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Mark Chamberlin* Sam Campbell Lisa Carswell* Chelsea Dole Erika Eie Ruby Ellis Jeffrey Frieders John Hirasawa Tim Hyland* K. Brian Neel Adam Westerman Devorah Spadone Courtney Scott Elizabeth Kent
Carey Wong Ben Zamora Christine Meyers Brendan Patrick Hogan Dave Ellis Kristyne A. Hughes MikeJ ones
Henning Hale Orviston (H2O) Bill Bob Carolina (Ma) Marlene Eddy Charlene Gus Thomas Zeke/Dutch Titus Young Gus/Ernie II Production Stage Manager Production Assistant Stage Management Intern
ArtistiC & ProduCtion stAFF Larry Rodriguez Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Dan Bartell Costume Designer Michael Minahan Sound Designer Bill Danner Composer Jocelyne Fowler Properties Designer Chris Frickland Assistant Director/Dramaturg Jennifer Dantes
Technical Director Production Manager & Costume Assistant Scenic Painter Master Carpenter Costume Shop Intern Master Electrician Sound Board Operator
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
This Production of The River Why is supported, in part, by
Book-It Repertory Theatre is supported, in part by: The National Endowment for the Arts, ArtsFund, Washington State Arts Commission, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Seattle Foundation, 4Culture, Bank of America,The Shubert Foundation, and PONCHO. Online Media Sponsor: Google.com. Media Sponsor: KUOW 94.9 Public Radio. The play is performed through arrangement with the author, David James Duncan. All rights reserved.
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Duncan’s fiction captures the centrality of fishing and healthy rivers to the lives of his characters and the Pacific Northwest as a whole, while his non-fiction essays on topics such as the Snake River and its once great salmon runs are uncommonly blunt. Writing about the four dams on the lower Snake, Duncan lays out in no uncertain terms the consequences to salmon, rivers, and our region’s ecological and spiritual heritage of past decisions to harness the power of the Columbia and Snake rivers with little thought as to the effects of building a hydropower system of unprecedented scale. But despite his indignance at the failure of both Republican and Democratic politicians to seriously consider removing the four lower Snake River dams, he advocates for a solution that protects and enhances not just salmon, but surrounding communities. In laying out the case for removing the four lower Snake dams, Duncan has emphasized the feasibility and necessity of replacing wheat barges with upgraded railroads and replacing the dams’ hydropower with clean alternative energy. But the essence of Duncan’s writing on the necessity of salmon restoration transcends the technical and political arguments in favor of a deep reverence for a fish species that migrates upriver nearly a thousand miles to elevations of nearly 7,000 feet in Idaho’s Rocky Mountains to spawn at the place of its birth. Duncan’s strident yet graceful prose articulates an alternative relationship with nature that our society must strive for if we are to succeed in protecting American’s natural wonders for future generations. American Rivers has fought for the restoration of the lower Snake River for over a decade, and we have been fortunate to have Duncan’s urgent and powerful voice on our side. In addition to advocating for the healthy rebirth of the lower Snake, American Rivers strives to protect clean water and rivers across the nation, with staff devoted to the vibrant rivers of the Pacific Northwest.
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Celilo Falls once roared mightily on the
Columbia River on what is now the border between Washington and Oregon, they were a beacon for Native American tribesmen to gather and fish the salmon runs on their return from the sea. Meaning “echo of falling water” in Wyam, the falls themselves were among the largest in the world, ranked sixth largest by volume. For over 15,000 years the falls and surrounding area had served as a fishing hole, a trading hub, and a source of livelihood. Artifacts found at the site indicate that tribes from as far away as Alaska and the Great Plains traveled there to take part in the large scale trading network. Until 1957, when the rising waters of the Dalles Dam submerged the falls and Celilo village, the area around Celilo was the oldest continually inhabited area in North America.
