PLAYBILL TrueNorth at French Creek 4530 Colorado Ave. (Rt. 611) Sheffield Village, OH
LORAIN COUNTY METRO PARKS & TRUENORTH CULTURAL ARTS PRESENT:
THE ODD COUPLE
BY NEIL SIMON
JANUARY 15 - 31
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COMING SOON! LORAIN COUNTY METRO PARKS & TRUENORTH CULTURAL ARTS PRESENT:
A FAMILY LIFE SERIES PRODUCTION OF: THE
THREE LITTLE WOLVES AND THE BIG BAD PIG
MUSIC BY BRET SIMMONS | BOOK & LYRICS BY DAVID HOWARD BASED ON THE BOOK THE THREE LITTLE WOLVES AND THE BIG BAD PIG BY EUGENE TRIVIZAS
FEBRUARY 5 - 14
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Lorain County Metro Parks and TrueNorth Cultural Arts
PRESENT:
By Neil Simon Greg Violand............................................................Director Rick Fortney...............................................Artistic Director Douglas Puskas............................................Scenic Design Tobias Peltier..............................................Lighting Design Stan Kozak....................................................Sound Design D. Justin Bilewicz, III.................................Costume Design Julie Billinghurst................................................Properties Reagan Hernon.....................................Stage Management Brenna M. Connor.....................................Set Construction Kristen Williams.......................................Set Construction Nick Yurick...............................................Set Construction “Odd Couple, The (Neil Simon)” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. Pg. 3
From the Artistic Director, Rick Fortney -- Welcome to The Odd Couple! -Neil Simon is a favorite, and I am so pleased to host his work again on the TrueNorth stage as we celebrate The Odd Couple’s 50th anniversary. The Odd Couple premiered on the Broadway Stage in 1965 with Art Carney and Walter Matthau, then became a film with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, and then the wonderful TV sitcom with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. It was our director’s goal to not mimic any of the above but develop the wonderful words and writing of Neil Simon and make it our own. This piece is about relationships, one that each of us can connect and relate to. It’s filled with emotion, but within filled with comedy. I am excited for us to bring this great piece to life. My thanks to our director Greg Violand! It’s wonderful having him back as he has directed Miracle on 34th Street and The Secret Garden in past seasons at TrueNorth. Thanks is also extended to our Production Team, Crew, Staff and our Actors … I have enjoyed the poker games, the bologna sandwiches, and even the linguine! We are in rehearsals for The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig (2.5-14) in the Family Life Theatre and Godspell to be performed on this very stage (2.26-3.13). Our Chorale will be performing The Holocaust Cantata: Songs from the Camps on The International Day of Peace, A Day of Remembrance, Wednesday, January 27th. This powerful piece is a beautiful work by Donald McCullough and features the Chorale, and solo cello. Also on the concert will be works by Bartok for trumpet and piano. Our Big Band will be in concert for the inaugural event of The Emerald Event Center, the last Sunday of January. Come ready to eat, hear
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From the Artistic Director, Rick Fortney
great music and dance – join us for this Big Band Brunch. All this and more can be found on our website, TNCArts.org and on the TrueNorth Facebook page. TrueNorth Cultural Arts continues to educate, equip and empower artists and audiences, and we are grateful for each new opportunity to serve. All of the growth we have experienced is made possible through your generous financial support. We thank you sincerely and applaud your shared commitment to the arts. Please consider supporting TrueNorth through a tax deductible gift, enclosed you will find a Patron Envelope for the 2015-16 season. Thank you for your support as together we celebrate the arts! Enjoy the show!
