Red, White & Tuna - June 2017

written by Ed Howard, Joe Sears and Jaston Williams produced by Marian Holmes and Russell Wyland directed by Michael J. Baker, Jr.

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Director’s Notes It’s been several years since we left Bertha and Arles dancing at the end of A Tuna Christmas, the second installment of the Tuna quadrilogy. Did the romance blossom?

Has Didi Snavely received any “cosmic” communications from R.R.’s UFO? Did Stanley make his fortune in the taxidermy business? These and other burning questions will be asked and answered in Red, White and Tuna, an affectionate and oftentimes satirical comment on small-town Southern life and attitudes. We laugh at the hijinks and shortsightedness of rural politics, and we decry the smallmindedness of some of Tuna’s inhabitants, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t at least think “big picture.” Many colorful Tuna denizens—some you will recognize from Greater Tuna and some appearing here for the first time—are going to make your sides split with laughter. There are two aging hippies, Fern and Bernice, parading as Star and Amber, who make fun of our ability to transform and accept personal responsibility, accountability and possibility (EST – Erhard Seminars Training), but this is exactly what unfolds in this episode of Tuna. Yes, folks, there is a lesson here. Take responsibility for your actions, admit imperfection and embrace the changes that may come. If not, you will stall as surely as Vera Carp’s vehicle.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Jaston Williams and Joe Sears on “National Arts” for Bravo. I was also fortunate enough to interview Ed Howard, the coauthor and original director of Red, White and Tuna and co-author of the musical Splendora. Don’t kid yourself. These men are geniuses. They have taken the emotion-evoking rhetorical techniques of ridicule and satire and employed them as a legitimate and loving means of rational persuasion as well as any authors in recent memory. They have changed us without us ever having known it.

Mike Baker P.S. Just don’t eat the potato salad.

PRODUCTION NOTE Red, White and Tuna is the third of four plays centered on the residents of Tuna, TX; the others are Greater Tuna, A Tuna Christmas and Tuna Does Vegas. Red, White and Tuna had its world premiere in 1998 at the restored 1894 Grand Opera House in Galveston, TX. It was directed by Ed Howard with the other two authors, Joe Sears and Jaston Williams, starring in multiple roles. The first play in the series, Greater Tuna, premiered in 1981, and all of the plays have been on tour almost continually, often with Messrs. Williams and Sears starring.

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The Cast (in order of appearance) Actor One - David Wright Playing (in order of appearance): Star Birdfeather – A flower child.

Thurston Wheelis – A radio disc jockey.

Elmer Watkins – A veteran Klan member.

Bertha Bumiller – A widowed housewife and mother.

Joe Bob Lipsey – The artistic director of the Tuna Little Theatre.

Pearl Burras – Bertha’s aunt, a chicken farmer.

R.R. Snavely – Estranged husband of gun shop owner Didi Snavely.

Inita Goodwin – The half-owner of Hot to Trot Catering.

Leonard Childers – Tuna’s mayor and owner of radio station OKKK. Reverend Sturges Spikes – A Baptist preacher.

Actor Two - Stephen McDonnell Playing (in order of appearance): Amber Windchime – Star’s friend, another flower child.

Arles Struvie – A radio disc jockey.

Didi Snavely – Used gun store owner.

Petey Fisk – Head of Tuna’s Humane Society.

Momma Byrd – Didi’s ancient mother, an offstage voice.

Charlene Bumiller – Bertha’s pregnant daughter.

Stanley Bumiller – Bertha’s son, a reformed juvenile delinquent and artist.

Vera Carp – First Lady of Tuna society.

Helen Bedd – The other half-owner of Hot to Trot Catering.

Garland Poteet – A soda pop delivery man.

Red, White and Tuna is performed in two acts with one 15-minute intermission.

