August Wilson's Fences - Sept 2021

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AUGUST WILSON’S

a play by August Wilson directed by Eleanore Tapscott produced by Russell M. Wyland

SEP. 11 – 25, 2021 www.thelittletheatre.com

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Frederick Knott produced by Margaret Evans-Joyce and Alicia Goodman directed by Heather Benjamin Set against the socially turbulent 1960s, this play follows the story of Suzy, a blind woman, who left alone in her apartment, becomes embroiled with a group of con men hatching an elaborate scam. As the tension mounts, Suzy must fend for herself, but the phone line is cut and the house is plunged into darkness. Can Suzy outwit her murderous visitors?

OCT. 16 – NOV. 6, 2021

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FENCES AUGUST WILSON’S

written by August Wilson produced by Russell M. Wyland directed by Eleanore Tapscott

August Wilson’s Fences is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatre.com PRESIDENT Frank D. Shutts II BOARD OF GOVERNORS ARTISTIC SUPPORT............................................................................................................................ Beverley Benda BOX OFFICE .................................................................................................................................................. Ira Forstater BUILDING ........................................................................................................................................................ Ken Brown DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................ Christopher A. Tomasino EDUCATION .................................................................................................................................. Heather Sanderson FRONT OF HOUSE...................................................................................................................... Monty Montgomery MEMBERSHIP .......................................................................................................................................... Stacey Becker PRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................. Alan Wray PUBLIC RELATIONS.............................................................................................................................. Rachel Alberts SEASONAL PLANNING.................................................................................................................. Eleanore Tapscott TECHNICAL SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................ Ken Crowley Treasurer .................................................................................................................................................... David B. Hale Secretary to the Board........................................................................................................................Lynn O’Connell Executive Secretary ....................................................................................................................................Jamie Blake Archivist .......................................................................................................................................... Charles Dragonette Business Manager ......................................................................................................................................Crissy Wilke Box Office Manager ..........................................................................................................................Jeffrey Westlake Legal Counsel.................................................................................................................. Brian T. Goldstein, Esquire The Little Theatre of Alexandria, 600 Wolfe Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 Public Performances: Wed.–Sat. at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

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

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Director’s Notes When a person has spent their entire life trapped behind real and imagined fences, they cannot go after their dreams. In August Wilson’s masterwork, we see a man at once proud and humiliated, hopeful and disillusioned, passionate and yet powerless to surmount the obstacles of racial prejudice, family obligations and self-imposed emotional walls that block his way at every turn. As the drama’s compelling central character, Troy Maxson also embodies the inequalities and injustices confronting Black Americans throughout the painful course of our country’s history.

Although the Maxson family’s story is not my own, I can certainly relate to dreams unrealized as well as relish Wilson’s unabashed celebration and joy of Black life—our speech patterns, traditions, rituals, shared knowledge, ancestral legacy, music, art, mythology. Wilson creates music and magic with his powerful, spellbinding and poetic language.

I believe it was a Robert Frost poem that had the line “Good fences make good neighbors.” Well, there is only one fence being built in this play, but the play has many metaphorical fences. We learn that a psychological fence went up around Troy after his father severely beat him and chased him off when he was only 14 years old. We also learn that Troy was an extraordinary Negro League baseball player, but when he is denied playing in the major leagues because he is Black, that action joins others to alter his worldview and prevents him from seeing the few positive changes happening around him (the play is set right at the cusp of the Civil Rights movement). So we have Troy, scarred by racism and by the cycle of physical and mental abuse from his father, seemingly doomed to repeat this pattern with his family. The cycle of dysfunction and separation seems as if it will destroy the Maxson family and all of Troy’s relationships. However, I profoundly believe that dysfunctional cycles can be broken. With Fences, Wilson asks us to imagine how Troy’s children, unlike their father, will find their own way in a new world, discovering new values for their generation and new opportunities to go after their dreams.

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At a time when the minority power brokers are working fast and hard to literally whitewash the nation’s history—and that of African Americans— it is important to tell this story, because by exploring African American perspectives and culture, and examining and recognizing America’s legacy of racism, we have a chance, by working together, to make “good trouble” and effect positive change for the future.

Eleanore Tapscott, Director August Wilson’s Fences was originally produced on Broadway by Carole Shorenstein Hays, in association with Yale Repertory Theatre.

World Premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre (Lloyd Richards, Artistic Director; Benjamin Mordecai, Managing Director); Second Production at the Goodman Theatre (Robert Falls, Artistic Director; Roche Schulfer, Managing Director).

Initially given a staged reading at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center’s 1983 National Playwrights Conference.

August Wilson’s Fences opened in April 1985 at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, and on Broadway in May 1987 at the 46th Street Theatre.

