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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 My sister-in-law Mickey is Taiwanese. Years ago we spent happiest memories are wrapped up in celebration—particularly the Fezziwig party. Fred proclaims the season the time of “the two days together watching her Chinese opera videos. I was year when men women by and one consent impressed by aand lot of whatseem I heard saw — to notopen the their least shut up hearts freely.” He will not allow his uncle to dampen his of which was the fact that within this ancient art form, there celebration.

was an impressive tradition of strong Chinese heroines.

Maybe this is one reason Scrooge’s story affects all of us. When

Working putperhaps me in mind of these Chinese we finally on seeMulan Scrooge, the most humorless and operas sour (and yes — Mulan does exist in that form as well). character in literature, actually CELEBRATE—it lifts us up asWhat well. Okay,tomaybe all take some of time celebrate continues drawwe us should in is the grandeur thetostory telling, the beauty gifts thisof“tired old world” the the music andhas thegiven core us. of this Chinese heroine who is motivated by isdevotion to her father. I hope I haven’t ruined the ending for anybody. If there anyone reading this who does not know the story—don’t worry—the story seems to as hold“selfless up under repetition—just like the celebrations of Devotion is defined in dictionary terms affection” and “profound dedication.” our life!

Such notions are rarely spoken of in the modern world, however they are still the stuff of legends. Have a beautiful, celebratory holiday season! It is doubtful that any of us will be running out to defend our country in the place of our ailing father. But as in ancient times, we are inspired to aspire beyond the expectations determined by our “reflection,” and perhaps a little more light may be shed on the dedicated and powerful women and men around us who continue to be motivated by devotion.

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ALLIANCE THEATRE Presents

The Alliance Theatre’s Production of

Music and Lyrics by Matthew Wilder & David Zippel, Stephen Schwartz, Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge Music Adapted and Arranged/Additional Music and Lyrics by

Bryan Louiselle Book Adapted/Additional Lyrics by Patricia Cotter

Based on the 1998 Disney film “Mulan” and the story “Fa Mulan” by

Robert D. San Souci

Set Design by Kat Conley

Costume Design by Sydney Roberts

Lighting Design by Pete Shinn

Sound Design by Clay Benning

Musical Direction by Christopher Cannon

Production Stage Manager Liz Campbell

Dramaturg Celise Kalke

Casting by Jody Feldman Choreography by

Hylan Scott Directed by

Rosemary Newcott The Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth DISNEY’S MULAN JUNIOR is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 541-4684 Fax: (212) 397-4684 www.MTIShows.com Presented by

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cast in alphabetical order

Leslie Bellair.................................................................................................. Mulan *Blake Covington...............................................................Shang/Young Yi/Magyar Alejandro Gutierrez.............................................Zhang/Groomer #2/Old Yi/Qian-Po Bethany Irby...................................................................................... Yun/Fa Li/Yao Bernard Jones.......................................... Mushu/Matchmaker/Young Xiao/Emperor *J.C. Long.....................................................................Laozi/Shan Yu/Groomer #1 Brandon O’Dell.......................................................................... Hong/Fa Zhou/Ling *Alecia Robinson..................................................Lin/Grandmother Fa/Chen/Chi-Fu

UNDERSTUDIES Drew Hale........................................... Laozi/Shan-Yu/Hong/Fa Zhou/Groomer #1/ Ling/Shang/Young Yi/Magyar Corey Mekell..................................................... Zhang/Father/Groomer #2/Old Yi/ Quian Po/Mushu/Matchmaker/Younmg Xiao/Emperor Sarah Turner...................... Mulan/Yun/Fa Li/YAO/Lin/Grandmother Fa/Chen/Chi Fu Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance. *Liz Campbell................................................................ Production Stage Manager Bernard Jones................................................................. Assistant Stage Manager Bethany Irby.................................................................................. Dance Captain *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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musical numbers/cast Written in Stone................................................................................ Ancestors Bride Practice........................................................................ Mulan/Ancestors Honor to Us All.........................................Fa Zhou/Mulan/Ancestors/Ensemble Reflection................................................................................................Mulan Keep ‘Em Guessin’................................................................. Mushu/Ensemble I’ll Make a Man...................................................................... Shang/Ensemble A Girl Worth Fighting For................................................................... Ensemble

