HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING Program by Olney Theatre Center

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A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dear friend of Olney Theatre Center, More is never enough. So says the hero of Martin Scorcese’s newest flick, The Wolf of Wall Street. And whether or not you’ve seen Hollywood’s latest examination of the sleazy road to riches, you might remember “Greed Is Good”, power ties, and the crash of ’87. Go back much further and think about the stories of Horatio Alger: all you need is luck, pluck, and a little virtue to find your fortune. How much have things changed since then? Could a smart, ambitious window-washer become chairman of the Board in 2014? Can anyone make their way to the ranks of the one percenters, or is there a limit to upward mobility? Climbing your way to the top is the Ur-Text of the American Dream: it’s the soundtrack to your daily commute, the premise of your favorite reality show, and the basis for countless novels and movies. Add a lot of humor, some song and dance, and the creativity of Abe Burrows and Frank Loesser, and it’s also the hit 1961 musical you’re about to see, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. The musical’s enduring popularity owes as much to its seminal subject matter as its hilarious and spot-on book and lyrics – which incidentally won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, one of only eight musicals in history to do so. Its genius is ably complemented at Olney by some genius talents: returning stars George Dvorsky and Sherri Edelen, amazing up-and-comers Sam Ludwig and Angela Miller, and an award-winning creative team that’s ready to deliver the goods. I’m so glad you’re here for How To Succeed…, the first show of our 76th season and my first full season as Artistic Director. I hope you’ll be back for more of it – and if you buy three tickets in advance during the year, you become a member of Olney Theatre Center, which entitles you to the least expensive tickets available as well as free events all year, from opportunities to meet playwrights to a Caribbean carnival for kids to lectures about great drama. We want Olney Theatre Center to unleash your creative spirit, so join us on the adventure! I’m delighted to have met many of you in person and via email and want to meet more of our amazing audience. Will you drop me a line at Jason@olneytheatre.org and let me know what you think? Onward!

Jason Loewith Artistic Director

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Opening Night: February 1, 2014

Jason Loewith,

Amy Marshall,

Artistic Director

Managing Director

presents

Book by

Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert Music and Lyrics by

Frank Loesser Based on the book How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying by Shepherd Mead

featuring

Maggie Donnelly Aileen Goldberg Bryan Knowlton Angela Miller Lawrence Redmond Harry A. Winter

Kurt Boehm Sherri L. Edelen Ashleigh King Sam Ludwig Taylor Elise Rector Dan Van Why

MaryLee Adams George Dvorsky Colleen Hayes David Landstrom Allie Parris Chris Rudy

...and the vocal talents of Jim with Ian

Petosa

McKellen as the Voice of the Narrator

Scenic/Projection Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Sound Design

James Dardenne

Seth Gilbert

Joel Moritz

Jeff Dorfman

Production Stage Manager

Director of Production

Josiane M. Lemieux

Dennis A. Blackledge Musical Director

Christopher Youstra

Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Music Theatre

Christopher Youstra Choreographer

Tommy Rapley

Director

Jason Loewith This production is made possible in part by contributions from Production Sponsor Kathleen Quinn and Artist Sponsors Susan and Jay Finkelstein, Robert E. Hebda, and David Frankenberger, Jr. HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 42 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 • Fax: 212-397-4684 • www.MTIShows.com

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CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) The Voice of the Narrator.......................................................................................................IAN McKELLEN J. Pierrepont Finch.................................................................................................................SAM LUDWIG* Mr. Gatch/Mr. Peterson..........................................................................................................KURT BOEHM* Mr. Jenkins................................................................................................................... BRYAN KNOWLTON* Mr. Matthews/Mr. Ovington..........................................................................................DAVID LANDSTROM+ Mr. Tackaberry......................................................................................................................... CHRIS RUDY+ J. B. Biggley..............................................................................................................LAWRENCE REDMOND* Rosemary Pillkington.........................................................................................................ANGELA MILLER* Mr. Bratt........................................................................................................................ GEORGE DVORSKY* Smitty............................................................................................................................AILEEN GOLDBERG* Miss Jones......................................................................................................................SHERRI L. EDELEN* Miss Krumholtz......................................................................................................... TAYLOR ELISE RECTOR+ Bud Frump ........................................................................................................................DAN VAN WHY*^ Mr. Twimble/Wally Womper........................................................................................... HARRY A. WINTER* Hedy La Rue...................................................................................................................... COLLEEN HAYES+ TV Announcer........................................................................................................................... JIM PETOSA* Male Ensemble..................................................................................... KURT BOEHM*, BRYAN KNOWLTON*, CHRIS RUDY+, DAVID LANDSTROM+ Female Ensemble......................................................................... TAYLOR ELISE RECTOR+, ASHLEIGH KING+, ALLIE PARRIS*, MAGGIE DONNELLY* (through 2/16), MARYLEE ADAMS* (after 2/16)

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never appear for a listed player unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

J. Pierrepont Finch – CHRIS RUDY+; J.B. Biggley – GEORGE DVORSKY*; Rosemary Pilkington – TAYLOR ELISE RECTOR+; Bratt – KURT BOEHM* Smitty, Miss Jones – ASHLEIGH KING+; Bud Frump – DAVID LANDSTROM+ Mr. Twimble/Womper – BRYAN KNOWLTON*; Hedy LaRue – MARYLEE ADAMS*, MAGGIE DONNELLY* Dance Captain – Bryan Knowlton* *Member Actors’ Equity Association

Equity Membership Candidate ^National Player Alumnus

SPECIAL THANKS Brad Watkins, Lee Armitage, Steve Thompson, Matt Boethin at MTI, Jeffrey Bateman at AEA

