A R T I S T S R E P E R T O R Y T H E AT R E
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Bess Wohl Shawn Lee
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OCT 4 - OCT 30
OUR 2016/17 SEASON
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AMERICAN HERO BY BESS WOHL | DIRECTED BY SHAWN LEE
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CAST
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Bess Wohl Shawn Lee
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Sheri.............................................................................................................Emily Eisele + Ted................................................................................................................Gavin Hoffman* OCT 4 - OCT 30 Jamie............................................................................................................Val Landrum*^ Bob/Customer/Gregory/Sandwich..................................................Mueen Jahan*
CREATIVE TEAM Director.......................................................................................................Shawn Lee Scenic Designer.......................................................................................Megan Wilkerson #^ Lighting Designer....................................................................................Kristeen Willis Crosser#^ Costume Designer..................................................................................Emily Horton Sound Designer.......................................................................................Jen Raynak Props Master.............................................................................................Kaye Blankenship Voice & Text Director.............................................................................Mary McDonald-Lewis ^ Dramaturg..................................................................................................Luan Schooler Resident Fight Choreographer...........................................................Jonathan Cole Resident Stage Manager......................................................................Carol Ann Wohlmut*^ Assistant Director....................................................................................Nate Cohen Assistant Scenic Designer....................................................................Trevor Sargent Production Assistant..............................................................................Karen Hill + Board Op....................................................................................................Jason Coffey SETTING: A SUB SHOP IN THE MIDDLE OF AMERICA, 2009. AMERICAN HERO was developed by the Cape Cod Theatre Project. The World Premiere of AMERICAN HERO was produced by the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Jenny Gersten, Artistic Director, during its 2013 season. New York Premiere produced by Second Stage Theatre, New York, 2014. Carole Rothman, Artistic Director AMERICAN HERO is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.
* Member of Actors Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Actors Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. www.actorsequity.org + Equity Membership Candidate
^ Artists Repertory Theatre Resident Artist
# The scenic, costume, lighting, projection and sound designers are represented by United Scenic Artists
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A MESSAGE FROM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DÁMASO RODRIGUEZ “People just get angry when they aren’t getting what they want.” –Ted, a “sandwich artist,” in Bess Wohl’s AMERICAN HERO Welcome to Artists Rep and the Northwest Premiere of AMERICAN HERO, playwright Bess Wohl’s entertaining, thought-provoking and timely comedy about a group of recognizable and relatable Americans struggling with disappointment and lowered expectations. Wohl presents us with an immigrant risking his future on a sandwich franchise, a failed MBA re-building his life on minimum wage, a single mother who has shifted her dreams to the needs of her kids, and a teenager whose lack of ambition might make her the only character who can claim any satisfaction in her circumstances.
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I admire how Wohl makes us laugh while giving us much to discuss about the frustrations that unite many of us in post-recession America. The play’s potent message is delivered through smart comedy and is just what we need in the weeks leading up to this contentious presidential election. I hope you leave the theatre today satisfied, with a smile on your face and something to talk about! Until next time,
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Partial support for open captioning performances provided by Theatre Development Fund. Artists Repertory Theatre is a participant in the Audience (R)Evolution Cohort Grants program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the professional not-for-profit American Theatre.
DIRECTOR’S NOTES BY SHAWN LEE I have a confession to make: I still believe in the American Dream. I can’t help but intuitively struggle toward the idea that if you work hard enough you can be successful and build a good life for you and your family. I believe this even though I have seen plenty of evidence that this is not the case. Families buried under medical bills. Families that go bankrupt from paying their children’s college tuition. Parents working two jobs to take care of children they never get to see. And yet, I push myself forward with the tenuous hope that my efforts will make all the difference for my future and that of my family. Am I a victim of American propaganda? On the surface, AMERICAN HERO may seem like a light situational comedy, a feel-good play about working-class Americans surviving in a post-recession economy as “sandwich artists.” Can you make a sandwich in 20 seconds? But the characters are real and their tribulations all too plausible. Jamie, Ted and Sheri still believe in the upward momentum of the American Dream even as they are forced to work minimum-wage jobs in a desperate effort to move off the bottom rung of the economic ladder. As for the owner of the sandwich shop? His position is an even bigger leap of faith. Bob thinks he is going to be an entrepreneur. A job maker and a community contributor. But the reality is starkly different. Most popular sandwich franchises require 11% of the gross sales to be paid back to their corporation as part of the agreement. Gross sales. If they are fortunate, the average franchise ends
“We trusted in Quiznos. They promised us success, help and everything else to get us to buy into the “dream” they were selling. They had a private secret unannounced agenda! To trap you and screw you, the franchisee! We are not fools. But, we have been fooled. We are like so many others who also bought into this dream…” –From the suicide note left by Bhupinder “Bob” Baber, Quiznos franchisee
up making only $50,000 in profit. If the owner has to also pay back loans, this profit is reduced even more significantly. These statistics are, of course, not listed in the franchise marketing portfolio. Each of Bess Wohl’s characters is an underdog. They are all Sisyphus rolling the boulder up the hill only to have it roll back down. This is the frustration many feel today as they struggle with the American Dream. Is it futile? Are we all blinded by the historical hype? Or is there hope that if we work together we might just be able to roll that boulder over the hill?
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DISENFRANCHISED IN A FRANCHISE WORLD By Luan Schooler, Director of Dramaturgy & New Play Development
The first Quizno’s Subs restaurant. Denver, Colorado.
Jersey Mike’s Subs. Valdosta, Georgia.
Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches. Urbana, Illinois.
Subway in a Walmart.