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Alejandro Gutierrez

Bethany Irby

Bernard Jones

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profiles LESLIE BELLAIR (Mulan) This marks Leslie’s first full production with the Alliance, and she is honored to help tell such a heroic tale; previous Alliance appearances include the Mulan Jr. workshop and Taste of the Season. Other Atlanta credits include: Iola Stover/ Parade (Blackwell Playhouse), Crazy Ma/ Book of Revolutions (Proving Ground Theatre), Jackie/Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party (OnStage Atlanta), Isabel/The Pirates of Penzance (Atlanta Lyric), Rug/Ensemble/Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Atlanta Lyric), Soupy Sue/Secretary/ Hope u.s./Urinetown the Musical (OnStage Atlanta), Florinda/Into the Woods (Blackwell Playhouse). Regional: Sally/You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Town & Gown Players), Tzeitel/ Fiddler on the Roof (Athens Creative Theatre), Eve/Mama Noah/Children of Eden. Leslie has also done some voice acting work and is the voice of Flikka on the iPhone application “Diss Crazy!” A giant hug and a grateful “Thank you!” go out to her supportive family and husband for their constant encouragement in all her artsy endeavors! BLAKE COVINGTON (Shang/Young Yi/Magyar) Blake graduated from Emory University in 2007, double majoring in theater and business. As a student performing with Theater Emory, he received two awards for best lead actor. Since graduating, he has starred in several independent films, shot a few commercials, and played numerous theater roles in Atlanta. He was most recently seen playing Josh in A Sunday Afternoon at Loehmann’s (Ansley Park Playhouse). Other notable theatre roles include Edmund in King Lear, Tony Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer, Segismundo in Life is a Dream, The New Recruit in Oh, What A Lovely War! (Theater Emory), Israel Hands in Treasure Island (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), and Seth in the world premiere of West of Eden (Essential Theatre Festival). Blake is thrilled to make his debut at the Alliance Theatre! He thanks his Dad, Mom, brother, friends, cast & crew, and of course: YOU for coming to the show! Enjoy. ALEJANDRO GUTIERREZ (Zhang/Groomer #2/Old Yi/Qian-Po) Alejandro Gutierrez is proud

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to be making his Alliance stage debut with Mulan. Most recently seen in Cinderella with The Atlanta Lyric, Ali is beginning to branch out in the Atlanta theatre scene. Previous credits include Pirates of Penzance, Atlanta Lyric; Valhalla, Essential Theatre; The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, Theatre In The Square; Don Quixote, Center For Puppetry Arts; How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Button Theatre; Into the Woods; Les Miserables; The Sting; A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Blackwell Playhouse. Blessings and thanks to God for talent, mom and dad for support, Brooke for love, and an ethnically diverse background! BETHANY IRBY (Yun/Fa Li/Yao) is happy to be making her Alliance Theatre stage debut! Other Atlanta credits include: It’s a Wonderful Life (ART Station), Kiss Me Kate (Aurora), Buddy Holly — the Buddy Holly Story (Georgia Ensemble), The It Girl (Atlanta Lyric), Big River (Theatrical Outfit), The Missionary Position (Horizon), Guys and Dolls (Aurora), A Piece of My Heart (Theatre in the Square). She recently music directed Free to Be You and Me, which is currently running at Synchronicity Performance Group and next you can see her as Marty in Grease at Georgia Ensemble. Bethany holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Shorter College and has two Suzi Bass nominations for Featured Actress in a Musical. Bethany would like to thank Rosemary and Jody for the invitation to play and her husband, Abe, for his love and encouragement. And thank YOU for supporting live theatre! BERNARD JONES (Mushu/Matchmaker/Young Xiao/Emperor) Bernard D. Jones is thrilled to return to the Alliance stage as “Mushu”... and a bunch of other people. Bernard was most recently seen as J.B in Middle School the Musical (Alliance Theatre), Zeke in High School Musical 2 (The Legacy Theatre), Arvin in Zanna, Don’t! (Actor’s Express), and “Lil’ D” in Class of 3000 LIVE (Alliance Theatre). You can also see Bernard in episodes of this season’s “Meet The Browns” on TBS. Bernard has enjoyed playing Leroy in Fame, Levi in

