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Though Molière wrote his classic comedy Tartuffe in the mid1600’s, it still rings as funny, true, and relevant today as it ever has. Our extraordinary team of theatre artists is breathing new life into this great play with this brilliantly reimagined version – and we are so glad you’re here to experience it with us.

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presents

TARTUFFE

written by MOLIÈRE translated into English verse by RICHARD WILBUR directed by RICHARD BAIRD starring

SHANTÉ DELOACH*, ROGELIO DOUGLAS III*, BO FOXWORTH*, KATIE KAREL*, MELANIE LORA*, KATE ROSE REYNOLDS, ROSINA REYNOLDS*, BRUCE TURK*, JARED VAN HEEL*, CHRISTOPHER M. WILLIAMS*

scenic designer

MARTY BURNETT

lighting designer

co-properties designers

hair/wig designer

ELISA BENZONI

sound designer/composer

IAN SCOT

costume designer

MATT FITZGERALD TESSIA IADICICCO

MATT NOVOTNY PETER HERMAN

production stage manager

VERNON WILLET*

* Denotes a member of the Actors’ Equity Association.

Tartuffe (Wilbur) is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc, New York.

NOTES TO THE AUDIENCE: Please be considerate to the performers and your fellow audience members by turning off any device that could emit light and/or sound. The photographic or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside the theatre, without written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED OPENING NIGHT APRIL 21, 2024 • MOULTON THEATRE, LAGUNA BEACH

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A NOTE ON TARTUFFE

FROM DIRECTOR

RICHARD BAIRD

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin was born in 1622 in Paris, the son of the Royal Upholsterer (a respected if unusual title). Instead of following in his father’s line as the next upholsterer to the King, young Poquelin ran off to join the theatre. To save his family from this embarrassment, he took the nom de plume of an infamous libertine, Molière.

While he had yearned to be a great tragedian, he found that the audience was disposed to laugh at him. Ever the shrewd producer, Molière adjusted to comedy, finding his voice in writing great satiric comedies that focused on human weaknesses: jealousy, misanthropy, miserliness and in Tartuffe’s case: hypocrisy.

The play was originally titled Tartuffe, The Hypocrite. (The word hypocrite found its way to the English language circa 1200 with the meaning “the sin of pretending to virtue or goodness.”)

Tartuffe shocked the religious circles of Paris by presenting a charlatan in priest’s clothes. After the very first reading of Tartuffe in 1664, the church and jealous rivals called for the immediate banning of Tartuffe. Molière’s response? He added two more acts, new characters and further proof of Tartuffe’s villainy to convince King Louis XIV that the play was not in fact anti-religious, but anti-hypocrite.

Still, it wasn’t until 1669 (5 years later), after many rewrites and supplications to the King, that Tartuffe was finally allowed to be performed for the public for twenty-five performances starring Molière himself as Orgon, the patriarch of the family, gulled by Tartuffe. And to ward off detractors, Tartuffe was presented under the new title, Tartuffe, The Imposter.

It was a massive hit.

We really have Richard Wilbur to thank for the success of Molière in the Englishspeaking world today. Before his hysterical and buoyant translations premiered, the English-speaking world had not yet embraced Molière. Now, Wilbur’s translations have inspired hundreds of other English translations.

2022 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Molière’s birth, and his plays continue to delight audiences and hold the mirror up to our human foibles. And through that reflection, he invites us to laugh, and laugh and laugh.

THE COMPANY

Mariane........................................................................................................................................Shanté DeLoach* Damis............................................................................................................................................Rogelio Douglas III* Orgon......................................................................................................................................................Bo Foxworth* Dorine.........................................................................................................................................................Katie Karel* Elmire...................................................................................................................................................... Melanie Lora* Flipote/Police Officer/Laurent...............................................................................................Kate Rose Reynolds Madame Pernelle........................................................................................................................... Rosina Reynolds* Tartuffe........................................................................................................................................................Bruce Turk* Valere/M. Loyal.................................................................................................................................Jared Van Heel* Cleante...............................................................................................................................Christopher M. Williams*

SHANTÉ DELOACH

ROGELIO DOUGLAS III

BO FOXWORTH

KATIE KAREL

MELANIE LORA

KATE ROSE REYNOLDS

BRUCE TURK

JARED VAN CHRISTOPHER M. WILLIAMS HEEL

ROSINA REYNOLDS

* Denotes a member of the Actors’ Equity Association.

