A Steady Rain at the Alliance Theatre

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Sept. 18–Oct. 11, 2015 Series on the Hertz Stage

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Actors may be the artists I love the best.

Here’s the simple story of how the Alliance came to be producing A Steady Rain. An actor called me. A crazy good one, in fact, named Jeff Perry. And he asked me if I knew this play by Keith Huff that had two killer roles for a pair of brave actors. I did know the play, and knew the demands it puts on its players, who are given a wildly emotional story to tell and very little to hide behind. Jeff had directed a pair of guys in this show in Los Angeles and was knocked out by them, and wanted as many people to see their work as possible.

Would we be interested in mounting a production at the Alliance?

I love a lot about this. I love the fact of an actor going to bat for two of his colleagues because he believes in their work. I love a play that trusts actors enough to put them on a bare stage and let their prodigious gifts do the rest. And I love that the co-founder of Steppenwolf — still the country’s gold standard for actor-driven theatre — is picking up the phone and making this production happen.

There’s a notion in our art form that goes back to its earliest days — that two planks and a passion can make a moment that can change lives. The two planks are the space in front of you right now.

The passion belongs to Jeff Perry, Tom Kelly and Sal Viscuso.

You’re in very good hands.

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QUESTION: Have you spent time in Atlanta before this?

PERRY: I know I’ve been in the airport often, changing flights. I’m trying to think if I’ve ever stepped foot on the streets. Either way, I feel like an excited rookie working there.

Q: How do your deep roots in Chicago influence this staging of A Steady Rain?

PERRY: I hope positively. I was drawn to the playwright’s perspective about the region and the fabric of these characters. Like most great stories, there are specific pressures that any of us can empathize with. I suppose my background helped to impress upon me the authenticity of these two Chicago police officers’ lives.

Q: Cubs or White Sox? PERRY: Cubs. I grew up in the northern suburbs,

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here’s a method to the madness in which Jeff Perry is engulfed. You take each role’s expectations in stride, he says. And you practice what you preach.

Though most acclaimed among the masses for playing sinister White House Chief of Staff Cyrus Beene on the ABC series “Scandal,” Perry, 60, has carved out a distinguished niche for himself as a theatrical savant.

His reputation an acting coach at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, which he co-founded in 1974, precedes him as the Alliance Theatre presents his directorial staging of the Chicago-set police thriller A Steady Rain.

A few hours before taping the first scenes of “Scandal’s” fifth season on an L.A. soundstage, Perry peeled back the layers of his upbringing in the Windy City as well as his advocacy and aspirations for the craft of acting.

Rain is as much a character in this police drama as the two cops who wrestle with truth.

so that was my team even though my dad was from the South Side.

Q: Deep dish or thin crust?

PERRY: Not to be sacrilegious, but I love my thin, crunchy crust pizza. I won’t turn down a deep dish.

But I prefer the thin.

Q: What’s the difference between the gratification you get from directing and teaching, and the satisfaction of starring in a hit film or TV series?

PERRY: Honestly, they feed off each other in ways that are completely mundane and in other ways mysterious. I find myself thinking of things I tell my students to do and then think, “You fool, just do it yourself.” There’s a beautiful synergy between the two.

Q: People say you’re very good at both. Why is that, do you think?

PERRY: Because I paid them all off! ... I hope if people feel that way they know I love doing it and I’m trying to get better at it. If you don’t get better at your craft with people like I’ve been lucky enough to be around for 40 years, you should probably pick up another line of work.

Q: What do you do to ease the pressure and refresh yourself for more work?

PERRY: I was just Googling things about the L.A. Clippers. My dad turned me into a basketball nut.

That’s one of my main relaxing passions. Watching basketball.

Q: With so much media scrutiny on police conduct these days, how does this version of A Steady Rain have to adapt to public perceptions?

PERRY: You have to honor the circumstances that it was written in. Even though it’s a very different decade and there were no cellphones capturing every event, the difference in time really melts away. During a cataclysmic summer two cops who had a deep, deep, deep love and friendship for each other — due to circumstances not and of their own making — had some really bad luck come their way. The media jumps on the situation immediately, and it has gigantic reverberations. It’s just an earlier dynamic of the same thing.

Q: In a dialogue-heavy play like this, do you want your actors to treat it like a waltz or a sparring session every night?

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Program note A Steady Rain Jeff Perry’s career reaches beyond the television screen, where he currently stars on ABC’s “Scandal,” to film and theatre (including co-founding the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago). Take a glance into the mind of A Steady Rain’s director and even catch a Scandal spoiler or two by scanning page 8 — look for the Encore Atlanta Plus symbol — with your mobile device. You can download the free app from the Apple App or Google Play stores.

range. It has some of the grace and, God knows, it has some of the violence.

Q: If you could play one of the roles in A Steady Rain, which would you choose?

PERRY: Uh … I think I’d choose Denny. It’s a bit more challenging. The Alpha-male Italian hothead is different by far from my own makeup.

