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SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS BY BESS WOHL
Dámaso Rodríguez, Artistic Director J.S. May, Managing Director
CAST Teacher............................................................................ Mary McDonald-Lewis^ Joan................................................................................ Susannah Mars^* Judy................................................................................. Ayanna Berkshire^* Alicia............................................................................... Kelly Godell* Ned................................................................................. Darius Pierce* Rodney............................................................................ John San Nicolas^* Jan................................................................................... Michael Mendelson^* CREATIVE TEAM Director........................................................................... Shawn Lee Scenic Designer................................................................ Megan Wilkerson^# Costume Designer........................................................... Gregory Pulver^ Lighting Designer............................................................. Jennifer Lin Sound Designer............................................................... Rodolfo Ortega^ Dramaturg....................................................................... Luan Schooler Intimacy Consultant......................................................... Amanda K. Cole Stage Manager................................................................ Miranda Russ* Props Master.................................................................... Robert Amico Production Assistant........................................................ Megan Moll Board Op......................................................................... Alan Cline Portland Actors Conservatory LORT Lab Apprentice......... Eric Viale Small Mouth Sounds is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York, New York World Premiere Developed and Originally Produced by Ars Nova Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Renee Blinkwolt, Managing Director
TIME: NOW SETTING: A silent retreat RUN TIME: Approximately 90 minutes with no intermission. PLEASE NOTE: This show contains nudity. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.
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A MESSAGE FROM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DÁMASO RODRÍGUEZ
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Think of this retreat as a vacation from your habits. Your routines. Yourself. It is the best kind. Of vacation. Because after this. You don’t ever have to go back. To who you were.” –The Teacher,
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Small Mouth Sounds
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place in silence, and unlike most plays which communicate character and backstory with language, Small Mouth Sounds mirrors real-life encounters where we are left to infer intention and often never learn the sources of joy or pain that friends, co-workers, and strangers carry with them.
offers a retreat from pinging notifications. We invite you to put away your device and lift your gaze; to gather with friends and strangers; to focus, listen, and reflect; and to breathe the same air as the characters whose stories unfold before you in real time.
My hope is that you’ll enjoy this shared experience of quiet, attention, and discovery. As theatre makers we are continually asking ourselves the question: what is theatre’s future in the competitive world of non-stop screen time and effortless entertainment? A play like Small Mouth Sounds reminds me that theatre need not re-invent itself in response to digital media. Theatre
Please silence your cell phones…
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Please note: Photos are strictly prohibited during the performance, and photos of the stage are not permitted if an actor is present. Video recording is not permitted at any time.
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DIRECTOR’S NOTE
TEACHER: So I ask you. No I beg you...Change. Somebody. Please. Change. They all look at her, not sure how to take up that challenge. FROM SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS BY BESS WOHL
BREATHE. Isn’t that what they say to help you meditate, inhale and exhale? Find your center. Live in the moment. Establish a connection to your inner soul. Does it work? Do people connect with their inner souls? Do they change? This is my second time directing a Bess Wohl play. In 2016 I directed American Hero, where Ms. Wohl explored the agony and angst of underpaid hourly workers in a sandwich shop. Their relationship with one another transcended their individual misfortunes and changed them. Their connection was created through her brilliant comedic dialogue. In Small Mouth Sounds, Ms. Wohl introduces us to a silent meditation retreat and seven characters “in some kind of agony.” The script is 40 pages long. Not to spoil everything, but there’s not a lot of dialogue in this play. Can they connect, then? Can they transcend their individual misfortunes? This is a unique play. How do you rehearse a play with very little dialogue? You start with casting a talented and brave group of actors who can reveal the world of their character with a look, a gesture, a breath. And then you spend weeks exploring how one look or gesture or breath inspires another’s look or gesture or breath. It’s easy, right? You don’t have to talk to someone to know how they feel about you or about themselves. You can make eye contact with someone right now and know if they want to be here. Is talking noise? What happens if we are all not talking (and no cell phones go off )? It’s almost scary the ease
in which a person can make a connection this way. Good or bad. Because we are not alone. That may be a comforting thing but it also brings with it a certain amount of responsibility. We are not alone. And if we change, how will that affect the person near us? Everything that informs who we are is because of who we are around. When you change yourself, is it not important that you are conscious of the domino effect? There is a belief among people who practice Transcendental Meditation that if 1% of the population of an area is meditating, that the violent crime rate will decrease in that same area. It is called the Maharishi Effect. Did you know the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, is quoted as saying that “if every eight yearold in the world is taught meditation we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation?” And recently scientists have found in a new study that audiences’ hearts synchronize watching live theatre. So this idea of profound connection and changing influence is a good thing, right? Here you are in a theatre with a group of other people sitting in silence watching a play about people sitting in silence. You’re meditating, your hearts are synchronizing. You are more connected to the actors and each other than ever before! Because we should know that the shared experiences are the most profound, the most transcendent. Because we need each other to change. Let’s change. –Shawn Lee
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PLAYWRIGHT’S BIO
BESS WOHL BEGAN HER CAREER as an actress, earning an MFA from Yale, and has since become a writer 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 Theatre 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 Theatre 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 Theatre, The Pittsburgh Public Theater, The Northlight Theatre, TheatreWorks New Works Festival, and The Geffen Playhouse. Her work has also been supported by the MacDowell Colony, where she was recently a fellow. In 2011, her play In, premiered at the Pioneer Theatre Company. The screenplay adaptation of 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. As an actress, Bess has appeared onstage in New York, regionally, and at Williamstown Theater Festival (five summers) and in numerous films and TV shows, where she has given birth, solved crimes, committed crimes, been wrongly accused, and come back from the dead. 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 recognizing excellence and significant contributions to the theatre for establishing herself as an important voice in New York theatre, 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. www.besswohl.com www.smallmouthsounds.com
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Is Silence Golden? By Luan Schooler
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2014 study done at the University of Virginia found that 67% of men and 25% of women preferred receiving an electrical shock to being left alone with their thoughts. In the study, participants were left alone for fifteen minutes in a sparsely furnished room without phones, pens, or distractions of any sort. There was, however, a button that participants could push that would give them an unpleasant electrical shock. Each had experienced the shock beforehand, and all said they would pay money to avoid being shocked again. Yet when left alone for 15 minutes, many were more averse to their thoughts than to pain. Throughout history, people have pursued silence in search of life’s meaning. Whether wandering in the desert or sitting on a mountaintop, religious and philosophical seekers have used silence as a tool for unlocking Mystery. Today, however, surrounded by noise and conditioned to an ever-quickening flood of stimulation, have we become so dependent on distraction that we can no longer simply sit with our thoughts?