INTERMISSION

There will be a 15 minute intermission.

WHO’S WHO

SHANTÉ DELOACH (Mariane) Shanté DeLoach (she/her) is delighted to be making her Laguna

Playhouse debut! By way of Tucson, Arizona, she is a graduate of AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and now splits her time between Los Angeles and Atlanta. She is the Administrative Director of Eleventh Story Productions, a company focused on producing diverse and enigmatic stories, and she is 1/2 of 6 Feet Forever, a podcast that delves into unsolved crimes and mysterious happenings in communities of color around the globe. Most recent credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Mountaintop, the film “Honk for Jesus, Save your Soul,” and “Triggered,” a film she acted in and produced that is currently making its festival rounds. Love to my family and friends, to Ebb and Erika for helping with my audition, and to YOU for supporting live theatre! Enjoy the show.

ROGELIO DOUGLAS III (Damis) is humbled to be making his debut appearance at Laguna Playhouse!

RD3 is a Black/Afro-Latino multi-hyphenate artist: actor, spoken-word poet, educator. Born and raised in Brooklyn; now resides in LA. Earned his M.F.A. in Acting from UCLA TFT. Theater credits include: The Talented Tenth (Robey Theatre), The Inheritance (Geffen Playhouse), Picnic (Odyssey Theatre), Measure for Measure, Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare by the Sea) and more. Onscreen credits include: “They Listen” (Blumhouse Prods.), “Space Lightning,” “The Mysteries of Laura,” “Bull,” and dubbing English for “Rhythm + Flow France”. Proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. | @RogelioDouglas3 BO FOXWORTH (Orgon) With Laguna Playhouse: Bright Ideas and The Verdi Girls. Bo is a proud member of the Antaeus Theatre Company in LA and could be seen in numerous productions including: Cloud 9 (LADCC and Stage Raw Best Actor Winner), and The Crucible (Ovation nomination). Other theatres include South Coast Rep, The Pasadena Playhouse, I.C.T., The Fountain Theatre, Shakespeare Orange County, The Skylight Theatre, Ensemble Theater Company, La Mirada, The Geffen, Disney Hall, LATheatreWorks, Boston Court Pasadena, The Hollywood Bowl and A Noise Within (2 Ovation nominations). New York and Regional theaters include: The Lucile Lortel, The Century Theater, The Pearl Theater, The Shakespeare Theater D.C., Vienna’s English Theater, The Long Wharf, Baltimore Center Stage, Playmakers Rep, The Old Globe, The Yale Rep and many others. He has numerous film and television credits including “Modern Family,” “VEEP” and the HBO movie “All The Way”. He is a graduate of UCLA and Yale School of Drama. Follow Bo on IG @bofoxworth.

KATIE KAREL (Dorine) is so happy to be making her Laguna Playhouse debut with Tartuffe. Off Broadway: Lucky Duck, National Tour: Menopause the Musical 2, with North Coast Rep: Tartuffe, Pippin, The Remarkable Mr. Holmes, Always...Patsy Cline, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, and Sherlock Holmes & The Great Nome Gold Rush, Selected Regional: Skylight, Indecent, The Humans, Chesapeake, You Can’t Take It with You, Valhalla, Heathers, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Into the Woods, The Addams Family, Sunday in The Park With George, Sweeney Todd, 1776, In Trousers, a few Hairsprays and a couple more Patsy Clines. Her thanks to everyone at Laguna Playhouse, and to the cast and creative team. Love to Gary. Karel is passionate about her mentorship with LLS, Imerman Angels, and Friend for Life Cancer Support Network as a survivor.

Connect with Katie at www.katiekarel.com.

