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LEONARD C. HAAS STAGE NOVEMBER 15, 2017 - JANUARY 7, 2018
Aladdin: A Musical Panto By PETE PRYOR & SAMANTHA READING Directed by PETE PRYOR Music & Lyrics by MICHAEL OGBORN
Male Swing Female Swing
Director of Production CHARLES T. BRASTOW*
Mark Lazar* Camilo Estrada Samantha Funk* Susan McKey* Kim Carson* Peter Danelski Christopher Patrick Mullen* Zach Aguilar* Tom Teti* Nichalas L. Parker* Mike Dorsey* Marissa Barnathan Emily Kaye Lynn Adam Howard Tori Lewis
Place: Paolistein
Set Designer JAMES F. PYNE, JR.
Costume Designer ROSEMARIE MCKELVEY
Lighting Designer PAUL HACKENMUELLER
Sound Designer/House Engineer LUCAS FENDLAY
Dramaturg GINA PISASALE
Assistant Director/Choreographer SAMANTHA READING
Music Director THOMAS FOSNOCHT III
Drummer KANAKO OMAE NEALE
*Member, Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers. People’s Light operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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THEATRE ARTISANS Technical Director JOSEPH FRANZ
Assistant Technical Director DYLAN JAMISON
Scenic Carpenter ERIC LANG
Scenic Charge ANNA McGAHEY WEBB
Properties Master SARAH PIERCE
Costume Shop Manager MARLA J. JURGLANIS
Master Electrician GREGORY SCOTT MILLER
Assistant Properties Master DANIELLE FITZGEORGE
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Assistant Master Electrician MELISSA DEMBSKI-SULLIVAN
Sound Engineer BRENT HOYER
Wardrobe BRIDGET BRENNAN
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Rebecca Bradbeer and Pat & Bob Carlton – Candy Gilbert & Valerie Cullen – Combat Boots for the Dame, in honor of the veterans Sondra Jones – Dame’s wig Walt & Sue Lapinsky – Eyelashes for the Dame Sarah & John Schmader – The Messy Bit Minturn Wright – Fu’s costume
The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. *Member, Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.
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Pete Pryor Co-Author/Director
Associate Artistic Director and Company Member since 2010. People’s Light: Director: Moon Over Buffalo, Sleeping Beauty*, The Three Musketeers (The Later Years), Stella and Lou, Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon*, Bach at Leipzig, Cinderella, Aladdin*, Noises Off, Mr. Hart & Mr. Brown, Treasure Island (*co-author). Actor: The Matchmaker, The Harassment of Iris Malloy, Richard III, The Three Musketeers (The Later Years), Biloxi Blues, The Cherry Orchard, Pride and Prejudice, The Rainmaker, The Winter’s Tale, Of Mice and Men, Treasure Island, A Wrinkle in Time. Pete has directed the last nine holiday pantos. His play Beautiful Boy was produced at People’s Light in 2012. Theatre Includes: Wilma Theater, The Arden Theatre, Act II Playhouse, The Philadelphia Theatre Co, Theatre Exile, Azuka, 1812 Productions, Montgomery Theatre, PA Shakespeare, Delaware Theatre Co, Cape May Stage, The Boarshead, and Pittsburgh City Theatre. Co-founder and former Producing Artistic Director of 1812 Productions. Resident artist/drama instructor at the Pathway School since 2005. Pete is a Lunt-Fontanne fellow and Independence Fellowship Artist and winner of four Barrymore Awards. Film/Television Includes: Limitless, Lebanon Pa, Cellar, Backwards, Mayor Cupcake, Seduction of the Will, Hack, The In Crowd, NBFS, Surrender Dorothy.
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Kim Carson Sultan
People’s Light: Sleeping Beauty, Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon, Cinderella, Aladdin, The Master Builder, and Six Characters in Search of an Author. Theatre Includes: Walnut Street Theatre, Arden Theatre, Mauckingbird Theatre, Theatre Exile, John W Engeman, 59 E 59, Virginia Stage Co, Passage Theatre, NJ Rep, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Azuka Theatre. Website: www.kim-carson.com
Peter Danelski Manny the Monkey
People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Studio Theatre, Curio Theatre Company, 24 Hour Plays, among others. Theatre scholar with research and writing presented nationally, most recently at the 41st Comparative Drama Conference. Training: DeSales University, Trinity College Dublin, and a proud Americorps alumnus after a year of service with Habitat for Humanity. Website: www.petedanelski.com
Mike Dorsey Michael the Intern
People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Evita (Pennsylavnia Shakespeare Festival), Urinetown, Secret Garden, Road Show (11th Hour Theatre Co.), Forever Plaid (Montgomery Theatre Co.), Plaid Tidings, Vincent in Brixton (Walnut Street Theatre), Burt and Me (Delaware Theatre Co.), The Graduate (Eagle Theatre), Avenue Q (Mazeppa). Website: www.mike-dorsey.com
Samantha Reading Co-Author/Assistant Director/Choreographer
Company Member since 2010. People’s Light: Director: I and You, Richard III, Biloxi Blues, Pride & Prejudice, Stargirl, Beautiful Boy, A Wrinkle in Time, Kidnapped. Choreographer: The Matchmaker, Sleeping Beauty, Sense and Sensibility, The Cherry Orchard, Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon, Cinderella, Noises Off, The Winter’s Tale, Aladdin, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Fight Director: All My Sons, Fences, Bach at Leipzig, Of Mice and Men, The Three Musketeers, Legacy of Light. Playwright: Co-Author Musical Pantos Sleeping Beauty, Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon, and Aladdin. Theatre Includes: Passage Theatre, McCarter Theatre, 1812 Productions, Arden Theatre Company, Lantern Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Delaware Shakespeare Festival, Act II Playhouse, Mauckingbird Theatre Company and Villanova Theatre. Samantha co-founded Dancing With The Students, a non-profit organization that offers ballroom dance instruction to 5th - 8th grade students in North Philadelphia, teaches at Drexel University, is a nine time Barrymore Nominee, and received the 2014 & 2015 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Choreography/Movement.
Zach Aguilar Morris the Mantis
People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Gypsy (Arden Theatre), Spamalot (Resident Theatre Company), Azul (La Fabrica), SkippyJonJones Snow What?! (Theatreworks USA), Kill Will and Taming of the Shrew (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre), Other Tongues (Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival). Training: BFA Musical Theatre, University of the Arts.
