The Lifespan of a Fact

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P I O N E E R T H E A T R E C O M P A N Y The Roy W. and Elizabeth E. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre Karen Azenberg Artistic Director

Christopher Massimine Managing Director

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THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT BY

JEREMY KAREKEN & DAVID MURRELL and

GORDON FARRELL Based on the book by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal BEN CHERRY

JOHN KROFT

CONSTANCE MACY

Set Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

JO WINIARSKI

SUSAN BRANCH TOWNE

MICHAEL GILLIAM

Sound Design

Hair Design

Dramaturg

JENNIFER JACKSON

YANCEY J. QUICK

ALEXANDRA HARBOLD

Production Stage Manager

BECKY LYNN DAWSON DIRECTOR

WES GRANTOM Casting by

BOB CLINE CASTING THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT was originally produced on Broadway by Jeffrey Richards, Norman & Deanna Twain, Will Trice, Barbara H. Freitag, Suzanne Grant, Gold/Ross Productions, Jamie deRoy, Jennifer Manocherian, Barbara Manocherian ManGol Productions, Carl Moellenberg/Wendy Federman, Ken Greiner, Van Kaplan, Dominick LaRuffa Jr., Marc David Levine, WitzEnd Productions, Eric Falkenstein/Moreland Mott, Caiola Productions Remmel T. Dickinson & Jayne Baron Sherman THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

*The theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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CAST (in order of appearance) Jim Fingal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN KROFT* John D’Agata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BEN CHERRY* Emily Penrose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONSTANCE MACY* Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . .BECKY LYNN DAWSON*, MARY P. COSTELLO* *Member of Actor’s Equity Association

SETTING Present Day New York City Las Vegas The production will be performed without an intermission.

Pioneer Theatre Company is hosting a free roundtable discussion on ‘facts’ in media on November 2, 2019, after the matinee performance of “The Lifespan of a Fact” We would like to thank Elaine Clark and Andrew Becker from KUER, Bethany Rodgers from Salt Lake Tribune, and Ben Winslow from Fox13 News for their participation.

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THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT STAFF 1st Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Nacrissa Griffith 2nd Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emily Beatse Production Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Masek Light Board Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Conn Moving Light Programmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Conn Rail Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grae Melton Deck Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andelin Anderson, Max Kade, Augie Mericola, Morgan Werder Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Streed Wardrobe Running Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amber Rolfe, Evan Vincent Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abigail Conn, Ben Conn, Leah Curzon, Wesley Darton, Samantha McGrath, Grae Melton, Trish Whitekettle

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DIRECTOR'S NOTE Throughout this process, the cast and I have been playing a game called “Two Truths and a Lie.” It’s an icebreaker exercise in which a person shares two facts about themselves that are true and one that is false. The other players have to decipher the truths from the lie. This activity has helped us get to know each other as we rehearse, but more than that, it has tested our ability to parse fact from fiction—a skill that seems increasingly important in our current landscape of deep-fake videos, disinformation campaigns and alternative facts. With this constant barrage of contradictory information, one starts to wonder if we are creating a world where the truth is no longer knowable or even important.

In the age of the internet, we can obtain essentially any information we seek. Have a question? Google it. Want to know what a person looks like? Facebook them. Need to know how to build something? YouTube it. Information is literally at our fingertips and yet it is harder than ever to know what is actually real.

Take this play for example. The central characters are an author named John D’Agata and a fact-checker named Jim Fingal. John D’Agata is a real-life author who wrote a real-life essay that was fact-checked by a real-life fact-checker named Jim Fingal. This would lead one to believe this play is a true story. If you look closer, however, you’ll find the label “true story” is much more complicated. This is a play adapted by three playwrights, from a book by two authors, based on an essay by one author who freely admits he “nudged” the facts. In an interview in Electric Lit, John D’Agata says that while writing the book Lifespan of a Fact, he and his co-author “recreated” some aspects of the story and “completely fabricated” others.

And that was before three playwrights got a hold of it. This play is the literary equivalent of a tiny Russian doll nesting within different versions of the “truth.” Is one version more true than another? Is one more factual? Perhaps these writers are simply taking the same creative liberties each of us allow ourselves to take on a daily basis. I offer your latest Instagram story as evidence.

As a society, we grant ourselves license to curate facts to shape the stories we present to the world. Our news stories, art, literature, movies, and social media all present a different version of the truth, supported by varying degrees of fact. Our culture seems to have an unspoken code for blurring the line between fact and fiction, but at what point do we lose the ability to decipher between the two? Some of the characters in this play might argue that this is an instance when asking the question is more important than knowing the answer.

Two truths and a lie.

Give it a shot. Turn to the person next to you and see if they can tell which is which.

Wes Grantom Director of The Lifespan of a Fact

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DRAMATURGICAL NOTES In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year was “post-truth - an adjective defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.’”1 In 2017, The New York Times published an article on the decline of the magazine industry titled, “The Not-So-Glossy Future of Magazines,” reporting that after a yearly revenue decline since 2011, TIME, Inc. was aiming to cut $400 million in costs over 18 months.”2 As publishers scrambled for new audiences and new revenue sources in an increasingly beleaguered market, major newsstand publishers folded and were absorbed by other media conglomerates.

