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a confederacy of dunces CAST

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Kiri Callaghan Betty Campbell Cole Cook Cynthia Geary David Goldstein Bill Johns Samara Lerman Todd Licea* Kevin McKeon Ellen McLain* Charles Norris Enrique Olguin Brandon Whitehead* Devorah Spadone Victoria Thompson Elizabeth Kent

Kurt Walls Brian Healy Doris Black Matthew Starritt Gerald Browning GrĂŠgory Marquet

Gloria/Worker/Ensemble Miss Trixie/Santa Battaglia George/Ensemble Mrs. Levy/Lana Lee Angelo Mancuso Mr. Gonzalez/ Dorian Greene Darlene/Myrna Minkoff Mr. Gus Levy/Bartender Mr. Clyde/Claude Robichaux Mrs. Irene Reilly Burma Jones Sergeant/Worker/Ensemble Ignatius J. Reilly Production Stage Manager Production Assistant Stage Management Intern

ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION STAFF Scenic Designer Larry Rodriguez Lighting Designer Dan Bartell Costume Designer Mike Jones Sound Designer Bill Danner Properties Designer & Jocelyne Fowler Dialect Coach Lynne Ellis Stunt Coordinator Chris Strickland

Technical Director Production Manager Assistant Director/Dramaturg Master Carpenter Costume Shop Intern Master Electrician Light Board Operator

*Member of Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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The 1960s gave rise to some of the most iconic bands and musicians of all time. In 1962, the Beatles recorded for the first time while the Rolling Stones took the stage in London. Bob Dylan released his self-titled debut album, further solidifying the folk music movement taking place in America featuring artists such as Joan Baez, The Kingston Trio, The Chad Mitchell Trio, and Pete Seeger.

Tony Sheridan releases his album “My Bonnie,” featuring the first recording of the up-andcoming musical group, The Beatles. The Sunday Times prints and distributes the first color supplement for a newspaper.

Joan Baez and Bob Dylan performing at the Civil Rights march on Washington in 1963. Photographer unknown, photograph released by the U.S. Information Agency Press and Publications Service.

Seattle, WA hosts the Century 21 Exposition World’s Fair, marking the opening of the Space Needle and the Seattle Center.

With the case Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court deems mandatory prayers in public school unconstitutional.

The British sensation the Rolling Stones make their debut opening for Long John Baldry at London’s Marquee Club.

Telstar transmits the first live trans-Atlantic television signal. On January 22nd, The Organization of American States suspended Cuba’s membership, an action that was closely followed by President John F. Kennedy announcing the embargo against Cuba. On February 7th, the United States government legally banned all Cuban imports and exports. CIA “crisis map” of possible range of Soviet missiles launched from Cuba, courtesy of The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.

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The United States was deeply embroiled in the Vietnam War in 1962, which began in 1959. Between December 31, 1961 and the same date a year later, the number of US military personnel in South Vietnam more than tripled from 3,205 to 11,300.

DiamonAdmarine ’s Amphotographed during a marine landing on the beaches of eric a Photographer unknown, photograph released Da Nang, Vietnam. by the United States Marine Corps.

Marilyn Monroe overdoses on a mix of sedatives and Champagne in her Los Angeles home.

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James Meredith being escorted by Federal Marshals to register at the University of Mississippi. Photo by Marion S. Trikosko for U.S. News & World Report.

On October 1st, James Meredith, escorted by Federal Marshals, became the first black student to register at the University of Mississippi. This victory came after many years of hard-fought court cases and demonstrations led by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 1962 marks one of the central years of the Civil Rights Movement, building on the milestones of 1961, including the beginning of freedom rides in Washington, D.C., and laying the groundwork for 1963, the year of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech. Notably, in Seattle, black students became the majority of students at Garfield High School.

Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government and is charged with incitement to rebellion.

Nelson Mandela in 1961. © AP.

The United Nations condemns South African apartheid policies, and demands UN member states to cut military and economic ties with the nation.