Marissa Barnathan Moesha the Intern
People’s Light: The Three Musketeers (The Later Years), Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon. Theatre Includes: A Christmas Carol, Skippyjon Jones, Pinkalicious (Walnut Street Theatre), West Side Story, Romeo and Juliet (The Media Theatre), Respect: A Musical Journey of Women (Penn’s Landing Playhouse), Beehive, Catch Me If You Can, Footloose, Smokey Joe’s Cafe (The Eagle Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof (The Candlelight Theatre), Burt and Me (Delaware Theatre Company), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre), The Merry Wives of Windsor (St. Louis Shakespeare). Film/Television Includes: Variety (His and Her Films). Training: BA from Washington University in St. Louis; Shakespeare at the Globe Program; Walnut Street Theatre Apprenticeship. Website: www.marissabarnathan.com
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Camilo Estrada Aladdin
People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Musical Theatre: Rolf in The Tiny Mustache (NYC workshop), Charley in Merrily We Roll Along, Charles Guiteau in Assassins, and Nikos in Legally Blonde. Opera: New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, Pasek in Príhody lišky Bystroušky, Mercurio in La Calisto, Tenor in Hydorgen Jukebox, and Cecco in Il Mondo Della Luna. Training: BFA in Vocal Performance from Carnegie Mellon University. Website: www.camiloestrada.com
Samantha Funk Mai Tai
People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and Disney Cruise Line. Training: BFA Musical Theater, Rider University. Website: @samfunkadelic
Adam Howard Male Swing
People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Arden Theatre, PlayPenn, and Philadelphia Artists’ Collective. Up next: Ready Steady Yeti Go (Azuka Theatre.) Training: Recent graduate of The University of the Arts.
Mark Lazar Widow Twankey
Company Member since 1998. People’s Light: The Matchmaker, Sense and Sensibility, The Cherry Orchard, The Rainmaker, Master Builder, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Of Mice and Men, King Lear, The Foreigner, The Secret of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily, and all the pantos. Theatre Includes: Most recently Ah Wilderness! at East Lynne Theatre; North Carolina Shakespeare Festival (12 seasons; 10 Christmas Carols as Ebenezer Scrooge), Madison Repertory Theatre (10 seasons; Founding Member), American Players Theatre, Milwaukee Rep and most of Wisconsin’s other professional theatres. Also: 15
PROFILES Charlotte Rep, Festival Stage of Winston-Salem, New American, Cider Mill and East Lynn. Film/ Television Includes: Frame of Mind, Folkbooks (PBS Award), Shake Rag Alley. Radio: Ebenezer Scrooge, Delaware Public Radio’s annual theatrical broadcast of A Christmas Carol, 15 years Broadcaster (USA and International). National Tour: Charlotte’s Web. Training: B.A. Theatre, Dean’s List, University of Wisconsin.
Tori Lewis Female Swing
People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Les Miserables, Pericles, Hamlet, Rapunzel, and Much Ado About Nothing at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Training: BA from DeSales University.
Emily Kaye Lynn Mel the Intern
People’s Light: Sleeping Beauty. Theatre Includes: Sensitive Guys (in prod., InterAct Theatre), West Side Story (Media Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Compass Rose Theatre), Flash of Time (The Kimmel Center), Cabaret (Renaissance Theatre). They also performed for four years with the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, where they served as Assistant Stunt Coordinator. Training: BFA in Musical Theatre, Shenandoah Conservatory, recognized with honors by five different international stage combat organizations. Soli Deo Gloria. Website: www.emilykayelynn.com
Susan McKey The Nurse
Company Member since 1988. People’s Light: Susan has appeared in almost every holiday panto; most recent credits include Sleeping Beauty, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice. Other People’s Light credits include Legacy of Light, Master Builder, End Days, Playhouse Creatures, Book of Days, Splittin’ the Raft, Skin of our Teeth, to name only a few. Theatre Includes: White Guy on the Bus (Delaware Theatre Co/59E59 NYC), Unnecessary Farce (Act II Playhouse), Time Stands Still (Act II/Delaware Theatre Co), How I Learned to Drive (Theatre Horizon), Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo (Philadelphia Theatre Company), Lady from the Sea (Lantern Theatre), Tooth & Claw, Hedda Gabler, Henry V, & Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet – for which she won the first ever Barrymore Award for Best Supporting Actress (Arden Theatre). Susan is an avid quilter and native Cape Codder.
Christopher Patrick Mullen Fu
Company Member since 2005. People’s Light: Moon Over Buffalo, Richard III, Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon, Cinderella, The Winter’s Tale, Mr. Hart & Mr. Brown, The Emperor’s New Clothes, Gossamer, King Lear, Crispin: The Cross Of Lead, Getting Near To Baby, Robinhood, Twelfth Night, Splittin The Raft, Jack & The Beanstalk, The Crucible, Fabulation, The Miser, Sleeping Beauty, Julius Caesar, The Adventures Of Pinocchio, Crow and Weasel, Hush: An Interview With America, The Tempest, Wind In The Willows. Theatre Includes: West Side Story (1st National Tour); The Runner Stumbles (Off-Broadway revival); The Whaleship Essex (Vineyard Playhouse); When You Comin Back, Red Ryder? (Retro Productions); Metamorphoses, Macbeth, A Little Night Music, Candide, Assassins, and The Stinky Cheeseman (Arden Theatre); 26 productions with The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival including Love’s Labour’s Lost, Pericles, Henry VIII, Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker, Charley’s Aunt, Hamlet, The Glass Menagerie, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, and Macbeth; Amadeus (Hedgerow Theatre); The Pavilion (Chester Theatre Co); The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (abridged), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew (Orlando Shakespeare Theatre). Film/Television Includes: Law & Order. Training: DeSales University.
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Nichalas L. Parker Genie of the Lamp
People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Big Fish, The Life, Passing Strange (11th Hour Theatre); Lost in the Meadow (PearlDamour); A Funny Thing Happened.., The Wizard of Oz, Peter and the Starcatcher, Memphis (Walnut Street Theatre). Training: Graduate of The University of the Arts and former WST Acting Apprentice. Nichalas also works as a Teaching Artist, teaching children all around the tri-state area.
Tom Teti Genius of the Ring
Company Member since the beginning, 1974. People’s Light: Over 150 productions, most recently Sleeping Beauty, The Three Musketeers (The Later Years), Stella and Lou, Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon, Pride and Prejudice, Cinderella, and Mark Twain: Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburgers. Theatre Includes: Most recently The Gin Game at Montgomery Theater, Red at Shadowland Theatre, Tommy and Me with Theatre Exile at Fringe Arts; Walnut Street Theatre, Wilma Theater, Hedgerow, Philadelphia Theater Company, Arden Theatre, Montgomery Theater, Act II Playhouse. Nationally: Kennedy Center, D.C.; City Theater, Pittsburgh; Humana Festival Actor’s Theater, Louisville; Two River, Red Bank, NJ; Shadowland, Ellenville, NY; Odyssey Theatre LA. Film/Television Includes: Homicide, Hack, Limitless, Condition Red.