The Lifespan of a Fact, a new play based on a “true-ish” story.

In the age of the internet, we have ready access to information via the search engines of all our myriad devices. While print newspapers and magazine circulation have declined, digital media circulation has increased, and appeals to emotion and personal belief have traction and currency. Although author John D’Agata and fact-checker Jim Fingal originally wrote The Lifespan of a Fact in 2012, it has a rueful relevance and familiarity in an era of #FakeNews and #AlternativeFacts.

However, it is not politics and news at the heart of The Lifespan of a Fact, but rather a lyrical essay inspired by a young man’s tragic suicide from the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas.

The editor holds the presses for the groundbreaking piece, which promises to be a prestige piece for the magazine, and tasks a young intern with fact-checking it and submitting checking proofs before the piece is scheduled to close in a few days.

According to The Fact Checker’s Bible, fact-checking requires a first reading for the writer’s overall structure and argument; on second reading, the fact-checker then notes all statements of fact, including: “any proper names; place-names; references to time, distance, date, season; physical descriptions; references to the sex of anyone described (names can be deceiving); quotations; and any arguments or narrative that depend on fact.”3 The factchecker then sets out to confirm all of the facts advanced in the piece, using reference books, databases, transcripts, financial reports, video tapes, et al. – all the while, assessing the accuracy and reliability of the sources.

What happens when the fact-checker who equates facts with truth meets the essayist who believes that the larger point is more vital than data and a gathering of facts? An epic sparring match over the negotiability of facts and the limits of creative license.

The foreword of The Lifespan of a Fact includes the cautionary words of philosopher Lao-tzu: “True words are not beautiful.”

“Beautiful words are not true.”

Alexandra Harbold Dramaturg

1 “Word of the Year 2016 Is...” Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016. https://languages.oup. com/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2016.

2 Ember, Sydney and Michael M. Grybaum. “The Not-So-Glossy Future of Magazines.” The New York Times, September 23, 2017.

3 Smith, Sarah Harrison. The Fact Checker’s Bible: A Guide to Getting it Right.

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WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST BEN CHERRY (John D’Agata) appeared on Broadway in Indecent and Fiddler on the Roof, Off-Broadway in Goldstein and in the National Tour of Mary Poppins. Cherry returns to the Pioneer Theatre Company after last season’s Oslo.

Most recently, he played Louis in both parts of Angels in America at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Lemml in a three theatre co-production of Indecent at Arena Stage, Kansas City Rep and Baltimore Center Stage. Previously he played Lemml in Indecent’s regional premiere at the Guthrie Theatre. Other regional highlights include Mothers and Sons at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and four seasons at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Cherry has been seen on TV in “The Following,” “Smash,” and “I Love You…But I Lied.” He trained at The University of Michigan and North Carolina School of the Arts. www.BenCherry.com

Indiana Repertory Theatre and a company member with Indy Shakes. Other regionals include Seattle Children’s Theatre, Geva (Rochester, NY), Syracuse Stage, Playmakers Rep (Chapel Hill, NC), Kansas City Rep and Cardinal Stage (Bloomington, IN). A graduate of Indiana University, Macy is a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow (class of 2014), a two-time Arts Council of Indianapolis Creative Renewal Fellow and an Indianapolis Foundation MVP. WES GRANTOM (Director) is delighted to be back at PTC after directing last season’s The Lion in Winter and Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors the previous year. Most recently, he directed beep boop at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Grantom has also worked with companies such as Ars Nova, Pittsburgh CLO, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Asolo Rep, Berkshire Theatre Group, Theatreworks USA, Premiere Stages, the Atlantic, New Harmony Project, among others. He also has a number of Broadway credits as resident and associate director, working alongside James Lapine, Emma Rice, John Rando, Anthony Page, and Rufus Norris. He is a recipient of multiple Drama League Fellowships, a member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab, and teaches at the University of Evansville where he is also an alum.

JOHN KROFT (Jim Fingal) is a New York-based actor where he has appeared in Dan Cody’s Yacht (MTC), Arcadia (Juilliard) and Troilus and Cressida (Columbia). Regionally, he has performed in such shows as The Great Gatsby (Bay Street Theater), and Dracula, Or, The Un-Dead (Williamstown Theatre Festival), as well as a number of workshops at The Sundance Institute, Eugene O’Neil’s National Playwright’s Conference, and Chautauqua Theater Company. He has appeared on TV in “Blue Bloods” (CBS) and “Red Oaks” (Amazon), as well as in handful of independent and short films. You can also find his work as a narrator in several audiobooks at Recordedbooks.com or Audible.com. Kroft is a proud graduate of the Juilliard School, and is grateful to be a part of this company and share this work.