Time Period and Setting Late 1990s in west Texas

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ACT I

ACT II

Scene One – Star’s Volkswagen Beetle Scene Two – Radio Station OKKK Scene Three – Bertha Bumiller’s kitchen and living room Scene Four – Pearl’s boudoir Scene Five – Didi’s Used Weapons Shop

Scene One – Pearl’s front yard and car Scene Two – Reunion food booth Scene Three – Outdoors in the starlit night Scene Four – Pearl’s boudoir Scene Five – Starlight Motel in Sand City

The Crew Producers............................................................................................ Marian Holmes, Russell Wyland Director............................................................................................................................ Michael J. Baker, Jr. Stage Managers............................................................................ Margaret Evans-Joyce, Lynn Lacey Assistant Stage Managers................................ Eileen Doherty, Joel Durgavich, Sherry Singer Set Design............................................................................................................................ Chris Feldmann Set Construction.......................................................................................................................... Ken Brown Assisted by Susan Burkhead, Jay Cohen, Bob Copeland, Kimberly Crago, Joel Durgavich, Ira Forstater, Sarah Forstater, Jeff Gathers, Jim Hutzler, Charlie Maline, Jeff Nesmeyer Set Painting.......................................................................................... Stacey Becker, Kathy Murphy Assisted by Luana Bossolo, Susan Burkhead, Mary Hutzler, Denise Landers, Patty Lord, Leslie Reed Set Decoration.................................................................................. Marian Holmes, Russell Wyland Costume Design.................................................................................... Ceci Albert, Lisa Brownsword Wardrobe.................................................................................................... Jamie Blake, Margaret Snow Assisted by Stacey Becker, Luana Bossolo, Sherry Clarke, Jayn Rife Property Design.......................................................................... Bobbie Herbst, Helen Bard-Sobola Assisted by Kirstin Apker, Sherry Clarke, Cynthia Hoof, Carol Hutchinson, Rebecca Sheehy, Ally Sobola, Laurel Velt Lighting Design.................................................................................... Jeff Auerbach, Kimberly Crago Master Electrician............................................................................................................ Kimberly Crago Assisted by Jay Bartol, Lloyd Bittinger, Marzanne Claiborne, Charles Dragonette, Iris Ellis, Pam Leonowich, Arie McSherry, Micheal J. O’Connor, Donna Reynolds, Sherry Singer, Marg Soroos, Alan Wray Sound Design................................................................................................................................David Hale Assisted by Keith Bell, Sherry Clarke, Charles Palmer, Jack Seaver, Liz Tipton, Gene Warner Wig and Makeup Design.................................................................................. Howard Vincent Kurtz Accent Coach.............................................................................................................................. Paul Liberti Rigging.................................................................................................................................... Russell Wyland Photographer.............................................................................................................................. Matt Liptak Audition Coordinator..........................................................................................................Sherry Clarke Assisted by Robert Ford, Barbara Helsing, Margo Shiffert, Carol Strachan Double Tech Dinner.................................................................................... Mary Beth Smith-Toomey Opening Night Party...................................................................................................... David McCallum Assisted by Lloyd Bittinger, Arie McSherry, Brendan Quinn, Dan, Margie, Lyn and John Remmers, Mona Wargo Our special thanks to all those people whose names were not available when this program went to press.

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Meet the Cast (in alphabetical order) Stephen McDonnell (Actor Two) is making his LTA debut and is thrilled to be working with the cast and crew of Red, White and Tuna. Steve spent 16 years in New York City pursuing his acting and comedy career, appearing on stand-up stages across the city, including Caroline’s, the Original Improv and the Comedy Cellar. As a teenager, Steve performed in summer stock productions at the Weathervane Theater in Whitefield, NH. He received his acting degree from Emerson College in Boston and is an alumni member of the Emerson Comedy Workshop. Steve’s career includes working on both sides of the mic and camera, from radio and audio books to films and television. He enjoyed performing as a background and featured player for multiple seasons on “Saturday Night Live” and was Jim Carrey’s stand-in for Man on the Moon. His favorite local roles include playing Freddie Filmore in It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play and working as the Guinness Ambassador at the ESPN Zone in DC. Currently, Steve is the director of broadcast operations at SiriusXM Radio and is raising his two sons with his wife and fellow LTA actress Nicky McDonnell. Steve thanks his wife, family and friends for their support and encouragement. And a big “thank you” to Mike Baker for this opportunity.

David Wright (Actor One) is back on the LTA stage for the first time since his WATCH-nominated role in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged last year. Dave’s other recent credits at various area theaters include: The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Norbert), November (President Smith), Rabbit Hole (Howie), Glengarry Glen Ross (Levine), Misery (Paul), Batboy: The Musical (Sheriff), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (McMurphy), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Freddy) and Play it Again, Sam (Allan), for which he won LTA’s prestigious McCormick Goodhart Award for Best Actor back in 2010. In addition, Dave is also the creator/moderator of the professional improv troupe Last Ham Standing, which performs regularly at locations in Herndon and Purcellville.

