The highest tide by Book-It Repertory Theatre

Indulge Yourself!

We l c o m e to B o o k- I t Dear Book-It Friends, In 1991, while still new to Seattle, I was performing in a Tacoma show with several actors with whom I had not previously worked. But carpooling from Seattle, we got to know each other well. A couple words bandied about during those trips were “book” and “it,” whatever that meant. (My cast-mates included your director/adaptor and two actors on stage in this performance!) Soon, I saw one of the early BookIt shows, and I’ve been an ardent fan ever since.

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Book-It All Over’s 2007-08 Season TOURING STORIES coming to libraries, schools and community centers near you!

The True Story of The Three Little Pigs

Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

The Stinky Cheese Man

by Alan Schroeder Grades: 3-8 Tours: Jan-Apr

performed with

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

OUR NEXT STUDENT MATINEE: Discounted performances for school groups!

The Highest Tide April 30, 10:30 a.m.

Fast-forward to February 2008… I joined the Book-It team as marketing and development director and am so delighted to be working again with my friends. The company has matured beautifully in the years since my first introduction, and I find that Jane Jones and her Co-Artistic Director Myra Platt remain passionate and enthusiastic about their artistic vision and the mission of Book-It. With your supportive attendance, Book-It has enjoyed a remarkable season—we’re literally and figuratively at our Highest Tide. To celebrate, in a few short weeks we’ll present our deliciously decadent fundraiser, Guilty Pleasures. Just wait until you see The Clan of the Cave Bear done Book-It style! (Psst! you’re all invited, details online.) I have the privilege of announcing to you our coming season of five world-premiere adaptations. They will take you on trips beyond borders, above the earth, across the seas, and over roads and prairies. September brings Tom Robbins’ 1976 novel, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, which will also tour to several Puget Sound-area venues; Willa Cather’s story of turn-of-the-20th-century pioneer life, My Antonía, follows in November/December; Herman Melville’s classic sea tale Moby Dick plays in February/March; Denaw Mengestu’s debut novel of contemporary immigrant experience, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (it’s the 2008 “Seattle Reads” book and winning more awards even as I write this), will play in April/May; and we close next season with a special event presentation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s early aviation tale, Night Flight, performed at the Moore Theatre in June 2009. We hope to see you in our 2008-09 season and beyond into our 20th anniversary season in 2009-10. (It’s never too early to plan for a big birthday!) It’s an exciting time for our company and we want you to catch every moment. If you currently subscribe, I ask that you renew your membership with us now. If you are not yet a subscriber, I propose that you consider spending five exciting evenings with us in the coming year. And if you are able, I hope you will choose to support our important mission of literacy, by making a tax-deductable gift to Book-It today. Thank you, and enjoy the show! —Patricia Britton, Marketing and Development Director

M ee t t h e Aut h o r

im Lynch spent his youth exploring Puget Sound with his sailing family. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1985 and began a newspaper career that took him to Alaska, Washington, D.C., Spokane, Portland, and Olympia. Along the way, he wrote for The Seattle Times and The Portland Oregonian, and won several national journalism honors, including the Livingston Young Journalist

Award. The Highest Tide grew out of his fascination with the bays and tidal flats near his Olympia home where he lives with his wife, Denise, and daughter, Grace. The Highest Tide won the 2006 Pacific Northwest Bookseller’s Award. The novel has been published in ten languages and in more than 20 countries. The movie rights have sold as well.

Not es Fro m t h e D i r e c to r

e have a many-year tradition at our monthly Book-It board meetings: before we kick off our agenda, we go around the table sharing the books we have been reading. It’s a wonderful way for us to get inside each others’ heads for a few minutes before getting down to business.

confrontation of death all find their way, miraculously, into this story. In the meantime, everyone will leave the theatre tonight knowing what a cephalopod is and the fact that Architeuthis Robusta, commonly known as the giant squid, has two hearts and its jaw is powerful enough to break steel cables!

In the summer of 2006, our resident archeologist Lucy Flynn Zuccotti raved about a book that no one else in the group had been turned on to yet—Jim Lynch’s The Highest Tide. Being an ardent kayaker, I was thrilled to be introduced to a local author who had written about life above and under the Puget Sound. However, upon reading Jim’s lovely book, I didn’t know how it would literally change my life.

Kathy Fletcher, founder and executive director of People for Puget Sound—who we are honored to partner with on this project (did you notice their spectacular exhibit in our lobby?)—came and spoke to the cast during our first week of rehearsal. The program she presented to us was as alarming in its warnings as it was fascinating in its information. She described ecology in a way I had never heard before: every living thing needs something to eat, and every living thing needs a place to live. Then she went on to give us the bad news. We are killing off species in the Puget Sound at an unprecedented rate. All those sea walls that are being built to protect folks’ mega mansions from falling into the sound are annihilating breeding grounds. Our beloved orcas are now officially on the endangered species list. We live in one of the most rare and complex ecological systems in the world, yet we are indeed destroying it.

