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Once upon a time I saw a performance of a book. It was A Child’s Christmas in Wales, performed by BookIt at the old Westlake space in 1995. Growing up and throughout school, I was not a strong reader. At some point during that performance I grasped reading as action—the choreographed movement, the suggestive set, and the innovative direction of Dylan Thomas’ narrative passages translated that unapproachable book into a story of empathy, joy, and yes, beautiful language. That fateful performance led me to Book It as the education director in 1997. Once in that position, I found myself using words I didn’t truly understand like, “literacy” and “comprehension.” I knew Book-It was making an impact on students’ learning, but I wasn’t sure how. So in 2004, I left Book-It to pursue a Masters in Literacy. When Jane Jones asked why, I said, “So I can come back to Book-It someday and apply what I’ve learned.” Well, it’s 2010, and I’m back as part of an incredible team in Book-It All Over with Annie Lareau as director of touring productions and me as director of education. I am humbled to once again share in Book It’s tradition of artistic, educational, and civic work both on stage and in the greater community.
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Tonight’s performance of Red Ranger Came Calling lives because a father told a son a story and that boy-turnedman put it to paper for us to read. This passing on of story is something we participate in every day, whether listening or telling. For the last year, Book-It has been listening to you, our patron family. Through the TCG/ MetLife, A-Ha! Think it! grant, we’ve explored our mission of “inspiring our audiences to read” and asked ourselves “Why is reading important?” Again and again we’ve been reminded of reading’s gifts: the capacity to sit silently and contemplate the life of another, the openness to hear multiple perspectives, and the power to connect and question what an author writes. In his poem To You Langston Hughes wrote: To sit and dream, to sit and read, To sit and learn about the world… Knowledge, choice, joy, empathy, access…words that can move Book-It’s mission forward. Thank you for helping us do just that!
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ow do we ever recover from the times we throw our hearts into deep believing only to have the rug pulled completely out from under us?!! How many times are we forced to accept “reality?” How many times are we cheated out of a dream, until we give up altogether and simply stop believing?! FWUUUUUMP! But we do recover and when we do, we often have an all-out, beautiful epiphany that can have a powerful impact on who we ultimately become and how we relate to the world of people. We are never too young nor too old for such epiphanies. It isn’t just being gullible or naïve or stupid. It’s truly believing—in a bit of magic—and making an effort towards actually making a difference. Red Ranger Came Calling is a guaranteed true story about childhood outrage. Berkeley Breathed reminds us of a time when we are forced to understand our small position in this huge world; a time when the grown-up world is in desperate need of being saved by a hero. And from the grown-ups’ point of view, things are newer, faster. The days whiz past. Nothing ever seems to last. Little eyes stare up at us with hopeful expectancy. Too often we glower back with sheer exhaustion. And the only hope rests with… a nine-year-old cynic whose imagination might pull us out of the darkness. Three cheers to Mr. Breathed for creating this timeless book that is now a family treasure during the holidays! What a glorious opportunity to bring this show back to life. And for me to be, once again,
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partnering with the amazing Edd Key and the singular Theresa Holmes, is real magic. In all my years at Book-It, I am truly indebted to this dynamo couple who continue to bring it on— music and talent and laughter. And finally, to Adam Westerman who helped re-inspire Edd’s and my desire to re-mount this production. Keep Believing. It takes a bit of effort. And a lot of imagination. But it makes a difference.
Director & Founding Co-Artistic Director
Red Ranger Came Calling is dedicated to the memory of Doug Paash, the great puppet maker who created Amelia for our original production in 2004. We are so happy to have the adorable Amelia to remember him by.
BOOK-IT REPERTORY THEATRE
RED RANGER CAME CALLING: A GUARANTEED TRUE CHRISTMAS STORY
by Berkeley Breathed A Musical Adaptation by Myra Platt and Edd Key Directed by Myra Platt • Music Direction by Edd Key • Choreography by Ryan Barret
CAST
in order of appearance
Wesley Rice* Jerick Hoffer Theresa Holmes Clint Pozzi Heather Ward Dana Johnson Mark Waldstein Edd Key* Saunder Clös* Andrew Murray† Kate Mosbarger† Ruby Ellis Sophia Mitri-Schloss Parlin Shields Adam Westerman Collin Wheetman
Berkeley, the author Red, a saucy nine-year-old cynic Aunt Vy, Red’s aunt Vern, the hardware store owner Hazel, the neighbor Dottie, Hazel’s sister Frank, the milk man Head Elf, a puny assistant to Mr. Clös Himself, a several-hundred-year-old humbug Ferryman, Tin Soldier Ferryman, Tin Soldier Classic Doll Pinocchio Russian Ballerina Pierrot Sock Monkey
Elf Band John Engerman Piano • Rosalynn De Roos Clarinet, Oboe • Greg Campbell Drums • Luis Benito Coronet Edd Key Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Euphonium • Theresa Holmes Pump Organ, Bass, Guitar, Ukulele ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION STAFF Anders Bolang Hannah Wichmann* Victoria Thompson* Curtis Taylor Jessica Trundy K.D. Schill
Production Manager Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Costume Designer
Kristyne A. Hughes Tim Samland Jocelyne Fowler Megan Campbell Lauren Peirce
Properties Designer Master Carpenter Costume Assistant Asst. Director & Dramaturg Intern Stage Management Intern
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States † Book-It Actor Intern
2010-11 Season Support, is provided in part, by
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Additional generous support provided by individuals and by the Harvest Foundation, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, The Shubert Foundation, Fales Foundation Trust, U.S. Bancorp, Washington Women’s Foundation and Wyman Youth Trust. Thank you to all our supporters!