They say that tragedy plus time equals comedy, and Bess Wohl’s AMERICAN HERO feels like a testament to that idea. Inspired by two terrible events –the suicide of a Quiznos franchise owner in 2005 and the Great Recession that began two years later –AMERICAN HERO uses those dark events to spark a lithe, buoyant examination of the power of individuals to decide their own destinies. Three minimum wage workers walk into a bureaucratic franchise nightmare; comedy ensues. Franchises offer a very particular kind of bureaucracy, one that demands absolute adherence to procedures and standards set by corporate headquarters. A franchise is a storefront operation that is owned and operated by someone who is licensed to use the name and operating procedures of a larger entity, and who pays that larger entity for the privilege of doing so. The individual shops benefit from the name recognition and procedural expertize of
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the franchisor; the franchising corporation makes money on fees and royalties. Opening a franchise store can be very appealing to people without much business experience. In theory, each store is backed up and supported by the capable, experienced people at the corporate headquarters, all standing ready to assist in making each store a success. And there are clear guidelines for absolutely everything: headquarters tells you what suppliers to use, how to staff your store, which software to use, how frequently to clean the bathrooms, and so much more. The challenge is that the corporate guidelines don’t necessarily fit every store’s situation, nor do they guarantee that operators are set up to succeed. In some cases, the required products must be purchased at inflated prices from a company that pays the franchisor a portion of each sale. There is no flexibility on what products are sold: if you own a McDonald’s, you must offer the full menu
“Quiznos has killed me. Destroyed my life. Destroyed my family life for the past seven years. It has been a harrowing experience. We just could not get out of it. All doors were shut. Can someone stop this?” –From the suicide note left by Bhupinder “Bob” Baber, Quiznos franchisee. November, 2005.
with no alterations, even if some items simply don’t sell in your location. Prices are also fixed*–Subway’s $5 Footlong sells for $5, no matter how much it costs to make. If corporate announces a coupon special, the store must participate–even if it costs far more than it brings in. Certainly some franchises are better than others, but the franchise system itself is inherently lopsided: individual franchisees have all the responsibility and no authority; the corporate franchisors have all the authority and no responsibility. Corporate gets to make all the decisions, whether they have the slightest clue what’s going on– or not.
AMERICAN HERO is situated in this crazy, Kafka-esque world where distant bureaucrats seem to pull all the strings, and the individuals are left to figure out how to survive in an unfair world. And yet, even when the deck is stacked against them, it turns out that individuals can be surprisingly heroic. *This accounts for the intense pushback against raising the minimum wage in the fast food industry: owners of individual franchise stores cannot raise prices to reflect higher labor costs, and in many cases, they cannot cut back on staff either. The only place to get the money is from their already thin profit margin.
Fast Food CEO Hourly Wages in 2014 Chipotle co-CEO Montgomery Moran: $13,489 an hour Chipotle co-CEO Steven Ells: $13,471 an hour Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz: $10,285 an hour Dunkin’ Brands (Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins) CEO Nigel Travis: $4,889 an hour Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut) CEO David Novak: $4,795 an hour Wendy’s CEO Emil Brolick: $3,645 an hour Domino’s CEO Patrick Doyle: $3,571 an hour Dine Equity (Applebys, IHop) CEO Julia Stewart: $2,766 an hour Panera Bread CEO Ronald Shaich: $1,292 an hour Source: Max Krantz, Maximum Wage! How Much CEOs Earn an Hour, USA Today, April 6, 2015
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FROM INSIDE THE ROOM Artists Rep staff, supporters and Guild members gather for the first rehearsal of AMERICAN HERO when the cast, design team and stage crew read the script together for the first time. Photos by Owen Carey.
Shawn Lee (Director)
Gavin Hoffman (Ted)
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Val Landrum (Jamie)
Emily Eisele (Sheri)
Sarah Lucht (Sandra) Mueen Jahan (Bob/Customer/Gregory/Sandwich) Scenic Design by Megan Wilkerson. Set Model by Trevor Sargent.
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FAST FOOD, POVERTY WAGES Excerpts from “Fast Food, Poverty Wages: The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the Fast-Food Industry” – Allegretto SA, Doussard M, Graham-Squire D, Jacobs K, Thompson D, and Thompson J. Berkeley, CA. UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, October 2013
Even at full time, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour fails to provide sufficient income for workers to provide food, housing, health care, transportation and other basic needs for their families. Low work hours in many of the growing service sector industries reduce earnings even further. When employers pay poverty wages, workers must turn to public programs to meet their basic needs. Earned income tax credits, publicly subsidized health insurance, income support and food subsidies allow these working families to bridge the gap between their paychecks and subsistence. This is the public cost of low-wage jobs in America. The cost is public because taxpayers bear it. Yet it remains hidden in national policy debates about poverty, employment and federal spending... Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of enrollments in America’s major public benefits programs are from working families. But many of them work in jobs that pay wages so low that their paychecks do not generate enough income to provide for life’s basic necessities. Low wages paid by employers in the fast-food industry create especially acute problems for the families of workers in this industry. Median pay for core front-line fast-food jobs is $8.69 an hour, with many jobs paying at or near the minimum wage. Benefits are also scarce for front-line fastfood workers; an estimated 87 percent do not receive health benefits through their employer. The combination of low wages and benefits, often coupled with part-time employment, means that many of the families of fast-food workers must rely on
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taxpayer-funded safety net programs to make ends meet. [Fast Food, Poverty Wages] estimates the public cost of low-wage jobs in the fast-food industry. Medicaid, the Earned Income Tax Credit and the other public benefits programs discussed in this report provide a vital support system for millions of Americans working in the United States’ service industries, including fast food. ... For this analysis we focus on jobs held by core, front-line fast-food workers, defined as nonmanagerial workers who work at least 11 hours per week for 27 or more weeks per year.
• More than half (52 percent) of the families of front-line fast-food workers are enrolled in one or more public programs, compared to 25 percent of the workforce as a whole. • The cost of public assistance to families of workers in the fast-food industry is nearly $7 billion per year. • At an average of $3.9 billion per year, spending on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) accounts for more than half of these costs. • Due to low earnings, fast-food workers’ families also receive an annual average of $1.04 billion in food stamp benefits and $1.91 billion in Earned Income Tax Credit payments. • People working in fast-food jobs are more likely to live in or near poverty. One in five families with a member holding a fast-food job has an income below the poverty line, and 43 percent have an income two times the federal poverty level or less. • Even full-time hours are not enough to compensate for low wages. The families of more than half of the fast-food workers employed 40 or more hours per week are enrolled in public assistance programs.