Rachel Carson releases her book Silent Spring, which becomes a catalyst for the current environmentalist movement.

Spiderman is first introduced in Marvel Comics’ Amazing Fantasy #15.

Edward Albee’s Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opens on Broadway.

Johnny Carson replaces Jack Paar as host of NBC’s Tonight Show.

Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as The Beatles drummer.

On September 12th, President John F. Kennedy made his now-famous speech at Rice University, in which he declared the United States would “put a man on the moon” by the end of the decade. On December 14th, the United States’ spacecraft Mariner 2 became the first probe to successfully transmit data from another planet when it flew by Venus. A White House portrait of President John F. Kennedy. Photo courtesy of the White House Press Office.

The first James Bond film, Dr. No, premieres in movie theatres across Britain. Screenshot of the Sean Connery as James Bond in Dr. No. © MGM 1962, released for the fair use and promotion in the media.

October 14th marks the beginning of the 36-day Cuban Missile Crisis, when a United States’ U-2 plane documents Soviet nuclear weapons being installed in Cuba. The threat of nuclear war between the U.S. and the USSR finally subsided on November 20th when President John F. Kennedy agreed to end Cuban quarantine if the Soviets removed their nuclear weapons from the island. Members of the Women Strike for Peace activist group demonstrating during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Photo by Phil Stanziola of New York World-Telegram and the Sun.

Kiri Callaghan Gloria/Worker/ Ensemble

Kiri is an honors graduate from Cornish College of the Arts. She is excited to be a Book-It acting intern and participate in her first Book-It performance, after recently returning from Eugene, Oregon, where she directed the Roving Park Players production of Twelfth Night.

Betty Campbell Miss Trixie/Santa Battaglia/Miss Annie

Betty is thrilled to be a part of Book-It Repertory Theatre’s production of A Confederacy of Dunces. Since moving to Seattle nine years ago, some of the other theatre companies with which she has worked include Theater Schmeater, Sight Nine Theatre Company, Edge Theatre Ensemble, Seattle Public Theatre, Our American Theater Company, Stone Soup Theatre, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Centerstage, Mottola Productions, Women’s Shakespeare Company (New York), and 14/48.

Cole Cook George/Ensemble

Cole is thrilled to be a Book-It acting intern making his Book-It Repertory Theatre debut. Most recently he performed in The Taming of the Shrew with Balagan Theatre and The History Boys with both ArtsWest and Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland. Originally from the Tri-Cities, Cole received his BA in theatre from Central Washington University and is an AEA Equity Member Candidate. Having appeared in more than 30 productions prior to this role for Book-It, Cole is now delighted to call Seattle home.

Cynthia Geary Mrs. Levy/Lana Lee

Cynthia is best known for her Emmynominated role as Shelley Tambo on the award-winning TV series “Northern Exposure.” She has worked in many feature films including 8 seconds, Smoke Signals, Expiration Date, and The Spy and the Sparrow. Cynthia thoroughly enjoyed working in the Book-It productions of Giant and The Awakening in the 2004-2005 Season and is happy to be back on the Book-It stage.

David Goldstein Angelo Mancuso

David has appeared in a number of productions at Book-It Repertory Theatre including Charley in Travels With Charley, Pinky in Giant, Red Ranger Came Calling, and Baseball Stories. David has also performed for many schools and libraries with Book-It All Over and has appeared at Guilty Pleasures. Other Seattle credits include The Three Musketeers with Seattle Repertory Theatre; The Neverending Story with Seattle Children’s Theatre; The Servant of Two Masters, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Comedy of Errors with Seattle Shakespeare Company; Monkey Wrench Puppet Lab; Theater Schmeater; ArtsWest; and more. David’s voice can be heard in a number of video games, commercials, and websites produced here in Seattle. He is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts.

Bill Johns Mr. Gonzalez/ Dorian Greene

Bill is excited to be performing at Book-It for the third time. He was most recently seen as Smee in Peter Pan, and in a dozen or so roles in the adaptation of his wife’s (Stephanie Kallos) first novel Broken For You. Bill teaches at The Overlake School in Redmond and at Cornish College of the Arts, and has been seen on stages throughout the Northwest and Southeast. A recent film project, Zombies of Mass Destruction was featured in the Seattle International Film Festival.

