Grey Gardens - Jan/Feb 2016

16 – FEB. 6, 2016

The Complete Works ofWilliam Shakespeare (Abridged)

directed by

Joanna Henry

produced by Rebecca Sheehy and Russell Wyland

written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield

See the show the New York Times called “Pithier than Python” and “Irresistible” while experiencing all of Shakespeare’s 37 plays in 97 minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays, this show was London’s longest-running comedy having clocked nine years in London’s West End! Join these madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories and tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter. Why go to downtown DC to see Shakespeare when you can see them all in two hours in Alexandria?

presents

GREY Gardens

book by Doug Wright music by Scott Frankel • lyrics by Michael Korie directed by Christopher Dykton music direction by Steve Przybylski produced by Rachel Alberts and John Monnett

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatist Play Service Inc., 440 Park Ave. South, New York, NY 10016

PRESIDENT Lloyd Bittinger

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

ARTISTIC SUPPORT............................................................................................................................Beverley Benda

BOX OFFICE............................................................................................................................................Rae Edmonson

BUILDING....................................................................................................................................................David B. Hale

DEVELOPMENT............................................................................................................................................Jim Howard

EDUCATION........................................................................................................................................Roland B. Gomez

FRONT OF HOUSE........................................................................................................................................Eddie Page

MEMBERSHIP......................................................................................................................................Maria Ciarrocchi

PRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................Russell Wyland

PUBLIC RELATIONS..............................................................................................................................Rachel Alberts

SEASONAL PLANNING..................................................................................................................Frank D. Shutts II

TECHNICAL SUPPORT............................................................................................................................Robert Kraus

Treasurer....................................................................................................................................................David B. Hale

Secretary to the Board......................................................................................................................Carolyn Winters

Executive Secretary................................................................................................................Margaret Evans-Joyce

Archivist................................................................................................................................................Barbara Helsing

Business Manager..................................................................................................................................Virginia Lacey

Box Office Manager..................................................................................................................................Tina McCrea

Legal Counsel.................................................................................................................. Brian T. Goldstein, Esquire

Director’s Notes

I came to the story of Grey Gardens in the 1980s when I attended a Halloween party where a partygoer was dressed as Little Edie. Here was this person with a strangely constructed accent and an a la carte wardrobe holding court with a magnifying glass and a can of cat food, asking other partygoers if it was paté. Who was this person, Little Edie? I eventually found the Maysles documentary about Grey Gardens, and I was taken in. What a sad and heartfelt story about Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith Bouvier Beale.

Fast forward 30 years and this story has been made into a musical, and I get a chance to stage that musical at the Little Theatre of Alexandria. What a gift! I have the chance to tell this story of the two Edies, relations of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, who unknowingly created a scandal in the 1970s by living in squalor at their dilapidated Hamptons estate known as Grey Gardens.

The musical takes the dialogue and situations in the documentary and builds a story that shows the lives of the two Edies from two distinct points in time: Act 1 is 1941 and Act 2 is 1973. It shows their social status from upper-crust society to their eventual lives as destitute eccentrics in a crumbling house. While the house shows the glory and decline of the pair, the story’s center focuses on the relationship of love and struggle between a mother and a daughter. Sad, happy, touching and brutal, this musical explores human nature and how our choices lead to who we are, what we become, and what we accept, especially as we grow older. At its heart, Grey Gardens is the story of love between a mother and daughter and how it came to be—albeit a strange one.

I’ve been blessed with a stellar production team and cast to present Grey Gardens for you. They have created a setting and characters for both periods of time, working hard to make sure that the humanity of the story shines through. The cast, nearly all of whom are creating two characters, has been a gem to work with: talented, focused and creative. Hats off especially to Nicky, Kate and Jennifer—three actresses playing the two Edies. It’s quite a journey to be in the room with your younger self and collaborate on creating characters who need to be part of each other in order to explore the question of how they became that way.

When you think of this show, think of mothers and daughters and the special bonds they have. No family functions perfectly—we all have a little bit of Big Edie and Little Edie in us or in our family.

Christopher Dykton

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The Cast (in order of appearance)

PROLOGUE (1973)

Edith Bouvier Beale ........................................................................................................Jennifer Strand

“Little” Edie Beale ......................................................................................................Nicky McDonnell

ACT 1 (1941)

Edith Bouvier Beale ....................................................................................................Nicky McDonnell

Young “Little” Edie Beale ....................................................................................Kate Collins Brown

George Gould Strong ..................................................................................................Blakeman Brophy

Brooks Sr. .Joel Respress

Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier ............................................................................................Cassie Cope

Lee Bouvier ................................................................................................................Penelope Gallagher

Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. ......................................................................................Marshall Cesena

J.V. “Major” Bouvier ................................................................................................................Dick Reed

ACT 2 (1973)

Edith Bouvier Beale ........................................................................................................Jennifer Strand

“Little” Edie Beale ......................................................................................................Nicky McDonnell

Brooks Jr. ..................................................................................................................................Joel Respress

Jerry ......................................................................................................................................Marshall Cesena

