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2 | a letter Welcome to the tent – aka the sort of light at the almost end of the really weird tunnel.

Since shutting down our physical theater in March of 2020, The Alliance has been in full tilt morph mode. We’ve become producers of drive-in theatre. Streamers of animated film.

Explorers and exploders of all things Zoom. Creators of drive in theatre staged in shipping containers. You name it, we took a swing at it. And there have been some moments of terrific agility and innovation that made me exponentially more proud than I already was of the people with whom I get to work.

Flipping rock stars, these folks.

But. Heart of hearts?

I’m old school. Above all else in this art form, I love most the fact that the artists and the audience are in common space on a common pursuit to create an hour or two of human community. To wrestle in real time with the real truths and joys and sorrows of our shared time on the planet. This work is so messy and wonderful and ephemeral – and it has been missed.

So. Whether you’re here to hear the stories and songs of the American worker (and – unique to this production – of the Atlanta worker), or whether you’re here with your family for the music of some truly beautiful blackbirds or the troubadour musings of Woody Guthrie, or if you’re here to celebrate the artistry of Atlanta’s own Sister Omelika, Tyrone Jackson, or the brilliant work of Tiny Theatre – welcome. For reasons of emotional health as well as physical health, the entrances to this tent are WIDE open.

Come in. Join us. Welcome for the first time, welcome back for the 40th time.

If you squint – you can just about see the light.

Susan V. Booth Jennings Hertz Artistic Director

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ATLANTA, IN OUR OWN WORDS Essential workers of our city tell their own stories in Working STORY BY

Sally Henry Fuller In this version of Working: A Musical by Stephen Schwartz, the Broadway writer has collaborated with director/co-adapter Tamilla Woodard to tailor this production specifically to Atlanta. In the hands of Woodard, this specificity was inevitable.

“When we first started talking about Working,” shares the coadapter/director “one of the things that I thought would be really magnificent was to go ahead and really transform the piece to be sitespecific, which is the kind of work

that I normally do. I create work that literally is specific to a site, specific to a community, built out of the community and in conversations with the community.”

The legacy of Working has the fingerprints of multiple writers, including Schwartz, Mary Rogers, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, who have contributed to revisions over the years. So continuing the tradition of revising it for each new edition, Woodard has added her fingerprints to the legacy.

4 | encore “As we were snooping through the play, figuring out what the material could be, as we put stuff in, some stuff had to come out because we’ve got a 55-minute show. As I sent [Schwartz] my first version of the script, which took away like, 45% of his text and replaced it, I was like, ‘Insert here, Atlanta UPS driver,’ ‘insert here an Uber driver,’ and ‘insert here Atlanta teachers’ voices.’”

Woodard not only got Schwartz’s blessing for her Atlanta-based revisions, but he said “Yes” to a commission request.

“He's been amazing and such a great advisor in terms of how to maintain the integrity of the original piece and also make sure that it feels hyper-local,” she says.

“We've got a brand new song that's been created for Atlanta. I'm very excited!”

She says in a show that is already about the people who make big cities like Atlanta run, it was important to her to bring out the unique journeys our Atlanta workers have been going on as Atlantans.

“So then we're not just thinking about a construction worker or a waitress,” she shares. “But we're thinking about the people who call Atlanta home and who are the laborers who keep the city going, and especially who have kept the city going when we've been through

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this particular crisis. They're the ones that have no choices about whether they go to work or not.”

Woodard says basing this production on the community involved looking at not just what the writers know about Atlanta workers, but what Atlanta workers say about themselves.

“The new song is about Atlanta rockstars — people who are community advocates, from unionizing to voters’ rights to Latino alliances, to battered women, to all the people who are literally making change happen inside of their 15 mile radius. That's significant for the people that they represent.”

The Alliance Theatre put out a call to Atlantans, asking teachers, community organizers, and more

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to contribute stories about their experiences working in the city.

From there, they also recorded themselves singing lines from the show which can be heard in each performance of Working under the tent.

“It is truly all hands on deck. I mean, all of Atlanta is part of the storytelling. As many people as we can get onstage — you know, we can't get them physically on stage, but we can get their voices on stage. That's really what we're after.”

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Throughout this process, Woodard has deeply appreciated getting to be immersed in musical theatre again.

“There’s no greater joy. I always feel so freaking lucky to be in a room where they're singing all day long.

Oh my God! It's so lovely to go home to rehearsal.”

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THE COLOR OF RHYTHM IN THE AIR Songwriter Eugene H. Russell IV reflects on the experience of setting Beautiful Blackbird to music STORY BY

Sally Henry Fuller

because as a father of little ones...

I don't know. Some kids’ music can be so annoying, I’m sorry,” the artist says with a laugh. “But I wanted something that grooved that was fun enough for the kids but funky enough for the parents. You know what I'm saying?” So out came the tunes to Beautiful Blackbird, which sit in a genre of “funky, soulful, family music.”

As a father of two, Eugene Russell IV is quite familiar with the landscape of children’s music. And when he set out to write Beautiful Blackbird, he knew his music had to have much more flare. Mostly, it needed more funk.

“I purposely went for something that adults would like as well,

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Russell made a name for himself in Atlanta theatre as an actor, but after releasing solo songs of his own and playing instruments in a few plays and musicals, his first opportunity to actually compose for the Atlanta stage came along with none other than the Alliance’s original 2017 production of Beautiful Blackbird.

Alliance’s Director of Education Chris Moses approached Russell to compose the score, and the two were in sync about the vision immediately.

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Costume Designs by Lex Liang “When [Chris] came to me about the show, I wanted to write the music for it. And I said, ‘Listen, Chris, I don’t write traditional theatre music. That's not my thing — that traditional musical theater sound.’ He said, ‘Good, because that's not what I want. I want you to do what you do.’ And I said, ‘Cool!’” The two practically finished each other’s sentences through the creative process as one would suggest an idea and the other would adamantly agree. “I said, ‘You want funky? I’ll give you funky.’”

So as a composer, what goes into choosing “funky, soulful, family music” as the best genre with which to tell this story? Russell says the original book dictated its own musical needs to him.

“When you look at the book that inspired Beautiful Blackbird, the book by Ashley Bryan, the rhythms are obvious. And the colors as well.

There's something about the colors that said funk to me, as well as the rhythm of the language.”

Russell’s songs come from a place of knowing his source material and end goal so well that he follows the needs of the piece itself.

“It’s fun because you get to say, ‘Okay, let's see where this piece takes me!’ Often, if you kind of get out of the way as the composer, songs will write themselves,” he says excitedly. “And I don't mean that literally; I wish it was that easy! But if you keep yourself out of it and keep the stories centered, then the story will inform you of what the sound should be, and it will only make sense. I'm like, ‘Oh my goodness, of course, that makes sense! Of course this should be in 5/4 time! Of course this needs this instrument or that instrument, because that only makes sense!”