Photograph courtesy of Jody Boyman
Born in California in 1957, Berkeley Breathed published his first comic strip, “The Academia Waltz,” while a student at the University of Texas at Austin. His provocative work struck a chord with a generation of disillusioned baby boomers, and inspired the editors of The Washington Post to hire him to write the nationally syndicated strip Bloom County, which debuted on December 8, 1980. Both politically incendiary and profoundly silly, the immensely popular strip was eventually published in over 1,200 newspapers worldwide and was awarded the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Despite the strip’s acclaim, Breathed chose to retire Bloom County in 1989 with the explanation that “a good comic strip is no more eternal than a ripe melon. The ugly truth is that in most cases, comics age less gracefully than their creators.”
mas Story (1994). Red Ranger’s prickly nine-yearold protagonist was modeled on the depression-era childhood of Breathed’s own father, while the book’s isolated setting was inspired by Vashon Island, Washington, where Breathed lived in the 1980s.
That same year he began the Sunday-only strip Outland (1989-1995), which eventually morphed into a quasi-sequel to Bloom County as characters from the earlier strip joined Outland ’s cast, such as Opus the Penguin and Bill the Cat. During this period Breathed transitioned into writing children’s books such as A Wish for Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story (1991), Goodnight Opus (1993), and Red Ranger Came Calling: A Guaranteed True Chris-
Breathed, renowned for his charitable work on the behalf of animals, was the recipient of a Fund for Animal Genesis Award in 1990 for “outstanding cartoonist focusing on animal welfare issues.” He currently resides with his wife and two children in Southern California.
In 2003, Breathed returned to cartooning with a new strip built around his most popular “Bloom County” resident, Opus, which ran until 2008. However, his acclaimed children’s books have built Breathed a following separate from his cartoon work. His work this decade includes Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big (2000), Flawed Dogs (2003), Mars Needs Moms! (2007) which is currently the subject of a Disney film adaptation set for release in Spring 2011, and his first novel, Flawed Dogs: The Shocking Raid on Westminster (2009), a passionate plea for animal rights.
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All Vashon Island photographs are courtesy of the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association Excerpts from Red Ranger Came Calling by Berkeley Breathed
“That evening’s detour brought me & Amelia past the ramshackle lighthouse perched high in the mist on Point Robinson.”
4Culture, King County’s Arts, Heritage, Preservation and Public Art agency, is a proud supporter of Book-It Repertory Theatre and is pleased to welcome you to Red Ranger Came Calling.
Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nick, Pere Noel, Kerstman, Joulupukki—those are just a few of the names for that white-bearded man who travels the globe to bring us presents, provided we’re nice and not naughty. How we all came to believe (you DO believe, don’t’ you?) is an evolving tale. Let’s start with...
You probably already know much of Book-It’s remarkable history. Celebrating its 20th Anniversary season, with over 60 world premiere adaptations of literary works to its credit and a 2010 recipient of the Mayor’s Arts Award, Book-It holds a unique place in Seattle’s nationally recognized theater community. In the past two years, 4Culture’s Arts and Heritage programs have commissioned Book-It to produce new works that tell stories from our local history. In 2009, during the centennial commemoration of the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Book-It adapted Evelyn Gibb’s Two Wheels North, an exhilarating true tale of two teenagers who bicycled from Santa Rosa, California to attend the Seattle’s first World’s Fair. The production toured local history museums and libraries throughout King County and was one of the highlights of the AYP centennial. This year, Book-It is working with 4Culture to produce an original work marking the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote in Washington State. Their remarkable adaptation of Women’s Votes, Women’s Voices by Shanna Stevenson will be touring throughout King County this fall. When we think about ways to mark and share region-wide historic milestones, Book-It Repertory Theatre continues to pop into our minds as willing, imaginative partners. The source material for compelling, local, historic stories already exists. It simply (although this is not a simple process) needs to be shaped into an exciting and compelling dramatic narrative. Book-It succeeds brilliantly, bringing our history to life. 4Culture looks forward to many future collaborations with this wonderful company. Sincerely, Paul Toliver Board President
Saint Nicholas was a 4th
century bishop from Myra (modern-day southwest Turkey) who, according to legend, secretly left bags of gold in the stockings of poor women who had no dowry. It is believed that he died on December 6th, now called the Feast of St. Nicholas.
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Saint Nicholas’s legend spread north to the Netherlands, where his name was “Sinter Niklaas,” or “Sinterklaas” for short. The Dutch fused Sinterklaas with the ancient Germanic pagan god Wodan, who flew across the countryside on his winged white horse judging the worthiness of warriors. Sinterklaas instead judged the worthiness of children, only visiting (via his own winged white horse) the houses of those deserving presents. Nearly every European country developed a version of Sinterklaas, who is often depicted wearing bishop’s robes.
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Originally introduced in the 15th century
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was a Yuletide visitor who embodied the spirit of the holiday— sans gifts. Father Christmas began bearing presents to children in the 1870s, at which point the legend merged irrevocably with the European St. Nicholas and the burgeoning American equivalent.
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Dutch immigrants brought the legend of Sinterklaas to America in the 18th century, at which point he was Americanized to “Santa Claus.” Washington Irving is said to have appropriated the figure into American culture as a gentler antidote to the new country’s raucous celebrations. With the publication of Clement Clarke Moore’s 1822 poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (aka “The Night Before Christmas”), the modern day image of Santa was born: rotund belly, bundled in red velvet and furs, and guided by eight flying reindeer. Sources: www.arthuriana.co.uk/xmas www.livius.org/ne-nn/nicholas/nicholas_of_myra2.html www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/santa/the_reformation.htm www.bsu.edu/web/01bkswartz/xmaspub.html www.wiki.name.com/en/The_Names_of_Santa_Claus
LUIS BENITO Elf
Luis is over-the-moon excited to work again with the amazing folks at Book-It Repertory Theatre. He previously performed with Book-It in the original productions of Red Ranger Came Calling in 2003 and 2004. Previously, Luis performed in numerous productions around town with Seattle Public Theater and Acme Theatricks. More recently, as one of the founding members of the sketch comedy group Mean Grown Ups, Luis produced and performed in their production of Anything for Love JanuaryMarch 2010. Luis can also be seen–and heard–playing trumpet with the Jazz Night School Combo and with the Seattle Sounders FC marching band, the Sound Wave.
