The House of the Spirits by Book-It Repertory Theatre

Isabel Allende’s

The House of the Spirits

June 7 - 24

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Adapted and directed by Myra Platt

About

t was 25 years ago that Isabel Allende took the literary world by storm with her publication of The House of the Spirits, a family saga set against the backdrop of Chile’s brutal history. The Times of London heralded Allende as having “the rare ability to blend fantasy and legend with political fact and a well-plotted narrative to produce an enchanted world unlike anything else in contemporary fiction.” The New York Times called the book “a unique achievement, both personal witness and possible allegory of the past, present and future of Latin America.” Allende followed her impressive debut with Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, The Stories of Eva Luna, and The Infinite Plan, all bestsellers around the world. Critical accolades have greeted the publication of each of Allende’s books, which have commonly been cited for their compassion, imagination, humor and originality. Other literary works include: Paula, Daughter of Fortune, City of the Beasts, and Zorro. To date Allende has written 16 books with a 17th coming out this fall. Isabel Allende was born in Lima, Peru, in 1942 and raised in Chile, Bolivia, Europe, and the Middle East, as her peripatetic family followed her stepfather’s diplomatic career. She worked as

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a journalist in Chile until the 1973 military coup. Allende fled her homeland, settling in Venezuela with her husband, son and daughter. “I felt, as many Chileans did, that my life had been cut into pieces, and that I had to start over again,” she recalls. Isolated from her family, and in particular from her beloved grandfather who was close to death, Allende began to write a long letter in which she reassured him that he would always be kept alive in her memories. That letter grew into The House of the Spirits. Isabel Allende now lives in the San Francisco area with her husband and their respective extended families.

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sabelle Allende’s The House of the Spirits is, on its surface, the story of Esteban Trueba, his wife, his children, and his granddaughter - steeped in magic and the spirit of a country. But it is also the story of political corruption, patriarchal authority, feminine oppression and the force of change from old into new. The House of the Spirits is the story of a world Esteban Trueba had thought was good that crumbled at his feet - filled with violence and corruption, but it is also a story filled with love, forgiveness and redemption. Allende offers us the chance to see the consequences of our acts, and the path to reclaim the past and overcome the terrors of our own.

January 28, 1971: “Committee of 40” approves $1,240,000 for the purchase of radio stations and newspapers and to support candidates and other political activities of anti-Allende parties.

A political timeline excerpted from Chile - The Other September 11: An Anthology of Reflections on the 1973 Coup by Pilar Aguilera & Ricardo Fredes

December 8, 1972: US announces that it agreed to extend $10 million in credit to the Chilean armed forces for purchase of a C-130 air force transport and other military equipment.

March 25, 1970: A meeting of the White house “Committee of 40” headed by Henry Kissinger and in charge of US plans to prevent Allende’s ascendancy to the presidency or failing that, to destabilize his regime until a military coup can overthrow him, approves $125,000 for a “spoiling operation” in Chile.

September 4, 1973: An estimated 750,000 supporters of Allende’s government march in the streets of Santiago to celebrate the third anniversary of his election.

September 15, 1970: President Nixon instructs CIA Director Richard Helms to prevent Allende’s accession to office. The CIA is to play a direct role in organizing a military coup d’etat. October 24, 1970: The Chilean Congress votes 153 to 35 to endorse Allende as president.

November 30, 1971: After a visit to Latin America, White House Director of Communications tells reporters that he had received the “feeling” that the Allende government “won’t last long.” October 26, 1972: “Committee of 40” approves $1,427,666 to support opposition political parties and private sector organizations.

September 11, 1973: The Chilean military overthrows the government. Surrounding the Presidential Palace with tanks and armored cars. Allende refuses to either resign or surrender and dies during the battle. September 13, 1973: The new military government names army commander Augusto Pinochet as president dissolves Congress and goes on to end all democratic institutions.

November 3, 1970: Allende is formally inaugurated as president of Chile.

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“Memory is fragile and the space of a single life is brief, passing so quickly that we never get a chance to see the relationship between events; we cannot gauge the consequences of our acts…” -- from The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

here are two major elements to this wonderful work of literature. One is a telling of a multi-generational family, in an idyllic country and their progression into a tumultuous revolution and an unforeseen military dictatorship. The other is of a magical world, in which the spirits give credence to an otherwise incomprehensible place, and the laws of physics and logic do not apply. Our lives are shaped by events. But how often are we able to see these events, good and bad, headed toward us in advance? And when are we able to comprehend our own actions contributing to these events? When is it necessary for us to record and when we do, whose viewpoint shall we come to recognize as the most accurate? When does family storytelling constitute the truth as we pass down our heritage to future generations? How are we to heal from those life-changing events that have caused irreparable damage?

When I mentioned this to Isabel, her response was that people always think ‘this would never happen here’, something Chileans certainly believed pre-1970. She commented that at the time, the coup of September 11, 1973 was the tragedy of her life, and yet now, it seems more to her like ancient history. It is important to keep such stories alive and fresh, to pass them along to others who never knew, or fully understood, or to share the concept that listening and imagination are invaluable tools for making a better society.

Myra Platt, Adapter and Director of The House of the Spirits.

These are just a few of the questions that have cropped up over the last several weeks while working with Isabel Allende’s magical and violent tale The House of the Spirits. I had a lovely phone conversation with Isabel Allende early one morning as she wanted to hear how I was adapting her book for the stage. “It is such a big story,” she said, “You can’t do it all.” I assured her that she was correct. I let her know that I still start at the beginning and end with the end of her book and that my goal is to honor and celebrate her original work. She wondered what my reason was in choosing her book in the first place. My attraction to the book was immediate, having first read it nearly twenty years ago. I remember the historical backdrop of the novel meant nothing to me, because I was ignorant of those events at the time. I originally fell in love with her magical characters, her vivid imagery and her romantic storyline that immersed me in another world. Now, I cannot think of this story without coming to grips with the historical context, and relating what happened then to our current political climate.

