A Christmas Carol Digital Program

by charles dickens adapted by michael wilson Directed by hana s. sharif dec 4–23

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Rediscovering A Christmas Carol & Rediscovering Ourselves

BY SHEILA HWANG, PH.D. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY

Charles Dickens’ 1843 story, A Christmas Carol, has been beloved for generations. The story’s 6,000-copy first printing sold out in less than a week, it went through 13 additional printings in its first year, and it continues to be a mainstay of the holiday season, now not only as a story to be read but also as one that has been frequently adapted to be enjoyed both on screen and on stage.

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Many people embrace A Christmas Carol for its quintessential optimism: in this story even the most bitter, most mercenary person may overcome loneliness, isolation and cynicism to learn to celebrate the spirit of Christmas by embracing kindness and compassion.

We as audience members delight in how Ebenezer Scrooge transforms almost magically from a curmudgeonly misanthrope grunting “Bah, Humbug!” to a

joyous and generous well-wisher shouting “Merry Christmas!” in a matter of hours.

And yet, if we view A Christmas Carol solely as the story about one person’s transformation from one extreme to another, we might miss its larger impact. Instead, we should appreciate Ebenezer Scrooge not as a mere caricature—a flat figure whose signature “Bah, Humbug!” we can easily laugh at or reject outright—but rather as a multifaceted character living in a complicated world of both light and darkness.

A Christmas Carol offers its audiences a chance to witness a personal journey that might at

first seem foreign to our own experiences but can ultimately show us insights about ourselves.

It is essential to note that Scrooge himself once embodied the financially needy people he now scorns. In his early life, he endures poverty and privation. As he focuses on bettering his living situation, the young Scrooge forgets to continue to better himself. Thus tragically, while prioritizing putting his former poverty and pain behind him, Scrooge neglects his relationships and ultimately forfeits his own humanity.

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re-connection to others and a re-affirmation of a forgotten self. Moreover, when we keep Scrooge’s past in mind, we see that A Christmas Carol emphasizes a deeply felt recuperation more than a simple transformation.

In recognizing the story’s complexity, we deepen our understanding of Dickens’ story and our understanding of ourselves. Indeed, Dickens’ classic tale rebukes those who judge the less fortunate harshly, challenging us to confront our own blindness to the plight of others and to open both our eyes and our hearts to the world around us.

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Dickens’ personal circumstances are helpful in understanding this perspective. The author himself had firsthand knowledge of the stress and pain of poverty: his father John Dickens was often in debt.

Sometimes their family had to sell their own personal belongings and everyday household goods such as their silverware and furniture to pay their creditors. Near Charles’ 12th birthday, the situation became dire, and his father was sent to debtors’ prison.

John Dickens had many debts, but notably, it was money he owed to a baker—thus, significantly, a debt for food—that put him over the edge.

Most of the family joined John Dickens in debtors’ prison, but young Charles was sent to work in a factory to earn money to pay off the family’s creditors. Although the family was released from prison after a few months when John received a small inheritance, and although Charles subsequently stopped working in a factory, this early experience marked Dickens for life: he was constantly in fear of debt. In fact, A Christmas Carol was written in six short weeks under the spectre of mounting financial pressure.

As many know, spectres are literalized and play a centrally important role

in Dickens’ original A Christmas Carol. Perhaps less widely understood is that just as people and characters embody versions of themselves, so do adaptations, which face the challenge of retelling a story in a way that retains its essential qualities while adding original elements.

The adaptation of A Christmas Carol written

by Michael Wilson that we see performed at The Rep today highlights and expands upon Dickens’ existing themes, and seems particularly apropos for a 21st century world that continues to struggle through the social and economic consequences of a global pandemic.

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In this adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Wilson ingeniously adds three vendors: a seller of antique dolls, a purveyor of fruit and cider, and a watchmaker. All three characters owe Scrooge money. We discover oneby-one that business has been bad, so none have any cash on hand when Scrooge comes to collect the money that is due. Instead, Scrooge collects an antique doll, a sparkling bottle of cider and a steam-powered clock. As you watch the show, I invite you to think deeply about these vendors, their lasting impact on Scrooge, and their thematic significance to the story as a whole.

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How do these figures haunt Scrooge? We know the vendors owe Scrooge money, but what does Scrooge owe to his fellow humans?

How do we look beyond our own experiences?

What can others teach us? How do we develop empathy? How do we remember our difficult pasts, and still move forward into the light?

How can we best honor and enjoy the giving spirit of Christmas?

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THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST. LOUIS presents

By charles dickens adapted by michael wilson directed by hana s. sharif

Choreographer

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Kirven Douthit-Boyd Tre’von Griffith Tim Mackabee Dede Ayite Seth Reiser Nathan A. Roberts Charles Coes Hana S. Kim Adi Cabral JZ Casting Geoff Josselson, CSA Katja Zarolinski, CSA Jennifer Wintzer

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Webster conservatory

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associate Sound Designer assistant projections Designer youth choreography assistant

stage Manager

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Alexis K. Woodard Nathan Shu Heather Stanley Jonah Schnell Michael Costagliola Erin Teachman Ebony Absher Maggie Manzano* Sarah Luedloff* Luke Esola

The play will be presented with one intermission.

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*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States Originally produced by the Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas, Gregory Boyd, Artistic Director; Paul R. Tetreault, Managing Director A CHRISTMAS CAROL—A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

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christmas present/bert/ Party Guest flute player Paul Aguirre*

belle/Fred’s wife Alegra Batara*

first solicitor/mr. fezziwig/ undertaker J Samuel Davis*

Mrs. fezziwig/old josie/ lead caroler Carmen Garcia

Mrs. Cratchit/party guest Michelle Hand*

second solicitor/party guest Melissa Harlow*

ebenezer scrooge Guiesseppe Jones*

Topper/ghost dancer/ party guest Nathan Keen* bob cratchit Armando McClain*

Christmas Past/Bettye Pigeon Laakan McHardy*

Jacob Marley/Mrs. Dilber Michael James Reed*

fred/young scrooge Raffeal Sears*

Christmas Future/watchworks/

party guest Eric Dean White* *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States 14

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ghost dancer/party guest/ urchin DeAnté Bryant

ghost dancer/party guest/ urchin Jaalam Dishon

Ghost Dancer/Dick Wilkins Josh Hoon Lee

ghost dancer/claire fezziwig/

rich lady/martha Sydney Leiser ghost dancer/nicola fezziwig/

beggar woman Bianca Sanborn

Ghost Dancer/ Fred’s sister-in-law Jenna Steinberg

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belinda/Past Attendant/ urchin Riley Carter Adams

schoolboy 1/spoiled child/ party guest/ urchin/fred’s daughter Fiona Bell

Martha Sarah Brown

Wendy fezziwig/schoolboy 2/ urchin Blythe Funke

ignorance/cider kid Jackson Little

Urchin/past attendant Jada Little

Peter/schoolboy 3/urchin Gavin Nobbe

Tiny tim/past attendant Georgia Reynolds

Want/past attendant/cider kid Imi Schneider

teen scrooge/urchin Christian (CJ) Varner, Jr.

turkey Boy/boy scrooge/ fred’s son Christopher Varner

Fan/urchin/ghost fan Laila Varner

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YOUTH ENSEMBLE • GREEN

Ignorance/Cider kid Rose Burnett Fan/urchin/ghost fan Caroline Campbell

teen scrooge/urchin Parker Collier

wendy fezziwig/schoolboy 2/ urchin/fred’s daughter Brynn Meyer

turkey boy/boy scrooge/ fred’s son Vincent Emmanuel Meyer Tiny tim/past attendant Rian Amirikal Page

Want/cider kid/past attendant Arden Renee Powell

Peter/schoolboy 3/urchin Jarod Rhodes

Urchin/Past Attendant Laila Williams

Belinda/past attendant/ urchin Lena Williams

Schoolboy 1/spoiled child/ party guest/urchin Devynn Yakel

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CAST PAUL AGUIRRE (Christmas Present/Bert/ Party Guest Flute Player) is thrilled to make his Rep debut in A Christmas Carol! Most recently Paul was honored to finally return to the stage this season in Kismet directed

by Lonny Price at the Granada Theatre.

National tours include Billy Elliot (Big Davey), Seussical with Cathy Rigby, The Who’s Tommy (Uncle Ernie), H2$ and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Papa Who/ cast recording) at MSG. Off-Broadway work includes The Giant Hoax (PT Barnum), Lyz! (Hector/ Bobby) and A Christmas Carol (Fezziwig/Christmas Present). Regional theatre

credits include In the Heights (Kevin and Piragua Guy), Billy Elliot (Mr. Braithwaite), Guys and Dolls, The Music Man (Marcellus), Jesus Christ Superstar (Herod), The Wiz (Lion), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Twist: An American Musical (Mr. Potlatch) directed/choreographed

by Debbie Allen at the Alliance Theatre and Pasadena Playhouse. Paul is also the creator/owner of Broadway Dolls & Guys, custom crocheted dolls and gifts. Visit BroadwayDollsandGuys. com and PaulAguirre.com for more.

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ALEGRA BATARA (Belle/Fred’s Wife) (she/they) is incredibly honored to be making her Rep debut in A Christmas Carol. A 2021 graduate of the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, their most recent (and favorite) credits include Romeo and Juliet and Godspell (Festival 56), Love’s Labour’s Lost and Cymbeline (Great River Shakespeare Festival), and Miss You Like Hell (Webster Conservatory).

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J SAMUEL DAVIS (First Solicitor/ Mr. Fezziwig/ Undertaker) is excited to be a part of A Christmas Carol at The Repertory Theater of St. Louis. He last worked with The Rep as Roy Wilkins/Aaron Henry in All the Way. He was last seen this past summer in the acclaimed production of King Lear with St. Louis Shakespeare Festival as the Earl of Kent. J has played roles from Shakespeare to August Wilson in a career that spans over 20 years. He has worked in major American Repertory theatres, regional and national, as well as appearing in video projects, industry films, and has headlined his

own concerts. Starting out as a company member for the St. Louis Black Rep, J continues to expand his career to include many diverse and challenging roles. Some of his credits include Simon in The Whipping Man, Walter Lee in A Raisin in the Sun, Oedipus in Oedipus King, Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie and Bashir in Bashir Lazhar, a one-man show for which he won a Kevin Kline Award for Best Actor in a Play. He also garnered an award in 2019 from the St. Louis Theater Circle for his role as Antoine DuPre in District Merchants produced by The New Jewish Theater.

