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Director/choreographer Debbie Allen talks about Twist.

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Twist is a story about the things that matter. Ironic, given the title, right? But this twist on Oliver Twist proves with great heart and great art, how powerful and timeless the story of a child’s search for love and family and home truly is. It was a story needed long before Dickens delivered the original, and it will move us to tears long after this gorgeous retelling Rosemary Newcott moves on to other audiences.

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Love, poverty, music and redemption

Director/choreographer Debbie Allen on Twist by kristi casey sanders

As a child, internationally renowned director, choreographer and performer Debbie Allen spent her summers in Baton Rouge. “I grew up with the tastes, the sounds, the smells, the ghost stories … and the unchaperoned trips to the bayou, where we did things we weren’t supposed to do as children,” she says. During those summers, her family would take trips to “the big city” of New Orleans, which impressed her as a surpassingly unique musical and ethnic melting pot.

Those childhood impressions of New Orleans resonate throughout Twist, the world premiere musical Allen has helped sharpen and bring to the Alliance stage.

Allen first heard about the project two years ago from Tena Clark, who wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music with Gary Prim. [The book was written by William F. Brown.] At the time, Allen was directing a concert featuring Clark’s music at Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta.

“She said, ‘I have this musical I was working on, and I’m thinking of pulling

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it out again,’” Allen remembers. “When she first introduced me to the material and I heard the music … the storytelling totally transcends Dickens, and the time frame makes it, culturally, so relevant. It really touched me, and I could see what I could do with it.” Last winter, when Allen was chosen to be the one to direct and choreograph the final version, she was overjoyed.

“I just love this project,” she says.

“Right now, in this world, we’re so sensitive about what’s going on with young people: the horror of Haiti and what’s going on with the orphans; and the whole situation in the Gulf leaving people without work. … [Twist] is a story about greed and the hardships that people have to go through if they don’t have money. But it’s also about love and people who care, who reach out to help when they see the need.”

The title character Twist, a young mulatto boy, has been abandoned, Allen says, and grows up taunted and demeaned because of his racial mix. As

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a child, Allen also experienced the effect racism can have on young people.

“A big part of my drive [to succeed] had to do with growing up in the segregated South,” she explains. “I wanted to dance, and the big schools were segregated; I couldn’t go. So, my mom packed us up and moved us to Mexico [where] no one cared about color, and I could go anywhere.”

Allen says her mother gave her a feeling of belonging to the universe as well as the understanding that things change because they must, and that she would have to find her own way until they did. When Allen had children of her own, she brought them with her whenever she worked overseas to pass on some of that wisdom. But, she says, there’s no place like home, even with the challenges that still exist for people of color. So much has changed.

“It’s hard to want to dance and not be able to go to dance class,” she adds. “You can’t even imagine that [happening] now, can you?”

One of Allen’s lifelong dreams was to open her own dance studio, which she did almost a decade ago in Los Angeles. The Debbie Allen Dance Academy teaches classical, modern and ethnic forms of dance from a variety of cultural backgrounds.

It is designed to give children the tools they need to succeed not only in the performing arts, but also in life.

Working with children is an experience that has come in handy on this project. “We have a lot of children in the show,” Allen says. “We have

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What’s the story?

It’s the eve of the Great Depression. In New Orleans, a wealthy white woman has fallen in love with a talented black performer. A child named Twist is born to them, but abandoned after their deaths to be raised in an orphanage. Twist eventually falls in with a bootlegger gang of other orphaned boys and meets a colorful array of people before finding a home. Based on Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist, this Alliance season premiere is generating national buzz. four amazing kids from Atlanta. Twist, [played by Alaman Diadhiou], came from Los Angeles. He’s actually one of my students. His father’s African, his mother’s white, he’s beautiful, and he dances up a storm. You look at him and you just melt.”

That kind of charisma is necessary for a show like Twist, which deals with complex emotions and societal issues. “[Audiences] are going to experience a lot of different things,” Allen says. “Some are dark. Some are full of joy. Some are so vibrant, and some are so painful. It runs the whole gamut of emotions.”

And then there’s the music, which is amazing. “The music in this — you hear it one time and you sing it over and over and over,” Allen says. “This is the kind of show they’ll want to see more than once.”

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Set Design by Todd Rosenthal

Costume Design by Emilio Sosa

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Sound Design by Peter Fitzgerald

Musical Direction by James Sampliner

Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler

Dance Arrangements by Arturo Sandoval

Vocal Arrangements by Jim Vukovich

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Casting by Peter Wise and Jody Feldman

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cast in alphabetical order

*Paul Aguirre............................................................................Potlatch/Ensemble *E. Wade Benson...........................................................................Mr. Prudhomme Alaman Diadhiou......................................................................................... Twist *Duane Asanté Ervin.....................................................................................Pistol Kyle Garvin................................................................................Skillet/Ensemble *Jared Grimes....................................................................... Roosevelt/Ensemble *Shawna M. Hamic............................................................. Miss Cotton/Ensemble *Matthew Johnson..................................................................................... Boston Olivia-Diane Joseph..................................................................................... Della Tracy Kennedy........................................................................ Crazah Chesterfield Aijia Lise..................................................................................Angela/Ensemble *Pat McRoberts.............................................................................Lucius Thatcher *Melissa Lola Youngblood........................................................... Naomi/Ensemble *John Fisher.......................................................................................... Ensemble *Chantel Heath...................................................................................... Ensemble *Jamie Katz........................................................................................... Ensemble Rikki McKinney..................................................................................... Ensemble *Chondra La-Tease Profit........................................................................ Ensemble Malaiyka Reid...................................................................................... Ensemble *Brett Sturgis........................................................................................ Ensemble Dougie Styles....................................................................................... Ensemble Zaire Adams......................................................................... Children’s Ensemble Trey Best.............................................................................. Children’s Ensemble Sabrina Cmelak.................................................................... Children’s Ensemble Nickolas Eibler...................................................................... Children’s Ensemble Michael George..................................................................... Children’s Ensemble Beau Harmon........................................................................ Children’s Ensemble Chandler Kinney.................................................................... Children’s Ensemble Chase Maxwell...................................................................... Children’s Ensemble Madison Minniti.................................................................... Children’s Ensemble

UNDERSTUDIES *Paul Aguirre.....................................................................................Mr. Prudhomme *Jamie Katz................................................................................................Angela Chandler Kinney.......................................................................................... Twist *Chondra La-Tease Profit............................................................................... Della David Militello..................................................................................................Twist *Brett Sturgis............................................................................ Boston/Roosevelt Dougie Styles......................................................................... Crazah Chesterfield *Melissa Lola Youngblood................................................................... Miss Cotton Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

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cast MUSICIANS James Sampliner.......................................................Musical Director and Conductor/Keyboard I Jim Vukovich.................................................................Associate Music Director and Keyboard II Lance Lee............................................................................ Assistant Music Director and Drums Randy Cohen.......................................................................................... Keyboard Programming Brian Cook................................................................................. Assistant Keyboard Programmer Emily Grishman Music Preparation - Emily Grishman/Katharine Edmonds ................Music Copying Carmine Twillie............................................................................. Additional Vocal Arrangements Terry Woods............................................................................................................Vocal Coach Rick Burgess......................................................................................................... Guitar/Banjo Joel Powell........................................................................................................................ Bass Mike Cebulski...........................................................................................................Percussion Skip Lane...................................................................................................................... Reed 1 Rich Jones..................................................................................................................... Reed 2 Lester Walker...........................................................................................Trumpet 1/Flugel Horn Gregory Coile...........................................................................................Trumpet 2/Flugel Horn Bob Lewis.......................................................................................................... Trombone/Tuba Kerren Berz....................................................................................................................Violin 1 Robert Givens................................................................................................................Violin 2 *Pat A. Flora..................................................................................... Production Stage Manager *David Blackwell............................................................................................... Stage Manager *lark hackshaw................................................................... Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager Amy Radebaugh.................................................................................Stage Management Intern *Chantel Heath............................................. Assistant to the Choreographer and Dance Captain Cathie Nicholas................................................................................Assistant to Choreographer Cody Clark..........................................................................................Assistant to Debbie Allen Shaun Renfro.......................................................................................... Assistant Set Designer Cathy Parrott................................................................................ Associate Costume Designer Jason Seifert................................................................................... Associate Lighting Designer Rachel Fishman................................................................................Assistant Lighting Designer Christa A. Wood..................................................................... Assistant to the Lighting Designer Joseph Allegro.....................................................................................Moving Light Programmer Fraser Kerrigan.....................................................................Associate Moving Light Programmer Elvira Nedavnyaya............................................................................................. Media Research Domonic Sack................................................................................... Associate Sound Designer Megan Henniger.................................................................................Assistant Sound Designer Brad Gyorgak........................................................................................................ Sound Mixer Gayle Samuels................................................................................... Associate Casting Director Mae Chapman, Jacqui Fleming, Antoine Jenkins............................................. Casting Assistants Celena Cater....................................................................................................Child Actor Tutor Donna Cmelak..................................................................................................Child Actor Tutor Chiquita Ervin...................................................................................................Child Chaperone Tawnya Minniti.................................................................................................Child Chaperone Bonny Taylor.....................................................................................................Child Supervisor *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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

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musical numbers ACT I

Back By Demand................................................. Boston, Roosevelt, Company Love Lives In Everyone.........................................................Angela, Roosevelt Why?................................................................................................... Angela Breathe and Push .............................................................. Miss Cotton Just Like Me/ Why? (Reprise)...........................................Della, Angela Meat On The Bones............................................................................Orphans Between White And Black...............................................Potlatch, Miss Cotton I Have A Soul..........................................................................................Twist Death Is Alive and Well.................................................... Crazah Chesterfield A Color No One Likes...............................................................................Twist The Coffin Room .................................................................... Twist, Company Ashes To Ashes . ........................ Crazah Chesterfield, Mrs. Beaudreaux, Twist, Skillet, Company Not Worth A Nickel ............................................................................. Lucius New Orleans Beat .............................. Twist, Pistol, Mr. Prudhomme, Company Heir To the King ................Pistol, Twist, Boston’s Boys, School Girls, Company Shuck It Raw .........................................................................................Della Be Quick . .................................................................... Boston, Boston’s Boys Just When I Had It All . ...........................................................................Della Della and Boston’s Fight............................................................. Della, Boston ACT II

One Day......................................................... Twist, Mr. Prudhomme, Company On My Knee ........................................................................................Boston Partners In Crime..................................................................... Boston, Lucius There’s Something About Your Eyes.........................................................Twist High Cotton............................................................................... Full Company Reach For The Sky..................................................................................Della Just Where I Wanna Be....................................................Della, Boston’s Boys Not Worth A Nickel (Reprise)............................................................... Lucius Love Like a River Flows...............................................................Twist, Boston Finale........................................................................................ Full Company

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cast

Zaire Adams

Paul Aguirre

E. Wade Benson

Trey Best

Sabrina Cmelak

Alaman Diadhiou

Nickolas Eibler

Duane AsantĂŠ Ervin

John Fisher

Kyle Garvin

Michael George

Jared Grimes

Shawna M. Hamic

Beau Harmon

Chantel Heath

Matthew Johnson

Olivia-Diane Joseph

Jamie Katz

Tracy Kennedy

Chandler Kinney

Aijia Lise

Chase Maxwell

Rikki McKinney

Chondra Profit

Malaiyka Reid

Brett Sturgis

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Pat McRoberts

Dougie Styles

Madison Minniti

Melissa Lola Youngblood

profiles Zaire Adams (Children’s Ensemble) has most recently appeared in The Wiz at the Marcus Center and We Are the Drums with CAPITA productions. He has been taking acting, singing and dancing lessons since he was 4 years old.

Zaire is already a seasoned entertainer at only nine years of age. He is thrilled to be in Twist and looks forward to working with all of his fellow thespians.

Paul Aguirre (Potlatch/Ensemble/ u/s Mr. Prudhomme) is honored to be making his Alliance Theatre debut in Twist and to be working with such an amazing and distinguished creative team. Most recently Paul appeared in Sacramento Music Circus’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. On the road, Paul has toured in national productions of Seussical: The Musical (with Cathy Rigby), The Who’s Tommy (Uncle Ernie), How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (revival), My Fair Lady and Star Wars in Concert. Favorite regional credits include: The Wiz (Lion), Seussical (Horton), The Music Man (Marcellus), Aida (Pharaoh), Annie (Drake), A Christmas Carol (Fezziwig), Jesus Christ Superstar (King Herod), Singin’ In The Rain and Li’l Abner at the Goodspeed Opera House, Smokey Joe’s Café, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Copacabana, The Wizard of Oz, Seesaw, Liberty: The Musical, Footloose and Oliver. Paul forever dedicates this and every performance to Ma for her never-ending love and support.

E. Wade Benson (Mr. Prudhomme) first performed on this stage in 1974 in a children’s show, Reynard the Fox, and appeared here in Pirates of Penzance, Guys and Dolls, Our Town, End of The World and Annie Get Your Gun. Last year, he was featured in Grey Gardens at Actor’s Express here in town. He also has been seen at Theatrical Outfit in Big River, Horizon Theatre and multiple venues across the region that have long since faded away. He has done voice work on historical videos, including a project produced by his wife, Marisa Benson, for The Smithsonian. His daughter is a theatre instructor and has made him a grandfather twice; his military son is currently serving his third tour in Afghanistan.

