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Faith Ringgold’s “The French Collection: Dancing at the Louvre, 1961” story quilt captures a visit to the Louvre that ends with children dancing in joy at finding the “Mona Lisa.” The spirit of gentle joyous change that permeates this quilt, and the vision of social transformation captured in the painting, inspired this production.

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12 Love in Atlanta, 1973

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Pearl Cleage’s Paris puts a 21st-century lens on the concept of couplehood.

14 Citizen Pearl

Cleage’s political and playwriting lives intersect in Paris.

the performance 19 Program and Notes

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If it’s true that all politics is local, I wonder if all romance is universal? What I Learned in Paris is a political romance. Political in the old-school sense of polis — citizenship or a body of citizens. Romance in the eternal sense of that intoxicating, infuriating, make-you-do-crazy-things force that fuels us all. In this political romance, Pearl Cleage’s body of citizens is a group committed to common cause at a time ripe for change. They’re also a group of dyed-in-the-wool romantics who can’t imagine living without love. And the thing I find glorious about this particular play is that this writer couldn’t possibly tell one part of the story without telling the other. Here’s what I hope. I hope this play will make you tell your own stories. About Atlanta. About 1973. About changing cities. And most of all, I hope this play makes you tell someone a story about falling in love.

Susan V. Booth Jennings Hertz Artistic Director

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Pearl Cleage’s What I Learned in Paris puts a 21st-century lens on the concept of couplehood program note by celise kalke

n comedies about remarriage, wonderful couples break up and then experiment with getting back together. These breakups and comings together alternate between portraying personal change and social change. Because for a well-matched couple rematched, change is imperative. In Pearl Cleage’s What I Learned in Paris, a well-matched couple may or may not end up rematched. Evie and J.P. are a prominent Atlanta couple. Well-educated, politically powerful, and passionately involved in civic life. But a marriage begun as a partnership devolved into a patriarchy, in Evie’s view, and a mess, in J.P.’s. In 1973 Atlanta, the city has embraced the huge but inevitable change of African-American mayoral leadership. Against this backdrop of dramatic social change, Cleage sends her characters topsy-turvy through a journey toward active choices about personal happiness.

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The first 20th-century American comedy of remarriage was Langdon Mitchell’s The New York Idea, written in 1906 and examining the pitfalls of easy divorce laws. “What I wanted to satirize,” Mitchell wrote, “was a certain extreme frivolity — frivolity in the deepest sense.” Mitchell’s rebuttal to easy divorce laws was to create a relationship so serious that it transcends changes to the institution of marriage. The wonderful Private Lives (1930) by Noël Coward examines equality. But his couple seem isolated together, as society of 1930 had few options for what Amanda and Elliot could change into in order for their equality to have great social impact. The great works of remarriage in American film — The Philadelphia Story (1940) and His Girl Friday (also 1940) explore ideas about gender equality against a social backdrop vital to the romance

“You know there’s always been a light burning in the window for you.” — Walter Burns to ex-wife Hildy Johnson

“I jumped out of that window a long time ago.” — Hildy Johnson, 1940 filmscript for His Girl Friday

being examined. Both use a couple, well-matched economically, creating new 20th-century models of marriage through remarriage: in The Philadelphia Story, an idealized companionship based on profound familiarity and access to privilege; in His Girl Friday, an idealized work partnership based on equal talent, drive and dedication to journalism. In each story, the larger social world embraces these remarriages as a sign of progressive times. In 2004, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind created a science-fiction fantasy about a couple who each erase their memories of each other after a painful breakup. Here technological advances (the larger social world) impede romance. The film questions whether the erasure of memory erases the self, whether two people once deeply together can remain whole without the other person. But in terms of the genre, it’s

ABOVE: Image from the 1940 film His Girl Friday starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, and the 2005 stage adaptation of the movie by John Guare (Guthrie Production) starring Courtney B. Vance and Angela Bassett.

a throwback to the idea in Private Lives, of a relationship as a closed system. Pearl Cleage’s play portrays all these questions about change, identity and personal transformation in a world obsessed not with change inside the home, but within the larger civic body. Cleage asks, can two people whose marriage was torn apart by their social and professional obligations come back together if their work outside the home has succeeded? Portraying a crowning achievement of the civil rights movement and 1970s feminist ideas of the personal being political, Cleage elegantly juxtaposes two great 20th-century ideas about equality into a 21st-century theatrical experience. alliancetheatre.org

