A Tale of Two Cities by Book-It Repertory Theatre

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Adapted by Jane Jones and Kevin McKeon Directed by Jane Jones

Feb 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Mar 4

Center House Theatre

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he second child of John and Elizabeth Dickens, Charles was born on February 7, 1812, near Portsmouth on England’s south coast. At that time John Dickens was stationed in Pourtsmouth as a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. The family was of lower-middle-class origins, John having come from servants and Elizabeth from minor bureaucrats. Dickens’ father was vivacious and generous but had an unfortunate tendency to live beyond his means. When Charles was 12 his father was imprisoned for debt and Charles was removed from school and put to work in a blacking factory. After his father received inheritance a few months later, Charles finally returned to school. When he was 15 he went to work as a clerk in a law firm and later became a reporter. In 1836 his first success was published, The Pickwick Papers. This was followed by more novels: Oliver Twist (1837), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-39) and Barnaby Rudge (1841). He traveled to America later that year and aroused the hostility of the American press by supporting the abolition movement. In 1858 he divorced from his wife Catherine, who had borne him ten children. During the 1840s his social criticism became more radical and his comedy more savage: Novels like David Copperfield (1849-50), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), and Great Expectations (1860-61) only increased his fame and respect. His last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood was never completed and was later published posthumously. Charles Dickens died on June 9, 1870.

About the Book Notes on A Tale of Two Cities by Dramaturg Lenore Bensinger

harles Dickens’ swift and exciting retelling of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities was originally written for the launch of the new weekly magazine, All the Year Round. The serialized novel was an immediate commercial success, selling 120,000 copies of the first issue in April, 1859 (ending November of the same year). Of all Dickens’ novels, A Tale of Two Cities, featuring the iconic Sydney Carton, Dr. Manette and Madame Defarge, has always been his steady bestseller. In the 1850’s, Dickens feared that social problems in England, particularly the plight of the poor, might cause his countrymen to erupt into a mass of bloody revolutionists on a scale to rival the French. In the 1830’s and 40’s, the dissatisfactions of industrial workers reached alarming proportions as slums grew in size and squalor. Injustice and violence were rife. The ruling elite plundered the poor. And Dickens knew what poverty felt like and how common it was. By mid-century, almost all of Europe was caught up in revolution in the wake of the French rebellion. So far, England was spared, but for how long? In 1855, he wrote, “I believe the discontent to be so much the worse for smouldering, instead of blazing openly, that it is extremely like the general mind of France before the breaking out of the first Revolution and is in danger of being turned… into such a devil of conflagration as never has been beheld since.” In defiance of dread, he wrote a powerful

cautionary novel in which England is the safe haven for those escaping from the terrors of an anarchic mob and British values are the bedrock of stability. The story follows the consequences of a terrible crime committed in France in 1757 and concludes in 1793 when the crowded, densely populated streets of Paris ran red with the blood of guillotine victims. In the 1780’s, rainstorms and hail led to famine and to food riots. Always a hotbed of dissention, Paris was haunted by hunger. Thieves trafficked in grain. And everywhere, people talked of revolution! Infuriated that the Estate-General convened by Louis XIV in May, 1789, failed to give the “Third Estate” any say in their governance or relief from taxation, Mirabeau rallied the citizens to defy their king. Two months later and 13 years after the American revolution, a mob attacked the Bastille, where the royal store of gunpowder was kept. The revolution was underway. In 1792, France is declared a Republic and the destinies of Carton, Manette, Darnay, Lucie, and Monsieur and Madame Defarge are inextricably intertwined under the shadow of the guillotine. Louis XIV and his wife, Marie-Antoinette are executed ten months apart, in ’93, the year Dickens’ novel reaches its crisis—and offers us a prophetic choice between our violent and ideological past and the life of the spirit.

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will never forget the experience of reading A Tale of Two Cities for the first time. It was on a cross country road trip. Destination…adventure! It was a hot, hot summer and there was no air conditioning in our ‘68 Volkswagen Squareback. I was reading out loud, practically screaming over the eighteen wheelers and 70 MPH slam of the freeway. I started Book the First, Recalled to Life, crossing the George Washington Bridge, leaving Manhattan. Little did I know that opening that book and reading those initial pages would change the course of my life forever. That journey and that book, along with John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, were the two novels that inspired me to found Book-It. The rest is history, like Dickens’ thrilling and heartbreaking story of The French Revolution.

Then the story just got better and better, and by the time I had reached the last page and read the final famous words of the novel, probably some of the most famous words ever written in the history of literature, I was a goner. I had completely fallen head over heals in love with Charles Dickens. I knew I had to do something, ANYTHING, that would connect me with him. He was dead, so I couldn’t try to date him. All I could do was read him. Worship and adore him. Consume him. But most importantly, lead a life that was connected to literature. So for over twenty years I have dreamed of telling this story. I know I have put it off because it terrifies me. How could I ever, ever do it justice? Finally though, here it is. It has been an honor and a horror to tell. Until the research began on this project I never imagined the events that lead up to the Third Estates’ rise over the aristocracy, the extermination of the monarchy and the invention of the guillotine, the first “democratic” instrument of justice. How could I ever have walked through the avenues of Paris and not acknowledge this history? How would I ever again and not see the blood in the streets?

