OCTOBER 2019
Actors Theatre of Louisville presents the Fiasco Theater production of
MEASURE by William Shakespeare directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld
Oct. 9 – 27, 2019
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F R O M T H E T H E AT R E
Welcome to Measure for Measure and the much-anticipated return of the Bingham Signature Shakespeare Series! This series is the result of a gift from the Bingham family and supports bringing the work of William Shakespeare to our stages. I look forward to experiencing the Bard’s classics with you. I’m especially pleased that we’re bringing Fiasco Theater’s acclaimed production of Measure for Measure to Louisville. With gorgeous music, brilliant comic storytelling and their passion for language, Fiasco immerses us in the city of Vienna, where people from many walks of life struggle with the clash of vice and virtue. At the heart of the play is one young woman’s courageous attempt to save her brother from the harsh repercussions of the law. Witnessing her pursuit of mercy, we may each begin to question the efficacy of justice that seeks punishment over healing. This classic story challenges our society’s assumptions that complex ideas such as sin and morality can be reduced to strict binaries that dictate who’s good and who’s bad. Theatre provides a brave space for us to share stories and experiences. This time we have with each other is valuable. I invite you to look around. Maybe you’d like to greet the person on your right and on your left. Consider that we all have more in common than not. Let’s meditate and reflect on this experience together to investigate that idea. Looking ahead, we’ll soon be celebrating the magic of the holidays! Create a tradition for the whole family with the visual splendor and joyous music of Fifth Third Bank’s A Christmas Carol. Or, if you’d prefer a show that doesn’t belong on the “nice list,” The Santaland Diaries provides an irreverent peek into life as a Christmas elf at Macy’s Santaland. We look forward to sharing this special time of year with you and yours. Thank you again for joining us. I invite you to share your thoughts with us directly at Leadership@ActorsTheatre.org. Enjoy the show!
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Bingham Signature Shakespeare Series the Fiasco Theater production of
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld October 9–27, 2019
FEATURING Paul L. Coffey *, Matt Dallal *, Devin E. Haqq *, Stephanie Machado *, Paco Tolson * and Jessica Wortham * Derek McLane †
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Whitney Locher †
Lighting Designer
Christopher Akerlind †
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Erin Joy Swank * Jessica Kay Potter *
Casting Karie Koppel, Koppel Casting The directors are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Inc., an independent national labor union. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers of the United States. † Designers that are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA – 829 of the IATSE.
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PRODUCTION CREDITS THE CAST OF CHARACTERS (in order of speaking) Duke Devin E. Haqq * Escalus/Francisca/Mariana Jessica Wortham *
Angelo/Friar Peter/Elbow
Paul L. Coffey *
Lucio/Froth Paco Tolson *
Mistress Overdone/Isabella
Stephanie Machado *
Pompey/Claudio Matt Dallal *
INTERMISSION There will be one 15-minute intermission.
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION CREDITS
Fight Captain
Directing Assistants
Stage Management Apprentice
Paco Tolson * Cara Hinh +, Julia Rufo + Julia Bregy +
+ Member of the Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
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FROM FIASCO THEATER’S CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Fiasco Theater. Front row: Ben Steinfeld, Jessie Austrian, Emily Young and Noah Brody. Back row: Andy Grotelueschen and Paul L. Coffey. Photo by Jeff Malet.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE is a play about city life. Shakespeare seems to use Vienna as a way to explore the complexities of his London—complexities that resonate in our cities today. In Measure, the Viennese inhabit spaces divided by physical, social and psychological barriers, and Shakespeare examines those spaces where the barriers are removed and people are forced into contact and conflict with each other: places like the courtroom, the church and the brothel. For us, these locations of the body politic also connect to locations in the human body: specifically the head (intellectual), the heart (spiritual) and the groin (primal). And so we meet characters whose worldviews are based in different physical centers and who struggle to 8
find balance within themselves and their culture. When should we temper justice with mercy? Why do some people live for the sacred and some for the profane? How can we live as both the individual animals we are and the civilized society we need to be? What should be done when a leader entrusted with power over people’s lives proves unfit for the office he holds? It has been a great gift to engage with these questions, and we hope you enjoy the process as much as we have. Thank you for coming. — Ben Steinfeld, Noah Brody and Jessie Austrian, Co-Artistic Directors, Fiasco Theater
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ABOUT THE MUSIC IN MEASURE FOR MEASURE
From William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices, written ca. 1592-3.