MELANIE LORA (Elmire) is thrilled to be back at the Laguna Playhouse where she last performed many years ago in Many Happy Returns directed by Andy Barnicle. North Coast Rep: The Homecoming, Into the Breeches! LA/SoCal credits include The Hothouse (Antaeus Theatre Co), Of Good Stock (world premiere), Elemeno Pea, Misalliance, and Collected Stories (South Coast Rep), Dinner with Friends, and Boeing Boeing (La Mirada Theatre), The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder (Theatre@Boston Court) as well as productions at the Actors’ Gang, Ahmanson Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, The Odyssey Theatre and many others. Film/TV: “Show Me Yours,” “Fishhead,” “I am I,” “The United States of Leland,” “Sons of Anarchy,” “Numbers,” “Gilmore Girls” and others. Lots and lots of tv commercials and voiceover work. Mom to four incredible humans; wife to one. More at melanielora.com @missmelanielora KATE ROSE REYNOLDS (Flipote/Police Officer/Laurent) is a San Diego-based multi-hyphenate theatre maker and the Director of Operations for Loud Fridge Theatre Group. Select acting credits include: New York: Mario Fratti’s The Academy (Theatre for the New City); Regional: The Humans (San Diego Rep); Iron (Roustabouts, SD Critic’s Circle Award for Featured Performance); Cardboard Piano (Diversionary); Witchland (Backyard Renaissance); Twelfth Night, Hamlet (Perspective); Amy and the Orphans, Silent Sky, Mary’s Wedding, Private Lives, What the Butler Saw (Bristol Valley). TV and Film include: “Soul to Keep,” “Radiant,” “Celebrity Ghost Stories,” “A Hollywood Love Story.” Graduate of Yale University.

ROSINA REYNOLDS (Madame Pernelle) Selected regional credits include: Here There Are Blueberries (La Jolla Playhouse); Sea of Tranquility, Romeo and Juliet, Trojan Women (Old Globe Theatre); 33 Variations (Theatreworks); Love In American Times (San Jose Rep); Steel Magnolias (La Mirada Theatre). San Diego Theatre favorites include: Iron (Roustabouts Theatre); Angels in America, Hayfever, The Vortex, The Glass Menagerie, Arcadia, Little Foxes, Copenhagen (Cygnet Theatre); Golda’s Balcony (New Village Arts); Uncanny Valley, Doubt (San Diego Rep); Wit (North Coast Repertory Theatre); Lettuce & Lovage (Lambs Players Theatre); Long Days Journey Into Night (Renaissance Theatre Company). Director of over 30 productions. Founding Artistic director of Chequamegon Children’s Theatre now in its 37th year.

BRUCE TURK (Tartuffe) recently appeared at North Coast Rep as Henry Jekyll. Broadway and Off Broadway credits include the title role in Julie Taymor’s production of The Green Bird and numerous appearances with Theatre For A New Audience. San Diego audiences have seen him in fifteen productions of Shakespeare at the Old Globe Theatre (Craig Noel Award). Also, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, American Conservatory Theatre, Portland Stage, Pasadena Playhouse, Seattle Repertory, McCarter Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Denver Center, Geva, Cincinnati Playhouse, Goodman, the Shakespeare Theaters in DC, New Jersey and Santa Cruz, and many more. He has been a resident member of Tadashi Suzuki’s Acting Company in Japan, Resident Artist at Hartford Stage, and recipient of the TCG/Fox Fellowship for Distinguished Achievement. Graduate of Northwestern University.

JARED VAN HEEL (Valere/M. Loyal) is thrilled to be making his Laguna Playhouse debut. Audiences in the region may have seen him previously in Tartuffe at North Coast Repertory Theatre or one of eight productions of Shakespeare at The Old Globe. He has toured extensively throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand. Off-Broadway credits include Hamlet and The Awesome 80s Prom.