DIRECTOR & PLAYWRIGHT BIOS SHAWN LEE Director This is Shawn’s first time directing for Artists Rep. He recently directed the Portland Premiere of E.M. Lewis’ THE GUN SHOW at CoHo Productions starring Resident Artist Vin Shambry. He is in his third season as Artistic Producer at Artists Rep, where he has produced 16 shows to date and coordinated with companies such as Profile Theatre, Portland Shakespeare Project, Risk/Reward, Hand2Mouth, Corrib Theatre, PHAME and the Grammynominated band Tiempo Libre. In 2001, he co-founded the Furious Theatre Company in Los Angeles where he served as coartistic director until moving to Portland in 2014. He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, the Back Stage Garland Award, LA Weekly Theatre Award, LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award and the Pasadena Arts Council’s Gold Crown Award. With Furious Theatre, over 25 productions including the award-winning rolling U.S. Premiere of FOXFINDER with Artists Rep and THE PAIN AND THE ITCH with The Theatre@Boston Court. He is a co-creator of foundfootage.net with Matt Pelfrey (MTV SKINS) and directed several episodes of the web-series A.G.A.N.G. He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
BESS WOHL Playwright Wohl began her career as an actress, earning an MFA from Yale, and has since become a writer, developing projects for the stage, motion pictures, and television. She is currently at work on a family drama about the meat business for HBO. She is also working on an original musical about the adult entertainment business, a recent
commission from the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles. Her first play, CATS TALK BACK, had its world premiere at the Yale Cabaret while she was a student at Yale. It was subsequently performed at the Williamstown Theater Festival and finally at the NYC International Fringe Festival where it won the award for Best Overall Production. Her play, TOUCH(ED), had its world premiere at the Pioneer Theatre Company earlier this year. BARCELONA was recently workshopped at Ojai Playwrights Conference. Her plays have been produced or developed at The Vineyard Theater, The Pittsburgh Public Theater, The Northlight Theater, TheaterWorks New Works Festival, and The Geffen Playhouse. Her work has also been supported by the MacDowell Colony, where she was recently a fellow. Upcoming productions include the world premiere of her play, IN, at the Pioneer Theater in 2011. Her screenplay adaptation of her play, IN was included on Hollywood’s Black List of best feature scripts. She has also developed for network television, and recently wrote an original pilot for Twentieth Century Fox Television/FBC. She is a graduate of Harvard, Magna Cum Laude, where she was awarded the Rona Jaffe Writing Prize and the Tennessee Williams Scholarship. At the Yale School of Drama, she was a recipient of the Rebecca West Scholarship. Wohl won the 2015 Drama Desk Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award that recognizes excellence and significant contributions to the theater for establishing herself as an important voice in New York theater, and having a breakthrough year with the eclectic AMERICAN HERO, PRETTY FILTHY and SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS. She is originally from Brooklyn, New York, and divides her time between New York and Los Angeles.
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ACTOR BIOS EMILY EISELE Sheri Emily is beyond thrilled to be making her first appearance on the Artists Rep stage. She is a recent alum of the Third Rail Mentorship Program, during which time she performed in THE NORWEGIANS (Olive) and EDGAR & ANNABEL (Tara); devised, wrote and performed for their original Fertile Ground piece ID[EA]; and headed the marketing team for their OFF THE RAILS FESTIVAL. Other local credits include BAND GEEKS, WOMEN OF TROY and INTO THE WOODS. This year, Emily joined forces with a new collaborative team called Wanderlust Theatre. Together, they co-wrote and conceived an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s THE NIGHTINGALE as a storytelling hike through Powell Butte. The initial workshop of the piece took place in early September and development will continue throughout the year. She has also worked behind a lot of counters.
GAVIN HOFFMAN Ted Gavin is very happy to be back at Artists Rep, where he played Harry in THE UNDERSTUDY and Dieter in THE MONSTER-BUILDER. Other local credits include Joe in GREAT EXPECTATIONS, Ligniere in CYRANO, Iago in OTHELLO, Karl/Steve in CLYBOURNE PARK (Portland Center Stage), Ellard in THE FOREIGNER (Lakewood Theatre), Ken Talley in FIFTH OF JULY (Profile Theatre), Frank in BODY AWARENESS (CoHo) and Hank in Sue Mach’s A NOBLE FAILURE (Third Rail Rep.) He has also appeared at Vertigo, Shaking the Tree,
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Portland Shakespeare Project, Portland Playhouse and directed ‘NIGHT, MOTHER at CoHo. Gavin has guest starred twice in THE BIG EASY (USA), guest starred in LEVERAGE (TNT) and co-starred in GRIMM (NBC). Originally from Portland, Gavin has worked in theatre all over the country, including Book-It in Seattle, PCPA in Santa Maria, CA, Tulane Summer Shakespeare Festival in New Orleans, The Shakespeare Theatre in DC, and in various New York City theatres. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA. Gavin is a graduate of The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and has a BFA in acting from Ithaca College. He has won four Drammy Awards: two for Supporting Actor, one for Lead Actor and one for Solo Performance.
VAL LANDRUM Jamie Val has never worked as a sandwich maker, however, she has earned money as a snake milker, iceberg mover and professional cuddler. She is a proud and grateful Resident Artist here at Artists Rep where she was seen most recently in THE MIRACLE WORKER and THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH. Val has worked in several world-class regional theatres and has some TV and film credits. She has worked locally in productions for Portland Center Stage, Third Rail, CoHo and Profile to name a few. Val teaches theatre at Oregon Children’s Theatre and is on staff at the Portland Actors Conservatory. She can be seen next in Artists Rep’s A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS.