We were somewhere out side of Pennsylvania by the time I got to the chapter where Lucie Manette is re-united with her father. She had lived without him her whole life, presuming he was dead. As Lucie is brought before this wreck of a man, who had been imprisoned in a cell within the walls of Colin Byrne as Charles Darnay and Stephanie Danna the Bastille for 18 years, she is challenged as Lucie Manette. Photo by Eric Stuhaug. by the hopeful Jarvis Lorry to “recall him to life”. As I read the words she uttered to her father, I was moved in a I am grateful to all the artists and actors in this community (all of way that I had never been moved by a piece of literature in all my life. you, you ALL know who you are) who have gathered to summon Perhaps it was because I had lost my father seventeen years before the spirit of this production. I have been blessed with community and the thought of having the chance to “recall him to life” was so and “super” friends. I am hugely grateful to the citizens of Seattle huge a fantasy, I just lost it. I was sobbing so hard I couldn’t even see and the patrons of the arts who have kept Book-It alive long enough the page. Waves and waves of understanding, love, misery, hope, fear for me to conquer my fears and be able to produce it. And finally for and longing were pouring out of those pages. And for whatever cause, Kate Fleming, who always gave us courage to mo ve on. that moment has become seminal in the memory of my life. Jane Jones, Co-Adapter/Director

had never read A Tale of Two Cities. Sure, I admit it. It was one of those books I should have read – but somehow it escaped being required reading at my high school. Then adult years, lawns to mow, dinner parties, Six Feet Under. Dickens had fallen off the priority list. I have Jane to thank for opening my eyes to this wonderful book. Her all-time favorite, she had wanted to adapt it for the stage for twenty years or more. It seemed blasphemous to me to attempt it. I was sure we would offend virtually everyone - hacking up a vast and beloved novel, audaciously condensing the dense plot to an evening’s entertainment. But we were by no means the first to try it. There are A Tale of Two Cities movies, television serializations, condensations, re-interpretations, even graphic novels and comic books. Generations, it seemed, had been captivated by the story for the same reason I was: it is an adventure steeped in humanity, and its themes of honor and duty, love and sacrifice are deeply affecting. It made sense to me that others would want to translate it to different media. It’s the purpose of storytelling after all; to pass the good ones along. Some people may tell it differently, sure, but hopefully its essence remains intact.

These various retellings were invaluable to us as research, as they informed us what others took from the story in a more modern context, and what elements of the kaleidoscopic plot were considered indispensable. The Book-It style seeks to preserve as much of the writer’s voice as possible. That gave us an advantage in that we could use Dickens’ narrative and not rely totally on dialogue (and kept the rewriting of scenes to a minimum). But it also put us at a disadvantage because we truly had to play editors to some brilliant writing. I say this now, not as any sort of Dickens scholar but as a true fan of the book: If you were to content yourself with just the movie version, or the Classics Illustrated version, or even this evening in the theatre and not crack Dickens’ himself, you would miss a tremendous experience. Thanks also to friends Ben and Marilyn and Dee and Rick for their hospitality and safe havens in Cape Cod and the Shenandoah Mountains, where much of this work was done. The locales didn’t bear much resemblance to London and Paris, but substituted just fine. Kevin McKeon, Co-Adapter

Book-It Repertory Theatre

Jane Jones & Myra Platt Artistic Directors

A Tale of Two Cities

Sharon Burke Managing Director

by Charles Dickens

Adapted by Jane Jones and Kevin McKeon • Directed by Jane Jones

CAST (in alphabetical order)

Colin Byrne Brian Culver Stephanie Danna Andrew DeRycke* Daniel Flint Ken Holmes Aaron Jewell Annette Lefebrve Todd Jefferson Moore* Wayne Petro Amanda Raleigh Natasha Sims Gabriel Smith Olivia Spokoiny Brian Thompson* James B. Winkler Kate Wisniewski Karina Wolfe Sam Wykes

Charles Darnay Prosecutor/Gaspard/Woodcutter Lucie Manette Sydney Carton Barsad/Patriot Mr. Stryver/Gabelle Jerry Cruncher/Evremonde/Patriot Madame De Guillotine Dr. Manette Noble/Patriot/Evremonde Noble/Patriot Wife/Patriot Boy/Patriot/Executioner Little Lucie/Peasant Jarvis Lorry/Marquis Ernest Defarge Miss Pross/Valet Patriot/Seamstress Madame Defarge

Artistic and Production Staff

Joshua Kohl Composer Curtis Taylor Scenic Designer Ron Erickson Costume Designer Tom Wisely Lighting Designer Jason Gorgen Sound Designer Mandy Greer Knitting Artist Eric Montoya Scenic Artist Chris Lefebvre Special Construction Carl Bronsdon Assistant Costume Designer

Devorah Spadone Lenore Bensinger Teresa Thuman Loren Kite Larry Rodriguez Jodi Sauerbier Lynne Ellis Ilvs Strauss Mandy Bowyer

Stage Manager Dramaturg Assistant Director / Dialect Coach Assistant Stage Manager Technical Director/Production Manager Properties Designer Master Electrician Sound Board Operator Follow Spot Operator

Musicians: Evan Florey-Barnes - Bass • Paris Hurley - Violin • Adam McCollom - Electric Guitar • Joshua Kohl - Percussion A Tale of Two Cities will have two 10 minute intermissions. * Member of Actor’s Equity Associ ation, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. Seasonal support provided by:

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Who’s Who - THE CAST Colin Byrne (Charles Darnay) Colin is having a blast at Book-It this season. Credits include Broken for You, Little Women, Giant, Pride and Prejudice, and Howard’s End at Book-It, What Is Sexy? at WET, Measure for Measure at Seattle Shakespeare Company, Robin Hood in the park, and Rod Serling in The Twilight Zones at Theater Schmeater. Colin is an Associate Member of WET and would like to thank his “lady friend”, for all her love and support, and all the wonderful people he has had the opportunity to work with this past year. Brian Culver (Prosecutor/Gaspard/ Woodcutter) Brian is pleased to be performing with BookIt. Some years ago, Brian played the title role in a Book-It workshop of a play called Burt. He was last seen touring the Northern states with the Daredevil Opera Company in their production of Cirkus Inferno. Brian has appeared at lots of theaters with many companies and has been acting in Seattle since childhood. He is infinitely grateful for the grace and patience of his lovely wife, Heather. Stephanie Danna (Lucie Manette) This is Stephanie’s Seattle and Book-It Repertory debut. Stephanie currently resides in Portland and had the pleasure of working with Jane Jones when she directed the Book-It version of Pride and Prejudice at Portland Center Stage. Playing Lydia Bennett was one of Stephanie’s most memorable and enjoyable experiences. She has also been seen at PCS in their Just Add Water/West Festival during the summers of 2005 and 2006. Stephanie would like to thank her family and friends for always traveling the distance, Aunt Gale and Uncle Craig for the comfort of home during this project, and Brian for his love. Andrew DeRycke* (Sydney Carton) Andrew has been a major contributor to Book-It Repertory Theatre having acted in a number of their stunning adaptations of great literature including Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and John Irving’s Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant. Locally, Andrew has been seen at Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT Theatre, Seattle Group Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Centre Stage, Village Theatre, and the Tacoma Actor’s Guild. In Oregon, Andrew appeared at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Repertory Theatre, Portland Centre Stage, and the Oregon Repertory Theatre. Outside the Pacific NW, Andrew has also been seen at the Arizona Theatre Company; the Harold Clurman Theatre and Cortland Repertory Theatre (both in NY); and a number of stints in Wisconsin both at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and the American Player’s Theatre. Andrew’s few film credits include Heart of China; Gory, Gory, Hallelujah; and the voice of Arthur the punk-rock parrot in the animated feature Adventures of Willi Beamish.

Daniel Flint (Barsad/Patriot) Daniel is very happy to be making his BookIt debut! Recently he was seen performing in Richard III at Intiman Theatre, and as Harlequin in The Game of Love and Chance, at Harlequin Productions. As a co-founder of One Lump or Two Productions, he co-wrote, produced and designed The Elsinore Diaries as well as written and directed his own work. He loves to design and build scenery for his own company but sometimes gets talked into doing it for others, including, Northwest Children’s Theatre, Tapastry, Harlequin, Next Step, as well as a few high schools and colleges (it’s for the kids!) Some of his favorite roles include, The Elephant Man, Macbeth, and Guildenstern (Both Shakespeare’s and Stoppard’s) To support his habit Daniel works as a painting contractor and wishes to thank his wife, Lori, for sharing this crazy life with him. Ken Holmes (Mr. Stryver/Gabelle) This is Ken’s second production with Book-It, having been seen in last season’s Plainsong. He is Producing Artistic Director for GreenStage, for whom he will be directing The Two Gentlemen of Verona this coming summer. Ken has also worked onstage at Seattle Shakespeare Company, Taproot Theatre, Theater Schmeater, ArtsWest, Centerstage, and a bevy of other companies in the area. Aaron Jewell (Jerry Cruncher/ Evremonde/Patriot) Aaron is a student at Cornish College of the Arts where he is expected to receive his BFA in May of this year. This is his first production with Book-It Repertory Theatre.

Annette Lefebrve (Madame De Guillotine) Annette is a founding member of the absurdist all girl revue, “The Rollvulvas”. She is also proud to have helped establish, and perform in the first incarnation of the francophone musical group “The French Project”. You can see her performing with her husband, Chris Lefebvre as “The International Lovers” singing les chansons d’amour this fall. Annette would like to thank the Director of Alliance Francaise de Seattle, Misa Bourdoiseau, for all her help and translations. Todd Jefferson Moore* (Dr. Manette) Todd is very happy to make this his first production with Book-It. You may have seen him at Seattle Repertory Theatre in Thom Pain (based on nothing) or at Seattle Shakespeare as Dogberry, Richard or Jacques in Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III and As You Like It, respectively. Other recent roles: the preacher

Who’s Who - THE CAST (cont.) Casy in Grapes of Wrath (Intiman), Scrooge and others in Fellow Passengers (Strawberry Theatre Workshop), Death or Mr. Bones in Alki (ACT), and a librarian in Underneath the Lintel (Empty Space). He also teaches at Cornish College of the Arts and for ACT’s Young Playwriting Program in area high schools.

Wayne Petro (Noble/Patriot/ Evremonde) Wayne is thrilled to be making his debut with Book-It in Tale of Two Cities. Some of his favorite roles were playing Cole Porter in Red, Hot and Cole and Jed in Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls at Cornish College of the Arts. He will be graduating with a BFA in Theater from Cornish this spring. Amanda Raleigh (Noble/Patriot) Amanda is delighted to be a part of Book-It’s production of A Tale of Two Cities. Originally from the coast of Maine, she is currently a student at Cornish College of the Arts where she will be graduating in May of 2007. She appeared in Cornish’s productions of Marat/Sade as The Herald, Measure for Measure as Duke Vincentio, and in Sunday on the Rocks as Gayle. Natasha Sims (Wife/Patriot) Natasha is thrilled to be working with Book-It again! Some of her roles include Laura in The Glass Menagerie at Harlequin Productions, Lady MacDuff in Macbeth at Tacoma Actors Guild, Mrs. Manningham in Angel Street (Gaslight) directed by Mr. Eddie Levi Lee, He Liked to Look at It in The Vagina Monologues at Stone Soup Theatre, Bogle in Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol at The Lakewood Playhouse and of course Sylvie, Cat and Maurice in Broken for You and Librarian in Bud, Not Buddy here at Book-It. Natasha’s most recent film work has included The Delivery that was shown at 2006’s Seattle International Film Festival and Bumbershoot. Other projects recently completed are slated to hit the 2007 festival circuit. Natasha extends her gratitude and love to her family and friends for their unending support! Gabriel Smith (Boy/Patriot/ Executioner) Gabriel is currently a senior at Cornish College of the Arts where he is expected to graduate this year with a BFA in Theater. He has performed in various shows in the Seattle area through Cornish and Freehold Theater. He is excited to be starting his professional acting career working for the first time with Book-It Repertory as an intern.