Q: What’s your advice to aspiring actors?

PERRY: Figure out how to keep the love for your profession alive.

Q: What do you still have left to accomplish?

PERRY: I’m still curious. I love learning. I fell in love when with theater when I was 19 and saw two geniuses in their 80s star in No Man’s Land [John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson]. You should be able to do that until they lay you to rest. I’m just trying to keep my memory and health intact.

Every new play, every new episode of “Scandal” makes me happy. I get a kick out of the art form.

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After a well-received 2007 run at Chicago Dramatists, Keith Huff’s A Steady Rain gained prestige from a sold-out 2009 Broadway run featuring Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig. This duologue’s interrogation of characters pressed by the weight of their ever-accumulating decisions is echoed in Huff’s later writing for television shows like “Mad Men” and “House of Cards,” but here his Chicago roots lend the language a distinct cadence.

Huff’s dialogue is written in a gritty police drama naturalism that reminds one of the very best and sharpest contemporary television.

Here, however, the crowded frame of the small screen is abandoned for a bare stage. By removing the comfort of crammed sets and actionpacked scenes, the audience is encouraged to cling to every word spoken.

Detached from the events that shape its content, this duologue blossoms for a sophisticated ear willing to wrestle with the conflicting histories it presents.

In a rain that continues without regard for those under its onslaught, Denny and Joey can only decide what the deluge means and in turn how they should respond. When lives are so closely tied, fragile trust is always at stake.

Through his subtle and engaging approach to storytelling, Huff demands the audience decide who is worthy of trust. As we retell our versions of the truth after the curtain falls, we must decide if the rain cleanses or kills.

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KEITH HUFF

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JEFF PERRY This production of “A Steady Rain” was first produced at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble Feb. 22 - May 11, 2014 Ron Sossi, Founder & Artistic Director Beth Hogan, Producing Director

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* THOMAS VINCENT KELLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joey * SAL VISCUSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denny STAGE MANAGEMENT * JEN PALUMBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager * BRET TORBECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager JADE MCGILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Production Assistant

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How the heck would I even begin to remember all these words?!

How would I NOT carry this work around with me when I go home at night. Jeff ( Perry) put the fear of God in me, actually, when I realized that he was seriously offering me to be “DENNY” to go to hell and back eight shows a week. I was being asked to portray a man who treats his wife and kids the same as he would some pimp on his beat. How does one recover from this, living in his skin? Here we are two years into the journey and this play still challenges, provokes, and demands that we go to our darkest, ugliest places and reveal it.

Sal Viscuso Actor

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Cynthia D. Barker as Sal, the moment after the final image of Gabrielle Fulton’s drama Uprising.

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The Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab is now in its second round. The second showcase will run April 29 through May 1, 2016. The Round 2 projects are: Third Council of Lyon • Lead artist: Nichole Palmietto, director • Other artists: Annie Harrison Elliott, Neeley Gossett (Alliance/Kendeda finalist) and Addae Moon, playwrights Morgan Freeman Presents the Magic Negro and other Blackness • Lead artist: Mark Kendall, playwright and performer • Other artists: Linnea Frye, producer; Megan Leahy, director The Untitled Red Book Project • Lead artist: Haddon Kime, co-music, co-lyrics, sound design • Other artists: Phillip Justman, co-writer, actor; Marium Khalid co-music, co-lyrics, director; Katie Givens Kime, co-writer, dramaturg Two Round 1 projects get Atlanta productions this season: Theatrical Outfit is staging Moxie by Brian Kurlander and Lane Carlock. A rolling world premiere of Gabrielle Fulton’s Uprising was produced by Horizon Theatre and MetroStage (Alexandria, Va.).

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profiles THOMAS VINCENT KELLY ( Joey) is pleased to return to the Alliance Theatre where he played Mike in Good People directed by Susan V. Booth. Regional credits include A Steady Rain (Guthrie Theater); The Wind Cries Mary (San Jose Rep and East/West Players); A Touch of the Poet, Zoot Suit (Goodman Theatre); Eastville (Connecticut Rep); Henry IV, parts 1&2, Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare); Bell, Book and Candle, Opus (Ensemble Theatre); As You Like It, Hamlet (American Players); Look Back in Anger (Writers’ Theatre); and Shakespearean festivals in Utah, Florida, Illinois and Idaho. He is a founding member of Irish Theatre of Chicago, where he appeared in Scenes From the Big Picture, Chekhov in Yalta and Neither Have I Wings to Fly. Television credits include: “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior,” “Law & Order-LA,” “Saving Grace,” “The Closer,” “24,” “Without a Trace,” and numerous other guest appearances. Tom is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and SAGAFTRA. thomasvincentkelly.com SAL VISCUSO (Denny) is making his Alliance Theatre debut. He previously performed A Steady Rain at the Guthrie. Moved by Ivan Dixon’s Emmy-winning performance in The Final War of Olly Winter, he enrolled in drama at UC-Davis, and then studied with Olympia Dukakis at NYU. TV: “Scandal,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Soap,” where his vocationally challenged Father Flotsky drew national controversy. Films: The original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Spaceballs.

