The Art of Racing in the Rain by Book-It Repertory Theatre

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Welcome to Book-It Repertory Theatre! On behalf of the board of trustees, the staff, and our performing and teaching artists, I want to say how glad we are that you have chosen to join us for our world-premiere production of Garth Stein’s The Art of Racing in the Rain. This novel is a beautifully crafted look at the wonders of the human condition—as only a dog could tell it. And we are thrilled to bring Denny and Enzo’s story to life on stage—as only Book-It can tell it. Given the incredible interest we have seen for this show, we are certain that for many of you this may be your introduction to Book-It Repertory Theatre. Let me offer you a special welcome. Because of new patrons like you, this has been a great season for Book-It. Not only has our main stage work attained critical success, but the demand for our touring education productions continues to grow even as school budgets tighten. Behind the scenes, the staff and our board of trustees are hard at work planning for the company’s future. Thanks to the vision and support of one of Book-It’s most loyal supporters, the board of trustees commissioned a feasibility study by The Collins Group to test our readiness for fundraising for a permanent home—a home that will continue to host the evenings of intimate and excellent theatre that you have grown to love, and also provide new space for programs where BookIt’s relationship between literature and theatre can further enrich our community. If you offered your feedback on the survey sent as part of the study, thank you so much. The study has been extraordinarily helpful in giving the board and staff a clear picture of the organizational strengths upon which we can build—primary among them, a loyal and devoted base of donors. While we are busy planning for our future, another of our closest friends has made a special challenge to our donors: gifts from new donors or previous donors who have given under $500 will be matched at 50% up to a total of $25,000. For example, a qualifying donors’ gift of $50 becomes $75, $100 becomes $150—and for those feeling really flush, a gift of $10,000 becomes $15,000. A new or expanded gift will now go

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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Adapted by Myra Platt | Directed by Carol Roscoe

cast Zoey Belyea Mae Corley Sylvie Davidson Mike Dooly David S. Hogan* Peter Jacobs* Amy Mayes† Eleanor Moseley* André Nelson Eric Riedmann Alec Wilson† Victoria Thompson Louise Butler

Annika / Ensemble Zoë / Ensemble Eve / Ensemble Mark / Ensemble Enzo Maxwell / Ensemble Nurse / Ensemble Trish / Ensemble Mike / Ensemble Denny Swift Tony / Ensemble Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager

Artistic Team Andrea Bryn Bush Pete Rush Richard Schaefer Rob Witmer Montana Tippett Anders Bolang

Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Properties Designer Production Manager

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States † Book-It Acting Intern

Title Support:

Season Support: Lucky Seven Foundation

The Norcliffe Foundation

Seattle Office of

Additional generous support is provided by individuals, and by Humanities Washington, The Medtronic Foundation, Nordstrom, Horizons Foundation, Fales Foundation Trust, Macy’s Inc., U.S. Bancorp Foundation, The Ex Anima Fund, KeyBank Foundation, The Eureka Foundation, and Wyman Youth Trust. Thank you to all our supporters!

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Shortly before reading The Art obstacles, with extraordinary faith. Enzo locates in Denny of Racing in the Rain, I had the heroic act of facing everyday dangers, (the temptations of had an argument with a friend flirtation, illness, in-laws, the delicate balance of family and from about how one should choose career) without sacrificing faith in his purpose. And all the a book. I’m a proponent of while, our narrator is engaged in the same journey himself; “read the first page, and if you are curious enough to turn the Enzo must do battle with his own demons and find his page, get the book.” My friend is a confirmed “read the last courage to act, to create his own destiny. page first” buyer. I was shocked. The last page? That’s cheating, I Your car goes where your eyes go. That which you manifest is thought, I don’t want to know how it ends; I want to be surprised! before you. We are the creators of our own destiny. Then I opened The Art of Racing in the Rain. I read the Even though I knew how it was going to end on the first page and thought, “Hang on, you just told me how the first page, I couldn’t put the book down because I wanted to whole thing is going to end!” But, I turned the page. I was experience every moment of discovery and despair on the way hooked, I took that book home and read it straight through. to the end. I didn’t want to miss a sentence, even though I The surprise came not so much from the plot as from the knew what was coming. I read as Enzo would live: as if it had originality of the narrator. I had never met a narrator like been stolen from death…to feel the joy of life…to separate oneself Enzo before. Sure, a dog narrating a novel is one surprise, but from the burden, the angst, the anguish…to say I am alive. I his character was even more so. I was captivated by Enzo’s wanted to live inside that hopeful, compassionate mind for as observations of the world, shaped by his TV education, his long as the story lasted. soulful, zen-like musings, his huge ambition. I’m delighted that Garth and Book-It were willing to take Enzo’s ambition to return as a man seems as likely and this adventure with me, grateful to my designers who’ve helped as outrageous as Denny’s ambition for a Formula One racing tackle the particular challenges of this story, and my cast who career. But, it is Enzo’s ambition in even telling this story that have daily worked to bring Enzo and his world to life. We’ve grabs me. Enzo says: The true hero is flawed. The true test of a been busy manifesting, and I hope you find delight in the champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can world we’ve created. overcome obstacles–preferably of his own making–in order to triumph. Director He is myth-making. He is creating, for his audience, a hero. A hero for our time—an ordinary guy, facing ordinary

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Director Carol Roscoe walks through the “Demon Zebra Dance” scene with Peter Jacobs, Amy Mayes, and Alec Wilson.

Carol Roscoe and David Hogan discuss an Enzo moment. Photos by Shannon Erickson.

Garth Stein is the author of the New York Times best selling novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain (Harper, 2008). Now published in 30 languages, The Art of Racing in the Rain was the #1 BookSense selection for June 2008, the Starbucks spring/summer 2008 book selection, and has been on the IndieBound bestseller list since its publication. Stein’s previous novel, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets (Soho Press, 2005) won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, and was a BookSense Pick in both hardcover and paperback. Raven Stole the Moon, originally published in 1998, was Stein’s first novel. He has also written a full-length play, Brother Jones, and produced a number of award-winning documentaries. Garth is the co-founder of Seattle7Writers, a non-profit organization that comprises 42 prominent Northwest authors dedicated to creating connections between readers, writers, booksellers, and librarians to foster and support a passion for the written word. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Seattle, Garth’s ancestry is diverse: his mother, a native of Alaska, is of Tlingit Indian and Irish descent; his father, a Brooklyn native, is the child of Jewish emigrants from Austria. After spending his childhood in Seattle and then living in New York City for 18 years, Garth returned to Seattle, where he currently lives with his wife, three sons, and their dog, Comet.

Author Garth Stein; photo by Susan Doupé Photography.

