Actors Theatre | Once on This Island | February 2020

FEBRUARY 2020

Align centered elements with the centerline

book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens music by Stephen Align text andFlaherty graphic elements based on the novel My My Love by Rosa Guy withLove, the margins directed and choreographed by Robert Barry Fleming

Jan. 29 – Feb. 23, 2020

That was one of your best decisions.

This is too.

When you took hold of that wheel, you unleashed a world of possibilities.

Keep on exploring them.

TRILOGY HEALTH SERVICES, LLC

INDEPENDENT LIVING | ASSISTED LIVING/PERSONAL CARE M E M O R Y C A R E | P O S T - A C U T E H E A LT H C A R E S E R V I C E S TRILOGYHS.COM |

FEBRUARY 2020

Audience® is the official program guide for: Actors Theatre of Louisville Kentucky Performing Arts Presents Kentucky Shakespeare Louisville Orchestra PNC Broadway in Louisville

Publisher The Audience Group, Inc. G. Douglas Dreisbach Managing Editor Amy Higgs Creative Directors Jeff and Kay Tull Graphic Layout Rhonda Mefford

From the Theatre. ................................................. 4

PROGRAM: Once on This Island Credits................................................................. 7 Musical Numbers.................................................. 9 Play Notes......................................................... 11 Biographies....................................................... 14

Staff and Support.........................................................26 Theatre Services.............................................................37

Sales & Marketing G. Douglas Dreisbach Printing V. G. Reed & Sons

Theatre Information Actors Theatre of Louisville (Pamela Brown Auditorium, Bingham Theatre and Victor Jory Theatre, 316 West Main St., Louisville, KY 40202.) Tickets: Box Office, 502.584.1205.

For more information: ActorsTheatre.org.

Copyright 2019 The Audience Group, Inc. Reproduction in whole or part without written permission is prohibited. ©

Audience

®

is published by

The Audience Group, Inc. 136 St. Matthews Avenue #300 Louisville, KY 40207 502.212.5177 Audience502.com Printed in USA

GET DIGITAL WITH AUDIENCE502!

Our digital footprint is stronger than ever with Audience502. We keep performing arts enthusiasts “in the know” with show previews, reviews, photo galleries, ticket offers and more on the web and with social media.

Phone:

502.212.5177

Email: ahiggs@TheAudienceGroup.com Website:

Audience502.com

To read this program in a digital format, visit Audience502.com.

F R O M T H E T H E AT R E

Welcome to Actors Theatre of Louisville!

I am thrilled to be making my directorial debut at Actors Theatre with this hopeful and uplifting musical. This story of combating and overcoming oppression is profoundly resonant right now.

We need the story of Once on This Island to remind us of the importance of hope and solidarity in a time when it's easy to be caught up in our differences.

This production brings us together with WaterStep as our Transformative Community Partner. This Louisville organization serves communities around the world that lack clean water, and empowers them to solve their own long-term water needs. I’m delighted to be pairing with a nonprofit that does such essential work. If you would like to lend your own support, we’ll be collecting shoes throughout January and February. By donating your new and gently used shoes to WaterStep, you’ll help fund safe drinking water projects all over the world. The proceeds from selling these shoes help bring clean water to those in need. I encourage you to bring a pair to donate next time you’re at the theatre.

We hope that you’ll return on February 7 to join us for our annual Community Conversation. Using the production as a springboard, this evening brings community members together across generations to discuss issues facing our region. Mark Hogg, Founder and CEO of WaterStep, Denise Sears, President and CEO of Supplies Over Seas, and Olivia Allen, Founder of I Can Be, will join me for this conversation. I look forward to seeing you there.

Beginning in March, the Humana Festival of New American Plays brings the future of American theatre straight to Louisville and to you. We are proud that Actors Theatre is an internationally acclaimed launchpad for groundbreaking new plays and extraordinary talent, and I hope you’re just as excited as we are to experience this fantastic lineup of shows and special events.

Thank you again for joining us, and enjoy the show!

Robert Barry Fleming Executive Artistic Director

4

A U D I E N C E

—COMING SOON—

E C A GR

r. s, J ing liam y Flem l i W r r n a ola ert B

by N ob yR

cted

dire

b

MAR. 25 – APR. 12, 2020 A soaring celebration of food, family and African-American history, filled with gorgeous music.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! 502.584.1205 | ActorsTheatre.org

WesBanco Wealth Management Services

Working behind the scenes to help you achieve great performance.

With WesBanco as your financial partner you can rest assured that your assets are being managed for great performance.

Our team of investment analysts combine extensive experience in portfolio management with research and market forecasting to develop customized portfolios that meet our clients’ needs for preservation of wealth, investment growth and income management.

We’ve helped thousands of clients build and maintain financial plans that endure for generations. Contact a member of our Wealth Management Team today and gain the peace of mind that comes from getting the help you need.

Scott Vogt, CFA®

Jeffrey Keil, CTFA®

Andy Mayer

Senior VP & Private Banker VP & Portfolio Manager VP & Senior Trust Officer Private Client Services Trust and Investment Services Trust and Investment Services Office: (502) 569-4283 Office: (812) 981-7394 Office: (812) 981-7327

David Reynolds

VP & Financial Advisor WesBanco Securities, Inc.* Office: (812) 981-0944

WesBanco Bank, Inc. is a Member FDIC | 800.905.9043 | wesbanco.com Wealth Management Services include WesBanco Trust and Investment Services (WTIS); WesBanco Securities, Inc. (WSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of WesBanco, Inc. and a member of FINRA and SIPC; and WesBanco Insurance Services, Inc. (WIS). WIS is licensed in the states of WV, PA, OH, KY, IN and FL. WTIS may invest in insured deposits and nondeposit investment products. *WSI and WIS invest in nondeposit investment products. Nondeposit investment products are not insured by the FDIC, not bank guaranteed, not insured by any government entity and are subject to investment risk, including possible loss of principal amount invested.

6

A U D I E N C E

presents

Once on This Island book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens music by Stephen Flaherty based on the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy directed and choreographed by Robert Barry Fleming January 29 – February 23, 2020

F E AT U R I N G Gisela Adisa *, Christina Booker *, Leilani Bracey, Colin D. Carswell *, Lauren Chanel *, Rheaume Crenshaw *, Cadence Diggs, Bernard Dotson *, Ken Early *, Bre Jackson *, Alfie Dale Jones, Jr. *, Soara-Joye Ross *, Allan K. Washington * and Alexis Louise Young *

Scenic Designer

Costume Designer

Lex Liang †

Lighting Designer

Alan C. Edwards †

Sound Designer

Music Director & Conductor

Andrew Smithson

Production Stage Manager

Stephen Horton *

Assistant Stage Managers

Casting by

Jason Ardizzone-West †

Daniel Perelstein †

Jessica Kay Potter *, Katherine Thesing * Stephanie Klapper, CSA

Production Sponsor

Originally Directed and Choreographed on Broadway by Graciela Daniele.

Playwrights Horizons, Inc. produced Once on This Island Off-Broadway in 1990.

Originally produced on Broadway by The Shubert Organization, Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., Suntory International Corporation and James Walsh, in association with Playwrights Horizons.

Once on This Island is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com The Director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers of the United States. ° Member of the American Federation of Musicians, the union representing professional instrumental musicians. † Designers that are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA – 829 of the IATSE. A U D I E N C E

7

PRODUCTION CREDITS THE CAST OF CHARACTERS (In order of speaking)

Mama Euralie...................................................................................................... Rheaume Crenshaw * Tonton Julian.............................................................................................................. Bernard Dotson * Ti Moune........................................................................................................................Lauren Chanel * Daniel Beauxhomme................................................................................................Colin D. Carswell * Armand...................................................................................................................................Ken Early * Andrea................................................................................................................. Alexis Louise Young * Papa Ge........................................................................................................................Soara-Joye Ross * Storyteller..................................................................................................................Christina Booker * Storyteller.............................................................................................................Alfie Dale Jones, Jr. * Asaka...................................................................................................................................Bre Jackson * Agwe.................................................................................................................... Allan K. Washington * Erzulie................................................................................................................................ Gisela Adisa * Little Girl/Little Ti Moune.................................................................... Leilani Bracey, Cadence Diggs

MUSICIANS

Keyboard Andrew Smithson

Keyboard 2 Angie Hopperton ° Guitar Doug Payne °

Electric Bass Tyrone Wheeler ° Reed Meghan Pund ° Percussion Terry O'Mahoney °

UNDERSTUDY Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

For Little Girl/Little Ti Moune: Chrysette Diggs

SETTING Now. The Jewel of the Antilles in the Caribbean.

INTERMISSION There will be no intermission.