Theatre credits: Russ in Clybourne Park at Portland Center Stage, LA: (Roma) Glengarry Glen Ross, (Carr-Gomm) Elephant Man. Sal is proud to be directed by Steppenwolf Theatre co-founder Jeff Perry.

KEITH HUFF ( Playwright) has an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa’s Playwrights Workshop and is the recipient of a Jeff Award, a Drama-Logue Award, the Cunningham Prize, the John Gassner Award, the Berrilla Kerr Award and three Illinois Arts Council Playwriting Fellowships His plays have been produced offBroadway, internationally and nationally. Recent productions include the sold-out Broadway run of A Steady Rain featuring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman, the critically acclaimed The Bird and Mr. Banks at the Road Theatre in L.A., Pursued

By Happiness at Steppenwolf Theatre and the

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First-Look Festival and The Age of Cynicism or Karaoke Night at The Hog at Chicago Dramatists and Bloomington Playwrights Project. Keith is a supervising producer and co-writer for the ABC drama “American Crime,” which has 11 Emmy nominations; adapting A Steady Rain for film; developing a Chicago-based series “The Brothers Buczakowski” for HBO and is a co-producer for AMC’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series “Mad Men.” JEFF PERRY (Director) stars on the ABC hit series “Scandal” opposite Kerry Washington, where he plays Cyrus Beene, the White House chief of staff. He is a co-founder of Chicago’s internationally acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company, which he started in 1976 with Gary Sinise and Terry Kinney. An avid teacher, Perry co-founded The School at Steppenwolf and Steppenwolf Classes West. He has directed Thomas Kelly and Sal Viscuso in A Steady Rain at L.A.’s Odyssey Theatre, Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater and is now honored to do so at the Alliance Theatre. Jeff is married to three-time Emmy-winning casting director Linda Lowy.

DEIDRA EDWARDS (Assistant Director) is thrilled to be at the Alliance for the first time … hello Atlanta! Theatre as director: benefit reading of the new play The Quality of Mercy by Alyson Mead (Lillian Theatre), The SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris (Working Stage Theatre). Theatre as assistant director: A Steady Rain by Keith Huff (Odyssey Theatre and Guthrie Theater). Theatre as actress: American Wee-Pie, L.A. premiere (Theatre 40); Fat Pig, L.A. revival (Hudson MainStage); Life Changes (Whitmore Theatre); Billy (The Blank Theatre LRS). TV/film as actress: “Grey’s Anatomy,” Daddy, A Beautiful Life, Disfigured, Le Magique Noir. Web series as actress: “Failing Upwards,” “Yu Solve.”

ADAM DEAN FLEMMING (Scenic and Media Designer) is a Los Angeles-based designer.

Regional work includes productions with the Hollywood Bowl, South Coast Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, Wallis Annenberg Center, Long Beach Opera and East West Players, among many others. Nationally he has done productions with the Guthrie Theater, New York’s Rattlestick Playwright’s Theater and Chicago Opera Theater.

Adam frequently collaborates with CSULA, CSULB, CSUN and Pomona College. He is an imagineer for the Walt Disney Co. and theatre faculty at UCLA. Recipient of the 2014 L.A.

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profiles Stage Alliance Ovation Award, the 2014 L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award and the 2013 L.A. Weekly Award for best projection designs of the year. Adam is an M.F.A. graduate of CalArts and a projection category member of USA829. adamflemmingdesign.com JEFF CONE (Costume Designer) is in his second season at the Alliance. In his 30-year career in regional theater he has designed costumes for more than 75 productions. Of those, 50 have been in the past eight seasons at Portland Center Stage, where he was ostume shop manager and resident costume designer for 16 years. Favorite productions include West Side Story, Cabaret, Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Sometimes a Great Notion, Snow Falling on Cedars, The Imaginary Invalid, Black Pearl Sings!, Venus in Fur and Clybourne Park. Jeff received Drammy awards for his costume designs for Dirty Blonde, Act a Lady and Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline. In addition to designing A Steady Rain, Jeff is happy to manage the costume shop at the Alliance Theatre.

MICHAEL GEND (Lighting Designer) designed the lighting for Annapurna at the Acorn Theatre off-Broadway. He made his Minneapolis regional debut with his design for A Steady Rain at the Guthrie Theater. In Los Angeles he most recently designed lighting for Anna Christie, A Steady Rain and Passion Play (Stage Raw nomination, lighting) at the Odyssey Theatre, the opera The Cloth Peddler at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the critically acclaimed L.A. production of We Are Proud to Present ... at the Matrix Theater (L.A. Weekly 2014 winner, best production). He also designed the lighting for Henry IV Part One and Wedding Band (Stage Raw winner, best revival) at Antaeus Classical Ensemble. Other credits: T.O. Civic Arts Plaza: Jekyll & Hyde. REDCAT: Sucktion. Pasadena Playhouse: Mother on Fire. When he isn’t designing plays, Michael serves as chair of the performing arts department at Pierce College in Los Angeles.

