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The Littlest Players A Christmas Carol’s children prove there are no small parts.

34 Twenty Years Of A Christmas Carol At the Alliance This year, the Alliance celebrates two decades of the Christmas classic. 56

Encore Atlanta Gift Guide Here’s a handy guide for the arts lover on your holiday shopping list.

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Folks need to celebrate. Every culture has special days of thanks. Even amongst the deepest disasters and the hardest times, we celebrate. The Cratchits sit together at a table on Christmas Eve with barely enough food to taste. Scrooge’s Ihappiest stood on a step unit in my woolen shawl and beribboned memories are wrapped up in celebration—particularly the Fezziwig Fredmy proclaims seasonthe the stage. time of “the bonnet andparty. turned head the towards There year when men and women seemframed by one in consent open their — bathed in amber light and fallingtosnowflakes shut up hearts freely.” He will not allow his uncle to dampen his stood Bernardine Mitchell literally singing her heart out. It celebration.

took my breath away and I remembered — “It does not Maybe this is onethis.” reasonThe Scrooge’s story us. of When get better than privilege of affects being alla of part the we finally see that Scrooge, perhaps theCarol most humorless phenomena is A Christmas has been and my sour joy for character in literature, actually CELEBRATE—it lifts us up as 19 the 20 years has graced Alliance First well.of Okay, maybe weitshould all take the some time to stage. celebrate as actress, then an assistant director and now as a thean gifts this “tired old as world” has given us. director, some ask, “Do you ever tire of this story?” I ask the I hope I haven’t ruined the ending for anybody. theretire is anyone question, “DoIfyou of your reading family?”this who does not know the story—don’t worry—the story seems to hold up under repetition—just like the celebrations of our Forlife! those of us who “live” in the theatre, the building is our house and the cast and folks

who work for the theatre are our “family.” When the audience arrives, you also become a part of the whole. We all become a part of this magical holiday “family reunion.” We all watch our Uncle Scrooge come to the party in his usual curmudgeon fashion, anticipating with delight that he will once again redeem himself.

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Jamiah Hudson, Brydan Rogers, Tendal Mann, Je Nie Fleming, Tessa Lene Palisoc and James Washburn III in the 2008 performance of A Christmas Carol.

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A Christmas Carolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children prove there are no small parts

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WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT ACTING? James Edward Washburn III (Wyatt/ Ensemble), age 11: I get to play different characters that are totally not like my personality. Jamiah Cummings (Belinda/Ensemble), age 13 : I think it’s kind of like a treatment — it soothes me. If I have a bad day, everything just goes away and I feel safe and happy onstage. It boosts my confidence, too, and makes me feel that I can do anything. Royce Mann (Tiny Tim), age 8: It’s fun, and good discipline — you just learn a lot about different things. It’s really fun getting to learn the lines and [hanging out] backstage is really cool. Jordan Shoulberg (Want/Matchgirl/ Ensemble), age 9: The feeling of being onstage with a spotlight on you touches your heart. I loooooove doing it. It’s so much fun for me!

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Derek Manson, Brydan Rogers, Tendal Mann (sitting), Royce Mann, Elizabeth Berkes (standing), Neal A. Ghant (sitting), Tessa Lene Palisoc (sitting), James Washburn III, Ritchie Crownfield, Jamiah Hudson in the 2008 performance of A Christmas Carol.

Tessa Palisoc (Melinda/Ensemble), age 12: The actors in the play are always kind and treat me like a fellow actor and not just a child. [Acting] teaches different lessons ... like how to speak in front of people, public speaking, and being comfortable around other people. WHAT’S THE MOST DIFFICULT THING ABOUT ACTING? Tendal Mann (Daniel/Ignorance/Turkey Boy/Ensemble), age 11: Memorizing the lines and ... having shows on weekends and weekdays, [because] my friends have parties on weekends and I have to miss them. Jamiah: You need to practice, which I need to work on, so you can get better. Tessa: Working it into the schedule is very

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difficult because I have other extracurricular activities, but once you have it, it’s fun. What’s the funniest thing that’s happened backstage? Tessa: Last year an actress, Bernadine Mitchell, would come backstage before the show and say “good show.” So we would always try to sneak up on her and say “good show” to her before she could say it to us. Tendal: One day, we brought in walkietalkies and put our shoes under the break table, so it looked like we were under there, but the kids were hiding in a box and I had a walkie-talkie and jumped out at [Bernadine] and said “good show!” Jamiah: Daniel May, who plays Marley, would hang out with us backstage and tell us stories. One day, his pants ripped and everyone was like, “Oh my goodness!” Fortunately he had a cape. What’s your favorite part of the show? James: I love playing the schoolboy because I get to yell and have fun. Jamiah: I like the Marley scene ... because you see him fly, and I like the Fezziwig scene because [there’s] lots of dancing and singing. Royce: When Marley visits, it’s really cool and scary. What advice do you have for other child actors? Royce: If you mess up in a line, you just need to ad lib and know that the other characters are there to help you, so just go with whatever’s happening.

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“[A Christmas Carol] is as much a part of this community as the Braves, the Stone Mountain Laser Light Show and The World of Coke. It is a landmark because we relate to it and it brings us great joy, especially during the holiday season. During [this time], it makes us think about each other, about the people around us, and that should be everybody’s mission. We, at some point, may give you a Jewish Tiny Tim and an African American Bob Cratchit. It just doesn’t matter because the show is and will always be about diversity, overcoming obstacles, learning lessons and celebrating the little things in life. Those are things Atlanta and the Alliance is about.” — Vincent Nicholson, Artistic Intern, Alliance Theatre

Jordan: I think it helps knowing that even if you have a really small part [in the play], that doesn’t mean anything [bad]. You’re [still] in it, meeting people. And you can be scared, just don’t overreact from it. Tendal: Everyone has the gift of acting, it’s just whether you know how to use it or not. Jamiah: Don’t give up on your dream. James: Always keep trying and never give up.

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Written by Charles Dickens Adapted by David H. Bell Set Design by D. Martyn Bookwalter

Costume Design by Mariann Verheyen

Lighting Design by Diane Ferry Williams

Sound Design by Clay Benning

Musical Direction by Michael Fauss

Production Stage Manager Pat A. Flora

Dramaturg Celise Kalke

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Christy Baggett................................................................................. Ensemble *Elizabeth Wells Berkes........................................................... Belle/Ensemble *Ritchie Crownfield........................................................................... Ensemble *Christopher DesRoches........................................... Young Scrooge/Ensemble *Je Nie Fleming............................................................ Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble *Neal A. Ghant...............................................................................Bob Cratchit *Bart Hansard........................................ Fezziwig/Christmas Present/Ensemble David Howard.........................................................................Topper/Ensemble Jamiah Hudson..................................................................... Belinda/Ensemble *Chris Kayser........................................................................ Ebenezer Scrooge Joe Knezevich............................................................................ Fred/Ensemble Royce Mann........................................................................ Tiny Tim/Ensemble Tendal Mann......................................... Daniel/Ignorance/Turkey Boy/Ensemble *Derek Manson........................................................................Peter/Ensemble *Daniel Thomas May..............................................................Marley/Ensemble *Bernardine Mitchell..................................Mrs. Dilber/Mrs. Fezziwig/Ensemble Sinatra Onyewuchi..................................................................... Dick/Ensemble Tessa Lene Palisoc...............................................................Melinda/Ensemble *Courtney Patterson......................................... Christmas Past/Peg/Ensemble Jordan Shoulberg...................................................... Want/Matchgirl/Ensemble Hanley Smith..................................................................Fan/Martha/Ensemble James Washburn III................................................................. Wyatt/Ensemble *Laurie Williamson...................................................................Bess/Ensemble UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

Christy Baggett — Mrs. Fezziwig; *Elizabeth Wells Berkes — Christmas Past/Peg; *Ritchie Crownfield — Topper; *Je Nie Fleming— Mrs. Dilber; *Neal A. Ghant — Marley/Ensemble; David Howard — Christmas Present/Fezziwig; Jamiah Hudson — Melinda; Tendal Mann — Wyatt; *Derek Manson — Fred/Young Scrooge; Sinatra Onyewuchi — Bob Cratchit; Tessa Lene Palisoc — Belinda/Want/Ignorance; Joe Knezevich — Ebenezer Scrooge; Jordan Shoulberg — Tiny Tim; Hanley Smith — Belle/Ensemble; James Washburn III — Daniel/Turkey Boy; *Laurie Williamson — Mrs. Cratchit Corey Bradberry — Peter/Dick; Sims Lamason — Bess/Fan

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cast MUSICIANS Michael Fauss.................................... Music Director and Conductor/Keyboards Diedre Henson Agustin.............................................................................. Harp Butch Sievers...................................................................................Percussion *Pat A. Flora.............................................................Production Stage Manager *Liz Campbell............................................................. Assistant Stage Manager Tia Mosley.................................................................Apprentice Stage Manager Pete Shinn............................................................... Assistant Lighting Designer Quinn Fortune...................................................Children’s Backstage Chaperone Hylan Scott...................................................................... Movement Consultant Freddie Ashley..............................................................................Dialect Coach *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Musicians employed in this production are represented by the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

Setting: A vast Victorian warehouse filled with a lifetime’s worth of foreclosure acquisitions. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited, is a violation of United States Copyright Law and is an actionable Federal Offense. Cameras and recording devices are absolutely prohibited in the theatre. Cell phones and pagers are extremely disturbing and should be silenced before the performance begins. The Alliance Theatre Company 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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Christy Baggett

Elizabeth Wells Berkes

Ritchie Crownfield

Christopher DesRoches

Je Nie Fleming

Neal A. Ghant

Bart Hansard

David Howard

Jamiah Hudson

Chris Kayser

Joe Knezevich

Royce Mann

Tendal Mann

Derek Manson

Daniel Thomas May

Bernardine Mitchell

Sinatra Onyewuchi

Tessa Lene Palisoc

Courtney Patterson

Jordan Shoulberg

Hanley Smith

James Washburn III

Laurie Williamson

Corey Bradberry

Sims Lamaso

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profiles CHRISTY BAGGETT (Ensemble/US Mrs. Fezziwig) Christy is thrilled to be part of the Alliance’s Christmas Carol family once again! She was most recently seen as “Betty Blake” in The Will Rogers Follies (Atlanta Lyric). Atlanta credits also include Godspell and Big River (Theatrical Outfit); The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Actor’s Express); The 1940’s Radio Hour (Theatre in the Square and Atlanta Lyric); Winter Wonderettes and Honky Tonk Laundry (ART Station); Hot ‘n’ Cole: A Cole Porter Celebration (Stage Door Players); and Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business (Synchroncity Theatre). Catch her this spring in A Catered Affair (Aurora Theatre) and Baby (The Legacy Theatre). When not on the musical theatre stage, Christy is often singing with her talented singer/songwriter husband Christian Baggett. Love to family and friends, and thank you for supporting live theatre in Atlanta. ELIZABETH WELLS BERKES (Belle/Ensemble/ US Christmas Past/US Peg) is pleased to return to play Belle for a ninth year; she never tires of telling this story. Other Alliance shows: Steve Martin’s The Underpants, Arcadia, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The Art of Swindling, La Bête and The Emperor’s Nightingale. Other Atlanta credits: Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (Theatre in the Square); In Darfur (Horizon Theatre); Summer and Smoke (Theatrical Outfit); The Taffetas (Georgia Ensemble Theatre); and Romeo and Juliet (New American Shakespeare Tavern). Regional credits: Jar the Floor (Charlotte Repertory Theatre); Private Lives (Riverside Theatre) and Hamlet (North Carolina Stage Company). Education: B.A. from Wheaton College, La Jolla Playhouse Conservatory. Elizabeth is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. RITCHIE CROWNFIELD (Ensemble and US Topper) Alliance Theater’s The Grapes of Wrath, A Christmas Carol and 30th Anniversary of the Alliance Theater. He was seen as Johnny Cantone in 1940’s Radio Hour with Atlanta Lyric Theatre. Other credits include Canton Theatre’s The Fantasticks, Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know, and Music, Music, Music. Regional Theatre: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus at Dallas Theatre Center. Art Station’s productions of The World Goes Round, The Most Wonderful Time, 20th

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Century Songbook, and The Exact Center of the Universe. Della’s Diner: Aunt Fanny’s Cabin, The Third Act and also Canton Theater. In Stitches (world premier) Centerstage, Different: Seven Stages, Heartstrings, Heartstrings: A Revival, Heartstrings: The National Tour at The Fox Theater. Edith Head Retrospective / NYC. Dinner theater productions of My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Music Man, The Sound of Music, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Sugar Babies, and Me and My Girl. He recently coauthored and co-stars in Literature Sings for Theatre for Young Audiences. His other full time job is executive assistant of Metropolitan Community Churches. CHRISTOPHER DESROCHES (Young Scrooge/ Ensemble) Christopher, a graduate of Emory University, is happy to be returning to the Alliance Theatre for his fourth year in A Christmas Carol. He currently resides in Los Angeles, where he is developing his film career and studying under master teacher, Stuart Rogers. Other credits include A Christmas Carol: Alliance Theatre; Miklat: Jewish Theatre of the South; The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek: Theatre Emory; Cabaret: Adhoc Theatre; The Beams are Creaking, Julius Caesar: Oxford College. Film and Television credits include “Dawson’s Creek,” Listen Up, Last Known Documentary, Fallout, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, and most recently has been seen as Vic Brody in the Academy Award-winning film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He would like to thank his friends and family for their continued love and support. JE NIE FLEMING (Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble/US Mrs. Dilber) Recently graduated from SCAD– Atlanta, Je Nie is making her fifth appearance in A Christmas Carol as part of the Cratchit clan. An Atlanta native, Ms. Fleming’s other Alliance Theatre credits include Crumbs From the Table of Joy, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. At the Seattle Repertory Theatre she tackled the role of Veronica Jonkers in Athol Fugard’s Valley Song and her New York credits include Abyssinia, Master Class and No Exit. Ms. Fleming’s film and television credits include Last Days of Disco, Marvin & Tige, “Law & Order” and “Dark Angel.” Her education and training includes Atlanta College of Art and Design and New York University (Stella Adler Conservatory). She

profiles wishes to thank those who have given her this opportunity and dedicates this performance to Lanika, Robbie Ree and Unca Chico who will be missed but never, ever forgotten. NEAL A. GHANT (Bob Cratchit/US Marley/US Ensemble) Giving honor and glory to God. Neal’s Atlanta theatre credits include: Various roles in A Christmas Carol, Big Stone in Eurydice, Ricky Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross, Tybalt (Man 2) in Shakespeare’s R & J, Ananse in Ananse the African Spiderman, The Lion in Androcles and the Lion, and Rocky in Cyra and Rocky. Other regional theatre includes Of Mice and Men, Blue, Bus Stop, A Life in the Theatre and Bricktop among others. Neal spends his off-time working his band Phace Oricalz into the annals of hip-hop music history and can be found rockin’ stages around the country. BART HANSARD (Mr. Fezziwig/Christmas Present/Ensemble) is tickled pink to reprise his roles in this year’s production. He has appeared in many of Atlanta’s finer theatrical venues, including Theatrical Outfit, 7 Stages and Horizon Theatre. Most recently, he played Anthony in Buy My House Please! at the Aurora. Alliance mainstage credits include Grapes of Wrath, Question of Mercy and A Death in the House Next Door to Kathleen Turner’s House, and he has appeared in the lovely Alliance Children’s Theatre shows The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer, Ferdinand the Bull and Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Regional credits include A Tuna Christmas at Actors Theatre of Louisville and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Detroit’s Attic Theatre. Numerous television and film appearances include recurring roles in “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” and “Good Eats,” as well as the films Déjà Vu, Why Did I Get Married and Soul Men. Look for his series of in-action figures at a quality store near you! Graduate of the M.F.A. program at Wayne State University/Hilberry Repertory Theatre. A personal note: All my love to Miss Haley and Mr. Will. DAVID HOWARD (Topper/Ensemble/US Christmas Present/US Fezziwig) B.A. Theatre, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas; Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Bristol, UK. Film credits include: Entrapment (20th Century Fox). Theatre credits include: Sebastian, The Thing about Men (Horizon Theatre, Atlanta);