Like Miles O’Malley’s mother (Miles is the 13-yearold hero of this tale), I have always been put off by the “stink of the flats.” I was a high-tide kayaker. The mud, the, kelp, the barnacled rocks and shore were just too much for me. Then I was introduced to Miles O’Malley’s’ low tide world and I am a blissful convert. Currently I am planning my summer vacations based on the lowest tides of the season. Jim has written a story that is as much a text book for the fragile ecology of the sound and its marine life as it is a fable of a teenager’s often confused and painful journey into the world of adulthood. And through Miles’ passion for all things aquatic, his idolatry of Rachel Carson’s lyrical teachings and the quest for truth, we are reminded of just how difficult it actually is to grow up. The magic of life, the unsettling awakenings of sexual desire, the loss of innocence, the guilt of deception, and the introduction and

If you haven’t already, read Jim’s book. His comic brilliance, his infallible wisdom, and his love of this region will enlighten you. I promise. We can’t get it all into one evening of theatre, but we have had a heck of a great time trying. Thanks for coming to Book-It. —Jane Jones

B ook-It R eper tory T h e a tr e pro udly pr e s e nt s Jane Jones & Myra Platt Founding Artistic Directors

Charlotte M. Tiencken Managing Director

by Jim Lynch

A Fable in Two Acts Adapted & Directed by Jane Jones CAST

(in alphabetical order)

Zach Adair Biologist/Ensemble Rachel Alquist Seismologist/Ensemble Eric Ray Anderson* Professor Kramer/The Stranger Gordon Carpenter* Sean O’Malley Sylvie Davidson Angie Stegner Emily Grogan Anchor Woman Theresa Holmes Mrs. Powers Julie Jamieson Carolyn/Ensemble Leticia Jaramillo Florence Jordan Laroya Frankie/Ensemble Hunter Larsen Kenny Phelps Kellan Larson Miles O’Malley John Patrick Lowrie* Judge Stegner/Mr. Skugstad Rebecca Meneses Julie/Ensemble Benjamin McFadden Bradford/Ensemble Chiara Motley Reporter/Ensemble Shelley Reynolds* Helen O’Malley Jill Snow Scientist/Ensemble Musicians Eric Ray Anderson, Sylvie Davidson, Theresa Homes, John Patrick Lowrie Devorah Spadone Curtis Taylor Christine Meyers Ben Zamora Theresa Holmes Jason Gorgen Carol Roscoe

ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION STAFF Production Stage Manager Larry Rodriguez Scenic Designer Brett Affleck-Aring Costume Designer Lindsey E. Callihan Lighting Designer Anne Gish Composer/Music Director Joe Lambert Sound Designer Christina Collins Asst. Director Janessa Jayne Styck Marah Blake

Technical Dir./Prod Mgr. Production Assistant Co-Properties Designer Co-Properties Designer Master Carpenter Asst. Costume Designer Costume Assistant Literary Intern

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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Don’t tell, but we’ve snagged a couple of pages from Miles O’Malley’s notebook.

W ho’s Wh o - T h e Ca s t ZACH ADAIR Biologist/Ensemble

This is Zach’s first show with Book-It Repertory Theatre. He is currently a graduating senior at Cornish College of the Arts. His Cornish credits include The Cider House Rules and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Outside of school, he is also a member of Backwards Ensemble Theater Company, with which he has performed in Dreams, oh Dreams and Children of Divinity. He will be producing his short play On the Meditations of Man and Dinosaurs with Backwards this summer. He’s very grateful to Jane and the gang at Book-It for giving him this opportunity to perform with this fine group of artists.

RACHEL ALQUIST Seismologist/Ensemble

Rachel is delighted to make her Book-It stage debut. She was born in Hawaii and has always been fascinated with the ocean. She has appeared in several films and corporate videos shot around the Seattle area, and owns Urchin Media, a production company that creates travel videos. She feels like a fish out of water on stage after working backstage as a stage manager and production assistant (at The Paramount, The Empty Space, Theater Schmeater, 14/48) since graduating with a B.A. in Theatre from Washington State University in 2001. Rachel is Book-It’s box office manager, and has been with the company for five seasons. She thanks Jane for giving her this opportunity.

ERIC RAY ANDERSON* Professor Kramer/ The Stranger

Eric’s enjoyed immensely his last Book-It appearance as Captain Hook in Peter Pan, for which he received his own special Seattle Times Footlight Award: Swiniest Swine. His association with Book-It goes back to its earliest days. Favorite recent shows include Sweet Thursday and The House of Mirth, and he has fond memories of several short stories he worked on long ago, including “Love, Here is my Hat,” by William Saroyan, “The Kugglemas Episode,” by Woody Allen, and “The Great Queen is Amused,” by Robertson Davies. Eric’s

alter-ego, Malistair Schnook, hosts Book-It’s annual gala, Guilty Pleasures. Other recent performances include Sir John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor at Wooden O Theatre, Zak in The Diva Daughters Dupree at Langston Hughes Center, Saint Thomas Aquinas in Mitzi’s Abortion at ACT, and Mac in The Breach at Seattle Rep. Eric was coartistic director of Young Shakespeare Workshop, and plays ukulele for Miss Mamie Lavona, the Exotic Mulatta, and her White Boy Band. He spent the better part of his childhood mucking about in Puget Sound tide pools, getting to know the invertebrates.

GORDON CARPENTER* Sean O’Malley

Gordon is very happy to be working for Book-it. His last performance with Book-It was sometime back in the chaotic days of short stories on the run. More recently, he staged fights for Peter Pan, Snow Falling on Cedars, and The House of the Spirits. This past winter he was seen here at the Center House Theatre in Julius Caesar for the Seattle Shakespeare Company where he has both acted and staged fights over several seasons in such productions as Macbeth, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Romeo and Juliet.

SYLVIE DAVIDSON Angie Stegner

Sylvie Davidson grew up playing along the shores of the Puget Sound, and is delighted to be making her Book-It debut in The Highest Tide. A graduate of Knox College in Galesburg, IL, she is a teaching artist for Pacific Science Center and Living Voices, and has been seen on stage in Seattle at Live Girls! Theatre and Seattle Children’s Theatre.

