodrome Theatres for this amazing opportunity. Enjoy the show.

Dalton Hamilton (freeFall Lighting Designer) works around the country as a designer, associate, and programmer. Theatrical design and associate credits include: Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Buyer & Cellar (freeFall); Urinetown (Nashville Rep, TN); Evita, Death of a Salesman, Kiss Me Kate (Bay Street Theater, NY); 2018 Nat’l Tour of Cabaret (Apex Touring); Anything Goes, Hunchback, Spring Awakening, Jekyll & Hyde (Eight O’Clock Theatre, FL); 42nd Street, Elf The Musical, South Pacific (City Springs Theatre Co, GA).

Theme Park Attractions: ‘Twas That Night, Night Beats (Busch Gardens, Williamsburg VA). Television Programming: The Rachael Ray Show for Food Network, NY. www.daltonhamiltonlightingdesign.com, @dhlightingdesign

WHO’S WHO IN

MARIE AND ROSETTA Frank Chavez (freeFall Costume Designer) is returning to freeFall Theatre after designing Perfect Arranement. This is his first time working with the Hippodrome Theatre. He also designed costumes for The Glass Menagerie and End of the Rainbow in prior seasons. Frank has worked as a scenic & costume designer for over 20 years. He has received two Theatre Tampa Bay Awards and four Best of the Bay Awards. Some previous local credits include: Women Laughing Alone With Salad at Urbanite Theatre (costume design); Much Ado About Nothing, Joe Turner’s Come & Gone, Tartuffe (costume design), Good People, Hamlet, and The Piano Lesson (scenic design) at American Stage; In the Time of the Butterflies, 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, Sylvia, The Aliens (scenic & costume design) at Stageworks Theatre; and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Heroes (costume design) at Tampa Rep. Along with his work in Florida, Frank has also designed for Norwegian Cruise Lines and numerous off-Broadway and regional theatres. He is a frequent guest artist at the University of Northern Colorado, and is currently Resident Costume Designer of the University of Tampa. www.FrankChavezDesigns.com Tom Hansen (freeFall Set Designer) has enjoyed the last 20 years designing scenery and lighting for Florida’s west coast theatre community. This show marks his 16th production with freeFall Theatre Company and his first with the Hippodrome Theatre. Award credits - Singin’ In the Rain, Oklahoma!, Harvey, Philadelphia Story, The Sound of Music, Beauty & the Beast, The Great Sebastians, Mornings At Seven, Big River, and Crazy For You. Favorite shows - American Stage: Frankie & Johnny; freeFall Theatre: Bernarda Alba; Eight O’clock Theatre: Chicago; Sarasota Players: 42nd Street; Peach State Summer Theatre: Hairspray; Show Palace: Man of La Mancha; and Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center: Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Amanda Nipper-Yanes (Sound Designer) is honored and thankful to be working on her first show with freeFall theatre! Amanda has been the Resident Sound Designer at Hippodrome Theatre in Gainesville FL for the past six years. Outside of theatre, Amanda also fills her time by fostering and volunteering with Faithful Friends Pet Rescue and Rehoming. Keep moving forward.

WHO’S WHO IN

MARIE AND ROSETTA Bert Rodriguez (freeFall Music Director) is delighted to be at freeFall and the Hippodrome Theatre for the first time! He musically directed the Central Florida premieres of Matilda at Theatre South Playhouse, and Heathers: The Musical with Gen Y Productions. He spent 12 years as a music director for Norwegian Cruise Line. He enjoyed working on Mad Cow Theatre’s It Was A Very Good Yule and It Was A Very Good Year cabarets, in December and May respectively. Other favorites include Next To Normal (Theatre South Playhouse) and Gypsy (The Athens Theatre). You may catch him performing in The Andrews Brothers at The Winter Park Playhouse in March/April 2020.

Sarah Smiley* (Properties Designer/ freeFall Stage Manager) has worked professionally for over 25 years in the theatrical and entertainment industries in seven states and the U.K. She is proud to have been the Resident Stage Manager for freeFall since their 2016/17 season as well as having stage managed their productions of The Pirates of Penzance, The Light in the Piazza, and Our Town. A native of Tampa FL, she returned to her hometown from Chapel Hill NC, where she was Resident Stage Manager at PlayMakers Repertory Company for ten seasons. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and has been active in USITT and the Stage Managers’ Association. She received her M.F.A. from the University of Iowa.

Robert P. Robins*(Lighting Designer, Production Manager) Bob is enjoying his 35th season at the Hippodrome. During his tenure here at the Hippodrome, Bob has provided lighting designs for over 300 Main Stage productions.

