Persuasion

persuasion JANE

Austen

ADAPTED BY JEN TAYLOR & COLIN BYRNE DIRECTED BY MYRA PLATT

February 8 - March 2 Center House Theatre Seattle Center

Photo: John Ulman

Book-It Repertory Theatre Dear Friends of Book-It, I have long believed in the power of the arts, particularly theatre, to change lives.

In my 25-year career in the arts, I have watched amazing things happen on the stage and in the classroom, all because of the power of the spoken word. My decision to become a part of the Book-It team as Managing Director is based on the fact that I know that this company is making a difference in the Puget Sound community. The performance you will be participating in this evening is unlike anything that you will see anywhere else in this area. Book-It is special. Not only do we produce 4-5 world premiere productions every year, we have an education program that tours to over 200 schools and libraries, reaching over 65,000 students a year, preaching the “gospel of the spoken word.” Book-It’s mission of “transforming great literature into great theatre through simple and sensitive production and inspiring audiences to read” tells you that we are more than about making great art. We are about making great art that is making a difference.

The National Endowment for the Arts recently released a report on Reading in America. Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America reports drops in all groups studied, with the steepest rate of decline - 28 percent - occurring in the youngest age groups.

The study also documents an overall decline of 10 percentage points in literary readers from 1982 to 2002, representing a loss of 20 million potential readers. The rate of decline is increasing and, according to the survey, has nearly tripled in the last decade.

“This report documents a national crisis,” Dane Gioia, Chair of the NEA, said. “Reading develops a capacity for focused attention and imaginative growth that enriches both private and public life. The decline in reading among every segment of the adult population reflects a general collapse in advanced literacy. To lose this human capacity - and all the diverse benefits it fosters - impoverishes both cultural and civic life.”

Now in its 18th Season, Book-It continues to believe that reading is one of the most fundamental rights of every human being. We agree with Chairman Gioia that without the ability to read, human beings live an impoverished life.

In December, Book-It received a $50,000 grant from the prestigious William Randolph Hearst Foundation to support our education program, Book-It All Over. We are very proud of this achievement. We applaud the Hearst Foundation and our other sponsors including Qwest and ArtsFund for helping us to realize our dream of a totally literate society.

But we need your support as well. If you are interested in helping us make a difference by improving literacy in America through the arts, please contact me at 206-216-0877, ext 105, or charlotte@book-it.org. Thank you. And thank you for coming to tonight’s performance.

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Persuasion

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B o o k - I t p r o u d ly p r e s e n t s Jane Jones & Myra Platt Fo u n d i n g A r t i s t i c D i r e c t o r s

Charlotte M. Tiencken Managing Director

JANE AUSTEN’S

persuasion Directed by Myra Platt CAST

(in alphabetical order)

John Bogar* Ricky Coates Janessa Cummings Kate Czajkowski Jim Gall* Annie Lareau Frank Lawler Joseph Luckhurst Kevin McKeon Chiara Motley Pam Nolte Hilary Pickles Carol Roscoe* Jamie Rush

Captain Wentworth Mr. William Elliot Henrietta Musgrove/Nurse Rook Elizabeth Elliot Admiral Croft/Captain Harville Mrs. Croft/Mrs. Harville Charles Musgrove/Mr. Shepard Cousin Hayter/Surgeon/Servant Sir Walter Elliot/Mr. Musgrove Anne Elliot Lady Russell/Mrs. Musgrove Mrs. Clay/Louisa Musgrove Mary Musgrove/Mrs. Smith Captain Benwick

ARTISTIC AND PRODUCTION STAFF Jen Taylor Colin Byrne Devorah Spadone* Liza Comtois Larry Rodriguez Corey Eriksen Deane Middleton Jessica Trundy Matt Starritt Gin Hammond

Co-Adaptor Lindsey E. Callihan Co-Adaptor/Asst. Director Anne Gish Production Stage Manager James Germain Lynne Ellis Dramaturg Technical Dir./Prod Mgr. Heather Mayhew Scenic Designer Janessa Styck Costume Designer Shawn Booker Lighting Designer Marah Blake Seattle Scenic Studies Sound Designer Dialect Coach

Co-Properties Designer Co-Properties Designer Directing Intern Master Electrician/Board Op. Board Operator Costume Assistant Assistant Stage Manager Literary Intern Set Construction

*Member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. Support provided by:

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Author Bio

J

ane Austen, one of England’s most acclaimed novelists, was never publicly acknowledged as a writer during her lifetime.

She was born on December 16, 1775, the seventh child of a country clergyman and his wife. Educated primarily at home, Jane benefited from her father’s extensive library and proved adept as a young writer.

As a child, Jane wrote a series of comedic stories for her family, and at the age of 19, composed her first full-length novella, Lady Susan.

In her 20s, Jane wrote the manuscripts that later became Sense and Sensibility (first called “Elinor and Marianne”) and Pride and Prejudice (originally called “First Impressions”). Her father sent a letter offering the manuscript of “First Impressions” to a publisher in 1797, but his offering was rejected. It would be 14 years before Jane Austen became a published author. In 1811, at the age of

35, Austen finally published Sense and Sensibility. Pride and Prejudice followed in 1813, Mansfield Park in 1814, and Emma in 1815. The title page of each novel identified the author simply as “a Lady.”

Austen began writing the novel that would be called Persuasion in 1815 and finished it the following year, by which time her health was beginning to fail. She died in the early hours of July 18, 1817, and was soon buried in Winchester Cathedral. She was 41 years old.

Her gravestone makes no mention that she was an author.

Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published together in December 1817 with a biographical note that, for the first time, recognized Jane Austen as the author of Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma. Since her death, Austen’s novels have never been out of print and have become some of the most studied and beloved works of literature in the world.