Olivia Spokoiny (Little Lucie/Peasant) Olivia recently appeared as Susan Waverly in 5th Avenue’s White Christmas, which toured to Sacramento. Other theater: Sound of Music and Yankee Doodle Dandy! (5th Avenue), Nora (Intiman, dir. Bart Sher), Annie and Sound of Music (Village), Ragtime, High Society and George M! (CLO), Annie (lead) and Sound of Music (Snoqualmie Falls), Wait Until Dark (Renton Civic), and Macbeth (Ghostlight). Film: Movie Pizza Love, At the Back of the North Wind (lead), Expiration Date, Brand Upon the Brain! (dir. Guy Maddin), Demea, and Bullets, Blood & a Fistful of Ca$h. NBA Sonics/WNBA Storm Dancer. Petite Miss Spotlight/Starpower/ Dance of Washington. Brian Thompson* (Jarvis Lorry/ Marquis) This is Brian’s fourth production with BookIt having previously played Gradgrind in Hard Times, Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, and several roles in Travels with Charley. Last season he recreated his Mr. Bennet in Jane Jones’ staging for Portland Center Stage. Subsequently, he appeared at the same theater as Henry in The Fantasticks for which he won a Drammy Award. Mr. Thompson is a Seattle native, trained at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, and was founder and first Artistic Director of the Bathhouse Theatre. He has worked at Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep, San Jose Rep, San Francisco’s Eureka Theatre, The Denver Center, The Dallas Center, The Alliance in Atlanta, The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC, and all the Equity houses in Seattle. James B. Winkler (Ernest Defarge) Jim is making his first appearance at Book-It Repertory Theatre. He is ecstatic to be working at such a theater, on such a piece, with such a cast and production team. He most recently played Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Other favorite shows have been The Seagull, Dinner with Friends, Waiting for Lefty, Moon Over Buffalo and The Mystery of Attraction. Mr. Winkler trained with Stella Adler in New York, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and locally, with Laurence Ballard. He plays Agent Riles in Max Rules, a shot-in-Seattle movie, being released this year in the U.S. Kate Wisniewski (Miss Pross/Valet) Kate is happy to be making her debut with Book-It Repertory Theatre. She has appeared locally at Empty Space Theatre (Agnetha in Frozen), Tacoma Actors Guild (No Exit, The Curate, As You Like It), New City Theatre (Big Boss) and at the Capitol Hill Arts Center (Bridget in Burning Bridget Cleary, God’s Country, King John). For Island Stage Left on San Juan Island, Kate has appeared as Emilia in Othello and Viola in (Continued next page)

Who’s Who - THE CAST (cont.) Twelfth Night. At the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA, she appeared in How I Learned to Drive with Debra Winger and in the world premiere of Mac Wellman’s Hypatia. Kate is a graduate of the American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard. She is a Certified Associate Instructor of Fitzmaurice Voicework and currently teaches acting at Seattle University and voice at Freehold Studio/Theatre Lab.

Karina Wolfe (Patriot/Peasant/Ens.) Karina Wolfe will be receiving her BFA in the Original Works Program at Cornish College of the Arts this May. Her favorite roles since being at Cornish, have been Isabella in Measure for Measure, Juror #8 in Twelve Angry Women, and Vee Talbott in Orpheus Descending. She is most delighted to be part of her first Book-It production.

Sam Wykes (Madame Defarge) Sam is delighted to be performing at Book-It again. Past Book-It productions include Rebecca and House of Mirth. Originally from the north-west of England, she studied Drama at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle and then trained as a teacher at Durham. She has performed with numerous theatre companies in the U.K. and most recently, with the puppet theatre Thistle Theatre, based here in Seattle. She has taught Drama, English and Expressive Arts at high school level and has run acting courses for people with physical and learning disabilities. She would like to thank her husand, David, for his continued support, and her mum, for making the trip across the pond, to see this show!

Who’s Who - Artistic & Production Staff Jane Jones (Director/ Co-Adapter/Co-Artistic Director) Jane Jones is the founder of Book-It and founding Co-Artistic Director of Book-It Repertory Theatre, with Myra Platt. In her 20 years of staging literature, she has performed and directed works by such literary giants as Charles Dickens, Eudora Welty, Edith Wharton, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Pam Houston, Raymond Carver, Frank O’Connor, Ernest Hemingway, Colette, Amy Bloom, John Irving, John Steinbeck, Daphne du Maurier and Jane Austen. A veteran actress of 25 years, she has played leading roles in many of America’s most prominent regional theatres including The Guthrie, American Conservatory Theatre, The McCarter and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Locally, she has been seen at The Rep, ACT, Empty Space, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Tacoma Actors Guild, and Intiman. Film and TV credits include The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Singles, Homeward Bound, Twin Peaks, and Rose Red. She co-directed with Tom Hulce at the Seattle Rep, Peter Parnell’s adaptation of John Irving’s The Cider House Rules, which enjoyed successful runs here in Seattle, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (Backstage West Award, best director) and in New York (Drama Desk Nomination, best director). Jane recently directed Pride and Prejudice at Portland Center Stage. For Book-It, she directed The House of Mirth, Rebecca, Travels with Charley, Pride and Prejudice, Howards End, In a Shallow Grave, The Awakening and Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant. Book-It performances include roles in Ethan Frome, Silver Water, Cowboys Are My Weakness, and Breathing Lessons. Myra Platt (Co-Artistic Director) Myra Platt is co-founder of Book-It Repertory Theatre with Jane Jones. She studied literature and theatre at Northwestern University (B.S. Analysis and Performance of Literature) and Circle in the Square (NYC). As actor, director, adapter and composer, she has helped Book-It produce over 50 world-premiere stage adaptations. Most recently, Myra conceived and directed the World Premiere production of Plainsong by Kent Haruf, adapted by Kevin