JO WINIARSKI (Scenic Design) is a set designer and art director, and this is her first show at PTC. Her New York off-Broadway credits include L.O.V.E.R; Accidentally Brave; The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey; Love, Loss, and What I Wore; and multiple shows with the Pearl Theatre Company. She has designed for several New York companies. Credits include the Abingdon Theatre Company, New Georges, The New Group, Keen Company and Clubbed Thumb.

Winiarski’s regional design credits include the Guthrie Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival (over 35 shows), the Old Globe, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center and Geva Theatre. She designed Disney Wishes for Disney Cruise Line. Winiarski was the art director on Late Night with Seth Meyers for the show’s first five seasons.

CONSTANCE MACY (Emily Penrose) appeared at PTC in the 2011 production of The Diary of Anne Frank (Mrs. Van Daan) and is happy to return to beautiful Utah. She is based in Indianapolis where she is a frequent performer at the 15

WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST form of a girl unknown, Silent Dancer, The Wolves, Hir, Hand to God, Harbur Gate, Bull Shark Attack, Streetlight Woodpecker, Blackberry Winter, Two Stories (Salt Lake Acting Company); Twelfth Night, The Last Five Years, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry IV, Part I (Salt Lake Shakespeare). Her sound installations have been exhibited at the Yale University Art Gallery and the University of Utah. Jackson holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama and is on the faculty of the University of Utah Department of Theatre where her credits include The Odyssey, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Good Kids, and School for Lies. jenjacksonsound.com

She received an Emmy nomination for “A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!” for art direction.

SUSAN BRANCH TOWNE (Costume Design) returns for her 22nd production at PTC, where previous designs include A Comedy of Tenors, The Tempest, Hamlet, My Fair Lady, Chicago, Romeo & Juliet, Sophisticated Ladies and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Other engagements include the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre Centre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, New York City Opera, and numerous offBroadway productions. She is based in Austin, Texas, where she is on the faculty at St. Edward’s University and designs for Zach Theatre, Austin Opera and Ballet Austin. Susan holds a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. She is a 33-year member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829. susanbranchtowne.com

YANCEY J. QUICK (Hair Designer) is the Wig Master and Shoe Master for Ballet West in SLC, UT. His work has been seen on stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, when the company was invited to perform its production of The Nutcracker to sold-out houses. He has also designed wigs and makeup for several years at Utah Opera and Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre. He has had the privilege of working for companies such as The Tony AwardWinning Utah Shakespeare Festival, Utah Symphony, and The Oregon Cabaret Theatre. As a member of IATSE Local 99 (the union of professional stagehands, motion picture technicians, and allied crafts) he also has the privilege to work backstage on numerous national Broadway tours. After studying Wig & Makeup Design at The University of Utah, he is thrilled to be working for PTC.

MICHAEL GILLIAM (Lighting Design) Broadway credits include: Bonnie and Clyde, Brooklyn, Big River and Stand-Up Tragedy. West End credits: Gershwin Alone. Off-Broadway: Cagney, Tappin’ Thru Life, Mr. Joy, Striking 12, Blue, End of the World Party, Zooman and the Sign and Menopause The Musical. National Tours include Peter Pan, Brooklyn, Guys and Dolls and Big River. Regional: Pioneer Theatre Company, Arena Stage, The Globe Theatres, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Repertory, Goodman Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, The Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Prince Music Theater, Denver Center and Arizona Theatre Company. Awards: Los Angeles Ovation Award, Drama-Logue Award, Garland Award, and the 1999 Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.

ALEXANDRA HARBOLD (Dramaturg) has served as dramaturg on PTC’s Sweat, Oslo, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Last Ship, I Hate Hamlet, An Inspector Calls, and Of Mice and Men. Recent projects include directing Death of a Driver and The Wolves (Salt Lake Acting Company), The Rivals (U of U Theatre) and The Night Witches (Egyptian YouTheatre). Upcoming projects include directing The Odyssey (U of U Theatre, November 8-17) and At the Bottom (Pinnacle Acting Company), and co-creating Allegory (Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company in collaboration with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory).

JENNIFER JACKSON (Composer/Sound Designer) is excited to make her debut at Pioneer Theatre Company. Previous design and/or original music credits include Romeo and Juliet (Yale Repertory Theatre); 16

WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST JEREMY KAREKEN (Playwright) Jeremy is a playwright living in New York and Baltimore. His short plays Hot Rod, Big Train, and 80 Cards have been performed around the country and internationally.

He served as a speech writer and policy analyst for two presidential campaigns. His awards include the Sewanee Conference’s Dakin Fellowship for Farblondjet, and Guthrie/Playwrights Center’s Two-Headed Challenge for Sweet Sweet Motherhood. The Hamptons Film Festival Screenwriters Conference selected Kareken and David Murrell for their horror-comedy script about haunted breast implants – THESE! Conquered the Earth! In 2018, PlayPenn shortlisted Kareken’s new political satire about an illiterate king, The Red Wool. Born and raised in Rochester, New York, and a graduate of the University of Chicago, he has taught at NYU, NYIT, the Actors Studio Drama School, and currently teaches at the Acting Studio—New York.