Samara Lerman Darlene/Myrna Minkoff

Samara is delighted to be back at Book-It where she was last seen as Debbie in Even Cowgirls Get The Blues. Favorite roles include Tranio in The Taming of The Shrew and Narissa in The Merchant of Venice with Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Wooden O Theatre; Sylvia in The Game of Love and Chance with Harlequin Productions; Viola in Twelfth Night with Centerstage; and Anna Karenina with Atlas Theatre. Regionally, Samara has performed with Shakespeare Santa Cruz and the Napa Valley Shakespeare Festival.

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

Todd Licea* Mr. Gus Levy/ Bartender

Todd is very pleased to be working again with Book-It having last appeared in the 2007 production of The House of the Spirits. He has most recently appeared with Seattle Shakespeare Company in The Tempest, ACT Theatre in A Christmas Carol, INTIMAN in All the Kings Men, and Our American Theater Company’s Three Hotels. Todd teaches acting at Bellevue College and Shoreline Community College, where he directed the spring production of The Secret Garden. He also works as a voiceover and commercial actor, and is a proud member of the musical group Miss Mamie Lavona the Exotic Mulatta and Her White Boy Band.

Kevin McKeon Mr. Clyde/Claude Robicheaux

Kevin has had the great pleasure of working with Book-It in several capacities. As an actor he has ridden the rapids in Cowboys Are My Weakness, beat up Cannery Row bums in Sweet Thursday, and cut open his son’s horse in Plainsong. Other roles include Ethan in Ethan Frome and the effete Sir Walter in Persuasion. As an adapter for the company, his work includes A Tale of Two Cities (with Jane Jones), Plainsong, and The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears. He has directed his own adaptations of Breathing Lessons and David Guterson’s Snow Falling on Cedars, which will receive at least two productions in the upcoming 2009-10 theatre season, including one at Portland Center Stage.

Ellen McLain* Mrs. Irene Reilly

Hailing from Nashville Tennessee, Ellen has been working in theater and opera for 30 years. Ellen’s Broadway credits include My Fair Lady with Sir Rex Harrison and Peg with the legendary Peggy Lee. Regional and national credits range from Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman (Montana Rep/National Tour) to Mimi in La Bohème (Seattle Opera Outreach). She has been seen as Clairee in Steel Magnolias, Ethel Banks in Barefoot in the Park, Edith Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank, and Aunt March in Little Women. Ellen has worked with Seattle Rep, ACT, Seattle Children’s Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, and Village Theatre. The computer

game community knows Ellen for her voiceover work in Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, and Portal.

Charles Norris Burma Jones

A graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, Charles is honored to be back on the BookIt stage where he was previously seen in the 2007 production of Peter Pan. Charles was most recently seen in Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop written by Danny Hoch and Dutchman by Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), both produced by the House of Epicureanism.

Enrique Olguin Sergeant/Worker

Enrique is thrilled to be a Book-It acting intern in his first Book-It production. He was born in Mexico City and migrated to the U.S. with his family when he was five. His parents placed great emphasis on education and a good “day job,” so Enrique got a Ph.D. from Stanford and a “Dr. Jekyl” identity as a college teacher. Mom was a jazz singer, though, so the call of performance has led his “Mr. Hyde side” to be a street performer, slam poet, puppeteer and now a bona fide actor (it doesn’t get more real than Book-It). He has appeared in several Seattle productions, most recently as Gremio in Balagan Theatre’s The Taming of the Shrew and Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Brandon Whitehead* Ignatius J. Reilly

Brandon’s previous Book-It performances include Robineau in Night Flight, Count Jean de Satigny in The House of the Spirits, Spencer/McTurk in Waxwings, and Rev. Collins in Pride and Prejudice. Recent local credits include Sir Danvers Carew/Inspector in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Mr. Fezziwig/Topper in A Christmas Carol, both at ACT; Monsieur Fleurant in The Imaginary Invalid and The Sea Captain/Priest in Twelfe Night, both at the Seattle Repertory Theatre; and Ben Jonson in Swansong with the Seattle Shakespeare Company. Brandon has also worked with the Seattle Children’s Theatre, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, and many others. Brandon also performs regularly in Ian Bell’s popular Brown Derby Series at ReBar. His film credits include Expiration Date, Taos, and Police Beat.