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Bio adapted from www.garthstein.com/bio.php

SEATTLE7WRITERS Seattle7Writers began in 2006, when two Northwest authors, Jennie Shortridge and Garth Stein, got together for coffee one afternoon to talk shop. Over the next year, they met for coffee every last Friday of the month, each time inviting a few more local authors. Stephanie Kallos, Kit Bakke, Randy Sue Coburn, Heather Barbieri, Mary Guterson were soon to join the group. The seven writer friends immediately recognized the benefit of sharing ideas about marketing and publicizing their work. As they continued to meet, they added to their ranks: Erica Bauermeister, Carol Cassella, and Maria Semple rounded them off to an even ten. They realized that their collective energies could be used, not only to promote their own books, but to energize their reading communities, and in the spring of 2009, they pledged to undertake several community outreach initiatives, including: panel discussions and writing workshops with all or partial proceeds benefiting literacy programs in the

Northwest; the development of community “pocket” libraries in unconventional places; and book club events to encourage community support of local libraries and independent booksellers. Through these initiatives, Seattle7Writers also encourages and promotes Northwest literature with the rallying cry of “Read Local.” The Pacific Northwest produces a bounty of talented authors and fine books. At Seattle7Writers events, readers can discover new favorites or keep abreast of old favorites. Many well-known Northwest authors will be included as guests at various events to ensure a broad diversity of ideas and a great appeal to readers of all kinds. With camaraderie and enthusiasm, Seattle7Writers encourages you to support your local writer, and to support your local independent bookseller and library system. Please take a moment to get to know the Seattle7Writers in our lobby. Source: www.seattle7writers.org

DEVICE: Head and Neck Safety Device POLE POSITION: the first place on the starting grid, as awarded to the driver who recorded the fastest lap

time in qualifying races QUALIFYING: the knock-out session on Saturday in which the drivers compete to set the best time they can in order to determine the starting grid for the race

ON YOUR MARKS... A racing primer by Paul Adolphsen | designed by Shannon Erickson

It is arguably the most popular sport in the world. It draws millions of committed fans annually. And it’s so much more than speedy loops around an oval track. It’s Auto Racing, and despite the sport’s popularity, there are plenty of us who need a little insider information to speak “car talk.” Here’s your primer for the “racing” part of The Art of Racing in the Rain: Racing has several sanctioning bodies that conduct races, set guidelines and policies, and control all economic aspects of the industry. There are three distinct groups: NASCAR, Formula One (F1), and GrandAm. To those unfamiliar with the racing world, these names may just blend together, but there are, in fact, key differences between them.

FORMULA ONE Garth Stein defines Formula One as “the king of racing world wide.” The roots of F1 can be traced to the European Grand Prix motor racing series of the 1920s and ’30s. With the advent of the automobile, French motorists began to compete against each other in simple road races from one town to another. As automobiles improved, road races morphed into longer endurance tests for both car and driver. As the French public increasingly embraced the automobile in the first decades of the 20th century, the sport of competitive auto racing became more institutionalized until the modern era of Formula One Grand Prix racing was instituted in 1950. In comparison to NASCAR’s family-business model, the scope of F1’s business model is decidedly global and diverse. F1 cars are relentlessly high-tech. Unlike the stock cars of NASCAR they are light (around 605kg/1,333lbs) and have open wheels (no bumper covering the tire). It is common for an F1 circuit to have 15-20 turns (both left and right) and they can be either purpose-built racetracks or converted street circuits.

TERMS TO KNOW -> APEX: the middle point of the inside line around a corner at which drivers aim their cars CHASSIS: the main part of a racing car

U.S. stock car racing has its roots in the bootlegging operations of the Prohibition era, when drivers used souped-up cars to run illegal Appalachian whiskey to other regions of the ostensibly “dry” country. After Prohibition ended in 1933 there was still high demand in the American South for moonshine, so many drivers kept using their modified cars to transport the potent brew. By the late 1940s, the runners’ cars had improved so much they were being featured in increasingly popular organized motor races in the South. In 1948 Bill France began the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, or NASCAR. The company is still owned by the France family, which controls all operations and serves as the rule-making body. NASCAR’s stock cars resemble street cars and are built to an identical silhouette template so that none of the manufacturers has an advantage. Beneath their similar skins, stock cars are purpose-built racing machines: close-wheel cars with tube frames and high-powered engines. Stock cars are relatively heavy, weighing in at around 1540kg/3,395 lbs. The circuits are typically oval with four left-handed turns per circuit. Today NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races and claims 75 million fans worldwide. It is the most popular series of auto racing in North America.

GRAND-AM Established in 1999 by members of the NASCAR community, today Grand-Am sanctions the Rolex Sports Car Series and the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. Grand-Am races utilize “sport racers” that, like NASCAR’s “stock” cars have closed wheels. Grand-Am circuits, much like F1 tracks, are generally road courses with left and right turns. In many ways, Grand-Am and other North American sanctioning bodies straddle the line between the high-tech, international “exotic” cars of F1 and the performance-based “stock” cars of NASCAR. In The Art of Racing in the Rain, Denny races for several different series, including one of Grand-Am’s most popular events: the 24 Hours of Daytona.

a car at the head of the field COCKPIT: the section of the chassis in which the driver sits DOWNFORCE: the aerodynamic force that is applied in a downwards direction as a car travels forward,

harnessed to improve a car’s traction and its handling through corners DRAG: the aerodynamic resistance experienced as a car travels forward HANS

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to which the engine and suspension are attached CLEAN AIR: air that isn’t turbulent and thus offers optimum aerodynamic conditions, as experienced by

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Cast

ZOEY BELYEA

Annika / Ensemble

Zoey is so pleased to make her Book-It debut. Recent roles include Snug in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Seattle Shakespeare Company and Mirabel in Crooked at Theater Schmeater. She has also performed with Live Girls! Theater, in 14/48: the world’s quickest theatre festival, and at Seattle University where she will graduate in June.

MAE CORLEY

Zoë / Ensemble

Mae is delighted to be making her professional theatre debut at Book-It. In her career on stage she has performed in seven productions at Studio East in Kirkland. Her favorite roles there include Oliver in Oliver! and Molly in Annie. She has also performed in plays at Seattle Children’s Theatre and Core Theatrics. Mae, a fourth-grade homeschooler, enjoys dance, singing, piano, reading, and tennis. Mae has two black standard poodles: Kenyon and Betty Boop, who are named after a college and cartoon character, respectively.

SYLVIE DAVIDSON Eve / Ensemble

Sylvie happily returns to the wonderful world of Book-It, where she has made past appearances as Estella/Biddy in Great Expectations, Angie in The Highest Tide, the Pilot’s Wife in Night Flight, and the title role in Emma. A graduate of Knox College, Sylvie has worked locally with Live Girls! Theater, Island Stage Left, Seattle Children’s Theatre in High School Musical and Getting Near to Baby, ACT Theatre in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and A Christmas Carol, and 14/48. Most recently seen in the folk music musical Lonesome Traveler at the Laguna Playhouse, Sylvie is also a singer/songwriter and a member of the local band, Waiting for Lizzie. There are many wonderful canines in her life, but this one’s for Walter, the wiry and wise rescued Scotty with the big, old soul.

MIKE DOOLY

Mark / Ensemble

Previously seen on the Book-It stage as Joe Gargery, the blacksmith in Great Expectations, Mike is happy to return with such an incredible cast and multitalented crew. Other stage credits include Aufidius in Coriolanus and Horatio in

Hamlet with Seattle Shakespeare Company; Hyde in Harlequin Theatre’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Gordon in ArtsWest’s production of Dead Man’s Cell Phone; Uncle Louie in Village Theatre’s Lost In Yonkers; and Lee in True West, Larry in Closer, and Iago in Othello all at Balagan Theatre. Mike would like to thank you with all his heart for your continued support of the arts in Seattle, the new Theatre Capitol of the country. Mike dedicates his performance to the memories of Katie and Emily, mutts, in the most beautiful way, and two of the best friends a kid could ever have.