Select Regional credits include The Liar, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and The Cmplt Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (abridged) (Texas Shakespeare Festival); The Trip to Bountiful, Frankenstein Unplugged, Betty’s Summer Vacation, Cyclone, and Breach (Montana Repertory Theatre); Antony & Cleopatra (Harlequin Productions), American Midget (Trembling Stage), Twelfth Night (MadCap Productions), and others.

CHRISTOPHER M. WILLIAMS (Cleante) is an actor, director, producer, stage manager, teacher and fight choreographer. Select acting credits include: Off Broadway: Rothschild and Sons (The York). Regional: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dancing Lessons, The Outsider, How the Other Half Loves, Holmes and Watson, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The Tempest, Lend Me a Tenor, Don’t Dress for Dinner (North Coast Rep); A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Drawer Boy (AZ Theatre Co); Noises Off!, Comedy of Errors (Phoenix Theatre); Noises Off! (Idaho Shakes); Angels in America: Part 1 & 2, Lobby Hero (Actors Theatre); Beau Jest, Jest a Second (AZ Jewish Theatre); Hamlet, A Funny Thing...Forum, Oliver!, Julius Caesar, Othello, Henry V, (SW Shakespeare). On screen credits include: “Terriers,” “The Incredible Adventures of JoJo,” “Island of Lost Girls.” He also played Jacob and was a producer of the WWII feature film, “Walking with the Enemy,” starring Ben Kingsley and Jonas Armstrong.

RICHARD BAIRD (Director) is an award-winning director, actor and producer. He is the founding Artistic Director of New Fortune Theatre Company, where he directed the West Coast Premiere of Public Enemy and a revival of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party and co-directed Henry V and Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

Directing credits include — North Coast Repertory Theatre: Of Mice and Men, A Walk in the Woods, Amadeus and Dancing Lessons. Oregon Shakespeare Festival: The Changeling (Black Swan Series); Backyard Renaissance: The October Night of Johnny Zero; An Experiment with an Airpump; Intrepid Theatre: Much Ado about Nothing; Diversionary Theatre: Edward II; Southwest Shakespeare Company: As You Like It and The Winter’s Tale. Shakespeare Sedona/Poor Players: Richard II. Poor Players Theatre: Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus, Measure for Measure (three times), Taming of the Shrew, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Henry IV, Part One. In memory of Sean McKinley.

MOLIÈRE (Author) was the leading French comic actor, stage director, and dramatic theoretician of the seventeenth century. Although he proceeded to study law and was awarded his law degree in 1642, he turned away from both the legal profession and his father’s business. Instead, in 1643, he incorporated an acting troupe, The Illustrious Theatre, in collaboration with the Béjart family. It was at roughly the same time that he acquired the pseudonym Molière. With this company, Molière played an unsuccessful season in Paris and went bankrupt, then left to tour the provinces. During these twelve years he polished his skills as actor, director, administrator, and playwright. In 1658 the troupe returned to Paris and played before Louis XIV. The king’s brother became Molière’s patron; later Molière and his colleagues were appointed official providers of

entertainment to the Sun King himself. In the following twenty-four years, starting with The Precious Maidens Ridiculed (1659), which established him as the most popular comic playwright of the day, and ending with The Imaginary Invalid (1673), Molière advanced from being a gifted adapter of Italian-derived sketches and a showman who put on extravaganzas to a writer whose best plays had the lasting impact of tragedies.

Unwittingly, he made many enemies. The clergy mistakenly believed that certain of his plays were attacks on the church. Other playwrights resented his continual experiments with comic forms (as in The School for Wives) and with verse (as in Amphitryon). Molière’s principal short plays (in one or two acts) include: The Jealous Husband (1645?), The Flying Doctor (1648?), Sganarelle (1660), The Rehearsal at Versailles (1663), and The Forced Marriage (1664). The longer plays (in three or five acts) include: The School for Husbands (1661),The School for Wives (1662), Tartuffe (1664), Don Juan (1665), The Misanthrope (1666), The Doctor in Spite of Himself (1666), Amphitryon (1668), The Miser (1668), George Dandin (1668), The Bourgeois Gentleman (1670), Scapin (1671), The Learned Ladies (1672), and The Imaginary Invalid (1673).