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION CREDITS

Dialect Coach Associate Lighting Designer American Federation of Musicians Contractor Movement Associate & Dance Captain Associate Scenic Designer Directing Assistant Stage Management Apprentices Rehearsal Accompanist Athletic Trainer

Michael Morgan Erin Earle Fleming Angie Hopperton ° Alfie Dale Jones, Jr. * Anna Driftmier Cara Hinh + Sophie Antovel +, Connor Feagin + Angie Hopperton Kevin Brown, KORT Physical Therapy

+ Member of the Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

8

A U D I E N C E

MUSICAL NUMBERS “Prologue/We Dance”..........................................................................................Storytellers “One Small Girl”...............................Asaka, Erzulie, Pape Ge, Tonton, Mama, Storytellers “Waiting for Life”................................................................................Ti Moune, Storytellers “And the Gods Heard Her Prayer”.................Asaka, Agwe, Erzulie, Papa Ge, Storytellers “Rain”.................................................................Agwe, Asaka, Erzulie, Papa Ge, Storytellers “Discovering Daniel”..........................................................................Storytellers, Ti Moune “Pray”....................................................... Ti Moune, Tonton, Mama, Gatekeeper, Peasants “Forever Yours”.....................................................Ti Moune, Daniel, Papa Ge, Storytellers, "The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes"............. Armand, Madame Armand, Peasant Girl, Beauxhomme, Storytellers “Ti Moune”....................................................................................Mama, Tonton, Ti Moune “Mama Will Provide”............................................................................... Asaka, Storytellers “Waiting for Life (Reprise)”....................................................................................Ti Moune “Some Say”.......................................................................................... Storytellers, Little Girl “The Human Heart”............................................................................... Erzulie, Storytellers “Pray (Reprise)”...........................................................................................Gossipers, Father “Some Girls”..................................................................................................................Daniel “The Ball”....................................................................................Storytellers, Andrea, Daniel “Ti Moune’s Dance”........................................................... Mama, Tonton, Little Ti Moune “Andrea Sequence”.................................................................................. Andrea, Ti Moune “Promises/Forever Yours (Reprise)”.................. Papa Ge, Ti Moune, Erzulie, Storytellers “Wedding Sequence”................................................................................Storyteller (Asaka) “A Part of Us”................................................. Mama, Little Ti Moune, Tonton, Storytellers “Why We Tell the Story”.........................................................................................Company THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY PARTNER: WaterStep is an organization that empowers and provides clean water to communities around the world.

Donate your shoes to WaterStep to help fund safe drinking projects. See designated lobby bins for more info!

A U D I E N C E

9

10

A U D I E N C E

P L AY N OT E S

An Enchanting Musical Fairy Tale

Director and choreographer Robert Barry Fleming and the cast of Once on This Island in rehearsal for the show at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

As the process began for this co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati-based writer Erica Reid spoke with director and choreographer Robert Barry Fleming to take us behind the scenes of the epic musical Once on This Island.

Erica Reid: The heart of Once on This Island is its uplifting and joyous score, which took home both a Tony and an Olivier Award. What excites you about sharing this musical adventure with audiences?

Robert Barry Fleming: It is all about sharing a vision of hope, possibility and solidarity in a moment that feels rife with cynicism, adversity and division. Lynn

Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s beautiful, revelatory, Caribbean-infused score undergirds this life-affirming musical based on Rosa Guy’s stark yet beautiful novel, My Love, My Love: or The Peasant Girl. That contrast itself celebrates the power of storytelling and reflects on “why we tell the story.”

ER: The Hollywood Reporter has called Once on This Island “an enchanting musical fairy tale.” Which elements of this fairy tale will feel familiar? What sets this story apart from tales we’ve heard before?

RBF: It’s a fairy tale but substantive, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” as one of its

A U D I E N C E

11

P L AY N OT E S

Director and choreographer Robert Barry Fleming in rehearsal for Once on This Island at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

sources. So there is a spiritual dimension, which accompanies any classic that has stood the test of time. But it’s rooted in a cultural milieu that is distinct and existentially loaded. One that is about our collective oppression, liberation and transformation. So, Once on This Island is a tale with great profundity, working on those witnessing it on many levels.

ER: Once on This Island is set in the French Antilles, a group of tropical islands in the Caribbean. What kind of creative opportunities does this colorful setting open up for you and your team?

How can audiences expect to see this island come to life on stage?

RBF: The complex history and politics of this region of the world are deeply informed by the legacy of colonial resistance. I believe that has made recovery efforts from repeated natural disasters—from earthquakes to 12

hurricanes—difficult to impossible.

Yet the people endure and thrive. So, all the textures of that history, beauty and resilience manifest in the physical environment of our production in a truly powerful, elegant and nuanced way.

ER: When Ti Moune prays to the gods of the island...they answer! Ti Moune catches the attention of the powerful gods of water, love, earth and death.

What do you look for when you’re casting gods and goddesses?

RBF: Artists who have charisma and power of presence that would evoke the essence of a major deity that could govern the forces of nature and human society. And we found them! These artists are absolute creative forces of nature.

Originally published by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Arranged for Actors Theatre of Louisville by Hannah Rae Montgomery

A U D I E N C E

IN CONCERT

A U D I E N C E

13

BIOGRAPHIES THE ACTING COMPANY Gisela Adisa (Erzulie) is making her Actors Theatre of Louisville debut. Broadway: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Lucille).

National Tour: Sister Act (Deloris Standby, Michelle). Regional: Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole (Eartha Kitt), Geffen Playhouse —L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award Nominations, Best Featured Actress and Best Ensemble; Man of La Mancha (Aldonza), Westport Country Playhouse— BroadwayWorld and Connecticut Critics Circle Awards nominations, Best Actress; Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole (Eartha Kitt), People’s Light—Barrymore Award Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Performance. Television/Film: Younger, Royal Pains, Shield, Ride by Night and the upcoming web series Upcode. Additional Credits: Trial, directed by Lori Petty, Beckmann Theater. Adisa holds a B.A. in arts as a drama major and African studies minor from Fordham University and is a soprano in the Tony Award-winning Broadway Inspirational Voices.

Christina Booker (Storyteller) is making her Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: Once on This Island at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Other Theatre: Bach’s Magnificat in D major and Vivaldi’s Gloria in D major at Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica; Oh Freedom! at Kentucky Opera; Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Bizet’s Le Docteur Miracle at University of Louisville; Sterling Tinsley’s Daniel and the Dreamcatcher, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Sorcerer and 14

Mozart’s Requiem in D minor at Jacksonville State University. Additional Credits: Booker recently received her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Louisville. She also holds a Master of Education in Kodály Music Education from Loyola University Maryland and a B.A in music education from Jacksonville State University. For more information, follow @cbooker08 on Instagram.

Leilani Bracey (Little Girl/Little Ti Moune) is excited to return to Actors Theatre! At Actors Theatre: A Christmas Carol. Community Theatre: The Little Mermaid Jr. at StageOne Family Theatre; Aladdin at Louisville Central Community Center; Children of Eden at Mind’s Eye Theatre Company; Frozen Jr. and Fabulous Fairytales at Faith Works Studios.

Colin D. Carswell (Daniel Beauxhomme) is making his Actors Theatre debut!

Regional Theatre: Once on This Island at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and In the Heights at Seacoast Repertory Theatre.

For more information, follow @shakespeareanhoodrat_ on Instagram.

A U D I E N C E

Lauren Chanel (Ti Moune) is thrilled to be making her Actors Theatre debut!

Chanel is a graduate of Pebblebrook High School Center of Excellence in

BIOGRAPHIES Performing Arts. She studied classical, opera and musical theatre vocal techniques, as well as multiple genres of dance and drama. She is currently a member of AGI Entertainment and is represented by J. Pervis Talent Agency and Natarsha Garcia, CMA Entertainment.

Her credits include Hairspray (Little Inez), Waitress (Dawn), Dreamgirls (Lorrell Robinson), Sister Act (Deloris Van Cartier) at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy and Kinky Boots (Lauren).

For more information, follow @the.laurenchanel on Instagram.

Rheaume Crenshaw (Mama Euralie) is happy to be making her Actors Theatre debut. Broadway: Groundhog Day and Amazing Grace.

New York: Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope (New York City Center Encores!) and Alternating Currents (Working Theater). Crenshaw was most recently seen in the first national tour of Waitress and Road Show (NYCC Encores!).

Regional Theatre: Crenshaw has played leads in Smokey Joe's Café (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival/Merry-Go-Round Playhouse), The Golem of Havana (Miami New Drama, Barrington Stage and La MaMa E.T.C.), Raisin (St. Louis Black Repertory Company), Black Nativity (Congo Square/Goodman Theatre) and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Crossroads/New Jersey Performing Arts Center). Some of Crenshaw's recent favorite workshops, films and web series include The Family Resemblance (Bingham Camp Theatre Retreat, The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center), Sundance Theater Lab, Subways (Novo Novus Productions), #INSOCIAL

(Instagram series) and Drama Queenz (web series). For more information, follow @blksunrae on Instagram.

Cadence Diggs (Little Girl/Little Ti Moune) is excited to be back at Actors Theatre! At Actors Theatre: A Christmas Carol (Want/Caroler), Kids, They Say the Darndest Things (Lola) and Little Bunny Foo Foo (Field Mouse). Other Theatre: Annie (Kate), Hairspray (Little Inez), Once on This Island (Little Girl), The Color Purple and The Wizard of Oz at CenterStage; The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Aladdin Jr. at StageOne; School of Rock at New Albany Riverstage; Lion King Kids at Young Actors Institute (Young Nala); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Commonwealth Theatre; The Nutcracker at Sacred Heart School for the Arts (Clara's Friend). Additional Credits: A fifth grader at Brandeis Elementary, she enjoys drawing, reading, singing, dancing, everything Harry Potter, and playing guitar, cello and piano. For more information, follow her @the_cadeanna on Instagram.

Bernard Dotson (Tonton Julian) is making his Actors Theatre debut.

Regional Theatre: Paradise Square, Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Merrily We Roll Along, New York City Center; Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Paper Mill Playhouse; Victor/ Victoria and Kiss Me, Kate, Theatre Under The Stars; Five Guys Named Moe, La Mirada Theater; Jesus Christ Superstar,

A U D I E N C E

15

BIOGRAPHIES Long Beach CLO; A Chorus Line, Theater League. Broadway: Finian's Rainbow, St. James Theatre; Chicago, Ambassador Theatre; Imaginary Friends, Barrymore Theatre; Sweet Smell of Success, Martin Beck Theatre; Jesus Christ Superstar, The Ford Center; Ragtime, The Ford Center. Concerts: A Celebration of Christmas, Live Arts Maryland; Unexpected Songs (MAC and Broadway World Nominations); The Music of Frank Loesser, New York Philharmonic; One Singular Sensation, The Music of Marvin Hamlisch.