Dave would like to thank his wife, Angey, for her continued love and support as well as their daughters, MacKenzie, Emma and Madison, for teaching him the true meaning of unconditional love.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Janie Bauer • Paul Liberti

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Meet the Crew (in alphabetical order) Ceci Albert and Lisa Brownsword (Co-Costume Design) are delighted to be back at LTA, where they designed costumes for A Christmas Carol (2014), The Odd Couple (Female Version) and Steel Magnolias. They have also collaborated on shows at ACCT, HBP, MCP, DS, PCP and TACT. Thanks to Annie Vroom and LTA for sharing their costume closet. In addition, we thank our family and friends as we turn every room into a sewing room.

Jeff Auerbach (Lighting Design) and Kimberly Crago (Lighting Design/Master Electrician) are JK Lighting Design. Jeff and Kimberly are pleased to be designing lights again at LTA for this romp through the town of Tuna. They recently won a WATCH Award for outstanding lighting design in a play for last year’s production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged, also at LTA. 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. Now sit back and enjoy the adventures in the town of Tuna, TX. Michael J. Baker, Jr. (Director) received his master’s in English at James Madison University and then took postgraduate classes in acting and directing and fell in love with theater.

Mike flew up to New York for several years and studied acting and musical theater with Helen Gallagher, Bill Hickey and Richard Morse. He became immersed in the DC theater scene and has performed 30 roles here at LTA. He has also taught acting for 14 years at LTA and directed over a dozen student showcases. Mike’s television career includes seven years on the Bravo cable network hosting and producing the TV series “National Arts.” He interviewed Tuna creators Jaston Williams and Joe Sears a number of times.

“What a delight to finally be directing one of their shows,” says Baker. Mike’s last performance in New York was in Hootin’ and Hollerin’ at the New York Theatre Workshop.

Most recently, he originated the role of Joseph Reed in Revolutionary Gentlemen. Mike has also been blessed with seven Emmy Awards and was recently nominated for an eighth as a TV host, reporter and producer. He can be seen on “Pro-Football Plus” on MASN beginning in September. His direction of A Christmas Carol last December garnered a DCMetro TheaterArts award for one of the Best Plays and Best Directors of the Year.

He is delighted to be reunited with producers Russell Wyland (A Christmas Carol and Victor/Victoria) and Marian Holmes (Victor/Victoria and Bell, Book and Candle).

Stacey Becker (Co-Set Painting) has been a set painter for the Little Theatre of Alexandria for several years. Her most recent efforts were on To Kill a Mockingbird, A Party to Murder and the highly acclaimed A Christmas Carol. She also paints scenery for the Aldersgate Church Community Theater, where she painted the set for Dixie Swim Club. Her most recent effort at ACCT was co-lead painter on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

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Meet the Crew (continued) Jamie Blake (Co-Wardrobe) is thrilled to be working alongside Miss Margaret yet again.

She has taught Jamie more about wardrobe and doing other people’s laundry than she cares to discuss. She’s the best! It is great working with this amazing team of Mike, Russ, Marian and the Tuna cast. Jamie has spent the last 30 years at LTA and has loved every minute of it. She’s been on and off the LTA Board of Governors and has won Best Producer twice, the last time with Eileen Doherty for Widdershins. And long, long ago Jamie won Best New Member. Special thanks to her mom and sister Liz for keeping her balanced. And to Rocco, who gives her sweet kisses when he wants to go out. And always to Dad and Beamer.

Ken Brown (Set Construction) is a set builder for the Little Theatre of Alexandria. His most recent efforts were Anything Goes and To Kill a Mockingbird. He lets his sets speak for him.

Margaret Evans-Joyce (Co-Stage Manager) has produced about a dozen productions and stage-managed almost twice that many. She served four years as LTA’s President and is currently the Governor for Production. She recently received the Outstanding Service to LTA Award and shared the award for the 2014 Outstanding Production of the Year for Avenue Q. She is an adjunct professor at Howard University in the area of speech and language pathology Chris Feldmann (Set Designer) received the LTA Excellence in Set Design Award for the 2008 production of The Underpants. He has also built numerous sets for LTA, including 33 Variations, The Full Monty, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Hairspray, Move Over Mrs. Markham, [title of show], The Visit, Nude with Violin (LTA Excellence in Set Construction Award), Company, Chicago, Dog Sees God, The Foreigner (WATCH nomination), Gypsy, It Runs in the Family and Gross Indecency.