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Possibly. When was the last time that you sat and thought for even ten minutes, without reaching for your phone, making a list, or leaping up to do something? It’s not easy to be quiet, yet the idea of silence continues to beckon. While few of us are willing to go it alone in the desert or a mountain cave, many of us long for a quiet space to examine our lives, to gain some clarity, to find some peace. Over the last decade, there have been new social activities developed that center on silence. In some cities there are regular silent reading parties, where participants meet up in a bar to read quietly for an hour or two and then chat among the group. In London, Shhh Dating offers silent singles nights, telling patrons, “we find you can make more of a connection with others without words (to begin with). That’s why we’ve created a unique dating format with flirting games, eye gazing, and no talking.” Silent Disco Parties offer all the dancers wireless headphones so they can hear the music, but for observers the party is sound
free (except perhaps for the shifting of dancers’ feet). Silent retreats have been around for many years. Many have a religious or spiritual grounding, but others are decidedly secular and focus on health, pleasure, and individual growth. Most include yoga, meditation classes, and opportunities to spend time in nature. Accommodations and meals range from modest to elegant, priced accordingly. All promise a relaxing, restorative, profound experience. “Prolonged silence lets practitioners recharge from the stresses of daily life, but the practice of silence and its intention goes beyond relaxation. Outward silence shines a light on the parts of your inner life you don’t usually experience, teaching you to acknowledge and process even your most uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. This practice of observing your inner landscape can teach greater stress tolerance and emotional balance that lasts long after the retreat is over.” –“Why You Should Go on a Silent Retreat” www.doyouyoga.com
Since 2013, silent tourism is the hot new luxury trend, offering getaways centered on ‘digital detox’ and personal growth. Exquisitely designed spas offer enticing hot rock massages, sitting/ walking/eating meditation, yoga classes, and more, all designed to help you find ‘an easeful relationship with life.’ In an interview with Condé Nast Traveler, Alex Glasscock, the CEO and founder of The Ranch—a kind of luxury boot camp in Malibu—said, “a calm and silent mind is the new luxury and people are actively seeking this opportunity.” With rates ranging from $3,900 for a fourday visit to $30,000 for a four-week “Total Transformation,” silence truly is golden at The Ranch. Our relationship with silence is clearly complicated. On the one hand, we’d rather have an electrical shock, but on the other, we consider it a luxury item. What does this say about the way that we’ve constructed our lives and social frameworks? What are we afraid to find in silence? Should quiet be a luxury? Perhaps we should all take a few minutes (but less than fifteen, please!) to quietly ponder.
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Q+ A
DESIGN IN RETREAT Megan Wilkerson, scenic designer for Small Mouth Sounds, answers questions about her process.
Do you have any experience with silent retreats? If so, how did that help inform your design decisions? I do not! (Though I’m an introvert who largely works alone at home so everyday is sort of a silent retreat.) My partner is a retreat hound and we’ve both spent some time at a number of retreat centers. We love Breitenbush here in Oregon and he goes to OHI in San Diego regularly. He’s also spent some significant time at the center that inspired the play so we’ve had some extensive conversations about it. I used to go with my mother to spiritual retreat centers—largely run by Catholic nuns—and I worked for a time at a college run by a group of priests who lived in community. There is a lot of silence and quiet practiced in the abbeys. 10
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What was the most challenging aspect of this project? Trying to figure out how much of the design wanted to be “scenery” and how much is installation art or architecture. In the end we definitely swung more towards installation that would work in dialogue with the play and provide a home for the action rather than trying to re-create the spaces described in the script. How do you get unstuck creatively? I do more research. Then I walk away and do the dishes, then go for a walk or read a book that has nothing to do with anything and then try again. Then I repeat as needed. Sometimes it just takes time for the problem to solve itself.
What is your idea of perfect happiness? I have no idea. I’m not entirely sure I’m a proponent of “happiness.” Happiness gets boring after a while. Satisfaction feels more lasting and worthy to me. It implies movement and striving, where as happiness feels stagnant. Which talent would you most like to have? Believe it or not I would love to draw better. Despite being a designer I have a form of dyslexia that presents itself as dysgraphia, which basically means that my hand and my eyes often don’t communicate particularly well. Some days I draw really well and others it’s unfathomable. I use the computer to compensate as much as possible (my iPad Pro and the new drawing apps are a godsend), but I had teachers and friends for whom drawing—pencil to paper—is effortless and absorbing in a way that I envy. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I’m generally pretty satisfied with myself in the ways the play talks about, though more patience wouldn’t be a bad thing. I do think though that I would like to be 10 years younger. Not because I have a problem with aging or want to re-live those years but because designing scenery while
female—always a bit challenging— got particularly difficult in the social and economic backlash that happened after the 9/11 attacks and the crash of ‘08. I’m part of a whole generation of young designers (and artists in general I would guess) who got skipped over or left behind professionally when culturally we jumped backwards for safety and then 10-15 years later jumped again all the way forward to designers and artists in their 20s. I don’t think we’ve yet recovered the kind of hope and optimism we had but I think the drive for new voices is getting us there. ARTSLANDIA.COM
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Noticing Things: Breitenbush Hot Springs By Allison Delaney The first thing you notice at Breitenbush is the quiet. The kind of quiet that lets your attention settle on the actual sound of the whir of your own nervous system, the squeak of your bag on your shoulder, or the sound of the crows in the trees. With no cell phone service or wifi, and many miles away from a major road, there’s not a lot of distraction. Which is the best and the very worst thing.
Cosmology” (I’m not making this up. You can attend from November 11th to the 16th). You will meet a 30-something guy named Neil who has recently backpacked in the Himalayas, and he will want to tell you about it, regardless of the fact that you’re both sitting naked in a springfed pool.