THE VOCAL MUSIC in this production of Measure for Measure was written by William Byrd, one of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. Born in London circa 1540, Byrd is considered to be one of the most prolific and influential composers of the English Renaissance. Over the course of a decades-long career, Byrd crafted more than 450 pieces, among which are formally innovative compositions for the keyboard and for instrumental ensembles, as well as choral works in English and Latin. He wrote both secular and sacred music that is still performed today. For the members of Fiasco Theater, Byrd is a natural companion to Shakespeare and Measure for Measure. Byrd’s sacred pieces resonate with the play’s faith-driven elements, and his frequent use of counterpoint embodies the tensions and multiple perspectives that propel the plot. In counterpoint compositions, two or more independent melodies are in conversation with each
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“Including vocal music by a contemporary of Shakespeare brings all of our ears and sensibilities into a Renaissance mode of thinking and feeling.” other as they unfold at the same time, and it’s out of their difference or even conflict that something beautiful and unexpected emerges. As sung a cappella by the cast, Byrd’s intricate harmonies highlight both the strength of the ensemble and the artistry of the individual voices within it. Ben Steinfeld, Measure for Measure’s co-director and music director, also imagines Byrd’s work as an additional entry point into the world of the play. “Including vocal music by a contemporary of Shakespeare brings all of our ears and sensibilities into a Renaissance mode of thinking and feeling. It wakes us up to language and sound in a different way,” he reflects. “I chose these particular Byrd songs because their lyrical content reflects the themes, experiences and questions of this play so wonderfully.” —Jessica Reese
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BIOGRAPHIES THE ACTING COMPANY Paul L. Coffey (Angelo/Friar Peter/ Elbow) is making his Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: The Old Globe, McCarter Theatre Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Folger Theatre, Trinity Repertory Company, Pig Iron Theatre Company and the Berkshire Theatre Festival. OffBroadway: Merrily We Roll Along and Into the Woods at Roundabout Theatre Company, Twelfth Night at Classic Stage Company, Measure for Measure at The New Victory Theater, The Two Gentlemen of Verona at Theatre for a New Audience and Cymbeline at Theatre for a New Audience/ Barrow Street Theatre (all with Fiasco Theater). Film: Late Night. Television: Blue Bloods. Other Theatre: Into the Woods at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory. Additional Credits: Coffey is a graduate of the Brown/Trinity M.F.A. acting program, a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and a company member of Fiasco Theater. Matt Dallal (Pompey/ Claudio) Regional Theatre: Love’s Labor’s Lost at the Folger Theatre, Borderline (Workshop) at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Three Sisters and Adam and Evie at Living Room Theatre (Company Member). Off Broadway: Saturday Night (Concert) at Second Stage. Television: Emergence on ABC. Other Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing, The Cherry Orchard and Urinetown at Circle in the Square Theatre School.
Devin E. Haqq (Duke) is making his Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: As You Like It at Arden Theatre Company. Off-Broadway: The Winning Side, Richard III, Macbeth and Measure for Measure at Epic Theatre Ensemble; Knives in Hens at 59E59 Theaters (New York City premiere); Singing Beach at HERE Arts Center (world premiere); Much Ado About Nothing at New York Shakespeare Exchange; All God’s Chillun’ Got Wings at JACK; Film: All the Little Things We Kill, For Entertainment Purposes Only, Ambition’s Debt and The Assassin. Additional Credits: M.F.A. from University of Alabama. Haqq was a recipient of the Paul Robeson AwardHonorable Mention at the 2018 Newark Black Film Festival. For more information, please visit www.devinehaqq.weebly.com. Stephanie Machado (Isabella/Mistress Overdone) is making her Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: An Enemy of the People, Indecent and Assassins (Yale Repertory Theatre); Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (McCarter Theatre); Christina (Cleveland Play House). Off-Broadway: All’s Well That Ends Well and Much Ado About Nothing (Play On Shakespeare Festival/Classic Stage Company). Other Theatre: Passion, Amy and the Orphans, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, Blood Wedding and Bulgaria! Revolt! (Yale School of Drama); Cloud Tectonics, This Sweet Affliction (Yale Cabaret).