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I used to fish at Celilo Falls before The Dalles Dam was built. We used to be
able to fish all year long. We caught lots of different kinds of fish - spring chinook, summer chinook, bluebacks, fall chinook, steelhead, and coho. When the fish were coming in good, I could catch one ton of salmon a day. And, it didn’t take a lot of fancy gear or expensive boats to fish. For the cost of one or two balls of twine, about 6 to 12 dollars, I could make the fishing gear necessary for me to catch enough fish to supply my family and many others for a whole year. —Delbert Frank, Sr., Warm Springs Retrieved from The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission http://www.critfc.org/text/celilo.html
Aerial view of the Columbia River, showing the historical location of Celilo Falls and the Short and Long Narrows, now flooded by The Dalles Dam. The river bends to the southwest near Browns Island. The left panel is rotated 42 degrees. Photo originally from the United States Geological Survey, modified by Wikimedia user http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Celilo_Falls_aerial.jpg
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Fishermen built wooden platforms that extended out into the torrential water and sat upon them with unbelievably long fishing poles tipped with nets, called “dip nets,” waiting to feel a salmon swim into their net. When a salmon was caught in the net a tremendous fight ensued with the fisherman using only their brute strength to retract the net from the falls and beach the huge fish. The platforms themselves were under the ownership of individual families and only members of the family could fish there. If a person fell into the waters they most likely did not return from them alive. Fishing halted for the day after this loss of life, a sign that the Gods had spoken. Celilo roared its last on March 10, 1957 as the Dalles Dam went into full operation. As onlookers stood on the banks of the Columbia, the flood waters crept up and up killing the falls, destroying the fishing platforms, and inundating Celilo village, abruptly ending thousands of years of tradition.
In 1945, U.S. Army General General Jonathan Wainwright, a World War II hero who was born at Fort Walla Walla and who had a life-long interest in the Columbia River, toured the nation and spoke at The Dalles. He requested a tour of Celilo Falls and a meeting with the Indians who fished there. Here, he poses with Charley Quetukhin, left, Wyam Chief Tommy Thompson, with whom he is shaking hands, and Thompson’s son Henry. Photo: Everett Olmstead, Historical Photo Archives No. 9305-A4307A.
Photos 1-5 from Oregon State University Archives; Corvallis; OR. 1 and 5 Gerald W. Williams Collection Native Americans album; 2,3 and 4 Pacific Northwest Stream Survey Collection
MArk ChAMberlin* Henning Hale Orviston
Mark has been seen previously at Book-It in The Awakening. Recently he played Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol at ACT Theatre and Antonio in The Merchant of Venice at Seattle Shakespeare Company. Look for Mark soon in John Carpenter’s film The Ward. He is President of the Board of the ALS Association, Evergreen Chapter.
liSA CArSwell* Carolina
Lisa is pleased to make her Book-It Repertory Theatre debut in The River Why. Her recent credits include Barbara in Three Hotels at Our American Theatre Company, Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol at ACT Theatre, Hermione in The Winter’s Tale at Seattle Shakespeare Company, and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing for Green Theatre Company. Previously Lisa has worked at Seattle Rep, Theater Schmeater, Open Circle Theater, and New City Theater. Lisa is a cum laude graduate of the Cornish College of the Arts.
Jeffrey friederS Gus
Jeff is thrilled to be making his Book-It Repertory Theatre debut. He is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts who recently interned with Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and is looking forward to continuing his career here in Seattle. Upcoming works include Kitty in the City in the Seattle Solo Performance Festival with potential to tour the Canadian Fringe circuit. Jeff’s favorite previous roles include understudy of Carl in Happy Now? with Milwaukee Rep, Ferdinand in The Tempest with Seattle Shakespeare Company, and The Black Tulip in Girl Gone at Cornish College. Jeff is excited to be working with Myra again on this beautiful story.
erikA eie Eddy
Erika is thrilled to be making her stage debut at Book-It. In spring 2009 she worked as a Literary intern at Book-It and assistant directed Night Flight under Myra Platt. As a recent graduate of Cornish College of the Arts original works program, Erika is passionate about working on new plays. Her most recent roles include Jackie Coryton in a short run of Hay Fever
at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, as well as Ophelia in Hamletmachine and Mrs. Van Buren in Intimate Apparel at Cornish College. When not acting, Erika immerses herself in writing her own plays and takes the occasional hiatus to backpack the Cascades.
SAM CAMpbell Bill Bob
Sam was delighted to find out that he’d been asked to audition for his first professional show and he feels great to be performing in Book-It’s The River Why. Previously, he’s performed in many Seattle Shakespeare Company Short Shakes and Camp Bill productions including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Servant of Two Masters, The Merchant of Venice, and Twelfth Night. As a homeschooler, theatre has been his favorite activity by far for three years. He enjoyed reading David James Duncan’s book The River Why, as well as rehearsing this adaptation. He’s had a great time as Bill Bob and hopes that you enjoy the show!
k. briAn neel Titus
Brian has performed for over 15 years on Northwest stages including ACT Theatre, INTIMAN, The Moore, On the Boards, The Empty Space, Village Theatre, Theater Schmeater, and Annex Theatre. For Book-It All Over he has played the title role in The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales and Coyote in Trickster Tales. He is honored to be a part of the Book-It mainstage for the first time. Brian began his career as a member of the nation’s premier experimental improvisational ensemble, Kings’ Elephant Theatre, and was artistic foreman of the Seattle Mime Theatre. Brian tours his original solo theater across the globe and his sixth solo show, Vaud Rats, recently ran at Balagan Theatre. www.kbrianneel.com.
