Spring 2015 Program #1 by Arts NC State

UNIVERSITY THEATRE’S FALL 2014 PRODUCTION OF AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. PHOTO BY RON FOREMAN.

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At NC State, the arts are for everyone. All NC State students – regardless of college or major – are welcome to participate in ARTS NC STATE programs and productions, and to take arts courses for credit or non-credit. Whether you have several years of experience or you’re just starting out, our doors are open to anyone who is curious about exploring the arts on campus. Audition for a play. Perform in a concert. Take a class. Work behind-the-scenes. Exhibit your artwork. Volunteer for an event. Live with other student artists. Use your student I.D. to see a world-class performance for just $5. There are so many ways to get involved in the visual and performing arts at NC State. Find out more at ncsu.edu/arts.

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spring JANUARY

ARTS NOW! SERIES TUE, JAN 27 / 7 PM State Ballroom, Talley Student Union

FEBRUARY LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS BY COMPOSER ALAN MENKEN AND WRITER HOWARD ASHMAN FEB 12-15 & 18-22 EVENING SHOWS 7:30 PM SUNDAY MATINEES 2 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall

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FACULTY CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL WITH DR. KLEIANKINA SUN, MAR 22 / 4 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall ARTS NOW! SERIES TUE, MAR 24 / 7 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall PANORAMIC DANCE PROJECT CONCERT THU & FRI, MAR 26 & 27 / 8 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall

MUSIC OF THE BRITISH ISLES SAT, FEB 21 / 4 PM State Ballroom, Talley Student Union

THE BURIAL AT THEBES, A VERSION OF SOPHOCLES’ ANTIGONE BY SEAMUS HEANEY MAR 27-29, APR 8-12, 15-19 EVENING SHOWS 7:30 PM SUNDAY MATINEES 2 PM Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre, Thompson Hall

ARTS NOW! SERIES THU, FEB 26 / 7 PM State Ballroom, Talley Student Union

RALEIGH CIVIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SUN, MAR 29 / 4 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall

AQUILA THEATRE: THE TEMPEST & WUTHERING HEIGHTS FRI & SAT, FEB 27 & 28 / 8 PM SUN, MAR 1 / 3 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall

FACULTY TROMBONE RECITAL: DR. WES PARKER MON, MAR 30 / 7 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall

THE SWINGLE SINGERS TUE, FEB 17 / 8 PM State Ballroom, Talley Student Union

PMC LECTURE SERIES FRI, FEB 27 / 7 PM State Ballroom, Talley Student Union JAZZ ENSEMBLE I SAT, FEB 28 / 7 PM State Ballroom, Talley Student Union

MARCH WIND ENSEMBLE TUE, MAR 3 / 7 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall REGINA CARTER FRI, MAR 20 / 8 PM SAT, MAR 21 / 5 PM & 8 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall

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APRIL CHORAL CONCERT FRI, APR 10 / 7 PM Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church GRAINS OF TIME SPRING CONCERT SAT, APR 11 / 7 PM State Ballroom, Talley Student Union NCSU DANCE COMPANY CONCERT THU & FRI, APR 16 & 17 / 8 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall RALEIGH CIVIC SYMPHONY SUN, APR 19 / 4 PM / Location TBD JAZZ ENSEMBLE II TUE, APR 21 / 7 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall JAZZ ENSEMBLE I SAT, APR 25 / 7 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall WIND ENSEMBLE WED, APR 22 / 7 PM State Ballroom, Talley Student Union BRICKYARD BRASS QUINTET SUN, APR 26 / 4 PM Price Music Center, Room 120

APRIL MUSIC DEPARTMENT STUDENT RECITAL MON, APR 6 / 6 PM Price Music Center, Room 110

GREGG MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

LADIES IN RED TUE & WED, APR 7 & 8 / 7 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall

SMOKES AND MIRRORS: REFLECTIONS OF THE SELF IN PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN MENAPACE THROUGH FEBRUARY 6

MU BETA PSI'S ACAPELLAFEST THU, APR 9 / 7 PM State Ballroom, Talley Student Union

Historic Chancellor’s Residence 1903 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, 27607 Call 919.513.7244 or email zoe_starling@ncsu.edu to schedule a visit.

TEATRO HUGO & INES FRI, APR 10 / 5 PM SAT, APR 11 / 5 PM & 8 PM SUN, APR 12 / 4 PM Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall

UNIVERSITY THEATRE MUSIC DEPARTMENT

LIFE’S LITTLE DRAMAS: PUPPETS IN HUMAN SOCIETY LATE SPRING 2015 NCSU Libraries’ D.H. Hill Exhibit Gallery. Check ncsu.edu/gregg for dates and times.

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TEATRO HUGO & INES APRIL 10-12, 2015 TITMUS THEATRE, THOMPSON HALL Peruvian puppeteers Hugo and Ines are beloved the world over for their collection of wordless whimsical vignettes.

PUPPETRY WORKSHOP SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2015 AT 2:30 PM Hugo and Ines will share elements of mime and puppetry and show how to build easy figures with the hands and other parts of the body. For adults and children 10 years old and above.

FREE Pre-registration required when you purchase your Hugo & Ines show ticket(s).

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LIFE'S LITTLE DRAMAS PUPPETS IN HUMAN SOCIETY Opens late spring of 2015 at NCSU Libraries’ D.H. Hill Exhibit Gallery

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IMAGE FROM UNIVERSITY THEATRE'S FIRST PRODUCTION, ANTIGONE. PICTURED L-R: CORKI NEWMAN AND GURD BLISS. PHOTO BY SUN ARRENU.

From pigeons TO PROFESSIONALS By Chris Vitiello

Through the decades — and the renovations — University Theatre continues to expand and improve The bustle of rehearsal blares through the phone. John McIlwee, University Theatre Director, laughs and apologizes while he finds a quieter place to talk. Opening night of Little Shop of Horrors is still a month away, but he has a full slate for a Sunday night. “They’re singing,” he says. “I can hear them in the distance. It’s ‘Skid Row,’ the second number in the show. The girls are just coming in in cycles. I’ve got some really good kids with really good voices. But I don’t know about the other parts yet.”

University Theatre celebrates 50 years of this wonderful chaos with a typically eclectic spring schedule. First, the Motowninflected hilarity and gigantic carnivorous plants of Little Shop; next, in March, the wrenching agony and cruel fate of The Burial at Thebes, poet Seamus Heaney’s re-envisioning of Sophocles’ Antigone. The classic tragedy connects back through the program’s halfcentury to then-Thompson Theatre’s very first production. Jean Anouilh’s version of Antigone opened in November 1964, in a theater space carved out of the abandoned Frank Thompson Gymnasium. Inspired by the success of drama workshops conducted by artist-in-residence Romulus Linney in the early 1960s, the theater’s founding was part of an initiative headed up by Dean of Students Jack Stewart to enhance the artistic environment at NC State. Henry Bowers, then-Director of the University Student Center, and for whom the Bowers Medal of Arts is named, remembers working with Stewart and Associate Dean of Student Affairs Banks Talley on the initiative. “The idea from the beginning,” Bowers says, “was to make students on this campus, who were primarily agricultural and engineering—the humanities were really just service departments in those days—aware that this sort of thing was available.”

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Frank Thompson Hall

Linney brought University of Pittsburgh professor Phillip Eck to join the team in a campus search for a theatrical home. They walked the campus, looking at buildings the way you kick tires on a used car lot. Eck saw potential in the old Thompson Gym, which the basketball team had ditched for Carmichael Gymnasium and Reynolds Coliseum. “Thompson was a disaster,” Bowers recalls. “The university had abandoned it, so Thompson was just left as an empty space, which, at that time, no one seemed to want. Nowadays a space like that would be snatched up and people would be competing for it.

repertory troupe by degrees, but that plan shifted in 1967 in favor of a non-academic, student-centric model underwritten by theater receipts. What could have been a setback turns out to have been the real triumph of University Theatre—by offering all NC State students the chance to participate in theatre, the program has become a successful avenue for experiential learning. Even today, the university does not have a theatre major (though it has added a minor in recent years).

“They didn’t get academic credit for it; it was just something that they really wanted to do.”

“Anyway the place was filled with pigeons, just totally a physical wreck. But Eck thought it could work, so he drew up a basic design.”

The suspended running track around the old basketball floor was repurposed as a lighting rig. A flexible structure went over the old gym floor, and smaller, black box theater spaces were opened elsewhere in the building. Ira Allen became Thompson Theatre’s first director and Charles Stillwell, who directed Antigone and played its narrator, was Allen’s assistant. The initial plan was to grow a professional

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“One thing that amazes me, and which I don’t think people really take into account,” Bowers notes, “is the fact that most of these plays were put on by students in engineering or agriculture or communications—not theatre majors. They were student actors and student designers, with a little help from professional directors. It was a learning experience for them, and they turned out some remarkably good performances, as they do today. “They didn’t get academic credit for it; it was just something that they really wanted to do.” McIlwee took over directorship in 1990, putting an emphasis on growing the program’s professionalism and popularity.

Celebrating 50 Years Cast and crew of University Theatre's production of RENT in the 2011-2012 season.

When he arrived, 20 students was a good turnout for auditions. Now, on average, 100 students show up.

studio productions. Over 300 students from varied majors participate in University Theatre productions.

“When I came here to interview, I went to a show—Fiddler on the Roof—and there were 40 people in the audience,” he remembers. “Although some of the people in it were very good, it was just a bit visually uninspired. That’s something we’ve really worked toward. We can control what a production looks like, but we can’t control who comes in to audition for it.”

The theater nearly lost its physical connection to its roots when Thompson Hall was renovated in 2007. But rather than raze the building to construct a new one, the university reconfigured the inside of the existing building. That decision essentially allows the March performance of The Burial at Thebes to share a footprint with its Antigone legacy from nearly a half-century earlier. Just without the pigeons.