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CarOl written by Charles Dickens adapted by Donna Ferragut

DEC. 3 – 18, 2021

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The Cast (in order of appearance) Troy Maxson............................................................................................Albert Bolden Jim Bono ..........................................................................................DeJeanette Horne Rose ............................................................................................................Brenda Parker Lyons ..........................................................................................................Mack Leamon Gabriel ..............................................................................................Ayyaz Choudhury Cory..................................................................................................................Jared Diallo Raynell ........................................................................................................Maya Bolden August Wilson’s Fences is performed in two acts with one 10-minute intermission.

SHOW SYNOPSIS Troy Maxson is a former star of the Negro baseball leagues who now works as a garbage collector in 1957 Pittsburgh. After Troy is excluded as a Black man from the major leagues during his prime, his bitterness takes its toll on his relationships with his wife and his son, who now wants his own chance to play ball.

Fences takes place in the backyard of the Maxson house in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Most of the play takes place during 1957. The final scene occurs in 1965.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Kim Bolden, SOHO at the Art League

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In case of an emergency, LTA has three AEDs (automated external defibrillators) They are located as follows: 1. in the lobby, near the Council Green Room 2. in the cast entrance hallway, near backstage door 3. in the Alexandria Academy, on the first floor

LTA COVID Pandemic Health and Safety Standards LTA will continue to follow all current health and safety standards set by governmental authorities while the COVID pandemic continues, and we will maintain our full participation in the ALX Promise program sponsored by the Alexandria Health Department and Visit Alexandria. As our new season begins, we expect our limited seating, face covering, and physical distancing requirements to continue much as they have this spring. This may, hopefully, change later in the season.

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The Crew Producer ..........................................................................................Russell M. Wyland Director ..............................................................................................Eleanore Tapscott Assistant Director ..................................................................Marzanne Claiborne Stage Managers ................................................Sherry Clarke, Brittany Huffman Assistant Stage Manager ................................................................Brook Easterly Stage Combat Choreography..................................................Michael Donahue Set Design ......................................................................................................Matt Liptak Set Construction ......................................................................................Tom O’Reilly Assisted by Shah Choudhury, Chris Feldmann, Jim Hutzler, Jeff Nesmeyer Set Painting....................................................................Luana Bossolo, Matt Liptak Assisted by Kacie Carlyle, Bobbie Herbst, Mary Hutzler, Patty Lord, Kathy Murphy Set Decoration ....................................................Matt Liptak, Russell M. Wyland Properties Design ......Margaret Chapman, Joel Durgavich, Bobbie Herbst Assisted by Juli Tarabek Blacker, Joanna Madamba, Lighting Design......................................................................Ken and Patti Crowley Master Electrician..................................Pam Leonowich, Micheal J. O’Connor Assisted by Lloyd Bittinger, Marzanne Claiborne, Kimberly Crago, Jacquanna Davis, Charles Dragonette, Brook Easterly, Ari McSherry, Donna Reynolds, Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Marg Soroos, Leslie Wilkes, Alan Wray Sound Design ................................................................................................Alan Wray Assisted by............................................................................Keith Bell, David Correia Costume Design ........................................Farrell Hartigan, Robin Worthington Wardrobe Supervision ..........................................................Robin Worthington Assisted by Alisa Beyninson, Jamie Blake, Karen Sagun, Margaret Snow Hair Design ................................................................................................Kadira Coley Makeup Design ........................................................................................Kadira Coley Rigging ............................................................................Russell M. Wyland Photographer ..............................................................................................Matt Liptak Audition Table ............................................Charlotte Corneliusen, Robin Gold, Latonya Henry, Carol Strachan A special thanks to those people whose names were not available when this playbill went to press.

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Meet the Cast (in alphabetical order) Albert Bolden (Troy Maxson) is excited for his first opportunity to work with LTA along with his youngest daughter. Albert is from August Wilson’s Pittsburgh and as a voice-over actor has contributed to 2021 Gold and Silver Telly Award-winning productions.

He has enjoyed participating backstage in several of his daughter’s community theater productions. Albert is grateful for the opportunity to extend the legacy of Mr. Wilson’s work, and to partner with wonderful professionals who continue to cultivate the universality of this family’s experience is priceless. He is thankful for his family’s heartening support.

Maya Bolden (Raynell) is excited to be acting alongside her dad for her LTA mainstage debut. Maya is a seventh-grader; she has studied at Metropolitan School of the Arts. She is a published writer and enjoys doing all kinds of art and different types of music. Maya thanks her family for encouraging her to audition for this wonderful production.

