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A Message from Artistic Director Dámaso Rodriguez “What’s human nature? ... How people are, whether they can help it or not.”

–From a conversation between a son and his father, in Terrence McNally’s Mothers and Sons.

Welcome to Artists Rep and to the fifth production of our 2015/16 season, Mothers and Sons, by one of the American theatre’s most acclaimed contemporary playwrights, Terrence McNally. Artists Rep has a long history of producing McNally’s work and long-time subscribers will likely remember our local premieres of now contemporary American classics Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Master Class and Love!

Valour! Compassion! Like our past productions of McNally’s work, Portland audiences are among the first to see Mothers and Sons in its regional premiere following its 2014 Tony-nominated Broadway debut.

Mothers and Sons exemplifies the kind of intimate, provocative and timely theatre experience that has helped define Artists Rep for more than 30 years. Its basic premise is the most deceptively simple dramatic structure: four characters find themselves in a room together (in this case a New York apartment) and are forced to confront their shared history in real time.

This kind of dramatic pressure cooker is made more visceral and potent by the intimacy of our performance space, and it requires nuanced work from accomplished professionals to be successful.

At the helm of this production is acclaimed director Jane Unger, who founded Profile Theatre and in 2004/05 produced an entire season of Terrence McNally plays. It’s safe to say that no director in Portland knows Mr. McNally’s work better. We have assembled a cast led by Resident Artists JoAnn Johnson and Michael Mendelson, two of Portland’s finest actors who have been working together on our stages for many years, alongside Ryan Tresser, an accomplished actor who had barely been in town a few weeks before he walked into Artists Rep’s audition room. I want to call attention to the extraordinary talent on and behind our stages in production after production — professionals whose work can rival the best in their field. Like so many of us, they have been drawn to Portland’s vibrancy and quality of life and now make this city their home. As our company’s name would suggest, these local artists are as vital to defining Artists Repertory Theatre’s identity as the plays and the spaces in which they are presented.

I hope you enjoy today’s performance and that you’ll return for each play in the diverse lineup that makes up the second half of our 2015/16 season.

Warmly,

Dámaso Rodriguez P.S. It may be hard to believe as we are only half way through our current season, but we have just announced our 2016/17. I hope you’ll make plans to join us!

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THE PLAYWRIGHT

A Note from Broomstick DirectorTERRENCE GEMMAMCNALLY WHELAN Terrence McNally’s most

“...there comes time for everyone recent acollaboration is when what you feared theVisit most the book for The when you at were young Signature returns to Arlington’s with score

by John haunt yourTheatre life in other forms…”

Kander and Fredd Ebb. His –Broomstick

most recent play Unusual Acts of Devotion The Witch in Broomstick could be a premiered at the Philadelphia Theatre character in a Shakespeare play who Company in 2008. His play Deuce played conjures up storms by the strength of on Broadway in the 2006-2007 season. her passion. She could have sprung from His play Some Men premiered in the the imagination of the Brothers Grimm.

2007 season at Second Stage Theatre. Mr. She could be one of the myriad women McNally also recently wrote the books for in history who were drowned or burned the musicals Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s at the stake for being too powerful, too Life and Man of No Importance. Recent close to nature, having some perceived Broadway credits include the revival of flaw like a wart or a birthmark, or simply his play The Ritz, the revival of Frankie for being old. and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and the book for the musical The Full Monty.

Our Witch is there as long as people seek He won his fourth Tony Award for Best her out, as long as people do wrong— Book of a Musical for Ragtime (music lie, cheat, murder—and expect no and lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn consequences.

Ahrens). Mr. McNally won the Tony in 1996 for his play Master Class, in which We’re so glad you ventured here, to the Zoe Caldwell created the role of Maria cottage deep in the dark woods. We’re so Callas; the 1995 Tony, Drama Desk and happy you came to pass some time, or Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play maybe you’ll stay on. Your choice as well as the New York Drama Critics’ of course…

Circle Award for Best American Play for Love! Valour! Compassion!; and the 1993 Tony for his book of the musical Kiss of the Spiderwoman (music and lyrics by Kander and Ebb). His other plays include Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams; The Stendhal Syndrome; Crucifixion; Corpus Christi; A Perfect Ganesh; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; The Lisbon Traviata and It’s Only a Play, all of which began at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Earlier stage works include Bad Habits, Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?, Things That Go Bump in the Night, Next and the book for the musical The Rink (music and lyrics

by Kander and Ebb). For the Central Park Opera trilogy presented at the New York City Opera in the fall of 1999, he wrote the libretto for The Food of Love, with music by Robert Beaser. The San Francisco Opera presented Dead Man Walking with Mr. McNally’s libretto and music by Jake Heggie. Mr. McNally has written a number of TV scripts, including Andre’s Mother for which he won an Emmy Award. He has received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Grant, a Lucille Lortel Award, and a citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has been a member of the Dramatists Guild since 1970.