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BIOGRAPHIES Additional Credits: Machado received her M.F.A. in acting from Yale School of Drama. She is a recipient of the Oliver Thorndike and the Greer Garson Acting Awards, and the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship. Paco Tolson (Lucio/ Froth) is making his Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: The Winter’s Tale and Vietgone at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Vietgone, Poor Yella Rednecks and Peter and the Starcatcher at South Coast Repertory; Arabian Nights and Tooth and Claw at Arden Theatre Company. Off-Broadway: Vietgone at Manhattan Theatre Club; Twelfth Night with Fiasco Theater at Classic Stage Company; The Unwritten Song and End Days at Ensemble Studio Theatre; The Children of Vonderly and Rescue Me with Ma-Yi Theater; Soul Samurai, Fight Girl Battle World and The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G with Vampire Cowboys. Film and Television: Madam Secretary, Happy!, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Code and 7 Day Gig. Tolson is a graduate of Brown University and a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre. Jessica Wortham (Escalus/Francisca/ Mariana) is a resident Louisvillian and thrilled to be working with Actors Theatre again this season. At Actors Theatre: Pipeline, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Marginal Loss (2018 Humana Festival), Crime and Punishment, Twelfth Night, A Christmas Story, Dracula 12
and the Humana Festival premieres of The Ruby Sunrise, Backstory and No. 11 (Blue and White). Regional Theatre: Outside Mullingar at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (BATCC Nomination); The Second Girl at Contemporary American Theater Festival; A Servant to Two Masters and Othello at Pittsburgh Public Theater; Henry VIII at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Informed Consent at Cleveland Play House and Geva Theatre Center; and The Understudy and Black Pearl Sings! (BATCC Award) at San Jose Repertory Theatre. Off-Broadway: Green Girl at The Public Theater and Bone Portraits at Soho Rep/Walkerspace. Television: The Americans. Additional Credits: Wortham received her M.F.A. in acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep.
DIRECTORS Noah Brody (Co-Director) is an actor, director, teacher and co-artistic director of Fiasco Theater. For Fiasco, he has directed Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout Theatre Company), during which he was privileged to collaborate with Stephen Sondheim and Alex Gemigniani. He co-directed and acted in Fiasco’s productions of Into the Woods (McCarter Theatre Center, The Old Globe, Roundabout Theatre Company, Menier Chocolate Factory), The Imaginary Invalid (The Old Globe), Measure for Measure (The New Victory Theater, Long Wharf Theatre), Twelfth Night (Classic Stage Company) and Cymbeline (Theatre for a New Audience/Barrow Street Theatre). Some of these productions won awards. He has appeared in Fiasco’s production of Two Gentlemen of Verona (Folger Theatre, Theatre for a New Audience) and co-directed the national tour of Fiasco’s production of Into the Woods. Elsewhere,
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BIOGRAPHIES he has directed a reading of Sondheim’s Saturday Night for Second Stage Theater, appeared in As You Like It (Classic Stage Company, John Doyle, dir.), directed Lungs at the Wolfe Street Playhouse and acted at theatres around the country and in Europe. He teaches acting and rehearsal technique through Fiasco and the New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study’s summer Shakespeare Intensive. Ben Steinfeld (Co-Director/Musical Director) is an actor, director, teacher, musician and co-artistic director of Fiasco Theater. Regional Theatre: McCarter Theatre Center, The Old Globe, Long Wharf Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Westport Country Playhouse, Trinity Repertory Company and Folger Theatre, among others. Broadway: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Cyrano de Bergerac. Off-Broadway/Fiasco: Baker in Into the Woods (Lucille Lortel Nomination for Best Actor in a Musical); Frank in Merrily We Roll Along; Cymbeline (Theatre for a New Audience/Barrow Street Theatre); Measure for Measure (The New Victory Theater); Twelfth Night (Classic Stage Company); The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Theatre for a New Audience). Film: HBO’s Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight and Who Framed Tommy Callahan? (upcoming). TV: The Deuce, The Good Wife and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Additional credits: Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle, Helen Hayes and Lucille Lortel Awards. Steinfeld holds an M.F.A. from Brown University/Trinity Rep.