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CARMEN GARCIA (Mrs. Fezziwig/ Old Josie/Lead Caroler) is thrilled to return to The Rep stage where she previously performed in Evita and a staged reading of Frida, a new musical. Earlier this year she performed the role of Grandma in COCA’s Billy Elliot–The Musical. In addition she has appeared with regional companies Theatre Nuevo (Luchadora!), Mustard Seed Theatre (The Last Days of Judas Iscariot) and R-S Theatrics (In the Heights), among others.

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with Metro Theatre Company in Last Stop on Market Street. You can read more at www. carmenunscripted.com.

MICHELLE HAND (Mrs. Cratchit/ Party Guest) is so grateful to return to live performance and to the Loretto-Hilton stage.

Since playing Mrs. Bennett in Pride and Prejudice at The Rep, she has appeared as Sugar in Tiny, Beautiful Things with Max & Louie Productions and Deb in It Is Magic with the Midnight Company.

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Toril in Oslo. She appeared in the OffBroadway premiere of Day of the Dog (59E59 Theater) and worked locally with many companies, including The New Jewish Theater, The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, St. Louis Actor’s Studio and Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, where she won the St. Louis Theater Circle Award for her role as Maggie Dalton in Into The Breeches. This one is for Steve.

MELISSA HARLOW (Second Solicitor/Party Guest) is overjoyed to return to The Rep after performing in Imaginary Theater Company’s recent production of Puss in

Boots. Favorite credits include Fiona in Shrek (Larry D. Clark Summer Rep), The Final Version (Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe), God of Carnage (Pax Amicus Castle Theater), The Adventures of Perseus (New Jersey Young Audiences & Experiential Theatre Co. Tour), A Comedy Wedding (Gateway Arch Riverboat Shows), cover (a play about trafficking) and This Very Moment (Stomping Ground Theatre Co.). She has also performed with the Hoosier Shakespeare Festival in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, as Juliet’s Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, and Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing. Film credits include Star

Crossed Lovers and The Writer.

GUIESSEPPE JONES (Ebenezer Scrooge) is honored to make his Rep debut as Scrooge.

Regional theatre credits include Lt. Stokes in American Son at The Pittsburgh Public Theater, Bono in Fences at the California Shakespeare Festival, Henry in Race at The Contemporary Theater Festival, Holloway in Two Trains Running and Sam in Master Harold and the Boys at The Weston Playhouse.

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of Widows at 59East59th St., and Logger in Eisa Davis’s Pulitzer Prizenominated Bullrusher at Urban Stages. Television and film credits include FBI: Most Wanted, For Life, Prodigal Son, The Black List, Blue Bloods, House of Cards and Julie and Julia. Guiesseppe is an alumnus of The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Finding Neverland (ensemble), Chicago (swing), We Will Rock You (ensemble) and West Side Story (Big Deal, fight captain, u/s Riff, u/s Action). Other credits include the international tour of West Side Story (Jet Boy vacation swing), Chicago at PCLO (Harry/ Harrison) and Radio City Spring Spectacular (ensemble). @nateckeen

NATHAN KEEN (Topper/Ghost Dancer/Party Guest) (he/him) has performed in the Broadway productions of Hello, Dolly! (ensemble, vacation swing) and Les Miserables (Gavroche) as well as the national tours of Hello, Dolly! (swing, assistant dance captain),

ARMANDO MCCLAIN (Bob Cratchit) is thrilled to be making his Rep debut! He recently appeared in the Off-Broadway production of Shanna Cooper’s Julius Caesar (TFANA). Regional credits include Good Person of Schezuan (Cal Shakes); Sense and Sensibility, The Odyssey,

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The River Bride, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale and Antony & Cleopatra (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Othello (Perspective Theater); Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew (Livermore Shakes); Good Goods (Crowded Fire); You Know When the Men Are Gone (Word for Word); The Night is a Child (Pasadena Playhouse); The Closet/ Farthest Away (Project Por Amor) and Blue/Orange (Pacific Repertory Company). Armando received his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.

LAAKAN MCHARDY (Christmas Past/ Bettye Pigeon) is deeply grateful to return to the stage, and is thrilled to be making her Rep debut! She has appeared Off-Broadway in The Wolves (Lincoln Center Theater) and regionally in Mac Beth (Seattle Rep), Macbeth (Actors Theatre of Louisville) and The Many Deaths of Nathan Stubblefield (Humana Festival of New American Plays). Television and film credits include Succession (HBO), FBI: Most Wanted (CBS), The Blacklist (NBC), Tommy (CBS), Madam Secretary (CBS) and 16 BARS. She is an alumna of Mount Holyoke College and the Professional Training Company at 25

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Actors Theatre of Louisville. Laakan proudly hails from Montego Bay, Jamaica.

MICHAEL JAMES REED (Jacob Marley/Mrs. Dilber) is beyond thrilled to return to The Rep after making his last appearance right before the pandemic in Pride and Prejudice (directed

by Hana Sharif). He has appeared in 18 Rep shows including Oslo, A Doll’s House Part 2, All the Way and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (St. Louis Theatre Circle Award). Other local credits include numerous appearances with The Muny (last summer’s Sound of Music and Chicago) as well as 26

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St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, St. Louis Actors Studio, The New Jewish Theatre and Upstream. New York theatre credits include La Bête (Broadway), King Lear (Roundabout), Amphitryon (CSC) and A Forest in Arden (NYTW).

Regionally, Michael’s favorites include the Old Globe (including Pericles in Pericles, Marc Anthony in Julius Caesar), Alley Theatre (Joe Pitt in Angels in America) and American Conservatory Theatre (Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), as well as productions at Papermill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Asolo Theatre Festival, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Syracuse Stage, Great Lakes Theatre Festival and Shakespeare

Santa Cruz. Favorite television appearances include Chicago PD, Numbers, 24, Six Feet Under, The Shield, King of Queens and That ‘70s Show. He is a graduate of London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama. www. michaeljamesreed.com RAFFEAL SEARS (Fred/Young Scrooge) is blessed to be making his Rep debut! He last appeared in Twelfth Night (Yale Repertory Theatre).

Regional credits include a staged reading of Master Wilder and the Cabala (Goodman Theatre); Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea, The Grapes of Wrath and Henry V Project (Illinois

Theatre); Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Illinois Shakespeare Festival); The Play of Adam (The Met Cloisters); Amazing the Change (Atlantic Theatre Company); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Nashville Shakespeare Festival); Lost in the Part (Amity Hall); In the Blood (The New School) and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day (The Coterie). Television and film credits include Chicago Fire (NBC), Cornered, Adventure Around the World and What We Used To Have.

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Association and SAGAFTRA. Raffeal received his MFA in Acting from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. www.raffealsears.com @raffealsears ERIC DEAN WHITE (Christmas Future/ Watchworks/ Party Guest) is very excited to be returning to The Rep after last appearing in Pride and Prejudice at the end of 2019! He has worked at numerous theatres around St. Louis and regionally. Favorite roles include Salt, Root & Roe (Gareth), The Kiss/De Kus (Man), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Satan), Driving Miss Daisy (Boolie), The Fourth Reich (Man), Never the 28

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Sinner (Robert Crowe), The Normal Heart (Felix), The Pillowman (Tupolski), King Lear (Kent) and Savage in Limbo (Tony).

He has appeared in NBC’s Chicago Fire and trained at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Love to Wendy, Payton and Cassidy for their neverending patience and support. ericdeanwhite.com WEBSTER CONSERVATORY CAST DEANTÉ BRYANT (Ghost Dancer/ Party Guest/ Urchin) is currently a third-year musical theatre major at the Webster University Conservatory

of Theatre Arts. He is thrilled to make his Rep debut. A few of his other credits include the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Dickens of a Christmas Fox Theatre Tour as well as Reverend Dr. Thomas Vincent in WebCo’s production of The Living

by Anthony Clarvoe. He also has a small role in the television series Black Card which is A Travis Production. Aside from acting, DeAnté loves making music. In September, he released his debut single “Breathe,” which is out on all major platforms. He is currently working on the album.

JAALAM DISHON (Ghost Dancer/ Party Guest/ Urchin) is a junior musical theater major at Webster University. From Winchester, Kentucky, their most recent credits include Canfield Drive (Actor 5) with Webster Conservatory, Newsies (Ensemble) and Mamma Mia! (male swing/ ensemble).

JOSH HOON LEE (Ghost Dancer/ Dick Wilkins) (he/him) is a proud KoreanAmerican theatre artist currently in his junior year at Webster University.

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director Paul Stancato), Jesus Christ Superstar (featured ensemble, director Paul Stancato), Putnam County Spelling Bee (Leaf u/s, director Natalie Novacek), The Robber Bridegroom (Goat, director Dan Danielowksi), Dear Edwina (Billy, director Stephen Boyer) and the Conservatory production of Urinetown (Robbie the Stockfish, director Jamie McKittrick).

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regarding racial equity, inclusion and representation in the American Theatre and beyond. Previously seen as Witch #2 in Macbeth and Lydia Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, she is so excited to be a part of The Rep’s production of A Christmas Carol! #StopAsianHate #BlackLivesMatter #WeSeeYouWhite AmericanTheatre BIANCA SANBORN (Ghost Dancer/ Nicola Fezziwig/ Begger Woman) (they/ them/theirs) is a junior Acting major at Webster University’s Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Their most recent productions include Billy Elliot at COCA (George, director

Nancy Bell) as well as Urinetown (Senator Fipp, director Jamie McKittrick) and The Living (Ensemble, director Jennifer Wintzer), both at Webster Conservatory.

During December of 2020, they had the opportunity to perform at the Fox Theatre in the A Dickens of a Christmas tour (directors Lara Teeter and Larry Pry) as The Ghost of Christmas Past.

Other credits include Harvey (Veta Louise Simmons, director David Roth), Young Frankenstein (ensemble, director Bob Brunner), and their first film appearance in Killing of a Sacred Deer (choir member, director Yorgos Lanthimos).