McKeon. She is currently working on the World Premiere adaptation of Isabel Allende’s The House of The Spirits which will open in June at the Leo K. Theatre. She has adapted and directed Giant, Red Ranger Came Calling, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Roman Fever, A Little Cloud (by James Joyce), A Telephone Call (by Dorothy Parker), and A Child’s Christmas in Wales. She has also directed Cry, the Beloved Country, Sweet Thursday and Danger: Books! She co-adapted Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant with Jane Jones and composed music for Red Ranger Came Calling (with Edd Key), Ethan Frome, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, The Awakening, the first workshop production of The Cider House Rules, A Telephone Call, and I Am of Ireland. As an actress, Myra appeared as Margaret Schlegel in Howards End, Elaine in The Dying Gaul at Intiman, and as Edna in Book-It’s production of The Awakening (for which she received an Honorable Mention/ Backstage West Los Angeles Garland Awards). She originated the role of Candy Kendall in John Irving’s The Cider House Rules at the Seattle Repertory Theatre and at the Mark Taper Forum. She is the proud mother of Wilson.

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

Who’s Who - Artistic & Production Staff (cont.) Kevin McKeon (Co-Adapter) A Tale of Two Cities is Kevin’s third adaptation for Book-It. Last year he did the honors for Kent Haruf ’s contemporary novel Plainsong for director Myra Platt, and adapted and directed Anne Tyler’s Breathing Lessons in 2003. As a Book-It actor he has appeared in Plainsong, Cowboys Are my Weakness, Ethan Frome, The Awakening, Sweet Thursday, Red Ranger Came Calling and Double Indemnity. He co-wrote and co-directed a feature film, A Formula for Mayhem, which was a popular item on the international film festival circuit in the 1990’s. By day he is an advertising designer and homebuilder and after-hours is the head songwriter and lead guitarist for the outlaw biker rock band Heart Full of Dirt (heartfullofdirt. com). He is currently building a house on the Key Peninsula in Pierce County. Curtis Taylor (Scenic Designer) Curtis Taylor is a film and theatre artist living in Seattle Washington. In 1996 he established Vodvil, a film and stage collective dedicated to original narratives. He served recently as set designer for Guy Maddin’s latest film, Brand Upon the Brain, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. Mr. Taylor is currently at work on a film project called The Swans—a story of a mailman, a synchronized swimmer, flying-dreams and suicide. Ron Erickson (Costume Designer) Ron has designed costumes and scenery for many Northwest theaters. Theater credits include Pacific NW Ballet, Tacoma Actors Guild, Intiman, Empty Space Theatre, Tacoma Opera, Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Spectrum Dance, and Seattle Shakespeare Company. Designs for Book-It include Little Women, Rebecca, Silver Water, Jane Eyre, Double Indemnity, Hard Times, Lady Chatterly’s Lover, Ethan Frome, Dracula, and Pride and Prejudice. Ron is the professor of costume design at Cornish College of the Arts and Head of Wardrobe at Seattle Opera. Carl Bronsdon (Assistant Costume Designer) A Seattle native, Carl is the Costume Shop Supervisor at Cornish College of the Arts. He is also the resident costume designer for both Renton Civic Theatre and Bellevue Civic Theatre. In addition is work has been seen at The Seattle Symphony, The Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Tacoma Actors Guild, Skagit Opera, Civic Light Opera, and Shoreline Community College, among others. Carl is a graduate of Cornish College with a BFA in Performance Production. Tom Wisely (Lighting Designer) This is Tom’s first production with Book-It. He attended Michigan State, Cornell and University of Washington where he received his MFA in Directing. He has worked as a stage manager at Intiman, Empty Space, The Group, Alice B, and Centerstage. His writing and directing credits include Under the Cross of Calatrava (UW). Penard (self-produced), ATF: A Burlesque (Annex), Cold Water Waltz (self-produced), Tooth of Crime (New City), and An Evening of Beckett (Odd Duck). Tom’s lighting and set designs have been seen at Annex, The Group, Speakeasy, New City and Odd Duck.

Jason Gorgen (Sound Designer) Jason has been working in Seattle as an audio engineer, sound and lighting designer and stage manager since 2001. He graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in 2005 with a BFA in Performance Production. Recent productions include La Fetes de la Nuit produced by Strike Anywhere Productions, Gods Country produced by the Capitol Hill Arts Center, The Show directed by Rhonda J. Soikoiski, and An Enemy of the People produced by Strawberry Workshop Theatre. Joshua Kohl (Composer) Joshua is the co-founder, Conductor, Composer and Co-Artistic Director for Degenerate Art Ensemble, a Seattle-based internationally touring music and multi-art performance company. His compositions have included works for dance, silent film, concert ensembles, classico-punk-big-band and street performances - always striving to expand the possibilities of multi media art. Kohl attended the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music (Boston, MA) and received a BA in Composition from Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle, WA). He has studied composition with Bright Sheng, Bern Herbolsheimer, and Jarad Powell. He received a fellowship from Artist Trust, and has been awarded commissions from Meet The Composer, Seattle Arts Commission, King County Arts Commission, and Washington State Arts Commission. Kohl’s compositions have been performed throughout the US and Europe with the support of Arts International. He was honored to have such great musicians for this project. Mandy Greer (Knitting Artist) Mandy is a sculptor and mixed-media installation artist with an MFA in ceramics from the University of Washington (99’), where she held a Jacob K. Javitz National Graduate Fellowship. Mandy received a BFA in ceramics and a BA in English from the University of Georgia. She has shown her work at The Bellevue Art Museum, The Tacoma Art Museum, The Kirkland Arts Center, Henry Gallery, The 4Culture Gallery, Soil Gallery , Consolidated Works, Priceless Works Gallery and CoCA. Her work is included in the books The Best of New Ceramic Art (1997), Fashion is Art (2003), as well as Soil Gallery, 10 Years (2005). Mandy’s work is featured in a video at www.muchacreative.com/FilmAndVideo/CreaturesFilm.html. She received a 4Culture Special Projects Grant and an Artist Trust Fellowship in 2004. In 2006, Mandy completed a commission for the Children’s Center of the Seattle Central Library in downtown Seattle, she was featured in a 4-person show in San Francisco at The Lab, and received a 4Culture Special Projects Grant and a City Artists Grant. She has loved every minute of seeing her work move into the theatre. Chris Lefebvre (Special Construction) Chris has designed and constructed sets, props and scenery for television shows, commercials, and local theater, on and off, for the last 17 years. He is also a sculptor who has exhibited in various venues around the city and state including Bumbershoot, CoCA, and the Whatcom County Art Museum. (Continued next page)