Trey Best (Children’s Ensemble) is a 13-yearold actor, recording artist, dancer, musician, songwriter, choreographer and host. He has appeared on the stages of the Horizon Theatre,

Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, and Atlanta Workshop Players (tour). Trey made his movie debut in The Blind Side. TV credits include Cartoon Network, NFL films and special guest performer on Fox 5 “Good Day Xtra.” He hosts and interviews celebrities at events around the Greater Atlanta area, including the red carpet event for Andre 3000’s Class of 3000 LIVE. He is the owner Giant Baby Music. He also would like to thank his parents, family and friends for their support. Trey most of all thanks God for direction.

Sabrina Cmelak (Children’s Ensemble) was a solo dancer in Glory of Christmas at the Crystal Cathedral and performed in Debbie Allen’s Oman…O Man! at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Music video credits include Bridgit Medler’s “How to Believe” for Disney, Kelly Crook’s “Can’t Stop,” and Secret Dakota Ring’s “The Fade to Black.”

She recently filmed an episode of “Brave New Voices” for HBO and appeared in a commercial for Travelers Insurance. Sabrina is a proud member of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, where she studies ballet, pointe, musical theater, Dunham, Horton, Graham, jazz, tap and hip hop. She studies voice and musical theater in Hollywood with Kathy Matchiner of the NYC Metropolitan Opera, and spent the summer in Connecticut with Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet.

Alaman Diadhiou (Twist) was born in 2000 and resides in Los Angeles. In 2009, he was named “America’s Child Tap Dance Prodigy” by Conde Nast’s Cookie Magazine. He performed in Debbie Allen’s 2009 production of Oman…O Man! at the Kennedy Center and at UCLA Royce Hall. In 2008, he played The Cookie Man in Debbie Allen’s production of Brothers of the Knight; that same year he was featured in the opening tap number of the MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon in Las Vegas. In 2007, Diadhiou made his Los Angeles stage debut in Debbie Allen’s Alex in Wonderland at UCLA’s Freud Theater.

Alaman studies at the Mirman School for gifted children and dances at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Alaman is deeply grateful to his family and friends in the U.S. and Senegal, Ms. Allen, Tena Clark, the Alliance Theatre family, his teachers and everyone in this amazing production of Twist.

Nickolas Eibler (Children’s Ensemble) Theatrical credits: Evan Goldman/13 at RISPA Theatrical Productions, JoJo/Seussical and

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profiles Snoopy/You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown both at CYT Atlanta, and has been featured in Don’t Stop Believing, Let the Sunshine In, and Oh, What a Night, all with the Broadway Dreams Foundation. Film/Television: Bobby Watkins (Featured Extra) and RISPA Promotional Video (Spokesperson). Thanks to my whole family, my voice teacher Ms. Debbie Walker, RISPA Studio owners Ms. Georgina and Mr. Danny, my first groupie and best friend Haley Hamblen, Mrs. Annette Tanner for really starting me on my journey, and everyone involved with RISPA and the Broadway Dreams Foundation.

Duane Asanté Ervin (Pistol) is ecstatic and honored to be a part of Twist. Asanté made his professional debut as Young Simba on opening night of Disney’s The Lion King in Las Vegas.

Asanté is an eighth-grade honor student and while he has a passion for the arts, he has been known to showcase his athletic ability as Captain and MVP in an array of sports. Asanté loves math and is an avid reader. He is grateful to God for his blessings, love and grace. Thanks to Mommy, Nandi, his sisters, his godmothers, family and friends for their unwavering support.

Asanté dedicates these performances to his dad, Duane Ervin, from whom he inherited his sense of humor and charm. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

John Fisher (Ensemble) is overjoyed to be making his Alliance Theatre debut. Credits include: New York: Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Patrick), Turtle Shell Production’s Eight Minute Madness Festival (Best Youth Performance Award). Regional: Peter Pan, Oliver!, Willy Wonka, Roxey Ballet Company’s Pied Piper of Hamelin. Other favorite credits: Seussical, Bridge to Terabithia. Many thanks to Ms. Debbie Allen for this unbelievable opportunity, Tena Clark, Peter Wise, Cathy Parker and the team at CPM, Bob Marks, Joan Myerov, Mark and Melissa Roxey. Love to Mom, Dad, Liz, family, and friends for supporting his dream. A native of Bucks County, Penn., and proud member of AEA. Kyle Garvin (Skillet/Ensemble) has toured nationally and internationally with Nickelodeon’s Go Diego, Go Live!; HIT Entertainment’s Thomas and Friends Live! Kyle received a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of the Arts. He is supremely grateful to love, and all the angels who have touched his life; most importantly his

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mother, Marcia, for her unwavering faith and support in the pursuit of his dream.

Michael George (Children’s Ensemble) is trained in tae-kwon-do and holds a second degree black belt, trained in gymnastics, earning a level nine, continues piano and has performed many concerts. Her main passion is dance. She has trained at the Kirov Dance Theatre of Harlem with Yuri Grogoiev, and is an advanced member of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy.

Jared Grimes (Roosevelt/Ensemble) is a vibrant additive in the world of the arts where he is strongly reviving the triple-threat mentality.

He has danced alongside legends such as Gregory Hines, Wynton Marsalis, Mariah Carey and popular artists like Busta Rhymes, Common, Salt N Peppa and EnVogue. Jared’s live stage credits include Cirque Du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel, choreographed by himself; Babes in Arms at the Goodspeed Opera House; Stormy Weather with Leslie Uggams; Pure Country workshop, directed by Pete Masterson; Scottsboro Boys staged reading, directed by Susan Stroman; Fly, directed by Ricardo Khan; and Broadway Underground, directed by himself.

Grimes has appeared in commercials for MTV, Coca-Cola and Subway, and television shows such as Fox’s “Fringe.” His feature film credits include: New Line Cinema’s Little Manhattan; Elevation Filmworks’ First Born, starring Elizabeth Shue; and The Marc Pease Experience, starring Ben Stiller and Jason Schwartzman.

Shawna M. Hamic (Miss Cotton/Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Alliance Theatre debut! Shawna has toured with the Walt Disney Company and represented American Musical Theater as General Cartwright in the awardwinning production of Guys & Dolls in Macao, China. Named “The Next Broadway Sensation” by the NY Musical Theater Festival, she has recently performed a solo show entitled Outside The Box at Joe’s Pub in N.Y.C. When she returns to N.Y.C., Shawna will start right into rehearsals for the new 25th Anniversary National Tour of Les Miserables as Madame Thenardier which tours the U.S. in 2011. N.Y. Theater: The Toymaker, Screams of Kitty Genovese, Glen or Glenda. Regional: Disney’s Beauty & The Beast, Les Miserables, Ragtime, Hello Dolly, The Molly Maguires, Genesis, My Fair Lady, Mame, Kismet, Once Upon A Mattress, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

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profiles Beau Harmon (Children’s Ensemble) A seventh grader at Mount Paran Christian School, Beau experienced his first role in musical theatre in their production of Annie, Jr. This July, he performed in New York City at the prestigious Hammerstein Ballroom, in the closing show of JUMP’s National Finale in conjunction with Break the Floor Productions and was named a National Top-10 Male Junior Soloist. Beau’s off-Broadway debut was JUMP’s closing show performed at New World Stage Theatre, N.Y.C., in June 2009. At age seven, he performed with his dance company for Royal Caribbean Cruise line, Stars at Sea program. Beau is a featured performer with Great Gig Dance Ensemble, Kennesaw, Ga., where he studies tap, hip-hop, ballet, jazz and contemporary.

Chantel Heath (Ensemble / Assistant to the Choreographer/Dance Captain) is working her way through the world as a dancer and choreographer. She is trained in genres ranging from tap, hip hop, jazz and modern, to swing and martial arts. She has choreographed and worked with such artists as Tupac, Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, Lil Mama, K-Young, Herbie Hancock (Playboy Jazz Festival), Savion Glover (Cannes Film Festival, Jerry Lewis Telethon) and Michael Jackson for his 45th Anniversary. Ms. Heath assisted with choreography in Ms. Debbie Allen’s Alex in Wonderland. As a member of the Kennedy Tap Company she danced in Cuba with Alicia Alonzo’s “International Ballet of Cuba,” and was one of the first African Americans to dance at the Kremlin in Russia. Her most recent film credits are Idlewild and Tap Heat, and her choreography was featured in the 2008 season finale of “So You Think You Can Dance.“ Matthew Johnson (Boston) returns to the Alliance where he appeared in True Colors Theatre’s production of Rejoice, directed by Kenny Leon. Other Alliance credits include A Christmas Carol, and Debbie Allen’s Soul Possessed. Off Broadway: Yo Alice, directed by Maurice Hines.

Atlanta: My Fair Lady (Theater of the Stars), Sweat (7 Stages), Black Nativity (Jomandi).

You may have also seen Matthew on tour as a background vocalist for India Arie, Lauryn Hill or Musiq Soulchild. He wishes to thank his family for their unconditional love and support.

Olivia-Diane Joseph (Della) has appeared in various Atlanta theatre productions such as Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company’s

Black Nativity, TS Productions’ Stages: A Musical Celebration and Odd Man Out Theatre’s Book of Revolutions, as well as an off-Broadway production of The Wiz in New York. OliviaDiane also has performed in several student productions at the University of Oregon, where she received her theatrical and Latin dance training and her bachelor’s degree. In addition to countless performances as a lead singer with various bands, Olivia-Diane has recorded and performed as a solo artist.

Jamie Katz (Ensemble/ u/s Angela) is thrilled to be returning to the Alliance Theatre where she was last seen in Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. Other regional credits include Ariel in The Voyage of the Little Mermaid at Walt Disney World Studios; Children of Eden, Camelot, La Boheme and Fiddler on the Roof at Seaside Music Theatre. Jamie is a graduate of the musical theatre program at Florida State University and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Jamie is so grateful to her precious girls, Aubrey and Eliana, and her wonderful husband Jon, for all their love and support!

Tracy Kennedy (Crazah Chesterfield) Twist is Tracy’s third theater production. The previous two, The Bayou Legend and Alex in Wonderland, were also under the direction of his mentor, Debbie Allen. Tracy is a world-renowned makeup artist for such celebs as Rhianna, Fantasia, Brittney Spears and Jamie Foxx. While preparing for the role of Crazah, Ms. Allen was so pleased with Tracy’s work that she said, “Child, the only face you need to be doing from now on is your own!” Tracy hopes you’ll agree.

Chandler Kinney (Children’s Ensemble/ u/s Twist) Previous television credits include the worldwide GAP holiday commercial series, a national KFC commercial and a guest on “EXTRA!! with Mario Lopez.” She also has appeared on stage in Los Angeles in The Brothers of the Knight, Oman…O Man! and Nifty Fifties. Kinney was a featured performer in the Miss Misssouri/ Miss America Program. Chandler trains at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles and just arrived home from summer training at the Kirov Academy in Washington, D.C. AijiA Lise (Angela/Ensemble) credits include Los Angeles: Jesus Christ Superstar a 30 Year Reunion (feat. original cast), Soul Singer; An Evening with Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) in Concert, as herself. AijiA is also an accomplished

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profiles singer/songwriter; heading the resident band for the Viper Room Hollywood and The House of Blues Sunset Strip. She has shared the stage with the likes of Jack Black, Bruno Mars, Hilary Duff, Blake Lively and Shane Sparks.

When she’s not busy on stage, AijiA spends some of her time producing for Youtheatre America in Los Angeles, a national non-profit.

Chase Maxwell (Children’s Ensemble) appeared in Oman…O Man! for Ms. Allen at the Kennedy Center & Royce Hall; Brothers of the Knight, Alex in Wonderland, The Bayou Legend, Dancing in the Wings and Dreams for Ms. Allen in Los Angeles; Falstaff, La Boheme and Madame Butterfly at the Los Angeles Opera Company; Tosca at the Redlands Music Festival; and Korczak’s Children and A Christmas Carol at American Conservatory Theater. Chase has danced in several productions of The Nutcracker for Peninsula Ballet Theatre. Chase appeared onstage with Herbie Hancock at the Playboy Jazz Festival and performed a featured duet at the Kodak Theater for the Dizzy Feet Foundation Gala Benefit. Chase has appeared on television in So You Think You Can Dance, Dance Revolution, That’s So Raven, Jimmy Kimmel Live and What I Like About You. Rikki McKinney (Ensemble) Rikki has performed works created by world famous choreographers such as Robert Battle, Mia Micheals, Desmond Richardson, Ann Reinking, Fernado Bejunes and Milton Meyers. Rikki has performed internationally as a principal/ soloist in companies such as Cirque du Soleil, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Memoria), Delaware Opera Company (Aida), South Jersey Ballet Company (Swan Lake) and Brandywine Ballet Company (Carmina Burana). His film and television credits include Stomp the Yard, Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself, Nickelodeon’s “Hi-Jinx” and “Tiena,” Rooms to Go commercial, Adult Swim commercial, Forman Mills commercial, Paris Hilton’s New Year’s Eve Ball, Black Eye Peas music video, Jill Scott music video and New York City fashion week.

Pat McRoberts (Lucius Thatcher) starred as Chris in Miss Saigon on Broadway, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver and Detroit. He understudied Jeff Daniels as Billy in Turn of the Century directed by Tommy Tune at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Pat also starred

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as Buddy in the national tour of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. Other shows include Ring of Fire; Stephen Schwartz Making Music; Pump Boys and Dinettes; WMKS: Where Music Kills Sorrow; I Left My Heart: A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett; My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Hair; Forever Plaid; Anything Goes; Man of La Mancha; Prelude to a Kiss; and Yoko Ono’s New York Rock off-Broadway on Capitol Records. Pat has a B.A. in music from Otterbein College.