JENNA STEINBERG (Ghost Dancer/ Fred’s Sister-inLaw) is so excited to be making her Rep debut in A Christmas Carol with this incredible cast and crew. She is currently a senior attending the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University.

Favorite roles include Lady M in Macbeth (Webster University) and Suzanne in Picasso at the Lapine Agile (Crane River Theatre) as well as Mouth in Not I (Nathan Shu Productions).

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YOUTH ENSEMBLE RILEY CARTER ADAMS (Belinda/ Past Attendant/ Urchin) is a sixth grader at Wydown Middle School and has performed in over 15 community, regional (equity) musical theatre and dance productions. Over the years, Riley has worked on several voice-over projects with Nickelodeon, Disney and local production companies. Her television credits include a recurring role as Melody in the Showtime series On Becoming a God in Central Florida, the PBS short film A New Holiday directed by Brian Owens and several commercials.

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Kinky Boots and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (The Muny), her portrayal of Little Inez in Hairspray, Jr., Little Ti Moune in Once on this Island, Young Simba in The Lion King Jr., Mowgli in Jungle Book and many more. She is making her Rep debut in A Christmas Carol and could not be more grateful to the entire cast and crew. @its_miss_riley FIONA BELL (Schoolboy 1/ Spoiled Child/ Party Guest/ Urchin/Fred’s Daughter) is thrilled to be making her debut at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in A Christmas Carol! This fifth grader spends her free time dancing, singing, acting

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impromptu dance breaks.

Rose is appreciative of the support and encouragement of the cast and crew at The Rep. CAROLINE CAMPBELL (Fan/Urchin/ Ghost Fan) is delighted to be making her debut at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in A Christmas Carol.

Caroline has performed as Flounder in The Little Mermaid, Freaky Friday, Big Fish, A Christmas Story and Suessical (Shooting Stars Productions); Amaryllis in The Music Man, Wendy in Peter Pan Jr., Matilda and White Christmas (GCPA); Anna in Frozen Kids and The Fairy Godmother in Cinderella Jr. (Westminster Theatre); 34

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and with The Arch City Theatre Troupe. She danced for many years at The Dance Center of Kirkwood and recently started at COCA. She takes voice lessons from Lisa Campbell-Albert. She is very thankful for this opportunity from Hana Sharif, Jennifer Wintzer and everyone at The Rep and COCA. PARKER COLLIER (Teen Scrooge/ Urchin) is a ninth grader at Webster Groves High School and is excited to make his Rep debut! Some of his most recent roles at COCA were Michael in Billy Elliott, Corny Collins in Hairspray and Stanley in a presentation of Suffer the Children. Two of his

additional favorite roles were James in the East Central College production of James and the Giant Peach and Peter Pan’s Captain Hook with Ignite Theater Company. He is a member of COCA’s senior vocal company, COCAwrites and improv troupe while continuing his acting, dancing and voice education with COCA and Fly North Theatricals.

BLYTHE FUNKE (Wendy Fezziwig/ Schoolboy 2/ Urchin) is so excited to be making her debut at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in A Christmas Carol! Blythe is a fifth grader at Maplewood Richmond

Heights Elementary. Her favorite subject at school is math. Blythe spends her free time reading and watching YouTube videos, and loves to commandeer the kitchen to bake. She is very thankful to have this opportunity to work with such an incredibly talented cast and crew!

JACKSON LITTLE (Ignorance/ Cider Kid) is very excited about joining A Christmas Carol. This will be Jackson’s first play.

He joins his sister Jada in this production. Jackson’s acting experience consists of “a little spider boy” YouTube videos.

Jackson is six years old and enjoys karate.

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JADA LITTLE (Urchin/Past Attendant) is thrilled to be joining A Christmas Carol this year. Jada is 10 years old and enjoys writing, making songs and being goofy. This will be Jada’s second play. When she was seven years old, she appeared in The Annie Malone Story (C2C Theater) at the Missouri History Museum as young Annie.

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is training in the musical theatre, ballet (St.Louis Ballet School) voice and piano. She’s currently a member of the Stages Triple Threats and has trained under the direction of Tiffany Haus and Adam Souza (Destination Broadway).

Her past credits include Lavender in Matilda, Jr., Gretl in The Study of The Sound of Music, Valley Girl in Rock of Ages Jr. and ensemble in Frozen, Jr. In her free time, Brynn loves soccer, building with Legos and most especially sewing. She aspires to become a fashion designer. She wants to give a shout out to her parents for being her chauffeurs and to her sister Aspen for inspiring her to pursue the performing arts. She is

also very grateful to Miss Hana, Michael, Jenny and the entire company in making this show a memorable experience.

VINCENT EMMANUEL MEYER (Turkey Boy/Boy Scrooge/Fred’s Son) is thrilled to be making his Rep debut in A Christmas Carol. Vincent is an actor, musician, composer, visual artist, playwright and baker (challah, banana bread and pies are his specialties). Meyer attends the Ladue Fifth Grade Center, has recently been accepted into COCA’s preprofessional division, and has received additional training in interdisciplinary arts at the Interlochen Center

for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan. His artistic influences include LinManuel Miranda, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stuart Gibbs, Edgar Allen Poe, Ivor Stravinsky’s The Firebird and The Simpsons. This season’s production of A Christmas Carol is Meyer’s first professional stage appearance, and he is grateful for all the help that he has received from his instructors including Michael, Jenny, Tre and Kirven.

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stage, Gavin recently played the part of Kurt Von Trapp in The Sound of Music Jr. and Jack in Into the Woods Jr. at Stages Performing Arts Academy. He is a current member of the Muny Kids Troupe and a member of Stages’ Triple Threat program. Gavin is a sixth grader at Fort Zumwalt North Middle, and in his free time enjoys hanging with his family and friends.

He would like to thank his parents for their love and support during this incredible theatre journey.

He is forever grateful to The Rep and COCA for allowing him to play Peter in this amazing production.

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RIAN AMIRIKAL PAGE (Tiny Tim/Past Attendant) is making her Rep debut in A Christmas Carol. Rian is a seven-year-old second grader who loves science.

She has taken ballet, tap, jazz and dramatic play courses at COCA. Rian loves to sing and is a member of the Kennerly Temple COGIC Children’s Choir. In her spare time Rian is enrolled in gymnastics and enjoys hanging out with her family and friends. Rian plans to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional actress and dancer.

ARDEN RENEE POWELL (Want/ Cider Kid/Past Attendant) is thrilled to be making her debut at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in A Christmas Carol! Arden is in the first grade and aspires to see the bright lights of Broadway as she pursues her musical theater career. She’s been inspired by the works Hamilton, Annie and The Sound of Music. In her free time, Arden enjoys spending time with her family and friends, riding her bike, singing and doing lots of reading!

She is so grateful for the opportunity to play the role of Want/Cider Kid. Thank you to Hana Sharif, Jenny Wintzer, Michael Tran, the incredible

youth ensemble and the amazing “grownup” actors for creating a memorable and treasured experience!

GEORGIA REYNOLDS (Tiny Tim/Past Attendant) is so excited to be playing the role of Tiny Tim in The Rep’s production of A Christmas Carol! This is Georgia’s first appearance at The Rep, as well as her first ever role in a full-length production. Georgia has taken acting and voice lessons with the GCPA for several years.

Georgia lives with her mom and dad and two older brothers, and she attends third grade at North Glendale Elementary School.

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Besides acting and singing, Georgia is on team at the St. Louis Gym Center, is coached by her dad on her St. Louis Scott Gallagher soccer team and plays field hockey for St. Louis Field Hockey Club. In her little free time, Georgia loves playing with her friends, singing in the car, doing art projects, watching TV and doing headstands.

Georgia would like to thank her mom and dad for their support and rides over the last couple of months and especially her voice teacher, Spencer Milford who helped her get a start on her acting career.

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JAROD RHODES (Peter/ Schoolboy 3/ Urchin) is excited to be performing at The Repertory Theatre St. Louis in A Christmas Carol! Jarod has loved the stage since his first experience at the age of four in Seussical the Musical at Looking Glass Playhouse in Lebanon, IL. Additional experience includes various roles in Madagascar Jr., The Wizard of Oz and Newsies. Most recently, he participated in the Into the Woods youth show at Goshen Theatre Project in Collinsville, IL. During quarantine, Jarod was able to be a part of the very first Zoomusical production of The Big One-Oh! (Looking Glass

Playhouse). Jarod is involved with the annual Christmas children’s play at Faith Baptist Church in Belleville, IL and dances at Studio L Dance Center (O’Fallon, IL) where he is a member of the hip-hop team and involved in musical theatre productions. He recently joined the preprofessional development program at COCA (St. Louis, MO) and is receiving training in voice, improv, dance (tap) and much more! @j_bear827 IMI SCHNEIDER (Want/Past Attendant/ Cider Kid) is over the moon to make her debut at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in A Christmas Carol! She is delighted

for this chance to play the role of Want. She is grateful to The Rep and COCA for the opportunity to act in her first play!

CHRISTIAN (CJ) VARNER, JR. (Teen Scrooge/ Urchin) is excited to be in his first professional regional production of A Christmas Carol. CJ’s other credits with The Rep include A Glowy Snowy Day. He is a Baltimore, MD native and is a fifth grader at Jefferson Middle School.

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professional regional production. He is originally from Baltimore, MD and is a third grader at Harris Elementary school. He loves football, soccer and dancing.

LAILA VARNER (Fan/Urchin/ Ghost Fan) is originally from Baltimore, MD and recently moved to the St. Louis region. She is an eighth grader at Hardin Middle School and is excited to be joining The Rep for her first production in St. Louis. She currently trains at COCA in the dance and theatre programs.

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and several stage plays at her church including Life: The Gospel According to Us. LAILA WILLIAMS (Urchin/Past Attendant) was born and raised in St. Louis. A multi-talented performer with a passion for acting, singing, dance and music, at the age of four, she began praise dancing at church. As she got older, she further explored her passion for dance at The Judy Best Talent Dance Center and COCA. In 2018 Laila, along with her twin sister, recited the Countee Cullen poem “Hey Black Child” for Faith Church’s Love Riot program televised live on the Daystar Network. In 2019, Laila joined COCA’s

2019 production of Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963 as an ensemble member. Laila enjoys anything involving music and theatre. She is currently a member of COCA’s pre-professional vocal company and Jazz St. Louis’ Jazz Academy, where she plays the trumpet.