EMILY GROGAN Anchor Woman

Emily is thrilled to be back at Book-It after a maternity hiatus. Emily’s previous Book-It credits have included Helen in Howards End, Jane in Pride and Prejudice, and Cassandra in Broken for You. Emily was also seen as Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet for Seattle Shakespeare Theatre, and Terry in Search and Destroy for the New

End Theatre in London, England. Emily is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts. Emily would like to thank Marcus, Benjamin, and Luke for their love and support (and especially Luke for his patience).

THERESA HOLMES Mrs. Powers/Musician

Happy to be back again at Book-It, Ms. Holmes previously played Mrs. Steinbeck/music director in Travels With Charlie, Aunt Vy in Red Ranger Came Calling, Mrs. Stucky and Serena in Breathing Lessons, Gracie the dog and a cowgirl singer in Cowboys Are My Weakness, and musician/ensemble in both 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, Vera Sanders in Smoke on the Mountain and Sanders Family Christmas, and Sarah in Quilters. Ms. Holmes has sung in a 1920s Jazz orchestra, folk bands, classical choirs, Barbershop groups, R&B groups, and Western swing bands.

JULIE JAMIESON Carolyn/Ensemble

Julie Jamieson is quite happy to be performing with Book-It again, where she was last seen as Mrs. Bolton in Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Other recent roles are La Duenna in Cyrano de Bergerac and Mistress Quickly in Henry V at Seattle Shakespeare Company. She has also performed with Village Theatre, Wooden-O, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Fool’s Cathedral. Julie has three great children, Amanda, Harry, and Georgia.

LETICIA JARAMILLO Florence

Leticia is very pleased to be returning to Book-It this season. She was seen in The House of the Spirits last summer as Nana. She was a resident actor at the Denver Center Theatre for eight years where she performed in over 30 productions and taught acting at the National Theatre Conservatory, and at PCPA in California, where she performed numerous roles, as well, including the Countess Rousillion in All’s Well that Ends Well, the title role in The Good Woman of Setzuan, and

W ho’s Wh o — T h e Ca s t many more. Other credits include Agnes in A Delicate Balance at The Ensemble Theatre in Santa Barbara.

JORDAN LAROYA Frankie/Ensemble

The Highest Tide is Jordan’s first appearance at Book-It. He will graduate from Cornish in May, and is thankful for the opportunity to work with Book-It as an intern. Recently, Jordan played George in Stop Kiss and just added directing to his résumé with The Universal Language and English Made Simple by David Ives as a senior project. Much appreciation to family and friends, and a shout-out to the Class of ’08.

HUNTER LARSEN Kenny Phelps

Hunter Larsen is a high school sophomore at Tacoma School of the Arts. He has been acting and modeling since the age of six, and doing theatre since the age of ten. Past favorite works include Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island, Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird and Demetrius in A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream. Hunter also enjoys doing improv. He is very glad to be working with such an awesome cast and crew at Book-It.

KELLAN LARSON Miles O’Malley

Kellan is thrilled to return to Book-It where he played Bobby in Plainsong (2006). He also appeared in the 2006 Seattle Public Theatre production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Kellan has made it onto the big screen in several locally produced independent films including Cthulhu, which debuted at the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival, and he played a traumatized orphan in Guy Maddin’s Brand Upon the Brain!, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. Kellan is an 8th grader at University Preparatory Academy, and when not acting, enjoys playing sports and hanging out with his gang of friends from Queen Anne. * Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

JOHN PATRICK LOWRIE* Judge Stegner/ Mr. Skugstad

John Patrick Lowrie has led a varied career as a composer, musician, conductor, author, actor, and director for the last 35 years. National credits include Charley in Death of a Salesman and Mr. van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank (Nat’l Tours), Tito in Lend Me a Tenor (Meadowbrook), and Wotan in Das Barbeqü (Dallas Theatre Center). He played Mayor Potts in the film Clawed, was the voice of Sherlock Holmes in The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on radio, and in the video games MatrixOnLine (Agent Gray), NOLF 1 & 2 (Bruno Lawrie), and Half-Life 2 (Odessa Cubbage). John’s Northwest credits include Alex in Love-LiesBleeding (Boise Contemporary Theatre), Inspector Bones in Jumpers (ACT), Jerome in Henceforward... (Portland Rep.), Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly!, Buck Jasper in Play It By Heart, and The Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Village Theatre).

REBECCA MENESES Julie/Ensemble

Rebecca Meneses is thrilled to make her Book-It debut. A native of Southern California, where her favorite roles include the mistress in Evita at the Riverside Civic Light Opera, Sonya in Uncle Vanya at the Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles, and the mother in Blood Wedding at Norco Theatre Conservatory. Rebecca trained at The Juilliard School of Drama and was accepted as a transfer student at Cornish College of the Arts, where she will receive her B.F.A. in Theatre this May. Her most recent roles at Cornish include Allison in Language of Angels, directed by Dawson Nichols, and Aase in Peer Gynt, directed by Sheila Daniels.

BENJAMIN McFADDEN Bradford/Ensemble

Ben is excited to be making his professional debut in Book-It’s production of The Highest Tide. He is a senior at Cornish College of the Arts and will graduate this May with a B.F.A. in Acting. Some of his favorite roles include Homer Wells in The Cider House Rules, Demetrius in the

park version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mads Moen in Peer Gynt, Keith in This is the Rill Speaking, and The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. Ben would like to thank his friends and family that have been by his side to give him support and love; “This one’s for you, Pop!”