Charles T. Brastow Director of Production
Company Member since 1987. People’s Light: Director of Production for last nine seasons, previously Resident Stage Manager for 15 years and Sound Designer for over 125 Productions. Theatre Includes: Arena Stage, Arden Theatre, Primary Stages, Delaware Theatre Company, Philadelphia Shakespeare Company, PlayPenn, Nickelodeon, Greg Thompson Productions, Carnival Cruise Lines, Zap Productions, Miller-Reich Productions, MLR Theatrical. Training: Clarion University of Pennsylvania; MA in History from West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Lucas Fendlay Sound Designer
People’s Light: Sound Designer for Sleeping Beauty, Ring of Fire, and The Three Musketeers (The Later Years); Audio Engineer for 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons. Theatre Includes: Sound Design: Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please (Greenfield Collective), Unformed Consent (Lightning Rod Special), Broadcast (11th Hour Theater Company), How We Got On (Azuka Theatre).
Thomas Fosnocht III Music Director
People’s Light: Sleeping Beauty. Theatre Includes: Numerous shows in and around Philadelphia, as well as work in New York on new musical readings and rehearsals; favorites include work with Sally Struthers on Clue: On Stage (Hunter Foster, Dir.), Justin Guarini in Company, and Andrea McArdle in Mame (Bucks County Playhouse); Wanda Sykes in Annie (Media Theatre); and Ben Dibble and Rob McClure in The Story of My Life (Delaware Theatre Company). Tom maintains a private studio, coaching vocalists and teaching piano, specializing in contemporary piano techniques to assist the modern musical theatre artist. He currently teaches at Rutgers UniversityCamden, and has served as a vocal coach and accompanist at University of the Arts and Uptown Theatre of the Performing Arts in West Chester. Training: Graduated from Oberlin Conservatory with a double major in Piano and Composition.
Kate McSorley Fossner Stage Manager
Company Member since 2005. People’s Light: Moon Over Buffalo, I and You, Sleeping Beauty, Ring of Fire, The Three Musketeers (The Later Years) (2015), Stella and Lou, Biloxi Blues, Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon, Bach at Leipzig, Pride and Prejudice, Cinderella (2013), Noises Off, Stargirl, Aladdin, Mister Hart and Mister Brown, A Wrinkle in Time, Of Mice and Men, Treasure Island, Hatchetman, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Three Musketeers (2010), Stretch, Snow White, Doubt, Cinderella (2008), The Persians, Sherlock Holmes and 17
PROFILES the Case of the Jersey Lily, Getting Near to Baby, Crispin and the Cross of Lead, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Humble Boy, The Giver, Anne of Green Gables, Something You Did, The Foreigner, Yemaya’s Belly, Fabulation, Jason and the Golden Fleece, 30FEST, Jungalbook, A Higher Place in Heaven. Theatre Includes: The Bearded Ladies, PlayPenn, Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, Brat Productions.
Paul Hackenmueller Lighting Designer
People’s Light: Sleeping Beauty, Biloxi Blues, A Tale of Two Cities, Cinderella, Twelfth Night. Paul’s work has been seen globally across performance disciplines including work with The Santa Fe Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Bucharest National Opera, Minnesota Opera, The Dallas Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, and Opera Omaha. New York theatre credits include over 10 Broadway musicals and plays as well as work at many of the nations leading regional theaters. Lighting for numerous singers in concert include Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, Garth Brooks, Bruno Mars, Tony Bennett, Beyonce, Pearl Jam, John Legend, Taylor Swift among others. Corporate clients include Target Stores and Carlson Companies among others. Teaching: Faculty at NYU Tisch Graduate Dept of Design for Stage and Film. Training: MFA, NYU Tisch School of the Arts; BA University of Minnesota. Website: www. sparkdesigncollaborative.com
Rosemarie McKelvey Costume Designer
Company Member since 2004. People’s Light: Over 30 productions, including Richard III, Cinderella, Treasure Island, The Giver, Robin Hood, The Man from Nebraska, Fabulation, Jack & the Beanstalk, Jungalbook, A Higher Place in Heaven, and Around the World in 80 Days. Theatre Includes: The Arden, The Wilma, Delaware Theatre Co., New Paradise Laboratories, Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental, Villanova, Drexel University and Theatre Exile. Received the 2009 and 2007 Barrymore Awards for Costume Design. Website: www.rosemariemckelvey.com
Kanako Omae Neale Drummer
People’s Light: 8th year playing the panto since joining the show in 2010, including Sleeping Beauty, The Three Musketeers (The Later Years), Treasure Island, Aladdin, Cinderella, and Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon. Theatre Includes: People’s Light, Arden Theatre, Media Theatre, Theatre Horizon, and the Kimmel Center. Training: BM in Music, University of the Arts 2008. Website: Original songs and other info at kanakodrums.com
Gina Pisasale Dramaturg
Company Member since 2012. People’s Light: Mr. Hart and Mr. Brown, Seven Guitars, This Wonderful Life, Noises Off, The Rainmaker, The Devil’s Music, Ghosts, Pride and Prejudice, Dear Elizabeth, Bach at Leipzig, Fences, Row After Row, The Cherry Orchard, Biloxi Blues, All My Sons, Sense and Sensibility, Richard III, A Single Shard, The Harassment of Iris Malloy, The Mountaintop, I and You, Moon Over Buffalo, Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole and all the pantos since 2012. Theatre Includes: PlayPenn, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2006 & 2014), The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cyrano de Bergerac, A View from the Bridge, Hamlet (Grammy Nominated), Twelfth Night (all at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Throne of Blood (World Premiere, OSF & BAM), The Arabian Nights (Arden), Topdog/Underdog (GoKash Productions), Henry V (Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival), The Winter’s Tale (University of Maryland), Villanova Theatre (set design), 1812, Media Theatre, Hedgerow Theatre, Greenlight Productions, Genesis Shakespeare Festival. Other Dramaturgy credits: Rock Idol Week (A&E Biographies). Training: MA (Villanova), PhD candidate (University of Maryland, College Park).