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During our brief chat, she told me that she has worked in the theatre and she understood that at this time, less than two weeks from opening, is the hardest time. In fact, she referred to it ‘as difficult as being in labor.’ This was oddly comforting to hear. Of course, Jane Jones (Book-It’s Co-Artistic Director) and I have endlessly referred to our producing each World Premiere Book-It adaptation as being ‘in labor.’ We have also compared ourselves to midwives in helping give birth to something that is one thing in the rehearsal ‘womb’, and quite an independent creature once it is received out in the open. Still, Isabel’s comment was reassuring as an author who understands the particular nature of our artistic medium. The universality of this story is as grand as her saga. The fact that it comes from such a personal place, and the intimacy with which she tells her story, helps us to believe the unbelievable.

Esteban Trueba asks Clara the Clairvoyant who is always writing in her notebooks, “What is so important in what you write?” And her answer is, “I bare witness to life.” Throughout the rehearsal process, members of the cast and crew shared personal stories of ‘magic realism’ in their lives, moments in time when objects inexplicably moved, or voices were heard, or visions came to them. Each story told attributed the incident not to a freakish disconnected occurrence, but the opposite of that -- one of greater import -- where the ‘desperate warnings’ or delicate communication of spirits abroad were imparting useful information that only they could make sense of. It is a testament to the South American culture that allows magic as a real means for progress, because when we stop listening to the spirits, or our ancestors, we will in truth become deaf to the world.

Jane Jones & Myra Platt Artistic Directors

Book-It Repertory Theatre

Sharon Burke Managing Director

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The House of the Spirits Adapted and directed by Myra Platt CAST

(in alphabetical order)

Paul Bergman Shawn Booker Rose Cano Gavin Cummins Jennifer Dantes Leticia Jaramillo Jennifer Sue Johnson* Todd Licea* Jason Marr Rick Martin Joy Marzec Danilo Mazuela Marissa Price Wesley Rice* Natasha Sims Olivia Spokoiny Jessica Wallet Brandon Whitehead

Pedro Tercero Garcia Ensemble Ferula Trueba/Ensemble Severo del Valle/Hurtado Pancha Garcia/Ensemble Nana/Mora Sister Clara del Valle Esteban Trueba Jaime Trueba/Father Jose Esteban Garcia/Ensemble Alba Trueba Little Pedro/Esteban Rosa the Beautiful/Transito/Mora Sister Pedro Segundo Garcia/El Presidente Blanca Trueba Little Alba/Clara/Blanca Nivea del Valle/Mora Sister Jean de Satigny/Father Restrepo/Ensemble

Music by Carter Rodriquez

Artistic and Production

Etta Lilienthal Scenic Designer Pete Rush Costume Designer Jessica Trundy Lighting Designer Devorah Spadone Stage Manager Larry Rodriguez Technical Dir./Production Mgr. Elsa Hiltner Assistant Costume Designer Scott Lovell Master Carpenter

Jodi Sauerbier Liza Comtois Gin Hammond Brady Brophy-Hilton Ilvs Strauss Gordon Carpenter Curtis Taylor

Properties Mistress Dramaturg Dialect Coach Assistant Director Assistant Stage Manager Violence Choreographer Scenic Painter

The House of the Spirits will have two 10 minute intermissions.

* Member of Actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. Support provided by:

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Who’s Who - THE CAST Paul Bergman (Pedro Tercero Garcia)

Paul is thrilled to be making his Book-It debut in The House of the Spirits. Most recently he appeared in the world premiere of W(h)acked!(Live Girls! Theatre). Locally, he has performed with Theatre Schmeater, The Exchange Theatre, and ACT among others. Paul’s roots are in improvisational theatre and he has B.A. in Theatre Arts from California State University, Fresno.

Shawn Booker (Ensemble)

A recent graduate of Cornish College of the Arts with a B.F.A. in Theatre, Shawn is very excited to be making his debut at Book-It Repertory Theatre.

Rose Cano (Ferula Trueba/Ensemble)

A graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, Rose Cano has appeared in two other book it shows, Giant and Don Quixote. She has performed at local theaters including Seattle Rep’s production of Anna in the Tropics. Her directing credits include Human Borders by Rubi Romero at North Seattle Community College. She is the author of two bilingual one-woman shows, Self Portrait and Tierra Sin Mal (Land Without Malice) and has performed in Peru, Venezuela, Cuba, Argentina, Spain, Mexico and New York. She is the founder of North-South ConeXions, a cultural exchange project between artists of North and South America. On July 13th and 14th she will be presenting a bilingual musical, Callejon (The Alley) at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center as part of The African ConeXion Project, uniting Latino and African American Artists.

Gavin Cummins (Severo del Valle/ Hurtado)

Gavin is delighted to be making his Book-It mainstage debut with The House of Spirits, having previously toured with Book-It All Over in The Journey that Saved Curious George and The Trumpet of the Swan. Gavin has been acting in Seattle for several years most recently as Henry Carr in Seattle Public Theater’s production of Travesties. He has also appeared on the stages of ArtsWest (La Bete, Beat the Sunset, Lobster Alice among others), Wooden O. (Hamlet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Othello and others) as well as Seattle Shakespear Company, Strawberry Theater Workshop, Sex in Seattle, Theater Schmeater, Open Circle Theater, and Annex Theater. This year Gavin has also been working as a puppeteer with Thistle Theater’s productions of Momotaro

and Brother Coyote and Sister Fox. Gavin is also the Managing Director of Our American Theater Company which will present a staged reading of Toys in the Attic on June 11th. All his love goes out to D.