BY TERRENCE MCNALLY DÁMASO RODRIGUEZ, Artistic Director SARAH HORTON, Managing Director

The 2015/16 Artists Repertory Theatre season is presented by

CAST Katharine Gerard..................................................JoAnn Johnson*^ Cal Porter...............................................................Michael Mendelson*^ Will Ogden.............................................................Ryan Tresser* Bud Ogden-Porter.................................................Holden Goyette+

David & Christine Vernier

CREATIVE TEAM Director..................................................................Jane Unger*** Scenic Designer.....................................................Daniel Meeker** Costume Designer.................................................Darrin Pufall Lighting Designer..................................................Kristeen Willis Crosser^ Composer/Sound Designer..................................Rodolfo Ortega^ Props Master.........................................................Amy Katrina Bryan Assistant Costume Designer................................Jane Bray Production Stage Manager..................................Carol Ann Wohlmut* Production Assistant.............................................Jessica Evans Irvine Board Operator.....................................................Jason Coffey

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TIME: DECEMBER, 2012 PLACE: AN APARTMENT ON MANHATTAN’S UPPER WEST SIDE THERE IS NO INTERMISSION.

World Premiere Originally Produced at the Bucks County Playhouse (Jed Bernstein, Producing Director), June 2013.

Original Broadway Production Produced by Tom Kirdahy, Roy Furman, Paula Wagner & Debbie Bisno, Barbara Freitag & Loraine Alterman Boyle, Hunter Arnold, Paul Boskind, Ken Davenport, Lams Productions, Mark Lee & Ed Filipowski, Roberta Pereira/Brunish Trinchero, Sanford Robertson, Tom Smedes & Peter Stern, Jack Thomas/Susan Dietz.

Mothers & Sons 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.

SHOW SPONSORS ARTISTS REP’S MISSION is to engage diverse audiences in fresh, thought-provoking and intimate theatre.

We are committed to world-class acting, directing, design and stagecraft that support new playwriting and aspire to embody great literature, moving audiences to truly feel — to experience — storytelling in a way that only the best live theatre can. * 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 **The scenic designer of Mothers & Sons is represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE. *** Member, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society ^ Artists Repertory Theatre Resident Artist + Equity Membership Candidate

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DIRECTOR’S NOTES

by Jane Unger

Mothers and Sons is one of those rare plays that organically knits together the political and the personal. I cannot think about this play without being in awe of the dramatic changes that have occurred in this country regarding gay rights in the past 25 years.

And, I cannot think about this play without thinking of Katharine Gerard, a dynamic character that Terrence McNally has lovingly rendered, rage and all.

Mothers and Sons is Katharine’s story.

Through the prism of this complex character we witness the collision of the very recent past with our rapidly moving present regarding the treatment of homosexuality. Katharine’s son, Andre, fell victim to the AIDS epidemic that devastated a generation in the 1980s and early 1990s.

During the 20 years that Katharine has mourned the loss of her son, the world that reinforced the shame and outrage she felt at her son’s homosexuality has undergone a sea change. Gay marriage first became legal in isolated states with Massachusetts leading the way in 2004 followed by Connecticut in 2008, Vermont, Iowa and District of Columbia in 2009 with more states joining them in a slow but steady evolution. In the short time since this play’s Broadway debut in March of 2014, the Supreme Court issued its historic decision, legalizing gay marriage for the United States and signaling a massive cultural shift. That’s how timely this play is.

But even though laws may change, people’s feelings do not. Paralyzed by her son’s death, Katharine is stuck in a world that is becoming obsolete. She clings to her condemnation of homosexuality as an easy target for the anger she feels over her son’s death.

While gay marriage is now legal in all 50 states, the country is still divided. It is one of many issues that polarize this nation. In Katharine Gerard we gain insight into what lies behind someone’s truculence around a seemingly political issue and what it takes to move the needle ever so slightly toward greater acceptance of those we may not understand but do, indeed, love.

