A Fox on the Fairway - June 2019

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KEN LUDWIG’S

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fairway written by Ken Ludwig produced by Luana Bossolo and Russell M. Wyland directed by Scott J. Strasbaugh

JUN. 8 – 29, 2019 www.thelittletheatre.com

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A NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL

book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan music and lyrics by Mel Brooks produced by David Correia and Mary Beth Smith-Toomey directed by Kristina Friedgen choreographed by Stefan Sittig music direction by Colin Taylor LTA starts the season with the 2001 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, The Producers! Max Bialystock, the onetime king of Broadway producers, is hungry to strike it rich. Leo Bloom,an accountant with dreams of someday becoming a theatre producer, discovers that they could get richer by producing a flop instead of a hit. They start by finding the worst show, worst director, and worst actors. When their new production, “Springtime for Hitler,” turns out to be a smash success, the plan is thrown off and the partners lives are thrown into chaos.

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KEN LUDWIG’S

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fox

on the fairway JUNE 8 – 29, 2019 Written by Ken Ludwig

Produced by Luana Bossolo and Russell M. Wyland Directed by Scott J. Strasbaugh

Ken Ludwig’s A Fox on the Fairway is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc., 235 Park Avenue South, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10003 Ken Ludwig’s A Fox on the Fairway was originally produced by Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia, October 2010.

Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director Maggie Boland, Managing Director

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Director’s Notes Misery Loves Golf.

Wait. I believe it’s Misery loves comedy.

Isn’t it the same thing?

Golf is Comedy … at least my game is.

If ever there was a time when we need a good laugh, it’s now. With tensions growing in our country, the constant drama in Washington, and all our struggles to stay focused on our daily lives, comedy needs to take center stage. As Charles Dickens put it, “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” Or as Maya Angelou says, “I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.” Ken Ludwig’s A Fox on the Fairway fulfills that mission: It makes us laugh.

According to the dictionary, a farce is “a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.” Golf has many of those same qualities, doesn’t it? In farce, the catastrophes line up like the dominoes in chaos theory, where a disruption in one field inevitably leads to disruption in another. But luckily, unlike the inevitable unraveling of misdeeds in tragedy, farce graces us with the gift of laughter.

A Fox on the Fairway allows us the chance to laugh in the face of such disaster … err … golf.

I am fortunate to have this opportunity to direct LTA’s production of Ken Ludwig’s A Fox on the Fairway. My goal is to honk the noses of those hoity-toity private country club members and loosen up their stuffed shirts. Or just showcase a play where golf, sex and money get a hole in one … or two … maybe three.

Fore!

Scott J. Strasbaugh Director (with a great short game)

SHOW SYNOPSIS Each year, members of Quail Valley, a once-posh country club, compete in an intra-club tournament against their archrivals from the upscale Crouching Squirrel Country Club. This year, more than a championship and bragging rights are on the line. This hilarious farce about finding true love, lost parents, priceless antiques and the middle of the fairway is set against the backdrop of the grandest sport, complete with funny lingo, ugly sweaters and plaid polyester trousers.

Setting and Time: Present day, Quail Valley Golf and Country Club We regret that no sound recording or photographic equipment may be operated during the performance.

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The Cast (in order of their tee time) Justin ................................................................................................................................Cameron McBride Louise ....................................................................................................................Raeanna Nicole Larson Bingham..........................................................................................................................................Ken Kemp Pamela ..................................................................................................................................Patricia Nicklin Dickie ..................................................................................................................................Brendan Chaney Muriel ............................................................................................................................Lorraine Bouchard Ken Ludwig’s A Fox on the Fairway is performed in two acts with one 15-minute intermission.

Act I Scene One: The Tap Room of Quail Valley Golf and Country Club, one morning last week Scene Two: Later that afternoon

Act II Scene One: That evening Scene Two: The next morning Scene Three: On the 18th green