DESIGNERS Christopher Akerlind (Lighting Designer) At Actors Theatre: Peter Pan and Hay Fever. Regional Theatre: Floyd’s (Guthrie 14
Theater) and Oklahoma! (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), among many others. Broadway: Indecent, Waitress, The Last Ship, Rocky the Musical, Porgy and Bess, Awake and Sing!, The Light in the Piazza and Seven Guitars, among others. Off-Broadway: Julius Caesar (Theater for a New Audience), among many others. Additional Credits: Akerlind is a two-time Tony Award winner and has received multiple Drama Desk Awards, multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards, the Michael Merritt Award for Design and Collaboration, the Henry Hewes Award and an Obie Award. Whitney Locher (Costume Designer) Regional Theatre: Sex with Strangers and Venus in Fur at Cleveland Play House; Into The Woods at The McCarter Theatre Center and The Old Globe; Measure for Measure at Long Wharf Theatre; A Christmas Carol at Kansas City Repertory Theatre; Damascus at Northern Stage. Off-Broadway: The Hello Girls and Nymph Errant at Prospect Theater Company; On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Woman and Scarecrow and The Emperor Jones at Irish Repertory Theatre; Into the Woods at Roundabout Theatre Company; Cymbeline at Theatre for a New Audience/Barrow Street; The Two Gentlemen of Verona at Theatre for a New Audience; Dead Dog Park, H20 at 59E59 Theaters. National Tours: Into the Woods with NETworks Presentations and Love Never Dies with Troika Entertainment. Additional Credits: Locher is a member of USA 829 and an adjunct professor at Pace University. For more information, please visit www.whitneylocher.com. Derek McLane (Scenic Designer) has designed over 350 productions for Broadway, Off-Broadway, TV and
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BIOGRAPHIES international venues. On Broadway: Over 40 productions, including Moulin Rouge, Burn This, The Parisian Woman, Anything Goes, The Price, Fully Committed, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Ragtime, I Am My Own Wife and 33 Variations (Tony Award). He has designed the Academy Awards six times (Emmy Award) and has designed four live musicals for NBC, including Hairspray (Emmy Award). McLane has won two Obie, three Lucille Lortel and three Art Directors Guild Awards.
CREATIVE TEAM Fiasco Theater is an ensemble that offers dynamic, joyful, actor-driven productions of plays and musicals. Fiasco’s artists believe the performer, the text and the audience’s imagination are
the primary elements required to create great theater. Past shows include Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout Theatre Company), Cymbeline (Theatre for a New Audience/Barrow Street Theatre), Into the Woods (Roundabout, The Old Globe, McCarter Theatre Center), Measure for Measure (The New Victory Theater, Long Wharf Theatre), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Folger Theatre, Theatre for a New Audience), The Imaginary Invalid (The Old Globe) and Twelfth Night (Classic Stage Company). Cymbeline was presented Off-Broadway twice for nearly 200 performances and was honored with the 2012 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Revival. Into the Woods garnered the 2015 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Revival. Into the Woods went on to play the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, and
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BIOGRAPHIES the 2016-17 national tour won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Visiting Production and The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Direction and Best Ensemble. Every year, Fiasco offers the Free Training Initiative—a three-week, conservatory-level classical acting intensive for professional actors, completely free of charge to students. Fiasco’s work has been commissioned by The Old Globe and they have been in residence with Theatre for a New Audience, Duke University, Marquette University and Louisiana State University. They are currently in residence with Roundabout Theatre Company and New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Their work has been developed at the Sundance Theatre Lab, the Orchard Project, SPACE on Ryder Farm and The Shakespeare Society, and they have led master classes at Brown University and New York University. Fiasco Theater receives generous support from The Howard Gilman Foundation, SHS Foundation, Lucille Lortel Foundation, Actors’ Equity Foundation, The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, New York State Council on the Arts and The Shubert Organization.
PRODUCTION Jessica Kay Potter (Assistant Stage Manager) At Actors Theatre: Everybody Black, 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, 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 16
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!, A Christmas Carol, 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. Erin Joy Swank (Stage Manager) is making her Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at Tuacahn Center for the Arts; My Fair Lady at Arkansas Repertory Theatre; Production Stage Manager at the former Tennessee Repertory Theatre. Other Theatre: Production Stage Manager at New Harmony Theatre. Additional Credits: Swank enjoys working in multiple genres, including productions of The Nutcracker with Nevada Ballet Theatre, The Barber of Seville at Boston Lyric Opera and five tours of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Recently appointed as a Vice Commissioner in Management for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, she is also an active volunteer for the Stage Managers’ Association and Actors’ Equity Association. For more information, including her blog on stage management topics, please visit erinjoyswank.com.
CASTING Koppel Casting, Karie Koppel At Actors Theatre: Dracula, Measure for Measure. Other regional credits include: Denver Center Theatre, Geva Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Cape Playhouse, Arena Stage, The Magic Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Northern Stage, Arizona Theatre
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BIOGRAPHIES Company, Syracuse Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Bucks County Playhouse and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Off-Broadway: Eve Ensler’s Fruit Trilogy, The Gentleman Caller, The Boy Who Danced On Air, Mother of Invention, STET and Much Ado About Nothing. Feature Films: The Empath, Friends, First and Foremost, The House of Usher and The Visit. Other recent projects include: several PBS films, industrials, and independent films. Middletown with GFour Productions. Chicago credits include: work on commercials, Shameless, Chicago Fire and Romeo and Juliet.