McIlwee cites a 1997 production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which Terri Janney directed, as a moment when he realized that University Theatre had really arrived. Everything hit on all cylinders—the acting, the production, even the attendance.

“The most interesting thing for me is watching students grow.”

As University Theatre marks its 50th year, McIlwee personally looks back on 25 years in Raleigh—a stay he never intended.

“Everybody committed exceptionally to that show. When it opened I thought it showed that we were beyond what we’d produced up to that time. It became obvious that we could continue to do things on that level. From that point on, each show felt like it moved us forward.”

“The most interesting thing for me is watching students grow,” he says, as Little Shop surges in volume behind him. “I have students in this show who were in their first show for me when they came in as freshmen and they’re graduating this semester. To have watched them grow each time, and add something to their repertoire of skills, that’s the most exciting thing.

McIlwee now oversees eight to ten shows each year, half of which are main season shows in addition to a summer TheatreFest repertory season, diversity plays and student

“It’s why I didn’t go back to professional theatre. I’d been doing it for 20 years. This was supposed to be a two-year gig for me. But I couldn’t leave. It was too satisfying, too fulfilling here. I’m lucky.”

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WOLFPACK

TIME MACHINE By Chris Vitiello

The Gregg Museum’s ECLECTIC COLLECTION might just be its RICHEST CLASSROOM, too Two days before Thanksgiving, a sleepy gathering of students shares their holiday travel plans on a rainy morning. But first, before they scatter all over the state and country, they’ll take a trip 2000 years into the past. As part of instructor Janine Woodbridge’s “Basic Weaving” class, these eight College of Textiles juniors are touring the collection at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, getting a first-hand, whirlwind look at the history of textiles. Despite being destined for careers in computer-aided industrial design, they’re learning fundamental structural and design lessons from centuries-old Coptic cloth preserved in Egyptian graves and bright, contemporary fine artworks. They aren’t, however, strolling through the museum peering into glass-covered cases at pristinely labeled fabric. Instead, Gregg Registrar Mary Hauser has laid out about 20 select pieces on large tables in the museum’s workrooms. Today, the collection is a classroom. After a quick training, Hauser gathers the students around the first table of tapestry pieces. Wearing white gloves, she flips the corner of each piece to show the students both sides. Hesitantly, they lean in to see the warp and weft of the weave. “So do you think this is contemporary? Or older?” Hauser asks.

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Students smile at each other, waiting for someone to speak first. “I can’t tell but I definitely think it’s contemporary. The colors are pretty bright,” one young woman manages. Hauser notes that it’s from the 1970s and the young woman nods with a sense of triumph. The Gregg’s eclectic collection of fine art and craft objects and historical artifacts tops 34,000 items and grows by about 500 objects a year—almost exclusively via unsolicited donation. Some donations are exhibition-quality work, such as the thousands of prints and negatives that North Carolina photographer John Menapace left the museum upon his death in 2010. Other donations, however, come from attics and basements. These relics of travels, inheritances and antique store rummagings, which may be damaged or too worn to put on display, comprise the education collection. “Someone might give us a 1920s flapper dress,” Gregg Director Roger Manley explains. “If it’s in perfect condition we will try to keep it that way. If it has some tears here and there, people can still use it as a study item to see how a flapper dress was put together.” The education portion of the collection is very much open for business as a hands-on learning resource. Professors work with Hauser and Gregg Curator of Education Zoe Starling to identify what parts of the collection would support their instruction. The Gregg staff develops and leads a customized, close-up and personal class visit like the one the textile students are having. “A professor can contact us and say ‘I’m teaching a class in Latin American history. Are there things in the collection that I can use to talk about that?’” Manley says. “They might look at the Al Farrow sculpture that’s made of old weapons and gun parts and talk about the history of violence in Latin America. By making all that tangible, it takes it out of the realm of being in a book or online.”

Professors from every corner of the university leverage the Gregg’s collection in this way. Recent departments that have visited include archaeology, anthropology, philosophy, religion, film studies and environmental services. Classes from Meredith College and the Governor Morehead School for the Blind come, too. To Woodbridge, this visit is as essential as her lectures. This kind of engagement with the material brings the work to life in a rare, invaluable way. “It might just be a different environment,” Woodbridge says, “but my students definitely were more engaged by the fabrics and can really understand the process and take in the magnitude of these pieces now that they’ve done some hand weaving. Before this kind of awareness of textiles, they may have just walked by and said ‘Oh that’s a cool picture of a god,’ or whatever was depicted in the tapestry, but they’re now understanding and relating to these on a maker’s level.” Each semester, Starling and Hauser also work with Arts NC State Coordinator of Arts Outreach Amy Sawyers to link upcoming Gregg exhibitions with specific courses being taught at State. This goes into a Curricular Connections Guide that covers all other ANCS programs and events. A professor can simply find his or her course listed in the guide, call up the Gregg and schedule a class visit. Hauser jokes that the Gregg’s huge collection is currently “in exile.” Displaced by the Talley Student Union renovation, the museum is in the final throes of fundraising for a new, spacious addition to the Historic Chancellor’s Residence. In the meantime, they’re a “museum without walls,” squatting in an anonymous-looking warehouse building near the J.C. Raulston Arboretum. Exhibitions have continued in several campus locations such as the Chancellor’s Residence, D.H. Hill Library and the African-American Cultural Center in the Witherspoon Student Center, as well as at Meredith College.

Ground is slated to be broken on the Gregg’s new addition in April 2015. Piece by piece, Hauser asks the students how each object was made, where it might come from, when it might date to. By the time they’re ten pieces into the tour, students are listing those characteristics without prompting, deducing what the weaving might have been used for. Students lean in close to examine the faded red, orange and yellow diamonds of a Turkish kilim fragment from the beginning of the 20th century; a Peruvian fragment from the 1400s, regrettably cut with scissors to be fit into a frame; and some coarse, woolen early American coverlets. They cringe and laugh over the coverlets, imagining them on their dorm beds. “They can see living with those pieces,” Woodbridge notes. “The other pieces might have been fine art pieces or pieces for burial or some ceremony. But they’re really able to relate to a coverlet, and that connects them more to the idea that people didn’t always have these 700 thread count sheets. This is what people lived with and they made it at home. Through an object, you can engage with its history and use on a different level. “Everything is so mass-produced today, so I want them to be able to appreciate that this took somebody maybe a year and a half’s worth of time to make.” This historical perspective enhances a student’s ability as a designer, too. The cultural inheritance of the collection’s many donors becomes an educational inheritance as these students transition into the industry after they graduate. “An understanding of older techniques really helps you down the line,” Woodbridge says. “I worked in the industrial textile world in contract fabrics for a long time. It helped me, as a designer, to know different techniques and structures, to understand why X structure won’t work with loom Y. Knowing how to read the fabrics is a building block of design.” ncsu.edu/arts

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FUND-RAISING PROGRESS

so very much for your support of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design! Our success is due to:

$5.7 MILLION in student and university support

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+ $3.8 MILLION raised privately so far

More than 30 generous individuals and foundations have chosen to make a major commitment of $25,000 or more to the Gregg Museum Campaign

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More than 100 individuals have chosen to become members of our Founding Friends, which recognizes donors of $5,000 or more. We hope to reach a total of 200 Founding Friends and would be thrilled to include you among these visionary supporters!

• All told, more than 300 generous alumni and friends have helped us achieve this goal. EVERY gift made an impact!

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University Theatre presents

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS By composer Alan and writer Howard Ashman THURSDAY-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12-14, 2015 • 7:30 PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2015 • 2 PM WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18-21, 2015 • 7:30 PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2015 • 2 PM Titmus Theatre • Frank Thompson Hall DIRECTOR John C. McIlwee* Musical Director Julie A. Florin* Choreographer Viki Atkinson Scenic & Puppetry Design Jayme Mellema Costume & Hair Design John C. McIlwee* Lighting & Projection Design Joshua Reaves Sound Design Kevin Wright Technical Direction David Jensen Stage Manager Meghan Leonard PROFESSIONAL STAFF Vocal Coach Julie Florin* Acting and Dialect Coach Rachel Klem Costume Shop Manager Laura J. Parker Costume Technician Adrienne McKenzie Sound Engineer Kevin Wright Assistant Technical Director & Props Master Stephen Frausto Marketing, Graphics & Photography Ronald A. Foreman*

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International. SETTING: Skid Row Florist and environs. 1960

musical numbers ACT ONE

PROLOGUE (LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS)................Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette, Monique SKID ROW (DOWNTOWN)......................................................................................Company DA—DOO......................................................................Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette, Monique GROW FOR ME.........................................................................................................Seymour DON’T IT GO TO SHOW YA NEVER KNOW............... Mushnik, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette, ................................................................................................................. Monique, Seymour SOMEWHERE THAT’S GREEN....................................................................................Audrey CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS................................................... Seymour, Audrey, Mushnik DENTIST!............................................................ Orin, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronnette, Monique MUSHNIK AND SON.........................................................................Mushnik and Seymour FEED ME (GIT IT................................................................................ Seymour and Audrey II NOW (IT’S JUST THE GAS)......................................................................Seymour and Orin There will be one fifteen-minute intermission

ACT TWO

CALL BACK IN THE MORNING............................................................ Seymour and Audrey SUDDENLY, SEYMOUR........................................................................ Seymour and Audrey SUPPERTIME.............................................................................................................Audrey II THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT.....................................................................................Company FINALE (DON’T FEED THE PLANTS).......................................................................Company * Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Fraternity

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DURING THE PERFORMANCE:

• Silence your cell phone • No photography • No texting

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cast

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

AUDREY..............................................................................Lela Johnston SEYMOUR.............................................................................. Ryan Miller MUSHNIK...................................................................... Areon Mobasher ORIN..................................................................................Andrew Enloe* CRYSTAL....................................................................... Kimberlin Torain* CHIFFON........................................................................ Paulina Ragunas RONETTE.......................................................................... Morgan Piner* MONIQUE............................................................................Rachel Walter BERNSTEIN......................................................................Michael Taylor* SNIP/WINO #2/ENSEMBLE...............................................Tony Markoch AUDREY II...................................................................... Jordan Coleman BAGLADY/ENSEMBLE...........................................................Talia Noelle WOMAN AT STOOP/ENSEMBLE....................................Alyssa Padmos WINO #1/ENSEMBLE................................................... Danny Beckman* PATRICK MARTIN/ENSEMBLE.........................................Andrew Eicher MRS. LUCE/ENSEMBLE.............................................. Mackie Raymond BEAT COP/ENSEMBLE..................................................Trevor Gamache CUSTOMER #1/ENSEMBLE..........................................William Stewart* CUSTOMER #2/ENSEMBLE..................................................Peter Lalush YOUNG KID/ENSEMBLE................................................Heather Murray DELIVERY BOY/ENSEMBLE................................................... Nigel Rush

MUSICIANS

Julie A. Florin*.......................................................Director/Keyboard #1 Diane Petteway.................................................................... Keyboard #2 Bernie Petteway......................................................................... Guitar #1 Rohith Panuganti....................................................................... Guitar #2 Daniel Bernstein.................................................................................Bass Matthew Morelock......................................................................... Drums

PUPPETEERS

Blair Downs*, Alec Haklar*, Nico Peaks*, Philipp Lindemann*, Doug Pluta * Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Fraternity

cast bios

Jordan Coleman, Audrey II, is a sophomore double majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering. Jordan is thrilled to don the guise of antagonist Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors. Having enjoyed past choral and theatrical experiences throughout middle and high school, Jordan is ready to once again “take the stage in his first college performance.”

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Assistant Stage Managers............... .Dayne Smith*, Zachary Francis*, ............................................................. Maddie Waggoner, Dylan O’Neil Sound Assistants........................... Sarah Crawford, Meredith Biechele Master Carpenters.......................Chris Bradsher*, Autumn Stephens* Scenic Carpenter.................................................................. Alec Haklar* Set Crew........................................ THE 103 students – Ester Mununga, ............................... Briana Campbell, Adam Johnson, Valerie Aleman, ..........Gina Higgins, Sanjum Gupta, Vincent Bland Jr., Leroy McInnis, .................................. Candice Smith, Heather Meredith, Allyson Konl, ............................................................... Ian Oehring, Natalie Sherwood ....................... Scene Shop Volunteers – Anne Church, Addie Jackson, .............................Len Kerr, Jonathan Pope, Louis Bailey, Mark Welker Assistant Scenic Artist and Props......................... Elizabeth Lemmons* Assistant Puppetry Design..............................................Lauren Caddick Light Board Operators......................Ellen Davenport, Zebulun Farrell* Followspot Operators..............................Nick Carson, Jasmyn Morere, .........................................................Nathan Wintermute, Molly Reddick Lighting Crew................................... Kenny Hertling*, Bijan Karshenas, .....................................................Damien Taylor, Ian Oehring, Tim Fitch Wardrobe Supervisors...............................Sarah Thornton*, Paul Tyrlik Costume Technician........................................................Heather Murray Costume Crew.............................. THE 103 students – Elizabeth Eicher, ........................ Meghan Leonard, Thi Duong, Molly Riddick, Nicki Lee, ..............Anna Hartung – Costumer Shop Volunteers – Mary Iris Gray, ......Laura Wyker, Peter Lalush, Tu Vo, Rachel Coates, Briana Campbell Dresser.....................................................................Emma Reeves Sirois Makeup Designer............................................................. Joyska Nuñez* Makeup Supervisor........................................................ Yamila Monge* Makeup Crew.....................................THE 234 students – Sarah Alrifai, ........... Shelby Carson, Katie Childers, Camille Cruz, Ellen Davenport, .............................. Caroline Gabriel, Kenny Hertling*, Grisha Mirzoev, ...........................Allysa Padmos, Molly Peoples, Emma Reeves Sirois, .............................................................................. Erika Faith, Victoria Yu Wig Crew...................................................... Teal Lepley, Ashley Rabuck House Manager and Ushers................ University Theatre House Crew

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Danny Beckman, Wino #1/Ensemble, is a senior double majoring in computer and electrical engineering. This will be Danny’s fifth and final performance with University Theatre. His previous credits include The Philadelphia Story, Rent, All in the Timing and You Can’t Take It With You. Danny will graduate this spring and reluctantly begin his “adult life.” He would like to thank his family and friends for their constant support of him and the arts.

PRODUCTION CREW

Andrew Eicher, Patrick Martin/Ensemble, is a sophomore in polymer and color chemistry with a concentration in medical sciences. Andrew is absolutely ecstatic over performing in his first show here at NC State University. During his senior year at Charlotte Catholic High School he landed a lead role in Godspell which ignited a love for being onstage. Now at State, Andrew has pursued his passions in science and organic chemistry—longing to return to the stage. Having been away for a year he is thoroughly excited to be back again and hopes you enjoy the show! Andrew Enloe, Orin, is a senior in communications media-video production. Andrew’s previous credits include Rent, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Game’s Afoot, and Around the World in 80 Days. “I am so grateful that I have been able to spend so much time with University Theatre and I have learned so much. Also, I know that I couldn’t do any of this without the support of my friends and my family who continue to stay by my side through rehearsals and this crazy life we live.”

Trevor Gamache, Beat Cop/Ensemble, is a freshman in chemical engineering and paper science engineering. Trevor is making his stage debut at University Theatre. “I am thrilled to start theater in college this year with my favorite musical. My past stage experience includes parts in Hairspray and Footloose. I am very grateful for the opportunity to work with such an amazing cast and staff with such passion. Lela Johnston, Audrey, is a senior in political science with a minor in non-profit studies. Lela’s previous credits include ensemble/Roger’s Mother in RENT, Muriel in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Mona in Chicago. “Thanks to my family and friends for keeping passion in my heart and my head on my shoulders.” Peter Lalush, Customer #2/Ensemble, is a sophomore in computer science with a minor in theatre. Peter began acting and singing in high school and hasn’t looked back since. Peter’s previous credits include the tailor in Chicago and Jim in You Can’t Take It With You. Peter is a screenwriter and filmmaker, as well as a musician, who has branched out and appeared in several local student films and commercials. He starred in his own short film, Criminal Activity, for Campus MovieFest. Peter would like to thank all of his fantastic theatre friends for supporting him this far, as well as his friends from Cary High and his parents and his sister Deborah. “Enjoy the show!” Tony Markoch, Snip/Wino 2/Ensemble, is a freshman in psychology and criminology. Tony is making his acting debut here at University Theatre. He has been acting since the seventh grade, having played Oliver in the show Oliver! “I have done many shows since then (including Little Shop) and am very excited to have now started in NC State’s theatre program.” Tony is also a member of the drumline in the NC State marching band. Ryan Miller, Seymour, is a sophomore in computer science with a minor in cognitive science. Ryan is honored to be performing in his University Theatre debut. He is a member of the NC State clogging team as well as the ballroom dance club. His previous show credits include Mike in A Chorus Line and Edna in Hairspray. Areon Mobasher, Mushnik, is a sophomore in business management. Aereon’s journey in the world of theatre began during his senior year of high school where he played Jean Valjean in his school’s production of Les Miserables. For his performance, he won best actor at the Blumey Awards in Charlotte and went on to compete nationally at the Jimmy Awards on Broadway. He recently appeared as Boss Elf and King Moonracer in Storybook Theater’s production of Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer. In his spare time, Aeron enjoys drawing, composing music, and having coffee with friends. Areon is very excited to be a part of Little Shop of Horrors, his first show at NC State!

Heather Murray, Young Kid/Ensemble, is a junior in zoology with a minor in theatre. Little Shop of Horrors is Heather’s third show on the UT stage with previous credits including Dinah Lorde in The Philadelphia Story and as a member of the ensemble in Chicago. In addition to performing onstage, she has played an active role backstage as a dresser/wardrobe chief for several productions including Rent, The Arabian Nights, The Game’s Afoot, Seminar and Around the World in 80 Days. Heather would like to thank her friends and family for their endless support through the busy rehearsal schedules, and UT for encouraging her passion for theatre. “It has been a wonderful experience to work with such a phenomenal cast and crew!” Talia Noelle, Bag Lady/Ensemble, is a freshman in English. Talia has been in an intense, passionate relationship with the performing arts ever since she was Marie in her preschool’s production of The Nutcracker. She took a terrifying leap and auditioned for University Theatre’s Around the World in 80 Days and thus began a love affair with NC State’s theatre program. Favorite past roles include Truvy in Steel Magnolia, Gertrude in Study Group, the Devil’s Grandmother in The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, and the chorus in The Wizard of Oz!. Talia would like to thank her parents for their unyielding love and support, her roommate Joy for being such a blessing and a “joy” to live with, the amazing friends that came along with knowing Joy (Jasmine, Ashley, Wesley), her sister Nadia for the consistent reminder to not take herself too seriously, her phenomenal friend Esdras (er, Ezra) Rivera, the whole bunch of hooligans that are in UT for being beyond welcoming and warm, and God for intervening and placing her where she was meant to be. Alyssa Padmos, Woman at Stoop/Ensemble, is a sophomore in animal science/pre-veterinary program. Alyssa hopes to become a leading geneticist/zoo veterinarian and perfect genetic variability in in-captivity breeding to prevent endangered species from going extinct. She has always loved performing and participates in University Theatre regularly as an actress, dresser, and makeup artist. Morgan Piner, Ronnette, is a senior in natural resources with a concentration in marine and coastal. Morgan is excited to be back at UT to play another fun role. Some of her previous credits at University Theatre include Velma Kelly in Chicago, Daria Chase in The Game’s Afoot, The Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland as well has wardrobe for multiple UT and TheatreFest shows. Morgan was honored with the ARTS NC STATE Performer of the year award for 2013-2014 as well as the Bitzer Achievement in Performance. Outside of University Theatre Morgan continues to perform with other theatres, teach dance, work on short films as well as local and regional commercials. Thank you to the UT staff, cast and crew for always creating an amazing show!! Paulina Ragunas, Chiffon, is a senior in international studies with a concentration in East and Southeast Asia, and minors in French, Japanese and music—voice performance. Paulina is thrilled to be back at UT for her third show and first college musical! Her previous credits include Penelope Sycamore in You Can’t Take It With You and Lady Croom in Arcadia. Paulina’s hobbies include singing aggressively in foreign languages, primarily Japanese, at ungodly hours (much to the chagrin of her roommates) drawing on all her class notes, and TV show marathons. She is grateful for the continued support of her friends and family.