MUEEN JAHAN Bob/Customer/ Gregory/Sandwich Mueen is excited to be making his debut at Artists Rep. His theatre credits include BOMBAY DREAMS on Broadway, ENTER LAUGHING (Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts), HOMEBODY/ KABUL (Mark Taper Forum), A PERFECT GANESH (Coachella Valley Rep, Desert Theatre League: Best Actor Nomination), COMEDY OF ERRORS (Las Vegas Shakespeare Company), BECKY’S NEW CAR (North Coast Rep), ASYLUM (2100 Square Feet, LA Ovation Award Nomination: Best Actor), INTO THE WOODS (3D Theatricals),
GALILEO (Center Stage), SUBURBIA (The Studio Theatre), BAD APPLES (Circle X Theatre), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (East LA Classic Theatre), HENRY V, MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Kingsmen Shakespeare Co.), HOMEBODY/KABUL (Curious Theatre Co.). Television and film credits include PEARL, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, CROWDED, MAJOR CRIMES, VICTORIOUS, LEVERAGE, SOPRANOS, LAW AND ORDER, OUTSOURCED, PRIME SUSPECT, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, NUMB3RS. Mueen has an MFA in acting from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in acting from Shenanadoah University. He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS MEGAN WILKERSON Scenic Designer An Artists Rep Resident Artist, Megan has designed for THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, THE UNDERSTUDY, EXILES and XMAS UNPLUGGED. Megan is a member of the women’s theatre company the Rivendell Theatre Ensemble in Chicago, a founding member of the artistic collective Bad Soviet Habits and the Resident Scenic Designer for Bag&Baggage Productions. Megan has worked with a bevy of local companies including Teatro Milagro (OPCION MULTIPLE, AMERICAN NIGHT), Portland Center Stage (Assistant Designer - CLYBOURNE PARK), defunkt (THE CHILDREN’S HOUR, BETTY’S SUMMER VACATION), Theatre Vertigo (JEKYLL & HYDE, THE SEXUAL NEUROSES OF OUR PARENTS), Northwest Classical Theatre (WAIT UNTIL DARK, MARY STUART) and Bag&Baggage Productions (THE CRUCIBLE, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR). Work with other companies includes Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Next Act Theatre, The Skylight Opera, First Stage Children’s Theatre, Michigan Opera Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre and the Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. As a Design Assistant, Megan spent two seasons at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (AMERICAN NIGHT, THE MUSIC MAN, RUINED).
KRISTEEN WILLIS CROSSER Lighting Designer Kristeen received her BA from Centre College in Danville, KY and received her MFA in
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lighting design from Wayne State University, Hilberry Company in Detroit, MI. She has designed lights for several Artists Rep productions, including TREVOR, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, THE MIRACLE WORKER, THE UNDERSTUDY, TRIBES, FOXFINDER, THE CHERRY ORCHARD and EURYDICE. She designed the set for WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT…, BROOMSTICK, 4000 MILES and FOXFINDER. She has designed scenery and/or lighting for several area theatres including Northwest Children Theatre’s SHREK THE MUSICAL; Profile Theatre’s TRUE WEST and MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS (2013 Drammy) and THIEF RIVER; Coho Production’s FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE and THE OUTGOING TIDE; Miracle Theatre’s OEDIPUS EL REY (2012 Drammy); and Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s THE ALIENS, A BRIGHT NEW BOISE (2014 Drammy) and GIDEON’S KNOT (2014 Drammy). As always, she is grateful to her husband, Mike, for all of his love and support.
EMILY HORTON Costume Designer Emily is thrilled to be returning to Artists Rep for her second production. Other credits include seven seasons with Third Rail Rep, Michael Curry Design fiber artist, as well as multiple productions with Oregon Children’s Theatre and Portland Playhouse. Emily holds a BFA in Costume Design and Construction from Webster University in St. Louis, Mo as well as a certificate in technical theatre from PCPA Theaterfest.
JEN RAYNAK Sound Designer Jen has been designing sound for theatre and film in Portland since the mid-90s,
including six years as a company member of Third Rail Repertory Theatre and a 10year stint at Portland Center Stage. By day, Jen is the Carproelsofly Department Head in Portland’5’s Winningstad Theatre.
KAYE BLANKENSHIP Props Master Kaye is a props, scenic and lighting designer originally hailing from Sammamish, Washington. She earned her BA in theatre from Lewis & Clark College and, after a year working in New York, she is back in Portland and excited to work with Artists Rep for the first time. Favorite past shows include THE ANTIGONE PROJECT (Profile), ANNAPURNA (Third Rail), DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE (Mills Entertainment), A WINTER’S TALE (Anon It Moves), STATIC (Third Rail), RAMONA QUIMBY (Oregon Children’s Theatre), THE SNOWSTORM (CoHo), IN THE NEXT ROOM (Profile Theatre), and Waxwing with String House Theatre, where she is also a founding member.
MARY MCDONALD-LEWIS Voice & Text Director MaryMac has been a professional artist since 1979. She resides in Portland, Oregon, and is an international dialect coach for film, television and stage. She also works as a voice actor, on-camera actor, stage actor and director. AMERICAN HERO is MaryMac’s 25th show with Artists Rep and you can also hear her work at Portland Center Stage, where she is also Resident Dialect Coach, and on other stages around town. She is deeply grateful to the patrons and audience members of Artists Rep, whose support allows the theatre to provide her services to the
actors. MaryMac loves what she does, and she thanks Finnegan, Sullivan and Flynn for always wagging their tails when she comes home.
JONATHAN COLE Resident Fight Choreographer Jonathan has worked throughout the Northwest as a director, actor and fight director, and is a tenured faculty member of the Theatre Department at Willamette University. He is one of two Society of American Fight Directors Certified Teachers of stage combat in Oregon, and co-owns Revenge Arts, one of the largest stage combat consortiums in the United States. His choreography is most often seen on Artists Rep’s stage, where he recently choreographed fights for TREVOR, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, THE MIRACLE WORKER, THE LIAR, EXILES and THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD. Jonathan’s choreography has also been seen at Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Portland Shakespeare Project, Clackamas Repertory Theatre and Profile Theatre.
LUAN SCHOOLER Dramaturg Luan honed her dramaturgy chops at Perseverance Theatre in Alaska, working with then-artistic director Molly Smith on new plays and devised works with wide ranging artists including Paula Vogel, John Murrell, John Luther Adams and Darrah Cloud. As Literary Manager/Dramaturg for Berkeley Rep, she worked with many luminary writers, including David Edgar, Naomi Iizuka, Salman Rushdie, Dominique Serrand, Rinde Eckert and Robert Fagles, and astute directors Tony Taccone, Mark Wing-Davey, Stephen Wadsworth and Lisa Peterson, among others. She has also worked
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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS CONTINUED at Denver Center Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (where she is turging Lisa Peterson’s translation of HAMLET for OSF’s Play On! project), California Shakespeare Festival, A Traveling Jewish Theatre and Shaking the Tree. Luan joined Artists Rep in April 2015 to lead the new play development program, Table|Room|Stage, and has served as dramaturg on TREVOR, THE MIRACLE WORKER, WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT… and THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH.