JOHN ZALEWSKI (Sound Designer) has done work that’s been seen at LATC, Guthrie, Portland Center Stage, South Coast Rep, Humana Festival, Disney Hall, Geffen, Center Theater Group, Broad Stage, Cherry Lane, Evidence Room, Boston Court, Antaeus, Padua Playwrights, Actors’ Gang, 24th Street Theater. Awards include six L.A. Stage Alliance Ovations, seven L.A. Weekly awards, two LADCC awards, and 10 Backstage Garlands.

Recent work includes The Day Shall Declare It, an immersive performance at Theatre Delicatessen in

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London and Imperial Art Studios in downtown L.A.; Everything You Touch with Rattlestick/Boston Court at Cherry Lane in NYC; Tokyo Fish Story at South Coast Rep; La Olla with Latino Theater Company at Getty Villa, Malibu; My Barking Dog at Boston Court, Pasadena; Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait at Gym at Judson, NYC, and Destiny of Desire at Arena Stage, Washington D.C. RAY LESLEE (Music) did Avenue X (the awardwinning ac appella musical at Playwrights Horizons in New York and at the Alliance directed by Susan V. Booth); Standup Shakespeare (directed by Mike Nichols on Broadway and revived with F. Murray Abraham and Alfred Molina); A Good Man (in Europe at the Vienna Chamber Opera); Educating Rita (Steppenwolf Theatre); Palestine (New York Theatre Workshop); The Three Musketeers (national tour with the Acting Company); Twelfth Night (Theatre for a New Audience); The Author’s Voice (with Philip Seymour Hoffman), among other.

Classical music: Romeo & Juliet for Orchestra & Actors (a symphony with the Buffalo Philharmonic); Chamber Christmas Carol (the Dickens’ classic for five actors and five musicians at the Morgan Library & Museum); Maya Songs, the poems of Maya Angelou (with Atlanta’s Riverside Chamber Players, Joel Dallow artistic director) and others. Current project: The Learned Ladies, a new musical based on the Molière play.

JENNIFER PALUMBO (Stage Manager) is excited and grateful to be part of this production of A Steady Rain at the Alliance Theatre! Favorite Los Angeles credits include: Adding Machine: The Musical, Anna Christie, Broadway Bound, Day Drinkers, Ivanov, Margo Veil, Oedipus Machina, A Steady Rain, Tales From Hollywood, What the Butler Saw (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble), Finding the Burnett Heart (Missing Piece Theatre), Julia (Pacific Resident Theatre), Land of the Tigers (Burglars of Hamm/Sacred Fools Theatre), Mad Forest (Open Fist Theatre Company), Women Are Crazy Because Men Are Assholes (Bleeping Crazy Entertainment), Women on Time (5inaHive). Jennifer has worked at such L.A. venues as Antaeus, El Portal, Hayworth, Lounge, MACHA, Matrix, Saban, Underground and Whitefire theatres.

BRET TORBECK (Stage Manager) is excited to return to the Alliance after working on One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. He has worked most recently at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., and the Old Globe in San Diego. As a Seattle-based freelance stage manager,

profiles cast he worked at the 5th Avenue Theatre for four seasons and Seattle Rep for eight seasons. Other regional work includes Center Stage in Baltimore, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Long Wharf Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Kansas City Rep, Berkeley Rep, San Jose Rep and Pittsburgh Public Theatre. He has worked on the national tours of Proof, Spamalot and The Phantom of the Opera. He also enjoys teaching, and was a guest faculty member at the University of Washington for five years.

JODY FELDMAN (Casting) began her theatre career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the assistant general manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Jody is the producer and casting director at the Alliance Theatre, where she started in 1991 as casting director.

While at the Alliance, she has cast and produced more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions encompassing a wide range of world premieres including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, What I Learned in Paris by Pearl Cleage, Broke

by Janece Shaffer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney and more than 10 years of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning plays, as well as such world and regional premiere musicals as Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical, Bring It On: The Musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and, most recently, Tuck Everlasting. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance engagement activities and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for community conversation and connection.

SUSAN V. BOOTH (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Palefsky Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, local producing partnerships and regional collaborative productions as well as commercial partnerships on projects including Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’ da Noise, Bring in ’ da Funk and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. As a director, she has worked at theaters including the Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation. She has held teaching positions at Northwestern and DePaul universities and serves as adjunct faculty with Emory University. She is a past president of the board of directors for the Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for the field, and is a trustee of Denison University and the Howard School. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.

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about the alliance theatre The Alliance Theatre is Atlanta’s national theater, expanding hearts and minds on stage and off. Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theater in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually. The Alliance delivers powerful programming that challenges adult and youth audiences to think critically and care deeply. Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance Theatre received the Regional Theatre Tony Award ® in recognition of sustained excellence in programming, education, and community engagement.

Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 95 original productions including Tony Award® winners The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice, and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo.