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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Mackie Raymond, Mrs. Luce/Ensemble, is a freshman in communication media with minors in Spanish and arts entrepreneurship. Mackie is so excited to be making her stage debut at University Theatre after working as a production assistant for You Can’t Take It With You. Her previous musical theatre credits include roles in Zombie Prom and Once Upon A Mattress. “I’d like to thank my parents and my sister for their endless support, and the cast and crew for their hard work.” Nigel Rush, Delivery Boy/Ensemble, is a sophomore in plant biotech. Previous credits include Alice in Wonderland, The Lottery and Into the Woods. Nigel is making his theatrical debut at University Theatre in Little Shop of Horrors.

shouldn’t audition…but I am glad I did, because I would have missed out on the ride of a lifetime. UT has given me the opportunity to play a hare/puppet-hybrid (Alice in Wonderland). They’ve put me on stage in nothing but pants and sequined suspenders (Chicago), and they’ve taken me on a trip across the globe (Around the World in 80 Days). But more than anything they’ve made my college experience an unforgettable one, and for that I am eternally grateful.” Kimberlin Torain, Crystal, is a senior in anthropology with a minor in theatre. Partial to stage management after having worked on Arcadia and The Arabian Nights, Kimberlin made her stage debut in Chicago. She is very excited to be back onstage in Little Shop of Horrors. Kimberlin would like to thank her parents for giving her talent, her sister for insulting her to be better, and Ron Foreman for giving her impromptu voice lessons before auditions. “I would not be on this stage if it weren’t for any of you.”

William Stewart, Customer #1/Ensemble, is a junior in electrical engineering with a minor in creative writing. Little Shop of Horrors is Will’s sixth show with University Theatre—his third onstage. Will is honored and excited to be a part of such an amazing cast. When he is not “bringing tears to the eyes of countless theater goers,” he can be found working, losing sleep, being poor, and generally refusing to turn down.

Rachel Walter, Monique, is a freshman in environmental science. Rachel is delighted to be making her debut at University Theatre. Past favorite credits include Minnie Fay in Opera House Theater Company’s Hello Dolly!, and the roles of Cat in the Hat in Seussical the Musical and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at Thalian Association Children’s Theater.

Michael Taylor, Bernstein, is a senior in animal science with a minor in theatre. This is Michael’s eighth production with University Theatre. As a graduating senior, he would like to extend a very special thanks to his UT family. “I remember auditioning for my first UT production (Rent) like it was yesterday. I was SO nervous and I came up with a million reasons why I

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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

John C. McIlwee, Director, has been with NCSU’s University Theatre for more than 29 years. He has worked extensively throughout the United States as an actor, director, costume designer, scenic designer, makeup artist, and playwright. He holds a master in theatre and a master of fine arts in theatre design. John is a national award-winning fashion designer and a two-time winner of the National Arts and Letters Council Award for children’s playwriting. He was also honored with the Raleigh Medal of Arts. Recently, John directed You Can’t Take It With You, Death By Design, Chicago, The Game’s Afoot, Garden District, Rent, Twelfth Night, Inspecting Carol, Black Coffee, and The Spyglass Seven. His combined directing and costume credits include Amadeus, Into the Woods, and Murder on the Nile; acted in Re:Design; directed and designed the sets for TheatreFest and the costumes for Death By Design, The Dixie Swim Club, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Arcadia. He continues to lecture extensively on the history of couture and costume and enjoys working with this extremely creative University Theatre staff to create a varied and exciting theatrical experience that is available to ALL university students. “Much love to Nancy and Genevieve for unconditional love, fun, and refuge throughout rehearsals!”

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Julie A. Florin, Musical Director, teaches theatre at Broughton High School. She will take students to the Fringe Festival in Scotland this summer. Julie’s musical direction includes—Burning Coal Theatre Company; EbzB Productions; Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy; Meredith College; Raleigh Little Theatre; and for University Theatre at NCSU, A Little Night Music, Cabaret, Follies, Anything Cole, Grease, The Apple Tree, Sweet Charity, Godspell, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Into the Woods, Urinetown, Rent, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Chicago. Many thanks to John McIlwee and the NC State APO crew who collaborate with the BHS drama club. Love and thanks to my husband for all of his support. Viki Atkinson, Choreographer, danced professionally in musical theatre for several years, and then shifted her focus to choreography. Locally, she danced in the North Carolina Theatre productions of Cabaret, My Fair Lady, Man of La Mancha, Oklahoma!, and West Side Story. Additional performance credits include Kathy

in Company, Peggy in Godspell, and the title role in Gypsy. Choreography credits include Pippin, Sweet Charity, Annie, Oliver, Big River, and University Theatre’s production of Chicago. Viki holds a degree in dance education from UNC-Greensboro and has taught at Meredith College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Appomattox Regional Governor’s School, and the School of Richmond Ballet. She was on the faculty of the Raleigh School of Ballet for ten years and directed the dance program at Martin Middle School for four years. Formerly the dance critic for Spectator Magazine, Viki currently reviews dance and theatre for Triangle Review and CVNC.org. Viki first choreographed for UT more than 25 years ago and is always happy to have the opportunity to work with the wonderful UT students and staff. Meghan Leonard, Stage Manager, is a senior in science, technology and society with a minor in biology and theatre. Meghan is excited to be involved in her seventh show with University Theatre. Her previous credits include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Alice in Wonderland, The Heidi Chronicles, The Game’s Afoot, Chicago and Seminar. Little Shop marks Meghan’s first time stage managing a musical and she couldn’t be more excited to share this experience with her wonderful peers and the supportive staff members involved in UT. Dayne Smith, Assistant Stage Manager, is a senior in art studies with a concentration in visual arts and minors in theatre and history. This is Dayne’s 7th show working crew at University Theatre and her third time as an assistant stage manager. “I am excited to work on this show with a great group of people who have become my family.”

theatrefest auditions • BORN YESTERDAY by GARSON KANIN • SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • WAIT UNTIL DARK by FREDERICK KNOTT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 • 1-5 PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 • 6-9 PM Thompson Hall For more info and to schedule an appointment, visit ncsu.edu/theatre/theatrefest

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Zachary Francis, Assistant Stage Manager, is a senior in communication-media with minors in journalism and theatre. Zachary is very excited to join the stage management team for Little Shop of Horrors. This is his second stint as an ASM having served in the same capacity for Arcadia. “I want to take this time to thank my amazing family and friends for being so supportive in everything that I do. I wouldn’t be able to do everything I do without your love and support.”

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Dylan O’Neal, Assistant Stage Manager, is a freshman in electrical engineering. Dylan loves to do theatre. “No matter if I am an actor, director, or a light board operator, I love to be part of a show, no matter what the role.”

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Maddie Waggoner, Assistant Stage Manager, is a freshman in paper science and engineering. Maddie is excited to be joining University Theatre for her third show. Maddie’s past credits include dresser for You Can’t Take It With You and Around The World In 80 Days. “I’d like to give a special thanks to Xander and my mom for always supporting me in my theatre endeavors!”

THAT KIND OF PLAY A One-Act Comedy by Christian O’Neal Winner of the 2013-14 Arts NC State Creative Artist Award

A parody on existentialist plays like Waiting for Godot and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Sam and Beck wake up to find themselves trapped in an existentialist play and desperately try to find a way out! Tickets available by phone February 9 $5 General Admission (plus required state sales tax of 6.75%) Free for NCSU students with ID* *(One free ticket per NCSU student ID may be reserved at Ticket Central in the lobby at Thompson Hall. No phone orders.)

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THE SWINGLES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 AT 8PM State Ballroom, Talley Student Union Tonight’s concert will open with pieces performed in tandem with the students of the NC State Chorale. All selections will be announced from the stage. In memory of WARD SWINGLE 1927-2015

SARA BRIMER JOANNA GOLDSMITH-ETESON CLARE WHEELER CHRISTOPHER JAY

OLIVER GRIFFITHS EDWARD RANDELL KEVIN FOX

For more than half a century The Swingles have pushed the boundaries of vocal music. The seven young singers that make up today’s London-based group are driven by the same innovative spirit that has defined the five-time Grammy® winners since they first made waves in the 1960s. With their forthcoming album Deep End (due early 2015), The Swingles celebrate that legacy by starting a whole new chapter. In 1963, American-born Ward Swingle first assembled a group of Parisian session singers to sing Bach’s keyboard music. The resulting album, Jazz Sebastian Bach, launched the Swingle Singers to fame. Since then their repertoire has grown to include a huge variety of music, as well as new original songs. They have released more than 50 recordings, winning five Grammy® awards and appearing on numerous film and TV soundtracks including Sex and the City and Glee. Recent releases include 2013’s Weather To Fly and a winter EP, Yule Songs. The group’s versatility has led to collaborations with artists as diverse as the Modern Jazz Quartet, Jamie Cullum and Labrinth. Luciano Berio was one of the first composers to explore the sound of the Swingles’ amplified voices in an orchestral setting, and the group continues to perform his groundbreaking Sinfonia around the world, including recent performances at the Royal Festival Hall and La Scala. Other commissions have come from Michael Nyman, John Dankworth and Pascal Zavaro.