David Hale (Sound Design) has won many LTA, ACT and WATCH awards for outstanding production and sound designs. David designed LTA productions of Chicago, Greater Tuna and Gross Indecency and over 30 other past LTA plays and musical productions. His award-winning sound designs include Master Class, Das Barbecü, The Teahouse of the August Moon and Hot L Baltimore, among many others. David currently serves as LTA Treasurer and Building Governor and has been an LTA member since 1974.

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Meet the Crew (continued) Bobbie Herbst (Co-Property Design) has designed or co-designed properties for Dirty Blonde, Twentieth Century, Heaven Can Wait, The Underpants, The Foreigner and It Runs in the Family (all at LTA) and Black Hole (PCP–properties WATCH Award 2014). She can also be found working wardrobe, box office, painting, producing and anything else when needed. Bobbie has received LTA’s Most Outstanding New Member Award and Outstanding Service to LTA Award. It is a pleasure and honor to work with co-designer Helen, Mike, Russell and Marian and with such a talented cast and crew. Love and hugs to M, C and E. Marian Holmes (Co-Producer and Co-Set Decoration) is delighted to be back in Tuna, TX. She remembers most of the characters well from her first visit, producing Greater Tuna for LTA; this is one of those rare shows that is almost as much fun in the flurry of activity backstage as it is for the audience in the house. Marian has been a frequent producer, an officer and president of the theater, worked box office and front of the house, been a backstage hand and designer and, from time to time, an actress. She received the Outstanding Service to LTA Award, and one of her last producing gigs with Russ was Hairspray, the 2012 Outstanding Production of the Year.

Theater Abbreviations Used in This Playbill 2FT – 2nd Flight Productions 2SP – Second Star Productions ACCT – Aldersgate Church Community Theater ACT – Alliance of Community Theaters AMS – American Music Stage ATC – Arcturus Theater Company 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 CCS – Clinton County Showcase CFTC– City of Fairfax Theatre Company CNT – Christopher Newport University CRT – Castaways Repertory Theatre CT – Chalice Theater DT – Discovery Theater DTC – Damascus Theatre Company DLC – Drama Learning Center DS – Dominion Stage ESP – Elden Street Players (now NST) ESP/TFYA – Elden Street Players Theatre for Young Audiences

FB – Firebelly Productions FCT – Fauquier Community Theatre FP – Foundry Players (now CCDC) GAC – Greenbelt Arts Center GFP – Great Falls Players (now MCP) GMUO – George Mason University Opera GTP – Group Therapy Productions HBP – Hard Bargain Players KAT – Kensington Arts Theatre KT – Keegan Theatre LBT – Little Butterfly Theatre Company LGP – Looking Glass Playhouse LMP – Laurel Mill 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) MTC – Musical Theater Center MVCCT – Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre NST – NextStop Theatre PCP – Port City Playhouse PGLT – Prince George’s Little Theatre

PPF – Providence Players of Fairfax PTC – Potomac Theatre Company Inc. PTP – Port Tobacco Players PWLT – Prince William Little Theatre RBTC – Red Branch Theatre Company RC – Riverside Center 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 STC – Street Theater Company TACT – The American Century Theater TAP – The Arlington Players TAT – The Alliance Theatre TCP – Tantallon Community Players 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

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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.

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Meet the Crew (continued) Howard Vincent Kurtz (Wig and Makeup Design) is pleased to be at LTA, where he has designed sets, costumes, hair and makeup and directed. He will be directing LTA’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike next fall. Howard is a professor of theater and head of the Design and Technical Theatre Program at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, and associate curator of costumes and textiles at Hillwood Estate Museum in Washington.

Lynn Lacey (Co-Stage Manager) is excited to be stage managing again with LTA, especially with her favorite “co,” MEJ, and the rest of this marvelous production team, cast and crew.

Lynn has been involved in NoVa theater since 1998. Memorable SM’d shows with LTA include Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and To Kill a Mockingbird. As always, Lynn thanks her ever-present angel, Jennifer, for the courage to “dance.”