Mary Machala Director/Adapter

Mary was a founding company member, company bookkeeper and Board Treasurer at Book-It where her directing credits include Waxwings, Silver Water, Double Indemnity and Lady Chatterley’s Lover (co-adapted/ directed with John Vreeke; and produced in Seattle, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.). Other recent directing credits include Hamlet, An Evening of Albee: The Zoo Story & Finding the Sun, After Magritte and Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant. She was a writer/ actor/improvisationalist with Dudley Riggs’ Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis and the artistic director of the socio/political improv group, Off the Wall Players in Seattle, where she directed, acted, and cowrote Every Which Way But Lucid!, Mad Dogs and English Majors, A Fistful of Transfers, and many more. She is also an AEA/AFTRA actor and has performed on many Seattle stages.

Kurt Walls Scenic Designer

Kurt is very happy to be making his BookIt debut. He is an Associate Professor and Director of Theatre Production at the University of Puget Sound, where his favorite designs include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tartuffe, Angels in America and the premiere of C. Rosalind Bell’s The New Orleans Monologues. He teaches technical theatre, design, and mentors the Senior Theatre Festival. He has designed scenery for more than 25 productions of the Seattle Men’s and Women’s Choruses. Kurt earned his MFA in Scene Design and Technology from the University of Washington, and is the former general manager and founder of Pacific Studio, a design and fabrication firm, and was the assistant technical director at Seattle Repertory Theatre.

Brian Patrick Healy Lighting Designer

Brian is pleased to once again be working with Mary Machala and the exceptional artistic staff at Book-It Repertory Theatre. Past Book-It shows include Travels with Charley, The Awakening, Bud, Not Buddy, and Waxwings. Brian has worked locally with Annex Theatre, Next Stage, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, Mount Baker Repertory, Teatro ZinZanni, and Akropolis Performance Lab. He has also worked with The Black Rep in St. Louis, St. Louis Shakespeare, Hot House Theater (now Hot House/TNT), and the Midland Center for the Arts in Midland, Michigan. Brian is currently the technical director and design instructor at Bellevue College where he teaches Lighting Design, Scenic Design, and Stage Craft.

Doris Black Costume Designer

Doris is pleased to be returning to Book-It where she previously designed costumes for Rhoda: a Life in Stories and Snow Falling on Cedars. Other designs include The Tempest for Seattle Shakespeare Company, As You Like It for Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Wooden O Theatre, Black Nativity for INTIMAN, Angels in America for the University of Puget Sound, The Snow Queen for theater simple, Forbidden Xmas for Tacoma Actors Guild, The Monkey King for Youth Theatre Northwest, Noises Off for Village Theatre, and designs for the Seattle Men’s Chorus. Her film work includes A Water Tale for the Water Calling project, Shut Eye for SIFF fly films, and the features Police Beat, Cthulhu, and Dark Horse. She received her MFA from the University of Washington.

Matt Starritt Sound Designer

Matt is a Seattle-based freelance sound designer and writer. He has recently designed sound for the Seattle production of The K of D which went on to be featured in the 2009 FringeNYC; Seattle Repertory Theatre’s Breaking Hearts and Taking Names, The Seafarer, boom, and The Imaginary Invalid; Washington Ensemble Theatre’s BlahBlahBlah:BANG! at On the Boards; LAUNCH dance theater’s pro re nata; Waxie Moon’s Extreme Boylesque at the 2008 On the Boards Northwest New Works Festival; Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Swansong; Book-It Repertory Theatre’s Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Persuasion; and Washington Ensemble Theatre’s Iphigenia in Aulis, Crumbs Are Also Bread, Museum Play, CRAVE, and Finer Noble Gases.