CHIARA MOTLEY Reporter/Ensemble

Chiara is delighted to return to the Book-It stage after appearing as Anne in Persuasion. She graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Drama. In 2006, she appeared in Stanford Summer Theatre’s season, Wicked Wit: Rakes and Rebellion in the Restoration, as Hillaria in Restoration Comedy, and Charlotte in Don Juan. Other favorites include Savage in Savage in Limbo, Alcandre in Tony Kushner’s adaptation of The Illusion, the title role in Yerma, and Holofernes in Love’s Labour’s Lost. She has also worked with Theatre de la Jeune Lune in Minneapolis as an intern and ensemble actor.

SHELLEY REYNOLDS* Helen O’Malley

Shelley Reynolds is proud to be a long time admirer and first time cast member of Book-It. Most recently, she was seen in Mitzi’s Abortion at ACT, and this summer, she will go to Intiman as Eunice in A Street Car Named Desire. Audiences may recognize Shelley from her many appearances at The Empty Space where she was featured in The Laramie Project, Killer Joe, Wuthering! Heights! The! Musical!, Reverse Psychology, Mr. Universe, and others. At Swine Palace Theatre in her native Louisiana, she was in Gloria Duplex, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sooze in Suberbia, Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show, and Pozzo in Waiting for Godot. Shelley lives in West Seattle, where she loves the smell of the tides.

JILL SNOW Scientist/Ensemble

Jill will graduate with honors from Cornish College of the Arts this spring, and is delighted

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Wh o’s W ho — AR T IS T IC & PRODUCT ION S TA F F to be making her Book-It debut. Previously, she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and has performed in several theatre productions in both New York and Arizona including Medea, Moonchildren, Maybe Tuesday, and Choices. Most recently she played Hermia in Cornish’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Mrs. Eames in The Cider House Rules Part I: Here in St. Cloud’s.

Artistic & Production Staff JANE JONES Director /Adaptor/Co-Artistic Director

Jane is the founder of Book-It and founding Co-Artistic Director of Book-It Repertory Theatre, with Myra Platt. In her 20 years of staging literature, she has performed and directed works by such literary giants as Charles Dickens, Eudora Welty, Edith Wharton, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Pam Houston, Raymond Carver, Frank O’Connor, Ernest Hemingway, Colette, Amy Bloom, John Irving, John Steinbeck, Daphne du Maurier and Jane Austen. A veteran actress of 25 years, she has played leading roles in many of America’s most prominent regional theatres including The Guthrie, American Conservatory Theatre, The McCarter and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Locally, she has been seen at Seattle Rep, ACT Theatre, The Empty Space, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Tacoma Actors Guild, and Intiman. Film and TV credits include The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Singles, Homeward Bound, Twin Peaks, and Rose Red. She co-directed with Tom Hulce at the Seattle Rep, Peter Parnell’s adaptation of John Irving’s The Cider House Rules, which enjoyed successful runs here in Seattle, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (Backstage West Award, best director) and in New York (Drama Desk Nomination, best director). Jane recently directed Pride and Prejudice and Twelfth Night at Portland Center Stage. For Book-It, she directed The House of Mirth, Rebecca, Travels with Charley, Pride and Prejudice, Howard’s End, In a Shallow Grave, The Awakening, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, and A Tale of Two Cities. Book-It performances include roles in Ethan Frome, Silver Water, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Breathing Lessons, and Rhoda: A Life in Stories.

MYRA PLATT Founding Co-Artistic Director

Myra is the founding Co-Artistic Director of Book-It Repertory Theatre, with Jane

Jones. She studied literature and theatre at Northwestern University (B.S. Analysis and Performance of Literature) and Circle in the Square (NYC). As actor, director, adapter and composer, she has helped BookIt produce over 50 world-premiere stage adaptations. Most recently, Myra directed the world-premiere production of Persuasion by Jane Austen. She has also adapted and directed The House of the Spirits, Giant, Red Ranger Came Calling, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Roman Fever, A Little Cloud (by James Joyce), A Telephone Call (by Dorothy Parker), and A Child’s Christmas in Wales. She directed Plainsong, Cry, the Beloved Country, Sweet Thursday, and Danger: Books!. She coadapted Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant with Jane Jones and composed music for Red Ranger Came Calling (with Edd Key), Ethan Frome, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, The Awakening, the first workshop production of The Cider House Rules, A Telephone Call, and I Am of Ireland. Performances include Margaret Schlegel in Howards End, Elaine in The Dying Gaul at Intiman, and as Edna in BookIt’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 Seattle Repertory Theatre and at the Mark Taper Forum. She is the proud mother of Wilson.

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 of 2003, she was General Manager at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts for four seasons. Currently, she is President of Scarlet Productions, her own consulting firm, and is an adjunct faculty member at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Most recently she was Executive Director of Tacoma Actors Guild. Charlotte is a member of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and is past President of the Board of Arts Northwest, the presenting service organization for Washington, Idaho and Oregon. She has served on the board of the Pat Graney Dance Company and sat on granting panels for the Washington State Arts Commission. She most recently completed her term on the Board of Theatre Puget Sound, a regional service organization for theatres in the Puget Sound area.

DEVORAH SPADONE Production Stage Manager

Devorah is the production stage manager at Book-It, and is proud to say that The Highest Tide is her fourteenth production with the company. This season, she worked on Persuasion and Peter Pan, in addition to working with EMUTT on the world premiere of My One Night Stand with Cancer by Tania Katan at ACT Theatre. She has also worked for SCT, SSC, Bumbershoot, Folklife, UW, 14/48 and the Seattle International Children’s Festival. Devorah thanks all of her friends and family for their supporting her choice to work in the arts, and to be a bike commuter, for dealing with her crazy schedule and still loving her all the same.