LENA WILLIAMS (Belinda/Past Attendant/ Urchin) was born and raised in St. Louis, and has always found a way to express herself through the arts. She began praise dancing at the age of four at church and further explored her passion for dance at The Judy Best Talent Dance Center before coming to COCA.

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Lena’s other stage credits include The Muny’s 2018 production of The Wiz (munchin) and COCA’s 2019 production of Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963 (Denise McNair). A social activist at heart, Lena was humbled by the opportunity to play Denise McNair in Four Little Girls and spread awareness of the bombing in Birmingham that took the lives of four 43

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innocent children. Lena is currently a participant of Jazz St. Louis’ Jazz Academy and a proud member of COCA’s preprofessional improv troupe. A multi-talented individual, Lena enjoys anime illustration, playing the saxophone and participating in social activism.

DEVYNN YAKEL (Schoolboy 1/ Spoiled Child/ Urchin/Party Guest), a nineyear-old fifth grader, is excited to make her debut at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in A Christmas Carol. Devynn aspires to someday perform on Broadway.

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(LifeLight), Chief Ancestor in Moana (DaySpring) and Marta in The Sound of Music (Stages). She has been a student of the Saint Louis Ballet School since she was four, and has performed with the company in The Nutcracker Ballet. She is currently a member of Triple Threats with Stages St. Louis. This past year she has studied with Joffrey Ballet in NYC, and has attended Destination Broadway, working with Tiffany Haas and Sonny Willis. She enjoys studying science, reading books and playing the piano. Devynn would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support, the entire cast and crew of A Christmas Carol for this wonderful production, and Hana

Sharif for this amazing opportunity.

DIRECTION & DESIGN KIRVEN DOUTHITBOYD (Choreographer) returns to The Rep after choreographing last season’s production of Mlima’s Tale. The CoArtistic Director of Dance at the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) in St. Louis, Missouri, he earned his MFA in Dance from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. He began his formal dance training at the Boston Arts Academy in 1998 and joined Boston Youth Moves in 1999. He has also trained on scholarship at The Boston Conservatory and The Alvin Ailey School prior

to performing with Battleworks Dance Company, Ailey II, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 2004-2015.

TRE’VON GRIFFITH (Music Director), better known by stage name Tre G, is an independent artist, creative and music director. He is thrilled to be returning to The Rep after serving as music director for the Imaginary Theater Company’s upcoming season. He has been a part of the creative team of productions at COCA, The Black Rep, Metro Theater Company, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Stages St. Louis, TLT Productions, and 45

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companies in Europe and China. In 2020, Tre G formed WerQFest, St. Louis’ first arts and culture festival celebrating and highlighting black queerness. GO! Magazine by St. Louis Post-Dispatch named Tre G a “2016 Rising Star,” and he has also landed a spot in DELUX Magazine’s Emerging 30 Under 30. Tre G received his master’s degree in Global Entertainment and Music Business from Berklee College of Music campus in Valencia, Spain. @treg_music

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TIM MACKABEE (Scenic Designer) returns to The Rep after designing Angels in America: Parts One and Two in the Mainstage series. Broadway credits include The Elephant Man and Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth. He designed the West End production of The Elephant Man and OffBroadway productions of Heathers The Musical, Seared (Outer Critics Circle Award, MCC Theatre), Guards at the Taj (Lortel Award), Describe the Night, The Penitent, Our New Girl (Atlantic), Darling Grenadine, The Last Match (Roundabout), Vietgone, Important Hats of the Twentieth Century

(MTC), Luce (LCT) and Gigantic (Vineyard).

Regional credits include Ford’s Theatre, Seattle Rep, The Old Globe, Baltimore Center Stage, Denver Center, Portland Center Stage, Cleveland Play House, Dallas Theatre Center, Yale Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, South Coast Repertory, Arden Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, The Muny and Williamstown. Television credits include Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (HBO), Gotham, Smash, The Today Show and Football Night in America. Education: North Carolina School of the Arts, Yale School of Drama. @timmackabeedesign timothymackabeedesign. com

DEDE AYITE (Costume Designer) is a two-time Tony Awardnominated costume designer whose Broadway credits include Chicken & Biscuits, A Soldier’s Play, Slave Play, American Son and Children of a Lesser God. Select Off-Broadway credits include Merry Wives (The Public Theater); Secret Life of Bees, Marie and Rosetta, (Atlantic); By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Signature); BLKS, School Girls… (MCC); Bella: An American Tall Tale (Playwrights Horizons); The Royale (Lincoln Center) and Toni Stone (Roundabout). Regionally, Ayite’s work has appeared at Oregon Shakespeare 47

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Festival, Steppenwolf, Arena Stage and more.

She has worked in television with Netflix, Comedy Central and FOX Shortcoms. Ayite earned her MFA at the Yale School of Drama and has received Obie, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Theatre Bay Area and Jeff Awards, along with four Drama Desk nominations.

SETH REISER (Lighting Designer) works in theatre, opera, dance and music. He is pleased to make his Rep debut. New York credits include Somebody’s Daughter, directed by May Adrales at Second Stage; Mike Daisey’s The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at the Public 48

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Theater; The Mysteries at The Flea, directed by Ed Iskandar; Reggie Watts and Tommy Smith’s Radio Play at PS 122, directed

by Kip Fagan; and Taylor Mac’s Obie Awardwinning production of The Lily’s Revenge at HERE Arts. Regional highlights include designs for Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Theatre DC, Dallas Theatre Center, Two River Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Trinity Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory, The Denver Center Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth, American Repertory Theatre and Playmakers Repertory. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Ohio Wesleyan

University and MFA from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts. www.sethreiserdesign. com NATHAN A. ROBERTS (Composer and Sound Designer) is a multiinstrumentalist, composer, instrument-maker and sound designer who specializes in creating original music and soundscapes for plays, often live on stage.

Previous Rep credits include Pride and Prejudice and Puss in Boots. Off Broadway credits include Second Stage: Letters of Suresh; WP Theater: Natural Shocks; TFANA: The Servant of Two Masters; The Acting Company:

Julius Caesar, Macbeth; and The Playwrights Realm: Crane Story, Dramatis Personae.

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Life. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama. Faculty: Lecturer in Theater and Performance Studies, Yale University.

CHARLES COES (Composer and Sound Designer) returns to The Rep after designing Pride and Prejudice in the Mainstage series. Credits include Letters of Suresh (2ST); The Tempest, Cymbeline, Much Ado About Nothing (HVSF); Sing Street (NYTW); Jitney (Mark Taper Forum, Music Hall of Detroit, Arena Stage); Miss You Like Hell, Fun Home, Soul, The Christians, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Baltimore Center Stage); The Good Book (Berkeley Rep); The Belle of Amherst, Third (Two River Theater); 50

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Natural Shocks (WP Theater); The Way the Mountain Moved, Sense and Sensibility (OSF); Little Black Shadows, The Tempest (South Coast Rep); Animal Farm (Milwaukee Rep); Robber Bridegroom (The Laura Pels); Sense and Sensibility (Dallas Theater Center, The Guthrie); and Tokyo Fish Story (The Old Globe). He has been the associate on more than 20 Broadway shows including Girl from the North Country, To Kill a Mockingbird, Peter and the Starcatcher and Junk.

He has toured the world with the Homer’s Coat production of An Iliad.

HANA S. KIM (Projections Designer) designed the Off Broadway productions of Eve’s Song and The Visitor (The Public Theater).

Regional credits include The Untranslatable Secrets of Nikki Corona (Geffen Playhouse); The Great Leap (A.C.T.); Eva Trilogy (Magic Theatre); Little Black Shadows (South Coast Rep); and Fun Home, The Christians (Baltimore Center Stage). Opera and concert credits include Sweet Land (The Industry), Magdalene (Prototype Festival), The Anonymous Lover (LA Opera), Wonderful Town (LA Opera) and Oscillations (LA Philharmonic). She is the

recipient of Princess Grace Awards, CTG Sherwood Award, Helen Hayes Award and Kinetic Lighting Award by LADCC. She holds a BFA in visual communication at Seoul National University in South Korea and MFA from University of California, Los Angeles. www.hananow.com ADI CABRAL (Dialect Coach) is excited to be returning for their second show at The Rep. Their work was recently heard in Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles. Adi has also coached at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (CO), New Repertory Theatre (MA), the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (NY), Mildred’s 51

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Umbrella Theatre Company (TX), The New Hazlett Theater (PA), The Hangar Theatre Company (NY) and Central Square Theatre (MA). Adi holds their BA in Musical Theatre from Rhode Island College and MFA in Theatre Performance from Arizona State University. Cabral is an actor, dialect coach, intimacy director and a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework.

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based casting directors, handling productions for Broadway, Off-Broadway and major New York and regional theatre companies, as well as film and television. Previous and current work includes productions for Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Baltimore Center Stage, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Cape Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Denver Center, Merrimack Rep, The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre, Theaterworks Hartford, and the Weston Playhouse. For more information, please visit jz-casting.com.

JENNIFER WINTZER (Youth Ensemble Director) is the Artistic Director of Theatre at COCA – Creative Center of the Arts in St. Louis, MO where she oversees COCAPresents and the COCA pre-professional training program for emerging theatre artists.

Jennifer joined COCA’s team in 2019 from St. Louis Shakespeare Festival where she served as Director of Education/ Associate Artistic Director.

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Cultural Strategy, holds an MFA from The George Washington University and a BFA in Musical Theatre from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University where she has served as a guest director and lecturer. Jennifer is a recipient of the Actor’s Fund Scholarship for the Marymount Manhattan College Arts Ed Program, and is a proud member of AEA and a RAC CAT Fellow.

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associate direct DREAM HOU$E (Alliance Theatre).

She has also worked backstage on several productions including Holler If You Hear Me (True Colors Theatre) and Hospice and Pointing at the Moon (Alliance Theatre).

NATHAN SHU (Webster Conservatory Assistant Director) is thrilled to be working at The Rep for the first time as an assistant director.

He is currently a junior studying directing at the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University.

His previous credits include Not I (director) and The Living (assistant director).