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The Grounds Crew Producers ......................................................................................Luana Bossolo, Russell M. Wyland Director ..........................................................................................................................Scott J. Strasbaugh Stage Managers ..............................................................................Sherry Clarke, Brittany Huffman Assistant Stage Managers ......................................................April Bridgeman, Brendan Quinn Stage Combat Choreograhy ............................................................................................Michael Page Set Design ............................................................................................................................Marian Holmes Set Construction ........................................................................................................................Ken Brown Assisted by Susan Burkhead, Shah Choudhury, Noah Diaz-Granados, Ira Forstater, Jeff Gathers, Jim Hutzler, Greg Matthes, Ken Zabielski Set Painting ..........................................................................................................................Kathy Murphy Assisted by Abigail Casas, Tegest Darmyelew, Bobbie Herbst, Mary Hutzler, Stephanie Köhler-Backus, Denise Landers, Patty Lord, Meg Milroy, Judy Navarro, John Nelson, Susan Nelson Set Decoration ..........................................................................Marian Holmes, Russell M. Wyland Assisted by Stacey Becker Properties Design ..............................................................................................................Stacey Becker Assisted by Michelle Hall, Brendan Quinn Lighting Design ............................................................................Jeffrey Auerbach, Kimberly Crago Master Electricians....................................................................Jeffrey Auerbach, Kimberly Crago Assisted by Lloyd Bittinger, Franklin Coleman, Pam Leonowich, Sherry Singer, Marg Soroos, Alan Wray Sound Design ....................................................................................................Krista White, Alan Wray Assisted by Keith Bell, David Correia, Sharon Grant, Janice Rivera, Jayn Rife, Jack Seiver Costume Design ..................................................................................Ceci Albert, Lisa Brownsword Hair and Makeup Design .................................................................................................. Susan Boyd Assisted by Robin Maline Wardrobe Coordinators .................................................................. Jamie Blake, Donna Hauprich Assisted by Margaret Snow, Mary Wallace Photographer ............................................................................................................................Matt Liptak Double Tech Dinner ....................................................................................................Wysolo Catering Assisted by Rachel Alberts, Bobbie Herbst Opening Night Party ..............................................Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Frank D. Shutts II Assisted by Myke Taister Audition Coordinator ..........................................................Sherry Clarke, Margaret Evans-Joyce Assisted by Maddy Byrd, Robert Ford, Richard Isaacs, Margo Shiffert, Sherry Singer, Margaret Snow Rigging ............................................................................................................................Russell M. Wyland 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) Lorraine Bouchard (Muriel) is delighted to be back at LTA. Audiences probably recall her performance as Sonia in last season’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Some of her other roles include Grandma in The Addams Family (musical) with Chalice Theatre, Oiser in Steel Magnolias and Helga in Deathtrap with WPP and Vernadette in Dixie Swim Club at ACCT. Other memorable productions include Taking Sides at PCP, The Greatest Holiday Show (N)Ever with TCP, All’s Well That Ends Well (RM) and A Tuna Christmas (MCP), Brendan Chaney (Dickie), a native of Aberdeen, North Carolina, was introduced to the films of John Ford and John Huston at a young age by his parents. Ever since, he’s had the acting bug. In high school, he was a competitive speech and debater on a national level. When he was accepted to college, he had to find an outlet, and theater seemed the natural place. By the end of his freshman year, he was on an acting scholarship. He tackled a diverse series of roles, from Uncle Peck in How I Learned to Drive to Robert in Proof. After college he took some time off until his two recent roles in An Unnecessary Farce (MCP) and Taking Sides (PCP).

Ken Kemp (Bingham) last appeared at LTA as Moonface Martin in Anything Goes (LTA Award for outstanding actor in a musical). Past favorite roles include Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (PTC and WOB), Harold Hill in The Music Man (DTC and CinC), John Adams in 1776 (MST and FCT), Stage Manager in Our Town (RLT) and George in Same Time, Next Year (RLT and GAC). He has also appeared on House of Cards, Veep and American Titans; in numerous episodes for Investigation Discovery and Discovery Health; and in several indie films and shorts.

Raeanna Nicole Larson (Louise) is happy to be appearing in her third LTA production, most recently as pseudo-ballerina Essie Carmichael in You Can’t Take It with You and Belle in A Christmas Carol (2018). In the Virginia area, Raeanna has also played Molly Aster in Peter and the Starcatcher (RCP) and Laertes in Hamlet (PCP). Special thanks to Cameron for his support; he makes a great onstage boyfriend but an even better one in real life.

Cameron McBride (Justin) is an intellectual property attorney in Alexandria. This is his second performance at LTA; he had his debut in A Christmas Carol (2018). He is new to the area and is enjoying the warm welcome by the Northern Virginia community. Cameron wants to thank his friends and family for all their support and is honored to be sharing the stage with such a talented cast.