Gerald B. Browning Properties Designer & Dialect Coach

Gerald is a recent transplant from Washington, D.C. His work as a scenic designer and painter has been seen at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, Folger Theatre, Imagination Stage, and Round House Theatre. Gerald’s acting credits include The Kennedy Center’s Page-to-Stage Festival, Maine’s The Theater at Monmouth, Florida’s Seaside Repertory Theatre, Virginia’s Wayside Theatre, and DC’s The Keegan Theatre (2008 Helen Hayes Nomination, Outstanding Ensemble for Alone It Stands). On-camera projects include two national commercials and the Emmy-nominated History Channel production, Stolen Thunder. He recently served as Props Designer for Seattle Public Theatre’s Of Mice and Men and will return this winter to design scenery and props for The Violet Hour. He holds an MA in Theatre Studies (directing) from Chicago’s Roosevelt University.

Larry Rodriguez Technical Director

Larry hails from the Philippines and has been passionate about the theater since 1994. He was technical director and lighting designer for the Philippines’ pioneer theater company – The Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA). He also studied Lighting Design and Sound Engineering in Tokyo, Japan. Larry was a theater manager for three years with The Far Eastern University, which houses the Philippines’ first cultural center where early theater and vaudeville shows started during the 1940s; he was behind its ambitious 1998 renovation and refurbishing of the entire facility. He has also worked as director of photography for companies that produced television commercials and music videos. Before leaving the Philippines he was involved in over 50 productions from stage, television, and film, and represented the country in International theatre festivals. He moved to Seattle in 2005 and joined Book-It Repertory Theatre. This is his fifth season and he is continually grateful for having the opportunity to work among great talents. Larry was recently brought on as the resident lighting designer of Next Stage, a newlyformed Seattle theatre company.

Dan Bartell Production Manager

Dan is excited to be joining the Book-It team for the 20th Anniversary Season. He has been involved in the arts in the Seattle area for the past 12 years, working in the performing arts as well as music and visual arts. The creation of a new work—A Confederacy of Dunces—has been a creative challenge and Dan is happy to be working with not only an incredible cast, but a fantastic team of designers and staff on this project. He looks forward to a fantastic season and the continued successes of BookIt Repertory Theater.

Devorah Spadone Production Stage Manager

Devorah is proud to be the production stage manager at Book-It, where she is celebrating her 20th production along with the opening of the 20th Anniversary Season! Some of her favorite productions with the company include Moby-Dick, or The Whale, The Highest Tide, Peter Pan, A Tale of Two Cities, The House of the Spirits, Plainsong, and Giant. She also works as a stage manager for events, fundraisers, festivals, and tours. She recently worked on the Twenty/Twenty Revue to benefit Vitamin Angels and on Saving Tania’s Privates by Tania Katan with The Ethereal Mutt Limited at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has also worked for Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Bumbershoot, Folklife, and

Giant Magnet (formerly Seattle International Children’s Festival).

Mike Jones Assistant Director/Dramaturg

Mike is currently in his final year at the University of Washington as a Drama/ Photography major and is a 2009-2010 literary and artistic intern with Book-It Repertory Theatre. Last season at BookIt he assistant directed for Moby-Dick, or The Whale, directed by David Quicksall. Mike has directed Waiting for Godot, Foolin’ Around with Infinity, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and The Pillowman. Mike will be directing Dead Man’s Cell Phone at the University of Washington this spring.

Victoria Thompson Production Assistant

Victoria is thrilled to be working with Book-It again this season after working on Night Flight, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, and Moby-Dick, or The Whale last season. She is new to Seattle having graduated in 2008 from Trinity Western University in Vancouver, BC with a BA in Theatre. She loves being involved with theater in any way she can. Some of her favorite productions to work on have been Pride and Prejudice, Holy Mo and Spew Boy, The Taming of the Shrew, and Fixing Christmas.