PLAYWRIGHT William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, the third
of eight children (five of whom survived to adulthood). He married in 1582, and after the birth of his three children, Shakespeare moved to London in the late 1580s to establish himself as an actor and playwright. By 1594, he was performing and writing for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and soon became a managing partner in the company. When Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603 and James I succeeded her to the throne of England, the troupe was renamed the King’s Men. Before Shakespeare’s death in 1616, he wrote 38 plays as well as poetry, including 154 sonnets. In 1623, two colleagues from his theatre company printed the First Folio edition of his collected plays, of which about half were previously unpublished.
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A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R Robert Barry Fleming Artistic Director Fleming served as Associate Artistic Director at Cleveland Play House from 20162019. 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 Two-Character 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).
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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 Marsha and David Roth Mr. and 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. 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 Anonymous 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 22
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 Anonymous Holland and Sherry McTyeire Susan S. and Robert H. Means Anonymous Rick and Becky Reed Jonathan and Julie Roberts Kris and Wendy Sirchio 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
STAGE MANAGER CIRCLE
Michael Alt 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
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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 Anonymous 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 Sally and Charlie Moyer Duane and Anne Murner Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Murphy Anonymous John Poole Chris Price George W. Rapp Jr. and Lynne Meena Theresa and Ben Reno-Weber 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 John Weeter, MD and Linda Weeter Sarina and Robert Weiss Thomas and Susan Wobbe Stephen and Coretta Wolford
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 Ed Kruger and Jeff Rodgers 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 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 Syberg 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 and 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 Karl Victor 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 Carrie and Justin Hagovsky
Steve Knight Erin Meiman
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Jeffrey S. Rodgers Peggy Shake
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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
Vice President for Service Robert Lutz
Board Members Linda Cauble Terry Conway Wanda Cundiff Lew Ketcham Melanie Knight Tom Morton Lue 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
Secretary Barbara Ketcham
Immediate Past President Caroline Martinson
Vice President for Communication Rita Bell
Financial Secretary Bill Bolte
Vice President for Fundraising Barbara Nichols
Treasurer Doris Elder
Vice President for Hospitality Patti Slagle
Cast of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 2018. Photo by Jonathan Roberts.
Coordinator, Gift Shop Operations Pennie Miller Service Coordinator Mary Korfage
TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE THEATRE THAT ENRICHES LIVES.
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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* The Schloss Family Foundation♦ Wells Fargo*♦ 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♦ Pfizer, Inc. Southwest Airlines♦† Theatermania/Gretchen Shugart*♦ George S. Smith, Jr.*♦ UBS DONORS ($10,000‑$14,999) Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Epiq Systems* Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy Foundation Lisa Orberg♦ Presidio* Thomas C. Quick* RBC Wealth Management♦ Daniel A. Simkowitz*♦ S&P Global TD Charitable Foundation♦ Isabelle Winkles*♦ 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* Mason & Kim Granger* ♦ Brian J. Harkins* ♦ Gregory S. Hurst* ♦ Howard and Janet Kagan ♦ Joseph F. Kirk* ♦ John R. Mathena *♦ Ogilvy & Mather† Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart*♦ Dina Merril & Ted Hartley* Newmark Holdings* Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. * John Thomopoulos*♦ Evelyn Mack Truitt* Leslie C. & Regina Quick Charitable Trust As of August 2017 * 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 Actors Education 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
The Galt House Hotel 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 A U D I E N C E
Parking Authority of River City (PARC) The Paw Zone, LLC Pawsitively Dogs Grooming Rabbit Hole Distillery Republic Bank Ms. Elizabeth Rounsavall SCOUT Wendy and Kris Sirchio Taxi 7 Mac and Jessica Thompson VIA Studio Virginia Gray Henry White Clay Consulting ZFX Flying Effects 25
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PRODUCTION
Artistic Producer ....................................................Emily Tarquin Artistic Manager ......................................Zachary Meicher-Buzzi Company Manager .........................................................Dot King
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
LITERARY Literary Director .................................................... Amy Wegener Literary Manager ..............................................Jenni Page-White Resident Dramaturg ......................... Hannah Rae Montgomery Literary Associate .....................................................Jessica Reese
