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6 features 6 Tennis in Nablus

History and hope.

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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 Amazing, the power a singleup word. Nablus. happiest memories areofwrapped in celebration—particularly the Fezziwig party. Fred proclaims the season the time of “the From the day, a year ago, this play emerged first year when menover and women seemwhen by one consent to open their as a finalist and then the winner of the Kendeda Graduate shut up hearts freely.” He will not allow his uncle to dampen his celebration. Competition, there was more than the usual buzz. Playwriting

Nablus. A place of storied conflict and historical provocation Maybe this is one reason Scrooge’s story affects all of us. When — very of it inperhaps the titlethe of amost playhumorless we’d committed wethe finally seefact Scrooge, and sour to produce raised flags. We bring, each of us, deeply complex character in literature, actually CELEBRATE—it lifts us up as well. Okay, histories, maybe we polemics should all take time to celebrate narratives, and some passions the theatre the gifts old world” has and givenfiercely us. held experiences with us. this And“tired these intertwined and a play.reading A playthis written by someone I hope I haven’t ruined the ending for beliefs anybody.collide If therewith is anyone who does not know with their own beliefs and stories and culture and truths. the story—don’t worry—the story seems to hold up under repetition—just like the celebrations of our life!voila — lightening in a bottle. Purposeful, provocative and full of potential for great And art that travels all 360 degrees of the circle between author and audience. Have a beautiful, celebratory holiday season!

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ennis in Nablus takes place in the spring/early summer of 1939, in Nablus under the British Palestinian mandate. The British Empire took over Palestine from the Ottoman Empire after World War I and remained, occupying the territory, until 1948. The play takes place in the waning days of an Arab revolt that began in 1936 and almost succeeded in driving the British out. The summer of 1939 was a tense time in Europe as well, with Germany, having already occupied Austria and

Czechoslovakia, amassing arms and men for the surprise September attack on Poland. With nationalism and anti-colonialism on the rise, and the European empires on the edge of extinction, 1939 was a year that marked the beginning of a period of great tension, marked by conflict and momentous global change. It is amidst this historical moment that Tennis in Nablus takes place. The role of the history play is to look back and animate a historical period for contemporary audiences. The great

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East as well as the rise of a Palestinian national consciousness. The years 1936-1939 saw a revolt among the indigenous Arabs of Palestine against British rule and growing Jewish immigration from 1933 onwards. Promises of Arab independence were not kept by the British who were also promising Palestine to Zionist leaders. By 1939, the British had succeeded in brutally smashing the Arab rebellion.

Palestine was under British rule from 1917-1947. During this time, Jewish immigration to Palestine increased dramatically as a result of the growth of the Zionist movement, the Balfour Declaration of 1917 (which promised a Jewish homeland in Palestine), as well as growing anti-Semitism in Europe. This period coincided with the rise of Arab nationalism across the Middle

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history plays (Shakespeare’s Henry V, Schiller’s Mary Stuart and Brecht’s Mother Courage for example) allow us to examine perceptively and with the 20/20 vision of hindsight a complicated political time not our own. Tennis in Nablus belongs in this proud tradition. Its characters cut across a wide spectrum of a diverse and global society with the humor and tragedy of real life, portraying a large world onstage with humanity and complexity, ideally using the past to inspire hope for the future. Although the Zionist militias in Palestine had been incorporated into the British army in order to defeat the Palestinian rebels, the Zionists would also break with the British after the onset of WWII in response to the London-issued White Paper which challenged Zionist nationalist aims by putting quotas on Jewish immigration from Europe. The Palestinian independence movement never recovered from the defeat of the rebellion in 1939.

The Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition is a one-of-a-kind national competition that transitions student playwrights to the world of professional theatre. The grand prize for the winner of the competition is a professional production at the Alliance Theatre. Now in its sixth year, the competition has become a national leader in discovering the latest playwriting talent while aiding local theaters to create ongoing relationships with Kendeda winners and finalists. This year’s finalists: blu by Virginia Grise. Monday, Feb. 1, at 2 p.m. A woman who discovers the love and support of another woman in the face of her husband’s incarceration and the death of her son in Iraq. No One But You by Paul David Young. Monday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. An incredible, primal love story between two men, both HIV-positive, who meet at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Splinters by Emily Schwend. Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. The gripping story of a family falling apart in the wake of a kidnapping. The Small of Her Back by Dana Lynn Formby. Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. A hilarious, timely and original take on workplace sexual politics. alliancetheatre.org

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Dramaturg Celise Kalke

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cast in alphabetical order

*Andrew Benator................................................................. Hirsh/Soldier 1/Zapata *Demosthenes Chrysan.................................................................................. Yusef Suehyla El-Attar........................................................................................... Ambara *Bart Hansard................................................................................. General Falbour *Joe Knezevich................................................................... Lieutenant Douglas Duff *Bhavesh Patel................................................................................................Tariq Jim Sarbh......................................................................................................... Rajib *Michael Simpson.............................. Michael O’Donegal /Radio Announcer/Reggie *Tom Thon.............................................................................Hajj Waleed/Soldier 2

UNDERSTUDIES David Quay.......................................... Lieutenant Douglas Duff/Michael O’Donegal Khalid Robinson...........................................................................................Yusef Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance. *R. Lamar Williams....................................................... Production Stage Manager Tia Mosley......................................................Stage Manager Production Assistant Scot J. Mann......................................................................... Fight Choreographer Kathleen McManus......................................................................... Dialect Coach *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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cast

Andrew Benator

Demosthenes Chrysan

Joe Knezevich

Michael Simpson

Suehyla El-Attar

Bhavesh Patel

tom thon

Bart Hansard

Jim Sarbh

David Quay

Khalid Robinson

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profiles ANDREW BENATOR (Hirsch/Soldier 1/ Zapata) Alliance Theatre: Eurydice. OffBroadway: Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight, Valparaiso, Flu Season. Atlanta: Theatre in the Square (Room Service), Jewish Theater of the South (Brooklyn Boy, Hank Kimmel’s Shorts). Regional: Hartford TheaterWorks (American Buffalo, Lobby Hero, Santaland Diaries, Proof), Pittsburgh Public Theater (Lobby Hero), Sacramento’s B St. Theater (This Is Our Youth), San Jose Rep (Sisters Rosensweig), San Francisco’s Magic Theater (Dog Opera). Film & T.V.: “House of Payne” (recurring), “Meet the Browns,” “Law & Order,” “Third Watch,” “Rising Son,” Far East, Filmic Achievement, Game Six, Mr. Gibb, Nowhere to Go But Up. andrewbenator.com DEMOSTHENES Chrysan (Yusef) recently appeared in the world premiere of Aftermath by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen at New York Theatre Workshop. Other professional credits include the award winning regional premiere of Tony Kushner’s Homebody/ Kabul at Trinity Repertory Theatre, Queens Boulevard: The Musical by Charles Mee at the Signature Theatre; The Kite Runner at San Jose Repertory; Miklat at Florida Stage; The Miracle Worker at Arkansas Rep; Measure for Measure, Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing at Riverside Theatre; Tartuffe for Sonnet Repertory; Twelfth Night at The Hamptons Shakespeare Festival; The Tempest at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Independent film credits include Layla is Bad and Santa Clause in Baghdad. Television credits include “Law & Order: SVU,” “One Life to Live” and “Boardwalk Empire” for HBO. SUEHYLA EL-ATTAR (Ambara) Suehyla El-Attar is honored and excited to return to the Hertz Stage. Her previous role, in Bluish, won her a Suzi Bass Award for BestFeatured Actress. Suehyla has worked with Horizon Theatre (9 Parts of Desire, The Clean House), Synchronicity Performance Group (Women+War, Expecting Isabel, Looking for the Pony, 1:23), Theatre in the Square, Dad’s Garage, Essential Theatre