Elizabeth Kent Stage Management Intern

Elizabeth is a recent graduate of Seattle Pacific University with a BA in Theatre Production and is thrilled to be interning at Book-It this season. Last summer she had the privilege of interning at Seattle Children’s Theatre for their summer season. Recent productions include The Alto Part, See Rock City, Honk! and She Stoops to Conquer. She also served as the touring stage manager for the SPU University Players for two years.

Jocelyne Fowler Costume Shop Intern

A recent graduate from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre with a concentration in costume design and construction, Jocelyne is BookIt’s 2009-10 Season costume shop intern. Previously, she worked with the Seattle Children’s Theatre as a costume assistant during their 2009 Summer Season.

JANE JONES 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 including The Guthrie, American Conservatory Theater, The McCarter and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Locally, she has been seen at Seattle Rep, ACT Theatre, The Empty Space, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Tacoma Actors Guild, and INTIMAN. Film and TV credits include The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Singles, Homeward Bound, “Twin Peaks,” and Rose Red. She co-directed with Tom Hulce at the Seattle Rep, 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 recently directed Pride and Prejudice and Twelfth Night at Portland Center Stage which won 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, and A Tale of Two Cities. Book-It performances include roles in Ethan Frome, Silver Water, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Breathing Lessons, and Rhoda: A Life in Stories. 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 also a recipient of the 2009 Women’s University Club of Seattle Brava Award.

Myra Platt Founding Co-Artistic Director

Myra is the founding co-artistic director of Book-It Repertory Theatre, with Jane Jones. She studied literature and theater at Northwestern University (BS Analysis and Performance of Literature) and Circle in the Square (NYC). As actor, director, adapter and composer, she has helped Book-It produce over 60 world-premiere stage adaptations. Last season, Myra played Judith in The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and adapted and directed the worldpremiere production of Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. She has also adapted Persuasion by Jane Austen. She has adapted and directed The House of the Spirits, Giant, Red Ranger Came Calling, 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. She directed Plainsong, Cry, the

Target Beloved Country, and Sweet Thursday. She co-adapted Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant with Jane Jones and composed music for Red Ranger Came Calling (with Edd Key), Ethan Frome, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, The Awakening, the first workshop production of The Cider House Rules, A Telephone Call, and I Am of Ireland. In 2008 she, Jane Jones, 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.

Special thanks to the following organizations and individuals for their generous support of A Confederacy of Dunces: Alex Balderrama, Julie Beckman, Tony & Beck Bernardo, Maria Fe Bernardo, Bill Danner, Elena Hartwell, Wiley and Christy Penney at INTIMAN, Gerald L. Kerr, Michael Losasso, John Patrick Lowrie, Forest Machala, Dennis McQueeny, Dante Rivera of Dante’s Inferno Dogs, Cesar & Zeny Rodriguez, K.D. Schill, Seattle Public Theatre, Seattle Wood Design, Theater Schmeater, Michael Tufano, and University of Puget Sound Theatre.

CHARLOTTE M. TIENCKEN Managing Director

Charlotte is an arts administrator, director, producer and educator who has been working in the producing and presenting fields for 20 years. Before moving back to the Seattle area in September 2003, she was general manager at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts for four seasons. Currently, she is president of Scarlet Productions, her own consulting firm, and is an adjunct faculty member at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Most recently she was executive director of Tacoma Actors Guild. 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, the presenting service organization for Washington, Idaho and Oregon. She has served on the board of the Pat Graney Dance Company and sat on granting panels for the Washington State Arts Commission. She recently completed her term on the Board of Theatre Puget Sound, a regional service organization for theatres in the Puget Sound area.