DAVID S. HOGAN* Enzo

David was seen previously with Book-It in If I Die in a Combat Zone… and Moby-Dick, or the Whale. Other credits include The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona all with Seattle Shakespeare Company; and The Barber of Seville with Seattle Opera. His film and television credits include “Thunderballs,” Shadowed, All My Presidents, Bigfoot, and “Grimm.” www.davidshogan.com A huge woofs to his best buds, Vida (cancer fighting canine) and Lily (one-eyed Lhasa Apso).

PETER JACOBS*

Maxwell / Ensemble

Peter was recently seen in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Coriolanus and Seattle Rep’s Circle Mirror Transformation. He has performed at theatres such as ACT Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, San Diego Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, and American Conservatory Theater, among others. He was in the acting company of the California Shakespeare Festival for six seasons. Movie credits include Safety Not Guaranteed, The Dark Horse, Prefontaine, The Dead Pool, and True Believer. Television appearances include “Leverage,” “Eyes of Terror,” “Midnight Caller,” “Firestorm,” and “Unsolved Mysteries.”

AMY MAYES

Nurse / Ensemble

Amy has come a long way from where she was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Though her cowboy boots are weather-worn from the rain, she is excited to start her acting career here in Seattle. She

will be a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts in May where some of her favorite roles have been Diana Morgan in Carol Roscoe’s production of The American Clock, Marcellus and the Player Queen in Paul Budraitis’ Hamlet, and Jane Bennet in Jane Jones’ production of Pride and Prejudice. Amy’s dog Nessie may sound like the Loch Ness monster, but she is really just a French Bulldog. www.amymayes.com

ELEANOR MOSELEY* Trish / Ensemble

Eleanor is thrilled to appear with this talented cast in her debut role with BookIt. Recent stage roles in Seattle include the world premiere of The Familiar at Odd Duck Studios, The Ladies of the Corridor and others with Woman Seeking... a theatre comany, and several French-language roles with Steeplechase Productions. She has worked regionally in New York, North Carolina, and the Bay Area. Recent on-camera work includes La Fille Aux Allumettes, Regulate, and The Dark Horse (SIFF 2008). Past appearances include Someone to Watch Over Me, “Ryan’s Hope,” The Dead Pool, and “The Equalizer.” She trained at HB Studios and the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, and in Seattle with Charles Waxberg, John Jacobsen, Arne Zaslove, and Matt Smith. This one’s for Scooter, our noble Springer, for 14 years of unconditional love.

ANDRÉ NELSON

Mike / Ensemble

André is a recent graduate from Cornish College of the Arts and is thrilled to be in his first Book It show! Since graduating, André has had the pleasure of being in Pygmalion with Seattle Shakespeare Company and reading in the Pinter Fortnightly series at ACT Theatre. Favorite Cornish credits include Louis in The Waves, directed by Sheila Daniels, Orlando in As You Like It, directed by Rhonda J. Soikowski, Moe in The American Clock, directed by Carol Roscoe, and Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, directed by Jane Jones. Outside of theatre, André plays guitar and sings in local rock band Loyal Kites. His dog Goldie is a mix of Golden Lab delight and ball-chasing obsession.

* Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

ERIC RIEDMANN Denny Swift

Eric is absolutely thrilled to be making his BookIt debut! Eric’s recent stage credits include A Single Shard at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Collektor’s production of A Lie of the Mind at ACT Theatre, The Violet Hour at Seattle Public Theater, Sherlock Holmes... at Taproot Theatre, The Last Night of Ballyhoo at Second Story Rep, and more. National film and television credits include NBC’s “Grimm,” TNT’s “Leverage,” and Disney’s 10 Things I Hate About You. Eric is currently prepping for his biggest leading man role yet, as he’s gettin’ hitched in September of ’12 to fellow Seattle actor Jesse Notehelfer. Bark, bark, everyone!

ALEC WILSON

Tony / Ensemble

Alec is pleased to return to the Book-It stage after appearing in the 2011 holiday production, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant. Some of his recent past productions include No Snowflake in an Avalanche with Emerald City Scene in Seattle, and, in Portland: Othello and Design for Living with Artists Repertory Theatre, Macbeth and Pterodactyls with Theatre Vertigo, and Biloxi Blues with Profile Theatre.

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CAROL ROSCOE Director

Carol’s work as a director includes Dead Man’s Cell Phone, The Vertical Hour, Retreat from Moscow (ArtsWest), Reckless, Bug (Theater Schmeater), End Days, Stop Kiss, Halcyon Days, Betrayal, Wit, Proof, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, The Winter’s Tale, Complete Wks of Willm Shakespeare, (Seattle Public Theater), and Don’t You Dare Love Me (Macha Monkey), among others. Her original works include The Martini Bros. Holiday Showcase, and Girl!. With Book-It, she has adapted and directed Chicken Sunday for Book-It All Over and contributed to a few Guilty Pleasures. As an actor, she has worked at ACT, Intiman, Seattle Shakespeare, and Seattle Children’s Theatre; she was last seen on Book-It’s stage as Mary in Persuasion. She is the recipient of a TPS Gregory Award and two Seattle Times Footlight awards. Carol is on faculty at

Cornish College of the Arts and a member of the Sandbox Arts Collective. She holds an MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre at George Washington University, and a BA from the University of Chicago. She is currently at work on an adaptation of firstperson narratives of civil war nurses. Her dog Kuma is a mix of Akita and perfection.

MYRA PLATT

Adapter / Founding Co-Artistic Director

As co-founder, director, adapter, actor, and composer, Myra has helped Book-It produce over 60 world-premiere stage adaptations. Myra recently directed Red Ranger Came Calling, a musical adaptation she co-created with Edd Key. Other adapting/directing credits include The River Why, Night Flight, The House of the Spirits, Giant, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Roman Fever, A Little Cloud, A Telephone Call, and A Child’s Christmas in Wales. Directing credits include Persuasion, Plainsong, Cry, the Beloved Country, and Sweet Thursday. She co-adapted Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant with Jane Jones and composed music for Prairie Nocturne, Night Flight (with Joshua Kohl), The Awakening, Ethan Frome, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, A Telephone Call, and I Am of Ireland. As an actress, Myra most recently appeared as Susan Duff in Prairie Nocturne, Judith in The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, Edna in The Awakening, and Margaret in Howards End. Outside of Book-It, Myra has performed at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Intiman, New City Theatre, and the Mark Taper Forum. Myra is thrilled to have been a recipient with Jane Jones of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Founders Award, the 2010 Women of Influence from Puget Sound Business Journal, and to have been named by Seattle Times an Unsung Hero and Uncommon Genius for their 20-year contribution to life in the Puget Sound region. Her dog, Luna, is a mix of terrier, Chihuahua, and Great Dane.