SAUNDER CLÖS* Himself Although Saunder
originally hails from farther North, he has relocated to his favorite place in the world, Vashon, WA. Over the last few centuries, Saunder has made his career in television, film, and the holiday music industry, even appearing occasionally in CocaCola commercials! When not performing, Saunder finds his work as a professional courier to be quite rewarding. This Christmas, he is pleased as egg nog punch to be working with the cast and crew of Red Ranger, all of whom he considers to be very, very nice.
RUBY ELLIS Toy / Rabbit / Elf / Space Nazi
Ruby is an elevenyear-old in 6th grade at Salmon Bay Middle School. Last seen as Charlene in The River Why, she is thrilled to be in another Book-It production. Ruby enjoys art, soccer, and is also a pianist. When she grows up, she would like to be a fashion designer.
JERICK HOFFER Red Ranger
Jerick recently graduated from Cornish College of the Arts receiving a BFA in theatre with an emphasis in musical performance. While at Cornish, Jerick starred in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (a lifelong dream come true), and interned in Seattle Shakespeare’s production of Henry V as Mistress Quickly and Alice. Between productions, Jerick sings in various cabaret and variety shows throughout Seattle and
performs with his musical collaborator as The Vaudevillians. This year he and The Vaudevillians will be performing at the International Cabaret Festival.
THERESA HOLMES Aunt Vy
Theresa is happy to be back at Book-It–she was last here as composer, musician, music director and Mrs. Powers in The Highest Tide and previously as music director, musician and Mrs. Steinbeck in Travels With Charlie. She was happy to be Aunt Vy in the two previous Red Ranger productions, Mrs. Stucky and Serena in Breathing Lessons, Gracie, The Dog, and Cowgirl Singer in Cowboys Are My Weakness and musician/ensemble in The Awakening and A Shallow Grave. Her career includes Hamlet! the Musical, Rodeo Radio, and Isle of Dogs with Eddie Levi Lee and her husband Edd Key at The Empty Space Theatre, Smoke on the Mountain, Sanders Family Christmas and Quilters at Taproot Theatre. Theresa has sung in a 1920s jazz orchestra, folk bands, classical choirs and barbershop quartets.
DANA JOHNSON Dottie
A Seattle native, Dana has been a frequent principal artist in the Puget Sound region and beyond, performing on the stages of such venues as Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony, Tacoma Opera, and Opera San José. Her many credits include Mimi in La Bohème, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and Valencienne in The Merry Widow. Beyond her opera and concert work, Dana has recently performed in musical theatre productions with Centerstage and SecondStory Repertory. Her favorite character creation has been Lola the Maid in Teatro Zinzanni’s Under the Gypsy Moon. Dana is a founding member of the eclectic Black Box Opera Theater Ensemble, collaborating on the original production, Much Ado About Shakespeare and the cabaret, Sondheim, Newman & Weill.
EDD KEY* Head Elf / Co-Composer / Musical Director
Edd is happy to be staging Red Ranger Came Calling with Book-It for a third glorious time. It remains one of his all-time favorite projects. Over the last 20 years, he has established * Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
himself in Seattle as an actor, composer, and musical director with some of the city’s most beloved theatre companies. His popular collaborations with Eddie Levi Lee for The Empty Space Theatre include Rodeo Radio, The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge, and Wuthering! Heights! The! Musical!. He has worked with Book-It in I Am of Ireland, Cowboys Are My Weakness, The Awakening, Broken for You, and this year’s The Cider House Rules. He appeared in the 1998 production of Cider House… at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Read more at www. theredbarnstudio.com
MARIKO KITA Elf
Mariko is overjoyed to be making her Book-It debut in Red Ranger Came Calling. She studied voice at Peabody Conservatory before taking a detour to pursue a career in medicine. She resurfaced this year to appear locally with Live Girls! Theater and StoryBook Theater. She is an MS neurologist, and with her husband Mark, has three beautiful daughters.
SHERMONA MITCHELL Elf
Shermona is thrilled to be back at BookIt, where she was last seen as Deza in Bud, Not Buddy. She has been working with Book-It All Over for the last five years, touring in shows such as Catching the Moon, Chicken Sunday, and Going Someplace Special. She is also in the cast of Book-It’s Danger: Books! tour, which celebrates freedom of speech and the First Amendment. Other companies that have allowed her to play include Seattle Children’s Theatre, All Ages Anywhere, RK Productions, and LiveGirls! Theater. She holds her BFA in acting from Cornish College of the Arts.
KATE MOSBARGER Toy / Ferryman / Space Nazi
Kate is a recent graduate of the University of Washington with a double major in dance and drama. She began dancing at the Dayton Ballet School in Dayton, OH. From there she spent many years at the British Dancing Academy, as well as performing as a guest with the Evergreen City Ballet. Winner of the Best Actress Award for her role as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at the 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards in 2006, she also has a soft spot for musicals. This love has led her to a career in choreographing musicals, including the
UW School of Drama/UTS production of Bat Boy, directed by Scott Hafso, in Spring 2010. This is her first show at Book-It.
ANDREW MURRAY Toy / Ferryman / Space Nazi
Andrew is thrilled to be making his professional Seattle debut with Book-It. He is a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s School of Drama where his favorite roles include Austin in True West and Moritz in Spring’s Awakening. He has also been fortunate to be involved in shows at SecondStory Repertory. Andrew looks forward to pursuing more opportunities in the city and beyond, and as always, is grateful for the love and support of his family and friends.
CLINT POZZI Vern
Clint studied acting at Seattle Pacific University and at the Actor’s Institute in New York City. He previously worked with Seattle Repertory Theatre, Off-Broadway, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and has appeared in local and national commercials, musicals, comedies, and dramas. Returning to work as a Seattle actor after teaching drama in public schools for 20 years, Clint is excited to be working with Book-it Repertory Theatre. He was recently seen as Joe Keller in All My Sons at Edmonds Community College. Before that, Clint performed as the Governor in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and as Jim in Pump Boys and Dinettes at the Liberty Theatre in Toppenish, Washington.