John hirASAwA Thomas
John is a computer programmer, cook, artist, and musician. He is a student of life, happily on his next adventure. This marks his acting debut. He is an enrolled member of the Hopi tribe and the father of Mariko and Lucas.
* Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
TiM hylAnd* Zeke/Dutch
Tim is making his Book-It debut. A Seattle performer for 20 years, some favorite productions include A Thousand Clowns at INTIMAN; The Life of Galileo at Strawberry Theatre Workshop; Go, Dog. Go!, Into the West, and The Odyssey with Seattle Children’s Theatre; and The Secret in the Wings at Seattle Rep. He has also performed for Seattle Shakespeare Company, ACT Theatre, Capitol Hill Arts Center, The Empty Space, and The Bathhouse Theatre Company. Regionally he has performed with Stages Rep in Houston, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare, Tygres Heart Shakespeare, and Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Tim has toured to Canada and Australia with One World Theatre and theater simple. Film credits include the Hong Kong kung fu feature, In the Line of Duty IV, directed by Yuen Wo Ping. Tim serves on the steering committee of 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theatre Festival.
ruby elliS Marlene
Ruby is ten years old and is a fifth grader at Thornton Creek Elementary School. She has been coming to Book-It since she was four years old and has wanted to be in a Book-It play ever since. She is thrilled to be making her professional acting debut with Book-It. Ruby is an artist, singer, and pianist and enjoys performing. She also enjoys soccer, skiing, and tennis. When she grows up she wants to design clothes.
ChelSeA dole Charlene
Chelsea Dole is pleased to be working with Book-It this year. She has been in two plays at Pacific Crest School—The Would-Be Gentleman by Molière and A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare—but this is her first time acting with Book-It. She is in 9th grade at Nathan Hale High School and is really liking it. Chelsea likes to read, play Ultimate Frisbee, snowboard, and write.
AdAM weSTerMAn Young Gus/Ernie II
A Washington Middle School seventh grader and percussionist, Adam is honored to appear in his first Book-It play. Previously he played Red Ranger in Red Ranger Came Calling
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by Berkeley Breathed and Peter in The Veldt by Ray Bradbury both at Drama Dock Theatre on Vashon Island. Adam relished the role of Fagin in Oliver with Broadway Bound Children’s Theatre last year. He enjoys taking ballet and tap classes and loves tennis, baseball, skiing, composing music on the piano, acting, and reading, of course. Adam has caught a total of one fish in his life.
MyrA plATT Director, Adapter, & Founding Co-Artistic Director Myra is the founding co-artistic director of Book-It Repertory Theatre, with Jane Jones. She studied literature and theater at Northwestern University (BS Analysis and Performance of Literature) and Circle in the Square (NYC). As actor, director, adapter and composer, she has helped Book-It produce over 60 world-premiere stage adaptations. Last season, Myra played Judith in The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and adapted and directed the worldpremiere production of Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. She has also adapted Persuasion by Jane Austen. She has adapted and directed The House of the Spirits, Giant, Red Ranger Came Calling, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Roman Fever, A Little Cloud, A Telephone Call, and A Child’s Christmas in Wales. She directed Plainsong, Cry, the Beloved Country, and Sweet Thursday. She co-adapted Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant with Jane Jones and composed music for Red Ranger Came Calling (with Edd Key), Ethan Frome, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, The Awakening, the first workshop production of The Cider House Rules, A Telephone Call, and I Am of Ireland. In 2008 she, Jane Jones, and Book-It, were honored to be named by the Seattle Times among seven Unsung Heroes and Uncommon Genius for their 20-year contribution to life in the Puget Sound region. CArey wong Scenic Designer
Carey’s theatre credits include the Berkeley Rep, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Rep, ACT Theatre, INTIMAN, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Village Theatre, Childsplay, Phoenix Theatre, Prince Music Theater, and Hey City Theater. He has been Resident Designer for Portland Opera, Opera Memphis, and Wildwood Park for the Arts. Regional opera credits include Seattle Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, New York’s Valhalla Wagnerfest, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Carolina, Orlando Opera, and Vancouver Opera. Recent projects have included The Magic Flute at Beijing and Macao Music Festivals; Una Pareja de Miedo with Nearco Producciones, Spain; The Nutcracker with Ballet Arizona; Crime and Punishment with INTIMAN; Birdie Blue with Seattle Rep; and Peter Pan with Seattle Children’s
Theatre. Carey is a graduate of Yale College and attended the Yale School of Drama. www.careywong.com
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ChriSTine MeyerS Costume Designer
Since attending The Motley Theatre Design Course in London, Christine has designed costumes for opera, theatre, and film across the U.S. and Europe. Her recent designs include Seattle Repertory Theatre’s Speech and Debate; Book-It Repertory Theatre’s The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, The Highest Tide, and Peter Pan; Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Julius Caesar; and The Imaginary Invalid at Portland Center for the Performing Arts. Her relationship with Rogue Opera produced Hansel and Gretel, Carousel, and Amahl and the Night Visitor. Her film credits include Lethal Cotillion which was created for the 48 Hour Film Project and was screened at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival; and the recent film Ryder Clan. She has worked since 1999 with the International Handel Festival Göttingen in Göttingen, Germany.