CAROL ANN WOHLMUT Resident Stage Manager Carol Ann studied theatre arts at the University of Northern Iowa. Most of her education comes from working for the past 30 years in every aspect of theatre arts. She has been the Stage Manager for 31 plays at Artists Rep: THE WEIR, ART, THE SHAPE OF THINGS, COPENHAGEN, TOP DOG/ UNDERDOG, THE LOBBY HERO, MERCY SEAT, ENCHANTED APRIL, THE SEAGULL, ASSASSINS, MR. MARMALADE, MARS ON LIFE – THE HOLIDAY EDITION, RABBIT HOLE, BLACKBIRD, THREE SISTERS, DESIGN FOR LIVING, OTHELLO, AH, WILDERNESS!, MARS ON LIFE-LIVE!, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, GOD OF CARNAGE, RED HERRING, ITHAKA, MISTAKES WERE MADE, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, BLITHE SPIRIT, THE INVISIBLE HAND, THE LIAR, BROOMSTICK, MOTHERS AND SONS, GRAND CONCOURSE, and she will stage manage FEATHERS AND TEETH and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST this season. Carol Ann has performed as a stage manager for many theatres in the Portland area, including Portland Center Stage, Portland Rep, Stark Raving Theater,
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New Rose Theatre, triangle productions!, Musical Theater Co, Metro Performing Arts, Northwest Children’s Theatre and Carousel Co. In addition, Carol Ann guest lectures on Stage Management and making a living in theatre arts at various educational facilities.
NATE COHEN Assistant Director Nate is glad to be back at Artists Rep, where he worked on GRAND CONCOURSE last season. Nate is a director, teacher and actor. He is currently a Company Member at Theatre Vertigo, sits on the board of the Portland Area Theatre Alliance, and has worked extensively with companies such as the Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, CoHo Productions and Action/Adventure. Nate also works as the Program Coordinator for Isinglass, the newest organization in the ArtsHub here at Artists Rep. His work can be seen coming up at the Portland Civic Theatre Guild, Action/Adventure, and directing Theatre Vertigo’s spring production A MAZE. Thanks to Shawn for bringing him along!
KAREN HILL Production Assistant Karen is happy to be back for another show with Artists Rep. She loves the opportunity to create thoughtful art with people who care about what they do. Karen has also worked with the Oregon Children’s Theatre, Portland Shakespeare Project and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She has a BFA in Stage Management from Southern Oregon University. Karen would like to thank her husband, Mike, for his continued support of this crazy lifestyle.
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Portland’s longest-running professional theatre Company, Artists Repertory Theatre produces intimate, provocative theatre and provides a home for artists of varied backgrounds to take creative risks.
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STAFF Artistic Director: Dámaso Rodriguez Managing Director: Sarah Horton
ARTISTIC Artistic Producer: Shawn Lee Associate Producer: Kristeen Willis Crosser Director of New Play Development & Dramaturgy: Luan Schooler ArtsHub Director: Jerry Tischleder Resident Artists: Linda Alper, Ayanna Berkshire, Bobby Brewer-Wallin, Owen Carey, Kristeen Willis Crosser, Chris Harder, Michelle Jazuk, JoAnn Johnson, Kevin Jones, Val Landrum, Sarah Lucht, Susannah Mars, Gilberto Martin Del Campo, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Michael Mendelson, Allen Nause, Amy Newman, Vana O’Brien, Rodolfo Ortega, Sharath Patel, Gregory Pulver, John San Nicolas, Vin Shambry, Andrea Stolowitz, Joshua Weinstein, Megan Wilkerson, Carol Ann Wohlmut
ADMINISTRATIVE Director of Finance & Administration: Jim Neuner Finance & Administrative Assistant: Vonessa Martin Executive Assistant: Allie Rangel
MARKETING & AUDIENCE SERVICES Director of Communication & Engagement: Nicole Lane Marketing Director: Sarah Bills Marketing & Publications Manager: Jessica Gleason Digital & Graphic Design Specialist: Jeff Hayes Music Events Specialist: Susannah Mars Audience Services Director: Karen Rathje Assistant Audience Services Manager: Christina DeYoung Box Office Manager: Jon Younkin Box Office Associates: Jessie Duncan, Jessica Hillenbrand, Jack Ridenour, Dayne Wedeking House Managers: Jessie Duncan, Deborah Gangwer, Karl Hanover, Robyn Hodges, Valerie Liptak, Tara McMahon, Cecily Overman Concessions: Geraldine Gladden, Paul Jacobs, Jennifer Zubernick Resident Photographer: Owen Carey Video Designer: ShutterSky Pictures
DEVELOPMENT Development Director: Sarah Taylor Annual Fund & Events Manager: Kisha Jarrett
PRODUCTION Production Manager: Kristeen Willis Crosser Company Manager & Casting Associate: Vonessa Martin Operations Supervisor: Jon Plueard Operations & Sound Technician: David Peterson Resident Stage Managers: Michelle Jazuk, Carol Ann Wohlmut Interim Technical Director/Scene Shop Foreman: Nathan Crone Master Carpenter: Eddie Rivera Master Electrician: Ronan Kilkelly Scenic Charge: Sarah Kindler Voice & Text Director: Mary McDonald-Lewis Resident Fight Choreographer: Jonathan Cole
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Marcia Darm, MD, Chair Mike Barr, Vice-Chair Jeffrey Condit, Treasurer Patricia Garner, Secretary Cody Hoesly, Past Chair Julie Ball Denise Frisbee Andrew Glass Blake Johnson Susanne Kuhn Michael Parsons Andrea Schmidt Barbara Sepenuk Elisa Wickstrom
FOR THIS PRODUCTION Carpenters: Charlie Capps, Ben Serreau-Raskin Electricians: Duncan Lynch, Nathaniel Patterson, Nathan Quigley, Don Crossley, Kelly Terry Costumer: Clare Hungate-Hawk Wardrobe Crew: Kyra Bishop, Emily Wilken, Samie Pfeifer
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OUR SUPPORTERS We built the set, sewed the costumes, adjusted the lights, called the cues, and rehearsed, and rehearsed, and rehearsed. YOU GAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. TAKE A BOW. This list celebrates Artists Rep donors of $100 or more who gave between August 1, 2015 and September 2, 2016. Join this cast of characters with a gift today. Call Sarah Taylor at 503.972.3017 or visit www.artistsrep.org.