Jennifer Dantes (Pancha garcia/ Ensemble)

Jennifer graduated from Cornish College of the Arts with a B.A. in Theatre Arts. Thanks to Book-It Theatre for this great experience, to my mom and uncle for putting me through school and to my Danny for just being wonderful.

Leticia Jaramillo (Nana/Mora Sister)

Leticia worked in regional theatre for over thirty years. At PCPA in California she performed The Good Woman of Setzuan, Dr. Von Zand in The Physicists, Queen Elizabeth in Richard III, and over sixty other roles. At the Denver Center Theatre, she played Mags in Painting Churches and Sally in A Lie of the Mind, among many others. From 1993-1998 she helped to build a television station from scratch in Orlando, Florida, where she acted as Executive Producer. She recently moved to Seattle where she currently practices Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She humbly wishes to thank the “Spirit of the Theatre” for calling her home again, after all these years.

Jennifer Sue Johnson (Clara del Valle)

Jennifer Sue is a longtime company member at Book-It Repertory Theatre, originating roles in Broken for You, Pride and Prejudice, Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Ethan Frome. She also played the Mickser in I am of Ireland. At Seattle Shakespeare Company she played Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Desdemona and Bianca in Othello and Viola in Twelfth Night. Performances at the Seattle Children’s Theatre include The Big Friendly Giant, Into the West, The Book of Ruth and The Boxcar Children. Jennifer Sue has performed at numerous area theatres, including The Seattle Repertory Theatre, Village Theatre, AHA! Theatre, and Tacoma Actors Guild. She also toured the West as Maggie in Lend Me a Tenor with the Montana Repertory Theatre. She is the voice of Fay Fuller, the first woman to climb Mount Rainier, in the PBS documentary Rainier the Mountain. She is the proud mom of three-year old Mia and would like to thank her constant collaborator, Russ Banham, for all his support.

Who’s Who - THE CAST (cont.) Todd Licea (Esteban trueba)

Todd is happy to once again be working with Book-It after having performed the role of Rosedale in last seasons’ The House of Mirth. Other credits include: Cloud Tectonics at the Capitol Hill Arts Center, Death and The Maiden with Bridges International Repertory, Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead with Boomer Classics, Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse with The Seattle Children’s Theatre, Dracula with The Empty Space Theatre. His local independent film projects include: The Greenan Tapes, Honing the Edge, Jimmy Ritz, and Gory Gory Hallelujah. Todd also performs as a voice-over artist and can be heard in the soon to be released video game Halo 3.

Jason Marr (Jaime Trueba/Father Jose)

Jason is happy to make his first appearance with Book-It. He has a B.F.A. in Acting and Directing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and spent a year as a company member with the N.C. Shakespeare Festival before moving to Seattle. His local work includes Harlequin Productions, Taproot Theater, Greenstage, and Theater Schmeater. Some of his favorite roles are Henry in Henry V with Greenstage and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead with Harlequin. Thanks to Myra for this opportunity, to the cast for being excellent, and to Jill for her love and support.

Rick Martin (Esteban Garica/ Ensemble)

This marks Rick’s first professional debut! Before this January, he’d been away from theater for about six years. He’s here because of two people: his mom and dad. They continue to inspire, motivate, storytell and emotionally support him. Instead of citing his academic and theater work, Rick would rather just give his parents’ names, they deserve the attention: Lupe Martín and Javier Martín. Gracias, gracias, y gracias.

Joy Marzec (Alba Trueba)

Joy Marzec would like to thank Myra and Jane for allowing her to assistant direct, design, act, produce, adapt, and direct at Book-It. These two women have been her mentors for the past three years. They have taught her that sugar works better than vinegar and a vision isn’t complete without tenacity. She would like to thank them for allowing her to add another notch to her Book-It belt.

Danilo Mazuela (Little Pedro/Esteban)

Danilo Valencia is an 11-year old Chilean and Colombian boy born and raised in Seattle. He started acting by the time he could walk and talk. From imitations of family members to retelling each story that reached his eager ears. Facial expressions, odd noises, and largely exaggerated movements mesmerized him. Just recently he decided that he intends to pursue an acting career because “It’s fun to act someone that’s not you!” Danilo currently attends The Little School and will be participating in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Seattle Children’s Theater this summer.

Marissa Price (Rosa sito/Mora Sister)

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Marissa grew up with an uncanny ability to find four-leaf clovers, win prizes, and guess the number of jelly beans in a jar. She has always considered herself lucky. She feels especially fortunate to be working again with Book-It after having enjoyed herself so much in Plainsong, Don Quixote and Dracula. Her on-screen experience includes a featured role in the short film, Veritas, a recent selection ar Cannes. Even now her shelves are full of small prizes, dry papery clovers, and half eaten jars of jelly beans.

Wesley Rice (Pedro Segundo Gracia/ El Presidente)

Wesley returns to the Book-It stage after appearing last year as Miguel de Cervantes in Don Quixote and Harold in Plainsong. Most recently he played the role of Klinglehoff in ACT’s box-office breaking hit The Underpants.

Natasha Sims (Blanca Trueba) Natasha is thrilled to be a part of bringing this beautiful story to life! Other Book-it productions include Broken for You; Bud, Not Buddy, and A Tale of Two Cities. Other productions include The Glass Menagerie (Harlequin Productions), Macbeth (Tacoma Actors Guild), Angel Street (Driftwood Players), The Vagina Monologues (Stone Soup Theatre), Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (The Lakewood Playhouse.) Natasha recently completed filming the feature film The Spy and the Sparrow. Other film work has included The Delivery, a Fly Film in 2006’s SIFF. To see more of her work visit her website www. natashasims.com. Natasha extends her gratitude and love to her family and friends for their unending support! My love to my own guiding spirit Derek, this is for you.

