Emma encore program with cover

Adapted by Rachel Atkins Directed by Carol Roscoe

December 2, 2015 - January 3, 2016 • OUR 2015 - 2016 SEASON • WHAT WE TALK AB OUT WHEN WE TALK AB OUT LOVE // EMMA // THE BROTHERS K, PARTS 1 & 2

Welcome to our production of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Emma, celebrating its 200th year of publication this December!

The Cast of

Pride and Prejudice 2000, ’04, ’14 photo by Chris Bennion

If you haven’t noticed, we have a crush on Jane Austen.

We admire her brilliance in creating strong complicated female characters and after all these years, we continue to crave her well-crafted love stories that challenge her quaint world in Georgian-Regency England. The social commentary, the good humored descriptions of societal expectations—especially when it comes to women and their place in and around the need to marry and marry well—still resonate. With each of her heroines’ journeys of self discovery through the social hierarchy of the time ending advantageously, it is always deeply satisfying.

Jane Austen’s intelligent word-play in her narrative is the perfect match for the Book-It Style. We are grateful to have had her novels grace our stage over the years (take a look at the gallery below) and especially during the holidays, when popped champagne corks and wedding proposals fill the air.

So, a toast to Miss Jane (and Happy Birthday on December 16!); you are forever in our literary and theatrical hearts.

Cheers!

Chiara Motley, Kevin McKeon, Ricky Coates

Persuasion 2008

Jane Jones & Myra Platt, Founding Co-Artistic Directors

photo by Erik Stuhaug

The Cast of

Jessica Martin and Kjerstine Anderson

photo by Adam Smith

photo by Alan Alabastro

Emma 2009

Sense and Sensibility 2011

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JANE JONES & MYRA PLATT, FOUNDING CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

Emma

by Jane Austen

Adapted by Rachel Atkins Directed by Carol Roscoe Originally produced by Book-It Repertory Theatre in 2009, directed by Marcus Goodwin

cast Christine Marie Brown* Adrian Cerrato† Sylvie Davidson* Jaryl Draper Meme Garcia Laurence Hughes Sylvester Foday Kamara* Serin Ngai Arjun Pande Sara Porkalob Kylie McKenzie Soder Brian Thompson* Dedra D. Woods

Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Elton Mr. Martin, Ensemble Emma Woodhouse Mr. Elton Harriet Smith Mr. Weston Mr. Knightley Miss Bates Frank Churchill Jane Fairfax Isabella, Ensemble Mr. Woodhouse Mrs. Weston

Jeremiah Givers* Shane Goldbaum-Unger

Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager

Artistic Team Andrea Bryn-Bush Andrew D. Smith Jocelyne Fowler Robertson Witmer Laura Ferri Kayla Walker

Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Costume Designer Sound Designer Period Dance Choreographer Dialect Coach

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

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In his memoir of Jane Austen, James Edward AustenLeigh reveals: “Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, ‘ am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like.’”

“Handsome, clever, and rich…having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself,” Emma presents a hero, who, in thinking too well of herself, thinks too little of the desires of others.

In researching Emma, I came across a book by Michael Suk-Young Chwe, Jane Austen, Game Theorist, in which he argues that Jane Austen’s novels, taken as a whole, lay out a conceptual framework for game theory, specifically, strategic thinking — and its opposite, cluelessness. Cluelessness, he posits, arises from a lack of natural ability, ignorance, social difference, excessive pride in one’s strategic skill and/or excessive self-reference. If so, then, in Emma, Jane Austen develops a perfectly clueless character.

women, rich and poor, these categories and status distinctions create a distance — a cluelessness — about the other.

Delightfully, Emma Woodhouse is aware of these errors even as she participates in them. All the while she dispenses advice, she is blinded by her own self-reference, her social and economic rank and experience. Her privileged position on the field actually limits her scope of understanding and she points out the faults of others, all the while acting with supreme cluelessness herself.

For as long as we continue to be seduced by the cleverness of our own ideas, Emma will continue to appeal.

Emma Woodhouse believes herself to be in perfect command of the field, that she understands all the players, all the possible permutations and motivations of action. She calls out others for their lack of understanding. She points out to her father that “one half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.” Men misunderstand women, she says to Mr. Knightley. “It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who ask her.” Whether young and old, men and

For me, the irony is irresistible. And, ultimately, Jane Austen saves us all from an unlikeable heroine. The scales of self-deception begin to fall from her eyes and Emma sees that being the star player on the field is not the same as being a valuable player. Emma develops a self-awareness which allows her, finally, insight and empathy for others.

Emma is not just a comedy of manners about this little English community in the 1810s. It is about all communities. Social and economic hierarchies, differences in place and position between men and women, between those with privilege and those without…these are all the distinctions humans have used through the ages to deceive ourselves into thinking we understand what’s really going on. For as long as we continue to be seduced by the cleverness of our own ideas, Emma will continue to appeal. Her charm lies in the hope that, like Emma, it is possible to realize our own cluelessness and open up the field of our imagination.

— Carol Roscoe

Jane in Love Jane Austen was born December 16, 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke in England, the seventh child of a country clergyman and his wife. George and Cassandra Austen educated their children primarily at home where they could benefit from the extensive library and the schoolroom atmosphere created by Mr. Austen’s live-in pupils. Jane’s closest friend was her only sister, Cassandra, almost three years her senior. Her brothers variously entered the militia, banking, the clergy, and one was adopted by wealthy cousins to be their heir.

When her father retired in 1801, she moved to Bath, and then on to various other locales with her mother after her father’s death in 1805. Unlike her heroines, Jane Austen never married, though she did receive proposals.

In 1811, at the age of 35, Austen published Sense and Sensibility, which identified the author as “a Lady.”

Pride and Prejudice followed in 1813, Mansfield Park in 1814, and Emma in 1815.

Jane Austen

Austen died, most likely from cancer, on July 18, 1817, and a few days later was buried in Winchester Cathedral. She was 41 years old. Her gravestone, which is visited by hundreds of admirers each year, does not even mention that she was an author.

Her novels Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published together in December 1817 with a “Biographical Notice” written by her brother Henry, in which Jane Austen was, for the first time in one of her novels, identified as the author of Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma. Her novels have never been out of print.