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ADDITIONAL SHOW STAFF Assistant Director...................................................................................................................Jenna Duncan Assistant Costume Designer........................................................................................................Brian Shaw Additional Costumes......................................................................................................................... Pei Lee Assistant Stage Managers.........................................................................Mandy Schultz, Jourdan Lewanda Casting Associate.........................................................................................................Michelle Muntifering Deck Chief ............................................................................................................................ Sarah Splaine Deck Crew....................................................................................................Lauren Chilton, Brendan Gregg Follow Spot Operators........................................................................Samantha Campbell, Sarah Tomberlin Light Board Operator...............................................................................................Mike “Angus” Vaughan Props Crew...............................................................................................................................Katie Mikula Sound Engineer..................................................................................................................... Elvin J. Crespo Associate Sound Engineer.......................................................................................................Brian Chismar Wardrobe...................................................................................................... Vincent Loucks, Mollie LaTorre Dramaturg.....................................................................................................................Maegan Clearwood Additional Scenic Construction................................................................... Mark Hawkinson, Sarah Splaine, Marc Wasserman Additional Electric Crew.................................................................................. Laurie Bautista, Nikki Conley, Jenny Oletsky, Daniel Sexton Video Programmer........................................................................................................................ Stew Ives

ORCHESTRA Conductor/Piano (through 2/1).................................................................................... Christopher Youstra Conductor/Piano (after 2/1)....................................................................................................Doug Lawler Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Kazoo............................................................. George Hummel Trumpet, Flugelhorn................................................................................................................. Stuart Smith Clarinet, Oboe, English Horn, Tenor Sax, Kazoo.......................................................................Patrick Plunk Flute, Clarinet, Eb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Kazoo......................................................Chris Reardon Clarinet, Bassoon, Baritone Sax, Kazoo.................................................................................... Alan Michels Trombone ................................................................................................................... David W. Blackstone Bass....................................................................................................................................... Frank Higgins Percussion................................................................................................................................. Alex Aucoin Additional Orchestrations by Christopher Youstra

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I OVERTURE.................................................................................................................................Orchestra HOW TO SUCCEED.......................................................................................................Finch and Company HAPPY TO KEEP HIS DINNER WARM.......................................................................................... Rosemary COFFEE BREAK................................................................................................. Bud, Smitty, and Company COMPANY WAY............................................................................................................ Finch and Twimble COMPANY WAY (Reprise)...............................................................................................Bud and Company ROSEMARY’S PHILOSOPHY....................................................................................................... Rosemary A SECRETARY IS NOT A TOY......................................................................Bratt, Miss Jones, and Company BEEN A LONG DAY.........................................................................Smitty, Finch, Rosemary, and Company BEEN A LONG DAY (Reprise)..................................................................................Biggley, Bud, and Hedy GRAND OLD IVY.............................................................................................................Finch and Biggley PARIS ORIGINAL................................................................................. Rosemary, Smitty, Miss Krumholtz,

Miss Jones, and the Secretaries

ROSEMARY................................................................................................................Finch and Rosemary ACT I FINALE.....................................................................................................Finch, Rosemary, and Bud

ACT II HOW TO SUCCEED (Reprise).............................................................................. Smitty and the Secretaries HAPPY TO KEEP HIS DINNER WARM (Reprise)............................................................................ Rosemary LOVE FROM A HEART OF GOLD.......................................................................................Biggley and Hedy I BELIEVE IN YOU..........................................................................................................Finch and the Men WORLD WIDE WICKET TELEVISION SHOW................................................................................... Company I BELIEVE IN YOU (Reprise)....................................................................................................... Rosemary BROTHERHOOD OF MAN......................................................... Finch, Miss Jones, Wally Womper, and Men FINALE....................................................................................................................................... Company

The entire action of the play takes place in the new Park Avenue office building of World Wide Wicket Company, Inc. (circa early 1960’s).

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION. The use of recording (audio and video) or photographic equipment during the show is strictly prohibited. Please silence all cellular phones and personal paging devices before the performance begins.

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FEBRUARY 26 – MARCH 23 in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere

I AND YOU

by Lauren Gunderson Directed by Eleanor Holdridge

Anthony turns up in Caroline’s bedroom one night bearing waffle fries, a beat-up book, and a homework assignment they’re supposed to do together: explore Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself.” Chronically sick, Caroline hasn’t been to school in a while… and can’t ever remember meeting some kid named Anthony, which dials up both her suspicions and her “snark-o-meter.” But as the two get to know each other through Whitman’s powerful verse, they finally learn of the deeper mystery which brought them together. I AND YOU is a valentine to youth, love, and the strange beauty of human connectedness. Recommended for ages 14 and up.