kriSTyne A. hugheS Properties Designer
Kristyne is excited to be working with BookIt again, after working on Emma earlier this season. She is a recent graduate of the UW School of Drama, where she worked on a number of productions, including Big Love, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The One Acts and The Pillowman. She has also worked locally with Washington Ensemble Theatre, ReAct Theatre, SIS Productions and Open Circle Theater. She most recently stage managed Adventure Playhouse which was a joint project with Jet City Improv and Youth Theatre Northwest.
ben ZAMorA Lighting Designer
Ben’s previous Book-It designs include The Highest Tide and Moby-Dick, or The Whale. Recently, Ben designed Tristan und Isolde (The Tristan Project) in collaboration with director Peter Sellars and video artist Bill Viola. His designs have been seen at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Rotterdam Philharmonic’s de Doelen, Connecticut Grand Opera & Orchestra, Off-Broadway in New York, Tacoma Opera, as well as both the San Francisco and Northwest Flower and Garden Shows. Recently, Ben was listed on the Stranger’s 2009 Genius Awards Shortlist along with his artistic collaborator, Etta Lilienthal. Ben is an Ensemble Member and co-artistic director of Washington Ensemble Theatre.
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dAve elliS Composer
Dave has been active in the Seattle music scene for many years, starting with the funk/rock of the group Edison Jones in the late-1980s and ’90s and currently with
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his band Hopeless Sinners as well as the honky-tonk outfit The Buckaroosters. This is his second project for Book-It, having written music for Plainsong. When he’s not playing or composing, Dave sells real estate with John L. Scott.
brendAn pATriCk hogAn Sound Designer
Brendan is pleased to be designing for Book-It, having admired the company for many years. Recent designs/original music include Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Below the Belt, Das Barbecü, Runt of the Litter, and Rock & Roll at ACT Theatre, where he is the staff sound designer; Mr. Marmalade, God’s Ear, Titus, and Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom at Washington Ensemble Theatre; and The Hairy Baby, Melancholy Play, Romeo & Juliet, Frontier, and The Island of Slaves at Seattle University, where he is a professor of audio recording.
Mike JoneS Assistant Director/Dramaturg
Mike is very happy to be working on his third Book-It production, having previously worked as assistant director/dramaturg for Moby-Dick, or The Whale and A Confederacy of Dunces. A season-long Artistic/Literary intern at Book-It, he is also in his senior year at the University of Washington as a drama and photography major. Mike will direct Dead Man’s Cell Phone at UW this spring and follow that up by promptly graduating.
lArry rodrigueZ Technical Director
Larry hails from the Philippines and has been passionate about the theater since 1994. He was technical director and lighting designer for the Philippines’ pioneer theater company—The Philippine Educational Theater Association. He also studied Lighting Design and Sound Engineering in Tokyo, Japan. Larry was a theater manager for three years with The Far Eastern University, which houses the Philippines’ first cultural center where early theater and vaudeville shows started during the 1940s; he was behind its ambitious 1998 renovation and refurbishing of the entire facility. He has also worked as director of photography for companies that produced television commercials and music videos. Before leaving the Philippines he was involved in over 50 productions from stage, television, and film, and represented the country in International theatre festivals. He moved to Seattle in 2005 and joined Book-It Repertory Theatre. This is his fifth season and he is continually grateful for having the opportunity to work among great talents. Larry was recently brought on as the resident lighting designer of Next Stage, a newlyformed Seattle theatre company.
dAn bArTell Production Manager & Costume Assistant
Dan is excited to join the Book-It staff for the 20th Anniversary Season celebration. He has been involved in the arts in the Seattle area for the past 12 years working with many regional, national, and international music acts. He has worked as a curator at Consolidated Works, an arts consultant with The Armory Show and Art Basel Miami Beach, and several art collectors. His theatre credits include work with The Bread and Puppet Theater, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Tim Miller, Kate Rigg, Joe Von Appen, and numerous productions at Theater Schmeater. Dan has also worked as a freelance production manager/coordinator for Bumbershoot, Family 4th, NW Folklife Festival, Seafair, Fremont Fair, West Seattle Summerfest, Giant Magnet, and many private and corporate events.