Rick Fortney, Artistic Director, TrueNorth Theatre / French Creek Nature and Arts Center
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From the Director of the Lorain County Metro Parks Welcome to YOUR Lorain County Metro Parks! We hope you enjoy The Odd Couple from TrueNorth. As the Mainstage Series 2015-2016 season continues, we hope you have a great time! On behalf of Lorain County Metro Parks, I want to personally invite you to a variety of activites and happenings throughout the park district this season. Regardless of where you live, we have an exciting event for you! As the winter season finally rolls in, we are excited for our seasonal programming to begin. There are plenty of opportunities to go snowshoeing in a wide variety of our parks. Whether you’d like to take a guided tour or simply rent snowshoes and explore the parks at your own pace, you can certainly find a great way to explore the county! You can also learn the entire process of making maple syrup from trees at our annual Maple Sugaring at Carlisle Reservation which begins at the end of February and runs into March. Make sure to pick up an Arrowhead or visit us online at www.MetroParks.cc for a list of the upcoming events. As this theatre season continues, make sure to grab a 2015-2016 season brochure to check out each new production. The next show is part of the Family Life Series. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig kicks off next month in February. We hope to see you there. We thank you for your continued support of Lorain County Metro Parks and hope you continue to enjoy the many offerings we bring through our partnership with TrueNorth Cultural Arts! Sincerely,
James E. Ziemnik, Director, Lorain County Metro Parks Pg. 6
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Director’s Note
T
he Odd Couple; The first thing I told the cast when we gathered was…”this is not the TV Sitcom, don’t try to imitate what they did!” This piece is funny but poignant. Neil Simon wrote to tell a story in a unique and funny way and of course we laugh at the foibles and misfortune of the people who could and in some cases are ourselves. Comedy is funniest when it hits close to home. Each character has their own peccadillos, Speed with his impatience, Vinnie with his subservience, Murray with his methodicalness, Roy with his breathing compulsion, the pigeon sisters with their quirkiness and of course Felix with his obsessive compulsive neurosis and Oscar’s sloppiness. But the bottom line of Neil Simon’s story as with all good storytelling is in telling the truth. If the actors tell the truth then the story will be clear and the laughs will come where they will. “Don’t try to be somebody, be yourselves, tell the story, the truth will out and the laughs will come” This is I think what makes Mr. Simon’s writing stand the test of time. It ain’t Shakespear but it does hit close to home and as we laugh at Felix and Oscar we can chuckle a little at ourselves.
-Greg Violand, Director
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The Play
SCENES Act I – A hot summer night Intermission Act II: Scene 1 – two weeks later Act II: Scene 2 – A Few Days Later Intermission Act III – The Next Evening Run time: Approximately 150 minutes (including intermissions, approximately 120 without)
–– PLEASE NOTE ––
Videotaping and flash photography of any kind are strictly prohibited during the performance.
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Cast/Crew
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Cast/Crew
Cast
PAUL FLORIANO*.......................................................OSCAR MADISON JIM HAGAN......................................................................FELIX UNGAR MIKE FRYE..................................................................................SPEED CHRIS BIZUB...........................................................................MURRAY JOHN HNAT................................................................................VINNIE LUTHER “PETE” ROBINSON.............................................................ROY BETH SWEENEY....................................................GWENDOLYN PIGEON JENNY ERBS..................................................................CECILY PIGEON *APPEARS COURTESY OF ACTOR’S EQUITY ASSOCIATION IN COLLABORATION WITH KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
Production Team
GREGORY M.VIOLAND...........................................................DIRECTOR RICK FORTNEY.......................................................ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DOUGLAS PUSKAS.......................................................SCENIC DESIGN TOBIAS PELTIER........................................................LIGHTING DESIGN STAN KOZAK.................................................................SOUND DESIGN D. JUSTIN BILEWICZ, III............................................COSTUME DESIGN JULIE BILLINGHURST........................................................PROPERTIES REAGAN HERNON..............................................STAGE MANAGEMENT BRENNA M. CONNOR............................................SET CONSTRUCTION GEORGE & DONNA PUSKAS..................................SET CONSTRUCTION KRISTEN WILLIAMS..............................................SET CONSTRUCTION NICK YURICK........................................................SET CONSTRUCTION