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DRAMATURGICAL NOTES In 1936, a tenacious 22-year-old left his native St. Louis for the glamorous corporate world of New York City. He quickly found a position in the mailroom of an advertising agency—propitious starting ground for any aspiring young businessman—and after only a few short years of playing company politics, he landed himself in a four-windowed corner office. It was at this executive desk, as Vice President of Benton and Bowles advertising, that Shepherd Mead found the inspiration for his most enduring book: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: A Dastard’s Guide to Fame and Fortune. Written in the guise of a rulebook, How to Succeed was a tongue-in-cheek cheat-sheet for dreamy-eyed youngsters looking to pull themselves up by their bootstraps without exerting too much effort. The guidebook overtly satirizes white-collar America, and its fictional hero, J. Pierrepont Finch, provides “useful” anecdotes rather than a storyline. Yet even its author could not deny how closely Finch’s upward scramble mirrored his own: “There will be few among you who won’t break into a sly smile of recognition as his career is unfolded… These illustrative bits were taken from life, indeed from the career of a man who was living monument to the precepts of this work.” Mead’s advice was silly, satirical, even bizarre, but many of his tips—from playing company politics (“stab the right backs”) to writing memos (“never come straight to the point”)—stem from his own history. His path to success, from mailroom to junior executive desk to corner office, was uncommon when the book was published in 1952. For Mead’s generation, it was not a college education that guaranteed achievement, but long hours, a bit of company politics, and a dash of luck. Finch’s quest translated beautifully onstage. The musical’s creators, Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows, had lived this ragsto-riches story themselves, and their corporate backgrounds infused the book with a tone that was both heartfelt and sardonic. Their audiences could relate as well; white-collar workers were in the majority for the first time in American history, and the population was still reeling over the success of World War II. This Horatio Alger philosophy—that success comes to those who most deserve it—was more of a reality in the 1950s and ’60s than any other period of American history. Today, luck and pluck are no longer enough. Economic and sociological studies continue to prove that upward mobility is still a possibility for most Americans, but on a much smaller scale. Aside from the occasional Steve Jobs, the 21st-century corporate world simply does not lend itself to Horatio Alger stories. As the 2012 PEW Economic Mobility Project stated, only 4 percent of those raised on the lowest rung of the economic ladder make their way to the top compared to the 1960s, when one third of the population was significantly better off than their parents, “confirming that  the ‘rags-to-riches’ story is more  often found in Hollywood than in  reality.” If the musical’s narrative is more fairytale than reality today, why do we still care about Finch’s rise to the top? Unlike audiences of 60 years ago, we have no reason to believe that our hero’s story is true, so why is it still so captivating? Perhaps it is the very improbability of this story that makes it endure. The American Dream is, after all, just that: a dream. The achievability of this ideal shifts with each generation, but it continues to populate our world, from TV shows and films to popular fascination with corporate prodigies like Mark Zuckerberg. How to Succeed embodies the dazzling, if unrealistic, peak of this rags-to-riches mythos; we know there is no formula for success, that window washers cannot suddenly become junior executives or fall in love with their secretaries consequence-free. We may not believe in these fantasies wholeheartedly anymore, but we certainly still want to. Finch reminds us that even in the midst of economic recessions and government shut-downs, the American Dream is still something we desperately want to believe in—perhaps it just takes a bit more “really trying” to get there. And a lot more luck. For more information on How to Succeed, please visit our dramaturgy blog at www.olneyhowtosucceed.wordpress.com. – Maegan Clearwood, Dramaturg 301.924.3400

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George Dvorsky (The star of Olney Theatre Center’s productions of Annie, The Sound of Music, and How to Succeed...)

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Sherri L. Edelen (How to Succeed... and Signature’s Gypsy)

Christopher Youstra, Music Director Part of the Olney Theatre Center Classic Series

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WHO’S WHO - CAST MaryLee Adams (Ensemble) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include: Spring Awakening (Martha/Dance Captain), Joseph..., Annie, The Sound of Music. DC AREA: Studio Theatre 2nd Stage: Pop! (Edie/Dance Captain) [Helen Hayes nomination Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical]; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Rent (Mimi/Dance Captain), Hairspray (Penny) [Helen Hayes nomination Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Musical], Nunsense (Sister Leo), High School Musical (Gabriella), Oklahoma (Gertie); CCTA: The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne); Keegan Theatre: Rent (Ensemble/Dance Captain) [2010 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical]. FILM: The Blinds, Respire, Jamesy Boy. TV: Veep, House of Cards, America’s Most Wanted, Panic 9-1-1, Pivot Point. EDUCATION: The Wynn Handman Studio NYC, Catholic University of America. Kurt Boehm (Mr. Gatch/Mr. Peterson) is thrilled to return after previously appearing in A Chorus Line (Larry), and Joseph…. DC AREA: Keegan Theatre: The Full Monty; Arena Stage: My Fair Lady, She Loves Me, Oklahoma!; Signature Theatre: One Red Flower, Kiss of the Spider Woman [Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble], Les Miserables [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble]; Ford’s Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors; The Kennedy Center: 2013 Latino Inaugural Gala, Phantom Tollbooth; Adventure Theatre: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Goodnight Moon [Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble]. Kurt has also Directed/Choreographed for Keegan Theatre, Imagination Stage, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, Washington Savoyards, Catholic University, and Montgomery College. EDUCATION: BM from Catholic University. Maggie Donnelly (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Olney Theatre Center after playing Ilse in Spring Awakening last season. OFF-BROADWAY: The Public Theater: Times Square (Nikky, workshop); Artaria (Theresa). Regional: Olney Theater Center: Spring Awakening (Ilse); Barrington Stage Company: The Crucible (Mercy Lewis); Notre Dame Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (Viola); Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre: Hero (Natasha). Film/TV: Pilots: N.Y.J.D., Manhattan Stories. Training: Northwestern University. George Dvorsky (Bratt) is glad to be back at Olney Theatre Center after appearing here as Capt. Von Trapp in The Sound of Music and Daddy Warbucks in Annie. He just starred as El Gallo in New York’s Longest Running Musical, The Fantasticks. Broadway credits include the title role in The Scarlet Pimpernel and Henry Spofford in the revival of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Other Broadway credits: the Tony Award-winning Passion, Marilyn: An American Fable, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. OFF-BROADWAY: The revival of Closer than Ever, Pete Bartel in Pete n Keely, the revival of Dames at Sea, and And the World Goes Round. George starred in the NYC Premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella as Prince Charming at Lincoln Center where he also played Tommy in Brigadoon. He was featured in PBS’ Emmy-winning Passion: Live at Lincoln Center starring Patti LuPone and starred with Bea Arthur and the Boston Pops in Bernstein’s Broadway, also on PBS. His solo CD, “All Through the Night”, is available in the lobby and on the JAY Records label. Mr. Dvorsky is generously sponsored by Susan and Jay Finkelstein. Sherri L. Edelen (Miss Jones) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits: She Loves Me, Dames at Sea. DC AREA: Signature Theatre: Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, Urinetown, Les Miserables, Hairspray, Xanadu; Folger Theatre: Romeo and Juliet; Shakespeare Theatre: Design for Living; Arena Stage: Cabaret, My Fair Lady; Round House Theatre: The Diary of Anne Frank, The World Goes Round; Theatre Alliance: Headsman’s Holiday; Ford’s Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Helen Hayes Awards 2000 and 2009; Barrymore Award (Philadelphia, PA). REGIONAL: The Kennedy Center: Sunday in the Park with George, Merrily We Roll Along; Philadelphia Theatre Company: The Light in the Piazza, Elegies: A Song Cycle; Arden Theatre: Caroline or Change, Our Town; Stages St. Louis: The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun. NATIONAL TOURS: Big, Nunsense. 301.924.3400