A lifetime member of The Actors Studio, Jeremy occasionally acts and for 18 years served as the researcher for Bravo TV’s “Inside the Actors Studio.”

Harbold is co-founder and co-artistic director of Flying Bobcat and Assistant Professor of Directing in the University of Utah’s Department of Theatre.

BECKY LYNN DAWSON (Production Stage Manager) joins PTC for her third season. She holds an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts and a BFA from Utah State University. Selected stage management credits include From Here to Eternity, Saturday Night Fever (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse), The Spitfire Grill, Chicago, M. Butterfly (Northern Stage), The Christians (Gulfshore Playhouse) and Divinamente New York 2009 & 2010 (EH Arts International). She would like to send many thanks to her family for their continual support.

MARY P. COSTELLO (AEA Stage Manager) has worked on over 60 productions during nine seasons with PTC. Favorites include Sting’s The Last Ship, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Les Misèrables, In the Heights, Next to Normal, and Rent.

Other stage management teams: Indiana Repertory Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Boston Theatre Works, Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival, and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Proud Equity member.

GORDON FARRELL (Playwright) Trained as a playwright at the Yale School of Drama, Gordon received an MFA in 1986 and went from there to work with major Hollywood studios, initially as a story analyst for Warner Brothers and Columbia Pictures, and eventually as a screenwriter. He has written for hire and sold screenplays to Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers, MGM, and ITC. He has worked with Robert Simonds (producer of The Wedding Singer, Molly’s Game, Mile 22); Neal Moritz (producer of XXX, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Fast and Furious) and Bruce Berman (producer of The Matrix, Three Kings, Mad Max: Fury Road). Working in independent film, Gordon has written for and sold projects to NYC indie producer Norman Twain (producer, Lean on Me, Boycott, My Dog Tulip). Farrell’s first independent screenplay, Girls Who Smoke, premiered in 2011. It went on to be an official selection at over a dozen film festivals, ultimately winning the Audience Choice Award in Seattle at the Post Alley Film Festival. As a playwright, from 2009 to 2013, Gordon worked with dozens of women on

EMILY NACRISSA GRIFFITH (1st Assistant Stage Manager) graduated from UVU with a Bachelor of Science in Theatre Arts with emphases in performance and design/technology. She earned the Kennedy Center’s Meritorious Achievement Award for her work as the production stage manager of UVU’s Next to Normal, which received the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival national award for Outstanding Production.

EMILY BEATSE (2nd Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be returning to PTC as an Assistant Stage Manager. She is currently a Junior in the Stage Management program at the University of Utah.

Previous Assistant Stage Manager credits include: The Lion in Winter (PTC), Our Country’s Good, and Men on Boats (U of U Theatre). She sends love to all her family and friends.

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WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST currently lives in Queens, and has written a sea chest’s worth of TV and film treatments and spec scripts.

Access Theater (NYC) and the Cleveland Public Theatre each produced his play Ductwork and the Hamptons Film Festival Screenwriters Conference selected his and Jeremy Kareken’s feature screenplay about haunted breast implants, THESE! Conquered the Earth! In 2019, the Outer Critics Circle co-awarded David its John Gassner Playwriting Award for The Lifespan of a Fact.

New York’s Lower East Side who wanted to tell their personal stories on stage. The series of monologue plays that grew out of it was called In the Red Room/ Every Woman Dances For Someone. In May 2019 the fully dramatized version, Girls Who Walked on Glass, played to SRO houses and rave reviews in Buffalo and is scheduled to transfer to New York City in 2020. His other plays have been produced in San Francisco, at the Alleyway Theatre, at the Yale School of Drama, and at Primary Stages in New York. He is the author of “The Power of the Playwright’s Vision,” published

by Heinemann Press in 2001. It has been translated internationally and become a standard playwriting text at colleges and universities in North America, Europe, and Asia.

BOB CLINE (Casting) is the founder of Bob Cline Casting in New York. Broadway World recently named him one of New York’s “Ten Best.” He has cast film, TV, commercials, over 75 national tours and numerous regional theaters across the country and has been associated with the casting for Pioneer Theatre Company for over a decade. Cline has also been a proud faculty member in Pace University’s theatre program, in charge of the senior BFA musical theatre

DAVID MURRELL (Playwright) David Murrell was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School and the University of Chicago,

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WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 51,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

majors for the last 16 years. He is the Associate Director of Broadway Artists Alliance, enjoys working with The Open Jar Institute, and often teaches through The Growing Studio and The Actor’s Loft.

PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY (PTC): Now celebrating its 58th season, the award-winning PTC is Utah’s premiere professional theatre and a leading arts organization of the West. Led by Artistic Director Karen Azenberg and Managing Director Christopher Massimine, PTC promotes community-building and education though presenting world-class productions; developing new socially resonant and universal work; hosting talks, lectures, and workshops that engage a versatile and inclusive demographic, while celebrating diversity in culture and society; and serving as the connecting bridge between art and scholarship as an affiliate of the University of Utah.