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Cleage’s political and playwriting lives intersect in Paris

Atlanta, 1973. Fall. The O’Jays, Paul Simon and Earth, Wind and Fire are on the radio. Maynard Jackson has just been elected the city’s first African American mayor. And Pearl Cleage, a 25-year-old political activist who will be his press secretary for the next two-plus years, sprints through her marathon workdays with a hairstyle that stands somewhere between an Angela Davis Afro and today’s signature close-cropped style. Cleage (rhymes with egg) is 63 now and still a political activist. She’s also a playwright of some renown, which is where that pivotal time in Atlanta history comes in. It’s the jumpingoff point for her newest play, the political romance What I Learned in Paris. “It’s about the impossibility of telling the truth, unless you’re telling the truth about everything,” she says. Atlanta in 1973 “was the most exciting place I had ever been,” she says. Jackson was making history. Charis Books & More, with its feminist

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Playwright Pearl Cleage and Director Patrick McColery observing students in the 10th Collision Project, Summer, 2011.

Yes, says Cleage, who referenced her early ‘70s journals when she began writing. Entry after entry spoke of gender politics in her life and the lives around her: “My husband doesn’t understand this.” “My boss doesn’t understand that.” “That man at that party last night was so sexist.” Those revelations helped shape her script, her second play in three years to receive a world premiere at the Alliance Theatre. Writer, activist, storyteller — Cleage is all these and more. Alliance Artistic Director Susan V. Booth, in fact, calls her “Citizen Pearl.” She’s written about African American pioneers in the American West, 1930s Harlem, Mississippi civil rights workers, two women in a bus station, Coretta Scott King and African American high society in Montgomery, Ala. Her next play is already percolating. It, too, will be set in the city too busy to hate. “At this moment,” she says, “ I am really obsessed with Atlanta stories.”

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leanings, was just opening. The city was home to active anti-war and anti-Nixon movements. And Cleage was part of a drama group that created “happenings” at Atlanta shopping centers. The Atlanta air crackled, and she couldn’t get enough. Cleage first encountered Jackson in 1969, shortly after moving here from Detroit. He was running for vice mayor when she saw him on TV, criticizing the way police had handled a shoplifter they’d shot and killed in the middle of a downtown street. “He was amazing,” she recalls, her hands helping tell the story. “He really was larger than life.” His intelligence and passion impressed her, but she didn’t know who he was. When she asked, she was told: “He’s going to be the next mayor.” A few years later, when Jackson did run for mayor, she volunteered. “I was a writer, and I wanted to assist any way I could,” she says. The candidate came to her home himself and told her: “The city needs you.” She went from writing speeches while he campaigned to trading bons mots with the press in City Hall. Those experiences helped inform What I Learned in Paris, which is about a group of friends in the midst of a dynamic time in Atlanta. “These people are realizing the light on them is so bright that any contradiction between what they say and what they do will be shown in deep relief,” she says. It’s also about gender dynamics. Gender dynamics?

ALLIANCE THEATRE Susan V. Booth, Artistic Director presents with production support provided by Victoria & Howard Palefsky The World Premiere of

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Jody Feldman and Harriet Bass

Directed by Susan V. BOOTH Additional support for the production provided by The Charles and Delores Stephens Family. The Alliance Theatre's production of What I Learned in Paris in the recipient of The 2012 Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award. Alliance Season Sponsored By

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cast Setting: Atlanta, Ga., 1973; Election night. A Midtown condominium, the temporary outpost of the Maynard Jackson for Mayor Campaign. THERE WILL BE ONE FIFTEEN-MINUTE INTERMISSION in alphabetical order

*Crystal Fox..............................................................................Evie Madison *Danny Johnson...........................................................................J.P. Madison *January LaVoy........................................................................Lena Jefferson *Eugene H. Russell IV................................................................ John Stanton *Kelsey Scott............................................................................. Ann Madison

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies and stand-ins never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

Zuri Adele .......................................................... Ann Madison/Lena Jefferson Nevaina.........................................................................................Evie Madison Christopher Watson.................................................. John Stanton/J.P. Madison Sean Haley................................................................ Assistant to the Director *R. Lamar Williams.................................................. Assistant Stage Manager Erin Sanchez...........................................................Apprentice Stage Manager *Denotes a member of Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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CRYSTAL FOX

DANNY JOHNSON

eugene h. russell IV

zuri adele

nevaina

JANUARY LaVOY

kelsey scott

christopher watson

The Alliance Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union. The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young Audiences (ASSITEJ/USA), The Atlanta Coalition of Theatres, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Midtown Alliance.