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WHO’S WHO - CAST Aileen Goldberg (Smitty) Olney Theatre Center debut! OFF-BROADWAY: Kaspar Hauser (Lady Fromme) REGIONAL: Prince Music Theatre: Cole Porter’s The Pirate; Three Little Baker’s Dinner Theatre: Damn Yankees (Gloria), Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, West Side Story; New Candlelight Theatre: 42nd Street (Maggie), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Babette); City Theater Company: Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman); Broadway Theatre of Pitman: 42nd Street (Dorothy); Storybook Musical Theatre : The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Alice in Wonderland (Alice), Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella; Mac-Hadyn Theatre: Oklahoma (Gertie), The Sound of Music (Sister Berthe); Prathers Entertainment Group: Hello Dolly; EDUCATION: BFA in drama from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Colleen Hayes (Hedy LaRue) is SO happy to be returning to Olney Theatre Center after making her debut as Sheila in A Chorus Line! She is a Frederick, MD native and a proud graduate of James Madison University. Colleen recently got off the road with the first national tour of Catch Me If You Can (Brenda understudy/ensemble). Favorite roles: Maureen (RENT), Lois Lane (Kiss Me Kate), Val (A Chorus Line), and Sarraghina (Nine). Endless love to God, family, friends, and DU. God bless! Ashleigh King (Ensemble) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits: Grease (Cha-Cha) and Joseph.... DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Elephant and Piggie (Squirelle), and four productions written and directed by Debbie Allen; Studio Theatre: Torch Song Trilogy (Lady Blues); Studio Theatre 2nd stage: Rocky Horror Show; Signature Theatre: Dreamgirls, Hairspray [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble and Resident Musical]; Riverside Dinner Theatre: 42nd Street (Annie), Grease (Rizzo), Seussical (Gertrude); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Hairspray, Aida, White Christmas, CATS (Rumpleteezer). TRAINING: Mark Marino, American Dance Company, Troy Brown, Dancensations. Bryan Knowlton (Mr. Jenkins, Dance Captain) BROADWAY: 2006 Revival A Chorus Line (Paul). TOURS: 1st National Broadway Tour A Chorus Line (Paul), Cameron Mackintosh’s Oliver! (Noah Claypole), A Chorus Line Hawaii (Swing). FILM/TV: Jersey Boys, The Producers, “A Farm Girl In New York, “Dancing With the Stars”, “Good Morning, America”, “The Morning Show”. REGIONAL: Marriott, Casa Manana, Ogunquit Playhouse, Barnstormers, Hunderton Playhouse, and The Seacoast Repertory Theatre. Much thanks to Mr. Hemmerling for his constant inspiration, support and love. Always for you Mum. David Landstrom (Mr. Matthews/Mr. Ovington) is thrilled to be back at Olney Theatre Center in How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying! He was last at Olney as Sparky in Forever Plaid and Ernst in Spring Awakening. LOCAL CREDITS: Studio Theatre, Imagination Stage, Factory 449, Source Theatre, Washington Savoyards, Steel River Playhouse, and Montgomery Playhouse. Sam Ludwig (J. Pierrpont Finch) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include: 1776 (Courier) and Big River (Huck Finn). DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Snow White, Rose Red and Fred; Ford’s Theatre: 1776; Signature Theatre: Saturday Night (Reading), The Hollow, [title of show], Sweeney Todd, Show Boat, Les Miserables; Rep Stage: Speech and Debate; MetroStage: Glimpses of the Moon, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; Adventure Theatre MTC: Big Nate; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: La Cage Aux Folles, Titanic the Musical.

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WHO’S WHO - CAST Angela Miller (Rosemary) Olney Theatre Center debut! DC AREA: Signature Theatre: The Last Five Years (u/s), Tina Girlstar (workshop), Revenge of The Understudies; Adventure Theatre: Big Nate (Gina), Big: The Musical (u/s); Imagination Stage: Peter Pan and Wendy (Tiger Lily); American University: The Wild Party (Queenie), Company (Marta), Nine (Louisa); FILM/TV: Burn Notice, Rock Of Ages; REGIONAL: The Wick Theatre: The Sound of Music; EDUCATION: BA in Musical Theatre from American University. Endless gratitude to my family, friends, and Sam for their overwhelming love and support! Ms. Miller is generously sponsored by Robert E. Hebda. Allie Parris (Ensemble) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include: Annie (Boylan Sister, Ensemble) [Helen Hays Award nomination Best Musical] and Grease (Jan). REGIONAL: The Kennedy Center: Marvin Hamlisch’s Monster Mash (Dancer); Paramount Theatre: Grease (Ensemble); Summer Dinner Theatre All Shook Up. EDUCATION: BA in Theatre, Musical Theatre Certificate from Northwestern University. Love to Dad, Danny, and friends. This, and every performance, is for mom. Ms. Parris is generously sponsored by Robert E. Hebda. Taylor Elise Rector (Ensemble) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: A Chorus Line. Most recent credits include: Media Theatre: Spamalot; New Candlelight Theatre (Wilmington, DE): Legally Blonde the Musical (Elle Woods); Theatre by the Sea: The Sound of Music; Edinburgh Finge Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland): Baby (Lizzie Fields). EDUCATION: BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Florida.