N ot e s Fro m t h e D i r e c to r

By Myra Platt “A natural sequence to an unnatural beginning…”

-Jane Austen, Persuasion

O

n the same day that Napoleon was carried aboard the HMS Sutherland as prisoner bound for exile, Jane Austen began to write Persuasion. It would turn out to be her final novel before she died of Attison’s disease in 1817. I can’t help but be impressed that this young woman who, in a century when women had no power and no hopes other than marrying a man of connections or fortune, had opted out of marriage and instead made an independent, determined choice to write books. She successfully published four novels while she lived and two more posthumously and has ever since reigned as a popular, modern female icon.

It has been a joy to work on this wonderful adaptation and to explore this novel which Virginia Woolf calls Jane Austen’s ‘voyage of discovery.’ I will admit that while in the past I’ve had difficulty reading Jane Austen, not always immediately able to follow the language, I am now completely hooked. And yes, there have been times when I wondered whether or not her stories were simply entertaining, imperial fluff. But I’ve been quickly brought about to the subtle complexities and emotional depth evident

in her writing, especially in Persuasion and can completely appreciate why so many are Austen addicts. Her wit, her sharp irony and astute social commentary is superb. She writes with a marvelous sensitivity and balance of gender.

She achieves universality through her characters’ internal explorations, amidst historical and social truths. She helped prophesy a movement with the Austen sensibility and earnest admiration for unaffected romance.

Austen’s lead character Anne Elliot, not unlike Austen herself, is equipped with keen observation and an adult authority on retentive feelings and the notion that to be persuaded on matters that concern only the effects of those not involved, is indeed detrimental to one’s happiness. The ideal Austen romance is not based upon position and social standing as was expected in her day. Her heroines have no patience for false ceremony. Even less so for convenience or advantageous social play. For Jane, love must be strictly borne out of equal, natural merits, open hearts and similarities in taste, thought and manner. The idea that women and men together can affect the national front, when as a couple, their worth is united in valuing the other’s affection. And only then, can one move forward out of the past and into the future.

Persuasion Glossary

By Liza Comtois

The Places of Persuasion

Kellynch- Hall – The home of Sir Walter Elliot, located in the county of Somerset approximately fifteen miles north of Lyme Regis. “Hall” signifies that the home features a large room used solely for entertaining and receiving guests.

Uppercross – The location of the Great House and the Cottage.

Lady and Mr. Musgrove, along with daughters Louisa and Henrietta, reside in the Great House while Charles and Mary Musgrove live in the Cottage. Charles and Mary will move into the Great House upon his father’s death. Uppercross is in Somerset, about three miles from Kellynch-hall.

William Elliot, Esq. – The title of esquire indicated that the person was a member of the gentry. The title itself was nominal and did not allow significant advantages in society.

Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple – Dowager was the name given to widows. A viscount ranked above a baron; his wife would adopt the title of viscountess.

Honourable Miss Carteret – As a child of a viscount, Miss Carteret would be referred to using the title “honourable” though the title did not confer any rights.

Lyme Regis – A southern coastal town, home to the Captain and Mrs. Harville and a popular holiday resort.

The Cobb - The harbor wall found in Lyme Regis that juts out into the English Channel.

It is described as being an “immense mass of stone.”

Chawton Great House. Source: Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels by Deidre La Faye

Gentleman – Legally, “someone with no regular trade or occupation.” (Pool 44) Charles Musgrove is a gentleman.

The Cobb. Source: Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels

by Deirdre Le Faye

Bath – Home to Mrs. Smith and, the new home of Sir Walter Elliot. Mrs. Smith resides in Westgate-buildings, found in the south west and unfashionable part of town. The Elliots’ residence in Camden-place is at the north end and considered to be the most impressive part of town. Bath became a favored destination due to its curative hot-baths. Those traveling to there to restore their health were often accompanied by relatives, resulting in the town becoming just as popular a destination for the gentry not seeking treatment. There they could “socialize with one another in the way that the nobility had long been able to do in London.” (Pool 266)

The Titled of Persuasion Peerage – The term describing dukes, viscounts, barons and other nobility who were considered peers to one another.

Baronets were not included in this distinction.

Gentry – Social rank below the nobility, landowners.

Sir Walter Elliot – A baronet. Baronet was a social rank within the gentry (rather than the nobility) below a baron but above a knight. The title was hereditary and implied that the person owned a significant amount of land.

19th Century Etiquette • The gentleman must wait to be introduced to a lady before he speaks to her.

• Unless he is an immediate relative, a gentleman cannot sit next to a lady in a carriage.

• Upon a chance meeting with a female acquaintance, it is up to the lady to indicate (with a bow) that she will speak with the gentleman.

• An unmarried lady must have a chaperone when in the presence of a gentleman. She is permitted to walk to church or in the park by herself; otherwise she must walk with a companion.

• A lady must never ignore (“cut”) someone.

The British Navy • Following the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), the Royal Navy gained tremendous admiration from the Britain’s subjects.

• By the following decade (1810), there were over 100,000 seamen in the Navy; 3,000 lieutenants; and 800 Captains. To support such a vast fleet, Britain, for the first time, imposed a new tax solely to support the war effort. (Lane 75) • In the event that a ship was captured, the captain of the conquering ship was entitled to one quarter of its worth, and the remainder was given to the lower ranking members of the ship.

(Lane 75) Sources: Lane, Maggie. Jane Austen’s World. Carlton Books, 1996.

Pool, Daniel. What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens knew. NY: Touchstone.

1993.

Notes from the adapters

By Jen Taylor When everything I owned was stolen during a fateful move the first thing I replaced was a copy of Pride and Prejudice. When I visited Chawton, England where Jane Austen lived, I, much to my embarrassment, silently wept as I strolled through rooms in which she’d spent her days. One of my favorite possessions is a replica of the necklace Jane Austen wore. Yes, I admit… I am a Jane Austen geek. This woman, living a quiet, secluded life two hundred years ago, created a small body of work that still resonates with, delights and affects me. I want more. I read her novels again and again dreading parting with her vivid characters. Bringing Persuasion to the stage is a way to satiate that desire. In particular, it is a means to revel in the beautifully sad tale of regret that becomes one of second chances and rekindled love. Persuasion feels darker than Austen’s other work and yet is full of hope. That is what attracted me to adapt this novel

specifically. Hope. And in the end, I am simply a fan who couldn’t say goodbye to Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth.