In addition to a busy touring schedule that regularly takes them to North and South America, Europe and Asia, The Swingles present their own London A Cappella Festival at Kings Place each January in partnership with Ikon Art Management. The festival is the first of its kind in the capital, welcoming the finest vocal talent from around the world. “The vocal and choral world has changed considerably in the last 50 years... but The Swingles have managed to hold onto to their distinctive niche and continue to thrive.” – CHICAGO SUN-TIMES “Whether performing with the National Symphony Orchestra or in a cappella settings, The Swingle Singers were never less than dazzling” – WASHINGTON POST “The Swingle Singers pitched those mysteriously lovely chords with laser-like precision... a triumph” – THE DAILY TELEGRAPH “Talented, talented people” – JAMIE CULLUM “Whatever happened to The Swingle Singers?” – Aaron Sorkin’s THE WEST WING Sound Engineer: Hugh Walker

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MUSIC OF THE BRITISH ISLES SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2015 FROM 4-6 PM State Ballroom, Talley Student Union This annual concert brings together two distinctive Celtic groups associated with NC State – the Pipes and Drums and the Irish Session Musicians. Performing with the Irish Session Musicians will be dancers from the Inis Cairde School of Irish Dance. This concert will also feature the return of the NCSU British Brass Band, a group that has been inactive for the past few years and returns now under the leadership of Dr. John Fuller.

PIPES AND DRUMS

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At Long Last Who Let the Chops Out? Lord Lovat’s Lament Loch Ruan The Intercontinental Gathering Amazing Grace MacRae Meadow Medley: Auld Lang Syne / Green Hills of Tyrol / When the Battle’s Over

Ken Hanson, Pipe Major Nixon Alexander Macon Boyce* Pete Currie Jack Dodd* Duncan Fraser Kelly Fringer Evelyn Judson Colin Lee* Carson Lyman* David Magill Alex Ray* John Starke* Christine Sullivan Steve Tedder Darrell Thompson Bruce Wright

Julie Southwick, Drum Sergeant Lauren Aldrich* Pat Batko Terese Camp Will Henderson* Patrick Madigan* Ian McInnis Adrian McNeil* Joe Ryan

The Old North State Scotland the Brave High Road to Gairloch Brown Haired Maiden Dawning of the Day Bonnie Lass of Fyvie Rowan Tree Highland Cathedral Medley: Mary Grant of Lochgelly / Mac an Irish / Weary We’ve Been / Morag Duncan / Cork Hill Bengullion March du Petrie Fairwell to Nigg Castle Dangerous

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IRISH SESSION AT NC STATE The Irish Music Session at NC State is a weekly gathering of musicians who play traditional Irish tunes on instruments such as the fiddle, flute, whistle, button accordion, mandolin, banjo, guitar, and bodhran. The repertoire includes Irish dance music—reels, jigs, slip jigs, hornpipes, and polkas—as well as marches, waltzes, and slow airs. As in Ireland, session musicians play tunes from memory and learn them orally or from notation that is readily available in tune books and on the internet. The session has been running since January 2005 and is open to all NC State students, faculty, staff, and local community members who are interested in playing traditional Irish music. For further information about the Irish Session, contact Dr. Alison Arnold, aearnold@ncsu.edu. Also see the session website at https://sites.google.com/a/ncsu.edu/irishsessionatncsu/.

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Alison Arnold, flute (director) Gordon Arnold, cello Mairead Brady, fiddle Lewis Carson, flute Paul Fackler, fiddle Wes Henderson, mandolin Carl Hintz, fiddle Tim Hogan, bodhran Trish Hornick, fiddle Ted Margeson, button accordion Margaret Rush, guitar

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Trip to Durrow / Toss the Feathers / Farrell O’Gara

JIGS

Lilting Banshee / Haste to the Wedding / Cliffs of Moher

MAZURKAS/REEL

Sonny’s / Tommy Peoples’ / Silver Spear

HORNPIPES

Home Ruler / The Fairy

WALTZ

Carolan’s Welcome

REELS

Golden Keyboard / Sally Gardens / Reconciliation

INIS CAIRDE SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE

At tonight’s concert, we are pleased to welcome members of the Inis Cairde School of Irish Dance in Raleigh (http://www.iniscairde.com), director Meighan Carpenter.

BRITISH BRASS BAND Dr. John Fuller, director Eb CORNET Gary Martin

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Julie Bernstorf Daniel Blye Devrim Goktan Collin Greatwood Julianna Smith

REPIANO CORNET Daniel Miller

FLUGELHORN Kyle Malone

TENOR HORN April Blye Daniel Coggins Michael Scanlan

EUPHONIUM

Danielle Fuhrman Joshua Limer

TROMBONE Todd Carroll Cory Temple

BASS TROMBONE Jared Everson Spencer Monaco

BBb TUBA

Nathan Jones Zach Rudisill

Eb TUBA

John Inness

PERCUSSION Elise Jaffe Amanda Scott Mo Zerrad

BARITONE

Madison Lanphear Abigail Schoeller

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UNIVERSITY THEATRE PRESENTS

The first show produced by University Theatre 50 years ago was Sophocles’ Antigone. In a salute to our history and longevity, we are presenting this outstanding new translation of Antigone, commissioned by Ireland’s renowned Abbey Theatre.

THE BURIAL AT THEBES, A VERSION OF SOPHOCLES’ ANTIGONE By Seamus Heaney MARCH 27-29, APRIL 8-12, 15-19

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e v i t a e r c ARTIST AWARD

DETAILS ncsu.edu/arts/students DEADLINE Monday, March 23, 2015

THE CREATIVE ARTIST AWARD recognizes original work in dance, music, or theatre, created by NC State students. Winners receive a $500 cash prize, and the selected works are professionally produced by ARTS NC STATE the following academic year. This award is open to any currently enrolled, full-time NC State student.

2013-2014 Creative Artist Award Winner, Theatre CHRISTIAN O’NEAL, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, CLASS OF 2014 Original play That Kind of Play To be performed by University Theatre under the direction of John McIlwee Feb. 26, 27, 28 at 7:30 PM in Thompson Hall, Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre.

ONE-ACT PLAY BY A MAN OF MANY ACTS by Christy Rain Christian O’Neal, who graduated summa cum laude in December 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Theatre and Art+Design, said that his love for the theatre began at Lee County High School in Sanford, NC. “I started writing plays in high school under the direction and encouragement of Ron Coley. I was active in high school theatre productions, and when I moved to NC State, I immediately sought the theatre program and found a home,” he said.

the situation the characters find themselves in throughout the play. It is a very ‘playable’ work from a very insightful young theatre devotee.” Christian said that he challenged himself to write a simple play with a simple premise. “I was inspired by Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, a play that can be (and has been) interpreted in many, many ways.”

Christian’s admiration for University Theatre is reciprocated by John McIlwee, Director of University Theatre.

“Beckett’s style later inspired many other existentialist plays like Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter. That Kind of Play is another work inspired by Godot, but asks the question, “What if all the scholars are wrong? What if this play doesn’t mean anything?” The two main characters – appropriately named “Sam” and “Beck” – find themselves trapped in “that kind of play” and try to find a way out. But the real question is – how?”

“Christian has written quite a lot of dramatic dialogue and I feel his natural wit really informed this special piece. He had to know a genre of play very well in order to satirize it so effectively. His research for his writing is excellent and he managed to make his points in a way that the audience can understand everything he is working to get across to them...from the title to every part of

“This is the first time professionals in the industry are producing a piece that I wrote. I’m interested to see how a veteran director like John McIlwee interprets the script (even when the play claims to have no interpretation) and I’m especially excited to have the chance to develop the script based on artist and audience feedback.”

“During my time here I continued writing sketches and plays for the stage, improving as I learned the many aspects of theatrical production. I ultimately hope That Kind of Play properly reflects the high quality of education that the University Theatre staff provides to its students.”

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In partnership with the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Cody Ellington was invited to select artwork from artist Herb Jackson’s 25-year series, Veronica’s Veil, to illustrate this story. The Gregg is currently planning a Jackson exhibition for the museum’s new location once it opens. Cody said, “I looked through the art and tried to search for one that conveyed a feeling of beauty with bright colors. I wanted ones…that could be seen as a representation of the veil tearing since that was the whole apex of The Veil: God saying that he is now accessible for all directly through Jesus Christ.” Herb Jackson, Veronica’s Veil CCXX, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 2013. Courtesy of the artist.

2013-2014 Creative Artist Award Winner, Music CODY ELLINGTON, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Music Composition The Veil for Wind Ensemble To be performed by the NC State Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Paul Garcia during Spring 2015.

FAITH INSPIRES COMPOSITION by Christy Rain Cody Ellington, recipient of the 2013-14 ARTS NC STATE Creative Artist Award in Music, started writing his winning composition, The Veil, during a time of reflection in high school. “I was a senior in high school and I did not really know very much about writing music at that point. It was the fall semester and I felt that God was leading me to compose a piece that reflected a theme from the Bible. So not really knowing what I was going to do, I set out to compose what ended up being The Veil. I decided to tell the story of Jesus because it had the most meaning to me, and I wanted to communicate the story of his life through music, so that I could share his story with others in a different way.”

the Temple at Jerusalem during the Crucifixion. The 22 themes that shape the work have been inspired by specific imagery surrounding the life of Jesus as described in the biblical books of Isaiah, Luke, and Acts. Not only are these melodies rich in their variety of rhythms, contours, and character, but their orchestration demonstrates an artistic handling of instrumental timbre and texture.” Cody, who started playing the trumpet in middle school and then moved to the French horn during high school, also dabbles with the piano, electric guitar and bass guitar. He is teaching himself to play the cello now and plans to learn other instruments in the future.

“I spent a lot of time praying and asking God for guidance on the emotion and stances to take on portraying certain elements of the story and then just wrote down what I heard in my head. I started in October of 2012 and finished by late February of 2013,” Cody said.

In addition to his musical pursuits, Cody is a sophomore in the College of Engineering and a member of the University Scholars Program. He is also currently working with a local nonprofit called JesusThoughts and produces all the audio content on its website.

