August Wilson's Fences - Sept 2021

presents

AUGUST

a play by August Wilson

directed by Eleanore Tapscott

produced by Russell M. Wyland

SEP. 11 – 25, 2021

www.thelittletheatre.com

AUGUST WILSON’S

FENCES

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 ................................................................................................................

EDUCATION

Christopher A. Tomasino

Heather Sanderson

FRONT OF HOUSE Monty Montgomery

MEMBERSHIP Stacey Becker

PRODUCTION

PUBLIC RELATIONS ..............................................................................................................................

Alan Wray

Rachel Alberts

SEASONAL PLANNING Eleanore Tapscott

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Treasurer

Secretary to the Board

Executive Secretary

Ken Crowley

David B. Hale

Lynn O’Connell

Jamie Blake

Archivist .......................................................................................................................................... Charles Dragonette

Business Manager

Box Office Manager

Legal Counsel

Crissy Wilke

Jeffrey Westlake

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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.

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.

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.

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

The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production and distributing recordings or streams in any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author(s)’s rights and actionable under United States Copyright Law. For more information, please visit https://concordtheatricals.com/ resources/protecting-artists

Public Relations Staff

Publicity .................................... Rachel Alberts

Graphics Simmons Design

Playbill Editor ................... Carol Hutchinson

Playbill Coordinator Bobbie Herbst

For information concerning Playbill advertising, please call 703-683-5778.

Kim Bolden, SOHO at the Art League

Gift

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.

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

PLANTS GARDEN SUPPLIES LANDSCAPE HOME DÉCOR

LTA’s fall class session for youth and adults starts this September! Join us for improv, directing, acting, voiceovers, and more!

To view a full schedule and register online, visit LTA’s website at www.thelittletheatre.com and click on “classes”.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Meet the Crew

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.

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

Front of House Volunteers

Sophie Anderson

Kevin Blaum

Denna (Dee) Brown

Kat Cassedy

Laura Clarke

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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

Giving Key

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

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

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

* Distinguished Member Rev 8.16.21

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!