Additional Credits: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sophisticated Ladies, ELF, Dreamgirls.

For more information, please visit bernarddotson.com.

Ken Early (Armand) is making his Actors Theatre debut. A Cincinnati native, Early’s other regional credits include Buster in Misery, Philmore in Jitney and Reverend Sykes in To Kill a Mockingbird at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Ira Aldridge in Red Velvet, Sam in The Whipping Man, Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days, Aldrin in Dancing Princesses, Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland and Brooks in Grey Gardens, all at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; Crooks in Of Mice and Men, Reverend Sykes in To Kill a Mockingbird and John Prentice, Sr. in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, all at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Bill Ray in On Golden Pond at The Human Race Theatre Company; Death and Radio Voice in Pluto, Maddox in Harry and the Thief, Jesus in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and Man 2 in Adding Machine: A Musical, all at Know 16

Theatre Cincinnati. Additional Credits: Sam in Master Harold...and the Boys at Falcon Theatre; Padre in Man of La Mancha, Revita Glory in Church Girls, Jesus in Godspell and Officer Murray in The Odd Couple, all at Northern Kentucky University.

Bre Jackson (Asaka) is thrilled to be making her Actors Theatre debut! She has most recently been seen on Broadway in The Book of Mormon as an ensemble member. Her performance as Ado Annie in Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Oklahoma! garnered her a Henry Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. She has also been seen in NBC’s Emmy Award-winning Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, as well as in season two of CBS’s The Good Fight as a featured soloist. Other Theatre: Effie in Dreamgirls (South Korean tour).

Broadway: The Color Purple (Church Lady/Celie/understudy). First National Tour: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Diva).

Jackson earned her B.F.A. at the University of Michigan. For more information, follow @bre.jackson on Instagram.

Alfie Dale Jones, Jr. (Storyteller/ Movement Associate/ Dance Captain) is elated to make his debut with Actors Theatre. Other Theatre: The Disney Magic, The Disney Wonder, Newsies, Fancy Nancy, Rapunzel, How I Became A Pirate and Stinky Kids: The Musical (Disney

A U D I E N C E

BIOGRAPHIES Cruise Line); Curious George: The Golden Meatball (Derby Dinner Playhouse); Richard III (Kentucky Shakespeare); Brothers of a Common Country: An Abraham Lincoln Story (StageOne); Altar Boys and Cabaret (Pandora Productions); and Once on This Island, Fiddler on the Roof, The Who's Tommy, Funny Girl, The Little Mermaid and 9 to 5 (CenterStage).

His choreography credits include The Addams Family; A Chorus Line; American Idiot; Kiss Me, Kate; Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Falsettos. For more information, follow @alfiedjr on Instagram.

Soara-Joye Ross (Pape Ge) is making her Actors Theatre debut! Regional Theatre: Anything Goes at Arena Stage; Nina Simone: Four Women at Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Sister Act and The Call at Arkansas Repertory Theatre; From the Mississippi Delta at Triad Stage.

Broadway: Les Misérables, Dance of the Vampires. National Tours: The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Smokey Joe’s Cafe with Gladys Knight. Off-Broadway: Carmen

Jones at Classic Stage Company; Promenade at New York City Center; The First Noel at Apollo Theater; Disenchanted at Westside Theatre; Jerry Springer: the Opera at Carnegie Hall; Dessa Rose at Lincoln Center Theater; Single Black Female at The Duke on 42nd Street. Film: Garden State. Television: Crashing (HBO). Additional Credits: Lucille Lortel Award Winner, AUDELCO Award and Drama Desk Award Nominee for performance in Carmen Jones.

Training: The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. For more information, please visit Soara-Joye.com or @lyricalsouljo on Instagram.

Allan K. Washington (Agwe) is excited to be making his Actors Theatre debut!

Broadway: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical (Original Broadway Cast) and Once on This Island (2017 revival). Off-Broadway: A Man’s A Man (Classic Stage Company).

Regional: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical (Oriental Theatre in

A U D I E N C E

17

BIOGRAPHIES

AVAILABLE NOW!

Chicago), Paint Your Wagon (The Muny), The Most Beautiful Room... (Long Wharf Theatre). Television: The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage (Nickelodeon), The Deuce (HBO), High Fidelity (Hulu).

Additional Television: SpongeBob SquarePants Birthday Special (Nickelodeon), 2019 Kids’ Choice Awards (Nickelodeon) and the 2018 Tony Awards (CBS). Training: University of North Carolina School of the Arts (B.F.A. in acting). For more information, follow @allankwashington on Instagram.

Alexis Louise Young (Andrea) is delighted to be making her Actors Theatre debut with such a powerful story. Her national tour credits include RENT 20th Anniversary (swing, understudy, Joanne, Mimi). Select Regional Credits Include: Fun Home (Joan), The Trip to Bountiful (Thelma) and Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea (Danielle). Additional Credits Include: Mainstage Vocalist with Disney Cruise Lines. Young is currently based in New York City and is a proud member of the NYC-based retro singing group The Randy Andys. For more information, please follow @mslexilouyou on Instagram.

C

M

Y

CM

MY

CY

CMY

K

DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER Robert Barry Fleming (See Executive Artistic Director, page 26)

DESIGNERS Jason Ardizzone-West (Scenic Designer) is an Emmy Award-winning set and production designer based in New York.

Recent work includes Native Gardens and The Royale (Cleveland Play House); 18

A U D I E N C E

BIOGRAPHIES Good Grief (The Vineyard); Uncle Vanya (The Old Globe and Hunter Theatre Project); Jesus Christ Superstar Live (NBC – Emmy Award & ADG Nomination); One Thousand Nights and One Day (Prospect Theater); Illyria—The Gabriel Family Plays (The Public Theater with Susan Hilferty); Lana Del Rey (world tour); Circus: Wandering City (BAM Next Wave); Next to Normal and Caroline, or Change (Tantrum Theater); Bullets Over Broadway (national tour) and Adele, Live in NYC (NBC with Es Devlin). Upcoming projects include School Girls, or the African Mean Girls Play (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); The Bluest Eye (Huntington Theatre Company); Bliss (The 5th Avenue Theatre); The Michaels (The Public Theater) and Blue Man Group – Speechless (national tour). ArdizzoneWest received a Bachelor of Architecture

from Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art & Planning and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University, Department of Design for Stage & Film.

He is a member of USA 829. For more information, please visit ardizzonewest.com and follow @jasonardizzonewest on Instagram.

Alan C. Edwards (Lighting Designer) At Actors Theatre: Pipeline, Skeleton Crew. Broadway: Associate to Jennifer Tipton on The Testament of Mary. OffBroadway Credits Include: Harry Clarke (The Vineyard), for which he received the Lucille Lortel Award; Kill Move Paradise (National Black Theatre), Drama Desk Award nominee; and Native Son and Measure for Measure (The Acting Company). Regional Credits Include:

Located in Louisville.

Practicing worldwide. ®

Our Roots Run Deep.

Deeply connected to our Louisville home for 165 years, Middleton Reutlinger has intentionally sustained our status as an independent mid-size firm by developing close, personal working relationships with our local, national and international clients.

Our team of 50+ attorneys offer a broad range of services to a diverse client base.

Our focus? Successfully meeting your legal needs with cost-effective solutions, wherever you need us.

Litigation | Intellectual Property Law & Litigation Health Care Law | Government & Regulatory Law | Business Law

502.584.1135 MiddletonLaw.com

A U D I E N C E

19

BIOGRAPHIES Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole (Geffen Playhouse, People’s Light); American Moor (Arts Emerson); Dutchman, The Bacchae, Antigone, Macbeth and The Tempest (Classical Theatre of Harlem); Twisted Melodies (Center Stage Baltimore, Apollo Theater Chicago, Mosaic Theater Company); Henry IV, Part 2 and Fingersmith (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); penny candy and Stagger Lee (Dallas Theater Center); We Are Proud to Present... (Guthrie Theater); Man of La Mancha (Westport Country Playhouse); Sweeney Todd (Connecticut Repertory Theatre); and Jeremy McQueen’s Madiba (Kennedy Center). His work has also been seen at Asolo Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory, Cleveland Play House, Kansas City Repertory, The Geffen Playhouse, Miami New Drama, Berkshire Theatre Group, Chautauqua Theatre Company, People’s Light, Madison Opera and Mill City Opera. He received his M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. For more information, please visit alancedwards.com.

Lex Liang (Costume Designer) His work includes scenic and costume design for performance-based productions. To date, his New York City/off-Broadway credits exceed over 50 productions, and his most recent work includes Antigone, Nine Circles and The Bacchae. Regional Credits Include: Alliance Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center, Florida Studio Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Miami New Drama, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Stage, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Tantrum Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and others. He is the principal/ founder of LDC Design Associates, an 20

experiential event and bespoke interiors design and production company based in New York City. Recent projects include Ubuntu Pathways: Fight for Good, Operation Smile’s 35th Anniversary Gala, the Tony Awards Gala and BCBG’s 30-Year Retrospective, NYFW 2019. Member, United Scenic Artists-829. For more information, please visit LexLiang.com.

Daniel Perelstein (Sound Designer) is a freelance sound designer, composer and musical director based in Tucson and Philadelphia. Recent designs and/ or original music include Roundabout Theatre Company, Primary Stages, McCarter Theatre Center, Opera Philadelphia, Geva Theatre Center, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Wilma Theater, Arden Theatre, People’s Light and others. Perelstein is an Associate Artist at the Wilma Theater, and he teaches sound design to undergraduates at Washington College in Maryland.