Feste, Twelfth Night (Georgia Shakespeare); Host, An Evening with Chekov (Courtyard Theatre, London, UK); Brooks/Brooks Jr. (Grey Gardens, Actor’s Express, Atlanta). In 2006, David returned to the U.S. from touring Asia as a band leader and club singer JAMIAH HUDSON (Belinda/Ensemble/US Melinda), age 13, is a native of Appling, Ga. Jamiah is thrilled to return to the Alliance Theatre stage to reprise the role of Belinda. Recently, Jamiah appeared as Mirandy in Mirandy & Brother Wind, at the 14th Street Playhouse. Jamiah enjoys singing, acting, dancing and modeling. Alliance credits: Taste of the Season, red carpet event with Andre Benjamin’s Class of 3000, and (JoJo) in Seussical the Musical. Other credits: (Princess Olivia & Indian) Augusta Players, and (Munchkin) the Wiz, True Colors Theatre, directed by Kenny Leon. Jamiah attends the First Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Jamiah is an eighth grader at Greenbrier Middle School. In 2006, she attended the Actor’s Model Talent Convention (AMTC). She has toured with the Elite Events Bridal Shows. Jamiah would like to thank God for the gifts and talents that he has given her, along with the support of family, pastor, church and friends. CHRIS KAYSER (Ebenezer Scrooge) This year Mr. Kayser celebrates 25 years in A Christmas Carol — seven years at the Academy Theatre and 18 years at the Alliance. Over time, he has played Bob Cratchit, Marley, Fezziwig, Old Joe, Topper, Ghost of Christmas Future, Lorenzo the legless mute musician (strange but true) and Ebenezer Scrooge 18 times. God bless us, everyone! Joe Knezevich (Fred/Ensemble) Alliance Theatre: Pride and Prejudice (Wickham, Dean Goodman Award), Glengarry Glen Ross (Williamson), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Nick), A Christmas Carol (Fred). Georgia Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (Cassius), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Titus Andronicus (Saturninus), As You Like It (Jaques), The Merchant of Venice (Bassanio), All’s Well That Ends Well (King), Richard III (Gloucester, Suzi Bass Award), Pericles (Pericles), Amadeus (Venticello), Cymbeline (Posthumus), Cyrano de Bergerac (Christian), What the Butler Saw (Nick), The Cherry Orchard (Yasha), Hamlet (Laertes), alliancetheatre.org

profiles and Metamorphoses (Midas, Suzi Bass Award). Film and TV: “Drop Dead Diva,” “One Tree Hill,” The Librarian 3, All The King’s Men. Training: Theatre de Complicite, London. B.F.A., Florida State University. ROYCE MANN (Tiny Tim/Ensemble) Royce, age 8, debuted on the Alliance main stage last year as Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol. He performed with Synchronicity Theater in 1:23 (for which he received a Suzy Award nomination for Ensemble) and Bunnicula in the Hertz. Royce recently played Tiny Tim on TV’s “Good Eats.” He co-starred with his brother in the independent film, Hurricanado, currently in post-production, and is featured in the film Megahertz as Young Tesla. He also serves as a Youth Host for People TV’s “All The Latest ATL.” Represented in ATL by Hot Shot Kids and in L.A. by MKS, Royce is homeschooled/unschooled. He is the younger son of ATL theater professionals and Alliance faculty members Sheri Mann Stewart and Barry Stewart Mann. TENDAL MANN (Daniel/Ignorance/Turkey Boy/ Ensemble/US Wyatt) Tendal, age 11, celebrates his fifth year at the Alliance in A Christmas Carol -- three times as Tiny Tim. He received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Dill in Theatrical Outfit’s To Kill a Mockingbird and performed with Synchronicity in 1:23 and Bunnicula in the Hertz. A two-time Suzy Award nominee for Ensembles in 1:23 and Christmas Carol, Tendal also has a large role as Marshall Chess in the soon-to-be-released feature film, Who Do You Love, directed by Broadway’s Jerry Zaks, for which he enjoyed walking the red carpet at the world premiere in Toronto. He co-stars with his brother in the independent film, Hurricanado, currently in post-production and also serves as a Youth Host for People TV’s “All The Latest ATL.” Represented in ATL by Hot Shot Kids and in L.A. by MKS, he is homeschooled/ unschooled. Tendal is elder son of Atlanta theater professionals and Alliance faculty members Sheri Mann Stewart and Barry Stewart Mann. DEREK MANSON (Peter/Ensemble/US Fred/ US Young Scrooge) With the Alliance Theatre: Arcadia, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Romeo & Juliet, A Christmas Carol, Goodnight Moon, Einstein is a Dummy and Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing. In Atlanta: Ah, Wilderness! (Theatrical

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Outfit); Mere Mortals, All in the Timing (Horizon); Equus (barking dog); Translations (Theatre Gael); and The 1940’s Radio Hour (Theatre in the Square). New York credits include: Tuesdays with Morrie (Epiphany Theater); Never the Sinner, The Confidence Man (Woodshed Collective); Cloud 9 (Bank Street); Young, Sexy and Talented (Int’l Fringe Festival); the Cherry Picking readings (Mottola Theatre Project); and 7th Inning Stretch (Mile Square). Regional: Looking for Roberto Clemente (Imagination Stage); Amadeus, Arcadia, Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Sacramento Theatre Company); The Importance of Being Earnest and A Few Good Men. Derek has performed voiceover work for “Saturday Night Live,” The WB, Condé Nast Traveler and Kraft Foods. Education: Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. DANIEL THOMAS MAY (Marley/Ensemble) returns to the Alliance after having played Marley in last year’s production and both Young Scrooge and Fred in Christmas Carols past. Also at the Alliance: In the Red and Brown Water. Regional credits: A Streetcar Named Desire (Marin Theatre Company), The Taming of the Shrew (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Celebrity Row and The Devils (Portland Center Stage). Some Atlanta credits: The Pillowman, Bug, Bent, Burn This, Blue/Orange, The Laramie Project (Actor’s Express); Hamlet, Metamorphoses, A Streetcar Named Desire, Macbeth, The School for Wives, Death of a Salesman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Servant of Two Masters, Loot (Georgia Shakespeare); Take Me Out (Theatre in the Square); The Glass Menagerie, The Woman in Black (Art Station); Psycho Beach Party, Action Movie: The Play!, Cannibal: The Musical! (Dad’s Garage); Dream Boy (7 Stages); The Chase and Cotton Patch Gospel (Theatrical Outfit). Bernardine Mitchell (Mrs. Dilber/Mrs. Fezziwig/Ensemble), an Atlanta native, has performed nationally and internationally in a wide rage of roles that include Mrs. Potts in the Theater of the Stars production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Bessie Smith in Bessie’s Blues with the San Diego Repertory, Alice in Big River, Blues Speak Woman in Spunk and The Matron in Chicago. Bernardine recently returned from Athens, Greece, where she performed in Gospel at Colonius at the Greek Arts Festival. Alliance credits include Little Foxes, Rivals, Medea, Crowns and Blues in

profiles the Night. Bernardine received the 1993 Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award for Best Actress. She is also the 2002 and 2005 Helen Hayes Award winner for Outstanding Lead Actress for her performances in Blues in the Night (Arena Stage) and Mahalia (Metro Stage, D.C.). She also won a 2005 Suzi Bass Award for Mahalia at Theatre in the Square. She has been featured with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, with the Harlem Gospel Singers on their 199798 European Tour, on ABC-TV’s “Today Show,” and in the CBS television movies The Guyana Tragedy and A Resting Place starring Morgan Freeman. Bernardine majored in Voice and Musical Theatre at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. SINATRA ONYEWUCHI (Dick/Ensemble/US Bob Cratchit) Sinatra “Osm” Onyewuchi, age 23, with an expected B.F.A. in Acting from Wright State University’s Professional Actor Training Program (June 2010), is a classically trained actor and musician who is proud to return to The Alliance Theatre to perform! His recent work includes Class of 3000 as Sunny Bridges and a guest starring Role on Tyler Perry’s “Meet the Browns” as Sean. Whenever he isn’t working, Omega Man Sinatra Osm is investing heavily in his independent record label OsmRecords. He writes, produces and performs all of his own music. He’s been seen at the Apache, The Rialto, Robert Ferst Center, 14th Street Playhouse and Cascade’s “Chrome” Club with Marko Diamond & DJ Hershey. An aspiring film actor and recording artist, Sinatra believes faithfully — with putting God first and following his heart — he can put his Mom in the biggest house she’s yet to see! That’s Osm!! (It’s pronounced Awesome). “ThanQue to all my supporters!” TESSA LENE PALISOC (Melinda/Ensemble/ US Belinda/US Want/US Ignorance) Tessa joyously returns to the Alliance Stage for her fifth season in A Christmas Carol. Last spring, Tessa appeared in the youth ensemble in Broadway Across America’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at The Fox Theatre. Other recent credits include Varrio in The Little Mermaid at Kudzu Playhouse and Molly in Annie Jr. at the Off-Broadway Children’s Theater. When not on stage, Tessa spends most days at the gym where she competes as a USA level 6 gymnast. Tessa continues to excel academically as a sixth grader at The Galloway School. In her free time,

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Tessa enjoys reading and writing and hanging out with her brother and sister ... usually. Special thanks to everyone at the Alliance for the opportunity to work with this rockin’ cast and crew. Also, thanks to her teachers and coaches for their support and to Mom and Dad for driving carpool. Enjoy the show! COURTNEY PATTERSON (Christmas Past/ Peg/Ensemble) An Atlanta native, Courtney is excited to be returning to the Alliance Theatre and to the Christmas Carol family. Audiences may remember her from previous seasons in Managing Maxine (Ivy), Eurydice (Loud Stone) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Honey). Other favorite Atlanta credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Maggie), Twelfth Night (Viola), Hamlet (Ophelia), A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella) and Metamorphoses (Aphrodite/ Hunger) at Georgia Shakespeare; My Name is Rachel Corrie (Rachel) at Synchronicity Performance Group; Lost Highway (Audrey Williams) at Theatrical Outfit; and The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolyn) at Theatre in the Square. Courtney is an Artistic Associate with Georgia Shakespeare and a proud member of Actors’ Equity. Much love to her amazing parents and her incredible husband for their continued support. I love you! JORDAN SHOULBERG (Want/Matchgirl/ Ensemble/US Tiny Tim) A Christmas Carol is Jordan’s first production with the Alliance Theatre, and she is both thrilled and honored to be a part of it. Over the last few years, Jordan has performed in school plays as well as drama camps. Most recently, she played Gretl in The Sound of Music at Center Theatre. During Jordon’s free time, she enjoys playing soccer and spending time with her family and friends. She would like to especially thank Jody Feldman for her encouragement and giving her this amazing opportunity. HANLEY SMITH (Fan/Martha/Ensemble/US Belle) Hanley Smith is so happy to return to the wonderful Alliance Theatre for A Christmas Carol. Previous credits include: Powerhouse (NY International Fringe Festival); The Glass Menagerie (Blowing Rock Stage Company); Into the Woods (Mill Mountain Theatre); The Man Who Came to Dinner, Beauty and the Beast (Flat Rock Playhouse); Late Night Cabaret (Williamstown Theatre Festival). She

profiles also performed under the direction of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Gemma Fairlie at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. B.A.: Davidson College. This one is for my cherished grandparents. JAMES WASHBURN III (Wyatt/Ensemble/US Daniel/US Turkey Boy) James E. Washburn III (Tre’) returns for his third year in A Christmas Carol at the Alliance. Now a sixth grader in the Fulton County school system, Tre’ made his acting debut in second grade while participating in a pilot performing arts program with the Rialto Theater. During this time, Tre’s roles included that of Willie in Surfing Santa (2005), the Emperor in The Emperor’s New Clothes (2006), and Mighty History Mind in the musical Mighty Minds. Outside of the theatre, Tre’ is an honor student and is one of the lead soloists for the Mount Calvary Baptist Church Youth Choir and also serves as vice-president for the youth department. Tre’ is ambitiously striving to become an award-winning actor. LAURIE WILIAMSON (Bess/Ensemble/US Mrs. Cratchit) Laurie Williamson’s Broadway credits include, Chanteuse in Singin’ in the Rain, King David, Ragtime and Wonderful Town. She toured nationally and internationally as Principal Soloist in Music of the Night and Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert, as a Street Singer in Bernstein’s Mass, Phantom of the Opera and Joseph … Dreamcoat. Regionally, she was Hunnie 1 in Jelly’s Last Jam, Laurie in Sophisticated Ladies at the Alliance, Marian Anderson in Bel Canto at Actor’s Express, Café O’Lay in Ellington’s Queenie Pie and Myrt in Carmen Jones. She has soloed with The New York City Opera Ed. Dept., Little Orchestra Society, 4 Diva’s, City Center Encores, Holders’ Music Festival, Broadway Inspirational Voices and Voices of Broadway. Laurie is Judge Harold on Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva.” and is seen or heard on commercials for Publix, Georgia Lottery, AT&T and others. Thank God for the gift and John, family and friends for the support COREY BRADBERRY (US Peter/US Dick/US Ensemble) is happy to be a part of the Alliance season. He is also a teaching artist with the theatre. Atlanta credits: Tradin’ Paint (Theatre in the Square); Revolutio: Children of an Idle Brain & The Othering of Mr. Windebaggin (The Collective); Voices Deux (MultiShades); and