Ayyaz Choudhury (Gabriel) is making his LTA stage debut with Fences. He has studied both stage and screen acting with James Johnson and Brenna McDonough at the Washington Theater Lab. Ayyaz is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and thanks God and his wife for his creative inspiration.

Jared Diallo (Cory) is excited to return to the LTA stage. He was last seen as Pfc. Louden Downey in LTA’s production of A Few Good Men. He also was seen locally in The Wizard of Oz, The Addams Family, Bye Bye Birdie and Seussical. Jared is a student at Northern Virginia Community College and plans to continue his education in pursuit of a degree in musical theater. Jared would like to thank his family and friends for their continued support.

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Meet the Cast DeJeanette Horne (Jim Bono), a native Washingtonian, is excited to return to LTA after many years of performing in the region. His credits include The Adventures of Pericles (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company); The Infinite Tales (4615 Theatre Company); West by God (Keegan Theatre); God of Carnage (Keegan Theatre); Harvey (1st Stage of Tyson); One Man Two Guvnors (1st Stage of Tysons); The Fire and the Rain (Constellation Theater); and many others.

Mack Leamon (Lyons) is thrilled to be back in live theater and making his debut at LTA. His recent theater credits include Detroit ’67 (Strand Theater); Heard It Through the Grapevine— Motown Moments Tribute (The Finest Performance Foundation); Stick Fly (Ankh Repertory Theatre); Two Trains Running (Spotlighters Theatre); Radio Golf (Hard Bargain Players); Coming Home, Stick Fly and Blues for an Alabama Sky (Port City Playhouse); A Raisin in the Sun (Castaways Repertory Theater); The Big A: Scenes from a Vanishing Landscape (Macomb Theater Company/DC Fringe Festival); and Before It Hits Home (Lincoln University Theater).

Brenda Parker (Rose) made her stage debut as Motormouth Maybelle in LTA’s 2011 production of Hairspray. Since then, she has performed in The Color Purple with Tantallon Community Players, among other productions. Her most recent venture onstage was as Susan B. Anthony with Through the Fourth Wall Production’s world debut of 19: The Musical. Brenda can be found currently at historic George Washington’s Mount Vernon as an interpreter and narrative storyteller, recounting the stories of and representing Caroline Branham, Silla and Lucy and 317 enslaved persons. Brenda gives thanks and honors God for the gifts of song and story and for her beautiful family and first grandbaby, who allowed her to become the family Griot.

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Meet the Crew (in alphabetical order) Luana Bossolo (Co-Set Painting) is excited to return to LTA, where she has been painting sets for the last decade. Past shows include Rabbit Hole, A Christmas Carol, The Full Monty, Spamalot, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Fabulous Lipitones, The Audience, Harvey and The Fantasticks. She has also worked wardrobe, produced, and served as the co-chair of the LTA Nominating Committee. She is delighted to be working again with director Eleanore Tapscott, producer Russell Wyland and designer Matt Liptak as well as her talented crew of painters.

Margaret Chapman (Co-Properties Design) is participating in her sixth production with LTA after designing props for The Revolutionists most recently. For the past few years, she has been designing props and producing shows for St. Mark’s Players (SMP) and Fat and Greasy Citizens Brigade, including Sister Act: The Musical, Evita and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). She also serves on the LTA Council and as the president of the SMP Board of Directors and is currently producing Blue Stockings, which can be seen on the LTA stage early in 2022.

Marzanne Claiborne (Assistant Director) alternates between directing and lighting design. Her last directorial effort was LTA’s Blue Stockings in 2020, delayed to February 2022 by COVID-19. Prior to that, she directed ACCT’s Enchanted April (six WATCH nominations, one win), and she recently served as assistant director for The Bluest Eye at DS. Favorite lighting designs include Driving Miss Daisy (WATCH nomination), To Kill a Mockingbird (LTA Award winner), The Fantasticks, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Steel Magnolias, Key for Two, The Fabulous Lipitones, all at LTA; A Streetcar Named Desire (TAP); Fabulation (PCP); and Bus Stop (ACCT).

Sherry Clarke (Co-Stage Manager) first “dabbled in the arts” with the typical childhood neighborhood plays. In her late teens, Sherry experienced high school and college plays, starting a 13-year career as a vocalist based in Seattle. In Alexandria, she discovered LTA, a new home in which to explore her theatrical interests. Sherry’s most recent stage management credits include The Haunting of Hill House, A Fox on the Fairway, Harvey, August: Osage County, The Fantasticks and Moonlight and Magnolias.

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Kadira Coley (Hair Design/Makeup Design) is delighted to return to LTA, where she has done hair and makeup design for several shows, including A Christmas Carol (2016 and 2020), Anne of Green Gables, To Kill a Mockingbird and Ripcord. Unlike most “techies,” Kadira has also appeared onstage in LTA’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Ragtime and with the Alexandria Singers. As always, Kadira would like to thank her husband and family for being so supportive and allowing her the opportunity to “play” in the arts!