HEATHER STANLEY (Assistant Costume Designer) is a New York-based costume designer whose credits include As You Like It, The Tempest (HPCSE AT The Public Theater), Forum, The Idiot (Fairleigh Dickinson University), Thicker Than Water (Terry and the Cuz Production), Macbeth (Bronx SOC), and Exposure (The Gene Frankel Theater).

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The Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring the Radio City Rockettes.

JONAH SCHNELL (Assistant Lighting Designer) recently graduated from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University with a BFA in lighting design. Jonah is a St. Louis native and has been attending Rep shows his entire life. Jonah is excited to return to The Rep as an assistant lighting designer. His previous experience here includes Angels in America: Parts One and Two, The Play That Goes Wrong and Heisenberg.

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Peace on Your Wings (Ohana Arts); and Brigadoon, Fahrenheit 451, Men on Boats (Webster University).

Selected lighting design credits include Such Sweet Thunder (Shakespeare St. Louis/ Big Muddy Dance Co.); Songs for a New World, Oklahoma, Odd Couple, West Side Story, The Addams Family, Meet Me in St. Louis (Thunder Bay Theatre); Edges, girls in boys pants (Fontbonne University); and Three Sisters (Webster University). www.jonahschnell.com.

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MICHAEL COSTAGLIOLA (Assistant Sound Designer) is a New Yorkbased sound designer and composer, returning to The Rep after working on Pride and Prejudice in 2019. His work has been heard in New York in productions by The Public, New York Theatre Workshop, La MaMa, Rattlestick and Ars Nova among others, as well as regionally at Two River Theater, Yale Rep, Alabama Shakespeare Festival and at various other theaters across the US, Europe and India. He holds a BA in Music from Brown University and MFA in Sound Design from Yale School of Drama. michaelcostagliola.com

ERIN TEACHMAN (Assistant Projections Designer) has been freelancing as a digital artist, projection programmer and engineer since 2014, working across disciplines to bring digital media to stages across the United States, including working with the Atlanta Opera, Ford’s Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, the Alley, Dallas Theatre Center, Arena Stage, Florida Grand Opera, the Washington Ballet and the Kansas City Ballet, among others. Erin is excited to make his Rep debut with this extraordinary production of a holiday classic.

MAGGIE MANZANO (Stage Manager) is excited to be at The Rep for the first time and joining this incredible company of talent. Favorite regional credits include The Chinese Lady (Long Wharf Theatre), Men on Boats (American Conservatory Theatre) and Rhinoceros (American Conservatory Theatre). All Art Should Be Free.

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season at Stages St. Louis with Always… Patsy Cline and Jersey Boys.

Other work includes The Sound of Music at the Asolo Repertory Theatre, Avenue Q and Menopause The Musical at the Playhouse at Westport Plaza and King Lear at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival.

Sarah has also worked with The New Jewish Theatre, Variety Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Musicals, COCA, The Muny and several national tours.

She holds a BFA from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

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LUKE ESOLA (Production Assistant) is a senior stage management major at Webster Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Prior to Webster he was an apprentice at the Omaha Community Playhouse and has worked in productions around the Omaha area, including the Omaha Symphony Orchestra and Opera Omaha. He is so happy to be working on his first Rep show and would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas!

MICHAEL WILSON (Playwright) adapted A Christmas Carol, A Ghost Story of Christmas, which enjoyed its 22nd holiday season at Hartford Stage, where Wilson was Artistic Director from 1998 to 2011. Published

by Dramatists Play Service, his adaptation premiered in 1990 at Houston’s Alley Theatre, where it celebrated 24 years in December 2019. In 2020, with theatres closed around the world due to the pandemic, Washington DC’s Ford’s Theatre commissioned Wilson to adapt and direct an all new radio version of the Dickens classic. This new aural production featuring music and sound by Wilson’s longtime collaborator

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that season (sans the Tony, for which as an OffBroadway production it was not eligible). On Broadway, he directed the Tony-nominated revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man and the Tonynominated new plays, Dividing the Estate and Enchanted April, among others. Off-Broadway, he has directed premieres

by Eve Ensler, Marcus Gardley, Rebecca Gilman, John Guare, Beth Henley, Tina Howe and Christopher Shinn, among others, as well as revivals of Arthur Miller (Incident at Vichy at Signature Theater Company, subsequently filmed for television by WNET 13 and Broadway HD), Tennessee Williams and Lanford Wilson. His other 60

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screen work includes the award-winning film Showing Roots by Susan Batten, starring Uzo Aduba, Maggie Grace and Elizabeth McGovern.

A recipient of the Princess Grace Fellowship and Statue Awards, the Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award, the 2017 Bay Street Theater Visionary Award and, along with Ben Brantley and Howell Binkley, an inaugural inductee into the R. J. Reynolds Arts Magnet High School Hall of Fame, Wilson recently directed the acclaimed American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana starring Elizabeth Ashley, Dana Delaney, Bill Heck, James Earl Jones and Amanda

Plummer, and the 2018 premiere of Fellow Travelers by Jack Canfora.

Wilson, a Morehead Scholar of UNC Chapel Hill, serves as Treasurer of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). Current projects include Bryan Batt’s new play Dear Mr. Williams, Daisy Foote and Steve Earle’s new musical Tender Mercies, and the live stream benefit captures of The Best Man (Broadway’s Best for The Actors Fund) and Stan Zimmerman’s Right Before I Go (La Vie Productions/Quick Center for the Performing Arts at Fairfield University for Jed and American Foundations to Prevent Suicide). Wilson lives with his longtime collaborator

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HANA S. SHARIF (Augustin Family Artistic Director) has enjoyed a multifaceted theatre career, including roles as an artistic leader, director, playwright and producer with a specialty in strategic and crossfunctional leadership. She served for five years as Associate Artistic Director at Baltimore Center Stage, where she oversaw the day-to-day execution of all of the mainstage and studio productions, and was the architect of the innovative CS Digital program: a platform that pushes the boundaries of traditional theatre and looks at the nexus point between art and technology. Her other achievements at

Baltimore Center Stage include prototyping the Mobile Unit, strengthening community engagement, producing multiple world and regional premieres and helping to guide the theatre through a multimillion dollar building renovation and rebranding effort. In 2012, Hana served as the inaugural Program Manager of the ArtsEmerson Ambassador Program and launched ArtsEmerson Artist-InResidency program featuring playwright Daniel Beaty. In addition to her work at ArtsEmerson, Hana leveraged her regional theatre experience to freelance produce for smaller theatre companies, looking to Cast Follies

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expand and restructure their administrative teams. Hana served as developmental producer and program manager for Progress Theatre in Houston, where she consulted with the Artistic Director on redefining the artistic vision and subsequent recasting of the ensemble company and lead strategic organizational planning focused on LORT market entry. During her decadelong tenure at Hartford Stage, Hana served as the Associate Artistic Director, Director of New Play Development, and Artistic Producer. Hana launched the new play development program, expanded the community engagement and civic discourse initiatives, and developed and produced

Tony, Grammy, Pulitzer and Obie Award-winning shows. From 1997–2003, Hana served as the cofounder and Artistic Director of Nasir Productions, a theatre dedicated to underrepresented voices to challenge traditional structure. Her guest lecturer credits include Spelman College, Sewanee University, UT Austin, UCSD, Prairie View A&M, Emerson College, Maggie Flanigan Studio, Towson University, UMD, UConn, UMass and University of Hartford, among others.

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Black Theatre Commons (BTC). She serves on the board of directors for the TCG, BTC, and the Sprott Foundation.

MARK BERNSTEIN (Managing Director) is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and has managed nonprofit professional theatres since 1982. He has led The Rep since 1987, a period characterized by growth and stability, strong community support, and responsible financial management.

New programming initiatives have included The Rep’s Off-Ramp series (produced from 2005 through 2008), the Ignite! New Play Festival

(begun in 2012) and various educational programs. Favorite shows from 30 seasons at The Rep include Candide, The Voice of the Prairie, Terra Nova, Six Degrees of Separation, Young Rube, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Arcadia, Sweeney Todd, An Ideal Husband, Into the Woods, Inherit the Wind, The Crucible, Take Me Out, The Little Dog Laughed, Souvenir, Crime and Punishment, Sunday in the Park with George, Cabaret, One Man Two Guvnors, Follies and the great Shaw plays: Saint Joan, Pygmalion and Man and Superman. In addition to work at The Rep, he teaches in Webster University’s Arts Leadership Program. He

has been active in the leadership of the League of Resident Theatres for many years, having served as vice president, an executive committee member and as a member of numerous national negotiating committees. Before coming to St. Louis, he spent six years at the Philadelphia Drama Guild and taught financial management for nonprofit arts institutions at Drexel University. He is a Sondheim fanatic, and travels the world in search of the perfect Sweeney Todd, the best goat cheese tarts and the best chocolate desserts.

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AMELIA ACOSTA POWELL (Associate Artistic Director) is a producer and director originally from Denver.

Before she joined Hana S. Sharif’s team in St. Louis, Amelia was the Line Producer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and prior to that, the Artistic Associate and Casting Director at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. She also has various credits as a freelance producer, director and casting director. She is a proud alumna of the Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship, a steering committee member of the Latinx Theatre Commons, a member of the Casting Society of America, a founding member of 66

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Closer Look Arts Collective, and an inaugural grantee of Theatre Communication Group’s Rising Leaders of Color. She is an adjunct faculty member at Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts and has taught master classes at The Growing Studio NYC, Brown University/Trinity Rep, The Catholic University of America, Howard University, The George Washington University, American University, The Actors’ Center, Creative Acts and more. She holds her bachelor’s and her master’s degrees from Georgetown University.

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BIOGRAPHIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT Gwen Middeke* The Todd Organization

VICE PRESIDENT Brian Clevinger*

VICE PRESIDENT Dan Jay*

Prolog Ventures

Christner Architects

SECRETARY Judi Scissors*

TREASURER Ven Houts*

Community Volunteer

Ernst & Young (retired)

VICE PRESIDENT, VOLUNTEERS Laurie Hiler* CBG Enterprise

Wendi Alper-Pressman

Frank Hamsher*

Lathrop & Gage, LLP

Skyline Public Strategies, Inc.

Margaret Augustin*

Gina Hoagland

Community Volunteer

Collaborative Strategies, Inc.