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James F. Pyne Jr. Set Designer
Company Member since 1975; Director of Design. People’s Light: In 38 seasons with the company, Jim has created sets and/or lights for over 225 productions, including most recently Loudon Wainwright III’s Surviving Twin, The Road: My Life with John Denver, Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, The Three Musketeers (2015), Stella and Lou, Biloxi Blues, Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon, Fences, Ghosts, Cinderella, The Devil’s Music: The Life & Blues of Bessie Smith, Hatchetman, Aladdin, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Barcelona. Theatre Includes: Arden Theatre, Villanova University, and the Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis. Jim has received 11 Barrymore nominations for Outstanding Scenic and Lighting Design, winning Outstanding Scenic Design in 1996 for The Life of Galileo and in 2002 for The Merchant of Venice.
Abigail Adams Artistic Director & CEO
During her 40-year association with the Theatre, Abbey has directed more than sixty plays, including Project Dawn, The Matchmaker, Auctioning the Ainsleys, How to Write a New Book for the Bible, The Cherry Orchard, The Rainmaker, The Trip to Bountiful, Dividing the Estate, Nathan the Wise, and In the Blood. She has directed readings and workshops of new plays for Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Circle Rep, New York Stage and Film, and the Public Theatre. Abbey served for ten years on the faculty of Swarthmore College and has also taught at New York University, Bryn Mawr College, Carnegie Mellon University, and The Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario. She holds an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Ursinus College. She is married to Lee Devin.
Ellen Anderson General Manager & CFO
Ellen has been at People’s Light since 2005. She has twenty-five years of experience in finance and accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania and New York. In 2011, Ms. Anderson was given leadership of the Theatre’s wholly-owned, for-profit subsidiary, The Farmhouse Bistro and Catering facility. Prior to joining People’s Light, Ms. Anderson was the Director of Finance at The Pennsylvania Ballet for fifteen years. She started her accounting career in the audit division of Ernst & Young LLP in New York and Philadelphia. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Manhattan College. She is married and has two sons, Erik and Reid.
Zak Berkman Producing Director
Zak has been at People’s Light since 2011. He has over twenty years of experience producing theatre and developing new plays. Zak was Associate to Broadway producer, Margo Lion, and the Founding Executive Director of Artistic Programming with the multiple award winning Epic Theatre Ensemble in New York City. Zak is a playwright, director, dramaturg, and former soap opera writer. His play Beauty on the Vine is published by Dramatist Play Service and was produced in New York starring Olivia Wilde. His new play The Harassment of Iris Malloy premiered at People’s Light in June 2016 and opened at Detroit Public Theatre in May. Howlround.com publishes Zak’s series about the New Play Frontiers Residency & Commission program at People’s Light as well as other essays. Zak is a member of the Writers Guild of America. He is married to Teri Lamm. They have two sons, Eliot and Theo.
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about
People’s Light
Founded in 1974, People’s Light serves as one of Pennsylvania’s largest professional non-profit theatres, known for our resident company of artists, eclectic mix of productions, and innovative work with young people. In our 8-9 play season, we present stories drawn from ancient times through tomorrow that have direct relevance to our communities and their concerns. In support of this range, we produce classics and contemporary plays, and commission and produce new work: of our 436 productions, over a third (166) have been world or regional premieres. At People’s Light we enhance our stage work with a variety of Surround Activities that connect us with many Delaware Valley communities near our seven-acre Malvern campus. Arts Discovery extends our mission with school residencies, student matinees that bring youth from 21 high schools to People’s Light each year for free, and a broad array of theatre classes for grades K through 12. This suite of education programs inspires and informs our production work in a reciprocal dance of influence and support. New Play Frontiers explores our American identity
by commissioning leading playwrights to create plays informed by meaningful stories of nearby populations, and simultaneously develops audiences with a stake in the work. Community Matters sparks dialogue about vital social issues with free staged readings and town hall-style discussions co-hosted by the Theatre and local service organizations. People’s Light has always called Chester County home. In 1979 we moved to our current location in Malvern, which includes two black box theatres with 340 and 160 seats respectively; offices; scenic shops; rehearsal halls; classrooms; a restored 18thcentury farmhouse to house guest artists; the Bistro restaurant; and The Farmhouse banquet and catering facility that can be rented for special events. The Theatre employs 100 full-and permanent-part-time artists and staff members, most of whom live within 15 miles of the campus, and almost 200 guest artists each season from Philadelphia, New York, Washington D.C., and beyond. We operate with an annual budget of $6.4 million and serve 80,000 patrons, guests, students, and community members each year.
Vision
Mission
We’ll make a future rooted in our history of artistic achievement and fiscal discipline. Our core values are these: excellence in the quality of our plays and programs; service to our community; depth and longevity in our relationships; ongoing engagement with our company, audiences, students, teachers, and funders; and dedication to arts education. They inspire and guide us as we aim to become a place where people of all ages and backgrounds enjoy a range of theatre experiences that begins with entertainment and invites deep learning. We seek to become essential to the civic and cultural life of the Philadelphia region and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
People’s Light, a professional theatre in Chester County, Pennsylvania, makes plays drawn from many sources to entertain, inspire, and engage our community. We extend our mission of making and experiencing theatre through arts education programs that excite curiosity about, and deepen understanding of, the world around us. These plays and programs bring people together and provide opportunities for reflection, discovery, and celebration.
For your information 39 Conestoga Road Malvern, Pa 19355 www.peopleslight.org
Box Office Hours 12pm-6pm daily 610.644.3500
SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED IN OUR THEATRES.
THE USE OF CAMERAS, TAPE RECORDERS, CELLULAR PHONES, PAGERS is strictly prohibited in the theatre. Please ensure that your wristwatch alarm does not sound during a performance.
IN CASE OF FIRE - Walk in a calm & orderly manner to the nearest exit. FIRST AID - For first aid assistance, please contact the House Manager or nearest usher. LATECOMERS - People’s Light respectfully reminds you that in order not to disturb patrons already seated, latecomers will be seated in the first available seats when there is an appropriate pause in the performance. Patrons may then move to their original seats at intermission.
Ricardy Charles Fabre & Claire Inie-Richards in I and You, 2017
ACCESSIBILITY - Our theatres are fully accessible to individuals with disabilities and include wheelchair seating. Please notify the box office in advance. Accessible parking is available near the entrance to the buildings. We offer assisted listening devices in both spaces. Please see the Box Office to request a device.
People’s Light is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, The League of Resident Theatres, American Arts Alliance, Theatre Trustees of America, The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, and The Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership. People’s Light is an equal opportunity employer.