profiles Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Miss Roj in The Colored Museum and Mr. Kirby in You Can’t Take It With You. Two of his greatest artistic accomplishments were singing at Carnegie Hall and going on a world tour with R&B recording artist Lyfe Jennings. When Bernard is not on the theatre stage, he is teaching high school students acting as a teaching artist for the Alliance Theatre. He is a Cum Laude graduate of Morehouse College. J.C. LONG (Laozi/Shan Yu/Groomer #1) J.C. is thrilled to return to the Alliance (A Christmas Carol ‘06/’07) with such a talented cast and crew! Locally, J.C. has been seen at the Aurora (Kiss Me Kate); Teatre du Reve (Vive La Fontaine); Georgia Shakespeare (Pericles, Servant of Two Masters, All’s Well That Ends Well); Synchronicity (Snow Queen, Language of Angels); and the Shakespeare Tavern (Romeo and Juliet, Henry VI, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Comedy of Errors, Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida, Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Cymbeline). Regional credits: three international tours with the American Shakespeare Center (As You Like It, Winter’s Tale, Coriolanus and Henry IV part 1). J.C. has composed original music for Actor’s Express (Mauritius, Good Boys and True) and Theatrical Outfit (The Chase). Thanks to Rosemary. Love to my family and Drea the beautiful genius (“Te quiero!”). Coming up: Petruchio (Taming of the Shrew) and Coriolanus (Coriolanus) at the Shakespeare Tavern. BRANDON O’DELL (Hong/Fa Zhou/Ling) Brandon O’Dell is overjoyed to return to the Alliance Theatre, having previously performed in Crimes of the Heart, Seussical: The Musical, My Fair Lady, Goodnight Moon, and Class of 3000. His other theatrical credits include Big River (Theatrical Outfit), Camelot, A Year with Frog and Toad (Aurora Theatre), Mary Stuart, The Caretaker (Theatre in the Square), The Thing About Men, The Watercoolers (Horizon Theatre), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Fantasticks (Shakespeare Tavern). He has appeared in national commercials, television shows (“Dawson’s

Creek,” “One Tree Hill”) and movies (Stephen King’s The Mist, Dangerous Calling). He recently became a new daddy with the birth of his perfect daughter, Lydia Jane. ALECIA ROBINSON (Lin/Grandmother Fa/ Chen/Chi-Fu) A native Atlantan, Alecia happily returns to the Alliance stage where she was previously seen in Seussical: The Musical, False Creeds and Jelly’s Last Jam. Her work includes appearances in both the second national tour and Chicago companies of Ragtime. Locally, she has also been seen in Cotton Patch Gospel at Theatrical Outfit and in Theater of the Stars productions of Phantom, Fiddler on the Roof, Annie, The Sound of Music, and Camelot. Her regional credits include Doubt (Hippodrome State Theatre), She Loves Me (Walnut Street Theatre), Sweeney Todd (CenterStage - Baltimore), Godspell (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), Elmer Gantry and The Music Man (Marriott’s Lincolnshire Theater). She is a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and trained in the Alliance Theatre’s Acting Intern program, where she appeared in productions of La Ronde and Shakespeare’s Lovers. She is a proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association. DREW HALE (US Laozi/Shan-Yu/Hong/Fa Ahou/Groomer #1/Young Yi/Magyar) is thrilled to have this wonderful opportunity to perform at the Alliance Theatre. He is a recent graduate of Kennesaw State University’s Theatre and Performance Studies Department, where he received his Bachelor of Arts. There, he enjoyed performing in such productions as Urinetown, As You Like It, The Robber Bridegroom, Moby Dick, and Batboy. You might have seen him in Atlanta at the Ansley Park Playhouse in A Sunday Afternoon At Lohmann’s. Drew also recently appeared in a film entitled Gears where he happily played a thief. Drew would like to thank his family and beautiful girlfriend for their love and support in everything. Thanks, guys. You’re A Okay. COREY MEKELL (US Zhang/Father/Groomer/ Old Yi/Quian Po/Mushu/Matchmaker/Young