Bath

A firm believer in romantic love, Jane Austen fell in love with Tom Lefroy, an Irishman attending law school in London, at a ball over Christmas and New Year’s Eve in 1795-1796 where they danced, flirted, and fueled gossip. Austen’s letters to her sister were light hearted in Thomas Lefroy regards to Tom, but her feelings went much deeper. Many believe Tom was sent away because his great uncle disapproved of the match in the interest of the political ambitions he had for him (Tom Lefroy went on to become a Member of Parliament and Lord Chief Judge of Ireland). Lefroy became engaged to another woman in the spring of 1797. No other man ever caught Jane Austen’s eye as Thomas Langlois Lefroy had.

Jane had another brush with marriage on December 2, 1802. While Austen and her sister Cassandra were staying with their friends, the Bigg sisters, at Manydown, near Steventon, their brother, Harris Bigg-Wither, proposed and Jane initially accepted.

Marrying Harris would have greatly elevated her position in society and Jane would have gone from having no house of her own to becoming mistress of an estate. Despite the social benefits of the match, she realized she did not love Harris and declined his offer the next day. Her refusal caused embarrassment to all involved and she and Cassandra returned home to Bath immediately.

A Woman's Work... in Regency England Modern conceptions of women during Regency England are usually black and white. The fact that when a woman married she forfeited her personal property and money to her husband supports the notion that women were unable to contribute to their society, but this was not always the case. Although, it was a symbol of status when one did not have to work in order to support themselves or their families, the reality was often quite different and many women during the time contributed to their families and communities by various means.

A girl working in a mine.

Positions of manual labor were of course most common for working class women who took on outside work in order to supplement their family’s income.

Working class women were involved in agriculture and domestic service and as Britain experienced a boom in manufacturing and industry, women became involved in factory and mine work as well. Some working class women were lucky enough to find respectable, higher paying positions in education, dressmaking, and millinery trades, but as time went on women were increasingly considered the least skilled type of worker, ranked with the elderly and children. Therefore, their income was low, finding work was difficult, and women had little bargaining power to change their occupational A servant status. Despite their often poor working conditions, many women took pride in their ability to help support their families and themselves.

Jane Austen often focuses on upper-middle-class women and the landed gentry in her novels. Within these classes, expectations that a woman would not and should not work were stricter and marriage was the main way women supported themselves and achieved higher status. A woman who received a proper upbringing would not stoop to performing manual tasks, but women still wanted and often found ways to contribute to their families and to society. During the Regency period married women would normally take on the tasks of managing their husband’s household, which could include managing estate finances, hiring and overseeing the household servants, and planning their family’s daily schedule. Those who didn’t marry took on acceptable positions for women such as governess, companion, school teacher, and in some cases authoress. In addition, women participated in philanthropic works including organizing fundraising events for education or for their local church or they might make charitable visits to those less fortunate.

A proud estate

During is period, women strove to contribute to the world they lived in despite the restrictions they faced because of their gender. Many doors were closed to them, but the narrative of the Regency woman is not complete without acknowledging that they played a significant role in Great Britain’s economy. Jane Austen herself overcame her circumstances to became one of England’s greatest literary treasures.

What’s Cooking?

We’ve always celebrated holidays with great food. So we’ve collected a few Regency recipes to help you celebrate this season. Find them in our lobby – they’re our gift to you.

And visit our website to watch some old-style cooking in action. Adria LaMorticella whipped up a traditional English Christmas pudding and you can watch it at book-it.org.

We wish you a delicious holiday!

When Worlds Collide Jane Austen was hailed during her time for her ability to accurately portray her society and those in it. Belonging to the middle class, with strong ties to the upper middle class and landed gentry, she was able to draw from her experiences in order to create three-dimensional characters and places. Inspiration from Jane’s life can be seen in the lives of all of the women in Emma. See how her life intersects with her character’s lives.

Growing Up: Both Jane and Emma were incredibly close to the female figures in their lives while growing up. Jane and her sister were inseparable and when apart kept in touch through letter writing.

Emma is also close to her sister Isabella as well as to Miss Taylor, her governess.

In addition, both were close to their fathers who were supportive and caring.

Adulthood: Mrs. Elton loves to brag about her brother’s estate at Maple Grove. It is difficult to believe that Mrs. Elton and Jane Austen would have something in common, but one of Jane’s brothers was adopted by a wealthy relative early in life and inherited a luxurious estate similar to the one at Maple Grove. Jane visited the estate sparingly as she was not on the best terms with her sister in law.

Early Childhood: Emma and Jane Austen both grew up in the country. The slower pace of life allowed them greater freedoms such as going on walks with a single female companion and paying call to their female friends by themselves.

Jane Austen ‘s living situation was similar to that of Miss and Mrs. Bates as she entered adulthood. When her father died, Jane was left to depend on her brothers, along with her sister Cassandra and her mother, for their living. Miss and Mrs. Bates similarly have to depend on the kindness of others as well as a small allowance in order to maintain their meager lifestyle. As Jane and her sister aged they both fell into spinsterhood. Miss Bates decides to become a spinster in order to take care of her mother.

Early Adulthood: Both Jane Fairfax and Jane Austen loved playing the pianoforte and were quite talented at it. Both met the loves of their lives in society, but unlike Jane Fairfax, young Jane Austen was unable to marry her love, Tom Lefroy.

Sylvie Davidson; photo by John Ulman

All the dramaturgy for this publication and the theatre lobby was researched, compiled, and written by Artistic and Literary Intern Laura Owens.

meet the

Cast Christine Marie Brown*

Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Elton Christine Marie Brown is thrilled to make her debut at Book-It. A former New Yorker, Christine has appeared on and off Broadway and nationally at the Old Globe, The Guthrie, Baltimore Centerstage, Shakespeare & Company, South Coast Rep, and many others. Locally, her work has been seen at ACT, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Village Theatre, 14/48 Festival, Theatre Anonymous, Engaged Theatre Program, Sandbox Radio LIVE!, and Endangered Species Project. As a member of the faculty at Freehold Theatre Lab, she teaches Intro to Acting, Auditioning and Scene Study.

She holds an MFA from the Old Globe Theatre and is a member of ESP, the Sandbox Artists’ Collective, AEA and SAG-AFTRA.