STAFF Artistic Director & CEO ABIGAIL ADAMS* General Manager & CFO ELLEN ANDERSON Producing Director ZAK BERKMAN* ARTISTIC & EDUCATION Associate Artistic Director PETE PRYOR* Interim Producer for Arts Discovery Programs DEVON LAUDENSLAGER Resident Teaching Artist NADIRA BEARD Resident Director SAMANTHA READING* Director of Design JAMES F. PYNE, JR.* Resident Costume Designer MARLA J. JURGLANIS* Resident Dramaturg GINA PISASALE* Senior Dramaturg LEE DEVIN* Co-Founder/Guest Director KEN MARINI* Artistic Associates PETER DELAURIER* MARY ELIZABETH SCALLEN* STEPHEN NOVELLI* KATHRYN PETERSEN* New Play Frontiers Commissioned Writers EISA DAVIS SANJIT DE SILVA KAREN HARTMAN JAMES IJAMES DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU DEEPA PUROHIT LAURA SCHELLHARDT Nat King Cole Project Commission COLMAN DOMINGO PATRICIA MCGREGOR Panto Commission MICHAEL OGBORN KATHRYN PETERSEN ADMINISTRATION Executive Associate ERIN SHEFFIELD Accounting Manager LESA FRANZ
Senior Accountant & Benefit Specialist SUE SHEA Accounting Associate CATHERINE KILBURN Administrative Consultant GRACE GRILLET Administrative Apprentice GERI NONNEWITZ PATRON SERVICES Patron Services Manager JANE MACMANUS Box Office Manager EVE TROJANOV Tessitura Specialist MARK BLOME Patron Services Representatives GEORGINA BARD NICK BERGERON ROBIN CATANIA STEPHANIE LAVORGNA CHRISTINA DELL’ARCIPRETE JORIE MOSS ASHLEY PETTWAY LORI REED JAMI VAUGHN MARK WHEELER Front of House Manager AMANDA FRANGOULIS House Management Staff GINA CASTA AMELIA COUDERC TARA CUNNIFFE LISA D’ANNUNZIO COLIN FORMAN JULIA FRANCO ALEX FRANGOULIS ZOE GOLDBERG RACHEL JACOBY OLIVIA LEGASPI MARK MARANO ASHLEY MILLER CAROL O’BRIEN CAMILLE O’CONNOR LANEY PLEASANTON JESSICA REAGAN CAROL RIBNER DAN SACHAIS JEFF TUCKER STEPHEN WATERS MATTHEW WOLF
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT/ COMMUNICATIONS Interim Director of Marketing & Communications ROSEMARY DEVINE Design & Digital Manager TORI HARVEY Group Sales Associate KELLY BENEDICT Marketing Assistant LEVI GRAY Sales Representatives DAVE CLEMENS KAREN HARLIN MICHELL MULDOON DEVELOPMENT Director of Development JANE P. MOSS Director of Corporate Relations and Special Events DAWN ELYSE WARDEN Development Manager JENNIFER MULLEN Development Operations Coordinator MEGAN LEA Development Assistant VYN DAVIS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT Director of Community Investment MARCIE BRAMUCCI Community Ambassador LEIGH JACKSON New Play Frontiers Program Associate SULI HOLUM Special Programs Coordinator DEBBY YODER PRODUCTION Director of Production CHARLES T. BRASTOW* Technical Director JOSEPH FRANZ Assistant Technical Director DYLAN JAMISON Scenic Carpenter ERIC LANG
BOARD AND COMPANY Scenic Charge ANNA MCGAHEY WEBB Properties Master SARAH PIERCE Assistant Properties Master DANIELLE FITZGEORGE Master Electrician GREGORY SCOTT MILLER Assistant Master Electrician MELISSA DEMBSKISULLIVAN Sound Engineer BRENT HOYER Costume Shop Manager MARLA J. JURGLANIS* Cutter/Draper LEIGH PARADISE Wardrobe Supervisor BRIDGET BRENNAN Costume Staff CLAIRE INIE-RICHARDS* MINOU POURSHARIATI Production Stage Manager KATE MCSORLEY FOSSNER* Production Associates BETH HICKS SHANNON O’BRIEN OPERATIONS Facilities STEPHEN BARNAIK Landscaping PENNSYLVANIA LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT Farmhouse/Catering THE FARMHOUSE & BISTRO Director of Sales, Marketing & Business Development for The Farmhouse SHAWN STONE Executive Chef BRIAN BURNS Chef de cuisine MATTHEW TENNER Sous Chef JORGE MEZA CASTRO Restaurant Managers STEPHANIE OLIN FRANK SUBRAMANIAN
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Kenneth B. Mumma, President Katherine H. McNabb, Vice President Barbara Austell, Treasurer Kathleen C. Gubanich, Secretary Abigail Adams Jeb Barth Ted Capaldi Brian D. Doerner Marc Duvivier Kenneth R. Hamm Christopher W. Harris Dylan Jamison Thomas H. Johantgen Deborah A. Logan Patrick D. Lusk Jeffrey B. McGroarty Jessie Mooberry Mo Paknejad Romona Riscoe Benson
Nicole Sakowitz Michael Smith Sarah Laureene Snyder John E. Spellman L. Frederick Sutherland Karin B. Takiff Ria Walsh Terence Farrell, ex-officio
Marilyn Steinbright Penelope P. Watkins COMPANY OF ARTISTS Abigail Adams Carla Belver Kevin Bergen Zak Berkman David Bradley Charles T. Brastow Audrey M. Brown Alda Cortese Russell Davis Peter DeLaurier Lee Devin Elizabeth Webster Duke Melanye Finister Kate McSorley Fossner Leonard C. Haas Saige Hassler David Ingram Claire Inie-Richards Marla J. Jurglanis Andrew Kane
HONORARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Hal Real, Chair Earl M. Baker William C. Buck Sally S. Bullard Anne M. Congdon William F. Drake, Jr. Carole Haas Gravagno Leonard C. Haas Kenneth D. Hill Josephine Klein Paul J. Levine Sam S. McKeel Benjamin R. Neilson
Teri Lamm Mark Lazar Louis Lippa Larry Malvern Ken Marini Rosemarie McKelvey Susan McKey Aubie Merrylees Paul Meshejian Christopher Patrick Mullen Stephen Novelli Dennis Parichy Kathryn Petersen Gina Pisasale Pete Pryor James F. Pyne, Jr. Samantha Reading Marcia Saunders Mary Elizabeth Scallen Cathy Simpson Graham Smith Tom Teti Greg Wood Julianna Zinkel