devorAh SpAdone Production Stage Manager
Devorah is proud to be the production stage manager at Book-it for the celebration of our 20th Anniversary! The River Why marks her 22nd production with Book-It. Some of her favorite productions have been MobyDick, or The Whale, The Highest Tide, Peter Pan, A Tale of Two Cities, The House of the Spirits, Plainsong, and Giant. She also works as a stage manager for events, fundraisers, festivals, and tours. She has worked with The Ethereal Mutt Limited on Saving Tania’s Privates by Tania Katan at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008 and has also worked for Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Bumbershoot, Folklife, and Giant Magnet (formally the Seattle International Children’s Festival).
CourTney SCoTT Production Assistant
Courtney is a recent Seattle transplant whose recent work includes Crime and Punishment at INTIMAN, White Christmas at The 5th Avenue Theatre, The Three Musketeers and Road to Mecca at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Her New York credits include Oroonoko directed by Kate Whorisky and Antony and Cleopatra directed by Darko Tresnjak both at Theatre for a New Audience. She is a graduate of the Conservatory of Theatre Arts and Film at Purchase College in New York.
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Stage Management Intern Elizabeth is a recent graduate of Seattle Pacific University with a BA in Theatre Production and is thrilled to be an intern at Book-It this season. Last summer she was privileged to intern at Seattle Children’s Theatre for their summer season. Recent productions include The Alto Part, See Rock City, Honk!, and She Stoops to Conquer. She also served as the touring stage manager for the SPU University Players for two years.
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Costume Shop Intern A recent graduate from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre with a concentration in costume design and construction, Jocelyne is BookIt’s 2009-10 season costume shop intern. Previously, she worked with the Seattle Children’s Theatre as a costume assistant during their 2009 Summer Season.
JAne JoneS Founding Co-Artistic Director
Jane is the founder of Book-It and founding co-artistic director of Book-It Repertory Theatre, with Myra Platt. In her 23 years of staging literature, she has performed, adapted, and directed works by such literary giants as Charles Dickens, Eudora Welty, Edith Wharton, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Pam Houston, Raymond Carver, Frank O’Connor, Ernest Hemingway, Colette, Amy Bloom, John Irving, John Steinbeck, Daphne du Maurier, and Jane Austen. A veteran actress of 30 years, she has played leading roles in many of America’s most prominent regional theatres including The Guthrie, American Conservatory Theater, The McCarter and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Locally, she has been seen at Seattle Rep, ACT Theatre, The Empty Space, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Tacoma Actors Guild, and INTIMAN. Film and TV credits include The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Singles, Homeward Bound, “Twin Peaks,” and Rose Red. She co-directed with Tom Hulce at the Seattle Rep, Peter Parnell’s adaptation of John Irving’s The Cider House Rules, which enjoyed successful runs here in Seattle, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (Backstage West Award, best director) and in New York (Drama Desk Nomination, best director). Jane recently directed Pride and Prejudice and Twelfth Night at Portland Center Stage which won the 2008 Drammy award for Best Direction and Production. For Book-It, she has directed The House of Mirth, The Highest Tide, Travels with Charley, Pride and Prejudice, Howard’s End, In a Shallow Grave, The Awakening, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, and A Tale of Two Cities. Book-It performances include roles in Ethan Frome, Silver Water, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Breathing Lessons, and Rhoda: A Life in Stories. In 2008 she, Myra Platt, and Book-It were honored to be named by the Seattle Times among seven Unsung Heroes and Uncommon Genius for their 20-year contribution to life in the Puget Sound region. She is also a recipient of the 2009 Women’s University Club of Seattle Brava Award.
ChArloTTe M. TienCken Managing Director
Charlotte is an arts administrator, director, producer and educator who has been
TArgeT working in the producing and presenting fields for 20 years. Before moving back to the Seattle area in September 2003, she was general manager at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts for four seasons. Currently, she is president of Scarlet Productions, her own consulting firm, and is an adjunct faculty member at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Most recently she was executive director of Tacoma Actors Guild. Charlotte is a member of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and is past president of the Board of Arts Northwest, the presenting service organization for Washington, Idaho and Oregon. She has served on the board of the Pat Graney Dance Company and sat on granting panels for the Washington State Arts Commission. She recently completed her term on the Board of Theatre Puget Sound, a regional service organization for heatres in the Puget Sound area.