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Staff
TrueNorth Staff
Founder/Executive and Artistic Director.................................Rick Fortney Cultural Arts Programmer/Youth Outreach Coordinator......Brian McNally Administrative Assistant.....................................................Nancy Spencer Box Office/Front Desk........................................Drew Porter, Camille Olsen Financial Manager...............................................................Stefanie Corlew Gallery Manager....................................................................Susan Schauer Gallery Assistant-ceramics, glassware, and jewelry............ Teresa Hoenig Greeters, Ushers, and Concessions............................Friends of TrueNorth Marketing/Social Media...........................................................Laura Golden Music Directors.........................................................Rick Fortney (Chorale), Joshua Konow (Chamber Orchestra), Eric Dregne (Big Band), Susan Vance-Koch and Kelsey Geren-Witt (Children’s Choirs) Volunteer Coordinator............................................................ Camille Olsen
TrueNorth Board of Directors
Board Members..............................Hu Auburn, Cathy Dietlin, Rick Fortney, Jim Golden, Jeff Steeber, John Edward Thomas, Anthony Trifiletti, Becky Voit, Jennifer Wilson
French Creek Nature and Arts Center
Cultural Arts Manager / Site Manager ...................................Rick Fortney Ranger Supervisor / Park Manager...................................... Brian Holmes Senior Naturalist.................................................................. Aimee Potonic Cultural Arts Programmer......................................................Brian McNally FCNAC Building and Grounds Crew.............Tim Barrett, Thomas Bourque, David Davis
Lorain County Metro Parks
Director.................................................................................James Ziemnik Assistant Director.............................................................Jennifer Bracken Operations Supervisor................................................................Paul Hruby Chief Naturalist.................................................................Grant Thompson Public Information Officer...................................................Vanessa Klesta Web Developer and Graphic Artist......................................Nicholas Baker
Lorain County Metro Parks Board of Park Commissioners
Chairman ......................................................................... Mr. Fred Alspach Board Member..............................................................Ms. Cookie McLoda Board Member.................................................................Mr. Joseph Hribar
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Biographies
Cast Chris Bizub (Murray) is honored to be performing on the TrueNorth Stage for the 2nd time, and also playing the role of Murray for the 2nd time. You may remember him as Bottom in TrueNorth’s recent production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A Brooklyn resident, Chris has a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre form Baldwin Wallace College and is currently working towards completing his Masters in Arts Administration from the University of Akron. Chris spends the majority of his spare time acting and directing in the Akron/Cleveland area. Some of his recent acting credits include productions of Richard III (Richard III), The Importance of Being Earnest (John Worthing), The Merchant of Venice (Shylock), Macbeth (Ross), Farragut North (Paul Zara), A Streetcar Named Desire (Steve Hubble), Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (Captain Hammer), ASSASSINS (Sam Byck), and The Iceman Cometh (Hugo Kalmar). When Chris is taking a break from acting he is often sitting in the audience directing. Chris’ recent directing credits include As You Like It, Play On, Wait Until Dark, The Uninvited, No Sex Please We’re British, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged], and Almost, Maine.
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Jenny Erbs (Cecily) is playing a Pigeon sister for the second time, having previously played Gwendolyn in The Royalton Players production in 2009. Some of Jenny’s favorite roles include Sally Lynch in Without a Clue at Dover Players, Nurse Tate in It Runs in the Family at Workshop Players, Miss Marple in A Murder is Announced at Huntington, Laura in The Psychic at Clague, and Maggie in Jake’s Women at Royalton Players. Much thanks to the talented cast and director for making this a fun show! Paul Floriano (Oscar Madison) has been a professional actor for over 35 years, and is thrilled to be working with TrueNorth and his buddy Greg Violand on Odd Couple. Paul was cast in the major motion picture, Kevin Smith’s Zach and Miri with Seth Rogan, Kings of Summer with Moises Arias, Hannah Montana, The Year That Trembled with Fred Willard and Martin Mull and various episodes of America’s Most Wanted (always playing a convict!). In New York, he appeared at Lincoln Center with the Stuttgart Ballet and the National Tour of Tomfoolery, starring Cleveland’s Cliff Bemis! Regional theatre credits