Adrian Cerrato†

Mr. Martin, Ensemble Adrian is making his BookIt mainstage debut and is honored to be a part of this production. He was previously seen in Hair at Bainbridge Performing Arts, in The Passion as Told by Antígona Pérez with Thriving Artists, and in Arcadia at Renton Civic Theatre.

Adrian also toured last year with BookIt’s educational show La Mariposa.

Some of his favorite roles include The Beast in Charles Way’s Beauty and the Beast, Cheerleader in Bleacher Bums, and Troilus in Troilus and Cressida.

Adrian received his BA in drama from the University of Washington.

Sylvie Davidson*

Emma Woodhouse Sylvie Davidson returns with great pleasure to Book-It, where she originated the title role in Emma and was also seen in The Art of Racing in the Rain, Great Expectations, Night Flight, and The Highest Tide.

Other local credits include Tails of Wasps with NCTC, A Christmas Carol and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with ACT, Getting Near to Baby with Seattle Children’s Theatre, and As You Like It, The Winter’s Tale, and The Tempest * Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

with Island Stage Left. Most recently, she appeared in the Off-Broadway production of Lonesome Traveler, a folk music musical, at New York’s 59E59 Theaters. Sylvie is a native Washingtonian and a graduate of Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. A singer/ songwriter as well as an actor, she divides her time between Seattle and Nashville.

Jaryl Draper

Mr. Elton This is Jaryl’s third show with Book-It, his first being Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant followed by The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay. Around Seattle he has worked with Annex, Stone Soup, Arouet, Greenstage, Harlequin Productions, women seeking…, Ghost Light Theatricals, Pacific Play Company, Seattle Playwrights Collective, Woodinville Repertory Theatre, UPAC, Theater Schmeater, SecondStory Repertory, and Eclectic Theater Company. Some of his favorite roles include Rudi in The Tempermentals, Freddy in Noises Off, Starbuck in The Rainmaker, Uncle Peck in How I Learned To Drive, and Father Flynn in John Patrick Shanley’s parable Doubt.

Meme Garcia

Harriet Smith Meme García is a recent graduate of Seattle University where she received a double major with departmental honors in performing arts and women and gender studies.

She is thrilled to be making her Book-It debut in Emma. She was previously seen on stage in John Baxter is a Switch Hitter and The Children’s Hour at the Intiman Summer Theatre Festival and in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s production of Measure for Measure. Meme is currently working on a solo show that weaves together Shakespeare’s Canon and her own memories and stories. She has worked with upstart crow collective, the Actors’ Shakespeare Project in Boston, and Freehold Theatre.

† Book-It Acting Intern

Laurence Hughes

Mr.Weston Laurence is excited to take his third Book-It mainstage stroll He was previously seen in Rebecca and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, plus the Book-It Special Editions show The Future Remembered.

He has also performed locally at Annex, ACT, On the Boards, 14/48, Centerstage, Stone Soup, and Greenstage, and globally in San Francisco (Medea Knows Best), Nevada City (Hotel…), Montana and Canada (Saltwater), Prague (The Probe) and St Julien l’Ars, France (Big Love). In the previous millennium he co-founded both the thrilling and tragic Ardeo Theatre Company and the Elastic Picnic Improv Troupe. When not acting he’s a professional poker player (honest).

Sylvester Foday Kamara*

Mr. Knightly Sylvester started his acting studies in 1993 at the NW Actors Studio where he studied the Stanislavski technique with Anne Graham. He was a member of the first class of the conservatory program at Freehold Theatre in 1999-2000, taught

by Robin Lynn Smith and George Lewis. In Los Angeles, he studied with Milton Katselas. An Equity member since 2001, among his favorite roles are Joseph Asagai in A Raisin in the Sun with Intiman Theatre, Tayyib in Musa and Sheri in the New World with ACT, Sepha Stephanos in The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears with BookIt, and Escalus in Measure for Measure with Seattle Shakespeare Company.

He recently became a member of The Seagull Project, and will play Mikhail Lvovich Astrov in Uncle Vanya in 2017.

Serin Ngai

Miss Bates This past year, Serin was seen in Chinglish at ArtsWest and Paper Angels with SIS Productions. She is known as the original playwright of SISProductions’ former Sex in Seattle series, and one of its original executive producers. She is

meet the happy to return to Book-It where she was last seen playing Ethel in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Serin is a family law attorney with her own practice. She volunteers her time at two legal clinics, one of which she also manages, and she is a board member in her ninth year with the Asian Bar Association of Washington. She is married to the talented actor Richard Nguyen Sloniker and has an artistic stepdaughter, Viola.

Arjun Pande

Frank Churchill Arjun is so glad you came to see the show, and words alone cannot express how happy he is to be performing for you. This is his first show with Book-It Repertory Theatre, however you may have already seen him this fall with the Seattle Shakespeare Company, running and jumping around the Leo K. Theatre as Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors (directed by Jane Nichols).

Arjun is a recent graduate of Brown University where he received a degree in theater and the performing arts.

Next you can see him in the Seattle Shakespeare Company tour of Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest.

Sara Porkalob

Jane Fairfax Sara Porkalob is so excited to be making her Book-It debut with this fantastic team! She has performed at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Taproot Theatre, Artswest, Annex Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, and other local venues. When not performing, she is a director, playwright, and arts activist specializing in site-specific performance and performance theory application. www.saraporkalob.com

Kylie McKenzie Soder†

Isabella, Ensemble Kylie McKenzie Soder is a recent BFA graduate from the Cornish College of the Arts theater department.

Fresh from school, Kylie is excited to venture into the Seattle theater scene and is honored that her journey begins with Book-It Repertory Theatre. Her recent theatrical credits include Cumie Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde, Jacinta

in Fuente Ovejuna, and the Music Master/Madam Jordain in Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (CCA). Kylie has also worked with the Island Shakespeare Festival where she directed Antigone for the Classic Conservatory for Young Artists summer program.

BRIAN THOMPSON*

Mr. Woodhouse In 1956 Brian graduated from Seattle’s Roosevelt High School having won Best Actor Awards in the maiden edition of their one-act play festival.