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Special thanks to the following organizations and individuals for their generous support of The River Why: American Rivers, The Avid Angler & Robert York, Maria Fe Bernardo, Jeff and Christa at Bikesport, Dana Bottcher, Rex Carleton, Marne Cohen-Vance at ACT Theatre, Nate Corley, Bill Danner, Dan Drais at Save our Wild Salmon, Laura Hendrichsen, INTIMAN Theatre and Evan Tucker, Cesar & Zeny Rodriguez, Seattle Wood Design, Gary Tucker at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Michael Tufano, Peg and Bill Van Natter, Tom Wahl at Pacific Science Center, Dave and Jean White, David Wittig, and Michael Yakovich.
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CAtChinG the Moon by Crystal Hubbard • Feb 20, 2010
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Johnny APPleseed by Steven Kellogg • Jun 12, 2010
the true story of John Chapman, who brought apples and hope to the settlers of a young america, and the tall tales that sprouted from his travels across the country. Grades K-8. ticket Code: apples Book-It all over’s 2009-10 target Family Fun Series is made possible by
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Book-It would like to express our gratitude to the following for their generosity in supporting our 2009-10 Season:
literAry leGends $50,000+ Matthew N. Clapp, Jr. • Google*
literAry ChAMPion $25,000+ The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation • ArtsFund The Boeing Company Charitable Trust • National Endowment for the Arts • Ann Ramsey-Jenkins • Gladys Rubinstein • Theatre Communications Group • Washington State Arts Commission Anonymous
literAry heroes $10,000+ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 • Jeff & Amanda Cain Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Beth McCaw & Yahn Bernier Polly Schlitz • The Seattle Foundation Literary Classics $5,000+ 4Culture Bank of America City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Stellman Keehnel KUOW 94.9 Public Radio* Lucky Seven Foundation The Medtronic Foundation Microsoft Matching Gifts Program The Norcliffe Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc Target Thomas and Lucy Flynn Zuccotti Leadership Circle $2,500+ Monica Alquist Emily Anthony & David Maymudes The Baker Foundation Avery Brooke Boeing Matching Gift Program Steve Bull & Christiane Pein Canonicus Fund Ellen & John Hill BruceE .H.J ohnson&D avis Wright Tremaine LLP Melissa & Donald Manning Mary Metastasio
Leadership Circle Cont. Lynn Murphy Shawn & Mike Rediger Lynne & Nick Reynolds Deborah Swets U.S. Bancorp Foundation Kris & Mike Villiott Elizabeth Warman Nobel Award Society $1000+ ArtsFund/Wells Fargo Cultural Education Enhancement Fund Cheryl Boudreau Elizabeth Bourne Adelaide Brooks Judy Brandon & H. Randall Webb Amy & Matthew Cockburn Allan & Nora Davis Emily Davis Julia Derby Julie Edsforth & Jabez Blumenthal Fales Foundation Trust Stephanie & Stuart Feldt Cande & Tom Grogan KeyBank Foundation Marsha Kremen Ed Littlefield & Julia Derby
Nobel Award Society cont. Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser Shawna L. Peery Larry & Michell Pihl Myra Platt ** PONCHO Savage Color David Thompson & Judith Jesiolowski Jim & Kathy Tune Shirley & David Urdal Judith Whetzel April J. & Brian Williamson Sally S. & David Wright Pulitzer Award Society $500+ Pamela Bailey Julia Bent Luther Black & Christina Wright Kelly Brown Zimmie Caner & Tom Edwards Catherine Clark Tony Cox D. A. Davidson & Co. Matching Fund Dante’s Inferno Dogs/Dante Rivera** Peter DeNormandie R. Brooks Gekler Richard Galinas & Sara Thompson Jane Austen Society of Puget Sound Jean Goreki Katharine Godman* Benson & Pamela Harer Robert Hovden & Ron DeChene Brent Johnson Clare Kapitan & Keith Schriber Deborah Killinger Jacqueline Kiser Annie Lareau* Alexander Lindsey & Lynn Manley Anne & Steve Lipner Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas Lee & Darcy MacLaren NARAL Pro-Choice America* Michael O’Brien Jill Rosen Pamela & Nate Searle The Seattle Weekly*
