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William Adler Wilkes Bashford Andre Glenn Chenoweth Bill English John Kalin Steven Mayer Louis Parnell Dana Shapiro Andrew Teufel Rowland Weinstein
Susan Atherton Brittny Bottorff Susi Damilano Robert Hulteng Helen E. Land William O’Keeffe Sandra Robbins Christian Chadd Taylor Ama Torrance Nancy Blair (in memoriam)
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Artistic Director, Bill English; Producing Director, Susi Damilano And Robert Hulteng with Cynnie Anderson and Fred & Beth Karren present
INTO THE WOODS Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Directed by Susi Damilano Music Direction by Dave Dobrusky Choreography by Kimberly Richards* There will be one 10 minute intermission
Featuring (in alphabetical order)
Jeffrey Brian Adams Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf El Beh The Baker’s Wife Ian DeVaynes Boy Lily Drexler Lucinda Michelle Drexler Florinda Bekka Fink Stepmother, Cinderella’s Mother Safiya Fredericks* Witch John Paul Gonzalez Steward, (Jack 8/25 – 9/6) Monique Hafen* Cinderella Tim Homsley* Jack (through 8/24) Ryan McCrary Rapunzel’s Prince/Wolf Maureen McVerry Jack’s Mother/Granny Noelani Neal Rapunzel Louis Parnell* Narrator/Mystery Man Keith Pinto* The Baker Corinne Proctor Little Red Ridinghood Understudies: Anthony Aranda, Rosie Anderson, & Laura Wayth* Original Broadway production by Heidi Landesman Rocco Landesman Rick Steiner M. Anthony Fisher Frederic H. Mayerson Jujamcyn Theaters Originally produced by the Old Globe Theater, San Diego, Ca. Into the Woods is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International [MTI]. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, New York, NY.
The Orchestra Piano/Music Director Clarinet/Flute Flute/Clarinet/Bassoon Trumpet/Horn Percussion Violin Cello Musical Consultant
Dave Dobrusky Nick DiScala or Terry Halvorson Audrey Jackson or Carolyn Walter Jason Park or David Campbell Lily Sevier or Andrew Maguire Lucas Gayda Andres Vera or Ami Nashimoto Dave Möschler
Creative Team Sound Design
Theodore J.H. Hulsker
Set Design Nina Ball
Stage Manager Tatjana Genser* (through 8/10) Courtney Legget* (8/11 – 9/6) Casting Lauren English
Props Artisan Jacquelyn Scott
Sound Engineer Anton Hedman
Lighting Design Michael Oesch**
Costume Design Abra Berman Wig Design Tabbitha McBride
This production is made possible by San Francisco Grants for the Arts, and our generous volunteers, donors and supporters. Special thanks to Cynnie Anderson, Dave Gardner, Matt Stines, SF State Theater Arts Dept., Vickie Rozell, Stacy Ross, and Robert Hulteng.
We are grateful. Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting schools as well as amateur and professional theatres from around the world the rights to perform the largest selection of great musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these shows to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 60,000 theatrical organizations in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide.
*Member of Actors' Equity Association. This Theatre operates under an agreement with Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. **Represented by United Scenic Artists – Local USA 829.
Production Team Maggie Koch* Angela Knutson Issere Grier Luis Augusto Anthony Aranda Bear Kelley Carl Martin, Colin Trevor, Ewa Muszynska, Evandro Conceicao Catalina Nino Elliott Ehrlich Melina Cohen-Bramwell, Andrew Custer Jake Froehlich, Robert Haycock Brendan Kierans, Kevin Landesman Will Poulin, Corey Schaeffer Jackson Wijtman, Eric Witzke Zaque Eyn Linnea Hodge Jessica Bent Hannah Spielman Alishea Barrazza, Rachael Heiman Maddy Jackson Lauren Ortega, Quin Sotelo Jessica Palopoli, Lauren English* Shawn LaFrance Chad Vaughan, bluejeanblack designs Anne Abrams
Production Manager Production Assistant Spotlight Operator Sound Board Operator Assistant Director Technical Director Carpenters Scenic Artists Associate Set Designer Master Electrician Electricians Electricians Electricians Electricians Electricians Sound Technician Production Intern Technical Intern Costume Intern Costume Assistant Set and Prop Assistant Costume Assistant Photography Video: trailer Graphics Publicist
Staff Tatjana Genser* Lauren English* Maggie Koch John (Bear) Kelly Donny Gilliland Tiiu Rebane Jordan Puckett Charlotte Brockman Camille Chenoweth Hans Cardenas Daniel Kessler Hillary Bray Natalia Hermosilla Noelle Harrison Anthony Aranda, Jessica Charles Aria Jeffrey, Maggie Koch, Kathleen Lee Jessica Charles Jenny Zhan Rosie Anderson, Renee Mac Donald Fei Cai, Kylie Peek
Production Stage Manager Casting Director Resident Stage Manager Technical Director Marketing Director Box Office Manager Literary Manager Administrative Manager Accounting Manager Development Director Grants Manager Development Associate Concessions Manager Box Office Associate Front of House Team Front of House Team Rising Star Coordinator Administrative Assistant Artistic Assistants Development Assistants
A Note from the Artistic Director… Theatre is for myth making. We tell stories that crystalize and distill human events, stories that give shape to the invisible, that give voice to the unspeakable. In our literal day to day world, we have always yearned for stories that help us put our lives in perspective, that help us know how we fit on this planet and in eternity Our 2013-14 Season flooded our minds and hearts with big stories: Bengal Tiger, Storefront Church, Jerusalem, Bauer, Seminar: all building new modern myths around the details of “now”. How wonderful now, to finish the season with a journey backwards in time to familiar, ancient myths of Into the Woods: but not from the worn pages of a Golden Book or a Disney film, but forged by the fierce imaginations of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim. Born out of the collective consciousness of ancient and medieval peoples, the stories from “Into the Woods” have been interpreted and reinterpreted by hundreds of tellers. Arriving in the 20th century, they collided with the genius Freud, Jung, and Joseph Campbell who opened our minds to psychological interpretations that made the stores even more potent. Who knew that these child’s tales would resonate on so many levels! Now deep in the woods of the 21st Century, we plunge on, still yearning for stories, retelling stories, inventing new layers for stories. We’ve reluctantly let go of our storybook happy ending woods and embraced the more complex woods of our modern landscape, desolate, surreal, lonely. Where all we have are each other and our stories.