Who’s Who - Artistic & Production Staff (cont.) Lenore Bensinger (Dramaturg) This is Lenore’s seventh show with Jane Jones for Book-It. Lenore’s plays have been presented in Seattle and beyond. She has also originated and produced several shows including the premier Seattle Fringe Festival and New Waves, the playwrights’ live radio show. Her next project as playwright and founding producer will be Darwin: the Festival. Devorah Spadone (Stage Manager) Devorah is pleased to be working on this most important novel with her hero, director Jane Jones. She has worked for Bookit on this season’s Bud, Not Buddy and Broken For You and last years’ The House of Mirth and Little Women. She has also served as the assistant stage manager for Plainsong, The Awakening, Giant, Rebecca and Waxwings. In addition, she has worked for 14/48, Bumbershoot, Folklife and the Seattle International Children’s Festival. Devorah would still and always like to thank Mischa for his undiminished support and love. Larry Rodriguez (Technical Director/Production Manager) Larry hails from the Philippines and has been passionate with the theater since 1994. He was Technical Director and Lighting Designer for the Philippines’ Pioneer Theater Company – The Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA). He also studied Lighting Design and Sound Engineering under the Tutelage of Shigeo Saito, Kunihiko Ichiki and Naomi Matsumoto in Tokyo, Japan. Larry was a Theater Manager for three years with The Far Eastern University, which houses the Philippines’ First Cultural Center where early theater and vaudeville shows started during the 1940’s. He was behind its 1998 ambitious renovation and refurbishing of the entire facility. Larry also ventured out of theater by working as Director of photography for companies that produced television commercials and music videos. Before leaving the Philippines he was involved in over 50 productions from stage, television and film, and represented the country in International theatre festivals and competitions. He moved to Seattle in 2005 and joined Book-It Repertory Theater. This is his second season and is continually grateful for having the opportunity to work among great talents. Loren Kite (Assistant Stage Manager) Originally from Chicago, Loren is a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University and has worked most recently with Teatro Luna, Chicago Playworks and JOBOA. Locally he has worked with Seattle Children’s Theatre and as an intermittent stage technician for the city. Loren is excited to be back working with Book-It, where he has worked as Assistant Stage Manager on Bud, Not Buddy, Broken For You, and The House of Mirth, and as Stage Manager for the Book-It All Over production of The Trumpet of the Swan. Jodi Sauerbier (Properties Designer) Jodi moved to Seattle in 1991 from Bigfork, Montana - home of the Bigfork Summer Playhouse. In 1996 the theatre bug proved incurable and since then she has found herself backstage of

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

Teresa Thuman (Assistant Director / Dialect Coach) A Tale Of Two Cities marks Teresa’s fifth production with Book-It having worked on previous productions Rebecca, Giant, Travels With Charley and Waxwings. Teresa’s local directing credits include The Book Of Nathan at Theater Schmeater, Anything Goes and High Society at Civic Light Opera, Kiss Me Kate, Little Shop Of Horrors and upcoming Urinetown at Bainbridge Performing Arts, Pericles for Cornish, Heretic Links for The Experimental Theatre Project as well as other projects for the Mae West Fest, Theatre Babylon and the Seattle Fringe. Teresa recently directed and produced The Tempest in a site-specific production in the lake and on the shore of Lake Sammamish with Sound Theatre Company.

S p ec i a l T h a n k s Special thanks to the following organizations and individuals for their generous support: ACT Theatre • Cornish College of the Arts • Goodwill Outlet, Seattle • GreenStage • Horowitz Trading West • The Seattle Public Library • Seattle Children’s Theatre • University of Washington School of Drama Mary Anne • Debra Blankenship • Kjeri Boyle • Maggie Brunger • Diana Carey • Eve Cohen • Mary Anne Christy • Andrew DeRycke • Kitty Garret • Isabel Hamilton • Chris Higashi • Jane Horowitz • Derek Johnson • Stevie Kallos • Chris Lefebrve • Wendell Madison • Paul Margolis • Eric Montoya • Robert Radcliffe • Cindy Saver • Linda Talley • Gail Tanaka A & A Printing • Barnes and Noble • Rex Carleton • Victoria and Humberto Castaneda Brian Curry and Ten Mercer • Ken Holmes • KUOW • J. Lohr Winery • John Merner • Pacific Publishing Company The Pollard Group • Seattle Center • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • Seattle Shakespeare Company • Erik Stuhaug • Karen Lane and Theatre Puget Sound • University Book Store

Company Members

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

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

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

Book-It is a company of professional actors and directors who perform classic and contemporary works of fiction for the stage. Our mission is to transform great literature into great theatre through simple and sensitive production and to inspire our audiences to read. We strive to return theatre to its roots, to the place where the spoken and the written word intersect and where the story comes alive for the audience. What you see and hear at a Book-It performance is literary prose spoken by the characters of the story as if it were dialogue in a play – often word for word in a short story and, in adaptations of larger works, selected narrative. This is the Book-It Style. We ask our audiences to use their imaginations, thereby becoming participants in a Book-It performance.