coming up next spring, Free to Be... You and Me (Synchronicity). Regional: The Complete History of America (abridged) & Thoroughly Modern Millie (McLeod Summer Playhouse; Tecumseh! (Scioto Society). Corey received a B.A. in Theatre & Performance Studies from Kennesaw State University and has trained at the Dell’Arte Internatioal School for Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, CA. Many thanks to his wonderful family and much love to Cat Mew and Tom Kidd, as always, for their wisdom and support. SIMS LAMASON (US Bess/US Fan/US Ensemble) is thrilled to be part of this incredibly talented cast in second production at the Alliance! After receiving degrees in Vocal Performance and Theatre Arts from The College of William and Mary, Sims performed for two years at Sight and Sound Theatres in Pennsylvania before moving to Atlanta four years ago. Since then, she has enjoyed performing and choreographing at The Atlanta Lyric Theatre (Anything Goes, Peter Pan), Aurora Theatre (Annie Get Your Gun, Camelot), Stage Door Players (Taffetas) and Onstage Atlanta, where she recently revived her favorite role of Hope Cladwell in the remount of Urinetown! Other regional credits: Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Spiderwoman), Kiss Me Kate (Lois/Bianca), Nunsense (Mary Leo). Sims thanks her amazing husband Shawn for the godly character he exudes in every circumstance, her family for paying for years of music and dance lessons, and her Lord for His faithfulness and mercy. Phillipians 2:5-11. DAVID H. BELL (Adaptor) For the last 25 years, David H. Bell’s career has spanned a wide range of international and national projects as director, choreographer and author. As Associate Director to Kenny Leon at the Alliance, David directed more than 20 productions including The Grapes of Wrath, Chess, Romeo and Juliet, Blood Knot and The Boys From Syracuse. As Artistic Director of Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., David inaugurated such World Premiere musicals as Elmer Gantry, A Christmas Carol (Adaptor) and Hot Mikado (Author – winner Helen Hayes Award, Best Director). In Chicago David’s work has earned 35 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations. His work at the prestigious Chicago Shakespeare Theatre includes productions of Taming of the alliancetheatre.org

profiles Shrew, As You Like It and The Comedy of Errors. In New York City, David has directed both on and off-Broadway. Productions include Pictures in the Hall, Diffa Tribute to Edith Head, Heartstrings and Give My Regards to Broadway. David is currently a professor of Music Theatre at Northwestern University in Chicago. ROSEMARY NEWCOTT (The Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth) has been directing, acting and teaching at the Alliance Theatre since 1988. Favorite Alliance Children’s Theatre directing credits include Middle School the Musical, Class of 300 LIVE; Goodnight Moon; Seussical the Musical; Degas’ Little Dancer; Go, Dog. Go!; Disney’s Aladdin; The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales; A Christmas Carol; Einstein is a Dummy (World Premiere); The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer; The Miracle Worker; Ferdinand the Bull; Merlin; The Music Lesson; Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse; Pinocchio 3.5; Androcles and the Lion; The Hobbit; The Book of Ruth; A Woman Called Truth; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Charlotte’s Web and the acclaimed high-school Collision Project. Newcott also has directed at the Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Center for Puppetry Arts, Academy Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Virginia Stage Company and Seaside Rep. She holds extensive stage and film acting credits. A recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Foundation Award, Newcott was named PBA Lexus Leader of the Arts and Best Director by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for the 2001-02 season. In 2005, she received the GTC Distinguished Career Award. Newcott is also the recipient of a 2008 Princess Grace Special Project Grant. This spring she will direct a brand new family musical — Knufflebunny by Mo Williams — at the Kennedy Center. I am grateful for my beautiful family. rosemary.newcott@woodruffcenter.org D. MARTYN BOOKWALTER (Set Designer) has designed more than 400 productions for theatres across the country. His designs

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include the award-winning production of Talley’s Folly at the Pasadena Playhouse and several productions for Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, including Like Jazz, QED (and the subsequent Lincoln Center Theatre production), The Wood Demon, Hunting Cockroaches, Passion Play and Frankie & Johnnie in the Clair De Lune. He designed A Perfect Wedding, the inaugural production at the new Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, as well as Barbara Cook’s Mostly Sondheim at the Ahmanson. He has designed for the Geffen Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Playhouse Theatre in London, San Diego Rep, San Jose Rep, Pittsburgh CLO, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Festival of World Theatre and South Coast Rep among others. He is currently the art director of the hit Fox Television show “MADtv,” for which he has received eight consecutive Emmy nominations. Other awards include the 2001 Angstrom Lighting Lifetime Achievement Award from the L.A. Drama Critics Circle, four Drama Critics Circle Awards, a Sarah Siddons Award and 25 Drama-Logue Awards. MARIANN VERHEYEN (Costume Designer) has been designing for the Alliance since 1985, most recently for August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf. Other shows at the Alliance include Intimate Apparel (Suzi Bass Award winner for Best Costume Design, 2005-06), Day of the Kings, A Christmas Carol and Light Up the Sky. New York credits include Cathy Rigby’s Peter Pan, Everybody’s Ruby (Audelco Award Nomination), numerous off-Broadway productions and 10 years of commercial styling. Regionally, her work has been seen at the Ford’s, Huntington and Studio Arena theatres; Missouri Rep; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; and also at the Chicago, Alabama, Oregon and Colorado Shakespeare theatres. She has designed costumes for Disney Cruise Lines and Disney World’s Animal Kingdom. Awards include three I.R.N.E.s in Boston, Villager Downtown Theater Award of NYC, two Best of Atlanta’s, Chicago’s 2002 Jeff Award and 2005 and 2007 Jeff Award nominations. She is a recipient of a Distinguished Achievement Award in Humanities from her undergrad alma mater St. Norbert College and a Distinguished Achievement Award from her high school. She

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profiles is head of the Costume Design Program at Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theater. DIANE FERRY WILLIAMS (Lighting Designer) has designed more than 20 shows for the Alliance. Favorites include Chess, The Grapes of Wrath, Romeo and Juliet and Once on This Island. She has worked for many theatres around the country, including Portland Center Stage, Ford’s Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars, Goodspeed, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Goodman Theatre and Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and has designed many national and international tours. Awards include a Jeff Award for Miss Saigon, a Carbonelle Award for Don’t Stop the Carnival, two Drammy Awards for Batboy and A New Brain, an After Dark Award for Sunset Boulevard, and Jeff nominations for The Wizard of Oz, Cats, West Side Story, Sunset Boulevard, Beauty and the Beast, The All Night Strut and Les Miserables. Diane has a Master of Fine Arts in Theatrical Design from Northwestern University and is the Resident Lighting Designer at Marriott’s Lincolnshire Theatre in Chicago. CLAY BENNING (Sound Designer) has designed more than 50 productions for the Alliance. Memorable designs include Pacific Overtures, Saint Lucy’s Eyes, False Creeds, Bluish, Eurydice, Jelly’s Last Jam, King Hedley II, Five Guys Named Moe and Topdog/Underdog. Georgia Shakespeare: All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Metamorphoses, Twelfth Night, A Streetcar Named Desire, Comedy of Errors, Pericles, Loot. Atlanta Ballet: The Great Gatsby, big (featuring Big Boi). Regionally he has designed for Cincinnati Playhouse, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Performance Group and National Black Theatre Festival. Awards: 2006 and 2007 Suzi Bass awards for Best Sound Design (Metamorphoses and False Creeds); 2003 St. Louis Post-Dispatch award for Best Sound Design (My Fair Lady). Clay has mixed for such acts as The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Ralph Stanley, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and David Wilcox. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (B.A.), North Carolina School of the Arts (M.F.A.) and is a member of IATSE. MICHAEL FAUSS (Music Director/Player/ Conductor) Alliance Theatre: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; tick, tick…

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BOOM!; A Christmas Carol; Chess; The Grapes of Wrath; Pacific Overtures; Little Me; The Robber Bridegroom; Oliver; Music Man; Guys and Dolls; The King and I; Brigadoon; Cotton Patch Gospel; Falsettos; A Little Night Music; Candide; Peter Pan; Annie Get Your Gun; Forever Plaid; Once on This Island; An American Song; The Boys From Syracuse; Up on the Roof; Not Just Kidstuff. Broadway: Quilters, Peter Pan. Atlanta theatre: Smokey Joe’s Café, Evita, Man of La Mancha, Secret Garden, Twas the Night Before a Broadway Christmas, Lyric Theatre; Cotton Patch Gospel, Pump Boys & Dinettes, Theatrical Outfit. Regional theatre: Falsettos, Virginia Stage Company; Quilters, Forever Plaid, Sweet and Hot in Harlem; Urinetown, Reefer Madness, Naked Boys Singing, Musical of Musicals. Waterfront Playhouse, Key West. Other credits: National Tours: Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby, 1989, Heartstrings; the World Premieres of Casper, The Mask, Spider-Man, England. PAT A. FLORA (Production Stage Manager) Pat Flora has been affiliated with the Alliance Theatre for 26 out of 30 years. A few favorite projects include: Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris, Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Was Enuf, Julius Caesar, Driving Miss Daisy, Peter Pan, A Man for All Seasons, Angels in America, Falsettos, Romeo and Juliet, Woody Guthrie’s American Song, Pacific Overtures, Sleuth, In the Red and Brown Water and Doubt. International: Die Schöne und das Biest in Germany and three original musicals in England with David H. Bell. National: Camelot with Robert Goulet. Regional: King John at N.C. Shakespeare Festival; Othello and The Cherry Orchard at Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger Library; The Tempest at La Jolla Playhouse; Anthems: Culture Clash in the District and Book of Days at Arena Stage; Little Me at Northshore Music Theatre; and Crowns at the Goodman. Atlanta: Madame Butterfly with Atlanta Opera, In Stitches with Candler Creative, Fiddler on the Roof with Theodore Bikel at the Fox Theatre, The Foreigner at Theatrical Outfit and Theatre du Reve. Ms. Flora is proud to be a member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1980. LIZ CAMPBELL (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be working on A Christmas Carol

profiles again. Her Alliance credits include: Middle School the Musical, Class of 3000, Live!; Goodnight Moon; Seussical, the Musical; Degas’ Little Dancer; Go, Dog. Go!; Disney’s Aladdin; and Einstein is a Dummy. Recent credits include: Big River and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play (Theatrical Outfit), Charm School, The Bluest Eye and The Syringa Tree (Horizon Theatre); Altar Boyz, Music Man and Pump Boys and Dinettes (Ozark Actors Theatre). She holds a B.F.A. in Theatre from Niagara University. She would like to thank Rosemary for always making her smile, and APM for keeping her sane. Member of Actors’ Equity Association. CELISE KALKE (Director of New Projects) joined the staff of the Alliance in 2005, where she manages New Play Development, the Kendeda Graduate Playwright Competition, and is a production dramaturg. She was asked by American Theatre to be one of 25 American Theatre leaders of the future, contributing to their 2009 Anniversary issue. She curated the Atlanta 365 Days/Plays project (the shared world premiere of the Suzan-Lori Parks epic) and worked as the co-hub network leader with Lisa Paulsen from Emory. From 2003-05 she was the Director of the Literary Department at The Public Theater (NYC) under George C. Wolfe. She maintains artistic relationships with the Actor’s Express (Atlanta), Next Theater (Chicago) and Independent Art HERE (NYC). JODY FELDMAN (Associate Producer) has had responsibility for Alliance Theatre casting since 1992, casting more than 70 Alliance, Hertz Stage and Theatre for Young Audiences productions including the world premieres of The Color Purple, Aida, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Blues for an Alabama Sky and Bluish. Other favorites include Jelly’s Last Jam, Day of the Kings, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition readings each spring. Jody is also Casting Director for True Colors Theatre Company as well as various other regional theatres and commercial endeavors. She serves as line producer for artistic projects such as Taste of the Season and the 2005 August Wilson Tribute. Jody began her theatre career first as an actress and then as the Assistant General Manager of the Academy Theatre. 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 (Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001. In the past eight seasons, she has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, and created local producing partnerships with Georgia Shakespeare, True Colors and the nine theatre companies that participated in the Alliance’s City Series. She has also overseen regional collaborative productions with Arena Stage, Goodman Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Pasadena Playhouse, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, as well as commercial partnerships on projects including The Color Purple; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; SISTER ACT the Musical; Bring in Da’ Noise, Bring in Da’ Funk; and last season’s Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. As a director, Alliance projects have included Proof, Doubt, Day of the Kings, Intimate Apparel, Jacques Brel, Bluish and Frame 312, and she has directed nationally at theatres including 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 University, and currently serves as adjunct faculty with Emory University. She is a member of Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2003, has been cited as a Lexus Leader of the Arts by WABE-FM, and has been named “Best New Visionary” by Atlanta Magazine and Best Local Director in the The Sunday Paper’s Readers Choice Awards and by Creative Loafing. She is the immediate past president of the board of directors for Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for the field) 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. alliancetheatre.org

why we love the alliance Why Atlanta, now? Twenty years ago the Alliance first presented A Christmas Carol, and with ticket demand at an all-time high, the importance of the show in its 20th year couldn’t be more apparent. The show is our annual holiday gift to Atlanta, a musical feast for the whole family. It will awaken a spirit of renewal and redemption.

Synopsis Ebenezer Scrooge, a stone-hearted Victorian accountant and money lender, learns the meaning of compassion after he is visited on Christmas Eve by four fantastic spirits: the ghost of his former partner in the counting house, Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past; the Ghost of Christmas Present; and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The specters reveal to Scrooge the seeds of loneliness in his youth, opportunities for happiness still within his reach, and the dire future if he continues in his mean and miserly ways.

Alliance Theatre MISSION: As the premier theatre of the Southeast, the Alliance Theatre sets the highest artistic standards, creating the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people. Now in its 41st season, the Alliance Theatre, recipient of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award®, is the leading professional resident theatre of the Southeast, creating theatre on two stages for youth and adult audiences. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Susan V. Booth, the Alliance Theatre is a national theatre with a local address, reaching out annually to almost 200,000 patrons and members of the community. Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the theatre has premiered more than 60 works while launching three Tony Award-winning hits to Broadway: Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo. The Alliance Theatre is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Learn more about the Alliance at alliancetheatre.org or by calling (404) 733-4650. Alliance Theatre is a participant in the New Generations Program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the American Theatre.