Madison Minniti (Children’s Ensemble) film credits include The Bridegroom; Save Nathan; Beyond the Mat; The Shoot and The Slide. She is currently training at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in ballet, pointe, jazz, hip hop, tap, flamenco, African, modern, Dunham, musical theater and voice. Her other credits include a music video with Motion City Soundtrack, and her stage credits include 2010 World Music and Dance Awards; Hip Hop Concert; Sparkids; Kidz Can Groove 2; and A Decade of Dance; Sweet Shoppe; Boogie Shoes; An Evening of Dance; Prepare to be Amazed; Dancing in the Streets and You Can’t Stop the Beat.

Chondra La-Tease Profit (Ensemble/ u/s Della) is so excited to make her Alliance Theatre debut. As a toddler, while watching her mother direct stage plays, Chondra LaTease Profit, fell in love with the arts. That love increased and was further nurtured as she attended The San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts (SDSCPA). She continued to pursue her passion of theatre and received a B.F.A. from The American Music of Dramatic Academy of the Arts (AMDA). With no end in sight, Chondra’s most recent theatre work includes: International Tours: Commentator (The Ebony Fashion Fair). National Tours: Lead Vocalist (Jingle Bell Rock), Mrs. G (ICHOOSE).

Regional: Shelia (A Chorus Line), Nehebka (Aida), Sarah’s Friend (Ragtime) and Timoune (One On This Island). Chondra will continue to pursue her passion of theatre and aspires to someday perform on the same Broadway stage as many of her famous inspirations and role models. She would like to thank God, her family and friends for their undying love and support.

Malaiyka Reid (Ensemble) is a Brooklyn native and honored to be a part of the cast Twist.

Tours: Aida (China), DittyDoodle Works (as PinkA-Dink); principal dancer in Creative Outlet

profiles and other guest appearances. She thanks her family and friends for their support.

Brett Sturgis (Ensemble/ u/s Boston/Roosevelt) Raised in Bronx, N.Y., Brett began studying dance at Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club where he trained in West African, jazz, tap and mambo.

Stage: Lincoln Center Outdoors with La Santa Luz Dance Company, Ritmo De La Tarde with Latin sensation La India, WNBA’s NY Liberty Torch Patrol and the U.S Tennis Open with Culture Shock. Theatre: Disney’s Aida (the Netherlands), Working (Amas Musical Theater), Gala of Flaherty and Ahrens (Julia Richman Stages), Sweet Charity (national tour with Molly Ringwald), Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL (Alliance Theatre). Commercial: Hershey’s Take 5, Yo Soy La Kalle. TV: “The Dave Chappelle Show” and “Nick News.” Brett is also a choreographer for stage, industrials, music video and artists including Brooke Valentine, M.V.P F/ Stagga Lee, Wyclef Jean’s boy group 3on3, Firedance, Frankie Negron, La India, DLG, American Express, Warner Brothers, Chase, Miller Light, Bud Light and Colgate.

Dougie Styles (Ensemble/u/s Crazah Chesterfield) has been performing in various capacities since the age of four. His formal dance training began at eight years old at Norma’s Academy of Dance. He received his B.F.A. in dance performance and education from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and was also a dance professor during his tenure. His credits include: Film/TV/Video: Bolden; Water Theory; In the Midst of Struggle; Mystified and With a Child’s Heart. Company Work/Live Performance: Sophisticated Ladies; Spice Girls Reunion World Tour; Living In East Podunk; This Is My Time and Undeniable World Tours; Atlanta Hawks Dance Team; Reflections Dance Company; Koresh Dance Company; Dap Performing Arts Studio of Switzerland. Mr. Styles is the creative mind behind Dachiology, the art of communicating through rhythmic movement. Co-founder and creative director of F.I.V.E. Productions, an arts entertainment production company.

Melissa Lola Youngblood (Naomi/Ensemble/ u/s Miss Cotton) feels truly blessed to be working at the Alliance Theatre in the production Twist. You may have seen her in the amazing production of Jelly’s Last Jam at the Alliance Theatre in 2006. Melissa also has performed in such regional productions

as Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Armelia) at The Maltz Jupiter Theatre in West Palm Beach, Fla. and in another production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Nell) in Thousand Oaks, Calif., under the direction of the legendary Ken Page. Other theatrical credits include Nuncrakers (Sis Mary Hubert) in Littleton, Co., and Smokey Joe’s Cafe (B.J.) at the Welks Resort Theatre in Escondido, Calif. Melissa is an Amateur Night Winner of the famous Showtime at the Apollo. Miss Youngblood holds a B.A. in music from Florida State University and is also one of the founding members of the Kollage Dance Troupe at FSU. Melissa has been a member of Actors’ Equity since 2006. Melissa knows that she never would have made it without God, family and the friends that will always have her back!

William F. Brown (Book) won a Tony® nomination and a Drama Desk Award for writing the book of The Wiz. Other Broadway credits: The Girl in the Freudian Slip (author), New Faces of 1968 (head writer), A Broadway Musical (book). Off-Broadway and in regional theatre he wrote the books for How To Steal an Election, Damon’s Song, Twist and The Nutley Papers.

He started by writing sketches and lyrics for the prestigious Julius Monk revues. Over 100 network TV credits include Jackie Gleason’s “American Scene Magazine,” “As the World Turns,” “Love American Style,” Max Liebman’s CBS Specials and many others. He has written book and lyrics for over 100 industrial shows.

He has been a syndicated cartoonist with the comic strip “Boomer,” and has written and illustrated eleven books. He has written plays, musicals, and TV with his wife, Tina Tippit, who is an uncredited contributor to Twist.

Tena Clark (Composer/Lyricist) What musical touchstone does President Barack Obama share with Aretha Franklin? The answer is the music expertise of Tena Clark. The company she founded, DMI Music & Media Solutions, programs the President’s music for Air Force One, and Clark also recently produced the Queen of Soul’s most recent album. Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Jennifer Holliday, Gladys Knight, CeCe Winans, Dionne Warwick, Patti Austin, Stephanie Mills, Yolanda Adams and Rev. Shirley Caesar are among the iconic recording artists for whom Clark has written and/ or produced. A musical compass guided Clark from rural Mississippi to Hollywood. Beginning

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profiles at age five, she would visit New Orleans with her mother, a songwriter from the big band era, where she absorbed the city’s intoxicating rhythms. Highlights include contributing to multi-platinum movie soundtracks Hope Floats, The Five Heart Beats, Where the Heart Is and My Best Friend’s Wedding, television shows like “Desperate Housewives,” and creating the national campaign theme, “Have You Had Your Break Today,” for McDonald’s. In homage to her musical and spiritual roots, Clark produced Church: Songs of Soul and Inspiration that included such classic soul artists as Patti LaBelle and Chaka Khan, plus contributions from Dr. Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison.

A stratospheric anthem from this collection, “Way Up There,” written and produced by Clark and performed by Patti LaBelle, was nominated for a Grammy award. Clark is one of the rare female writer/producers in the music business, and is among the most influential women in American media.

Gary Prim (Composer) For more than 20 years, Gary Prim has been considered one of Nashville’s most sought after studio musicians.

As one of Nashville’s finest, he has provided piano and keyboards on recordings for many country, pop and gospel artists, including Alan Jackson, Alabama, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Billy Ray Cyrus, Randy Travis, Oak Ridge Boys and the Gaither Vocal Band. In addition to his studio career, he has co-written songs that have been recorded by Dionne Warwick, Patti LaBelle, Cece Winans and Ronnie Milsap. His film credits include Twins and The Five Heartbeats.

Gary makes his home in Nashville, Tenn., with his wife Julie, and their two children, Hillary and Cory.

Debbie Allen (Director/Choreographer) is a graduate of Howard University in drama and classics. She received the Golden Globe for Best Actress (Lydia Grant in Fame) and is a three-time Emmy winner for Choreography (Fame and The Motown 25th Anniversary Special). Debbie has won 10 Image Awards as a director, actress, choreographer and producer (A Different World, Motown 25th, The Academy Awards, Fame, The Debbie Allen Special and Amistad). Debbie’s Broadway debut was in Purlie. She created the role of Beneatha in the musical Raisin. She received the Drama Desk Award and a Tony® nomination for her portrayal

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of Anita in West Side Story, and a Tony® nomination for the title role in Sweet Charity.

Debbie has been artist in residence for over a decade at the Kennedy Center, collaborating with James Ingram, Arturo Sandoval, Diane Louie, Andrew “Tex” Allen and Karen Jones Meadows and creating Pepito’s Story, Pearl, Soul Possessed, Harriet’s Return, Dreams and Alex in Wonderland. Debbie won the Olivier Award for her Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Artistic Director and founder of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles, Debbie has had the privilege of working with Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Donald McKayle, George Faison, Derek Wolcott, Kenny Leon, Kent Gash, Allan Johnson, Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, Steven Spielberg, Milos Forman and Vivian Ayers. She is mother to Vivian and Thump; wife of NBA all-star Norman Nixon; sister to Phylicia, Tex and Hugh; and daughter of Dr. A.A. Allen and Vivian Ayers.

Todd Rosenthal (Scenic Designer) Recent Alliance Design: Avenue X, False Creeds and Doubt. Received 2008 Tony Award for August: Osage County. Designs at Steppenwolf, Goodman, Arena Stage, Guthrie Theater, Alley Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory, Paper Mill Playhouse, CenterStage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Atlantic Theatre, Chicago Opera, National Theatre, London, Sydney Theatre, Australia and others. Recent projects: Fake and A Parallelogram for Steppenwolf; A Delicate Balance for Arena Stage; Much Ado About Nothing for Oregon Shakespeare Festival; and The Sins of Sor Juana for the Goodman.

Current designs: August: Osage County for the Sydney Theatre; A Streetcar Named Desire for The Guthrie Theatre; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf for Steppenwolf and Arena Stage; The Seagull for the Goodman; Ghost Light for Oregon Shakespeare; and The Beauty Queen of Leenane for Theatre Royal, Ireland. 2009 Olivier Award for Best Set Design. 2010 LA Garland Award. Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration.

Emilio Sosa (Costume Designer) previously designed Crowns for the Alliance, as well as TopDog/Underdog for Broadway, London and the Public Theatre. Off-Broadway credits include Juan and John; Father Comes Home from the Wars; Romeo and Juliet; The Story and Radiant Baby (Public Theater); Oroonoko and Ohio State Murders (Theatre for a New Audience);

profiles The Misanthrope; All That I Will Ever Be; The Seven and Eyewitness Blues (New York Theatre Workshop); and Trust; Crowns; Birdie Blue and Living Out (Second Stage Theatre). Regional credits include Best of Both Worlds (A.R.T.); Fences (Geva Theatre); The Blue Door (Berkeley Rep); Once on this Island (Center Stage); Cuttin’ Up, Senor Discretion Himself (Arena Stage) and Turandot: The Rumble for the Ring; Ain’t Misbehavin’; Pippin and Once on this Island (Bay Street Theatre). Awards include the 2006 TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award and the 2003 Audelco Award. Mr. Sosa is also a “Project Runway” Season 7 finalist.

Rick Belzer (Lighting Designer) was born in Philadelphia, but was whisked away at the age of four to Panama, Central America (where his father was a pilot in the Grand Canal). Through events that cannot be rationally explained, Mr. Belzer started his theater career in Panama at the tender young age of 13. To quote his mother “I took him down to the local theater guild on a Saturday morning and I haven’t seen him since!”

Now, many years and millions of frequent flyer miles later ... with theater, architecture and exhibition projects on five continents, Twist has brought him back home. He is very happy to be involved with this production and continue his longstanding relationship with Forbes, Gary and both Peters! It is also a pleasure to work with the legendary Debbie Allen and her team, especially former Connecticut neighbor William F. Brown. Rick hopes you enjoy his work tonight.

Peter Fitzgerald (Sound Designer) President of Sound Associates, Inc. a leading provider of sound systems for the performing arts and business communities, Peter is one of the world’s most accomplished sound designers who introduced digital and automated sound to the legitimate theater. A veteran of over 100 Broadway shows, selected credits include All About Me, Looped, Burn the Floor, You’re Welcome America, Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out, Paul Simon’s Capeman, La Cage aux Folles, The Odd Couple, Ring of Fire: the Johnny Cash Musical, Urban Cowboy, Victor Victoria, City of Angels, The Life, 42nd Street, Will Rogers’ Follies and M Butterfly.

James Sampliner (Music Director/Keyboard I) started as the music director of the prestigious Williamstown Theater Festival’s late night cabaret series, leading to conducting productions of Tonight at 8:30, Where’s Charley?

and The Threepenny Opera. Broadway credits include: Never Gonna Dance, BKLYN: The Musical, The Wedding Singer and Legally Blonde (conductor and arranger). Mr. Sampliner supervised the West End production of Legally Blonde in London and the U.S. national tour of Legally Blonde for the last two years. You can hear his work on these cast albums and At The Corner of Broadway and Soul, with Billy Porter.

Off-Broadway: Radiant Baby, The Mistress Cycle and Ghetto Superstar. As an arranger/ co-writer, he has co-written two new AfricanAmerican revues: Being Alive (the music of Stephen Sondheim) and The Soul Of Rodgers (the music of Richard Rodgers). He performs regularly with Mr. Porter, Shoshana Bean and other theater icons. Training: Indiana University School of Music.

Harold Wheeler (Orchestrations) holds the distinction of being the first African-American conductor of the annual Academy Awards and of a Broadway musical, Promises, Promises.