But there are other more vulnerable and surprising discoveries: how I’ve visited Breitenbush Hot Springs, breathtakingly bright the stars are, miles a remote and rustic retreat center 50 away from any other source of light. miles east of Salem, Oregon, twice a year How a place can feel just as welcoming for the past five years. In many ways, and alive when snow is piling on the it’s exactly what you would expect: the rocks in January as it does when folks vegetarian meals, the library in the lodge are reading and dancing in the sun on with an inordinately large “self discovery” an August afternoon. That there is a section, and workshops with titles like version of yourself that might bear very “Visionseeker Level Three: Shamanic little resemblance to the you that is stuck
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in traffic twice a day. Realizations and discoveries like this can be rewarding, but they can also be painful. They invite us to notice all the less-than-perfect parts of ourselves. Without fail, a visit here reminds me of how very hard it is to truly be with ourselves. Breitenbush is a place that reveals how, as much as I might moan about my to-do lists and my chores, this constant whir of activity is a kind of armor, protecting me from having to listen to other, quieter sounds and needs. Upon arriving, I unpack my car, efficiently shuttle my things into my cabin, grab my towel, and set off through the woods. And I find myself rushing. My steps are hurried, and my thoughts jump down the to-do list of all the things
I want to do during my short stay (Naps! Read a whole book! Yoga!) I am going to force my way into relaxation and quietude! The pace I have accepted in my daily life feels wrong here, and it doesn’t take long for this dissonance to make itself known. I have to physically stop walking, close my eyes, and give myself permission to set down what I’ve been carrying like an ever-expanding load of groceries. I also can’t help but laugh at myself (to anyone who may have seen me and wondered what that girl in the woods was laughing at all by herself: now you know!). I shake off my judgement. I try to hold my lust for busy-ness and my capacity for grace simultaneously in my own small hands. And I set off down the path again.
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Labyrinths have been found on stone wall carvings and clay tablets since the Bronze Age, and in the Middle Ages they were incorporated into churches and temples around the world. Designed to promote meditation and prayer, labyrinths are different from mazes: mazes are puzzles, filled with dead ends and deceptive pathways, while labyrinths follow a singular pathway from the entrance to the center and back again. Following the unobstructed, circular path encourages a person to slow down, clear their mind, and find an inner calm. Try this labyrinth while you wait for Small Mouth Sounds to begin. Take a few slow breaths to quiet your mind. Inhale and exhale. Inhale and exhale. Inhale and exhale. Focus on the entrance to the labyrinth. Using a finger from your non-dominant hand, slowly trace the pathway from the entrance to the center. While in the center: Inhale and exhale. Inhale and exhale. Inhale and exhale. Slowly retrace the pathway from the center to where you began. Notice how you feel as you inhale and exhale again.
GET INTO THE WORLD OF SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS BOOKS: BUDDHA’S BAD BOYS BY ALAN CHIN SIT, WALK, DON’T TALK: HOW I SURVIVED A SILENT MEDITATION RETREAT BY JENNIFER HOWD SIDDHARTHA BY HERMANN HESSE
MOVIES: COUPLES RETREAT (2009) THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) ENLIGHTEN UP! (2008)
MUSIC: NO PHONE - CAKE (PRESSURE CHIEF, 2004) LEBANESE BLONDE THIEVERY CORPORATION (THE MIRROR CONSPIRACY, 2000) NOBODY SPEAK FEAT. RUN THE JEWELS - DJ SHADOW (THE MOUNTAIN WILL FALL, 2016)
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CAST BIOS MARY MCDONALD-LEWIS Teacher As dialect coach Mary McDonald-Lewis’ work is heard, not seen. With Small Mouth Sounds, the tradition continues in this journey to the silent retreat. MaryMac just directed The Tempest for Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven, just returned from the Cincinnati Comic Expo where she had a delightful time with GI Joe fans (and fans of her character Lady Jaye), and just coached Seth Rue for the 26 voices he needed for Fires in the Mirror at Profile Theatre. But she mainly likes just hanging out with her dogs, and she thanks Sullivan and Flynn for always wagging their tails when she comes home. marymac.com
SUSANNAH MARS Joan Susannah is a Resident Artist at Artists Rep where she has performed in many productions, and serves as Music Events Specialist. In other theatrical endeavors, she recently appeared as Mistress Hibbins in Scarlet at Portland Playhouse, and Mrs. Lovett in Portland Opera’s Sweeny Todd. She’s appeared at Portland Playhouse as Margaret in The Light In The Piazza, and was Golde in Portland Center Stage’s Fiddler on the Roof. Favorite roles at Portland Center Stage include Rona Lisa Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mother in Ragtime, Mama Rose in Gypsy, and Merideth in Bat Boy. At Artists Rep she performed Mars On Life for three seasons, and also appeared as Dinah in The Quality of Life, Julia in Holidazed, Becca in Rabbit Hole, Mabel in Chaps, and Karen in Dinner with Friends. At Artists Rep she was also Mary Todd Lincoln in A Civil War 16
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Christmas. She was Frieda and Betty at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre in Sunday in the Park with George, and was Susan in their production of Company. Maybe you saw her on NBC’s Grimm as Drew Wu’s psychiatrist, Dr. Richet. Ms. Mars is the recipient of six Portland Drama Critics Awards and two Portland Area Music Theatre Awards. Her recordings Susannah Mars, Call It Home; The Music of Richard Gray, and the MACnominated Take Me To The World are available on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to her podcast Adventures In Artslandia. Proud member of SAGAFTRA and AEA. susannahmars.com
AYANNA BERKSHIRE Judy (Inhale...) Ayanna’s career goals have always been to do great work, develop truthful, dynamic characters and to work alongside outstanding colleagues; she has been extremely lucky on all counts. As a Resident Artist at Artists Rep and full time performing artist, she splits her work between stage and screen, never happier than when she’s able to tell honest and relatable stories, like Small Mouth Sounds! (And exhale...) Ayanna’s previous works at Artists Rep include (Inhale…): Between Riverside and Crazy, An Octoroon, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Civil War Christmas, Grand Concourse, The Understudy, Intimate Apparel, and Race. Other stage works include: The Scottsboro Boys (Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles), Back Bog Beast Bait, Bang, Curtain. End of Show, and The Investigation of the Murder in El Salvador (defunkt theatre), Fuente Ovejuna (Teatro Milagro), The Tales of Canterbury (Ensemble Loupan), and more (And exhale…). Film and TV credits include (Inhale…): Lean On Pete, Twilight, Extraordinary Measures, Wendy and Lucy, Say Uncle, The Dust
CAST BIOS Factory, The Record Keeper, Chicago PD, Portlandia, Grimm, Parenthood, Castle, Grey’s Anatomy, Awake, Leverage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Significant Mother. Coming in 2018/2019: In The Vault, American Vandal, and Documentary Now! (Netflix), and the film Resound and Boundary Springs! (And exhale...) Member of Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA. Ayanna would like to thank you for actively supporting the arts! (Namaste)
KELLY GODELL Alicia Kelly is thrilled to be joining the cast of Small Mouth Sounds. This is her first time on the Artists Rep stage. Most recently she co-produced and performed in Radiant Vermin at CoHo Productions and can be seen in Sense and Sensibility at Portland Center Stage this winter. Some other favorite credits include The Secretaries (Profile Theatre), Noises Off (Third Rail Repertory Theatre), and Miss Julie (Shaking the Tree Theatre). Television credits include Grimm and Leverage. Kelly has a BFA from the University of Oregon and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
DARIUS PIERCE Ned Darius is happy to be back at Artists Rep after Feathers and Teeth! Favorite other productions include Stupid Fucking Bird, Cyrano, The Santaland Diaries, Beard of Avon, Twelfth Night, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The 39 Steps, Frost/Nixon, How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found, Misalliance, A Christmas Story, A Christmas Carol, and the JAW Festival (Portland Center Stage); the World Premiere of Stupid Fucking
Bird (Wooly Mammoth Theatre); The Gaming Table and, Comedy of Errors (Folger Theatre); Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Profile Theatre); Lungs and The Realistic Joneses (Third Rail Repertory Theatre); My Fair Lady and Les Misérables (Broadway Rose); Peter and the Starcatcher (Portland Playhouse); 1776 (Lakewood Theatre); The Long Christmas Ride Home (Theatre Vertigo). Darius has been awarded a Drammy for Outstanding Actor in Beard of Avon and a PAMTA for Best Supporting Actor in Les Misérables. He is a company member at Third Rail Repertory Theatre and a co-founder of the Anonymous Theatre Company. His screen credits include The Librarians, Leverage, Portlandia, and Grimm. He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA.