WESLEY RICE* Berkeley / Dance Captain Wesley was last seen at Book-It as Ahab in David Quicksall’s adaptation and direction of Moby-Dick, or The Whale. His most recent Seattle stage appearance was at ACT Theatre where he played the role of Roy in The Trip to Bountiful.
SOPHIA MITRISCHLOSS Toy / Rabbit / Elf
A second grader at The Evergreen School, Sophia has appeared in three short films in Seattle, as well as a couple of national commercials (including the Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chaser” 2010 Season premiere). Most recently, she was the lead
character in a soon-to-be-released Big Fish Games video game. Besides acting, Sophia also loves writing and illustrating stories, and is currently writing a screenplay. She studies both piano and violin, sings with the NW Girlchoir, enjoys tap and gymnastics, and playing with her 100 lb yellow lab. Sophia is very excited to be in this production with Book-It Repertory Theatre.
Performance, Heather moved to Seattle and raised a family, but is now back to performing full time. Her most recent role was as a gender-bending Don Pedro in The Wrecking Crew’s Much Ado About Nothing this past summer. Though normally a fulltime Dickens Caroler at this time of year, Heather is very excited to be working with the exceptional Book-It organization.
PARLIN SHIELDS Toy / Rabbit / Elf
Parlin is thrilled to be making her Book-It debut. She has performed in a wide range of projects around Seattle, most recently as a young clock in Lucia Neare’s performance of Lullaby Moon, as July in Summer Stage Seattle Musical Theatre’s Annie Jr. and as part of the vocal ensemble recording for Shulamit Kleinerman’s early music CD Merry It Is. Parlin danced in On The Board’s production of Tonya Lockyer’s Consumed and cherishes her involvement with the Seattle Opera as a supernumerary in Il Trovatore, Das Rheingold, and The Pearl Fishers. She attends The Attic Home School Learning Community and is an aspiring musician, composer, ballet dancer, and opera singer. Parlin lives in Seattle with her parents, three cats and new puppy, Luna.
MARK WALDSTEIN Frank
Mark is delighted to make his debut with Book-It, of which he is a longtime fan. Mark moved here from the East Coast in 1998 to join friends in creating the SecondStory Repertory–now in its 12th season at Redmond Town Center. On that stage, he has been the very model of a modern Major General in The Pirates of Penzance, the villainous Louis D’Ascoyne in an adaptation of Kind Hearts and Coronets, and the victimized author Paul Sheldon in Stephen King’s Misery. Elsewhere, favorite shows include Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa, Shakespeare’s As You Like It as Touchstone, and Michael Frayn’s Noises Off. Most recently, Mark appeared in Shine: A Burlesque Musical at the Theatre Off Jackson.
HEATHER WARD Hazel
Heather was born and raised in Canada. A family of music educators and professional musicians made choir and stage her natural home. After earning an Associate degree in art, professional modeling led to commercials, TV, and film, then the Vancouver Theatresports League helped hone her comedy and improv skills. While earning a Bachelor of Music in Jazz
ADAM WESTERMAN Toy / Rabbit / Elf / Dream Red
Adam is delighted to return to Book-It Repertory Theatre. Recent credits include Young Gus and Ernie II in Book-It’s The River Why, Jason in Stone Soup’s The Bar Mitzvah of Jason Goldfarb, Peter in Drama Dock’s The Veldt by Ray Bradbury, and Fagin in Broadway Bound’s Oliver. Adam, an eighth grader at Washington Middle School, enjoyed playing the role of Red in Drama Dock’s rendition of Red Ranger Came Calling in 2008.
COLLIN WHEETMAN Toy / Elf / Space Nazi
Collin is excited to be working at Book-It for the first time. He is a musician and soccer player and is in the 7th grade at TOPS in Seattle. This is his first professional theatre production on stage, though he has spent many nights backstage while both his mother and father worked in shows.
GREG CAMPBELL Drums
Greg plays drums, percussion, French horn, and other instruments. He performs with the Seattle Percussion Collective, Ask the Ages, the Tom Baker Quartet, the Ozu Trio, the Yellow Hat Band, Wayne Horvitz, Bill Smith, the Ghanaian drumming group Anokye Agofomma, and many others. He also teaches music classes at Green River Community College and coaches numerous private students.
ROSALYNN DE ROOS Clarinet, Oboe
Rosalynn is a clarinetist and multiinstrumentalist in the Seattle music and cultural scene. In 2005, she completed her Bachelors of Music degree in clarinet performance from Cornish College of the Arts. She performed in Ireland in 2007 with actress Gin Hammond, accompanying her dynamic one-woman show, The Syringa Tree, at the Clonmel Junction Festival. Her recent works with Book-It Repertory Theatre include two Western Washington tours: a 2008 adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Wizard of Earth Sea, and in
2009, Jack London’s Call of the Wild. Also in 2009, she performed in the children’s musical It’s a Whatchamadoozie with a Whaddayacallit with a Thingamajigit on Top! www.rosalynnderoos.com
JOHN ENGERMAN Piano
John has been composing and arranging songs for theatre and cabaret productions since 1975. Highlights include Ronnie Bwana – Jungle Guide, The Big Bad Wolf (and How He Got That Way), and Ming the Rude at The Empty Space Theatre, The Ballad of Mary Reade at The Bathhouse Theatre, and Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy at Seattle Children’s Theatre. His songs and arrangements have appeared in dozens of cabaret shows, and at ACT Theatre he served as music director and pianist for Menopause, the Musical. His solo CD of original songs, Maquette, is available at www.cdbaby.com.