8 | encore Beautiful Blackbird has always held a special place in his heart because not only was it his debut as an Atlanta theatre composer, but he got to work on it with his wife who was the dramaturg. And as the icing on the cake, their toddlers joined them in the rehearsal room.

“At that time — they’re six and four now — but my two little girls were probably, like, three and one. So that was so cool because number one, they got to be in the theatre environment, but number two, they got to see Mommy and Daddy work.

And they loved it at the Alliance. It was great.”

As Beautiful Blackbird gets its wings on a performance space again, Russell has a few things to look forward to, starting with the fact that he gets to join the band this time around.

“I love composing and being the music director,” he says, referring to the roles he took on in the 2017 production. “But there were times

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when everybody looked like they were having so much fun, you know? And I wanted to play! So I'm excited about being in the midst of other musicians and playing music and having my babies there. I'm really excited about that.”

Most of all, he has been looking forward to the encouragement he hopes the words of the piece will bring to audiences. “[The lyrics are] so empowering.

They’re so needed. There are so many black babies that need these words right now. There are so many other kids that need these words.

There are so many adults that need these words right now! I think the message in it is unapologetic and it's a reminder of the beauty of who you are and how you were made.

And in a time where there are a lot of things to be down about or to blame yourself for, I think we need these words in the air. So I'm looking most forward to putting these words in the air again.”

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THE ALLIANCE THEATRE Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director & Mike Schleifer, Managing Director present

INSPIRED BY THE NEWBERY MEDAL-WINNING BOOK BY

ASHLEY BRYAN

AND BY THE BERNHARDT THEATRE FOR THE VERY YOUNG PRODUCTION BEAUTIFUL BLACKBIRD BY THEROUN PATTERSON & DONYA WASHINGTON MUSIC AND MUSIC DIRECTION BY

EUGENE H. RUSSELL, IV

COSTUME DESIGNER

LEX LIANG

SOUND DESIGNER

CLAY BENNING

STAGE MANAGER

R. LAMAR WILLIAMS* TENT SERIES SPONSORED BY

THE CHARLES E. LORIDANS FOUNDATION

This production is supported in part by the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle.

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CAST *EUGENE H. RUSSELL, IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lovebird *ALEXANDRIA JOY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fly Bird ALI BARR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blackbird DENIS COFER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Low Bird BRANDON A. THOMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Bird FOR THIS PRODUCTION AMANDA PEREZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Production Assistant NIKI TRAXLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe HAYLEE SCOTT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COVID Coordinator WILLIE PARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stagehand STEVE JORDAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting Programmer GRAHAM SCHWARTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mixer *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Alliance Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union.

The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young Audiences (ASSITEJ/USA), The Atlanta Coalition of Theatres, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Midtown Alliance.

Photos may be taken in the theater before the performance, during intermission, and following the performance. If you share your photos, please credit the designers.

Photos, videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited, is a violation of United States Copyright Law, and is an actionable Federal Offense.

Synopsis: Atlanta's favorite feathered funk band is back! Featuring original music composed by Eugene H. Russell IV and inspired by Ashley Bryan's children's book BEAUTIFUL BLACKBIRD, this family friendly concert will have you on your feet celebrating the uniqueness of each and every one of us. Shake your tailfeathers and dance to the music!

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12 | encore EUGENE H. RUSSELL IV* (Lovebird) is excited to have the Blackbird band back together! Born and raised in Southwest Atlanta, he’s a multi-talented vocalist, musician, songwriter, and awardwinning actor. As a saxophonist, he’s played in bands opening for the likes of George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Boyz II Men, KC & the Sunshine Brand, Brand New Heavies, and Mother’s Finest. Having recently composed the music for the Alliance’s acclaimed animated short Sit-In, Eugene also had the honor of producing the Beautiful Blackbird original cast recording. He has decades of stage performance credits, one of which garnered him the prestigious Woodie King, Jr. Award, and onscreen credits that include the TV series MacGyver, Star, and Tyler Perry’s The Oval. A recording artist with roots in soul, gospel, jazz and hip-hop, you can find Eugene IV’s latest single, “Brand New Day,” on all streaming platforms.

ALEXANDRIA JOY* (Fly Bird) is proud and honored to return to the Alliance Theatre after Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience. Recent credits: Ella Enchanted (Synchronicity Theatre), Jekyll and Hyde (Atlanta Lyric), HAIR (Serenbe Playhouse), Ragtime (Serenbe Playhouse). TV/Film: “Lovecraft Country.” Graduate of the Serenbe Playhouse Apprenticeship.

B.F.A. Theatre, Emphasis Musical Theatre at Valdosta State University.

Special thanks to my family and my adoring fiancé for always believing in me and supporting my dreams.

ALI BARR (Blackbird) was born in Philadelphia and raised primarily in New York City. He began playing music when he was eight years old.

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He received his first instruction on the trumpet under the tutelage of Jerry Gonzales, leader of the Fort Apache Band. He attended Temple University in Philadelphia and began serious study of the trumpet with Robert "Boysie" Lowery and Johnny Coles. While in Botswana, he studied briefly with Hugh Masekela, a close family friend. Along with Masekela, Ali has played with bassist Milt Hinton, Jerry Gonzales, Jamaledeen Tacuma, Zhane, Duane Eubanks, Julie Dexter, Brian Hogans, Orrin Evans, Wadud, The Common Ground Collective, Dionne Farris, and a host of jazz greats. He has recorded and performed extensively with Grammy nominated Russell Gunn, Roy Ayers, Jamaledeen Tacuma, the Ogya World Music Band, and with the Common Ground Collective. He recently performed with the Ogya World Music Band at the Bonnaroo Festival.

Lately, Ali has tried his hand at acting as the lead in Blackbird at Alliance Theatre, as well as being apart of the Black Nativity play by the Dominion Group. Ali continues to be a calledupon trumpeter and percussionist locally in Atlanta as well as a performer for major music festivals worldwide.

DENIS COFER (Low Bird) is thrilled to be making music at the Alliance Theatre!

BRANDON A. THOMAS (High Bird) is from Atlanta, Georgia. He's currently on tour with Leon Bridges, but in the past has worked with artists such as Angie Stone, Ginuwine, Danny Boy, Chantae Cann, Tony Terry, and Kindred and the Family Soul. He has produced for artists such as Justice League, Rico Love, Manny Fresh/T.I., Parker Rehgile, and Childish Major.

His handle on all accounts is @ BrandonAThomas R. LAMAR WILLIAMS* (Stage Manager) is an Atlanta native who

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studied theatre at Florida A&M University’s Essential Theatre. His 20 year tenure at the Alliance has included stage managing Hospice/ Pointing at the Moon, The Temple Bombing, Choir Boy, Bike America, The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, 18 years of The Palefsky Collision Project and assistant stage managing a slew of great shows.

Rodney is opening a new frontier in his career with Dramaturgy and Directing. For Sensei, JDawn, Chelsea & Solari and all humanity — “changing the world 1 play @ a time!”