Ken and Patti Crowley (Lighting Design) After the last year and a half, Ken and Patti are excited to be working once again at LTA. Their most recent designs include LTA’s Rumors, A Gentleman’s Guide…, The Producers, The Nance, History Boys, In the Heights and 33 Variations; DS’s Last Summer at Bluefish Cove; RCP’s Peter and The Starcatcher, Aida and Gypsy; PWLT’s Cabaret, The 39 Steps and Jesus Christ Superstar; and TAP’s She Loves Me and Deathtrap. Other noteworthy designs include Curtains, Picnic, The Secret Garden, The Will Rogers Follies, Widdershins, Into the Woods, Blithe Spirit, Das Barbecü, The Teahouse of the August Moon and I Hate Hamlet.

They are the recipients of numerous awards including LTA, RCP, FCT and WATCH Awards for their lighting design. They want to dedicate their design to the production team, their fellow designers, and the cast and crew.

Michael Donahue (Stage Combat Choreography) staged the violence for LTA’s A Few Good Men and two other shows for director Eleanore Tapscott, Bus Stop and Leading Ladies. He won the WATCH Award for his swordfighting stage combat choreography for Providence Players’ Lovers and Executioners. His choreography has been nominated multiple times for WATCH Awards. Michael was a professional fight director for almost 20 years, choreographing stage combat for regional theatres up and down the Eastern Seaboard, including Williamstown Theatre Festival for three seasons, Shakespeare Theatre Festivals, and many of the large outdoor venues as well as many large performance events for HIIT Productions.

One of Michael’s most challenging performance events was the staging of a full body burn for 22 performances at POCONOS PA.

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Meet the Crew (continued) Joel Durgavich (Co-Properties Design) originally came to LTA to support his son, who had an interest in musical theater, but soon found himself hooked. Since then, he has become a jack of many theater trades. He can often be found working backstage on props or set construction crews or as an assistant stage manager. He has worked as a member of the Nominating Committee and LTA Council and has even appeared onstage as Boolie in LTA’s production of Driving Miss Daisy. Joel is delighted to be working with his wife, Margaret Chapman, and Bobbie Herbst on props.

Brook Easterly (Assistant Stage Manager) has had a long interest in theatre: Her first notable theatre accomplishment was writing and directing Cats fanfic in the fourth grade. She caught the fever and never looked back. Brook is a relative newcomer to LTA, supporting Ripcord and Rumors earlier this year, and is happy to be rejoining LTA for Fences. Some of her favorite past productions include Stage Door, Oklahoma, Brigadoon, Two Gentlemen of Verona and another August Wilson play, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.

Farrell Hartigan (Co-Costume Design) last designed costumes at LTA for A Few Good Men. She has spent many years making sure no one goes onstage naked (with the exception of Calendar Girls). Farrell’s other activities range from gardening to automobile repair to community service! She has designed costumes for many local theaters and has been honored to receive several WATCH and LTA Awards.

Bobbie Herbst (Co-Properties Design) has designed properties at LTA for Dirty Blonde; Twentieth Century; Heaven Can Wait; The Underpants; The Foreigner; Red, White and Tuna; It Runs in the Family; Moonlight and Magnolias, and The Belle of Amherst, and she won the WATCH Award for PCP’s production of Black Hole. Bobbie has received LTA’s Outstanding New Member Award and Outstanding Service to LTA Award. Sharing props duties with the talented duo of Margaret Chapman and Joel Durgavich has been a joy. Love to M, C and E.

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Brittany Huffman (Co-Stage Manager) is a transplant to the DMV from Pittsburgh, where she worked with several community theaters and learned to love the work of another Pittsburgh native, August Wilson. Her most recent productions include onstage in A Christmas Carol and stage manager during Ripcord, Love Letters and The Fox on the Fairway. Favorite previous productions include Macbeth (Witch #1), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Mistress Page) and The Westing Game and Lend Me a Tenor (stage manager).

Pam Leonowich (Co-Master Electrician) has been climbing the light ladders at LTA for over 100 consecutive shows and is proud to follow her mother’s footsteps. Her mother managed and designed productions for the troops during World War II with the British Entertainment National Service Association (ENSA). Pam is pleased to be teaming with lighting designers Ken and Patti Crowley and co-master electrician Ari McSherry. Special thanks to our fabulously talented light crew and Pam’s loyal and loving Max and Poppy.