Over the course of his time at the Hippodrome, Bob has held many titles such as lighting designer, sound engineer, live audio mixer, stage manager for Hippodrome Mainstage; touring productions and Theatre For Young Audiences tours, pyrotechnician, lightboard operator, and bartender. Today, in addition to lighting designer and production manager, Bob is also the facility manager of the 110 year old building that the Hippodrome calls home. Bob also provides freelance lighting designs around the country when he can. He is also an Actors’ Equity Association stage manager, and proudly holds a BFA in Theatre Production from the University of Florida. See more of Bob’s work at www.robertrobins.com

WHO’S WHO IN

MARIE AND ROSETTA Stephanie Parks (Costume Designer / Costume Shop Manager) This is Stephanie’s second season as the Resident Costume Designer with The Hippodrome. Her Hipp design credits include A Doll’s House Part 2, Let the Right One In, Scrooge in Rouge, and Million Dollar Quartet. Stephanie received her B.F.A. in Fashion Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and worked in New York City for several years both on and off Broadway with production credits including Cinderella (Broadway revival), Motown (Broadway), Big Fish (Broadway), Old Hats (Signature Theater), and Figaro (The Pearl Theatre). Stephanie then spent several years in regional theatre with credits including The Sound of Music (Papermill Playhouse), Next to Normal (The Weston Playhouse), and The Great Gatsby (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). You can see more of her work at www.stephanieparksdesign.com

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The Hipp unplugged:

A Staged Reading Series

26 Pebbles by Eric Ulloa

U p N e x t. . .

Directed by Gregg Jones March 2 -3 at 7:30 p.m.

On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed twenty-six innocent souls before taking his own life. These twenty-six innocent deaths, like pebbles thrown into a pond, created ripples and vibrations that were felt far beyond the initial rings. This is the story of those vibrations

Quicksand

Writen and directed by Bryan Mercer and Clint Thornton April 6 - 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Set in timeless areas of the Central Florida swamps, Quicksand is a humorous and haunting exploration of a rigorous childhood amongst ghostly allies and corporeal monsters.

A hypnotic soundscape created live by the performers underscores porch-told stories that span the hilarious, heartbreaking, and surreal aspects of a young life molded by moss, alligators, and beautifully powerful water.

Melrose

By Company Member Michele Tailor May 3-4 at 7:30 p.m.

Set during the New York City ice cream truck riots of 2041, two sisters inherit a house and must confront their family legacy during a fantastical trip through the underworld.

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Jessica Abel Erika Aenlle Richard Alllen & Susan Mastin Sherri & Eric Amundson Anonymous Julie Anspach Lisa Anthony & Isaac Simmons James & Karen Archer Christine Aytug Robert Bachus Walter & Pamela Barry Gil & Suzie Baxter Theresa Beachy John & Barbara Bengston Azra Bihorac & Charles Hobson James & Tara Blythe Joyce Bono David & Nancy Boyd Sherry & Carter Boydstun Martha Brane & Lewis Sussman Patti Breedlove Jane Brockman Tom Brunson & Debbie Savage Jane Burman-Holtom Cheryl Calhoun & Ester De Jong Neda Caneva Peter Carpenter Alan Carlson & Theresa Guecia Charlotte & Paul Chadik Candace Clift & Mark Woolett Ms. Amy Coenen Charna & Stuart Cohn Debbie Conlon Erin Connelly Wes Corbett Bruce Cornwell Diane Craig Phylis & James Craig Ed & Sheila Crapo Katie D’Amato Eddie Daniel & Jason Monroe Newman Fonda Davis & John Eyler Nancy Deren The Dharma Endowment Foundation Sheila Dickison Lee & Barbara Dockery Cheryl & Paul Doering Jeff Dunn & David Etherington Mark Elliot Robert Emerson Jane Emmeree & Erick Smith Jean Epling Guy & Rhea Epstein Skip & Lynda Everitt Tara & Bill Ezzell Carol Faas Rebecca Falmlen Cassandra Farley & Christie Mclaughlin Mark Fenster Mark & Terrie Flaherty

