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6 I Just Stopped By

11 Program and Notes

to See the Man Journeying across cultural experiences.

8 A Right to Sing the Blues

Mississippi Charles Bevel on growing up in the Delta and his role in I Just Stopped By to See the Man.

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Once upon a time, the sound of Howlin’ Wolf singing "Smokestack Lightnin’" rocked my world. I was at a loud and crowded, raging adolescent party in someone’s basement. That someone had a mind-bending record collection, and that was why you went to his parties. And this song came on. And the room went quiet. It was like this man had no body — just voice. Just pure emotion poured into pure voice. And you felt that voice in your bones and you knew you weren’t going to be exactly the same afterward. Your molecules were getting a little bit scrambled, and you liked it. At least I did. The next time my world got rocked liked that happened in a tiny 135-seat theatre in Chicago, in the Studio of the Goodman Theatre. And that was a production of Oyamo’s play Let Me Live, staged by Ron OJ Parson, with musical direction by Mississippi Charles Bevel. In a tiny room, those two gentlemen made lightning in a bottle and created an evening of theatre that was visceral like nothing I’d ever seen before. So here we are with I Just Stopped By to See the Man. A visceral and pure emotional trip inside the blues. A story of secrets and sacrifices and the cost of them both. And Ron and Mississippi are driving the train. This is gonna be good.

Susan V. Booth Jennings Hertz Artistic Director

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Journeying across cultural experiences usic. Secrets. Unexplored paths. These three elements make up the heart of Stephen Jeffreys’ play. The blues, however, makes the play’s heart beat. I Just Stopped By to See the Man is about a man (or The Man, as he’s called by fans) who sacrificed his status as a legend and put down his guitar once and for all. Jesse “The Man” Davidson inspired the success of English rock star Karl, whose cover of his classic blues song went platinum much like real-life blues musician Muddy Waters, who heavily influenced the Rolling Stones. When Karl stumbles across The Man and his daughter, all three characters are forced to come to grips with how their lives have turned out and where to go from there. Behind the musical and moving text, there is irony galore. What is often impressive about I Just Stopped By to See

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the Man is the authenticity with which English writer Jeffreys writes this play set so far from his own upbringing. In the play, The Man states: “If you sing a song about Atlanta, you got to have been to Atlanta.” His daughter, Della, argues a similar point: Unless you have personally experienced being black, poor and deprived in America, then singing the blues is an inauthentic expression. With characters that could very well be talking directly to Jeffreys, the biggest question raised is, “What does an awardwinning London playwright know about the blues aesthetic? Or about writing American characters who experienced the Jim Crow South?” Probably about the same amount that a British rock star might know about blues legend The Man or the Rolling Stones knew about Muddy Waters.

Selection from Rollin’ Stone by Muddy Waters Muddy Waters

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Audiences across the country agree that the play works well. Somehow these cultural clashes work as Jeffreys breaks the rule of “writing what you know.” It is possibly the intrusion of the English rock star that gives the play an authentic feel. At the same time it allows Americans to not only look at ourselves more fully but also see ourselves through the eyes of a familiar stranger. There is something about the blues and the story these characters portray that transcends cultural experiences. Human experiences such as suffering, disappointment and failure have no cultural specificity. A significant theme of the play is the question of whether you need to experience the subject matter of your art in order for it to be authentic. Jeffreys seems to nod to this assertion on the part of his characters but offers his own idea as a playwright instead. We naturally have a fascination with cultures different than our own, but we do not necessarily have to experience those cultures in order to identify with them. And what Jeffreys does have is

Well, I wish I was a catfish, swimmin in a oh, deep, blue sea I would have all you good lookin women, fishin, fishin after me Sure ‘nough, a-after me Sure ‘nough, a-after me Oh ‘nough, oh ‘nough, sure ‘nough Well, my mother told my father, just before hmmm, I was born, “I got a boy child’s comin, He’s gonna be, he’s gonna be a rollin’ stone, Sure ‘nough, he’s a rollin’ stone Sure ‘nough, he’s a rollin’ stone”

the experience of listening to the blues. As an Englishman, yes, but also as an artist. As a playwright, he knows how to listen not only to words but the stories and emotions behind the words. As their story unfolds, the characters in I Just Stopped By to See the Man nudge us toward accepting the universal message that the blues often shares with its listeners: No matter how bleak, no matter how much we may desire otherwise, our story never ends — as Alliance Artistic Director Susan Booth eloquently states — “as long as we’re drawing breath.” Jiréh Holder is the Alliance Literary Intern. alliancetheatre.org

harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson and Jimi Hendrix, to the ways in which he relates to his latest character. How did you first get into the blues?

A RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES Mississippi Charles Bevel on growing up in the Delta and his role in I Just Stopped By to See the Man by bret love ississippi Charles Bevel is as authentic a blues man as you’re likely to find in the acting community. The artist, otherwise known as ‘Sip,’ was born in the Mississippi Delta and came of age during the civil rights movement. He went on to open for everyone from Taj Mahal to B.B. King before making his way into a theatre. Now, in I Just Stopped By to See the Man, Bevel combines his passions — playing a retired blues musician sought out by a British rocker hoping to find the spotlight one last time. The engaging Bevel recently sat down for a chat that covered everything from

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I grew up in the Mississippi Delta, but the only musical instrument I’d ever heard by the time I was 10 years old was a badly out-of-tune piano. That’s how far back in the boonies I lived! Around Christmas of ’48 or ’49, my father bought a radio. A few months later I heard Sonny Boy Williamson playing his harmonica and singing on the radio, and that was my introduction to the blues. What can you tell us about your character, Jesse, and how his story unfolds?

It’s very interesting in terms of how it’s written. What I connected to was that whole struggle he’d gone through in terms of being a good musician, but it never meant anything to him in terms of making money. The whole tragedy is that his woman left him because of that. So many guys, like Mississippi John Hurt and Son House, had to deal with making nickels and dimes for most of their lives. I saw that play out in so many ways, where you couldn’t get credit or you wouldn’t be allowed to do it because of how things were structured racially. I’m really looking forward to dealing with that onstage, and I think I can get that across to the audience. Bret Love is the founder of GreenGlobalTravel. com; managing editor of INsite magazine; and music editor for Georgia Music Magazine. The freelancer also does improv with Jackpie at Relapse Theatre. For the full interview, go to EncoreAtlanta.com.

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cast in alphabetical order

*Mississippi Charles Bevel.......................................................................... Jesse *Dieterich Gray..............................................................................................Karl *Bakesta King......................................................................................................Della "Just For You" — Original Music Composed by Mississippi Charles Bevel UNDERSTUDIES Understudies and stand-ins never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

Geoffrey M. Brown ......................................................................................... Karl Danielle Deadwyler....................................................................................... Della Josiah Watts............................................................................................... Jesse Scot Mann ............................................................................ Fight Choreographer Elliott Dixon..................................................................... Assistant to the Director Elisa Carlson................................................................................... Dialect Coach *Amy L. Gilbert............................................................. Production Stage Manager Barbara Gantt.......................................... Stage Management Production Assistant *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Geoffrey M. Brown

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Josiah Watts

MISSISSIPPI CHARLES BEVEL (Jesse), AEA, Broadway: It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues (Vivian Beaumont Theatre), Regional theatre: Let Me Live (Goodman Theatre); I Am a Man and Thunder Knocking at the Door (Meadow Brook Theatre); Famous Orpheus (Geva Theatre); Polk County, (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); Fire on the Mountain (Denver Center Theatre Company); Hank Williams: Lost Highway (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). Regional: The Piano Lesson (Karamu Performing Arts Theatre); Ma’ Rainey’s Black Bottom (Plowshares Theatre Company); Stories About the Old Days (St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre Company). Awards: Jeff Award (Chicago), Best Actor in a Revue (2005 and 2007); Woodie Award (St. Louis) Outstanding Lead Actor (2005). Nominations: Tony Award, Best Book for It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues (1999); Helen Hayes Award, Best Actor in a Revue (2001). DIETERICH GRAY (Karl) is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and makes his Alliance debut with I Just Stopped By to See the Man. Regional theatre: Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play (Yale Repertory); Naomi Iizuka’s