Norman Vincent Peale ............................................................................................................Dick Reed

Setting

ACT 1 ( July 1941)

Grey Gardens, East Hampton, Long Island, NY

ACT 2 (1973)

Grey Gardens, East Hampton, Long Island, NY

The events of the musical are based on both fact and fiction.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

One Brick • Rose Carter • Tina Barry McCrea

The Crew

Producers..................................................................................................Rachel Alberts, John Monnett

Director..........................................................................................................................Christopher Dykton

Music Director..................................................................................................................Steve Przybylski

Choreographer..........................................................................................................Christopher Dykton

Stage Managers......................................................................................Terri Carnahan, Austin Fodrie

Assistant Stage Managers....................................Brooke Angel, Rebecca Balough, Jenn Carter, Sarah Cerrito, Charles Dragonette, Larry Grey, Kat Hellmann, Robert Hoffman, Alexandra Mees, Hannah Rosman, Sophia Vassallo

Assistant Producer..............................................................................................................Bobbie Herbst

Set Design................................................................................................................................John Downing

Set Construction....................................................................................................................John Downing

Assisted by: George Alberts, Aaron Ford-Wright, Jim Hutzler, Sam Jones, Robert Kraus, Jeff Nesmeyer

Set Painting..................................................................................Devlin Bennett, De Nicholson-Lamb

Assisted by: Gillian Chen, Patty Lord, Bruce Schmid

Set Decoration......................................................................................................................Eileen Doherty

Lighting Design........................................................................................................................Tommy Scott

Master Electricians..............................................................Marzanne Claiborne, Pam Leonowich

Assisted by: Lloyd Bittinger, Kimberly Crago, Charles Dragonette, Pat Durako, Matthew Fager, Jim Hartz, Micheal O’Connor, Doug Olmsted, Donna Reynolds, Nicholas Roy, Michael Shook, Sherry Singer, Marg Soroos, Alan Wray

Sound Design..................................................................................................................................Keith Bell

Assisted by: David Correia, Lynn Lacey

Property Design............................................................................................................................Scott Stark

Assisted by: Sherry Clarke, Bobbie Herbst, Melissa Mueller, Sherry Singer, Margaret Snow

Costume Design..............................................................................................................Grant Kevin Lane

Assistant to the Costumer........................................................................................................Natalie Fox

Wardrobe..........................................................................................................Mary Beth Smith-Toomey

Assisted by: Sarah Gale, Melissa Mueller

Hair and Makeup Design........................................................................................................Susan Boyd

Audition Pianist......................................................................................................Brandon Fullenkamp

Rehearsal Pianist....................................................................................................................Elisa Rosman

Keyboard Programming................................................................................................Steve Przybylski

Rigging....................................................................................................................................Russell Wyland

Photographer..............................................................................................................................Matt Liptak

Audition..................................................................................................Mary Lou Bruno, Sherry Clarke

Assisted by: Eileen Doherty, Phyllis Gruber, Bobbie Herbst

Double-Tech Dinner..........................................................................................................Russell Wyland

Assisted by: David Hale

Opening Night Party......................................................................................................Frank D. Shutts II

Assisted by: Lisa Allard, Luana Bossolo, Virginia Lacey, Shirley Lord Cooper, Sherry Lord, Sherry Singer, Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Myke Taister

Our thanks to all those people who worked on the show but whose names were not available when this program went to press.

Orchestra

Conductor....................................................................................................................................Leah Kocsis

Keyboard ................................................................................................................................Elisa Rosman

Horn ....................................................................................................................................................Lora Katz

Reed I (flute, piccolo, alto flute, alto sax)..........................................................................Mila Weiss

Reed II (clarinet, flute, tenor sax, bass clarinet, soprano sax)................Lindsay Williams*, Howard McCullers*

Violin ..........................................................................................................................................Daniel Rivas

Cello ......................................................................................................................................Katie Chambers

Bass .............Harvey Droke

Percussion ................................................................................................Jim Hofmann*, Eric Sennett*

* On alternate dates

Grey Gardens is performed in two acts with one 15-minute intermission.

Musical Numbers

Prologue (1973)

“The Girl Who Has Everything”......................................................................................................Edith

Act 1 (1941)

“The Girl Who Has Everything”......................................................................................................Edith “The Five-Fifteen”....................................................................Edith, Gould, Jackie, Lee, Brooks Sr. “Mother, Darling”................................................................................................Edie, Edith, Gould, Joe “Goin’ Places”..........................................................................................................................Joe and Edie “Marry Well”................................................................Major Bouvier, Jackie, Lee, Edie, Brooks Sr. “Hominy Grits”........................................................................................................................Edith, Gould “Peas in a Pod”....................................................................................................................Edie and Edith

“Drift Away”......................................................................................................................Gould and Edith

“The Five-Fifteen” (reprise)..............................................................................................................Edith “Daddy’s Girl”..........................................................................................................................................Edie

“The Telegram”........................................................................................................................................Edie “Will You?”..............................................................................................................................................Edith

Act 2 (1973)