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profiles CRYSTAL FOX (Evie Madison) is delighted to return to her home theatre, the Alliance in this world premiere, Pearl Cleage production! Other credits include Amen Corner (Guthrie Theatre), God Of Carnage (Alliance Theatre), Two Trains Running (Penumbra Theatre), How We Got On (Actors’ Theatre Of Louisvilles’ Humana Festival), Every Tongue Confess (Arena Stage), For Colored Girls... ( Portland Center Stage and True Colors Theatre Company), Antony & Cleopatra and Comedy of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Recipient of Bostons’ 2009 IRNE (Independent Reviewers of New England) Award and the 2010 Elliot Norton award for Best/ Outstanding Actress for Fences at the Huntington Theatre. Film/TV credits include “In the Heat of the Night,” “House of Payne,” “Law & Order,” “The Sopranos,” Old Settler, Mama Floras' Family, When We Were Colored, Driving Miss Daisy. Danny Johnson (J.P. Madison) Broadway: Fumani in Song of Jacob Zulu. OffBroadway: Rooftop in Our Lady of 121st Street, CJ in Soldier’s Play. Regional: Caleb in Miss Evers’ Boys (Goodman and Illusion); Jeremy in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and Conductor/Ensemble in The Visit (Goodman); Fumani in Song of Jacob Zulu (Steppenwolf); Walter Lee in A Raisin in the Sun (Intiman); Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird (Huntington, St. Louis Repertory and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Witchdoctor in Jungle Rot (Cleveland Playhouse); Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist (Children’s Theater Minneapolis); and performances at St. Louis Black Rep, Chicago Shakespeare, New American Theater, among others. TV: “Blue Bloods,” “Philanthropist,” “Damages,” “Law &

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Order,” “Law & Order SVU,” “Law & Order Criminal Intent," “Rescue Me,” “NYPD Blue,” “Sopranos,” among others. Film: Larry Holmes in Don King: Only in America, Reservation Road and Frequency, among others. This is Danny’s Alliance and Atlanta debut. facebook.com/danny. johnson.118; @djohn121 January LaVoy (Lena Jefferson) is thrilled to be making her Atlanta debut. Broadway: ENRON. Off-Broadway: Wings (Second Stage), Coraline (MCC), Two Trains Running and Home (Signature Theatre). Regional credits include Measure for Measure (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ); The Piano Lesson (Pittsburgh Public Theater); A Streetcar Named Desire, Lobby Hero, The Merchant of Venice, and Cyrano de Bergerac (Denver Center); as well as world premieres at City Theatre, The Wilma Theater, and Contemporary American Theatre Festival. She is a 2010 alumna of the Sundance Theatre Lab. Film: War of the Worlds, High Ground (upcoming). TV: “3 lbs.,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Guiding Light,” “All My Children,” and Noelle OrtizStubbs on “One Life to Live." Voiceover work includes campaigns for Revlon, Dannon and Obama for America, and more than two dozen audio books. MFA: National Theatre Conservatory (Denver). Proud member of Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA. Love and gratitude to her darling husband and favorite actor, Mat Hostetler. januarylavoy.com Eugene H. Russell IV (John Stanton), a proud Atlanta native and Tennessee State University alumnus, returns to the Alliance after previously appearing in Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL, Honk! and Cuttin’ Up. Other regional