CURTIS TAYLOR Scenic Designer

Curtis Taylor is honored to be designing his second production for Book-It (his first was A Tale of Two Cities). When not designing for the theater he makes film, including his Bachianas No.5, which premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. In 1996 he founded Vodvil, an underground storefront theater in Seattle that produced murder-ballad magic shows such as abstract change pleasure, ROME, O Liberty Eden, Shades of Parkland, and Her Phantom Limb. He is looking for a wife.

CHRISTINE MEYERS Costume Designer

Christine Meyers has spent the last 12 years designing costumes and couture garments for theatre and individuals in the United States and Europe. Past productions include opera, dance and theatre, and a multitude of wedding gowns. Christine moved to Seattle last summer, and since then has designed costumes for Peter Pan at Book-It, as well as Julius Caesar for Seattle Shakespeare Company. In addition, she designed three films for Juicebox Productions including the short titled Lethal Cotillion which has been chosen to screen at the Cannes Film Festival in France this May.

BEN ZAMORA Lighting Designer

Ben is a Seattle-based lighting designer who received an M.F.A. in Lighting Design from the University of Washington and a BA in Theatre from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Ben’s recent designs have been seen at Lincoln Center, Los Angeles Philharmonic: Walt Disney Concert Hall, DeDoelen: Rotterdam Philharmonic, Connecticut

Wh o’s W ho — AR T IS T IC & PROD U CT ION S TA F F Grand Opera, The San Francisco and The Northwest Flower and Garden Shows, Circus Contraption, Washington Ensemble Theatre, the dance company locust, and various premieres at On The Boards including recently Tonya Lockyer’s Consumed. Most recently, Ben designed Tristan und Isolde (The Tristan Project) in collaboration with director Peter Sellars and video artist Bill Viola. Ben is also an Ensemble Member of the Washington Ensemble Theatre.

JASON GORGEN Sound Designer

Jason Gorgen has been working as a sound and lighting designer and stage manager in Seattle since 2001. Recent projects include Snow Falling on Cedars and Peter Pan at Book-It, Adventures in Mating and The Summer Before the Summer of Love at Theater Schmeater, and Hamlet with Eclectic Theatre Company.

CAROL ROSCOE Asstistant Director

Carol Roscoe,recently seen in Persuasion, is delighted be working on this project. Directing credits include (ArtsWest) Retreat from Moscow, Goodnight Desdemona/Goodmorning Juliet; (Theater Schmeater) Bug, (at Seattle Public Theater) Halcyon Days, Stop Kiss, Betrayal, The Santaland Diaries, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Wit, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Proof, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and The Winter’s Tale; (Centerstage) Absurd Person Singular, (Greenstage) All’s Well That Ends Well; (Wing-It Productions) EveryXmasStoryEverTold and The Martini Brothers Holiday Showcase. She also has extensive experience directing for youth at Seattle Children’s Theater, Seattle Shakespeare, Seattle Public and local schools. She is a member of Actors Equity Union and holds an M.F.A. from George Washington University.

LARRY RODRIGUEZ Technical Dir./Prod Mgr.

Larry hails from the Philippines and has been passionate about the theater since 1994. He was Technical Director and Lighting Designer for the Philippines’ 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. He moved to Seattle in 2005 and joined Book-It Repertory Theater. This is his third season and is continually grateful for having the opportunity to work among great talents.

BEN AFFLECK-ARING Production Assistant

Ben is joining Book-It for the first time with this production of The Highest Tide.

LINDSEY E. CALLIHAN Co-Properties Designer

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

ANNE GISH Co-Properties Designer

Anne is very excited to return to Book-It. She has previously had the pleasure of assistant stage managing for Book-It’s second incarnation of Red Ranger Came Calling as well as co-designing props for Snow Falling on Cedars, Peter Pan, and Persuasion earlier this season. Anne has been seen working professionally around Seattle since graduating from the University of Puget Sound. She currently works alongside her partner on this project, Lindsey Callihan, as a backstage manager at Teatro ZinZanni. She would like to thank Jane and Myra, as well as her circus family, for allowing her to sprinkle some more fairy dust around.

JOE LAMBERT Master Carpenter

After slaving over many planks of uncut/unfinished wood, Joe is overjoyed to see a show come together. This is the third show Joe has been fortunate enough to build for Book-It, the others being Snow Falling on Cedars and Peter Pan. Joe is also the master carpenter for Langston Hughes and previously the Empty Space Theater. Before moving to Seattle in 2006, he was the Technical Director for the Drew Harvey Theater in Yelm, WA from 2000 until its closure in the summer of 2005 where he acted in numerous shows and outreach programs.

CHRISTINA COLLINS Assistant Costume Designer

Christina Collins has spent the last seven years designing for women, men and children under her own labels, as well as creating custom garments for personal clients. Only recently, did she begin her transition into designing for theatre and film. She previously assisted with design and wardrobe for Peter Pan and is proud to be assisting on her second Book-It production, The Highest Tide. Christina recently co-designed two short films, Lethal Cotillion and Apples to Oranges by Team Juice box.

Affiliations ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded

in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including heath and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark. The Director is a member of the Society for Stage Directors and Choreographers.