Book-It Repertory Theatre is a participant in the MetLife/TCG A-ha! Program: Think it, Do it, funded by MetLife and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the not-for-profit American theatre. Book-It Repertory Theatre is supported, in part, by a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency using funds appropriated by Congress to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Martha Sidlo Margaret Silver Ten Mercer* Susan & Rick Titcomb Robert & Leora Wheeler
National Book Award Society $250+ Nancy & Craig Abramson Christina Amante Jo Ann Bardeen Lindsay Bealko Fraser & Deirdre Black Janet Boguch Linda & Peter Capell LeAnne Chow & Rex Barker Dottie Delaney Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Vicki & Gerrie Goddard Allie Hall & Cliff Meyer Kate Hemer Laura Hull & John Atwill William M. Jackson Jr. Fay Krokower Joyce Latino Sheila Lukehart & Jim Brinkley Jean McKeon Sarah Merner Richard Monroe Terry & Cornelia Moore Erik Mott Thomas & Cheryl Oliver Tony Pasqualini & Sarah Brooke Will Patton & Joni Ostergaard Corliss Perdaems Marjorie Priest H. Stewart Ross Frank Schumann Jack Schwaegler Virginia Sly Janice Strand Emory Thomas Ruth Valine & Ed McNerney D. Thompson & Karen Challinor Patty & Walter Wilson Jeff Youngstom & Becky Brooks
Pen/Faulkner Award Circle $100+
Diane & Steve Adams • Connie Anderson • Virginia Anderson • William G. Anderson • Amy Arvidson • Ruth Bacharach • John & Sandra Barney • John Bianchi • Nancy Bittner • Richard Bohrer • Barry Boone • Rosemary Boyle • Annette Bostwick • Mary Anne Braund & Steve Pellegrin • Mort Brinchmann • Patricia Britton ** • Donna I. & James S. Brudvik • Barbara Buxbaum • Joann Byrd • Mike & Julia Cain • The Carey
Family Foundation • Mark & Elizabeth Chamberlin • Christina Chang & Paul J. Stucki • Joyce Chase • Lynne & David Chelimer • Rosa & Rene Claringbould • Mariana Clark • Catherine Clemens • Harriet Cody & Harvey Sadis • Paul Constantine • Clayton Cook • Whitney Cornell • Patrick Corr • Terry Coyne • Garry & Kay Crane • Joanna Maria Davids-Puzzo • Melinda Deane & Dan Wheetman • Nancy Deane • Sandra & Paul Dehmer • Dorothy M & James C. Denton • Mary-Thadia d’Hondt & Michael Taylor • Mary Dickinson • Beth Dubey • Nancy Ellingham • Titia & Bill Ellis • Sara Elward • Susan Enger • Joyce Erickson • Constance Euerle • Jean
Falls • Laura Fischetti • James & Denise Fortier • David Friedt • Eric Froines & Susan Warwick • Betty Fuchs • John Gayman • Julia Geier & Phil Borges • Ann Glusker • T.A. Greenleaf • Gordon & Linda Griesbach • Ann Hagedorn • Ellen & David Hecht • Elizabeth Hedlund • Rebecca Herzfeld & Gordon Crawford • Stephanie Hilbert • Kate Hokanson • James Holmes • Melissa Huther • Leticia Jaramillo • Cynthia Johnson • Sophy Johnston • Edmond Kay • Pam Kendrick • Jean & Harris Klein • Ted Kohler • Chris & Annette Lefebvre • Meredith Lehr & Bill Severson • Arlene Levy • Arni Litt & Lori Eickelberg • Herman Lloyd • Alison Loerke • Adelaide Loges • Craig Lorch
Pen/Faulkner Award Circle cont.
• Ellen & Stephen Lutz • Pamela Madigan • Mary Ann & Chuck Martin • Suzanne Mason • Peter Maunsell • Kathy McCluskey • Ruth McCormick • Samuel & Charmain McCormick • Deirdre & Jay McCrary • Evelyn McDaniel Gibb • Morna McEachern • Lori Midthun • Kevin McKeon • Donna Miller-Parker • Diane Moore & Gary Gallaher • Martha Mukhalian • Toni Natoli • Deanna & Craig Norsen • Stephen Ooton & Jeanne Leader • Melina Palmer • S. Edward Parks • Cecilia Paul & Harry Reinert • Elizabeth Pelham • Sherry Perrault • John Phillips • Susan Porterfield • Linda Quirk • Roberta Reaber & Leo Butzel • Dennis Reichenbach • Bronwyn Richards • Eric & Karen Richter • Nancy Risdon • Bavi Rivera • William Selig • Don & Marty Sands • Bo Saxbe • B. Charlotte Schreiber • Ed Ratcliffe & Joe Scott • Gail & John Selhorst • Michael & Jo Shapiro • Marcia Joslyn & Peter Sill • George & Susan Smith • Sheryl Spadone • Barbara Speer • Brad & Colleen Stangeland • Pat T. Starkovich • Irene & Richard Strand • Helen Stusser • Bobbi Tarvin • Kate Thayer • Mark C. Thomas • Cappy Thompson • Henry Thompson • Molly Thompson & Joe Casalini • Virginia Thompson • Charlotte Tiencken* • Hank Ungar • Stan & Janet Vail • Johanna Van Der Stoep • Nola Van Vugt • Matthew Villiot • Vreni VonArx Watt & Jerry Watt • Jorni Wackerman • Sally & Charles Weems • James & Sharon Welch • Jennifer Weis • Judith & Morton Weisman • Patricia Whitney • Jane Wiegenstein • Lauren Wilson • Janet & Lawrence Wilson • Jean & David White** • Richard P. Wilson •