RICHARD WILBUR (Translation) was born in New York City and received his B.A. from Amherst College and an M.A. from Harvard. He has taught on the faculties of Harvard, Wellesley, Wesleyan, and Smith. Mr. Wilbur’s publications include six volumes of poetry and two collections of his selected verse, a volume of his collection verse, translations of Molière’s four most outstanding verse plays, the musical Candide, for which he supplied most of the lyrics, a collection of his prose, and two books for children. His highly praised verse translations of Molière’s plays The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, The School for Wives, and The Learned Ladies have all been performed in New York and are frequently presented by resident theatre companies throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain, including productions at Stratford, Ontario, and the National Theatre in London. He has also completed verse translations of two of Racine’s great tragedies, Andromache and Phaedra. Among Mr. Wilbur’s awards are two Pulitzer Prizes, a National Book Award, Edna St. Vincent Millay Award, Bollingen Award, Ford Foundation Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, and Prix de Rome Fellowship. He has served as both Chancellor and President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1987 he was named the second Poet Laureate of the United States, succeeding Robert Penn Warren.

MARTY BURNETT (Scenic Designer) Resident Designer at North Coast Rep since 1992. Scenic designed over 250 productions at the theatre. Resident Designer at Coronado Playhouse 1981-84 and Fiesta Dinner Theater 1984-87. Co-owner Props and Drops 1987-91, Designing for Union Plaza, Hacienda and Sahara Hotels and Casinos, Las Vegas; Harrah’s, South Lake Tahoe and Claridge Hotel, Atlantic City; Drury Lane Theater, Chicago. At Laguna Playhouse designed Chapatti, Alexandros, and transfer designed Murder on the Links from North Coast Rep. Marty has a B.A. from Creighton University, Omaha, NE. ELISA BENZONI (Costume Designer) is thrilled to be working again with the Laguna Playhouse. Her work was previously seen in A Shayna Maidel, The Angel Next Door, Murder on the Links and Chapatti.

Elisa has also worked on over a hundred productions across Southern California with theatres such as The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Diversionary Theatre and New Village Arts. Elisa is also the Resident Costume Designer at North Coast Repertory Theatre. Elisa holds a costume design M.F.A. from UCSD where she is currently an adjunct professor.

MATT NOVOTNY (Lighting Designer) is pleased to be bringing this show to Laguna Playhouse after previously designing it for North Coast Rep, where he has designed over 100 shows over the past 18 years.

This is Matthew’s 5th show at Laguna, having previously designed Chapatti, Murder on the Links, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, and The Angel Next Door. Matthew is currently the Lighting Designer in Residence for North Coast and San Diego Junior Theatre, and frequently designs for Palomar College, CSUSM, Pacific Ridge School, Ovation Theatre Company, along with several others. Matthew currently works for Thermo Fisher Scientific, was well as teaching Theatre Design at Cal State San Marcos. Matthew holds a B.A. in Technical Theatre from San Diego State and a master’s degree in Lighting Design from Boston University. Matthew is married to his beautiful wife Amanda, with five AMAZING children: Ragan, Harper, Heston, Maddex, and Harrison.

IAN SCOT (Sound Designer/Composer) is a composer and sound designer specializing in the development of new works and installations. His music and designs have been heard at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Actors Shakespeare Project, Dorset Theatre Festival, Ars Nova, Heartbeat Opera, Yale Repertory Theatre, Space Wing. In addition to his artistic endeavors, Ian has made an extensive career as an A1 for productions with Audible Theatre, The New

Group, Signature Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, Rattlestick Theatre, Tuacahn Amphitheater, Classic Stage Company, Theatre for the New City, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and others. Ian received his MFA in Sound Design from Yale School of Drama.

MATT FITZGERALD (Co-Properties Designer) is the Production Manager at North Coast Rep since 2022. Previous credits include: Projection Design (Intimate Apparel), Sound Design (Blues in the Night) and Assistant Stage Manager (The Cherry Orchard). Matt holds a Bachelor of Arts from San Diego State.