JOHN SAN NICOLAS Rodney A native of San Diego, CA, John first worked at Artists Rep on Jack Goes Boating in 2011. He has since appeared in The Motherfucker with the Hat, Exiles, The Invisible Hand, The Liar, Grand Concourse, A Civil War Christmas, Trevor, The Talented Ones, An Octoroon, The Humans, and Magellanica, and is proud to be a Resident Artist. He has also performed at Portland Center Stage (Twist Your Dickens: The Second City’s Christmas Carol, Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline), Portland Playhouse (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Bingo with the Indians), Third Rail Repertory Theatre (A Noble Failure, The Pain and the Itch), Oregon Children’s Theatre (The Red Badge of Courage, The Pressure Point!), Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (Three Sisters), Badass Theatre Company (Invasion!), Miracle Theatre (Elliot: A Soldier’s Fugue, Sonia Flew), Anonymous Theatre Company (The Crucible, The Good Doctor, Lend Me ARTSLANDIA.COM
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CAST & CREATIVE TEAM BIOS a Tenor, Rumors), Clackamas Repertory Theatre (Baskerville), Shaking the Tree Theatre (Far Away), CoHo Productions (Reasons to Be Pretty), Fusion Theatre Co. (Old Times, Disgraced), and several others. He has appeared on the television show Leverage and has made several appearances on IFC’s Portlandia. He has been a member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2002 and is proud to serve on the Portland AEA Liaison Committee. He also teaches acting and directs on occasion, most recently directing the World Premiere production of Play by D.C. Copeland and teaching scene study classes at Jana Lee Hamblin’s Act Now Studio. John is enormously proud to call Artists Rep home. It’s his favorite place.
MICHAEL MENDELSON Jan Michael is a Resident Artist at Artists Rep. Credits with Artists Rep include Magellanica, An Octoroon, Marjorie Prime, Trevor, Mothers and Sons, The Price, Tribes, The Quality of Life, Mistakes Were Made, Ten Chimneys, Red Herring, Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Christmas Carol, God Of Carnage, Superior Donuts, Design For Living, Holidazed, Becky’s New Car, Three Sisters, Eurydice, Orson’s Shadow, Mr. Marmalade, Theater District, Present Laughter, and Love! Valour! Compassion!. Local credits include Portland Shakespeare Project, Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Portland, Profile Theatre, Northwest Classical, Miracle Theatre, triangle productions!, Tygres Heart Shakespeare, Portland Center Stage, A Contemporary Theatre, New Rose, Portland Rep. NYC: Revolving Shakespeare Co., Theatre 1010, Lincoln Center/Clark Studio Theatre, Genesius Guild, The Barrow Group. Regional: PCPA Theatrefest, Paper Mill Playhouse, 18
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Saint Michael’s Playhouse, Penobscot Theatre, Arkansas Rep, First Stage Milwaukee, Idaho Rep, Attic Theater and Wisconsin, Utah, and Berkeley Shakespeare Festivals. Michael received a BFA from Wayne State University and an MFA from the University of Washington’s PATP. He is the Artistic Director of Portland Shakespeare Project, and a member of Actors’ Equity Association and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
SHAWN LEE Director This is Shawn Lee’s second time directing a play by Bess Wohl for Artists Rep; with the first being 2016’s American Hero. In 2017, he directed Christopher Chen’s Caught, which was a multi-media theatre/art installation, and collaboration with Portland visual artist Horatio Law. He directed and co-produced the international tour of E.M. Lewis’ The Gun Show starring Artists Rep Resident Artist Vin Shambry, which premiered in CoHo Productions’ 21st season. After a sold-out run, The Gun Show was remounted at Artists Rep before touring to the Logan Festival of Solo Performance at 1st Stage in Virginia, the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, Portland Public Schools, and Willamette University. Shawn is the Producing Director at Artists Rep, and is now in his fifth season. In 2001, he co-founded Furious Theatre Company in Los Angeles where he served as Co-Artistic Director before moving to Portland in 2014. With Furious Theatre Company, he has produced 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. In 2010, Furious Theatre Company was named to LA Weekly’s
CREATIVE TEAM BIOS list of “Best Theatres of the Decade.” He is a co-creator of the YouTube video series Real Found Footage with Matt Pelfrey (Skins on MTV, Facebook series Turnt) and directed the short film The Foodie by Kirk Pynchon, She, and several episodes of the web series A.G. A.N.G. As an actor, he is a 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.