O.Henry Award Circle $50+
Doug Adams • Susan & John Anderson • Courtney Andriunas • Anne & Roger Baker • Karl Banse • Shawn Baz • Lenore Bensinger • Michael Betts & Klinton Keys • Lindsay & Tony Blackner • Nancy Bowen-Pope • Rebecca E. Brown • H. Maryann Budlong • Linda & Harvey Carroll • Catherine Clemons • Mary E. Comtois • Paul Constantine • Margaret Curtin • Nancy Curtiss • Nancy Cushwa • Cathy & Phil Davis • Gale & Michael Davis • Robert & Kathleen Davis • Kristin Dealteris • Douglas Deardorff • Sherri Del Bene • Mark Dexter • Susan Dyer • Sarah Easterbrook • Marilyn Endriss • Barbara L. Erickson • Laura Fischetti • Patricia Flowers • Siobhan Ginnane • Allen & Sandra Glenn • Suzanne Goren • Anke Gray • Fay Griffin • Helen & Max Gurvich • Faith Hanna •
Karen L. Howard • Alison Inkley • Wendy Jackson • Lawrence Jackson • Michael Johnson • Harmer & Judy Johnson • Kris Jorgensen • Polly Kenefick • Ken Lanier • Carol Levin • Carol Lumb • Carolyn & Traeger Machetanz • Carin Mack • Philip McClusky • Ruth McCormick • Benjamin Moore & Marilyn McGuire • Joan Merrill • Peggy Metastasio • Barbara & Terrance Miller • Katie Mitchell • Sara Mockett • George & Marion Mohler • Susan K. Johnes & Christopher R. B. Monck • Tyrrel Moody • Linda Moorman • Joan Moritz • Jack Mowreader • Susan Mozer • Donna Neuzil • Clare & Austin O’Regan • Maureen O’Reilly • Kristan Parks • Rita Payne • Harold Pelton • Ed & Carol Perrin • Carolita Phillips • Anne Pipkin • Mary Poole • Lisa Pounders & Margaret Moynan • Kristi Pyne • Barbara & Daniel Radin • Nancy Reichley • Virginia Riedinger • Beth Rollinger • Marian & Peter Rose • Suzanne Rowen • Patricia Rytkonen • Lyn Sauter • Ruth Schroeder • William Seagren • Dana Standish & Noah Seixas • Audrey & John Sheffield • Roxanne Shepherd • Tom & Sharon Sherrard • Micheline Sierer • Pamela R Smith • Margaret Swain • Thalia Syracopoulos • Christopher Thompson • Genevieve Tremblay • Robert Von Tobel • Kayla Weiner • Paula & William Whitham • Kathleen Wilson • Marcella Wing • Darby Young • Sam Zeiler • Anonymous (3)
Gifts in Honor & In Memory
Nancy L. Celms, Kate C. Hemer, Connie Hungate, and Margaret M. Marshall in Memory of William Rees Phillips Corliss Perdaems in Memory of Judy Runstad’s father, Gerry Wright Manville Barbara Rollinger in Memory of Stephanie Prince’s mother, Mildred Prince *denotes in-kind donation **denotes in-kind plus monetary support This list reflects gifts received July 1, 2008 – January 15, 2009. Book-It makes every attempt to be accurate with our acknowledgements. Please email Development Assistant Sophie Lowenstein, sophie@book-it.org, with any changes that may be required.
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With 20 successful years as a foundation, Book-It is looking toward the future with purpose and confidence. Strategic plans, excellent artistry, and a clear mission are only part of what will carry us forward. Your financial support fulfills the promise of our present and our future. If you are looking for a way to help us continue the work we do on stage and in our community, please consider making a planned gift to Book-It. You will help ensure future financial stability and the longevity of the company as we continue to fulfill our mission of literacy and inspiring our audiences to read. As you make your own plans and provisions for the future, we hope you’ll remember Book-It. There are many options for planned giving and we would be happy to discuss them with you. Please call Managing Director Charlotte Tiencken, 206.216-0877, ext 105 or email charlotte@book-it.org. Thank you.
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