He has received Barrymore Awards for Don Juan… at the Wilma Theater and Knives in Hens at Theatre Exile, as well as 16 Barrymore Award nominations in three categories. Perelstein received an Independence Foundation Fellowship in 2013. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College, where he earned a B.S. in engineering and a B.A. in music.

CREATIVE STAFF Andrew Smithson (Music Director & Conductor) National Tour Credits Include: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (starring Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young), A Christmas Story: The Musical, Gypsy, Aida (China and Taiwan), Legally Blonde and Jesus Christ Superstar (starring Ted Nealy).

Off-Broadway Credits Include: The Wonderful Wizard of Song and Flanagan’s

A U D I E N C E

BIOGRAPHIES Wake. Regional Credits Include: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati), Melancholy Play: a chamber musical (Trinity Repertory Company), White Christmas, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Swing!, A Chorus Line and The Producers.

Other Credits Include: Music director and orchestrator for POPart: the musical, New York Musical Festival; Ocean in a Teacup, Midtown International Theatre Festival; and Hard Times, First Irish Theatre Festival. He has been an adjunct instructor and music director at the University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music and vocal coach at Pace University in New York City.

Originally from Cincinnati, he currently resides in Queens, New York.

PRODUCTION Stephen Horton (Production Stage Manager) At Actors Theatre: Fifth Third Bank’s A Christmas Carol, Fifth Third Bank’s Dracula (2011–2019), The Corpse Washer, Pipeline, Marginal Loss, Little Bunny Foo Foo, We’re Gonna Be Okay, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Wellesley Girl, 4000 Miles, Dot, The Brothers Size, Tribes, brownsville song (b-side for tray), The Pirates of Penzance, Tom Jones, Cry Old Kingdom, The Whipping Man, True West, The Veri**on Play, ReEntry, A Devil at Noon, Barefoot in the Park, Sirens, Greater Tuna and A Tuna Christmas. Regional Theatre: Coming Back Like a Song!, Deathtrap, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Lion in Winter, Edith, In the Mood, The Who’s Tommy, A Delicate

A U D I E N C E

21

22

A U D I E N C E

BIOGRAPHIES Balance, The Guardsman, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Faith Healer, Noël Coward in Two Keys, The Book Club Play, The Caretaker, Educating Rita, My Pal George and Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? at Berkshire Theatre Group; The Elephant Man, The Foreigner, Doubt, Bertrand Priest, Hello, Dolly! and The King and I at Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Other Theatre: The Hound of the Baskervilles at The Cape Playhouse and The Last Train to Nibroc at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.

Circle Mirror Transformation, Macbeth, The 39 Steps, For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday, Peter and the Starcatcher, Seven Guitars, Luna Gale, The Glory of the World, At the Vanishing Point, The Last Five Years, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Christians, Noises Off, Appropriate, The Whipping Man, True West, Romeo and Juliet, The Veri**on Play, ReEntry, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The End, Fissures (lost and found), Heist!, Fifth Third Bank's A Christmas Carol, Fifth Third Bank's Dracula and Absalom.

Other Theatre: Uncharted Realms at the Louisville Ballet; Much Ado About Nothing at Kentucky Shakespeare. Additional Credits: Potter holds a B.S. in theatre arts from the University of Louisville, where she graduated cum laude.

Jessica Kay Potter (Assistant Stage Manager) At Actors Theatre: The Santaland Diaries, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Evocation to Visible Appearance, Angels in America Parts One and Two, We’re Gonna Be Okay,

Fleisher

Kern

Ohlsson

Pratt

Babayan

Dinnerstein

Feltsman

EXPERIENCE UNLIMITED PASSION FOR THE PIANO Art of the Piano brings together the world’s most celebrated faculty instructors and a class of future master pianists for two weeks of performances, classes, and a shared passion for the piano.

Join us May 30, 2020 for the all-Beethoven concerto season opener in partnership with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.

MAY 30TH - JUNE 14TH

2020

Early bird all-festival passes available now: artofthepiano.org

A U D I E N C E

23

BIOGRAPHIES Katherine Thesing (Assistant Stage Manager) At Actors Theatre: Hype Man: a break beat play, Ring of Fire, We’ve Come to Believe, You Across from Me, Pipeline, Fifth Third Bank’s A Christmas Carol, Fifth Third Bank’s Dracula and The Santaland Diaries. Regional Theatre: Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Other Theatre: Montana Shakespeare in the Parks and Kentucky Shakespeare.

Additional Credits: Thesing is an alumna of the Professional Training Company.

CASTING Stephanie Klapper, CSA (Casting Director) This past season, she cast You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; The Thanksgiving Play; Two Trains Running; A Christmas Carol; Cincinnati King; Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley and The Roommate. Other credits include Shakespeare in Love, Mr. Joy, Be Here Now, Marie and Rosetta, Sooner/Later, Treasure Island, Murder for Two, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Disgraced, A Christmas Carol, Jane Eyre, Summerland, All the Roads Home, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, The Secret Garden, Sex with Strangers, Mad River Rising, Native Gardens, The Revolutionists, To Kill a Mockingbird, Mothers and Sons, Bad Dates, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, Safe House, Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical, Circle Mirror Transformation, Peter and the Starcatcher, Buzzer, Fly, Seven Spots on the Sun, Clybourne Park, 4000 Miles, Pride and Prejudice and A Delicate Ship. At Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Klapper cast Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, The Book Club Play, Leveling Up, Abigail/1702, The Three Musketeers and The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead.

24

Her work is frequently seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway and regionally, as well as on film and television. She has many exciting projects running and upcoming in New York, regionally and in Europe.

Klapper is a member of the Casting Society of America.

AUTHORS Lynn Ahrens (Book Author and Lyricist) won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards and received two Grammy nominations for Broadway's Ragtime. For Twentieth Century Fox's animated feature film Anastasia, she was nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globes. She and longtime collaborator Stephen Flaherty received the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement, and in 2015 they were inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. Broadway: Anastasia; Once on This Island (Olivier Award, Best Musical; Tony nominations, Best Book and Score); Seussical (Grammy nomination); My Favorite Year; Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life; Rocky; Madison Square Garden's A Christmas Carol; Ragtime (2010 Broadway revival). Off-Broadway and Regional Theatre: Lincoln Center Theater's Dessa Rose, The Glorious Ones (both Drama Desk-nominated) and A Man of No Importance (Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Musical); Lucky Stiff; Little Dancer (Kennedy Center world premiere). Film and Television Credits Include: A Christmas Carol (NBC-TV); Camp (IFC Films); Schoolhouse Rock (ABCTV) and others (Emmy Award and four Emmy nominations). She is a Council member of the Dramatists Guild of America, a co-founder of the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program, and a Lilly Award winner for Lyrics. For more information, please visit ahrensandflaherty.com.

A U D I E N C E

BIOGRAPHIES Stephen Flaherty (Composer) is the composer of the Broadway musicals Ragtime (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards; two Grammy nominations), Seussical (Grammy, Drama Desk nominations), Once on This Island (Tony nomination, Olivier Award, Best Musical) and Rocky. Additional Broadway credits include Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (original songs) and Neil Simon's Proposals (incidental music). Flaherty has also written four musicals at Lincoln Center Theater: The Glorious Ones (OCC, Drama Desk nominations), Dessa Rose (OCC, Drama Desk nominations), A Man of No Importance (OCC, Best Musical; Drama Desk nomination) and My Favorite Year. Other theatre includes In Your Arms (Old Globe), Little Dancer (Kennedy Center), Lucky Stiff (Playwrights

Horizons) and Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein (Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award, Best New Musical). Film credits include Anastasia (two Academy Award and two Golden Globe nominations), the documentary After the Storm and Lucky Stiff. Flaherty's concert music has premiered at the Hollywood Bowl, Boston's Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Guggenheim Museum and Symphony Space. This year celebrates Flaherty’s 32-year collaboration with lyricist-librettist Lynn Ahrens. Flaherty and Ahrens are members of the Dramatists Guild Council and co-founders of the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program. In 2015, they were inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. For more information, please visit ahrensandflaherty.com.

Republic Bank Foundation Speaker Series in collaboration with The Lee Initiative

THE FUTURE OF FOOD IS WOMEN MARCH 2, 2020 Kentucky Center Bomhard Theater Tickets at kentuckycenter.org kentuckytotheworld.org

A U D I E N C E

25

E X E C U T I V E A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R Robert Barry Fleming Fleming served as Associate Artistic Director at Cleveland Play House from 2016-2019. Prior to Cleveland Play House, he served as the Director of Artistic Programming at Arena Stage; world premieres he commissioned, developed and championed during this tenure include the 2017 Best Musical Tony Award winner Dear Evan Hansen, Mary Kathryn Nagle’s Sovereignty, John Strand’s The Originalist, Katori Hall’s Blood Quilt, Karen Zacarías’ Destiny of Desire, and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner, Sweat, by Lynn Nottage. Fleming

was an Associate Producer for the Off-Broadway premiere of The TwoCharacter Play by Tennessee Williams, starring Amanda Plummer and Brad Dourif. He was also an Associate Professor (tenured) and Chair of the University of San Diego Theatre Arts and Performance Studies Department.

His most recent directing and choreography credits include Next To Normal (Tantrum Theater), The Royale (Cleveland Play House), Destiny of Desire (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Caroline, or Change (Tantrum Theater) and Between Riverside and Crazy (Cleveland Play House). As part of the 2018 Cleveland Play House New Ground Theatre Festival, Fleming directed a reading of the new musical Minton’s Place by acclaimed contemporary music composer Nolan Williams, Jr., with libretto by Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Nikkole Salter.