Having produced a season of plays at Profile Theatre Project by the remarkable Terrence McNally in 2004/05, it gives me deep pleasure to be working on Mothers and Sons, one of his newest and most expertly crafted pieces of writing. I thank Dámaso and Artists Rep for the opportunity and Terrence for the words and his vision.

JANE UNGER Director This is Jane Unger’s Artists Rep debut.

She is the founding Artistic Director of Profile Theatre Project in Portland whose mission celebrates the playwright by presenting a full season of plays by a single writer. In her 15 years helming Profile, she featured the following playwrights: Arthur Kopit, Tennessee Williams, Constance Congdon, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter, Edward Albee, Romulus Linney, Terrence McNally, Lanford Wilson, Wendy Wasserstein, John Guare, Neil Simon, Horton Foote, Lee Blessing and Athol Fugard.

During that time, Jane produced 55 productions, (directed 35), 31 staged readings, (directed eight, acted in three), and 20 concert readings through the One Night Stand series she conceived and implemented. Jane worked directly with many of these writers on

new play development, including the world premiere of Romulus Linney’s Klonsky and Schwartz, co-directed by Linney and Unger.

Other directorial work includes Triad Stage, Inge Theatre Festival, Great Plains Theatre Conference, Creede Repertory Theatre, Idaho Theatre for Youth, Storefront Theatre, Miracle Theatre, CoHo Productions, JAW, Portland Center Stage, New Rose Theatre. Among the awards Jane has received, she is especially proud of Profile being among the first 10 recipients honored by the American Theatre Wing in 2010 with a National Theatre Company Grant, Portland’s Drammy Award for Best Director for Wings and the Drammy Lifetime Achievement Award for her founding of Profile Theatre Project. Upcoming: workshop reading of Yussef El Guindi’s The Talented Ones at Artists Rep as part of their new play commission initiative Table|Room|Stage.

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BIOS JOANN JOHNSON Katharine Gerard JoAnn Johnson is a professional actor and director based in Portland. Among her directing credits for Artists Repertory Theatre are Ballerina, Birdsend, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Vanya, Blackbird and The Gin Game. Other directing work includes boom and School for Lies (Theatre Vertigo), Macbeth (Quintessence), Richard II and King Lear (Northwest Classical), PreciousLittle (defunkt), Watbanaland (Portland Actors Conservatory), Big Love (University of Portland), The Detective’s Wife (Hellfire Productions) and The Turn of the Screw (Portland Shakespeare Project). For Artists Rep, she has appeared onstage as Vivian Bearing in Wit, Flora in Humble Boy, Leo in Indiscretions, Agnes in A Delicate Balance, Mrs. Rafi in The Sea, Margaret Civil in A Perfect Ganesh and Alice in Retreat From Moscow. Other roles include Sister Aloysius in Doubt and Kate Keller in All My Sons (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Mrs. Stavrogin in The Devils (Portland Center Stage), Leni Riefenstahl in Leni (Insight Out Theatre Collective), Sarah Bernhardt in Memoir and Anna in Boston Marriage (Coho Productions), Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest and Judith Bliss in Hay Fever (Tacoma Actors Guild), Meg in The Birthday Party, Nancy in Seascape and Aunt Sally in Fifth of July (Profile Theatre). Other theatres include The Old Globe, The Empty Space, Pioneer Theatre, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Sacramento Theatre Company, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Liminal, Imago and many seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. JoAnn has toured internationally to Asia, Africa and the Middle East in the role of A in Three Tall Women. She is a Resident Artist at Artists Rep, and is a member of Actors’ Equity and SAG/AFTRA. Educated at Wells College and the University of Oregon, JoAnn has a BA in English and a MA in Rhetoric.

MICHAEL MENDELSON Cal Porter Michael is the Artistic Associate and a Resident Artist here at Artists Rep. Recent credits include

Walter in The Price, Christopher in Tribes, Charles in Blithe Spirit, Neil in The Quality of Life, Felix Artifex in Mistakes Were Made, Alfred Lunt in Ten Chimneys, Andrei Borchevsky in Red Herring and Sherlock in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol. Other Artists Rep productions include The Miracle Worker, The Playboy of the Western World, God of Carnage, The Cherry Orchard, Superior Donuts, Othello, Design for Living, Holidazed, Becky’s New Car, Three Sisters, Eurydice, Orson’s Shadow, Mr. Marmalade, Theater District, Present Laughter and Love! Valour!