Griselda Forbes The Friends of Melrose Elementary School Arts & Science Council Paul & Mary Ellen Funderburk Jessie Furman Reisa & Paul George Ira Gessner Karen & Dillian Gilliland Matt & Rae Gitzendanner Julie & layton Glenn Harvey Goldstein Dick & Caren Gorenberg Jim & Sibet Grantham Aubrey Greene Jess & Barbara Gregory Mary & Joe Haldeman Jeff & Tashia Hale Anna Hastings Cliff Haynes Bruce & Elizabeth Hicks Colin Hines Robert & Lynne Holt Guenther Hochhaus Hogtown Brewers Robert & Lynn Holt Chad Hood Nora Lee Hoover & Amor Villar John Howard Sharon (Shea) Huey Rosemary Hume Myiah Hutchens & Jay Hmielowski Gary & Joann Ihas Michael Jester Karen & Jodie Johnson Elta Johnston Gilda Josephson & Jeff Weingarten Clay Kallman & Lauren Groff The Kaplan-Stein Charitable Fund Kim Kazimour Jim & Melissa Keefer B.Keener Loren Keldsen Rev. Maureen Killoran & Peter Hyatt John & Kathleen Kish Paul & Leslie Klein Marshal & Laura Knudson Reggie Kramel Scott & Joanne LaFramenta Sandra Lambert & Pamela Paris Jeremy Lesifko-Bremer Marc & Kaye Linden Carol Locascio Debbie Louis Brenda & Morgan Lynge Stephanie B. Lynge John Malanchuck Richard Mankin & Valentina Komaniecka Anne Margoluis Hayley Mathis Hilary Mathis

COLLIER CHALLENGE DONORS Sarah Maxwell Helen McCune Gary & Laura McGill Kathleen McGlone Martin & Caryl McKellar Sue & Jack Mecholsky Carol Meyer Catie Miller & Kirsten Engstrom Jeff & Lauren Miller Georgia & Ron Mills Charlie Mitchell John Morgan Marni Most Richard & Joanna Morrow Esther Negrin Dorothy & Gale Nevill Madge Nipper Kimberlee Oakes Robert K. & Carol Anne Oglesby Amy Pazzalia & Jeff Stokes H. S. & Susanne Pennypacker Liz Perdue & Sally Bethart Susan Peters Peggy & Nancy Peterson Ed & Sandra Pettegrew Bradley & Marta Pollitt Lisa & James Postero The Pozek’s Gary Prowe Barbara Jean Raskin Gabrielle Redfern Sandy & Larry Reimer Ralf Remshardt Churchill & Gay Roberts Jane Roberts Gail Robinson & Carol Heymann Arthur & Joyce Rosenblatt

Jane & Mike Ryals Betsy & David Sanders Whitney Sanford & Kevin Veach Carol & Jim Sarisky Karen Scarborough Dick & Nancy Scheaffer Suzanne Scheraga Suzanne Schiemann Diane & Jeff Shamis Brian & Cindy Shea Allison & Jason Shinn Beth & Jeff Siegel Eileen McCarthy Smith Brenda Smith & Ronald Burrichter Madeline Smyth The Smyth’s Pamela Smith & Carol Barron Jan Snyder & Steve Wilson Hugh & Lynne Stallworth Linda & Keith Stanfill Caroline H Stanhope Mike Still G. W. Swicord Joe Thigpen & Becky De Marie The Thompson Family Farol Tomson Tonewood Family Music Inc. Martin & Vibeke Vala PJ van Blokland Kirk van Meter Vasanthi Vanniasingham Gary & Martha Waltman Marta Wayne Tom & Mary Louise Weber Roger & Ellen West

Robin West & Ken Wald Tom & Julie Whitney Carol Willis Gene Witmer Dr. Sarah Wittstruck

Donations listed made by 2/19/20

AUDIENCE SERVICES PLEASE NOTE: Infants are not permitted in the theater. Food is not permitted in the theater. Please turn off all cellular phones, watch alarms, and all other noise-making equipment when in the theater.

Photographing and/or sound recording any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording in this theater is prohibited. Violators may be subject to confiscation of equipment and ejection. Violations may render the offender liable to financial charges.

The Hippodrome reserves the right to ask any patron causing a disturbance to leave the premises without refund.

In an emergency, evacuate through the external exits on either side of the lobby.

HIPPODROME STAFF STEPHANIE LYNGE Artistic Director

NICOLE DAENZER Managing Director

BILL BOOTHMAN Master Electrician

ALLEN LENNOX Rentals Coordinator/ Special Events Coordinator

JESSE DESROSIERS Assistant to the Artistic Director GABRIELLE BYAM Education Director/ Internship Program Coordinator ROBERT P. ROBINS Lighting Designer/ ROBERT P. ROBINS Facilities Manager Production Manager AMANDA NIPPER Sound Designer STEPHANIE PARKS Costume Designer/ Costume Shop Supervisor REBEKAH LEPPERT Assistant Costume Shop Manager/ Wardrober AMBER WILKERSON Stage Manager WARREN GOODWIN Technical Director KEN BROWN Scenic Artist LUCIAN ROBINSON Master Carpenter JAMES CIEPLY Shop Foreman INTERNS AND APPRENTICES KARINA ORTEGA Assistant Stage Manager MELISSA ECHENIQUE Marketing Intern