Ghostwritten and Robert Falls’ productions of The Seagull and King Lear starring Stacy Keach (Goodman Theatre); Mother Courage and Her Children and I Just Stopped By to See the Man (Steppenwolf); Dracula (Indiana Repertory & Geva Theatre); The Miser (Northlight); SS! Taming of the Shrew (Chicago Shakespeare); Disney’s Aladdin (Marriott Theatre); The Buddy Holly Story (Drury Lane). Film: Frida’s Rocketship; Dog Jack with Louis Gossett Jr. and 8 of Diamonds opposite Eric Roberts. BAKESTA KING (Della) is excited to be making her Alliance Theatre debut working once again with Ron OJ Parson and Kathy Perkins. Acclaim Award for Best Actress and Best Ensemble for Sadie in Gee’s Bend at Cincinnati Playhouse. Member, Chicago’s, Congo Square Theatre: Deep Azure, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Talented Tenth and The Colored Museum. Regional: Tour of A Raisin in the Sun, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company and the Guthrie Theater in conjunction with Penumbra Theatre. Goodman, Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, Arena Stage, alliancetheatre.org

profiles the Apollo, the Shakespeare Theatre, Warehouse Theatre (DC) and Centerstage Theatre, (Baltimore). BFA graduate of Howard University, MFA graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, attended the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England. Bakesta is producing her first short film, “Sunday Kinda Love.” Proud member of AEA & SAG.

New Works 2011 in the screenplay readings of David Garrett’s Holy Oak and Donzaleigh Abernathy’s Partners to History. He was an emcee/cinematographer for actor Irone Singleton’s highly acclaimed autobiographical one man show; Irone..the Resurrected at 14th Street Playhouse. He looks forward to working with the Alliance Theatre. He is a Sapelo Descendant.

GEOFFREY M. BROWN (US Karl) dhas worked in Atlanta theatre for more than twenty years. Credits include: Guys & Dolls, Lucky Stiff, The Rocky Horror Show, Li'l Abner, Sweeney Todd in Concert, Della's Diner #4 and myriad technical credits as he fills more roles offstage than on. Geoffrey tours the U.S. performing with bands like The Dregs, The Brogues and The Lost Boys. This is his Alliance Theatre debut and he thanks the staff, crew and cast for this invaluable experience. Geoffrey is a father and would like to demonstrate to his daughter that we do not avoid tasks because they are difficult, we seek these opportunities out to strengthen us.

Stephen Jeffreys (Playwright) was born in London and first attracted critical attention with his study of a stunt man on the skids Like Dolls or Angels (1977). His comedy Valued Friends played to two sell-out runs at Hampstead Theatre in 1989 and 1990 and won him the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle awards for Most Promising Playwright. This was followed by a Jacobean tragicomedy, The Clink, for Paines Plough, for whom he was Arts Council writer in-residence from 1987-1989. He adapted A Jovial Crew for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the instigation of Max Stafford-Clark with whom he has written a film script, A Neutral State. In 1993 A Going Concern also played a sellout run at Hampstead Theatre. In 1994-95 The Libertine, Jeffrey's raunchy play about the Earl of Rochester, was staged at the Royal Court Theatre and won great popular acclaim.

Danielle Deadwyler (US Della) makes her return to the Alliance in I Just Stopped By To See the Man. She recently debuted as August March in the Real Tweenagers of Atlanta. She has also been seen in the Kendeda Reading series in this year's Shoe Story and 2011's Olympic Village. Atlanta credits: Normal Jean/ Kid/LaWanda in The Colored Museum (True Colors), Fannie Mae in Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery (Horizons), Lady in Yellow in for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf (True Colors). Her TV film debut in A Cross to Bear recently premiered on the GMC channel. Danielle is ever grateful to Reggie, Ezra, and the graciousness of her Deadwyler, Haslam clan. JOSIAH WATTS (US Jesse) holds BAs in Theatre & Speech Communication from the University of Georgia. He has performed in Othello, The African Company Presents Richard III, Boys Next Door, The Wiz, A Raisin in the Sun, Fences, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Josiah also performed with Theatre Emory Brave