LEX LIANG (Costume Designer) Lex is ecstatic to be back at the Alliance, where he previously designed clothes for Candide, Troubadour, What I Learned in Paris, In Love and Warcraft, Into the Woods, and many others. NYC/Off-Broadway: 50+ productions—recent work includes Antigone, Nine Circles, and The Bacchae. Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Asolo, Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Dallas Theatre Center, Denver Center, Geva Theatre, The Guthrie, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Woolly Mammoth, and others. He is the founder and owner of LDC Design Associates, an experiential event design and production company in NYC. Recent projects include Ubuntu Pathways: Fight For Good, Operation Smile’s 35th Anniversary Gala, The Tony Awards Gala, and BCBG’s 30 Year Retrospective, NYFW 2019.

Member, United Scenic Artists-829. www.LexLiang.com CLAY BENNING (Sound Design) Resident Sound Designer for the Alliance Theatre and has designed more than 150 productions in his career, with over 100 for the Alliance.

Recent works include Candide, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Small

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Mouth Sounds, and Max Makes A Million. Other design work has included Georgia Shakespeare, Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Geva Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre, and the Georgia Aquarium. Awards: Seven Suzi Bass awards for outstanding sound design with 16 nominations.

He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (BA), North Carolina School of the Arts (MFA) and a member of IATSE/USA829 and TSDCA. CHRISTOPHER MOSES (Dan Reardon Director of Education & Associate Artistic Director) Chris has been working in professional theatre education for over 15 years. In January of 2011, Chris took on the position of Director of Education at the Alliance Theatre, overseeing the Alliance Theatre Institute (twice recognized as an Arts Model by the Federal Department of Education), Theatre for Youth & Families, and the Acting Program. Under his leadership, the Alliance launched its Theatre for the Very Young program, which provides fully interactive professional theatre experiences for children of all abilities from ages 18 months to 5 years old, the Alliance Teen Ensemble, which performs world premier plays commissioned for and about teens, and Alliance@ work, a professional development program designed for the business sector—the latest offering of which uses theatre practice to create a culture of civility in the workplace. In 2014, Chris added the title Associate Artistic Director, and has continued to expand the Alliance’s education offerings. Chris serves as a board member for TYA/USA, the national service organization for Theatre for Youth, and Working Title Playwrights and is on the Board of Advisors for the Atlanta Speech School, and the Atlanta Public School’s Partners for Education.

14 | encore SUSAN V. BOOTH (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Palefsky Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab and commercial partnerships on such projects as The Prom; Tuck Everlasting; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. She has directed nationally at the Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others.

She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation.

She has held teaching positions at Northwestern, DePaul and Emory universities and is a past President of the board of directors for the Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for the field.

Booth’s leadership is underwritten by the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, an initiative to support and promote women’s theater leadership funded by The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation.

She is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.

MIKE SCHLEIFER (Managing Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2014 as General Manager, and in 2016 became Managing Director.

While at the Alliance, Schleifer has led the administrative team on more than 50 productions and was one of the architects of the “On the Road” season, in which the Alliance produced 12 shows at 12 venues. He is proud to have started the Alliance’s Equity, Diversity and

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Inclusion Committee and to serve on the League of Resident Theatre’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative. Previously, he spent 13 years at Baltimore’s Center Stage, working as Associate Producer, Production Manager and Resident Stage Manager. While in Baltimore, he spent seven years as an adjunct faculty member at Towson University and guest lectured all over the East Coast. Schleifer began his career as a Stage Manager and has dozens of stage-management credits in New York and regionally. He is married to theater director and educator Laura Hackman and is the proud father of two boys, Jack and Ben.

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E XPERIENCE YOUR S TORY. Let the story move you. We welcome your reactions — laughter, tears, gasps, applause, and more — throughout the show.

RESPEC T YOUR S TAGE. Immerse yourself in the experience. We ask that you please silence your cellphones and other electronic devices.

SHARE YOUR S TORY. PRESERVE YOUR S TAGE. Feel free to take photos or videos before or after the show! Share on social with #AllianceTheatre.

However, we do kindly ask that you refrain from taking pictures, recording audio, or capturing video during the performance.

Our stories are not simply told for you, but with you.

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THE ALLIANCE THEATRE Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director Mike Schleifer, Managing Director present

WORKING: A MUSICAL STUDS TERKEL ADAPTED BY STEPHEN SCHWARTZ AND NINA FASO FROM THE BOOK BY

WITH ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY GORDON GREENBERG SONGS BY

CRAIG CARNELIA MICKI GRANT LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA MARY RODGERS AND SUSAN BIRKENHEAD STEPHEN SCHWARTZ JAMES TAYLOR SCENIC DESIGN

KAT CONLEY MUSIC DIRECTION

BRANDON BUSH

COSTUME DESIGNER

SHILLA BENNING

LX DESIGNER

BEN RAWSON

CASTING DIRECTOR

JODY FELDMAN

SOUND DESIGNER

CLAY BENNING STAGE MANAGER

LIZ CAMPBELL*

ORCHESTRATIONS BY

ALEX LACAMOIRE DIRECTED BY

TAMILLA WOODARD WORKING-2012 Revised Version is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International [MTI]. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, New York, NY. Tel: 212-541-4684. Fax: 212-397-4684. www.mtishows.com TENT SERIES SPONSORED BY

THE CHARLES E. LORIDANS FOUNDATION

This production is supported in part by the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle.

18 | encore CAST *JEWL CARNEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble 2 *COURTENAY COLLINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ensemble 3 *ROB LAWHON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble 6 *TAWANA MONTGOMERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble 1 *BRAD RAYMOND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ensemble 5 *EDDY RIOSECO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble 4 UNDERSTUDIES MARCELLO AUDINO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understudy Ensemble 4 JAYMYRIA ETIENNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understudy Ensemble 1 BRANDON PARTRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understudy Ensemble 6 TREVOR PERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understudy Ensemble 5 DANIELA SANTIAGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understudy Ensemble 2 HEATHER STATHAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understudy Ensemble 3 MUSIC STELLO CLARK . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Music Director/Conductor/Keyboard JEN HODGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bass Q ROBINSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drums JOEL POWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Backup Bass ZACK ALBETTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backup Drums STAGE MANAGEMENT ASHLEY DICKEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Production Assistant VALERIE MEDOFF . . . . . . . Rehearsal Stage Management Production Assistant PRODUCTION AND DESIGN ASSISTANCE ALEXIS WOODARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director HAUZIA CONYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe SKYLAR BURKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Associate HAYLEE SCOTT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COVID Coordinator WILLIE PARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stagehand VICTOR MOULEDOUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stagehand WILL BRUNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting Programmer EMMA LIPSITT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mixer MARGARITA KOMPELMAKHER . . . . . . Community Source Material Coordinator

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The Alliance Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union.

The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young Audiences (ASSITEJ/USA), The Atlanta Coalition of Theatres, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Midtown Alliance.