Who’s Who - THE CAST (cont.) Jessica Wallet (Nivea del Valle/Mora Sister)

Jessica is thrilled to be appearing in her second Book-It show! Previously at Book-It she appeared in Rhoda: A life in Stories. Jessica is a recent graduate of Cornish College of the Arts. Her favorite roles include Lady Torrance in Orpheus Descending and Odile in Swan Lake: Remix (both at Cornish). She would like to offer most humble thanks to Myra Platt and Jane Jones. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Philip, and Arashi for all their love and support. Jessica would like to dedicate this show to her former acting teacher, Rebecca Singer.

Olivia Spokoiny (Little Alba/Clara/ Blanca) Olivia returns to Book-It, having previously appeared in A Tale of Two Cities. Other theater experience includes: White Christmas (toured), Sound of Music, Yankee Doodle Dandy! (5th Avenue), Nora (Intiman); Annie, Sound of Music (Village); Ragtime,

High Society, George M! (CLO); Annie (lead), Sound of Music (Snoqualmie Falls); Wait Until Dark, Inherit the Wind (Renton); and Macbeth (Ghostlight). Film: Movie Pizza Love; At the Back of the North Wind (lead); Expiration Date; Brand Upon the Brain! (dir. Guy Maddin); Demea; and Bullets, Blood & a Fistful of Ca$h. NBA Sonics/WNBA Storm Dancer. Petite Miss Spotlight/ Starpower/Dance of Washington.

Brandon Whitehead (Jean de Satigny/ Father Restrepo/Ensemble)

A Seattle-based actor, Brandon has been performing with local theater companies for over twelve years. This is his third production with Book-it. His previous Book-It credits include, Rev. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, and McTurk in Waxwings. He has recently been seen as Daddy in Temp Odyssey at Theater Schmeater, D H Lawrence in 5 X Tenn with Stone Soup Theater, and Aslaksen in Enemy of the People with Strawberry Theater Workshop. He also often performs in Ian Bell’s Brown Derby Series at Re-bar. His film credits include Police Beat, Taos the Movie, and Expiration Date as Arnold the Addict.

Who’s Who - Artistic & Production Staff Jane Jones (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 20 years of staging literature, she has performed 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 25 years, she has played leading roles in many of America’s most prominent regional theatres including The Guthrie, American Conservatory Theatre, The McCarter and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Locally, she has been seen at The Rep, ACT, 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 at Portland Center Stage. For Book-It, she directed The House of Mirth, Rebecca, Travels with Charley, Pride and Prejudice, Howards 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.

Myra Platt (Co-Artistic Director)

Myra is co-founder of Book-It Repertory Theatre with Jane Jones. She studied literature and theatre at Northwestern University (B.S. Analysis and Performance of Literature) and Circle in the Square (NYC). As actor, director, adapter and composer, she has helped Book-It produce 50 world-premiere stage adaptations. Most recently, Myra conceived and directed the World Premiere production of Plainsong by Kent Haruf, adapted by Kevin McKeon. She has also adapted and directed Giant, Red Ranger Came Calling, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Roman Fever, A Little Cloud (by James Joyce), A Telephone Call (by Dorothy Parker), and A Child’s Christmas in Wales. She has also directed Cry, the Beloved Country, Sweet Thursday, The Phantom Tollbooth and Danger: Books!. 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. As an actress, Myra appeared as Margaret Schlegel in Howards End, Elaine in The Dying Gaul at Intiman, and as Edna in Book-It’s production of The Awakening (for which she received an Honorable Mention/ Backstage West Los Angeles Garland Awards). She originated the role of Candy Kendall in John Irving’s The Cider House Rules at the Seattle Repertory Theatre and at the Mark Taper Forum. She is the proud mother of Wilson.

Who’s Who - Artistic & Production Staff (cont.) Sharon Burke (Managing Director)

Sharon joined Book-It Repertory Theatre in July 2004. Previous theatre experience includes ten years at The 5th Avenue Theatre as general manager, director of finance, and with Sterling Tinsley, founder of the 5th Avenue’s first education outreach program, Adventure Musical Theatre. Before coming on board at BookIt, Sharon worked as the director of finance and operations at both the Bellevue Art Museum and the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington. Sharon graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor of science in accounting and has CPA certification. She has served on the board of directors of several arts organizations in the Seattle area, including Seattle Choral Company and Theatre Puget Sound, and has been teaching the finance portion of the University of Washington non-profit arts management extension course.

Etta Lilienthal (Scenic Designer)

Etta is a scene designer, production designer and fine artist residing in Seattle. Her most recent projects as scene designer have been for the Maureen Whiting Dance Company, Iphigenia and Other Daughters and We Never Like Talking About The End, by Dayna Hanson. Feature film credits include Production Design for The Sidewalk Never Ends, Cthulhu and Police Beat (Sundance Film Festival, SIFF 2005). Short film credits include Production Design for As Was Said, Rainbow (SIFF Fly Film 2007) and Diggers (IFP Spotlight Winner 2005). Etta studied scene design at Smith College in Massachusetts, Textile Design at the Glasgow School of Arts in Scotland and holds a Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts in Scene Design from the California Institute of the Arts in California. She was a participant of the 2OO3-2005 NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers, as well as the recipient of a 2OOO Artist Trust/ Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship and a 1998 Princess Grace Foundation Scholarship Award for Scene Design.