The Alliance has developed and premiered important American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring, and subsequent productions, including the world premieres of Sister Act: The Musical, Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away, Bring It On: The Musical, Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Harmony – A New Musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, and most recently the world premiere of the new musical Tuck Everlasting. The Alliance also creates and nurtures the careers of artists through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, producing the world premiere for the competition winner as part of the regular season, and the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, providing developmental support and production resources for three performing arts projects each year.

The Alliance’s dedication to providing access to the arts is reflected in its commitment to creating new work for all ages, and to bringing that work into classrooms and communities across Atlanta and throughout the region. More than 50,000 students each year experience age-specific professional performances and participate in acting classes, drama camps, and in-school initiatives through the Alliance Theatre Acting Program and Education Department. The Alliance’s groundbreaking Theatre for the Very Young performances offer professionally-produced, fully interactive theater for infants and toddlers; the Palefsky Collision Project invites high school artists to create and perform new civicminded theater based on a classic text; and community acting classes and skill-building workshops engage professional artists, young actors, business leaders, and curious learners of all ages. Twice recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for leadership in arts education, the Alliance Arts for Learning Institute equips classroom teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum and have been empirically proven to improve student learning. These programs include Georgia Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts and Dramaturgy K–12, in which students create research material that informs Alliance productions and prepares peer audiences.

The work produced by the Alliance allows locally based artists the chance to create on a nationally watched stage, building and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community. The vision of the Alliance Theatre is to be a beacon of leadership for the national field, while remaining deeply rooted in and reflective of our local Atlanta community.

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board of directors Officers Chair: Reade Fahs* Immediate Past Chair: Victoria Palefsky* Treasurer: Steve Chaddick*

Lifetime Directors Laura Hardman* Hays Mershon Richard S. Myrick Helen Regenstein Bob Reiser

Rita Anderson Ken Bernhardt Frank Chew Ann Cramer Linda Davidson

Jane Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson Ben White

Directors Kristin R. Adams* James Anderson* Lynn Ayers^ Kenny Blank Steve Chaddick* Leigh Ann Costley Fred Ehlers Daryl Evans Joseph W. Evans Reade Fahs* Howard Feinsand* Molly Fuller Richard Goerss* Alexander Goldsmith

Pat Gunning Virginia A. Hepner^ Lila Hertz* Jocelyn Hunter* Christopher M. Jones Leslie Joyce Anne Kaiser* John Keller Lauren Kiefer James A. Kilberg Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Malinda Krantz* Alan McKeon Carol Meadows*

Hala Moddelmog Phil Moise* Maureen Morrison Victoria Palefsky* Scott Pioli Helen Smith Price Patty Reid Margaret Reiser* Fran Rogers* Maurice Rosenbaum Bobby Rosenbloum Bill Rowland Surishtha Sehgal Steve Selig

Pam Sessions* Bill Sleeper Bronson Smith Karen Spiegel Chuck Taylor Rosemarie Thurston Rebekah Wasserman Cynthia Widner Wall Jill Wilson Paul Wrights Todd Zeldin

Advisory Board

Advisory Board Chair: Laura Hardman* Vice Chair: Phil Moise As of September 4

Joel Alvarado Shean L. Atkins Maurice Baker Michael Barrett Shana Basnight Paul Bianchi Danny Blumenfield Keith Arthur Bolden Donna Bowman Erin Brown Stephen Brown Kristen Wood Burke Tarsha Whitaker Calloway Madison Cario

Sona Chambers Andrew Chang Greg Changnon Caren Cook Emily Decker Angela Edmond Lisa Ramirez Ellinger David Felfoldi Cindy Fowler Matt Geller Barbara Goldman September Gray Lauren Linder Grunberg Nancy Halwing

Janet Stovall Harrell Neil Hirsch Heather Vincent Holley Rita Izaguirre Rachelle Kuramoto Santiago Marquez Liza McSwain Dori Miller Marjorie Mitchell Valerie Mosley Kendrick Heather Phillips Almeera Jiwa Pratt Chris Schneider Jennifer Schwartz

Ron Segal Nancy Silverboard Steven Steindel Chandra StephensAlbright Charlita StephensWalker Susan Stiefel Natasha Trethewey Alexandra Tucci Shawn Tylka Avril Vignos Ellen Adair Wyche

Volunteer Leadership

President, STARS: Lynn Ayers President, Alliance Theatre Guild: Bobbi Kornblit President, Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild: Joan Milsap

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sponsors Alliance Sponsors are businesses, corporations and institutions that have supported the work of the Alliance Theatre. We thank them for their generosity and support.