Ben Cherry (John D’Agata)

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FRIENDS OF PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY Pioneer Theatre Company Board of Trustees Mark Capone, Chair

Budget Chair Brandon Stringham Karen Azenberg Gregory N. Barrick Sandi Behnken Steven M. Brinton Nate Boyer Glen Clayburn Lori W. Creer John A. Dahlstrom, Jr. Craig N. Darrow

Stan VanderToolen, Vice Chair

Development Chair David R. Peterson

Marketing Chair Jeff Paris

Chris Massimine Michele Mattsson Eric Maxfield Lamont Richardson John W. Scheib, PhD Harris Smith Janette Sonnenberg Spencer Stewart Catherine W. Stringham

Daniel A. Reed, PhD Amy Wadsworth Heidi Dewitt Woodbury Emeritus A. Scott Anderson Edward F. Bates William H. Child Paul M. Durham

Nominating Chair Dan Lofgren Spencer F. Eccles David E. Gee Kathie Horman James Macfarlane Kevin R. Murray Harris Simmons J. Douglas Whisenant

Pioneer Theatre Guild Officers

Glen Clayburn, President Heather Benson, President-Elect Peggy Stanley, Vice President Anne Neeley, Secretary Kris Burton, Treasurer For information regarding PTC Guild membership, call Carolyn at 801-601-8847.

Corporate, Foundation, and Public Support

Pioneer Theatre Company is pleased to recognize the many businesses, foundations, public institutions, and corporate sponsors that support our mission. Thank you for your generous contributions.

Season Support Salt Lake County Zoo Arts and Parks Fund

Presenting Sponsors ($50,000 and above) George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation Meldrum Foundation

Harris H. and Amanda P. Simmons Family Foundation

Dominion Energy The Shubert Foundation

Simmons Family Foundation

Anonymous Donor Andrea Golding Legacy Foundation Apple, Inc. + R. Harold Burton Foundation

George Q. Morris Foundation In Memory of Gabrielle M. Woods College of Fine Arts Art Pass Program Cowboy Partners

BW Productions + Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Gardner Company Holland & Hart, LLP

Robert and Barbara Patterson Family Memorial Foundation Myriad Genetics, Inc. Charles Maxfield and Gloria F. Parrish Foundation

Anonymous Donor Durham Jones & Pinegar

Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation Love Communications

Zions Bank

Executive Producers ($25,000 – $49,999) Steiner Foundation, Inc.

Utah Division of Arts and Museums

Producers ($10,000 – $24,999) Facebook, Inc. + Google Grants + L. T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation Marriner S. Eccles Foundation Huntsman Corporation

Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation Pioneer Theatre Guild Taxi TV + W. Mack and Julia S. Watkins Foundation Wells Fargo

Benefactors ($5,000 – $9,999) Merit Medical Parr Brown Gee & Loveless Riverton Music Salt Lake City Arts Council Swartz Foundation

ThomasArts U.S. Bank Foundation UWM Men’s Shop

Directors Club ($2,500 – $4,999) Marathon Petroleum Corporation

John and Marcia Price Family Foundation The Summit Group

Associates ($1,000 – $2,499) Anser-fone + Jet Blue + New York Life Foundation The Boyer Company National Life Group Charitable PwC In memory of Terry Henderson + Foundation Rural Health Group

Snow, Christensen & Martineau Foundation

General Partners (up to $999) Adobe Anonymous Donor The Benevity Community Impact Fund Bonneville Radio + Cameo + Capital Broadcasting + Clear Channel +

Cumulus Radio + Discovery Gateway + Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund iHeart Media + KSTU + Lagoon + Microsoft Matching Gifts Program

National History Museum of Utah + Pizza Factory + Reagan Outdoor + Richard H. and JoAnn O. Keller Family Foundation Romney Lumber Co. Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving

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FRIENDS OF PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY Special Gifts Gifts to capital projects, artistic programming, and endowments secure the future of Pioneer Theatre Company. The donors listed are recognized for their important contributions to sustaining and enhancing artistic excellence.

Lino Endowment Dominic and Virginia Albo A. Scott and Jesselie Anderson Andrea and Kevin Barnes Edward F. Bates Lynette and Marsden Blanch Sara and Roger Boyer Marilyn and Robert Brinton Ted R. Capener Mark and Kelly Capone Angela and Zeke Dumke Elizabeth Terry Dunning Paul and Maren Durham

David Dynak Jodee Ferree Sheldon Furst and Ellen Liu David E. and Sherrie Gee Julie and Devon Glenn David H. Green Scott and Loree Hagen Haze/Hard Nancy Melich and J. Alexander Hemphill Jerry and Claudia Howells Bruce and Nancy Jensen Jerrold and Marge Jensen Tom and Carol Jepperson Bob Keener

Ross and Nancy Kendell Dale A. and Rachel B. Kimball Frank and Barbara Layden Linda J. Leckman Robert B. Lence Colleen R. Lindstrom Lofgren Family Jayne Luke Donna and David Lyon Jim and Carol Macfarlane Jack and Ann Mark Eric G. Maxfield Matthew L. Moore Charles L. Morey Riverton Music