Paul Liberti (Accent Coach) is an actor and coach working professionally in New York City. He has appeared in films such as No Such Thing (2001), The Guru (2002) and Order Up! (2008), and he has worked as a puppeteer with Jim and Jane Henson and for Nickelodeon, Noggin, PBS, MTV, VH1 and Avenue Q. As a voice coach, Paul helped the original cast of Greater Tuna develop their distinctive sound; he currently teaches character and animation voices at Actors Connection in NYC. Matt Liptak (Photographer) is a multitalented actor and designer. Matt received a BFA in photographic illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2011, and he has taken photos for several shows in the last three seasons. Branching out, Matt recently designed sets at LTA for The History Boys, Steel Magnolias and The Fabulous Lipitones and has been seen on the LTA stage in The Rocky Horror Show, Monty Python’s Spamalot and Avenue Q. Kathy Murphy (Co-Set Painting) is a longtime student of fine arts but relatively new to the creative world of theater set painting. She has enjoyed assisting on several LTA productions, beginning in 2015. She did painting design for A Christmas Carol in 2016. She is thrilled to share the work with the talented Stacey Becker to bring the “flavor” of Tuna, TX, to LTA.

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Helen Bard-Sobola (Co-Property Design) is happy as a pig in a poke to be working at LTA again, especially with Bobbie and Russ! Last props project at LTA was The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged and before that Spamalot (WATCH nomination).

Helen was last onstage at LTA in Into the Woods as Jack’s mother. There have been many, many projects in between. Most have been with Dominion Stage: The Great American Trailer Park Musical (WATCH Award for props), The Boys in the Band (WATCH nomination for set dressing), Avenue Q and many more. Onstage, she was last seen at St. Mark’s as Golde in Fiddler on the Roof. As always, love and thanks to my husband and daughter.

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Meet the Crew (continued) Margaret Aiken Snow (Co-Wardrobe) is very pleased to be doing wardrobe with Jamie and working with this fabulous cast and crew. For preparation, she has been conducting workouts with her 1912 washboard and, on hearing of the prominence of a spittoon in this show, is eager to demonstrate her skills. Her performance parallels that of her beloved Ballmer Oily Boids. If they continue to fly high, all will be well; if not, be prepared to duck.

Russell Wyland (Co-Producer/Co-Set Decoration/Rigging) has produced approximately 20 shows at LTA, including The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged; 33 Variations; Monty Python’s Spamalot; Hairspray; A Christmas Carol (twice); and The Second Lady. He has won several LTA Awards over the years for producing and set dressing as well as two WATCH Awards for best production (Spamalot, Hairspray), one for best set dressing (Nude with Violin), and two for special effects (Deathtrap, Blithe Spirit). Russ is currently the theater’s rigger (the person who hangs the curtains onstage) and has served six years as Governor for Production and three years as LTA President.

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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 Fabulous Lipitones.

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 Mandy Bullman Nancyanne Burton Jean Coyle

Martha Deal Betty Dolan Sharon Dove Rae Edmonson Sharon Field Ira Forstater Gary Gladstone

Sue Gladstone Barbara Helsing Bobbie Herbst Marian Holmes Wayne Johnson Caterina Lillis Melissa Nielson

Steve Percy Charlene Pritzker David Pritzker Jayn Rife Margaret Snow Katherine Ward

Front of House Managers and Ushers Kirstin Apker Jim Barthmaier Lloyd Bittinger Jamie Blake Sandra Champion Rita Costello Jean Coyle Ivan Davila Kate Desch Joel Durgavich Juilie Fischer

Patricia Fitzgibbons Ira Forstater Robin Fradkin Jean Miller Frane Marcia Gillespie Patty Greksouk Craig Griffith Phyllis Ann Gruber Michelle Hall Doris Halleman Steve Halleman

Barbara Hayes Ai-Nguyet Huynh John Johnson Rebecca Johnson Karen Maline Dorothy Marshall Kevin O'Dowd Rachel Pharr Renee Rabben Jayn Rife Franki Roberts

Toni Sanford Linda Shank Rebecca Sheehy Howard Soroos Carol Strachan Leslie Wilkes Rance Willis Don Wilson Katherine Wouters Bill Young Richard Young

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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THE LITTLE THEATRE