Book-It is a proud member of THEATRE PUGET SOUND

Honoring Book-It Contributors Book-It would like to express our gratitude to the following for their generosity:

LITERARY LEGENDS ($ 50,000+) Matthew N. Clapp, Jr. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation The William Randolph Hearst Foundation

LITERARY TITANS ($ 30,000+) The Seattle Foundation / Dorothy I. Anderson Fund LITERARY HEROES ($10,000+) 4Culture ArtsFund Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The Boeing Company Harvest Foundation The Lucky 7 Foundation Seattle Post-Intelligencer* Washington State Arts Commission LITERARY CLASSICS ($5,000+) Foundations/Corporations Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Charlotte Martin Foundation Mellon Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Nesholm Family Foundation Norcliffe Foundation Qwest Foundation Safeco Insurance Individuals Sonya and Tom Campion Mary Anne Christy and Mark Klebanoff Amy and Thaddeus Hanscom Ellen and John Hill Anne and Steven Lipner Beth McCaw and Yahn Bernier Kathy and Jim Tune Linda Talley and Ron Norris Shirley and David Urdal C. Bagley Wright LEADERSHIP CIRCLE ($2,500+) Foundations/Corporations Fales Foundation Trust Horizons Foundation J. Lohr Winery* John H. Bauer Endowment for Theatre PONCHO Stoel Rives LLP Ten Mercer* Valve Corporation WA Commission for the Humanities Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation

Individuals Emily Anthony and David Maymudes Avery Rogers Brooke John Bullwinkel and Martha Hutton Linda and Peter Capell Emily Davis Stephanie and Stuart Feldt Seann W. Hallisky Anne McDuffie and Tim Wood Mary Metastasio Colette Ogle Jacqueline and Brian Park Christiane Pein and Steve Bull The Pillitteri Family Lynne and Nick Reynolds Deirdre Runnette Kris and Mike Villiott Helen Wattley-Ames Judith Whetzel Lucy Flynn Zuccotti and Thomas Zuccotti

Myra Platt Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Shawn and Mike Rediger Mary Beth Shaddy and Robert Bleeg Margaret Silver Mary Snapp Brad and Colleen Stangeland Patricia Torode and John Q. Torode Jean and Dave White April J. and Brian Williamson

PULITZER AWARD SOCIETY ($500+) Anonymous ArtsFund Matching Gifts Program Rosa Ayer Kira Bacon and Anne Bostwick Boeing Gift Matching Program Diana and Charles Carey Evelyn and Jim Chumbley Whitney and Adam Cornell Elizabeth Crane* John and Alexandra Davis Jean Gorecki and Dick Dobyns NOBEL AWARD SOCIETY ($1000+) Dorsey and Whitney LLP Zimmie Caner and Tom Edwards Foundations/Corporations Liz Fitzhugh and Jim Feldman Gladys and Sam Rubinstein Foundation Gail Frasier ING Matching Gift Program Linda Gould* Marklyn Family Foundation Helen and Max Gurvich Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. Harold and Mary Francis Hill Toni and Rob Hoffman Sage Foundation Jane Austen Society Individuals Bruce E.H. Johnson Anonymous Jacqueline Kiser Kim Anderson Martha Kongsgaard Becky Brooks Stephen Lovell D. Thompson and Karen Challinor Lex Lindsey and Lynn Manley Donald Chamberlain Michell and Larry Pihl Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Cobb Phillips Law Group Julie Edsforth and Jabez Bumenthal Betty Ann and Louie Richmond Mimi Gardner Gates H. Stewart Ross Evelyne Rozner Candace and Thomas Grogan Polly Schlitz Laura Hull and John Atwill Pamela and Nathan Searle Judith Jesiolowski and David Thompson Heidi Sherman and Jake Sedlock Anne and Stephen Lipner Margaret Silver Darcy and Lee MacLaren Diane Stevens Melissa and Donald Manning Helen Stusser Mary Marino Lawrence J. Symonds Ed McNerney and Ruth Valine H. Randall Webb and Judy Brandon Louise McNerney and Jan Sobieralski* Sally and Charles Weems Whitney and Jerry Neufield-Kaiser Judith and Morton Weisman Bob and Leora Wheeler Peenut the Dog

Honoring Book-It Contributors Lloyd Herman and Richard Wilson Sara Thompson and Richard Gelinas Deborah Willingham Christina Wright and Luther Black Andrew and Trish Zuccotti Gerald and Mary Zyskowski

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD SOCIETY ($250+)

Nancy and Craig Abramson Christina Amante Eve and Mark Anderson Laurie and Steve Arnold Catherine and Timothy Bailey Shawn Baz Janet Boguch Sarah Brooke and Tony Pasqualini Leo Butzel and Roberta Reaber Heather Carmichael Olson Christina Chang Joyce Chase Jack D. Clay Gordon B. Davidson Ronald DeChene and Robert Hovden Mary Dombrowski Lavinia and Ray Downs Cinthia Fischer and Chris Linnett Elizabeth Flemming Marni I. Gittinger David Hamilton Teresa Hedges Stephanie Hilbert Charmain Jondall and Samuel McCormick Debbie Killinger Evelyn and Seymour Klebanoff Sheila Lukehart Tor and Carol MacIlroy Collette and Brendan MacLean Ruth McCormick Glenda Maledy Brad Mathews Jean and Tom McKeon Cynthia and Stephen McWilliams Marion and George Mohler Sandra and Richard Monroe Susan Porterfield Susan Schaefer Heather Pullen and Frank Schumann Vicki and Jack Seznick Roberta Reaber and Leo Butzel Martha Sidlo Dorothy Best Strand and Michael B. Slade Kerry Thompson Sara Thompson and Richard Gelinas Jean Viereck and Robert Leventhal Lenore Waldron Richard B. Wesley Patty and Walter Wilson William Seach Margo and Tom Wyckoff Valerie Yockey and Bob Winsor

*Denotes In-Kind Donation.