profiles theatre credits include: Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar and Antigone with Georgia Shakespeare; The Full Monty, Five Guys Named Moe and Fences at Springer Opera House; Our Town and Tambourines to Glory with True Colors Theatre Company; Once on This Island at Aurora Theatre; Pure Confidence at Theatrical Outfit; and Before It Hits Home with St. Louis Black Rep, for which he received the prestigious Woodie King, Jr. Award. In addition to his most recent film credit, Jack and the Dustbowl, commercial credits include ads for Ford, Moe’s, Captain D’s, Publix, and GA Lotto. An impassioned songwriter/musician, Eugene can often be found in studios working as a session saxophonist. “We are what we chase.” KELSEY SCOTT (Ann Madison) is elated to come home to the Alliance. She previously appeared in the Alliance’s Theatre for Young Audiences production of Let’s Talk About AIDS. Other Atlanta credits include: Susan Lewis in And the Men Shall Also Gather (Jomandi); Charmaine in Legacy (Seven-N-One Productions); Still Life (Jomandi); and Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors (Top Entertainment). West Coast tour: Michelle Morris and Ensemble in Dreamgirls. Regional: Ti Moune in Once on This Island, Andrea in Once on This Island (NAACP nomination), Nik in The Bedroom Window, Kristin in Miss Julie, Lady in Red in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. Film and TV credits include: Twelve Years a Slave (upcoming), Chocolate City, “Grey’s Anatomy,” “House, M.D.,” “Criminal Minds,” “The Young and the Restless,” and “The Robert Guillaume Show.” Kelsey is repeatedly humbled

and infinitely grateful for the support of her family and like-family. She dedicates this performance to the memory of her mother; the incomparable Deloris Scott. KelseyScott.com. ZURI ADELE (US Ann Madison & Lena Jefferson) Kicking off her transition into the working world, this is Zuri Adele’s first experience as a professional understudy at Alliance Theatre. She previously served as the collegiate understudy for the role of Veronica in God of Carnage, during her senior year at Spelman College (B.A. in Drama, 2012). Most recently, Zuri starred in Gabrielle Fulton’s MILF at the Atlanta Fringe Festival. Her undergraduate studies allowed her to spend a year performing and training at BADA in London (where she starred in Antigone and Jane Eyre), and take the lead in The Bluest Eye, directed by Jasmine Guy. It has now been a year since Zuri returned from South Africa, where she taught acting workshops at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. Zuri resides in Atlanta, where she continues to pursue her career as an actress, and is grateful for another opportunity to understudy at the Alliance! NEVAINA (US Evie Madison) (pronounced Nih-von-yah) glows like a sun-kissed penny under the theatre lights. Her theatre credits include Tyler Perry’s stage play I Know I’ve Been Changed, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide… (directed by Jasmine Guy), The Amen Corner, The Negro Dance Lesson, and more. The camera and Nevaina have a mutual love affair. She has been seen on Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne,” “One Tree Hill” and “Army Wives." Some of her film credits include The New Daughter starring Kevin Costner, who said that alliancetheatre.org

profiles Nevaina “could hold her own." She delivers stellar performances in The Wronged Man and the recently released Good Deeds. Much of her technique she credits to her mentor and surrogate Grandfather, the late Frank Wittow of The Academy Theatre. Nevaina’s motto: For the Lord is my strength and keeper of my craft. She thanks her family for letting Mommy go out and play! Christopher Watson (US John Stanton/J.P. Madison) was born and raised in Decatur Ga. where he attended the DeKalb School of the Arts. He graduated from Florida State University, where he received his BFA in performance acting. While there his credits included: Othello in Othello, Polonius in Hamlet, Virgil in Bus Stop, and Harpagon in The Miser. It has long been his dream to perform and work with the Alliance Theatre and he is ecstatic to be a part of such an amazing show! Actors' Equity Association founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. In the 2012-2013 Season, the Alliance Theatre congratulates Actors' Equity Association for its 100 years of service to the theatre community. PEARL CLEAGE (Playwright) is an Atlanta-based playwright and novelist. Her plays include The Nacirema Society, Flyin’ West, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Bourbon at the Border, and A Song for Coretta.

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She has written eight novels, including "What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day," which was an Oprah Book Club selection and spent nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Pearl and her husband, writer Zaron W. Burnett, Jr., collaborated on the awardwinning performance series Live at Club Zebra! for 10 years. In 1973, Pearl was a speechwriter for the Maynard Jackson campaign and later served as his first press secretary. Member: The Dramatists Guild. Susan V. Booth (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001. Over 11 seasons, she initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, created local producing partnerships and overseen 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 nationally at theatres 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.