Other Broadway credits include The Wiz (Original Production), A Chorus Line, Lena Horne — The Lady and Her Music, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Dreamgirls and Never Gonna Dance.

He received Tony Nominations for Little Me, Swing!, The Life, The Full Monty, Hairspray and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and won a Drama Desk Award for his work on Hairspray. He composed the score for the film Love! Valor! Compassion! and acted as co-musical director for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Currently, he is the musical director for the ABC series, “Dancing with the Stars.” He is married to actress/singer Hattie Winston.

Arturo Sandoval (Dance Arrangements) A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval was born in Artemisa, Cuba, in 1949. Sandoval has been awarded five Grammy Awards and received his sixth Billboard Award for Best Latin Jazz Album. He was a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning group Irakere. Sandoval was commissioned by the Kennedy Center to compose the music for the ballet of Pepito’s Story, Soul Possessed and Oman…O Man!, choreographed by Debbie Allen, and was awarded an Emmy for his composing work for the HBO movie based on his life, For Love or Country. Sandoval’s versatility can be heard on recordings with Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Michel Legrand, Bill Conti, Stan Getz, Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart, amongst many

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profiles others. He has performed with Celine Dione, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, John Williams and the Boston Pops, and at the Super Bowl with Tony Bennett and Patti LaBelle.

Jim Vukovich (Vocal Arranger/Associate Music Director/Keyboard II) Broadway/National Tours: Hairspray, The Wedding Singer, Hot Feet, Whistle Down The Wind, Beehive, Duke Ellington Song Book and hundreds more regional productions. He’s conducted the Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, New Jersey, London, Tokyo and Capetown Symphonies. He is the former MD for Dionne Warwick, Marilyn McCoo, Betty Buckley, and as a pianist, he’s performed with everyone from Aretha Franklin to Barry Manilow. Jim has been involved with Twist since its first public reading in Hollywood, CA over 20 years ago. Much thanks to Debbie Allen, Tena Clark, Gary Prim, Willette Klausner, Forbes Candlish and Harold Wheeler.

Pat Flora (Production Stage Manager) has been affiliated with the Alliance Theatre for 26 out of 30 years. Favorite projects too numerous to mention. International: Die Schöne und das Biest in Germany and three original musicals in England with David H. Bell. National: Camelot with Robert Goulet. Regional: King John at N.C. Shakespeare Festival; Othello and The Cherry Orchard at Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger Library; The Tempest at La Jolla Playhouse; Anthems: Culture Clash in the District and Book of Days at Arena Stage; Little Me at Northshore Music Theatre; and Crowns at the Goodman.

Atlanta: Madame Butterfly with Atlanta Opera, In Stitches with Candler Creative, Fiddler on the Roof with Theodore Bikel at the Fox Theatre, The Foreigner and Sunset Limited at Theatrical Outfit and Theatre du Reve. Ms. Flora is proud to be a member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1980.

David Blackwell (Stage Manager) is literally a Broadway baby, historically becoming Actors’ Equity’s youngest stage manager on Broadway at age 16! His work on original Broadway and National tour productions includes: Raisin, DreamGirls, Sweet Charity, The Wiz, Timbuktu, Showboat, Sophisticated Ladies, and Beauty and the Beast. In 1988 David joined the show “A Different World” and quickly moved into his television career as key stage manager, winning directing assignments for six seasons. “Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” “Sister Sister,” and “Last Comic Standing” followed. After 40-plus years

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of creative and personal accomplishment, he continues to work in all facets of entertainment, with projects in development for television and theatre. David brings to every project he approaches, the gifts of a culturally rich childhood, and the invaluable professional and ethical lessons learned from his phenomenal parents, the beloved Charles Blackwell, and Frances Butler Blackwell. lark hackshaw (Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager) Favorites include off-Broadway: Langston in Harlem; Hoopz (Disney); Mama, I Want to Sing.

Alliance Theatre: Avenue X, August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean & Radio Golf; Eurydice; Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies; Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; Jelly’s Last Jam; Five Guys Named Moe; Topdog/ Underdog; King Hedley II; Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk; Wit; and How I Learned to Drive. National Tours: Ain’t Misbehavin’; Noise/ Funk starring Savion Glover; Dreamgirls starring Jennifer Holiday. Regional Theatre: Rejoice!,True Colors Theatre Company; Soldier’s Play, Black Spectrum Theatre; Blues in the Night, Arena Stage; My Castle’s Rockin’, N. Carolina Black Repertory; Grease, Muny Theatre; Dance: Urban Nutcracker; The Leopard Tale, Ballethnic Dance Company. Other Credits: An Evening with Carol Burnett; Line producer/executive assistant to producing artistic director, North Carolina National Black Theatre Festival 1997 – present; owner/operator of Lark’s Production People, a labor agency for technicians.

Peter Wise & Associates (Casting) were responsible for casting the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history, Smokey Joe’s Café (seven Tony® Award nominations, Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album of 1995). Other Broadway credits include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Street Corner Symphony.

Theatre credits include Sisterella (Pasadena Playhouse) and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Coronet Theatre). Recent film credits include Nite Tales, Chain Letters, The Hustle, and A Good Man Is Hard To Find. Recent TV credits include Lifetime Network blockbuster The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life is Not a Fairy Tale, The Jamie Foxx Special: Unpredictable for NBC, and the series “My Parents, My Sister & Me,” and “One Love.” Peter is a recipient of a number of prestigious awards, including the Trumpet Award, honored by Turner Broadcasting. Peter has been involved with the casting of Twist since

profiles its original workshops in 1990. He is happy to be collaborating again with Forbes, Willette, Tena, Gary, Bill, Jim and Debbie here at the Alliance.

Jody Feldman (Associate Producer) has had responsibility for Alliance Theatre casting since 1992, casting well over 100 Alliance, Hertz Stage and Theatre for Young Audiences productions including the world premieres of The Color Purple, Aida, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Blues for an Alabama Sky and Bluish.

Other favorites include Jelly’s Last Jam, Day of the Kings, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition readings each spring. Jody is also casting director for Kenny Leon’s 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.

J. Jared Janas and Rob Greene (Wig and Hair Design) Recent designs include wigs for All About Me and Next to Normal on Broadway, Peter Pan at Paper Mill Playhouse, Meet Me in St. Louis at TUTS, Beebo Brinker Chronicles, Shout!, Smokey Joe’s Café, Speech and Debate, Oroonoko, The Rise of Dorothy Hale, Ohio State Murders, M. Butterfly, Tea and Sympathy, Accomplices, Dinah Was, Silence! the Musical, Trouble in Paradise, The Supreme Court (PBS Documentary) and The Full Monty (National Tour). They have also built wigs currently seen in Wicked, The Addams Family, Promises, Promises, Jersey Boys, and South Pacific.

TAM Producing Partners is a producing partnership made up of Forbes Candlish/ Gary Goddard (Goddard Entertainment Live), Tena Clark (Tena Clark Productions), Willette Klausner (Edgework Productions) and Michelle Seward (Skyline Productions/ Saxe Coburg Financial) whose collective theatrical credits include Broadway: the 2009 Tony® Awardwinning revival of Hair, reasons to be pretty, Jekyll & Hyde, Kat and the Kings, Tru with Robert Morse, and Sherlock’s Last Case with Frank Langella & Donal Donnelly; West End: Hair; OFF BROADWAY: Runt of the Litter; LOS ANGELES: Hurlyburly with Sean Penn and Fully Committed

with Mark Setlock; NATIONAL TOURS: Three Mo’ Tenors, Jesus Christ Superstar AD Tour, 75th Anniversary Tour of Porgy and Bess, Selena Forever and The Wiz. The partners would like to thank the Alliance Theatre for adding Twist to their Big Bold Blockbuster Season and moving us one step closer to realizing our dream.

Susan V. Booth (Jennings Hertz,Jr.Artistic Director) has been the Artistic Director of the Alliance Theatre since 2001, where she has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, created local producing partnerships, overseen regional collaborative productions, as well as commercial partnerships on projects including Come Fly Away; The Color Purple; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; SISTER ACT the Musical; Bring in Da’ Noise, Bring in Da’ Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL, which she also directed. She has directed nationally at theatres including Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees and distinguished alumni citations 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, DePaul and Emory University.

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 directing credits include Class of 3000 LIVE; Goodnight Moon; Seussical the Musical; Degas’ Little Dancer; Go, Dog. Go!; Disney’s Aladdin; A Christmas Carol; Einstein is a Dummy; The Miracle Worker; Ferdinand the Bull; Merlin; The Music Lesson; Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse; Pinocchio 3.5; Androcles and the Lion; A Woman Called Truth; Charlotte’s Web and the acclaimed high school Collision Project. Newcott has directed at Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Center for Puppetry Arts, Academy Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Virginia Stage Company and Seaside Rep. Newcott was named PBA Lexus Leader of the Arts and Best Director by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for the 2001-02 season. In 2005, she received the GTC Distinguished Career Award. Newcott is also the recipient of a 2008 Princess Grace Special Project Grant.

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profiles Why this play?

The process of adaptation is as old as the Greeks, who transformed religious myths into stage plays. Shakespeare was an incredible adaptor, taking stories, novels and other plays from all over the world and adapting them to suit Elizabethan England. Adaptation preserves the essence of the original story, but makes changes in order to update the story for contemporary times.

Why Atlanta?

Atlanta audiences love a good story, and one of the greatest storytellers the world has seen was Charles Dickens. He created unforgettable characters who propelled heart-rending stories. During his lifetime, America warmly embraced his work, and he remains a cherished author to this day.

Why now?

When this extraordinary group of artists approached the Alliance about Oliver Twist set in New Orleans in the 1920s, the possibilities for extraordinary adaptation seemed rife. New Orleans culture is all about adaptation – adapting French customs to fit American life, adapting Cajun music to an American sound. It’s always been a place of alternatives to the established American norm. The Alliance aims to bring the best national ideas to Atlanta, and this large-scale, new musical founded on a great story fits our mission of shared theatre for diverse people. This project allows national artists to refine, rehearse and perform work still growing and changing for an Atlanta audience, featuring many Atlanta and national artists.

About the Alliance Theatre Now in its 42nd season, Atlanta’s nationally acclaimed Alliance Theatre, recipient of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award® and a leading national theatre, creates the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people on two stages for youth and adult audiences. Under the leadership of the Jennings Hertz, Jr. 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 Alliance launched 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. And, in a rare event for a regional theatre, it originated the national tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Most recently, the Alliance transferred Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away to Broadway for a critically acclaimed Tony Award-nominated run. The theatre has premiered 60 works including adaptations of Carson McCullers’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Pearl Cleage’s Blues for an Alabama Sky. Further evidence of the Alliance’s commitment to new work is founding its nationally recognized Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, a cutting-edge program introducing student playwrights to professional networks while producing the world premiere of the winning student’s work. The Alliance Theatre also offers extensive education and outreach programs such as the Institute for Educators and the Collision Project for high school students.

The Alliance continuously brings Atlanta the finest talent and finest art—proving once again that the Alliance is where great theatre lives. 404.733.4650 or www.alliancetheatre.org The Alliance Theatre is a division of the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia, which also includes the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences. http://facebook.com/AllianceTheatre

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Challenging social mores From Oliver to Twist On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy, an “octoroon” (7/8 white, but legally African-American) working for the Citizens’ Committee, boarded a whitesonly car to test Louisiana’s Separate Car Act of 1890. A light-skinned man, he was able to pass for white and bought a ticket without incident. Once seated, he announced his heritage loudly, provoking a detective (also put in place by the Citizens’ Committee) to pursue his arrest.

The resulting lawsuit, Plessy v.

Ferguson, arrived at the U.S. Supreme Court two years after the arrest. The Citizens’ Committee hoped it would provoke federal intervention and help repeal Louisiana’s race laws, which had eroded many of the freedoms former slaves and free people of color had enjoyed during Reconstruction.

But those hopes were dashed with the court’s “separate but equal” ruling, which institutionalized segregation. By resetting Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist in New Orleans during Prohibition

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(1920-1933), the musical Twist uses the city’s complicated history to explore the plight and status of the mixed race child in America.

Dickens used his storytelling skills and gift for creating unforgettable characters to examine and illuminate the social problems of his time. In Oliver Twist, he portrayed the plight of the orphan from cradle to grave, showing how easy it was for the lovable waifs of baby farms to become the villainous, amoral criminals that plagued London. And although Dickens’ lead character is redeemed by his parents’ class status, Dickens is unsparing in his indictment of the state’s treatment of orphans.

Similarly, exploring the world of 1920s New Orleans in this musical illuminates the racial elements that add to the orphan Twist’s plight. Twist is the issue of two worlds working hard to remain separate.

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

Dan Reardon Victoria Palefsky Howard L. Feinsand Steve Chaddick

Directors Madelyn R. Adams James L. Anderson Candace Bell Mark R. Bell Kenny Blank Sarah Robinson Borders Mark Callaway Frank S. Chew Alan Colberg Linda Davidson Charles R. Edwards Robert W. Eickhoff Philippa V. Ellis Daryl Evans A. D. Frazier

Jay B. Goldman Patrick J. Gunning Laura Hardman P. J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Rosthema Viener Kastin James Kilberg Jeff Levy Valarie Lischer Cynthia H. Maloy S. Alan McKnight, Jr. John Hays Mershon Philip H. MoĂŻse Maureen Morrison Richard S. Myrick

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

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

William C. Pate Helen Smith Price 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 Robert Walker Peter D. Weitzner A. Penniman Wells, Jr.