ANDERS BOLANG Production Manager
A graduate of Whitman College and the Yale School of Drama, Anders served as production manager for Tacoma Actors Guild and as technical director for the California Theatre Center and Whitman College. As a carpenter, he has created scenery for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Intiman, and Yale Rep, among others. On stage, Anders has performed at Baltimore Center Stage, Delaware Theatre Company, Yale Rep, Book-It, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Harlequin Productions, Tacoma Actors Guild, and as a guest artist with the Boston Pops. In New York, he has performed at the Peforming Garage, NY Theatre Workshop, and La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Anders has appeared in “As the World Turns” and “One Life to Live,” the feature films Police Beat and Helene and in industrial training films and voice-overs.
CURTIS TAYLOR Scenic Designer
MYRA PLATT Director, Adapter, Co-Composer & Founding Co-Artistic Director
As director, adapter, actor, and composer, Myra has helped Book-It produce over 60 world-premiere stage adaptations. Last season, Myra adapted and directed the world-premiere production of The River Why. Other adapting/directing credits include: Night Flight, The House of the Spirits, Giant, 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. Directing credits include Persuasion, Plainsong, Cry the Beloved Country, and Sweet Thursday. She co-adapted Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant with Jane Jones and composed music for Night Flight (with Joshua Kohl), The Awakening, Ethan Frome, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, A Telephone Call, and I Am of Ireland. As an actress, Myra most recently appeared as Judith in The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, Edna in The Awakening, and Margaret in Howards End. Outside of Book-It, Myra has performed at the Seattle Rep, Intiman, and the Mark Taper Forum. Myra is thrilled to have been a recipient with Jane Jones of the Paul G. Allen Foundation Founders Award, the 2010 Women of Influence, and 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.
Curtis is a filmmaker and theater artist. In Seattle, he founded the performancestorefront, Vodvil. Under that auspice, he wrote and produced murder-ballad operas and ballets. More recently, he uses film to consider themes of art, life, and time. His short music film, Bachianas No. 5, premiered in 2008 at SXSW. Currently, he is in residency at New City Theater/ Seattle writing an original chamber play, A White White Day, premiering in September 2011. As a big fan of the collective vision of Myra and Jane, Curtis is honored to be designing his fourth production for Book-It, his previous credits including A Tale of Two Cities, The Highest Tide, and The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears.
JESSICA TRUNDY Lighting Designer
Jessica’s previous designs at Book-it Repertory Theatre include Giant, Plainsong, The House of the Spirits, and Persuasion. Her regional designs include Titus, The Ten Thousand Things, and Crave at Washington Ensemble Theatre, the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t with Zoe|Juniper, blahblahblahBANG! at On the Boards with the Washington Ensemble Theatre, Bluenose at Seattle Children’s Theatre, and How? How? Why? Why? Why? at Seattle Repertory Theatre. She holds a MFA in lighting design from the University of Washington, is a founder of The Washington Ensemble Theatre, and currently works as a lighting designer for the performing arts and architectural design.
K.D. SCHILL Costume Designer
K.D. has had the honor of designing and procuring costumes for some of the finest, most talented theatre and film directors, choreographers, musicians, actors, writers, dancers and artists in Seattle for the last 15 years. For that, she is deeply grateful. This is her third show with the wonderful people at Book-It.
KRISTYNE A. HUGHES Properties Designer
Kristyne is thrilled to be working with Book-it again. She previously designed props for Emma, The River Why, and The Cider House Rules, Parts One and Two. A proud graduate of the UW School of Drama and an associate member/production manager for Washington Ensemble Theatre (Hunter Gatherers, RoboPop!, Cancer: The Musical, and Sextet), she has also worked locally with Youth Theatre Northwest (Alone in the Dark, Adventure Playhouse, Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast, and Curfew), ReAct Theatre (Angels in America: Perestroika, The Last Five Years), and Open Circle Theatre (Jekyll and Hyde). She is currently stage managing Bugsy Malone at YTN.
RYAN BARRET Choreographer
Ryan was born and raised in Marin County, CA. While playing Baby John in the Mountain Play’s 1999 production of West Side Story, his life was forever changed by swing and salsa dance. He attended the Actors Theatre of Louisville apprentice program, appearing in Amadeus, Balm in Gilead, and Fast and Loose for the 2004 Humana Festival. He completed his BA degree in drama and dance from UW in 2007. Since 2005, Ryan has produced, written, directed, choreographed and performed in short and full-length films, works of theatre, and dance. His improv partner dance troupe, Harlequin Hipsters, performs regularly in Seattle’s top venues and festivals. www.harlequinhipsters.com
HANNAH WICHMANN* Stage Manager
Hannah is thrilled to be working on her first Book-It show with a wonderful cast, crew, and staff. Regional theatre credits include La Jolla Playhouse’s Cankerblossom, Notes From Underground, Restoration, and Memphis; Moxie Theatre’s Dog Act and Drink Me; PCPA Theatrefest’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Beauty and the Beast, Inventing Van Gogh, and A Little Night Music; and Goodspeed Musicals’ High Button Shoes. She received her MFA in Stage Management from UCSD.
VICTORIA THOMPSON Assistant Stage Manager
Victoria is excited to be back at Book-It Repertory Theatre to work on Red Ranger Came Calling after recently finishing The Cider House Rules, Parts One and Two. Her previous Book-It credits include Emma, A Confederacy of Dunces, Night Flight, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, and Moby-Dick, or The Whale.
MEGAN CAMPBELL Assistant Director / Dramaturg
Megan is a recent graduate of the University of Washington where she received her bachelor’s degree in drama. While in school, she focused on lighting design and theatre history. She is very excited to be interning with Book-It this season and to have the opportunity to work on this wonderful show. Ultimately, Megan hopes to go to graduate school and study dramatic theory and criticism.
LAUREN PEIRCE Stage Management Intern
Lauren is elated to be a part of Red Ranger Came Calling. She is a recent transplant from Nevada City, California. She was first exposed to the Book-It style while working with company member Kevin McKeon on Snow Falling on Cedars as stage manager in her hometown. Other beloved projects include The Cider House Rules, Part Two with Book-It and Into the Woods, Picasso at the Lapine Agile, and Rumors, all as a member of the stage management team. She will continue her internship until August 2011 after which she plans to return to university with a major in either theatre management or film production.