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profiles She is the past president of the board of directors for Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for the field) is on the artistic board of the Steinberg Charitable Trust in New York, and is a trustee of Denison University. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal. susan. booth@woodruffcenter.org Brian Sidney Bembridge (Set Design) Alliance: Sammy and Me, Tennis in Nablus. Off-Broadway: Public Theater, Second Stage, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Firework Theater Company, Theatre at St. Clement’s. National tours: Chicago Shakespeare. International: Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Platform Hip Hop Festival, Sydney, Civic Theatre, Australia, Theatre Royal Stratford East, London. Regional: Guthrie, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Second City Theaters, Chicago Theater, Ravinia Music Festival, Drury Lane Theaters, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Children’s Theatre Company, California Shakespeare, Dallas Theatre Center, Two River Theater, Virginia Opera, Opera Omaha, The Arden Theatre, Asolo and the St. Louis, Milwaukee, Madison repertory theatres, among others. Honors: five Joseph Jefferson Awards, five After Dark Awards including Outstanding Season, three LA Drama Critic Circle Awards, three Garland Awards and an Ovation and LA Weekly Award. Represented the U.S. designing the world premiere of the Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at the Prague Quadrennial. Film: Wallace Shawn’s Marie and Bruce, Holding Out, MANFAST, Stray Dogs, Late for Church, Muppets From Space. BFA North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Design and Production. briansidneybembridge.com.

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Lex Liang (Costume Design) Liang’s work includes design for theatre, film, dance, and special events. What I Learned in Paris marks his third collaboration with the Alliance Theatre, having designed scenery and costumes for Carapace and costumes for Into the Woods. Recent NY credits include The Yellow Wood (Dir. B.D. Wong); Secrets of a Soccer Mom (Dir. Judith Ivey); and Made in Heaven. Regionally, his work has been seen at Paper Mill Playhouse, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and Penobscot Theatre (30+ productions). Liang is the principal at LDC Design Associates, a NYC-based design firm providing design services for retail and residential spaces and special events. Upcoming projects for LDC include the design of the Kardashian Kollection fashion show for NYC Fashion Week, and a forest campsite in Times Square for Sears. A graduate of NYUTisch, Liang is a Princess Grace Award nominee and a member of United Scenic Artists, Local-829. LDCdesign.com. KEN YUNKER (Lighting Design) An Atlantan since 1989, Mr. Yunker is the resident lighting designer for the Sarasota Opera Association, a principal designer for the Atlanta Opera and the resident designer for Opera New Jersey/ Princeton. A regular at the Alliance Theatre, past designs include Into the Woods, August: Osage County, Avenue X, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Aladdin, Bluish, Go, Dog. Go!, The Underpants, Einstein Is a Dummy, Day Of Kings, The Miracle Worker, Leap, Ferdinand The Bull. National credits include: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Bermuda Arts Festival, McCarter Theatre Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Utah Symphony and Opera, Tulsa Opera, Fort Worth Opera, San Antonio Opera, Augusta Opera, Florida State Opera,

profiles Arizona Opera and Opera Santa Barbara. Awards include the Suzi Bass award for Avenue X. Nominations include: August: Osage County, Rejoice and The Persians; Abbey Artist of the Year nomination; Creative Loafing lighting award in Best of Atlanta; Theatre in the Square Jenny Award (7 total for best lighting). Member United Scenic Artists #829. Clay Benning (Sound Design) has been the resident sound designer at the Alliance Theatre for 13 years and has designed more than 75 productions. Recent works include Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Into the Woods, God of Carnage and The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls. He is also an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare with designs for more than 20 productions. Other work includes The Great Gatsby and big (featuring Big Boi) at the Atlanta Ballet; Cincinnati Playhouse; Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Theatre. Awards: 2006, 2007 and 2009 Suzi Bass awards for outstanding sound design. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (BA), North Carolina School of the Arts (MFA) and a member of IATSE/USA829. lark hackshaw (Production Stage Manager) Favorites include Broadway: Stick Fly. Off-Broadway: Langston in Harlem; Hoopz (Disney); Mama, I Want to Sing. Alliance Theatre: Bring It On: The Musical, Twist, Avenue X, August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf; Eurydice; Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies; Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; Jelly’s Last Jam; Five Guys Named Moe; Topdog/ Underdog; King Hedley II; Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk; Wit; and How I Learned to Drive. National tours: Ain’t Misbehavin’; Noise/Funk starring Savion