LEARNING & CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT Learning & Creative Engagement Associates........Janelle Renee Dunn, Abigail Miskowiec Teaching Artists ................................. Liz Fentress, Claire Hagan, Alyssa Rae Hendricks, Keith McGill, Talleri McRae, Morgan Younge
ADMINISTRATION General Manager ............................................. Jeffrey S. Rodgers Human Resources Manager ........................................Marie Tull Systems Manager .......................................................... Dot Krebs Executive Assistant ............................................Norman P. Dixon
AUDIENCE SERVICES & SALES 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 Boroff-Bodoin, Kristine Farley, Marty Huelsmann
VOLUNTEER & AUDIENCE RELATIONS Director of Volunteer & Audience Relations.. Allison Hammons Lobby Manager....................................................Greylyn Gregory House Managers .............................Jesse Barfield, Tiffany Bush, Ellen Greetham, Jan Hubert, Hilary Jones, Steve Renner, Abigail Rogers
DEVELOPMENT Director of Development .......................................Lori Kay Scott Development Coordinator ................................ Matthew Brown
FINANCE 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, Glen Gardner, Michael Sweatmon, Cedrick Yelder 26
SCENIC 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
COSTUMES Costume Director .........................................................Mike Floyd Crafts Master .......................................................... Shari Cochran Draper/Tailor ..............................................................Jeffery Park First Hands ....................................Faith Brown, Allison McCann Stitchers .................................. Celeste Collado, Maureen Strobel Costume Design Assistant ................... Isabel Martin, Tiffany Yu Wig Supervisor .............................................................Katie Ward Wig & Makeup Assistant .................................... Rebecca Traylor Wardrobe Manager ....................................................Anna Jenny Wardrobe Assistant....Camila Benencia Courreges, Chloe Hixson
LIGHTING 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 Sound Supervisor ........................................................Paul Doyle Assistant Sound Supervisor ............................... Lindsay Burdsall Sound Technician ................... Marion Ayers, Victoria Campbell
PROPERTIES 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 Company & Artistic Management.......................Ellen Greetham Costumes...................................................................... Emily Brod Directing...................................................... Cara Hinh, Julia Rufo
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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, Barbara Nichols, Teresa Nusz, Dalen Payton, Beth Phipps, Nancy Rankin, Tim Unruh, Peyton Weibbe, Lily Wobbe.
FIASCO THEATER STAFF AND SPECIAL THANKS Artistic Directors............................. Jessie Austrian, Noah Brody, Ben Steinfeld Marketing and Business Manager......................Michael Francis Company Members................................................ Paul L. Coffey, Andy Grotelueschen, Emily Young Artistic Advisor............................................................ Mara Isaacs Artistic Associates.................Michael Perlman, Kathryn Armour Fiasco Theater Board Members...............................Joanna Cole, Hope Goldstein, Robert Macdonald, Derek McLane
FOUNDATIONS Fiasco Theater would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, SHS Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Actors’ Equity Foundation, Lucille Lortel Foundation, The Shubert Foundation & New York State Council on the Arts.
SPECIAL THANKS Jin Ha, Krysta Rodriguez and Jen Wheeler Kahn.
CREATORS CIRCLE Joanna & Jonathan Cole, Nancy & Neil Austrian, Patricia & John Gabriel, Tom Marshall & Kathryn Keneally, Cheryl Effron, Dhuanne & Doug Tansill, Allan Wolf, Michelle Friedman & Benjamin Beifer, Barbara & Gerald Boyle and Kathleen Arrixfias.
ACTORS THEATRE’S COMPANY DOCTOR Dr. Andrew Mickler, F.A.C.S.
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
Aesthetics in Jewelry
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).
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COMMISSIONED WRITERS CURRENTLY INCLUDE:
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Jeff Augustin, Lisa Sanaye Dring, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Sarah Gubbins, Jane B. Jones, Rajiv Joseph & Bill Sherman, and Alexis Scheer A U D I E N C E
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SERVICES & AMENITIES TICKET INFORMATION Box Office Hours (During Performances) Subject to change.
Day of Performance: Patrons with disabilities and students $24.
Monday: Tuesday-Thursday: Friday-Saturday: Sunday:
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.
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.
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
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SERVICES & AMENITIES FOOD & BEVERAGE
NO SMOKING
Food is not permitted in the theatre.
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
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 Once the performance has started, 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.
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.
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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. 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 an usher. 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 The Kentucky Center. 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 The Kentucky Center. 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 an usher. 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/participate. 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.
All programs, activities and services are provided equally without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
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