★★★★★★★ $250,000+ The Coca-Cola Company The Goizueta Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Wells Fargo Foundation

★★★★★★ $100,000+ AT&T Delta Air Lines, Inc. The Home Depot

The Kendeda Fund The Shubert Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

★★★★★ $50,000+ Carter’s The Edgerton Foundation Fulton County Arts & Culture North Highland Company

PNC Wal-Mart Foundation The Zeist Foundation

★★★★ $25,000+ Atlanta Foundation City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Emory Brain Health Center Georgia Power

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. The Rich Foundation The Harold & Mini Steinberg Charitable Trust Target

★★★ $10,000+ Alston & Bird Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation Cartoon Network Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia Natural Gas Georgia-Pacific Foundation

Greenberg Traurig LLP Hire Profile Impact Creativity/NCTF National Endowment for the Arts State Bank Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP

The Mark & Evelyn Tramell Foundation United Distributors Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Young Audiences, Inc

William and Eva Fox Foundation John and Mary Franklin Foundation Jones Day King & Spalding, LLP The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.

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By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2015/16 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 47. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 47 years by making another statement of support louder than any standing ovation. Visit our website at alliancetheatre.org and click on Donate.

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philanthropic program, is committed to meaningful corporate citizenship in the communities where we operate and our employees live and work. With a focus on the arts and culture, fostering creativity, and innovative youth leadership, Turner leverages our people and products to engage in and support our local community.

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Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.

GCA also receives support from its partner agency the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support is provided by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

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annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.8 million to the Annual Fund so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. Please consider making an Annual Fund donation today. To find out more about the benefits of giving or to make your gift, visit us at alliancetheatre.org/donate or call 404-733-4757.

Gifts processed between September 1, 2014- September 1, 2015. $25,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Victoria & Howard Palefsky Dan & Garnet Reardon $15,000+ Susan Booth & Max Leventhal Doris & Matthew Geller David & Carolyn Gould Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Bob & Margaret Reiser Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff $10,000-$14,999 Mrs. Kristin Adams The Balloun Family Stephanie Blank Ann & Jeff Cramer Linda & Gene Davidson The Frances & Beverly DuBose Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Reade Fahs Patrick J. Gunning Andrea & Boland Jones John C. Keller Sarah & Jim Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer James & Lori Kilberg David & Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Malinda Krantz Mr. & Mrs. Angus Morrison Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Patty & Doug Reid Linda & Steve Selig Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson Smith Helen Smith Price John & Karen Spiegel Lynne & Steve Steindel Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles* & Delores Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Tomé Nina Urban Waffle House, Inc. Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Joni Winston $7,500-$9,999 The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Marsha & Richard Goerss Jocelyn J. Hunter Leslie D. Leigh M.D. Hala & Steve Moddelmog Phil & Caroline Moïse Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Rosemarie & David Thurston Amy & Todd Zeldin $5,000-$7,499 Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow James Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Austin Lisa & Joe Bankoff

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Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Mr. Fred M. Ehlers & Mr. David Lile Erin & John Heyman Leslie Joyce & Rod Smith David L. Kuniansky Mr. & Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr. Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Anna & Hays Mershon Bill & Rhonda Rowland Sharon & David Schachter Dr. & Mrs. R. K. Sehgal William & Margarita Sleeper Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strom Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Susan & Tom Wardell Mrs. Jill Wilson $2,500-$4,999 Elaine & Miles Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Ellen Arnovitz John & Lynn Ayers Ms. Beryl Bergquist Sara & Alex Brown Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Frank & Mary Anne Chew Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Diane Durgin Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Philippa & Burrell Ellis John & Cindy Ethridge Diane & Daryl Evans Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Mr. & Mrs. Adam Fuller Mr. & Mrs. John D. Fuller Mr. Andrew L. Ghertner Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Mrs. Carrie G. Hall Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Henry & EttaRae Hirsch Foundation Linda & Richard Hubert Paul & Rosthema Kastin Kristie L. Madara Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. William E. Michalewicz June M. Morrison Susan & David Peterson Scott, Dallas, & Mia Pioli Sonny & Jeanne Seals In honor of the Alliance Theatre Education Department Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III Charlotte & Tom Shields William & Margarita Sleeper Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Karen & Alex Stickney Maria-Ruth Storts Michael & June Tompkins Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr.

Lynne Winship P.J. Younglove Hovey The Zaban Foundation John & Kathy Zamer $1,500-$2,499 Claire Abreu Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda C. Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Pam Anderson Mary Allen Arnold Elizabeth & John Bacon Mr. & Mrs. Gerardo Balboni Mr. & Mrs. Roland L. Bates Karen Beardslee & Susie McGinnis Wilma Elizabeth Beaty Candace & Jeff Bell Mark & Pam Bell Aubrey & Carol Bush Susan & Tom Callaway Melodie H. Clayton Mark & Ruth Coan David Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin Brad & Sally Currey Cassandra Edmond Ralph & Ree Edwards The Elster Foundation Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Andrew & Wendie Fisher Linda M. Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Joel Goldman Dr. & Mrs. Steven Harris Valerie Hartman John Haupert Mark Hobson Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Dr. Joyce F. Houser Mr. W. Glenn Howard Adrienne Hudson Dr. Maleka Ingram Jason & Laurie Jeffay Dr. & Mrs. Michael J. Kalson Mr. Maddox Kilgore Dr. William A. Kiser Brian & Carrie Kurlander Steven & Sheri Labovitz Jeffrey C. Levy Konrad & Natasha Lewis Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh, III Mary Lou McCloskey Jim & Jo McLean Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ms. Nancy Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Molly Osborne Bill & Carey Peard Sam & Barbara Pettway Peg Petersen Karen Porch Daniel Marks & Keri Powell Ms. Cynthia Power Erin Quinn Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Rebecca & John Reeves Helen M. Regenstein