JOCELYNE FOWLER Costume Assistant
Jocelyne is a graduate from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre with a concentration in costume design and construction. She is currently wardrobe supervisor at Book-It Repertory Theatre, as well as a local costume designer who has worked with Youth Theatre Northwest, GESAMTKUNSTWERK!, SecondStory Repertory, Book-It All Over, and Theatre 9/12.
JANE JONES Founder & Founding Co-Artistic Director
Jane is the founder of Book-It and founding co-artistic director of Book-It Repertory Theatre, with Myra Platt. In her 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 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, A Tale of Two Cities, and The Cider House Rules. 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 a recipient of the 2009 Women’s University Club of Seattle Brava Award, and a 2010 Women of Influence award from Puget Sound Business Journal.
CHARLOTTE M. TIENCKEN Managing Director
Charlotte is an arts administrator, director, producer, and educator who has been working in the producing and presenting fields for 20 years. Before moving back to the Seattle area in September 2003, she was general manager at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts for four seasons. Currently, she is president of Scarlet Productions, her own consulting firm, and is an adjunct faculty member at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Most recently she was executive director of Tacoma Actors Guild. Charlotte is a member of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and is past president of the Board of Arts Northwest, the presenting service organization for Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. She has served on the board of the Pat Graney Dance Company, sat on granting panels for the Washington State Arts Commission, and served on the Board of Theatre Puget Sound, a regional service organization for theatres in the Puget Sound area.
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION CREDITS Jenna Carino & Jeff Ringar Scenic Artists Toby Jones Carpenter Clare Strasser Assistant Properties Designer Bobbi Miles Volunteer Costume Assistant Bill Danner Scene Shop Manager Wesley Rice* AEA Dance Captain Andrew Murray† & Kate Mosbarger† Assistant Dance Captains *Member of Actors’ Equity Association † Book-It Actor Intern
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in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including heath and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark. Book-It Repertory Theatre is a proud member of THEATRE
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Book-It is grateful to the following organizations and individuals for their generous support of Red Ranger Came Calling: a Guaranteed True Christmas Story: Scott Lovell, Adaam King, Tim Jennings and The Seattle Children’s Theatre staff.
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Book-It would like to express our gratitude to the following for their generosity in supporting our 2010-11 Season:
LITERARY LEGENDS $50,000+ The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation • Matthew N. Clapp, Jr. • Google*
LITERARY CHAMPIONS $25,000+
ArtsFund • The Boeing Company Charitable Trust • Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Gladys Rubinstein • MetLife • Theatre Communications Group Anonymous
LITERARY HEROES $10,000+
National Endowment for the Arts • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 • Washington State Arts Commission • Jeff & Amanda Cain Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Stellman Keehnel 4Culture • Harvest Foundation • Safeco Insurance Foundation The Seattle Foundation Literary Classics $5,000+ Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. Emily Anthony & David Maymudes City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs KUOW 94.9 Public Radio* Lucky Seven Foundation Beth McCaw & Yahn Bernier The Medtronic Foundation The Norcliffe Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc Target Shirley & David Urdal Leadership Circle $2,500+ Monica Alquist Cheryl Boudreau Avery Brooke Boeing Matching Gift Program Steve Bull & Christiane Pein Joann Byrd Saunder Clös* Canonicus Fund France: Home Style, Inc.* Cande & Tom Grogan Ellen & John Hill Bruce E. H. Johnson & Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Key Bank Foundation Melissa & Donald Manning Mary Metastasio
Leadership Circle Cont. David Quicksall & Rachel Glass Lynne & Nick Reynolds Polly Schlitz Deborah Swets Jim & Kathy Tune U.S. Bancorp Foundation Kris & Mike Villiott Elizabeth J. Warman Nobel Award Society $1000+ Adelaide Brooks Catherine C. Clark Amy & Matthew Cockburn Collected Design* Allan & Nora Davis Emily Davis Julie Edsforth & Jabez Blumenthal Fales Foundation Trust Stephanie & Stuart Feldt Richard Gelinas & Sara Thompson Marsha Kremen Ed Littlefield & Julia Derby Holly & Bill Marklyn Kevin McKeon & Jane Jones Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Lynn Murphy Whitney & Jerry Neufeld-Kaiser Colette Ogle Glenna Olson Judy Pigott Larry & Michell Pihl
Nobel Award Society Cont. Myra Platt ** PONCHO Puget Sound Business Journal Shawn & Mike Rediger Martha Sidlo Meg Silver Virginia Sly Warren Sly Ten Mercer* David Thompson & Judith Jesiolowski Thomas Walsh Washington Women’s Foundation Judith Whetzel April J. & Brian Williamson Sally S. & David Wright Wyman Youth Trust Thomas & Lucy Flynn Zuccotti Andrew & Trish Zuccotti Pulitzer Award Society $500+
Abeja* Pamela Bailey Julia Bent Luther Black & Christina Wright Elizabeth Bourne Judy Brandon & H. Randall Webb Patricia Britton** Kelly Brown Zimmie Caner & Tom Edwards The Carey Family Foundation Mary Anne Christy & Mark Klebanoff D. A. Davidson & Co. Matching Fund Dante’s Inferno Dogs/Dante Rivera** Melinda Deane & Dan Wheetman Dottie Delaney Peter DeNormandie Mark Dexter & Deborah Cowley Élévage* R. Brooks Gekler Katharine Godman** Jean Goreki Amy & Thaddeus Hanscom Benson & Pamela Harer Lucy Helm Bonnie Hill Robert Hovden & Ron DeChene Jane Austen Society of Puget Sound Brent Johnson Clare Kapitan & Keith Schreiber Jacqueline Kiser
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.
Pulitzer Award Society, Cont.