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

Advisory Board* Advisory Board Chair: Ann W. Cramer J. Veronica Biggins James Cox Chambers Ron Clark Richard Lee Cravey Sallie Daniel

Diane Durgin Valerie Ferguson Lisa Greenberg Andrea Jones Monica Kaufman Pearson

David Kuniansky Kent Matlock Jack Sawyer Todd Tautfest Richard B. Western

*Committee still in formation. The members of the Advisory Board are prominent members of the local, state and national communities who serve as ambassadors for the Alliance in support of the artistic vision and mission of the theatre.

Volunteer Leadership President, STARS/Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild President, Alliance Theatre Guild

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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.

The Home Depot William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Zeist 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

Georgia Pacific Foundation Georgia Power

Wachovia Foundation Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

Harry Norman Realtors Jones Day mediaedge: cia Park Springs & Peachtree Hill 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 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

★★★ $10,000+ American Intercontinental University Edgerton Foundation

★★ $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 2010-11 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 42. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 42 years by making another statement of support louder than any standing ovation.

Visit our website at alliancetheatre.org and click on Donate.

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sponsors the coca-cola company

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

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government

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly.

GCA is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

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★★ $15,000-$24,999

★★★ $25,000+ James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Victoria & Howard Palefsky Sally G. Tomlinson

Barbara & Steve Chaddick Kathryn T. Farley, PhD

Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand Dan & Garnet Reardon

★ $10,000-$14,999 The Balloun Family Lisa & Joe Bankoff Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Alan & Chi Colberg Ann & Jeff Cramer Doug & Donna Curling David & Carolyn Gould Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Gunning Doug & Lila Hertz

Andrea & Boland Jones John & Angie Keller Philip I. Kent Foundation Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Valerie & Jeff Levy Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Patty & Doug Reid Bob & Margaret Reiser Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton III

Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles & Delores Stephens Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White Joni Winston

top billing Executive Producers ★★ $7,500-$9,999 Linda & Gene Davidson Phil & Caroline Moïse

John & Karen Spiegel Michael & June Tompkins

Executive Producers ★ $5,000-$7,499 P.J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy James & Lori Kilberg Leslie Leigh M.D. Cynthia & Alan Maloy Mr. S. Alan McKnight Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Mr. Walter W. Mitchell

Peg & Bill Balzer Candace & Jeff Bell The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Matthew & Doris Geller Jay & Debbie Goldman Kathy Harris

Mr. & Mrs. Kenyon Murphy Helen Smith Price Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Sonny & Jeanne Seals Mr. & Mrs. S. Stephen Selig, III Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Penn & Sally Wells

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

Mr. Dick Dickson & Ms. Yin Lo Charles & Carol Edwards Lubo Fund

Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Karen & Alex Stickney

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 Madelyn R. Adams Southern States LLC James Anderson Mrs. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Sarah & Jim Borders Frank & Mary Anne Chew

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John & Lucy Cook Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Robert W. & Nikki C. Eickhoff Eierman Foundation Philippa & Burrell Ellis John & Cindy Ethridge Rick & Leslie Fuess

Mr. & Mrs. Lance E. Hall Booker & Birdie Izell Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Jungers David L. Kuniansky TAYLAR Development & Associates Kristie L. Madara Jodi & Henry Niden

annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of June 30, 2010.

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 (cont.)

Dr. Kathleen Nixon & Dr. Gregory Berkey John & Helen Parker Mrs. Helen M. Regenstein Bill & Rhonda Rowland

Procore Solutions James Taylor Susan & Thomas Wardell Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Wyper John & Kathy Zamer

Tanya M. Rutledge Michele & Glenn Shear Charlotte & Tom Shields William & Margarita Sleeper Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats

Associate Producers $1,500-$2,499 Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Elaine & Miles Alexander Kent & Diane Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Theodore & Andrea Altholz Herb & Myrtice Arnold Elizabeth & John Bacon Ms. Ann B. Bishop Pamela Blackburn Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Ms. Susan A. Campbell Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Stephen & Liz Carter In Memory of Mary A. Cipolla Mr. Dale Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Malon Courts Mr. & Mrs. James L. Curry Marc & Kelli Davenport Richard & Linda Diedrich Douglas & Camille Duerr Diane Durgin Ralph & Ree Edwards Alan & Willa Fabian Clara Feldman Michael & Jody Feldman Dr. & Mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotin

Melanie & Richard Fine Andy Fisher & Cox Television Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Margie & Barry Goheen Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Mrs. Jack K. Hale Rachel & Mike Hammer John & Simone Hanson Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Tycho & Marie Howle Foundation Joseph Hurley Mr. & Mrs. Harold Itkin Mr. Clay Jackson Richard & Marcia Jacobson Caroline John In honor of Carol Jones & the Alliance Theatre Education Department Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kruger Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Mr. & Mrs. James E Hugh, III Linda Lively Tim & Jane Lundberg Dick Lyon M.C. Jackson, Sr., Family Foundation Chip Mann

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Millett June M. Morrison Joyce & Michael Natbony Judy Trotochaud & William Pate Bill & Carey Peard Monica K. Pearson Peg Petersen Susan & David Peterson Lynne Ragan & Jay Sampson Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Mr. & Mrs. John Richard Alice & Peter Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Emanuel & Peggy Roth Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Mr. Kevin D. Seaway Chip & Sharon Shirley Martin & Patricia Silbiger Drs. Marjorie & Quentin Smith Sara & Paul Steinfeld Dante’s Down the Hatch, Buckhead Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Judith & Mark Taylor Jackie Wallace Mr. Alex & Mr. Marc D. Weinberg Joan N. Whitcomb J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company

Benefactors $1,000-$1,499 Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Mr. & Mrs. George Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Sam Bronfman II Mr. Scott Dorfman & Ms. Susie Trotochaud Luxury Cars of Atlanta Ms. Gail H. Evans Mr. Haydn W. Fusia Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Mr. Dwayne E. Greene

Louise Staton Gunn Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hyman, Jr. Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Mr. Michael A. Kahn Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kalson Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Jim & Jo McLean Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ann Starr & Kent Nelson

Bob & Gail O’Leary Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Bill & Bamby Ray Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Ms. Mary W. Rogers Brenda J. Smith C. Austin Stephens The Elster Foundation Ms. Elizabeth Wallace Lynne Winship William & Nancy Yang

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annual fund featured billing Playwrights $750-$999 Veronique & Baxter Jones Mr. & Mrs. David Miller

Jane E. Shivers Ms. Christine Springer Maria-Ruth Storts

Dr. & Mrs. J. Michael West Charles A. Zuver

Designers $500-$749 Judith & Aaron Alembik Peter & Sheila Anderson Rita & Ted Anderson Ms. & Mr. Jody L. &rade Sandy Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Asher Mr. & Mrs. Wayne S. Bailey Dr. Deborah Baumgarten Ms. Patti Boss Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brewer Sara & Alex Brown Brown-Forman Corp W. F. Byrnes, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Callaway Drs. Enid Susan & Richard Carlin Mr. Court Centanni Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Ms. Elizabeth W. Clubb Mr. Bruce I. Crabtree, III & B.J. Erb Crabtree Alice J. Cunningham Prefered Machine Works

Mr. Mark A. Eden Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Barry R. Elson Quincy Evans Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Freeman Dan & Harriet Gill Dr. Sandra G. Gustavson Wanda G. Hankes Carol Hanner Linda & Richard Hubert Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Jackson Mr. Robert A. Jetmundsen Joyce & John Kesler Ken & Susan Kincaid Cathy & Jeffrey Korotkin Mr. Khary Kyle Dale & Elaine LaLonde Mr. Mark O. Lapolla John & Elizabeth Lee Dr. J. Bancroft Lesesne Anonymous Billy & Julie Levine

Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Martin Mr. Alvaro Alexander Martinez Mrs. Debra McClure Mrs. Elena Mills-Robinson Tracey Mitchell Mrs. Kathleen B. Pattillo Ms. Sophia Brothers Peterman Ms. Karen Porch Mr. & Mrs. William L. Rafkin Mr. Travis Reed Mr. John D. Reynolds, Jr. Dr. Jerry Richman, DDS Carol Riggs Mr. John A. Sabine Karl & Lana Sachsenmaier Kevin Sangston Mr. Robert D. Saxon David & Sharon Schachter John & Sandy Schoell Catherine Shen Mr. Brian Shepler Dr. Jay Singh & Dr. Gillian Sherbourne

Steve & Claudia Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jay Smith Joe Sniezek Marilyn & Mickey Steinberg Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Mr. Thomas D. Stone Jim & Janie Stratigos Bright Paper Mr. George M. Taylor Celia Till Mr. Kevin Todd Dr. Darryl J. Tookes Mr. & Mrs. Trey Turner Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Y. Tyler Valerie & Peter Weitzner Thomas & Cheryl Weldon Ms. Mary A. White Sadie Whitmore Neil & Sue Williams David Winston Dr. & Mrs. Howard Zaleznak

Performers $250-$499 Mr. & Mrs. Howell E. Adams, Jr. Linda Aguebor Colonel & Mrs. Anthony C. Aiken Douglas Allen Mr. & Mrs. William A. Allison Sonia Alvarez-Robinson Dr. & Mrs. David F. Apple, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Chris Arapoglou Ms. Meghan Arias Scott & Chris Arnold Dorita & Hal Arnold Ellen & Eliot Arnovitz Mr. & Mrs. Roland Bates Patty Beem Reese-Beisbier & McDonough, P.C. Mr. Lewis & Jacquelyn Belcher Ms. Beryl Farris Mr. Michael C. Berndt Natalie & Matthew Bernstein Dr. R. Dwain Blackston Brian & Jennifer Boutte Marvin S. Brown Mr. Stephen Brown Ms. Kim Brundidge Mr. Christopher Bussey Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Butler Chuck Button

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Mr. & Mrs. William J. Carney Hilary C. Carr Ms. Sheryl Cassity Mr. Russell Chandler III Ms. Diane Chauffe Ms. Patti Clark Mr. William T. Clewell Boyd & Deidre Clines Mr. Daniel Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Colbert Neva Collins Commerce Benefits Group, Inc. Carol Comstock & Jim Davis Bill & Linda Condon Phoenicia Cooper Anita Corbett Elizabeth A. Corp Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Cowart Mr. Michael J. Crandall William A. & Charlotte Crosland Ms. Connie Cubitt Anonymous Brad & Sally Currey Ms. Terri L. Davidson John Davis & Sheryl Myers Ms. Ginny Davy & Mr. Ken Lipscomb Robert A. DeMetz, Jr.

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Judge Clinton Deveaux Mary Grace Diehl & Michael Jablonski Karen & David Dorton Ms. Monica Douglas Dr. Paul L. Douglass, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Dreger Mrs. Frances W. Dubose Mr. Christopher J. Dwyer Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Ms. Beverly Edwards Jonathan & Maggie Ehrlich Mr. A. J. Elliott & Ms. Phyllis Marshburn Mr. & Mrs. James Ellis Ms. Cathryn English Ms. Anne B. Erbesfield Dorothy & Todd Evans Eliza & Bobby Ezor Mr. & Mrs. Bradford W. Ferrer Mr. Terry Finister Mrs. Veronica S. Fink Marvin & Lynn Davis Kimberly Finnegan Jenny Fletcher Mr. David Floyd Annalise Ford

Mr. Robert Fornal & Mr. John A. Watson Mr. Lee Francis Ms. Shan Franklin Ms. Louise B. Franklin Homer S. French Anda Gadidov Dr. & Mrs. Edward Gainer George Galloway, Jr. David & Luck Gambrell Drs. Stephen & Marianne Garber Ms. Linda M. Garrett Ms. Kathy Gaultney Mr. Michael Gilliam Sander & Marina Gilman Ms. Sally Goss Dan & Susan Graveline Ms. Elizabeth Groft Karen Gryne Peter J Gullo Aiken Hackett Mr. & Mrs. Chris Hall Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Ms. Virginia Harreld Mr. Ronald L. Harris & Mrs. Jacqueline Pownall

annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of June 30, 2010.

Performers $250-$499 (cont.)