He went that fall to The Goodman in Chicago, and by Christmas he appeared in his first professional engagement in The Immoralist starring the illustrious Geraldine Page. She gave him an autographed photo with the inscription, “Theatre is worth all the trouble.” Nearly 60 years later, having founded and served as artistic director of the Bathhouse Theatre, performed in all Seattle’s major theatres and in Portland, Ashland, Berkley, San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. as well as Dundalk, Ireland and Vancouver, B.C., he can wholeheartedly confirm her prediction.

Dedra D. Woods

Mrs. Weston Dedra D. Woods is a native of Detroit and proud member of Barefoot Theatre Company NYC/LA. Productions with the company include Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? and Metropolitan Operas. Most recently she was seen in the Northwest premiere of We Are Proud to Present… at New City Theatre. Since relocating to Washington from Los Angeles, Dedra has worked on various projects including Intimate Apparel with Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, ACT’s Construction Zone series, Hedgebrook Women’s Playwrights Festival, and The Hansberry Project. She has also enjoyed sharing new works in readings with Northwest Playwrights Alliance and Playwrights’ Circle. Dedra received her BFA in acting from SUNY Purchase and is a proud Actors’ Equity Member candidate.

Artistic

staff

Rachel Atkins

Adapter Rachel Atkins is a playwright and teaching artist. A frequent adapter for Book-It, she is also the scriptwriter for the educational theatre company Living Voices, with 12 multi-media shows in ongoing national touring repertory. Her plays have been seen locally at Seattle Rep, Seattle Children’s Theatre, The Empty Space, Annex, Brownbox, Live Girls!, Infinity Box, Forward Flux, Fantastic Z, and 14/48, and regionally at American Repertory Theater (Mass.), Cleveland’s Playhouse Square (Ohio), Independent Actors Theatre (Mo.), North Country Cultural Center (N.Y.), Explora Theater (N.M.) and Virginia Theatre (Ill.). She teaches for Book-It, Seattle Rep, Arts Impact, and ACT’s Young Playwrights Program. Rachel was nominated for the TPS Outstanding Playwright Gregory Award for the 2009 production of this adaptation of Emma. Her play Black Like Us received the 2014 Gregory for Best New Play.

Carol Roscoe

Director Previously at Book-It, Carol directed The Art of Racing in the Rain for the main stage, Chicken Sunday for the Arts & Education Touring Program, and contributed a Guilty Pleasure or two. A professional actor, director, and writer, Carol’s work has been seen in over 100 stage productions locally and nationally, including Shakespeare’s Globe (London), The Kennedy Center, LA Fringe Festival, Brooklyn Lyceum, ACT Theatre, Intiman, Seattle Shakespeare, Book-It, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Theater Schmeater, ArtsWest, Seattle Public Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, and others. Recent productions include Dead Man’s Cell Phone, The Vertical Hour, Retreat from Moscow, Reckless, Bug, End Days, Stop Kiss, Halcyon Days, Betrayal, Wit, Proof, Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, The Winter’s Tale, and Complete Works of Willm Shakespeare, Abridged, among others. Honors include 2013 Globe International Acting Fellow, 2011 TPS Gregory Award for Outstanding Actress (2012 Nominee), and two Seattle Times Footlight Awards. She holds a BA from the University of Chicago and an MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre’s Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington Univ. Carol teaches at Cornish College of the Arts, University of Washington, and Seattle Children’s Theatre.

Andrea Bryn Bush

Scenic Designer Andrea is thrilled to be designing with Book-It Repertory Theatre again.

Previous works with the company include She’s Come Undone, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Uncensored, The Art of Racing in the Rain, and The Cider House Rules, Parts I and II. Her work has been seen at Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Public Theater, Contemporary Classics, Seattle Musical Theatre, Azeotrope, The 5th Avenue Theatre, AMT Touring Co., and Cornish College of the Arts. Andrea was formerly an ensemble member and resident designer at Washington Ensemble Theatre. She also received the 2010 Gregory Award for outstanding scenic design as well as a Seattle Times Footlight Award.

Andrew D. Smith

Lighting Designer Andrew returns to Book-It, having previously designed Little Bee, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Uncensored, The Cider House Rules Parts I & II, and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Andrew’s work has been seen at Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT, New Century Theatre Company, Washington Ensemble, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Azeotrope, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Seattle Public Theater, Theatre Off Jackson, ArtsWest, On The Boards, Velocity Dance Center, and Broadway Performance Hall.

National work includes Cornerstone Theatre Company, Flint Youth Theatre, Horizon Theatre Company, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Roust Theatre, and Cardinal Stage Company. He received the 2010 and 2011 Gregory Award for Outstanding Lighting Designer, as well as the 2010 Seattle Times Footlight Award. Andrew holds a BA from Duke University and an MFA from the University of Washington, where he currently teaches.

Jocelyne Fowler

Costume Designer Jocelyne Fowler has designed for Book-It Repertory Theatre (Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, Anna Karenina, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet), Seattle Shakespeare Company (Richard II), Wooden O (Henry IV Part I, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Henry V and The Tempest), SecondStory Repertory (The Lion in Winter, Legally Blonde, Chess: The Musical, Moon Over Buffalo, etc.), Seattle Musical Theatre (Young Frankenstein and Legally Blonde), Harlequin Productions (Clybourne Park, Jesus Christ Superstar, etc.), Bellevue College (Carnival, Into the Woods, and Dead Man’s Cell Phone, etc.), Vashon Opera (Elixir, Albert

Herring, Werther, and Eugene Onegin), and other local theatres. Upcoming work includes Titus Andronicus at Seattle Shakespeare and Evita at SecondStory Repertory.

Robertson Witmer

Sound Designer Rob is happy to be returning to Book-It, where he previously designed The Art of Racing in the Rain and the 2009 premiere of Emma. Other recent credits include Seven Ways to Get There and The Three Sisters (ACT); The Flick (New Century Theatre Company); The Comedy of Errors, Othello, and Tartuffe (Seattle Shakespeare Company). His onstage appearances include Mr. Burns (ACT) and Fiddler on the Roof (Village Theatre). In 2013, Rob received the Gregory Award for Outstanding Sound Design.

Jeremiah Givers*

Stage Manager Jeremiah is pleased to return to BookIt Repertory Theatre after having spent the last year as a stay-at-home dad to his and his wife’s first son.