PRODUCERS ($25,000+) The Collins Foundation Susan Dietz Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Robert & Eichholz Foundation Fred W. Fields Creative Heights Initiative of the Oregon Community Foundation Ronni Lacroute/ WillaKenzie Estate Meyer Memorial Trust James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation The Regional Arts & Culture Council, including support from the City of Portland, Multnomah County and the Arts Education & Access Fund Renaissance Foundation The Shubert Foundation Theatre Communications Group David & Christine Vernier The Estate of David E. Wedge PATRONS ($10,000–$24,999) Anonymous (2) Ginger Carroll in memory of J. Michael Carroll KINK 101.9 FM The Kinsman Foundation The Estate of Jean B. O’Neill Rafati’s Catering John & Jan Swanson Darci & Charlie Swindells Work for Art, including contributions from more than 75 companies and 2,000 employees
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STAGEMAKERS ($5,000–$9,999) Anonymous (2) Banfield Charitable Trust Karl & Linda Boekelheide Robert & Janet Conklin Margaret Dixon Patricia & Bennett Garner Tom Gifford & Pat Fisher Hotel de Luxe Arthur & Virginia Kayser Romy Klopper Hugh & Mair Lewis Charitable Fund of the Southwest Washington Community Foundation Maletis Beverage Mentor Graphics Foundation Opsis Architecture Oregon Arts Commission David Pollock Charlotte Rubin Marcy & Richard Schwartz Standard Insurance Company Bill & Cornie Stevens Straub Collaborative Ed & Rosalie Tank Troutman Sanders Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust US Bank Foundation OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation SUSTAINERS ($2,500–$4,999) Anonymous (2) Julia & Robert S. Ball Mike Barr Molly Butler & Robin Manning Jeffrey G. Condit Marcia Darm MD & Bruce Berning The Commerce Bank of Oregon Betty & Richard Duvall Denise & Robert Frisbee Diane Herrmann
Cody Hoesly & Kirsten Collins Mark Horn & Mark Wilkinson The Jackson Foundation Blake Johnson & Mara Krinke Drs. Dolores & Fernando Leon Kristine Olson Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Jim & Eva MacLowry Bob & Linda Palandech Kay Parr Michael Parsons & Katelyn Randall Lorraine Prince Alan Purdy Janet & Larry Richards Steve & Trudy Sargent Drea Schmidt & Emilee Preble Norm & Barbara Sepenuk Skelligs, Inc. James G. & Michele L. Stemler Faye & Lucille Stewart Foundation Elisa & Scott Wickstrom
BACKSTAGE PASS ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous (2) Asplund Tooze Foundation Kip Acheson & Elizabeth Carr Carole Alexander Ruth Alexander F. Gordon Allen & Janice M. Stewart Phyllis Arnoff Bruce Blank & Janice Casey Denise Carty & Roger Brown Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Michael & Lynne Chartier Nathan Cogan Family
Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation The Collier Smith Charitable Fund Barbara & Tom Cooney Allison Couch & Tom Soals Chris & Nicole Dawson Sharon Fekety Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Free Geek Carol Fredlund & John Betonte Dan Gibbs & Lois Seed Kit Gillem & Deborah Horrell Jane Goodwin Bob Hanson & Paula Brown Curtis Hanson Kregg & Andrea Hanson Pam Henderson & Allen Wasserman Dr. Kathleen P. Holahan Jim & Sue Kelly Bruce & Cathy Kuehnl Susanne Dziepak Kuhn Leslie R. Labbe Kirsten & Christopher Leonard Leonard & Susan Magazine Robert Matheson & Kimberly Porter Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund Carter & Jennifer MacNichol Laurie & Gilbert Meigs Don & Connie Morgan M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Deanne & Wilfried Mueller-Crispin Ken & Jane Myers Nathan Family Charitable Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation
Allen & Frances Nause Duane & Corinne Paulson Joan Peacock, In Loving Memory of Ben Buckley Patricia Perkins Richard & Wendy Rahm Bonnie & Peter Reagan Robert Reed Mary & Mark Roberts Richard & Mary Rosenberg Charlie & Miriam Rosenthal Dr. & Mrs. William Sack Marian & Elihu Schott Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Roy Schreiber & Carole Heath The Collier Smith Charitable Fund Marilyn & Gene Stubbs Susan Studd & Robert McLaurin Marcia Truman & Allen Tooke Larry & Jane Viehl Elaine & Ben Whiteley
SUPERSTARS ($500–$999) Kirby & Amelia Allen Rachael & Scott Anderson Robyn & David Aoyagi Cheryl Balkenhol Patsy Crayton Berner Leslie & Richard Bertellotti Earle & Kathleen Bevins Lesley Bombardier Ellyn Bye Douglas Campbell Ellen Cantwell Cecile Carpenter Charles & Barbara Carpenter Richard & Nancy Chapman Judy Collins Jim & Vicki Currie Edward & Karen Demko Cheri Emahiser Peg & John Espie Bill Failing & Michele Bowler-Failing Vladimir Fiks Larry & Marilyn Flick Chris & Julie Fredericks Carol Fredlund & John Betonte