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Christmas is coming to Tuna, the third-smallest town in Texas. You will meet more than 20 different colorful characters of all ages and genders as they report on holiday activities at a whirlwind Texas pace. For audiences 16 years and up.

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A Christmas Carol at the Alliance Theatre BY CELISE KALKE

wenty years ago, A Christmas Carol was presented for the first time at the Alliance Theatre. The Christmas slot the year before had been filled by Annie Get Your Gun. Although it was a beloved musical classic, the decision was made to change the Alliance’s programming to something more seasonally specific. Sandra Deer, a local playwright, did a terrific adaptation of A Christmas Carol that ran through the ’90s, during most of artistic director Kenny Leon’s tenure. Then, seeking for a different tone, Leon switched to producing an adaptation by then Associate Artistic Director David Bell that focused on the redemptive story underlying Dickens’ story of ghosts, spirits, and Christmases past, present and future. The show has always used only Atlanta

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“I always intended to use local Atlanta actors for the Alliance production— and it distinguished the production — I love the Atlanta actors and have tried to use many of them elsewhere since.” — Adaptor David Bell

actors as part of its production design and the Alliance’s commitment to the local acting pool. The show’s music, all traditional Christmas carols, serves as a reminder of the holiday Dickens meditated on while writing the book, and also helps to point out its thematic core. It’s a Christmas tradition we are honored to present, and one we hope you will come back to enjoy for the next 20 years.

board of directors Officers Board Chair Vice Chair Immediate Past Chair Treasurer

Howard L. Feinsand Dan Reardon Robert Walker Steve Chaddick

Directors Madelyn R. Adams James L. Anderson Candace Bell Mark R. Bell Kenny Blank Sarah Robinson Borders Frank S. Chew Alan Colberg Linda Davidson Charles R. Edwards Robert W. Eickhoff Philippa V. Ellis Daryl Evans Jay B. Goldman Patrick J. Gunning Laura Hardman Kathy Harris

P. J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Booker T. Izell Andrea Jones Rosthema Viener Kastin Jeff Levy Cynthia H. Maloy S. Alan McKnight, Jr. John Hays Mershon Philip H. MoĂŻse Maureen Morrison Pratap C. Mukharji Kenyon W. Murphy Richard S. Myrick Victoria Palefsky William C. Pate

Helen Smith Price Travis Reed Douglas F. Reid Maurice M. Rosenbaum William B. Rowland Karl Sachsenmaier Alan Schreihofer Sonny Seals Debbie Shelton William D. Sleeper Karen Spiegel Charles E. Taylor June Thompkins Bryan T. Weidner Peter D. Weitzner A. Penniman Wells, Jr.

Life Directors Rita M. Anderson Kenneth L. Bernhardt Ann W. Cramer

George Goodwin Helen M. Regenstein Robert E. Reiser, Jr.

Jane E. Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson Benjamin T. White

Advisory Board J. Veronica Biggins James Cox Chambers

Richard Lee Cravey Diane Durgin Monica Kaufman Pearson

Kent Matlock Richard B. Western

Volunteer Leadership President, STARS Vice President/President Elect, STARS President, Alliance Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre Guild President, Alliance Theatre Guild

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June Tompkins Valarie Lischer Charlene Barker Sarah Larson

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

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

Kendeda Fund U.S. Department of Education

★★★★★★ $100,000+ Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Fulton County Arts Council

Shubert Foundation, Inc.

Target Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

William Randolph Hearst Foundation Zeist Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation National Endowment for the Arts North Highland Company Publix Super Markets Charities

Howard & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Frances Wood Wilson Foundation The Vasser Wooley Foundation

★★★★★ $50,000+ Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles Georgia Council for the Arts

★★★★ $25,000+ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Callaway Foundation, Inc. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Georgia Pacific Foundation The Home Depot

★★★ $10,000+ The Atlanta Foundation AT&T City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs

Edgerton Foundation Georgia Pacific Foundation Superior Essex, Inc. Wachovia Foundation

★★ $5,000+ Duke Realty Corporation John and Mary Franklin Foundation Georgian Bank

Harry Norman Realtors Jones Day mediaedge: cia Park Springs & Peachtree Hills Place

Sharp Electronics SunTrust WXIA-TV

★ $2,500+ Digital Arts Studio

Paul Green Foundation Endowment Fund of Triangle Community Foundation

advocacy By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2009-10 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 41. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 41 years by making another statement of support louder than any standing ovation. Visit our Web site at alliancetheatre.org and click on Make a Donation.

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sponsors The Coca-Cola Company

is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest beverage company, refreshing consumers at a rate of 1.5 billion servings a day with more than 450 sparkling and still brands in more than 200 countries. Along with Coca-Cola, recognized as the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most valuable brand, the Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s portfolio includes 12 other major brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, CocaCola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid and Georgia Coffee. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources, and enhance the economic development and cultural experiences of the communities where we operate. For more information about our Company, please visit our website at www.thecoca-colacompany.com.

Marketing Partners

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government

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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★★ $15,000-$24,999

★★★ $25,000+ James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Sally G. Tomlinson

Barbara & Steve Chaddick Kathryn T. Farley, PhD

Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand Mr. & Mrs. Howard Palefsky

★ $10,000-$14,999 The Balloun Family Lisa & Joe Bankoff Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Alan & Chi Colberg Ann & Jeff Cramer Doug & Donna Curling Georgia Power Company

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Gunning Andrea & Boland Jones Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Dan & Garnet Reardon Patty & Doug Reid Bob & Margaret Reiser Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton III

Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles & Delores Stephens Penn & Sally Wells Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin T. White Joni Winston

top billing Executive Producers ★★ $7,500-$9,999 The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Linda & Gene Davidson

Paul & Rosthema Kastin Phil & Caroline Moïse

John & Karen Spiegel

Executive Producers ★ $5,000-$7,499 Peg & Bill Balzer Candace & Jeff Bell Anne & Jim Breedlove Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Diane & Daryl Evans Matthew & Doris Geller Jay & Debbie Goldman Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Kathy Harris Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky

P.J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Wayne S. Hyatt Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Leslie Leigh M.D. Valerie & Jeff Levy Cynthia & Alan Maloy John & Lauren McColskey Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Carolynn Cooper & Pratap C. Mukharji

Mr. & Mrs. Kenyon Murphy Helen Smith Price Peter & Hope Schneider Mr. Sonny Seals Mr. & Mrs. S. Stephen Selig, III Ms. Kris M. Spain Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Robert & Sara Walker Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Rick & Terri Western

Producers ★★ $3,500-$4,999 Mark & Pam Bell

Charles & Carol Edwards

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 Madelyn R. Adams Mr. Robert B. Allison James Anderson Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Sarah & Jim Borders Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Cegala Frank & Mary Anne Chew

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John & Lucy Cook Robert W. & Nikki C. Eickhoff Eierman Foundation Philippa & Burrell Ellis The Elster Foundation John & Cindy Ethridge Alan & Willa Fabian Andy Fisher & Cox Television Rick & Leslie Fuess

Louise Staton Gunn Mr. & Mrs. Lance E. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Harold Itkin John & Angie Keller David L. Kuniansky Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Jodi & Henry Niden Dr. Kathleen Nixon & Dr. Gregory Berkey

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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 communitiy. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of November 4, 2009.

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 (cont.) John & Helen Parker Thomas Pechar & Ann Revell-Pechar Procore Solutions Mrs. Helen M. Regenstein Bill & Rhonda Rowland Tanya M. Rutledge

Mr. & Mrs. John F. Schraudenbach Charlotte & Tom Shields William & Margarita Sleeper Southern States LLC Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats

Karen & Alex Stickney James Taylor Michael & June Tompkins Susan & Thomas Wardell Bryan & Terri Weidner

Associate Producers $1,500-$2,499 Elaine & Miles Alexander Kent & Diane Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Theodore & Andrea Altholz Herb & Myrtice Arnold John & Lynn Ayers Elizabeth & John Bacon Ms. Pamela L. Blackburn The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Richard & Jennifer Buyens Stephen & Elizabeth Carter In Memory of Mary A. Cipolla Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Brad & Sally Currey Mr. & Mrs. James L. Curry Dante’s Down the Hatch, Buckhead Marc & Kelli Davenport Mr. Richard Dickson Richard & Linda Diedrich Douglas & Camille Duerr Marcia & Mark Dunaway Diane Durgin Ralph & Ree Edwards Gail H. Evans Michael & Jody Feldman Dr. & Mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotin Melanie & Richard Fine

Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Ms. Brenda Freeman George Goodwin Mr. Dwayne E. Greene Mr. & Mrs. Jack K. Hale Rachel & Mike Hammer Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. James E Hugh, III Richard & Marcia Jacobson In honor of Carol Jones & the Alliance Theatre Education Department James & Lori Kilberg Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kruger Lanier-Goodman Foundation Andrea & Mike Leven Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Lubo Fund Dick Lyon Kristie L. Madara Mr. Kevin P. Madden Chip Mann Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Martin Matlock & Associates, Inc. M.C. Jackson, Sr., Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Millett June M. Morrison Mr. Kevin Moss

Mr. Ron H. Bell BG Search Associates Betty Blondeau-Russell Mr. & Mrs. George Boyd Mr. James D. Brock Mr. & Mrs. Sam Bronfman II Dick & Anne Game Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Carolyn Gould Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Guffey Holder Construction Company

C. Tycho & Marie Howle Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hyman, Jr. Mr. Gordon L. Joyner, Esq. Mr. Michael A. Kahn Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kalson Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich Dale & Elaine LaLonde Billy & Julie Levine Luxury Cars of Atlanta Kristen L. Melton Bob & Gail O’Leary

Avery & Valerie Munnings Joyce & Michael Natbony North Georgia Investment Planning, LLC. Judy Trotochaud & William Pate Bill & Carey Peard Ms. Sophia Brothers Peterman Peg Petersen Susan & David Peterson Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Mr. & Mrs. John Richard Alice & Peter Rogers Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Emanuel & Peggy Roth David & Sharon Schachter Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Michele & Glenn Shear Martin & Patricia Silbiger Mrs. Donna Smythe & Mr. Alexander Smythe Sara & Paul Steinfeld Jim & Janie Stratigos Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Judith & Mark Taylor Mr. James Thomas Joan N. Whitcomb J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Wyper John & Kathy Zamer

Benefactors $1,000-$1,499

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Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Printpack Inc. & The Gay & Erskine Love Fdn. Ms. Mary W. Rogers C. Austin Stephens Bob Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. William L. Sutton, Jr. Celia Till Mr. & Mr. Marc D. Weinberg Lynne Winship William & Nancy Yang

annual fund featured billing Playwrights $750-$999 Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Butler Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Ms. & Mrs. Marian N. Gorling Mr. & Mrs. John Hanson

Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. LeBlanc Joe Sniezek Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Kristen Keirsey Mr. Guy Sharpe & William Stanhope Jane E. Shivers

JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Judith & Aaron Alembik Peter & Sheila Anderson Rita & Ted Anderson Ms. Jody L. Andrade Anonymous (2) Sandy Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Asher Adam Barrier Dr. Deborah Baumgarten Scott & Rebecca Bracewell Bright Paper Brown-Forman Corp Ms. Kim Brundidge Dr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Callaway Drs. Enid Susan & Richard Carlin Hilary C. Carr & Dennis L. Goines Mr. William Carroll Mr. Court Centanni Ms. Elizabeth W. Clubb Mr. Bruce I. Crabtree, III & B.J. Erb Crabtree

Gail Crowder Mr. Michael S. Dalis Marvin & Lynn Davis Richard & Linda Davis Mr. Daan Degroodt Enid & Jerry Draluck Mrs. Linda I. Dunlavy & Mr. Dan Dunlavy Mr. Troy Duvall Mr. Mark A. Eden Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Dr. Julia Emmons Dorothy & Todd Evans Clara Feldman Mrs. Veronica S. Fink Betty & Davis Fitzgerald Memorial Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Freeman David & Luck Gambrell Andrea M. Garmon, D.M.D. Mr. Michael Gilliam Donald & Dale Goodman

Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow Sandy & Davis Abrams Sarah & Alfred Adams Velma Adams Mr. John Alleyne Mr. James F. Altzner & Ms. Marcelle Theis William & Paula Amis Mr. Brian Anderson Mr. James Anderson Marion Anderson Voncile Anderson Anonymous Amy Auffant Dianat Azadeh Mr. & Mrs. William S. Backus Mr. Don Bailey Ms. Virginia Balbona Mr. Pablo Bargas Lamont Barnes Chris & Al Barsody Ms. Rachel Barth G Brooks Batcheller Mr. & Mrs. Roland Bates Sharon Baumberger Mr. Lewis & Jacquelyn Belcher William Bender Ms. Sierra Benton Jean & David Bergmark Mr. & Mrs. Mike Bernowski Natalie & Matthew Bernstein Ms. Shveta Berry Mrs. Roberta Bienfait Ms. Rachel Blacher

Dr. R. Dwain Blackston Randall Blevens Mr. & Ms. Fredric Bloemeke Ms. Dot Blue Mrs. Caroline Blumenthal Ms. Dianna Boateng & Ms. Jennifer H. Boateng Walter Boehm Ms. Ivy Boggs Nora Borne Virginia Bouldin D. Adam & Cindy Bowling Simone Boyce Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Boykin Ms. Barbara Brady Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Branch Mr. Peter A. Brannigan & Ms. Phyllis McNeill Maria Braune Ms. Sidney Brinson Melissa Broomes Wilma Broughton Candice F. Brown Christian Brown Ms. Deborah Brown Ms. Sally Brown Sara & Alex Brown Mr. Stephen Brown LeRoy & Polly Brownlee Carol Cook Bryant James Bryant Linda Buckley Mr. David Burns Dr. Carol T. Bush & Dr. Aubrey M. Bush

Marilyn & Mickey Steinberg Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Ms. Martha Stephens

Alice & Blake Wood Ms. Kale J. Woods Dr. & Mrs. Howard Zaleznak

Designers $500-$749

Jodie & Thomas Guest Wanda G. Hankes Charles & Winnie Hoover Ms. Susan Howard Linda & Richard Hubert Doug Huffman Jocelyn Whitehead Jackson Elizabeth D. James â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Townes Ms. Janice Karkula Joyce & John Kesler Dr. Sam & Emilie Khair Ms. Lucy Kinnaird Mrs. Jo Koch Cathy & Jeffrey Korotkin Mr. Steven J. Kuzma John & Elizabeth Lee Dr. J. Bancroft Lesesne Kristen Lewis Ms. Kathryn Mauldin Mrs. Debra McClure Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Tracey Mitchell Ms. Christine G. Montgomery