Matt Liptak (Set Design/Co-Set Painting/Co-Set Decoration/Photographer) has designed 10 sets at LTA with his work on Fences. Matt has designed, painted and dressed sets across the DMV for the last six years. Notable shows at LTA include Harvey (WATCH Award), Jesus Christ Superstar, The History Boys, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and The Revolutionists. Matt thanks everyone who worked tirelessly to make this show happen and thanks Kieran for his constant support.

Micheal J. O’Connor (Co-Master Electrician) frequently works as Master Electrician at many local community theaters. Pam Leonowich is his favorite Co-ME. He enjoys working with Ken and Patti along with the very talented tech crew at LTA. He can often be found backstage or in the tech booth, always in the dark.

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Meet the Crew (continued) Tom O’Reilly (Set Construction) is pleased to return to LTA to help with another set designed by Matt Liptak. Previously at LTA, Tom built the sets for Driving Miss Daisy, Jesus Christ Superstar (WATCH nominee), The Nance (WATCH Award) and The Producers. He has also built for TAP, RCP, Chalice Theatre, ArtStream and local high schools.

Eleanore Tapscott (Director) is a classically trained actress and director.

Directing credits include The Count of Monte Cristo, The Judicial Murder of Mrs. Surratt and Bus Stop (ACCT); Harvey (MCP); A Christmas Carol, Key for Two, Caught in the Net, I’m Not Rappaport, Noises Off and The Fantasticks (LTA); Fabulation, Coming Home and Blues for an Alabama Sky (PCP); Acadia and School for Scandal (TAP); Proposals and The Universal Language (RCP), and The Bluest Eye (DS). Thank you to the creative team, cast and crew!

Robin Worthington (Co-Costume Design/Wardrobe Coordinator) is delighted to support LTA’s production of Fences. A veteran costume esigner and wardrobe mistress, she is excited to work with Director Tapscott on yet another “fence” play (The Fantasticks), designer Hartigan on more “uniforms” (A Few Good Men), and our terrific LTA wardrobe crew. Robin has previously served as LTA’s Costume Chair, curating the theater’s extensive sartorial collection and organizing the lending of costumes to area theaters, schools and nonprofits.

Alan Wray (Sound Design) is excited to be working on this production with Russ, Eleanore, Marzanne and fabulous actors. Alan has designed sound for various LTA productions as well as for other theaters. He most recently designed sound for Rumors and Moonlight and Magnolias, which had an unfortunate shortened run because of COVID. Additionally for LTA, he designed sound for The Producers (WATCH Award), Picnic (WATCH nomination), 33 Variations (LTA Award) and the chilling Widdershins (LTA Award).

Alan designed sound for TAP’s She Loves Me and The Seagull (WATCH nomination) as well as for Dominion Stage’s Spring Awakening and The Boys in the Band (WATCH nomination). Occasionally he can be seen producing shows: His last co-production was Ripcord with Lynn O’Connell.

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Russell M. Wyland (Producer/Co-Set Decoration/Rigging) has produced over 25 shows at LTA including The Belle of Amherst, Moonlight and Magnolias, 33 Variations, Spamalot and Hairspray. He has also decorated several sets during his 31 years at LTA. He is the winner of several LTA and WATCH Awards for set decoration, special effects, sound design and producing. Russ’ specialty and first love, however, is rigging, and he has been hanging curtains, signs and chandeliers at LTA for more than 175 productions.

Thank You! LTA wishes to recognize and thank all of the volunteers who have given their time and talents by helping with house managing, ushering, or working in the box office for our previous production of Rumors.

Box Office Volunteers Lloyd Bittinger Kevin Blaum Martha Deal Sharon Dove Bernard Engel Sharon Field

Ira Forstater Gary and Suzan Gladstone Nancy Hight Marian Holmes Kate Ives

Karen Maline Melissa Nielson Steve Percy Jayn Rife Steven Rosenthal Louis Rothberg

Karen K. Sagun Page Dreher Schreiner Eve Young

Kay Parker Steven Rosenthal Heather Sanderson Ana Shannon Joan Smyth Howard Soroos Colton Thomas Rebecca Thomas Mic Townsend

Jean Vita Mila Weiss Sheila Widerski Dan Widerski Tescia Yonkers Bill Young

Front of House Volunteers Sophie Anderson Kevin Blaum Denna (Dee) Brown Kat Cassedy Laura Clarke Rita Costello Carys Crawford Jacquanna Davis Leslie S. Deneault

Kitty Farrall Jean Miller Frane Gary Gladstone Sue Gladstone Donna Hauprich Gayle Hightower Glen MacDonald Kirt Miller Madelaine Morgan