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

Contributors • January 1, 2006 - January 20, 2007 *Denotes gifts given in-kind Book-It would like to express our gratitude to the following for their generosity.

LITERARY LEGENDS ($50,000+)

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

LITERARY TITANS ($30,000+)

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation The Seattle Foundation / Dorothy I. Anderson Fund

LITERARY HEROES ($10,000+)

ArtsFund Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The Boeing Company Harvest Foundation The Lucky 7 Foundation Seattle Post-Intelligencer*

LITERARY CLASSICS ($5,000+) Foundations/Corporations 4Culture Fales Foundation Trust Mellon Safeco Insurance 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 C. Bagley Wright

Leadership Circle ($2,500+) Foundations/Corporations Expedia, Inc Matching Gifts Program Horizons Foundation J. Lohr Winery* 12

KUOW 94.9 FM* Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs PONCHO Stoel Rives, LLP Ten Mercer* Valve Corporation Washington State Arts Commission Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Individuals Emily Anthony and David Maymudes Avery Rogers Brooke Suzanne Burke Linda and Peter Capell Mary Anne Christy and Mark Klebanoff Emily Davis Julie Edsforth and Jabe Blumenthal Stephanie and Stuart Feldt Ellen and John Hill Martha Hutton and John Bullwinkel Mary Metastasio Colette Ogle Jacqueline and Brian Park The Pillitteri Family Shawn and Mike Rediger Lynne and Nickolas Reynolds Deirdre Runnette Mary Beth Shaddy and Robert Bleeg Shirley and David Urdal Kris and Mike Villiott

Helen Wattley-Ames and Bill Ames Judith A. Whetzel Lucy Flynn Zuccotti and Thomas Zuccotti

Nobel Award Society ($1,000+)

Foundations/Corporations Dorsey & Whitney LLP Gladys & Sam Rubinstein Foundation Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. Sage Foundation Schiff Foundation US Bank Individuals Anonymous Kim Anderson Kira Bacon D. Thompson and Karen Challinor Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Cobb Alexandra and John Davis Seann W. Hallisky Laura Hull and John Atwill Holly and Bill Marklyn Christiane Pein and Steve Bull Louise McNerney and Jan Sobieralski* Brad and Colleen Stangeland Mary Snapp Patricia and John Q Torode April J. and Brian J. Williamson Lynn Manley and Lex Lindsey Ruth Valine and Ed McNerney

Contributors • January 1, 2006 - January 20, 2007 *Denotes gifts given in-kind Pulitzer Award Society ($500+) Anonymous Rosa Ayer Becky Brooks and Jeff Youngstrom Zimmie Caner and Tom Edwards Whitney and Adam Cornell Dick Dobyns and Jean Gorecki Mary Francis and Harold Hill Debbie Killinger Ken and SaSa Kirkpatrick Jacqueline Kiser Laird Norton Trust Co. Darcy and Lee MacLaren Brad Mathews Ruth McCormick Anne McDuffie and Tim Wood Gabe Newell and Lisa Mennet Laird Norton / Edith Sullivan Ed and Marga Pillitteri Betty Ann and Louie Richmond Toni J. S. Richmond William Seach Margaret Silver Diane Stevens Lawrence J. Symonds H. Randall Webb Judith and Morton Weisman Bob and Leora Wheeler Deborah Willingham Richard Wilson Christina Wright and Luther Black National Book Award Society $250+ Nancy and Craig Abramson Laurie Arnold Lindsay and Tony Blackner Laury and Bill Bryant Evelyn and Jim Chumbley Linda Cody and Richard Nelson Allan and Nora Davis Julian N. and Mary V. Dombrowski Vicky and Ray Downs Cinthia Fischer and Chris Linnet Liz Fitzhugh and Jim Feldman

Gail Frasier Kris Jorgensen Helen and Max Gurvich David Hamilton Stephanie Hilbert Sandra and Richard Monroe Evelyn and Seymour Klebanoff Glenda Maledy Sarah Merner Frances Mickey Glenn Morrissey* Collette and Brendan MacLean Tom and Jean McKeon Christine Fiedler O’Connor and Tom O’Connor Heather Carmichael Olson Tony Pasqualini and Sarah Brooke H. Stewart Ross Evelyne Rozner Dorothy Best Strand and Michael Slade Tammy Talman Sara Thompson and Richard Gelinas Washington Mutual Matching Gift Program Sally and Charles Weems Richard B. Wesley Patty and Walter Wilson Valerie Yockey and Bob Winsor Margo and Tom Wyckoff Pen/Faulkner Award Circle $100+

Anonymous Artsfund Matching Gifts Program Ruth Bacharach Jacqueline Bardsley Sandra and John Barney Mary Bell Judith Benjamin Julia Bent Martin Berg Susan and Don Berger Margaret Gordon Bing Lindsay and Tony Blackner Joseph Boling Mary Anne Braund and Steve Pellegrin Donna and James Brudvik Juliann Buron Tracy Burrows and Steve Bennett Barbara Buxbaum Martha Byrne Marcie Campbell McHale