Mr. John R. Hartland Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Haynes John & Christine Hepfinger The Herr Family Mr. Chester L. Hicks Mr. James A. Hill Marianne & John Hines Harris & Sharon Hobby Mr. & Mrs. Thomas V. Hoffmann Susan Howick & Lloyd Hoffspiegel Charles & Winnie Hoover Andy Hopper Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Hostinsky Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hubbell Nicole & Scott Hudson Kathryn Huie Mr. Jerry Hux Elizabeth D. James – Townes Bucky & Janet Cheryl & Ernie Johnson Mr. Walton Jones Geri & Herb Jones Mrs. Suparna Joshi Harry & Anna Rinker Mr. & Mrs. Gert Kampfer Ms. Janice Karkula Mrs. Susan Solomon Keenan Mr. James Kelley Madkin Kelly Robert L. Kendall Kevin Keyes Dr. Sam & Emilie Khair Thad & Suzanne King K. N. King Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Kirbabas Kevin Knatt Mrs. Jo Koch Chad & Kati Koenig Peter Kown Mr. & Mrs. Joe Kozak Nicole LaBelle Ms. Mary E. Lang Elizabeth LeMasurier Allan & Vivian Levine S. Jarvin Levison

Kristen Lewis Sandy Fitzpatrick & Randy Lewis Mr. John Lindquist Lipman Brothers, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Randall P. Little Dr. Mark Livezey & Dr. Rebecca Cabral Mr. & Mrs. Tom L. Long Mr. & Mrs. Andy M. Lord Mr. & Mrs. William H. Lorey Nancy A. Lowery Jane Sneed Lynn Ms. Sarah Lyon Ms. Eugenia M. MacBean Sallee Macknik Ms. Donata Major Mr. & Mrs. Bob Marcus/ Phoenix Associates Frank & Lynne Marks Mr. & Mrs. Vernon E. Martin, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Donald C. Maxwell Joey McCraw, Backstreet Boutique Ms. Susan McFall Mr. Jimmie McGriff Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. McNamara Doug & Norma McNeill Barbara McPherson Ms. Maribeth McPhie Birgit & David McQueen Allen & Don Mendenhall Dr. John & Melissa Merlino Cynthia Miller Dr. Joseph Mims & Mrs. Libby Mims Ms. Nancy Mitchell Ross Mooney Gayle & Peyton Morgan Mary Alice Morgan Mr. Guy Morrison Mr. Tony Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Harvey W. Moskowitz Kevin & Sandra Muthersbough John & Cathy Muzzy Ms. M. Carroll Myers Ms. Karen Nelsen

Mary Baird & David Nelson Ms. Nicki Nelson Patricia C. Nevius, M.D. & Lewis Stogner Ms. Brenda Niforth & Mr. Marcus Segers Donald Nixon Ms. Krista Oguz Bob & Mary Ann Olive Leonard Pallats William E. Parker Sam & Barbara Pettway Dr. & Mrs. Alan L. Plummer Barbara & Marty Pollock Ms. Urvi Shah Michael & Carolynn Puffe Mr. & Mrs. Charles N. Pursley Mr. Phil Randall Mr. Joe E. Ransom S. Ronald & Allene Reed Ron Reemsnyder North Georgia Investment Planning, LLC. Ted J. Rikard Ms. Emile Risby A. J. Robinson & Nicole Ellerine Amy Jeanne Rosenberg Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Sacks Jonathan Sangster Mr. Scott C. Satterwhite Ms. Clarelle R. Sauls Anonymous Naponisha Sivad David & Virginia Sjoquist Ms. Julie Skouteris Fred B. Smith Mr. Jeffrey Smith Mr. Lloyd Solomon Mr. & Miss Richard Spellman Ms. Susan Stainback Kristen Keirsey & William Stanhope Mr. Howard Steinberg Mike & Donna Stevens Dr. & Mrs. Charles P. Stewart

Susan & Alan Stiefel Ms. Tomekia Stodghill Peggy & Norman Stone Missy Swann Dr. & Mrs. Michael Szikman Patricia E. Tate Ms. Lowrie Taylor Mr. Johnie L. Teague Karyn Thomas Ms. Mary M. Tierney Mr. & Mrs. Frank Tierney Linda Toliver Robert H. Truesdale Mr. & Mrs. Chris Tuten Youlanda Upkins Mr. Sal Verenna Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Vivona The von Gal Family Gilbert & Genette Waldman Kimberly & Kevin Walther Dr. & Mrs. Clinton Warner Ms. Jeannie C. Wearn Richard & Carole Weil Larry & Melissa Weiss Matthew Welch Ms. Dorethea Wentworth Suzanne Whitworth Mrs. John W. Wilcox Mrs. Charlotte Wilen Virginia & Neal Williams Ms. Paulette Williams Curtis Williams WILWAU Dr. Jane Wilkor & Mr. Bruce Winston Penny Hamond-Wolk & Jerry Wolk Mr. Dwight Woods Sherry & Donn Wright Marvin & Sue Wyatt Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Young Dawn M. Zachariah Florence Zerbe

Stage Managers $150-$249 Ann U. Abrams Sandy & Davis Abrams Mr. Bryan W. Adams Sarah & Alfred Adams Mr. K Adams Michael & Dawn Adamson Obie Agbo Ms. Virginia Albert Ms. Toni Alexander

Erick Allen Jimi Allen David D. & Elizabeth C. Aughtry Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Baer Mike Bagley Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Baker Brad Baker Shelley Baldwin

Mr. Jason Barlow Anne Barnhart Dr. Michael & Mary Baron Mrs. Martha Bartlett Gina Bates Cori DeFrancis Mr. Richard Baxter Denise Bell-Carter Cecelia Bellcross

Gerald & Vicki Benjamin Mr. Dennis L. Berkholtz Mr. Jay Bernath Geoff Bieger & John Altizer Mrs. Mignon S. Bigelow & Mr. James A. Bigelow Daniel Blechinger Ms. Veronica Blose David Blumberg

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Ms. Dianna Boateng & Ms. Jennifer H. Boateng Ms. Janet Bogle Mr. & Mrs. Emmet J. Bondurant Mrs. Elizabeth G. & Dr. William C. Borland Mrs. Alice Bostic Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Bowen Ms. Brenda K. Boyd In Memory of William Breman Tina Brewer Mr. Keith Brooks Mr. Alan R. Brossoie & Mrs. Susan Kelso Brossoie Merv & Schan Brown Ms. Melisandre Browning Carol Bruce Ms. Ariane Bryan Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Bryant Ms. Karissa Daniel Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Burgin Anne Burrell Smith Dr. Carol T. Bush & Dr. Aubrey M. Bush Reverend Jason Bussey Bernetha Calhoun Jim & Jean Callier Leigh-Ann Campbell Ms. Mary C. Cannon Dr. & Mrs. Scott Carroll Madhavi Challagalla Joshua & Lauren Chandler Janis Chastain Mr. Terry R. Childers Natalie Childs Mr. & Mrs. Ralph D. Chriscoe Ms. Marynell Christenson Ms. Sara S. Clark Ms. Brenda Clements Ms. Melissa Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Cole Thomas & Debra Coleman Kenneth Collins Mr. David Collins Joanna Colrain LPC Daniel Comerford Mrs. Anne S. Conkin Dr. Doyt & Gracia Conn Ms. Janet L. Cook & Mr. Franklin Bost David & Jean Cooper Jean & Jerry Cooper Ms. Marjorie F. Cooper Linda & Dean Copeland Mr. & Mrs. Gary Cornell Elmer Cortez Tim Couch John Courtney & Pam Stevens Ellen Cowne Dr. Bryan Crafts

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Les Franks Mr. Marcais Frazier Ms. Sally Freedman & Mr. Jeff Geismar Steve & Peggy Freedman Ms. Ronni French Mr. & Mrs. Howard Fry Dr. & Mrs. Julian F. Fuerst Dr. & Mrs. F. James Funk Michael Gannon Pat & Jerry Gardner Andrea M. Garmon, D.M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Garren, Jr. Sarah Beth Gehl Dr. R. Wayne Gibson August & Barbara Giebelhaus Dr. Lisa A. Gillespie Mrs. Suzanne B. Glenn Mr. & Mrs. Joel Goldberg Ms. Faith Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Golden Mark Goldman Mr. & Mrs. Tom Gordon Ms. Laurie Graffo Mr. Ben Graham Lois Grant & Keith Weiland Mr. & Mrs. Karon Graves Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Green Renee Gregory Mr. Bryant D. Gresham Drs. Deborah & Arthur Griffiths Mr. & Mrs. Robert Grossman Mr. Harry Guard Mr. James E. Guess , Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Morris N. Habif Mr. Danforth Hagler Jr. Ms. Janice W. Hall Kamillah & William Hallmon Mr. & Mrs. T. Kent Hammond Mr. Scott Hampton & Ms. Inky Hwang Ms. Linda L. Hare Mr. James Hargett Ms. Lisa Harkleroad Naomi B. Harper Leah Harper Stan & Laurine Harris Ms. Dana Harris-Abraham, Esq. Frank & Mary Hart Wilhelmina Hartsfield Lucas Hathaway Sarah Hawbecker & William Fuller Ms. Bonnie K. Hebb Amy Hemphill Ms. Abbie Henderson Mrs. Ira C. Herbert Mr. Julio A. Hernandez & Mrs. Janet Stacey Hernandez Dr. & Mrs. Kennethy L. Herrman Joan Hertz Ms. Suzanne M. Hewitt

Ms. Stephanie Hill Ms. Carol Hill Ms. Angela Hillie Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Hirsh Judy Hodges Mr. Jared Hogg Thomas C. & Marsha Holcomb Susan Maxwell & Mark Holladay Barbara Hollonquest Mr. John Bryan Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. Robert Horn Ms. Judy Horne Ms. Pamela R. Howell Ms. Deborah Hubert Mr. William Hughes Dr. Joseph L.A. Hughes Ms. Amy Humphreys Dr. & Mrs. Eugene S. Hurwitz Mr. & Mrs. Rolph L. Hutto Ms. Mildred Hyman Cathy Iannotti Jocelyn Whitehead Jackson Cliff Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Gary Jeffers Joyce E. Jelks Bill & Cherri Jennings Orlando Jennings Ms. Alice Jermyn Stuart & Elizabeth Johnson Mr. Chris Johnson Ms. Carol F. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Leon S. Jones Mrs. Rose Marie A. Jones Rick Jones Ms. Angel Jones Mr. Jared Jones Freddie Jones Valerie Jones Mr. Jeff Jones Anjo Jones Mr. Jeffrey Juday Linda Jung Mr. Andrew Jupe Mr. Stephen J. Kalista & Ms. Pamela San Martin Dina Karl Ms. Erin Kasari Mr. Stephen R. Kasinetz Ms. Sara Keel Mr. Ron Keeton Nichole Kell Ms. Vivieon Kelley Allene Kelley Ms. Linda Kelly Mrs. Jane Kelly & Mr. Roger Vandyke Ms. Bonnie Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Khoury Ms. Shannon Kidwell Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer Mrs. Carol Ann Kilburn

annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of June 30, 2010.

Stage Managers $150-$249 (cont.)

Mr. Stan King Mr. & Mrs. Roland Kinser Tina Kinser Mr. Donald Kneitel & Mrs. Deborah Sunday Ms. Christi B. Kook Ms. Lisa Kopkin Mrs. & Mr. Michelle Kuperman Carol & Paul Kurtz Kimberly L Harkey Steven & Sheri Labovitz Ms. Evangeline Lane Ms. Elizabeth Laluyaux & Ms. Amelia Baer Mr. & Mrs. William H. Lamb Anicka Land Ms. Evangeline Lane Mrs. Emma G. Lankford Ms. Sandra Lanphear Chuck & Jean Larsen Ms. Jacqueline Lascala Andrea Lawrence Ms. Jill Lech Dr. Theodore M. Lee Carol Leonard Thomas C. Leslie Kenneth Lester Constance & Dale Lewis M.C. Lindsay Mr. & Mrs. Steven D. Linowes Dr. & Mrs. Mitchell S. Lippman Mrs. Joan Lipson Roxanne Locarnini Norris Locke Earl & Sharon Long Mr. Stanley Longman Russell Love Joyce & Larry Lowenstein Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lowndes, III Irene Lueckenhoff Lindy Lukert Lynn & Vaughan Lund Mrs. Oris Mack Maria Mackas & Randy Evans Ms. Crissey MacLean Ms. Jennifer MacLean Ms. Alison Main Kevin & Alva Marshall Walter & Judith Martin Ms. Rebecca Martin Mr. Rafael Martinez Ted Mauldin Mr. & Mrs. James M. May III Mr. Philip Mazzara MBC-United, LLC Ms. Natalie McCants Ms. Heather McClain

Ms. Karen McClure Mr. John McCorkle Eugene McCray Ms. Janet McCray Ms. Virginia McCurdy Mr. & Mrs. James McCurry Lockey A. McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Henry L. McDowell Mr. & Mrs. Albert S. McGhee Mr. Steven McGlocklin Ms. Teleasa McLeod Mr. & Dr. Gene McMurren Mr. & Mrs. Raymond H. McPhee Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Melendi Mr. & Mrs. David Meyer Dr.’s Price & Jacqueline Michael Heather Michael Jim & Deb Millette Eloise B. Mills The Mimms Family Blythe P. Minter Cassandra Moore Mr. John Moore Vicki & Steve Morris Mr. Jeff Morrison Mr. William Mullen Rob & Jane Murphy Mr. Michael Murray Mr. Jeff Murray Ms. Elizabeth Musick Dora Mustiga M. Carroll Myers Dr. Anthony E. Karpas Dr. & Mrs. Neil Negrin Elizabeth & Marshall Neil Ms. Anne N. Nevin Brent Nist Dianne Walton Norris Ms. Margaret O’Brien Durrette Ofosu Mr. Michael Oken Mr. Donald Olds Mr. Jim Olson & Mrs. Trish Olson Mr. James O’Neal Mr. & Mrs. William Ennis O’Neal Deborah Osterneck Ms. K.D. Outlaw Scott & Christi Owens Noel Palmer Ms. Scotty C. Pannell Ms. Virginia K. Parks & Dr. Emmanuel M. Landau Randy & Deborah Parrish DP Brokers Inc. Mr. Ronnie Payne Mr. & Mrs. Perry C. Payne Mr. Adam Payne

Shyreeta Peacox Mr. Steve M. Peck Daniel & Olivia Pedersen Dr. Jesse R. Peel, M.D. Ms. Kimberly Pelletier & Anthony Giovannitti Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Penninger Jacques & Reda Pierre Ms. Toby Pippin & Dr. Marty Tingelhoff Mr. Carlton Placeway Ms. Renee Plumb Karen & Mike Podett Del & Bob Podsiadlo Scott Porter Poly & Morrie Potter Lawrence Price Ms. Robin Pritchett Ms. Elisabeth M. Quanstrom Mr. & Mrs. Garland E. Raiford, II Mr. Andy Ray Dr. Sandra K. Rayburn Dr. Matthew Realff Tom & Cathy Reardon Melissa Reed Rob Reeves Nancy F. Reynolds Mr. Ed Rhein Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Riddell Allan & Gail Ripans Mr. Alan Ritchey Ms. Diana K. Robbins Mr. Dale Roberts Ms. Tina Robinson Saundra Robinson Kaaren D.A. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Rodbell Carol Roekclein James H. Rollins Barbara Rosekrans Vincent & Laura Rountree Jacob Rumney Ms. Vanessa Rush Monica Russell Fran Schefer Ken & Cindy Schick Ann & Marty Schneider Ms. Sandra Schoell Mary Schoerner Dixie & Larry Schoolar Morgan Schuessler Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schultz Anne & Dick Schweitzer Ms. Beverly Selby Kathleen Sheehan Maurice Shemper Anandi Sheth