Diane L. Parisi Steve Parks Dinesh and Kalpana Patel Foundation Dave and Sandi Pershing George Pesek David and Melinda Simmons Foundation Eric and Michele Thompson Phyllis Haskell and Doug Tims Stephen and Elizabeth Warner J. Douglas and Eleanor Whisenant Stan and Jill VanderToolen

Play-By-Play Bireley Endowment Susan Stoddard Heiner and Blake T. Heiner Lee and Audrey Hollaar

Wanda and Carvel Mattsson Memorial Fund William and Donna Vogel Marc and Barbara Mattsson

PTC True and Quasi Endowments Anonymous Eric Biedermann Roger and Sara Boyer Kem and Carolyn Gardner Francis and Joan Hanson

The Peter and Susan Stevens Endowment Susan Dolan Stevens and Peter Stevens

Special Projects Susan Dolan Stevens

Meldrum Foundation Endowment Fund Meldrum Foundation

Spoor Endowment Chris Lino

Robin M. Woods Legacy Endowment – A fund to support the advancement of women in theatre

Annual Fund Support From Individuals Individual Sponsors ($5,000 and above) Most individual donors to PTC choose to support the general work of the company.

There are also opportunities to contribute gifts of $5,000 or more to specific productions or projects.

For more information call 801-581-6960.

Anonymous Donor Sandi Behnken

Judy Brady and Drew W. Browning

Hank and Pat Hemingway Kathie and Chuck Horman

Roger and Mary Lowe Katie and Ned Stringham

Directors Club ($2,500 – $4,999)

The Directors Club is a giving level recognizing donors who make an annual contribution of $2,500 or more to PTC. Members of the Directors Club receive exclusive benefits throughout the theatre season. For more information call 801-585-3196.

Anonymous Donor A. Scott and Jesselie Anderson Bonnie Jean and H. Brent Beesley Lynette and Marsden Blanch Kristina and Kenneth Burton In honor of Chris Lino and Colleen Lindstrom Nate Boyer Mark and Kelly Capone

John A. Dahlstrom, Jr. Craig and Stephanie Darrow Elizabeth Terry Dunning Paul and Maren Durham Susan F. Fleming Sandra E. Geary David E. and Sherrie Gee Jim and Irene Huber Dale A. and Rachel B. Kimball Linda J. Leckman, M.D. Robert Lence

Anonymous Donors (3) Jane Wollam Bebb Bill and Beth Beck Steven and Joan Brinton In Memory of Art Brothers Michael and Alison Brown Robin and Marion Campbell Margaret Cragin-Masarone

Tim and Candace Dee Bob and Mary Gilchrist David H. Green Lee and Audrey Hollaar Tom and Carol Jepperson * Bruce and Maxine Johnson Sheldon R. Furst and Ellen Liu Doralee Madsen

Lofgren Family James L. Macfarlane Chris and Maggie Massimine + Eric G. Maxfield Peter and Catherine Meldrum Kevin R. and Deon Murray Jeff Paris Gregory D. and Cynthia Phillips Margaret P. Sargent

Richard Koehn and Sheryl Scott Harris H. and Amanda Simmons Dr. Brent and Janette Sonnenberg Kevin and Alice Steiner R. Eric and Michele Thompson* Stan and Jill VanderToolen * Todd and Michelle Wolfenbarger

Associates ($1,000 – $2,499) Ben Wilson and Michele Mattsson Nickie and David McDowell Nancy and George D. Melling Steve and Alisa Parks Linda S. Pembroke John Netto and Catherine Putnam-Netto

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FRIENDS OF PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY Angels ($500 – $999) Anonymous Donor Jon K. and Darleen Alley Christine A. Allred John and Linda Ashton Karen Azenberg and Augie Mericola Sandi Jo Behnken Mary Anne Berzins Eric Biedermann C. Kim and Jane C. Blair Kenneth and Karen Brewster Marilyn and Robert Brinton Darryl Butt Jeremy Conder Jim Dabakis

Michael D. Drews Robert and Liz Ence Chesley and Amy Erickson Naomi K. Feigal Bob and Mary Gilchrist David and Doris Gillette John and Elizabeth Hammond In honor of Ruth Hansen Hale Bonnie Hedman* Jennifer Hedman* Nancy Melich and J. Alexander Hemphill Larry and Tina Howard Maria and Andrew Hunt

Anonymous Donor Craig and Joanna Adamson Susan and Ken Albrecht Susan Allred James A. and Carol A. Anderson Kristin Wann Anderson Sandra and Marc Babitz Bryan and Tina Bagley Jim and Martha Bale Lonnie and Jill Baskett Beth and Bill Beck Reed and Jeanne Benson Kenneth M. and Barbara L. Calney Doug and Barbara Campbell Robin Campbell Robert and Barbara Cherrington Dennis Coon Wilma and Willie Dolowitz Robert Doran Mark and Laurie Eliason Drs. Richard C. and Ann W. Engar Joan Erickson Lars and Susan Erickson James and Ruth Ewers