Bill English, Artistic Director
Song List Act I Opening – Company Cinderella at the Grave – Narrator, Cinderella, Cinderella’s Mother Hello, Little Girl – Wolf, Little Red Ridinghood I Guess this is Goodbye – Baker, Jack, Baker’s Wife Maybe They’re Magic – Baker’s Wife, Baker Our Little World – Witch, Rapunzel Baker’s Reprise – Baker, Narrator I Know Things Now – Little Red Ridinghood A Very Nice Prince – Cinderella, Baker’s Wife First Midnight – Company Giants in the Sky – Jack Agony – Cinderella’s Prince, Rapunzel’s Prince A Very Nice Prince (Reprise) – Cinderella, Baker’s Wife It Takes Two – Baker, Baker’s Wife Second Midnight – Company Stay With Me – Witch, Rapunzel On the Steps of the Palace – Cinderella The Potion – Jack, Witch, Baker’s Wife, Baker, Mysterious Man Finale – Company ACT II Opening– Company Witch’s Lament – Witch Any Moment Part 1 – Cinderella’s Prince, Baker’s Wife Any Moment Part 2 – Cinderella’s Prince, Baker’s Wife Moments in the Woods – Baker’s Wife Your Fault – Jack, Little Red Ridinghood, Baker, Witch, Cinderella Last Midnight – Witch, Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood No More – Baker, Mysterious Man No One is Alone Part 1 – Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood No One is Alone Part 2 – Cinderella, Baker, Jack, Little Red Ridinghood Finale Part 1 – Company Finale Part 2 – Baker, Jack, Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella Finale Part 3 – Baker, Baker’s Wife, Witch, Jack, Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella Finale Part 4 – Entire Company
Welcome to the Walter Casper Teufel Jr Auditorium Our new auditorium is dedicated and named after Walter Casper Teufel Jr. (1932 – 2012) This fulfilled his wish to bequeath a portion of his estate to an arts organization where his impact would be significant. And indeed it is. His gift gave us the confidence to move into a much needed larger space and continue our mission to share stories that deepen self-awareness, nurture compassionate community and inspire.
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The Creators James Lapine (Book) has also worked with Stephen Sondheim on Sunday in the Park with George, Passion and Sondheim on Sondheim. He directed the first revival of Merrily We Roll Along at LaJolla Playhouse in 1985. With William Finn he has collaborated on Falsettos, A New Brain, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Little Miss Sunshine. Other Broadway credits: The Diary of Anne Frank, Golden Child, Amour. He has written the plays: Table Settings, Twelve Dreams, Luck, Pluck & Virtue, The Moment When, Fran’s Bed and Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing. Stephen Sondheim (Music and Lyrics) wrote the music and lyrics for Saturday Night (1954), A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum (1962), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), The Frogs (1974), Pacific Overtures (1976), Sweeney Todd (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Assassins (1991), Passion (1994) and Road Show (2008) as well as lyrics for West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959) and Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965) and additional lyrics for Candide (1973). Anthologies of his work include Side By Side with Sondheim (1976), Marry Me a Little (1981), You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983), Putting it Together (1993/99) and Sondheim on Sondheim (2010). He composed the scores of the films "Stavisky" (1974) and “Reds” (1981) and songs for “Dick Tracy” (1990) and the television production “Evening Primrose” (1966). His collected lyrics with attendant essays have been published in two volumes: "Finishing the Hat" (2010) and "Look, I Made A Hat" (2011). In 2010 the Broadway theatre formerly known as Henry Miller's Theatre was renamed in his honor.
The Cast Jeffrey Brian Adams (Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf) is returning home for his SF Playhouse debut. Born and raised in San Jose, Adams performed in Pear Avenue Theatre's Death of a Salesman (Happy), Lyric Theatre's Cinderella (Prince), Diablo Theatre Co's White Christmas (Bob Wallace), and the premiere of Over the Mountain (Horn) at Brava for Women in the Arts. Adams received his MFA in acting at The New School for Drama in New York City, and his most recent attributes include: NSD’s Red Light Winter (Davis), As You Like It (Orlando), Venus in Fur (Thomas), NYC Fringe Festival’s Animals (Drew), and the Box Colony Theatre production of Women and Wallace (Wallace) at Theatre Row. Thank you always for the love and support of friends and family as he dreams the impossible dream. (jeffreybrianadams.com) El Beh (Baker’s Wife) is a theater artist, musician, educator, mover and shaker in the Bay Area performance arena. She was last seen in the world premiere of Hundred Days at Z Space and is happy to return to San Francisco Playhouse where she played the Ten Little Indians Soloist/Cellist in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. She has been lucky enough to play with the likes of Magic Theatre, Mugwumpin, Shotgun Players, Z Space, detour dance, EmSpace Dance, Center Rep, Townhall Theatre, Erika Chong Shuch Performance Project, Symmetry Theatre, Pacific Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Playhouse, Boxcar Theatre, PianoFight
Productions, and Woman’s Will among others. El has her BA in Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies from UC Berkeley. Her work can next be seen as part of Mugwumpin 10 in July, after which she will be composing for and appearing in a world premier by detour dance in the fall and playing Emily in Our Town with Shotgun Players this winter. Immense gratitude to the Playhouse fam for having the faith and all the love and thanks to Mads, Icky, MyWy, Bethula and the Behs. Ian DeVaynes (Boy) is excited to return to the Playhouse in this magical production with this wonderfully talented cast and crew. He recently appeared as Marky in Jerusalem. Ian was born in Brooklyn and now lives in San Francisco. He is almost 11 and just completed fifth grade at Holy Name School. He began performing and showing his passion for the stage while in pre-school. He enjoys acting, dancing and singing. Ian has attended A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory and has performed in A.C.T.’s production of A Christmas Carol for the past two years. He also has a passion for sports with baseball being his favorite. In fact, he just played on two teams that made it into their Championship Games. Lily Drexler (Lucinda) a San Francisco native who now calls Brooklyn her home, Lily is thrilled to be back in her hometown, performing with her twin sister Michelle, and making her SF Playhouse debut with the stellar cast and creative team of ITW! New York credits include Dark Water (Theatre Series @ 14th st. Y), The Empress of Sex (Bleecker Street Theatre), Love’s Labors Lost (Easy Leap), Rags (Beautiful Soup), American Nightcap (INTAR), Honestly Abe (Actors Temple Theatre), The Art of Dyeing (TinyRhino). Regional credits include Coriolanus (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Sonnet Sonata (Shakespeare in the Valley), The Power of One (Soren Bennick Productions). NYU/Tisch/CAP 21. Stay tuned for a Drexler Twin Cabaret in September! www.lilydrexler.com. Michelle Drexler (Florinda) is ecstatic to be reuniting with her twin on stage in one of her favorite musicals! She is returning to the San Francisco Playhouse after spending last summer in leather and fur as Lady Ann in Camelot. Other regional credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Berkeley Playhouse), Julius Caesar (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival on Tour), Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical!!! and Tales of Olympus: a Greek Myth Musical (Bay Area Children's Theatre), Assistance (OpenTab Productions), Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing (Kingsmen Shakespeare Company), Sugar (42nd Street Moon), A Midsummer Night's Dream and King Lear (Great River Shakespeare Festival) and Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera (A.R.T.) Emerson College: BFA Acting. Michelle is a proud native of San Francisco! Coming up next, you can see her in a Drexler Twin cabaret and in Harry Thaw Hates Everybody at Shotgun Players! www.MichelleDrexler.com.