ANDREA BRYN BUSH Scenic Designer

Andrea is thrilled to be working with Book-It again, having had the fortunate opportunity to work on the recent productions of Emma, Cider House Rules, Parts One and Two, and Great Expectations. She has been a scenic designer in Seattle since 2007. Her scenic credits include Seattle Shakespeare Company’s productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Electra, and Seattle Public Theater’s The 13th of Paris, and My Wonderful Day. She has also designed for Seattle Musical Theatre, Azeotrope, and Cornish College of the Arts. Andrea is a former ensemble member and resident

designer at Washington Ensemble Theatre, where she designed Titus, Robopop!, Sextet, and their most recent production The Callers.

PETE RUSH

Costume Designer

Pete’s Book-It credits include The Cider House Rules, Sense and Sensibility, Night Flight, and The House of the Spirits. Seattle designs include Coriolanus, Hamlet, Electra, The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, Henry IV, and Henry V for Seattle Shakespeare Company, The Adding Machine for New Century Theatre Company, Sextet and Neighborhood 3 for Washington Ensemble Theatre, as well as several productions at ArtsWest, Second Story Repertory, Bellevue College, and Seattle Public Theater. Regional credits include Hangar Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, and The Northeast Theatre. You can see his work this summer on RENT at The 5th Avenue Theatre. He holds a BFA from Boston University, and was an artist-in-residence at Cornell University. He was a 2011 Gregory Award Nominee for Outstanding Costume Design. Visit peterush.com. Dedicated to Sloane, my surrogate dog, who is a big, powerful girl with an insatiable love for her puppy, Pete. Thanks for the licks!

RICHARD SCHAEFER Lighting Designer

Richard is very happy to have the opportunity to work on his first Book-It production. He is the resident lighting designer at Seattle Musical Theatre (aka CLO), having designed lights for more than 40 of their productions. He has also designed several shows for Seattle Public Theater, Taproot Theatre, Village Theatre’s Kidstage, Village Originals, Sound Theatre Company, and Broadway Bound Children’s Theatre.

ROB WITMER

Sound Designer

Rob is pleased to return to Book-It, having previously created sound for Emma and The House of Mirth. Recent work as a composer and sound designer includes I Am My Own Wife and Of Mice and Men for Seattle Repertory Theatre, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet for Seattle Shakespeare Company. Recent performance credits include A Doctor in Spite of Himself at Berkeley Repertory, Yale Repertory, and Intiman; and Go, Dog. Go! at Seattle Children’s Theatre. In 2011, Rob received a Gregory Award for outstanding music and sound design.

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MONTANA TIPPETT Properties Designer

Montana earned her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts with a focus on scenic design. Recent projects include scenic designs for The Bells with Strawberry Theatre Workshop and The Salesman is Dead. (Long Live the Salesman!) with Splinter Group. She was awarded first place for Regional Set Design at the 2011 American College Theatre Festival for Summertime with Cornish. Montana recently designed properties for Book-It’s Border Songs, and is pleased to return to this fabulous theatre company.

VICTORIA THOMPSON Stage Manager

Victoria is excited to be back at Book-It Repertory Theatre to work on The Art of Racing in the Rain after recently finishing Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant. Her previous credits include Border Songs, Great Expectations, Red Ranger Came Calling, The Cider House Rules, Parts One and Two, Emma, A Confederacy of Dunces, Night Flight, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, and Moby-Dick, or The Whale—all with BookIt, Love Horse with Washington Ensemble Theatre, and Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello with Seattle Shakespeare Company’s touring program. She never knew she was a dog lover until she met her corgi, Thor.

LOUISE BUTLER

Assistant Stage Manager

The Art of Racing in the Rain marks Louise’s second outing with Book-It, where she also assistant stage managed for Border Songs last year. She has previously been a production assistant for Seattle Shakespeare Company’s productions of Wittenberg, Cymbeline, Merry Wives of Windsor, Wooden O Theatre’s Macbeth, and an assistant stage manager for Coriolanus. Louise’s stage management credits include Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet with SSC’s educational touring company, Twilight Zones at Theater Schmeater, The Full Monty, Closer, and Othello for Balagan Theatre, the NW Folklife Festival 2010 and 2011, Giant Magnet, and 14/48. She also served as the production manager for Balagan Theatre’s Gregory Award nominated 2009-2010 season. You can catch her backstage in June for As You Like It with SSC. Louise resides on Capitol Hill with Elijah (human), Kaleb and Seven (cats), and Franny (sweet red dog).

ANDERS BOLANG

Production Manager

A graduate of Whitman College and the Yale School of Drama, Anders served as production manager for Tacoma Actors

Guild and as technical director for the California Theatre Center and Whitman College. As a carpenter, he has created scenery for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Intiman, and Yale Rep, among others. On stage, Anders has performed at Seattle Shakespeare Company, Baltimore Center Stage, Delaware Theatre Company, Yale Rep, Book-It, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Harlequin Productions, Tacoma Actors Guild, and as a guest artist with the Boston Pops. In New York, he has performed at the Performing Garage, NY Theatre Workshop, and La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Anders has appeared on “As the World Turns” and “One Life to Live,” the feature films Police Beat and Helene, and in industrial training films and voice-overs. Props to his cat Camilla, who thinks she’s a guard dog.

JANE JONES

Founder & Founding Co-Artistic Director

Jane is the founder of Book-It and founding co-artistic director of Book-It Repertory Theatre, with Myra Platt. In her 23 years of staging literature, she has performed, adapted, and directed works by such literary giants as Charles Dickens, Eudora Welty, Edith Wharton, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Pam Houston, Raymond Carver, Frank O’Connor, Ernest Hemingway, Colette, Amy Bloom, John Irving, John Steinbeck, Daphne du Maurier, and Jane Austen. A veteran actress of 30 years, she has played leading roles in many of America’s most prominent regional theatres. Most recently she played the role of Miss Havisham in Book-It’s Great Expectations (Seattle Times Footlight Award). Film and TV credits include The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Singles, Homeward Bound, “Twin Peaks,” and Rose Red. At Seattle Rep, she co-directed with Tom Hulce, Peter Parnell’s adaptation of John Irving’s The Cider House Rules, which enjoyed successful runs here in Seattle, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (Backstage West Award, best director) and in New York (Drama Desk Nomination, best director). Jane directed Pride and Prejudice and Twelfth Night at Portland Center Stage winning the 2008 Drammy award for Best Direction and Production. For Book-It, she has directed The House of Mirth, The Highest Tide, Travels with Charley, Pride and Prejudice, Howard’s End, In a Shallow Grave, The Awakening, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Tale of Two Cities, and The Cider House Rules, Parts One and Two, winner of the 2010 and 2011 Gregory Awards for Outstanding Production. In 2008 she, Myra Platt, and Book-It were honored to be named by the Seattle Times among seven Unsung Heroes and Uncommon Genius for their 20-year contribution to life in the Puget Sound region. She is a recipient of the

2009 Women’s University Club of Seattle Brava Award, a 2010 Women of Influence award from Puget Sound Business Journal, and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Founders Grant. Book-It was also honored with a Mayor’s Arts Award in 2010. Her dog Asa is a chowbador and is the Doggie Lama of the office.