THE SPOTLIGHT SOCIETY The Spotlight Society is comprised of individuals who support People’s Light with gifts of $1,000 or more. We are deeply grateful to everyone listed below for their generosity toward and their belief in People’s Light and its future. Spotlight Society members enjoy a number of exclusive benefits that provide rich behind-the-scenes experiences of the Theatre and its programs. If you are interested in learning more about The Spotlight Society, contact Jane Moss at 610-647-1900, ext.102. To make an online donation, visit PeoplesLight.org and click on Get Involved. TRAILBLAZER Gladys M. Black* Bill and Laura Buck Anne M. Congdon Mr. Marc and Dr. Evelyn Duvivier Kathy and Chris Gubanich Patrick and Janietta Lusk Katherine and William McNabb Dave Mooberry* Dr. and Mrs. John S. Schmader The June Corey and Richard O. Smith Charitable Lead Unitrust Mr. and Mrs. L. Frederick Sutherland Deborah Holt Weil Wyncote Foundation PARTNER Anonymous Barbara and Rhett Austell Brian and Lucy Doerner Mrs. W. Perry Gresh Dorrance H. Hamilton Charitable Lead Trusts Katherine H. McNabb in memory of Gladys Black, David Mooberry, and Brian Zwaan
Ken and Moira Mumma Bill Pikounis and Nicole Sakowitz Dr. and Mrs. John E. Spellman Hon. and Mrs. Tom Watkins CHAMPION Janet and Jim Averill Mr. and Mrs. David Bishop Rebecca H. Bradbeer Larry and Pat Brotzge Kumi and Bill Martin Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Neilson Alexander and Marianne Nikas Hope Rosenlund Michael Smith and Amy SmithMoniz Don and Nancy Weaver AMBASSADOR Ann Sullivan and Alice L. Bartmer Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Berkman Michael and Clairellen CatalanoJohnson Tom and Michelle Garg The Frederick and Colette B. Heldring Charitable Fund L. Stockton Illoway and Eleanor
Morris Illoway Ria Walsh and Michael Morgart ADVOCATE Anonymous (3) Marilyn B. Benoit, MD Capaldi Family Bob and Cheryl Carfagno Mr. William G. Gross IV and Ms. Janice Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Hill Thomas Johantgen and Leslie Roy Rita and Keith Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Ludington Gwynne McDevitt Mr. and Mrs. John E. Nash Sylvia Louise and James Ryland Joan Walkup Brian* and Diane Zwaan SUPPORTER Bethany Asplundh Mr. and Mrs. Jeb Barth Peter A. Benoliel and Willo Carey Robert and Elaine Bielski Mrs. J. Mahlon Buck Jr. Michael and Emme Daley
Ron Davis Jan Doeff Emilio Emini and Janet Skidmore Melissa and Greg Gonville Kenneth R. Hamm Mrs. Mary E. Heiser The Holzles Margot and Robert Keith Cynthia and Myles Kellam Lewis B. Kinter and Terry Timberlake-Kinter Mr. and Mrs. Allan Klein Jeff Lewis and Mary Ann Rossi Jim and Ellen Lutz Robin and Jonathan Moll Douglas Myers and Kimberlee Brosnan-Myers Mo and Debra Paknejad Tony and Joyce Ring Dr. Daniel T Rubino Thomas Ward June and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation List complete as of October 1, 2017. *In Remembrance
THE LEGACY CIRCLE
* Member of Resident Ensemble
It is with gratitude and pride that People’s Light recognizes the members of the Legacy Circle at People’s Light. These forward-thinking individuals have informed us that the Theatre is included in their estate plans. For more information about joining the Legacy Circle and helping to secure the future of People’s Light with a planned gift, please contact Jane Moss, Director of Development, at 610-647-1900 x102 or moss@peopleslight.org or Grace Grillet at x122 or grillet@peopleslight.org. There is also information available at http://peopleslight.org/legacycircle Abigail Adams and Lee Devin Gladys Black* Rebecca H. Bradbeer Dr. Maria Cuddy-Casey and Mr. Thomas Casey Grace E. Grillet
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Estate of Alexandra Hawkins* Dr. Deane Lappin Anne M. Congdon and Dr. Don LaRossa* Ms. Ruth Hauptfuhrur Lott Patrick and Janietta Lusk
Katherine H. and F. William McNabb Robin and Jonathan Moll FM and David Mooberry* Ken and Moira Mumma
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Michael Smith and Amy Smith-Moniz Mr. and Mrs. L. Frederick Sutherland Joan and William* Walkup Hon. and Mrs. Tom Watkins Deborah Holt Weil *In Remembrance
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
MEMBERS AND DONORS We are deeply grateful to the following individuals for their generous financial support of People’s Light. Benefactors, Patrons and Friends enjoy a number of wonderful benefits, including ticket discounts and special opportunities. If you would like to learn more about the benefits available to you as a donor, please contact Jennifer Mullen at 610-647-1900, ext. 115 or mullen@peopleslight. org. To make an online donation, visit PeoplesLight.org and click on Get Involved. BENEFACTOR
Anonymous (3) Charles L. Arnao and Dr. Rosemary Watt Eleanor and James Barkley Barbara R. Cobb Grace E. Grillet and Rich Eagan Nancy and Dick Eales Hedy and Joseph Elefritz Laura and Anthony Fiorenza Bob Haver Sassan Hejazi and Yassmin Gramian Richard and Barbara Heller Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hill Frances Hoekstra Peg and Michael Kramer Debra Kratzer Eliza Lewis Sally and Eric Loken Perrett Family Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation Jay and Sue Meloy Doug and Pat Mooberry Paul Nemeth and Jean Flood Nick and Edwina Patruno Bill and Bobbie Potsic Hal Real and Anne Sheppard Sam and Happy Shipley Fay and John Snyder Maureen A. Thompson Audrey and Peter Wilding Drake and Sandy Williams Minturn Wright Jean and Charles Zeien Michael Zwerling
PATRON
Anonymous (3) Marvin and Kathryn Andersen Christian Arena Thomas W. and Patricia G. Bierl Allen Bonner and Carol Buettger Sue and Bob Bucco Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck III Hans and Wendy Buitendijk Anne and McBee Butcher Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Carnahan Tim and Mercedes Case Sarah L. Caspar Mr. and Mrs. John Corbett Mr. and Mrs. Richard Coster Mr and Mrs. Granville Crothers Eileen Cunniffe Diane M. Disney, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Donley James and Nancy Evans Miriam and Reese Ewing Ruth and Ed Fackenthal Alison and Robert Fanelli Terry and Frank Foster Karin Takiff and John Franck Phil and Joan Fredricks Carl and Ann Gersbach Isabel Giordano The Bruce and Adele Greenfield Foundation Judy Guise Charles W. Head Jr. and John A. Faggotti Tom and Sheila Hinkle Karen and Mark Hite Leon and Danuta Hrebien Ann Ingram