PEN/FAULKNER AWARD CIRCLE ($100+)

Doug Adams ∙ Shawn Aebi ∙ Virginia Anderson ∙ Ruth Bacharach ∙ Maxine Bailey ∙ Suzy and Tony Ball ∙ JoAnne Bardeen ∙ Sandra and John Barney ∙ Judith Benjamin ∙ Julia Bent ∙ Martin Berg ∙ Sharon Black ∙ Lindsay and Tony Blackner ∙ Kelly Bosworth ∙ Donna and James Brudvik ∙ Laury and Bill Bryant ∙ Rachel Bukey ∙ Juliann Buron ∙ Tracy Burrows and Steve Bennett ∙ Barbara Buxbaum ∙ Happie Byers ∙ Joann Byrd ∙ Marcie Campbell McHale and John McHale ∙ Joyce Chase ∙ Mark and Elizabeth Chamberlin ∙ Lynne and David Chelimer ∙ Rosa and Rene Claringbould ∙ Gayle and Richard Collins ∙ Terry Coyne ∙ Kay and Garry Crane ∙ Jenny and Richard Cummins ∙ Cathy and Phil Davis ∙ Sandra Davis ∙ Melinda J. Deane and Dan Wheetman ∙ Nancy and Bruce Deane ∙ Ronald DeChene ∙ Sandra and Paul Dehmer ∙ Paul and Sandy Delmer ∙ Dottie Delaney ∙ Dorothy and James Denton ∙ Victor Denenberg ∙ Richard Detrano ∙ Mary E. Dickinson ∙ Michelle Dunn ∙ Rita Durand ∙ Betty Jean Eberharter ∙ Sara Elward ∙ Jean Burch Falls ∙ Barbie Faubion ∙ Ruth Flanders, Melissa Huther, and Kathy Long ∙ K. Denice Fischer Fortier and James M. Fortier ∙ Sandy Fry and Jim Mueller ∙ Janice M. Giles and S. Edward Parks ∙ Jane Graham ∙ Stacy Grano ∙ Pat Graves and David Nash ∙ Mary Gulbrandsen ∙ Faith Hanna ∙ Lisa Hanscom ∙ Frances Broyles Hare and Steve Hare ∙ Brad Hawkins ∙ Ellen and David Hecht ∙ Kate Hokanson ∙ Nancy Holcomb ∙ Cynthia Holdren and Robert A. Gold ∙ Diane Hostetler and Ross Johnson ∙ Ron Hovde ∙ Karen Howard ∙ M.E. Hubbard ∙ Melissa Huther and Gordon Hof ∙ Kristin Ihrig and Russel Hardison ∙ Eva Jackson ∙ Wendy Jackson ∙ Kris Jorgensen ∙ Clare Kapitan and Keith Schreiber ∙ Peggy and David Kasik ∙ Pam Kendrick ∙ Glenn and Julie Kouhia ∙ Nancy ∙ Ariane Kurita ∙ Lawton and Steve Fury ∙ Meredith Lehr ∙ Andrea Lieberman ∙ Laura K. Lindenmayer ∙ Mary Kae and Kelland P. Lindsey ∙ Leo Longo ∙ Craig Lorch ∙ Ellen and Stephen Lutz ∙ Brendan and Collette MacLean ∙ Josie and Doug Manuel ∙ Else Mans ∙ Julie B. and Lyle A. Margulies ∙ Rachel McCall and Douglas McCall, Jr. ∙ Kathy McCluskey ∙ Lee and Phil McCluskey ∙ Anna and Paul McKee ∙ Peggy Metastasio ∙ Cornelia and Terry Moore ∙ Joan Moritz ∙ Margaret Morrison ∙ Glenn Morrissey ∙ Ed Murphey ∙ Teresa Murphey ∙ Amy and Andy Myers ∙ Leslie Nellermoe and Darrell McKissic ∙ Robin and Andrew Nelson ∙ Joann G. Nicon ∙ Curtis and Marion Northrop ∙ Maren Norton ∙ Rosanne Olson and Ed McMahon Jr. ∙ Joni Ostergaard ∙ Lauren P. and Jeff Packman ∙ Jane Pearson∙ Steve Pellegrin and Mary Anne Braund ∙ Corliss Perdaems ∙ Carol and Edward B. Perrin ∙ Richard and Barbara Peterson ∙ Kit and Bill Phillips ∙ Lisa and Patrick Quinn ∙ Laurie Radheshwar ∙ Esther M. Reese ∙ Meredith and David M. Regal ∙ Daniel Rhodes ∙ Karen and Eric Richter ∙ Virginia and Thomas Riedinger in Memory of Peter Kirk Todd ∙ Marian and Peter Rose ∙ Ferne and Roger Rosenblatt ∙ Jean

Ross and Robert A. Radcliffe ∙ Ann Rowberg ∙ Anne Sarewitz ∙ Satori Software ∙ Robert C. Saunders ∙ Susan Schaefer ∙ Marguerite and Jim Schellentrager ∙ Ann R. Schuh ∙ Stephanie Searing and Randy Barnard ∙ Mary Beth Shaddy and Robert Bleeg ∙ Craig and Meredith Shank ∙ Joana and Michael Shapiro ∙ Kathryn Mary Sheehan ∙ Marcia Joslyn Sill and Peter Sill ∙ Sandra and Larry Smith ∙ Barbara Spear ∙ Sheila K. Striegl ∙ Allison Swanberg ∙ Gail Tanaka ∙ Kamella Tate ∙ Sarah English Tune and Sean Doherty in Memory of Frances Mickey ∙ Jorie Wackerman ∙ Washington Mutual Matching Gift Program ∙ Washington Post Matching Gifts Program ∙ Kathryn Wharton ∙ Mary Wilson ∙ Shauna Woods ∙ Barbara Wright and Dwight Gee ∙ Wright Runstad & Co. ∙ Dr. Sharon ZerrPeltner