Tom Koch, Interim Director of the Music Department, describes the piece, “The Veil is a symphonic poem for wind band that portrays events prior to and following the tearing of the veil in

Cody would someday like to combine his passion for music with his electrical engineering education to launch a side business producing guitar effects pedals. ncsu.edu/arts

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For the first time, ARTS NC STATE will host a student art purchase that is open to the public. ARTS NC STATE will also carry on the tradition of purchasing student artwork to display in Talley Student Union and other locations around campus.

submit your own artwork: Any currently enrolled, full-time NC State student is eligible to submit artwork for the sale. Bring your work(s) to the 3rd Floor of Talley on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 between 9 am-12 noon. Complete details at go.ncsu.edu/studentartsale

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CENTER

change materials by working them

DO THEY CHANGE US?

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The Crafts Center is a place where wood is cut, clay is molded, glass is melted, and metal is hammered. It’s also a place where NC State students and the campus community come together to learn, share and express their stories through the working of materials. The Center can only open the eyes and guide hands; the actual making remains a venture built on individual vision and creativity. The Crafts Center has always been more than a perpetuation of the classical traditions in craft – we strive to honor all ways in which ideas come to life through making.

“I WISH MY STUDENTS WERE IN HERE! MUCH OF WHAT THEY LEARN IN MY CLASS IS RIGHT HERE IN THIS PIECE OF SPINNING WOOD.” NC STATE PROFESSOR OF PLANT SCIENCES

Though it’s very true that new technologies are changing the way we look at things, the virtual nature of today’s learning often distances students from the real “hows” and “whys.” Rapidly advancing technology is moving us quickly beyond manual processes, to a world modeled and manipulated through new tools driven new ways by computers. “I wish my students were in here! Much of what they learn in my class is right here in this piece of spinning wood,” remarked recent Crafts Center woodturning student and NC State professor of plant sciences. It doesn’t get more exciting than seeing science unfold practically, and in real time. The energy created through such experiences inspires our students to learn even more. This is the addictive pull of craft. We continue to make craft the old way because as humans, we’re simply wired to use our hands. It’s who we are. Whatever the source of one’s passion may be, this desire to understand and transform material is fulfilled daily in Crafts Center classes and studios. There’s something here that draws us all to the making of objects.

SAM MAYES First Year Computer & Electrical Engineering

The Crafts Center is one of the few places on campus, if not the only place, where you can fully explore your creativity in so many mediums using so many resources.

ADRIENNE WOOTTEN Ph.D. student in Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences

I might not be where I am now had it not been for the opportunity to bring my creativity to life in a way that matches the rigor of a Scientist.

WAH TRAN Senior majoring in Economics and Nuclear Engineering, minoring in Mathematics and International Studies

The beauty of learning a craft and the facilities here is that you can step away from all that, slow down, and watch whatever it is you want to create take shape right in front of you.

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donors

■ Gregg Museum Campaign ■ 2013/14 Friends of ARTS NC STATE Board of Advisors member ■ 2014/15 Friends of ARTS NC STATE NC Board of Advisors member ■ State Faculty/Staff

ARTS NC STATE is grateful to our FRIENDS of ARTS NC STATE for their generous support. Donors listed below have contributed cash gifts of $50 or more between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014. Donors who have pledged will be listed when their gifts are received. The Honor Roll is one way ARTS NC STATE chooses to recognize those who have contributed to and invested in the future of the arts at NC State University.

LEADER

CONNOISSEUR

Robert & Judy Abee Anonymous  Estate of Nancy Gregg  Jerry & Nina Jackson  Randall & Susan Ward Douglas S. Witcher/Smart Choice 

Hoyt Bailey/Dover Foundation Charles & Marian Dowesett Roy Cromartie & Paul Fomberg/ NC Cancer Center of Raleigh Robert & Michelyn Masini, In memory of Toni Christine Masini Bing & Carol Sizemore  Tom  & Judy Stafford  State Employees Combined Campaign Chancellor W. Randolph  Woodson & Susan Woodson 

($20,000 & ABOVE)

VISIONARY

($10,000-$19,999) BB&T  Richard & Suzy Bryant/ Capital Investment Group, Inc Michael & Joan Mills Busko/ Mills Family Foundation  Thomas Cabaniss  Jim Clark, Jr. Susan Frazier/Triangle Community Foundation  Elizabeth Gregg  John & Bessie Gregg  Bernard & Patricia Hyman  K and Keith Keener  Philip Langford, II  Estate of Sheila Lund Jerry & Mary Cynthia Monday/ Triangle Community Foundation  Christopher Leazer & Heath Ramsey Wade & Kathy Reece  David S. Thompson  Rebecca Thompson 

BENEFACTOR ($5,000-$9,999)

Anonymous  William & Ruth Barnett  Peaches Gunter Blank  Marc & Susan Brandeis  Bruce & Wanda Brown Ray & Jo Ann Bryan/ R.A. Bryan Foundation  Coastal Federal Credit Union  Frank & Julia Daniels/Triangle Community Foundation  William & Jeanette Dove  Fox Family Foundation  Margaret Galbraith/George Poyner Smedes Foundation  Thomas & Sara Graves  Fred Kirby, III  Anderson & "E" Marlowe/ Marlowe Builders Incorporated  Michael & Mary Patterson/ Triangle Community Foundation  Edythe Poyner/George Poyner Smedes Foundation  James Poyner, III/George Poyner Smedes Foundation  Michael Stoskopf & Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf  Ann Walker 

($2,500-$4,999)

PATRON

($1,000-$2,499) Tom & Dolores Banks  Kim & Roselyn Batcheller  Diane Boone Henry & Sory Bowers  Robert & Mary Charles Boyette  Bruce & Kelly Branson  John Carr & Kathryn Kaiser  Peter & Patricia Celestini  Marvin & Mary Chaney Marion Johnson Church  Thomas & Virgilia Church  Derick & Sallie Close/TSC Foundation  William Ellenson & Kathleen Brown  Ronald Ellis, Jr. Lynn & Faye Eury William & Melinda Fleming Zach Galifianakis & Quinn Lundberg Gary & Julie Greene Robert & Linda Grew  Abie Harris & Susan Arrendell  Jim & Ann Horner  Merril & Marilyn Hunter Louise Johanson  Bobby & Claudia Kadis  Robert & Donna Kanich  John & Jane Kanipe  Frank Konhaus & Ellen Cassilly  Eugene & Vicky Langley Robert & Amy Lark  Christopher & Margaret LaPlante  Duncan Laurie  Lexis Nexis University John & Lucinda Mackethan  Jim & Marshall Marchman Charlotte Martin  Elizabeth Matheson Mimi McKinney  Gianna Menapace-Drew Carlton & Catherine Midyette Family  Charles Millard  N. Alexander Miller III  John & Lynette Parker  Emily Mann Peck James & Anne Peden 

Robert Cooper & Sharon Perry David & Adrian Quattlebaum Thomas & Lauren Ryan  Chandler & Meredith Rose/  Provantage Corporate Solutions  Roby  & Amber Sawyers  Robert & Katherine Schoellhorn  William & Catherine Singer Jennette Skinner  John & Barbara Lee Smith  Lee & Margaret Smither  William & LaRose Spooner  Randy & Susan Stallings  Robert & Tina Tallaksen James & Cathy Ward Helen White  Mason & Catherine Williams  Paul & Tiffany Woodard Smedes & Rosemary York 

SPONSOR ($500-$999)

Anonymous Clarence & Barbara Beaver Jennie Bireline Wade & Brenda Brickhouse Johnny Burleson & Walter Clark  Leonard & Amy Bush  Herb & Kathryn Council Terry Cox & Nancy McDuffie Cox Charles Davies Janice Christensen Joan DeBruin Elizabeth Fentress  Chris & Odile Gould David Harvey Earl Pulliam & Susan Holt Louis Hunt  Charles & Margaret Jackson William Jounson, IV Nigel & Christy Long Frank & Jo Ann Madren John & Alice Margeson Robert & Luann McCain Daniel McLawhorn & Robert Hazelgrove  Brian & Konni McMurray Stephen Reynolds  & Susan Osborne  Mary Rivers  Surry Roberts  Daniel  & Carolyn Solomon Brad & Anna Sullivan Janice Swab  Eunice Toussaint Triangle Potters Guild Thomas & Cynthia Trowbridge John  & Connie Turlington Marilyn VanderLugt Jennifer Viets  Edward & Jane Youngblood

While we make every effort to be accurate and thorough, it is possible to accidentally omit or misspell a name. Please contact us at 919.515.6160 with any additions or corrections.