Pete Rush (Costume Designer)

Pete serves as a scenic and costume designer, actor, and teacher in the theatre. He recently relocated from the New York area, where his designs were seen at the Hangar Theatre and Kitchen Theatre in Ithaca, NY, and regionally at The George Street Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, The Northeast Theater Company, and People’s Light and Theatre Company. Seattle designs include Travesties at Seattle Public Theatre, Crime and Punishment at CHAC, and the upcoming Bat Boy at ArtsWest. Pete also serves as Curriculum Manager for the Seattle Center Academy, overseeing a summer arts program for youth. He is a founding member of the Icarus Theatre Ensemble and additionally works as a visual artist, specializing in large-scale installation art. He holds a B.F.A. in Theatre from Boston University, is a two-time artist-in-residence at Cornell University, and recent Saltonstall Foundation of Art Studio Artist.

Jessica Trundy (Lighting Designer)

Jessica is a Seattle-based lighting designer for theatre, dance and opera. Recent designs include Bust by Lauren Weedman at the Empty Space Theatre, Zoe Scofield’s there ain’t no easy way out at On The Boards, Plainsong and Little Women for Book-It Repertory

Theatre, and Iphigenia in Aulis, Crumbs are also Bread, and Crave with the Washington Ensemble Theatre. She is a proud founding member of The Washington Ensemble Theatre. She received her MFA from the University of Washington, and her BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Devorah Spadone (Stage Manager)

Devorah is excited to work with director Myra Platt once again on another amazing novel. Devorah was the stage manager for this season’s A Tale of Two Cities; Bud, Not Buddy, and Broken For You, and last year’s The House of Mirth and Little Women. She has worked previously with Myra Platt as assistant stage manager for the shows Plainsong, The Awakening, Giant and also with Book-It on Rebecca and Waxwings. In addition, she has worked for SCT, UW, 14/48, Bumbershoot, Folklife and the Seattle International Children’s Festival. Devorah would like to thank all of her friends for their support, especially Mischa and her roomie, Marissa.

Larry Rodriguez (Technical Director/Production Manager)

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 under the Tutelage of Shigeo Saito, Kunihiko Ichiki and Naomi Matsumoto 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 1940’s. He was behind its 1998 ambitious renovation and refurbishing of the entire facility. Larry also ventured out of theater by working 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 and competitions. He moved to Seattle in 2005 and joined Book-It Repertory Theater. This is his second season and is continually grateful for having the opportunity to work among great talents.

Elsa Hiltner (Assistant Costume Designer)

Elsa graduated from Western Washington University in June 2006 with a degree in Theatre-Costumes. She is thrilled to be working with Book-It on The House of the Spirits! Earlier this year she designed costumes for Balagan Theatre’s productions of Titus Andronicus and The Spinning, Stone Soup Theatre’s Five By Tenn, and SecondStory Repertory’s Steel Magnolias. Currently she is designing costumes for The King and I at Western Washington University opening in July.

Jodi Sauerbier (Properties Designer)

Jodi moved to Seattle in 1991 from Bigfork, Montana - home of the Bigfork Summer Playhouse. In 1996 the theatre bug proved incurable and since then she has found herself backstage of many Seattle theatres including 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Opera, Seattle Shakespeare Com

Who’s Who - Artistic & Production Staff (cont.) pany, Annex Theatre, and the late Center Stage (Mercer Island) and Bathhouse Theatres. She bids a sad farewell to Empty Space Theatre where many fond memories were created. Other work for Book-It Theatre includes Broken For You, The Awakening, House of Mirth, Little Women, Breathing Lessons, Dracula: Harker’s Journal, Jane Eyre (as Stage Manager), and many others. Thank you to Tower Records/Video on 5th & Roy for 13 amazing years!

Liza Comtois (Dramaturg)

Liza Comtois has served as dramaturg on the premiere adaptations of Cry the Beloved Country, Giant, Plainsong and Broken for You with Book-It Repertory Theatre and Veronica Decides to Die at Freehold Studio/Theatre Lab. She was production dramaturg for upstart crow’s King John, Vincent in Brixton at ACT Theatre, The Awakening at Book-It and for Intiman Theatre’s Living History program. She also assisted William Berry on Wonderful Town at The 5th Avenue Theatre. Liza is currently a script evaluator for the Sundance Theatre Program and has participated in the ’04 and ‘05 Theatre Labs as well as attending their White Oak Lab in January 07. Her producing credits include Invisible Ink and Project X: When the Comet Comes for House of Dames Productions (Nikki Appino, Artistic Director). Other experience includes working with ShadowCatcher Entertainment on Sherman Alexie’s Smoke Signals, the National Performance Network tour of O, Say a Sunset written and composed by Robin Holcomb and as Intiman Theatre’s Artistic Associate for seven years. She is currently the Associate Producer at Ethereal Mutt - Limited.

Gin Hammond (Dialect Coach)

Gin last worked with Book-It Rep coaching dialects for The House of Mirth and Rhoda: A Life in Stories, Gin most recently worked with Sharon Ott as the dialect coach for Kansas City Rep’s production of The Syringa Tree. She received her MFA from the American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University / Moscow Art Theatre School, and has worked steadily across the country at theatres such as The Guthrie, Arena Stage, The Longwharf Theatre, ACT, The Pasadena Playhouse, ART, The Berkshire Theatre Festival and The Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. She has also performed internationally in Moscow, Heidelberg, Edinburgh, Cambridge, and will be performing in Ireland this July. Gin can say from experience that Book-It Rep is one of the finest theatres in the world!