He previously worked with Book-It in 2014 as assistant stage manager on Truth Like the Sun. His other past works include stage manager for Freehold’s Engaged Theatre Project’s summer tours and as a stage management season intern for Seattle Repertory Theatre. He received his BFA in performance production from Cornish College of the Arts in December of 2011.

Shane Goldbaum-Unger

Assistant Stage Manager Shane is thrilled to be working with Book-It again, previously serving as props master for Little Bee last spring.

Shane is a freelance stage manager, and has worked at Seattle Public Theater, Taproot Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and ArtsWest. Shane also works as part of the front-of-house staff at ACT Theatre. Shane previously lived in Chicago the past three years, and worked with Emerald City Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Albany Park Theatre Project, Stage Left Theatre, Steep Theatre, and Victory Gardens Theatre. Shane also managed various events at Chicago’s Navy Pier. Shane received his BFA in stage management from Syracuse University.

Laura Ferri

Period Dance Choreographer Laura is delighted to be once again in the world of Jane Austen, having choreographed the dances for BookIt’s earlier productions of Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and each production of Pride and Prejudice, in which

she also played Mrs. Bennet (2000, 2004). Previously, she choreographed the dances for Anna Karenina, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, and My Ántonia, as well as adapted and directed Book-It Special Editions of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, Stories for Boys, and The Call of the Wild. A Book-It company member for over 20 years, she has also directed Broken for You and Prairie Nocturne for the main stage, and annually staged the Danger: Books! series among other special projects for Book-It’s Arts and Education Program.

Kayla Walker

Dialect Coach Kayla is pleased to be back at BookIt! You may have seen her as Larry/ Ensemble in I Am Of Ireland last season. As a coach and actress, she has worked with Annex Theatre (Zapoi!, Bunnies), Wooden O (Julius Caesar), ACT (A Christmas Carol), Washington Ensemble Theatre (Bengal Tiger…), Theater Schmeater, Taproot Theatre, Strawberry Theatre Workshop (This Land), and Village Theatre (Mary Poppins, Cabaret). She is a proud graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, holding a BFA in theater and original works. Most days, you can find her at Village Theatre KIDSTAGE where she manages Institute, an advanced musical theatre training program.

MYRA PLATT

Founding Co-Artistic Director As co-founder, Myra has helped BookIt produce over 100 world premiere mainstage productions and over 30 education touring productions. Most recently she directed The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which won the 2014 Gregory Award for Outstanding Production and received a Seattle Times 2014 Footlight Award. She directed Persuasion, Plainsong, Cry, the Beloved Country, and Sweet Thursday, and she adapted and directed The Financial Lives of the Poets, The River Why, Night Flight, Red Ranger Came Calling, The House of the Spirits, Giant, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Cowboys Are My Weakness, and Roman Fever. She adapted The Art of Racing in the Rain, co-adapted Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant with Jane Jones, and composed music for Prairie Nocturne, Night Flight (with Joshua Kohl), Red Ranger Came Calling (with Edd Key), The Awakening, Ethan Frome, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant. Her acting credits include Prairie Nocturne, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, The Awakening (West Los Angeles Garland Award), Howards End, and The Cider House Rules, Parts I and II (original production).

Myra and Jane Jones are the recipients of a Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Anniversary grant, the 2010 Women of

Influence from Puget Sound Business Journal, and were named by Seattle Times an Unsung Hero and Uncommon Genius for their 20-year contribution to life in the Puget Sound region.

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 27 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, Jim Lynch, Ernest Hemingway, Colette, Amy Bloom, John Irving, John Steinbeck, Daphne du Maurier, and Jane Austen. A veteran actress of 35 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.

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 Seattle Rep, Peter Parnell’s adaptation of John Irving’s The Cider House Rules, Parts I and II, which enjoyed successful runs here in Seattle, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (Ovation Award, best director) and in New York (Drama Desk Nomination, best director).

Jane directed Pride and Prejudice, Cyrano and Twelfth Night at Portland Center Stage which won the 2008 Drammy award for Best Direction and Production. For BookIt, she has directed The Dog of the South, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Uncensored, Truth Like the Sun, 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 I and II, 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, and was a finalist for the American Union for Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation’s 2012 Zelda Fichandler Award.

special thanks to Rob Bergquist Louise Butler Lexi Hamil Metropolitan Market Seattle Shakespeare Company SIFF Uptown Cinemas Theatre Puget Sound

production

staff

affiliations ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION

BRYAN BURCH

Production Manager

This theatre operates under an agreement within AEA, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 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 of excellence. www.actorsequity.org

LAURA OWENS

Dramaturg / Literary Intern

KARLA DAVENPORT Properties Master

ANDERS BOLANG

Scene Shop Manager / Master Carpenter

DAN SCHUY

Technical Manager

CARMEN RODRIGUEZ Scenic Charge Artist

TREVOR CUSHMAN

THEATRE PUGET SOUND

Master Electrician / Light Board Operator

JESSICA JONES

Sound Engineer / Sound Board Operator

THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP

CAT MENKEL-LAWRENCE Wardrobe Supervisor

SHAWNA GRAJEK Production Intern

Celebrate with us at Book-It’s Annual

Gala m

Saturday March 12, 2016 6:00 - 11:00 pm Join us for a memorable evening

at the

W Hotel

Downtown Seattle

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Book-It Down the Road!

Travel with us to Portland and see the Book-It adaptation of

Directed by jane jones

February 13, 2016

The excursion includes tickets to the show, dinner at a Pearl District restaurant, and an overnight stay at the Mark Spencer Hotel.

Lee Osorio, Sylvie Davidson, Frank Lawler, and Jane Jones; photo by Alan Alabastro

at Portland Center Stage

Space is limited. For more information or to RSVP contact development@book-it.org.

Amazing Happens When You

SUPPORT

Book-It

World Premiere theatrical adaptations & reimagined favorites from our repertoire.

More than 125 world premieres in Book-It’s 26-year history. The newest is next spring’s The Brothers K. Hundreds of artists plying their trades.

125 actors and artisans create the art you seen on stage each season including 2015 Gregory Award-winners Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako (Outstanding Actress, Little Bee) and Matt Starritt (Outstanding Music/Sound Design, Slaughterhouse-Five).

Outreach to tens of thousands of youth.

Educational programming that has touched 800,000 youth and educators throughout Washington State during the past 15 years.