Bekka Fink (Stepmother, Cinderella’s Mother, Understudy for Witch) is ecstatic to be working with this amazing community. She has “played” in the Bay with: SF Mime Troupe, Shotgun Players (Mrs. Peachum-“Threepenny Opera”), Theatreworks, Brava, TJT, and the world premier of "The Fourth Messenger" at Ashby Stage. In NYC: MTC, NY Theatre Workshop, Village Gate, Hangar Theatre (Johanna- “Sweeney Todd”), The National Tour of R and H’s “Cinderella” (Evil Stepsister Joy), and 6 years collaborating with Tom O’Horgan (Broadway Director of HAIR and Jesus Christ Superstar), including a tour in Bangkok, Thailand, and Harry Partch’s, “Oedipus” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. TV: Trauma (NBC-TV), Worlds Astonishing News (Nippon TV, Japan), and "Cookie Wars ( SF Intl. Film Fest). Her other divine purpose- supporting people to heal and let go of their internal and external clutter- is currently taking the form of a pilot TV show. Bekka is represented by the fabulous and nurturing JE Talent. More at www.rockstarorganizer.com Safiya Fredericks* (Witch) is pumped to be back with SF Playhouse in this amazing production after a successful run that opened this new space in, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson! Since returning to the Bay Area she has most recently been seen in Once on This Island (Asaka) at Theatreworks, It’s a Bird.. It’s a Plane.. It’s Superman (Sydney) at 42nd st. Moon, Merry Wives of Windsor (M.Page) at African American Shakespeare Co., and the titicular role in Antigone at San Jose Rep. On the New York stage she has been featured in The Civilians production of In the Footprint, By Hands Unknown at the New York Fringe festival, Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge with the Gallery Players, and Smokey Joe’s Café with Irving St. Rep. She studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and received her BA in Drama from the University of California Irvine. safiyafredericks.com John Paul Gonzalez (Steward, Jack 8/25 – 9/6, Male Understudy) is so excited to be doing Sondheim with this incredible cast. A graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of The Performing Arts, he has worked with SF Playhouse, Shotgun Players, Contra Costa Civic Theater, Berkeley Playhouse and will be seen this December in Yosemite National Park with The Bracebridge Dinner. Love and thanks to his best squirrel friend Glo, and his amazing boyfriend Sean. Monique Hafen* (Cinderella) returns to SF Playhouse for her third summer in a row. Last summer she played Guenevere in Camelot and before that, she was Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. Monique received BATCC Best Actress awards for her portrayal of both Guenevere and Eliza. Other notable shows at the Playhouse include Harper Regan (Sarah/Justine). Monique has also worked at San Jose Stage Company (The Threepenny Opera, Avenue Q), San Jose Rep (Spring Awakening), and Center REP (The Storytelling Ability of a Boy). For more information, check out her website at www.moniquehafen.com.
Tim Homsley* (Jack) is happy to make his SF Playhouse debut in a role he’s dreamed of since he was 12. Other Bay productions; Eugene Marchbanks in A Minister’s Wife, Kai in The Snow Queen (San Jose Rep), Sunny Malone in Xanadu, Melchior in Spring Awakening, Mr. Boxer/Pip/Snuff-Box in A Christmas Carol (CenterREP), and Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Contra Costa Musical Theater). Other regional theater work includes Puppeteer in The Pirates of Penzance, Chorus in Willful (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), and Chip in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Oregon Cabaret Theater). Tim received his BFA from Southern Oregon University. Ryan McCrary (Rapunzel’s Prince/Wolf) is excited to be performing at the San Francisco Playhouse for the first time. Ryan resides in LA and received his MFA at Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL. He would like to thank God, his family, girlfriend, and mentor for this wonderful opportunity.