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RON OJ PARSON (Director) a native of Buffalo, N.Y., and a graduate of the University of Michigan's professional theatre program. Co-founder and former artistic director of the Onyx Theatre Ensemble of Chicago, co-founder and co-director of Ripe Mango Productions, resident artist at Chicago’s Court Theatre. Ron has worked as both actor and director. Chicago credits: the Chicago Theatre Company, Victory Gardens, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Chicago Dramatists, Northlight, Court, Black Ensemble Theatre, ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Writers Theatre, Urban Theatre Company and Congo Square Theatre. Regional credits: Virginia Stage Company, Portland Stage Company, Studio Arena Theatre, Studio Theatre, Roundabout Theatre, Wilshire Theatre, The Mechanic,

profiles Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Geva Theatre, and Signature Theatre in New York. Ron "OJ" directed the world premiere of Palmer Park by Joanna Glass at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford Ontario. Proud member AEA, SAG, AFTRA and SDC. JACK MAGAW (Scenic Designer) most recently designed Broke at the Alliance Theatre. Chicago/regional: World Premiere of Disgraced (American Theatre Company), Circle Mirror Transformation (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Gee’s Bend (Cincinnati Playhouse), Samuel J & K (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and Home (Court Theatre), Black Pearl Sings and Eclipsed (Northlight Theatre), A Few Good Men (Peninsula Players), In the Next Room… (Victory Gardens Theater), She Loves Me and The Caretaker (Writers Theatre), Radio Golf (Pittsburgh Public Theatre), Cabaret and A Flea in Her Ear (Kansas City Repertory). Joseph Jefferson Award nominations for Picnic and Bus Stop (Writers’ Theatre), Fences (Court Theatre) and Seven Guitars (Congo Square Theatre). Jack lives in Evanston with director Kimberly Senior and teaches design at both DePaul and Northwestern universities. www.jackmagaw.com SYDNEY ROBERTS (Costume Designer) designed Spoon Lake Blues for the Hertz Stage in 2011 and has done 11 shows with Rosemary Newcott at the Alliance Theatre since 2001. She is an Associate Artist at Georgia Shakespeare, a member of USA 829, and holds a position in the Department of Theatre and Speech at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Atlanta: True Colors Theatre Company, Georgia Shakespeare, Actor’s Express, Synchronicity Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, and Theatre in the Square. She is currently designing Night of the Iguana with Theatre Emory. Regional: Portland Center Stage (OR), Red Mountain Theatre Company (AL), Swallowtale Dance Company

(TN). Film: Ruthie. Sydney holds a BFA from the University of Texas. Awards: Drammie for Best Costume Design, The Devils (Portland, 2001). web.me.com/sydneylenoir KATHY A. PERKINS (Lighting Designer) Alliance Theatre: Jar the Floor, The Ties That Bind, A Raisin in the Sun. New York: Manhattan Theatre Club, New Federal Theatre, Negro Ensemble Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall. Regional: Mark Taper Forum, Steppenwolf Theatre, Congo Square, Court Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, American Conservatory Theatre, St. Louis Black Repertory, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theatre Company, Victory Gardens, Indiana Repertory Theatre, eta Creative Arts, Arena Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, Playmakers Repertory Company, Missouri Repertory, About Face Theatre. South Africa: Windybrow Theatre, KwaZulu Natal National Theatre, Grahamstown Festival. Kathy is a professor of theatre at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a member of USAA. kathyaperkins.com Kendall Simpson (Sound Designer) has designed and composed original scores for several Atlanta-theaters including Georgia Shakespeare, Alliance Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit and Theater Emory. Working in film, Simpson recently scored The Promotion (2011). Other independent films include the The Etiquette Man which has received top honors at several film festivals. Television credits include scores for "Sesame Street" and Elmo DVDs. Simpson’s most recent work for dance is a video, disrepair, which premiered at the 2009 American Dance Festival. Other works include Papillon, premiered by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Lee Harper and Dancers. Simpson is also honored to have won two Suzi Bass awards. AMY L. GILBERT (Production Stage Manager) Alliance Theatre: God of Carnage (SM), Frame 312, Moon for the Misbegotten, Christmas Carol (ASM — 3 years), The Called, Sleepwalkers alliancetheatre.org

profiles (SM). National Tour: Dora the Explorer, Live! Dora’s Pirate Adventure. Regional Theatre: A Chorus Line, Arizona Broadway Theatre, Peoria, AZ; The Sun Serpent, Childsplay, Inc., Tempe, AZ; Torture Team, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT; The Nerd, Madison Repertory Theatre, Madison, WI; Forever Plaid, Connecticut Theatre Festival/Kennesaw Summer Stage; Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN. Atlanta Theatre: Gut Bucket Blues, Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company; Voir un Ami Pleurer, L’Evanouie, Theatre du Reve; The Disputation, Jewish Theatre of the South; Time of Your Life, Spring Awakening, Brave New Works, Theater Emory; Season’s Greetings, Something's Afoot, Scotland Road, The Lion in Winter, Georgia Ensemble Theatre. Amy has been a proud and grateful Union member for 15 years. 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 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, Flyin’ 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 Leon’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