Glover; Dreamgirls starring Jennifer Holliday. Regional theatre: Rejoice!, True Colors Theatre Company; Soldier’s Play, Black Spectrum Theatre; Blues in the Night, Arena Stage; My Castle’s Rockin’, N. Carolina Black Repertory; Grease, Muny Theatre; Dance: Urban Nutcracker; The Leopard Tale, Ballethnic Dance Company. Other credits: An Evening With Carol Burnett; line producer/executive assistant to producing artistic director, North Carolina National Black Theatre Festival 1997–present. R. LAMAR WILLIAMS (Assistant Stage Manager) is an Atlanta native. Rodney studied theatre at Florida A&M University’s Essential Theatre. His 12year tenure at the Alliance has included stage managing The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, Carapace, Sammy & Me, Tennis in Nablus, The Second Ciy: Peach Drop Stop & Roll, The Second City: Miracle on 1280 Peachtree Street and Broke; and assistant stage managing August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf; Doubt; Jelly’s Last Jam and the world premieres of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Women of Brewster Place, Sister Act: The Musical and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. For Sensei, JDawn, his girls and all humanity — “living life as ART!” Celise Kalke (Director of New Projects) is honored to work as dramaturg on her second world premiere production of a Pearl Cleage play, directed by Susan Booth. She joined the staff of the Alliance in 2005, and every year is amazed by the depth and breadth of Atlanta-based playwriting talent. Celise has grown the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwright Competition to include collaboration with the Lark Theatre Center in New York, a reading festival in Atlanta, a workshop at the Kennedy alliancetheatre.org

profiles Center in Washington, D.C., and ongoing new play workshops across the country. The competition world premieres at the Alliance include these critically acclaimed and exciting productions: Fairy Tale Lives of Russian Girls, Carapace, Tennis in Nablus, Smart Cookie, In the Red and Brown Water and False Creeds. Before moving to the Alliance she was the director of the literary department at the Public Theater in New York, working with writers such as John Guare, Diana Son, Tracey Scott Wilson and Stephen Adly Guirgis and serving as the production dramaturg for the Shakespeare in Central Park productions. At the Public she worked with many wellknown actors including Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def, Ben Stiller, Jimmy Smits, Peter Dinklage and Rosie Perez. Jody Feldman (Associate Producer) has been the head of casting for the Alliance Theatre since 1991. She has cast more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions for the Alliance including a wide range of classical, contemporary and world premiere dramas and

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musicals. She has worked with such directors as Susan V. Booth, Kenny Leon, David H. Bell, Kent Gash, Doug Hughes, Gary Griffin, Molly Smith and Andy Blankenbuehler. Since the Alliance is a center for new play development and productions, Jody has been privileged to cast a large number of new plays including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, Flyinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; West and Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney, and world premiere musicals such as Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical and Bring It On: The Musical. Jody also serves as casting director for Kenny Leonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s True Colors Theatre Company and worked as Atlanta casting director for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Tribute in Washington, D.C., and the feature film Charming the Hearts of Men. Jody began her theatre career as an actress and then as assistant general manager at the Academy Theatre with Frank Wittow. More than anything, Jody would like to thank you for being here to share the joy of live theatre with her Alliance Theatre family.

profiles Synopsis It's 1973, 2 o’clock in the morning after Maynard Jackson’s first mayoral election victory. J.P., a politically ambitious lawyer, and his second wife, Anne, have been key players within Jackson’s election team. Along with John, J.P.’s law partner, and Lena, a professional campaign strategist, they linger at the celebration party, trying to imagine what the future holds. Into this mix swoops J.P.’s first wife, Evie, who left her marriage to find herself in Paris and now returns from her bohemian life to reclaim her space at the center of Atlanta political life. Together, this amazing group of world travelers, romantics and game-changers will learn to live their lives in the spotlight of history.

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Members of our community respond to the work on the Alliance Stage In Pearl Cleage’s What I Learned in Paris, I was reminded that the flow of history can be impacted as a result of allowing others’ desires and wishes to determine your destiny. Conducting that periodic self-assessment, to remain in touch with your personal truth, can be as simple as taking a look in the mirror. This play also reminds us that the mirror can be quite revealing and help anyone find their truth. So many make decisions for themselves based on what they believe others expect of them. Many allow the course of their personal history to be influenced by what they perceive as “acceptable” to others. As a result, the flow of their destiny can become stifled. What I discovered in this play is that the natural flow of history finds its destiny when truth becomes the focal point. — Philippa V. Ellis, Alliance Theatre Board of Directors