Dane and Kathy Finerfrock Larry and Shirley Florence Jan and Stan Foutz Beth C. and Peter T. Hanlon Gerry Hanni Richard Harper Ingo and Mary Henningsen Ross Owen and Larry Herndon Virginia Huber John and Carol Huffman Bruce and Rhonda Irvine Barbara H. Ivey In memory of Gresh Ivey Darlene Jensen Randy and Liz Jensen Michele and Dave Jenson Tammy Jones Dr. Robert and Julie Kessler The Kohlburn Family The Kraiss Family Guttorm and Claudia Landro Janice and Harvey Lansing Darryl and Bonnie Lee Howard and Nancy Lemcke Bradley P. Rich and Dr. Erika Lloyd Ronald and Danece Mangone

Anonymous Donors (11) Mons Aase Carolyn Abravanel Vern and Barbara Adams Eva-Maria Adolphi Ann and Jared Ainsworth Dominic and Virginia Albo John and Sheryl Allen Kathy Aller Gloria and Irwin Altman Carole Ames Christine Anderson Diane Anderson Donna Andrews William M. Archer Paul and Cheryl Argyle Michael and Laurie Asmussen Linda K. Ballard

Landon Ray Barker Almina Barksdale Mary E. Barlow Mary L. Barnes Casey M. Barnett Robert Kyle Barnett Donald Barnhart Rachel L. Bates Nancy J. Behnken Lani Belisle Glenn D. Prestwich and Barbara L. Bentley Richard Charles Brandt Randy J. Buchmiller Dave and Lori Buhler John P. and Andrea M. Burke Thomas Chad Burt Lynn and Camille Bushman

Elise Hutchings In memory of Paul Hutchings Amy Haselhorst and Richard Irons Barbara H. Ivey In memory of Gresh Ivey Dr. Brent C. and Eve James Greg Hatch and Terry Kogan + Chris Lino Helga Lloyd Uri Loewenstein Donna and David Lyon Mary McCarthey James and Karen Nelson

Oren and Liz Nelson Maura and Serge Olszanskyj Diane L. Parisi John and Susanne Parsons Karen F. and Leon Peterson Wayne and Robyn Petty Barbara and John Reid Zoe and Lon Richardson, Jr. Harold and Debbie Rust Kent and LaRae Scott Marsha and Tom Swegle Marsha and Robert Tadje Cindy and Mark Vernon Julia and Hugh West David and Jeralynn Winder

Patrons ($250 – $499) Sue Marquardt Mary McCarthey Dr. and Mrs. Corey A. Miller Stephen and Sandy Morgan Tony and Mary Ann Morgan Michael E. Nash Sara Lee Neill Tim and Peggy J. Newman Karen H. Nichols Rosalie Notarianni In memory of Mary Asson Carol M. Oliver In memory of Paul F. Oliver Dinesh and Kalpana Patel Lewis Boynton and Sonja Penttila Joe Perry and Meredith Filson-Perry Bryce and Shonni Peterson Karen F. and Leon Peterson Frank and Patrica Pignanelli Nancy Pitstick Laszlo and Sandra Preysz Monika Preysz Thomas Quam George C. Rackham, Jr. Michael B. Robinson

Gary Sackett In memory of Darlene Sackett Michael Scott and Loretta Falvo-Scott David and Julianne Seal Janet and David Sharp Ralph and Kayleen Simmons Val and Barbara Singleton Patricia and Homer Smith Robert A. and Julie A. Sperling Mary O. Stanley Julie A. Stokes William and Saundra Stone Russell T. and Sandra Strauss George Sumner and Tina Hose-Sumner Robyn Toone Peter and Adrianne Watkins Elaine B. Weis Wayne and Carol Welninski Dr. and Mrs. H. James Williams Ben Wilson and Michele Mattsson

Contributors ($50 – $249) Brad and Leslie Campbell John C. and Leslie Z. Carey Martin Cathey Robert Chamberlain Brian E. Chapman Hal Christensen Renee Christensen Cathay Nelson Christiansen Ray and Bobbie Christiansen Carlyle Clarke Geraldine M. Clark Howard and Betty Clark Patricia and John Clay Brad V. Crawford John D’Arcy William Daniloff Debbie Davis Kathy A. Davis

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FRIENDS OF PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY Lynda Geddes Marc and Carol Gentner Karen Gilbert Family Julie and Devon Glenn Lewis and Ceselie Goodwin Dr. and Mrs. John Greenlee Jeanne Gunter Sandra Haak Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Hackett Maxine R. Haggerty Justin and Kristina Hansen Francis and Joan Hanson Janet and Ric Harnsberger Jonathan D. Hartford Don Harward Peter and Jan Haug Sandra Hayes Alan and Rosena Heal Catherine Ann Heiner Patti Hendricks Duane Hill Jason Hoggan Darris Howe Casey Huff Jane J. Hunt Karen Hyde Thelma P. Iker Colin Jackson Srikanth Jammulapati Andrea Johnson Mark and Sheila Johnson Candice J. Jorgensen Kathy Jorgensen Ben and Jenn Kalm Kathleen M. Kaufman Jim and Maggie Kearns Fonda Kersey Russel R. and Jane T. King Richard and Gene Klatt Scott William Knorpp Paul Kriekard