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Donors Founding Fathers Anonymous Jim Barthmaier Laura Beauchamp & Christopher Feldmann Marzanne Claiborne & Leslie Wilkes Charles Dragonette & Alan Wray Jeff Haslow and Marty Smith Marian Holmes Steffen & Jennifer Krause Beth Leonard Shirley McKinley David & Michelle McNally Jean S. Moore In Memory of Alice and Tom O’Connor Micheal J. O’Connor In Memory of Robert C. Odle, Jr. Mr. David C. Schwark & Mrs. Suzanne C. Schwark Greg & Pam Sullivan

Continental Congress Anonymous In Memory of Eileen Farrell Jim & Mary Hutzler Elizabeth and William Jay Jill & Joe Kale James & Catherine Kelley In Memory of Chris Macey In Memory of Grace Machanic Linda L. Mayer Mary Hunstad & Peter O’Konski Jeanne & Dan Porter Carole & David Preston In Memory of Leslie Reed In Memory of Allen and Jean Stuhl Andrew Terrell & Megan Waterhouse Walter J. and Gail Woolwine

Patriots Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Alfredson Ronald E. Becker Michael and Niki Bennett Clare Bisceglia Luana Bossolo Nicole and Maya Brettell In Memory of Nancyanne Burton Gregory Clarke & Julie Ann Chapman David & Catherine Clagett Barbara and John Cohoon Stephen & Kimberly Crago Mr. & Mrs. C. Wallace DeWitt The Reverend Stanley A. Dubowski Dennis & Myrna Dunn Jack & Kelly Fannon

Dorinda Fitt Jim & Alexandra Hartz Pat & Ken Lore Anne Monahan Zell Murphy Jeff & Diane Nesmeyer Melissa Nielson & Edward Yawn In Memory of Leslie Reed Kent, Gail, and Elizabeth Replogle A. Leo Romaneski In Honor of Frank D. Shutts, II Howard & Margaret Soroos Mary Beth Smith-Toomey Susan Swain Harrison & Toni Wadsworth Kelley Wells Scott Wirtzman

Alexandrian Neale Ainsfield & Dr. Donna Sieckmann Ms. Martha Alliston James and Gay Alper Jerome Andersen Anonymous The Apker Family Carol Atkins Mary Katherine Baumeister Dick & Cathy Becker Beverley Benda Lloyd Bittinger In Honor of the Blake Family Edward C. Blau Mr. & Mrs. Alan Boehm Susan Bowman Tamara Preston Boyd Patricia Bradford Gregory Bricker Herb & Dee Brooks Dale Brown & Eileen Malone Jim & Sue Buchanan Nick & Diane Burakow In Memory of Nancyanne Burton Carolyn L. Cain Elisabeth Campbell Lucy Capaldi Karen Carlyle Marilyn Carney Gillian Chen Conductor’s Fan Club David Correia Patricia Cosler Brian & Paula Coupe Robert B. Crane Bob & Judy – In Honor of Ken Crowley Tom Dabney Ann S. Daniels Kevin Deardorff & Lisa Blumerman Michael deBlois David Dender The Dipalma’s Rob Doerschner

P.M. Donahue Margaret Evans-Joyce Chief Faith Federspiel Sharon Field Ira Forstater & Robin Fradkin Delma Frankel Thomas & Rita Foss Sarah & Michael Gale Jeff & Donna Gathers James & Maria Gentle Marcia Gillespie Lotte Goldman Barbara Hayes In Memory of Barbara Helsing John. J. Heyman Jim & Terry Howard Linda Jasper William Jenkins Bonnie Jourdan Sheila & Neil Jurinski Vicki Kadilak Judy and Orron Kee Janet Kennelly Richard and Eleanor Knott Karen Kopp in Memory of Philip Kopp Robert Kraus & Larissa Heyman In Memory of Dianna Kreutz In Memory of Dick and Dianna Kreutz Freida Lachapelle Ladies’ & Gentleman’s Matinee Society Dale & Bob Latiff Kirby Lee Pamela Leonowich Susan & Andre L’Heureux William W. Lohr Jennifer Lyman In Memory of Chris Macey Bruce and Susan Machanic Sara Maddux Bob & Joanne Madison The Maibach Foundation Donna & Marty Malarkey Estelle Marlor Nicky McDonnell J.J. & Pat Miller Theresa Monroe Thomas & Dolores Mulkerin Murphy Family Northstrat on Behalf of Nancyanne Burton David & Pamela Orr Kathleen Parrish Jim Pearson & Laurie Marichak Elena Polyak Gary & Ana Rasmussen In Memory of Leslie Reed Donna Reynolds Stasia & Pat Rhoads Cliff Rieger Mary Jo Roos James Rorke