Annie Lareau* Alexander Lindsey & Lynn Manley Jean McKeon Anne & Steve Lipner Julia Little Stephen Lovell Lee & Darcy MacLaren Anne McDuffie & Tim Wood Richard Monroe NARAL Pro-Choice America* Michael O’Brien Shawna L. Peery Jill Rosen Savage Color* Pamela & Nate Searle The Seattle Weekly* Emory Thomas, Jr. Brian Thompson Kerry Thompson Susan & Rick Titcomb United Way Donor Advised Fund Sandra Waugh Richard Weening Jennifer Weis Patty & Walter Wilson Jeff Youngstrom & Becky Brooks Mary & Jerry Zyskowski
National Book Award Society $250+ Christina Amante John Bianchi Fraser & Deirdre Black Janet Boguch Barry Boone Roberta Reaber & Leo Butzel Linda & Peter Capell Christina Chang & Paul J. Stucki LeAnne Chow & Rex Barker John & Hanh Crose Sandra & Paul Dehmer Elizabeth & Paul Fleming Deborah Ferguson Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Liz Fitzhugh Cezanne Garcia Anne Helmholz Kate Hemer Laura Hull & John Atwill William M. Jackson Jr. Polly Kenefick Donald Kunze Michael LaRose Le Gourmand* Kathryn Lewis Margaret Gardens Inn* Kraig & Lora Marini Baker Marcie & John McHale Terry & Cornelia Moore Thomas & Cheryl Oliver
National Book Award Society, Cont. Will Patton & Joni Ostergaard Corliss Perdaems Jeannette & Stephen Reynolds Greg & Julia Schechter Garth Stein Robert Strah Tammy Talman Bobbi Tarvin Stan & Janet Vail Ruth Valine & Ed McNerney Beverly Welti Robert & Leora Wheeler Jean & David White** Richard Wilson
Pen/Faulkner Award Circle $100+ Nancy & Craig Abramson Diane & Steve Adams Doug Adams Georgina Alquist Beth Amsbary Connie Anderson Susan & John Anderson Virginia Anderson William G. Anderson Peter & Diana Argeres Amy Arvidson Cinnimin Avena Ruth Bacharach Maxine Bailey Roland Baker Bamboo Wellness* Russ & Jennifer Sue Banham Jo Ann Bardeen John & Sandra Barney Mary & Douglas Bayley Lenore Bensinger John Bianchi Nancy Bittner Richard Bohrer Betty Bostrom Annette Bostwick Anne Boyer Rosemary Boyle John Bradshaw Mary Anne Braund & Steve Pellegrin Carol Butterfield Barbara Buxbaum Seeley Chandler Susan Champlain Lynne & David Chelimer Evelyn & Jim Chumbley Marianna Clark Jack Clay Harriet Cody & Harvey Sadis Susan Connors & Eric Helland Clayton & Susan Corzatte Steve Coyne Terry Coyne Garry & Kay Crane Gordon Crawford Deborah Daoust Joanna Maria Davids-Puzzo Dorothy & Jim Denton Julia Derby Louise T. Deskey
Pen/Faulkner Award Circle, Cont.
Jonathan Drachman & Paula L. Drachman Beth Dubey Cornelia Dude Mary Dunnam Earthly Rituals* Nancy Ellingham Lynne Ellis Titia & Bill Ellis Marilyn Endriss Susan Enger Joyce Erickson Expedia, Inc. James & Denise Fortier David Friedt & Marilyn Brockman Betty Fuchs Kristin Fuson John Gayman Julia Geier & Phil Borges Siobhan Ginnane Ann Glusker Vicki & Gerrie Goddard Susanne Goren T.A. Greenleaf Carol Hagy Sarah & Stephen Hauschka Ellen & David Hecht Elizabeth Hedlund Lloyd Herman Stephanie Hilbert Wendy Hilliker Kate Hokanson Nancy Holcomb Heather Howard Melissa Huther Alison Inkley Leticia Jaramillo Cynthia Johnson Kaaren Johnson Sophy Johnston Michael Jones Pam Kendrick Margaret Kineke Jean & Harris Klein Mary Klubben Shannon Knipp Kristin Koon Ted Kohler Alan Kristal Barb & Art Lachman Chris & Annette Lefebvre Meredith Lehr & Bill Severson Arlene Levy Michael & Nancy Lewars Mark Lewington Arni Litt & Lori Eickelberg Vuong & Tricia Loc* Annalee Luhman Craig Lorch Ellen & Stephen Lutz Sandra MacQuinn Pamela Madigan Donna Manders Mary Ann & Chuck Martin Mary Mathison Josie & Doug Manuel Teresa Mayberg Joyce McClure Kathy McCluskey
Pen/Faulkner Award Circle, Cont.