By Colin Byrne I am not a Jane Austen fan. After reading Pride and Prejudice and playing the part of Wickham I had no interest in reading more Austen. Nothing about her stories caught my interest. So when I was asked by Jen to co-adapt Persuasion, I wondered whether I would even make it through the book.

However, the story won me over right away. A love story filled with longing and regret, and wonderful moments of awkward painful silence. It was this and not who would marry whom that drew me in. Two people forced to face the decisions of the past, and the heartbreak, but also the hope.

And in the end we realized that all we had to do was get the letter scene right and everything else would fall into place.

Who’s Who - The Cast JOHN BOGAR (Capt. Wentworth) This is Mr. Bogar’s Book-It debut. He is a long time Seattle actor with stage memories going back to the early eighties: Pacific Lively Arts in the Highline School District, Evergreen Theatre Company, AHA Theatre, One World Theatre and Theatre Simple, GreenStage, Spokane Interplayers, The Bathhouse, and The Empty Space, among others. Since returning from New York with an M.F.A. from Columbia University, class of ‘04, he has teamed with WoodenO as Macbeth, The Seattle Shakespeare Company for Othello, Macbeth (this time as Banquo and Seyton) and The School for Scandal, Intiman’s The Grapes of Wrath and The Village Theatre Originals Series for Fairystories and Sacagawea. He has been a fan of Book-It for many years and is delighted to join them on their exploration of this great novel.

RICKY COATES (Mr. William Elliot) Ricky Coates is thrilled to be making his Book-It debut. A native of Cheyenne,

WY, Ricky is a graduate of the University of Arizona’s professional actor training program. His local theatre credits include: Camino Real (theater simple), Beat the Sunset (ArtsWest), As You Like It (Wooden O), Mud Angel (Live Girls!), 5 x Tenn (Stone Soup), Fiddler on the Roof (SMT/ CLO), Henry V (Greenstage), among others. Regional theatre credits: Angels in America (Arizona Repertory Theatre), Tecumseh! (Scioto Society), Under Two Flags (Cripple Creek Players), and more in Los Angeles and Tucson. Ricky would like to thank his family and friends for their continuing support in all his endeavors.

JANESSA CUMMINGS (Henrietta Musgrove/Nurse Rook) Janessa is thrilled to be making her BookIt debut as Henrietta.

Some of her favorite credits include: “Danielle” in Language of Angels, “Solveig” in Peer Gynt, “Frenchie” in Cabaret, The Beggar’s Opera, and The Cherry Sisters Modern Vaudeville Extravaganza. In May 2008, she will receive a BFA in Theater from Cornish College of the Arts. All of her thanks go to her parents who have shown everlasting love and support.

KATE CZAJKOWSKI (Elizabeth Elliot) Kate is thrilled to be making her Book It debut with Persuasion.

Most recently she appeared as Marina in Pericles at Seattle Shakespeare Co. Some of her favorite roles include Florrie in Waiting for Lefty at CHAC, Rita in The Water Engine for Strawberry Theater Workshop, and Annamae Dickie in The Louis Slotin Sonata at Empty Space. Kate would like to thank her folks for their ceaseless love and support.

JIM GALL (Admiral Croft/ Capt. Harville) Jim loves the Book-It family and is proud to be working with them again. Last year Jim played Jane Jones’s father in Rhoda and before that was Mr. Bennet in the first Book-It incarnation of Pride and Prejudice.

Elsewhere in Seattle, Jim just worked at Seattle Public Theatre as Mr. Raper in Halcyon Days and as Lieutenant Schrank in 5th Avenue Theatre’s West Side Story.

Other favorite roles include Atticus Finch

Who’s Who - The Cast in To Kill a Mockingbird and Mountain McClintock in Requiem for a Heavyweight.

This upcoming summer look for Jim playing opposite his beautiful wife, Kelly Kitchens, in Wooden O’s Midsummer’s Night Dream. Thanks to Myra and Jane

ANNIE LAREAU (Mrs. Croft/Mrs. Harville) Annie is delighted to be on stage with Book-It Repertory Theatre once again.

Most recently, Annie appeared as the Bawd in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Pericles. Past Book-It productions include playing Maggie Jones in Book-It Repertory Theatre’s Plainsong and Antonia in the touring staged reading of My Antonia. Other favorite roles include Tamara in Spokane Interplayer’s Music from a Sparkling Planet, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Henry in Henry V (The Company of Women, Boston.) Annie has also worked locally at The Empty Space, Theater Schmeater, Wooden O Theatre, Unexpected Productions, and The Annex Theatre as well as performing improv comedy internationally in New Zealand, Amsterdam, and Canada. Annie holds an M.Ed in Arts Education from Harvard University and a BFA in acting from Syracuse University and serves as the Education Director for Book-It Repertory Theatre.

FRANK LAWLER (Charles Musgrove/Mr. Shepard) Frank was last seen on the Book-It stage as George Dorset in The House of Mirth. Other recent acting credits include Tommy in Halcyon Days, Tristan Tzara in Travesties (both at Seattle Public Theater) and all eight male characters in On The Verge (ArtsWest). Frank has also performed with Harlequin Productions, CHAC, Edge of the World Theatre, Next Step and MSTT. As a director, his most recent endeavor was last year’s production of Accomplice at Harlequin. Frank is a graduate of Harvard University and an alumnus of

Shakespeare & Company’s actor training program. He is the vice-president of the board of directors of Theatre Puget Sound and the co-author of two plays, The Elsinore Diaries and Neighborhoodlum. He lives in Seattle with his lovely wife Ann and their handsome three-year old son, Rowan.