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Company, PushPush Theater, Savage Tree Productions and Cyrano’s Theatre Company, in Anchorage, Alaska. Most recently, she stepped into the world of TV and film, with roles in “Drop Dead Diva,” Father of Invention and The Signal. Suehyla is also a guest-director at local Georgia high schools; most recently, The Scottish Play at Shiloh High in Snellville. She’s also been known to write a play, or two. She deeply thanks the theatre community and her family of friends for their amazing, continued support. BART HANSARD (General Falbour) 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, Soul Men and A Christmas Carol. 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. JOE KNEZEVICH (Lieutenant Douglas Duff) 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), 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), Cymbeline (Posthumus), Cyrano de Bergerac

profiles (Christian), What the Butler Saw (Nick), Hamlet (Laertes), and Metamorphoses (Midas, Suzi Bass Award). Film and T.V.: “The Vampire Diaries,” “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. BHAVESH PATEL (Tariq) New York: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Continuum Company), The Tempest (Classic Stage Company), Hayden’s Seven Last Words (Lincoln Center, CMS in collaboration with TACT), Richard II in Rehearsal (New York Shakespeare Society with Stephen Spinella). Regional Credits: Metamorphoses at The Pittsburgh Public; The Book Club at The Berkshire Theatre Festival; The Four of Us at Merrimack Repertory Theatre; The History Boys at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Picasso at the Lapin Agile at the Chautauqua Theatre Company; Henry VI Trilogy: War of the Roses and A Midsummer’s Night Dream at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Company; the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival and The O’neill Theatre Institute. He also performs the voice of Sedgewick in the online science fiction serial radio program The Leviathan Chronicles (theleviathanchronicles.com/). TV/Film credits: You Should Have the Body (1st place N.A. Goethe Film Institute; Berlinale Film Festival), “The Lonely Maiden,” and “Lipstick Jungle” (NBC). MFA from the NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. JIM SARBH (Rajib) The colonial wheels are always turning, steamrolling countries flat as a map to partition. Temporarily Atlanta based. Alliance debut. Looking for a path to take, a body to inhabit. Love All. MICHAEL SIMPSON (Michael O’Donegal/ Radio Announcer/Reggie) Michael is very happy to be making his debut at the Alliance Theatre and is honored to be working on such a brave and strange play. TOM THON (Hajj Waleed/ Soldier 2) This is Tom’s first appearance on stage at the Alliance, although he understudied Grandpop

in Elliot: A Soldiers Fugue in 2006. He appeared this year in Art Station’s Tuesdays With Morrie and Horizon Theatre’s Third by Wendy Wasserstein. In 2008, Tom earned a Suzi Award nomination as Featured Actor in Some Men directed by Kent Gash at Actors Express. Other stage credits include, the concert version of The King & I with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra under the direction of Kevin Farrell and Baayork Lee, All the Kings Men, 365 Plays-365 Days, Suehyla El Attar’s The Perfect Prayer and Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee, directed by Russell Treyz. Commercials include Georgia Lottery, HGTV and Beauty and the Beast. Tom is a proud member of Actors Equity Association and AFTRA. He dedicates this performance to his son Colin Thon, a Combat Medic in the United States Army. DAVID QUAY (U/S Lieutenant Douglas Duff/ Michael O’Donegal) Dave has thoroughly enjoyed his time with this company of actors. Dave has also performed at Georgia Shakespeare, Aurora, Synchronicity, Out of Hand, Theater Emory, and others. Most recently, Dave appeared in Georgia Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. He also clowns with Big Apple Circus Clown Care, and has directed several short independent films. He is excited to be working on this new play. KALID ROBINSON (U/S Yusef) If every year could only be like 2010! Off to a great start already as part of this wonderful production and then jetting off on his honeymoon to celebrate his marriage to Ziah (Colon) Robinson. Growing up a season ticket holder with his mother, Khalid is thrilled to be back at the Alliance Theatre – the theatre that gave birth to his love of the art of acting. This is his third production with the theatre; last year’s 26 Miles (understudy) and the Kendeda finalist reading of The Near East. A huge thank you to Jody Feldman for the opportunity! You can also see Khalid in the upcoming short film Deadbeat playing the role of Markus as part of BET’s filmmaker’s challenge. Khalid continues to train and teach at The Company Acting Studio and alliancetheatre.org