“The Revolutionary Costume for Today”......................................................................................Edie “The Cake I Had”..................................................................................................................................Edith “Entering Grey Gardens”..........................................................................................................Company

“The House We Live In”........................................................................................Edie and Company

“Jerry Likes My Corn”......................................................................................................Edit h and Edie “Around the World”..............................................................................................................................Edie

“Will You?” (reprise)........................................................................................................Edith and Edie

“Choose To Be Happy”......................................................Norman Vincent Peale and Company

“Around the World” (reprise)............................................................................................................Edie

“Another Winter in a Summer Town”........................................................................Edie and Edith

“The Girl Who Has Everything” (reprise)......................................................................................Edie

Meet the Cast

(in alphabetical order)

Blakeman Brophy (George Gould Strong) returns to LTA’s stage after prior appearances in Lips Together, Teeth Apart (1995) and The Who’s Tommy (2005). Other local performance credits include RCP: Curtains (WATCH Award); TAP: A Man for All Seasons, Sweet Smell of Success; PCP: Doubt, Terra Nova; and FP: Company, Assassins. Blake has also directed several acclaimed productions, including RCP: The Trip to Bountiful; TAP: The Seagull, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Hello Dolly! (WATCH nomination); and FP: A New Brain (WATCH nomination). As music director, his credits include TAP: Little Shop of Horrors; ESP: Rooms.

Kate Collins Brown (Young “Little” Edie Beale) is delighted to make her LTA debut in Grey Gardens. She has a B.A. degree in theater arts (music theater concentration) from Christopher Newport University, where she appeared in many shows, including The Music Man as Marian, Our Country’s Good as Liz, Arcadia as Hannah and Triumph of Love as Princess Leonide. Regionally, she appeared as Rose in Meet Me in St. Louis (Virginia Musical Theatre). Kate wishes to thank her boyfriend, Justin, and family for loving and supporting her.

Marshall Cesena (Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr./Jerry) is thrilled to be making his LTA debut in Grey Gardens! Some favorite roles include Abel in Children of Eden and Matt in The Fantasticks. After attending the American Music and Dramatic Academy in New York City, he co-founded the Warehouse Performing Arts Center in North Carolina and now enjoys spending his days as a partner at Quatrain Creative, a firm specializing in premium Web content. He would like to thank his amazing wife, Allie, and his two children, Julie and Oliver.

Cassie Cope (Jacqueline “Jackie” Bouvier) is honored to make her LTA debut. Favorite credits include Into the Woods Jr. and The Cat in the Hat (Adventure Theatre), The King and I (Wolf Trap), The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and TheTaming of the Shrew (Synetic) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Mulan Jr. (ACCT). Cassie is an Edison High School sophomore and a member of ATMTC Academy’s pre-professional ensemble. She took her first voice class at LTA in 2008 and will always be grateful to Linda Wells.

Penelope Gallagher (Lee Bouvier) is a sixth-grader at Holton-Arms. She was most recently seen onstage as the President in Abraham Lincoln: And Now He Belongs to the Ages at her elementary school, and as Fan last year in LTA’s A Christmas Carol. Television credits include a Brownie scout in an episode of HBO’s Veep and a pioneer girl in an episode of the Weather Channel’s Wicked Weather. Penny performs with a musical theater ensemble, Take the Stage!

Meet the Cast

Nicky McDonnell (Edith Bouvier Beale/“Little” Edie Beale) is thrilled to be back at LTA playing the “Edies.” A huge thank you to the cast and crew of Grey Gardens!! Favorite roles include Diana (Next to Normal—WATCH nominee), Maria Callas (Master Class—2003 WATCH Award), Rose (Gypsy) and Jane (Black Hole—WATCH nominee). In real life, she is a top-producing Realtor in Northern Virginia and lives with her much-loved and patient husband, Stephen, and two equally adored and patient boys, Joe and Dean. This one is for my Gayles and for all the women in my life who help me stay “coordinated in my mind.”

Dick Reed (J.V. “Major” Bouvier/Norman Vincent Peale) is ecstatic to finally make his LTA debut. He is a veteran of more than 100 productions in the DMV over four decades whose favorite roles include Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha (ACCT), Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun (SCT), Fred Graham in Kiss Me, Kate, El Gallo in The Fantasticks and Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls (NRL Showboaters), King Arthur in Camelot, Frederik in A Little Night Music and Elwood Dowd in Harvey (Tantallon Community Players).

Joel Respress (Brooks Sr./Brooks Jr.) is happy to be performing as Brooks in his first show with the Little Theatre of Alexandria. He has performed ensemble roles in productions of My Fair Lady, The King and I and H.M.S. Pinafore. For eight years, Joel performed with Hexagon, the political and satirical musical comedy revue. His favorite theater experience was performing in a comedy sketch portraying former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty at a gala in front of the mayor himself.