JOSEPH LUCKHURST (Cousin Hayter/Surgeon/Servant) Joseph is a senior at Cornish College of the Arts and is pleased to be joining Book-It for his professional internship. Past roles include Andre in Five Flights, Peer Gynt in Peer Gynt: Part 2, and Matt of the Mint in The Beggar’s Opera. He thanks is family, friends, and the faculty at Cornish for their support.

KEVIN McKEON (Sir Walter Elliot/Mr. Musgrove) Kevin has had the pleasure of working both on and off the stage at Book-It, where he has been seen in Ethan Frome, Double Indemnity, Cowboys are my Weakness, Plainsong, Red Ranger Came Calling, Sweet Thursday and The Awakening. He is the adapter of Plainsong, co-adapter of A Tale of Two Cities (with Jane Jones), and the adapter and director of both Anne Tyler’s Breathing Lessons (2003) and most recently David Guterson’s Snow Falling on Cedars, which has been nominated for an American Theatre Critics’ Association Best New Play Award.

CHIARA MOTLEY (Anne Elliot) Chiara is delighted to return to the Book-It stage after appearing in both Snow Falling on Cedars and Peter Pan this season. She graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Drama. In 2006, she appeared in Stanford Summer Theatre’s season, Wicked Wit: Rakes and Rebellion in the Restoration, as Hillaria in

Restoration Comedy and Charlotte in Don Juan. Other favorites include: Savage in Savage in Limbo, Alcandre in Tony Kushner’s adaptation of The Illusion, Yerma in Yerma, and Holofernes in Love’s Labour’s Lost. She has also worked with Theatre de la Jeune Lune in Minneapolis as an intern and ensemble actor.

PAM NOLTE (Lady Russell/Mrs. Musgrove) Pam Nolte is delighted to return to the BookIt stage where she last appeared in Cry The Beloved Country. Pam is a founding member of Seattle’s Taproot Theatre Company performing over 75 roles with the company since 1976. Recent roles at TTC include Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Dr. Ann Ross in The God Committee, Catherine Petkoff in Arms and the Man , Sybil Billings in An Inspector Calls and Mrs. Stockmann in An Enemy of the People. The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge at TAG ranks among other favorites. Pam is active in film (The Bridge, The Spy and the Sparrow, and The Dark Horse) and commercial work and as a voice talent with The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

HILARY PICKLES (Mrs. Clay/Louisa Musgrove) Persuasion marks Hilary’s ninth production with Book-It! Favorites include Plainsong, Rebecca, Owen Meany, Danger Books!, My Antonia, and a few other Book-It All Over productions. Last season, Hilary originated the role of Pandora in Charles Waxberg’s The Equation for Balagan Theatre. You may have also seen her on the mainstage and in the touring company of Taproot Theatre Co., doing staged readings for Our American Theatre Company (recently The Dining Room) and tearing up the Bard’s works for RASA in the Seattle Fringe Festival (Favorite: Sylvia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona). She has been in several indie films including Police Beat which you may have seen at SIFF and Sundance.

W h o ’ s W h o - A R T I S T I C & P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F CAROL ROSCOE (Mary Musgrove/ Mrs. Smith) Carol Roscoe is thrilled to be making her Book-It debut.

Credits include: Native Son (Intiman), The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Magic City, Shape of a Girl, and Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse (Seattle Children’s Theater), Hamlet (Seattle Shakespeare Company), The Fetch and Point Deception (ACT Theater’s First Act Festival), Don Carlos, B.F.E., When Grace Comes In, What I Tell You In Darkness (Seattle Repertory’s Hot Type Festival), and several plays at the 14/48 Theater Festival. Other credits around the country include Twelfth Night, The Book of Ruth, The Duchess of Malfi (Green Highway Theater), 31 Bond Street, (Brooklyn Lyceum), Dunkler Related Disorders (The Kennedy Center), and Rocketman (Arizona Theater Company). She stars in two soon- to-bereleased feature films; The Gamers:Dorkness Rising, and The Dark Horse. Her directing credits are numerous and include shows for ArtsWest, Seattle Public Theater, Theater Schmeater, Centerstage and Greenstage. She holds an MFA from the Academy for Classical Acting at the Shakespeare Theater at George Washington University.

JAMIE RUSH (Capt. Benwick)

Jamie Rush is grateful and pleased to be cast Captain Benwick in Book-it Theater’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. In his fourth year at Seattles’ Cornish College of The Arts, Jamie Rush happily anticipates graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art’s Degree in Theater Acting. “I see myself making film and writing short stories, or maybe plays, in the next five years. Hopefully, the work I do is entertaining, but also somewhat of a challenge for the audience. But, no matter what, in the end, all I want is to honor and uphold those true feelings that are shared between my parents, family and friends. I would love, love, love, to thank my mom and dad, brother and sister, and all those who aren’t, but are family.

Thanks to you all!”

with Charley, Pride and Prejudice, Howard’s End, In a Shallow Grave, The Awakening, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, and A Tale of Two Cities. Book-It performances include roles in Ethan Frome, Silver Water, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Breathing Lessons, and Rhoda: A Life in Stories.

ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.

Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including heath and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark.

JANE JONES (Founder/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 and Twelfth Night at Portland Center Stage. For Book-It, she directed The House of Mirth, Rebecca, Travels

MYRA PLATT (Founding Co-Artistic Director/ Director) Myra is the founding Co-Artistic Director 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 over 50 world-premiere stage adaptations. Most recently, Myra adapted and directed the world-premiere production of The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. 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 directed Plainsong, Cry, the Beloved Country, Sweet Thursday, 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. Performances include 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.