Maureen McVerry* (Jack’s Mother) is thrilled to be directed by and reunited with her beloved compatriot "Miss Forcible" (Susi Damilano) from SF Playhouse's Coraline. She is pleased to return not only to this company but to this theater, where she played "Kitty" in the summer hit musical Curse of the Werewolf directed by Michael Smuim in 1990. She has played leading roles at Theatreworks, ACT, Aurora Theater, 42nd St. Moon, Marines Memorial Theater, Center Rep, San Jose Rep, San Jose Stage, Geffen Theater (LA), ART (Boston), Alcazar, and Marin, among others. Maureen has been the recipient of several BACCA nominations and awards, Dramalogue Awards, a Dean Goodman Award, Chronicle Best Performance, and was recently named “Arts Educator of the Year” for San Mateo County. She performs an ever-evolving cabaret show "VerryMcVerry!". Film credits include Nine Months, The Dead Pool, Big Business, and on TV in "Full House." The role of Jack's Mother will be played by a Mother of a Jack. Noelani Neal (Rapunzel) is thrilled to be making her San Francisco Playhouse debut. Some of her regional musical theatre credits include A Chorus Line and Oklahoma! at Cabrillo Stage, Young Frankenstein at Palo Alto Players, and Chicago, Sound of Music, and Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with Maui Onstage. Ms. Neal is a graduate of Santa Clara University, where she majored in Theatre Arts and minored in Musical Theatre and Dance. She would like to especially thank Karyn, Aldo, and her family for their constant encouragement and support. Louis Parnell (Narrator, Mystery Man) has worked extensively as an actor & director with numerous companies in the Bay Area including A.C.T., Center Rep, The Magic, Marin Theatre Co., TheatreWorks & 3Girls Theatre Co. as well as with many smaller nomadic companies & is a company member of PlayGround. He works regularly with the SF Playhouse & has appeared in their productions of Art, Bell, Book & Candle, Coronado, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Fantasticks (2004 & 2010), It Had To Be You,
The Violet Hour and Cabaret & Man Of La Mancha (for which he won BATCC awards for both) as well as directing Reunion and Reckless (BATTCC nom for direction). He has been nominated for BATCC awards 10 times total (won 4) & has also accumulated 5 Dean Goodman Choice Awards & 4 Drama-Logue Awards. He has performed numerous film, commercial & television roles including Trauma, Nash Bridges, America's Most Wanted & a PBS documentary on Ralph Ellison that was an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival. Keith Pinto* (Baker) is thrilled to be making his San Francisco Playhouse debut! Keith was most recently seen at 42nd Street Moon in Snoopy!!! (Snoopy). Other credits include 1776 (Roger Sherman) and Scapin with A.C.T. Sweet Charity (Oscar), The Underpants (Theo) and Lucky Stiff (Harry) with Center Rep, Singin’ In The Rain (Don) Diablo Theater Company, the world premiere of Fly By Night (Joey Storms) TheatreWorks and the world premiere of Becoming Britney (K-Fed/Justin Timberlake) at The Retro Dome. Pinto is co-founder of the award winning San Francisco based hip hop crew Felonious. Felonious theater pieces include Angry Black White Boy (Guy) at Intersection for the Arts, Stateless: A Hip Hop Vaudeville (The Pinto) Jewish Theater SF and Beatbox: A Raparetta (Zac) Wishbone Entertainment. Felonious has recorded numerous albums and has played in the Bay Area, LA, Chicago, and Germany. www.feloniouslive.com Corinne Proctor (Little Red Ridinghood) Now based in New York, Corinne is grateful for the opportunity to return to San Francisco and especially to the Playhouse stage. Corinne spent last summer playing the title role in Peter Pan at La Comedia Dinner Theatre. In New York she played Paquette in a reading of Candide in California at The Cell Theatre. At the Playhouse, Corinne has appeared as ensemble/Eliza understudy in My Fair Lady and Boochie in Den of Thieves (for which she received a Bay Area Critics Circle nomination for best supporting actress.) Other west coast roles include Sally Bowles in Cabaret (Independent Cabaret Productions) Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Pinole Players) and Billina in Ozma of Oz (Cutting Ball.) She’s also performed with 42nd Street Moon, Off Broadway West, Wily West and Lamplighters. Corinne completed the Voice Certificate Program at Peabody Preparatory and graduated from Ithaca College with a BFA in Acting. Rosie Anderson (Understudy for Rapunzel) is so excited to be a part of San Francisco Playhouse’s production of Into the Woods. She has been working with the Playhouse for the past year as an Artistic Intern and was most recently understudying for this season’s production of Jerusalem. Currently a theatre major at San Francisco State University, some of her work there includes Barefoot in the Park, 4000 Miles, and Stephen Sondheim’s, Evening Primrose. She would like to thank her family for all the love and support! Anthony Aranda (Assistant Director/Understudy Steward, Narrator, Mystery Man) is delighted to be on the SF Playhouse staff and to have worked on one of his favorite shows. Previous works include-Complete Female Stage Beauty; Dead Man Walking; Queen of America; The Rocky Horror Show LIVE! for San Jose City Lights; Master Class at Theatreworks; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at Broadway West- Twelfth Night; Comedy of Errors at Bus Barn Theatre; and The Asshole Monologues(San Francisco and New York City). Special thanks to everyone at the SF Playhouse for being so welcoming and helping to make a new Theatre home.
Laura Wayth* (Understudy: Baker’s Wife, Jack’s Mom, Granny) just moved to the Bay area and is thrilled to be working with SF Playhouse. She received her MFA from the American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University and the Moscow Art Theatre School Institute in Russia. Ms. Wayth has taught and coached acting, voice, and musical theatre at Tufts University, The College of the Holycross, the University of Miami, the University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire, and Florida Atlantic University. She has worked internationally as a teacher and coach in Italy, Morocco, Romania, Russia, China and at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Recent credits include Sunday in the Park with George (Caldwell Theatre), Macbeth with members of the SITI Company, Showtune: Jerry Herman and Side by Side by Sondheim (Festival Repertory). She currently teaches acting at San Francisco State University.
The Creative Team and Staff Anne Abrams (Publicist) has worked on Broadway, in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C, and Seattle as well as serving as national press representative for a variety of projects, which took her to most major markets in the country. In her seven years as Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for SHN Theatres, she handled the publicity for the Broadway shows that played the Curran, Golden Gate and Orpheum Theatres. Before joining SHN, Anne was the Director of Communications for Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, a principal partner in the Avila Company where she served as the West Coast public relations representative for The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, public relations consultant to the Arts and Culture Department of the City of Los Angeles and represented Cameron Mackintosh and his North American projects. Anne’s first love is theater, so representing San Francisco Playhouse is a true labor of love. And while she considers herself a “Broadway baby,” Anne also represents Stern Grove Festival and Jack London State Historic Park. Nina Ball**(Set Design) is an award winning scenic and costume designer whose designs have been seen at San Francisco Playhouse (Camelot, My Fair Lady, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, Period of Adjustment, Reborning, The Fantasticks), American Conservatory Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, Shotgun Players, , Aurora Theatre Company, Center Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Z Space, Marin Shakes, among many others. She is also a proud company member at Shotgun Players. Upcoming shows include Comedy of Errors and A Midsummer Night's Dream at Cal Shakes and Twelfth Night and Our Town at Shotgun Players. ninaball.com Abra Berman (Costume Designer) has been designing costumes for over twenty five years. Collaborations include San Francisco Playhouse, Berkeley Playhouse, West Bay Opera, Marin Shakespeare Company, Company C Contemporary Ballet, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Berkeley Opera, Brava Theatre, Pocket Opera, Lamplighters Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, Alameda Civic Light Opera, Palo Alto Players, The De Young Museum, The Museum of Performance and Design, Hillbarn Theatre, Arclight Theatre, Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Ballet Califia, Cinnabar Theatre, and Sonoma County Repertory Theatre, among others. Abra has an MFA from UCLA in theatrical costume design. Charlotte Brockman (Administrative Manager) Former Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Quarter-Finalist (Pacific Northwest Region) Charlotte is proud to call the San Francisco Playhouse her professional home behind the curtain. While she’s been known to tread the boards in the past (favorite roles: Liz in The Water Children, Speed in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Marie in Woyzceck), she also holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from CSU: East Bay. She is thrilled to be working with such an inspiring group of individuals in Arts Administration. Much thanks to Colin, Katherine and my parents for all his support!