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 heath 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

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by Gerald McDermott • Sept 26, 2009 Raven, Coyote, and Jabuti the tortoise—three tricksters from Gerald McDermott’s awardwinning folk tales—bestow gifts and get into trouble as they explore the earth and the heavens. Grades K-6. Ticket Code: trickster

Catching the Moon Based on the true story of Marcenia Lyle who loves nothing more than baseball. She overcomes unbeatable odds to become the first woman to play for an all-male baseball team. Grades K-8. Ticket Code: moon

Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg • Jun 12, 2010

The true story of John Chapman, who brought apples and hope to the settlers of a young America, and the tall tales that sprouted from his travels across the country. Grades K-8. Ticket Code: apples Book-It All Over’s 2009-10 Target Family Fun Series is made possible by and is presented in partnership with PageAhead.

Book-It would like to express our gratitude to the following for their generosity in supporting our 2009-10 Season:

LITERARY LEGENDS $50,000+

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

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in the audience at this performance is deeply appreciated. Please tell your friends how much you enjoyed yourself. And if you are moved by the work you see on stage, we ask that you please consider making a gift to Book-It. Your gift—in any amount— makes the work we do on stage and in classrooms possible and accessible to all. Making a donation is a click away on our website at www.book-it.org, or call Marketing & Development Director Patricia Britton, 206.216.0877, ext. 100 to make your gift. Thank you.

Book-It is a company of professional actors and directors who perform classic and contemporary works of fiction for the stage.

Our mission is to transform great literature into great theatre through simple and sensitive production and to inspire our audiences to read. We strive to return theatre to its roots, to the place where the spoken and the written word intersect and where the story comes alive for the audience. What you see and hear at a Book-It performance is literary prose spoken by the characters of the story as if it were dialogue in a play—often word for word in a short story and, in adaptations of larger works, selected narrative. This is the Book-It Style™. We ask our audiences to use their imaginations, thereby becoming participants in a Book-It performance. Book-It All Over, the educational outreach program of Book-It Repertory Theatre, is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages to read. We tour a diverse range of stories to schools, libraries, and community centers throughout the Pacific Northwest, conduct long-term residencies in schools, offer teacher professional development for school staff, and present low-cost student matinées of our mainstage shows.

Mary Metastasio, President Melissa Manning,Vice-President Kristine Villiott,Treasurer Lynne Reynolds, Secretary Monica Alquist Steven Bull Jeffrey J. Cain Lynn Murphy Deborah Swets Elizabeth J. Warman Thomas Zuccotti

James Dean Laura Ferri Gail Frasier Sehlhorst Heather Guiles Andy Jensen Jennifer Sue Johnson Jane Jones Daniel Harray Reginald André Jackson David Klein

Jane Jones, Founding Co-Artistic Director Myra Platt, Founding Co-Artistic Director Charlotte M. Tiencken, Managing Director Annie Lareau, Education Director Patricia Britton, Marketing & Development Director Larry Rodriguez, Technical Director Rachel Alquist, Box Office Manager Zach Adair, Box Office Representative Rachel Wilsey, Marketing Associate Kate Godman, Grants Associate Sophie Lowenstein, Development Assistant Brady Brophy-Hilton, Education Assoc. & Box Office Rep. Sara Lachman, Education Assistant & Development Assistant

BOOK-IT REPERTORY THEATRE 206.216.0877 info@book-it.org 206.770.0880 education@book-it.org

James Lapan Mary Machala Kevin McKeon Myra Platt David Quicksall Stephanie Shine Susanna Wilson

Bill Whitham, Bookkeeper Dan Bartell, Production Manager Devorah Spadone, Production Stage Manager Susanna Pugh, House Manager & Volunteer Coordinator Pete Rush, Costume Shop Manager Acting Interns: Kiri Callaghan, Cole Cook, Laine Mullen, and Enrique Olguin • Costume Shop Intern: Jocelyn Fowler • Education Intern: Kelsey Hamilton • Literary and Artistic Interns: Mike Jones and Lucinda Stroud • Marketing Interns: Naomi Brodkin, CJ Grahm, and Emma Kelley • Photography Intern: Laine Mullen • Theatre Managment Intern: Amanda Ooten • Stage Managment Intern: Elizabeth Kent.

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