Patricia Nicklin (Pamela) has spent some time at country clubs but only as a tennis player. She did once work at Golf Digest, which means she can fake playing golf. Pat is both an actress and a singer, having most recently appeared in the Theatre Lab of DC’s production of Around the World in 80 Days in the role of Passepartout. She is a member of the Stonehill Theatre Foundation, where she has appeared as suffragist Alice Paul in Republic Undone, Dolly Madison in The Republic for Which We Stand and music director and lead vocalist in Arguing with God. Pat lives in Old Town Alexandria with her husband and dog, Angel.

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Meet the Crew (in alphabetical order) Ceci Albert and Lisa Brownsword (Co-Costume Design) are delighted to return to LTA, where they designed costumes for A Christmas Carol (2014), The Odd Couple (Female Version), Steel Magnolias, The Audience and Red, White and Tuna. They have also collaborated on shows at SMP, ACCT, HBP, MCP, DS, PCP and TACT. Ceci and Lisa would like to thank their families and friends for indulging them as they turn every room into a sewing and fitting room.

Jeffrey Auerbach and Kimberly Crago (Co-Lighting Design, Co-Master Electricians) are lighting stalwarts at LTA, designing Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Red, White and Tuna; A Christmas Carol (twice), and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), for which they won the WATCH Award for outstanding lighting design. They have designed for other community theaters in the area, including SMP, MCP, TAP, ACCT and RCP. Kimberly is dedicating this show to Steve Crago, her very patient husband; and Jeffrey is dedicating it to his fabulous family, David and Katie Clement.

Stacey Becker (Properties Design) is happy to be working on another production at LTA. She recently worked on Dracula, for which she received WATCH Award nominations for set dressing and set painting; she was the co-winner of the WATCH Award for set painting.

She is also a recipient of LTA’s Excellence in Set Painting Award for Anne of Green Gables: The Musical. Stacey wants to thank Luana and Russ for including her on their team.

Jamie Blake (Co-Wardrobe Coordinator) is thrilled to be working alongside Donna again and is pleased to be working with the team of Scott, Luana and Russ and the cast of A Fox on the Fairway. Jamie is a 30-plus-year member of LTA and has dressed the Queen of England; the entire population of Tuna, Texas; and a barbershop quartet, among many others. And long, long ago, Jamie won the LTA Award for Outstanding New Member.

Luana Bossolo (Co-Producer) has traded in her paintbrush for a producer’s clipboard with A Fox on the Fairway. She has previously served as an assistant producer for LTA’s productions of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Fabulous Lipitones, and she has served in just about every capacity behind the scenes, including properties, wardrobe and set painting. LTA audiences probably remember her paint designs for The Audience and To Kill a Mockingbird (WATCH nomination).

Susan Boyd (Hair and Makeup Design) is happy to be designing this fun show at LTA. She has designed costumes, hair and/or makeup for film and theater in the DC area and has won both WATCH and LTA awards. Susan is Governor for Artistic Support at LTA, where she is surrounded by great people. In her day job, Susan is a wardrobe stylist and image consultant, teaching real people about the importance of dress and impression management.

Ken Brown (Set Construction) is delighted to be working with such a great production team for A Fox on the Fairway. He has designed and built sets since joining LTA in 2016.

His sets include Red, White and Tuna, The Audience and A Christmas Carol (2017), for which he was nominated for LTA’s Excellence in Set Design award. Ken would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to create such a beautiful production.

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Sherry Clarke (Co-Stage Manager) first “dabbled in the arts” with the typical childhood neighborhood plays. In her late teens, she experienced high school/college plays and musicals, starting a 13-career as a vocalist based in Seattle. In Alexandria, she discovered LTA, a new home in which to explore her theatrical roots by way of community theater.

Sherry’s most recent stage management credits including LTA’s Harvey, August: Osage County and The Fantasticks.

Donna Hauprich (Co-Wardrobe Coordinator) has worked backstage as dresser and wardrobe chief for many productions at LTA, from spoofs of Shakespeare where lively entanglements left gowns, wigs and bustles flung around the stage to the classic American period comedy You Can’t Take It with You. Welcome to A Fox on the Fairway, which should be somewhere between. By day, Donna works as a massage therapist.

Marian Holmes (Set Design, Co-Set Decoration) is delighted to be participating in A Fox on the Fairway. Her set designs include Plaza Suite and Driving Miss Daisy (the first time).

She has co-dressed several sets with Russ Wyland, including The Full Monty; Red, White and Tuna; and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

Brittney Huffman (Co-Stage Manager) is a recent transplant to the DMV area from Pittsburgh, where she worked with multiple community theaters, both on- and backstage.