CHARLOTTE M. TIENCKEN Managing Director

Charlotte is an arts administrator, director, producer, and educator who has been working in the arts producing and presenting fields for 25 years. Before moving back to the Seattle area in 2003, she was general manager at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts for four seasons. Charlotte is a member of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and is past president of the Board of Arts Northwest. She has served on the board of the Pat Graney Dance Company, sat on granting panels for the Washington State Arts Commission, 4Culture, and on the Board of Theatre Puget Sound. She teaches at Seattle Pacific University, University of Washington, and Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. She is married to Bill and lives on Vashon Island with her three cats and two dogs.

affliations ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA),

founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark. Book-It Repertory Theatre is a proud member of

THEATRE PUGET SOUND

production

staff PAUL ADOLPHSEN † Dramaturg

ERIN SIMPSON

Thank you so much for joining us at Guilty Pleasures 2012!

THERESA ULRICH

While we celebrated our honoree, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, we raised over $125,000 for Book-It’s main stage and educational work!

EMILY FASSLER †

Help us thank our supporters, who made this marvelous mayhem possible: 5th Avenue Theatre, 8 Bells Winery, ACT Theatre, Alan Alabastro, Michelle Badion, The Boeing Company, Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, Steve Bull, Bungie Inc., Canlis Restaurant, Chocolate Box, City Dog Magazine, Comcast, Covestic, The Film School, Firesteed Wines, Laurel Garcia, Gerrie Goddard, David Hogan, Jane Jones, Pam Kendrick, Kristi’s Dog Grooming, Kut from the Kloth, Annie Lareau, Mecca Café, Metropolitan Market, Lynn Murphy, Tim Narby, :Nota Bene Cellars, On the Boards, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pacific Office Automation, Myra Platt, PopCap Games, Portage, Jane & Peter Powell, The Puget Sound Business Journal, Lynne Reynolds, RN74, SAM, Savage Color, Scarecrow Video, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Men’s Chorus, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Theatre Group, SIFF, David Silverman, St. Clouds Food & Spirits, Garth Stein, Dan Streiffert, Deborah Swets, Taproot Theatre, Ten Mercer, UW World Series, Village Theatre, Volterra, Shi Kai Wang & Laurel Garcia, Washington Dance Club, Lucy Zuccotti, and Trish & Andrew Zuccotti.

Assistant Lighting Designer Assistant Properties Designer Assistant Sound Designer / Sound Engineer / Board Operator

SAWYER MOE

Key Electrician / Board Operator

CHRISTOPHER JONES Scenic Painter

TIM SAMLAND

Master Carpenter

CHRIS FRICKLAND Master Electrician

JOCELYNE FOWLER

Wardrobe Supervisor

TOBY JONES Carpenter

And a special shout out to our event committee, our beloved Board of Directors, and our two dozen volunteers.

BILL DANNER

With our love and sincere thanks,

Scene Shop Manager

Your friends at Book-It

† Book-It Intern

special thanks to Elijah Blagg Meg Haggerty Don Kitch Jr. Simone Leorin Mazdaspeed Motorsports John McCormick at TenderCare Pacific Raceways The Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation Seattle Children’s Theatre The Seattle Center Seattle Repertory Theatre Garth Stein Street Treats West of Lenin Rachel Glass and David Quicksall performing in Guilty Pleasures 2012; photo by Alan Alabastro.

honoring book-it contributors Book-It would like to thank the following for their generous support!

Literary legends $50,000+

Leadership Circle, cont.

Nobel Award Society, cont.

The Boeing Company Charitable Trust Matthew N. Clapp, Jr. Gladys Rubinstein

Mary Metastasio** Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Lynn Murphy** National Endowment for the Arts Nesholm Family Foundation Tom & Cheryl Oliver** Glenna Olson & Conrad Wouters Mary Pigott Myra Platt & Dave Ellis** Puget Sound Business Journal David Quicksall & Rachel Glass** Matt Sauri Martha Sidlo Garth & Drella Stein** Deborah Swets** Sara Thompson & Richard Gelinas U.S. Bancorp Foundation Kris & Mike Villiott** Elizabeth Warman** April J. Williamson Lucy Zuccotti**

Anne McDuffie & Tim Wood Jean McKeon Sarah Merner & Craig McKibben Steve Miller & Pamela Cowan Whitney & Jerry Neufeld-Kaiser Sujal & Meera Patel Will Patton & Joni Ostergaard Shauna L. Peery Trust Peter Godman & Munira Rahemtulla John Schaffer Pamela & Nate Searle Ten Mercer* Kerry P. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Titcomb Jared Watson Jay Weinland & Heather Hawkins Judith Whetzel Merrily Wyman & Karen Bryant The Wyman Youth Trust Anonymous (1)

Nobel Award Society $1,000+

Shawn & Lynne Aebi All One Family Fund Christina Amante Ruth Bailey Ma Barker & Mom Chow The Bayless Family Mary Murfin & Doug Bayley** Lindsay & Tony Blackner Judy Brandon & H. Randall Webb Jeff Youngstrom & Becky Brooks Leo Butzel & Roberta Reaber Harriet W. Campbell The Carey Family Foundation Mary Anne Christy & Mark Klebanoff Amy & Paul Curtis Dottie Delaney Mary Dombrowski Diane Douglas The Film School* James & Denise Fortier R. Brooks Gekler Jean Gorecki & Dick Dobyns T.A. Greenleaf & Rebecca Roe Wendy Hilliker Jason Holtman Jane Austen Society of Puget Sound Brent Johnson Jacqueline Kiser Donald Kunze Kut from the Kloth* Annie Lareau* Liam Lavery Bill Block & Susan Leavitt Daniel & Julia Little Ellen & Stephen Lutz Marcie & John McHale Blair Osborn & Alice Cunningham Meta L. Pasternak Peter & Jane Powell** Linda Quirk Esther Reese

Literary Champions $25,000+ ArtsFund N. Elizabeth McCaw & Yahn W. Bernier** The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Ann Ramsey-Jenkins Shirley & David Urdal

Literary HEROES $10,000+ 4Culture Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Joann Byrd** Jeff & Amanda Cain** Stellman Keehnel Lucky Seven Foundation McKibben Merner Family Foundation The Norcliffe Foundation Safeco Insurance Foundation The Seattle Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Washington State Arts Commission Anonymous (1)

Literary Classics $5,000+ Boeing Gift Matching Program Sonya & Tom Campion Canonicus Fund City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Tom & Cande Grogan Humanities Washington Horizons Foundation KUOW 94.9 Public Radio Emily Anthony & David Maymudes The Medtronic Foundation Nordstrom Larry & Michell Pihl Lynne & Nick Reynolds** Theatre Communications Group Jim & Kathy Tune Richard Weening Mary Ann & Robert Wiley

Leadership Circle $2,500+ Monica Alquist** Cheryl Boudreau Karen Brandvick Baker & Ross Baker** Steven Bull & Christiane Pein** D. Thompson & Karen Challinor Amy & Matthew Cockburn Tony & Emily Cox Allan & Nora Davis The Ex Anima Fund Fales Foundation Trust Jane Jones & Kevin McKeon** Margaret Kineke & Dennis West** Victoria Leslie Anne & Steve Lipner Macyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inc. Lynn Manley & Alexander Lindsey Melissa & Don Manning