Jennifer Strand (Edith Bouvier Beale) is delighted to be part of this powerful show on LTA’s stage and surrounded by such talent! Thanks to Chris and Steve for this experience. Jennifer graced LTA’s stage last year in Ragtime , in 2013 in The Full Monty as Jeanette Burmeister, in 2010 in Chicago as Matron Mama Morton, and prior to that, lit up the stage as Electra in Gypsy! Other favorite roles include Madame Armfeldt in TAP’s A Little Night Music and Fraulein Schneider in TAP’s Cabaret. Jennifer is a regular in Hexagon’s annual revue. Love to Bill and hugs and treats to Percy!

Meet the Crew

(in alphabetical order)

Rachel Alberts (Co-Producer) has been directing, producing and writing plays for children for a dozen years. Rachel also teaches drama in the Alexandria public schools and is a founder, writer, and director for LTA’s PET (Partnership in Educational Theater) Project, a community outreach program that performs literature-based programs for local schools using LTA actors. She is a three-time recipient of LTA’s Award for Excellence in Producing, serves on the board as the Governor of Public Relations, and is the 2012 recipient of Alexandria’s Salute to Women Award for Cultural Affairs.

Keith Bell (Sound Design) has been designing sound for professional and community theater groups in the metro area for the past 16 years. This is his 12th design for director Christopher Dykton and his eighth for LTA, including the Ruby Griffith Award-winning The Cocoanuts, directed by Christopher Dykton. He recently designed sound for LTA’s God of Carnage. Other recent designs include The Wedding Singer, Nine to Five and the WATCH Award-winning A Little Night Music (TAP). Special thanks to David Correia, LTA’s sound chair, for all his assistance in the production. This one’s for Mickey.

Susan Boyd (Hair and Makeup Design) is pleased to be working with this terrific cast and crew at LTA, where she is Wigs and Makeup Chair. She has designed costumes, hair and/or makeup for LTA and other area theaters and has won both WATCH and LTA awards. In her “day job,” Susan is a wardrobe stylist and image consultant, teaching real people about the importance of dress and impression management.

Terri Carnahan (Co-Stage Manager) is delighted to return to LTA to work on Grey Gardens. Last year she was stage manager for God of Carnage at LTA. Terri has been stage managing for over 20 years in the D.C. area, where she has worked with many local community theaters. She is thrilled to be working with Chris, Rachel, John, Steve, Austin and the designers on this show. Finally, thanks to the amazing cast and crew for all their hard work to make such a great show.

Marzanne Claiborne (Co-Master Electrician) is delighted to be working with Pam Leonowich again as co-master electrician for Grey Gardens. Marzanne recently designed the lights for The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife and Dirty Blonde (LTA) and The Miracle Worker (ACCT). She is humbled to have shared the 2015 award for Most Outstanding New Member at LTA.

Eileen Doherty (Set Dressing) is excited to be with this talented Grey Gardens team. She can usually be found working behind the scenes on one of the crews and has even ventured into co-producing on occasion. Thank you, Kerry, for getting me involved at LTA, and I hope J.J. and Suzanne are still smiling down on LTA.

Meet the Crew (continued)

John Downing (Set Design/Set Construction) has designed 40 shows at LTA. Among his favorites are Proposals, TheTeahouse of the August Moon, Boeing Boeing, Sherlock’s Last Case, Art, and his very first, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. He has received WATCH Awards for Twentieth Century, Heaven Can Wait (set construction) and Richard III (TAP, in the very first year of WATCH, 2000). John works as a flight dynamics engineer at NASA. In his spare time, he enjoys APBA baseball, Euro-gaming, model battleships, Doctor Who, airplane-free traveling, and of course theater!

Chris Dykton (Director/Choreographer) returns to LTA after having staged last year’s award-winning God of Carnage. Local directing and choreography credits include On the Town (Ruby Griffith award), The Secret Garden (ACT award), The Women (Ruby Griffith award), Damn Yankees (ACT nomination), Steel Pier (WATCH nomination), Master Class (Ruby Griffith award), Follies (WATCH nomination), The Producers (WATCH nomination), A Little Night Music (WATCH award) at TAP; A Chorus Line (WATCH award) at RCP; Nunsense (ACT nomination) at DS; 1776 (Ruby Griffith award), The Cocoanuts (Ruby Griffith/ WATCH award) at LTA. He bows to the producers, designers, and cast of Grey Gardens for their incredible work.

Austin Fodrie (Co-Stage Manager) is currently working at Burgundy Farm Country Day School as a technology support and integration specialist. He has volunteered at LTA, Port City Playhouse and ACCT. His most recent productions include stage manager for The Miracle Worker (ACCT) and for LTA’s production of A Christmas Carol. He is thrilled to be a part of Grey Gardens and to work with such an awesome team!

Natalie Fox (Assistant to the Costumer) is delighted that this is the first show she has worked behind the scenes at LTA, as she has been found on stage at LTA in the last year as Vera (The Odd Couple—Female Version) and most recently as Daisy (Laughing Stock). Natalie attended the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she studied performing arts and costume design. A loving shout-out to all of the incredible people in the LTA community who have become her second family, and a thank you for allowing her to feel most welcome and at home.