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Synopsis: From the book by Studs Terkel. Adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, with additional contributions by Gordon Greenberg. Songs by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodgers and Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz, and James Taylor. Directed by Tamilla Woodard.

“Everyone should have something to point to, something to be proud of.” WORKING: A Musical explores what makes our work meaningful across all walks of life. Whether it be in an office, a restaurant, your home, or you’ve retired, this musical reminds us to celebrate not only what we do, but how we do it. With original songs by Lin-Manual Miranda, Stephen Schwartz, and James Taylor, the Alliance Theatre’s concert staging of WORKING will premiere as part of the Under the Tent series.

20 | encore JEWL CARNEY* (Ensemble 2) was born and raised in Hawaii.

She left at the age of 16 to join the second National Tour of Miss Saigon as Kim. From there, she went on to play the role of Nala in The Lion King at The Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. After getting into the musical scene as a session/ demo singer, solo artist & song writer, she took time out to become mom to two little Carneys kids. "Michael, Shine and Free my life is more beautiful, blessed, full and completely chaotic with you in it.

Here we go.”

COURTENAY COLLINS* (Ensemble 3) is thrilled to be returning to the Alliance after celebrating the holidays on The Hertz Stage in the comfort of her own faux living room with all of her best friends in her show Courtenay's Cabaret. The Prom (Broadway); The Prom, Cinderella and Fella, The Geller Girls, Jacques Brel…, Into the Woods, Smart Cookie, Managing Maxine (Alliance); Calendar Girls, Hello Dolly!, Comedy of Tenors (GET); Catch Me if You Can, Evita, (Atlanta Lyric); Eating Raoul (Off Broadway); Ken Hill’s The Phantom of the Opera (National Tour); Beauty and the Beast (Toronto). Recordings: Nightingale, One For My Baby, A Merry Little Christmas. Education: Converse College, Juilliard Drama Division. In her spare time, she teaches private lessons and makes jewelry and other ephemera.

Instagram: @courtenay.collins ROB LAWHON* (Ensemble 6) is beyond delighted to be back at the Alliance Theatre!

Other Alliance credits

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include The Wizard of Oz, Pancakes, Pancakes!, Charlotte’s Web, Songs to Grow On, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, and Troubadour. He can be seen in locally-filmed TV shows like Sleepy Hollow, The Resident, and Star. “Special thanks to Rosemary Newcott, the brothers DePoy, my family, and to my son Gibson, who I love more than anything else in the whole wide world.”

TAWANA MONTGOMERY* (Ensemble 1) is originally from New York where she performed in several arenas such as the 23rd Street Playhouse, the Olympic Theatre and Waldorf Astoria, just to name a few.

She graduated from New York University. After moving to Atlanta, she has worked on productions such as Black Nativity, Spunk, and Baptism

By Fire. Tawana is thrilled to have this opportunity, and looks forward to working with the Alliance Theatre on this production of Working!

BRAD RAYMOND* (Ensemble 5) is so excited to be returning to the Alliance Theatre after his 10th production of A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play!

Brad has performed as an actor, singer or conductor at some of the art world’s most esteemed institutions including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Light Opera Works of Chicago, the Ravinia Festival, Arena Stage, The Broad Stage, The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Opera, Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre, Theater Emory, Horizon Theatre and Spivey Hall.

Some of Brad’s favorite roles include: Homer in Lilies of the Field, Fetch in Fetch, Clay Make Man, Ronald in Born For This and the Suzi Bass Award winning performance as Blue in

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Chasin Dem Blues. Brad is also an award-winning audio-book narrator; so the unique nature of this year’s production is right in his wheelhouse.

If you like listening to Brad’s voice, you can go to Audible.com or Apple Books to hear more.

proudly represented by People Store here in Atlanta. All of the love & gratitude to the Alliance for this opportunity and to my family and friends who support me. Welcome back to the theatre, it's a pleasure to have you back in the audience!

EDDY RIOSECO* (Ensemble 4) was most recently seen onstage at the Pasadena Playhouse in God Looked Away opposite Al Pacino and Judith Light. He is a Cuban American native of Miami, Florida where he attended New World School of the Arts High School. Upon graduating, he received a full scholarship for acting to the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University. In New York City, he quickly began his career with leading roles in Wicked, Mamma Mia, and Fame. He landed his first job in television as Mae Whitman’s boyfriend, Damien, in NBC’s Parenthood. Eddy also starred in the pilot Hacienda Heights as Jesse Garcia. His most recent film credits include leads in Chasity Bites, As You Like It, and The Dark Place. He sang in the 85th Annual Academy Awards with the cast of Les Miserables and was one of five actors chosen to perform in ABC’s Diversity Showcase.

He continues to pursue tv, film and theater in his new hometown, Atlanta.

JAYMYRIA ETIENNE; She/Her (Understudy Ensemble 1) is so thankful to be performing again with a phenomenal cast.

Previous Atlanta credits include Bright Star (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), In My Granny's Garden (Alliance Theatre), Christmas With The Crawford’s (Out Front Theatre), Jekyll & Hyde, Oliver! (Atlanta Lyric Theatre), Three Little Birds (Synchronicity Theatre), Damn Yankees (Theatre Buford).

Educational: Flyin’ West, Once On This Island, Mary Poppins, In The Heights (Gainesville Theatre Alliance). Jaymyria wants to thank her best friends and family for their unwavering support. @Jaymyria

MARCELLO AUDINO (Understudy Ensemble 4) is so grateful to be back on stage at the Alliance! You may have previously seen him as La Tortuga in La Tortuga and The Hare. More recent credits around Atlanta including Newsies, On Your Feet!, and Men with Money at Aurora Theatre. Marcello also regularly appears in commercials, television shows, and voice overs and is

BRANDON PARTRICK (Understudy Ensemble 6) I'm grateful to have a second experience working with Alliance, having also performed with Theatrical Outift, Synchronicity, 7 Stages, and many more theatres in Atlanta. You can hear me play guitar every Monday at my house, if you happen to be a neighbor of mine.

Love to all my folks, and to my wife Jen! TREVOR RAYSHAY PERRY; They/Them (Understudy Ensemble 5) Previous Atlanta credits include: Pythio in Head Over Heels (Actor’s Express), Desmond Channing in Diva Live From Hell (Out Front Theatre) , Eat Moe in Five Guys

22 | encore Named Moe (Theatrical Outfit), and The Emcee in The Red Room Cabaret (The Alliance Theatre). Trevor is a graduate of Western Carolina University with a B.F.A. in Theatre with a concentration in acting. While there, they studied with Broadway legend Terrence Mann. They would like to thank their partner Nicholas for all of his support and love! They would also love to dedicate this show to the memory to their mother Maxine. Follow them @ MusicklyGifted on Instagram.