MEGAN WILKERSON Scenic Designer In her five seasons at Artists Rep Megan has designed: scenery for Skeleton Crew, The Humans, Caught, The Importance of Being Earnest, American Hero, Feathers and Teeth, The Understudy, and Xmas Unplugged, scenery and projections for Exiles and The Skin of Our Teeth, and most recently projections for Magellanica. This season she’ll be designing scenery for A Doll’s House, Part 2, and The Revolutionists here at Artists Rep, and Tiny Beautiful Things at Portland Center Stage. An Artists Rep Resident Artist, Megan is also a member of the women’s theatre company The Rivendell Theatre Ensemble in Chicago and a founding member of the artistic collective Bad Soviet Habits. Since arriving in Portland, Megan has had the pleasure of working with Teatro Milagro (Óye Oyá, American Night), Third Rail Repertory Theatre (The Realistic Joneses, Lungs, The Events), Profile Theatre (The Secretaries, Blue Door), defunkt theatre (The Children’s Hour), Theatre Vertigo (Jekyll & Hyde, The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents), and Northwest Classical Theatre (Wait Until Dark, Mary Stuart). Prior to Portland, Megan spent 10 years in the Midwest where she worked
with 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 Design Assistant, Megan spent two seasons at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (American Night, The Music Man, Ruined) and has long-running relationships with designers Marjorie Bradley Kellogg and Michael Ganio that have led to work on diverse national projects such as Kenny Leon’s production of the modern opera Margaret Garner to Bill Rauch’s Pirates of Penzance here in Portland. Megan is a proud member of United Scenic Artist Local 829. meganwilkerson.com
GREGORY PULVER Costume Designer Gregory is currently Theater Program Director and Associate Professor of costume design, makeup, and choreography for the University of Portland Drama Department and one of Artists Rep’s Resident Artists. He moved to Portland after a successful run as an Associate Professor of Costume Design at Western Washington University for 12 years and Chair of the WWU Theatre Department for three and a half of those years. Mr. Pulver holds an MFA in costume design and choreography from Humboldt State University, CA. He is the 1993 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National Costume Design Winner for his work on Three Penny Opera. He is a member of the international board of advisors for The Last Frontier Theatre Conference and participates yearly as a guest artist, mentoring new American playwrights. In addition to Artists Rep, he has designed sets and costumes for Bag&Baggage Productions, and costumes ARTSLANDIA.COM
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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS for Broadway Rose Theatre Company. His Artists Rep credits include The Humans, Trevor, The Skin of Our Teeth, Broomstick, Cuba Libre, Foxfinder, God of Carnage, Red Herring, and Design for Living. Gregory has also designed for several short films and TV spots in Washington including a dance for the camera. Gregory is also an accomplished director, singer, actor, and dog owner.
JENNIFER LIN Lighting Designer Jennifer is a freelance lighting designer and stage technician who has been working behind the scenes for Portland theatre, opera, and dance since 2008. She attended Portland State University and in 2007 received The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival’s Achievement Award for her lighting design for Portland State University’s production of Electra. Jennifer is a company member of Third Rail Repertory Theatre, and a member of IATSE Local 28.
RODOLFO ORTEGA Sound Designer Rodolfo received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music from the University of Arizona and his Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music where he studied piano and composition. As a Resident Artist at Artists Rep, Rodolfo has composed music and designed sound for dozens of productions over the years including last season’s productions of Caught and Magellanica, for which his music was recently selected for the 2019 Prague Quadrennial Theater Design Competition. Additionally he has composed several musicals for Northwest Children’s Theater including Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Pinocchio, El
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Zorrito, The Little Mermaid, and Peter Pan. He has also composed the music for Teatro Milagro’s bilingual musical Óye Oyá. Rodolfo has also composed the scores for The Monster Builder at South Coast Repertory Theater, Tenth Muse and Romeo and Juliet for Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Romeo and Juliet and Three Musketeers for Denver Center. He has also composed many of the productions at Santa Cruz Shakespeare including their recent productions of Venus in Fur, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Henry V.
LUAN SCHOOLER Dramaturg Luan was born in West Texas, where she trailed her big sister into dance classes and community theatre. When she was 12, the family packed up and moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where play practice and recitals continued to consume her. After being kicked out of high school, she was eventually accepted into the theatre program at CalArts. One thing led to another and a life in theatre was launched. Over the years, she morphed from acting, directing and writing, into dramaturgy and literary management. She has worked with many theatres around the country, most notably with Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska (where she met and married the marvelous Tim), Denver Center Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Berkeley Rep, and developed new plays with exceptional artists including David Edgar, Naomi Iizuka, Salman Rushdie, Dominique Serrand, Leon Ingulsrud, Lisa Peterson, Paula Vogel, and Molly Smith. In the Mid-Aughts, she took a sabbatical from theatre to open a cheese shop, but happily left it
CREATIVE TEAM BIOS behind to return to theatre. In 2015, she joined Artists Rep to launch Table | Room| Stage, the theatre’s new play development program. Here, she is developing work with Yussef El Guindi, Larissa FastHorse, Andrea Stolowitz, Linda Alper, Dael Orlandersmith, Hansol Jung, Steve Rathje, Anthony Hudson, and Susannah Mars. She also does production dramaturgy on most of Artists Rep’s shows, recently directed The Thanksgiving Play here, and keeps her thumb in a variety of other pies (including working with Lisa Peterson on her translation of Hamlet for Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! Project).
AMANDA K. COLE Intimacy Consultant Amanda is delighted to return to Artists Rep after her Intimacy Direction on this season’s Skeleton Crew and last season’s Between Riverside and Crazy. Amanda is a movement director, intimacy and violence choreographer whose work has been seen throughout the LA area and the Pacific Northwest at such venues as CalArts, LACMA, Human Resources LA, Willamette University, Portland Shakespeare Project, and Portland Community College. Amanda is a fierce advocate for safe, sustainable,
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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS and respectful practice around the staging of intimacy and violence in the industry. She is currently an Intimacy Director candidate with Intimacy Directors International. Amanda is recommended by the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) as an Advanced Actor/Combatant. She is also an associate teacher with Revenge Arts Stage Combat. Amanda holds an MFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts.
MIRANDA RUSS Stage Manager Miranda Russ is delighted to be working on Small Mouth Sounds with Artists Rep! During her two years
in Portland, she has also stage managed Antigone Project and 26 Miles with Profile Theatre, The Flick with Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Trails at Broadway Rose Theatre Company, and many developmental readings. Other credits include: Gigi on Broadway, Othello at Classic Stage Company, and Birds of Paradise at the New York International Fringe Festival. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, has a BA in Drama with Honors in Stage Management from University of California, Irvine, and has an MFA in Stage Management from Columbia University in the City of New York. Her PokÊmon Go Friend Code is: 4921 1274 0036.