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profiles Xiao/Emperor) Corey hails from Birmingham, Ala., growing up in the small town of Childersburg, Ala. His mother tells stories to family and friends how she pat her belly when she was pregnant with Corey watching music videos, she would find him kicking to the beat at times! Corey’s grandmother instilled a gospel upbringing where he sang in the youth choir. Corey has always had a passion for music, wherever you found a speaker with any sort of tune, there you would find Corey. At the age of ten, Corey lost his grandmother but stayed strong to continue singing, knowing that it would get him somewhere eventually, he to strive for his longtime dream. He is excited about finally getting into the industry and he understands that dreams just do not happen overnight, which is why he has went on to continue pursuing his career as a solo artist, to one day become the next musical icon. SARAH TURNER (US Mulan/Yun/Fa Li/ Yao/Lin/Grandmother Fa/Chen/Chi-Fu) is excited to be a part of Mulan! She was most recently seen as Young Little Edie in the Atlanta premiere of Grey Gardens at Actor’s Express. Other favorite roles include Violet Hilton in Side Show and Cinderella in Into the Woods. In addition to performing, Sarah is also an experienced choreographer and dance teacher. Many thanks to all of you for supporting live theatre. MATTHEW WILDER (Music Composer/ Lyricist) launched his career as a songwriter/ performer with the 1983 hit single “Break My Stride” and has since gone on to become a top record producer whose hits include Tragic Kingdom for alternative group No Doubt. After “Break My Stride,” Wilder became a staff writer and sometime producer, first at Geffen Music, then at Interscope. He also wrote and produced the song “Watch Me Fly” for The Air Up There soundtrack, as well as Jimmy Cliff’s cover of “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” for the same album. Wilder was working on a musical adaptation of Anne Rice’s Cry to Heaven, a musical based on the novel of the same name. It was through this

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project that Wilder came to the attention of Disney, and was invited in 1998 to collaborate with lyricist David Zippel on the song score for Disney’s Mulan. Wilder also provided the singing voice for “Ling” in the film. He lives in the San Fernando Valley with his wife Tamara Dunn and his sons Zachary and Grayson. DAVID ZIPPEL (Music Composer/Lyricist) made his Disney animation debut in 1997 with Hercules, which earned him (and composer Alan Menken) an Academy Award nomination for the song “Go the Distance.” Zippel made his Broadway debut with City of Angels, for which he received the 1990 Tony Award, New York Drama Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award, and London’s 1994 Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award. His songs have been performed by numerous theater, cabaret and recording artists, including Michael Bolton, Cleo Laine, Mel Torme, Nancy LaMott, Elaine Paige, Jason Alexander and Jeffery Osborne. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is delighted not to practice law. STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Music Composer/ Lyricist) was born in New York City in 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama. Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter, began to work in the Broadway theatre. In 1971, he wrote music and new lyrics for Godspell, for which he won several awards including two Grammy Awards. Collaborating with composer Alan Menken, he received two Academy Awards and another Grammy for the score of the Disney animated feature Pocahontas, which the pair followed with Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also provided songs for DreamWorks’ first animated feature, The Prince of Egypt, for which he won another Academy Awards for the song ”When you Believe.” Mr. Schwartz’s most recent musical, Wicked, opened in the fall of 2003 and is currently running on Broadway and on tour. Under the auspices of the ASCAP