Bobbie Herbst (Assistant Producer) is delighted to be working with Chris, John, Rachel, Steve and the hard-working stage managers, production designers, actors, musicians and production crew of Grey Gardens. Bobbie can also be found producing, designing props, working wardrobe or box office, painting and anything else when needed. A humble recipient of LTA’s Most Outstanding New Member Award and Outstanding Service to LTA Award, Bobbie has always been in awe of the creative aspects of the production process. Love and hugs to the ever-patient M, C and E.

Meet the Crew (continued)

Grant Kevin Lane (Costume Design) has been a member of LTA for the past 20 years and has designed over 60 shows, sets and/or costumes here in the D.C. area. He last worked with Chris on God of Carnage as set designer (LTA Award for Set Design). Other work with Chris has been as costume designer for Follies, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Ragtime, The Cocoanuts and Saturday Night. He also served as set designer on The Cocoanuts, Saturday Night and Master Class. Kevin thanks and applauds his fellow designers, artists, actors and producers for their incredible work on Grey Gardens.

Pamela Leonowich (Co-Master Electrician) has been climbing the light ladders at LTA for the past 10 years and is proud to be following in her mother’s theater footsteps. Her mother managed and designed productions for the troops during World War II with the British Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). Pam is excited to be reteaming with Marzanne and is looking forward to starting the new year working with Tommy, our lighting designer.

John Monnett (Co-Producer)is thrilled to work with this extraordinary team of artists presenting Grey Gardens. He made his area debut at LTA in 1990 as a Cut Dancer/ Understudy in A Chorus Line and returned as Dr. Lyman Hall in the 1999 iteration of 1776. His previous producing credits are all with TAP and include such light fare as The Ruling Class, Sweeney Todd, Six Characters in Search of an Author and A Little Night Music (WATCH Award). Special thanks to Rachel for being such a great cohort.

Theater Abbreviations Used in This Playbill

2FT –2nd Flight Productions

ACCT –Aldersgate Church Community Theatre

ACT –Alliance of Community Theaters

BCT –Bowie Community Theatre

BP –British Players

CAPPIE –Critics & Awards Program for High School Theater

CHAW –Capitol Hill Arts Workshop

CAST –Community Alliance Supporter Theatre

CCDC –Capital City Players of DC

CCP –Chevy Chase Players

CRT –Castaways Repertory Theatre

CCS –Clinton County Showcase

CT –Chalice Theater

DLC –Drama Learning Center

DS –Dominion Stage

ESP –Elden Street Players

ESP/TFYA –Elden Street Players Theatre for Young Audiences

FCT –Fauquier Community Theatre

FP –Foundry Players (now CCDC)

GAC –Greenbelt Arts Center

GFP –Great Falls Players (now MCP)

GTP –Group Therapy Productions

HBP –Hard Bargain Players

KAT –Kensington Arts Theatre

KT –Keegan Theatre

LGP –Looking Glass Playhouse

LSDT –Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre

LTA –The Little Theatre of Alexandria

LTC –Landless Theatre Company

MCP –McLean Community Players

MP –Montgomery Playhouse

MPAT –Metropolitan Performing Arts Theatre

MTA –McLean Theatre Alliance (now MCP)

MVCCT –Mount Vernon Community

Children’s Theatre

NST –NextStop Theatre

PCP –Port City Playhouse

PPF –Providence Players of Fairfax

PTC –Potomac Theatre Company Inc.

PWLT –Prince William Little Theatre

RCP –Reston Community Players

RLT –Rockville Little Theatre

RMT –Rockville Musical Theatre

RTP –Rooftop Productions

SCT – Springfield Community Theater

SMP –St Mark’s Players

SSS –Silver Spring Stage

ST –Signature Theatre

TACT –The American Century Theater

TAP –The Arlington Players

TAT –The Alliance Theatre

TFT –Taking Flight Theatre Company (formerly 2FT)

UMW –University of Mary Washington

VLOC –Victorian Lyric Opera Company

VTC –Vienna Theatre Company

WATCH –Washington Area Theatre

Community Honors

WS –Washington Savoyards

WST –Wildwood Summer Theatre

Meet the Crew

Steve Przybylski (Music Director) D.C.: You, or Whatever I Can Get (Flying V/Disco Jesus Productions, Best Musical, 2014 Capital Fringe Festival), Disco Jesus and the Apostles of Funk (Disco Jesus Productions, Director’s Award, 2013 Capital Fringe Festival), NextStop, Annapolis Summer Garden, Arlington Players, Creative Cauldron. Regional: Wayside Theatre, Totem Pole Playhouse, Circa ’21. Creator of Shadow of the Raven: Stories of Edgar Allan Poe and co-creator (with Warner Crocker) of Southern Crossroads. Company Member, Flying V Theatre.