W h o ’ s W h o - A R T I S T I C & P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F CHARLOTTE M. TIENCKEN (Managing Director) Charlotte is an arts administrator, director, producer and educator who has been working in the producing and presenting fields for 25 years. Before moving back to the Seattle area in September of 2003, she was General Manager at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts for four seasons. Currently, she is President of Scarlet Productions, her own consulting firm, and is an adjunct faculty member at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Most recently she was Executive Director of Tacoma Actor’s Guild. Charlotte is a member of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and is past President of the Board of Arts Northwest, the presenting service organization for Washington, Idaho and Oregon. She has served on the board of the Pat Graney Dance Company and sat on granting panels for the Washington State Arts Commission. She most recently completed her term on the Board of Theatre Puget Sound, a regional service organization for theatres in the Puget Sound area.

JEN TAYLOR (Co-Adaptor) This is Ms. Taylor’s first adaptation for Book-It. As a performer, she’s been seen at Book-It in The House of Mirth (Lily Bart) Giant (Leslie Lynton), Pride and Prejudice 2004 (Elizabeth Bennet) and In A Shallow Grave (Widow Rance). She’s also performed locally at Intiman Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and The Empty Space Theatre. Jen works extensively as a voice over artist on radio and television and has voiced many video games including Cortana in the Halo series. She is currently working with Jane Jones at Portland Center Stage playing Viola in Twelfth Night.

COLIN BYRNE (Co-Adaptor/Assistant Director) Colin Byrne received his BFA from Cornish College of the Arts with an emphasis in Original Work. He has appeared on-stage in many Book-It shows and is excited to be continuing to the other side of the table. Persuasion is Colin’s second produced work in Seattle, the first, a mul-

timedia work for which he also composed the score. Colin is an Associate Member of Washington Ensemble Theatre.

DEVORAH SPADONE (Production/Stage Manager) Devorah is the Production Stage Manager at Book-It, and just finished working on this season’s Peter Pan. She is proud to say that Persuasion will be her thirteenth production with Book-It. In addition, she has recently worked with EMUTT on the world premier of My One Night Stand with Cancer by Tania Katan at ACT. She has also worked for SCT, Bumbershoot, Folklife, UW, 14/48 and the Seattle International Children’s Festival. Devorah would like to thank all of her friends and family for their supporting her choice to work in the arts, and to be a bike commuter, for dealing with her crazy schedule and still loving her all the same.

LIZA COMTOIS (Dramaturg) Liza Comtois has served as dramaturg on the premiere adaptations of Cry the Beloved Country, Giant, Plainsong, Broken for You, The House of the Spirits and Persuasion with Book-It Repertory Theatre, Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963 for First Stage, Tania Katan’s My One Night Stand with Cancer produced at ACT Theatre and Veronica Decides to Die at Freehold Theatre. She was production dramaturg for Strawberry Theatre Workshop’s The Life of Galileo, 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. 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 ‘07. She is currently Associate Producer at The Ethereal Mutt - Limited.

LARRY RODRIGUEZ (Technical Dir./Prod Mgr.) Larry hails from the Philippines and has been passionate about the theater since 1994. He was Technical Director and Lighting Designer for the Philippines’ Pio-

neer 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.

He moved to Seattle in 2005 and joined Book-It Repertory Theater. This is his third season and is continually grateful for having the opportunity to work among great talents.

COREY ERIKSEN (Scenic Designer) Scenic Designer Corey designed Snow Falling on Cedars earlier this season for Book-It and is thrilled to be back! Previous designs include Back of the Throat, A Eulogy for Citizen, Getting Out, and Mystery of Attraction at Theater Schmeater; Ruthless! for Village Theatre; and The Winter’s Tale, The Rose Tattoo, and Cloud 9 at the University of Portland. Corey’s work can also be seen at Washington Ensemble Theatre in Mr. Marmalade. Corey is also working with Bishop Blanchet High School as the Master Carpenter, and he is looking forward to continuing with their spring musical

DEANE MIDDLETON (Costume Designer) Deane is delighted to be working with Book-It for the first time. A native Seattle-ite with a degree in Foreign Languages from Seattle University, Deane did post-graduate work in Apparel Design before discovering theatre in 1987. Deane recently retired after running the Village Theatre Costume Shop for 15 years in order to pursue freelance design projects.

W h o ’ s W h o - A R T I S T I C & P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F During her tenure there, she designed over 40 shows for Mainstage, Village Originals and various events. This is her first foray into the world of Jane Austen. Love to Kelly and Nick.

performed in Germany, Russia, Ireland, England and Scotland, and nationally at The Guthrie, The Long Wharf, Pasadena Playhouse, ACT Theatre, and others. www.ginhammond.com

JESSICA TRUNDY (Lighting Designer)

LINDSEY E. CALLIHAN (Co-Properties 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 Crumbs are also Bread, What is Sexy, 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.

Lindsey is a recent graduate from Seattle University with her Bachelors in Fine Arts with Dramatic Emphasis and Departmental Honors. Studying (both in and out of school) property design as well as set design, puppetry fabrication, backstage management, FX makeup, and painting she often has her artistic finger in many different pies. She currently works with Teatro ZinZanni as a Backstage Manager and Properties Artisan. In the last five years, she has frequented various Seattle theaters with her properties and special FX makeup design. This is her second appearance with Book-It.

MATT STARRITT (Sound Designer) Matt Starritt is a freelance sound designer in the Seattle area and is a founder and the current resident sound designer of the Washington Ensemble Theatre. He is the playwright and sound designer for WET’s recent production of blahblahblahBANG! at On the Boards. Past designs: Laura’s Bush, Finer Noble Gases, Next Tuesday, Handcuff Girl Saves the World, Crave, Wonderful Life, Swimming in the Shallows, Museum Play, Never Swim Alone, Crumbs are also Bread, and Iphigenia in Aulis at Washington Ensemble Theatre, Ring Round the Moon at UW, Told You Once, Told You 100 Times for Poisonous Toy Theater in the Chamber Theater, Broken for You for Book-it Rep, and In Disdress at On the Boards.