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FRIEND

($250-$499) Dorothy Adams Jeff Aldridge Richard & Elizabeth Axtell McNair & Laura Bell/ The Bell Family Foundation Bart & Sue Bielawski Jeremy & Alexandria Black Wanda Borrelli Richard & Pamela Bostic  Wilfred & Barbara Buffaloe Ernest & Isabella Burniston Daniel Cook & Fairley Bell Cook/ The Bell Family Foundation Stanley Crews Bill & Betty Daniel Paul & Karon Davis Alexander & Linda De Grand Greg & Julie Florin Jesse & Amie Fulton Thomas & Betty Gilmore Jeffrey LaRiche & Sharon Goldenberg Louis Cherry & Marsha Gordon  Matt Grzebien Allan Gurganus  Kerry Hayner Angela Hodge Mark & Sheila Holman Ron & Herta Kirk Tom & Donna Lambeth  Charles  & Wanda Leffler Sam & Judy Lovelace Katherine Mauney  Douglas & Victoria McCrea Paul & Martha Michaels Anne Packer Daniel & Elizabeth Page Jonathan & Lingyun Parati Knowles & Phyllis Parker Larry & Susan Pegram Charles & Vicki Phaneuf Lillie Bell Ragan Carol Rahmani Ofer Plotnik & Laurie Reinhardt-Plotnik  Meredith & Cynthia Rose Bill & Mary Losik Thomas Sayre Nicholas Cariello & Sarah Schroth Paul & Holly Tesar Stuart & Mary Smith Joseph & Rebekah Thompson Frank & Karen Todd William & Marian Troxler Lawrence & Frances Twisdale Richard & Cynthia Urquhart Jerry Vaughan John & Terry Wall  Lane & Linda Wharton 

Named Scholarships & Endowments

■ 2013/14 additions

Endowments may be established with a minimum commitment of $25,000 and may honor or memorialize an individual or family member while supporting arts initiatives such as student scholarships, programmatic support, and collections. ABB Inc. Arts Outreach Endowment Judy C. Abee Marching Band Endowment Patricia H. Adams Scholarship Donald and Maryann Bitzer Theater Achievement Awards Endowment Brenda E. and W. Wade Brickhouse/ Fine Craft Collection Endowment ■ Carey & Neita Bostian Music Endowment Henry & Sory Bowers Arts Endowment Bruce T. Brown Marching Band Endowment Charlotte V. Brown Museum Endowment Raymond A. Bryan, Jr. Jazz Endowment Curtis R. Craver Clarinet Scholarship Dr. Eloise A. Cofer Arts Endowment Margaret Price Corcoran Marching Band Scholarship Mildred J. Davis Museum Endowment Ronald G. Ellis & Earl Lynn Roberson Scholarship Annabelle Lundy Fetterman Symphony Concertmaster Endowment Fox Family Foundation Crafts Center Endowment John N. & Nancy C. Gregg Museum Endowment Dewey M. Griffith Marching Band Endowment Dr. Frank M. Hammond Endowment

Deborah White Kenneth & June Winston Richard & Amy Woynicz Louise Wurst

CONTRIBUTOR ($100-$249)

Ellen Adelman Lynn & Mary Aiken Barry & Lynn Alexander Paul Allred Jeffery & Kristine Alpi Jay Althouse & Sally Albrecht Dudley & Lisa Anderson Andrew & Elizabeth Arrowood Charlie & Sissy Ashby Donald & Linda Barker Robert & Shirley Barnhardt Simon & Stori Bartle Graydon Bashioum Jeffery Beam & Stanley Finch Clarence & Carol Beaver Elizabeth Bell Richard & Julie Benson Roger & Rhoda Berkowitz Anna Bigelow  Tom Birk Mark & Dawn Boettiger Albert Borden Scott Shore & Rebecca Boston Mohamed Bourham  Jeffery  & Jill Braden Vester & Mary Brantley David & Shawn Brewster Keith Brown Raymond & Kymbra Bryan Christian & Ann Casper  Byeong-Hyeon Kim & Jung-Hee Choi Gordon & Rebecca Christian Carol Clark Chris Cline Thomas & Frances Coggin Joseph & Sharon Colson

for Musicianship & Outstanding Leadership Glenn S. Harman & Miriam Bailey Gardner Choral Accompanist Scholarship Endowment Glenn S. Harman & Kay Crawford Johnson Double-Reed Scholarship Endowment Frederick & Ginger Horton/ Horton Fellowship Endowment Fund ■ Amelia E. Hunter Choral Leadership Endowment ITG Norma Ausley Memorial Endowment The Lattice Endowment for the Performing Arts James and Eileen Lecce Ethnic Art Collection Endowment Sheila Margaret Lund Endowment Jim Marchman Marching Band Endowment Toni Christine Masini Memorial Scholarship John C. McIlwee Theatre Endowment John Menapace Photography Endowment N. Alexander Miller III Arts Endowment Sharon Herr Moore Center Stage Endowment NCSU Pipes and Drums Scholarship Barbara G. & Hayne Palmour III Museum Endowment James M. Poyner Visiting Artist Endowment Kimberly Titmus Przybyl Music Endowment

John Coman, Jr/ Coman Publishing Company Thomas & Mary Cunningham Thomas & Debra Curran Phyllis Danby Ralph Daniel Lucy Daniels James Trotter & Jaye Day-Trotter James & Kathryn Deal Robert & Elizabeth Dean Stephen Dean & Patricia Amend Dean Holly Durham  Robert Ebendorf & Aleta Braun William & Kathleen Egan  Risa Ellovich Michael Faggart Everette James & Nancy Farmer Patrick  & Amy FitzGerald  Curtis & Barbara Freeze John & Jennifer Fuller Jimmy & Doris Garlich Robert & Brenda Garner Steven & Brenda Gatton Ladnor & Shirley Geissinger James & Kathryn Gemmer Forrest & Evangeline Getzen Roy & Carole Goforth Matthew & Betty Goodman Raymond & Susan Goodmon William & Erica Grantmyre Shelton & Courtenay Griffin Patrick Gurgel  & Gisele Passador-Gurgel  Charles & Cheryl Hall James & Carolyn Hammerle Alan Harer Robert & Beverly Hartgrove Edgar & Brenda Hedgecock Anderson Hensley Mary Herr Joe & Anna Ball Hodge Willias & Elizabeth Holding Charles & Judith Holland Lee & Mitzi Holmes

Lew & Billie Rentel ARTS NC STATE Scholarship Lew & Billie Rentel Museum Enhancement Endowment Lew & Billie Rentel Thompson Building Endowment Reynolds Music Performance Scholarship Alby Rose Marching Band Scholarship Stafford Endowment for ARTS NC STATE Student Travel Banks & Louise Talley Arts Endowment Banks C. Talley Jr. Arts Endowment for the Frank Thompson Building Brita M. Tate Memorial Endowment Martha Emerson Upchurch Performing Arts Endowment Wachovia Endowment for the Visual & Performing Arts Randall & Susan Ward ARTS NC STATE Scholarship Randall & Susan Ward Museum Endowment Dr. Elmer R. White Trumpet Scholarship Mary Lib Wood Endowment for the Visual & Performing Arts

Frank & Elizabeth Holt Gregory & Carol Hoover Frederick & Ginger Horton Robert & Carolyn House James & Bianca Howard  Barbara Jackson  Adrian & Avis Jones Lori Jones  William & Mildred Jones Thomas Karches & Kerry Mead Martha Keravuori James & Deborah Kessler Haig Khachatoorian  Robert & Crystal Knight Thomas Koch  & Wei Wei Ye Katherine Krawczyk  Gary & Suzanne Krill John & Linda Lapp Joe Layton & Sarah Roholt William & Colleen Lee

Geroge & Betty Lennon Calvin & Jaquelyn Lewis William & Deanna Lineback Randall Love David & Suzanne Lucey Donald & Norma Lundy James & Debbie Maness Susan Manning David Mansfield & Liz McFarlane Mansfield  Jack & Marty Martin Donald McCrary & Blase Masini Bob & Carol Mattocks John & Ginger McGlamery Spencer & Ashley McKinstry  Ashley & Christina Menges  Lorraine Mercer Michael Merritt & Jayne Fleener  David & Renee Metsch Burley & Lou Mitchell

R. Stanhope Pullen Society

*deceased

The R. Stanhope Pullen Society was created in 1993 and recognizes alumni and friends who invest in the future of the university through any type of deferred gifts. ARTS NC STATE would like to recognize Pullen Society members who have designated support for our arts programs: Wade & Brenda Brickhouse Ronald G. Ellis Nancy C. Gregg* Norman & Gilda Greenberg Glenn S. Harman Michael J. Holland Frederick & Ginger Horton Jack M. Hunter Bernard & Patricia Hyman

Martha N. Keravuori James* & Eileen Lecce Sheila Lund* N. Alexander Miller III Mac & Lindsay Newsom Lew & Billie Rentel Banks & Louise Talley Caroline Hickman Vaughan David & Judi Wilkinson

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donors Betty Mittag Robert & Patricia Mohnal Matthew Moore Paul & Rebecca Nagy Willard & Joan Neel John & Lori Nugent Thomas O'Brien Ol' North State Knitting Guild Barry  & Sara Olson Michael & Mary Overcash James & Shirley Overcash Barbara Parramore Maurice Partin, Jr. Richard & Nell Patty Irvin & Ann Pearce Kenneth Peters  & Michael Dawson Eric & Linda Peterson Larry Peterson Michael Poterala  & Heidi Bulich Matt Peterson  Nicole Peterson  William & Teresa Pownall Barbara Prillaman Anna Rains Katharine Reid Karen Rhem Timothy & Donna Rhyne Charles & Lynn Riedell Amber Robinson Frank & Andrea Roediger Kimberly Rogers Deborah Ross Michael & Elizabeth Ross Ronald & Gail Runyan Richard Saleeby & Jackie Newlin-Saleeby Bruce & Miriam Sauls  Robert Sawyer Don & Rebecca Scarboro Stephen  & Nancy Schecter Gene & Maryann Schroeder Steven Schuster  & Mary Anne Howard  Philip Shelton Munindar & Mona Singh Anthony & Marie Slater Dana Smith James Smith & Pamela Troutman  Randolph & Helen Snyder John Starbuck  Scotty Steele Anita Stejskal Warren & Debbie Stephenson Michael Stevenson & Kimberly Thrower John & Marcella Stewart Phillip & Elise Stiles David Hopp & Susan Straw James & Catherine Stuart Mary Surratt Suresh & Phoola Sus Rodney Swink & Juanita Shearer-Swink  George  & Christina Thomas Julie Tomlin  Scott & Roslyn Troutman Kimberly Tully

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Harry & Delores Tune Twisted Threads Fiber Arts Guild Shelby Underwood  Margaret Valyou Ross Varin George & Mary Wahl George & Patricia Wallace Eleania Ward Steve & Jane Warren Jeffrey & Elizabeth Weingarten Chistopher Wilkerson & Jennifer West Gregory & Jo Ellen Westmoreland  Harold & Kathryn Wiebusch Peter Rumsey & Barbara Wishy Troy  & Leigh Wojcik The Woman's Club of Raleigh Frederick Wood & Elaine Wooten Wood