annual fund $1,500-$2,499 (continued) Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Peter & Alice Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rosenberg Jacob Rumney John Sabine Mr. Scott Shickler Jane E. Shivers Nancy & Gerald Silverboard Mr. Scott Sorrels Ms. Martha B. Stephens & Ms. Linda B. August Susan & Alan Stiefel Jim & Janie Stratigos Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Kathy & Ron Tomajko $1,000-$1,499 Michael & Andrea Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Berman Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brusco Frank Buonanotte Shirley Blaine Eleanor B. Cobb Ralph & Rita Connell

Marvin & Lynn Davis The DeCoster Family Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Patrice & Ernest Greer Warren M. Gump Lucy and Alfred Guo Dawn & Jack Hereth Carsten Hiller Mr. Wayne S. Hyatt Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Mark Keiser Lucy Kinnaird Lanier-Goodman Foundation Lubo Fund Janice & Tom Munsterman Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Mr. Michael Richardson Roger & Lynn Ritvo in honor of Ken McNeil Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schultz Tim & Maria Tassopoulous Vogel Family Foundation Sue S. Williams Melody Wilder Wilson William & Nancy Yang

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Legacy Society The following are members of the Legacy Society who are ensuring the future strength of the Alliance Theatre through planned gifts to benefit the Theatre. The Legacy Society is the special recognition group for those who have included the Theatre or any component of the Woodruff Arts Center in their estate plans. For more information about making a planned gift to benefit the Alliance Theatre, please contact Paige Smith, Director of Individual Giving at 404-733-4697 or Paige.Smith@woodruffcenter.org.

Rita M. Anderson Anonymous Betty Blondeau-Russell Jim & Anne Breedlove Ezra Cohen Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft, III Sallie Adams Daniel Linda & Gene Davidson Howard & Ellen Feinsand

Laura & John Hardman Glen E. & Nancy Hesler P.J. Younglove Hovey William C. Hyde Lauren & David Kiefer Virginia Vann* & Ken Large Anna & Hays Mershon Mr. & Mrs. John McColskey Phil & Caroline Moise Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick

Howard & Victoria Palefsky Jan Pomerantz Helen M. Regenstein Bob & Margaret Reiser Neal & Tricia Schachtel Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton, III Jane E. Shivers Wayne & Lee Harper Vason Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White

Matching Gift Companies We would like to thank the following companies who have matched contributions to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund. Please visit alliancetheatre.org/match to find out if your employer will match your contribution.

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alliance theatre staff A rtistic Jennings Hertz Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rosemary Newcott Producer & Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Feldman Director of New Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celise Kalke Playwright in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearl Cleage Phil Kent Directing Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Holt Artistic Support Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Kleypas Literary Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Matthews Atlanta Artist Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veronika Duerr Reiser Lab Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie Harrison Elliott, Linnea Frye, Katie Givens-Kime, Neeley Gossett, Marium Kahlid, Mark Kendall, Haddon Kime, Addae Moon, Nichole Palmietto

Scenery

Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Longwell Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan Kier Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Conley Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manny Abreo, Jr., Michael Lyons, John Victor Mouledoux, William Spratt Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kat Conley Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Beall

Sound

Resident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clay Benning Production Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Jarvis Sound Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristin von Hinezmeyer, Elyssa Kohen, Holly O’Reagan

Production Management

Director of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor W. Smith Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo Moskowitz

Costumes

Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Cone Design Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . April Andrew, Jordan Jaked Carrier Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Craftsmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana L. Thomas Stitchers/First Hands . . . . Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Brett Parker Wigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Ewing Wardrobe . . . . . . . Hauzia Conyers, Alexandra Matthews, Niki Traxler

Electrics

Electrics Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Shinn Staff Electricians . . . . . . . . . Steve Jordan, Steven Love, Jenn Trippe

Stage Management

Resident Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bret Torbeck Alliance Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . lark hackshaw, Liz Campbell, Barbara O’Haley, R. Lamar Williams Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jayson T. Waddell Stage Management Production Assistants . . . . Jade McGill, Kara Procell Stage Management Apprentice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brittany DeRosa

Stage Operations

Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Bowne Crew Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent Simons Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deb Maberry Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Willie Parks Properties Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney O’Neill

Properties

Properties Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Lyons Master Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Cooper Morris Properties Buyer Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimberly Townsend Props Artisan and Buyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Butkovich