Kyle & Charles Fuchs David Giramma & Carrie Hooten Don Girard Susan & Dean Gisvold Lois Gold Lynn Marchand Goldstein George Goodstein Penny & Alan Greenwood Paul Harmon Stephen K. Hillis Kirk Hirschfeld Mike & Judy Holman Sarah & Alan Horton Jessie Jonas Douglas & P.J. Jones Judith & Gregory Kafoury Beth & Chris Karlin Keeton Corporation Edward & Elaine Kemp Carol Kimball P.J. Kleffner Jody Klevit Nick & Patty Knapp David & Susan Kobos Leslie Kolisch & Roland Haertl Charles & Cheryl Kozloff Linda Lamb Lawrence Levy & Pamela Lindholm-Levy Roberta Mann Kathleen McCarthy Dan McKenzie Robert & Jessica McVay Dolores & Michael Moore Kenneth & Katherine Moss Ted Olson & Linda Nelson Robert & Melinda Newell Barry & Jane Newman David & Anne Noall Alfred & Eileen Ono Olliemay Phillips Sue Pickgrobe & Mike Hoffman Bernie & Pamela Pliska John Ragno Brennan P. Randel Julia Rea & James Diamond Scott & Kay Reichlin Vern Rifer Dámaso Rodriguez & Sara Hennessy Marilynn & Richard Rytting The Carol Schnitzer Lewis Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Wayne D. Schweinfest
Ursula Scriven Jinny Shipman & Dick Kaiser Alice & Bill Sibley Elizabeth Siegel Nick & Sandra Snell Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Teresa St. Martin & Dan Brook Marilyn Stribling Greg & Martha Struxness Peter Suriano & Helen Suriano-Williams Donald & Roslyn Sutherland Paul Thompson & Portia Sipes US Bancorp Matching Gifts Karen Whitaker Carole Whiteside Pam Whyte & Ron Saylor Andrew Wilson & Dr. Ronnie-Gail Emden Carl Wilson Cynthia Yee Jo & Steve Zimmerman
INSIDERS ($250–$499) Anonymous (3) Amelia Albright Meg & Chuck Allen Bob Amundson & Sully Taylor Rachael & Scott Anderson Elizabeth & Stephen Arch Rex & David Bills Blakeslee Vineyards Dan & Sue Ann Bravo Ann Brayfield & Joe Emerson Frank Brenckle Nita Brueggeman Don Caniparoli & Sarah Rosenberg Valri & Vince Chiappetta Joe Connors & Linda Schmidt Deborah Correa Priscilla & Nick Cowell Debbie Cross & Paul Wrigley Robert Daasch & Linda Schaefer Nancy & John Decherd Linda Dinan Steven Dotterrer Norma & Irene Dulin
Carmen Egido & Abel Weinrib Steven Ehlbeck & Vasiliki Tsikitis Elizabeth & John Ehrsam Leslye Epstein & Herman Taylor Aicha & Brian Evans George & Donna Evans Enrique Farrera & Jodi Arnoff Jim & Betty Ferner Donna Flanders & Carl Collins, in honor of Cody Hoesly Don & Judy Fuller Paul Gehlar Melissa & Bob Good Barbara & Marvin Gordon-Lickey Paul & Theresa Graham Green Dragon Brewing Bill & Marty Hall Leslie Homer Mr. & Mrs. William E. Horn Lynnette & Don Houghton Lois Hrella Gary & Joy Hunt Nancy & Marlin Icenogle Joni & Bill Isaacson Dr. Zhong Jin Sally & Lucien Klein Kobos Coffee Kelly & Brenda Lawrence Joy & Roger Leo Peter & Janice Linsky Dorothy Lyman Sheila Mahan Linda & Ken Mantel Earlean Marsh Michael Mase & Alan Winders Anne Matson Ellen Mayock & Marvin Monk Meg McGill & Mark Ramsby Debbie & Scott McGraw, in honor of Art & Trudy Kayser Ruth Medak Judy & Steven Miller Paul Miller David & Anne Munro Stephanie Oliver Senator Bob Packwood Ron & Shirley Pausig Janet Plummer & Donald Rushmer Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club Helen Richardson & Don Hayner
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OUR SUPPORTERS CONTINUED Dianne Sawyer & Pete Petersen Erika Schuster & Clay Biberdorf Peter & Jeanette Scott Mary Ann Seth-Wish & John Wish Peter Shinbach Jon & Ann Sinclair Scott Stephens & Leslie Houston Studio Blue Pilates David & Rosemarie Sweet John & Sandra Swinmurn Diane Taylor Sarah & Robert Taylor triangle productions! Chris Ullom Barbara Van Fleet Tony & Gail Vander Heide Phil VanderWeele & Joan Snyder Edward Wells Patricia White & Rick Wallace Anthony Wilcox Maureen Wright & Lane Brown Helen Youngelson-Neal & Art Neal Alan & Janet Zell
FRIENDS ($100–$249) Anonymous (8) Barbara Allan & Mel Dyck Michael Allen & Anne Schagen Ted & Fran Ames Thomas Robert Anderson Kristin Angell Ruby Apsler Ernest & Tina Argetsinger Herman Asarnow & Susan Baillet Susan Bach & Douglas Egan Dean Backus Dale Bajema & Diana Coleman Ann Balzell & Joe Marrone, In memory of Deforest Arn Piper Phil & MaryAnn Barnekoff Linda Barnes & Robert Vanderwerf Paul & Sybil Barnum Zemie Barr George Bateman Suzanne Benton Pamela Berg
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Annis & George Bleeke Catherine Blosser Winhard Bohme Evan P. Boone Betty & Fred Brace Teresa & James Bradshaw James Breedlove Peggy Bromley Dan Brook & Teresa St. Martin Gerry & Nancy Brown Jim Brunke Sharon & Duane Buckmaster A. Sonia Buist, M.D. David & Phyllis Burks Lauretta Burman Carol Burns Marlene Burns & Jon Dickinson Thomas A. Burns Alana & Grant Byington Sherry Cadsawan Cambia Health Foundation Janis & Dunbar Carpenter Michael Carter & Teresa Ferrer Jean Carufo & Barbara Engelter Tom & Anne Caruso Lou & John Chapman Russ & Mary Chapman Rebecca Clemens Molly Cochran & Sam Ellingson Coco Donuts Bradley Coffey Mary Cohen Rick & Jean Collins Abigail & Michael Corbet Marie-Jose & Martyn Corden Marilyn Couch Susan Cowles John Crabbe & Jeri Jenowsky Bruce Croffy Graham & Peggy Crow Fran & Roddy Daggett Ann Dart & Ralph Beaumont Barbara & George Dechet Carolyn DeLany-Reif Wolfgang Dempke & Alise Rubin Becky Denham Jewel Derin Elaine & Bill Deutschman Janice Dolan De & Donald Doorlag Ed Doyle & Judy Posey