Mr. Scott Shickler Milton Shlapak Ms. & Mr. Seema Shrikhande Bob & Jeanne Shulman Eve Shulmister Jane Shumway Mashaun Simon Mr. Eric Singh Mr. & Mrs. Sam Sligar Mr. Stephen Sluder Ms. Kathy Smith Mr. & Mrs. G C Smith Ms. Lara Smith David Smith Ms. India Smith Princess Lindsay Smith Frederick Smith Ms. & Mr. Elizabeth L. Southers Gregory Spangler Ms. Sharri Speer Charles Spitler Mr. Jim Spota Mrs. Phyllis Spruill Mr. & Mrs. Barry L. Spurlock Sally Stapleton Mrs. John F. Staresinich Mr. Frank Stearns Ms. Africa Stewart Ms. Leslie Strange Larry & Katrina Street Mr. & Mrs. Frank Strickland Ms. Regina Strong Mr. & Ms. Hubert Suber Ms. Linda Sutton Ms. Inez L. Sydow & Mr. Gary Kazin Kenneth & Gwendolyn Syphoe Arlene & David Taylor Murray Teichman Leslie Terek Ms. Iris Thomas-Ross Mr. Dwight A. Thompson Rebecca Thornhill Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Thrasher Ronald & Kathy Tomajko Ms. Sheila L. Tschinkel Ms. Ann P. Turner Ms. Geri E. Turner & Mr. Jack Kelley Ms. Susan Turner Mr. & Mrs. Michael Van de Planque Ms. Louisa Van Eepoel Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Van Herik Ms. Marylee Van Keuren Mr. Ryan Van Meter Scott Vanek Fredy Vargas Stephanie Vaughn Mr. Robert Veal

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Shawn Verrill Mr. Andrew Vye Mr. Kevin Wade & Mrs. Terri Jackson Wade Mr. Scott Wagner Mollie M. Wainwright Mr. Daniel Waksman Ken & Joy Walkington Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick Wallace Chris Warfield Mr. & Mrs. Mark Warr Mr. Wayne Washer Mr. Johnnie Watson III

Cynthia Weaver Steve Harvey & Marie Weaver Ms. Diane M. Weber The Weil Family Ms. Barbara Welch Drs. Sally A. West & Daniel Pollock Ms. Ann Westbrook Mr. & Mrs. Mark Weston Kellee Wheat Dr. Kate S. Wheeler & Mr. Andrew Snell Richard & Barbara Wheeler

Mr. Keith Adams Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Aldo Leslye Joy Allen Ms. Audra Feuer Mr. & Ms. Michele Aquino Dr. & Mrs. Fayette Sims, Iii Mr. & Mrs. Lee Ashby Lillie & Michael Axelrod Mr. & Mrs. William S. Backus Terri & Laury Bagen Derrick Banks Ms. Fenton Barnes Mr. Earl R. Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Baum Kathryn Scott Beckum Margaret Bellville Mrs. Ruth M. Bence Mr. & Mrs. John A. Bennett Geneva Morrell Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Berg Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Bernardino William & Brenda Beverly Biltmore Estate Wine Company Mr. Steve E. Bishop Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Bistritz Donald Black Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Blackwell Ms. Linelle M. Blais Ms. Trish Blyth Suzanne & Rob Boas Dr. Naomi Bock , M.D. Mr. Carl Bolson Ms. & Dr. Elizabeth G. Borland Nora Borne Mr. Henry H. Bowen Mr. Lorenzo Bowman Ms. Bettye G. Boyd Ms. Donna Boynton Scott & Becky Bracewell Bev Bradburn-Stern Jackie Brammer Mr. & Mrs. L. Wayne Brantley Carroll & Suzanne Bray Mr. Harvey Breier Mindi & Richard Bressler Dr. Margo A. Brinton & Mr. Eldon Park

Ambassador & Mrs. Theodore R. Britton, Jr. Dr. Harold J. Brody Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Brooks Ms. Raeann Brothers LeRoy & Polly Brownlee Ms. Janet Brumfield Carol Cook Bryant Mr. George W. Bugg, Jr. Carol Buhler Ms. Adriane Burbridge John & Hanna Burleigh Dr. Lina B. Caldwell Janas K. Calender Kimberly Cameron Tammy Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Candler, Jr. Ms. Tina Carreras Mr. & Mrs. Robert Carrick Dr. & Mrs. Hutson Carspecken Murtaza Cassoobhoy Tanisha Chavis Ms. Natalie Chestnut Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Clark Ed Clark M.V. Coffman Mr. Herbert B. Cohen Dorothy F. Coker Mr. Lawrence Collins Mr. & Mrs. R. Don Comstock Mr. & Mrs. Thurman Connell Mr. & Mrs. David R. Cornish Mrs. Eileen Corrigan Miss Jacquelyn Cowardin Mr. Gary Cowart Ms. Judy Cramer Ms. Mary J. Crawford Kevin Cunningham Mr. Keith Dailey New Creator Christian Fellowship Ms. Elaine Davis Richard & Linda Davis Bryan Davis Cari K. Dawson Mr. Fernando De Amorin Mike Dickerson

Ms. Vicki White Mr. David White Ms. Janet White Robin Whitehead Lauren & Jim Whitehurst Willie & Shirley Whitfield Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Wien Mr. & Mrs. David M. Wilkinson Mr. Ron Williams Mrs. Elmira J. Williams Ms. Carol Williams & Ms. Ann Westbrook Mr. Eric Williams

Mrs. Kristina L. Wilson Ms. Gina Wilson Ms. Deborah Wilson Donald & Angela Wynn Mr. Gary Yates Mr. Cal Yonker Chris Yoon Ms. Debra Yoshimura Nancy Jean Young Brady Young Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Zaban John & Juli Zopf Mrs. Jeanette Zukor

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Mr. Robert Diggs Dr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Dimon, III Ms. Margaret S. Dixon Mr. Dustin Dolatowski Ms. Lynn M. Donoghue Mr. Stuart Dorfman Mrs. Kathleen Dorsey Mr. Malcolm Dotson Mr. & Mrs. G. Edgar Downing, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Drake Ms. Leanne Dungan Colin Dunkley Bruce & Merrie Edelston Mr. & Mrs. James C. Edenfield Mr. & Mrs. Robert Edwards Dean & Christine Eisner Dedrey Elam Richard & Su Ellis Mr. Andy Ellise Dr. Julia Emmons Epstein Family Fund Mr. Steven F. Ethridge Miss Erin E. Evans Pat & Michael Falotico Mrs. M. C. Fergusson Mr. & Mrs. Alvin M. Ferst , Jr. Fred & Joy Flax Carrie & Tom Fletcher Mr. Walter Fluker Mrs. Dawn Forkner Senator & Mrs. Vincent D. Fort Mr. & Mrs. Steven E. Fox Sara & Robert Franco Marla Jane Franks, MD Ms. Betty F. Furst Mrs. Margaret C. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Gareis Kasimah Gee Mr. & Mrs. Roger G. Gelder Mr. & Mrs. L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Georgia Tennis Foundation Inc Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Gignoux, Jr. Mrs. Catharine Gilchrist Joseph F. Giordano Mr. William Glass & Dr. Ernestine P. Glass

Marsha & Richard Goerss Mr. Gail Goins Mr. & Mrs. Donald Gold Mr. Michael J. Goldman Judith & Robert Golomb Gunther Gossmann Mary C. Gramling Frances B. & William M. Graves Mr. Brent A. Gray Mr. William L. Green & Ms. Antoinette J. Earley Ms. Ellen M. Greer Ms. Rebecca G. Greer & Ms. Viveca Richards Steven & Dionne Grey Edward & Erika Gross Ms. Lyn Grossman Mr. & Mrs. David Guthrie Mr. & Mrs. P.F. Hagerty Mrs. Richard Hallock Ms. Carolyn B. Halls Ms. Heather Hammerstrom Mr. & Mrs. George R. Hanlon Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hansil Mr. John Harber Warren Harper Miss Susan Hawk & Miss Indira Brevick Gregory & Yolanda Head Mrs. Jennie Helderman Virginia Helms Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Mr. David Herman Carl & Pam Higginbotham Jeanne Hill Ms. Kelly Hill Carole W. Hinton Ms. Susan M. Holland Charlotte Elizabeth Hollinger Mr. Keith Hollingsworth Linda & Don Horwitz Nick & Karen Howard Ms. Marjolein Steffen Huber Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hughes Mrs. Enithie D. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. George Ickes

annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of June 30, 2010.

Production Assistants $100-$149 (cont.)

Mr. Robert Idol Mr. Louie Ingle & Dr. Tara D. Britt Ms. Mary Ishman Ms. Vicki Ivey Ms. Holly Jackson Ms. Annette Janowitz Rebecca Jarvis Ms. Gay-linn E. Jasho Mr. & Mrs. Frank Jefferson Ms. Genelle Jefferson Dr. & Mrs. Lonnie Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. Lee Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. H. Haynes Johnson Timothy & Carol Johnson Mr. & Mrs. William R. Johnson Mr. Greg Johnson Peggy B. Jonas Dr. & Mrs. L. Bevel Jones Ms. Barbara Julyan Tom Junod Ms. Kara M. Kapczynski & Mr. Erik Dorr Sharon Neulinger & Richard Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. Sidney I. Katz Rob & Kathleen Kelly Katz Erika Keyton Bob & Jane Kibler Mrs. Pat Killingsworth Dr. Joon Kim & Michelle Lee Ms. Lucy Kinnaird Mr. Dan Kohl Simon & Bobbi Kornblit Mr. & Mrs. James Lakin Frederick Landau Mr. Gerry Lane Ms. Kathleen M. Langdon Mr. Elmer Langham & Mr. Donald Bonar Lewis Larson Corinne & Gary Laskey Ms. Shirley A. Layne & Jackie McClung Ms. Barbara A. Leasure Ms. Cheryl L. Lee Dan & Cheryl Lee Ms. Melanie B. Leeth Allison Lehman Ms. Faith Levy Ms. Maria C. Liber Mark Lichtenstein Edward & Elizabeth Lindsey, Jr. Randy & Joanne Lipshutz Interactive Video Sharon & Richard Little Ms. Malinda C. Logan Ms. Gloria Logan Nat & Mary Catherine Long

Dr. & Mrs. Brandell Lovvorn Dr. & Mrs. Gary A. Ludi Shari lunsford Ms. Emily D. Lynch Christina Lynn Ms. Jean Maddox Ron Grapevine & Rosemary Magee Ms. Jacqueline Malone Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Manners Jan & Ralph Marion Ms. Sari Marmur Meryl L. Martin Gloria Mason Martin Ms. Karen Mathews Ms. Kathryn Mauldin Mr. & Mrs. Stephen McCarthy Sissel McCarthy Mack’s Fitness Center Terry & Elaine McClean Ms. Mary Lou McCloskey Mr. John F. McCue J. McDonald Patrick & Mary McNulty Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Mctier Ms. Kim Meggitt Mr. James R. Meucci Heather & Jim Michael Dr. Verle & Virginia Mickish Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Millen Dr. & Mrs. James H. Milsap Ms. Gloria J. Mims John & Sharon Minor Ms. Marci Mitzner Ken & Sherry Molee Mr. & Mrs. John L. Montag Ms. Ville’ Moore Mr. & Mrs. Peter Moraitakis Mr. Timothy J. Morta Mr. Richard Moultrie Michael & Christine Murphy Ms. Eva Murphy Rochelle & Herb Nager Ms. Renee Najour-Payne Ms. Cathy Nash Dr. Lynda Nauright Ms. Joan E. Netzel & Mr. John B. Gronwall Mr. & Mrs. Roger Neuenschwander Ms. Anne Newton Mr. & Mrs. Murva Nicholas Dr. & Mrs. Francis Noe Dr. Gerald R. Noonan Benita Norton Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Nugent Sami Nuwar Mr. Stephen J. Odom & Mrs. Ellen M. Coggeshall

Olde Saratoga Brewing Co. Mr. & Mrs. Samuel S. Olens Mrs. & Mr. Laura ONeill Benjamin & Barbara Ordover Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Ms. Cathy Pacifico Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Parker Hooper G. Pattillo Tharrow Pegues Ms. Lynda Penn Jessie Petty Mr. Mark Phillips Mr. Clive Phillips Liz & Gary Phipps Charles Pickering Mr. & Mrs. Alan Pinado Mr. Byron H. Pittman Mrs. Susan A. Plasker Ms. Monica Plummer Ms. Lynn Pollard Mr. Dameon Pope Mr. & Mrs. James T. Porter Allen & Susan Potter Laird & Kathy Prussner Mrs. Garland G. Punzalan Carol & Steve Raeber Dr. James G. Ramsay Cathy Raper Ms. Janice Rea & Mr. David Gehle Mr. Stewart Reddoch Mr. & Mrs. William R. Reed , Jr. Mr. Michael Reene Dr. Walton Reeves, Jr. & Dr. Catharine Enright Mr. Mitch Reiner Mr. Jeffrey Reznik Hayward & Janice Richardson Hope Ries Ms. Reginia J. Riffey Jameson Riley Mr. John M. Rittelmeyer, Jr. Ritz Carlton Buckhead Ronald Rogers Mr. Douglas Rohm Mr. & Ms. Craig Ronai Jennifer & Leo Rose III Lauren Rosenberg Mr. Gary Rosengreen Ms. Harriett K. Ross Sue & Allen Rothstein Mr. Leonard L. Roy, Jr. L.M. Rubin Mr. Bobby Ruffus Mr. Darryl Russ Ms. Amy Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Don E. Saliers Mrs. Linda L. Sanders