H. Hans Cárdenas (Development Director) is thrilled to join the San Francisco Playhouse. He was a key member of the development departments at TheatreWorks and Stanford Law School, and he is passionate about and committed to funding new plays and musicals. Originally from Mexico, he received a bachelor of music degree in composition from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Camille Chenoweth (Accounting Manager) originally started working at the Playhouse as Box Office Manager every summer when we first opened. She has recently returned, and is working as the Playhouse accountant while going to San Francisco State to get her degree in mathematics. She grew up watching her aunt (Susi Damilano) and uncle (Bill English) act in and direct amazing plays. Camille is excited to be part of the Playhouse as it continues to grow. Susi Damilano (Director/Producing Director) is co-founder of the San Francisco Playhouse. Directing credits include Playhouse productions of A Behanding in Spokane, Den of Thieves and Wirehead* and the West Coast Premieres of Honey Brown Eyes*, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Coronado, The Mystery Plays and Roulette and the world premiere of Daniel Heath’s Seven Days in the 2010 Sandbox Series. She is a five-time recipient of the Bay Area Theatre Critic Circle (BATCC) award for Best Female Performance in Abigail’s Party, Harper Regan, Bug, Six Degrees of Separation, and Reckless. At the Playhouse she has performed leading roles in Bauer, Abigail’s Party, Harper Regan, Coraline, Slasher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Landscape of the Body, First Person Shooter, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, The Crucible, Kimberly Akimbo, Our Town and The Smell of the Kill. (*nominated for BATCC Directing award.) Dave Dobrusky (Music Director) returns to San Francisco Playhouse for his fifth production as Musical Director. Others include Camelot, Putting It Together, Man of LaMancha, and My Fair Lady. When not working with the Playhouse, Dave is the Resident Music Director at 42nd Street Moon Theatre where he has played, arranged, orchestrated and conducted almost 100 classic / forgotten musicals, including cast recordings of Cole Porter's Leave It to Me and Jerome Kern's The Cabaret Girl. Dave is from Albuquerque, studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and has appeared with many Broadway divas including Rebecca Luker, Faith Prince, Emily Skinner, Nancy Dussault, and Andrea Marcovicci. Bill English* (Artistic Director) spent his life producing works of art. Bill is an accomplished singer, pianist and composer. He has acted in films, television and professional theatre and is a member of all the performing unions. Bill’s work has been recognized with numerous awards for acting, directing, sound and set design. Under Bill’s leadership The SF Playhouse, has earned multiple nominations and awards making it the fastest growing and most awarded theatre company in San Francisco. Lauren English* (Casting Director) was most recently seen in Seminar. She is a founding member of the San Francisco Playhouse and Education and Casting Director. At the Playhouse she played leading roles in Grounded, reasons to be pretty, Bell, Book & Candle, Becky Shaw, Reborning, Cabaret, Our Town and The Glory of Living. New York Theater: TACT's Off Broadway Production of The Cocktail Party, Hamlet at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and The Idealist at The New York Times Theatre. She has also worked at the Public Theater, Ensemble Studio Theater, Lark Theatre and Playwrights Realm among others. Locally, she has worked at the California Shakespeare Theater, Word for Word, Marin Theatre Company, Marin Shakespeare Company, and Magic Theatre and is a PlayGround company member. She is a two-time BATCC award winner and three-time Dean Goodman award recipient. She holds an MFA from NYU’s Tisch Graduate Acting Program. For Kevin. Tatjana Genser* (Stage Manager) is pleased to spend her third consecutive summer with the big musical (aka Camp Tateeejannah!). When she's not pretending not to be tone-deaf, Tatjana also works as a costume and graphics designer. Up next she'll be taking Bauer to its
off-Broadway Premiere this fall. Her love goes to B. (and their menopausal cat) for supporting her in this crazy life. Donny Gilliland (Marketing Director) is a New Hampshire native and graduate of the University of Colorado. After working in marketing in Taiwan for nearly four years, Donny is grateful to have been welcomed into the San Francisco Playhouse family this year. He’s thrilled to be surrounded by so many creative and talented people, and looking forward to helping this wonderful theatre company continue to grow throughout 2014 and beyond. Noelle Harrison (Box Office Associate) a graduate of San Francisco State University in Theatre Administration and Technical Design, is happy to find a new home at the Playhouse, and she’s always excited to chat with all the generous Playhouse supporters. Thanks to the Playhouse family for their support and our audience for letting us bring great theatre to your lives! Theodore J.H. Hulsker (Sound Design) is pleased to return to The San Francisco Playhouse after designing for Jerusalem and Storefront Church. Theodore's recent work includes Mugwumpin's The Great Big Also, San Francisco Playhouses's Sandbox production of Grounded, NCTC’s American Dream, Shotgun Player's Strangers, Babies and Cutting Ball's The Chairs. He was the 2012 recipient of the Eric Landismen Fellowship for an emerging designer. Go Gators. John (Bear) Kelley (Technical Director) has worked all over the world as a technical director, designer and road manager for countless productions. Previous credits Ewing Ventures, Sierra Stages, Theatre works, Paramount theatre Denver, Denver Center for the Arts, C B S Rocky Mountain Scenic, CO. Old Globe Theatre San Diego, San Diego Rep, San Diego Starlight Opera. Disneyland (Toontown), Stage Lights and Sound Bay Area, Scenic Highlights Inc. Los Angeles.5 Tours- Chinese Acrobatic of Taiwan. 