This holiday season, help make amazing happen by supporting Book-It Repertory Theatre. One third of our annual budget comes from donors like you. Return your gift in the enclosed envelope or go to book-it.org and make your gift today.

Other ways to give: Contribute a gift of stock or leave a gift in your will.

For more information about making gifts to Book-It, contact Director of Development Sally Brunette, 206-428-6258 or sallyb@book-it.org.

honoring book-it contributors Book-It thanks the following for their generous support!

Literary Legends’ Circle $75,000+

Leadership circle, cont.

Nobel Prize Circle, Cont.

N. Elizabeth McCaw & Yahn Bernier The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

Nancy & Warren Smith Colleen & Brad Stangeland Deborah Swets U.S. Bank Foundation April Williamson

Sara Thompson & Richard Gelinas Kathy & Jim Tune Ruth & Jerry Verhoff Judith A. Whetzel Williams Miller Family Foundation Patricia Wilson Margaret Winsor & Jay Hereford Wyman Youth Trust

Literary CHampions’ Circle $25,000+ ArtsFund Sonya & Tom Campion Matthew Clapp The Norcliffe Foundation Mary Pigott Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Shirley & Dave Urdal

LITERARY HEROES CIRCLE $10,000+ 4Culture City Of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Boeing Company Stuart Frank & Marty Hoiness Ellen & John Hill Stellman Keehnel Margaret Kineke & Dennis West Nordstrom Michell & Larry Pihl Lynne & Nick Reynolds The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Kris & Mike Villiott

Partners’ circle $5,000+ ArtsWA Joann Byrd Amy & Matthew Cockburn Gretl Galgon Lucy Helm Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Drella & Garth Stein

Leadership circle $2,500+ Monica Alquist Karen Brandvick-Baker & Ross Baker Catherine Clark & Marc Jacques Carolyn & George Cox D.A. Davidson & Co. Emily Davis Caroline Feiss & Gordy Davidson Jane Jones & Kevin McKeon Ellen & Stephen Lutz Ellen Maxson Mary Metastasio Cheryl & Tom Oliver Deborah Parsons Myra Platt & Dave Ellis Anne Repass Shirley Roberson Kathryn & Stephen Robinson Ellen & Mike Rosenberg Steve Schwartzman & Daniel Karches

Nobel Prize Circle $1,000+ Anonymous (5) John Aldaya & Tom DeFelice All One Family Fund Salli & Stephen Bauer Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Judy Brandon & H. Randall Webb Patricia Britton Sally Brunette Karen Bystrom Carol & Bill Collins Nora & Allan Davis Polly & Eric Feigl Elizabeth & Paul Fleming Merck Foundation Craig Greene Mark Hamburg Liz Harris Signy & James Hayden Mary Fran & Harold Hill Humanities Washington Judith Jesiolowski & David Thompson Pamela Johnson Thomas Jones Jamie & Jeremy Joseph Debbie Killinger Lea Knight The Kowal Family Ed Littlefield Darcy & Lee MacLaren Melissa & Don Manning Holly & Bill Marklyn Peter Maunsell Anne McDuffie & Tim Wood Lisa Merrill Minar Northey LLP Susan & Furman Moseley Joni Ostergaard & Will Patton Kathryn & Bradley Renner Paula & Stephen Reynolds Nathan Rodriguez Sage Foundation Christine Sanders John Schaffer The Seattle Foundation Charyl Kay & Earl Sedlik Gail & John Sehlhorst Spark Charitable Foundation The Ex Anima Fund

Pulitzer Prize Circle $500+ Anonymous Mito Alfieri & Norman Cheuk Connie Anderson Jennifer & Russ Banham Donna & Anthony Barnett Lenore & Dick Bensinger Janet Boguch & Kelby Fletcher Elizabeth Braun Christiane Pein & Steven Bull Roberta Reaber & Leo Butzel Linda & Peter Capell Diana & Chuck Carey Cathy & Michael Casteel Mary Chambers Mary Anne Christy & Mark Klebanoff Laura & Greg Colman Dorothy & Sean Corry Steve Miller & Pamela Cowan Deborah Cowley & Mark Dexter Dottie Delaney Rebecca Dietz & Michael Drumheller Jilly Eddy & Marsha Kremen Julie Edsforth & Jabez Blumenthal Sara Elward Jane & Stanley Fields Phyllis Hatfield Mary Horvitz Heather Howard Jane Austen Society of Puget Sound Melissa Joyce Clare Kapitan & Keith Schreiber Mary Klubben Emily Krebill Joyce Latino & John O’Connell Steve Loeb Karen Lorene & Don Bell Richard Monroe Whitney & Jerry Neufeld-Kaiser Andrea Niculescu Glenna Olson & Conrad Wouters Sandra Perala & John Platt Doris & Charles Ray Jo Ann & Jim Roberts Martha & Donald Sands Pamela & Nate Searle Jo & Michael Shapiro

Pulitzer Circle, Cont.

National Book Award Circle, cont.

Martha Sidlo Marcia & Peter Sill Margaret Silver Amelia Simon Maria Strickland Cassandra Tate & Glenn Drosendahl Susan Tate Jennifer Lee Taylor Janet Vail Rebecca Wakefield & Murray Johnson Elizabeth Warman Leora & Robert Wheeler Jean & David White Paula & Bill Whitham Blake Wilson Merrily Wyman Russ Young Freddie Yudin Shari Zehm & Kerry Thompson

Charitable Fund • Jenness & John Starks • Christine & Josh Stepherson • Linda & Hugh Straley • Paul Stucki • Liann Sundquist • Cassandra & Eric Taylor • Charlotte Tiencken & Bill West • Ruth Valine & Ed McNerney • Roxanne Walmsley • Suzanne Weaver • Jennifer Weis • Eddie & Marty Westerman • Gregory Wetzel • Hope & Ken Wiljanen • Rob Williamson • Bo Willsey • Christina Wright & Luther Black