Her most recent productions include onstage in A Christmas Carol this past December at LTA and backstage during You Can’t Take It with You. Favorite previous productions include Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Westing Game and Lend Me a Tenor.

Matt Liptak (Photographer) does it all: photography, set design and acting. His set designs at LTA include Dracula, Harvey, The Fabulous Lipitones, The History Boys and Steel Magnolias. Matt is also an award-winning actor. Featured in A Fox on the Fairway are a few of Matt’s photographic portraits: timeless photos of famous LTA golfers.

Ken Ludwig (Playwright) is a two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright whose work is performed every night of the year throughout the world in more than 30 countries and over 20 languages. He has written 24 plays and musicals, with six Broadway productions and seven in London’s West End. His Tony Award-winning play Lend Me a Tenor was called “one of the classic comedies of the 20th century” by The Washington Post. His other plays and musicals include Crazy for You (five years on Broadway, Tony Award for Best Musical), Moon Over Buffalo (Broadway and West End), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Broadway), Treasure Island (West End), Twentieth Century (Broadway), Leading Ladies, Shakespeare in Hollywood, The Three Musketeers, The Game’s Afoot, A Fox on the Fairway, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery and A Comedy of Tenors. His critically acclaimed adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, written at the request of the Christie Estate, premiered this season to sold-out houses at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, and his world-premiere adaptation of Robin Hood! opens at The Old Globe this summer. Mr. Ludwig has received commissions from The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Bristol Old Vic and The Old Globe, and he is a Sallie B. Goodman Fellow of McCarter Theatre. His many awards and honors include the Charles MacArthur Award, two Helen Hayes Awards, the Southeastern Theatre Conference Distinguished Career Award, the Edgar Award for Best Mystery of the Year, and the Edwin Forrest Award for Contributions to the American Theatre. His book How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare (Random House) won the Falstaff Award for Best Shakespeare Book of 2014, and his essays are published by the Yale Review. He holds degrees from Harvard and Cambridge University.

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Meet the Crew (continued) Kathy Murphy (Set Painting) is a longtime student of the fine arts but relatively new to the creative world of set painting. Since joining LTA in 2015, Kathy worked on several painting crews before scoring a hole-in-one with paint designs for A Christmas Carol (2017); Red, White and Tuna; and The Audience. She is thrilled to work with the producers, director and cast on this show.

Michael Page (Stage Combat Choreography) is excited to be a part of his seventh LTA production, having choreographed the stage combat in Dracula, To Kill a Mockingbird, and A Party to Murder. He has a B.A. in theater and dance from Christopher Newport University, has garnered 12 WATCH awards for fight choreography, and is a certified actor combatant.

Scott J. Strasbaugh (Director) is making his directorial debut at LTA with A Fox on the Fairway, but he has directed widely in the area, including The Underpants (FCT), The Diary of Anne Frank (PWLT), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (SP) and Deathtrap (FCT). LTA audiences probably recall seeing him as Charles Dabernow Schmendiman in Picasso at the Lapin Agile (WATCH nomination) and Mr. Pinky in Hairspray (WATCH nomination). Other productions include The Witches of Eastwick (Signature), Moonshine Murders (StageCoach), California Suite (SP), Twelfth Night (SP), The Man Who Came to Dinner (SP) and Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular with The Rockettes. If you still can’t place the face, he has also appeared in major motion pictures: Zoolander (Olaf), Blue Ridge (store clerk), Nervous Ticks (Kendall), Highway to Hell (Fina/Stuntman) and Sugar Scull Girls (Thaddeus).

Krista White (Co-Sound Design) has been volunteering in the LTA sound department for about a year and is excited to be helping design for the first time with A Fox on the Fairway. She loves the theater, especially musicals, and makes regular trips to Broadway.

In her opinion, the Little Theater of Alexandria rivals any professional theater with the quality of its productions, and she is excited and proud to be a part of the team!

Alan Wray (Co-Sound Design) is excited to be working on this production with Krista.

LTA patrons will recall Alan’s many sound designs here, including Picnic (WATCH nomination), 33 Variations (LTA Award), You Can’t Take It with You and the haunting Widdershins (LTA Award). He designed sound for TAP’s The Seagull (WATCH nomination) and for DS’s The Boys in the Band (WATCH nomination). Occasionally Alan can be seen co-producing LTA shows: his last was Anne of Green Gables: The Musical, and he looks forward to next season’s The Haunting of Hill House.