Tommy Scott (Lighting Design) is thrilled to be working once again with Chris Dykton and John Monnett. Tommy designed lights at TAP (Sweeney Todd and Damn Yankees), and his community theater experience began as a young lad with Chris at the District Heights Theater of the Arts; Petrucci’s Dinner Theatre (Noises Off, Anything Goes, Ain’t Misbehavin’). Locally: TCP (Into the Woods, Jekyll and Hyde, TheScarlet Pimpernel), PTP (The Sound of Music—WATCH nomination, Brighton Beach Memoirs—WATCH nomination, Fiddler on the Roof—WATCH Award, The Who’sTommy, TheMusic Man, Godspell and Spamalot)

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey (Wardrobe) is very pleased to be working on Grey Gardens with this great cast and production staff! Her last two co-wardrobe stints were for Avenue Q, where she dressed puppets every night with a crew of four (!) and Hairspray, which had several 20-second costume changes! Often wearing her producer’s hat, she produced LTA’s In the Heights earlier this season and will produce The History Boys later this spring. Special thanks to Michael, Kim, Mike and Wesley.

Scott Stark (Properties Design) Prop: Noun. A handheld object small enough to be lost 30 seconds before it’s needed on stage. Scott has worked on props and set dressing for several shows with the Arlington Players and is now thrilled to join the LTA family for the first time.

Russell Wyland (Rigging) is delighted to be rigging his first show at LTA…since A Christmas Carol and TheTale of the Allergist’s Wife. Although some believe Russ spends all of his free time at LTA, he is also an active enthusiast of opera and hockey and a scholar of 19th-century British literature. Russell is the current Governor for Production and is producing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), up next at LTA.

Alexandria Convention & Visitors Association invites you to visit www.artseventsalexandria.com to view the arts calendar and schedule of events.

Come Play With Us!

There are many ways to be involved with The Little Theatre of Alexandria!

Volunteers are an important aspect of LTA. There are many opportunities to be a part of LTA with a variety of events and times! All are welcome to participate regardless of experience.

LTA is one of the oldest community theatres in the Washington D.C. area thanks to the hard work and dedication of our volunteers. A successful stage production requires many volunteers working behind the scenes before and during the run of the show. Everyone performing in and nearly everyone you see working on an LTA show is a volunteer.

As a volunteer community theatre group, LTA welcomes anyone interested in becoming involved. There are lots of opportunities at LTA, for all experience levels! So, come play with us.

For more information visit our website www.thelitletheatre.com and click on “Volunteer”, or call the business office at 703-683-5778.

Drama, Music, & ImprovClasses

LTA offers something for everyone. Whether you’re a beginner or you’ve been at it a while,

A full schedule of classes are offered in September and January, in addition to an abbreviated summer schedule for adults and summer camps for youth.

1. Visit www.thelittletheatre.com, and click on “Education”

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

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TAKEASEAT

Here’s a gift idea you can wrap your arms around! For the person who has everything, memorialize their love of theatre by purchasing a seat in our lovely theatre. An engraved plate, with up to three lines of engraving, will be placed on the arm rail.To purchase a seat, contact Virginia Lacey in the LTA Business Office at 703-683-5778 x2or pick up a Seat Purchase Form from the lobby. By request, a Seat Purchase Certificate can be obtained for your presentation to the recipient of your gift.

Thank You!

LTA wishes to recognize and thank all of the volunteers who have given of their time and talents by helping with house managing, ushering, or working in the box office for our previous productions of The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife and A Christmas Carol. Your contributions to the success of LTA are very much appreciated. Thank you!