profiles wants to thank everyone for their love and support. “Live like there’s no tomorrow and today will be a success.” ismaiL KHALIDI (Playwright) was born in Beirut and grew up in Chicago. After receiving his B.A. from Macalester College, he went on to act and write as part of the Pangea World Theatre ensemble in Minneapolis, where he wrote and performed his first play, Truth Serum Blues. He received his MFA in dramatic writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Many Voices Fellowship at the Playwrights Center and the Emerging Writers Award (Jerome Foundation), as well as the Quest for Peace Award and the Mark Twain Award in Comic Playwrighting, both from the Kennedy Center (ACTF). Ismail is also a past winner of the Goldberg Award in Playwriting (NYU) and is a finalist for the L. Arnold Weissberger Award for Playwriting. He lives in New York City and is currently an Emerging Artist fellow at the New York Theatre Workshop. He would like to send thanks and love to his wonderful family, to Carolina, and a special shout out to lil Tino. PEGGY SHANNON (Director) became the artistic director of the Sacramento Theatre Company in 1998. During her tenure, the Sacramento Theatre Company has risen in national and international prominence. She has staged more than 30 shows for this theatre and seven years ago launched a conservatory training program. The STC-2 School of the Arts, with almost 500 students, was recognized in 2006 by California Theatre Educators as one of the best theatre arts training programs for high school students in the state of California. Directing credits include the West Coast Premiere of Treasure Ialand, Cyrano De Bergerac, Someone’s Somebody, Othello, Amadeus, Five Course Love, The Syringa Tree, Arranged Marriage, Arcadia, Cinderella, Shedding The Tiger, Tea, On The Way To Love Starring Patti Austin, Picasso At The Lapin Agile, Always...Patsy Cline, Having Our Say

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and An Evening With Camryn Manheim, An Evening With Danny Glover, and An Evening With Ruby Dee & Kenny Leon. Shannon has directed at many theatres across the country, including Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles Theatre Center, L.A. Theatre Works, Mixed Blood Theatre, the New Jersey, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, California and Oregon Shakespearean Festivals, and the Portland Repertory Theatre. In Europe, she has directed at Hydrama in Greece and assistant directed at the Old Vic National Youth Theatre in London. Ms. Shannon has taught at several universities, including the University of Southern California, the University of Washington, and the University of California–Davis, where she is a professor of theatre and also served as the associate vice provost for University Outreach. She has an M.F.A. in Directing from the University of Washington and trained as an actress in London, where she lived and worked professionally for six years. BRIAN SIDNEY BEMBRIDGE (Set Designer) is a member of Lookingglass Theatre Company and Circle X Theatre Company, and an artistic associate of Timeline Theatre Company, Teatro Vista, and Uma Productions. Off-Broadway: Second Stage, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Kids With Guns Theater Company, Theatre at St Clement’s. National Tours: Chicago Shakespeare. Chicago: Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Second City, Court Theatre, Chicago Theater, Writers’ Theatre, Ravinia Music Festival, Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower/Oakbrook, Luna Negra Dance Theatre, Chicago Civic Ballet, Next Theater, Famous Door Theater Company, The Gift Theatre, Pine Box Theatre Company, Naked Eye Theatre Company, Bailiwick Repertory, Noble Fool Theatricals, Live Bait Theater, among others. Regional: Guthrie Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Children’s Theatre Company, California Shakespeare, Maltz Jupiter

profiles Theater, Two River Theater, Virginia Opera, Opera Omaha, The Arden Theatre, The Second City Toronto, Milwaukee Repertory, Madison Repertory, among others. Honors: five Joseph Jefferson Awards, five After Dark Awards including Outstanding Season, two L.A. Drama Critic Circle Awards, two Garland Awards and an L.A. Weekly Award. Mr. Bembridge was just named one of the five most prolific theater artists of the decade by Time Out Magazine. Film: Wallace Shawn’s Marie and Bruce, Holding Out, Manfast, Stray Dogs, Late for Church, Muppets from Space. B.F.A. from North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Design and Production. briansidneybembridge.com. ANNE KENNEDY (Costume Designer) Off-Broadway credits: Geometry of Fire (Rattlestick), Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky (Playwright’s Horizons), Walk Two Moons (Lucille Lortel), Cam Jansen (Lamb’s Theatre), Opus, Boy (Primary Stages). Regional productions: Light in the Piazza (PTC), Sarah Plain and Tall (Dallas Theatre Center), Durango (Cincinnati Playhouse), Third, The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, The Clean House (Denver Center), The Bluest Eye (Playmaker’s Rep), The Glass Menagerie, Lincolnesque (The Old Globe), The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Proof (Arena Stage), Living Out (Round House), Nijinsky’s Last Dance (Berkshire Theatre Festival), The Last Five Years (Philadelphia Theatre Co.), Tooth and Claw (Arden), Passion, Sunday in the Park with George (Sondheim Celebration/Kennedy Center). Helen Hayes Nominations: Urinetown, Side Show, The Fix. Julliard School of Drama: Arms and the Man, The Misanthrope, Othello, Love’s Labour’s Lost. Artistic associate at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Playwrights Conference. MIKE POST (Lighting Designer) Georgia Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antigone, Alls Well That Ends Well, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Metamorphoses (with Lis Lee). Georgia