profiles Foundation, he runs musical theatre workshops in New York and Los Angeles, and serves on the ASCAP board; he is also a member of the Council of the Dramatists’ Guild. JEANINE TESORI (Music Composer/Lyricist) wrote the score for the acclaimed Tony Award — winning musical Caroline, or Change, and the score for Thoroughly Modern Millie, which won the 2002 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical and earned her a Tony and Grammy nomination. For film, Ms. Tesori has written songs for Disney’s Mulan II and Lilo and Stitch II. She has collaborated with lyricists Dick Scanlan, Brian Crawley and Alexa Junge. Ms. Tesori is married to music director and composer Michael Rafter, and they are the proud parents of Siena Rafter. ALEXA JUNGE (Music Composer/Lyricist) is a nationally recognized playwright whose plays and musicals have been produced at The Goodspeed Opera House, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Studio Arena and Depot Theatre, among others. A graduate of New York University (M.F.A.) and Barnard College/Columbia University (B.A.), Alexa is the recipient of two national prizes for playwriting, fellowships to the MacDowell and Djerassi Colonies and four ASCAP popular music awards. Recent feature work includes co-writing the screenplay to Disney’s Lilo and Stitch II as well as a song with Jeanine Tesori for that film. Alexa and Jeanine also wrote a song for Disney’s Mulan II and are currently at work on Disney’s Rapunzel Unbraided. In her spare time, Alexa writes plays for at risk kids at The Virginia Avenue Project (the West Coast version of the 52nd Street Project), helps edit an anti-AIDS zine in conjunctin with Clean Needles Now and can be heard as a contributor on NPR’s This American Life. She is married to writer/director Doug Petrie and they have a three year-old son, Henry. BRYAN LOUISELLE (Music Adaptor/Arranger) has composed music for the documentary films Sacred Space, Saints and Strangers and Prisoners of Hope. His arrangements and

orchestrations include music for Broadway’s Best from Bravo; the Yale Tercentennial Celebration; the CD Anthems in Disguise; the Broadway musicals The Red Shoes, Dream and Buttons on Broadway; two Miss America Pageants; two Kennedy Center Presidential Inaugural Galas; the 1988 Super Bowl Half Time Show; the Cole Porter 100th Birthday Celebration at Carnegie Hall; Musical Theatre Works. Bryan has arranged, conducted and produced the radio and television commercial music for the Broadway shows: Elton John and Time Rice’s Aida, The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, The Music Man, Swing!, Tallulah, A Christmas Carol, Into the Woods, 42nd Street, Cinderella, Take Me Out, Happily Ever After and Titanic. Since 2002, he has been the resident music supervisor and adapter, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and recordings producer for MTI/Disney KIDS & Jr. and MTI Theater for Young Audiences projects, including: Cinderella KIDS, 101 Dalmations KIDS, The Jungle Book KIDS, Aladdin Jr. & TYA, Sleeping Beauty KIDS, The Aristocats KIDS, Alice in Wonderland JR., Mulan Jr., Frog and Toad KIDS, Seussical Jr. & TYA and adapted the book for Frog and Toad KIDS. PATRICIA COTTER (Book Adaptor/Additional Lyricist) is a writer from Massachusetts, who is currently based in Venice, Calif., and New York City. In 2004, she received a Daytime Emmy Award for her writing on Comedy Central’s “Win Ben Stein’s Money.” A playwright and screenwriter, Patricia is currently co-writing a screenplay with Dustin Hoffman for his company Punch Productions and working with Fox Comedy Development in the creation of shows for the small screen. ROSEMARY NEWCOTT (Director/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

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profiles include Middle School the Musical; Class of 3000 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 also is the recipient of a 2008 Princess Grace Special Project Grant. She serves on the board of Theatre for Young Audiences USA. This spring she will direct a brand new family musical — Knufflebunny by Mo Williams — at the Kennedy Center. Rosemary.newcott@woodruffcenter.org. HYLAN SCOTT (Choreographer) happily returns to the Alliance for a fourth season with Theatre for Young Audiences. His choreography has been seen in productions of Seussical: The Musical, Aladdin, Go Dog. Go! and Goodnight Moon. Hylan is the founder of Healing Spirit Arts — a production company dedicated to the creation of events and theatrical works that challenge the illusion of separateness and point to the mystery within, around an behind all being. KAT CONLEY (Set Designer) returns to the Alliance after designing last season’s Class of 3000 LIVE and Goodnight Moon. Previous shows for the Alliance include Eurydice; Seussical the Musical; Degas’ Little Dancer;