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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS ROBERT AMICO Props Master Robert Amico is a Props Artisan, Puppet Fabricator, and performer and is excited to be returning to Artists Rep for a second season. He has worked as the Props Master for Artists Rep’s productions of Skeleton Crew, An Octoroon, Caught, and Magellanica. He was recently the Puppet and Props Coordinator for Oregon Children’s Theatre’s production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, where he also performed as a puppeteer and received a Drammy for Outstanding Achievement in Puppetry as part of the cast. He has also worked as a Props Artisan and Puppet Fabricator for Michael Curry Design and for several Portland Center Stage productions including The Little Shop of Horrors, Oregon Trail, and Fun Home. He has also performed as a Puppet Designer and puppeteer for The Tall Tales of Paul Bunyan, a show Robert co-wrote and produced as part of the 2017 Fertile Ground Festival. On weekends, he works at Portland Escape Rooms as a zombie and airship captain, leading guests through interactive escape experiences. Robert graduated magna cum laude from Lewis & Clark College, with a BA in Studio Art and a minor Theatre.
MEGAN MOLL Production Assistant Megan Moll is excited to return to Artists Rep for her third season, after working on I and You this past spring. She has also worked the past two seasons at CoHo Productions, and has spent the past two summers stage managing for Chamber Music Northwest’s summer festival. Most recently Megan stage managed for Radiant Vermin at CoHo
Productions. She is thrilled to return to Artists Rep, and is looking forward to this season.
ALAN CLINE Board Op Alan is an artist and technician who has worked in Portland since 2010. He is thrilled to be part of Artists Rep’s season.
ERIC VIALE Portland Actors Conservatory LORT Lab Apprentice A California Bay Area native, Eric Viale is a second year Portland Actors Conservatory student. He is excited to be working with Artists Rep in such a unique capacity. His Bay Area credits include A Little Night Music (Lyric Theatre San Jose), A View from the Bridge, She Kills Monsters, Urinetown (West Valley Community College), and Il Trovatore (Verismo Opera). Eric has his Bachelor of Arts from Loyola Marymount University in Film and Television Production.
DÁMASO RODRÍGUEZ Artistic Director Dámaso Rodríguez is in his sixth season as Artistic Director of Artists Rep, Portland’s longest-running professional theatre company. He is a co-founder of L.A.’s Furious Theatre Company, where he served as Co-Artistic Director from 2001-2012. From 2007–2010 he served as Associate Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse. His directing credits include work at the Pasadena Playhouse, Intiman Theatre, South Coast Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater, A Noise Within, The Playwrights’ Center, The Theatre@
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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS Boston Court, and Furious Theatre Company. Dámaso is a recipient of the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, the Back Stage Garland Award, the NAACP Theatre Award, and the Pasadena Arts Council’s Gold Crown Award. Upcoming projects include Kings by Sarah Burgess at South Coast Reperory in Los Angeles, Mi Cuba (in development) by Caridad Svich at American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and the World Premiere of Wolf Play by Hansol Jung at Artists Rep. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. damasorodriguez.com
J.S. MAY Managing Director J.S. (John Stuart) May is a seasoned fundraising and communications professional who has worked with a wide range of local, regional, national, and international nonprofit organizations. He has helped raise more than $500 million over the course of his career. For eleven years ending in 2018, he was the chief fundraising, marketing and communications officer, and strategist
for the Portland Art Museum – Oregon’s premier visual arts institution with annual attendance of more than 325,000. For the seven years prior to his tenure at the Portland Art Museum, J.S. led the fundraising practice for Metropolitan Group, a Portland-based social marketing firm that works to create a more just and sustainable world. For the six years preceding Metropolitan Group, he led the growth of the region’s leading pediatric teaching and research hospital as executive director for the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation at OHSU. Before Doernbecher, J.S. spent six years supporting the expansion and growth of the region’s most trusted media source as the director of corporate support for Oregon Public Broadcasting. A graduate of the University of Oregon, J.S. has volunteered for numerous nonprofit organizations, serving multiple terms as president of the board for both the Portland Schools Foundation and the Portland Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. He currently serves as president of the Cycle Oregon board, and is a board member for the Creative Advocacy Coalition. J.S. is an avid yogi, cyclist, and reader.
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STAFF Artistic Director: Dámaso Rodríguez Managing Director: J.S. May
ARTISTIC Producing Director: Shawn Lee Associate Producer: Kristeen Willis Crosser Director of New Play Development & Dramaturgy: Luan Schooler Company Manager & Casting Director: Vonessa Martin Lacroute Playwright-in-Residence: Andrea Stolowitz Resident Fight Choreographer: Jonathan Cole Resident Voice & Language Consultant: Mary McDonald-Lewis
EDUCATION + ARTSHUB/ AUDIENCE SERVICES Director of Education & Audience Services: Karen Rathje Education & Audience Services Associate: Miranda Russ Education Associate: Sara Lucht Music Events Specialist: Susannah Mars House Managers: Deborah Gangwer, Valery Liptak, Shelley Matthews, Tara McMahon, Miranda Russ, Andrea Vernae Concessions: Paul Jacobs, Geraldine Sandberg, Jennifer Zubernick
DEVELOPMENT
Literary Intern: Logan Starnes
Development Director: Sarah Taylor
Resident Artists: Linda Alper, Ayanna Berkshire, Bobby Brewer-Wallin, Chris Harder, Michelle Jazuk, JoAnn Johnson, Kevin Jones, Val Landrum, Sarah Lucht, Susannah Mars, 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 J. Weinstein, Megan Wilkerson, Carol Ann Wohlmut
Individual Giving & Sponsorship Manager: Molly Moshofsky
ADMINISTRATIVE Director of Finance & Administration: Jim Neuner Finance Associate: Vonessa Martin Management Associate: Allison Delaney
MARKETING + BOX OFFICE Director of Marketing & Audience Development: Kisha Jarrett Graphic Designer & Marketing Associate: Jeff Hayes Audience Development & Marketing Associate: Mary Beth Leavens Patron Services Manager: Christina DeYoung
PRODUCTION Technical Director: Nathan Crone Production Manager: Kristeen Willis Crosser Scene Shop Foreman: Eddie Rivera Master Carpenter: Charlie Capps Scene Charge Artist: Sarah Kindler Master Electrician: Ronan Kilkelly Sound Technician: David Petersen Costume Shop Manager: Clare Hungate-Hawk Facility & Operations Associate: Sean Roberts Scene Shop Interns: Garrett Paul Brown, Gordon Victoroff, Natalie Bailey
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mike Barr, Chair Jeffrey Condit, Vice-Chair Cyrus Vafi, Treasurer Patricia Garner, Secretary Marcia Darm, MD, Past Chair
Julie Ball Tom Gifford Erik Opsahl Michael Parsons Pancho Savery Andrea Schmidt
Data Analyst & Ticketing Manager: Jon Younkin Box Office Systems Associate: Jack Ridenour Box Office Associates: Stephanie Magee, Miranda Russ Publicist: Nicole Lane
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FOR THIS PRODUCTION Carpenters: Brendan Ramsden,
Ben Serreau-Raskin Electricians: Claire Zaro, Molly Gardner, William Jenks Scenic Artist: Heidi Ambrose
OUR SUPPORTERS We built the set, sewed the costumes, adjusted the lights, called the cues, and rehearsed, and rehearsed, and rehearsed. YOU GENEROUSLY DONATED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. TAKE A BOW. This list celebrates Artists Rep donors of $100 or more who gave between September 1, 2017 and September 1, 2018. Join this cast of characters with a gift today. Call Sarah Taylor at 503.972.3017 or visit www.artistsrep.org.