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about the alliance theatre Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre remains closely tied to the cultural identity of Atlanta, growing as the city has grown. The theatre has gained national recognition and prominence as Atlanta has become a leading international city. In 1977, the Alliance merged with the Atlanta Children’s Theatre (founded in 1929) in order to include Atlanta’s youngest audiences in fully produced theatrical experiences. In 1979, the Alliance created the Theatre School (now the Acting Program and Education Department) in order to strengthen the relationship with our community. In 2007, under the leadership of Susan Booth, the Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance received the Regional Theatre Tony Award®, in recognition of sustained excellence in programming, education and community engagement. Realizing that our audience and the national field supports plays developed in Atlanta, the Alliance has created a large body of new work. The Alliance produces world premiere American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent regional productions. The theatre creates and nurtures the plays and careers of earlycareer playwrights through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwright Competition, providing a premiere for the winner as part of our regular season and national networking opportunities for four finalists. Locally based artists create work on a nationally watched stage, launching and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community. Finally we create and produce original plays for young audiences at every age level: from the Collision Project, which creates opportunities for high school artists to collide with classic texts, to the groundbreaking Theatre for the Very Young, creating interactive work for infants and toddlers. The Alliance takes great pride in our multigenerational educational programming. Believing that the same excellence found on our stage must be found in our education programs, the Alliance created the Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists. A collaborative partnership between the Alliance and partner schools, the institute programs equip teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum, align with the Georgia Performance Standards and increase student learning. These innovative programs include GA Wolf Trap, a nationally recognized professional learning program that focuses on literacy skills for children in pre-K – 2nd grade, Dramaturgy K-12, a unique program that empowers student scholars to create research material that both informs Alliance productions and prepares their peer audiences; and Collision Plus, which takes the creativity and collaboration of the Collision Project into our high school classrooms. The Alliance also offers community education, including classes for all ages and abilities of theatre interest; and adult student productions of unproduced plays in development (working with local writers and playwrights from the National Graduate Playwriting Competition). Twice recognized by the Federal Department of Education as leaders in the field of arts education, these programs reflect the Alliance’s commitment to citywide arts access. The Alliance Theatre strives to set the highest artistic standards and create the powerful experience of shared theatre for a diverse audience. Above all else, we value excellence, pursued with integrity and creativity, and achieved through collaboration. 404.733.4650 or alliancetheatre.org http://facebook.com/AllianceTheatre

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annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.8 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of July 1, 2012 The Chairman’s Roundtable, indicated with **, is comprised of individuals who have contributed a minimum of $20,000 to the Alliance Theatre. The Director’s Circle, indicated by *, is comprised of individuals who have contributed a minimum of $10,000 to the Alliance Theatre’s Annual Fund.

$50,000+ Victoria & Howard Palefsky**

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Patron Circle of Stars By investing $15,000 or more in The Woodruff Arts Center and its divisions — the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences — these outstanding Annual Corporate Campaign donors helped us raise more than $9 million last year. Thank you! Chairman’s Council ★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. UPS ★★★★★★★★★★ $300,000+ Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution James M. Cox Foundation, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, WSB-TV Hon. Anne Cox Chambers Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+ AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Equifax Inc. & Employees The Home Depot Foundation PwC, Partners & Employees SunTrust Bank Employees & Trusteed Foundations Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund Greene-Sawtell Foundation SunTrust Foundation ★★★★★★★★ $150,000+ Jones Day Foundation & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Sara Giles Moore Foundation The Rich Foundation, Inc. The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund

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Jennings Hertz Artistic Director...................................... Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth.......................................... Rosemary Newcott Associate Producer......................................................... Jody Feldman Director of New Projects.....................................................Celise Kalke Artist In Dialogue............................................................... Pearl Cleage Community Engagement & Casting Associate..............DayRon J. Miles Artistic Assistant........................................................Margo Moskowitz Visiting Scholar................................................................... Jay Raphael Artistic Intern................................................................... Kathryn David Literary Interns........ Margot Manburg, Natasha Smith, Malcom Tariq Kenny Leon Fellow............................................................. JirĂ¨h Holder

General Manager............................................................ Max Leventhal Company Manager........................................................ Laura Thruston Management Assistant.........................................................Alicia Quirk Manager of Information Resources..................................... Jim Hubbert