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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. Susan V. Booth (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001. Over the past 10 seasons, she has 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 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, which she also directed. 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. 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 serves on the board of the Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal. susan.booth@woodruffcenter.org

profiles Synopsis After faking his death and vowing to never perform the blues again, a blues legend lives with his activist daughter secluded in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. A young English musician arrives in hopes of finding Jesse “The Man” Davidson. The encounter gives all three of them an adventure that strikes a chord at the heart of what the blues really mean.

discover us. discover you. In I Just Stopped By to See the Man I discovered obligation. Jeffrey’s characters act not out of rational self-interest, but an obligation to something greater than themselves, be it civil rights, love lost, or reverence for the raw energy of a foreign art. I was privileged enough to work alongside this talented cast and director, Ron OJ Parsons. Initially, however, I was not sure of how much I could offer as the seventies was way before my time, and my knowledge of the delta region was just as sparse. I attacked the script head on drawing as many parallels as possible between the characters and events mentioned. This obligation to understanding the setting of the piece has made me more knowledgeable of that time as well as more effective in my position. — Elliot Dixon, Assistant to the Director & Alliance Theatre Kenny Leon Fellow Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre remains closely tied to the cultural identity of Atlanta, growing as the city has grown. In 1977, the Alliance merged with the Atlanta Children’s Theatre (1929) 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, Artistic Director, the Alliance received the Regional Theatre Tony Award®. The Alliance has created a large body of new work: world premiere musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent regional productions; the plays of early career playwrights through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwright Competition; work on a nationally watched stage, launching and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community; and original plays for young audiences at every age level. The Alliance takes great pride in our educational programming through the Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists, community education including classes for all ages and abilities of theatre interest; and adult student productions of unproduced plays in development. Twice recognized by the Federal Department of Education as leaders in the field of arts education, these programs reflect the Alliance’s commitment to 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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Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. GCA is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

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★★★★ $35,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick

Victoria & Howard Palefsky

Sally G. Tomlinson

★★★ $25,000-$34,999 Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand

James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation

Dan & Garnet Reardon

★★ $15,000-$24,999 David & Carolyn Gould James & Lori Kilberg

Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Patty & Doug Reid

The Balloun Family Lisa & Joe Bankoff Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Ansley & Mark Callaway Alan & Chi Colberg Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. Tony L. Conway Linda & Gene Davidson Mr. & Mrs. A. D. Frazier, Jr. Matthew & Doris Geller Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Gunning Valerie Hartman Doug & Lila Hertz

Jocelyn J. Hunter Andrea & Boland Jones Paul & Rosthema Kastin John & Angie Keller Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Jeff Levy Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Moddelmog Maureen & Angus Morrison Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Bob & Margaret Reiser Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Linda & Stephen Selig Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton III

Joni Winston

★ $10,000-$14,999 Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson Smith John & Karen Spiegel Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles & Delores Stephens Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Tomé Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Amy & Todd Zeldin

top billing Executive Producers ★★ $7,500-$9,999 James Anderson The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Melanie & S. Alan McKnight, Jr. P.J. Younglove Hovey

Executive Producers ★ $5,000-$7,499 Jay & Debbie Goldman Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Kathy Harris Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Philip I. Kent Foundation Cynthia & Alan Maloy

Peg & Bill Balzer Candace & Jeff Bell Sarah & Jim Borders Frank & Mary Anne Chew Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin

Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Phil & Caroline Moïse Mr. & Mrs. Kenyon Murphy Helen Smith Price Mr. & Ms. Hugh S. Ripps Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler

Producers ★★ $3,500-$4,999 Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow Judy M. Anderson Kathy & Ken Bernhardt

Mr. Stephen Brown & Dr. Bayley Royer Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Mr. Dick Dickson & Ms. Yin Lo

Philippa & Burrell Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Rick Fuess Mrs. Helen M. Regenstein William & Margarita Sleeper

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 Balfour Beatty Construction Mrs. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Ms. Beryl Bergquist

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Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Dr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Callaway John & Lucy Cook Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III

Richard & Linda Diedrich Douglas & Camille Duerr Charles & Carol Edwards Eierman Foundation

annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.2 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 February 2012