His professional acting credits include stints on Broadway (Ragtime directed by Frank Galati, Stand-Up Tragedy directed by the late Ron Link), Off-Broadway (the leading role in Insurrection: Holding History by Robert O’Hara at The Public Theater), joining Actors’ Equity Association with the national tour of Cats (Original Bus and Truck), playing major regional theatres (The Old Globe, the Guthrie Theater, A Contemporary Theater, The Mark Taper Forum with the world premiere of George C. Wolfe’s Jelly’s Last Jam as Young Jelly) and appearing on television (Emmy-winning Disney Channel series Adventures In Wonderland, Family Matters, The George Carlin Show) and in films (Academy Award-winning L.A. Confidential and Twilight Of The Golds).

26

A U D I E N C E

Help us give these stars an encore performanace Do you have some love to spare?

The Arrow Fund needs financial

support and foster homes to give

abused animals another chance for a happy life. Make a difference today by visiting us online.

thearrowfund.org A U D I E N C E

27

A C TO R S T H E AT R E B OA R D S BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Mac Thompson * Vice President Karen Wunderlin * Treasurer Todd Lowe * Secretary Kirsten Ford *

Alex Alvarez * Turney P. Berry Colin Crawford William W. Crawford Jr. Angie M. Evans * Kirsten Ford Linda Gaines † Layla George Jan M. Grayson Lena Hamel Aaron Jahn

Barbara W. Juckett Jonathan Lowe Todd Lowe Stewart Lussky Jennifer Mackin Theresa Reno-Weber Theodore S. Rosky ‡ Marsha Beck Roth ‡ Bob Saunders † Scott Schaftlein * John E. Selent

Seema Sheth Wendy Sirchio Allan Tasman MD ‡ Mac Thompson Robbie Tindall * Karl N. Victor, III Karen Wunderlin

John J. Buchino, MD Mary Beth Clark Irwin H. Cutler, Jr. Gayle S. Dorsey Jane Driskell Douglass Farnsley Mrs. Harry S. Frazier, Jr. Clarence E. Glover Jack Guthrie

Ian Y. Henderson Frank B. Hower, Jr. Christine Johnson David M. Krebs Eleanor Bingham Miller Steven J. Paradis Donna King Perry Benjamin K. Richmond Donna Burks Sanders

Rev. Alfred R. Shands W. Kennedy Simpson Kathi Stearman Sherry Steinbock William M. Street Amanda Foard Tyler Ann C. Wells Jessica White

Coordinator, Gift Shop Operations Pennie Miller Service Coordinator Mary Korfage

Melanie Knight Tom Morton Lu Peabody Val Slayton, M.D. Sue Terdan

‡ Denotes Sustaining Director † Denotes Ex-Officio * Denotes Executive Committee Member

ADVISORY COUNCIL Carolee Allen James B. Appleberry Lynn Ashton Irving W. Bailey Stanley Bayersdorfer Karen Bearden Winfrey Blackburn, Jr. Neville Blakemore, Jr. Cornelia W. Bonnie

ACTORS ASSOCIATES BOARD President Linda Gaines Immediate Past President Caroline Martinson Financial Secretary Bill Bolte Treasurer Doris Elder Secretary Barbara Ketcham

Vice President for Communication Rita Bell Vice President for Fundraising Barbara Nichols Vice President for Hospitality Patti Slagle Vice President for Service Robert Lutz

Cast of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 2018. Photo by Jonathan Roberts.

Board Members Linda Cauble Terry Conway Wanda Cundiff Lew Ketcham

TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE THEATRE THAT ENRICHES LIVES.

Make your tax-deductable donation by calling 502.584.1265 or visiting ActorsTheatre.org.

28

A U D I E N C E

Theatre Forward advances the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to the country’s leading nonprofit theatres. Theatre Forward and our theatres are most grateful to the following funders:

THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000-$99,000) Bank of America*

Pfizer, Inc.

The Schloss Family Foundation♦

Theatermania/Gretchen Shugart*

Gregory S. Hurst* ♦

Wells Fargo*♦

George S. Smith, Jr.*♦ UBS

Howard and Janet Kagan ♦

DONORS ($10,000‑$14,999) Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Epiq Systems* Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy Foundation

John R. Mathena *♦ Ogilvy & Mather† Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart*♦ Dina Merril & Ted Hartley* Newmark Holdings* Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. *

BENEFACTORS ($25,000-$49,999) Buford Alexander and Pamela Farr*♦ BNY Mellon Steven & Joy Bunson*♦ Citi DeWitt Stern* Goldman, Sachs & Co. MetLife Morgan Stanley James S. & Lynne Turley*♦ Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP* PACESETTERS ($15,000‑$24,999) American Express* Bloomberg Cisco Systems, Inc.* The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. EY* Alan & Jennifer Freedman*♦ Frank & Bonnie Orlowski*♦ Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. National Endowment for the Arts♦

Mason & Kim Granger* ♦ Brian J. Harkins* ♦

Southwest Airlines † ♦

♦

Lisa Orberg♦ Presidio* Thomas C. Quick* RBC Wealth Management♦ Daniel A. Simkowitz*♦ S&P Global

Joseph F. Kirk* ♦

John Thomopoulos*♦ Evelyn Mack Truitt* Leslie C. & Regina Quick Charitable Trust Isabelle Winkles*♦

TD Charitable Foundation♦ SUPPORTERS ($2,500‑$9,999) Mitchell J. Auslander*♦ Disney/ABC Television Group* Paula A. Dominick*♦ Dorfman and Kaish Family Foundation, Inc. ♦ Dramatists Play Service, Inc.* Kevin & Anne Driscoll John R. Dutt* ♦ Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing*♦ Jessica Farr*

As of November 2019

* Theatre Forward/DeWitt Stern Fund for New American Theatre † Includes In-kind support ♦ Educating through Theatre Support

Theatre Forward supporters are former supporters of National Corporate Theatre Fund and Impact Creativity.

For a complete list of funders visit theatreforward.org.

I N - K I N D D O N AT I O N S Alltrade Service Solutions Actors Associates Bearno’s Pizza Bourbon Barrel Foods Boxcar PR Brown-Forman Cellar Door Chocolates Churchill Downs Clearwater Fine Foods Derby City Litho Elements Massage Westport Village Elite Packaging, LLC Farm to Fork Catering Heine Brothers’ Coffee Hilliard Lyons

Hyland Glass Katie and Fred Ryser-Cycle The Kentucky Center for the Arts J.B. Speed Art Museum Chris and Julie Kay Kentucky Shakespeare Kentucky Space LLC Louisville Ballet Louisville Marriott Downtown Mike’s Kentucky Kitchen Ted and Mary Nixon Parking Authority of River City (PARC) The Paw Zone, LLC Pawsitively Dogs Grooming

A U D I E N C E

Rabbit Hole Distillery Republic Bank Ms. Elizabeth Rounsavall SCOUT Sunergos Coffee Wendy and Kris Sirchio Taxi 7 Mac and Jessica Thompson VIA Studio Virginia Gray Henry White Clay Consulting ZFX Flying Effects

29

C O R P O R AT E S U P P O R T PRODUCER CIRCLE Brown-Forman Corporation Fifth Third Bank

GUARANTOR D.D. Williamson & Co., Inc. Derby City Litho Glenview Trust Hardscuffle, Inc. Republic National Distributing Company The Voice-Tribune White Clay Consulting

DIRECTOR CIRCLE Yum! Family Series BENEFACTOR CIRCLE Churchill Downs, Inc. GE Appliances Hilliard Lyons LG&E and KU Energy Theatre Forward

SUPPORTER AT&T Kentucky Cellar Door Chocolates McCarthy Strategic Solutions, LLC River City Distributing PARTNER Arts Consulting Group Bearno’s Pizza Falls City Brewing Company Highland Cleaners KORT Physical Therapy Mike’s Kentucky Kitchen National Arts Club Sunergos Coffee

LEGACY CIRCLE The Legacy Circle recognizes individuals who have made arrangements to support Actors Theatre in their estate plans.

Anonymous Michael and Rachel Adkins Bryan R. Armstrong, Esq.

Nancy L. Doctor Todd P. Lowe and Frances C. Ratterman

Robert T. and Eleanor N. Maddox Miriam Spectre Marcus and Jerome H. Kauper

Rose Mary Rommel Toebbe

INTERACT ONLINE

ActorsTheatre.org @ActorsTheatreofLouisville

30

@ATLouisville

@ActorsTheatre

A U D I E N C E

F O U N D AT I O N A N D G O V E R N M E N T S U P P O R T PRESIDENT CIRCLE Fund for the Arts Humana Foundation PRODUCER CIRCLE The Roy Cockrum Foundation The Shubert Foundation DIRECTOR CIRCLE Kentucky Arts Council National Endowment for the Arts The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Jennifer Lawrence Arts Fund at the Fund for the Arts GUARANTOR Edgerton Foundation Caesars Foundation of Floyd County

PARTNER Clifton Foundation Louisville Metro Government Parking Authority of River City (PARC) The William E. Barth Foundation

THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION

THE HAROLD AND MIMI STEINBERG CHARITABLE TRUST

DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

JENNIFER LAWRENCE ARTS FUND AT THE FUND FOR THE ARTS

The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports Actors Theatre of Louisville with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Actors Theatre of Louisville.