National Book Award Circle $250+ Anonymous (3) • Douglas Adams • Lynne & Shawn Aebi • Sheena Aebig & Eric Taylor • Christina Amante • Kim Anderson • Susan Bennett • Carla & Brad Berg • Kathleen Best • Betty Bostrom • Jonathan Buchter • Kristina Huus Campbell • Kate Carruthers • Rachel DeBusk • Carol & Kelly Dole • Lauren Dudley • Jim & Gaylee Duncan • Laura Einstein • Jamie & Steve Froebe • Jean Gorecki & Dick Dobyns • Carla Granat & Stephen Smith • Margaret Griffiths • Diane Grover • Laura & Erik Hanson • Corina & Janet Hardin • Lloyd Herman & Richard Wilson • Barbara & Randy Hieronymus • Chris Higashi • Carol Hoerster • Lisa & William Holderman • Carolyn Holtzen • Robert Jones • Nancy Juhos • Malia & Chang Kawaguchi • Karen Koon • Kristen Laine & Jim Collins • Lennon Keegan Family • Ann McCurdy & Frank Lawler • Richard LeBlanc • Kathy & Jeff Lindenbaum • Lori Eickelberg & Arni Litt • Cynthia Livak & Peter Davenport • Todd London • Sheila Lukehart • Lynn Manley & Alexander Lindsey • Elizabeth Mathewson • Elaine Mathies • Anne McBride • Ruth McCormick • Marion McGowan • Marcie & John McHale • Jennifer McIntyre • Susan & Bob Mecklenburg • Bonnie Miller • Shyla Miller • Paige Packman • Judd Parkin • Meta Pasternak • Cecilia Paul & Harry Reinert • Corliss Perdaems • Sherry Perrault • Gloria Pfeif • Judy Pigott • Scott Pinckney • Sharon Prosser • Barbara & Daniel Radin • Michelle Rebert • Nancy Reichley • Paula Riggert • Sarah Ryan & Douglas Larson • Kim & Kenneth Schiewetz • Schwab

Pen/Faulkner Award Circle $100+ Anonymous (7) • Kimberly Allison • Gail Anderson • Maile & Ginny Anderson • John & Cindy Angiulo • Joel Aslanian • Diane Barbour & Jim Rulfs • Jo Ann Bardeen • Rebecca Barnett & Roger Tucker • Carlton Baxter • Julia Bent • Maribeth Berberich • Eileen Simmons & Roger Berger • Noreen Bergin • Deb Bigelow • Lindsay & Tony Blackner • Bob Blazek • Rebecca Brewer • Vibeke Brinck • Becky Brooks & Jeff Youngstrom • Don Brown • Rachel & David Bukey • Alice Burgess • Carol Butterfield • Kathleen Caldwell • Zimmie Caner • Casey Family Programs • Mary Casey-Goldstein • Kristine & Gerry Champagne • Joyce Chase • Marilyn & David Chelimer • Carl Chew • Lisa Clark • Catherine Clemens • Mary Kay & Ian Clunies-Ross • Harriett Cody & Harvey Sadis • Debra Covert-Bowlds • William Covington • Brenda Croft • Janice Cummings O’Mahony • Claudette Davison • Chas DeBolt • Ronald DeChene & Robert Hovden • Sandra & Paul Dehmer • Richard Detrano • Lynn Dissinger • Ron Dohr • Marcia Donovan • Marcia Douglas • Beth Dubey • Lorna Dykes • Jeremy Eknoian • Judith Endejan • Judith Erickson • Constance Euerle • Expedia Gives Matching Gift Program • Janice & Chandler Felt • Deborah Ferguson • Judi & Steve Finney • Sarah Fleming • Carolyn Fletcher • Jennifer Fontaine • K Denise & James Fortier • Toni Freeman • Lori Fujimoto & Jim Simon • Kai Fujita • Carol Furry & Ronald Kessler • Claire Gebben • R. Brooks Gekler • Elizabeth Gilchrist • Ann Glusker • Vicki & Gerrie Goddard • Patricia Graves & David Nash • Kathryn & Albert Greenberg • Laurie Greig • Laurie Griffith • Geneva, Kirk, & Carla Griswold • Nancy & Bob Grote • Scott Guettinger • Judith Hamilton • Lenore Hanauer • Cassa Hanon • W. Benson Harer • Elizabeth Hatch • Elizabeth Heath • Anne Helmholz • Rita Hibbard & Roger Neale • Diana Hice • Patricia Highet • Mary Hinderliter • Susan Hoffman & Bryan Turner • Beth Hogg • Kate Hokanson • Cynthia Huffman • Melissa Huther • IBM Matching Grants Program • Fred Jackson

Pen/Faulkner Award Circle CONT. Jill & James Jago • Liz Ann Jones • Susan Jones • Kris Jorgensen • Gil Joynt • Gay Jungemann • Joan Kalhorn • Shannon Kelly • Pam Kendrick • William Kennedy • Katherine King • Mary Beth & Marty King • Arleen Klasky • Deborah Knetzger • Nancie Kosnoff • Noelle Kowalick • Alan Kristal • Fay Krokower • Sandy Kubishta • Molly Lawless • Eleni Ledesma & Eric Rose • Meredith Lehr & William Severson • Lois Levy • Sylvia Levy • Sandy Lew-Hailer • Larry Lewin • Erika Lim • Nancy Lomneth & Mark Boyd • Craig Lorch • Heather Macmaster • Scott Maddock • Anthony Martello • Paul Martini • Dan Mayer • John McAlpin • Patricia H. McCreary • Jim McDermott • Anna & Paul McKee • Jill & Joe McKinstry • Meg McLynn • Jeanne Metzger • Elaine Mew • Tami Micheletti • Iryna & Irwin Michelman • Gary Miller • Donna Miller-Parker • Patricia Mines • Marion & George Mohler • Min Moon • Elizabeth Morrison & Geoff Crooks • Margaret Morrow • Christine Mosere • Phill Mroz • Milly & Ralph Mullarky • Kerry Mulvaney • Pamela Queen & Richard Murphy • Betty Ngan & Tom Mailhot • Pam & Scott Nolte • Lisa O’Donnell • Laura O’Hara • Chris Ohlweiler • Rosemarie Oliver • Linda & Kevin O’Morrison • Donna Peha • Mary Anne Braund & Steve Pellegrin • Brad Peterson • Robert Pillitteri • Anne Pipkin • Joan & William Potter • Steve Price • Andrea Ptak • Laurie Radheshwar • Roberta & Brian Reed • Marcia Repaci • Karen & Eric Richter • Roberta Roberts • Amy Robertson • Rebecca Roe & T. A. Greenleaf • Beth Rollinger • Robert Romeo • Kate Roosevelt • Fernne & Roger Rosenblatt • Ellen Roth • Debra Rourke • Marie Ruby • Jennifer Russell • Betty Sanders • Cindi Schoettler • Kinza & Philip Schuyler • Lavonne & Josh Searle • Audrey & John Sheffield • David Shellenbarger • Tom Sherrard • Marilyn Sherron • Mark Siano • Catharine Simon • Marilyn Sloan • Diane Snell • Barbara Snyder • John Spady • Diane Stark • L.K. Stephenson • Jane Stevens • Janice & Pat Strand • Sheila Striegl • Sarah Thomas & Tom Sykes • Jennifer Teunon & Adam Smith • Cappy Thompson • Molly Thompson • Marcellus Turner • Grace Urdal • John Urdal • Eugene Usui • Marcia Utela • Karen Van Genderen • Roxann Van Wyk • Pieter Vandermeulen • Verizon Foundation • George Von Fuchs • Amber Walker • Mary Wallace • Bennet Wang • Susan Warwick • Jerry Watt • Kristi & Tom Weir • Beverly Welti & John Pehrson • Laurie Wenzel • Terry Westerkamp • Dan Whalen • Jennifer Whitaker • Sara White • Jane Wiegenstein • Melinda Williams • Carol & Bryan Willison