DANIELA SANTIAGO (Understudy Ensemble 2) is an emerging theatre artist, native to Atlanta, Georgia. After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting with the Gainesville Theatre Alliance, she performed on an international tour with the Missoula Children's Theatre and now dedicates her time on her passions of representation in the arts and accessible arts education. Her most notable credits include Fan in A Christmas Carol (Alliance Theatre), Sherwood in Robin Hood (Missoula Children’s Theatre), William Dunn in Men on Boats, Tess in Crazy for You (Gainesville Theatre Alliance). @ daniela_santiago HEATHER STATHAM (Understudy Ensemble 3) is thrilled to be making her Alliance Theatre debut! A Georgia native, she is a true multi-passionate – singer, actor, dancer, sorority house mom, bartender, educator, Christmas decorator, entrepreneur, and Vocal Coach. She is the front woman for ThunderGypsy, the 2017 Atlanta Blues Challenge winner and 2018 International Blues Challenge participant and was also featured as a vocalist in the 2020 and 2021 Women of Blues Showcase.

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ThunderGypsy’s self-titled debut album is available on all music sites.

Words cannot express how deeply grateful she is to God, her family and all the friends who have supported her on this journey of life. www. heatherstatham.com GARY “STELLO” CLARK, II (Assistant Music Director/Conductor/ Keyboard) simply describes himself as a musician and doesn't quite worry about the details of what that means. He is a singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and everything in between. From a young age he has had a passion for music and he hasn't lost that enthusiasm yet! In 2012, Stello formed the band Gold Shades with two friends from college. With the band, he’s performed all over the US and aspires to play all over the world.

They also serve as a writing and production team, collectively playing almost 20 instruments and counting.

Stello also has many solo endeavors including performing with and writing/producing for countless other artists. He does not like to limit himself to one genre or be defined by one skill. He believes the only way to live to his fullest capacity is to use everything he's got until the well runs dry!

JEN HODGES (Bass) is a bassist, composer, and producer living in Atlanta, GA. She is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with 15 years of professional experience. She has worked with Fear, Agent Orange, All Time Low, All Shall Perish, killwhitneydead, Cryptopsy, Slightly Stoopid, Jellyroll, Brent Hinds, among many others. She composes under the name Spurge and just released her 5th record. She has also been producing youth artists for an organization called Notes For Notes for 9 years.

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QUINTON J. ROBINSON (Drums/ Percussion) Born for This: The Bebe Winans Story (Alliance Theater, Atlanta, GA, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, Broad Stage, Los Angeles, CA, Cutler Majestic Theater, Boston, MA). Courtenay’s Cabaret (Alliance Theater, Atlanta, GA). Max Makes a Million (Alliance Theater, Atlanta, GA). A.R.T. The Black Clown (Lincoln Center, New York City, NY).

Naked Mole Rat (Alliance Theater, Atlanta, GA) Performances with Anthony David, Avery*Sunshine, Kenny Lattimore, Peabo Bryson.

Education: University of Miami, Bachelors of Arts, 2003.

LIZ CAMPBELL* (Stage Manager) – She/Her – Alliance credits include: A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Play, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Max Makes a Million, The Wizard of Oz, Paige in Full, A Christmas Carol, Winnie the Pooh, The Jungle Book, The Dancing Granny, Cinderella and Fella, Ugly Lies the Bone, Pancakes, Pancakes!, Tiger Style!, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical, James and the Giant Peach, Shrek, and Charlotte’s Web; Camelot, The World Goes Round, Million Dollar Quartet, Monty Python's Spamalot, and Ragtime. (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); Book of Will and It’s a Wonderful Life (Theatrical Outfit). She has been the Stage Manager for the GHSMTA (Shuler Awards) since 2015. She holds a BFA in Theatre from Niagara University. Member of Actors’ Equity Association. Co-founder of Atlanta Theatre Artists for Justice. Love to Ali and Maggie.

TAMILLA WOODARD (Director) is the co-Artistic Director of Working Theater, former BOLD Associate Artistic Director at WP Theater, and the co-founder of PopUP Theatrics. She also served as

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the associate director of Hadestown on Broadway. This very digital season, her work includes American Dreams by Leila Buck for Working Theater, Theater for One’s Here We Are series with plays by Nikole Salter and Delanna Studdi, PopUP Theatrics Long Distance Affair, Parsnip Ship and MCC’s This Is Where We Go and the Lucille Lortel nominated, Where We Stand by Donnetta Lavinia Grays for WP Theater, Baltimore Center Stage and Steppenwolf. Recently named one of 50 Women to Watch on Broadway, Tamilla is a graduate of Yale School of Drama, where she currently teaches. She is also a recipient of the Josephine Abady Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women.

ALEXIS WOODARD (Associate Director) is an Atlanta-based Director, proud Spelman College Alumna and current Spelman Leadership Fellow at the Alliance Theatre. Her Directing Credits include: Romeo + Juliet, Eurydice (Spelman College), Finished What We Started (Morehouse College), Hamlet (The Tiny Theatre Company), as well as assistant directing for the Suzi Award winning play, Hands of Color (Synchronicity Theatre), A Kids Play About Racism (Bay Area Children’s Theatre), and Associate Director for A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Play (Alliance Theatre).

Upcoming Credits include: CoDirector for Hands Up (Alliance Theatre), and Co-Director for Othello (The Tiny Theatre Company). She has also worked backstage on several productions such as Holler If You Hear Me (True Colors Theatre) and Hospice + Pointing At The Moon (Alliance Theatre). Film Credits include: Hands Up Teasers (CoDirector) and When Morning Comes (Writer). She also wrote and shot her first short film, When Morning Comes, which discusses sexual assault on college campuses.

24 | encore JODY FELDMAN (Casting Director) began her theater career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the Assistant General Manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Feldman started her career at the Alliance as Casting Director in 1991, and added Producer to her title and responsibilities in 2001. She has cast and produced more than 200 productions at the Alliance, encompassing a range of world premieres that includes The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, What I Learned in Paris by Pearl Cleage, Broke and Troubadour by Janece Shaffer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney and more than 10 years of Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning plays plus such world and regional premiere musicals as Tuck Everlasting; Aida; The Color Purple; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring It On: The Musical; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; Harmony, A New Musical and The Prom. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance engagement activities and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for community conversation and connection.

BRANDON BUSH (Music Director) has performed on GRAMMY® Award nominated and winning releases by John Mayer, Sugarland and Shawn Mullins. As a member of the rock band Train, Brandon toured the world indulging in his life long fantasy of performing a keyboard solo on a smoke emitting Moog synthesizer. Theater work includes Composing and Sound Design for Approval Junkie (Alliance) and Music Direction credits for Shakespeare In Love (Alliance) and the world premiere musical Troubadour (Alliance). Currently, Bush is touring as the music director for his brother Kristian Bush. He also manages the

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Atlanta based creative studio, Songs of the Architect where he composes for visual media.