Thomas H. & Claire M. Muller Patricia C. Nevius, M.D. & Lewis Stogner Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Olive Mr. Mark A. Pallansch Ms. Anslie Perkel Ms. Karen Porch Prefered Machine Works Mr. & Mrs. William L. Rafkin Bill & Bamby Ray Harry & Anna Rinker Dan & Carolyn Roper Mr. Phillip Rosenberg Ms. Vanessa Rush Mr. John A. Sabine John & Sandy Schoell Ms. Sandra Olds Seden Brenda J. Smith Steve & Claudia Smith Dr. & Mrs. Charles P. Stewart Susan & Alan Stiefel Maria-Ruth Storts Helaine & Richard Sugarman

Ms. Mary M. Tierney Mr. & Mrs. Frank Turner Mr. & Mrs. Trey Turner Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Y. Tyler John & Bunny Underwood Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Vivona Ms. Elizabeth Wallace Maxine Weimer Mr. & Mrs. Jerold G. Weiner Valerie & Peter Weitzner Thomas & Cheryl Weldon Jeff Welsh Dr. & Mrs. J. Michael West Susan H. Wilcox Mr. & Mrs. Karl B. Williams Virginia & Neal Williams Felicia Wright Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Wyatt Mary & Tim R. Yoder Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Young Mr. Daniel Zisa Mark & JoAnn Zyla

Performers $250-$499

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Mrs. Susanna Bushnell Chuck Button Mr. Lawrence Bynum W. F. Byrnes, M.D. Bernetha Calhoun Elizabeth Calhoun Semmes Calvert Tammy Campbell Kimberlyn Carter Alexandra Caselli Gardner & Peggy Chambliss Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Mr. Russell Chandler III Ms. Diane Chauffe Mr. Charlette Clark Ms. Patti Clark Mr. Michael Cleveland Mr. William T. Clewell Ms. Barbara W. Cochran Ms. Meghan Coffee Thomas & Debra Coleman Mr. Lewis Collier Kenneth Collins Neva Collins Mrs. Anne S. Conkin Ms. Bonnie K. Copeland Tim Couch Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Cowart Anna Crawford, Ph.D. & Barbara Thomason, Ph.D. Lisa Cremin & Bruce Harlan Ray & Donna Crim William A. & Charlotte Crosland Sherry Crown Mr. & Mrs. David A. Culley

Alice J. Cunningham Mr. John Currin Linda & Haywood Curry Ms. Chakena Davis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Davis Cori DeFrancis Mary Grace Diehl & Michael Jablonski Mr. Robert Diggs Dr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Dimon, III Mr. Kyle Dixon Ms. Linda Dixon Scott Doll Ms. Mary B. Donovan Karen & David Dorton Dr. & Mrs. Earl Douglas Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Dreger Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Ms. Beverly Edwards Rob & Susan Edom Mr. Corey Enlow Francis Erbrick Ms. Zanethia Y. Eubanks Eliza & Bobby Ezor Mr. Georgia Faino Tony Farmer Ms. Geraldine Fennie Mrs. & Mr. Mary C. Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Bradford W. Ferrer Stella & Stan Firestone Julie Fishman & Terry Pechacek Clarence Flanigan Jim & Nancy Fleming Mr. Lee Francis Ms. Shan Franklin

Rodney Franks Ms. Ronni French Ms. Linda Friedman Mr. Eugene F. Fuller Dr. & Mrs. Edward Gainer George Galloway, Jr. Pat & Jerry Gardner Ms. Shawnalea Garvin Ms. Halina Gavrilidis Mr. Geoffrey Gayle Mr. & Mrs. Richard Gerakitis Mr. Bryan Gersack Ms. Andrea K. Gilles & Mr. Anthony Gilles Mr. Sander Gilman Dr. & Mrs. Donald M. Gilner Rosemarie Girardeau Mr. Reginald Gladish Dr. & Mrs. Martin I. Goldstein Susan Gordon Christopher Graddick Dan & Susan Graveline Dr. Sandra G. Gustavson Ms. Susan W. Hairston Mr. & Mrs. Chris Hall Ms. Sylvia Halleck Nam Han David & Christy Hand Ms. Debra A. Handschuh & Ms. Crystal Carter Carol Hanner Mr. John Harber Mr. William Harlan & Ms. Stephanie Carpenter Ms. Vida Harmon

Performers $250-$499 (cont.) Ms. Virginia Harreld Mr. Laurence Harris Latisha Harrison Mr. John R. Hartland Ms. Alison Hastings Chris & Andrea Hawn Mr. Cornelius Haynes Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Haynes Mr. James W. Hays John & Christine Hepfinger Mrs. Patty Hermann Mr. Chester L. Hicks Marianne & John Hines Harris & Sharon Hobby Susan Howick & Lloyd Hoffspiegel Mr. Andre Holland Ms. Judith Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Hostinsky Ms. Tracy Howard Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hubbell Mr. & Mrs. David C. Huffman Elizabeth Hughes Tammy Hunter Albert & Geneva Ikeda Mr. Harikumar Iyer Chris Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Jackson Mr. Michael Jamieson Jason & Laurie Jeffay Amy & Mark Jenson Ann & Ben Johnson Mr. Chad Johnson Cheryl & Ernie Johnson Mr. Eric Johnson Ms. Freda Jones Geri & Herb Jones Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Mr. Walton Jones Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Juliano Mrs. Kane Mr. & Mrs. Kode Kaufman Tina Kell Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Kelley Madkin Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Othe C. Kendrick, Jr. Mr. Barry Kennedy Ms. & Mr. Lorraine F. Kenny Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Key Mr. John R. Keys Mr. Peter Kilmarx

Ken & Susan Kincaid Yolanda Kindell Alicia King Carrie L. King Ms. D. Lelia Kingston Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Kirbabas Dr. Naomi M. Kirkman-Bey Mr. Donald Kneitel & Mrs. Deborah Sunday Chad & Kati Koenig Ms. Ann L. Kohl Kerri Kolwicz Mr. & Mrs. Joe Kozak Pavel Kremer Carol & Paul Kurtz Dr. & Mrs. Darwin Labarthe Nicole LaBelle William Lacefield Claudia Lang Ms. Mary E. Lang Mr. Elmer Langham & Mr. Donald Bonar Mr. Morris Langston Lewis Larson Mr. & Mrs. Tim D. Lee Scott Leibowitz Elizabeth LeMasurier Carol Leonard Mr. & Mrs. Jay J. Levin Sandy Fitzpatrick & Randy Lewis Gahau Liang Mr. & Mrs. Steven D. Linowes Lipman Brothers, Inc. Dr. Richard Liposky Dr. Kim Lipscomb-McDaniel Dr. & Mrs. Randall P. Little Mr. Mark Livezey Gabriel Living Frazier Livingston Mr. & Mrs. Orlyn O. Lockard Ms. Gloria Logan Mr. Corey Lowe Toy Mack Ms. Vonda Malbrough Katherine Maner Sean Manning Frank & Lynne Marks Mr. Eugene Martin Mr. & Mrs. Vernon E. Martin, Jr. Ms. Katie Marvel Ms. Sheila Mason

3E Accounting & Taxes Ann U. Abrams Jennifer Adamo Michael & Dawn Adamson Obinna Agbo Kim Ajy Dottie Akin Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Aldo Javier Alfonso Douglas Allen Erick Allen Kelly Alley

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Allison Felecia Alston Ms. Marci A. Alt & Ms. Marlysa Brooks-Alt Cecie Andaluz Dr. Stephen W. Anderson William D. Anderson Dorita & Hal Arnold Nancy Arnold Ellen & Eliot Arnovitz Mrs. Janice Atkins Catherine Austin

Mr. Lou Mathews Mrs. & Mr. Sharon K. Matson Ms. Martha Mattes Mrs. Susan Maxey Gloria Maxwell Mr. & Mrs. James M. May III Mr. & Mrs. Stephen McCarthy Ms. Karen McClure Sylvia McClure Julie McCord Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. McElrea Louis McGaha Ms. Gladys McGee Ms. Dana McGuire Mr. Kenneth McNeil Doug & Norma McNeill Patrick & Mary McNulty Birgit & David McQueen Chassi Melvin Allen & Don Mendenhall Dr. John & Melissa Merlino Mr. Edmund Mihch Mr. & Mrs. David Miller Jim & Deb Millette Ms. Likun A. Mishra Ms. Michele Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Tim Mitchell Terri Mohale N. Eileen Moon Gayle & Peyton Morgan Mr. Guy Morrison Mr. James R. Mundy Kevin & Sandra Muthersbough John & Cathy Muzzy Mary Baird & David Nelson Mr. Gary Newton Mr. & Mrs. Tim K. Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Nugent Mr. Stephen J. Odom & Mrs. Ellen M. Coggeshall Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Scott & Christi Owens Ms. Scotty C. Pannell Ms. Linda Patton Ms. Mary J. Peed & Mr. Kevin Wood Mario & Jean Peruzzi Ms. Michele Petties Ms. Elise T. Philips Mark Phillips Liz & Gary Phipps

Ms. Elizabeth Pier Bill & Kim Pike Mr. Billy Planer Dr. & Mrs. Alan L. Plummer Barbara & Marty Pollock Lois Blakely Post Mr. Collins S. Powell Lesley Preston Michael & Carolynn Puffe Kelley Quackenbush Ms. Denise Quinlan Ms. Lynne Ragan Sampson Ms. Mary E. Raines Mr. Stanley L. Raper Mr. Lloyd Rasmussen Ms. Jennie Raymond Realta Professional Staffing Christopher Repotski Dr. Jerry Richman, DDS Carol Riggs Kelly Roberts Mrs. & Mr. Terri Rolls Amy Jeanne Rosenberg Ms. Ellen Ross Ms. Yelena Rozenberg Mr. Michael C. Russ & Mrs. Jean T. Russ Mr. Whitfield Samuel Ms. Priscilla Sanders Mr. Scott C. Satterwhite Tom Sauret Shelley & Steven Scher Ken & Cindy Schick Ms. Martha Scott Ms. Urvi Shah Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shane Kathleen Sheehan Ms. Penelope Sherfield Mr. & Mrs. William Shiverick Ms. Debra Shoaf Ms. Marci Silverman David & Virginia Sjoquist Candace N. Smith Fred B. Smith Mary R L Solem Mr. Lloyd Solomon Paul Springer Dr. & Mrs. David Stacy Mr. Kip Stahl Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Stephens Mike & Donna Stevens

Laura Stock Ms. Veda Storey Missy Swann Mr. Gary Swicegood Kenneth & Gwendolyn Syphoe Dr. & Mrs. Michael Szikman Patricia E. Tate David & Jackie Tatum Arlene & David Taylor Mr. George M. Taylor Mr. Johnie L. Teague Lisa Terry Ed Thomasson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Re/Max Greater Atlanta Mr. & Mrs. Raul F. Trujillo Ms. Erica Tutman Mr. Bill Upton Michael & Janit Vaughan Ronita Wade Gilbert & Genette Waldman Kimberly & Kevin Walther Steve Harvey & Marie Weaver Barbara M Webb Richard & Carole Weil Donna & Michael Weinstock Larry & Melissa Weiss Ms. Stacie Weiss Matthew Welch Ms. Dorethea Wentworth Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Wernert Ms. Ann Westbrook Bruce & JoAnne Westbrook Diane White Sadie Whitmore Mrs. John W. Wilcox Mrs. Charlotte Wilen Curtis Williams Earl & Janice Williams Willie Williams Mr. Derek I. Willis WILWAU Dr. Jane Wilkor & Mr. Bruce Winston Mr. Dwight Woods Honey & Howard Workman Sherry & Donn Wright Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey E. Young Nancy Jean Young Paul Zurawski & Rick Hengel Charles A. Zuver

Stage Managers $150-$249 Ms. Denise Autry Mr. Herb Avery & Mrs. Barbara Avery Ms. Sharon Bagby Mr. & Mrs. Wayne S. Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Baker Ms. Shelley Baldwin Derrick Banks & Associates Ms. Eunice Banks Ms. Arthurine E. Barned Ms. Jenna Barresi Judy Barrett

Ms. Janet Barron Dr. Louis L. Battey & Dr. Pamela McCreary Gaylen & Jeffrey Baxter Mr. Greg Bazemore Mrs. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Terelle Beaver Patty Beem Reese-Beisbier & McDonough, P.C. Mark Bell

Ms. Toni Bell & Ms. Celise Hicks Ms. Kim Benjamin Kenyetta Benson Mr. Jay Bernath Mr. Michael C. Berndt Kelly Bernot Susan Berry John Betten Mr. Geoffrey Bieger Mrs. Mignon S. Bigelow & Mr. James A. Bigelow Georgann Billetdeaux

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annual fund Stage Managers $150-$249 (cont.) Ms. Alethea Billingslea Ms. Sarah M. Billups Dr. & Mrs. Linton H. Bishop, Jr. Mr. John Bivins & Mrs. Mimi Bivins Daniel Blechinger Ms. Veronica Blose Ms. Trish Blyth Suzanne & Rob Boas Ms. Janet Bogle Mr. & Mrs. Emmet J. Bondurant Ms. Dessislava Boneva Ms. Meryl Bornheim Brian & Jennifer Boutte Mr. Barron Bowden Scott Bowden Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Bowen Ms. Sharon H. Bowman Ms. Florence M. Bowser-Woods Ms. Brenda K. Boyd George & Monica Bozonier, Jr. Ms. LaWanna Bradford Ms. Connie Branch Dr. & Mrs. Ted Brand Mr. Stewart Brann William Brantley Mr. & Mrs. Brant Breland Ms. Peggy H. Brooks Mr. Alan R. Brossoie & Mrs. Susan Kelso Brossoie Mr. Bernard Brown Mr. Jason Brown Marvin S. Brown Merv & Schan Brown Victoria Brown Ms. Helen Brownell Ms. Deb Brudo Sonjyia Bryant Dr. Deloris Bryant-Booker Bucky & Janet Ms. Alice Miller Budlong Mr. & Mrs. Derick Burgher Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Burgin Jim Burke Ms. Melvia Burke Law Offices of Sheryl Burke Mr. Gary Burley Jason Bussey Ms. Laura Butler Mr. Nathan Butler Janas K. Calender Mr. & Mrs. R. Carl Cannon Ms. Mary C. Cannon Michelle Cannon John & Linda Carden Terese Carlin Mr. James Carlisle Robert Carpenter James & Elaine Carroll Dr. & Mrs. Scott Carroll Alison Caruso David & Denice Cason Bryan Cavan Eugene Chambers Joshua & Lauren Chandler Janis Chastain Ms. Elizabeth B. Chatham Ms. Sharon Zealey & Ms. Huiling Chen Natalie Childs