3 Tours- Peking Acrobatic of China. Natalia Hermosillia (Concessions Manager) started with the San Francisco Playhouse when it was still on Sutter Street, manning the small corner concessions booth serving only wine, beer, candies and cookies. She is proud to have grown with the company as new horizons have led them to San Francisco Playhouse's grand location inside the historic Kensington hotel. With this move came the opportunity to run a real bar counter, as well as the rewarding position of Bar Manager. When she's not at the bar serving up crazy concoctions, you can bet she's spending time with her small family; an intelligent six year old son named Ronin and her spaz of a dachshund, Slinky. Come on in, get yourself a drink from the lovely Bar Manager herself and prepare to be amazed by the wonder that is San Francisco Playhouse. Daniel Kessler (Grants Manager) is a playwright and journalist in addition to his duties in fundraising. A graduate of Oberlin College and the National Theatre Institute, he designed and founded the O’Neill’s first fully-accredited playwriting program and his plays have been produced in four states and two countries. He’s held residencies with La MaMa Umbria (Spoleto) and the Poppet Showplace Theatre (CT) and most recently worked with the SF Arts Education Project, Wang Theatre (MA), and Dramatists Guild of America (NY). Daniel is a gardener and foodie. Maggie Koch* (Resident Stage Manager) A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Maggie graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in Technical Theatre. In 2005 she began as an intern with the SF Playhouse and has been with the company ever since—now taking on the role as a Resident Stage Manager. Some of her favorite productions include: Art, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, Coronado, Cabaret, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Den of Thieves, Slasher, Wirehead, Tigers Be Still, Period of Adjustment, The Aliens & A Behanding In Spokane, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and reasons to be pretty. She would like to thank: her fiance, Ed— for always making her laugh, her family—for believing, the SFPH company—for being her second family and her friends—for providing constant support. Go Pirates! Ewa Muszynska (Scenic Artist) has been creating new worlds at San Francisco Playhouse since Coraline. She has also worked with Shotgun Players, Festival Opera, Berkeley
Playhouse, San Jose Opera and many other theater companies. She became a citizen of the US on October 3, 2012. Michael Oesch** (Lighting Design) is a lighting designer for dance, theatre, opera, musicals, installation, and film. Since first working with SF Playhouse in 2007, he has designed lights for Man of La Mancha, The Scene, Cabaret, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Animals Out of Paper, The Fantasticks, Coraline, Tigers Be Still, Period of Adjustment, Becky Shaw, My Fair Lady, Reasons To Be Pretty, and Camelot. He has also designed lighting for numerous companies in the bay area including Smuin Ballet, The Magic Theatre, Trinity Lyric Opera, Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre, 13th Floor Dance, West Wave Dance Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, El Teatro Campesino, Theatre Artaud, Solano College Theatre, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, New Conservatory Theatre Center, as well as other companies in the bay area. He was recently nominated for a BATCC award for best lighting design of a musical. Jordan Puckett (Literary Manager) is the Literary Manager at the San Francisco Playhouse. Last season she designed the lights for The Motherf**ker with the Hat and is thrilled to be designing Bauer. As a playwright she is a member of the Playground writing pool and currently writing a play commissioned by the Playhouse. Tiiu Rebane (Box Office Manager) Having spent 10 years as a singing actor in New York City, Tiiu has rarely strayed far from the arts, and is ecstatic to join SF Playhouse. She spent years with Smarttix, managing Box Offices for such companies as Alvin Ailey, The Moth and Abingdon Theatre Complex. She also managed concessions for The Roundabout Theatre Company, and upon moving west, did ticketing for the SF Ballet. Favorite onstage credits include the national tour of Hairspray and a one-woman show aboard Oceania Cruises. Member, AEA and Yeah I said Feminist Theatre Salon. Thank you for supporting the arts! Kimberly Richards* (Choreography) launched her versatile career forty years ago as an actress, aerialist, choreographer, comedienne, dancer, director, and illusionist. She costarred (with Louis Parnell) in the SF Playhouse’s first production, It Had to Be You. Her choreography for the Playhouse: Animals Out of Paper, Coronado, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, First Day of School, Landscapes of the Body, and Abe Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party (with Tom Segal), which won Best of Fringe at the 2009 NY Fringe Festival, and My Fair Lady for which she won the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award. Other Bay Area choreography includes Miss Sally’s Speakeasy Revue (Belrose); Private Eyes (DreamStackers); Tommy (One World Productions); Heaven, The Mineola Twins, Popcorn, and Pterodactyls (SF Actors Theater). Kimberly’s Las Vegas choreography includes Lady and the Outlaws (Country Club Casino), and Too Hot to Handle (Flamingo). Since 2001 she performs the hit one-woman show Late Nite Catechism across the continent. Jacqueline Scott (Props Artisan) works as production designer and propsmaster for theaters and film companies throughout the Bay Area. Previous credits include Abigail's Party, A Behanding in Spokane, The Sunset Limited, Reborning (San Francisco Playhouse), Assassins, God's Plot (Shotgun Players), Buried Child, The Happy Ones, Annapurna, The Lily's Revenge, The Brothers Size, Oedipus El Rey, Goldfish, Octopus (Magic Theatre), Companion Piece (Z Space), American Hwangap (The Play Company, New York) and all around art department for Lucky Dragon Productions, Terri Timely, Park Pictures and Dwyer Productions.
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Special Thanks to our Supporters! The donors listed made gifts to the playhouse between the dates of 6/18/2013 and 6/18/2014. If you have a question or would like to make a gift, please call the Development Department at 415.361.4767 or email hans@sfplayhouse.org.