GAME CHANGERS ($100,000+)
Anonymous (1) Robert & Mercedes Eichholz Foundation James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation
VISIONARIES ($50,000–$99,999)
The Collins Foundation The Regional Arts & Culture Council, including support from the City of Portland, Multnomah County and the Arts Education & Access Fund Ronni Lacroute The Shubert Foundation David & Christine Vernier
PRODUCERS ($25,000–$49,999)
Oregon Cultural Trust The Estate of David E. Wedge
PATRONS ($10,000–$24,999)
Anonymous (2) Ausplund Tooze Foundation The Boeing Company Ginger Carroll, in memory of J. Michael Carroll Bob & Janet Conklin Margaret Dixon The Kinsman Foundation Romy Klopper The National Endowment for the Arts – Art Works The Oregonian Rafati’s Catering Charlotte Rubin Arlene Schnitzer Marcy & Richard Schwartz John & Jan Swanson
Darci & Charlie Swindells William Swindells, Jr. Work for Art, including contributions from more than 75 companies & 2,000 employees
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Anonymous (3) Advance Gender Equity in the Arts (AGE) Julia & Robert S. Ball Katherine Bloomfield Karl & Linda Boekelheide Marcia Darm MD & Bruce Berning Jeffrey G. Condit Dark Horse Wine Steve Fenwick & Martha Wilson Denise & Robert Frisbee Dan Gibbs & Lois Seed Tom Gifford & Patti Fisher Polly Grose Hotel deLuxe Illy Coffee The Jackson Foundation Arthur & Virginia Kayser Drs. Dolores & Fernando Leon Hugh & Mair Lewis Charitable Fund of the Southwest Washington Community Foundation Lynn & Jack Loacker Kristine Olson Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency Lorraine Prince Sapori Fine Flavors Ed & Rosalie Tank
US Bank OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,500–$4,999)
Anonymous (1) Mike Barr Patti Brewer & Nick Giustina Molly Butler & Robin Manning Kitt & Butch Dyer Patricia & Bennett Garner Philip Collier Smith Diane Herrmann Intel Corporation Matching Gifts Leslie R. Labbe Leonard & Susan Magazine, REAL ESTATS The Mark Spencer Hotel J.S. & Robin May Allen & Frances Nause Bob & Linda Palandech Patricia Perkins Alan Purdy Miriam & Charlie Rosenthal Steve & Trudy Sargent Pancho Savery Shiels Obletz Johnson James G. & Michele L. Stemler Tonkon Torp LLP
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Anonymous (3) Ruth Alexander F. Gordon Allen & Janice M. Stewart Phyllis Arnoff The Autzen Foundation Cheryl Balkenhol Banner Bank Bruce Blank & Janice Casey Denise Carty & Roger Brown Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation
Richard & Nancy Chapman Michael & Lynne Chartier Nathan Cogan Family Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Barbara & Tom Cooney Allison Couch & Tom Soals Susan Dietz Richard & Betty Duvall Marc Franklin & Mary Lou Moriarty Carol Fredlund & John Betonte Jim & Deborah Gangwer Free Geek Jane & Howard Glazer Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Jan & Dave Halsey Curtis Hanson Marlene & Clark Hanson Richard Hay Pam Henderson & Allen Wasserman Higgins Restaurant Cody Hoesly & Kirsten Collins Barbara Holisky & Gary McDonald Mark Horn & Mark Wilkinson Sarah & Alan Horton Jessie Jonas Juan Young Trust Kristen & Michael Kern Jody Klevit Bruce & Cathy Kuehnl Ann Laskey Kirsten & Christopher Leonard Jim & Eva MacLowry Carter & Jenny MacNichol Susannah Mars & Gary Johnson Laurie & Gilbert Meigs Katherine Moss
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OUR SUPPORTERS CONTINUED Deanne & Wilfried Mueller-Crispin Megan Murphy Erik & Raina Opsahl Pacific Power Foundation Kay Parr Joan Peacock, in loving memory of Ben Buckley David Pollock Gregory Pulver & Rick Woodford Wendy & Richard Rahm Julia Rea & Jim Diamond Bonnie & Peter Reagan Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Robert Reed Richard & Mary Rosenberg Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Joanne & James Ruyle Marilynn & Richard Rytting Dr. & Mrs. William Sack David Saft & Laura Lehrhoff Dianne Sawyer & Pete Petersen Drea Schmidt & Emilee Preble Marian & Elihu Schott Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Roy Schreiber & Carole Heath Wayne D. Schweinfest Norm & Barb Sepenuk Bert Shaw & Liana Colombo Elizabeth Siegel The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, in honor of Marcia Darm Marilyn & Gene Stubbs Marcia Truman Cyrus Vafi Elaine & Ben Whiteley
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Patsy Crayton Berner Richard & Leslie Bertellotti Lesley Bombardier Nita Brueggeman & Kevin Hoover Dan Brook & Teresa St. Martin Ellen Cantwell Charles & Barbara Carpenter Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation Sherrill Corbett & Scott Pillsbury Jim & Vicki Currie Carol Daniels Edward & Karen Demko Norma Dulin & James Barta Cheri Emahiser Leslye Epstein & Herman Taylor Peg & John Espie Kyle & Charles Fuchs Susan & Dean Gisvold Jason Glick & Kristen Kyllingstad Lynn Marchand Goldstein Melissa & Bob Good Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Al & Penny Greenwood Paul Harmon Dick Hamlet & Corinne McWilliams Dawn Hayami Mike & Judy Holman Judy & John Hubbard Icenogle Family Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of the Renaissance Charitable Foundation Joan Jones Jin-Jin’s Aloha Outreach Fund Judith & Gregory Kafoury Beth & Chris Karlin Keeton Corporation Carol Kimball PJ Kleffner Elisa & Steven Klein Leslie Kolisch & Roland Haertl Deborah Kullby Susanne Dziepak Kuhn Linda & Ken Mantel Dr. Robert & Kimberly Matheson Dan McKenzie Robert & Jessica McVay