Ruth McCormick Deirdre & Jay McCrary Evelyn McDaniel Gibb Morna McEachern Bernie McIlroy* Jean McKeon Joan McNeil Metropolitan Market* Donna Miller-Parker Martha Mukhalian Toni Natoli Deanna & Craig Norsen Ellen Nottingham Kevin O’Morrison Judith Ostrow S. Edward Parks Cecilia Paul & Harry Reinert Elizabeth Pelham Harold Pelton Sherry Perrault Ed & Carol Perrin John Phillips Marjorie Priest Michelle Quackenbush Linda Quirk Barbara & Daniel Radin Connie Reed Esther Reese Dennis Reichenbach Ann Revelle Bronwyn Richards Eric & Karen Richter Bavi Rivera Fernne & Roger Rosenblatt H. Stewart Ross Shawn Roth Rover’s* Suzanne Rowen Cheryl Rutledge Donna Sand Don & Marty Sands Mary Sankaran B. Charlotte Schreiber Schwennesen & Assoc. LLC Ed Ratcliffe & Joe Scott Gail & John Sehlhorst Allen Senear Michael & Jo Shapiro Marcia Joslyn Sill & Peter Sill, The Sill Foundation Shellie Slettebak Barbara Spear Pat T. Starkovich Stella! Restaurant* Diane Stevens Mike Stevens Helen Stusser Mary Stusser LiAnn & Stephen Sundquist Erin Swezey Gail Tanaka Bobbi Tarvin Kate Thayer Mark C. Thomas Laura Thomas Cappy Thompson Henry Thompson Molly Thompson & Joe Casalini
Charlotte Tiencken & Bill West** Marcia Utela Karen & Ron Van Genderen Nola Van Vugt Jorie Wackerman Herschel Wallen Susan Warwick Susan Wedgwood Sally & Charles Weems Julie Weisbach Judith & Morton Weisman Eddie Westerman Patricia Whitney Jane Wiegenstein Jim Wilder Richard P. Wilson Michael Winters
O.Henry Award Circle $50+
Judith Alexander • Courtney Andriunas • Dana Armstrong • Asana Yoga Seattle* • Anne & Roger Baker • Christopher Bayley • Shawn Baz •Jackie Benedetti • John & Helen Bigelow • Inga & Grant Blackinton • Nancy BowenPope • Patricia Brasel • Rebecca E. Brown • Alice Burgess • Rachel Burgess • Linda Clay • Catherine Clemens • Geoffrey Cole • Mary E. Comtois • Faith Conlon • Tony Cox • Neicole Crepeau • Rebecca Crichton • Margaret Curtin • Nancy Curtiss • Nancy Cushwa • M Eliza Davidson • Marilyn Davidson • Kristin Dealteriis • Douglas Deardorff • Tom Donnelly • Susan Dyer • Lorna Dykes • Sarah Easterbrook • Betty Jean Eberharter • Elliott Bay Book Company* • Constance Euerle • Jean Falls • Caroline Feiss • Carolyn & Rob Fletcher • Deborah Fialkow • Linda & John Findlay • Laura Fischetti • Thomas Fout • Kris Fulsaas • M. K. Gabriel • Elizabeth Gilchrist • Allen & Sandra Glenn • Joan Goldblatt • Kay Gordon • Anke Gray • Laurie Griffith • Kirk & Carla Griswold • Mary Gulbrandsen • Helen & Max Gurvich • Susan E. Hamilton • Deb Hammond • Phyllis Hatfield • MaryAnne Holden • Julie Howe • Lawrence Jackson • Harmer & Judy Johnson • Michael Johnson • Jackie Jones • Kris Jorgensen •Anne C. Kennedy • Sherrie Kilborn • John Killian • Agastya Kohli • Nancy Koning • Fay Krokower • Katrina Larsen • Rebecca Larson • Meredith Lehr • Ken Lanier • Carol Levin • Ruth Levy • Katherine Lew • Carol Lumb • Carolyn & Traeger Machetanz • Carin Mack • Martha Makosky • Martha Maurer • Denise May • Susan McCloskey • Philip McClusky • Christy McDanold •George & Marion Mohler • Benjamin Moore & Marilyn McGuire • Barbara McPhee • William P. Meleney • Joan Merrill • Peggy Metastasio • Deane Middleton • Barbara & Terrance Miller • Katie Mitchell • Susan K. Jones & Christopher R. B. Monck • Tyrrel Moody • Richard Morris • Joan Moritz • Glenn Morrissey • Sara Mountjoy-Pepka • Jack Mowreader • Susan Mozer • Gillian Murphy • Donna Neuzil • Judy Niver • Curtis & Marion Northrop • Dan Norton-Middaugh • Heidi Noun • Lori Oliver • Kirsten O’Malley • Clare & Austin O’Regan • Jeff Packman • Karen Palmer • Cynthia Phelps • Rita Payne •
Carolita Phillips • Anne Pipkin • Lisa Pounders & Margaret Moynan • Thomas Pratt • Jane Ragle • Sarah Reisenauer • Virginia Riedinger • Jan Robbins • Marian & Peter Rose • Patricia Rytkonen • Lyn Sauter • Judy Scheerer • Ruth Schroeder • Ann Schuh • Anne Shrauner • William Seagren • Cheryl Kay & Earl Sedlik • Dana Standish & Noah Seixas • Audrey & John Sheffield • Tom & Sharon Sherrard • Micheline Sierer • David & Stacya Silverman • George & Susan Smith •Ruth Solnit • Margaret Swain • Thalia Syracopoulos • Awnie Thompson • Christopher Thompson • Dennis Traut • Genevieve Tremblay • Robert Von Tobel • Shelley Tucker • Ruth Warren • Kayla Weiner • James Welch • Missy Welch • Paula & William Whitham • Kathleen Wilson • Marcella Wing • Wende Wood • Diane Zahn • Anonymous (3)
Gifts in Honor & In Memory Noemi Epstein & Darrel Vorderstrasse in honor of Ruth Bacharach’s birthday 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, 2009 – October 22, 2010. Book-It makes every attempt to be accurate with our acknowledgements. Please email Development Assistant Samantha Cooper, samanthac@bookit.org, with any changes that may be required.
OUR MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM GREAT LITERATURE INTO GREAT THEATRE THROUGH SIMPLE AND SENSITIVE PRODUCTION AND TO INSPIRE OUR AUDIENCES TO READ.
2010 Mayor’s Arts Award-winner, Book-It Repertory Theatre, was founded 20 years ago as an artists’ collective, adapting short stories for performance and touring them throughout the Northwest. Today, with over 60 world-premiere adaptations of full-length novels to its credit—many of which have garnered rave reviews and gone on to subsequent productions all over the country—Book-It is widely respected for the consistent artistic excellence of its work. Book-It strives to return theatre to its roots, to the place where the spoken and the written word intersect and where the story comes alive for the audience. What you see and hear at a Book-It performance is literary prose spoken by the characters of the story as if it were dialogue in a play—often word-for-word in a short story and, in adaptations of larger works, selected narrative. This is the Book-It Style™. We ask our audiences to use their imaginations, thereby becoming participants in a Book-It performance. Book-It All Over, the educational outreach program of Book-It Repertory Theatre, is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages to read. We tour a diverse range of stories to schools, libraries, and community centers throughout the Pacific Northwest, conduct long-term residencies in schools, offer teacher professional development for school staff, and present low-cost student matinées of our mainstage shows.
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