Education Dan Reardon Director of Education & Associate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christopher Moses Alliance Arts for Learning Institute Director . . . . . . . . Michele Mummert Alliance Arts for Learning Institute Director . . . . . . . . . Barbara O’Brien Database & Content Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Dresser Administrative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Jones Family Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Aston Bosworth Early Childhood Program Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Buckley Theatre for the Very Young Coordinator & Family Programs Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corinne Weintraub Teen & Adult Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Wallis Institute Program Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Alice Nichols Institute Program Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Pogue Education Sales & Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Kang Communications Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. Noble Professional Learning Specialist . . . . . . . . . Kim Bowers-Rheay Barran Teaching Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abyss, Karen Aguirre, Valetta Anderson, Olivia Aston Bosworth, Kim Bowers-Rheay Barran, Kati Grace Brown, Kyle Brumley, Daniel Burns, Amy Cain Lucas, Kirstin Calvert, Kara Cantell, Taryn Carmona, Katie Causey, Sarah Cave,

Teaching Artists (continued) . . Tara Chiusano, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, Nakeisha Daniel, Benjamin Davis, Theresa Davis, John Doyle, Laurin Dunleavy, Tawni Edwards, Rachael Endrizzi, Jessica Espinoza, Sharon Foote, Dan Ford, Daryl Funn, Polly Garcia, Allison Gardner, Ann Marie Gideon, Trevor Goble, Neeley Gossett, Terry Guest, Al Hamacher, Jordan Harris, Brandi Hoofnagle, BJ Hughes, Adam King, LeeAnna Lambert, Clayton Landey, Bethany Lind, Nicole Livieratos, Cara Mantella, Gloria Martin, Paige Mattox, Bryan Mercer, Karin Mervis, Courtnee Miles, Mandy Mitchell, Sarah Newby Halicks, Tafee Patterson, Tawny Powell, Eric Prather, Julie Puckett, Iris Rice, Claire Ritzler, Anandi Salinas, Henry Scott, Barry Stewart Mann, Ebony Tucker, Jeremy Varner, Jose Miguel Vasquez, Andrea Washington, Davia Weatherill, Corinne Weintraub, Katy Whitson, Stephanie Willis Teen Ensemble Members . . . . . . . . Caroline Bergwall, Matthew Brown, Olivia Cappelletti, Emily Combs, Chloe Citron, Sydni Daniels, Ashley Elmore, Jamila Gray, Grace Hawkins, Kyla Hunter, Tess Luman, Jade Nixon, Anna Patterson, Aushailene Ragin, Khaira Reese, Alexandria Smith, Autumn Stephens, Angel Upshaw, Jordon Whitehead, Camille Williams, Dhakirah Williamson

Management General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Schleifer Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laura Thruston

A dministration & Finance

Director of Finance & Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Shively Manager of Information Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Hubbert Accounting Coordinators . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Covington, Julie Hall Management Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . Elecia Crowley, Patrick Myers

Development

Interim Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamie Clements Associate Director of Development, Board Relations & Major Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlin Way Associate Director of Development, Individual Giving & Special Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige Smith Campaign Director, Alliance Theatre/Woodruff Arts Center . . . . . . Kristin Hathaway Hansen Grants Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clifford Clark Development Coordinator, Board Relations & Special Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan DeWitt

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Marketing

Director of Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Boatright Manager of Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathleen Covington Online Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Maley Creative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talia Bromstad Marketing & Promotions Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holland Baird Marketing Communications Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Harris Group Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Pinckney Group Services Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daviorr Snipes Group Services and Education Sales Coordinator . . . . . . . . Elisia’ Parker Community Engagement Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Winn Ticketing & Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shana Orr Front of House & Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . Marjon Wolfe House Managers . . . . . . . . . Dana Hylton Calabro, Christina Dresser Ken McNeil, Lynn Vatter Assistant Manager Season Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danielle Hicks Senior Ticket Agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Martin, Ken McNeil Marketing Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Vann

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Tower Presents

TOWER OF TALENT

Benefiting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

A World Class Concert and Vocal Performance by Children to Benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s 100th Anniversary

November 6, 2015

The Alliance Stage at the Woodruff Arts Center Performance produced and directed by Dr. Warren Woodruff, inspired by Dr. Fuddle and The Gold Baton, Thomas Ludwig of The Beethoven Chamber Orchestra and Lynn Stallings of the Atlanta Workshop Players�

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WellStar and Mayo Clinic.

Working together. Working for you.

Achieving our vision of world-class healthcare is even closer now that we are a proud new member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, an innovative collaboration which brings the expertise of Mayo to our patients. As the first and only member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network in metro Atlanta, our depth of specialty care will be enhanced with new resources and tools while keeping patient care right here at home.

Innovation. World-class care. WellStar.

For more information, please visit wellstar.org/mayo.

For physician referral, please call 770-956-STAR (7827).

The vision of WellStar Health System is to deliver world-class healthcare through our hospitals, physicians and services. Our not-for-profit health system includes WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center (anchored by WellStar Kennestone Hospital) and WellStar Cobb, Douglas, Paulding and Windy Hill hospitals; WellStar Medical Group; Urgent Care Centers; Health Parks; Pediatric Center; Health Place; Homecare; Hospice; Atherton Place; Paulding Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; and the WellStar Foundation.

We believe in life well-lived.