Arlue Briggs*

Mark P. Mantovani

Community Volunteer

Mantovani Holdings, LLC

Dedric Carter*

Jane M. Robert

Washington University

American Friends Musée d’Orsay

Brandon Evans Ernst & Young

Dotti Fischer Community Volunteer

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Ronald L. Roberts Ridge Graves, LLC

Lauren Sagel Community Volunteer

VOLUNTEER BOARD

One of the most treasured and dedicated resources, The Rep’s Volunteer Board provides amazing support each season with donations of time, talent and skill throughout all facets of the organization. We are so grateful to the Volunteer Board for their continued dedication as integral members of The Rep family.

If you are interested in serving on The Rep Volunteer Board, please contact Lori Moore-McMullen at lmoore-mcmullen@ repstl.org or (314) 687-4028.

PRESIDENT Laurie Hiler VICE PRESIDENT Vicki Helling SECRETARY Shirley Raitzsch

TREASURER Cindy Schnabel

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Dotti Fischer

Trish Alexandre Susan Barley Ann Bronsing Michaeleen Cradock Dorothy Diehl Denise Eschenbrenner Karen Fairbank Vi Farmer

Linda Lowry Barbara Mennell Karen Miller Colleen Ritchie Helen Sandifer Cindy Schnabel Ann Straw Linda Vandivort

Glenda Hares Marcia King Margie Knapp

Lynn Yearwood

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Hana S. Sharif Augustin Family Artistic Director

Amelia Acosta Powell

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

PRODUCER OF NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT Becks Redman COMPANY MANAGER Cliff Hannon ASSISTANT COMPANY MANAGER J. Ching EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Amy Huffman

learning & COMMUNITY engagement DIRECTOR OF LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Adena Varner LEARNING PROGRAMS ASSOCIATE Brian Coats TEACHING ASSOCIATE Britney

Walker-Merritte PRODUCTION DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

Catherine Campbell

scenic TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Bob Casey ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Emilie Weilbacher-

McMullan CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST Scott Loebl SCENIC ARTISTS Stephen Pollihan

James Van Well SCENIC SHOP FOREMAN Dave McCarthy SCENIC CARPENTERS Tim McCarthy

Dan Roach, Jr.

Rick Shetley PROPS DIRECTOR Kelly Kreutsberg PROPS CARPENTERS Ralph Wilke

Dan Parter PROPS ARTISANS Jordan Long

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costumes

Gunner Boucher Kentrell Jamison

COSTUME SHOP MANAGER Simon Brett ASSISTANT COSTUME SHOP MANAGER Soon. A Vander Velde HEAD DRAPER Robert W. Trump DRAPERS Elizabeth Eisloeffel

Michelle Bentley FIRST HANDS Sandra Kabuye

Carisa Sexton

Bruk Longbottom STITCHER Russell Kohn HEAD CRAFTS ARTISAN John Inchiostro CRAFTS ASSOCIATE Angel Newbauer CRAFTS ASSISTANT Lisa Drewel WARDROBE SUPERVISOR Calyn Roth WIG AND MAKEUP SUPERVISOR Dennis

Bensie WIG ARTISANS Abigail Schmidt

Alycia Berry COSTUMES ASSISTANT Ben Kress STUDENT STITCHERS Rose Bonarek

Corissa Gavin

Christiana Osborne lighting MAINSTAGE HEAD ELECTRICIAN Christina

Beck MAINSTAGE ASSISTANT ELECTRICIANS

sound

Toby Beck Connor Meers

SOUND SUPERVISOR Rusty Wandall MAINSTAGE SOUND ENGINEER Joshua

Riggs STUDIO SOUND ENGINEER Sean Wilhite

INSTITUTIONAL GIFTS MANAGER Kevin

iatse run crew AUTOMATION CREW

FLYING CREW

Todd Moore Theo Prifti Scott DeBroux Jacob Goodwin Charles Lile

Student run crew WARDROBE Michaela Brock,

Abby Pastorello, Sara Preston,

Dustin Thomas, Justin Schmidt WIGS Charlotte Seidensticker SPOT OP/ELECTRICS Ash Neece,

Lou Ritter, Spencer Roe Weaver,

Kentrell Jamison A2 Thomas White DECK Raegan Calbert,

Victoria Esquivel, Christian LeNoir,

Demarcion Little additional production credits PROJECTIONS SUPERVISOR Danny Carr PROJECTIONS PROGRAMMER Brian

Abbott YOUTH ENSEMBLE PARENT LIAISON YOUTH PERFORMER MONITORS

Michael Tran Sam Hayes, Jamaikah Banks

ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

ATTORNEY

Laura L. Wandersee Bradley G. Kafka, Polsinelli PC

DEVELOPMENT

Ginty

DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE Robert

Kapeller

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING DIRECTOR Ashton Beck COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Sarah

Brandt

MARKETING ASSOCIATE Laurie

McConnell GRAPHIC DESIGNER Delores Eddington DIGITAL MEDIA INTERN Michael Tran FINANCE FINANCE DIRECTOR Kevin Blansit ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATE Suzanne

ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT

Bodenstein Kathy Nix

AUDIENCE SERVICES BOX OFFICE DIRECTOR

Ricki Marking Camuto ASSISTANT BOX OFFICE MANAGER DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

Lin Joyce Daniel J.

Ladd BOX OFFICE ASSISTANTS Sharon Carey,

Belinda Carter, Michael Dorn

Christian Hoffman, Taylor Kelly

Carl Wickman LEAD HOUSE MANAGER Deanna Danger HOUSE MANAGERS Madison Bradshaw

Hannah Pierce

CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Lori Moore-McMullen CFRE INDIVIDUAL GIFTS MANAGER Merritt

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The Rep produces work in three series from September through April, all sharing the same high production values and commitment to presenting exciting live, professional theatre.

MAINSTAGE Each season wew produce six plays in the Mainstage series, which draws The Rep’s largest audience. Performances are given in both the Virginia Jackson Browning Theatre of the Loretto-Hilton Center and the Catherine B. Berges Theatre at COCA. The work presented in the Mainstage series is eclectic, ranging from modern to classics to musicals, and benefits from the large space afforded by the Browning and Berges Theatres.

STUDIO THEATRE Performances in the Steve Woolf Studio series are given in the Emerson Studio, a 125seat “black box” theatre on the lower level of the Loretto-Hilton Center. Studio productions may be new plays, radical interpretations of older works or experimental works. The performance space and seating configuration changes with each production, allowing the director, designers and actors

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to craft work which requires a more intimate environment. We look forward to the return of the Studio series next season.

IMAGINARY THEATRE COMPANY Imaginary Theatre Company is The Rep’s touring ensemble for children. Bringing theatre for young audiences to schools and community centers throughout the bi-state area, ITC’s productions value a welltold story while supporting state learning standards and nurturing a respect and love for the arts. This season, ITC performances will be available virtually to both schools and families.

OFFSTAGE The Rep is proud to offer yearround community programming in both live and virtual events.

Check our website at repstl.org for updates on our REPresent STL series of community discussions, our holiday family experience, A Glowy Snowy Day, and much more!

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

TICKET EXCHANGE POLICY Exchanges are an exclusive subscriber benefit. Exchanges may be made within the run of each production, up to two hours prior to show time. If you choose to exchange into a higher-priced area, you will be charged the difference. No refunds are made for exchanges to lower-priced tickets.

SUBSCRIBER DISCOUNTS Subscribers can save two ways on additional ticket purchases.

Advance purchases receive a 10% discount. Last-minute purchases (starting 48 hours prior to a show) are discounted 50%! Prior sales are excluded.

HOUSE POLICIES Late Seating: Latecomers will be seated at an appropriate pause in the performance.

Electronic Devices: Please silence all electronic devices while in the theatre.

Bad Weather Policy: In the event of bad weather, please check our website, Facebook page or call the Box Office for current information. If a cancellation occurs, call the Box Office starting on the day after the

weather event to exchange your seats for another performance of the same production.

ACCESSIBILITY Hearing: Free assistive listening devices using an FM system are available at Patron Services prior to the performance.

Open Captioning is offered for a performance of each Mainstage production.

Sight: The Rep partners with MindsEye to offer live audio description for a performance of each Mainstage production.

Mobility: The Rep is accessible to patrons with impaired mobility. Please discuss seating requirements with the Box Office when purchasing tickets.

HEALTH AND SAFETY The Rep is committed to providing a safe environment for our patrons, artists and staff.

Visit www.repstl.org to view our current Health and Safety policies.

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CELEBRATING AND ELEVATING WOMEN IN THEATRE The Leading Ladies are honored to continue their legacy of playing a major role in benefiting The Rep each season. We are grateful to the following donors, who pledged their support for the 2021-2022 season. We invite you to join our amazing group of Leading Ladies!