Lawrence Redmond (J.B. Biggley) returns to Olney Theatre Center where his previous efforts include: Triumph of Love, 13 Rue De L’Amour, Saint Joan, The Sweet Revenge of Louisa May, Sight Unseen. NATIONAL TOUR: Guys and Dolls. DC AREA: Shakespeare Theatre Company: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Government Inspector, As You Like It; Arena Stage: The Music Man, Ruined, Damn Yankees [2006 Helen Hayes Award Nomination], South Pacific [2004 Helen Hayes Award Nomination]; Round House Theatre: The Trip to Bountiful, Permanent Collection, A Lesson Before Dying, A Prayer for Owen Meany; Signature Theatre: Gypsy, Over and Over, No Way to Treat a Lady [1998 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor], The Rink [1997 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor], Passion, Cabaret [1996 Helen Hayes Award Nomination], Three Nights in Teheran; Folger Theatre: Henry VIII [2011 Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Ensemble], The Winter’s Tale, The Clandestine Marriage, Othello; Theatre J: New Jerusalem, Picasso’s Closet, A Bad Friend, Life in Refusal; The Studio Theatre: Rock ‘n Roll, The Life of Galileo, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Reefer Madness: The Musical [2008 Helen Hayes Award Nomination]. Rep Stage: Travels With My Aunt, Hamlet. Chris Rudy (Mr. Tackaberry) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits: Forever Plaid (Jinx) and Spring Awakening (Georg). DC AREA: The Studio Theatre 2nd Stage: The Rocky Horror Show (Ensemble); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: The Sound of Music (Rolf), Grease (Doody), Chicago (Mary Sunshine). FILM: The Red Phone, Ghost. EDUCATION: BS in Theatre from Towson University. Chris would like to thank Christine, his family, and friends for their invaluable love and support.

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WHO’S WHO - CAST Dan Van Why (Bud Frump) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Grease (Roger), Forever Plaid, Peter Pan, Tree Boy, and Big River. OFF-BROADWAY: National Pastime. DC AREA: The Keegan Theatre: National Pastime (Joe Miller/Rogers)[Helen Hayes Nomination for Supporting Actor], RENT (Ensemble) [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble], Working, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Imagination Stage: Peter Pan and Wendy; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Annie; Red Branch Theatre: Urinetown: The Musical. Dan is an alumnus of Olney’s National Players 59th annual tour where he performed in Twelfth Night and Call of the Wild: The Musical. Dan is a graduate of Wilkes University. Mr. Van Why is generously sponsored by David Frankenberger, Jr. Harry A. Winter (Mr. Twimble/Whomper) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: 1776, The Laramie Project, Racing Demon. NATIONAL TOURS: Gigi, Jolson – the Musical. REGIONAL: Signature Theatre: 110 in the Shade, Pacific Overtures, Bringing Up Amy; Studio Theatre: Red Speedo, Circle Mirror Transformation; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Government Inspector, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

...AND FEATURING THE VOCAL TALENTS OF Ian McKellen (The Voice of the Narrator) presented his solo show Acting Shakespeare at Olney Theatre Center in 1987. He’s very happy to be back in voice and spirit, his debut in a musical comedy. At home in UK, for over half a century, McKellen has regularly worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, in classic and new plays. In USA he has toured as Richard III and King Lear. Currently he is back on Broadway with Patrick Stewart in Pinter’s No Man’s Land and Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. On film he is Middle Earth’s Gandalf and X-Men’s Magneto, as well as James Whale in Gods and Monsters. On television, Vicious his new Britcom with Derek Jacobi airs on PBS in June. Full biography on www.mckellen.com plus Facebook and Twitter. Jim Petosa (TV Announcer) is the former Artistic Director of Olney Theatre Center, a position he held for 18 years. Petosa has been the artistic and educational leader of the Boston University School of Theatre since 2002, and was recently named Artistic Director of New Repertory Theatre in Watertown, Massachusetts. He also serves as one of three Artistic Directors for the Potomac Theatre Project in Manhattan (originally in Washington, D.C.), dedicated to producing political works. He has directed many plays and operas, and received a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Director for his Olney Theatre Center production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well… In Boston, his work was nominated for two Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) awards. As a guest artist, he has directed at the John F. Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, and Rep Stage. Petosa also directed the Theater J production of Collected Stories, for which he received a 2001Helen Hayes Award nomination for outstanding direction. A member of Actors’ Equity Association, Petosa has served on the board of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Catalyst Theatre, and Playwrights Forum.

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WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE Abe Burrows (Book Writer) After studying to be a doctor and an accountant, Abe Burrows had a career in sales before becoming a successful radio script writer and writer/performer of musical parody numbers. His first Broadway libretto was Guys and Dolls, co-written with Jo Swerling, with a score by Frank Loesser. Among the musicals for which he provided librettos are Make A Wish, Can-Can and Silk Stockings (both with scores by Cole Porter), Say, Darling, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (which he also directed; score by Frank Loesser). His non-musical plays include Cactus Flower (wrote and directed) and Forty Carats (directed). Willie Gilbert (Book Writer) Willie Gilbert, who came from Cleveland, Ohio, received a B.S. in education, but pursued a career as a comedian. Together Gilbert and Weinstock won Tony Awards as co-writers of How to Succeed... Subsequent stage credits include the 1963 musical comedy Hot Spot and the 1965 hit comedy mystery Catch Me If You Can. TV credits range from science fiction to classic children’s shows like Howdy Doody, and sketches for comedian Jackie Gleason. Willie Gilbert died in 1980. Frank Loesser (Composer and Lyricist) One of America’s great composer/lyricists, Frank Loesser began his songwriting career during the Depression as a lyricist, contributing songs to Broadway revues and nightclub acts. His work with composer Irving Actman in the 1936 revue The Illustrator’s Show led to a songwriting contract in Hollywood, where he spent the next eleven years working with such composers as Burton Lane, Jule Styne, Arthur Schwartz and Hoagy Carmichael. Some of his film songs from that period include “Two Sleepy People,” “Jingle Jangle Jingle”, and “I Don’t Want To Walk Without You.” The first song for which Loesser wrote both words and music was “Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition,” written during his World War II service. His Hollywood work after the war included the hit songs “Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year,” “A Slow Boat To China,” and the 1949 Oscar-winning song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” In 1948 Loesser was approached by fledgling Broadway producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin to write music and lyrics to George Abbott’s libretto for an adaptation of the classic Brandon Thomas play Charley’s Aunt. The new musical, which starred Ray Bolger, was called Where’s Charley? and was a hit. This led to Loesser’s next show, the hugely influential and successful Guys and Dolls in 1950, also produced by Feuer and Martin, with a script by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling. In 1956 Loesser wrote the libretto, music and lyrics for his next show, The Most Happy Fella, adapted from Sidney Howard’s play, They Knew What They Wanted. This impressive score contains over 30 musical numbers and makes extensive use of operatic techniques and forms, including recitative, arias, duets, trios and choral numbers. In 1960 he provided the score and was co-librettist for Greenwillow. In 1961, Loesser wrote the score for the Pulitzer Prize-winning How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. His last show, Pleasures and Palaces, closed in 1965 during out-of-town try-outs. Jack Weinstock (Book Writer) Jack Weinstock, a native New Yorker who attended Columbia College and was a graduate of NYU’s Bellevue Medical College, was in private life a doctor. He did not start to write professionally until he met his collaborator Willie Gilbert, first as a patient and then as a friend. In addition to his successful writing career, “Dr. Jack” (as Weinstock’s friends called him) successfully lived two lives, one as author and one as doctor. He was medical director of a life insurance company, surgeon at two hospitals, and had a Fifth Avenue medical practice. Jack Weinstock died in 1969. Jason Loewith (Artistic Director/Director) directed the world premiere of Steven Dietz’s Rancho Mirage for Olney Theatre Center last season. Jason won Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Jeff Awards for Best New Musical for Adding Machine: A Musical, which he co-wrote with composer Joshua Schmidt (off-Broadway, 2008). His latest musical is Big Nate: The Musical which premiered in 2013 at Adventure Theatre MTC, co-written with Olney’s Associate Artistic Director Christopher Youstra. Recent regional work as a director includes the world premiere of Broke (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta), Time Stands Still (Everyman, Baltimore), Crime and Punishment and Working It Out (CENTERSTAGE,