FOUNDATIONS & CORPORATIONS $25,000+ The Bernard Osher Foundation Michelson Family Foundation Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation SF Grants for the Arts Ululani Foundation The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
$10,000 - $24,999 The Big Four Bar Clay Foundation – West The Fleishhacker Foundation Kenneth Rainin Foundation
The Kimball Foundation The Mill Foundation SF Arts Commission The San Francisco Foundation Shubert Foundation The Weinstein Gallery Wildcard Productions
$5,000 - $9,999 National New Play Network
$1,000 - $4,999 Dramatists Guild Fund The Hand Foundation Lerner, Veit & Stanaland, LLP
Society for Community Work The Tournesol Project Vendini The Zellerbach Family Foundation
Matching Gifts Aon Foundation Chevron Humankind Farella Braun + Martel LLP Johnson & Johnson Google Levi Strauss Foundation Macy’s Foundation Barney MSCI, Inc Qualcomm Visa, Inc
450 POST STREET DONORS A plaque is crafted to honor these generous gifts (over $10,000).
$25,000+ Walter Casper Teufel Jr. Diane & Stephen Heiman Barbara & Gerson Bakar Toni Rembe & Arthur Rock
Maurice Kanbar (Kanbar Charitable Trust) William O’Keeffe The Bernard Osher Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
$5,000 - $9,999
Cynnie Anderson The Fleishacker Foundation Andrew Teufel Rowland Weinstein Helen E. Land Ginger & Moshe Alafi Cristina Banks Jackie & Richard Mayer Gary & Dana Shapiro Ama Torrance & C.J. David Davies
Robert & Jan Ginsberg Jeff Rodman & Adrienne Hirt George Sarlo Foundation
Seat Owners ($1,500) Cynnie Anderson Ursula Schorn & Richard Andersen Cristina, Gina & Raymond Banks
Katharine Beckwith Joseph Belanoff & Katherine Blenko David & Michele Benjamin Dr. Paula Campbell Isabelle Dokouzian Mary & Tom Foote K.M. Gahagan Karen Grassle Betty Hoener Linda Romley Irvine & Perry Irvine Flora Flynn Isaacson
$1,500 (cont.) John & Catharine Kalin Beth & Fred Karren Marilyn & Bob Kriegel Astrid Lacitis Helen E. Land Colleen & Erin Lurie Janet & Bill McAllister
Bill & Ursula Moffett Karin & Gregory McClune Jerry Rampelberg Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones Deborah Robbins & Henry Navas Lois & Arthur Roth Joan Rost (in memory of Clayton Rost)
Gary & Dana Shapiro Margaret Skornia (in memory of Nancy Blair) Lorna & Cris Strotz Dr. Daniel Tanita Marcy Taylor Pattinson Marcia & David Vastine
INDIVIDUAL DONORS Indicates donors who have supported a Rising Star.
PRODUCER CIRCLE Donors at this level enjoy recognition around a production of their choice and are invited to reading and working rehearsals, among many other great benefits for their generous gifts.
Executive Producer $25,000+
Barbara & Gerson Bakar Nancy Blair (in memoriam) Paul Graham Mr. Robert Hulteng Maurice Kanbar Helen E. Land Don & Sherie Morrsion Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Andrew Teufel Rowland and Savannah Weinstein
Producer $10,000-$24,999 Anonymous Ginger & Moshe Alafi Cynnie Anderson Susan Atherton Cristina Banks Brittny Bottorff & Asim Bhansali John Goodman & David Arrow Stephen & Diane Heiman Maurice Kanbar Bill O'Keeffe Jeffrey Pfeffer & Kathleen Fowler Christian Chadd Taylor Ama Torrance & C.J. David Davies Arnie & Gail Wagner
INNER CIRCLE Inner Circle members enjoy an enhanced theatre experience, complete with access to the Nancy Blair Lounge and VIP ticketing services. Memberships are one-year in length for a gift of $1,000 or more.
Associate Producer $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous (2) Mary & Tom Foote Ellen & Bruce Hall Betty Hoener Carol Kurland Colleen and David Leof Jill Matichak Steven Mayer
Dr. & Mrs. William McAllister Dugan Moore Phyllis & Jerry Rosenberg Gary & Dana Shapiro Scott Walecka & Martha Seaver
Angel $2,500 - $4,999 Buz & Anne Battle David Caldwell & Amelia Martin Loni & Robert Dantzler Robert & Jan Ginsberg Jon Kaufman Sophie-Charlotte Moatti Jan & Howard Oringer Paul Romeo & Lynn Stark William & Terilyn Voegtle
Inner Circle $1,000-$2,499 Anonymous (4) Bill & Marsha Adler Richard Andersen & Ursula Schorn David Anderson & Nancy Kaible Jennifer Asselstine Carole Becker Katharine Beckwith Louis Belden Michele & David Benjamin Robert A. Blau & Cheryl Hogan Rita & Irwin Blitt David & Cynthia Bogolub Paula Campbell Frances Campra Joy Carlin Ralph Caspersen Bill Cawley Jill Connolly Karen & David Crommie Susan Cronholm Roy & Helga Curry David Demarest Keith Doerge Isabelle Dokouzian Thalia Dorwick Tom Driscoll Joan Eckart Chuck Edelstein Delia Ehrlich Wesley & Bonnie Fastiff Ruth & Les Finkelstein Thomas & Susan Frye Kevin Gahagan James Garrick Gary & Yvonne Goddard Margot Golding William Gregory Buck & Carolyn Hall
Charles Hardeman Bob Holub Lorraine Honig Richard & Terry Horrigan Linda Howe Linda Romley Irvine & Perry Irvine Eleanor & Richard Johns John & Catherine Kalin Fred & Beth Karren Jeannie Kaufman Andy Kerr & Nancy Thompson Susan Kolb Carolyn Koster Marilyn & Bob Kriegel Sue & Jerry Krumbein Bonnie Levinson Dexter & Kathie Lowry Karl & Ann Ludwig Patricia Lund & Charles Yingling Steven & Erin Lurie Andy Maguire Joel Marcus Lorraine & Craig Mautner Jackie & Richard Mayer Karin & Gregory McClune Kathleen McManus Peggy & Edwin Mihm Bill & Ursula Moffett Donna & Coleman Posard Joan Poulter Barry & Ann Reder Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones Sandra & James Robbins Deborah Robbins & Henry Navas Caroline Rose Joan Rost (in memory of Clayton Rost) Lois & Arthur Roth Deborah Dashow Ruth (in memory of Leo Ruth) Frances Rushing Robert Schooler Sarah Selig Margaret Sheehan Margaret Skornia Mike Smith James Sokol Russell Stanaland Joseph Sturkey Marcy Taylor Pattinson David Thomas