Pete Jakubowski Melanye Finister and David Ingram Eleanor R. Johnson Leslie Jones Mike and Mindy Katz Caroline R. Kemmerer Lee and Sheri Kentner Melissa Kobelin Mary Ladd Kathleen and Paul MacMurray Jim and Cheryl Marple In memoriam - William Lyster May Mr. and Mrs. James E. McGraw Bernadette Manning and Arthur Melnick Sheryl and Robert Meyer Steve and Margee Michaels Patrick and Susan Moran Brenda J. Oliphant Jean and Peter Oraschewsky JoAnne and John Pinto Lynn and Ken Radeloff Robin M. Ratliff Dr. and Mrs. Martin Rawdin Betty and Al Reading Michael and Linda Ryan Judy Salzer James M. Savage Dr. Karyn L. Scher Mr. John Senior and Ms. Nancy Kimmons The Sigal Family Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Silvester, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Smith III James L. Smith Regina L. Smith Mr. Robert C. Smith Jr. and Ms. Patricia Rocap Pamela Rootenberg and David Springer Roy and Corinne Stahl Susan and John Stedman Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Story III Charlotte P. Taylor Robert and Leslie Telthorster Jean and Steve Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Underwood Lou Anne and Jim Vike Barb and Jim Wakefield Bruce and Judy Weintraub Kent Willing Jean and Jim Wilson Ken and Tina Witek John and Kirsten Yasneski Mark and Karene Zimmerman
FRIEND
Anonymous (12) Fiona and Duncan Allison Dr. Donald Bakove and Margaret G. McLaughlin Elisa and John Barbis Leslie and Jonathan Bass Steven and Lisa Baxter Becknell Family Phyllis Belzak Wendy Bender Elizabeth Bennett Bill Benton and Margaret Perryman Wes and Annette Bowers Mr. and Mrs. James M. Boyce Deb and Bonnie Pauline Lewin and Robert Broberg
Chad and Janet Brower Susan and Stephen D. Brown William Bullotta Michael and Linda Burg Mr. and Mrs. Van C. Burriss Anne and McBee Butcher Betty and Kevin Casey Christine and Taylor Casey Dr. Maria Cuddy-Casey and Mr. Thomas Casey Grace and Ed Charlton Iris and Bob Chenoweth Dr. Joseph Cicala and Dr. Joanne Conlon George Cipperly and Liz Bradley Lynda Clemens Pier and Judith Clifford Mr. and Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier IV Hon. Carolyn and Tom Comitta Wendy and Len Cotton-Orlando Kathy Crabb Karen Y. Cromley Gilbert and Valerie Cullen Richard and Anne De Francesco Shirley A. Deist Anne-Sophie DeLong and David DeLong Deb and Edward Dickinson Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. DiPuppo Jeffrey and Nancy Dore Beverly Dotter Valerie and Bob Downing David and Linda Fazzini Morton and Georgia Feingold Don and Gladys Fell Mr John Freas and Ms Wendy Baigis Larry and Bonnie Fuller Carol Napierkowski and Angelo Gadaleto Issy and John Gallen Jem and Alex Garrity Doug and Jean Gessl Joe and Kathy Gloyd Arthur Goldman and Melissa Kurtzman Janet M. Lis and Jerry M. Gonzales Sally and George R. Graham Jr. Tim and Gretchen Guttman Dona and Curt Haltiwanger Charlotte and Henk Hameka Stephen and Ona Hamilton Gary and Anita Hardel Sharon Harris Kathy Head Robbe Healey Bernhard and Gabriele Heiles Leslie Hempling Lois V. Hill Dr. Colin G Kingley Miya E. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. James R. Holt Jr. Christine and Matthew Hopson Jennifer and Scott Isdaner Nancy Jefreys David and Sallie Jones Mirna and Steve Jones Deborah and Arthur Kavanaugh Judy Love Keogh In Honor of Barbara and Rhett Austell Charles and Charline Kitson Harriet Ravdin and Greg Kleiber
Judy and Lance Knauth Sue P. Lapin Sue and Walt Lapinsky Vivian Lasko Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Leach III Paul and Sally Levine Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Littlewood Dr. and Mrs. James W. Lockard Donna and Tom Loyle Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mackie Edward and Priscilla MacNeal Steven Maher Jerry Mahoney Karen and David Mainhart Lorraine and Larry McClain Taryl and Clyde McKee Jacqueline and Aaron Miller Paul and Solange Mintz Claire A. Molton Joan and James Moore Mr. and Mrs. John P. Niggeman Jr. Robert and Liza Norman Susan and Dave Norris Joe O’Bryan Mr. and Mrs. Savas Ozatalay Kay and Edward Philipps Richard and Debbie Phillips Shirley Pitcairn Thomas and Patricia Platt Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Poppel Paul Rabe and Cheryl Gunter Nancy Shaw and Evan Radcliffe Mirella Raible Michael and Sharon Redding Herbert and Rita Reichert Ms. Rosemarie Reilly Mark and Lu Ann Reisler Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rende Peter Rittenhouse and Denise Lokhorst George Robertson III Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Sameroff Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Schmidt In Memory of Steve P. Pahides Nancy Seweryn Craig Sheetz Bob and Susan Shenkin Bill and Elaine Simone Sarah Laureene Snyder Jerry and Eileen Spinelli Lee and Kaaren Steiner Mrs. Mary Thompson Caroline L. and Lloyd A. Unger III Inger Wallin Shaun and Tracey Walsh Martin Warner and Paula Dale Everett and Shirley Warren Mr. and Mrs. T. Lawrence Way Richard J. and Yvonne Webster Charmaine and Vicky Webster The Weisman Family Paul and Jacqueline Welle Glenn and Nancy Wenger The Whitaker Family Betty and Merle Winters Bertram and Lorle Wolfson Paul and Marcia Woodruff Neil Wunmer M. Zaborowski
List complete as of October 1, 2017.
Due to space limitations, we are unable to list the hundreds of donors who contribute gifts of $1 - $124. Many, many thanks to these generous supporters.
COSTUMES AND PROP SPONSORS LIGHTS OUT Nat “King” Cole suit: Jane and Pat Lusk Nat “King” Cole dressing gown: Ryan Forry Piano: John and Sarah Schmader Wreath: In Memory of Ray DiSandro, Sr.