Biographies include, All Shook Up, Footloose and The Sound of Music at the Carousel Dinner Theatre, Shear Madness, Love, Janis, Tony‘n Tina, and We Gotta Bingo at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio, and Love, Janis, The Infinite Regress of Human Vanity, and A Kiss For Cinderella at the venerable Cleveland Play House among many other shows, there. Paul is a proud, 35 year member of Actor’s Equity, and 25 year member of SAG/AFTRA. If you’re interested in a murder mystery, check out his company at florianoproductions.com! Mike Frye (Speed) is a public librarian from Oberlin, Ohio. He was Puck in Shakespeare in Hollywood and played Jimmy and Dave in Almost, Maine at Amherst’s Workshop Players. He was most recently seen in 12 Angry Men as Juror #4 and Over the River and Through the Woods as Nick at North Ridgeville’s Old Towne Hall. This is his first time performing at TrueNorth and he is pretty jazzed about it. Jim Hagan (Felix Ungar) is appearing in his first performance at TrueNorth Cultural Arts, and only started auditioning for theatres three years ago. He
had done some theatre in high school but nothing following graduation. In late 2012 Jim decided to give it a go again and hasn’t looked back. In 2015, he had a small role in Crazy Man at Weathervane Playhouse, followed by a turn as Dr. Lyman Sanderson in Medina Show Biz’s production of Harvey, then he portrayed John Curtis Buntner in Southern Hospitality at Cassidy Theatre, and rounded out the year playing Edward Bennett in one of Huntington Playhouse’s final productions, Death by Design. In portraying Felix Unger, he sees a lot of him in himself. Some good... and some a little worrisome. Jim lives in Medina with his wife of 13 years and his 16-year-old son. John Hnat (Vinnie) is performing for the first time at TrueNorth, and would like to thank Greg and the talented cast and crew for making it such a great experience. He is no stranger to The Odd Couple, having played Roy twice through his career which is well into its third decade. He has acted and directed mainly at theaters west of the Cuyahoga River. He was last seen on stage as Cleante in Tartuffe at CCC Metro. Recent performances include Henry in Play On!, Sandy in Brigadoon (both at Strongsville) and Marley’s Ghost in A Christmas Carol at the Lorain Palace. Favorite roles include John Dickinson (1776), Senex (Forum) and Gibson McFarland Pg. 15
Biographies (Artichoke). John would like to especially thank his wife, Margaret, for her love, support, and patience. Ante up! Luther “Pete” Robinson (Roy) is a Cleveland born actor who first appeared on stage with the famed Children’s Theater in Washington D.C. You may recognize him from his recent performances in The Pajama Game, Jesus Christ Superstar and Driving Miss Daisy on this very stage. Pete appeared in over sixty stage productions during his 40 year theatrical career. As a U.S. Marine he proudly served our country, was wounded and awarded the Purple Heart. His other stage credits include Tartuffe and Julius Ceasar based in Africa. Pete also has worked in Hollywood on such films as The Hurst, Gorp, Zapped, Our Winning Season, The Return, and Alligator. He also work on the television shows Cagney & Lacy and 240 Robert. Back home, Pete has appeared in Two Trains Running as part of the August Wilson Festival, and recently Ceremonies In Dark Old Men. When he is not busy rehearsing or performing, he actively writes screenplays. He is very excited about being a part of this production of The Odd Couple. Beth Sweeney (Gwendolyn) is thrilled to be playing Gwendolyn. Lovely! Thanks to Director and Pg. 16 friend Greg Violand for
another great experience at TrueNorth. Beth could most recently be seen in The Diary of Anne Frank (Mrs. Frank) and Miracle on 34th Street (Ms. Crookshank). Beth is Market President for the region’s largest full-service talent management firm Ratliff & Taylor. She is a proud member of that family as well as the TrueNorth family. Thanks to husband Tucker and thespian sons Tom and Connor for running lines and offering encouragement. Good head; good heart; great spirit!
Production Team Greg Violand (Director) returns to TrueNorth having previously directed The Miracle On 34th Street (Winter 2011) and The Secret Garden (Summer 2012). He took two years off to receive and MFA from Kent State University under their Returning Professionals program and has been busy since teaching Acting and Theater at Kent State and the past five semesters as an adjunct at Lakeland Community College. He has appeared in numerous theatre roles over the course of his 30 year professional career and has discovered some
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Biographies recent success in the film industry having had titled roles in 8 movies since 2013 including the currently running Carol and the soon to be released Batman v Superman, Dawn Of Justice. He is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA and Actors Equity. “I would acknowledge my talented and beautiful life collaborator, my wife Maryann Nagel, for allowing me to be more than a ‘bartender’ for the past 30+ years. Love to my friend and kids. Miss you Clairebeau!” Douglas Puskas (Scenic Designer) At TrueNorth: White Christmas (Scenic Designer). At Virginia Musical Theater in Virginia Beach, VA: The Little Mermaid (Co- Scenic Designer). At Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA: Shrek the Musical (Scenic Designer). At Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, OH: American Idiot (Co-Projection Design), Legally Blonde (Assistant Stage Manager). At the Public Theater in New York, NY: Shakespeare in the Park 2014 Season: Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, The Winter’s Tale (Properties Intern). At the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM): Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr. (Scenic Designer), Peter Pan (Associate Scenic Designer), Legally Blonde (Assistant Director). www.douglaspuskas.com D. Justin Bilewicz, III (Costume Designer) is thrilled to be designing The Odd Couple at TrueNorth. Justin is graduate of Ashland University and works as a freelance Costume Designer for the local area. In addition to designing costumes, Justin is the production Pg. 18 manager for Sandstone