Ann Rowan Tami & Peter Salmon Mark & Donna Samblanet Tom Sargeant Jacqueline & Ralph Schenkel Jean & Jim Schlichting Page Dreher Schreiner Karen Jadlos Shotts Aubrey & Carolyn Smith Patricia Spencer Smith George & Marisa Souza Bob & Sharon Spivey Adrian Steel Donald Street In Memory of Allen Stuhl April Stull Maria Sullivan Lois Van Bergen Edward Walker & Brenda Kurlansik Katherine Ward Sandra H. Welch Rance R. Willis Linda W. Windsor Raymond M. & Sheri H. Wolfe Chris & Gail Wollenberg Kathy Wood Richard Young

Minutemen Dr. Lynda G. Adamson Anonymous Diana Banat Ronald & Sheila Barrett Dominic Beamer Robert & Joann Bingham Joseph Bischoff Gloria Black David and Katherine Breen Cheri L. Brown In Memory of Nancyanne Burton Marcia Carpentier Shah and Leah Choudhury Lisa Cohen Dee Colby Linda Couture Angelique Dimmick Jeffery Dowers Julie & Paul Edwards Philip Eisenstat Alan English Karen and John Forster Elizabeth Gaston Jeff & Donna Gathers Mary Clair Gildea Niki Gilliam Joanne Goodell Geoffrey Goodrum Kacie Greenwood & Bryan Smith Raul Grumberg Susan Hart Karl Wayne Heil In Memory of Barbara Helsing

Suzan & David Henderson Joanna Henry Bobbie Herbst Mark & Patti Higgins – In Memory of Nancyanne Burton Dr. David Hunt & Dr. Kimberly Wells Ray and Judy Isaacs Vernon Kahiler James & Charlene Kegerreis Victor and Barbara Kernus David Kimmelman In Memory of Dick & Dianna Kreutz Kirk and Gabriela Lambert Dr. Valerie Larkin In Honor of Chuck Leonard The Livingston Family Nathan & Kara Macek In Memory of Chris Macey Raymonde Magliozzi Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Mannion Bill & Joan McCulla In Memory of Brian McNamara Mary Jo Morgan Brian Murphy In Memory of Alice O’Connor

Pierella Paci Laura Peterson Mrs. Jackie Phillips Omar Rojas & Sara Deshong-Rojas Col. Melvin H. Rosen Steven Rosenthal Rob & Donna Roth – In Memory of Nancyanne Burton Eric Schlesinger Martha H. Schumacher Robert & Maureen Simoniz Barbara Slavik Wendy Sneff Mrs. Mary Stauss Mark Stein Capt. & Mrs. Donald Taggart In Memory of Gene Vaughan Hildegard White

Colonists Mr. and Mrs. Albanese Martha E. Alliston Anonymous Ellie Briscoe Betty Brown

Joan Burg In Memory of Nancyanne Burton Gabby Carter Dorothy Cass Ronald E. Cogan Jacqueline Doherty In Honor of Dave Dunn Joan Ebbs Robert Eckert Dan & Marie Ernst Avery Clifford Evans Aaron Geduldig Kathy Giannetti Karen Gruber David Hale & Russ Wyland Joe Harr Kalynne Harvey Joseph Hearin Raymond Heatherton Ginger Higgins Ms. Sherada Hobgood Alma Kasulaitis Roberta Klein Kathy Koczyk Philip Krzywicki Lynn Lacey Catherine Love

Mr. & Mrs. Greg & Cynthia Matthes Maureen Melton Ed & Eleanor Metzbower Judith Mitchell Tony Morris Jane Neubig Shawn Newman & Sara Hefler Mr. & Mrs. Alan Newton Soledad Pellegrini & Timo Lorenzo-Schmidt Cynthia Picha Linda Plaskow Jill Randolph Irene Rehbock Patricia Richter Emily Ryan Margaret Sarisky Roxanne Sayre Diana Schwanhausser Rivon Shaneyfelt Nancy L. Siegal Wendy Swanson Lauren Walker Thomas Walker Mark Weitz Sheila Woods Linda Ysewyn

Giving Key Founding Fathers......................................................$1000–Above Continental Congress......................................................$500–999 Patriots ..................................................................................$250–499 Alexandrians ......................................................................$100–249 Minutemen ..............................................................................$50–99 Colonists....................................................................................$25–49

Every effort has been made to ensure that this list of contributors is correct and complete as of the date this program went to press. If your name has been omitted or misspelled, please accept our apologies and inform us of the error so that the correction can be made.

If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution online, visit www.thelittletheatre.com and click on opportunities, then donations. You may also contact the business office at 703-683-5778, ext. 2 and donate by phone.