Pen/Faulkner Award Circle CONT. John Wilson • Mary Wilson & Barry Boone • Jonella Windell • Elana Winsberg • Michael Winters • Wright Runstad & Co. • Irene Yamamoto • Diane Zahn & Mark McDermott • Lucy Zuccotti

Gifts in Honor & memory

Cocktail Theatre: Guilty Pleasures Style

January 28, 2016

Anonymous in honor of Ross Baker The Book-It Babes in memory of Ivan Doig D.A. Davidson & Co. on behalf of Margaret Kineke Gretl Galgon and Lisa Holderman in honor of Margaret Kineke Nancy and Bob Grote in honor of Charyl Kay and Earl Sedlik John Hirschel in honor of Tom Oliver’s birthday Deborah Knetzger in memory of Robert Dean Peterson Iryna and Irwin Michelman in memory of their daughter Elizabeth Ann Michelman Meta Pasternak in honor of Joann Byrd John Pehrson in memory of his wife Beverly Welti Patricia Wilson in honor of Myra Platt’s birthday The donor list reflects gifts received October 27, 2014 through October 26, 2015 Book-It makes every attempt to be accurate with our acknowledgements. Please email Development Associate Leslie Witkamp at lesliew@book-it.org with any changes.

7pm in the Bullitt Cabaret @ACT Theatre Tickets are limited, buy yours today at book-it.org!

Guilty Pleasures are campy, trampy adaptations of books you’ll never admit you’ve read! Join us for an evening of sensational send-ups of everything from classic literature to pulp fiction.

Book-It Repertory Theatre and the Northwest African American Museum present

FAMILY FUN DAY

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin The whole family can enjoy a live performance of a great children’s book in celebration of National Black History Month.

WHEN January 9, at 11:00 a.m.

WHERE Northwest African American Museum 2300 S. Massachusetts St. Seattle, 98144 Free Parking!

BUY TICKETS NOW 12 and Under $5; Adults $7 Your ticket includes NAAM admission!

Call 206.216.0833 or visit book-it.org

OUR MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM GREAT LITERATURE INTO GREAT THEATRE THROUGH SIMPLE AND SENSITIVE PRODUCTION AND TO INSPIRE OUR AUDIENCES TO READ.

book-it staff Jane Jones

Myra Platt

Founder & Founding Co-Artistic Director

artistic

Founding Co-Artistic Director

marketing & communications

Josh Aaseng

Literary Manager

administrative

Patricia Britton

Director of Marketing & Communications

Gavin Reub

Casting Associate

Laura Owens

Richard Sloniker

Ian Stewart

Athena Duran

Literary & Artistic Intern Literary & Artistic Intern

education

Graphics & Publications Manager

Marketing Intern

production Bryan Burch

Patron Services

Annie DiMartino

Kayti Barnett-O’Brien General Manager Bill Whitham Bookkeeper Caroline Rensel Arts Management Intern

Production Manager

Sasha Bailey

Anders Bolang

Katie McKellar

Tom Dewey

Jocelyne Fowler

Jillian Johnson

Shawna Grajek Box Office Associate Anna Heinen

Karla Davenport

Jasmine Lomax Box Office Associate

Natalie Shih

Caroline Rensel Box Office Associate

services

Director of Education Tour Manager

House Manager/Volunteer Coordinator Box Office Manager

Education Intern

development

Costume Shop Manager Props Supervisor

Shawna Grajek

Production Intern

Box Office Associate

Sally Brunette

Director of Development

Leslie Witkamp

Development Associate

Scene Shop Manager /Master Carpenter

Costume Shop Intern

Adam Smith Photography Alan Alabastro Photography Chris Bennion Photography John Ulman Photography The Makeup Session Tom Wahl, IT Support Robert Thornburgh, Custodial Grey Stowers, Custodial

Amelia Reynolds Box Office Associate

Board of Directors Stuart Frank, President Community Leader

Stephen Robinson, Vice-President Writer

Kristine Villiott, Treasurer CPA, Minar and Northey LLP

Shirley Roberson, Secretary

Senior Associate, Hughes Media Law Group

John Aldaya CFO, Carrix Monica Alquist

Director of Events & Special Projects, Puget Sound Business Journal

Ross Baker

Public Policy Director, Virginia Mason Medical Center

Laura Colman

Healthcare & Human Resources Executive, Retired

Craig Greene

Director of Special Projects, Lydig Construction

Jane Jones

Founder & Founding Co-Artistic Director, Book-It

Margaret Kineke

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BOOK-IT REPERTORY THEATRE

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2010 Mayor’s Arts Award-winner, recipient of the 2012 Governor’s Arts Award and the 2014 Inaugural Sherry Prowda Literary Champion Award, Book-It Repertory Theatre began 27 years ago as an artists’ collective, adapting short stories for performance and touring them throughout the Northwest. The company incorporated as a non-profit in 1990. Today, with over 125 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.

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