TEACHER ADVISORY COMMIT TEE Jenni Aberli, JCPS Literacy Specialist; Faith Anderson, Ballard High; Katie Blackerby Weible, YPAS; Brent Braun, Pleasure Ridge Park High; Judy Chandler, retired Bullitt County; Terrilyn Flemming, The Brown School; Kevin Gose, Valley High School; Jennifer Girardin, Oldham County High; Amy Miller, New Albany High; Kipp McDaniel, Seneca High School; Tom Hayes, Bardstown High; Kyrstin Price, KY School for the Blind; Kim Joiner, Noe Middle; Georgette Kleier, YPAS; Alison Lambert, Oldham County High; Tiffany LaVoie, Western Visual and Performing Arts Middle School; Amanda McFarland-Smith, Southern High; Patti Miller, Jeffersonville High; Kate Nitzken, Louisville Archdiocese; Steven Rahe, Western Visual and Performing Arts Middle School; Hannegan Roseberry, Community Montessori; Amanda Simmons, Mercy Academy; Patti Slagle, Louisville Writing Project; Tiffany Smith, Eastern High; Shelby Steege, Atherton High School; Robbie Steiner, Floyd Central High; Frank Ward, Trinity High; Amy Zuccaro, Trinity High.

A U D I E N C E

31

I N D I V I D UA L S U P P O R T VISIONARY CIRCLE Christina Lee Brown Crawford Charitable Fund Mrs. Harry S. Frazier, Jr. Caroline Martinson Ms. Elizabeth Rounsavall John E. Selent Anonymous (2) PRODUCER CIRCLE Sandra Frazier Mary and Ted Nixon Mr. and Mrs. Mac Thompson DIRECTOR CIRCLE John and Natalie Bajandas Brooke and Matthew Barzun Turney P. Berry and Kendra Foster Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Lena and Matthew Hamel Augusta and Gill Holland, Jr Mary Gwen Wheeler and David A. Jones, Jr. Todd P. Lowe and Fran C. Ratterman Bruce Merrick and Karen McCoy Thomas and Mary Jo Mueller J. A. Paradis III Jacqueline R. and Theodore S. Rosky Marsha and David Roth Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Rounsavall III Alfred Shands The Wunderlin Company DESIGNER CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. David Daulton Sarah and Peter Fuller Jim and Marianne Welch PLAYWRIGHT CIRCLE Alejandro and Carol Alvarez Ms. Patricia W. Ballard Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ballard Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Bonnie Bruce Broussard Meredith Wilson Brown Dr. Joseph J. Buchino Victoria and Paul J. Diaz Bill and Joyce Holmes Barbara and Bill Juckett Michael and Elizabeth Keyes Nana Lampton Fairleigh and Abby Lussky Kevin E. Moore and Mike Porto Dr. Catherine Newton and Dr. Gordon Strauss Al and Jamie Paradis Carol and Charlie Pye Linda and Chris Valentine Anonymous 32

DRAMATURG CIRCLE Jesse and Kim Adams Keith Auerbach, M.D. Adam Beam Madelyn Buzzard Mees Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Callen Heather McHold and Stephen P. Campbell Mark B. Carter Ken and Carolle Jones Clay Michael and Gina Del Negro Nancy L. Doctor Mr. and Ms. Donald Finney Ken and Judy Handmaker Michelle and Michael Hanington Dan and Lisa Jones Jennifer Fortner Letcher Holland and Sherry McTyeire Susan S. and Robert H. Means Rick and Becky Reed Jonathan and Julie Roberts Kris and Wendy Sirchio Habdank Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Tindall Selden Y. Trimble V David and Melissa Weedman Jane Welch Will and Becky West L. David Wilson Phoebe A. Wood Anonymous (2) STAGE MANAGER CIRCLE Anonymous Phillip Anderton Mr. James B. Appleberry Mr. and Mrs. Jon P. Arnold Rita Jane Bell Sharon and Stephen Berger Neville Blakemore, Jr. and Gray Henry Mr. and Mrs. Neville Blakemore III Christen and Mike Boone Maggie Brandt and Bert Lyons Norma B. Braver Tom and Sylvia Brite Dr. and Mrs. John J. Buchino William Burbank John Burger Dr. Phil Cochran and Ms. Marie B. Hertzman-Cochran Larry Combs Kevin and Mera Cossey Corlett Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Costel Brad Asher and Susan Coventry Sherri and Chuck Crosby A U D I E N C E

Irwin and Carol Cutler Jeffrey Eckmann Dr. Richard Edelson and Donna Smith Fr. John G. Eifler Daniel and Kirsten Ford Jan M. Grayson Mr. John R. Gregory Scott and JoAnn Haner Arvida and Edward Harris Mrs. James C. Hennessy Dennis Hillen Anna Hitron and Thomas Johnston Jonathan and Janet Hodes Georg and Benita Hofstetter Koman Steve Knight Mary Korfhage David and Carol Krebs Mr. Robert E. Kulp, Jr. Rabbi Laura Metzger and Cantor David Lipp Jonathan Lowe Ms. Stewart Lussky and Mr. Bob Jones Susan McNeese and Phil Lynch Robert T. and Eleanor Maddox Mr. and Mrs. John Mann Jr. Sally and Charlie Moyer Duane and Anne Murner Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Murphy John Poole Chris Price George W. Rapp Jr. and Lynne Meena Walter and Susan Sales Scott Schaftlein and Andrew Newton Dr. Marilyn Schorin Venkat Sharma Darrell and Nancy Shelton Kennedy and Sara Simpson Patti Slagle and Steve Zimmerman Larry Fleischer and Les Stanfield Mr. Sam Stewart Charlotte and John Clay Stites Mrs. James W. Stites, Jr. John L. Tate and Phyllis McMurry-Tate Kelly Terlau Rose Mary Rommel Toebbe Porter Watkins and George Bailey Dr. Melissa L. Weaver Theresa and Ben Reno-Weber John Weeter, MD and Linda Weeter Sarina and Robert Weiss Thomas and Susan Wobbe Stephen and Coretta Wolford Anonymous (2)

I N D I V I D UA L S U P P O R T PRINCIPAL ARTIST Teresa Bridgewaters Beth Welch SUPPORTING ROLE Maureen Awbrey and Diane Kyle Mr. and Mrs. W. Robinson Beard Stephen and Jeannie Bodney Stanley Bond Charles and Robyn Kane Linda W. Cauble Helen Cohen Mr. Curtis R. Conlin and Mr. Chris Welsh Gayle and Earl Dorsey Susan E. Ellison Philip and Mary Eschels Ron and Hulyn Farr Robert Gable Vincenzo and Pat Gabriele Bill Goetz and Karen Williams Deborah Greenwald Sonya and Ara Hacet Cindy and Dwayne Jarboe Carol Jones Robert Knapp Henry and Marty Kuehn Charles and Donna Lavelle Matt Linville and Kelly Will Mr. Joseph and Dr. Janine Malone Grodon McLeod Guy E. and Elizabeth S. Montgomery Mary J Oberst Patrick Owen and Norman P. Dixon Lue and John Peabody Laura Petry William A. Pierce Erik Prentice Russell and Betty Prough Janet and Richard Rink Arthur Shechet and Marilyn Robie Ed Kruger and Jeff Rodgers Bonnie and John Roth Ron Rubin, in honor of Jeff Rodgers and Actors Theatre leadership Kevin and Cheryl Sandefur Beth Sarkar Mr. Robert S. Saunders

Peggy and Phillip Shake Ellen and Max Shapira Dr. and Mrs. Roger J. Shott Mrs. Yandell R. Smith Ilam E. Smith Dr. John Roberts and Dr. Janet L. Smith Vertner Smith and Barbara West Bob Sokoler Sarah and Wright Steenrod Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Stewart Jay Trumbo Brittany Vencill Melany Wessels CRAFT ARTISAN Imram Aslam Rebecca Begley and Robert Weekly Daniel Briscoe Rebecca S Brown Erin Burke and Chris Klein Ashley Novak Butler Tiffany Ramos Cardwell Tich Changamire Richard and Elizabeth Clay Melanie and Rowan Claypool Vicki Coombs Jane Cornett Thomas and Paige Cox Colin Crawford William Curley and Linda Huss Conrad Daniels Matt and Emilie Delahanty Leonidas Deters and Penelope Shaw Dr. and Mrs. Walter Feibes Bill and Kathy Fensterer Gregg and Leslie Fowler Layla K. George and Mike Clark Salem and LuAnn George Jr. James and Grace Giesel Mary Jane and Peter Glauber Jeffrey Goldberg Dr. and Mrs. Richard Goldwin Tyson and Suzanne Gorman Tara and Mike Guenthner Carrie Hagovsky Barbara B. Hardy Kathy and Shaun Herbig Louis Hettinger

Hollie Hopkins Rhonda and Steve Houghland Nick and Mica Jochim Donna Y. Kays Todd and Kim Kennedy Rob King Kevin Klein Melanie Knight Warner and Willie Ann Lansing John Littig Karen Long Joe Lyons John Maltby Alex Marti Stephen and Virginia Mattingly Mr. Neil E. Mellen and Dr. Mavin H. Martin Claire Alagia & Creighton Mershon, Sr. Mike and Lauren Minor Susan Moremen Joanna and Robert Myers Patrick and Natalie Oster Mr. G Paul Owen Jr. Dustin Page and Bryan Miller Patrice E. Paton Lisa Petry David Gerald Polston Dr. Trudi Rash Mr. C. Glenn Reid Taylor Rich Benjamin K Richmond Alex Roma Seema Sheth and Andreas Wokutch Ted and Rae Shlechter Mary Ann Smania Matthew and Amy Smith Dr. J. C. States and Ms. G. R. Russo Paul Stropkay and Katherine Firth Dr. Wayne Villanueva and Janet C. Witzleben Craig and Kelley Welch Mitzie and Jim Wittliff Ms. Ruth Wukasch Carol and Bill Young David and Bonnie Zepka Kelly Zullo

S TA F F D O N O R S Norman P. Dixon Robert Barry Fleming Justin Hagovsky

Steve Knight Erin Meiman

A U D I E N C E

Jeff Rodgers Peggy Shake

33

Eats The restaurants below are certified and recommended by Audience as premium places for pre-show dinner, drinks or mingling. Let them know we sent you!