Brady Brophy-Hilton (Assistant Director)

Brady Brophy-Hilton is thrilled to be working with Book-It on this production and to be a part of their directing internship program. She holds a BFA in Original Works from Cornish College of the Arts where her directing credits include: The Yurt, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Rain and Suburban Motel: Problem Child. Since graduating, she has assistant directed Ada with Richard E.T. White at the Hedgebrook Women’s Playwright Festival, Mail Order Bride, directed by Bob Leigh, and was an ensemble member in Strawberry Theater Workshop’s This Land. This season she has assistant directed Bud, Not Buddy with Mark Jared Zufelt, Rhoda: A Life in Stories with Sheila Daniels and has directed, in association with Groundwork Theater, Beautiful Bodies by Laura Cunningham. 10

Ilvs Strauss (Assistant Stage Manager)

Ilvs cannot tell you how excited she is to be back working for Book-It. Previous shows she worked on include Broken For You, Bud, Not Buddy, A Tale of Two Cities, and Rhoda: A Life in Stories. She has worked as a techie for various companies such as On the Boards, CHAC and theatre simple. Aside from programming lights and monitoring sound, Ilvs has served as Asstistant Technical Director for the Degenerate Art Ensemble and TD/Co-Artistic Director for QPOC Liberation Project. There is also event production work with One Reel and NW Folklife listed on her record. Further down the list reads something about a background as an analytical chemist and something about graduating magna cum laude with a degree in said field of science. She sends her love to The House in the Sky. End transmission.

Gordon Carpenter (Violence Choreographer)

Gordon is happy for the opportunity to work for Book-It. He most recently choreographed fights for Seattle Shakespeare Company’s chamber production of Macbeth, in which he also played the part of Macduff. Over the years he has worked as an actor for many Seattle area theaters and choreographed fights for Seattle Shakespeare Company and Montana Shakespeare In The Parks.

Carter Rodriquez (Musician)

Carter Rodriquez is an actor, director and musician and is honored to play the music of Victor Jara in support of this beautiful story. He is a Freehold Diversity Scholar and recent graduate of the Ensemble Training Intensive advanced acting program for classical theatre through Antioch University and Freehold Studio. Favorite roles include Clove from Endgame, Boy from The Agreement, Givola from The Resistable Rise Of Arturo Ui and Victor Jara from El Sueno Antes De La Muerte. He made his directorial debut with Leroi Jones’ Dutchman. He is an active member of The Community Theatre.

S pec i a l T h a n k s Special thanks to the following organizations and individuals for their generous support: SecondStory Repertory • Western Washington University Theatre Department • The Seattle Public Library Patricia & Kenton Daniels • Phillip & Harriet Daniels • Charlotte Headrick • Chris Higashi • Don Darryl Rivera A & A Printing • Barnes and Noble • Bailey/Coy Books • Rex Carleton • Victoria and Humberto Castaneda Brian Curry and Ten Mercer • Ken Holmes • KUOW • J. Lohr Winery • John Merner • Pacific Publishing Company The Pollard Group • Seattle Center • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • Seattle Shakespeare Company • Erik Stuhaug • Karen Lane and Theatre Puget Sound • University Book Store • Mischa Willett

Company Members

Board of Directors President - John Bullwinkel Vice President - Deirdre Runnette Treasurer - Mary Metastasio Secretary - Mary Beth Shaddy Steve Bull Linda Capell Peter Capell Mary Anne Christy John Davis Stephanie Feldt Seann Hallisky Jacqueline Park Robert Pillitteri Lynne Reynolds Kathy Tune Helen Wattley-Ames Lucy Flynn Zuccotti

Book-It Staff Jane Jones and Myra Platt • Artistic Directors Sharon Burke • Managing Director Annie Lareau • Education Director Mark Jared Zufelt • Artistic Associate Tanja Gearhart • Director of Marketing & Communications Kara Vollman • Development Associate Margaret Carter • Associate Education Director Leslie Barnard • Education Intern Larry Rodriguez • Technical Director/Production Manager Rachel Alquist • Box Office Manager Heather Guiles • Bookkeeper Tom Stewart • House Manager/Volunteer Coordinator

James Dean Laura Ferri Gail Frasier Heather Guiles Andy Jensen Jennifer Sue Johnson Jane Jones Daniel Harray Reginald Andre Jackson David Klein James Lapan Mary Machala Kevin McKeon Myra Platt David Quicksall Stephanie Shine Susanna Wilson

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 Repertory Theatre

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Book-It Repertory Theatre is a participant in the New Generations Program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the American Theatre. This two-year grant funds Book-It’s Artistic Associate, Mark Jared Zufelt, in an artistic director mentorship led by Co-Artistic Directors Jane Jones and Myra Platt.

Contributors • May 1, 2006 - May 24, 2007 *Denotes gifts given in-kind Book-It would like to express our gratitude to the following for their generosity.

LITERARY LEGENDS ($50,000+)

Matthew N. Clapp, Jr. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/Theatre Communications Group

LITERARY TITANS ($30,000+)

The Seattle Foundation / Dorothy I. Anderson Fund LITERARY HEROES ($10,000+) ArtsFund Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The Boeing Company Harvest Foundation The Lucky 7 Foundation Seattle Post-Intelligencer*

LITERARY CLASSICS ($5,000+) Foundations/Corporations

4Culture Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Mellon Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Nesholm Family Foundation Safeco Insurance Washington Sate Arts Commission

Individuals

Sonya and Tom Campion Amy and Thaddeus Hanscom Anne and Steven Lipner Beth McCaw and Yahn Bernier Kathy and Jim Tune Linda Talley and Ron Norris Shirley and David Urdal C. Bagley Wright

Leadership Circle ($2,500+) Foundations/Corporations

Boeing Gift Matching Program Eulalie Bloedel Schneider Foundation Fales Foundation Trust Horizons Foundation Howard S. Wright Construction Co. J. Lohr Winery* Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. PONCHO Stoel Rives, LLP 12

Ten Mercer* Valve Corporation WA Commission for the Humanities Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation

Individuals Emily Anthony and David Maymudes Avery Rogers Brooke John Bullwinkel and Martha Hutton Linda and Peter Capell Mary Anne Christy and Mark Klebanoff Emily Davis Stephanie and Stuart Feldt Ellen and John Hill Mary Metastasio Colette Ogle Jacqueline and Brian Park The Pillitteri Family Shawn and Mike Rediger Deirdre Runnette Kris and Mike Villiott Helen Wattley-Ames and Bill Ames Judith Whetzel Lucy Flynn Zuccotti and Thomas Zuccotti Nobel Award Society ($1,000+) Foundations/Corporations Gladys and Sam Rubinstein Foundation ING Matching Gift Program Sage Foundation Schiff Foundation US Bank Williams Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC Individuals Kim Anderson D. Thompson and Karen Challinor Donald Chamberlain Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Cobb Mimi Gardner Gates

Seann W. Hallisky Laura Hull and John Atwill Ed McNerney and Ruth Valine Louise McNerney and Jan Sobieralski* Peenut the Dog Christiane Pein and Steve Bull Mary Beth Shaddy and Robert Bleeg Brad and Colleen Stangeland Diane Stevens Patricia Torode and John Q. Torode April J. and Brian Williamson

Robilee and Eric E. Zocher

Pulitzer Award Society ($500+) Anonymous Rosa Ayer Kira Bacon Becky Brooks and Jeff Youngstrom Diana and Charles Carey Jean Gorecki and Dick Dobyns Lavinia and Ray Downs Zimmie Caner and Tom Edwards John Gilbert Harold and Mary Francis Hill Toni J. S. Hoffman Ann Ramsay-Jenkins and Bill Jenkins Bruce E.H. Johnson Jacqueline Kiser Martha Kongsgaard Darcy and Lee MacLaren Lex Lindsey and Lynn Manley Ruth McCormick Anne McDuffie and Tim Wood Betty Ann and Louie Richmond Evelyne Rozner Pamela and Nathan Searle Heidi Sherman and Jake Sedlock Margaret Silver Mary Snapp

Contributors â&#x20AC;˘ May 1, 2006 - May 24, 2007 *Denotes gifts given in-kind H. Randall Webb Sally and Charles Weems Judith and Morton Weisman Bob and Leora Wheeler Richard Wilson Deborah Willingham Christina Wright Andrew and Trish Zuccotti

National Book Award Society $250+

Nancy and Craig Abramson Laurie and Steve Arnold Sarah Brooke and Tony Pasqualini Heather Carmichael Olson Evelyn and Jim Chumbley Linda Cody and Richard Nelson Whitney and Adam Cornell Mary Dombrowski Cinthia Fischer and Chris Linnett Liz Fitzhugh and Jim Feldman Marni I. Gittinger Helen and Max Gurvich David Hamilton Stephanie Hilbert Debbie Killinger Evelyn and Seymour Klebanoff Collette and Brendan MacLean Glenda Maledy Brad Mathews Jean and Tom McKeon Cynthia and Stephen McWilliams Sarah Merner Sandra and Richard Monroe Steve Pellegrin and Mary Anne Braund Heather Pullen and Frank Schumann H. Stewart Ross Dorothy Best Strand and Michael B. Slade Sara Thompson and Richard Gelinas Jean Viereck and Robert Leventhal Richard B. Wesley Patty and Walter Wilson William Seach Margo and Tom Wyckoff Valerie Yockey and Bob

Winsor

Pen/Faulkner Award Circle $100+

Shawn Aebi Virginia Anderson Artsfund Matching Gifts Program Ruth Bacharach Sandra and John Barney Judith Benjamin Julia Bent Martin Berg Susan and Don Berger Lindsay and Tony Blackner Kelly Bosworth Donna and James Brudvik Laury and Bill Bryant Rachel Bukey Juliann Buron Tracy Burrows and Steve Bennett Barbara Buxbaum Happie Byers Joann Byrd Martha Byrne Marcie Campbell McHale Christina Chang Joyce Chase Lynne and David Chelimer Rosa and Rene Claringbould Jack D. Clay Gayle and Richard Collins Loretta and Bob Comfort Carol and Clayton Cook Jenny and Richard Cummins Cathy and Phil Davis Melinda J. Deane and Dan Wheetman Nancy and Bruce Deane Sandra and Paul Dehmer Dottie Delaney Victor Denenberg Michelle Dunn Sara Elward Joyce Erickson Jean Burch Falls Barbie Faubion K. Denice Fischer Fortier and James M. Fortier Gail Frasier Sandy Fry and Jim Mueller Barbara Garrick Janice M. Giles and S. Edward Parks Jane Graham Stacy Grano

Charles Gravenkemper Pat Graves and David Nash Mary Gulbrandsen Cheryl Hadley Ann Hagedorn Lisa Hanscom Frances Broyles Hare and Steve Hare Brad Hawkins Ellen and David Hecht Teresa Hedges Kate Hokanson Nancy Holcomb Cynthia Holdren and Robert A. Gold Trish and Doug Honig Diane Hostetler and Ross Johnson Ron Hovde M.E. Hubbard Melissa Huther and Gordon Hof Eva Jackson Charmian Jondall and Samuel McCormick Kris Jorgensen Clare Kapitan and Keith Schreiber Peggy and David Kasik Pam Kendrick Glenn and Julie Kouhia Nancy Lawton and Steve Fury Meredith Lehr Laura K. Lindenmayer Mary Kae and Kelland P. Lindsey Leo Longo Craig Lorch Ellen and Stephen Lutz Marsha and William Madigan Josie and Doug Manuel Julie B. and Lyle A. Margulies Rachel McCall and Douglas McCall, Jr. Kathy McCluskey Anna and Paul McKee Lynn Meyer Cornelia and Terry Moore Joan Moritz Margaret Morrison Glenn Morrissey Ed Murphey Leslie Nellermoe and Darrell McKissic Robin and Andrew Nelson Joann G. Nicon Maren Norton