Summer Theatre in Amherst, Ohio, the Drama Director for Clearview High School and the Palace Youth Theatre’s Director in Lorain, Ohio. Some of Justin’s most recent costume credits include Carrie, The Musical (Sandstone Summer Theatre), A Streetcar Named Desire (Mamaí Theatre Company), Jesus Christ Superstar (TrueNorth Cultural Arts Center), Antigone (Clearview High School), Mothers and Sons (Beck Center for the Arts), Waiting for Lefty (Case Western Reserve University), and most recently Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (TrueNorth Cultural Arts Center). Justin would like to say thank you to his loving family and to the Felix to his Oscar, Adam. (Thank you for cleaning up when my life gets messy... or organizing paperwork etc.) Reagan Hernon (Stage Manager) is a senior technical theatre major at Cleveland State University and proud Lorain native. Previous credits include Ubu Roi, Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl, The Dybbuk, Bus Stop (Cleveland State), Carrie: The Musical, Suessical Jr. (Sandstone Summer Theatre), Annie Jr., The Sound of Music (Lorain Palace Youth Theater). Love and thanks to mom and dad and Sam for all their love and support. Stan Kozak (Sound Designer) Stan Kozak, currently in his twentyseventh season at Great Lakes Theater, has more than 50 design credits including Bat Boy: The Musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Comedy of Errors, Amadeus, You Can’t Take It With You, Private Lives, Into the Woods and the Tom Hanks’ benefit
Biographies performances. His work in 1979 and 1981 with Geraldine Fitzgerald on Streetsongs at GLTF led to the original cast album. Mr. Kozak was the resident sound designer for four seasons at the Porthouse Theatre Company, including productions of Driving Miss Daisy, Niteclub Confidential and a Nightingale Sang. His collaborations with Victoria Bussert at Baldwin-Wallace College include productions of Chess, Hair, Company, Cabaret, West Side Story, Tommy in Concert, Parade, the Ohio premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion, and one of the first nonprofessional productions of Phantom of the Opera. For Cain Park, his design credits include Secret Garden, Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, Bat Boy, Tick, tick…Boom, Nine, The Wiz, Harold and Maude and Pippin. Mr. Kozak has also designed sound for Wit and Last Five Years for the Dobama Theater, Iolanthe and Sweeney Todd for the Cleveland Opera, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and Forbidden Broadway SVU for the Hanna Theatre and A Shayna Maidel, Brooklyn Boy and Pangs of the Messiah for the JCC. He has served as sound designer for the All-City Musical for the Cleveland school system for eight seasons. He also had the good fortune to have worked with Bebe Neuwirth in her concert performance for the Ideastream Gala in 2005. He was honored to be among the first group of LORT sound designers to achieve recognition in USA 829. Tobias Peltier (Lighting Designer) Tobias is a transplanted West Coast native where he cut his teeth in Theatre and film working on multiple Emmy award winning television
shows including NCIS and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. After moving to New York City, Tobias worked on various Broadway productions including the Tony award winning Wicked and winner of the Drama Desk Award The Best is Yet to Come: the Music of Cy Coleman. Tobias currently serves as the Technical Director of the premier event space on the West Side of Cleveland at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts. Recent Design credits include Once on This Island Jr! (Lighting Design) at Near West Theatre and Sundays in The Park With George (Lighting Design) at True North Cultural Arts where he serves as the Resident Lighting Designer. Tobias is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association. Julie Billinghurst (Properties) is happy to be a part of this fantastic production! Previously, Julie was the stage manager for Big Fish at TrueNorth and has performed on the TrueNorth stage as Mama Ogre/ Dulacian in Shrek and Farmer Yellow in Aesop’s Fable-ous Barnyard Bash. Making this experience even more rewarding has been the opportunity to work with her daughter, Isabel (Judy). Thanks to Rick, Amy, Anthony, Douglas, Nina, Katy, and the entire crew for putting together an incredible show and the entire cast for all of their hard work and dedication to this production! A big thanks to her husband, Mike, for supporting his girls. She hopes you enjoy this holiday classic. Break legs everyone!