Ms. Nicola Chin Ms. Sally C. Christian Dr. & Mrs. Jerrold Clark Ms. Glenda E. Clay Michael Clement Ms. Brenda Clements Boyd & Deidre Clines Ms. Helen W. Coale Philip S. & Charlene J. Coe Mr. Daniel Cohen Dr. & Mrs. Richard W. Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Colbert Ms. Joyce Coleman Ms. Catherine Collier Joanna Colrain LPC Robert Comeau Carol Comstock & Jim Davis Ms. Judith M. Conn Ms. Janet L. Cook & Mr. Franklin Bost Wil Cooks Ms. Kay Cooper Ms. Georgette Correa Mrs. Eileen Corrigan Mr. & Mrs. Graham Courtney John Courtney & Pam Stevens LaVerne Coxson Ms. Jeanette Crawford Jesse & Cheryl Crawford Ms. Teresa Crooks Ivan Crosling D. Milton Crosswy Gray & Marge Crouse Mr. & Ms. Rick Crowder Ms. Christie Crowe Don Curdie Hal & Laurie Daniel Dennis Davenport Ms. Terri L. Davidson Mr. & Mrs. David L. Davis John Davis & Sheryl Myers Ms. Johnnie Davis Mr. Kenneth Davis Monica Davis Ms. Oscar Faye Davis Ginny Davy Dr. & Mrs. J. Robin De Andrade Dr. Eric & Sherrie Deal Laura DeBlois Robert A. DeMetz, Jr. Ms. Diane Dempster & Mr. David Majchrzak Dina Dent Mr. Johnny Dewitt Ms. Christa DiBiase Mike Dickerson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dickert Mr. Thomas Dierdorff Tom DiFulco & Jane Ross Andy Donaldson Mr. Michael K. Doney & Ms. Annelise Casano Ms. Barbara R. Dorsey Ms. Monica Douglas Ms. Anne B. Dries Mrs. Frances W. Dubose Ms. Cydnee Dubrof & Mr. Robert McDonough Jennifer Durbin

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Mitch & Jane Durham Ms. Alison Earles Herbert W. Eber Mr. Alan Eisen Gary & Elaine Elder Mr. & Mrs. James Ellis Todd Ellis Mrs. Mary R. England Ms. Anne B. Erbesfield Mr. & Mrs. G. Michael Escoe Mr. & Mrs. Jack Etheridge Mr. Richard Evans Wallace Evans, III Mrs. & Mr. Francoise H. Everett Winn Everhart Lynn E. Ezell, M.D. Lisa & Terry Fair Mark & Martha Fair Pat & Michael Falotico Ms. Beryl Farris Mr. & Mrs. John Faulk Ariana Feiner Ms. Margot R. Fennhahn & Mr. Stefan J. Gladyszewski Ms. Ellen Ferguson & Mr. Tim Richmond Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Fineman Mr. Terry Finister Mr. & Mrs. John H. Finley Ms. Susan Finn Fred & Joy Flax John & Lisa Fleming Carrie & Tom Fletcher Steven Flynn Mr. & Mrs. Gary Foote Dr. & Mrs. John Ford Dawn Forkner Mr. Robert Fornal Ms. Deborah Fox Les Franks Marla Jane Franks, MD Steve & Peggy Freedman Richard A. Freeman Sally Freeman Homer S. French Ms. Marianne French Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Fusco Anda Gadidov Ms. Juarlyn L. Gaiter Michael Gannon Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Garren, Jr. Ms. Kathy Gaultney Constantine Gavrilidis & Halina Gavrilidis Dr. Lisa A. Gillespie Sander & Marina Gilman Peggy & William J. Gissendanner Mrs. Marly A. Glaw Ms. Liza Glenn Mrs. Suzanne B. Glenn Mr. Patrick Goguillon Mr. & Mrs. Joel Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Golden Ms. Janet Gomez Dr. Richard Goodjoin John & Susan Gornall Ms. Sally Goss Ursula Graats Ms. Caurie Graham

Ms. Tiffany Gravely Ms. Dorothy Gray Ms. Patricia A. Green Ms. Ellen M. Greer Mrs. Patrice B. Greer Mr. Chester Griffin Orlando Griffith Dr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Griffith Drs. Deborah & Arthur Griffiths Frank Grillo Ms. Elizabeth Groft Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gustafson Mrs. Meredith B. Haas Mr. & Mrs. Isaac N. Habif Mr. & Mrs. Morris N. Habif Mr. Danforth Hagler Jr. Mr. Derrick Hairston Mr. & Mrs. George B. Haley Ms. Janice W. Hall Kamillah & William Hallmon Ms. Carolyn B. Halls Kay & Tim Hamil Lesley Hamilton Ms. Teresa A. Hammett & Mr. Marcel Pitzini Mr. Paul Hammonds Mary Fisher Hancock & W. Wayne Hancock Foundation Ms. Sarah Handley Mr. & Mrs. George R. Hanlon Roy Hardie Ms. Linda L. Hare Mr. James Hargett Ms. Lisa Harkleroad Naomi B. Harper Ms. Mary S. Harrell Mr. & Mrs. Keith B. Harrelson Dhata Harris Ms. LaTonya M. Harris Stan & Laurine Harris Ms. Dana Harris-Abraham, Esq. Mr. Ken Harrison Ms. Shirley Harrison & Ms. Helen M. Norris Frank & Mary Hart Ms. Penny Hart Lucas Hathaway Sarah Hawbecker & William Fuller Ms. Deborah Hawkins Zachary Hayes Jennifer Heal Mr. Jarrett Heatherly Ms. Bonnie K. Hebb Dr. Judith & Mr. Shannon Hebb Mrs. Cathy Hedrich The Heideck Family Ms. Ann Helms Amy Hemphill Ms. Abbie Henderson Katy Henritze Ms. Sue Henry Vern & Jayme Herr & Family Joan Hertz Ms. Suzanne M. Hewitt Ms. Stephanie Hill Ms. Angela Hillie Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Hirsh Veronnica Hobbs King Mr. & Mrs. Thomas V. Hoffmann Susan Maxwell & Mark Holladay

Mr. J. T. Hollin Susanne Hollinger Ms. Mary Hollins Barbara Hollonquest Lorilyn Houston Nick & Karen Howard Dr. Hugh Hudson Jr. Nicole Hudson Mr. & Mrs. Hans J. Hughes Dr. Joseph L.A. Hughes Mr. William Hughes Ms. Leisha Hullum Ms. Florence Humphrey Ms. Amy Humphreys Robyn Hutcherson Ms. Linda Icaza & Ms. Elisabeth A. Bryant Leslie & Doug Isenberg Ms. Darcel Ivey Mr. James L. Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. Braxton Jarratt Mr. & Mrs. Gary Jeffers Joyce E. Jelks Bill & Cherri Jennings Mr. Jeff Jennings Ms. Alice Jermyn Eric & Carol Johnson Dr. Norman Johnson Stuart & Elizabeth Johnson Tara Johnson Mr. Lee G. Joiner Peggy B. Jonas Ms. Angel Jones Anjo Jones Mr. Carl Jones Ms. Carol F. Jones George Jones J. Donald Jones Mr. Jared Jones Ms. Katherine Jones Matthew Jones Mrs. Rose Marie A. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Tory Jones Mrs. Suparna Joshi Ms. Lori Jourden Kimberly Judson Jeannie Jump Mr. Mike Kamal Ms. Donna Massey Kantak Dr. Anthony E. Karpas Ms. Anjanette B. Keane-Dawes Mrs. Susan Solomon Keenan Mr. & Mrs. Scott Keesling Allene Kelley Mr. James Kelley Ms. Linda Kelly JoJo Kendall Ms. Lavonia Kendrick Audrey Kennedy Kevin Keyes Mrs. Carol Ann Kilburn Tim & Dawn Killenberg Leah King Mr. Travis King Wilma A. Kirchhofer-Marbury Keith Kirkland Ms. Nicole L. Klein Mr. & Mrs. Robert Knouse Ms. Marie Krause Rebecca Kubler

Stage Managers $150-$249 (cont.) Mr. Khary Kyle Ken & Sharon Lade Mr. & Mrs. William H. Lamb Ms. Evangeline Lane Ms. Sandra Lanphear Chuck & Jean Larsen Linda Lattimore Andrea Lawrence Ms. Margaret Lawson Ms. Barbara A. Leasure Dr. Theodore M. Lee Thomas C. Leslie Allan & Vivian Levine S. Jarvin Levison Constance & Dale Lewis Dr. Debra Lewis Mrs. Kimberly & Mr. Charles Lewis Ms. Maria C. Liber Jeannie Lightsey Rosa Liou Ms. Jeanne E. Lipsitt Russell Love Carolyn A. & Gary C. Lovett Joyce & Larry Lowenstein Lynn & Vaughan Lund Mr. & Mrs. David Lyman Jane Sneed Lynn Maria Mackas & Randy Evans Sallee Macknik Ms. Crissey MacLean Ms. Amanda Madean Kevin Maguire Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Mahaffey Mr. Edgar F. Mahnke III Ms. Alison Main Lynn Marlow Kevin & Alva Marshall Karen Marshall Jenelle Martin, M.D., P.C Meryl L. Martin Mike Martin & John Kale Walter & Judith Martin Mr. Paul Masters Daniel Mathews Ashley Mattox Ms. Phyllis Maurer Dr. & Mrs. Donald C. Maxwell Mayfield Kids Mr. & Mrs. Mayfield Jeffrey Mayhue Mr. & Mrs. Kevin C. Mazula Mr. Philip Mazzara Ursula Mazzarelli Ms. Teri McCann Ms. Natalie McCants Eric McCoy Velda McCoy Joey McCraw, Backstreet Boutique Ms. Darryl D. McCullough Mr. & Mrs. James McCurry Ms. Debbie McDaniel Dr. & Mrs. Allen P. McDonald, Jr. Ms. Susan McFall

Mr. Steven McGlocklin Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. McNamara Ms. Maribeth McPhie James McSavaney Mr. Robert Meadows Mr. Ammon J. Meyer Kaylan Miers Eloise B. Mills Ms. Natalie M. Milner Dr. & Mrs. James Milsap Marcia Minor Blythe P. Minter Ms. Nancy Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Wade T. Mitchell Mr. Lawrence E. Mock Barbara Moffitt Tyler Montague Elizabeth Moore Geraldine Moore Mr. John Moore Ms. Elizabeth Morgan & Mr. Chris Coffey Betty & Jean Mori Ms. Carolyn Morris Ms. Lynne Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Harvey W. Moskowitz Mr. & Ms. Nicholas Mosley Borna Mottahed Christine H. Murphy, M.D. Rob & Jane Murphy Mr. Michael Murray Ms. Elizabeth M. Musick Mr. David Naglee Ms. Renee Najour-Payne Jerry Nance Mr. Nehemiah Nared Mrs. Kelli Naughton Elizabeth & Marshall Neil Ms. Nicki Nelson Ms. Joan E. Netzel & Mr. John B. Gronwall Mr. Ben Neuendorf Ms. Anne N. Nevin Amy Newbold Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Nicholson Dr. & Mrs. Charles Nicol Latesha Noble Mr. & Mrs. Mikael Norin Lynda Norman Dianne Walton Norris Summer Nunn Kwasi Obeng Mr. Clyde Ogden Ms. Krista Oguz Mr. Michael Oken Mr. Donald Olds Mr. James O’Neal Mr. & Mrs. William Ennis O’Neal Benjamin & Barbara Ordover Deborah Osterneck Allison & Mike O’Sullivan Ms. Angelia Otey Cecelia Otwell Ms. Jean Padberg Ms. Joan Page

Leonard Pallats Mr. & Mrs. Emory H. Palmer Charlie Paparelli William E. Parker Gail Parks Mr. Thomas Patterson Ms. Chandra Patton Mr. Ronnie Payne Tamara Payne Shyreeta Peacox Mr. L. C. Pearson Mr. Steve M. Peck Daniel & Olivia Pedersen Dr. Jesse R. Peel, M.D. Ms. Crystal Pendergrass Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Penninger Sally Stafford Perez Jacques & Reda Pierre Ms. Theresa Plimpton Karen & Mike Podett Del & Bob Podsiadlo Mr. Richard Podwojski Miriam Pollock Bill and Judy Porter Mr. & Mrs. James T. Porter Ms. Susan Pound Mr. David Powell Alison Press Dr. Carol L. Price Lawrence Price Mr. William Price William Prillerman Laird & Kathy Prussner Ms. Aretha Pryor Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Pursley Mr. & Mrs. Klaus Putter Ms. Elisabeth M. Quanstrom Ms. Javonne Quarterman Dennis Radde Carol & Steve Raeber Jackie Rauh Dr. Sandra K. Rayburn Henry & Ruth Read Dr. Matthew Realff Tom & Cathy Reardon Mrs. Judith A. Reece & Mr. Richard Tritt S. Ronald & Allene Reed Mr. Richard Reeves & Ms. Melissa L. Legg Jena Reger Howard & Linda Reisman Lisa Renko Mr. John D. Reynolds, Jr. Tanisha Reynolds Mr. Ed Rhein Berni Rice Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Paul Richard Mrs. Sherri Richards Mrs. Karen S. Riddell Ted J. Rikard Allan & Gail Ripans Mr. David Ritter Nadine Rivers-Johnson Anne Robbins