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Disney’s Aladdin; Go, Dog. Go!; The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales; Shear Madness; The Little Baby SnoogleFleejer; Ferdinand the Bull; and Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Kat also is in her ninth season with Georgia Shakespeare. As an associate artist with the company, Kat’s scenic designs include As You Like It, All’s Well That End’s Well, Richard III, Pericles, Servant of Two Masters, Othello, Twelfth Night, Hamlet and Macbeth. Based in Atlanta, Kat has also designed for Marin Theatre Company, 7 Stages, Actor’s Express, Theatre in the Square, Theatrical Outfit, Springer Opera House and the Center for Puppetry Arts. Kat also is the charge scenic artist for the Alliance Theatre. Whether dramatically challenging, visionary or escapist, all theater and art is important, so thank you for supporting it in our community. SYDNEY ROBERTS (Costume Designer) Sydney returns as Mulan’s costume designer after last season’s Class of 30O0 LIVE. She has designed Theatre for Young Artists shows with Rosemary Newcott at the Alliance since 2001. Other Atlanta credits include work with Georgia Shakespeare, where she is an associate artist; Theatrical Outfit; True Colors Theatre Company; Actor’s Express; and Synchronicity Performance Group. Sydney holds a position in the Department of Theatre and Speech at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She is a member of USA 829. PETE SHINN (Lighting Designer) is the master electrician for the Alliance Theatre. His most recent designs have been Class of 3000 LIVE, Seussical: the Musical, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Glengarry Glen Ross at the Alliance, and Keeping Watch and A Christmas Memory for Theatrical Outfit. His previous designs have been with the Alliance Theatre (Alliance Stage and Hertz Stage), Actor’s Express, Horizon Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, George Street Playhouse and Delaware Repertory Theatre. CLAY BENNING (Sound Designer) has designed more than 60 productions for the

profiles Alliance Theatre including Pacific Overtures, Class of 3000 LIVE, Jelly’s Last Jam, King Hedley II, Five Guys Named Moe, Eurydice, and Topdog/Underdog. Georgia Shakespeare associate artist with designs for more than 15 productions including Hamlet, Metamorphoses, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Antigone, and Pericles. Atlanta Ballet: The Great Gatsby, big (feat. Big Boi). Regional work: Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Theatre. Awards: 2006, 2007 and 2009 Suzi Bass Awards for Best Sound Design (Metamorphoses, False Creeds, and Titus Andronicus). Production sound engineer for the world premieres of The Color Purple, Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel, and Come Fly With Me. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (BA), North Carolina School of the Arts (MFA) and a member of IATSE. CHRISTOPHER CANNON (Music Director) An Atlanta native, Christopher is proud to be returning to the Alliance Theatre. Alliance credits include Seussical, the Musical; Disney’s Aladdin; Chess; Hot Mikado; Once More With Hart; tick, tick…BOOM!; Let’s Talk About AIDS; Pacific Overtures, Leap and An Evening With Phylicia Rashad. Christopher programs keyboards and records tracks for regional theatre companies throughout the country including Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the North Shore Theatre. Other Atlanta credits include Pump Boys and Dinettes at Theatrical Outfit. He has performed concerts at Spivey Hall and the B98.5 Summer Concert series and was a regular performer/musical director at Libby’s Cabaret. As Musical Director and Partner of 7 Course Theatre and Bridge Communications, he produced and directed live industrial shows for clients including Coca-Cola, BellSouth, IBM and AT&T. Christopher is honored to have performed at the Vatican and the White House. Visit christophercannonmusic.com. LIZ CAMPBELL (Production Stage Manager) is excited to be working with Theatre for Young Audiences again this year. 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 (N.Y.C.), 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 also is 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

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mission 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 has produced 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, she has directed nationally for 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 serves as adjunct faculty with Emory University. 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.

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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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.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Zeist Foundation

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

Target Theatre Communications Group (TCG) David, Helen, & Marian Woodward Foundation The Vasser Wooley Foundation

Edgerton Foundation Georgia Pacific Foundation

Wachovia Foundation Francis Wood Wilson Foundation

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

Sharp Electronics SunTrust WXIA-TV

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

★★★★ $25,000+ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Callaway Foundation, Inc. City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

★★★ $10,000+ American Intercontinental University

★★ $5,000+ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Duke Realty Corporation John and Mary Franklin Foundation

★ $2,500+ Digital Arts Studio

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 Marketing Partners

Official Florist

Official Hotel

Media Partner

Foxgloves & Ivy

Restaurant Partners

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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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

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 Tompkins 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

annual fund

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE A L L I A N C E

T H E AT R E

★★ $15,000-$24,999

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

Barbara & Steve Chaddick Kathryn T. Farley, Ph.D.