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Bendix
is proud to sponsor TrueNorth Cultural Arts!
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Help keep the arts alive! Make a tax-deductible donation today. Remember the thrill you experienced the first time you were on stage? How about the first time you watched your child’s face light up as they were introduced to the magic of the theatre? Or the first time you experienced a beautiful piece of music or work of art? Help TrueNorth bring a set of “first times” to a brand new generation. Keep the arts alive for our children to enjoy and carry on our message. TrueNorth is a non-profit organization that relies on support from people just like you. Your donation is tax-deductible and helps us bring the following to the community: Professional theatre in Lorain County A Family Life Series geared towards younger children Arts Education programs A Chorale & Symphony Fine Arts Free workshops in arts and nature And much more! To make a tax-deductible donation, please contact Rick Fortney at (440) 949-5200 Ext. 229, or simply mail a check to TrueNorth Cultural Arts, Attn: Donations, 4530 Colorado Ave., Sheffield Village OH 44054.
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Thank you for your continued support!
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2015 Donors SPOTLIGHT SPONSORS ($1,000 or more) Hu & Jan Auburn Avon Lake Printing Paul Balcom & Cathy Dietlin Bendix Steven Bridge Campana Development CenturyLink Emerson Charitable Trust Ford Motor Company Fortney Family Foundation Hermes, 5K Artsfest Cathy and Eric Harvey (in memory of George and Jane Oechsle) Key Bank Foundation Lorain County Metro Parks Sherrill “Cookie” McLoda Bob & Lynn Miller The Morning Journal Norton Foundation Ohio Business College PGA Tour Inc. Carl & Ruth Prokop WOBL/WDLW Jean Young
CONCERTMASTERS ($100 - $249) Joseph & Sandra Agnello (in memory of Larry Gaynor) Joseph Bacha Jonell, Keven & Tyler Baker Bruce & Jennifer Barden Charlotte & Bruce Burge Jim & Debbie Dowdell Margerita Gerborg Hermes 5K Artsfest David & Mary Ann Heuerman Judith A. Klucas Gary M. Lilly Frida & Michael McGee Navital Inc. Barbara A. Nicol Sara Otts Paul & Janice Peters Carl & Ruth Prokop Charles & Carolyn Reed Joseph & Sally Smith Karen Wagner Konnie Wenneman Kathryn L. Whyte Andrew & Michelle Young
PODIUM PARTNERS ($500 - $999) LCCC Foundation Parsons Insurance Judy Reich (in memory of Bob Reich)
FRIENDS OF THE ARTS ($50 - $99) Becker’s Donuts Ted & Terri Brewer Marilynn Bronson Paul & Francis Burik James & Mary Ruth Burns Dustin & Patricia Bush Deb Chelko Constance L Clark Sally Cornwell David & Mary Jane Croston Sandra & Dave Dibbell Doris J. Gaertner Sandi Gerhan Brett Hall
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2015 Donors (cont.) FRIENDS OF THE ARTS (cont.) Ed & Muriel Homer Kuno A. & Christa Josupeit Mark & Michelle Kelly Alan & Erica Lerner Barbara Mamrar Julie Mannarelli Leslie R. McGinnis Lila McGinnis Gene & Joyce Nickley Frank & Sandra O’Dell Richard & Diane Pilat Dudley & MaryAnn Price Janet Romanski Ann Hathaway Seltzer Jeffrey Suhanic Michael & Patricia Sweeney Ben Thompson Gaylord & Sandra Tucker Sylvia Upchurch & Edward J. Selavko Carole Z. Warren Allen & Martha West Stand & Muir West Richard & Delores Wyer UNDERSTUDIES Quella Columbaro Lawrence & Claudia Forbes Mark & Robin Johnson Christa Josupeit Margaret Kurta Lynne Medlik John & Judith Peterson Nina Sobel Jeff Steeber The Rock Pile Becky Voit Laura Weichel E.J. Wennerberg Jean Youngs
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COMING SOON! LORAIN COUNTY METRO PARKS & TRUENORTH CULTURAL ARTS PRESENT:
GODSPELL
BOOK BY JOHN MICHAEL TEBELAK | MUSIC & LYRICS BY STEPHEN SCHWARTZ CONCEIVED AND ORIGINALLY DIRECTED BY JOHN TEBELAK BASED ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 13
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