Marcia Vastine Elizabeth Werter & Henry Trevor Meg Zweiback & Zack Wasserman
Benefactor $500 - $999 Anonymous (3) Kedar Adour Katherine Blenko & Joseph Belanoff Bob & Jan Burdick Shawn Byers Dan Clarke & Maureen Laney Edward Cullen Judi Elman Mike & Lea Ann Fleming Diana Gay-Catania & David Catania Bruce Hasenkamp Heather Havenman & Neil Filgstein Julia & Gordon Held Flora Lynn Isaacson Shirley James Margel & Steve Kaufman John & Diana Keith Sue Kubly Peter Lawrence Tom & Stephanie Lima George Lucas & Tom Rothgiesser Heidi Ochoa Thomas Owen Jon Richards Susan Rosenberg Barbara Rothway Boyard Rowe Erin Searfus Linda Whalen Barbara & Mordechai Winter
Friend $250-$499 Beresford Amoroso Wilkes Bashford Ronald & Susan Berman Alex & Ann Campbell Sharon Clisham & Yvette Byes Bernice Clyman Judith Cohen & Malcolm Gissen
$250-$499 (cont.) Jim Colopy Robert & Carol Freidenberg Jean & Milton Goldberg Ron Gorman & Paul Underwood JoAna Gray David Greenspan Ronald Guttman Peggy Heineman Karen Kidwell & Rodney Farrow Lucinda Lee Alan Markle Mike Martinez Sue McCone MacMillan Sarah Murray Erica Nietfeld Kenneth Noyes Lynette Pang Harry & Kay Rabin Ellen Richard Susan Robertson Mary Ann Robertson Horacio Rodriguez Anne Roher Martin Roher Barbara & Richard Rosenberg Linda William Schieber Clint & Marilyn Smith Bonnie Stiles Nancy Sturm Stephen Sueltz Fred & Kathleen Taylor Jeff Torchon Kenneth & Marilyn Webb Diane & Richard Wiersba
Patrons $100 - $249
Mattie Alperton Charles Anderson Robert Badour Aj Baker Barbara Barnard Millie Barrett Allan Basbaum Nanci Beatty Joe & Joanne Bellan Barbara Benjamin Karen Bernson Barbara Bernstein Stuart Bessler Sandra & Bruce Beyaert Karen Birks
Sandra Blair Sheila Bost James Boyd Nelson Bragg Elizabeth Brandes Alfred and Therese Brandi Marilyn & George Bray Howard Brownstein Wayne Bryan Jennifer Burden Susan Byde Thomas Calderola Christine Carbonel Hans Cardenas Summer & Adolfo Castells Daniel Caul Eunice Chee Hella & Mel Cheitlin Len Christensen James Chung Kenneth Clark Paula Clark Bonnie Clarke Joyce Clements Carolyn Koster & Edward J. Taggart Angela Cohen Jim and Jocelyn Colopy Douglas & Rosemary Corbin Jay M. Corey Kevin Costello David Crockett Mike Crosby Betty & Patrick Crowley Florence Dallin David Desler Gerry Devito Karla Donohoe Charles Dorris Thalia Dorwick Susan & Jeff Dunn Garret Dworman Helene Edelman Conor Egan Carol Emory Bill English Michael Ennis Laura B. Fleming Patrick Lorraine Flynn Susan Fogarty Stephen Francis Kristine Gable Greg Garcia Enrique Garcia Mimi Gauss
Sarah Gill Mitch Gitin Gary Glaser Alberto Gobbi Paul Goetz Burton Goldfine Keith Goldstein Stephen Goldstine Ronald Goodman Derek Gordon Terrence Goulette Piers J.C. Greenhill Dennis Gregg Justin Grey Elizabeth Groenewegen Alejandra Gutierrez Jane Hansen Marge Harburg Mary Rose & Patrick Hayes Richard Hewetson Irene Hilgers Albert and Beverley Hillman Grace Hoagland Joan Huff Lyn Isbell Ruth James William and Barushka Jervis and Sholty Sheila-Merle Johnson Melanie Jones Karla Jones Robert Kaiser Mike Kaplan Leslie Karren Beryl Kay Michael Kelly Erwin L. Kelly Deb Kessler Pat & Steve Klansko Linda Knauer George Knuepfel Daniel Kocher Joe Peggy Koman Doug Konecky Ann Kottler Nancy Kuefler Louise Lambdin Lois Langer Richard Ann Lanzerotti Joan Lasselle Glennis Lees Glazeski Evelyn Levin Margaret Levitt Michelle Liapes Rashida Lilani Warren & Susan Lortie
$100 - $249 (cont.) Judy Love Dave Lucas Carol Ludwig Theresa Lustig Jarrold Maki Mare & Paul Manangan Hannah Marks Moira McAlister Dianne McCutcheon Michele McDonald Christney McGlashan John McLean Marilyn & Charles Meier Carl Judy Mendoza Maeve Metzger Denise Michael & David Schirle Anne Michel Barry Miller Christopher Miller Susan Minker Richard Mountain (in honor of Jane Kennedy) Dorothy Niccolls Jane Nurre Patricia O' Connor Kristina Ober Robert & Ruth O'Connor Jean O'Donnell Keiko Okano Pederson Gene Paige Evan Painter Paula Paley Anne and John Parker Sylvia Pascal John Pendleton Susan Petit
Regina Phelps Lucille & Arthur Poskanzer Matthew & Elizabeth Purdon & Sklar Steve & Wilma Rader Donald Ramos Nick Ray Rose Reed Gordon Reetz Suzanne Riley Judith Rino Alison Rittger Wayne Robins Barbara & Saul Rockman Edward Rodden Jeffrey Rodman & Adrienne Hirt Laurel Schaeffer-Trent Roberta Schear Penny Schreiber David Schubeck Madeline & Arnold Schuster Rebecca Schweitzer Janet & Philip Seelinger James Seeman Bill & Holly Shepard Ron Shulman Sol Silver Tom Simpson Liz Sklar and Matthew Purdon Patricia Smith Fern Smith Mike Smith Fabienne Smolinski Brenda Sobon
Phyllis Spandorf Thomas & Lucy Sponsler Michael Steel Bill & Mary Ann Stein John Steinfirst John Stern Jennifer Stringer Lorna & Chris Strotz Dorian Stull Joan Sullivan Virginia Summerer Carol Sundell Daniel Tanita Ronald Tauber Marion Taylor Robert C. Toll Madeleine TrembleyPerrot Kevin Turner Jim Turner Linda Vallee Gretchen vonDuering Mary Wais Mel Wasserman Alan Weber Judith Weil Luke Weinstein Phil Weinstein Elaine & Stan Weiss Robert Weston Mary Ann Whitten Patty Wilkerson Dennis Wood Sally Worthge Agnes Zarate Aaltje Zeidler Norman Zilber
THE SILVER CIRCLE Gifts Received
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