GIN HAMMOND (Dialect Coach) Gin Hammond is very pleased to be working with Book-It again. Shows recently coached include Book-It’s Peter Pan, The Fardale Christmas Carol at Taproot, and The Westerbork Serenade, a riveting show about Jewish cabaret performers during WWII that opens in January at Odd Duck Studios. Ms. Hammond teaches privately and at Freehold Studios, and has

ANNE GISH (Co-Properties Designer) Anne is very excited to return to BookIt. She has previously had the pleasure of assistant stage managing for Book-It’s second incarnation of Red Ranger Came Calling as well as co-designing props for Snow Falling on Cedars earlier this season.

Anne has been seen working professionally around Seattle since graduating from the University of Puget Sound. She currently works alongside her partner on this project, Lindsey Callihan, as a Backstage Manager at Teatro ZinZanni. She would like to thank Jane and Myra, as well as her circus family, for allowing her to sprinkle some more fairy dust around.

JAMES GERMAIN (Directing Intern) James was delighted to help with Book-It’s last production of Peter Pan and is excited to be working with Book-It again. He recently graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, where he directed Neil Labute’s The Shape of Things. He would like to thank Myra Platt and the rest of the Book-It staff for the opportunity to help bring quality literature to the stage.

LYNNE ELLIS (Master Elec./Sound Board Op.) A transplant from foggy California, she shares the thrill of creation with sundry sunny Seattle theater companies. Past designs include Adventures in Mating and Riff Raff at Theater Schmeater and The Memory of Water at Atlas Theatre. She is also a master electrician for Book-It (Snow Falling on Cedars, A Tale of Two Cities) and Seattle Shakespeare Company (Pericles, Chamber Macbeth). Sometimes she is an assistant at ACT (Souvenir, Bach at Leipzig). Lynne holds a BA in Theatre Arts from UC Santa Cruz. When not climbing ladders, she climbs hills on her bike.

HEATHER MAYHEW (Sound Board Operator) “Nothing exists until or unless it is observed.

An Artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it” - William S. Burroughs

Contributors

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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 Paul G. Allen Family Foundation 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+) 4Culture Artsfund Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The Boeing Company Harvest Foundation The Lucky 7 Foundation Seattle Post-Intelligencer* Washington State Arts Commission

LITERARY CLASSICS ($5,000+) Foundations/Corporations Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Mellon Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Nesholm Family Foundation Safeco Insurance WSAC 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 Fales Foundation Trust Horizons Foundation J. Lohr Winery* John H. Bauer Endowment for Theatre PONCHO Stoel Rives, LLP Ten Mercer* Valve Corporation WA Commission for the Humanities Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Individuals Avery Rogers Brooke John Bullwinkel and Martha Hutton

Linda and Peter Capell Mary Anne Christy and Mark Klebanoff Emily Davis Stephanie and Stuart Feldt Seann W. Hallisky Ellen and John Hill Mary Metastasio Colette Ogle Jacqueline and Brian Park Christiane Pein and Steve Bull The Pillitteri Family Lynne and Nick Reynolds Deirdre Runnette Kris and Mike Villiott Helen Wattley-Ames Judith Whetzel Lucy Flynn Zuccotti and Thomas Zuccotti

NOBEL AWARD SOCIETY (1000+)

Foundations/Corporations Gladys and Sam Rubinstein Foundation ING Matching Gift Program Marklyn Family Foundation Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. Sage Foundation The Boeing Company Individuals Anonymous Kim Anderson Linda and Peter Capell D. Thompson and Karen Challinor Donald Chamberlain Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Cobb Julie Edsforth and Jabez Bumenthal Mimi Gardner Gates Candace and Thomas Grogan Laura Hull and John Atwill Judith Jesiolowski and David Thompson Anne and Stephen Lipner Darcy and Lee MacLaren Melissa and Donald Manning Mary Marino

Ed McNerney and Ruth Valine Louise McNerney and Jan Sobieralski* Peenut the Dog Myra Platt Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Shawn and Mike Rediger Mary Beth Shaddy and Robert Bleeg Margaret Silver Brad and Colleen Stangeland Patricia Torode and John Q Torode April J. and Brian Williamson PULITZER AWARD SOCIETY (500+) Anonymous Artsfund Matching Gifts Program Rosa Ayer Kira Bacon & Anne Bostwick Becky Brooks and Jeff Youngstrom Boeing Gift Matching Program Diana and Charles Carey John and Alexandra Davis Jean Gorecki and Dick Dobyns Dorsey and Whitney Zimmie Caner and Tom Edwards Liz Fitzhugh and Jim Feldman Gail Frasier Harold and Mary Francis Hill Toni J. S. Hoffman Bruce E.H. Johnson Jacqueline Kiser Martha Kongsgaard Lex Lindsey and Lynn Manley Anne McDuffie and Tim Wood Michell and Larry Pihl Phillips Law Group Betty Ann and Louie Richmond H. Stewart Ross Evelyne Rozner Polly Schlitz Pamela and Nathan Searle Heidi Sherman and Jake Sedlock Margaret Silver Mary Snapp Diane Stevens Helen Stusser H. Randall Webb Sally and Charles Weems Judith and Morton Weisman Bob and Leora Wheeler Lloyd Herman and Richard Wilson Sara Thompson and Richard Gelinas Deborah Willingham

Contributors Christina Wright and Luther Black Andrew and Trish Zuccotti NATIONAL BOOK AWARD SOCIETY (250+)