Compassion!. Other local credits include Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night (Portland Shakespeare Project), King Lear and Betrayal (Oregon Shakespeare Festival/ Portland), Eyes for Consuela, Burn This, The Lisbon Traviata, Klonsky and Schwartz,The Heidi Chronicles and The Glass Menagerie (Profile Theatre), Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, Iago in Othello (Northwest Classical Theatre Company), Fuente Ovejuna (Miracle Theatre), Edward II, Bent and Jeffrey (triangle productions!), As You Like It and The Winter’s Tale (Tygres Heart Shakespeare), The Rivals, Comfort and Joy, Macbeth and Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Portland Center Stage), A Christmas Carol (A Contemporary Theatre) and A Hatful of Rain, Laughing Wild, Waiting for Vern and The Importance of Being Earnest (New Rose Theatre). New York credits include The Merchant of Venice (Revolving Shakespeare Co.), Leontes in The Winter’s Tale (Theatre 1010), The Normal Heart (Lincoln Center/ Clark Studio Theatre), Behind These Eyes (Genesius Guild) and Rebecca In Waiting (The Barrow Group).

Regional credits include work at PCPA Theatrefest, Paper Mill Playhouse, Saint Michael’s Playhouse, Penobscot Theatre Company, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, First Stage Milwaukee, Idaho Rep, Attic Theater and the Wisconsin, Utah and Berkeley Shakespeare Festivals.

Michael received a BFA from Wayne State University and an MFA from the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program.

RYAN TRESSER Will Ogden Ryan makes his Artists Rep debut with Mothers and Sons. Other credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s

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Nest (Portland Center Stage), Battles of Fire and Water (Perseverance Theater), and Measure for Pleasure (Public Theater). Ryan got his BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association.

HOLDEN GOYETTE Bud Ogden-Porter Holden is a fifth-grader from Sherwood, Oregon.

Acting since the age of five, some of his past shows include Our Town at Portland Center stage (Townkid), Charlotte’s Web with OCT (young Wilbur), Les Miserables with Sherwood Foundation for the Arts (Gavroche), Best Christmas Pageant Ever with Lakewood Theatre (Charlie), My Son Pinocchio with STAGES (Pinocchio) and All My Sons Valley Repertory Theater (Bert). Holden has done several films and commercials working for the likes of Dreamworks, Hallmark, Intel and OMSI to name a few. He can be seen as Francis in the upcoming feature film Zilla and Zoe and young Eli in Out Of The Darkness. He is also the voice of Snowby the polar bear on the Hallmark Channel’s Polariffic. This is Holden’s debut with Artists Rep and he would like to thank Jane for this amazing opportunity! He is currently an Actors’ Equity candidate.

DANIEL MEEKER Scenic Designer Previously at Artists Rep, Daniel designed the scenery for (I Am Still) The Duchess of Malfi and The Cherry Orchard. Recent Portland credits include lighting for The Yellow Wallpaper at CoHo, lighting for Twist Your Dickens, set and lighting for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Typographer’s Dream, and LIZZIE (Drammy Award for Best Lighting) at Portland Center Stage; Lighting Director for the Pickathon Festival; lighting for The Other Place (Drammy nomination) and set and lighting for The Light in the Piazza, Detroit, Mother Teresa is Dead, The Huntsmen and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at Portland Playhouse; scenery for Ramona Quimby and Fancy Nancy for Oregon Children’s Theatre. Upcoming projects include Peter & The Starcatcher at Portland Playhouse, James & The Giant Peach for Oregon Children’s Theatre, and Eugene Onegin and L’Italiana in Algeri for Portland Opera. Daniel is a member of

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He is a graduate of Ithaca College and the Yale School of Drama and a member of United Scenic Artists.

KRISTEEN WILLIS CROSSER Scenic Designer Kristeen received her BA from Centre College in Danville, KY and received her MFA in lighting design from Wayne State University, Hilberry Company in Detroit, MI. Kristeen is a Resident Artist at Artists Rep and most recently has designed lights for several productions, including The Understudy, Blithe Spirit, Tribes, The Invisible Hand, The Playboy of the Western World, The MonsterBuilder and Foxfinder. She designed the set for 4000 Miles and Foxfinder. She has designed scenery and/or lighting for several area theatres including Northwest Children Theatre’s Peter Pan, Willy Wonka and Pinocchio; Profile Theatre’s True West, My Children, My Africa, 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 Mariela in the Desert and 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.