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WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE Baltimore), Adding Machine: A Musical (Studio Theatre, DC), and a dozen plays for Chicago’s Next Theatre Company, where he served as Artistic Director from 2002-08. Those credits include the Chicago area premieres of Dying City, Defiance, The Long Christmas Ride Home, and Fabulation. He conceived and directed the world premiere of The American Dream Songbook, wrote and directed the world premiere of War With the Newts, and produced Chicago premieres by Caryl Churchill, Suzan-Lori Parks, Carson Kreitzer, Sam Shepard, Dael Orlandersmith, and many more. He is a three-time grantee from the NEA for Artistic Excellence, a recipient of support from the Rockefeller MAP Fund and MacArthur’s International Connections Fund, and a TCG New Generations Future Leaders grant. Jason joined Olney as Artistic Director in 2013 after serving four years as Executive Director of the National New Play Network. Tommy Rapley (Choreographer) Olney Theatre Center debut! REGIONAL: Kansas City Rep.; St. Louis Rep.; Actor’s Theatre of Louisville: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Hartford Stage Company: Snow Falling on Cedars; Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Willful; The Goodman Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Chicago Children’s Theatre: A Year with Frog and Toad, Goodnight Moon, The Hundred Dresses; Steppenwolf Theatre Company: Detroit. Tommy is a proud Company Member with The House Theatre of Chicago where he has choreographed or directed over 20 world-premieres including: The Sparrow, Death and Harry Houdini, The Nutcracker, Rose and The Rime, The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz and The Valentine Trilogy. EDUCATION: BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University. Christopher Youstra (Associate Artistic Director - Music Theater, Musical Director, Orchestration) As the past resident music director, Chris has music directed and conducted around 30 musicals at the Olney Theatre Center, including last year’s Spring Awakening. He has also music directed at many of the other local theaters including Ford’s Theater: Little Shop of Horrors and the upcoming 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Studio Theatre’s 2nd Stage: Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Pop!, Passing Strange; Studio Theatre: Adding Machine: A Musical; Round House Theater: Once on this Island, A Murder A Mystery A Marriage, The Summer of ‘42 and The World Goes ‘Round; Toby’s Dinner Theater: Les Miserables, The Color Purple, Titanic, Beauty and the Beast, Aida, The Producers, Godspell, Rent, Miss Saigon, Ragtime: The Musical, Chicago; Imagination Stage: Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Miss Nelson is Missing; The Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences: Nobody’s Perfect, Chasing George Washington, Dr. Wonderful, Knuffle Bunny; Arena Stage; Burn Brae Dinner Theatre; Montgomery College; American University; Musical Theatre Center; Signature Theatre; and Columbia Center for the Theatrical Arts. Mr. Youstra has been nominated for eight Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Music Direction and received the award in 2008 for Titanic. Chris is director of music at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Columbia, has worked with both Phoenix Productions and Troika Entertainment national touring companies and toured both Europe and Korea with Smokey Joe’s Café. As a composer, Chris’ music has been heard throughout the area, including The Dancing Princesses at Imagination Stage, Big Nate (based on the syndicated comic strip), which ran this past spring at Adventure Theater MTC, the Helen Hayes Awards, and the opening gala of the ATLAS center. James Dardenne (Scenic and Projections Designer) designed the set for A Chorus Line last season. Other recent designs include: OFF-BROADWAY/NEW YORK: Cherry Lane: Hauptmann; 37 Arts: Runt of the Litter; Harbor Lights Theatre Co.: Oliver!; OYL Theatre Co. at Teatro Circulo: What We Know. REGIONAL: Papermill Playhouse: A Chorus Line; Denver Center Theatre Co: Almost Heaven; Drury Lane Theatre (Chicago): Aida (scenic and projections); Paramount Theatre (Aurora, IL): Grease (scenery and projections), My Fair Lady, and A Chorus Line; Victory Gardens Theatre (Chicago): Lost Boys of Sudan (scenery and projections); Marin Theatre Co. (San Francisco): Michael, Margaret Pat and Kate (Bay Area Critics Circle Award, Drama Logue Award). James has designed 25 World Premiere productions. Favorites include Lonely Planet by Steven Dietz, Bad Moon by Rick Cleveland, Pecong by Steve Carter (Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination), Music from a Locked Room by John Logan, Freefall by Charles Smith, and Ourselves Alone by Ann Devlin. Through his company, Dardenne Design, LLC, James has crafted designs for The New York Historical Society, Radio City Music Hall, The Fashion Institute of Technology, and numerous other clients encompassing interior and exterior design, museum exhibitions, environments, and events.