KAT CONLEY (Scenic Designer) is ecstatic to return to the Alliance. She has designed more than 30 Alliance productions, including Courtenay’s Cabaret, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Wizard of OZ. Kat has designed scenery for Arena Stage, Orlando Shakespeare, the Kennedy Center, Georgia Shakespeare, Marin Theatre Company, Actor’s Express, The Atlanta Ballet, The Center for Puppetry Arts, 7 Stages, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Theatre, Theatre in the Square, and Aurora Theatre. She continues to be the Charge Scenic Artist for the Alliance Theatre. Whether dramatically challenging, visionary, or escapist, all theater and art is important, thank you for supporting it in our community.

SHILLA BENNING (Costume Designer) Regional Theatre: Pipeline (Cleveland Playhouse), Mudrow (People’s Light Theatre), Pipeline, Skeleton Crew (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Shakespeare's R & J (Alliance Theatre). Film: Dear Evan Hansen, Like A Boss, What Men Want, SuperFly, Night School, Almost Christmas, Ride Along, Kevin Heart: Laugh At My Pain, Shaq’s All Star Comedy Jam, Reluctant Fundamentalist, S One Missed Call, Madea Goes To Jail, Zombieland, Footloose. Television: Bigger, Survivors Remorse, Being Mary Jane, Media, The House of Payne, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries, Drop Dead Diva, Dancing With The Stars.

Recording Artist: Eryka Badu, Ciara, Lil Bow Wow, Andre 3000, Bronze Lens Film Festival Women's Superstar Award Recipient.

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BEN RAWSON (LX Designer) is an Atlanta-based Lighting Designer for Theatre, Opera, and Dance, member USA 829. Theatrical/Opera design work can be seen at The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Theatrical Outfit, Actors Express, Aurora Theatre, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, 7 Stages, Theatre Buford, Weird Sisters Theatre Project, and Synchronicity Theatre.

Dance design work includes choreographers Danielle Agami, Ana Maria Lucaciu, and Troy Schumacher as well as Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, Fly On A Wall, Staibdance, Bluebird Uncaged, Proia Dance Project, and Emily Cargill and Dancers. Ben has also worked across the country as an Associate & Assistant Lighting Designer for San Diego Opera (CA), The Alliance Theatre (GA), Berkshire Theatre Festival (MA), Atlanta Opera (GA), Lyric Opera of Kansas City (MO), Utah Opera (UT), Atlanta Ballet (GA), Palm Beach Opera (FL), and Playmakers Repertory Company (NC). benrawsondesign.com CLAY BENNING (Sound Design) Resident Sound Designer for the Alliance Theatre and has designed more than 150 productions in his career, with over 100 for the Alliance.

Recent works include Candide, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Small Mouth Sounds, and Max Makes A Million. Other design work has included Georgia Shakespeare, Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Geva Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre, and the Georgia Aquarium. Awards: Seven Suzi Bass awards for outstanding sound design with 16 nominations.

He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (BA), North Carolina School of the Arts (MFA) and a member of IATSE/USA829 and TSDCA.

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STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Book, Music, and Lyrics) wrote the music and lyrics for the current Broadway hit Wicked, and has also contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell, Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker's Wife, Working (which he also adapted and directed), Rags, and Children of Eden. He collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein’s Mass and wrote the title song for the play and movie Butterflies Are Free. For children, he has written songs for two musicals, Captain Louie and My Son Pinocchio. He has also worked in film, collaborating with Alan Menken on the songs for Disney’s Enchanted as well as the animated features Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and writing the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. His first opera, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, was produced at Opera Santa Barbara and New York City Opera. A book about his career, “Defying Gravity,” has been released by Applause Books. Mr. Schwartz has been inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, and a tiny handful of tennis trophies.

NINA FASO (Book) made her directorial debut with Peter Ustinov's The Unknown Soldier and His Wife.

Following a stint with the improvisational comedy group: The Committee, she became one of the creators of Godspell and directed most major productions of the show in America and Europe. She then took The Rocky Horror Show from Los Angeles to Broadway. She co-adapted and co-directed the musical, Working based on Studs Terkel's book, for the Goodman Theater in Chicago and for Broadway. She co-wrote the teleplay

26 | encore for Working for the PBS series American Playhouse. She is the author and director of the children's television special, The Fable Company, and the co-producer and co-director of a short film called Sing For Your Life. Among her other directing credits are the musicals Just Once and Is It Just Me, Or Is It Hot In Here?, which enjoyed long runs in New York and Los Angeles, respectively.

GORDON GREENBERG (Additional Contributions) revised and directed Working for The Old Globe, Broadway in Chicago, Asolo Rep, and 59 E 59. He directed the acclaimed West End revival of Guys and Dolls, which starred Rebel Wilson and received six Olivier Award nominations (Savoy Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre) and directed/co-wrote the Broadway stage adaptation of Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn (Roundabout /Universal, PBS "Great Performances.") Recent/ current work includes the The Heart of Rock and Roll (Old Globe), Barnum (Menier Chocolate Factory, London), Terms of Endearment starring Alfred Molina, Calista Flockhart and Constance Wu (Geffen), The Secret of My Success (also co-writer, Universal Stage Productions), Piaf:Dietrich (Mirvish, Toronto), writing the new book for Meet Me in St. Louis (St. Louis Muny), co-writing/directing Mystic Pizza with Melissa Etheridge and Sas Goldberg for MGM, co-writing Port Au Prince (New Group), co-writing/ directing Ebenezer Scrooge's Big (Your Town Here) Christmas Show (Old Globe, Bucks County,) and The Curious Case of the Curse of Count Dracula (Chicago Shakes, Maltz) and co-writing original movie musicals for Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.

Other credits: Jacques Brel…(Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics nominations), Disney's Tangled; and regional work at Williamstown, Paper

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Mill, Huntington, Signature, Dallas Theatre Center, NY Stage & Film, Philadelphia Theatre Company, St. Louis MUNY, Goodspeed, Capital Rep. Education: Stanford, NYU, RADA. Member, SDC, WGA, & The Dramatists Guild.

CRAIG CARNELIA (Music and Lyrics) wrote the score for the Broadway musical, Is There Life After High School? and the Off-Broadway musical, Three Postcards, (at Playwrights Horizons). Also OffBroadway, he has had a collection of his songs entitled Notes presented at the Manhattan Theatre Club and contributed single songs to The No Frills Revue, Diamonds, and A...My Name Is Still Alice. Honors include a Tony nomination for Working, a "Best Plays" citation for Three Postcards, the 1996 Johnny Mercer Award, and the prestigious Kleban Award for distinguished lyric writing.

MICKI GRANT (Music and Lyrics) An extensive period of collaboration with director Vinnette Carroll at the Urban Arts Corps Theatre resulted in nine musical productions, the most successful of which were the Broadway musicals Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, in which Grant also starred, and Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With God. The multi-award winning & Cope garnered the Grammy Award for its cast show album and five Tony nominations, including best musical among others.