TESSIA IADICICCO (Co-Properties Designer) found a passion for theatre while attending Palomar College. It was there that her journey began, and she has since worked in various roles all around North County. She has worked with Moonlight Amphitheater over the last 2 years where she got her start in Prop work. Now, she has teamed up with the North Coast Rep and Laguna Playhouse design teams to bring you Tartuffe!

PETER HERMAN (Hair/Wig Designer) is honored to be part of the creative team for Tartuffe. He has designed wigs for past co-productions of A Shayna Maidel, The Angel Next Door, and Murder on the Links.

Peter has designed wigs for many theatres across southern California as well as some design works for theme parks, television and film. Peter currently teaches wig and makeup design at San Diego State.

VERNON WILLET (Production Stage Manager) has had the privilege of working with the Laguna Playhouse for many years. Vernon’s work encompasses many of the Southern California Theatres: North Coast Repertory Theatre, McCoy/Rigby Entertainment, Musical Theatre West, 3D Theatricals, the Rubicon Theatre, San Diego Musical Theatre, Theatre Aspen, Maltz Jupiter Theatre and a myriad of others. He shares his life with director/choreographer/champion ballroom dancer Cate Caplin. Actors’ Equity Association member since 1983.

DAVID ELLENSTEIN (Artistic Director) Born into a theatrical family, David has been working in professional theatre for the better part of five decades - from San Diego to Portland, Maine and from Miami to Anchorage, Alaska - and most places in between. Now, he serves as the Artistic Director for both Laguna Playhouse and North Coast Rep. At Laguna Playhouse, credits include directing The Angel Next Door, Chapatti, Alexandros and playing “Einstein” in Picasso at The Lapin Agile. Other directorial credits include The Chosen at Paper Mill Playhouse; Halpern and Johnson and Sonia Flew at Coconut Grove Playhouse; The Glass Menagerie, Rocket City and Honky Tonk Angels at Alabama Shakespeare Festival; His Royal Hipness at 59E59 in NYC; and Long Day’s Journey into Night at Renaissance Theatre. As Artistic Director at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach since 2003, over 60 directorial credits including Way Down River, The Tempest, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Outsider and The Homecoming. David’s career includes acting credits of playing the title roles in Hamlet at LA Theatre Center and LA Rep; Richard III at California Shakespeare Festival; Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at Moonlight Stage; Jonathan in Sight Unseen, Max in Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Matt in Talley’s Folly at North Coast Rep as well as over three dozen film and television episodes.

BILL KERLIN (Managing Director) Originally from Valparaiso, Indiana, Mr. Kerlin brings over 30 years of finance, marketing, and sales experience to the Laguna Playhouse, including 12 years as Managing Director for North Coast Repertory Theatre and 16 seasons as the Director of Administration at the legendary Coconut Grove Playhouse, in Miami. During the time that Bill served at Coconut Grove, it was the largest professional not-for-profit producing theatre in the State of Florida. Mr. Kerlin graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from the University of Miami in 1984. While he completed his Master of Science from Florida International University, he concurrently taught classes at Miami-Dade College. He was also the Chief Financial Officer for Professionals’ Retirement Strategy, a national insurance and retirement planning service firm in Irvine, CA. He has also served as a Board Member for Camposition, a performing arts company whose mission was to push the boundary between contemporary performance and activism through live performance, interactive outreach programs, and professional development trainings.