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WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE Seth Gilbert (Costume Designer) is the Assistant Costume Shop Manager at Olney Theatre Center. Recent credits: OLNEY THEATRE: A Chorus Line (Associate Costume Designer), You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Sound of Music, Grease, Annie [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Resident Musical], Forever Plaid. REGIONAL: Theatre 40: The Ghosts of Mary Lincoln; Port Huron Civic Theatre: Beauty & the Beast, Sweeney Todd; University of Michigan – Flint (Guest Designer): Elegies; St. Clair County Community College (Guest Designer): James and the Giant Peach, Star Spangled Girl. EDUCATION: BS in Costume Design & Technology from the University of Michigan – Flint. Joel Moritz (Lighting Designer) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Rancho Mirage, Neville’s Island, Cinderella. Recent credits include: Scarcity for Rattlestick Playwright’s Theatre, the production and lighting design for the new Blue Man Group show at Universal Studios in Florida, the National Tour for Blue Man Group. OFF-BROADWAY/NEW YORK: Manhattan School of Music: Cosi Fan Tutte; Rattlestick Playwright’s Theatre: Yosemite, The Wood, Post No Bills, and Slipping; New York Theatre Workshop: Too Much Memory; The Julliard School: Tatjana in Color, wAve, The Tempest, Elliot a Soldier’s Fugue, Phedre (with JoAnne Akalaitis), and King Stag. REGIONAL/OPERA: Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, Goodman Theater, Steppenwolf, Chicago Opera Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Kansas City Rep., Court Theatre, Rep. Theater of St Louis, and About Face Theatre including Eleven Rooms of Proust. DC AREA: Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, The Hub Theatre, and Theatre Alliance. INTERNATIONAL: Blue Man Group in Tokyo, Berlin, Oberhausen, Amsterdam, Zurich, Lugano, and Basel; Theatrical productions at The Traverse Theatre, Assembly Theater in Edinburgh, and other productions in Buenos Aires, Lima, Hong Kong, Paris, Prague, and Cairo. Jeffrey Dorfman (Sound Designer) is a freelance Sound Designer based in Washington, D.C. He has studied theatre at SUNY Buffalo and University of Maryland, College Park. Jeff utilizes his background in music performance, composition, and theatre arts in order to immerse the audience in worlds of imagination. Recent work includes Studio Theatre 2nd Stage: The Rocky Horror Show; Olney Theatre Center: Cinderella, Over The Tavern, Sleuth, The Sound Of Music, Witness for the Prosecution, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Angel Street; UMD: Sandwalk, Fall Maryland Dance Ensemble, MFA in Performance Festival of New Work; UMBC: OTMA, The Laramie Project; DC Fringe: Gypsy & The Bully Door, Stopgap. Josiane M. Lemieux (Production Stage Manager) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include Sleuth, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, The Sound of Music, Witness for the Prosecution, Opus, and Dinner with Friends. She was the Production Stage Manager for the national tour and Off-Broadway production of The Acting Company’s Jane Eyre, as well as stage manager for their Murder By Poe and Richard III. REGIONAL: She has production stage managed for 10 years at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, most recently Oliver Twist, The Taming of the Shrew, The Grapes of Wrath, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Other credits include The Huntington Theatre Company: Circle Mirror Transformation and Stick Fly; Crossroads Theatre Company:One Mo’ Time and Yo Soy Latina; In Actu Theatre: Murdering Marlowe; Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey: Whores; and Shakespeare Festival/LA: Twelfth Night. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.

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OLNEY THEATRE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS President.....................................................................................................Jennifer L. Kneeland Board Chair...................................................................................................... Susan Finkelstein Vice President............................................................................................ Megan Davey Limarzi Treasurer........................................................................................................ Patricia Woodbury Secretary............................................................................................................ Robert Mitchell Assistant Secretary................................................................................................. Amy Marshall President Emeritus............................................................................................... Gene Counihan

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AUDIENCE SERVICES Theatre Policies Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the house manager. Please do not bring food into the theater (beverages are allowed) and all buildings are smoke-free. The use of recording or photographic equipment during the show is prohibited. Olney Theatre Center is not responsible for any items left on our campus. All children, including babies, require a ticket. We will ask parents to take their children to the lobby if their behavior is disturbing patrons. Please turn off your cell phone in the theaters. Sign-Interpreted Performances Sign interpretation is available for the third Thursday evening during a show’s run. The service must be reserved two weeks in advance and is based on the availability of qualified interpreters.

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CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION GIFTS

This list consists of Annual Fund contributions for the 12-month period ending December 30, 2013

Angel $100,000+

Director’s Circle $1,000+ America’s Charities Creative Floral Design Fern Eisner Photography Martha Washington Straus-Harry A. Straus Foundation, Inc. Hospice Caring, Inc. Saggar & Rosenberg Verizon Foundation

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Artist’s Circle $500+ Actors’ Equity Foundation The Ansary Foundation Kang’s Black Belt Academy MedImmune OBA Bank Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Woodhall Wine Cellars

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Angel $100,000+ Mr. Robert Dohmen Bob and Eveline Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Mulitz – In honor of the Mulitz-Gudelsky Family Miss Gertrude L. Poe Mrs. Maggi Root

Champion $50,000+ Helen Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Z. Kaufman

Leader $10,000+ Joan E. Dubinsky and Craig N. Packard Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gregory In Memory of Ms. Shirley S. Platt Kathleen Quinn Mr. Vernon L. Skinner, Jr. Patricia Woodbury

Nettie Horne Max Jacobs John and Kathy Lyons The Honorable Karen S. Montgomery and Mr. Harry Montgomery Tony and Connie Morella Stuart and Margaret Natof Daniel and Christine Powers Margaret T. Roper and Mr. Clifford L. Johnson Robert and Lelia Russell Mr. and Mrs. Sandeep Saggar Sandy and Alan Wade