Theater Abbreviations Used in This Playbill ACCT – Aldersgate Church Community Theater ACT – Alliance of Community Theaters ASC – Annapolis Shakespeare Company ATMTC – Adventure Theatre and Musical Theater Center BCT – Bowie Community Theatre BST – Baltimore Shakespeare Factory CFTC – City of Fairfax Theatre Company CCDC – Capital City Players of DC CCP – Chevy Chase Players CFTC – City of Fairfax Theatre Company CRT – Castaways Repertory Theatre CT – Chalice Theater DTC – Damascus Theatre Company DS – Dominion Stage ES – Encore Stage ESP – Elden Street Players (now NST) FCT – Fauquier Community Theatre FP – Foundry Players (now CCDC) GAC – Greenbelt Arts Center GFP – Great Falls Players (now MCP) HBP – Hard Bargain Players

KAT – Kensington Arts Theatre KT – Keegan Theatre LMP – Laurel Mill Playhouse LSDT – Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre LTA – The Little Theatre of Alexandria MCP – McLean Community Players MP – Montgomery Playhouse MPAT – Metropolitan Performing Arts Theatre MSA – Metropolitan School for the Arts MTA – McLean Theatre Alliance (now MCP) MTC – Musical Theater Center NST – NextStop Theatre NVP – Northern Virginia Players NVTA – Northern Virginia Theatre Alliance OTC – Olney Theater Center PCP – Port City Playhouse PGLT – Prince George’s Little Theatre PPF – Providence Players of Fairfax PTC – Pandemonium Theater Productions PTC – Potomac Theatre Company Inc. PTP – Port Tobacco Players PWLT – Prince William Little Theatre

RCP – Reston Community Players RLT – Rockville Little Theatre RMT – Rockville Musical Theatre SAG-AFTRA – Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists SCT – Springfield Community Theater SMP – St Mark’s Players SP – Sterling Playmakers SSS – Silver Spring Stage ST – Signature Theatre TACT – The American Century Theater TAP – The Arlington Players TAT – The Alliance Theatre TBP – The British Players TCP – Tantallon Community Players TT4W – The 4th Wall VCU – Virginia Commonwealth University VTC – Vienna Theatre Company WATCH – Washington Area Theatre Community Honors WS – Washington Savoyards

The Council of The Little Theatre of Alexandria Zell Murphy II ....................................................................................................................................Director Rachael Hubbard ....................................................................................................................Vice Director Donna Hauprich ............................................................................................................................Secretary Lloyd Bittinger ..................................................................................................................Financial Officer Frank D. Shutts II............................................................................ Honorary Member, LTA President Jay Bartol Jamie Blake Luana Bossolo Leslie Buckles Kacie Carlyle Margaret Chapman Franklin C. Coleman Charlotte Corneliusen David Correia Kimberly Crago Susan R. Devine Paul Donohoe Sharon Rochelle Dove* Joel D. Durgavich Margaret Evans-Joyce Peter M. Fannon* Ira Forstater * Distinguished Member

Duane Goddard* Kacie Greenwood David B. Hale Ronald Hardcastle Barbara H. Hayes Bobbie Herbst Kira Simon Hogan Marian Holmes* David B. Kahn Algis & Suzanne Kalvaitis Judith Kee* Oron Kee Kirk Lambert Patricia B. Nicklin C. Lynn O’Connell Micheal J. O’Connor Eddie Page

James Pearson Jayn L. Rife Benjamin Robles Heather Sanderson Jean Schlichting Margo Shiffert Patricia Spencer Smith Kim Smith-Salmon Mary Beth Smith-Toomey* Arthur & Margaret Snow Howard & Marg Soroos Rance R. Willis* Frank & Carolyn Winters Russell Wyland Kenneth P. Zabielski

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Welcome to the “Shakespeare Garden” in The Little Theatre of Alexandria Courtyard! This beautiful garden was made possible with donations from LTA members and supporters who purchased bricks during the LTA Council’s fund-raising campaign February-April of 2017. We have planted floral species that figured prominently in the Bard’s writings. We invite you to check out our courtyard during intermission and see how many you can identify!

The Council of The Little Theatre of Alexandria, organized in 1961, is a dedicated group of about 70 members that supports the theatre with special contributions. While our “Shakespeare Garden” is our most massive accomplishment so far, our past contributions included: scholarships for high school students, a new range, draperies and ice maker for the Council Green Room, folding chairs and tables throughout the theatre, brass plates for sponsored theatre seats, a computerized box office system, several grand drapes over the years, and many varied technical enhancements, including automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for safety. Contributions to LTA from the Council have exceeded $215,000. The Council conducts three business/social meetings per year, and decorates the theatre for the winter holidays. We are pleased to be a part of the Alexandria artistic community and proud to support one of the best community theatres in America today!