DARRIN PUFALL Costume Designer Recent and favorite theatrical productions include Falsettos, The Rocky Horror Show, (Live on Stage, Portland OR) Enchanted April, Shipwrecked!

(Company of Fools, Hailey ID); Noises Off (The Idaho Shakespeare Festival); The Monster-Builder, The Cherry Orchard, Gracie and the Atom, All My Sons, (Artists Repertory Theatre); Die Fledermaus, The Gondoliers, Yeomen of the Guard, The Mikado, A Little Night Music, The Pirates of Penzance (Mock’s Crest Productions); Little Women, The Importance of Being Earnest, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Light in the Piazza (Boise State University); James Joyce’s The Dead, The Double Inconstancy, The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Reed College); Our Town, The Man of Mode, Waiting for Godot, Vincent in Brixton, Hello, Dolly!, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (University of Florida);The regional premiere of Avenue Q, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Funny Girl

(Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, New York). Mr. Pufall holds an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from The University of Florida and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts/Costume Design for Boise State University. Darrin was recognized with a 2010 Portland Drammy Award and a Portland Area Musical Theatre Award (PAMTA) for his work on A Little Night Music (Mock’s Crest Productions, 2009). For more information please visit: pufallcostumedesign.com

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RODOLFO ORTEGA Composer & 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. He has composed music and designed sound for the recent productions of Artist Rep’s The Miracle Worker, Broomstick, The Understudy, The Liar, 4000 Miles, Blithe Spirit, Exiles and Intimate Apparel. For Profile Theatre Company, his credits include designing the music for A Lesson Before Dying, Lips Together Teeth Apart and Master Harold and the Boys. Additionally he has composed several musicals for Northwest Children’s Theatre including Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Pinocchio, El Zorrito, Little Mermaid and Peter Pan. He has composed many productions at Miracle Theatre including Lorca in a Green Dress, Adriente Paciencia and Elliot, a Soldier’s Fugue. Rodolfo has also composed the scores for Oregon Children’s Theatre’s production of Charlotte’s Web, Tuck Everlasting, BFG, Holes and Cyrano. He has also composed many of the productions at Santa Cruz Shakespeare where he is the Associate Artist in Composition, including their recent productions of Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, Man in the Iron Mask and Henry the Fourth Part One and Part Two. Rodolfo is a Resident Artist here at Artists Rep.

CAROL ANN WOHLMUT Carol Ann has worked in Portland theatre for 25 years and is proud to be working her 17th season at Artists Rep. Her most recent Artists Rep stage management credits include The Liar, The Invisible Hand, Blithe Spirit, The Playboy of the Western World, Mistakes Were Made, Ithaka, Red Herring and God of Carnage.

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Alice & Glen Boyd Dan Bravo Ann Brayfield & Joe Emerson Frank Brenckle Thomas A. Burns Don Caniparoli & Sarah Rosenberg Cecile Carpenter Elizabeth Carr Valri & Vince Chiappetta Molly Cochran & Sam Ellingson Priscilla & Nick Cowell Debbie Cross & Paul Wrigley Robert Daasch & Linda Schaefer Nancy & John Decherd Jewel Derin Linda Dinan Carmen Egido & Abel Weinrib Steven Ehlbeck & Vasiliki Tsikitis Leslye Epstein & Herman Taylor Aicha & Brian Evans George & Donna Evans Enrique Farrera & Jodi Arnoff Mary Fellows Jim & Betty Ferner Donna Flanders & Carl Collins in honor of Cody Hoesly Hilde Fordyce Chris Fredericks Don & Judy Fuller Richard & Alyda Gilkey Roswell & Marilynn Gordon Barbara & Marvin Gordon-Lickey Green Dragon Brewing Penny & Alan Greenwood Bill & Marty Hall Stephen K. Hillis Mike & Lisa Holzgang Leslie Homer Kevin Hoover Nancy & Marlin Icenogle Joni & Bill Isaacson Chris Jacomino Joan Jones Cynthia Mohuiddin & Robert Keller Carol & Jeff Kilmer Sally & Lucien Klein Kobos Coffee Carol Kochenderfer Leslie Kolisch & Roland Haertl Gary & Martha Kruger Bill & Shelley Larkins Kelly & Brenda Lawrence Joy & Roger Leo Peter & Janice Linsky Stan & Joyce Loeb Dorothy Lyman Kathleen MacNaughton Linda & Ken Mantel Earlean Marsh Debbie & Scott McGraw, in honor of Art & Trudy Kayser Walter Mcmonies Robert & Jessica McVay Dan Metziga & Senka Lenn Judy & Steven Miller Paul Miller Marvin Monk Morel Ink Morley Foundation David & Anne Munro Damien Munsinger Evelyn & Tom Murphy Ken & Jane Myers Verne & Aki Naito Barry & Jane Newman David & Anne Noall Stephanie Oliver Oregon Shakespeare Festival Lesley Otto Jerry & Elisabeth Ouellette Ron & Shirley Pausig