Stephen & Salli Bauer Luther Black & Christina Wright Janet Boguch & Kelby Fletcher Elizabeth Bourne John Bradshaw Patricia Britton** Adelaide H. Brooks & Robert Pennell Wendy Cohen & John Chenault Catherine Clark & Marc Jacques George & Carolyn Cox Davidson & Co. Matching Gifts Program Emily Davis Mark Dexter & Deborah Cowley Julie Edsforth & Jabez Blumenthal The Eureka Foundation Sandra K. Farewell Elizabeth & Paul Fleming Susan George Amy & Thaddeus Hanscom Dr. Benson & Pamela Harer Harold & Mary Frances Hill John & Ellen Hill William & Carol Hodgman Robert Hovden & Ron DeChene Heather Howard Pam Ingalls* David Thompson & Judith Jesiolowski Clare Kapitan & Keith Schreiber KeyBank Foundation Deborah Killinger Lea Knight Agastya Kohli Marsha Kremen & Jilly Eddy Ed & Lauren Littlefield Craig Lorch Stephen E. Lovell Sheila Lukehart & Jim Brinkley Darcy & Lee MacLaren Donald E. Marcy Holly & Bill Marklyn

Pulitzer Award Society $500+

honoring book-it contributors Book-It would like to thank the following for their generous support!

Pulitzer Award Society, cont.

National Book Award Society, cont.

Jil & Eric Scollard Michael & Jo Shapiro SIFF* Meg Silver Tamara Stenshoel Kimberly & Mike Strand Richard & Irene Strand Alison G. Swanberg Tammy Talman William & Lynette Thomas Molly Thompson & Joe Casalini Ruth Valine & Edward McNerney Jennifer Weis Robert & Leora Wheeler Shannon Williams Patty Wilson Jay Hereford & Margaret Winsor David & Sally S. Wright Andrew & Trish Zuccotti Mary & Gerald Zyskowski Anonymous (1)

Robert Foster Garagiste Wine* Julia Geier & Phil Borges John Matthew Geyman David Nash & Pat Graves Anke Gray Laurie Griffith Jenny Haight & Josh Windsor Mimi Haley David Hamilton Marcia L. Harper Stephanie Hilbert Marty Hoiness Cynthia Huffman & Ray Heacox Cory Jacobson Kris Jorgensen & Margey Rubado Pam Kendrick Kristin Koon Alan Kristal Francis J. Kwapil Erin Leff Thomas Lennon Mark Lewington Bonnie Lewman Elizabeth Love Josie & Doug Manuel Ruth McCormick Jim and Maggie McDonald Julie & Mike Metzger Donna & Robert Parker Katie Mitchell Charles Montange Terry & Cornelia Moore Margaret Morrison Susan & Furman Moseley John O’Connell & Joyce Anne Latino Jeanne Leader & Stephen Ooton Deborah & Jeff Parsons Reen Payne & Bruce Putnam Steve Pellegrin & Mary Anne Braund Corliss J. Perdaems Sherry Perrault Judy Pigott David Pollock Shawn & Mike Rediger Brian & Roberta Reed Karen & Eric Richter Paula Riggert Lawrence & Karen Robins Romio’s Pizza & Pasta* Jill & Stephen Rosen H. Stewart Ross Marci Saaijenga Savage Color Printing* Sonya Schneider & Stuart Nagae Frank Schumann & Heather Pullen Seattle Theatre Group* Meredith Lehr & William Severson Peter Sill & Marcia Joslyn Sill Standard Insurance Company Employee Giving Campaign Janice Strand LiAnn & Stephen Sundquist

Terry Tazioli Samuel Teitzel Kate Thayer Emory & Laura Thomas Deborah & Andrew Thompson Charlotte Tiencken & Bill West Janet & Stan Vail Karen & Ron Van Genderen Jerry Watt & Vreni VonArx Watt Adam Westerman Jean & David White Hope Wiljanen Rachel Wilsey & Sam Bernstein Steve Wilson & Julie Lin Richard Wilson & Lloyd Herman Young deNormandie, P.C. Jane Zalutsky

National Book Award Society $250+ The 5th Avenue Theatre* :Nota Bene Cellars* Doug Adams Connie Anderson Virginia L. Anderson Artsfund Matching Gifts Program John Atwill & Laura Hull Kimberly D. Baker Shawn Baz & Ellen Bezona Lindsay Bealko John Bianchi & Scott Warrender Nancy L. Bittner Fraser & Deirdre Black Luther Black & Christina Wright Annette Bostwick Letitita Brown Linda Bugni Linda & Peter Capell Sylvia & Craig Chambers Jack & Cynthia Clay Samantha Cooper** Terry Coyne Jim Wilder & Margaret Curtin Virginia Davison Julia De Haan Nancy & Bruce Deane Nancy Dirksen Carol & Greg Druse Beth L. Dubey James Duncan Vasiliki Dwyer Kenneth & Pamela Eakes Titia & Bill Ellis Brent & Katie Enarson Joyce Erickson Constance L. Euerle Heidi Evatt Expedia, Inc. Matching Funds Stan & Jane Fields Liz Fitzhugh & Jim Feldman

Pen/Faulkner Award Circle $100+ ACT* • Judith Alexander • Bob & Marcia Almquist • Georgina Alquist • Amgen Foundation • Shannon Angstead • Seth Armstrong • Amy Arvidson • Cinnimin Avena • Maxine Bailey • Jennifer Sue & Russ Banham** • Putnam Barber • Jo Ann & Tom Bardeen • Michelle Badion* • Roger Tucker & Becky Barnett • John & Sandra Barney • Rebecca Benton • Maribeth Berberich • Beth Berman • Deb & Bill Bigelow • Mark Blatter • Marlin & Ellen Blizinsky • Marisa Bocci • Jane Bogle • Richard Bohrer • Barry Boone & Mary Wilson • Broadway Center for the Performing Arts* • Gretchen Broderson • Julia Buck • Virginia Bullard • Jane Camden • Zimmie Caner & Tom Edwards • Michela Carpino • Gwyneth W. Casazza • Carl & Terry Chadsey • Elizabeth Chamberlin • Gerry & Kristine Champagne • Seeley Chandler • Joyce Chase • Lynne & David Chelimer • Chocolate Box* • Evelyn & Jim Chumbley • City of Seattle Matching Funds • Harvey Sadis & Harriett Cody • Sonja M. Coffman • Sue Coliton • Julie Conklin • Eric & Susan Helland • John W. Corder • Covestic, Inc. • Garry & Kay Crane • Nancy Cushwa • Michelle Czech • Deborah Daoust • Melinda Deane & Dan Wheetman • Sandra & Paul Dehmer • Martha DeMar • Dorothy & Jim Denton • Marie Doman • Tom Donnelly • Mary Dunnam • Susan M. Dyer • Lynne Ellis • Marilyn Endriss • Kim & Rob Entrop • Deborah Ferguson • Mary Ellen Flanagan • Carolyn & Rob Fletcher • Anne Fox • Laurel Garcia & Shi Kai Wang** • Cezanne Garcia • Bill Gill • Siobhan Ginnane • Ann Glusker & Peter Hunsberger • Vicki & Gerrie Goddard • Joan & Steve Goldblatt • Dona Golden • Suzanne Goren • Pamela Greenwood • Jean Grief • Emily Grogan Goodwin & Marcus Goodwin** • Scott Guettinger • Nancy Guppy • Laura & John Hammerlund • Elizabeth Hanna & Donald Fleming • Faith Hanna • Larry Hanson • Nancy Harney • Brenda Hartman • Ellen & David Hecht • Kate Hemer • Rebecca Herzfeld & Gordon Crawford • Rita Hibbard • Diana Hice • David Hogan* Kate Hokanson • Nancy Holcomb • Lisa Holderman •

Pen/Faulkner Award Circle, cont.