Nancy and Craig Abramson Christina Amante Eve and Mark Anderson Laurie and Steve Arnold Shawn Baz Janet Boguch Sarah Brooke and Tony Pasqualini Leo Butzel and Roberta Reaber Heather Carmichael Olson Christina Chang Joyce Chase Evelyn and Jim Chumbley Jack D. Clay Ollie and Pam Cobb Whitney and Adam Cornell Elizabeth Crane* Mary Dombrowski Lavinia and Ray Downs Stephanie and Stuart Feldt Cinthia Fischer and Chris Linnett Marni I. Gittinger Linda Gould Helen and Max Gurvich David Hamilton Stephanie Hilbert Charmian Jondall and Samuel McCormick Debbie Killinger Evelyn and Seymour Klebanoff Tor and Carol MacIlroy Collette and Brendan MacLean Ruth McCormick Glenda Maledy Brad Mathews Jean and Tom McKeon Cynthia and Stephen McWilliams Sandra and Richard Monroe Heather Pullen and Frank Schumann Roberta Reaber and Leo Butzel Martha Sidlo Dorothy Best Strand and Michael B. Slade Kerry Thompson Sara Thompson and Richard Gelinas Jean Viereck and Robert Leventhal Richard B. Wesley Jean and Dave White Patty and Walter Wilson William Seach Margo and Tom Wyckoff Valerie Yockey and Bob Winsor

PEN/FAULKNER AWARD CIRCLE (100+)

Doug Adams ∙ Shawn Aebi ∙ Virginia Anderson ∙ Ruth Bacharach ∙ Suzy and Tony Ball ∙ JoAnne Bardeen ∙ Sandra and John Barney ∙ Judith Benjamin ∙ Julia Bent ∙ Martin Berg ∙ Sharon Black ∙ 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 ∙ Marcie Campbell McHale and John McHale ∙ Mark and Elizabeth Chamberlin ∙ Lynne

- S e p t 1, 2 0 0 6 - D e c 15 , 2 0 0 7 * Denotes and David Chelimer ∙ Rosa and Rene Claringbould ∙ Gayle and Richard Collins ∙ Terry Coyne ∙ Kay and Garry Crane ∙ Jenny and Richard Cummins ∙ Cathy and Phil Davis ∙ Sandra Davis ∙ Melinda J. Deane and Dan Wheetman ∙ Nancy and Bruce Deane ∙ Ronald DeChene ∙ Sandra and Paul Dehmer ∙ Paul and Sandy Delmer ∙ Dottie Delaney ∙ Dorothty and James Denton ∙ Victor Denenberg ∙ Mary E. Dickinson ∙ Michelle Dunn ∙ Rita Durand ∙ Betty Jean Eberharter ∙ Sara Elward ∙ Jean Burch Falls ∙ Barbie Faubion ∙ Ruth Flanders, Melissa Huther, and Kathy Long ∙ K. Denice Fischer Fortier and James M. Fortier ∙ Sandy Fry and Jim Mueller ∙ Janice M. Giles and S. Edward Parks ∙ Jane Graham ∙ Stacy Grano ∙ Pat Graves and David Nash ∙ Mary Gulbrandsen ∙ Faith Hanna ∙ 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 ∙ Diane Hostetler and Ross Johnson ∙ Ron Hovde ∙ Karen Howard ∙ M.E. Hubbard ∙ Melissa Huther and Gordon Hof ∙ Kristin Ihrig and Russel Hardison ∙ Eva Jackson ∙ Wendy Jackson ∙ Kris Jorgensen ∙ Clare Kapitan and Keith Schreiber ∙ Peggy and David Kasik ∙ Pam Kendrick ∙ Glenn and Julie Kouhia ∙ Nancy ∙ Ariane Kurita ∙ Lawton and Steve Fury ∙ Meredith Lehr ∙ Andrea Lieberman ∙ Laura K. Lindenmayer ∙ Mary Kae and Kelland P. Lindsey ∙ Leo Longo ∙ Craig Lorch ∙ Ellen and Stephen Lutz ∙ Brendan and Collette MacLean ∙ Josie and Doug Manuel ∙ Else Mans ∙ Julie B. and Lyle A. Margulies ∙ Rachel McCall and Douglas McCall, Jr. ∙ Kathy McCluskey ∙ Lee and Phil McCluskey ∙ Anna and Paul McKee ∙ Peggy Metastasio ∙ Cornelia and Terry Moore ∙ Joan Moritz ∙ Margaret Morrison ∙ Glenn Morrissey ∙ Ed Murphey ∙ Teresa Murphey ∙ Amy and Andy Myers ∙ Leslie Nellermoe and Darrell McKissic ∙ Robin and Andrew Nelson ∙ Joann G. Nicon ∙ Curtis and Marion Northrop ∙ Maren Norton ∙ Rosanne Olson and Ed McMahon Jr. ∙ Joni Ostergaard ∙ Jane Pearson∙ Steve Pellegrin and Mary Anne Braund ∙ Corliss Perdaems ∙ Carol and Edward B. Perrin ∙ Richard and Barbara Peterson ∙ Kit and Bill Phillips ∙ Susan Porterfield ∙ Lisa and Patrick Quinn ∙ Laurie Radheshwar ∙ Esther M. Reese ∙ Meredith and David M. Regal ∙ Daniel Rhodes ∙ Karen and Eric Richter ∙ Virginia and Thomas Riedinger In Memory of Peter Kirk Todd ∙ Ferne and Roger Rosenblatt ∙ 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 ∙ Mary Beth Shaddy and Robert Bleeg ∙ Craig and Meredith Shank ∙ Joana and Michael Shapiro ∙ Kathryn Mary Sheehan ∙ Marcia Joslyn Sill and Peter Sill ∙ Sandra and Larry Smith ∙ Barbara Spear ∙

in-kind

Sheila K. Striegl ∙ Helen Stusser ∙ Allison Swanberg ∙ Gail Tanaka ∙ Kamella Tate ∙ Sarah English Tune and Sean Doherty in Memory of Frances Mickey ∙ Jorie Wackerman ∙ Washington Mutual Matching Gift Program ∙ Washington Post Matching Gifts Program ∙ Kathryn Wharton ∙ Mary Wilson ∙ Shauna Woods ∙ Barbara Wright and Dwight Gee ∙ Wright Runstad & Co. ∙ Dr. Sharon Zerr-Peltner