Dolores & Michael Moore Don & Connie Morgan Verne & Aki Naito Native Arts & Cultures Foundation Neilsen Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation David & Anne Noall Northwest Film Center Linda Nelson & Ted Olson Alfred & Eileen Ono Patrick Lumber Company Matching Gift Program Ron Pausig Julie Poust Olliemay Phillips Dee Poujade John Ragno Scott & Kay Reichlin Vernon Rifer & Linda Czopak Dámaso Rodríguez & Sara Hennessy Carol Schnitzer Lewis Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Ursula Scriven Jinny Shipman & Dick Kaiser Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Nick & Sandra Snell Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Scott Stephens & Leslie Houston Wendy Sternberg & Winhard Bohme Greg & Martha Struxness Donald & Roslyn Sutherland Julie Tank & Jim Prihoda Sarah & Robert Taylor Paul Thompson & Portia Sipes Trew Gear Paul Vandeventer Estate of Margaret Weil Karen Whitaker Carole Whiteside Pam Whyte & Ron Saylor Andrew Wilson & Dr. Ronnie-Gail Emden
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THANK YOU! Lynette & Don Houghton Joni & Bill Isaacson Janice & Benjamin Isenberg Philanthropic Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Marianne KeddingtonLang & William Lang Elaine & Ed Kemp Karen Kemper Carol & Jeff Kilmer Sally & Lucien Klein Ted Labbe & Kelly Rogers Barbara LaMack & Jim Kalvelage Bill & Shelley Larkins Roger Leo Literary Arts Steve Lovett & Connie Sullivan John Lynch
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Tom & Anne Caruso Chamber Music Northwest Lou & John Chapman Valri & Vince Chiappetta Molly Cochran & Sam Ellingson John & Kathryn Cochran Bradley Coffey Ilaine Cohen Anne Conway & Louis Baslaw Gerald Corn Linda Crane Elaine & Earl Davis Carolyn DeLany-Reif Jewel Derin Deschutes Brewery Elaine & Bill Deutschman Lisa Dodson Jeanne & Lauren Donaldson Judith E Posey & Edward J Doyle, MD Anne Driscoll The Ellermeiers
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Heather Kientz Doris & Eric Kimmel Rev. Larry King Frederick Kirchhoff Anneliese Knapp David & Susan Kobos Tom & Judy Kovaric Robert & Helen Ladarre Connie & John Larkin, in memory of Charlie Rosenthal Elyse & Ron Laster Mary Lou & Ross Laybourn Jeanette Leahy Mark Lee & Lisa Bork Reed Lewis Wallace & Janet Lien Richard Lewis & Meg Larson Mari & Louis Livingston Ralph London Reva Ricketts & Marc Loriaux, in memory of Charlie Rosenthal Leslie Louderback Henry C. Louderbough Dr. Christine Mackert Sheila Mahan Michelle Maida & James Hager Jim & Midge Main Sara Marchus Ellen Margolis Ms. Nancy Matthews Lynn Mayer Debra Mazer Meg McGill & Mark Ramsby Carla McKelvey Anne McLaughlin Kathy McLaughlin Andy C. McNiece & Nancy L. Haigwood Katie McRae Mariellen Meisel Michael Mendelson & Tim Thompson Sam Metz & Margaret A. Jennings, in memory of Charlie Rosenthal William Meyer JJ Miner Monique’s Boutique Michael Morgan & Nancy Babka Diane Morris Nancy & Art Moss Patrick & Patrick Mulcahey Molly Jo Mullen, Alternative Dispute Resolution Judy Munter
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Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club Ana Quinn Jay & Barbara Ramaker Mani & Nazanin Rahnama, in memory of Charlie Rosenthal Harry & Susan Rectenwald Dick & Linda Reedy Ed Reeves & Bill Fish Betty & Jacob Reiss, In Memory of Andy Glass Bob & Marilyn Ridgley Kathryn Ross Ellen Rubinstein Ms. Cara Rozell Jane Sage William & Meredith Savery Magda Schay Jean Scott & Myrth Ogilvie Joyce Semradek Dorothy & John Shaner, in memory of Charlie Rosenthal Gil Sharp & Anne Saxby Laurel & Dan Simmons Neil Soiffer & Carolyn Smith
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Janet Vining & Eric Vega Pamela Vohnson & David Streight Sue & Jim Walcutt Marilyn Walkey & Mike McClain Judi & J. Wandres Ann & Bob Watt Maureen K. Wearn & Frederick Wearn, MD Joan & David Weil, in memory of Charlie Rosenthal M. Howard Weinstein Gary Weiss & Family Ann Werner, in honor of Rosalie Tank Larry & Erleen Whitney Anthony Wilcox Richard Winkel Lawrence W. Woelfer Sabina Wohlfeiler Ed Woodruff Susan Woods Kathleen Worley Deb Zita & Maryka Biaggio
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Death tells Everybody that their time is up. But Everybody doesn’t want to greet Death alone, so Everybody seeks the company of their friends Stuff, Kinship, Friendship, Cousinship, and Love to make the trip bearable. From the scintillating mind that brought you An Octoroon, Everybody is an audacious riff on the 15th century morality play Everyman. Nine brave actors will play a multitude of roles with their characters chosen by lottery onstage every night — with a possible 120 combinations — as they fight to cheat Death.
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The beloved holiday staple comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast with the story of George Bailey. George grew up in picturesque Bedford Falls, but dreams of leaving the small town behind to see the world. Obligations and unforeseen circumstances get in the way of his aspirations and he is tied to his hometown forever as he takes over the Building & Loan from his father and his uncle. When a terrible mistake leaves George on the verge of disaster, he considers ending his life on Christmas Eve until he meets a fateful friend named Clarence. Made complete by your favorite local talent and an onstage Foley artist, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is a fun, heartwarming delight for the whole family.