Russell M. Wyland (Co-Producer, Co-Set Decoration, Rigging) has produced over 20 productions at LTA and has won several LTA and WATCH awards for best production, including Second Lady, The Teahouse of the August Moon, Hairspray, 33 Variations and Monty Python’s Spamalot. He has also won LTA and WATCH awards for sound design (Born Yesterday), special effects (Sleuth and Blithe Spirit) and set decoration (Nude with Violin, The Full Monty and Avenue Q). The two awards that mean the most to Russ, however, are LTA’s Outstanding Service in a Single Department for his work in rigging and Outstanding Service to LTA. Russ is currently LTA President.

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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 CIN – Cockpit in Court 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 IS – Infinity Stage 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 MST – Milburn Stone Theatre MTA–McLean Theatre Alliance (now MCP) MTC – Musical Theater Center MVCCT – Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre 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 RM – Rude Mechanicals RMT – Rockville Musical Theatre RST – Roadside Theatre SCT – Springfield Community Theater SHAPE – Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe SMP – St Mark’s Players SP – Sterling Players 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 TL – Theater Lab TT4W – The 4th Wall VLOC – Victorian Lyric Opera Company VTC – Vienna Theatre Company WATCH – Washington Area Theatre Community Honors WOB – Way Off Broadway WPP – Wolf Pack Productions

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Thank You! LTA wishes to recognize and thank all 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 The Savannah Disputation. Your contributions to the success of LTA are very much appreciated. Thank you!

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Donors Founding Fathers Anonymous Jim Barthmaier Marzanne Claiborne & Leslie Wilkes Laura Beauchamp & Chris Feldmann Charles Dragonette & Alan Wray Peter M. Fannon In Memory of Roland Gomez Steffen & Jennifer Krause In Memory of Grace Machanic Shirley McKinley David & Michelle McNally Jean S. Moore

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Patriots Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Alfredson Ronald E. Becker Clare Bisceglia In Memory of Nancyanne Burton David & Catherine Clagett Larry Dempsey & Emily Cole Kimberly & Steve Crago Jack & Kelly Fannon Jim & Alexandra Hartz In Memory of Grace Machanic Melissa Nielson & Edward Yawn Peter & Mary Hunstad O’Konski Dr. David Hunt & Dr. Kimberly Wells In Memory of Leslie Reed A. Leo Romaneski Tami & Peter Salmon Richard & Rochelle Schwab Patricia Spencer Smith Mary Beth Smith-Toomey John & Laurie Stackpole

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Alexandrian Neale Ainsfield & Dr. Donna Sieckmann Martha E. Alliston Anonymous The Apker Family Beverley Benda Lloyd Bittinger Alan Boehm Luana Bossolo Gregory Bricker Herb & Dee Brooks Dale and Eileen Brown Jim & Sue Buchanan Nick & Diane Burakow In Memory of Nancyanne Burton Carolyn L. Cain Gillian Chen Conductor’s Fan Club David Correia Patricia Cosler Brian & Paula Coupe Robert B. Crane Ann S. Daniels Susan Devine P.M. Donahue The Reverend Stanley A. Dubowski Dennis & Myrna Dunn Lisa Eskew In Honor of Peter Fannon Thomas & Rita Foss Jeff & Donna Gathers James & Maria Gentle Trish & Cam Gibson Harry & Mary Clair Gildea Marcia Gillespie Molly Gimmel Lotte Goldman Barbara Hayes Jim & Terry Howard Ray & Judy Isaacs Willy & Janney Jay William Jenkins Sheila Jurinski Col. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Knapp, USMC (Ret) Philip & Karen Kopp Robert Kraus & Larissa Heyman Freida Lachapelle Ladies’ & Gentleman’s Matinee Society Dale & Bob Latiff Susan & Andre L’Heureux Mike & Gigi Louden Jennifer Lyman In Memory of Grace Machanic Sara Maddux Bob & Joanne Madison The Maibach Foundation Estelle Marlor Carlton E. Martin