Area of Town

Restaurant Name

Reservations

Phone

Address

Notes

Downtown

Repeal Oak-Fired Steakhouse

Yes

(502) 716-7372

101 West Main St.

New steakhouse worth trying and great location.

Downtown

Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse

Yes

(502) 584-0102

325 West Main St. (Galt House Hotel)

Premium steaks & seafood

Downtown

Bristol Bar & Grille

Yes

(502) 582-1995

614 West Main St.

Wide variety of local favorites

Downtown

Walker’s Exchange

Yes

(502) 272-1834

140 N. 4th St. (Galt House Hotel)

Casual Southern Contemporary

Crescent Hill

Pat’s Steakhouse

Yes

(502) 893-2062

2437 Brownsboro Rd.

Premium steaks since 1958

Crescent Hill

Porcini Restaurant

Yes

(502) 894-8686

2730 Frankfort Ave.

Fine Northern Italian cuisine

Highlands

Jack Fry’s

Yes

(502) 452-9244

1007 Bardstown Rd.

High-end Southern fare & cocktails

Check out our full list of preferred restaurants at Audience502.com

Photo: Jessie Stone

KENTUCKY AUTHOR FORUM PRESENTS

MARCH 9, 2020

AMARYLLIS FOX

author of Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA, a riveting memoir telling the story of her ten years in the most clandestine operations unit of the CIA.

Interview - $25 Dinner - $120* * $50.00 tax deductible

For tickets: kentuckyperformingarts.org or call: 502.584.7777 34

A U D I E N C E

LOUISVILLE L ANDMARK

DISCOVER THE PAST IN THE PRESENT AT LOUISVILLE’S LOCUST GROVE

Locust Grove

Locust Grove is where Louisville begins—where curiosity is welcome, and every day is a day for exploration. Built in 1792, this National Historic Landmark and historic house museum has welcomed artists, presidents, adventurers, and pioneers of early Kentucky, and was the final home of General George Rogers Clark, hero of the American Revolution and founder of the city of Louisville. This house was here at the beginning—the beginning of Louisville, of Kentucky, and the United States. Built in 1792 by William Croghan, an Irish immigrant and veteran of the American Revolution, Locust Grove was home to four generations of Louisville families and over 70 enslaved individuals.

Croghan operated Locust Grove as a farm and was

also involved in surveying the area before and after Kentucky became the fifteenth state.

Open for tours from February through December, Locust Grove is the perfect spot to explore the early nineteenth century through the daily lives of the people who lived and worked there and hear the stories of all who contributed to the history of the site. From the eight Croghan children born and raised in the house, to the enslaved individuals who built the house and farmed the land, there are many contributions to the rich history of the grounds.

Locust Grove is also the only site still standing west of the Appalachian Mountains where Lewis and Clark visited together.

During the daily tours, visitors will explore the A U D I E N C E

restored historic house and hear about the people who frequented its parlors, as well as venture out into the outbuildings and grounds to learn about the lives and stories of the enslaved community. This small farm distillery demonstrates the intersection between agriculture and alcohol at special events throughout the year, taking guests through the step by step process of turning grain, fruit, and water into spirits using 19th century methods. Annual events such as Gardeners’ Fair in May, a Free Fourth of July celebration, and the 18th Century Market Fair in October allow guests to immerse themselves in the stories of the past and be surrounded by the natural beauty of 55 acres of gardens and grounds.

The site is celebrating its third century as part of Louisville’s great story.

Come learn something old every day at Locust Grove and discover the present in the past.

Historic Locust Grove is a 55- acre 18th century historic site located at 561 Blankenbaker Lane.

For more information, visit LocustGrove.org or call 502-897-9845.

35

T H E AT R E S TA F F EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Robert Barry Fleming ARTISTIC Artistic Producer .................................................Emily Tarquin Artistic Manager .................................. Zachary Meicher-Buzzi Interim Company Manager............................. Ellen Greetham

LITERARY Literary Director ................................................. Amy Wegener Literary Manager ...........................................Jenni Page-White Resident Dramaturg .......................Hannah Rae Montgomery

PRODUCTION Production Manager ............................................. Paul Werner Assistant Production Manager .............................. Bryn Weiler Production Stage Manager .............................Stephen Horton Resident Stage Managers .............................Jessica Kay Potter, Katherine Thesing Resident Production Assistants ... Andie Burns, Margaret Rial

SCENIC

Director of Learning & Creative Engagement......Erica Denise Learning & Creative Engagement Associates............................

Janelle Renee Dunn, Abigail Miskowiec Teaching Artists ............................. Liz Fentress, Claire Hagan, Alyssa Rae Hendricks, Keith McGill, Talleri McRae, Morgan Younge

Technical Director ........................................... Justin Hagovsky Associate Technical Director ............................Braden Blauser Scene Shop Manager ...............................Javan Roy-Bachman Master Carpenter ......................................................Alexia Hall Scenic Carpenters ................Hannah Allgeier, Pierre Vendette Deck Carpenters ...............Gracie Lawson, Brooke McPherson Scenic Charge Artist .............................................. Colleen Doty

ADMINISTRATION

COSTUMES

LEARNING & CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT

General Manager .......................................... Jeffrey S. Rodgers Human Resources Manager .................................... Marie Tull Systems Manager ......................................................Dot Krebs Executive Assistant ........................................... Norman Dixon Ticket Sales Director .........................................Kim McKercher Season Tickets Manager .....................................Julie Gallegos Patron Services Managers ..........Steve Clark, Kristy Kannapell Patron Services Associates...LaShana Avery, Sophia Bierman, Leah Boruff-Bodoin, Kristine Farley, Marty Huelsmann

Costume Director .................................................... Mike Floyd Crafts Master ....................................................... Shari Cochran Draper/Tailor .......................................................... Jeffery Park First Hands ............................................................ Faith Brown Stitchers ...............................Celeste Collado, Maureen Strobel Costume Design Assistants................Isabel Martin, Tiffany Yu Wig Supervisor ......................................................... Katie Ward Wig & Makeup Assistant ................................. Rebecca Traylor Wardrobe Manager ................................................ Anna Jenny Wardrobe Assistants... Camila Benencia Courreges, Chloe Hixson

VOLUNTEER & AUDIENCE RELATIONS

LIGHTING

AUDIENCE SERVICES & SALES

Director of Volunteer & Audience Relations..Allison Hammons Lobby Manager.................................................Greylyn Gregory House Managers .........................Jesse Barfield, Tiffany Bush, Ellen Greetham, Hilary Jones, Steve Renner, Abigail Rogers Audience Services Associates....................... Michaela Barczek, Matthew Dryburgh, Will LaRue, Sujotta Pace

Lighting Supervisor ...........................................Jason E. Weber Associate Lighting Supervisor .............................. Dani Clifford Lead Lighting Technician ........... Wylder Cooper, Tyler Warner Lighting Technician ....................... Blake Anderson, Will Blair, Andy Glischinski, Troy Johnson, Lindsay Krupski, Steven York

SOUND

DEVELOPMENT Chief Development Officer..................................Patrick Owen Manager of Community Partnerships..........Mary Bainbridge Development Coordinator........................................Kelly Scott

Sound Supervisor .....................................................Paul Doyle Assistant Sound Supervisor ........................... Lindsay Burdsall Sound Technician .................Marion Ayers, Victoria Campbell

FINANCE

PROPERTIES

Finance Director ....................................................Peggy Shake Accounting Manager .............................................. Jason Acree Accounting Assistant ....................................Christine England

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Marketing & Communications Director ............. Steve Knight Associate Director of Marketing .........................Melissa Hines Festival & Events Manager ..................................Erin Meiman Public Relations & Communications Manager...............Elizabeth Greenfield Marketing & Communications Coordinator...Charlotte Stephens Graphic Designer ......................................... Mary Kate Grimes Assistant Graphic Designer ........................Sheyenne Santiago Group Sales Manager ............................................Sarah Peters Outbound Customer Service Representative .David Meredith

OPERATIONS Operations Director ...........................................Carlo Stallings Operations Manager ............................................Ricky Baldon Building Services ............. Deonta Burns, Michael Sweatmon, Cedrick Yelder 36

Properties Director ..............................................Mark Walston Associate Properties Master ............................ Heather Lindert Assistant Properties Master ............................ Katelin Ashcraft Carpenter Artisan ................................................Ryan Bennett Soft Goods Artisan .............................................Jessie Combest

VIDEO Media Technologist ............................................ Philip Allgeier

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COMPANY Director ................................................ Christine Albright-Tufts Artistic Coordinator ............................................ Jonathan Ruiz Acting.............Michael Allyn, Kaitlyn Boyer, Aizhaneya Carter, Zoë DePreta, Christopher Garofalo, Jen Jarnagin, Noah Keyishian, Teresa Langford, Germainne LeBron, Alex Lin, Gabriela Llarena, Alex Might, Mollie Murk, Kat Peña, Andrew G. Rodriguez, Patrick Steadman Taylor, Ashtonn Thompson, Isaiah J. Williams Communications..................................................Austin French Costumes.................................................................. Emily Brod Directing.................................................. Cara Hinh, Julia Rufo

A U D I E N C E

SERVICES & AMENITIES

T H E AT R E S TA F F Dramaturgy & Literary Management.......Kathryn de la Rosa, Liam E. Gibbs Festival & Events Management............................ Abby Tauber Learning & Creative Engagement............... Michaela Barczak, Matthew Dryburgh Lighting......................................................................Siena Wise Marketing......................................................... Sarah Jae Leiber Producing & Casting..............................................Sujotta Pace Production Management....................................Carol Almonte Properties........................................................Peter deGuzman Scenic................................................................ Patrice J. Nelms Sound................................................................... Joshua Brown Stage Management...................... Sophie Antovel, Julia Bregy, Connor Feagin, Maggie Hoffecker

USHER CAPTAINS Dolly Adams, Shirley Adkins, Marie Allen, Terryl Allen, Katherine Austin, Libba & Chuck Bonifer, Tanya Briley, Judy Buckler, Brenda Cease, Maleva Chamberlain, Donna Conlon, Terry Conway, Ella Cullen, Laurie Eiden, Doris Elder, Joyce French, Carol Halbleib, LuAnn & Tom Hayes, Candace Jaworski, Holly Kissel, Natalie Koch, Yvonne Mead, Barbara Nichols, Teresa Nusz, Beth Phipps, Nancy Rankin, Tim Unruh, Peyton Weihe, Lily Wobbe.