Christina Chang Joyce Chase Cingular Wireless Matching Gifts Jack D. Clay Patty Cogen Andrew R. Cohen Lin Coker Gayle and Richard Collins Loretta and Bob Comfort Carol and Clayton Cook Elizabeth Crane Jenny and Richard Cummins Cathy and Phil Davis Melinda J. Deane and Dan Wheetman Nancy and Bruce Deane Sandra and Paul Dehmer Dottie Delaney Victor Denenberg Mary E. Dickinson Jerry Diercks Michelle Dunn Betty Eberharter Joyce Erickson Constance L. Euerle Jean Burch Falls Bill and Karen Feldt K. Denice Fischer Fortier and James M. Fortier Foster Pepper Sandy Fry and Jim Mueller Nancy Gallup and Ken Keenan Janice M. Giles and S. Edward Parks Ann Glusker and Peter Hunsberger Vicki Goldstein Anna Gordon Jane Graham Stacy Grano Charles Gravenkemper Pat Graves and David Nash Marcia Greenberg Cheryl Hadley Ann Hagedorn Mary Kay Haggard Lisa Hanscom Nicki Harbo Frances Broyles Hare and Steve Hare Signe and James Hayden Ellen and David Hecht Nancy Holcomb Trish and Doug Honig Diane Hostetler M.E. Hubbard Michele Hughes and Paul Johnson Karen Hust

Melissa Huther and Gordon Hof Eva Jackson Wendy Jackson Eric Jensen Charmian Jondall and Samuel McCormick Kris Jorgensen Clare Kapitan and Keith Schreiber Ronnie Katz and David A. Springer Pam Kendrick Julie and Glenn Kouhia Michael B. Lane Nancy Lawton and Steve Fury Laura K. Lindenmayer Leo Longo Craig Lorch Thomas Lucas Ellen and Stephen Lutz Marsha and William Madigan Julie B. and Lyle A. Margulies Maryann and Chuck Martin Kathy McCluskey Anna and Paul McKee Julie and Mike Metzger Lynn Meyer Tracy Middlebrook R. Marcia and Joel Migdal Cornelia and Terry Moore Joan Moritz Ed Murphey Kenneth Muscatel Susie and Sam Naficy Leslie Nellermoe and Darrell McKissic Joann G. Nicon Rosanne Olson and Edward McMahon, Jr. Lynn Parker Corliss Perdaems Carol and Edward B. Perrin Kit and Bill Phillips Michell and Larry Pihl Susan Porterfield Lisa and Patrick Quinn Karen and Eric Richter Fernne and Roger Rosenblatt Jean Ross and Robert A. Radcliffe Anne Sarewitz Satori Software Robert C. Saunders Cindy Saver Susan Schaefer Jacqueline Cooke Scheibert Marguerite and Jim Schellentrager Kurt Schira Ann R. Schuh

Contributors • January 1, 2006 - January 20, 2007 *Denotes gifts given in-kind Stephanie Searing and Randy Barnard Vicki Seznick Meredith and Craig Shank Joana and Michael Shapiro Audrey and John Sheffield Heidi Sherman and Jake Sedlock Martha Sidlo Peter Sill Ilene and David Siscovick Sandra and Larry Smith Jil Spitzer-Fox and Davis B. Fox Helen Stusser Gail Tanaka Kamella Tate Sally H. and Robert Telzrow Kate Thayer Kerry Thompson Jorie Wackerman Washington Post Matching Gifts Program Audrey Watson Samuel Wineburg and Susan R. Monas Barbara Wingerson Shauna Woods Barbara Wright and Dwight Gee Wright Runstad & Co. Andrew and Trish Zuccotti

O. Henry Award Circle $50+ Anonymous Doug Adams Shawn Aebi Judith Alexander Cheryl Allen Amgen Foundation Nancy and Richard Anders David Andersen Diana Delimitros Argeres and Peter Argeres Suzy and Tony Ball Tina C. Baril Shawn Baz

Carolyn J. and Daniel M. Bernhard Anne Bostwick Cheryl Ann Boudreau John Bradshaw Lael Ellis Braymer Rachel Brooks Ernest Burgess Elizabeth and Mark Chamberlin Lynne and David Chelimer Kay and Garry Crane Nancy Cushwa Molly and Bob Davidson Kathleen and Robert Davis Ronald DeChene and Robert Hovden Susan and Jon Decker Sonia Doughty Marti and Robert Duncan Aimee Dunne Marilyn Endriss and Peter Dygert Rukshana Edwards Nancy Ellingham June and Harris Emmons Encore Media Jayn and Hugh Foy Barbara Garrick George & Carlyn Steiner Family Foundation Giving Express Program Granat & Granat, Inc. Carla and Kirk Griswold Mary Gulbrandsen Patricia and George Henderson Mary Holm Rebecca Hoogs Wendy Jackson Peggy and David Kasik John Kobasic Kathryn Lew Gloria Jean Macdonald Dr. Leslie Mackoff Kim Maeda Donna Marie Susan Mozer Pat O’Rourke Paige and Jeff Packman

Terry Paugh Elizabeth L Pelham Barbara and Daniel Radin David Regal Dennis Reichenbach Ann Reis Marian and Peter Rose Suzanne Rowen Sheila Saul B. Charlotte Schreiber Deborah Shaddy Thea Singer Shellie Slettebak Dana Standish and Noah Seixas

Amy J. Stephson and Brian W. Rapalee Paula Suarez LaJuana Swilley David Tarshes Bobbi Tarvin Betty Lou and Irwin Treiger Susan Warwick and Eric Froines K. Weiner Sam Whiting Jamie Wicks Elizabeth Williams Lauren Wilson Judy Yu

Special Thanks to our In-Kind Contributors Alphagraphics • Five Spot Café • Guylian Chocolate J.Lohr Winery • Morfey’s Cake Shoppe Ten Mercer • TS McHughs • St. Cloud’s Restaurant Uptown Espresso • Palomino • North Hill Bakery

All donations are represented for the period of January 1, 2006 January 20, 2007. Listings reflect gifts in aggregate for one calendar year. Amounts include employer matching gifts when applicable. Book-It makes every attempt to be complete and accurate in this list. Please call Kara Vollman at (206) 216-0877 x 105, or email her at kara@book-it.org if any changes should be made in the way your name is listed.

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