Sue Pickgrobe & Mike Hoffman Bernie & Pamela Pliska Janet Plummer & Donald Rushmer Portland Culinary Workshop Helen Rives Pruitt & Charles J. Pruitt Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club Brennan P. Randel Helen Richardson & Don Hayner Drea Schmidt Erika Schuster & Clay Biberdorf Jinny Shipman & Dick Kaiser Mary Ann Seth-Wish & John Wish Merri Souther-Wyatt Bob Speltz Scott Stephens & Leslie Houston H. Joe Story Studio Blue Pilates William R. Swindells in honor of Charlie Swindells Diane Taylor triangle productions!

Union Pacific Corporation Tony & Gail Vander Heide Phil VanderWeele & Joan Snyder Warship Rum Patricia White & Rick Wallace Anthony Wilcox Helen Youngelson-Neal & Art Neal Susan Youngstrom Alan & Janet Zell Kurt & Heather Zimmer

FRIENDS ($100–$249) Anonymous (5) John Ahlen & Don Main Gregory & Susan Aldrich Thomas Robert Anderson Andina Restaurant Ruby Apsler Ernest & Tina Argetsinger Herman Asarnow & Susan Baillet Nancy Ashton Susan Bach & Douglas Egan Dean Backus Bag & Baggage Theatre Susan & Grover Bagby Holly Bailey Dale Bajema & Diana Coleman Ann Balzell & Joe Marrone In memory of Deforest Arn Piper Phil & MaryAnn Barnekoff Linda Barnes & Robert Vanderwerf Pete & Norma Barnhisel Paul & Sybil Barnum Vicki L. Barron Sumann George Bateman Mary Beach Pamela Berg Ayanna Berkshire Annis & George Bleeke Catherine Blosser Joe Blount Evan P. Boone Corey & Ione Booth Betty & Fred Brace Teresa & James Bradshaw Peggy Bromley Nancy Brown Jim Brunke Carolyn Buan Sharon & Duane Buckmaster David & Phyllis Burks Lauretta Burman Carol Burns Marlene Burns & Jon Dickinson Paul Byrtus Sherry Cadsawan

Colleen Cain Sue Cameron & Jane Goeth Janis & Dunbar Carpenter Michael Carter & Teresa Ferrer Jean Carufo & Barbara Engelter Tom & Anne Caruso Mary Anne Cassin & Ken Meyer Beth Caster & Dan Katz Lou & John Chapman Russ & Mary Chapman Nancy & Larry Church Clackamas Repertory Theatre Rebecca Clemens Coco Donuts Bradley Coffey Ilaine Cohen Rick Collins Leslie & Alan Comnes Marie-Jose & Martyn Corden Gerald Corn Deborah Correa Corrib Theatre Susan Cowles John Crabbe & Jeri Jenowsky Phyllis Crary Bruce Croffy Graham & Peggy Crow Joel Datloff & Linda Wiener Elaine Davis Richard Day Barbara & George Dechet Carolyn DeLany-Reif Wolfgang Dempke & Alise Rubin Elaine & Bill Deutschman Janice Dolan Jeanne & Lauren Donaldson Diana Dorney Steven Dotterrer Randi Douglas Don & De Doorlag Lynn Drake Raymond Duchek Jessica Duncan Ross Dwinell K. Eaton Alison Ebbott & Bill Hasan Heather Eberhardt Elizabeth & John Ehrsam Laury Ellis & Kathy Fode Myron D. Filene Greg & Carol Flakus Chris Fletcher & Pamela Abernethy Marc Franklin Rhonda & David Frick-Wright Kathleen Flynn Kay Gage & Ketan Sampat Alice Galloway Neely Karen Garber & John Desmarais Seth & Susan Garber John & Chris Gardner Susan Glen Mary Jo Gillespie Tim Gillette Andy Ginsburg & Danielle L. Erb Linda Gipe Jeanne Goldberg George Goodstein Gwendolyn & Bruce Graff Virginia & Jeff Graham Rob & Amanda Gratchner Patricia Gray Gretta Grimala Madeline Grimm Guayaki Yerba Mate Bernadette Hahn Candace Haines John Hall & Jean Jensen Hall Gail & Irvin Handelman Thomas Hansen Cindy Harrell Meredith Hartley & Jeremiah Pyle Andrea Heid Thomas Hellie & Julie Olds Faye Henderson Laura Henderson