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 (cont.) David L. Kuniansky Leslie Leigh M.D. Dick Lyon Kristie L. Madara Mr. William E. Michalewicz Dedi & Julian Mohr Jodi & Henry Niden Dr. Kathleen Nixon & Dr. Gregory Berkey John & Helen Parker Monica K. Pearson Susan & David Peterson Procore Solutions Ms. Lynne Ragan Mr. Travis Reed Bill & Rhonda Rowland

The Elster Foundation Diane & Daryl Evans Alan & Willa Fabian Mr. & Mrs. Reade Fahs Kathryn T. Farley, PhD Mr. & Mrs. David L. Geller Mr. & Mrs. Barry Goheen Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Tuvy, Tracey & Jacob Guss Mr. & Mrs. Lance E. Hall Joan & David Herskovits Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hugh, III Mr. Clay Jackson Mr. Robert Jetmundsen Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Jungers

Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Sonny & Jeanne Seals Michele & Glenn Shear Charlotte & Tom Shields Jane E. Shivers Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Southern States LLC Karen & Alex Stickney TAYLAR Development & Associates Drs. Eldred & Ava Taylor Michael & June Tompkins Troutman Sanders LLP Susan & Tom Wardell Penn & Sally Wells John & Kathy Zamer

Associate Producers $1,500-$2,499 JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Madelyn R. Adams Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Elaine & Miles Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Theodore & Andrea Altholz Rita & Ted Anderson Herbert & Myrtice Arnold Elizabeth & John Bacon Mark & Pam Bell Mr. & Mrs. Ted R. Benning Ms. Ann B. Bishop Ms. Pamela L. Blackburn Sara & Alex Brown Mr. Ron L. Clark, Jr. Akbar Cojoe Mr. & Mrs. James L. Curry Ms. Sallie Adams Daniel Dante’s Down the Hatch, Buckhead Ms. Diana DePinto Ms. Patricia L. Dickey Ms. Cydnee Dubrof & Mr. Robert McDonough Diane Durgin Ralph & Ree Edwards Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Michael & Jody Feldman Ms. Valerie Ferguson Dr. & Mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotin Melanie & Richard Fine

Andy Fisher Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Freeman Mr. Craig Garrett Mr. Joe Gfaller Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Dale R.F. Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Seth Greenberg Louise Staton Gunn Rachel & Mike Hammer John & Simone Hanson Ms. Kristin Hathaway Hansen & Mr. Norman Hansen Etta Raye Hirsch Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Tycho & Marie Howle Foundation Jocelyn J. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hurley Mr. & Mrs. Harold Itkin Richard & Marcia Jacobson Ms. Caroline John In honor of Carol Jones & the Alliance Theatre Education Department Veronique & Baxter Jones Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kruger Lanier-Goodman Foundation Ms. Carolyn Lawson Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Lubo Fund M.C. Jackson, Sr. Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Mr. & Ms. Michael J. Millett

June M. Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Joyce & Michael Natbony Mr. Joseph Northington Mrs. & Mrs. Solon Patterson Bill & Carey Peard Peg Petersen Sam & Barbara Pettway Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Mr. & Mrs. John Richard Peter & Alice Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg David & Sharon Schachter Ms. Christine Schneider Mr. Kevin D. Seaway Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Sheehan Mr. Brian Shively & Mr. Jim Jinhong Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman Martin & Patricia Silbiger Paul V. Spiegl, Sr. MD Jim & Janie Stratigos Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Steindel Mrs. & Mr. Otha Sydnor Ms. Victoria Sylvain Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Chad Thornhill Lynda & Richard Walker Mr. Alex & Mr. Marc D. Weinberg Joan Whitcomb J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Mr. & Mrs. John A. Williams Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Wyper Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Zaban

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Benefactors $1,000-$1,499 Mr. & Mrs. Howell Adams, Jr. Ms. & Mr. Jody L. Andrade Ellen Arnovitz Mr. & Mrs. Robert Arogeti Ms. Karen Beardslee Mr. & Mrs. George Boyd Ms. Barbara Brady Ms. Erin A. Brown & Ms. Regine Clement Mr. Michael J. Coles Alice J. Cunningham Brad & Sally Currey Mr. & Mrs. David E. Dermer Ms. Jo R. Edwards Ms. Diane Hockstader Linda & Richard Hubert Gordon L. Joyner, Esq.

Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer Liz Levine in honor of Billy Levine Mark & Brenda Lichtenstein Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Jim & Jo McLean Sally & Tom McNulty Avery & Valerie Munnings Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Newport Dr. & Mrs. Stephen I. Oppenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Mr. & Mrs. John Reeves Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Mr. John A. Sabine Kevin Sangston

Mr. & Mrs. Ross W. Schiavo Simon Schwob Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Brian Shepler Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Silverboard In honor of Marquita Spraggins Dr. Odessa K. Spraggins Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Maria-Ruth Storts Bob Sullivan Mr. Todd A. Tautfest & Mr. Kevin Esch Dr. William Torres Ms. Kimberly Tribble & Mr. Mark S. Lange Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Y. Tyler Lynne Winship

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, Maya Robinson, Major Contributions Manager at 404.733.4710 or Maya.Robinson@woodruffcenter.org. Rita M. Anderson Anonymous Betty Blondeau-Russell Jim & Anne Breedlove Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft, III Sallie Adams Daniel Linda & Gene Davidson

Laura & John Hardman Glen E. & Nancy Hesler P.J. Younglove Hovey William C. Hyde Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Mr. & Mrs. John McColskey Phil & Caroline Moïse 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 donated matching gifts to the Alliance Theatre’s Annual Fund. Please check to see if your employer will match your contribution. American Express Company American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Aon Corporation AT&T Bank of America Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Charles Schwab and Co., Inc. Chubb & Son, Inc. CIGNA Corporation Citigroup Foundation

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The Coca-Cola Company Equifax Inc. Federated Department Stores, Inc. GE Energy Home Depot Foundation IBM Corporation JPMorgan Private Bank Kimberly-Clark Foundation Macy’s Foundation McDonald’s Corporation

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc NDCHealth Norfolk Southern Corporation Prudential Financial Sprint SunTrust Foundation Time Warner, Inc. UPS Verizon Corporation Yahoo!

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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 $8.9 million last year. Thank you! Chairman’s Council ★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. UPS ★★★★★★★★★★★ $450,000+ Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution James M. Cox Foundation, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, WSB-TV Hon. Anne Cox Chambers ★★★★★★★★★★ $300,000+ Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+ AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees The Home Depot Foundation Jones Day Foundation & Employees PwC Partners & Employees Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation SunTrust Bank Employees & Trusteed Foundations Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund Greene-Sawtell Foundation SunTrust Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

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★★★★★★★★ $150,000+ Delta Air Lines, Inc. Equifax Inc. & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo

Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion Beth & Tommy Holder Newell Rubbermaid Primerica Devyne Stephens Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

★★★★★★★ $100,000+ Alston & Bird LLP Bank of America Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding Partners & Employees The Klaus Family Foundation The Marcus Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore Foundation Novelis Inc. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund

★★★★ $35,000+ Katharine & Russell Bellman Foundation Bryan Cave LLP Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. GE Energy Georgia-Pacific The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Invesco PLC Norfolk Southern, Employees & Foundation Siemens Industry, Inc. Harris A. Smith Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.

★★★★★★ $75,000+ AirTran Airways Holder Construction Company Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Regions Financial Corporation ★★★★★ $50,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Lisa & Joe Bankoff Cisco Ann & Jay Davis Doosan Infracore International Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

★★★ $25,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Air Serv Corporation Atlanta Foundation Julie & Jim Balloun BB&T Corporation Laura & Stan Blackburn CIGNA Foundation Cousins Properties Incorporated Crawford & Company Ford & Harrison LLP Jack & Anne Glenn Foundation, Inc. GMT Capital Corporation Infor Global Solutions ING

Sarah & Jim Kennedy Philip I. Kent Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. LexisNexis Risk Solutions The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Macy’s Foundation Katherine John Murphy Foundation Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation RockTenn SCANA Energy Southwire Company Sprint Towers Watson Troutman Sanders LLP Waffle House, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund ★★ $15,000+ A. E. M. Family Foundation ACE Charitable Foundation AlixPartners Alvarez & Marsal Arnall Golden Gregory LLP The Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors Atlanta Marriott Marquis Beaulieu Group, LLC Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation The Boston Consulting Group Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Roxanne & Jeffrey Cashdan