Education Director of Educational Programs........................... Christopher Moses Director of the Acting Program.......................................... Al Hamacher Director, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists.......Carol T. Jones Assistant Director, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists.......................... Michele Mummert Education Development Manager...................................Sharon Brewer Education Coordinator & Producer of Drama Camps .Christina Dresser Education Assistant.......................................................... Rachel Jones Theatre for the Very Young Coordinator...............................Olivia Aston Resident Artist in Education........................................Patrick McColery Resident Teaching Artists......... Kim Bowers-Rheay, Valetta Anderson Teaching Artists..............................Ricardo Aponte, Paul Armbruster, Denise Arribas, Olivia Aston, Corey Bradberry, Sharon Brewer, Daniel Brown, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, Jessica De Maria, John Doyle, Marissa Druzbanski, Sharon Foote, Allison Gardner, Kimberly Geter, Holly Godwin, Erin Greer, Amy Handler, Angie Harrell, Michael Haverty, Lesley Howe, BJ Hughes, John Jaramillio, Bernard D. Jones, Rachel Jones, LeeAnna Lambert, Amy Lucas, Barry Stewart Mann, Morgan McCrary, Michele McCullough Hazard, Bryan Mercer, Marcie Millard, Tracy V. Moore, Kati Grace Morton, Jessica Muhammad, Sarah Lancaster Cave, Claire Ritzler, Manny Rivers, Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Sheri Mann Stewart, Clint Thornton, Shirnest Tolbert, Ebony Tucker, Allison Upshaw, Jeanene Williams

Finance Director of Finance & Administration.................................. Brian Shively Accounting Coordinator............................................................Julie Hall Accounting Coordinator................................................Ashley Bradford

Development Director of Development..............................Kristin Hathaway Hansen Corporate Relations Officer................................................ Paige Smith Major Contributions Manager...................................... Maya Robinson Special Events & Board Manager............................Lindsey Hardegree Grants Manager...................................................Rebecca Levenberg Development Coordinator...................................... Janet Abercrombie Development Volunteer.............................................. Elaine Hentschel

Marketing Director of Marketing.......................................................... Gary Sayers Brand Manager............................................................ Caroline Tanner Public Relations Manager...................................... Kathleen Covington Digital Brand Manager..........................................................John Maley Creative Manager...........................................................Talia Bromstad Marketing Volunteer.................................................................Don Vann Group Sales Coordinators................... Celeste Mercer, Kate McNeely Brand Coordinator.............................................................Emily Bryson Patron Services Manager........................................................Shana Orr Patron Services Coordinator.................................................Alicia Quirk House Managers.......................... Olivia Aston, Dana Hylton Calabro, Christina Dresser, Lindsey Hardegree, Ken McNeil, Alicia Quirk, Lynn Vatter Assistant Manager Season Tickets..................................Danielle Hicks Senior Ticket Agents.................................... Chad Martin, Ken McNeil

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Director of Production.................................................... Victor W. Smith

Assistant Technical Director..................................................Megan Kier Shop Foreman................................................................ Patrick Conley Carpenters...............................................Manny Abreo, Erin Canfield, Jonathan Fries, Michael Lyons Charge Scenic Artist..............................................................Kat Conley Scenic Artist................................................................. Christa Seekatz

Stage Management Alliance Stage Managers.......................... Pat A. Flora, lark hackshaw Assistant Stage Manager.......................................... R. Lamar Williams TYF Stage Manager........................................................... Liz Campbell TYF Stage Management Production Assistant.............Amy Radebaugh Hertz Stage Management Production Assistant.........Jayson T. Waddell Stage Management Apprentices..............Barbara Gantt, Erin Sanchez

Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager................................................ Scott Bowne Crew Chief........................................................................ Deb Maberry Flyman................................................................................ Willie Parks Properties Stagehand.................................................. Courtney O'Neill Stagehand......................................................................... Paul Arebalo

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

Sound Resident Sound Designer..................................................Clay Benning Sound Engineers/Board Ops...............Holly Blakely, Hidenori Nakajo, Brian Smith

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Properties Properties Manager...........................................................Robert Elliott Props Lead Artisan........................................................Suzanne Morris Properties Buyer Artisan.......................................... Heather Schroeder Properties Artisan.......................................................Bruce Butkovitch

Costumes Costume Shop Manager..............................................Carol Hammond Design Assistant..................................English Benning, Emily Kramer Draper..................................................Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Craftsmaster................................................................Diana L. Thomas Stitchers/First Hands........................................................ Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Maegan Robinson Wig Master.................................................................... Robert Navarre Wardrobe........................................................John Hardy, Niki Traxler

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