ACTORS THEATRE’S COMPANY DOCTOR Dr. Andrew Mickler, F.A.C.S.

ACTORS THEATRE'S COMPANY PHYSICAL THERAPY PROVIDER Kevin Brown, MEd, ATC, CKTP, FMT

Actors Theatre of Louisville was founded in 1964 by Richard Block in association with Ewel Cornett. Jon Jory was Producing Director from 1969 to 2000. Alexander Speer was Executive Director from 1965 to 2006.

ARTISTS UNDER COMMISSION In addition to reading script submissions from around the country, Actors Theatre of Louisville builds relationships with playwrights and encourages the creation of new work by commissioning plays from artists whom we admire. A new play commission engages a writer to pen a piece specifically for Actors Theatre of Louisville and allows us to support the work’s development from the earliest stages of inspiration onward.

Some notable past full-length plays commissioned by Actors Theatre and produced in the Humana Festival of New American Plays include The Christians and The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath, Cry it Out by Molly Smith Metzler, For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday by Sarah Ruhl, Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo, Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison (co-commission with Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Big Love and The Glory of the World by Charles Mee, and Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies (winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama).

COMMISSIONED WRITERS CURRENTLY INCLUDE: Jeff Augustin, Vivian Barnes, Lisa Sanaye Dring, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Idris Goodwin, Sarah Gubbins, Jane B. Jones, Rajiv Joseph & Bill Sherman, Jonathan Norton, Gab Reisman, and Alexis Scheer

TICKET INFORMATION Box Office Hours (During Performances) Subject to change.

Monday: Tuesday-Thursday: Friday-Saturday: Sunday:

10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

12 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

12 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

12 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Order by phone: (502) 584-1205 • 1-800-4ATL-TIX Phone orders are subject to a $3 per ticket processing fee.

All orders subject to a $2 per ticket Historic Landmark Fee. Online fees vary, based on ticket cost.

Order Online: ActorsTheatre.org Address: 316 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202-4218 USA SPECIAL OFFERS Season Ticket Packages A range of ticket packages are available, including incredible benefits. Call our Box Office for options or visit ActorsTheatre.org/SeasonTickets.

Groups Discounts ranging from 5% to 20% are available to groups of ten or more. Call (502) 585-1210 for details.

Ages 60+, military, students (full-time with valid ID), and patrons with disabilities receive 10% off single tickets.

Day of Performance: Patrons with disabilities and students $24.

Gift Certificates Perfect for all occasions, gift certificates are available in any amount and can be purchased at the Box Office or online at actorstheatre.org.

Ticket Exchange Ticket holders may exchange their tickets either by phone or in person. As soon as possible after exchange needs are known, please call or visit our Box Office to make arrangements. Ticket exchanges may be made until 5 p.m. the day of the date on the tickets or one hour in advance of a matinee—only for another performance of the same play. Upgrade fees may apply.

PLEASE NOTE Ticket discounts are subject to availability, cannot be combined with other discounts, and are not valid on previously purchased tickets. Historic Landmark and phone fees apply. Not valid during blackout performances or special programming. Seating restrictions may apply. Visit ActorsTheatre.org/ TicketOptions for more information.

GALLERY HOURS (During Performances) Tuesday - Friday: 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Saturday - Sunday: 1 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Closed Mondays and non-performance days

A U D I E N C E

37

SERVICES & AMENITIES FOOD & BEVERAGE Food is not permitted in the theatre.

NO SMOKING No smoking of any kind is permitted within the facility.

Beverage Service Beverage service is available at the lobby bar TuesdaySunday, one hour before all shows and at intermission.

Post-performance beverage service is available at MilkWood. Beverages can be pre-purchased for intermission at the bar before all performances.

ACCESSIBILITY Accessible ramps, elevators, parking, restrooms, water fountains and wheelchair seating are available for patrons with disabilities. Booster seats are available for check-out at the Box Office with a refundable deposit. Parking is located on levels M and 3–6 of the garage. Accessible restrooms are located on the first floor and Mezzanine Level.

MilkWood Open Tuesday-Sunday at 5:30 p.m. MilkWood, a restaurant operated by Chef Edward Lee, is located on the lower level of Actors Theatre. Food is available at the bar in the restaurant without reservations; however, reservations are recommended for table service. For reservations, please call (502) 584-MILK (6455) or visit MilkwoodRestaurant.com.

LATE ARRIVAL POLICY Late Seating in the Pamela Brown Auditorium or the Bingham Theatre is at the discretion of the House Manager, who can be located in the lobbies upon your arrival. Due to the intimate nature of the Victor Jory Theatre, latecomers will not be seated.

PARKING Accessible parking is available on the Mezzanine Level of the Actors parking garage and on the Ground Floor Level for vans. There are additional marked spaces next to the Main Street elevators on Levels 3 through 6. The Actors parking garage elevators, located along Main Street, provide direct access to theatre lobbies.

For information on discount parking for theatre events or traffic updates and alerts, please visit our website at ActorsTheatre.org or contact our Box Office at 502.584.1205.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURE In the event of a fire, a severe storm or an earthquake, you will be instructed by an announcement from the stage indicating the best method of exit. Please notice the multiple red exit signs in the theatre. For your safety, please exit in a calm and orderly manner.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES Please silence your phone or watch alarm so it will not disrupt the performance. Use of cellular phones, pagers, cameras, recording devices or any device that will light up the rows behind you are strictly prohibited in the auditorium. If you feel you may need to be contacted in case of an emergency, check your phone or pager with the house manager. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

NO FIREARMS Firearms are strictly prohibited on these premises.

CHILDREN Children under age four are not permitted unless the production specifically appeals to very young children.

All children attending an event, regardless of age, must have a ticket. Because it can be distracting to others in the theatre, if your child is disruptive or excessively restless, you may be asked to step outside.

38

Sound Enhancement All theatres are equipped with an FM wireless system for hearing enhancement. Lightweight receivers with earphones or magnetic induction loops are available free of charge, with a refundable deposit, from the House Manager or at Coat Check.

Audio-Described Performances Selected performances, generally during a weekend matinee, are audio described for patrons who are blind or have low vision.

Describers provide a live, objective, and descriptive delivery of the visual elements of the performance in between the dialogue. A schedule is available at the Box Office. Provided by Kentucky Performing Arts.

Caption Theatre Caption Theatre is provided for selected performances for patrons who have hearing loss and may not benefit from hearing amplification.

The audible elements are shown on an LED sign, in real time, as each line is spoken or sung. Reservations for this service should be made at the time of ticket purchase to ensure the best seating for this service. Provided by Kentucky Performing Arts.

Sensory Friendly Sensory-friendly items such as noise-reducing headphones, fidgets and stress balls are available for check-out, with a refundable deposit, from the House Manager or at Coat Check.

A schedule of sensory-friendly and relaxed performances is available at the Box Office.

Large-Print Programs Large-print programs are available at the entrance to all theatres on both levels.

VOLUNTEERS Volunteer opportunities are available as a member of Actors Associates or the Usher Corps. Call (502) 584-1265 ext. 3072 or visit actorstheatre.org/volunteer.

RENTALS Looking for a unique space to hold an event?

Actors Theatre boasts a variety of different spaces for events ranging from meetings to conferences.

Call (502) 584-1265 for details.

BACKSTAGE TOURS Backstage Tours arranged by advance request.

Call (502) 584-1265 ext. 3072.

All programs, activities and services are provided equally without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

A U D I E N C E

A toast to patience We toast our French oak barrels a third longer than most. It’s a difference you can taste.

Please enjoy our wines responsibly.

A U D I E N C E

©2019 Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards, Windsor, Sonoma County, ca

39

For the love of the Bluegrass.

Through March 1.

Learn the story of the horse through art— stories like the world record race of rider Frances Dodge and Greyhound, the greatest trotter of all time. Together, they set a world record in 1940 at the Red Mile in Lexington. Frances had never ridden Greyhound before that day.

Image George Ford Morris (American, 1873–1960) Frances Dodge on Greyhound, 1941 Oil on canvas 34” H x 47” W (framed) Loan courtesy of a private collection Exhibition support provided by Ashbourne Farms Roberto Coin / Davis Jewelers PNC Wealth Management Jackson Family Wines

Gainesway Farm Justice Real Estate Commonwealth Bank & Trust Millennial Title Mr. and Mrs. George Hoskins Austin and Janie Musselman William McMahan Nina Bonnie Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Farmer Connie Goodman Susan and Allan Lavin Carol and Charles Hebel Helen Condon Powell

Hardscuffle, Inc. Genevieve and Terry Lacer Exhibition season support provided by Dav Fam Art Fund Cary Brown and Steven E. Epstein Paul and Deborah Chellgren Debra and Ronald Murphy Eleanor Bingham Miller