Joe & Rita Henery William Herzberg Dean & Jen Hess Charles & Margaret Hickman Tom & Sandra Hill Amanda Hinsdale Lorill Hirschberger Ava Hoover Mr. & Mrs. William E. Horn Lynnette & Don Houghton Lois Hrella Kristine & Steve Hudson Carol Hull Gary & Joy Hunt Robert & Cecilia Huntington Andrea & Ruben Iniguez in memory of Roger “Michael” Van Intel Involved Volunteer Matching Grant Lois Isbell Constance Jackson & Xavier Le Héricy Alice Jacobson & AJ Arriola Katharine Jansen Colleen & Jeff Johnson Phyllis Johnson Lynne Johnston Erika & Tom Kane Steve & Anita Kaplan Ron & Ruth Katon Marianne Keddington-Lang & William Lang Catherine Keith Karen Kemper Andy Kendig Nancy Kennaway Karen Kervin Janice Kettler Heather Kientz Doris & Eric Kimmel Larry King & Daniel Hutchison Frederick Kirchhoff Anneliese Knapp Tom & Judy Kovaric Norman Krasne & Sarah Duvall Diana Kruger & Olivia Gray Robert & Helen Ladarre David Larsen Storm Large Elyse & Ron Laster Susan Lavin Brenda Lee Molly Lee & Tad Craig Robert & Susan Leeb Literary Arts Ralph London Mary E. Hay Long Henry C. Louderbough Jane Luddecke Dr. Christine Mackert Sheila Mahan Jim & Midge Main Caroline Mann Linda L. Mann John & Renee Manson Michael & Deborah Marble Ellen Margolis Joann Marks Stacey Martinson & Brad Sealy Michael Mase & Alan Winders Nancy Matthews Bruce & Joyce Maxwell Robert McAdams Connie McConnell Carla McKelvey William J. McKinney Kathy McLaughlin Ruth Medak Mariellen Meisel Michael Mendelson & Tim Thompson Libby Merwin Jim & Audrey Metcalfe Jeannette & Bill Meyer Judy Miller

Michael & Denise Millhollen in memory of Bertha Millhollen Kate & Jack Mills JJ Miner Susan & Greg Miner Connie Morgan Nancy & Art Moss Robert Moyer Muscadine Restaurant Alix & Wei Nathan John & Johanna Niemitz Robert Nimmo Bennie Norris Northwest Children’s Theatre Terry O’Brien Bob Olds Oregon Symphony Elsa Ostergaard Pairings Portland Nancy Park Judy Parker & Albert Passadore Kathy Parker Beth Parmenter & Alan Miller Doris Pascoe Katherine Patricelli & Dennis Reichelt Gordon & Sondra Pearlman Mark & Judy Peterman Philip Peterson Marilyn & Gaynor Petrequin Kevin Phaup Donna Philbrick Pink Martini Roger Porter Terrance & Barbara Porter Portland Actors Conservatory Portland Center Stage Portland Shakespeare Project Robert Powers Elizabeth Pratt & Philip Thor Profile Theatre Ana Quinn Alan Purdy Carole Quick Jay & Barbara Ramaker Susan & Harry Rectenwald Isaac Regenstreif Dick & Linda Reedy Ed Reeves & Bill Fish Dave & Marili Reilly Betty & Jacob Reiss Jim & Judy Rice Rebecca Robinson, In memory of Gary D. Robinson Charles & Judith Rooks Barbara Rose Kathryn Ross Ms. Cara Rozell Laurens & Judith Ruben Rich & Joan Rubin Joanne & James Ruyle Rick & Halle Sadle Jane Sage Darrell Salk & Tricia Knoll John T. Sarr Sasquatch Brewing Company William & Meredith Savery Ann Savitt Sheldon & Jean Schiager Linda Schmidt Luan Schooler Barbara & Juergen Schuetze Jean Scott & Myrth Ogilvie Peter & Jeanette Scott Joyce Semradek David & Frances Sessions Gil Sharp & Anne Saxby Joyce Semradek Mary & KC Shaw Laurel Simmons Jon & Ann Sinclair Skamania Lodge