Linda L. Mayer John Mayers Nicky McDonnell Sandra McKinney William McNaught & Jody Macolini Madeline Metcalfe Will & Anne Monahan Thomas & Dolores Mulkerin Gene & Dorothy Mulligan Andy & Kate Nelson Jeff & Diane Nesmeyer Northstrat on Behalf of Nancyanne Burton The Odle Family Douglas A. Olmsted Elena Polyak Gary & Ana Rasmussen In Memory of Leslie Reed Mary Jo Roos James Rorke Ann Rowan Tom Sargeant Jean & Jim Schlichting Page Dreher Schreiner Aubrey & Carolyn Smith Patricia Spencer Smith George and Marisa Souza Bob & Sharon Spivey Laszlo & Barbara Steingaszner Donald Street Allen Stuhl April Stull Lois Van Bergen Edward Walker & Brenda Kurlansik Cal Whitehurst Linda W. Windsor

Minutemen Anne A. Andrews Anonymous Mary Katherine Baumeister Ronald & Sheila Barrett Jay Bartol Robert & Joann Bingham Cheri L. Brown James Brown John Brown Felicia Carretta Linda Couture Margaret Evans-Joyce Ira Forstater & Robin Fradkin Joanne Goodell Kacie Greenwood & Bryan Smith Patty Greksouk Fritz & Pat Haberman Barbara Helsing Mark & Patti Higgins – In Memory of Nancyanne Burton Bonnie Jourdan Alma Kasulaitis James & Charlene Kegerreis Janet Kennelly

Victor and Barbara Kernus Mary Lawson Walt & Manette Lazear Pamela Leonowich The Livingston Family William W. Lohr Nathan & Kara Macek In Memory of Grace Machanic Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Mannion Bill & Joan McCulla A.B. Morrill Kathleen Parrish Roger & Cheryl Pratt Col. Melvin H. & Barbara Rosen Steven Rosenthal Rob & Donna Roth – In Memory of Nancyanne Burton Jacqueline & Ralph Schenkel Mary Sellman, Long & Foster Realtors Robert & Maureen Simoniz Charlene Sloan Mrs. Mary Stauss Capt. & Mrs. Donald Taggart Don & Erdine Walter Raymond M. & Sheri H. Wolfe Linda Ysewyn

Colonists Dr. Lynda Adamson Anonymous Walter & Andrea Baumann Joan Burg In Memory of Nancyanne Burton Ronald E. Cogan Robert Eckert Dan & Marie Ernst Avery Clifford Evans Mel & Sara Friedman Penelope Gallagher Kathy Giannetti Doris Hamel Edith C. Heilberg Jean Keppler Roberta Klein Kathy Koczyk Patricia Kratzer In Memory of Grace Machanic Raymonde Magliozzi J.J. & Pat Miller Gen. William L. Nicholson Micheal J. O’Connor Becky Patton Mrs. Jackie Phillips Irene Rebbock Diana Schwanhausser Audrey Scruggs Gil & Marcia Siegert Barbara Slavik Wendy Sneff Hildegard White

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, contact the business office at 703-683-5778, ext 2.

The Council of The Little Theatre of Alexandria Carolyn Winters ................................................................................................................................Director Mary Beth Smith-Toomey* ..................................................................................................Vice Director Margaret Evans-Joyce ..................................................................................................................Secretary Lloyd Bittinger ..................................................................................................................Financial Officer Russell Wyland .............................................................................. Honorary Member, LTA President Helga Ingrid Adams Tina Anderson Jay Barton Genie & Geoff Baskir Luana Bossolo Lesley Buckles Franklin C. Coleman Charlotte Corneliusen Kimberly Crago Emory & Susan Damron Susan Devine Sharon Dove* Joel Durgavich Peter Fannon* Sharon Field Ira Forstater Duane Goddard* Kacie Greenwood David Hale * Distinguished Member

Doris Hamel* Ronnie Hardcastle Adriana Hardy* Donna Hauprich Barbara Hayes Bobbie Herbst Larissa Heyman Kira Hogan Marian Holmes* Jim & Mary Hutzler Bonnie Jourdan Algis & Suzanne Kalvaitis Judy & Orron Kee Mel & Lidia Kollander* Robert Kraus Burt & Vivian Kronstedt Carlos Moctezuma Anne Monahan* Zell Murphy

Jeff Nesmeyer Lynn O’Connell Micheal J. O’Connor Alice O’Connor* Eddie Page James Pearson Brendan Quinn Jayn Rife Benjamin Robles Dick Schwab Margo Shiffert Kim Smith-Salmon Arthur & Margaret Snow Howard & Margaret Soroos Allen Stuhl* Rance Willis* Frank Winters Bill Young Rev 5.17.19

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 80 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!