Mr. Dale Roberts Ms. Michelle Robinette Kaaren D.A. Robinson Tamara Turnley Robinson Ms. Altha Rogers James H. Rollins Barbara Rosekrans Mr. Hervey S. Ross Ms. Julie Ross Mr. Kenneth Rosskopf & Mrs. Linda B. Rosskopf Sue & Allen Rothstein Ms. Elise Ruby Juan & Jessica Ruiz Beverly Rush Ellis RWS Wire & Cable, Inc. Clifford Sams Kenard Sanders Ms. Regina Sanford Ms. Clarelle R. Sauls Ms. Lynn Savage Mr. & Mrs. Peter Savitz Michelle Schmit Ms. Christine Schneider Ms. Theresa Schnieder Ms. Sandra Schoell Mary Schoerner Benjamin Schomburg Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schultz Ms. Katherine Schumacher Valerie Schwartz Jason Scott The Scullin Family Michael Seckler Jacquie Sedor Ms. Beverly Selby Mr. Charles Sevien Mr. Sultan Shabazz Zakiyyah Shaheed Kenneth & Kathryn Shapiro Mr. Philip Sharple Mr. Thomas C. Shelton Margaret Sherrod Milton Shlapak Bob & Jeanne Shulman Eve Shulmister Jane Shumway Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sides Caryn Hanrahan & Andy Siegel Mashaun Simon Mr. & Mrs. Ross Singletary II Mr. David F. Sklar & Ms. Siew May Chin Ms. Julie Skouteris Mr. Ben Small Mr. Joseph Smiddy Chauntina Smith Ms. Dominique Smith Mr. Fred O. Smith , Jr. Mr. & Mrs. G C Smith Mr. Garrison Smith Ms. Janet F. Smith Jocelyn Smith Ms. Kathy Smith Ms. Mary J Smith

Putnam & Carmen Smith Mr. & Mrs. Steve Smith Mr. James Smythe Gregory Spangler Mr. & Miss Richard Spellman Mr. & Mrs. Altan J. Stalker Susan Stallings Mrs. John F. Staresinich Ms. Harriett Staton Mr. Frank Stearns Brenton H. Steele Dr. & Mrs. Robert Stein Mr. Howard Steinberg Mr. Thomas Stevens T Stodghill Mr. Marion B. Stokes Ms. Mae Stone Ms. Caroline C. Storey Ms. Rebecca Stovall Larry & Katrina Street Mr. & Mrs. Frank B. Strickland Mr. Hubert Suber Mr. Harold J. Suttles Mr. & Mrs. Gerald M. Swiacki Ms. Inez L. Sydow & Mr. Gary Kazin Chelton & Diane Tanger Faye R. Tate Drs. Eldred & Ava Taylor Ms. Brenda Taylor-Hines Benjamin Teamer Mr. Bert Telman Mary Elizabeth Thomas Mrs. Marie J. Thomas Mrs. Choyce Thompson Ms. Elizabeth A. Thompson Ms. Kara Thompson Mr. Alec Tingelhoff Beril Toktay Ronald & Kathy Tomajko Ms. Karen Torghele Marilyn & Horace Tory Lynn Trapanese Rebecca Tripoli Robert H. Truesdale Ms. Bonita C. Tucker Gerald Tuite Mr. Ronald M. Turbayne & Ms. Charlotte S. Lee Ms. & Mr. Patti Turner Mr. & Mrs. Robert Turner II Ms. Alpha Tyler Mr. & Mrs. Loren Ulrich Chris Underwood Elizabeth Underwood Mr. Richard Upshaw Mr. & Mrs. Michael Van de Planque Ms. Marylee Van Keuren Ms. Jane van Laar Mr. Ryan Van Meter Mr. Roger Vandyke & Mrs. Jane Kelly Fredy Vargas Ross Veilleux

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Stage Managers $150-$249 (cont.) Mr. Dennis Venters Mr. Sal Verenna Antonio Vickers The von Gal Family Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Voynich Mr. Kevin Wade & Mrs. Terri Jackson Wade Lynn Waldvogel Ken & Joy Walkington Mr. & Mrs. Kent Wall Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick Wallace Julie Walter Kimberly & Kevin Walther Paula J. Ward Mr. & Mrs. Mark Warr

Mr. Mark Warr Mr. Al Waters Johnnie Watson III Ms. Kelly Watson Chrissie & Jim Wayt Mr. Alex Weaver Ms. Diane M. Weber The Weil Family Mr. David Welden Raquel Wells Margaret Wertz Dr. Anon E. Westmoreland Dr. Kate S. Wheeler & Mr. Andrew Snell Richard & Barbara Wheeler

Mr. David White Mr. & Mrs. James T. White Ms. Joanna White Ms. Vicki White Robin Whitehead Tim Whitehead Lauren & Jim Whitehurst Willie & Shirley Whitfield Bernard Williams Mr. Britain J. Williams & Mrs. Penelope H. Wiiliams Ms. Carol Williams & Ms. Ann Westbrook Mrs. Elmira J. Williams Ms. Francine Williams

Kelly Williams Ms. Paulette Williams Rick & Cindy Williams Ms. Sharon Sue Williams Christopher & Kendall Williamson Ms. Deborah Wilson Dorcas Wilson Ms. Gina Wilson Mrs. Kristina L. Wilson Mr. Lamar Wilson Ms. Margaret Wimberly Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Witt Penny Hamond-Wolk & Jerry Wolk

Olen Wood Amanda Wuest Donald & Angela Wynn Lyeia Wynn Mr. Cal Yonker Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Zaban Dawn M. Zachariah Ms. Bonnie Zagrodny Jay Zandman Florence Zerbe Mr. John Zintak & Mrs. Nancy R. Zintak John & Juli Zopf Mrs. Linda Zuk

Twenty-First Century Circle The following are members of the Twenty-First Century Circle who are ensuring the future strength of the Alliance Theatre through planned gifts to benefit the Theatre. The Twenty-First Century Circle is the special recognition group for those who have included the Theatre or any component of the Woodruff Arts Center in their estate plans. For more information about making a planned gift to benefit the Alliance Theatre, please contact Kristin Hathaway Hansen, Associate Director of Individual Support, at (404) 733-4611. 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 Virginia Vann & Ken Large 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 Lynne Winship

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

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By investing $15,000 or more in the Woodruff Arts Center and its four divisions – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Alliance Theatre, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences – these outstanding annual corporate campaign donors helped us raise more than $8.6 million in 2008–09. Thank you! Chairman’s Council ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company ★★★★★★★★★★★ $450,000+ Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.

SunTrust Employees & Directed Funds Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust Woolford Charitable Trust Fund

★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★★★ $100,000+ $400,000+ Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. AirTran Airways Alston & Bird LLP ★★★★★★★★★★ Bank of America $300,000+ Holder Construction Company ING Cox Interests Cox Enterprises Kaiser Permanente (Atlanta JournalKing & Spalding LLP Constitution, WSB-TV, KPMG LLP, Partners & Cox Radio Group Atlanta, Employees James M. Cox Foundation) The Marcus Foundation, Inc. The Honorable Anne Tull Charitable Foundation Cox Chambers The Wachovia Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore The David, Helen & Marian Foundation Woodward Fund UPS ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+ AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees ★★★★★★★★ $150,000+ Equifax Inc. & Employees Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees Jones Day Foundation & Employees Kilpatrick Stockton LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc.

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★★★★★★ $75,000+ The Home Depot Foundation The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Macy’s Foundation Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Regions Financial Corporation Toshiba American Nuclear Energy Corp. Westinghouse ★★★★★ $50,000+ AGL Resources Inc. The Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors Cisco Citi Foundation and Citi businesses of Primerica

Citi Smith Barney CitiFinancial Corporate Investment Bank Coca-Cola Enterprises The Delta Airlines Foundation Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion GE Energy Kia Motors America, Inc. Kimberly-Clark Corporation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Sutherland Waffle House, Inc. The Zeist Foundation, Inc. ★★★★ $35,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Balch & Bingham LLP Lisa & Joe Bankoff Brysan Utilities Contractors, Inc. Drummond Company, Inc. INVESCO PLC J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust Siemens Harris A. Smith Spartan Constructors LLC Troutman Sanders LLP Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. ★★★ $25,000+ Assurant Atlanta Companies Assurant Solutions Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Foundation BB&T Corporation BDO Seidman, LLP Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein Capital Guardian Trust Company

Woodruff Arts Center Alliance Theatre Atlanta Symphony Orchestra High Museum of Art Young Audiences A. D. Correll Crawford & Company DuPont Mr. & Mrs. Mike Garrett Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Georgia-Pacific Jack & Anne Glenn Foundation, Inc. Grant Thornton LLP IBM Corporation The Imlay Foundation, Inc. IntercontinentalExchange JPMorgan Private Bank Philip I. Kent Foundation The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Kelly Loeffler & Jeffrey Sprecher McKinsey & Company, Inc. Mueller Water Products, Inc. Noonan Family Foundation Norfolk Southern Foundation Mary & Craig Ramsey Rock-Tenn Company SCANA Energy Shaw Nuclear Services Southwire Company Towers Perrin Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ★★ $15,000+ 22squared, inc. ACE Charitable Foundation Air2Web, Inc. Alcatel-Lucent Arcapita Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Atlanta Marriott Marquis Bain & Company, Inc. Julie & Jim Balloun Beaulieu Group, LLC Katharine & Russell Bellman Foundation Vicki & Gerry Benjamin

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Bovis Lend Lease Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch Bradley-Turner Foundation, Inc. Buck Consultants Center Family Foundation Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Cousins Properties Incorporated Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. DLA Piper Duke Realty Corporation Exposition Foundation, Inc. Ford & Harrison LLP John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Georgia Natural Gas Georgia Trane Companies, Inc. Mr. James B. Hannan Harland Clarke The Howell Fund, Inc. Hunton & Williams ICS Contract Services, LLC Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester J. Mack Robinson Interests Mr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation David & Jennifer Kahn Family Foundation Sarah & Jim Kennedy Thomas H. Lanier Foundation Lanier Parking Solutions Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy Fund Ron Lipham — UC/Synergetic Livingston Foundation, Inc. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Manulife Financial Morgan Stanley MWV Food & Beverage Northwestern Mutual Goodwin, Wright Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Tara Perry Pickard Chilton Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Pizzuti Companies Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation David M. Ratcliffe Raymond James Financial, Inc. Restaurant Associates Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Staples Superior Essex Inc. Mark & Susan Tomlinson Family Fund Turner Construction Company United Distributors, Inc. US Foodservice/Atlanta Vertical Systems Group, Inc./ Atlantic Financial Services, Inc. WATL/WXIA/Gannett Foundation Watson Wyatt Worldwide Weswood Foundation John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams Carla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation

*As of August 1, 2009

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Artistic Director............................................... Susan V. Booth The Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth............................ Rosemary Newcott Associate Producer.......................................... Jody Feldman Director of New Projects......................................Celise Kalke Artistic & Literary Associate........................ Patrick McColery Community Engagement & Casting............. DayRon J. Miles Artistic Intern............................................. Vincent Nicholson Literary Intern..........................................................Jim Sarbh

Education

Director of Education.......................................Sharon Brewer 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 Program Assistant, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists....................Padgett Ward Theatre for Youth Sales and Outreach Associate.......................... Elizabeth Neidel Associate Director of the Acting Program........Christopher Moses Acting Program Associate & Summer Camp Producer................... Christina Dresser Resident Teaching Artists.........................Kim Bowers-Rheay, Valetta Anderson Finance Assistant..........................................Aisling Schenck Teaching Artists.............. Corey Bradberry, Enisha Brewster, Amy Cain, Jaehn Clare, John Doyle, Allison Gardner, Sharon Foote, Angie Harrell, Jennifer Hebblethwaite, Charlotte House, BJ Hughes, Pat Hurley, John Jaramillo, Bernard Jones, Carol Jones, Rachel Jones, LeeAnna Lambert, Barry Stewart Mann, Nancy Meyer, Michele Mummert, Sarah Onsager, Claire Ritzler, Mannie Rivers, Kirk Seaman, John Stephens, Randy Taylor, Ambondem Tazanu, Jeanene Williams, Allison Upshaw

Administration

General Manager.........................................Max Leventhal Company Manager.................................... Laura Thruston Management Associate...................................... Shana Orr Manager of Information Resources..................Jim Hubbert Management Intern.......................................Hillary Fixelle Management Intern............................. Lindsey Hardegree

Finance

Finance Controller.......................................... Brian Shively Accounting Coordinator........................................ Julie Hall Accounting Coordinator............................ Ashley Bradford

Development/Marketing

Director of Marketing and Advancement........................................ Scott Auer Associate Director of Development................... Kristin Hathaway Hansen Major Contributions Manager........................... Ann Wilson Individual Support Manager...................... Amy Rosenberg Annual Fund Coordinator....................... Rebecca Bowden Subscriptions/Teleservices Manager............... Mary French Associate Director of Groups......................... Tony Lawson Grants Manager....................................... Davia Weatherill Associate Director of Marketing......................... Joe Gfaller Marketing and PR Coordinator............ Andrea Gardenhire Graphic Designer...........................................Angela Smith Associate Director of Communications......... Robert Saxon Lead House Manager......................................... Shana Orr Development/Marketing Volunteer....................... Don Vann Marketing Intern...............................................Minka Wiltz Graphics Intern......................................... Derek Mckinney House Managers.............................. Dana Hylton Calabro, Lindsey Hardegree, Ken McNeil, DayRon Miles, Vincent Nicholson, Charles Swint, Lynn Vatter

Production Shop Foreman...................................................Patrick Conley Carpenters................................... Manny Abreo, Jes Cottrell, Kevin Green, Joseph Lazzari Stage Management Alliance Stage Managers............. Pat A. Flora, lark hackshaw, Charge Scenic Artist................................................ Kat Conley R. Lamar Williams Scenic Artist........................................................... Phillip Male Children’s Theatre Stage Manager...................... Liz Campbell Properties Stage Management Production Assistant......... Erica S. Porch Properties Manager............................................. Robert Elliott Stage Management Apprentice.............................. Tia Mosley Lead Properties Artisan.......................... Dana Hylton Calabro Stage Operations Properties Artisan............................................Suzanne Morris Stage Operations Manager..................................Scott Bowne Properties Buyer........................................ Heather Schroeder Crew Chief..................................................... Vincent Simons Children’s Theatre Crew Chief............................. Deb Maberry Costumes Properties Stagehand....................................Courtney O’Neill Costume Shop Manager................................Carol Hammond Flyman..................................................................Willie Parks Design Assistants........... English Benning, Elizabeth Rasmusson Draper..............................................................Cindy Lou Who Electrics Craftsmaster.................................................. Diana L. Thomas Electrics Manager................................................... Pete Shinn Stitchers/First Hands..................................Lyudmila Fesenko, Staff Electricians.................................................. Darin Carlton, Brittany Johnson, Maegan Robinson Sean Hamilton, Steve Jordan, Wig Master.......................................................... Karin Craven Sound Wardrobe.............. David Flores, Kate McNeely, Niki Traxler Resident Sound Designer................................... Clay Benning Sound Engineers/Board Ops................................ Holly Blakely, Additional Staff for A Christmas Carol Brian Smith, Lewis Rhodes Dresser................................................................... John Hardy Scenery Stagehand..............................................Christopher Locklear Technical Director..............................................Victor W. Smith Stagehand..............................................................Erica Porch Assistant Technical Director........................................Chad May Production Management Production Manager..................................... Rixon Hammond