O. Henry Award Circle, cont.

Claire Hur • Susanne Hussong • Melissa Huther • IBM Matching Grants Program • Andrea & Scott Ichikawa • Yvonne Ingalls • Eva Jackson • Lawrence Jackson • Wendy Jackson • Robert C. Jenkins • Kent Johnson • Marcia Johnson • Christy Johnson • Sophy Johnston • Christopher Monck & Susan K. Jones • Lorna Jordan • Rebecca & T. Kenison • Owen Kikuta • Mary J. Klubben • Wallson & Rebecca Knack • Lillian Koblenz & Majeed Al-Mateen • Dean W. Koonts • Fay Krokower • Barb & Art Lachman • Ken Lanier • Frank Lawler & Ann McCurdy • Karen LewisSmith • Jamie & Andrea Lieberman • Arni Litt & Lori Eickelberg • Cynthia Livak • Carol Lumb • Lynda by Design* • Anne Lyons & CJ Voss • Barbara Maduell • Nancy Manula • Teri Martine • Elizabeth Mathewson • Elaine Mathies • Sharon McAuliffe • Susan McCloskey • Kathy McCluskey • Phil & Lee McCluskey • Samuel McCormick & Charmain Jondall • Deirdre & Jay McCrary • Morna McEachern & Grant Brockmeyer • Viola Joan McNeil • Merck Partnership for Giving • Metropolitan Market* • Margaret Metastasio • Peggy Metastasio & Dick Stuart • Jeanne Metzger • Sara & Paul Mockett • George & Marion Mohler • Becky Monk • Richard Monroe • Joan Moritz • Elizabeth Morrison & Geoff Crooks • Susan & Harold Mozer • Martha Mukhalian • Kim Namba • Donna & Dennis Neuzil • Betty Ngan & Tom Mailhot • Dorothy & Aaron Nicholls • Pam & Scott Nolte • Curtis & Marion Northrop • Ellen Nottingham • Jeanette O’Connor • Kevin & Linda O’Morrison • Clare & Austin O’Regan • Pat O’Rourke • Don & Judy Ostrow • Pacific Office Automation, Inc. • Pacific Northwest Ballet* • Jeff & Lauren Packman • Terry Paugh • Cecilia Paul & Harry Reinert • Cynthia Phelps • Carolita Phillips • Jennifer Phillips • Paula Pimental • Anne & Lee Pipkin • PopCap Games* • Judith Powers • Marjorie Priest • Puget Sound Energy Foundation • QFC* • Michelle Quackenbush • Kathryn Ramos • Michelle Rebert • Connie Reed • Dennis & Jean Reichenbach • Nancy Reichley & Timothy Higgins • Virginia & Thomas Riedinger • Roberta Roberts • Barbara Rollinger • Elizabeth Romney • Barbara Roser • Kristine Ruppelt • Beth Rutherford • Patricia Rytkonen & William Karn • Don & Marty Sands • Julie Sarkissian • Kathy Saunders • Dr. Robert Saunders & Donna Marie • Marc & Stacie Scattergood • Seattle Repertory Theatre* • Gail & John Sehlhorst • William Selig • Craig Shank & Meredith Stelling • Audrey & John Sheffield • David Silverman • Donn Skrivanek • Shellie Slettebak • Marilyn Sloan • Adam Smith & Jennifer Teunon • Carol Smith • George & Susan Smith • Pamela R. Smith • Barbara Spear • Noah Seixas & Dana Standish • Christine Stepherson • Diane Stevens • Sheila Striegl • Paul Stucki & Christina Chang • Gail Tanaka • Eric & Cassandra Taylor • Cappy Thompson • Awnie Thompson • Carol Tobin • Diane & Bert Turnbull • Marcia Utela • Susan VanZanten • Julie Vergeront • Ruth Verhoff Verizon Foundation • Village Theatre* •

Christina Villiott • Vino Aquino* • Jorie Wackerman • Margot & Thomas Washington • Sandra Waugh • James Weber • Sally & Charles Weems • Kayla Weiner • Morton & Judy Weisman • Beverly Welti • Eddie Westerman • Bill & Paula Whitham • Margaret Whittemore • Jane Wiegenstein • Carol & Bryan Willison • Janet & Lawrence Wilson • Bruce Winchell • Michael Winters • WorldWise Jewelry* • Wright Runstad & Co. • Samantha Wykes • Sam Zeiler & Dawn Frankwick • Tracey Zheng

Richard B. & Barbara Peterson • Cynthia Phelps • Piper’s Creek Nursery* • Suzanne Pitre & John Stone • Portage Restaurant* • Mary Price • Principal Financial Group – Computershare • Patricia & Jackie Pritchard • Andrea Ptak & Aaron Houseknecht • Racha Noodles and Thai Cuisine* • Barbara & Daniel Radin • Diana Rakow • Grace Reamer • Marion Reed • Jeannette & Stephen Reynolds • Tina Baril & Dafydd D. Rhysjones • RN74* • Sally Rochelle • Marga Rose Hancock • B. Ann Rotermund • Donna Sand • Christine Sannella • Scarecrow Video* • Judy Scheerer • Greg & Cynthia Scheiderer • Ellen Schiff • Julie Schoenfeld • B. Charlotte Schreiber • Seattle Art Museum* • Seattle Children’s Theatre* • Seattle Men’s Chorus* • Earl & Charyl Kay Sedlik • Amie & Mike Servais • Linda Snider • Jill Snyder • Ruth Solnit • Janet Sorby • St. Clouds Restaurant* • Jane Stevens • Julie Stohlman • Anne Stoltz • Margaret Swain • Tom Sykes & Sarah Thomas • Sally & Robert Telzrow • Taproot Theatre* • Anne Terry • Laura Thomas • Bonnie Thompson Norman • Margey Thoresen • Denice Thurlow • Cynthia K. Todd • Deborah Torgerson • TS McHughs* • UW World Series* • Elizabeth Valentine • Muriel Van Husen • Vashon Opera* • Volterra* • David Wallis • Ruth Warren • Washington State Employee Combined Fund • Laura Weese • Tom & Kristi Weir • James & Sharon Welch • Irina West • Linda E. Wilson • Dallas Young & Ursula Pontieri • Kathrin Young • Nancy & Stanley Zeitz • Anonymous (5)