NICOLE CARDENAS Marketing Intern KATRINA LUNDQUIST First Hand/ Wardrobe supervisor intern ELAINA WALTON MFA Intern LEAH VICENCIO Dramaturgy Intern COSTUME CONSULTANTS DORIS EDWARDS LESLIE KLEIN

MATT DIBBLE Group Sales and Development MATTHEW CUGINI Cinema Program Manager SUSAN VAUGHN Bookkeeper NICOLE MOORADIAN Office & Company Manager

DEE NATOUR Graphic Designer JULIA CAMPITELLI Marketing Coordinator AMADOR SANTIAGO Caretaker JAQUEZ HARRIS Assistant Caretaker ANNA VERNEY Art Gallery Curator

JOSH EVANGELISTA Education Associate JORDAN HUNT Education Associate SHARON BORNEMAN Outreach Coordinator DARBY WEBB Development Assistant FRONT OF HOUSE TEAM

CLINT THORNTON Front of House Manager ANNA VERNEY Box Office Representative MATHEW FAUX Box Office Representative TARIQ DARWISH Box Office Representative MELISSA EDWARDS House Manager JAY NIXON - House Manager DUNCAN VANDERBERG House Manager/Bartender SOPHIA YOUNG House Manager ROSE DECOTIIS Bartender/House Manager DEVIN BRANCH Bartender NYQ SMITH Bartender /House Manager CARLOS CODONER-CONTELL - Projectionist PRIYA GUJAR - Projectionist FELICIA OCASIO House Manager HANEEN JABER Bartender, Box Office Staff SELINA STALLINGS Bartender, Box Office Staff

FREEFALL THEATRE STAFF ERIC DAVIS Artistic Director JEN BROWN Patron Services Manager AMANDA CHANDLER Development Director CHRIS CRAWFORD Associate AD SUSAN HALDEMAN Managing Director MATTHEW MCGEE Marketing/Outreach Director TRENTEN SZABO ME/Production Supervisor

RUSTY SALLING MEMORIAL FUND The Hippodrome Theatre was Rusty’s home for over forty years. Contributions to the Rusty Salling Fund will support his ongoing legacy of artistic achievement and community service according to his family’s wishes. To contribute to the Rusty Salling Memorial Fund, please visit thehipp.org/rustyfund Tim Altmeyer Wayne & Penny Archer Rod & Beverly Bartlett Mrs. Roxane Bleiweis Miss Marsha Boyd Ms. Libby Brateman Cecilia Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Homer O. Bryant Lauren Warhol Caldwell David & Jean Chalmers Wendy Chambers Linda Cirulli-Burton Mr. Leon Clark Candace Clift and Mark Woollett Debbie & Michael Conlon Mrs. Dorothy A. Conway Comeau Phylis & James Craig Nicole Daenzer Sadie Darnell & Norma Darnell Leah Deese Barbara Devoe Matthew Dibble Cheryl & Paul Doering Michael Hill & Ellie Donovan Clyde Ellis Cheris Garrison Dick & Caren Gorenberg Benjamin & Joyce Gorman Mary & Joe Haldeman Carole Harpe Catherine Hill Ira & Amanda Holmes Jessica Hurov Dan Jesse & Irene Gurri John & Kathleeen Kish Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Leslie Klein Ms. Ellen Lau Anonymous Gary McGill Gary and Suzy Miller Jeff Montgomery Ms. Chris M. Morris Ms. Sara Morsey

Dorothea & Robert Mounts Herb & Barbara Oberlander Tony and Kerry Oliver-Smith Jonathan, Bethany, Hadley and Sadie Owen Mr. S. Douglas Parker Kandy Penner Susan Pfahler Libby H. Prince Ms. Vera Rabino Kenneth & Colleen Rand Michael & Jaquie Resnick David & Regina Richardson Mrs. Kristen J. Riley Ed & Marilynn Schlott Joe Schwartz Janis Scott Dr. David L. Shelton Jodi Siegel In Memory of Emily Katherine Maddie Smyth David, Loren, Maddie, and Tyler Smyth Ms. Patricia A. Stewart Jennie Stringfellow Bonnie Tomlinson Dr. Mary & Barry V. Wagner Isobelle & James Walker Mr. & Mrs. Gary & Martha W. Waltman Shirley Weitz Dr. & Mrs. James Allen Wilson Gene Witmer Dr. Sarah Wittstruck David Young & Elizabeth Adams

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