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ARTIST’S CIRCLE Theresa Allen Anonymous Jack Anthony & Elizabeth McDermott Rick Balzer & Lyn Burke Balzer^ Andrew Barnicle Robert & Michelle Bendetti Jim & Judy Bergman Graham & Eva Branton Steven Brittan Ivan Calderon Caplin Foundation, ^Ruth & Mortimer Caplin Steve Chapman Ed Colson III GM (Jim) & Nora Cunningham Robert Daily & Veronica Gray Robert & Julie Davey Alison Davis Gregg & Mary DeNicola Azeem Dhalla Maura Doyle William Doyle Michael & Sherie Dunbar Paul & Donna Eckles Michael & Sherie Dunbar Elizabeth & Doug Frost Margaret Gates Alison & Bill Gregg Pramila Gupta Daniel E. Haspert, MD & Gerard V. Curtin, Jr. Mark & Jan Hilbert Ara & Sandra Hovanesian Larry Hunter Lois Jacobs Steve & Judi Johnson Jorgensen Family Charitable Gift Fund Lucetta J. Kallis Lisa & Vahe Karamardian Dennis & Joanne Keith Bill Kerlin Hiroaki Kinoshita Jenny Klein Art & Terry Kostka Robert Krause Lee Kucera Jarrett & Tommye Kuske Paul & June Lange Jessica Langer Kathy Leclair Lori Livacich John Livingston Terry McDonald & Toni McDonald^ Robert & Pat Mclaughlin Jim Mears^ Susan Mears Patrick & Tiare Meegan Joan Moe William Kasper & Leslie Anne

Mogul Carol Nilsen John Caren Nootbaar Frank & Arlene O’Donnell Kevin & Nella O’Grady Richard & Lauren Packard Madeleine Peterson Johni Pittenger Therese Poitevin Mike & Michelle Polini Paul & Jorja Puma Michelle Reinglass Fritz Reynolds Schlinger Family Foundation Susan Schrepper^ Ronald & Sindi Schwartz Morris & Stephany Skenderian Alison Smith Nancy Smith Ronald & June Stein Anonymous Diane Stovall Scott Swenson Leslie Sykes Virginia Templeton Richard & Monica Thompson Belle Tuckerman Dena Van Slyke Jean Vivrette Robert & Mary Ward Virginia Wetterau Bob Whalen Bob & Kirsten Whalen Doug & Karen Wilson ADVOCATE’S CIRCLE Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc. Alex Alessandrini Jerry Allman Terry & Diana Beeman Gary & Nancy Beverage Suzanne Boras Bayard Bosserman Laurie Bowers Vanessa Brand Brien Amspoker & Ellen Breitman Steven Brenneis Wayne Clark Robert & Ann Coffee Cathliene Cole Ed Crook Family Azeem & Zeena Dallah Joseph Davis Paula Davis Paul J. Dukesherer Ellen Dupuy The Eberhardt Family David Ellenstein Paul Feuerborn Fidelity Investments Nancy Fries Jennifer Furst Jerrold Gonce

Jeff & Holly Hahn Warren & Tina Haines Clayton Hale Terry Hanna Michael & Janet Hards Thomas Hylton Jaime Jacobs-Rossfeld James & Stephanie Johnson J. Stanley & Mary W. Johnson Family Foundation Ken & Janis Kaplan Zee King Spencer L. Knapp & Carolyn Knapp Tom Knego James & Patricia Kollenda Kim & Mark Krouse Amy Larson & Jake Smith Shelley Lundborg Greg & Patricia Lundeen David M Gray Duane & Kathleen Mauzey Alissa McCanta Karen Mcculley Tricia Nichols Rey O’Day Phyllis Parkhurst Dori Patterson Amy Peninger & Jim Pisa Cherri Penne-Myers Teri Penniston Playhouse Women Keith Polakoff Paul & Lucinda Prewitt Hilary Davis & Sandy Ratner Win Rhodes Juan & Veltria Roman Clay Stevens The Covington Cornelia Thomsen Jerald & Patricia Waldman Lee Warden Christopher Whitesell Vernon Willet Robert & Janet Zaugg