2017/2018 SEASON JUL. 22 – AUG. 12, 2017

LEGALLY

Blonde

SEP. 9 – 30, 2017

Driving MissDaisy OCT. 21 – NOV. 11, 2017

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike DEC. 1 – 16, 2017

A ChristmasCarol JAN. 13 – FEB. 3, 2018

ANNEOF GREENGABLES FEB. 24 – MAR. 17, 2018

The Audience APR. 21 – MAY 12, 2018

HA VE JUN. 2 – 23, 2018

WWW.THELITTLETHEATRE.COM 600 WOLFE STREET, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314

BOX OFFICE: 703.683.0496

Donors Founding Fathers

Alexandrian

Anonymous Jim Barthmaier Laura Beauchamp & Chris Feldmann Maggie Bush in memory of Roland B. Gomez Marzanne Claiborne & Leslie Wilkes In memory of Roland B. Gomez Peter M. Fannon Steffen & Jennifer Krause In Memory of Anne Lash David & Michelle McNally Jean S. Moore Thomas & Alice O'Connor

Neale Ainsfield & Dr. Donna Sieckmann Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Alfredson Martha E. Alliston Lois & Peter Ancona Anonymous The Apker Family Michael J. Baker, Jr. Mary Katherine Baumeister Carol & Jim Becker Ronald E. Becker Beverley Benda Lloyd Bittinger in memory of Roland B. Gomez In Honor of Jamie Blake John Brettell & Nicole Zuchetto Jim & Sue Buchanan Nick & Diane Burakow Nancyanne M. Burton Carolyn L. Cain David Correia Brian & Paula Coupe Kimberly & Steve Crago Robert B. Crane Ann S. Daniels P. Michele Donahue The Reverend Stanley A. Dubowski Dennis & Myrna Dunn Alice Fitzgerald Thomas & Rita Foss Michael & Sarah Gale Jeff & Donna Gathers James & Maria Gentle Trish & Cam Gibson Molly Gimmel In Memory of Roland B. Gomez Barbara Helsing Jim & Terry Howard Dr. David Hunt & Dr. Kimberly Wells Infinity Stage Kenneth & Therese Johnston Carla Jones-Batka & William Batka Al & Suzanne Kalvaitis Judy & Orron Kee in Memory of Roland Gomez Michael Kharfen Col. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Knapp, USMC (Ret) Philip & Karen Kopp Ladies’ & Gentleman’s Matinee Society Valerie Larkin, Psy.D. Pamela Leonowich Susan & Andre’ L’Heureux William W. Lohr P. Lord Mike & Gigi Louden Jennifer Lyman Bob & Joanne Madison The Maibach Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert

Continental Congress Anonymous The Burkhead Family Kevin Deardorff & Lisa Blumerman Jack & Kelly Fannon John & Julia Gluck In Memory of Roland B. Gomez Marian Holmes Law Office of Margo B. Owen, Esquire Howard & Margaret Soroos* John & Laurie Stackpole Steve Topetzes

Patriots Anonymous Mrs. Barbara Becker Keith Bell Lloyd Bittinger Patricia Cosler Larry Dempsey & Emily Cole Christopher Dykton Lori & John Foster In Memory of Roland B. Gomez Hamel Family in memory of Roland B. Gomez Hamel Family in memory of Roland B. Gomez Hamel Family in memory of Roland B. Gomez Jim & Alexandra Hartz Jake & Celia Jacoby James & Catherine Kelley Melissa Nielson & Ed Yawn Frank & Donna Pasqualino in Memory of Bruce Jeanne & Dan Porter Richard & Rochelle Schwab Mary Beth Smith-Toomey Susan Swain Katherine Ward, Long and Foster Realtor Kelley Wells Kathy Wood

E. Mannion Linda L. Mayer Sandra McKinney Louise Meng John & Karen Misura Gene & Dorothy Mulligan Andy & Kate Nelson Jeff & Diane Nesmeyer Douglas A. Olmsted Jeff & Mary Palmer Lisa Platske The Rampy Family Gary & Ana Rasmussen George & Fran Rhodes Mary Jo Roos James Rorke Tami & Peter Salmon Chad & Christina Sarchio Jean & Jim Schlichting Aubrey & Carolyn Smith Patricia Spencer Smith Bob & Sharon Spivey Laszlo & Barbara Steingaszner In Memory of Jean Stuhl Donald Street Hugh & Sue Van Horn David & Sue Wilkes Linda W. Windsor Gail & Jim Woolwine