LYNN NOTTAGE $10,000+ Ann P. Augustin & Margaret Augustin JULIE TAYMORE $9,999–$7,500 Pat Schutte IDINA MENZEL $5,000–$7,499 Crystal Beurlein Juanita H. Hinshaw MARIANNE ELLIOTT $1,000–$2,499 Wendi Alper-Pressman Suzan Kelsey Brooks Pamela Wing Dern Diane Buhr Engelsmann Dotti Fischer 74

Carolyn Gold Paula Keinath Nancy Kranzberg Hannah Langsam The Susan & Bruce Miller Charitable Fund Jane M. Robert Ann Scheuer Lois Schultz Judi Scissors Ann Scott Diane Sher Linda Lewin Stark Susan Tuteur Lynn Yearwood Helen D. Ziercher PAULA VOGEL $500–$999 Trish Abbene Christy Beckmann

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Pamela Belloli Vincenza Bellone Cindy Belmont Barbara M. Bryant Terri Ciccolella Roberta S. Frank Bonnie Gibbs Sara Kessler Patricia Mantovani Merritt McCarthy Elizabeth Meteer Karen Miller Lucy Schreiber Lisa Easton Silverberg Judith Smart Ann H. Straw Susan Warshaw Kathleen Wood ANIKA NONI ROSE $499–$250 Dianna Adorjan

Block Family Charitable Fund Arlue Briggs Bette L. Bude Elaine Coe Samantha Davidson Sally & Anne Dehner Joan D. Dougherty Sharon Dougherty Margie Franz Laura Greenberg Shirley Haake Julie and David Hohman Joanne Iskiwitch Karen S. Kalish, Estelle W. & Karen S. Kalish Fund of the St. Louis Community Foundation Susan Knight Sylvia Manewith Jarona Stevens Terry L. Thornton Linda Vandivort Kim White

PHILLIPA SOO $100–$249 Penny Bari Nancy Berg Siobhán Brace Kathleen Ferrell Mike, Dan & Jodi Brooks E. Rebecca Case Robin Chervitz Terry Coleman Myra Crandall Teresa Deshield Rose Mary Dieckhaus Dorothy Diehl Michelle Drabin Carrie Eisenbeis Denise Eschenbrenner Vi Farmer Ann Franke Judy Garfinkel Barbara Gervais Glenda Hares Vicki Helling Mary Beth Hennessy Jan Hermann Carolyn Hileman

Jeane Jae Dorothy Lovelace Linda Lowry Sally Rice Markland Monica McFee Cheryl Meier Suzie Nall Lisa Nouss Susan A. Oefelein Marilyn Raphael Lynn Rawlings Marcia Roentz Jacqueline Ruthsatz Melanie Ryterski Carol Schreiner Arlene Spector Barbara B. Sprick Jerrie K. Weith Lisa Zarin RISING STAR Claire Ryterski Ray Ryterski (Gifts received 6/1/2020-11/4/2021)

For more information or to join Leading Ladies, please contact Merritt McCarthy at 314-687-4030 or mmccarthy@repstl.org.

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Members of the Encore Circle have decided to share their passion for theatre with others by designating The Rep as a beneficiary of their estate plan. Through wills, life insurance and living trusts, or by establishing a life income gift, Encore Circle members have assumed a starring role to assure that The Rep continues to be an exciting artistic force in the region for many years.

Anonymous (4) Robert A. Bilzing Milford* & Lee Bohm Nancy Forsyth Brossard* Mr.* & Mrs. L.L. Browning Jr Iva Jean Conerly* Joseph Corrigan Dr. Margaret Crumpacker* Selma S. Dennis* Larry Essmann Mr. & Mrs. David Gast Brad L. Graham* Susan Gregg* Dr. Paul O. Hagemann* Sally Parriott Hailand* Tim Hampton Glenda Hares Marian W. & Maurice L. Hirsch, Jr. 76

Dea Hoover William Eager Howard III* Charles & Catalina E. Jamieson* Mary Louise Kilmer* Jack & Ellen Lippard* Stanley & Lucy Lopata* Mary Ann Maritz* Angela Davis Malles* Elizabeth & Carroll* McMahon Gwen & Paul Middeke Maurine Milligan* Dorothy R. Moog* Mary Lee Morris* Doris A. Murdoch* Goldie Palkes* Ken & Garie Perry Robert & Marilyn Raphael Carol Schreiner

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Glenn Sheffield* Mr. & Mrs. Donald Sher Lisa & Allan Silverberg Gerald & Marjorie Smith Mary Strauss Yolanda Taylor* Judi Tomlinson Margaret Tumiati* Mike & Barbara Willock Robert C. & Bernice Williams Steven Woolf* Lynn & Darrell Yearwood Dr. Richard D. Yoder* Judy & Lon Zimmerman *In memoriam

TRIBUTE FUND A tribute gift is a meaningful way to honor a special person or remember a loved one and support The Rep. To make a tribute gift, call the Donor Relations office at (314) 687-4030 or visit repstl.org.

HONOR In honor of Mark Bernstein Joe & Trish Alexandre Ann P. Augustin & Margaret Augustin Costas & Assimo Azariadis Sam Bertolet & Helen Ziercher Marion Black Michael & Arlue Briggs Gail Bunce Tina Burke Eileen Clarke & William Dodd Vicki & Brian Clevinger Cheri & Ron Fromm Frank Hamsher & Peggy Guest Glenda Hares Kathleen Heimann Bill & Linda Hentchel Marian & Maurice Hirsch Ven & Cynthia Houts

Joanne & Joel Iskiwitch Rob Kapeller Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Langsam Kent Lewis Dick & Jo Liddy Luisa Loredo Linda Lowry & Ann Bronsing Barbara Mennell Bob & Pixie Messey Karen Miller Donna Moog & Leonard Landsbaum Jane Napier Marilyn & Bob Raphael Freda & Harry Rich Jane & Bruce Robert Ann Scheuer Mark Schraff Paul & Cindy Schnabel Justin & Robert Schneider Carol Schreiner & Ernest Key

Pat & Ken Schutte Judi Scissors & Sam Broh Ann Cady Scott Julian & Helen Seeherman Steve & Janice Seele Lisa & Allan Silverberg Joan Tiemann Susan & Peter Tuteur Paul & Linda Vandivort Dan Viehmann Lynn & Ed Wakefield Trish Williams David Wilson & Carrie Houk Doug & Lynn Yaeger MEMORIAL In memory of Steve Woolf Ted & Robbie Beaty Ven & Cynthia Houts Karen & Jack Luebbert (Gifts 9/23/2111/22/21) 77

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CORPORATE & FOUNDATION PARTNERS As a nonprofit organization, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis relies upon the support of corporate and foundation partners. The Rep gratefully acknowledges the following corporations and foundations whose generous support helps us to create the highest caliber of professional theatre for St. Louis, engage the next generation of theatregoers and provide opportunities for diverse artists. For information about how your business or organization can support The Rep, contact the Development Office at (314) 687-4028. $100,000+ Berges Family Foundation The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $50,000-$99,999 Edward Jones Emerson The Shubert Foundation Inc. $25,000-$49,999 Bayer Fund Mary Ranken Jordan and Ettie A. Jordan Charitable Foundation Arts Consulting Group $10,000-$24,999 Louis D. Beaumont Fund No. 1 of the St. Louis Community Foundation The Trio Foundation of St. Louis 78

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$5,000-$9,999 Enterprise Holdings Foundation Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation Dewitt and Caroline Van Evera Foundation Switch $2,500-$4,999 Employees Community Fund of Boeing Graybar Foundation Sign of the Arrow $1,000-$2,499 DCA Family Foundation Joy Waltke Fisher Fund of the St. Louis Community Foundation Lathrop & Gage LLP Polsinelli UNDER $1,000 Commerce Bancshares Foundation Isaac Bruce Foundation

CANFIELD DRIVE, Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, 2020. Director Ron Himes. Left to right: Benjamin Speed ’22, Gabby Watson ’23, Jailyn Genyse ’23, Lize Lewy ’22. Photo by Phillip Hamer

Art Imitates Life WHAT WE DO IN OUR STUDIOS, REHEARSAL ROOMS, AND ON OUR STAGES SERVES AS REHEARSAL FOR WHAT WE DO IN OUR HOMES, OUR STREE TS, AND EVEN OUR HEARTS.

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The Spotlight Society is an organization of donors who provide outstanding annual support to The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits, including Circle Drive parking, an invitation to the Spotlight Society Cabaret Dinner and much more. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis gratefully acknowledges members of the Spotlight Society for their commitment to sustaining and promoting the highest quality professional theatre at The Rep. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Anonymous James G. Berges & Elizabeth Mannen Dotti & John Fischer Juanita H. Hinshaw Ven & Cynthia Houts Gwen & Paul Middeke Jane & Bruce Robert Pat & Ken Schutte Ann Cady Scott Susan & Peter Tuteur Dan Viehmann SPOTLIGHT ANGEL Ted & Robbie Beaty Dr. Stuart Kornfeld Mark & Patty Mantovani

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Robin & Tim C. Wentworth SPOTLIGHT IMPRESARIO Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Fromm Sally Johnston Cindy Maritz SPOTLIGHT BENEFACTOR Barbara & Ernest Adelman Joseph & Lauren Allen Sue Barley Leona Lee Bohm C.R. Davis Steve & Linda Finerty Anne Carol Goldberg & Ronald Levin Nancy & Kenneth Kranzberg

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Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Langsam Sally & Ned Lemkemeier Mr. & Mrs. Chris Lewis Karen Miller Mrs. Jane Napier Stephanie A. Schnuck Terry & Sally Schnuck SPOTLIGHT SUSTAINER Trish & Michael Abbene David & Melanie Alpers ATA Truesdale Kathy Berg Debbie & Bill Bernskoetter Mark D. Bernstein Sam C. Bertolet & Helen D. Ziercher

Catherine S. Bollinger Barbara & Dolph* Bridgewater Mrs. H. Pharr Brightman Patty & Kent Chapin Vicki & Brian Clevinger Dr. Kevin & Lisa Coleman Bob & Becky Courtney Myra & Gene Crandall Michael Dern Pamela Wing Dern Rosemary & Robert Emnett Larry Essmann Brandon & Lucy Evans Gretta Forrester, Gretta Forrester Family Fund of the Greater St. Louis Community Foundation Judith Gall Bonnie Gibbs Dan & Chris Goodenberger Reginald & Stephanie Harwell Mrs. Patricia G. Hecker*, Hecker Family Charitable Foundation of the Greater St. Louis Community Foundation

Vicki & Doug Hill Mark & Peggy Holly Dr. & Mrs. John W. Hubert Joanne & Joel Iskiwitch Dr. Theresa & Zulfikar Jeevanjee Kent A. Lewis Luisa M. Loredo McCallum Family Charitable Fund Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Messey Susan & Bruce Miller Donna Moog & Leonard Landsbaum Freda & Harry Rich John H. Russell Steve* & Mary Schoolman Margot Schwab Janice & Steve Seele Amy & Ben Smith Bill & Jarona Stevens Gretchen Straub Mike & Barbara Willock Doug & Lynn Yaeger Lynn & Darrell Yearwood SPOTLIGHT PATRON Mary Jo Abrahamson Wendi Alper-Pressman & Norman Pressman Mary Atkin Ann P. Augustin

Margaret Augustin Costas & Assimo Azariadis P.E. Belloli & Dave Shimek Nancy Berg Holly & Marc Bernstein Michael & Arlue Briggs Suzan Kelsey Brooks Drs. Dedric & Ebony Carter Eileen Clarke & William Dodd Elizabeth & Don Cobin Elaine Coe Patti & J.B. Cohn Jim Donnelly & Tracey Temanson Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dubinsky Dr. Jack & Carrie Eisenbeis Richard Engelsmann & Diane Buhr Engelsmann Mr. & Mrs. Greg Evans Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation Judith Garfinkel Mr. & Mrs. David P. Gast Merri Jo Gillette Ed & Julie Glotzbach Terri Goslin-Jones & Bob Jones E.L. Green 81