Box Office Volunteers

Tina Anderson

Brenda Beck

Lloyd Bittinger

Tammy Preston Boyd

Luana Bossolo

Krysta Cihi

Jay Cohen

Jean Coyle

Eileen Doherty

Betty Dolan

Rae Edmonson

Sharon Field

Ira Forstater

Gary Gladstone

Sue Gladstone

John Guinn

Libby Guinn

Doris Halleman

Barbara Helsing

Bobbie Herbst

Sherry Lord

Michelle Mattox

Melissa Nielson

Micheal O’Connor

Charlene Pritzker

David Pritzker

Brendan Quinn

Front of House Managers and Ushers

Kirstin Apker

Diane Baker

Helen Bard-Sobola

Lloyd Bittinger

Jamie Blake

Angela Cannon

Rita Costello

Virginia Cummings

Ivan Davila

Joel Durgavich

Ron Field

Ira Forstater

Robin Fradkin

Jean Miller Frane

Isabella Fraser

Ayesha Gowie

Patty Greksouk

Phyllis Ann Gruber

Gary Gulkis

Steve Halleman

Donna Hauprich

Barbara Hayes

John Henderson

Nancy Hight

John Johnson

Rebecca Johnson

Doug Kemper

Rachel Knapp

Valerie Larkin

Dorothy Marshall

David McCallum

Jim Newman

Micheal O'Connor

Effie Oellers

Eddie Page

Rachel Pharr

Brendan Quinn

Renee Rabben

Ana Rasmussen

Gary Rasmussen

Jayn Rife

Ann Rowan

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey

Margaret Snow

Katherine Ward

Linda Windsor

Eve Young

Gloria Saez

Toni Sanford

John Scherfel

Linda Shank

Carol Strachan

Rose Talbot

Charlotte Tsoucalas

Katherine Ward

Leslie Wilkes

Rance Willis

Richard Young

Founding Fathers

Anonymous

Jim Barthmaier

Laura Beauchamp & Chris Feldmann

Marzanne Claiborne & Leslie Wilkes

Charles Dragonette & Alan Wray

Peter M. Fannon

Kathy Fannon

In Memory of Leona Kraus

Steffen & Jennifer Krause

In Memory of Roylee McCullough

David & Michelle McNally

Continental Congress

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Becker

Leonard & Betty Brown

Kevin Deardorff & Lisa Blumerman

John & Julia Gluck

Marian Holmes

In Memory of Leona Kraus

Grace Manly Machanic

Jeanne & Dan Porter

Greg & Nancy Saunders

Howard & Margaret Soroos

Pat & Ernie Sult

Andrew Terrell & Megan Waterhouse

Patriots

John & Electra Beahler

Keith Bell

Larry Dempsey & Emily Cole

Jack & Kelly Fannon

Jim & Alexandra Hartz

Barbara Helsing

Kira & Patrick Hogan

Jim & Mary Hutzler

James & Catherine Kelley

Will & Anne Monahan

Peter & Mary O'Konski

Jim Pearson and Laurie Marichak

Rath Family

Leslie Reed

In honor of the dedication of Leslie Reed

Janis E. Richards

Richard & Rochelle Schwab

John & Laurie Stackpole

In Memory of Ernie Sult

Michael & Mary Beth Toomey

Steve Topetzes

Anne Paine and Fowler West

Billy & Michelle Yarborough

Alexandrians

The Addington Family

Neale Ainsfield & Dr. Donna Sieckmann

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Alfredson

Martha E. Alliston

Lois & Peter Ancona

Anonymous

Ronald & Sheila Barrett

Donors

Mary Katherine Baumeister

Carol & Jim Becker

Dick & Cathy Becker

Richard & Judith Bednar

Beverley Benda

Lloyd Bittinger

Mary Lynne Brown

Jim & Sue Buchanan

Nick & Diane Burakow

Nancyanne M. Burton

Carolyn L. Cain

Lucy Capaldi

Susan Chomicz

In honor of Marzanne

Claiborne & Leslie Wilkes

Kathe & Roger Conrad

David Correia

Patricia Cosler

Brian & Paula Coupe

Ann S. Daniels

Robyn Dennis

Susan Devine

P. Michele Donahue

The Reverend Stanley A. Dubowski

Dennis & Myrna Dunn

Felica Dunn Burkes

Alice Fitzgerald

Oliver & Carol Flint

Thomas & Rita Foss

Douglas R. Freeman

Michael & Sarah Gale

Jeff & Donna Gathers

James & Maria Gentle

Trish & Cam Gibson

Bob and Sandra Guckian

The Honorable & Mrs. John Harper, Jr.

Jim & Terry Howard

Dr. David Hunt & Dr. Kimberly Wells

Stephen Hyde & Kara Rosenquist

Jake & Celia Jacoby

John & Rebecca Johnson

Carla Jones-Batka

Ladies' Matinee Society

Al & Suzanne Kalvaitis

Michael Kharfen

Col. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Knapp, USMC (Ret)

Philip & Karen Kopp

In memory of Pat Rohrer

In Memory of Leona Kraus

Gordon Kromberg

In Memory of Anne D. Lash

Dave Lewis & Mary O'connell

Susan & Andre' L'Heureux

P. Lord

Jennifer Lyman

Bob & Joanne Madison

Linda L. Mayer

In Memory of Diane R. Mayers

Louise Meng

John & Karen Misura

Peter & Joanne Nanos

Andy & Kate Nelson

Jeff & Diane Nesmeyer

Douglas A. Olmsted

Elena Polyak

William P. Pope

The Rampy Family

Gary and Ana Rasmussen

Maddie Reilly

George & Fran Rhodes

Mary Jo Roos

James Rorke

Ann Rowan

Tami Salmon

Jean & Jim Schlichting

In Honor of Richard Schwab's Birthday

Aubrey & Carolyn Smith

Bob & Sharon Spivey

Adrian Steel

Laszlo &

Barbara Steingaszner

April Stull

Alison Tregea

Bob Van Eimeren & Don Rowell

Hugh & Sue Van Horn

Kelley Wells

Calvert Whitehurst

David & Sue Wilkes

Linda W. Windsor

Chris & Gail Wollenberg

Minutemen

Anonymous The Apker Family

Robert & Joann Bingham

Herb & Dee Brooks

Cheri L. Brown

Peter Butler in memory of Evelyn Butler

Heather Callahan-Stevens & Fiona Stevens

Felicia Carretta

Linda Couture

Robert B. Crane

Jack & Ramona Dano

Charles & Barbara DeRose

Mailia Du Mont

Margaret Evans-Joyce

Joanne Eyer

Ann C. Fitzgerald

Ira Forstater & Robin Fradkin

Bill & Francine Gemmill

Joe & Betty Griffin

Johanna Guccione

Ruth Guirard (Long and Foster)