Andrea Krupa Joan M. and Douglas S. Lake Richard Scott Lemons Keith and Kristen Leonard Anna and Claude LePendu Steve and Karin Liimatta Kirsten Likes Joan Lind James R. Moore and Kathryn Lindquist Pauline Lindsay Morris and Jane Linton Stephen Lobo Diane Luke Michael W. Luskin Bonnie R. Macfarlane Gary and Ruth Manville Ted and Shirley Marakis Frank and Diane McElwain Pam Arnott McLeese Neta McOmie Elliott Merrill Richard R. and Jean H. Miller Cyndee Miya Peggy Montrone Judith Moreton Gabriela Motyckova Michelle Murday Maura K. Naughton Bonnie Nell Craig Richard Nelson Dalmas H. Nelson John and Jennifer Newman Brenda Nibley Jean and Ralph Nuismer Linda B. Purcell Ogden William D. Ohlsen Tracy O’Keefe Kristi and Jeff Oritt Julie Olson Tim Orton

Elissa Oshinsky Ross Owen Chris James Oswald Ted and Kay Packard Brett Packham Linda D. Page Kirsten Park Nancy Parker Helen Patterson Mary Ann and William Payne Gary and Janet Peck Kathleen B. Pendleton Chris Peterson Jennifer Peterson Genevieve Peterson Sandra N. Peuler Colleen Pierce Walter J. Plumb Dennis Polster Anne Prince Carol Prince Roger and Susan Pyper Susan Reese J. Kyle and JoAnn K. Robertson Shawn H. Robinson Janet Rogers Mark and Mary Ellen Rosen Alan Rowley Sid Rudolph Leonard and Alene Russon Jeffrey M. Sanchez Evan Sanders Robert and Karen Sawyer Paige St. Jeor Jane and Kent Sakashita Sarah W. Scheuller Larry P. Schumann C. Duwayne and Alice C. Schmidt Tina Seferos Lawanna M. Shurtliff

Randy and Deb Skeen Patricia Smiley Tani and Martin Smihula Lynda M. Simmons Cathy Stutz-Smith A.J. and Leah Smith Deborah Smith Robert B. and Janet D. Smith Stuart Stanek Susan Dolan Stevens Kathy Stoker Drs. Barry and Connie Stults Russell T. and Sandra Strauss Yvonne B. Thele Joel and Pamela Thompson Guy L. and Elaine Thompson Kathy D. Van Orman Bill and Heidi Vriens Sydney Wagstaff Alison Walker Gwen and Clare Wardle David and Shauna Weight Sylvia Weight David and Dixie West John and RaeAnn White Henry O. Whiteside Charles Whiting Nancy G. Woodward Ron Sawdey and Cissy Wolff Joan Wong Betty and Frank Yanowitz Nancy Young Stuart and Barbara Young Tod and Mary Young Carl Youngblood Andrey Zharkikh

The donors acknowledged above made gifts and pledges between September 15, 2018 to October 15, 2019. + In-Kind Donation * This donor is recognized at the gift level equal to their donation plus a corporate match. Make your gift go further: Check to see if your company has a matching gift program. If you have any changes or questions regarding your program listing, please call 801-585-3196.

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PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY STAFF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR . . . . . . . . . KAREN AZENBERG

MANAGING DIRECTOR . . . . . . . CHRIS MASSIMINE

ARTISTIC Resident Fight Choreographer . . . . . . . . .Christopher DuVal Resident Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Maxwell Resident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allan Branson

PRODUCTION Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed Rossbach Production Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary P. Costello Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Becky Lynn Dawson Technical Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Mack Charge Artist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Jensen Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda McMall Stage Technicians . . . . . . . . . . . . Colton Orr, Andrew Smith Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Morgan, Trish Whitekettle Props Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura A. Walters Props Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Nelson Master Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Masek Technical Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lee Hollaar Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . .Phillip R. Lowe First Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K.L. Alberts Asst. Costume Shop Manager . . . . .Wendy Schow-Massine Cutter/Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wendy Schow-Massine, Margo Seamons Millinery/Crafts Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wilson Leibering Stitchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Andrews, Colleen Pierce Wardrobe Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Streed Costume Rental Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Do’nel Ault

DEVELOPMENT Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . Diane L. Parisi Individual Giving Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . .Merrill Matheson Development Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erica Carvalho MANAGEMENT Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Llenares Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Bowen Asst. Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Bennett MARKETING Director of Marketing & Comm. . . . . . . Kirsten Park Publicity Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vreni Romang Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW Productions PTC Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Modern8 PATRON SERVICES Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . Heidi Bruce House Manager/Asst. Patron Services . . . . . . . .Nikki Baum Coodinator, Patron Services . . . . . . . . Jenifer Christensen Patron Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alexis Brinkerhoff, Erica Carvalho, Susannah Castleton, J.T. Hiskey, Sasha Pinegar, Caprice Schulte, Sophia White

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