O. HENRY AWARD CIRCLE ($50+)

Anonymous ∙ Doug Adams ∙ Judith Alexander ∙ Nancy and Richard Anders In Memory of Brian Neu ∙ Diana Delimitros Argeres and Peter Argeres ∙ Roland Baker ∙ Karl Banse ∙ Tina C. Baril ∙ Rick Bohrer ∙ John Bradshaw ∙ Lael Ellis Braymer ∙ Phil and Lisa Brock ∙ Rebecca Brown ∙ Gia Bullard in Celebration of Peggy Keene’s Birthday ∙ Ernest Burgess ∙ Christina Chang in Memory of Naomi Stucki ∙ Susan and Dennis Chiavelli ∙ Harriett Cody ∙ Linda Cody and Richard Nelson ∙ Nancy Cushwa ∙ Gale Davis ∙ Kathleen and Robert Davis ∙ Sally Dittamore ∙ Marie Doman ∙ Aimee Dunne ∙ Susan Dyer ∙ Rukshana Edwards ∙ Nancy E. Ellingham ∙ Marilyn Endriss and Peter Dygert ∙ Barbara Fanger ∙ Sandy Fry and Jim Mueller ∙ Barbara Garrick ∙ Giving Express Program ∙ Ann Glusker and Peter Hunsberger ∙ Mireille Gotsis ∙ Suzanne Goren ∙ Lenore and Charles Hale ∙ Rebecca Herzfeld ∙ Jessica Hickey ∙ Alison Inkley ∙ Wendy Jackson ∙ Harmer and Judy Johnson ∙ Marcia Johnson ∙ Frank Jones ∙ Richard Kelly ∙ Jean and Harris Klein ∙ John Kobasic ∙ Andrew Kwatinetz ∙ Cheryl Lawrence ∙ Warren Lucas ∙ Edythe Lurie ∙ Gloria Jean Macdonald ∙ Kit MacPherson ∙ Kim Maeda ∙ Susan M. McCloskey ∙ Donna Miller-Parker and Robert Parker ∙ William Patton ∙ Carolyn Hojaboom ∙ Therese S. Ogle ∙ Pat O’Rourke ∙ Robert Parker ∙ Terry Paugh ∙ Marjorie Priest ∙ Puget Sound Matching Gifts Program ∙ Barbara and Daniel Radin ∙ Bavi Rivera ∙ Beth Rollinger ∙ Suzanne Rowen ∙ Leslie Savina ∙ Thomas Scearce ∙ Jacqueline Cooke Scheibert ∙ B. Charlotte Schreiber ∙ Ruth V. Schroeder ∙ Audrey and John Sheffield ∙ Heidi Sherman and Jake Sedlock in Memory of Frances Mickey ∙ Thea Singer ∙ Pamela R. Smith ∙ Sandra Spurlock ∙ Diane Snell ∙ Dana Standish and Noah Seixas ∙ Pat Starkovich ∙ David Tarshes ∙ Bobbi Tarvin ∙ Kimberlee Tempel ∙ Richard Thorvilson ∙ Cynthia Todd in Celebration of Peggy Keene’s Birthday ∙ Margaret and Fredrich Wagner ∙ Audrey Watson ∙ Margaret C. Whittemore ∙ M. Claire Zimmerman

Listings reflect donations received through March 21, 2008. Book-It makes every attempt to be accurate with this list. Please email Development Assoc. Kara Vollman at kara@book-it.org if any changes are required.

Spe c i a l T h a n ks Special thanks to the following organizations and individuals for their generous support: Bailey/Coy Books, Barnes & Noble, J. Lohr Winery, KUOW, Deanna Hill and AMGEN, KCLS/Bellevue Public Library, Morfey’s Cake Shoppe, Racha Noodles, Savage Color, Seattle Center, The Seattle Public Library, Seattle P-I, Seattle Shakespeare Company, ilvs Strauss, Erik Struhaug, Ten Mercer, Theatre Puget Sound, T.S. McHughs, and Steve Wilson/KOMO TV.

B ook- It R eper tory The a tr e B o a r d, S ta ff & Co mp a n y BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Anne Christy President Mary Metastasio Treasurer Lucy Flynn Zuccotti Secretary Steve Bull Linda Capell Stephanie Feldt Gail Frasier Melissa Manning Mary Marino Lynne Reynolds Kristine Villiott

BOOK-IT STAFF Jane Jones & Myra Platt — Artistic Directors Charlotte M. Tiencken — Managing Director Annie Lareau — Education Director Patricia Britton — Marketing & Development Director Larry Rodriguez — Technical Dir./Prod. Mgr. Bill Whitham — Bookkeeper Kara Vollman — Development Associate Alison Loerke — Events & Special Programs Assoc. Brady Brophy-Hilton — Education Associate Sara Lachman — Education Intern Rachel Alquist — Box Office Manager Susanna Pugh — House Manager Devorah Spadone — Production Stage Manager Marisol Sanchez Baez, Sam Wykes — Box Office Associates Chiara Motley, Susanna Pugh, Mike Oliver — Staff Interns

COMPANY MEMBERS James Dean Laura Ferri Gail Frasier Heather Guiles Andy Jensen Jennifer Sue Johnson Jane Jones Daniel Harray Reginald André 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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