Lynn Drake Jessica Duncan Ross Dwinell K. Eaton Heather Eberhardt Elizabeth & John Ehrsam Laury Ellis & Kathy Fode Myron D. Filene Greg & Carol Flakus Kathleen Flynn Heidi Franklin Marc Franklin Chris & Julie Fredericks Rhonda & David Frick-Wright Dwain & Judith Fullerton Kay Gage & Ketan Sampat Alice Galloway Neely John & Chris Gardner Andy Ginsburg & Danielle L. Erb Linda Gipe Patrick Gleason & Susan Gratch Gwendolyn & Bruce Graff Rob & Amanda Gratchner Gretta Grimala Candace Haines John Hall & Jean Jensen Hall Dick Hamlet & Corinne Williams John & Judie Hammerstad Meredith Hartley & Jeremiah Pyle Brian Hefele Thomas Hellie & Julie Olds Laura Henderson Joe & Rita Henery Dean & Jen Hess Hewlett Packard Charles & Margaret Hickman Barbara & Ron Higbee Amanda Hinsdale Lorill Hirschberger Barbara Holisky John & Judy Hubbard Kristine & Steve Hudson Carol & T.A. Hull Gary & Joy Hunt Robert & Cecilia Huntington Deborah Indihar Intel Involved Volunteer Matching Grant Constance Jackson & Xavier Le Héricy Alice Jacobson & A.J. Arriola David & Colleen Jannuzzi
Katharine Jansen Betsy & Jerold Jeronem Colleen & Jeff Johnson Phyllis Johnson Lynne Johnston Erika & Tom Kane Ron & Ruth Katon Karen Kemper Nancy G. Kennaway Janice Kettler Heather Kientz Doris & Eric Kimmel Larry King & Daniel Hutchison Frederick Kirchhoff Tom & Judy Kovaric Louise Kurzet Ted Labbe & Kelly Rogers Robert & Helen Ladarre Cathy & Loran Lamb-Mullin Storm Large Elyse & Ron Laster Susan Lavin Kelly & Brenda Lawrence Mary Lawrence Brenda Lee Mark J. Lee Molly Lee & Tad Craig Richard Lewis & Meg Larson Ralph London Jane Luddecke & Robert Anderson Glenn & Rhee Luft Dr. Christine Mackert Jim & Midge Main Caroline Mann John & Renee Manson Michael & Deborah Marble Ellen Margolis Susannah Mars & Gary Johnson Stacey Martinson & Brad Sealy Ms. Nancy Matthews Lynn Mayer Robert McAdams Carla McKelvey Anne McLaughlin Katie McRae Deb and Erich Meihoff Mariellen Meisel Jeannette & Bill Meyer J.J. Miner Monique’s Boutique Don & Connie Morgan Nancy & Art Moss Bennie Norris Patricia Oldham Bob & Bonnie Olds
Carlton & Roberta Olson Pairings Portland Nancy Park Judy Parker & Albert Passadore Katherine Patricelli & Dennis Reichelt Gordon & Sondra Pearlman Jan & Bill Perry Marilyn & Gaynor Petrequin Kevin Phaup Donna Philbrick Scott Phinney & Mona Clair Roger Porter Terrance & Barbara Porter Dee Poujade Carole Quick Ana Quinn Jay & Barbara Ramaker Dick & Linda Reedy Ed Reeves & Bill Fish Isaac Regenstreif Betty & Jacob Reiss
Jim & Judy Rice Martha & David Richards Rebecca Robinson, In memory of Gary D. Robinson Charles & Judith Rooks Ms. Cara Rozell Laurens & Judith Ruben Joanne & James Ruyle Darrell Salk & Tricia Knoll John T. Sarr William & Meredith Savery Sheldon & Jean Schiager Luan Schooler Jean Scott & Myrth Ogilvie Joyce Semradek David & Frances Sessions Gil Sharp & Anne Saxby Laurel & Dan Simmons Constance Smith Judy Snider Barbara & Bill Stalions Phil Stanton Marcia D. Starr
Marc Stein Robert & Veronika Stein Kathleen & Leigh Stephenson-Kuhn Milan & Jean Stoyanov Pat & Larry Strausbaugh Scott Stuart & Brenda Meltebeke Vicki L. Barron Sumann Ruthe Taber Gary Taliaferro Roberta Taussig Bahram & Susan Tavakolian Margaret Thompson Marilee Thompson Tracy Thornton Pam Triplett Roberta & Ward Upson Stephen Urion Kathy & Ron Varekamp David & Julie Verburg Pamela Vohnson & David Streight Sue & Jim Walcutt
Marilyn Walkey & Mike McClain Judi & J. Wandres Janet F. Warrington Robert & Ann Watt Walt & Kim Weyler George Weghorst Barbara Wegner Mike & Linda Wells Victoria Wetle Kristin Wheary David Wheeler Karen Whitaker Karen Whitman & Brad Shiley Larry & Erleen Whitney Pat & Frank Wilson Carol Ann & Patrick Wohlmut Rick Woodford & Gregory Pulver Susan Woods John & Pat Zagelow Kurt & Heather Zimmer
PLAY YOUR PART - DONATE For over 30 years, audiences have come to rely on Artists Rep for provocative, contemporary and intimate theatre experiences that challenge and inspire. Our dedicated community partners have made the past three decades possible and have helped Artists Rep grow into the exciting community arts center we are today. Did you know that ticket sales only cover 50% of the actual cost of our season? The rest comes from generous Foundations, Corporate Partners and theatre lovers just like YOU. As a special incentive, all NEW and INCREASED donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar by an incredible challenge grant from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, up to $280,000. This means your generosity will make even more of an impact. You can make your gift online, by check or sign up for monthly payments. Contact Development Director, Sarah Taylor at staylor@artistsrep.org or 503.241.9807 or visit us online at artistsrep.org for more information and to learn about donor benefits.
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STARTS NOV 22
Set during a time when the country is divided by conflicting ideologies and convictions following a contentious presidential election, Vogel’s sweeping, music-rich story plays out one frigid Christmas Eve on the banks of the Potomac River. Amid the hubbub of holiday preparations, an array of abolitionists and assassins, slaves and freemen, Union and Confederate soldiers, along with President Lincoln and Mary Todd, all pursue their paths to liberation. Propelled by traditional American songs, marches and spirituals — all revitalized for this production by luminary Portland musicians — A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS is a lively reminder for people of all beliefs about humanity’s potential for compassion, reconciliation and hope. SEASON SPONSORS:
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