Center Family Foundation Mr. Charles Center Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene Berman Chartis Chick-fil-A, Inc. CornerCap Investment Counsel Duke Realty Corporation Egon Zehnder International Eisner Family Foundation Feinberg Charitable Trust Fifth Third Bank First Data Corporation Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Georgia Natural Gas Dolores & Javier C. Goizueta Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke HD Supply The Howell Fund, Inc. ICS Contract Services, LLC Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester Jamestown Mr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation Ingrid Saunders Jones The Jones Day Foundation in honor of James H. Landon Mr. & Mrs. Muhtar Kent Kurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl Davis Lanier Parking Solutions The Latham Foundation Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy Fund Livingston Foundation, Inc. Karole & John Lloyd Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Marsh-Mercer

Mohawk Industries, Inc. & Frank H. Boykin Mueller Water Products, Inc. Gail & Bob O’Leary Vicki R. Palmer Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation Mary & Craig Ramsey Mr. & Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe Emily Winship Scott Foundation Skanska USA Building Inc. Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Superior Essex Inc. Sysco Atlanta United Distributors, Inc. WATL/WXIA/Gannett Foundation John F. Wieland Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams Carla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation Yancey Bros. Co. Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees *Annual Campaign Donors from June 1, 2010 - May 31, 2011

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alliance theatre staff Artistic 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..............................DayRon J. Miles Artistic Assistant....................................................................William Illg Artistic Intern............................................................ Margo Moskowitz Literary Intern..................................................................... JirĂ¨h Holder Kenny Leon Fellow..............................................................Elliott Dixon 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 Institute for Educators & Teaching Artists Assistant...............Padgett Ward 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, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, John Doyle, Sharon Foote, Allison Gardner, Kimberly Geter, Holly Godwin, Amy Handler, Bart Hansard, Angie Harrell, Michael Haverty, Laura Heckman, 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, Tracy V. Moore, Kati Grace Morton, Jessica Muhammad, Sarah Lancaster Cave, Karen Ramps, Claire Ritzler, Manny Rivers, Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Don Slaton, Sheri Mann Stewart, Clint Thornton, Shirnest Tolbert, Allison Upshaw, Jeanene Williams

Administration General Manager.................................................................Max Leventhal Company Manager.............................................................Laura Thruston Management Assistant............................................................. Alicia Quirk Manager of Information Resources..........................................Jim Hubbert 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 Special Events & Board Assistant..............................................April Case Development Volunteer...................................................Elaine Hentschel Marketing Director of Marketing............................................................... Gary Sayers Brand Manager..................................................................Caroline Tanner Public Relations Manager...........................................Kathleen Covington Digital Brand Manager.............................................................. John Maley Marketing Volunteer......................................................................Don Vann Marketing Intern................................................................... Audra Pagano Group Sales Manager..................................................... Quidana Bosman Group Sales Coordinator.................................................... Laura Peacock 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

Production Production Management Production Manager........................................................ Rixon Hammond Stage Management Alliance Stage Managers................... Pat A. Flora, R. Lamar Williams, Amy L. Gilbert Hertz Stage Management Production Assistant.................. Barbara Gantt Stage Management Apprentice.......................................Jayson T. Waddell TYF Stage Manager..................................................................Liz Campbell TYF Stage Management Production Assistant.................. Amy Radebaugh Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager...................................................Scott Bowne Crew Chief....................................................................... Vincent Simons TYF Crew Chief.....................................................................Deb Maberry Flyman....................................................................................Willie Parks Electrics Electrics Manager.......................................................................Pete Shinn Staff Electricians................... Sean Hamilton, Steve Jordan, Jenn Trippe Sound Resident Sound Designer...................................................... Clay Benning Sound Engineers/Board Ops...............Holly Blakely, Hidenori Nakajo, Brian Smith

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Scenery Technical Director................................................................ Victor W. Smith Assistant Technical Director.......................................................Megan Kier Shop Foreman..................................................................... Patrick Conley Carpenters....... Manny Abreo, Jes Cottrell, Kevin Green, Jessica Rohde Charge Scenic Artist...................................................................Kat Conley Scenic Artist.......................................................................Christa Seekatz Properties Properties Manager...............................................................Robert Elliott Props Lead Artisan........................................................... Suzanne Morris Properties Buyer Artisan..............................................Heather Schroeder Properties Artisan.................................................................. Brian Marino Additional Properties Staff...............................................Bruce Butkovich 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 Additional Wardrobe............................................................... Jenn Rogers

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