Her musical based on the life of George Washington Carver, Don't Underestimate A Nut, premiered at Omaha s Theatre for Young People in 1994, and for Jacques Brel Blues (with Andre Ernotte and Elliot Tiber) she supplied the English lyrics for twenty of Brels Songs. She was composer/lyricist for J.E. Franklin's Prodigal Sister, contributed to four musical revues based on the oral histories of hospital workers, contributed additional lyrics to

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Broadway's Eubie and has written songs for educational TV's Infinity Factory. She enjoys writing special material for club singers, and one of her several commercial jingles has won her a two off-Award. Grant's body of work has been celebrated in two Off-Broadway musical retrospectives. Multi-talented, Ms. Grant has performed on and off Broadway and in theatres around the country. For the national tour of Having Our Say, she won the Helen Hayes Award for her portrayal of Sadie Delany. Some of her numerous other awards include the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, NAACP Image and OBIE. A practicing, published poet, she loves her job!

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA (Music and Lyrics) is an award-winning composer, lyricist, and performer, as well as a 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award recipient. His most recent musical, Hamilton — with book, music and lyrics by Mr. Miranda, in addition to him playing the title role — opened on Broadway in 2015.

Hamilton was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Drama and received a record-breaking 16 Tony nominations — winning 11 Tonys including Best Musical and Best Book and Best Score for Mr. Miranda. The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hamilton won the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Both Mr. Miranda and Hamilton won the 2016 Drama League Awards for Distinguished Performance and Outstanding Production of a Musical, respectively.

For its Off-Broadway sold-out run at the Public Theater, Hamilton received a record-breaking 10 Lortel Awards, as well as 3 Outer Critic Circle Awards, 8 Drama Desk Awards, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best New Musical, and an OBIE for Best New American Play.

Hamilton is the 2015 recipient of the the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for

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Drama Inspired by American History.

Material from the show was previewed at the White House during its first-ever Evening of Poetry & Spoken Word in 2009, in Lincoln Center Theater’s 2012 American Songbook Series and at New York Stage and Film’s 2013 Powerhouse Theatre Season at Vassar College. Mr. Miranda’s first Broadway musical, In the Heights, received four 2008 Tony Awards (including Best Orchestrations, Best Choreography and Best Musical), with Miranda receiving a Tony Award for Best Score, as well as a nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.

Off-Broadway, In the Heights received 9 Drama Desk Nominations (including Best Music, Best Lyrics) and an award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. In the Heights also won the Lucille Lortel Award and Outer Critic's Circle Award for Best Musical. Additionally, Mr. Miranda received an Obie Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the show. In the Heights also took home a 2009 Grammy Award for its Original Broadway Cast Album and was recognized as a Finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. In 2016, Miranda received the Oliver Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for the Original London production of In The Heights. Mr. Miranda is the co-composer (with Tom Kitt), and co-lyricist (with Amanda Green) of Broadway’s Bring it On: The Musical (2013 Tony Nom., Best Musical, 2013 Drama Desk Nom., Best Lyrics in a Musical). The original Broadway cast recording was released by Sh-K-Boom Records in 2012. Additionally, he contributed new songs to the revival of Stephen Schwartz' Working and worked with Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim on Spanish translations for the 2009 Broadway Revival of West Side Story. In 2014, Mr. Miranda received an Emmy Award with Tom Kitt for their song, “Bigger” from the

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Manhattan Theater Club.

MARY RODGERS' (Music) credits as a composer began with the B'way production of Once Upon a Mattress in 1959 and continued with Hot Spot, The Mad Show, Working, The Griffin and the Minor Canon, and scores for the Bil Baird Marionettes and Theatreworks/USA. Her musicals have also been celebrated in a revue, Hey, Love. She is a popular author of fiction for young people, most notably the 1972 novel Freaky Friday, which was made into a Disney Studios motion picture (with a screenplay by Rodgers), a Theatre Works/USA musical (composed by Rodgers) and an ABC TV remake.

Mary Rodgers is Chairman of the Board of the Juilliard School, on the Board of ASCAP, and on the Council of the Dramatists Guild.

JAMES TAYLOR's (Music and Lyrics) music embodies the art of songwriting in its most personal and universal forms. He is a master at describing specific, even autobiographical situations in a way that resonates with people everywhere. In 1971, Taylor was on the cover of Time magazine, heralded as the harbinger of the singer-songwriter era. Over four decades later his warm baritone, introspective lyrics and unique guitar playing still blaze a path to which young musicians aspire. He has sold over 100 million albums throughout his career and has earned 40 gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards, multiple Grammy Awards and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame.

His songs have had a profound influence on songwriters and music lovers from all walks of life: “Fire and Rain,” “Country Road,” “Something in the Way She Moves,” “Mexico,” “Shower the People,” “Your Smiling Face,” “Carolina In My Mind,” “Sweet Baby James,” “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” “You Can Close Your Eyes,” “Walking Man,” “Never Die Young,” “Shed a Little Light,” “Copperline,” “Enough to be On Your Way,” “Caroline I See You,” and many more.

SUSAN BIRKENHEAD (Lyrics) received a Tony Nomination, a Grammy nomination, and a Drama Desk Award for her lyrics for Jelly's Last Jam. She was nominated for a Drama Desk for Triumph of Love. She was one of the writers nominated for a Tony award for Working, and won an Outer Critics Circle award for What about Luv? She wrote additional lyrics for High Society, with a book by Arthur Kopit and a score by Cole Porter. She wrote lyrics for Pieces of Eight with Jule Styne and Michael Stewart, Fanny Hackabout Jones with Erica Jong and Lucy Simon, and was one of the contributors to A...My Name is Alice.

She wrote The Night They Raided Minsky's with Charles Strouse and Evan Hunter, and has just finished Moonstruck, with John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger. She and Mr. Krieger are also currently at work on two new projects. Ms. Birkenhead is a member of the Dramatists Guild Council, Treasurer of the Dramatists Guild Fund, and a member of the Musical Theater Council of the

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SUSAN V. BOOTH (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Palefsky Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab and commercial partnerships on such projects as The Prom; Tuck Everlasting; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring

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in ’da Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. She has directed nationally at the Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation. She has held teaching positions at Northwestern, DePaul and Emory universities and is a past President of the board of directors for the Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for the field.

Booth’s leadership is underwritten by the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, an initiative to support and promote women’s theater leadership funded by The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation. She is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.

MIKE SCHLEIFER (Managing Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2014 as General Manager, and in 2016 became Managing Director.

While at the Alliance, Schleifer has led the administrative team on more than 50 productions and was one of the architects of the “On the Road” season, in which the Alliance produced 12 shows at 12 venues. He is proud to have started the Alliance’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and to serve on the League of Resident Theatre’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative.

Previously, he spent 13 years at Baltimore’s Center Stage, working as Associate Producer, Production Manager and Resident Stage Manager. While in Baltimore, he spent seven years as an adjunct faculty member at Towson University and guest lectured all over the East Coast.