O. Henry Award Circle $50+ Rachel Alquist • Diane Anderson • William G. Anderson • Steven Antonoff • Anita A. Austin • Anne & Roger Baker • Rebecca & Hugh Bergeson • Lisa Bergstrom • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Matching Gifts Program • Colette Bjorkelo • Robert Blair • Julia Bolz • Books By The Way* • Anne Boyer • Patricia Brasel • Linda Buckingham • Elizabeth Cerini-Lopis • Meggen Chadsey • Catherine Clemens • Mary E. Comtois • Carol Crosby • Reidun Crowley • Marilyn & Don Davidson • Sherri Del Bene • Clara & David Duff • Betty Eberharter • Nancy Ellingham • Sara Elward • Polly Feigl • Caroline Feiss • Deborah Fialkow • Fredia Flowers • Patricia Fritz • Sandy Fry & Jim Mueller • Kris & Lori Fulsaas • Mary Gagliardi • Phil & Thea Galante • Ann Glusker & Peter Hunsberger • Katharine Godman & Jerry Collum** • Google Matching Gifts Program • Linda Gould • Kathryn Greenberg • Carla & Kirk Griswold • Carolyn Gross • Ellen Hale & Brian Rodgers • Dr. Rena Hamburger • Susan E. Hamilton & Timothy Bates • Wier Harmon • Elizabeth Hebener • Elizabeth & Matthew Hedlund • Terri Helm-Remund • Lorayne Hendrickson • Nancy & Norbert Hertl • Mary Hinderliter • Karin Hirschfeld • Cole Hornaday • Julie Howe & Dennis Shaw • Kristin Ihrig & Russel Hardison • Alison Inkley • Leticia Jaramillo • Harmer & Judy Johnson • Jackie Jones • Nancy Juhos • Joan Kalhorn • Joan Karkeck • Malia & Chang Kawaguchi • Marjorie Kettells • Sherrie & Ken Kilborn • James & Vicki King • Shannon & Richard Knipp • Rob Knop • Stephen Feldman & Katherine Knowlton • Kristi’s Dog Grooming* • Ellen Langley • Carol Levin • Madalene Lickey • Adelaide Loges • Frank Lott • Susan B. Lynette • Mary Frances Lyons • Mary Lou Macala • Terry Mace • Carin Mack • Kenneth Mackenzie & Teresa Rich-Mackenzie • Kathleen MacPherson & Thomas Halverson • Sandra MacQuinn • Sara Mahlin • David & Joy Maimon • Martha Makosky • Melodie Martin • Dick Martin Shorter • Kim Mats Mats • Ellen Maxson • Theresa & J. Douglas McLean • Cindy McRoberts • Mecca Café* • John Mettler • Barbara & Terrance Miller • Gary Miller • Minter’s Earlington Greenhouse* • Sarah Mixson • Megan Moholt • Heidi Noun • Casey O’Connor • Nancy & Stephen Olsen • On the Boards* • Timothy O’Sullivan • Lynn & Neal Parker • Susan Parker • Dorothy Pearson • Mary Pelz • Pamela R. Perrott •

Gifts in Honor & memory Anonymous in honor of Ruth Bacharach’s birthday Jeanne Marie Isola in honor of Board Member Cheryl Boudreau Jamie & Andrea Lieberman in honor of Mary Anne Christy Nancy L. Celms, Kate C. Hemer, Connie Hungate, and Margaret M. Marshall in memory of William Rees Phillips Corliss Perdaems in memory of Judy Runstad’s father, Gerry Wright Manville Barbara Rollinger in memory of Stephanie Prince’s mother, Mildred Prince Sonja M. Coffman in memory of Helen Robinson *denotes in-kind donation **denotes in-kind plus monetary support This list reflects gifts received September 1, 2010 – March 26, 2012. Book-It makes every attempt to be accurate with our acknowledgements. Please email Development Associate Samantha Cooper, samanthac@book-it.org with any changes.

OUR MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM GREAT LITERATURE INTO GREAT THEATRE THROUGH SIMPLE AND SENSITIVE PRODUCTION AND TO INSPIRE OUR AUDIENCES TO READ. 2010 Mayor’s Arts Award-winner, Book-It Repertory Theatre, was founded 22 years ago as an artists’ collective, adapting short stories for performance and touring them throughout the Northwest. Today, with over 60 world-premiere adaptations of literature to its credit— many of which have garnered rave reviews and gone on to subsequent productions all over the country—Book-It is widely respected for the consistent artistic excellence of its work.

board of directors Steven Bull, President Architect, Workshop for Architecture + Design Monica Alquist, Vice President Dir. of Events & Special Projects, Puget Sound Business Journal Kristine Villiott,Treasurer CPA, Minar and Northey LLP Lynne Reynolds, Secretary I.T. Consultant, Covestic, Inc. Karen Brandvick-Baker Manager, Marketing & Communications, Premera Blue Cross Joann Byrd Journalist & Editor, Retired Amanda Cain Librarian, American Philanthropic, LLC Jane Jones Founder & Founding Co-Artistic Director, Book-It Margaret Kineke Senior V.P., D.A. Davidson & Co.

Mary Metastasio Senior Portfolio Manager, Safeco, Retired Lynn Murphy Realtor, Windermere Real Estate Co. Thomas Oliver Educator Myra Platt Founding Co-Artistic Director, Book-It David Quicksall Independent Theatre Artist & Teacher Deborah Swets V.P. for Membership, Washington State Hospital Assoc. Elizabeth J. Warman Dir. Global Corporate Citizenship, NW Region, The Boeing Co. Lucy Flynn Zuccotti Project Archaeologist, Cardno ENTRIX

book-it staff & interns Jane Jones, Founder & Founding Co-Artistic Director Myra Platt, Founding Co-Artistic Director Charlotte M. Tiencken, Managing Director Josh Aaseng, Education Associate Rachel Alquist, Box Office Sales Manager Anders Bolang, Production Manager Patricia Britton, Director of Marketing & Communications Samantha Cooper, Development Associate Tom Dewey, Lead Box Office Associate Shannon Erickson, Publications & Media Manager Jocelyne Fowler, Wardrobe Manager Emily Grogan & Jennifer Sue Johnson, Casting Associates Anthea Gundersen, Box Office Associate Phoebe Keleman, Box Office Associate Lauren Krumm, Box Office Associate Annie Lareau, Director of Touring & Outreach Amanda Ooten, Box Office Associate

Administration 206.216.0877 info@book-it.org education 206.428.6319 education@book-it.org

Susanna Pugh, House Manager & Volunteer Coordinator Pete Rush, Costume Shop Manager Victoria Schultz, Box Office Associate Gail Sehlhorst, Director of Education Victoria Thompson, Production Stage Manager Robert Thornburgh, Custodian Charles W. West, Legal Consultant Bill Whitham, Bookkeeper Linda Davis & Carol Phillippi, Volunteer Opening Night Party Coordinators

2011-12 interns

Dramaturgy Intern: Paul Adolphsen Education Intern: Emily Fassler Administration Interns: Michelle Cooper & Jenny Schlotfeldt Marketing Intern: Elise Orgerit BIAO Touring Intern: Catrina Vroman High School Intern: Joyce Ren

Center Theatre, Seattle Center 305 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA 98109

box office 206.216.0833 fax 206.428.6318

Book-It’s Administrative Offices 158 Thomas Street, Seattle, WA 98109