^ gift in memory of

LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE STAFF

David Ellenstein Artistic Director

Bill Kerlin Managing Director

MANAGEMENT FINANCE & TICKETING General Manager..........................................................................Denys Baker Chief Financial Officer/Chief Technology Officer.................Veltria Roman Assistant General Manager/Company Manager...........Rachel Garlington Accounting, Payroll, and HR Manager.......................................... Larry Stotz Associate Director of Ticketing and Customer Service..... Chelsea Morgan PRODUCTION Assistant Ticketing Services Manager.........................................Morgan Leal Production Manager.................................................................Jordan Muller Ticketing Services Lead..............................................................Nikki Johnson Technical Director.............................................................................Paul Rossi Ticketing Services Representatives....... Marlon Gomez-Smith, Peter Knick, Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer...................................... Ian Scot Robert Phipps Lighting Supervisor......................................................................Jeremy Plant Website Consultant..............................................................Andrew Lombardi Wardrobe Supervisor................................................................. Stacey Nezda IT Services...................................................................... Method Technologies Production Management Assistant........................................ Cameron Wall DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION Director of Advancement.................................................Michael G. Murphy Director of Youth Theatre, Education.......................................... Joe Alanes Development Manager...................................................................Mary Grant Education and Outreach Coordinator................................Nakisa Aschtiani Grants and Community Outreach Manager.........................Erin O’Flaherty Teaching Artists......................Nathan Acupan, Jack Clark, Sabrina Harper, Anthony Kairouz, Mary Sherg Kaye, Christina Mott, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Marco Muxo, Steve Northeast, Emily O’Flaherty, Interim Director of Marketing........................................................Kate Brandt Toni Redman, Arizsia Staton, Keya Vance Marketing Manager.........................................................Mackenzee Osborne Graphic Designer........................................................................Teresa English FACILITIES OPERATIONS Press Consultant...................................................... David Elzer, Demand PR Facilities Manager........................................................................David Bryant Broadcast Consultant................................Nancy Pank, Nancy’s Media Buys Facilities Maintenance Technician.................................................Brian Lyter Season Ticket Sales....................................................................Theatre Direct FRONT OF HOUSE CONSULTANTS Artistic & Audience Services Manager.................................... Wally Ziegler Legal Services...............................................................................Stephen Berry House Manager...............................................................................Clara Bush Community Relations Liason................................................ Karyn Philippsen Assistant House Manager...........................................................Jane Sabarre Medical Provider.................Caduceus Medical Group, Dr. Gregg deNicola Parking Supervisor......................................................................Curtis Pebley Bartender....................................................................................Leanne Nolan

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Please check house boards for any program changes.

The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829, IATSE

The Director is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.

Laguna Playhouse is a member of the League of Resident Theatres.

PRODUCTION CREW

Production Assistant...................................Cameron Wall Wig Maintenance............................................... Kat Scott Sound Op Substitute................................Ethan Shanklin

YOUTH THEATRE & EDUCATION LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE SUMMER CAMPS BEGIN JUNE 24 Laguna Playhouse is proud to offer exciting musical and non-musical summer camps for ages 4-19.

During camp, students will learn to work as an ensemble, build self-confidence, and have a great time while engaging in the performing arts. It is important for children to develop their creativity, empathy, and focus: skills they can use no matter what path they take as they grow into adulthood.

Each session will focus on a theme and culminate in a showcase for friends and family!

Some themes include Movie Musicals, Rock Musicals, Acting for Laughs, and 90’s Animated Musical Favorites.

Register for a single or multiple weeks. 1-week and 2-week options available.

VISIT LAGUNAPLAYHOUSE.COM/EDUCATION-COMMUNITY-ENGAGEMENT

for more information on Conservatory Classes, Young Adult Workshops and more!

MAY 10-12 THE JESSICA HERRON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Laguna Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Dana Klein and Jay Herron who have established the Jessica Herron Memorial Scholarship Fund in loving memory of their daughter, a former student of the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre.

This designated gift to the theatre’s permanent Endowment will help provide scholarship assistance to talented young people seeking to expand their knowledge and skills though our youth conservatory.

For more information call 949.497.2787 x202.

Exciting musical and non-musical summer camps for all ages! During camp, students will learn to work as an ensemble, build self-confidence, and have a great time while engaging in the performing arts. Each session will culminate in a showcase for friends and family!

Camps available for kids from ages 4-19!

4-19!

SESSIONS BEGIN JUNE 24TH

START PLANNING FOR SUMMER EARLY!

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