Rosanne Olson and Ed McMahon Jr. Pat Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke Lauren P. and Jeff Packman Jane Pearson Corliss Perdaems Carol and Edward B. Perrin Kit and Bill Phillips Michell and Larry Pihl Susan Porterfield Lisa and Patrick Quinn Laurie Radheshwar Esther M. Reese Karen and Eric Richter Virginia and Thomas Riedinger In Memory of Peter Kirk Todd Jean Ross and Robert A. Radcliffe Anne Sarewitz Satori Software Robert C. Saunders Susan Schaefer Marguerite and Jim Schellentrager Ann R. Schuh Stephanie Searing and Randy Barnard Craig and Meredith Shank Joana and Michael Shapiro Kathryn Mary Sheehan Martha Sidlo Peter Sill Sandra and Larry Smith Barbara Spear Helen Stusser Allison Swanberg Gail Tanaka Kamella Tate Sally H. and Robert Telzrow Kate Thayer Kerry Thompson Jorie Wackerman Washington Mutual Matching Gift Program Washington Post Matching Gifts Program Shauna Woods Barbara Wright and Dwight Gee Wright Runstad & Co. Dr. Sharon Zerr-Peltner

O. Henry Award Circle $50+ 13

Contributors • May 1, 2006 - May 24, 2007 *Denotes gifts given in-kind Anonymous Doug Adams Judith Alexander Nancy and Richard Anders In Memory of Brian Neu David Andersen William G. Anderson Diana Delimitros Argeres and Peter Argeres Suzy and Tony Ball Tina C. Baril Shawn Baz John Bradshaw Lael Ellis Braymer Ernest Burgess Elizabeth and Mark Chamberlin Susan and Dennis Chiavelli Harriett Cody Kay and Garry Crane Nancy Cushwa Kathleen and Robert Davis Ronald DeChene and Robert Hovden Richard Detrano Sally Dittamore Marie Doman Marti and Robert Duncan Aimee Dunne Susan Dyer Rukshana Edwards Harris Emmons Marilyn Endriss and Peter Dygert Giving Express Program Ann Glusker and Peter Hunsberger Carla and Kirk Griswold Patricia and George Henderson Jessica Hickey Mary Holm Wendy Jackson Richard Kelly John Kobasic Cheryl Lawrence Kathryn Lew Edythe Lurie Gloria Jean Macdonald Kit MacPherson Kim Maeda Melissa and Donald Manning Maryann and Chuck Martin Donna Miller-Parker and Robert Parker Carolyn Hojaboom Susan Mozer 14

Therese S. Ogle Robert Parker Terry Paugh Elizabeth L Pelham Puget Sound Matching Gifts Program Barbara and Daniel Radin Dennis Reichenbach Marian and Peter Rose Suzanne Rowen Sheila Saul Thomas Scearce Jacqueline Cooke Scheibert B. Charlotte Schreiber Deborah Shaddy Audrey and John Sheffield Heidi Sherman and Jake Sedlock In Memory of Frances Mickey Thea Singer Dana Standish and Noah Seixas LaJuana Swilley David Tarshes Bobbi Tarvin Kimberlee Tempel Richard Thorvilson Susan Warwick and Eric Froines Audrey Watson Jean and Dave White M. Claire Zimmerman Thomas M. Scearce Jacqueline Cooke Scheibert Diana and Ronald Schneeweiss B. Charlotte Schreiber Deborah Shaddy Audrey and John Sheffield Marcie Sillman Thea Singer Dana Standish and Noah Seixas Amy J. Stephson and Brian W. Rapalee Paula Suarez LaJuana Swilley David Tarshes Bobbi Tarvin Richard Thorvilson Lenore Encore Media Susan Warwick and Eric Froines K. Weiner Jean and Dave White Sam Whiting

Elizabeth Williams M. Claire Zimmerman Giving Express Program Susan Mozer Pat O’Rourke Paige and Jeff Packman Terry Paugh Elizabeth L Pelham Barbara and Daniel Radin David Regal Dennis Reichenbach Ann Reis Marian and Peter Rose Suzanne Rowen Sheila Saul B. Charlotte Schreiber Deborah Shaddy

Thea Singer Shellie Slettebak Dana Standish and Noah Seixas Amy J. Stephson and Brian W. Rapalee Paula Suarez LaJuana Swilley

David Tarshes Bobbi Tarvin Betty Lou and Irwin Treiger Susan Warwick and Eric Froines K. Weiner Sam Whiting Jamie Wicks Elizabeth Williams

Special Thanks to our In-Kind Contributors Alphagraphics • Five Spot Café • Guylian Chocolate J.Lohr Winery • Morfey’s Cake Shoppe Ten Mercer • TS McHughs • St. Clouds Restaurant

All donations are represented for the period of May 1, 2006 - may 24, 2007. Listings reflect gifts in aggregate for one calendar year. Amounts include employer matching gifts when applicable. Book-It makes every attempt to be complete and accurate in this list. Please call Kara Vollman at (206) 216-0877 x 105, or email her at kara@book-it.org if any changes should be made in the way your name is listed.

Announcing

Book-It All Overâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2007/08 season Touring Stories Danger: Books! A Celebration of Intellectual Freedom Grades: 6-Adult / Tours: Sept - Nov

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr Grades: K-8 / Tours: Sept - Dec

Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder Grades: 3-8 / Tours: Jan - Apr

The True Story of The Three Little Pigs performed with

The Stinky Cheese Man

by Jon Scieszcka Grades: K-6 / Tours: Feb - June

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Sept 20 - Oct 14, 2007

PERSUASION by Jane Austen

Feb 7 - Mar 2, 2008

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