Director’s Circle $1,000+

Ms. Jeanne Brush Ned Cramer Richard and Joan Curtis Steve Danielson and Dr. Kenneth Hoyle Enthusiast $5,000+ M. Charlene Dorrian Ms. Miriam Dubin Kay and Paul Deerin Edith L. Embrey Susan and Jay Finkelstein The William H. Graham, Sr. Family Maureen and Tom Estrin Berdie and David Firestone Robert E. Hebda Senator Jennie M. and Mrs. Reba Heyman William Forehand In Memory of Mr. Jacob M. Jaffe Mrs. Frances Hughes Glendening Jennifer and Scott Kneeland Hal and Karen Gordon James Pape and Margaret and Jim Johnston Nancy Newman-Pape Kevin White & Rossana Salvadori – The Honorable Benjamin F. Kramer Jason Loewith In honor of our parents, Anson Charles S. Mack and & Marge, Dilvo & Dina Alice Barrett Mack Believer $2,500+ Maggie and Tico McCready Lester R. and Helaine G. Morss Linda A. Dawkins Robert W. Neighbors Gordon and Margot Dibble Nancy and Hector Ortiz The Honorable Sidney Kramer Victor Shargai and Craig Pascal Paul and Pat Mangus Charles and Mary Solla Amy and Dean Marshall Chris and Chris Youstra Carol Trawick

Friend $1,500+ Artist’s Circle $500+ Anonymous Anonymous – In memory of Kate Gibson Mr. and Mrs. David Bottegal Mrs. Melissa Collins The Honorable Gene and Mrs. Cindy Counihan Michael and Michelle Fannon Barry and Marie Fleishman Ms. Winifred E. Herrmann

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Mr. Jay Glerum Mr. John E. Going Mr. and Mrs. Michael Greenhut Jon and Michelle Hulsizer Paul and Marilyn Henderson Jim and Lynne Hensley Mr. Richard F. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Jason King Jones Sheldon T. and Audrey Katz Jane Thérèse Larsen The Honorable Isiah Leggett and Mrs. Catherine S. Leggett Mrs. Lillian Litowsky Ms. Sandra Marks Marie Lisa McKillop Bob and Marlene Mitchell Frederick and Elizabeth Montgomery Timothy C. O’Hara Richard and Anita Peterson Ms. Jacqueline Raymo Cokie and Steve Roberts Mrs. Lillian Roehl Gary Rosenthal Mr. Michael Rubino Ms. Robin Rudden Mita Schaffer and Tina Martin Cora and Murray Simpson Michael and Chris Spates Ms. Donna Spiegler In Loving memory of Dick and Nancy Thomas George A. and Katherine C. Whitehouse John A. and Mary Daley Yerrick

Advocate $250+ Sarah Allen and John Anderson JoAnn and Dean Aulick Dr. Patricia Beaston Fran and Harvey Berger Erik Boas Michael Bobbitt Dr. and Mrs. Kelly Bossard Weldon C. Brown Barbara and Martin Buzas Mrs. Clare W. Crawford - Mason Marilyn and Bennett L. Elisberg Mr. Brian Feit Laurie and Arnold Foudin Lawrence and Joan Friend Tookie Gentilcore Robert J. and Liane A. Giardina Ms. Amy Gonce Ann and Thomas Gooch

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OLNEY THEATRE CENTER STAFF ARTISTIC Artistic Director Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Special Programs

ADMINISTRATION Jason Loewith

Managing Director

Amy Marshall

John Going

Assistant to Managing Director

Maureen Estrin

Facilities Manager

Dean Marshall

IT Manager

Dean Marshall

Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Music Theatre

Christopher Youstra

Company Manager

Mackenzie Douglas

Company Management Apprentice

Claire Kennedy

Artistic Apprentice

Jenna Duncan

PRODUCTION

FINANCE Director of Accounting and Financial Services Senior Accountant

Nene Keita Chyeslan Buso

Business Manager

Kynda Reid

Director of Production

Dennis A. Blackledge

Technical Director

Stephen M. Greene

COMMUNICATIONS

Assistant Technical Director

Matthew Robert Mills

Sales Director

Weldon C. Brown

Scene Shop Foreman

W. M. Yarbrough III

Carpenter

David Ash

Marketing Manager/ Public Relations

Heather Andrews

Resident Scenic Artist

Fred Via

Costume Shop Supervisor

Jeanne Bland

Social Media/ Marketing Associate

Sonie Mathew

Graphic Designer

JJ Kaczynski

Seth Gilbert

Patron Services Manager

Michael R. Burgtorf

Marc Hurst

Rentals Coordinator

Fred T. Paul

Rachael Erichsen

Box Office Manager

Henriette Mendo Shanna Chuenyane, Kara Fannon

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Box Office Supervisors

Production Management Apprentice

Sarah Tomberlin

Production Apprentices

Samantha Campbell, Claire Carden, Lauren E. Chilton, Brian Chismar, Brenden Gregg, Mollie LaTorre, Vincent Loucks, Katie Mikula, Mandy Schultz, Mike Vaughan

House Managers

Lucirae Cooley, Kelly Craig, Lina Al Dajani, Megan Eng, James Gormly-Rack, R. Wesley Meekins, Ricardo Melendez, Khris-Ann Small

Box Office Associates

Judy Abrams, Arash Bahari, Vince Constantino, James Gormly-Rack, Rachel Spory-Harper, Nicole Jennings, Leah Keilsohn, Andrew Majors, Angela Plante, Charlie Steiger, Emily Townsend, Alex Xourias

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EDUCATION Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Education

Jason King Jones

National Players General Manager

Kevin Hasser

Development Assistant

Maureen Estrin

National Players Apprentice

Dorothy Noel

Development Associate

Lacey Burbage

Education Apprentice

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Olney Theatre Center for the Arts is a professional theater employing members of Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.

Olney Theatre Center for the Arts is a member of Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization representing the not-for-profit American theater; the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington; the League of Washington Theatres; and the Baltimore Theatre Alliance.

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