ALADDIN Fu costume: Minturn Wright Dame’s wig: In Honor of Mia Dylan and CJ Foxx Dame’s eyelashes: Sue and Walt Lapinsky Dame’s combat boots: In Honor of Our Veterans Messy Bit: John and Sarah Schmader Candy: Becky Bradbeer Candy: Pat and Bob Carlton List complete as of October 19, 2017.
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$25,000 and Above The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation CHUBB Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Theatre Communications Group The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Independence Foundation The Marshall-Reynolds Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
PECO The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage The Shubert Foundation William Penn Foundation $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous DNB First The Hamilton Family Foundation Philadelphia Insurance Companies Phoenixville Community Health Foundation
Voya Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 The 1830 Family Foundation PNC Equipment Finance LLC WSFS Bank $2,500 - $4,999 Customers Bank Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund J.P. Mascaro & Sons SEI Corporation West Pharmaceutical Services
$1,500 - $2,499 Andrea Mills Barbieri Foundation Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania $1,000 - $1,499 Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Naturescapes Landscape Specialists, Ltd $500 - $999 Actors’ Equity Foundation Inc.
List complete as of June 26, 2017
CORPORATE CIRCLE We recognize the inaugural members of the People’s Light Corporate Circle. Members network with local businesses, entertain clients and employees with our world-class theatre productions, host events in our distinctive 18th century Farmhouse, and support the arts and cultural community in Chester County. For more information, visit our website or contact Dawn Warden at (610) 647-1900x103 or warden@peopleslight.org. Baker Tilly Brandshare Buckley, Brion, McGuire & Morris LLP Canna Milne Financial Conlin’s Digital Print and Copy Center
CTDI Customers Bank ExecuPharm, Inc. G.K. Management Company GMH Associates Green Lawn Fertilizing Insight Global
InvestEdge Kenefic Search Matthews Paoli Ford NIIT Technologies Northwestern Mutual Restaurant Advisory Services Safeguard Scientifics
Spectrum Certified Herman Miller Tague Lumber Voveo Marketing Group White Dog Café WSFS List complete as of October 1, 2017.
MATCHING GIFTS Does your company provide a match for your charitable contributions? If so, you could double or triple your gift to People’s Light. Ask your company today! The Boeing Company BNY Mellon FMC Corporation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation HP Company Foundation
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Merck Partnership for Giving MorganStanley PECO
The Pew Charitable Trusts Pfizer Phoenixville Community Health Foundation QVC
Susquehanna International Group, LLP TE Connectivity The Vanguard Group Foundation Vertex Voya Foundation List complete as of October 1, 2017.
SPECIAL EVENTS Thank you to our special event sponsors. To learn more about our upcoming events and how you can get involved, contact Dawn Warden at (610) 647-1900 ext.103 or warden@peopleslight.org. Anonymous (2) AC Lordi Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Agulnick Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Anderson Christian Arena Daniel Aungst Mr. and Mrs. Rhett Austell Baillie Fabricating & Welding Michael Banis Mr. and Mrs. Jeb Barth Ann Sullivan and Alice L. Bartmer BB&T Insurance Services - The Addis Group Tim Billow David and Diane Bishop Rebecca H. Bradbeer Charlotte and Robert Brown Brendan Buchness Joshua Cammy Canna Milne Financial Brett Canna Joe Capraro Pat and Bob Carlton George and Christine Cavalieri Brian Chance Charlestown Paving & Excavating Inc Mark and Barbara Comyns Anne M. Congdon Steve and Sarah Connelly Ken Cooper Gary Crompton Edward Curran Bob Davis Robert and Kitty DeMento Desmond Hotel and Conference Center Elizabeth A. DiStefano Brian and Lucy Doerner Grace E. Grillet and Rich Eagan
Edward B. Walsh & Associates EY Sandy Ewing Roger Fell Fenceworks Julie and Ritson Ferguson Shelly and Scot Fisher Kevin and Lori Flansbury Jeff Flynn Bryan and Rachel Forchino Ms. Angela Francesco Karin Takiff and John Franck Mr. and Ms. Christopher Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. James Greenfield Mrs. W. Perry Gresh Mr. and Mrs. John W. Grove Kathy and Chris Gubanich Stephen Guinan Chris Harris Christopher and Patricia Heck Michael Himsworth Zachary Hoffman Dorrie and Bruce Hopper Greg Howson Staci Huyett Mr. Tayo and Mrs. Adetokunbo Ibikunle Tim Jefferis Leslie Roy and Tom Johantgen Rita and Keith Kaplan Brian Katelhon Mike Katz Ms. Margaret A. Keller Kenefic Search LLC Mike Kenefic Dave Kille Paul King Jeffrey Klanderman Josephine Klein
Donald and Diane Kolodziejski Frederick and Susan Kotalik Steven Kuemmerle Leaf Floor Covering Daniel LeBlanc Betsy and Bob Legnini Brad and Donna Line Deborah A. Logan Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Ludington Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Lusk Ken Marini Marsh USA Michael and Rebecca McAndrews Gwynne G. McDevitt Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McDonald Jeffrey and Darcy McGroarty Virginia and Lawrence McMichael Katie and Bill McNabb Elizabeth Milne William Milne Doug and Pat Mooberry Michele Morgart Ken and Moira Mumma Amy Muntz Joanna and Drew Murphy Andrew Navarro Timothy Nealon Mike Nichols Northwestern Mutual Sheldon Opielski Pine Hill Valuation Services Mo and Debra Paknejad Greg Paris Phoenix A/V Specialists Clemens and Claudie Pietzner Bill Pikounis and Nicole Sakowitz PNC Bank Mark Pompi PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Scott and Carolyn Repke Glenn M. Russo Sylvia Louise and James Ryland Anthony Salter John Santosuosso Rick Savarese Sedgwick SEI Corporation Semerjian Builders Shields Construction Co. Robert Shields Heidi Stam Michael Smith and Amy Smith-Moniz Dr. and Mrs. John E. Spellman Cj and Beth Stein Mr. and Mrs. David B. Stone Mr. and Mrs. L. Frederick Sutherland CHUBB The Protection Bureau Mr. Rick Thomas Brannon Transue Matthew Tripodi John Van Grinsven Sharon Vansant Venice Pizza & Pasta Mr. Michael D. Verrill Joan Volkert Voya Financial Ria Walsh and Michael Morgart Pat Ward Penelope and Thomas Watkins Don and Nancy Weaver Deborah Holt Weil Ms. Lizanne M. Wentz Scott and Christine Williams Wyncote Foundation Brian and Diane Zwaan Matt and Grace Zwaan Sarah Zwaan List complete as of October 19, 2017.
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