SUPPORTER ($50-$99)

Frank & Judy Abrams Virginia Adkins Mary Love Albert Donald & Stephanie Alm Andrew & Jeanette Ammons Thomas & Deborah Atkinson George Auman & Kathryn Browne Auman Steven Backer Donald Ellison & Martha Baird Marc Sherman & Anita Baker Angela Barefoot Dean & Donna Barnes Heart of Carolinas Needle Point Guild Kathleen Barrett James & Sue Bayne Jerry Bennett George & Karen Brannan Dawn Bruckman & Jessica Vondy Bruckman Amy Bryant Jeffrey & Nancy Burgess Hubert & Mary Carr Crystal Carter Robert & Janice Cashion Sean Cassidy  Curtis & Maria Chi Adam Compton  John Connors & Mary Beth Tobin Dale Cousins Berry & Jennifer Credle Michael & Terry Davis Jeremy & Lauren Deese Henry & Karen Dickerson Allen & Martha Dobson Thomas & Mary Douglas William Dunlap James Denney & Daniel Ellison Larry & Cindy English William & Christine Forman Tom & Janet Foster Bradley & Cheryl Francis Paul & Margaret Fyfe Harold Garrison Jeffery & Susan Garrity

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■ Gregg Museum Campaign ■ 2013/14 Friends of ARTS NC STATE Board of Advisors member ■ 2014/15 Friends of ARTS NC STATE NC Board of Advisors member ■ State Faculty/Staff Maurice & Karen Gifford Noel Griffin Donald & Joyce Gunter Mary Guyett Elizabeth Hansen Jennifer Harris Thomas Cashwell & Mary Hashagen Sharon Hazouri Howard Helvey Joseph & Margaret Herget Dennis & Susan Hight Richard & Rosemary Hill Eric Smith & Cynthia Holding-Smith James Judgins Maria Hunter John & Amy Huss Martin & Sarah Hyatt Susan Inglis Gary Jacobsohn & Elizabeth Mary Michaels David Jensen Anton & Maria Jetten Jonathan & Lisa Johnson David & Jeri Johnson Paul Johnson Douglas Johnston & Marjorie Salzman Merritt & Susan Jones Gary King & Joyce Watkins King Joyce Watkins King Consulting Jesse Jur  & Paige Presler-Jur John & Laura Kent Charles Kleeberg & Susan Jensen Rachel Klem  Laura LaDesso John & Lisa Lafratta Edgar & Lori Ann Levy Michael & Jackie Lewis William & Laura Lindsay Lynn & Angela Lippard Dorothy Love Keny Lyle Scott & Sarah Madry Sara Jo Manning Todd & Patty Mathes Donald Palmer & Leila May Thomas Spleth & Jean McLaughlin Joseph Meadows, Jr. Herbert & Jeanne Miller John & Lorraine Miller Kim & Wendy Minor Kenneth Moore & Mary Ammons Edwin Moore/Sandy Feat Robert & Debbie Moore James & Barbara Mulkey Peter & Angelyn Murgas Joel & Susan Nance Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi  Kern Ormond Laura-Nelle Parnell Robert & Julie Pfund Greg Hallam & Madonna Phillips Monroe Phillips, Jr. David Pittman David & Sarah Polston David & Shreita Powers  John & Karen Price Christy Rain 

Richard & Marie Reed Angela Rhoe David Rockefeller Henry Rogers & Mary Sox Joyce Rothchild Betty Sager Robert Sanders Kathryn Scarabelli Charles & Mary Scarantino Mary Ann Scherr Nancy Scheunemann Ronald & Melody Scott Betty Seidner Leon & Lois Semke Brian Shawcroft Scott & Elizabeth Showalter William & Elizabeth Simmons Max & Dorothy Sink Ryan & Kathryn Snead Eric Sparks & Keith Worley Ronald & Heather Spivey Stanley & Doris Stager Irwin Stern  Amy Strickland  Jim & Mary Ann Sullivan Earl & Mary Taylor Anne Wall Thomas Chris & Lisa Thompson Philip & Barbara Thompson Carol Toomajian Patricia Troyer William & Jane Tucker Paul & Karen Turinsky Robert Upchurch Martin & Marianne Wachtel Robert & Marilyn Warner Thomas & Bettie West William & Suzanne Wicker/ Plant City Animal Hospital Deborah Wilson Mark & Robyn Wilson Carrol & Martha Wilson Charles Zug, III

gifts in kind VISIONARY

($10,000-$19,999) Elizabeth Matheson Max Allen

BENEFACTOR ($5,000-$9,999)

John & Jane Kanipe Roger Manley  & Theadora Brack Bernard & Patricia Hyman Daniel & Carolyn Solomon Harriet Herring

CONNOISSEUR ($2,500-$4,999)

Christine Machemer Harry & Rebeccah Neff Juanita Bryant

friends of

Michael & Linda Keefe William & Jeanette Dove Loren Reiss Lynn Ligon Fisher Folk Art Society of America

SUPPORTER ($50-$99)

Scott & Sarah Madry Mary Beth Kurz Kim & Roseyln Batcheller

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PATRON

($1,000-$2,499) Raymond & Betty Madry Jessica Smith Margaret Robson Danielle Greene Richard Manley Savvi Formal Wear Roger & Rhoda Berkowitz William & Sally Creech James Davis

SPONSOR ($500-$999)

Tom & Carol Gardiner Victoria Nessel Thomas & Shirley Lester Debra Walter The Family of Bernice C. Leftwich Eric Ennis Kevin Coleman Dorothy Harte Norman & Gilda Greenberg

FRIEND

($250-$499) K & Keith Keener Nancy Byrd Francis & Patricia Koppeis Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc Arthur & Jean Cooper Scotty Steele Mohamed Abdel-Hady & Jessica Watson Keith Kleber

CONTRIBUTOR ($100-$249)

David White & Janine LeBlanc ď Ž David & Mary Rendleman Thomas & Donna Wolcott Robert & Donna Kanich Matthew Nudi Picosin Arts Center

OFFICERS

foundations and corporations BB&T The Boeing Company R.A. Bryan Foundation Capital Investment Group Coastal Federal Credit Union Coman Publishing Company Duke Energy Ecolab Folk Art Society of America Fox Family Foundation GE Foundation Genworth Financial IBM Corporation Intel Foundation Lexis Nexis University Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc Marlowe Builders Incorporated MassMutual Financial Group Microsoft Corporation Mills Family Foundation NC Cancer Center of Raleigh Norfolk Southern Corporation Ol North State Knitting Guild Picosin Arts Center Plant City Animal Hospital Provantage Corporate Solutions George Smedes Poyner Foundation Sandy Feat Savvi Formal Wear The Bell Family Foundation Triangle Community Foundation Triangle Potters Guild TSC Foundation The Turner Corporation Verizon Foundation Joyce Watkins King Consulting Wells Fargo Foundation Xerox Corporation

Bing Sizemore, Chair Gary Greene, Chair Elect

MEMBERS

Ann-Cabell Baum Andersen Tom Cabaniss Jim Clark John Coggin JoAnne Dickinson Paul Fomberg Allin Foulkrod Kyle Held Donna Kanich Sharon Perry Kimberly Przybyl Meredith Rose Hiller Spires Tom Stafford Nicole Tyra Cathy Ward Helen White Linda Wharton Doug Witcher

EX-OFFICIO

Bernie Hyman, President, Friends of the Gregg Christina Menges, Development Director, ARTS NC STATE

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important INFORMATION EXCHANGES

ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Exchanges are available as a special benefit to Center Stage Create Your Own Series subscribers and University Theatre full season subscribers only. Exchanges must be handled in person at the Ticket Central office during normal business hours, no later than 48 hours in advance of the performance date printed on your ticket. Tickets must be exchanged for a performance within the same series.

Cameras and recorders of any kind are not allowed. Cell phones and mobile devices must be silenced or turned off. No text messaging please, as it is distracting to fellow audience members.

DISCOUNTS All ticket discounts must be taken at the time of purchase. Discounts cannot be combined. When ID is required to qualify for a discount, the ID must be presented at the time of purchase. Discount categories requiring ID: • NC State students must present a valid current campus ID. • NC State faculty/staff and OLLI members must present a current campus ID.

A NOTE TO PARENTS Parents should exercise discretion in deciding which events are appropriate for their children. Regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket. Please, no babes-in-arms. Music Department concerts are free to children 12 and under, but tickets are required.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Our primary financial support comes from the students of NC State University. Additional support is provided by grants and our generous donors.

TICKET CENTRAL

• NC State Alumni Association members must present a current membership card.

919.515.1100 / Thompson Hall, Main Lobby Fall & Spring semesters: Mon-Fri, 12-6 PM Summer & University breaks: Mon-Fri, 1-5 PM

• Parents & Families Association members must present a VIP (Very Important Parent) card. If you need a replacement VIP card, call the Parents’ Helpline at 877.568.5733 or send an e-mail to ncsuparents@ncsu.edu.

For weekday shows, the box office remains open until the show begins. On weekends, the box office opens one hour before the show.

REFUNDS Refunds are not offered, except in the case of a cancelled performance. All events are subject to change.

SEATING POLICY Doors open approximately one-half hour before curtain time. As a courtesy to performers and audience members, latecomers will not be seated until a suitable pause in the performance. Please note that due to the configuration of the theatres in Thompson Hall, there will be no late seating for theatrical performances.

ACCESSIBILITY ARTS NC STATE performances, exhibitions and classes are accessible to people of all abilities. Wheelchair seating is available in all theatres. The location of accessible parking spaces is noted on the map printed on the inside back cover of this brochure. Large print programs, recorded playbill notes and sign-language interpreters are available on request (please provide Ticket Central with two weeks’ notice to allow time for an ASL interpreter to prepare). The Thompson Hall theatres are equipped with an infrared assistive listening system. An on-site wheelchair, courtesy of Arts Access, is also available. With advance notice, we are eager to provide any other assistance needed.

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