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Laura & Ted Greenberg Mark & Stephanie Hampton Frank Hamsher Kathleen Heimann Margaret & Michael Heinz Bill & Linda Hentchel Brad & Phyllis Hershey Laurie Hiler Marian & Maurice Hirsch David Hitz Lee & Gina Hoagland James & Sheila Hoffmeister Sam and Pat Hopmeier Charitable Fund at Youthbridge Community Fund Craig Ingraham & Mary Hunot Kathy* & Bos Irvine Mike Isaacson & Joe Ortmeyer Daniel G. Jay & Mary Ann Lazarus Robert E. & Carol G. Jones Jeanne & Aron Katzman

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Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Kessler Judith Weiss Levy Dr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Lewis, Jr. C. Arden Mennell Lori MooreMcMullen Mrs. Rena Murphy Kim & Rick Nast Mr. & Mrs. Raymond W. Peters Ramona Powell & David Rochlin Judy & Paul Putzel Mike & Barb Quinn Colleen Ritchie Ronald Roberts Paul & Cindy Schnabel Steve & Marlene Schumm Judi Scissors & Sam Broh Julian & Helen Seeherman, The Seeherman Charitable Fund Hana S. Sharif Joan & Paul Shaver Rob & Alice Sherwood Lisa & Allan Silverberg Dr. Raymond Slavin Dr. John Sopuch

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Mary Strauss Ann & Jack Straw Paul & Beth Stroble Deane & Fancine Thompson Joan Tiemann In memory of Joyce Price Trimble Lynne & Jim Turley Bill & Linda Welborn B. Craig Weldon & Terri Monk Mei Chen Welland Steve Woolf* Susan & Stuart Zimmerman *In memoriam (Listings 6/1/20 – 11/22/21) LEVELS OF GIVING $10,000 + Angel $7,500–9,999 Impresario $5,000–7,499 Benefactor $2,500–4,999 Sustainer $1,500–2,499 Patron Every effort has been made to include accurate, up-to-date information in these listings.

To report an error or omission call (314) 687-4031.

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Throughout its 55-year history, The Rep has gained a reputation for producing shows of exceptional quality. Creating productions uniquely designed for St. Louis audiences, making The Rep accessible to all and providing free or low-cost educational programs to young people cannot happen through ticket sales alone. In fact, ticket sales cover only 60% of the costs of producing our work. Every year we look to people like you—individuals who value the amazing, unexpected art of theatre—to lend a hand and bring our mission to life. Rep Backers play an integral role in making the show go on!

PLAYWRIGHT BACKER Anonymous Bill Aitken David & Susan Bird Donald & Marilyn Blum Barbara M. Bryant The Dunagan Foundation Sara Epstein Terry & Marjorie Franc, Franc Family Fund of the St. Louis Community Foundation Kirk & Alice Fritsch Dr. & Mrs. David Holtzman Larry & Dot LeGrand

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Laura & David Margolis Dr. & Mrs.* James A. Morrell Joseph & Sammy Ruwitch Alice & Peter* Sargent Ann Scheuer Christine Secorsky & Greg Sacho Thomas Sehr & Margaret A. Wayne Dixi & Ann Smith James Tobin & Virginia Heagney Isabel & David Van Essen Beverly Wagner Hoyt W. Wallace

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S. Lavernn Wilson PRODUCER BACKER Anonymous Dr. E-P. Barrette Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Burgess Mike & Sue Darcy Bill & Jane Doub Heather & Len Essig Jane B. Evans Gary & Phyllis Heifetz Thomas Incrocci Dot & Steve Larsen Linda Lowry John Muller Origin Agency, Inc. Timothy Pickering Jim & Diane Relleke

Donna & Howard Smith Stuart & Cindy Sweet Paul & Linda Vandivort David P. Weiss DIRECTOR BACKER Robert O. & Susan F. Appleton Rick & Liz Aurbach Carolyn & Lynn Barnett Carolyn Becker June R. Bierman Joyce & David Bishop Drs. Nanci & James Bobrow Bob & Kay Boyd Don Brinkman DeAnne & Gordon Brown Mr. & Mrs. George Brown Joseph Brown John & Kathy Brugere John Carr & Kay Kaiser Christine & David Chadwick Robin & David Chervitz

Kelley & Tim Ciampoli Evelyn & Louis Cohen Susan & Richard Constance Bernie L. Corn & Michael Danzer Lois F. Crampton Robert & Jan Dawson Anne Dehner Jay & Marsha Delano Dorothy Diehl Dorsey & Sondra Ellis Vi Farmer Gordon & Margaret Finley Keith & Ann Fischer Jerry B. Garrett Darla Gavin Terry & Judy Gooding Patricia D. & Gary L. Gray Barbara Harris Margaret & Larry Harris Dr. Michael & Carolyn Hesterberg Mark Hubbert Dennis Johnson Mr. Ernest H. Key Susan & Jack Kissinger Susan Knight

Fran & Roger Koch Barbara Kohm Cheryl & Keith Kowalczyk Christine & Jon Krueger Joan Krueger & Brian Betker John & Cindy Layman Trish & Dick Lazaroff, Youthbridge Community Foundation JoAnne Levy & Jim Thomeczek Jeanne Lewi Jerri & Bill Livingston Kay & Gerry Love Cindy & Gregg Lueder Dr. Robert Lynch & Dr. Ellen Wood Laurence & Silvia Madeo Joseph Martinich & Vicki Sauter Dr. & Mrs. Jerald A. Maslanko Patrick & Rosanne Mathis Susan Matlof Melissa J. McClain David & Ginny McDonald

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Robert & Heidi Meister Susan Mills Verla & Richard Mitchell John & Lucy Morris Dr. Julia K. Muller & Mr. Earl K. Shreckengast Nancy & Jim Murphy Mike Ness & Jenny Voelker Elizabeth J. Parker Garie & Ken Perry Adrienne & David Piston Mr. & Mrs. Maury B. Poscover Drs. Bill & Betsy Powderly Donald & Jane Prahlow Elizabeth Pribor Marilyn & Bob Raphael Drs. Robert & Sheryl Ream Dr. & Mrs. Lester T. Reese Linda Rellergert Dr. and Mrs. Leon Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Roscow Tom & Kathy Ryan

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Thomas & Marilyn Schultz Cady & Kevin Seabaugh Bradley & Kay Shaw Gary Stansbery Laura Stanton Mr. & Mrs. R. Stover Drs. Samer & Joni Thanavaro Mary Tillman Glen & Libby Travers Helen L. Tryon Margaret Wehrenberg Larry & Kathleen West Linda & F. Dale Whitten Miriam Wilhelm & Eric Friedman Jim Wilson Melissa Wohlwend Nathan and Anna Zelinske STAR BACKER Anonymous (3) Sally & Ken Anderson Joyce Armstrong Dr. Patricia Martens Balke Jennifer Billhartz Richard M. Blaha

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Marian & John Bleeke Kenneth & Ann Bohm Betty Bowersox & Phil Powell Susan & Robert Bowman Robert Bradley Dennis & Ellen Brommelhorst Phoebe & Spencer Burke Sal & Terri Ciccolella Deborah Clinebell Emily Cole Ms. Susan Collins Lucy Conley Ms. Ann Corrigan Jeanette Craig Mary K. Cullen & Daniel Goldberg Conrad Damsgaard Frank Dayton Theodore & Deborah Dearing Mike Doherty & Kathy Kane Ernst Radiology Clinic Karen Fairbank Dr. & Mrs. Elliott Farberman Barb & Tom Feiner

Jeffrey & Veronica Fernhoff Dr. Lewis C. Fischbein Gary & Christy Fox David R. Ganz Agnes & Dave Garino Catherine Garner Holly Garrett Jane M. Geer Dr. & Mrs. Edward Geltman Jane Gleason Julia M. Gram Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Gresick Jr. Dr. Brenda Grossman & Dr. Steven Brody Noelle Gunter Glenda Hares Bernice Heavilin William & Marsha Heine Anne W. Hetlage Drs. Craig & Abby Hollander Margaret & Martin Israel Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Jones Rob Kapeller Kinney Giving Fund Sheila & Ken Kleinman

Lynn & Mark Kloss Margie & Steve Knapp Joanne Kohn Dr. & Mrs. Ren Kozikowski Randi Krantz Martha Kratzer Jim & Mary Lou Krueger Paul & Martha LaFata Cynthia Lamboley Joseph Lane Nancy LeMaster Dr. Frances Levine Jerry & Mary Jo Liberstein Line Hardware Lonnie Link Michael & Mary Alice Long Michael & Linda Lowery Roy Luber Carl & Lynn Lyss Eleanor Mandel Neil & Ricki Marglous Ricki MarkingCamuto Sharon & Stan McCaslin Anthony & Joellen McDonald James McMillan Barbara B. Mennell

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LORETTO-HILTON THEATRE ADAPTED BY PATRICK BARLOW FROM THE NOVEL BY JOHN BUCHAN DIRECTED BY KATE BERGSTROM

JANUARY 21–FEBRUARY 13 Hitchcock meets hilarity in this madcap comedic thriller. Everyday bloke Richard Hannay gets more than he bargains for when he is unwittingly plunged into the world of spies, agents and espionage.

Now it’s up to him to thwart the plot of the dubious organization known as “The 39 Steps.” Don’t miss the tour de force performances as four actors take on over 150 roles in a plot packed with intrigue, danger, old-fashioned romance, highspirited comedy and a deathdefying finale!

BERGES THEATRE AT COCA

BY LYDIA DIAMOND DIRECTED BY CHANEL BRAGG

FEBRUARY 11–MARCH 6 The LeVay family’s annual summer vacation to Martha’s Vineyard is thrown into a state of disarray by long-standing tensions, sibling rivalries and a drunken game of Scrabble. This Outer Critics Circle Nominee for Outstanding New Broadway Play explores class, race and generational dynamics through the eyes of a modern African-American family.

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