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 David & Carolyn Gould

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Gunning Doug & Lila Hertz 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 Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum 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 John & Lucy Cook Robert W. & Nikki C. Eickhoff Eierman Foundation

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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 January 11, 2009.

Producers â&#x2DC;&#x2026; $2,500-$3,499 (cont.) 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 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 Danteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

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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 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 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 J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Wyper John & Kathy Zamer

annual fund Benefactors $1,000-$1,499 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 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 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

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

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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Patron Circle of Stars

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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alliance theatre staff Artistic

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 Literary Intern.......................... Jim Sarbh, Arielle Korsgaard

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..............................................Rachel Jones 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, Sherri Mann Stewart, 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.................................... Virginia Vann Associate Director of Development................... Kristin Hathaway Hansen Major Contributions Manager........................... Ann Wilson Patron Services Coordinator.................. Rebecca Bowden Marketing and Development Data Administrator.................................... Mary French Grants Manager....................................... Davia Weatherill Associate Director of Marketing......................... Joe Gfaller Marketing Manager.............................. Andrea Gardenhire Graphic Designer...........................................Angela Smith Marketing Intern............................................... April Jones Associate Director of Communications......... Robert Saxon Lead House Manager......................................... Shana Orr Development/Marketing Volunteer....................... Don Vann Graphics Intern............ Kristin Salmon, Emma Sugarman House Managers.............................. Dana Hylton Calabro, Lindsey Hardegree, Ken McNeil, DayRon Miles, Charles Swint, Lynn Vatter

Production Production Management Production Manager..................................... Rixon Hammond Stage Management Alliance Stage Managers............. Pat A. Flora, lark hackshaw, R. Lamar Williams Children’s Theatre Stage Manager...................... Liz Campbell Stage Management Production Assistants...............Tia Mosley, Erica S. Porch, Amy Radebaugh Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager..................................Scott Bowne Crew Chief..................................................... Vincent Simons Children’s Theatre Crew Chief............................. Deb Maberry Properties Stagehand....................................Courtney O’Neill Flyman..................................................................Willie Parks

Scenery Technical Director.............................................Victor W. Smith Assistant Technical Director.......................................Chad May Shop Foreman...................................................Patrick Conley Carpenters................................... Manny Abreo, Jes Cottrell, Kevin Green, Joseph Lazzari Charge Scenic Artist................................................ Kat Conley Scenic Artist........................................................... Phillip Male Properties Properties Manager............................................. Robert Elliott Lead Properties Artisan.......................... Dana Hylton Calabro Properties Artisan............................................Suzanne Morris Properties Buyer........................................ Heather Schroeder

Costumes Costume Shop Manager................................Carol Hammond Electrics Design Assistants........... English Benning, Elizabeth Rasmusson Electrics Manager................................................... Pete Shinn Draper..............................................................Cindy Lou Who Staff Electricians.................................................. Darin Carlton, Craftsmaster.................................................. Diana L. Thomas Sean Hamilton, Steve Jordan Stitchers/First Hands..................................Lyudmila Fesenko, Sound Brittany Johnson, Maegan Robinson Resident Sound Designer................................... Clay Benning Wig Master.......................................................... Karin Craven Sound Engineers/Board Ops................................ Holly Blakely, Wardrobe.............. David Flores, Kate McNeely, Niki Traxler Brian Smith, Lewis Rhodes

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Lucy Liu, UNICEF Ambassador, actress

24,000 children die every day from preventable causes. i believe that number should be

zero. Believe in zero.

And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I support UNICEF. UNICEF has saved more childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives than any humanitarian organization in the world.

saving medicine; food; clean, safe water;

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education; and protection from violence and exploitation. No child should ever die

In fact, right now, UNICEF is in more than

from a preventable cause. Every day 24,000

150 countries, providing children with life-

do. Help UNICEF get that number to zero.