Fritz & Pat Haberman

Clint & Kathy Hall

Bruce Harrison

Barbara Hayes

Ray & Judy Isaacs

Ed & Donna Johnson

Jiggs Kaliher

James & Charlene Kegerreis

Dr. Steven and Carolyn King

Jean B. Kistler

Robert Kraus

In loving memory of Anne Lash

Walt & Manette Lazear

Pamela Leonowich

Sylvia F. Linke

William W. Lohr

Mike & Gigi Louden

Nathan & Kara Macek

Sara Maddux

Donna Malarkey

J.J. & Pat Miller

Gene & Dorothy Mulligan

Jeff and Mary Palmer

Becky Patton

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce K. Petit

Roger & Cheryl Pratt

Mr. & Mrs. Harry P. Rietman

Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Rigby

Joe A. Rodriguez

Don & Sue Rogich

Col. Melvin H. &

Barbara Rosen

Gerald & Denice Salter

In Memory of Carla Scopeletis

Audrey Scruggs

Barbara Slavik

Capt. & Mrs. Donald Taggart

John & Myrna Templeton

Marilyn I. Wiener

Jerry & Doris Wolf

Colonists

Anonymous Mary Catherine Arend

LTC & Mrs. William G.

Austin

Walter & Andrea Baumann

James T. Bennett

William & Myriam Boczkowski

Joan Burg

Patricia Koepsel

Ronald E. Cogan

Anne Crowther

Cdr. Tom Downs, USN (Ret.)

Jerome & Anne Duncan

Robert & Jayne Eckert

Dan and Marie Ernst

Rosa Fein

John & Karen Forster

Mel & Sara Friedman

Penelope Gallagher

Kathy Giannetti

Harry & Mary Clair Gildea

Kacie Greenwood

Edith C. Heilberg

Barbara Hendrickson

Jacquelyn Hill

Jean Keppler

Roberta S. Klein

Norma Jean Lawton

Stephen & Barbara Marcus

William Markland & Donna Nash

Jim McWilson & Meg Herndon

Gayle Nichols-Grimes

Effie Oellers

Paul Oppenheimer

Bob & Elaine Peoples

Jackie Phillips

Barbara Quigley

Philip Reeves

Irene Rehbock

Gil & Marcia Siegert

John Utter

Patricia Van Gelder

Don & Erdine Walter

Rance R. Willis

Wayne & Irene Wittig

Raymond M. & Sheri H. Wolfe

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.

The Council of the Little Theatre of Alexandria

John Johnson......................................................................................................................................Director

Tina Anderson..........................................................................................................................Vice Director

Grace Manly Machanic................................................................................................................Secretary

Sharon Field......................................................................................................................Financial Officer

Lloyd Bittinger................................................................................Honorary Member, LTA President

Helga Ingrid Adams

Brooke Angel

Luana Bossolo

Lesley Buckles

Nancyanne Burton

Jay Cohen

Steve Cohen & Mary Elizabeth McGowan

Franklin C. Coleman

Emory & Susan Damron

Eileen Doherty

Sharon Dove

Charles Dragonette

Julia Duncan

Margaret Evans-Joyce

Peter Fannon

Duane Goddard

Jane Godfrey *

Roland Branford Gomez

John Guinn & Elizabeth Yowell-Guinn

Brigitte Guttstadt

Doris Hamel*

Ronnie Hardcastle

Adriana Hardy

Barbara Hayes

Larissa Heyman

Bobbie Herbst

Kira Hogan

Marian Holmes

Jim Howard

Rebecca Johnson

Bonnie Jourdan*

Algis & Suzanne Kalvaitis

Michael Kharfen

Judith Kee

Julie Kiley*

Mel and Lidia Kollander

Robert Kraus

Vivian Kronstedt

Lois D. Ligoske

David McCallum

Carlos Moctezuma

Will & Anne Monahan

Lynn O’Connell

Thomas & Alice O’Connor*

Eddie Page

Becky Patton

William Pope

Leslie Reed

Jayn Rife

Benjamin Robles

Jean Schlichting

Joseph Schubert*

Dick Schwab

Margo Shiffert

Kim Smith-Salmon

Arthur & Margaret Snow

Howard & Margaret Soroos

Allen & Jean Stuhl*

Michael & Mary Beth Toomey

Rance Willis

Frank & Carolyn Winters

Robin Worthington

Alan Wray

Janice Yeadon

The Council of the Little Theatre of Alexandria is a support group of interested and dedicated people who support the theatre with special contributions. Additionally, the Council has three social events per year, provides for the winter holiday decorations for the theatre, and maintains the Council Memorial Garden. The Council was organized in 1961 and presently has about 80 members, most of whom are long-term and wellestablished LTA members. Past contributions include: a new range for the Council Green Room of LTA, folding chairs and tables throughout the theatre, brass plates for the new theatre seats, new draperies in the Council Room, the computerized box office system, several grand drapes over the years, and many varied technical enhancements. Contributions to LTA from the Council have exceeded $200,000 and we gratefully accept donations from friends and members to assist in our support of LTA. We welcome new members and if you would like to become a member of the Council please feel free to contact the theatre or any of the Council officers. We are very pleased and honored to be a part of the Alexandria artistic community and are proud to be supporting one of the best community theatres in America today.