Ensemble Theatre: Cotton Patch Gospel. Theatrical Outfit: Cotton Patch Gospel, Driving Miss Daisy. The Horizon Theatre: 13th of Paris. Gainsville Theatre Alliance: The Wedding Singer, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Actor’s Express: Some Men. Theatre in the Square: The Belle of Amherst. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival: Rocket City, Doctor Faustus, Noises Off. Mike is the Production Manager at the Center for Puppetry Arts and has designed for The Montana Rep, New Stage Theatre, and Southern Arena Theatre. At the Alliance, he assisted H. William Grant on Sophisticated Ladies and is happy to be back for another round. In 2010, Mike will be back at Actor’s Express with Slasher and at Theatre in the Square with Ethan Frome. CLAY BENNING (Sound Designer) has designed more than 60 productions for the Alliance Theatre including Pacific Overtures, Class of 3000, Jelly’s Last Jam, King Hedley II, Five Guys Named Moe, Eurydice and Topdog/Underdog. He is also an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare 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 premiers of The Color Purple, Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel and Come Fly With Me. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (B.A.), North Carolina School of the Arts (M.F.A.) and a member of IATSE. R. LAMAR WILLIAMs (Production Stage Manager) is an Atlanta native. Rodney received his undergraduate training at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). His show experience at the Alliance Theatre includes The Second City: Peach Drop, Stop and Roll; Jesus Christ alliancetheatre.org

profiles Superstar GOSPEL; Managing Maxine; August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf; Doubt; Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies; Sleuth; the World Premiere of The Women of Brewster Place; the World Premiere of Sister Act the Musical; Steve Martin’s The Underpants; Jelly’s Last Jam; Five Guys Named Moe; The Heart is a Lonely Hunter; A Christmas Carol; The Color Purple; Pacific Overtures; and Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. His most recent directing and assistant directing credits include Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 days/365 plays with Lov’n It Live Theatricals; assistant directing Topdog/Underdog and King Hedley II with Kent Gash; Kings of the Dust (a reading) at The New Jomandi. Rodney is the production coordinator and music consultant for the Alliance Theatre’s Collision Project. Thank you Ti-Ti! J. Dawn 80 years or bust . . . 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,

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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 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. HARRIET BASS (Casting) has been an independent New York casting director since 1989, casting for theatre, film and television. In New York City, Harriet has cast for ABC TV; Fox Television Studios; Joseph Papps’ Public Theater: New Work Now; The Minetta Lane Theatre; The Women’s Project; La Mamma E.T.C.; New York Women in Film and Television; and The Jewish Repertory Theatre. She has cast the last three original productions of the late August Wilson’s ten-part series of plays that chronicles the African-American experience: Jitney, Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf. Selected regional theatre casting credits include: Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage Company, Trinity Repertory Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Kansas City Repertory, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company, American Conservatory Theatre, Dallas Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage and Playmaker’s Repertory Theatre. Feature film credits include: Pushing Hands, Underheat, First We Take Manhattan and Graves End. Harriet has guest taught acting and auditioning at conservatory and university programs nationally and is presently an adjunct professor in the theatre arts department at Fordham University at Lincoln Center.

profiles SUSAN V. BOOTH (Director, 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.

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 highschool 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 JournalConstitution 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.