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RESTAURANT LISTINGS Looking for a great night out? Try one of these local restaurants before or after the show. For Dinner and a Show packages, visit encoreatlanta.com/offers. Neighborhood codes: A–Alpharetta, B–Buckhead, IP–Inman Park, OFW–Old Fourth Ward, M—Midtown, D–Downtown, P–Perimeter Mall area, SS–Sandy Springs, VH–Virginia-Highland, V—Vinings, W–Westside

AMERICAN Canoe Located in Atlanta’s historic Vinings area on the Chattahoochee River where Buckhead meets Vinings. Its original cuisine and distinctive design have already been featured in Bon Appetit, Food And Wine, Gourmet, The Wine Spectator and The New York Times. Canoe, recipient of the prestigious Mobil 4 Star Award, was also selected as one of the “Best New Restaurants” in the country by the James Beard Foundation. 4199 Paces Ferry Road SE, 770-432-2663, canoeatl.com. V (Re-opening late November) Lenox Square Grill offers breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. DJ every Friday and Saturday night till 2am. Private meeting rooms accommodate up to 150. 3393 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326, 404.841.2377, lenoxsquaregrill.com. B Livingston Restaurant and Bar It’s hard to beat the location (across the street from the Fox at the Georgian Terrace), and diners get complimentary parking, but the main attraction is the glamour of the main dining room, which has hosted the likes of Clark Gable, and the al

fresco seating area, which is available in warm weather. 659 Peachtree St. NE, 800-6512316, livingstonatlanta.com. M Lobby The menu focuses on seasonal fare at this sophisticated American restaurant in the lobby of TWELVE Atlantic Station. 361 17 St., 404961-7370, lobbyattwelve.com. M ONE.midtown kitchen Dine on fresh, seasonal American cuisine in a club-like atmosphere near Piedmont Park. 559 Dutch Valley Rd., 404-8924111, onemidtownkitchen.com. M Murphy’s This restaurant has one of the city’s top brunch menus, but it’s known for great peoplewatching and its contemporary comfort food. 997 Virginia Ave., 404-872-0904, murphysvh.com. VH Two Urban Licks “Fiery” American cooking meets live music at this hip hangout. 820 Ralph McGill Blvd., 404-522-4622, twourbanlicks.com. M WaterHaven is an upscale casual restaurant, featuring contemporary American cuisine with local influences. The menu focuses on fresh homemade products with a farm-to-table philosophy utilizing local, organic and seasonal ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG

products, whenever possible. 75 5th St., 404-214-6740, waterhavenatl.com. M

American/steakhouse Bone’s has been recognized as the best steakhouse in Atlanta -- and by many, as the best steakhouse in America. Prime beef, fresh seafood and Maine lobster are served along with regional specialties from our Southern roots. Bone’s has received the Best of Atlanta Steakhouse Award each year running for the past sixteen years. Recently, Zagat recognized Bone’s as having the highest rating for food and service of any steakhouse in America. 3130 Piedmont Road NE, 404-2372663, bonesrestaurant.com. B Joey D’s Oakroom Near Perimeter Mall, this stylish steakhouse has a staggering selection of spirits and a hot after-dinner singles scene. 1015 Crown Pointe Pkwy., 770-512-7063, centraarchy.com. P New York Prime A Prime Time Top-10 USDA Prime Steakhouse known for its wine list, atmosphere and world-class service. 3424 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-846-0644, centraarchy.com. B Prime Enjoy steak, sushi a nd seafood in a festive atmosphere near Lenox Mall. 3393 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-812-0555, h2sr.com. B Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse A favorite local steak house with multiple locations near shopping and entertainment hotspots. Sides are generous, and the quality of the steaks and seafood is excellent. Three locations: Buckhead, 3285 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-365-0660; Sandy Springs, 5788 Roswell Road, 404-255-0035; Centennial Olympic Park, 267 Marietta St., 404-223-6500; ruthschris.com. B, SS, D The Tavern at Phipps This is one of Atlanta’s hottest after-work spots, and has been singled out for its happy hour and singles scene by Jezebel, InSite Magazine and the AOL City Guide. 3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-8149640, centraarchy.com. B

American/southern Home Restaurant & Bar Farm-to-table Southerninspired cuisine is served nightly; half-price bottles of wine available every Sunday. 111 W. Paces Ferry Rd., 404-869-0777, h2sr.com. B

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South City Kitchen Midtown With a stylish, Southern-contemporary menu, this DiRoNA restaurant helped make grits hip for the business crowd. Sundays are BBQ Nite. 1144 Crescent Ave. 404-873-7358, southcitykitchen.com. M Terrace celebrates American heirloom recipes through supporting local and regional farmers, fisherman and producers. It recaptures the pure simple flavors and tastes of natural and organic ingredients while bursting with delicious flavors. 176 Peachtree St. NW, 678.651.2770, ellishotel.com/terrace. D

asian fusion Aja Restaurant & Bar Serving modern Asian cuisine, Aja has a 150-seat patio overlooking Buckhead and a huge lounge, where diners nosh on dim sum and sip mai tais. 3500 Lenox Rd., Ste. 100, 404-231-0001, h2sr.com. B Straits Tastes of Singapore’s four culinary cultures (Malaysian/Indonesian, Chinese, Indian and Nonya) blend at this celebrity friendly restaurant co-owned by Chris “Ludacris” Bridges. 793 Juniper St. NE, 404-877-1283, straitsrestaurants.com. M

brasserie French American Brasserie (FAB) A reinvention of Atlanta’s famed Brasserie Le Coze, FAB serves a combination of classic French fare and American chops. A covered terrace overlooks the city skyline. 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., 404266-1440, fabatlanta.com. D Joël is a chic yet relaxed French restaurant that blends contemporary style with rustic flavors. Responsible for one of Atlanta’s most acclaimed dining experiences, Chef Cyrille Holota guides the kitchen as executive chef, bringing his full-flavored brasserie concept to the menu. 3290 Northside Parkway, 404-233-3500, joelbrasserie.com. B

brew pub/gormet pub fare Gordon Biersch Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this brewery-restaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox. 848 Peachtree St. NE, 404-870-0805, gordonbiersch.com. M

Tap A gastropub offering easy-to-share pub fare and an extensive beer selection. The patio is a great place to chill after work. 1180 Peachtree St., 404-347-2220, tapat1180.com. M

creole/cajun

mexican El Taco An eco-friendly watering hole serving fresh Mexican food made with all-natural meats and killer margaritas. 1186 N. Highland Ave. NE, 404-873-4656, eltaco-atlanta.com. VH

Parish New Orleans-inspired dishes served with a modern twist and a fully stocked raw bar; a Nawlins-inspired brunch is served on the weekends. Downstairs, a take-away market sells sandwiches, spices, pastries and beverages. 240 N. Highland Ave., 404-681-4434, parishatl.com. IP

Goldfish This fun seafood/sushi restaurant has Happy Hour specials Mon-Fri and nightly entertainment in its lounge. 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., 770-671-0100, h2sr.com. P

european fusion

spanish/tapas

Ecco Esquire Magazine named this casual, European-influenced bistro a “Best New Restaurant in America.” It’s also gotten raves for its killer wine list, wood-fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese menus. 40 Seventh St. NE, 404-347-9555, ecco-atlanta.com. M

Noche A Virginia-Highland favorite known for its Spanish-style tapas dishes and margaritas. 1000 Virginia Ave., 404-815-9155, h2sr.com. VH

seafood/sushi

sports bar

LOLA Bellini bar and restaurant specializing in wood-fired meats and pastas. 3280 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-892-9292, h2sr.com. B

STATS A modern sports bar that doesn’t skimp on the quality of its food; five bars and multiple screens are at your service. 300 Marietta St., 404-885-1472, statsatl.com. D

italian

steak/sushi

La Tavola Serving classic Italian cuisine for lunch and dinner in the heart of VirginiaHighland. 992 Virginia Ave., 404-873-5430, latavolatrattoria.com. VH

Room This elegant restaurant serves steak and sushi on the ground floor of the TWELVE Centennial Park hotel. 400 W. Peachtree St., 404-418-1250, roomattwelve.com. D

Medici Tuscan cuisine served in the typical Tuscan spirit; flexible menu with Tuscanrubbed steaks and a wide selection of antipasti, insalata e zuppes, pastas, hand tossed pizza and bistecches. 2450 Galleria Pkwy., 770953-4500, renaissancewaverly.com. V

Strip This sophisticated steak, seafood and sushi restaurant offers an in-house DJ and a rooftop deck. Atlantic Station at 18th St., 404385-2005, h2sr.com. M

mediterranean ENO Atlanta’s true European Mediterranean inspired restaurant and wine bar, or “enoteca”, has come to epitomize European-Mediterranean quality of life in Atlanta. 800 Peachtree St., 404685-3191, enorestaurant.com. M

mediterranean/latin/asian fusion Shout A young crowd keeps Shout’s rooftop lounge hopping every night. The menu reflects a mix of Mediterranean, Far Eastern and South American influences. 1197 Peachtree St N.E., 404-846-2000, h2sr.com. M

Twist This lively restaurant has a huge bar, satay station, tapas menu, and sushi and seafood dishes; patio seating is first-come, first-served. 3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-869-1191, h2sr.com. B Ray’s Restaurants Ray’s in the City is the downtown location of the steak, seafood and sushi chain. Ray’s Killer Creek offers an awardwinning Sunday brunch, and Ray’s on the River is one of Atlanta’s most romantic restaurants. All three have excellent food, award-winning wine lists and live entertainment. Ray’s in the City: 240 Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, 404-524-9224; Ray’s on the River: 6700 Powers Ferry Rd., Sandy Springs, 770-955-1187; Ray’s Killer Creek: 1700 Mansell Rd. (at Ga. 400), 770-649-0064; raysrestaurants.com. D, SS, A

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ondering what to get the arts and culture lovers in your life for the holidays? Make your gift one to remember by choosing items that support your favorite Atlanta arts organizations. ALLIANCE THEATRE

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Share your love of theater by purchasing a Woodruff Arts Center gift card for shows at the Alliance Theatre. Put a little extra on the card and recipients can use the card anywhere on the Arts Center campus, including the High Museum of Art, Table 1280, intermission food carts, gift shops and the Woodruff parking garage. Personalized the gift with specialty covers from thatsmyticket.com or playbillstore.com. alliancetheatre.org

Celebrate the Fox’s 80th anniversary with a copy of The Fox Theatre — Atlanta, Georgia: The Memory Maker, a limited-edition art book for sale at the theater’s gift kiosk. The book tells the story of the Fox, from its origins as a Yaarab Shrine Mosque and opening day as a “super” Fox movie palace to its role as a community gathering place, special events venue and premiere Broadway house and concert hall. Go behind the scenes and learn about its architecture, near death, rebirth, restoration and community outreach programs as well as some of the memories of the Atlantans who have grown up with this atmospheric theater. foxtheatre.org

Holiday Gift Guide BY ASHLEY L. BRAZZEL WITH ADDITIONAL RESEARCH BY ALLISON GOLDSTEIN

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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony Store is a one-stop shop for music enthusiasts. Tucked inside the Woodruff Arts Center, the shop is stocked with CDs, greeting cards, stationery, listener’s guides and other books, pashminas, music apparel (including this “Here Comes Treble” T-shirt) and totes, and a wide range of quirky trinkets. For a bigger WOW factor, there are also glass wall clocks, ceramic keyboard serving platters and bronze collectibles of conductors, violinists, trombonists and other musicians. 404-733-4345.

Celebrate The Atlanta Opera’s 30th anniversary by giving gift certificates for its 2010 season, which features Aida and The Magic Flute. At operagifts.com there are opera-specific CDs, DVDs, books, stationery, apparel, jewelry and home décor. atlantaopera.org

The Atlanta Ballet Boutique is a mix between a ballerina’s specialty shop and a one-of-a-kind of gift boutique. For young ballet aficionados, there are porcelain tea sets and entertaining and informative books such as Put Your Best Foot Forward: A Young Dancer’s Guide to Life by Suki Schorer and the School of American Ballet. There are also signature nutcrackers depicting the four main characters from the Nutcracker ballet, poised brass ballerina figurines and classy stationery for adults. atlantaballet.com

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They may not be located in Atlanta, but Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) does return every year. If your children have been captivated by their dancing, purchase an Alvin Ailey Barbie Doll for them to play with. Designed by AAADT Artistic Director Judith Jamison, the doll is part of the Barbie Collector Pink Label. Dance lovers and doll collectors will appreciate the attention to detail, which captures the beauty and grace of the AAADT dancers. The fully posable doll features a pivotal body with 12 points of movement, rooted eyelashes and wears the white costume from the “Wade in the Water” segment of Revelations. aileyboutique.com

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Organic beauty Concerned about the environment? So is Amy Bransford, creator of New Moon Skin Care and owner of the Aviary, an environmentally conscious salon boutique in Atlanta’s Historic Fourth Ward. Their personalized treatments are guaranteed to relax even the busiest soccer mom. The only salon and spa in Georgia that offers treatments using the holistic skin care line Dr. Hauschka, the Aviary brings together top stylists, masseuses, and make-up artists for an all in one organic beauty experience. — Mollie Nichols Treat yourself: 659 Auburn Avenue at the Studioplex, Studio 125; 404-577-2460; aviarybeauty.com.

When Ford Smith paints a tree, he does more than create a landscape, he creates a textural world that seems to hum with color. His brilliant abstract oil paintings and limited-edition giclées are on display at Ford Smith Fine Art, in the heart of Historic Roswell. Currently on exhibit is “Out of Bounds,” a series of new mixed media landscapes along with self-portrait, conceptual and abstract paintings from Smith’s personal collection. — Kristi Casey Sanders Check it out: 10 Elizabeth Way, Roswell; 770-552-5942; fordsmithfineart.com.

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The calendar may say fall, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late for a vacation. Head to the Lake Blackshear Resort & Golf Club, near the town of Cordele, Ga. (only four hours from Atlanta). A tranquil lakeside retreat, the resort features villas, lodge guestrooms and lakeside cottages situated in the 1,308-acre Georgia Veterans Memorial Park. Special guest room packages start at $99 for two people and include a full breakfast for two, one round of golf for two, or a one-hour lake boat rental for two (additional golf or boating can be added at a 50 percent discount). — Ashley L. Brazzel