STAFF Artistic Director: Dámaso Rodriguez Managing Director: Sarah Horton

ARTISTIC Artistic Producer: Shawn Lee Artistic Associate: Michael Mendelson Visiting Artistic Associate: Jerry Tischleder Director of New Play Development & Dramaturgy: Luan Schooler Resident Artists: Linda Alper, Ayanna Berkshire, Owen Carey, Kristeen Willis Crosser, Chris Harder, JoAnn Johnson, Kevin Jones, Val Landrum, Sarah Lucht, Susannah Mars, Gilberto Martin Del Campo, Mary McDonaldLewis, 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

ADMINISTRATIVE Director of Finance & Administration: Jim Neuner Finance & Administrative Assistant, Casting Associate: Vonessa Martin

MARKETING & AUDIENCE SERVICES Marketing & PR Director: Nicole Lane Marketing & Publications Manager: Jessica Gleason Marketing & Promotions Specialist: Sarah Bills Digital & Graphic Design Specialist: Jeff Hayes Music Events Specialist: Susannah Mars Audience Services Manager: Karen Rathje Assistant Audience Services Manager: Christina DeYoung Box Office Systems Manager:

Constance Smith Emily Smith Karen & E. Smith Patricia & Robert Smythe Sniff Dog Hotel Neil Soiffer & Carolyn Smith Martha Spence Karen Springer Barbara Stalions Phil Stanton Marcia D. Starr Paul Steger & Pat Ferguson-Steger Marc Stein Fran Storrs Pat & Larry Strausbaugh Scott Stuart & Brenda Meltebeke J. David Summers & Linda Golaszewski Julia Surtshin & Richard Sessions David & Rosemarie Sweet Ruthe Taber Gary Taliaferro Roberta Taussig Bahram & Susan Tavakolian Leslie Taylor & Douglas Beers

MOTHERS AND SONS Artists Repertory Theatre P 7

Jon Younkin Box Office Associates: Jessie Duncan, Jessica Hillenbrand, Jack Ridenour House Managers: Jessie Duncan, Karl Hanover, Valerie Liptak, Tara McMahon, Cecily Overman Concessions: Jessie Duncan, Karl Hanover, Tim Thompson, Jennifer Zubernick Resident Photographer: Owen Carey Video: ShutterSky Pictures

DEVELOPMENT Development Director: Sarah Taylor Donor Relations Specialist: Laura Murray

PRODUCTION Production Supervisor: Jon Plueard Associate Technical Director: Rudy Schuepbach Resident Production Stage Managers: Michelle Jazuk, Carol Ann Wohlmut Master Carpenters: Nathan Crone, Eddie Rivera Master Electricians: Ruth Nardecchia Scenic Charge: Sarah Kindler Production Interns: Charlie Capps, Grace Owens

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Marcia Darm, MD, Chair* Mike Barr, Vice-Chair Susanne Kuhn, Treasurer* Michele Bowler-Failing, Secretary* Cody Hoesly, Past Chair* Julie Ball Jeffrey Condit Denise Frisbee* Patricia Garner Andrew Glass Blake Johnson Michael Parsons Barbara Sepenuk David Vernier Elisa Wickstrom* * Member of the Executive Committee

Tektronix Matching Gifts Theatre Vertigo Third Rail Repertory Theatre Margaret Thompson Marilee Thompson Tracy Thornton Karen Tobin Robert Todd Pam Triplett Don & Sue Trotter Jean Tyler & Bruce Rothman University of Portland Theatre Department Roberta & Ward Upson David & Julie Verburg Julie & Ted Vigeland Pamela Vohnson & David Streight Voicebox Karaoke Sue & Jim Walcutt Marilyn Walkey & Mike McClain Judi & J. Wandres Janet F. Warrington Robert & Ann Watt Frederick Wearn George Weghorst Barbara Wegner Robert Weil

Mike & Linda Wells Victoria Wetle Ethel Wheatley Susan Whereat Karen Whitaker Elizabeth White Karen Whitman & Brad Shiley Fred Williams & Mary Beth Yosses Carol Ann & Patrick Wohlmut Rick Woodford & Gregory Pulver Lora & Andy Woodruff Susan Woods Kathleen Worley Maureen Wright & Lane Brown Aileen & Duncan Wyse Cynthia Yee Yoga Pearl

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