Dr. & Mrs. Rein Saral Mr. & Mrs. James Sass Mr. & Mrs. Peter Savitz Mr. & Mrs. Steve Schaefer Mr. & Mrs. Durham Schane Ms. Cheryl Pandolf Schenk Mr. & Mrs. Bill Schilling Dr. & Mrs. Stefan H. Schmieta Mr. & Mrs. Stefan Schramm Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Schrock Ms. Susan L. Schultz Ms. Katherine Schumacher The Honorable & Mrs. William B Schwartz, Jr. Ms. Martha Scott Ms. Deanne Scott & Ms. Nancy Fuentes The Scullin Family Ms. Karen Seagroves Edna R. Sell Ms. Irene Senter Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Shaffer, Jr. Susan Shelton & Dan Joslyn Mr. Thomas C. Shelton Mr. & Mrs. Henry I. Sherry Earl Shinn Mr. & Mrs. William Shiverick Mr. Mark O. Shriver, IV Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Shuping Ruth Siegel Kim & Henry J. Siegelson Ms. Marci Silverman Mrs. Stacey Silverman Mr. & Mrs. Howard L. Silvermintz Mr. Cliff Simon Betty G. Slater Dr. & Mrs. Carter Smith, Jr. Ms. Janet F. Smith Maritza Smith Seymour & Helena Solodar Mr. & Mrs. Ray Spence Mr. Joseph R. Stabile & Mr. Michael W. Dunkelberger Dr. & Mrs. David Stacy Brenton H. Steele Mr. Buddy Stein Dr. Susan Y. Stevens Thomas A. Stevens Ms. Veda Storey Mrs. Karen Storey & Mr. Paul Pitts Neal & Joanne Stubblefield Dr. & Mrs. Edward Sugarman Mr. Thomas Swaffer Mr. & Mrs. F. B. Swann Ms. Eileen Swartz Mr. & Mrs. Micky Tate

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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 community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of June 30, 2010.

Production Assistants $100-$149 (cont.)

Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Taylor S&y & Tom Teepen Amy Teller Mr. Harry Tessler & Mr. Roger Hostetler Ms. Laura G. Thatcher Lanier-Goodman Foundation Mr. William Thomas, Jr. Beverly D. Thomas Mr. James Thomas Beth Thompson Mrs. Choyce Thompson Mr. & Mrs. William Thompson Mr. Barry Thompson Paula Thrasher

Mr. Albert Thumann William Tinkler Mr. Robin G. Tornow Ms. Kimberly Tribble Ms. Bonita C. Tucker Mr. & Mrs. Frank Turner Mr. & Mrs. Wayne R. Vason Ms. Karen Vaught Mr. Paul Verhaeghen Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Voynich Mr. Kevin H. Wallace Chrissie & Jim Wayt Ms. Stacey Weiss Mavis & Jeffrey Wener Dr. & Mrs. Anon E. Westmorel&

Mr. & Mrs. D. K. Wheeler Adrienne Davis Whitehead Ms. Karen B. Wible Mr. & Ms. George A. Wieder Mr. Don Williams Betty M. Williams Ms. Donna Williams Mr. Cosco E. Williams Ms. Dawn Williams Ms. Barbara B. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Brent L. Wilson Ms. Pamela Wilson Brent & Trojanell Wilson Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan D. Winner Dr. & Mrs. George B. Wirth

Mr. Jim Wood Anne Workman Honey & Howard Workman Mr. & Mrs. Bill Worth Amanda Wuest Ms. Sally Yates Mary & Tim R. Yoder Ms. Linda Young Jennifer Yuhaschek Dr. & Mrs. Feroze A. Yusufji Ellen & Seth Zimmer Mr. John Zintak & Mrs. Nancy R. Zintak

Legacy Society The following are members of the Legacy Society who are ensuring the future strength of the Alliance Theatre through planned gifts to benefit the Theatre. The Legacy Society is the special recognition group for those who have included the Theatre or any component of the Woodruff Arts Center in their estate plans. For more information about making a planned gift to benefit the Alliance Theatre, please contact Kristin Hathaway Hansen, Associate Director of Development, 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 Ramona & Ben White Lynne Winship

Matching Gift Companies We would like to thank the following companies who have donated matching gifts to the Alliance Theatre’s Annual Fund. Please check to see if your employer will match your contribution.

American Express Company American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Aon Corporation AT&T Bank of America Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Charles Schwab and Co., Inc. Chubb & Son, Inc. CIGNA Corporation Citigroup Foundation

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Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust Greene-Sawtell Foundation ★★★★★★★ $100,000+ AirTran Airways Bank of America Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding LLP KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Marcus Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore Foundation Novelis, Inc. Regions Financial Corporation The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation and Wachovia Bank, A Wells Fargo Company The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund ★★★★★★ $75,000+ Holder Construction Company The Home Depot Foundation The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation ★★★★★ $50,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Cisco Coca-Cola Enterprises Delta Air Lines ING Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Primerica Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

★★★★ $35,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Lisa & Joe Bankoff Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. GE Energy GMT Capital Corporation The Imlay Foundation, Inc. INVESCO PLC Norfolk Southern Foundation SCANA Energy Siemens Industry, Inc. Harris A. Smith Troutman Sanders LLP Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. ★★★ $25,000+ Assurant Atlanta Companies Assurant Solutions Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Foundation BDO Seidman, LLP Brysan Utility Contractors, Inc. Crawford & Company Drummond Company, Inc. Eisner Family Foundation First Data Corporation Genuine Parts Company Georgia-Pacific IBM Corporation Philip I. Kent Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Livingston Foundation, Inc. Karole F. Lloyd Macy’s Foundation McKinsey & Company, Inc. Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc.

J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust Mary & Craig Ramsey Rock-Tenn Company Richard D. Shirk Southwire Company Spectrum Brands Towers Watson Waffle House, Inc. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Waste Management Charitable Foundation Yancey Bros. Co. ★★ $15,000+ 22squared, inc.

ACE Charitable Foundation Acuity Brands, Inc. AGCO Corporation Alix Partners Arnall Golden Gregory LLP The Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors Atlanta Marriott Marquis Julie & Jim Balloun BB&T Corporation Beaulieu Group, LLC The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta, Georgia Bryan Cave LLP Buck Consultants Capital Guardian Trust Company CB Richard Ellis Center Family Foundation Mrs. Bunny Center Mr. Charles Center

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene Berman The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Cousins Properties Incorporated Ann & Jeff Cramer DLA Piper Duke Realty Corporation Exide Technologies Fifth Third Bank Ford & Harrison LLP John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Gas South, LLC Georgia Natural Gas Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke The Howell Fund, Inc. ICS Contract Services, LLC Infor Global Solutions J. Mack Robinson Interests Jenny & Phil Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation David & Jennifer Kahn Family Foundation Sarah & Jim Kennedy Kurt P. Kuehn Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Mohawk Industries, Inc. Mueller Water Products, Inc. Noonan Family Foundation Vicki R. Palmer The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation David M. Ratcliffe Frances & Jesse A. Sasser, Jr.

Selig Enterprises, Inc./ The Selig Foundation Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Superior Essex Inc. TriMont Real Estate Advisors, Inc. United Distributors, Inc. WATL/WXIA/Gannett Foundation John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Carla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation The Xerox Foundation Donor listing as of June 3, 2010

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alliance theatre staff Artistic Jennings Hertz, Jr. Artistic Director........................................... Susan V. Booth The Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth.....................................................Rosemary Newcott Associate Producer.....................................................................Jody Feldman Director of New Projects................................................................Celise Kalke Artistic & Literary Associate................................................... Patrick McColery Community Engagement & Casting....................................... DayRon J. Miles Artistic Intern.....................................................................................William Illg Literary Interns.........................Alaina Jobe, Kate Johnsen, Adam Levinthal 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 Education Manager............................................................ Christopher Moses Education Associate & Producer of Drama Camps ............. Christina Dresser Institute for Educators & Teaching Artists Assistant.....................Padgett Ward Education Assistant.....................................................................Rachel Jones Resident Teaching Artists..................Kim Bowers-Rheay, Valletta Anderson Teaching Artists...........................................Beth Anderson, Paul Armbruster, John Doyle, Sharon Foote, Allison Gardner, Kim Geter, Holly Godwin, Angie Harrell, Michelle McCullough Hazard, Jennifer Hebblethwaite, Laura Heckman, Lesley Howe, BJ Hughes, Jan Jensen, Carol Jones, Kirsten King, LeeAnna Lambert, Bethany Lind, Elizabeth Neidel, Barry Stewart Mann, Nancy Meyer, Jessica Muhammad, Karen Ramps, Claire Ritzler, Kirk Harris Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Karen Shirley, John Stephens, Sheri Mann Stewart, Randy Taylor

Administration General Manager...................................................................... Max Leventhal Company Manager..................................................................Laura Thruston Manager of Information Resources............................................... Jim Hubbert Finance Finance Controller........................................................................ Brian Shively Accounting Coordinator......................................................................Julie Hall Accounting Coordinator..........................................................Ashley Bradford Development Development Consultants......................................Linda Selig, Lynda Walker Associate Director of Development.........................Kristin Hathaway Hansen Major Contributions Manager......................................................... Ann Wilson Annual Fund Coordinator.....................................................Rebecca Bowden Events Coordinator & Board Administrator........................Lindsey Hardegree Grants Manager......................................................................Davia Weatherill Development Volunteers.....................................Elaine Hentschel, Don Vann Marketing Director of Marketing................................................................... Virginia Vann Associate Director of Marketing.......................................................Joe Gfaller E-marketing Specialist....................................................................John Maley Associate Director of Group Sales .......................................Quidana Bosman Group Sales Assistant.............................................................. Laura Peacock Associate Director of Patron Services............................................... Shana Orr Assistant House Manager...............................................................Ken McNeil House Managers............................................................ Dana Hylton Calabro, Christina Dresser, Lindsey Hardegree, DayRon Miles, Charles Swint, Lynn Vatter Assistant Manager Subcriptions................................................Danielle Hicks Senior Ticket Agents.........................Jerry Hunter, Chad Martin, Ken McNeil Marketing Intern..........................................................................Janie Willison

Production Production Management Production Manager...............................................................Rixon Hammond Stage Management Alliance Stage Managers.....................................Pat A. Flora, lark hackshaw, R. Lamar Williams TYF Stage Manager.......................................................................Liz Campbell TYA Stage Management Assistant.......................................... 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 Electrics Electrics Manager..............................................................................Pete Shinn Staff Electricians...................................................Larry Bauer, Sean Hamilton, Steve Jordan Sound Resident Sound Designer............................................................. Clay Benning Sound Engineers/Board Ops............................. Holly Blakely, Brian Smith, Jessica Weeks Scenery Technical Director.......................................................................Victor W. Smith Assistant Technical Director............................................................. Megan Kier Shop Foreman............................................................................Patrick Conley Carpenters......................................Manny Abreo, Jes Cottrell, Kevin Green, Travis Williams Charge Scenic Artist......................................................................... Kat Conley Scenic Artist..................................................................................... Phillip Male Properties Properties Manager...................................................................... Robert Elliott Props Lead Artisan.......................................................... Dana Hylton Calabro Properties Buyer................................................................. Heather Schroeder Properties Artisan.............................Blake Anderson, Alexandra Hernandez, Suzanne Morris, Chad Rickel

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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......Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Maegan Robinson Wig Master....................................................................................Karin Craven Wardrobe................................................................Kate McNeely, Niki Traxler Additional Labor Costume Assistants.......................................... Becky Bodurtha, David Kaley Costume Intern......................................................................Landis McAdams Drapers . ............................Vivienne Friedman, Carmen Gee, Marc Happel, Marianne Krostyne, Elaine McBennett Tailors.. Marsha Cole, Rachel Parks, San Francisco Opera Costume Shop Stitchers....... Melinda Brown, Tatiana Hanke, Brett Parker, Reynolds Russ Dressers............................................................................................John Hardy Additional Staff Production Associate..................................................................Lorraine Rennie Producer Intern.........................................................................Bernard Jackson Assistant to Ms. Seward . ................................................................ Trisha Curry Assistant to Ms. Clark........................................................................ Dave Perrin Assistant to Mr. Goddard ............................................................Sandy DeLapp Assistant to Mr. Candlish..............................................Christina Argirokastritis Assistant to Ms. Allen ..................................................................Krystal Adams Travel...........................................Plaza Travel/Laura Leder & Phyllis Drapkin Travel....................................................................Road Concierge/Lisa Morris Legal.........................................................................................Chandler Warren Legal................................................... Grubman, Indursky & Shire/Gil Karson Credits Sound and Projection Equipment provided by Sound Associates; Lighting Equipment provided by Hudson Lighting & Sound; Flying Effects provided by D2 Flying Effects; Drums provided by Avatar Events; Keyboards and Computers provided by Cohen Keyboards; Out of town children’s housing provided by Adam Jaffe; Selected furniture pieces provided by Consignment Furniture Depot.

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