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 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 alliancetheatre.org

why we love the alliance Why Atlanta, now? Tennis in Nablus is a genre bending play, thoughtful, hilarious, historical with contemporary resonances. It is witty and sharp while addressing a challenging historical period with sensitivity. The work is incredibly theatrical, while using a family story to invite conversation about larger geopolitical issues. We hope it will start many different kinds of conversations in our audience, both about the history and current situations in the Middle East, and also about the role of historical understanding in the contemporary world. The play is one we bring very proudly to Atlanta.

Synopsis Tennis in Nablus is the sixth winner of the nationally recognized Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition. Written by emerging playwright Ismail Khalidi, this World Premiere provides an unexpected view of Palestine, circa 1939. Tennis in Nablus looks at Palestine’s embattled status through the eyes of a lifelong rebel, his wife (a writer of anti-colonial tracts) and his enterprising young nephew. It is a play about allegiance, struggle and crisis, where events and people are not what they seem. Khalidi was the finalist for Williamstown’s prestigious Weissberger Award, awarded the Goldberg Prize in Playwriting (Tisch), as well as the Quest for Peace Award from the Kennedy Center (ACTF), and a second place prize for the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Award.

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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“The insightful hostility of the best comedy!” —The New Yorker

March 19 – Apirl 11 The Last Cargo Cult Created and Performed by Mike Daisey Directed by Jean-Michele Gregory Series on the Hertz Stage

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

Target Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Frances Wood Wilson Foundation The Vasser Wooley Foundation

City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Edgerton Foundation

Georgia Pacific Foundation Wachovia 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. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation The Home Depot

★★★ $10,000+ The Atlanta Foundation 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 TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC

is committed to meaningful corporate citizenship in the communities in which the company operates and its employees work and live. The arts is one focus area of Turnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local philanthropy, in particular organizations and programs that enhance the quality of life for all residents of its Atlanta hometown

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 November 4, 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........................................ Scott Auer Associate Director of Development................... Kristin Hathaway Hansen Major Contributions Manager........................... Ann Wilson Patron Services Coordinator.................. Rebecca Bowden Marketing and Development Data Administrator.................................... Mary French Associate Director of Groups......................... Tony Lawson Grants Manager....................................... Davia Weatherill Associate Director of Marketing......................... Joe Gfaller Marketing Manager.............................. Andrea Gardenhire Graphic Designer...........................................Angela Smith 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 Scenery Technical Director.............................................Victor W. Smith Assistant Technical Director.......................................Chad May Stage Management Alliance Stage Managers............. Pat A. Flora, lark hackshaw, Shop Foreman...................................................Patrick Conley R. Lamar Williams Carpenters................................... Manny Abreo, Jes Cottrell, Kevin Green, Megan Kier, Joseph Lazzari Children’s Theatre Stage Manager...................... Liz Campbell Stage Management Production Assistant......... Erica S. Porch Charge Scenic Artist................................................ Kat Conley Stage Management Production Assistant............... Tia Mosley Scenic Artist........................................................... Phillip Male Properties Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager..................................Scott Bowne Properties Manager............................................. Robert Elliott Crew Chief..................................................... Vincent Simons Lead Properties Artisan.......................... Dana Hylton Calabro Children’s Theatre Crew Chief............................. Deb Maberry Properties Artisan............................................Suzanne Morris Properties Stagehand....................................Courtney O’Neill Properties Buyer........................................ Heather Schroeder Production Management Production Manager..................................... Rixon Hammond

Flyman..................................................................Willie Parks Electrics Electrics Manager................................................... Pete Shinn Staff Electricians.................................................. Darin Carlton, Sean Hamilton, Steve Jordan Sound Resident Sound Designer................................... Clay Benning Sound Engineers/Board Ops................................ Holly Blakely, Brian Smith, Lewis Rhodes

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Costumes Costume Shop Manager................................Carol Hammond Design Assistants........... English Benning, Elizabeth Rasmusson Draper..............................................................Cindy Lou Who Craftsmaster.................................................. Diana L. Thomas Stitchers/First Hands..................................Lyudmila Fesenko, Brittany Johnson, Maegan Robinson Wig Master.......................................................... Karin Craven Wardrobe.............. David Flores, Kate McNeely, Niki Traxler Additional Labor Draper....................................................................Karen Ross Stage Hand................................................................ Noah Hill

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