O. HENRY AWARD CIRCLE 50+

Anonymous ∙ Doug Adams ∙ Shawn Aebi ∙ Judith Alexander ∙ Nancy and Richard Anders In Memory of Brian Neu ∙ Diana Delimitros Argeres and Peter Argeres ∙ Roland Baker ∙ Karl Banse ∙ Tina C. Baril ∙ Rick Bohrer ∙ John Bradshaw ∙ Lael Ellis Braymer ∙ Phil and Lisa Brock ∙ Rebecca Brown ∙ Gia Bullard in Celebration of Peggy Keene’s Birthday ∙ Ernest Burgess ∙ Elizabeth and Mark Chamberlin ∙ Christina Chang in Memory of Naomi Stucki ∙ Susan and Dennis Chiavelli ∙ Harriett Cody ∙ Linda Cody and Richard Nelson ∙ Nancy Cushwa ∙ Gale Davis ∙ Kathleen and Robert Davis ∙ Ronald DeChene and Robert Hovden ∙ Richard Detrano ∙ Sally Dittamore ∙ Marie Doman ∙ Aimee Dunne ∙ Susan Dyer ∙ Rukshana Edwards ∙ Marilyn Endriss and Peter Dygert ∙ Barbara Fanger ∙ Sandy Fry and Jim Mueller ∙ Barbara Garrick ∙ Giving Express Program ∙ Ann Glusker and Peter Hunsberger ∙ Mirelle Gotsis ∙ Suzanne Goren ∙ Lenore and Charles Hale ∙ Rebecca Herzfeld ∙ Jessica Hickey ∙ Alison Inkley ∙ Wendy Jackson ∙ Marcia Johnson ∙ Frank Jones ∙ Richard Kelly ∙ Jean and Harris Klein ∙ John Kobasic ∙ Andrew Kwatinetz ∙ Cheryl Lawrence ∙ Warren Lucas ∙ Edythe Lurie ∙ Gloria Jean Macdonald ∙ Kit MacPherson ∙ Kim Maeda ∙ Melissa and Donald Manning ∙ Susan M. McCloskey ∙ Donna Miller-Parker and Robert Parker ∙ William Patton ∙ Carolyn Hojaboom ∙ Therese S. Ogle ∙ Pat O’Rourke ∙ Lauren P. and Jeff Packman ∙ Robert Parker ∙ Terry Paugh ∙ Marjorie Priest ∙ Puget Sound Matching Gifts Program ∙ Barbara and Daniel Radin ∙ Bavi Rivera ∙ Beth Rollinger ∙ Marian and Peter Rose ∙ Suzanne Rowen ∙ Leslie Savina ∙ Thomas Scearce ∙ Jacqueline Cooke Scheibert ∙ B. Charlotte Schreiber ∙ Ruth V. Schroeder ∙ Audrey and John Sheffield ∙ Heidi Sherman and Jake Sedlock In Memory of Frances Mickey ∙ Thea Singer ∙ Pamela R. Smith ∙ Sandra Spurlock ∙ Diane Snell ∙ Dana Standish and Noah Seixas ∙ Pat Starkovich ∙ David Tarshes ∙ Bobbi Tarvin ∙ Kimberlee Tempel ∙ Richard Thorvilson ∙ Cynthia Todd in Celebration of Peggy Keene’s Birthday ∙ Margaret and Fredrich Wagner ∙ Audrey Watson ∙ Margaret C. Whittemore ∙ M. Claire Zimmerman Listings reflect donations in aggregate for one calendar year, September 1, 2006 - December 15, 2007. Book-It makes every attempt to be accurate with this list. Please email Kara Vollman at kara@ book-it.org if any changes should be made to your listing.

SPECIAL THANKS Special thanks to the following organizations and individuals for their generous support: The Seattle Public Library

MOACA

Barnes & Noble

Guylian Chocolate

Mark Smith

Bailey/Coy Books

J. Lohr Winery

Seattle Shakespeare Company

Morfey’s Cake Shoppe

KUOW

Theatre Puget Sound

Seattle PI

A & A Printing

TS McHughs

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center

Joanna Greene

St. Clouds Restaurant

Ten Mercer

ArtsFund

L.B. Morse

4Culture

Liz Erber

Diane Hostetler

Erik Stuhaug

Racha Noodles

Seattle Center

Palomino

Jane Austen Society of Puget Sound: for their generous donation to this production’s costume fund

B O O K - I T R E P E R T O R Y T H E AT R E B OA R D & S TA F F BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOOK-IT STAFF

COMPANY MEMBERS

Jane Jones & Myra Platt - Artistic Directors

Mary Anne Christy President

Charlotte M. Tiencken - Managing Director

Mary Metastasio Treasurer

Annie Lareau - Education Director

Lucy Flynn Zuccotti Secretary

Patricia Britton - Director of Marketing & Development Larry Rodriguez - Technical Dir./Prod. Mgr. Kara Vollman - Development Associate

Steve Bull Linda Capell Stephanie Feldt Gail Frasier Melissa Manning Mary Marino Lynne Reynolds Kristine Villiott

Brady Brophy-Hilton - Education Associate Sara Lachman - Education Intern Rachel Alquist - Box Office Manager Tom Stewart - House Manager Devorah Spadone - Production Stage Manager Erin Peszneker, Sam Wykes - Box Office Associates Chiara Motley, Susanna Pugh, Mike Oliver - Staff Interns

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

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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.

These is the Book-It Style. We ask our audiences to use their imaginations, thereby becoming participants in a Book-It performance.

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