Minutemen Anonymous Ronald & Sheila Barrett Richard & Judith Bednar Robert & Joann Bingham Herb & Dee Brooks Mary Lynne Brown Cheri L. Brown In Memory of Roland Gomez Peter Butler in memory of Evelyn Butler Felicia Carretta Ronald E. Cogan Margaret Evans-Joyce Ira Forstater & Robin Fradkin Bill & Francine Gemmill Kathy Giannetti In memory of Jane Godfrey In Memory of Roland B. Gomez Kacie Greenwood in memory of Roland B. Gomez Ruth Guirard (Long and Foster) Fritz & Pat Haberman In memory of Michael Hamburg Ruth Hare The Honorable & Mrs. John Harper, Jr. Bruce Harrison Alma Kasulaitis James & Charlene Kegerreis Norma Jean Lawton Walt & Manette Lazear

Nathan & Kara Macek Sara Maddux Donna Malarkey Estelle Marlor Carlton E. Martin Bill & Joan McCulla Madeline Metcalfe Becky Patton Bob & Elaine Peoples Laura Peterson Roger & Cheryl Pratt Col. Melvin H. & Barbara Rosen Ann Rowan Jack Seaver Mary Sellman Robert & Maureen Simoniz Capt. & Mrs. Donald Taggart John & Myrna Templeton In Memory of Michael Toomey Lois Van Bergen Don & Erdine Walter Marilyn I. Wiener Jerry & Doris Wolf

Colonists Frank & Lynda Adamson Mr. & Mrs. James Albanese Marco & Alice Albergo Anne A. Andrews Anonymous Caroline Austin Walter & Andrea Baumann Dave & Brenda Beck Joan Burg Robert & Jayne Eckert Dan & Marie Ernst Oliver & Carol Flint Mel & Sara Friedman Harry & Mary Clair Gildea In memory of Jane Godfrey W. Jack Green In memory of Michael Hamburg Edith C. Heilberg John Henderson Barbara Hendrickson Melissa Keiser Jean Keppler Roberta Klein in memory of Roland B. Gomez Paula Mathews Edward Neisis Diedre K. Nicholson-Lamb Charles Pellegrini Irene Rebbock A. Leo Romaneski Al Romaneski Jacqueline & Ralph Schenkel Audrey Scruggs Gil & Marcia Siegert Barbara Slavik Randal C. Teague, Sr. Rance R. Willis Raymond M. & Sheri H. Wolfe

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 Tina Anderson..........................................................................................................................Vice Director Margaret Evans-Joyce.................................................................................................................. Secretary Sharon Field...................................................................................................................... Financial Officer Lloyd Bittinger................................................................................ Honorary Member, LTA President Helga Ingrid Adams Brooke Angel Emma Baskir Genie & Geoff Baskir Jamie Blake Luana Bossolo Lesley Buckles Nancyanne Burton Jay Cohen Franklin C. Coleman Emory & Susan Damron Eileen Doherty Sharon Dove* Charles Dragonette & Alan Wray Julia Duncan Peter Fannon* Ira Forstater Duane Goddard* Kacie Greenwood

John Guinn Doris Hamel* Ronnie Hardcastle Adriana Hardy* Barbara Hayes Bobbie Herbst Larissa Heyman Marian Holmes Jim Howard Jim & Mary Hutzler Bonnie Jourdan Algis & Suzanne Kalvaitis Mel & Lidia Kollander* Robert Kraus Burt & Vivian Kronstedt Lois D. Ligoske Grace Manly Machanic David McCallum Tina McCrea** Carlos Moctezuma

* Distinguished Member ** Honorary Member

Will & Anne Monahan* Lynn O’Connell Thomas & Alice O’Connor* Eddie Page Leslie Reed Jayn Rife Benjamin Robles Heather Sanderson Jean Schlichting Dick Schwab Margo Shiffert Sherry Singer Kim Smith-Salmon Mary Beth Smith-Toomey* Arthur & Margaret Snow Howard & Margaret Soroos Rance Willis* Frank Winters Robin Worthington Janice Yeadon Bill Young Rev 5.8.17

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 exterior 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!