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regionally. He is married to theater director and educator Laura Hackman and is the proud father of two boys, Jack and Ben. MUSIC CREDITS ALL THE LIVELONG DAY Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (with acknowledgments to Walt Whitman) • DELIVERY Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda • NOBODY TELLS ME HOW Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, Music by Mary Rodgers • BROTHER TRUCKER Music and Lyrics by James Taylor • JUST A HOUSEWIFE Music and Lyrics by Craig Carnelia • MILLWORK Music and Lyrics by James Taylor • IT'S AN ART Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz • JOE Music and Lyrics by Craig Carnelia • A VERY GOOD DAY Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda • CLEANIN' WOMEN Music and Lyrics by Micki Grant • FATHERS AND SONS Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz • SOMETHING TO POINT TO Music and Lyrics by Craig Carnelia • LOVIN AL Music and Lyrics

by Micki Grant • UN MEJOR DIA VENDRA Music by James Taylor; Spanish Lyrics by Graciela Daniele and Matt Landers • 5 THINGS Music

by Kristian Bush and Brandon Bush; Lyrics by Carlos Andrés Gómez

THE ALLIANCE THEATRE Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director & Mike Schleifer, Managing Director present

INSPIRED BY THE ALBUM "SONGS TO GROW ON FOR MOTHER AND CHILD" BY

WOODY GUTHRIE

AND BY THE BERNHARDT THEATRE FOR THE VERY YOUNG PRODUCTION CREATED BY

ROSEMARY NEWCOTT

COSTUME & PUPPET DESIGN BY

SCOTTIE ROWELL

SOUND DESIGNER

CLAY BENNING

STAGE MANAGER

JAYSON T. WADDELL*

TENT SERIES SPONSORED BY

THE CHARLES E. LORIDANS FOUNDATION

This production is supported in part by the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle.

32 | encore CAST *ROB LAWHON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woody Guthrie *JULISSA SABINO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nora/Arlo FOR THIS PRODUCTION VALERIE MEDOFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Production Assistant NIKI TRAXLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe HAYLEE SCOTT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COVID Coordinator VICTOR MOULEDOUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stagehand STEVE JORDAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting Programmer GRAHAM SCHWARTZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mixer *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Alliance Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union.

The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young Audiences (ASSITEJ/USA), The Atlanta Coalition of Theatres, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Midtown Alliance.

Photos may be taken in the theater before the performance, during intermission, and following the performance. If you share your photos, please credit the designers.

Photos, videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited, is a violation of United States Copyright Law, and is an actionable Federal Offense.

Synopsis: A Woody Guthrie concert for children! – A family friendly concert event featuring American folk music legend Woody Guthrie's classic children's songs. Performed by Rob Lawhon and drawn primarily from Guthrie's iconic album Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child, this cycle of songs captures the whimsy, joy, and wonder of childhood in three chords & a whole lot of fun. Join Woody and his dog Arlo as they serenade Atlanta families with songs that celebrate the human spirit.

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ROB LAWHON* (Woody Guthrie) is beyond delighted to be back at the Alliance Theatre! Other Alliance credits include The Wizard of Oz, Pancakes, Pancakes!, Charlotte’s Web, Songs to Grow On, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, and Troubadour. He can be seen in locally-filmed TV shows like Sleepy Hollow, The Resident, and Star.

“Special thanks to Rosemary Newcott, the brothers DePoy, my family, and to my son Gibson, who I love more than anything else in the whole wide world.”

JULISSA SABINO* (Nora/Arlo) is so glad to be back home with her Atlanta theatre community! Previous Atlanta credits: Elizabeth Darcy in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Theatrical Outfit); Esmeralda in Hunchback of Notre Dame, Vanessa in In The Heights (Aurora/Theatrical Outfit); Rizzo in GREASE (Serenbe Playhouse); Spider in James and the Giant Peach, The Lizard and El Sol (Alliance Theatre); Sarah in The Toxic Avenger (Horizon Theatre Company); Mimi in RENT (Actor's Express). TV/ Film: Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong (Gina). Julissa previously studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts at the Atlantic Theatre School & is a proud member of Actors Equity Association. She would like to thank you, the patrons, for continuing to support the arts during this critical time! This one is for my darling little baby - Penelope. For more, follow @JulissaSabino CLAY BENNING (Sound Design) Resident Sound Designer for the Alliance Theatre and has designed more than 150 productions in his career, with over 100 for the Alliance.

Recent works include Candide,

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Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Small Mouth Sounds, and Max Makes A Million. Other design work has included Georgia Shakespeare, Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Geva Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre, and the Georgia Aquarium. Awards: Seven Suzi Bass awards for outstanding sound design with 16 nominations.

He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (BA), North Carolina School of the Arts (MFA) and a member of IATSE/USA829 and TSDCA. CHRISTOPHER MOSES (Dan Reardon Director of Education & Associate Artistic Director) Chris has been working in professional theatre education for over 15 years.

In January of 2011, Chris took on the position of Director of Education at the Alliance Theatre, overseeing the Alliance Theatre Institute (twice recognized as an Arts Model by the Federal Department of Education), Theatre for Youth & Families, and the Acting Program. Under his leadership, the Alliance launched its Theatre for the Very Young program, which provides fully interactive professional theatre experiences for children of all abilities from ages 18 months to 5 years old, the Alliance Teen Ensemble, which performs world premier plays commissioned for and about teens, and Alliance@ work, a professional development program designed for the business sector—the latest offering of which uses theatre practice to create a culture of civility in the workplace. In 2014, Chris added the title Associate Artistic Director, and has continued to expand the Alliance’s education offerings. Chris serves as a board member for TYA/USA, the national service organization for Theatre for Youth, and Working Title Playwrights and is on the Board of Advisors for the Atlanta Speech School, and the Atlanta Public School’s Partners for Education.

34 | encore SCOTTIE ROWELL (Costume & Puppetry Design) is a queer, autistic, Atlanta-based artist, and cheerleader for sustainable arts careers. As owner of Teller Productions, a performance company specializing in storytelling, puppetry, and Theatre for the Very Young, Scottie produces skillfully-crafted, sustainable works, made accessible to audiences through non-traditional theatre installations and immersive experiences. Recent Puppet Directing credits include: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! (The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts), Peter & Friends (Teller Productions and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts), Old MacDonald’s Symphony (the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), The Tourist Trap (Peppercorn Theatre), Deep Sea Discovery (Georgia Aquarium).

Recent Performance Credits: Peter & Friends (The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts), Little Hansel & Gretel (The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), Composition Quest (The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts). Scottie is currently a Hambidge Cross-Pollination Art Lab Fellow. Check out more art and design work at: ScottieRowell.com, TellerProductions.com JAYSON T. WADDELL* (Stage Manager) is proud to return to the Alliance Theatre for his eleventh season. At the Alliance, he’s worked on such productions as Becoming Nancy, Courtenay's Cabaret, Approval Junkie, Ever After, Nick's Flamingo Grille, Candide, Crossing Delancey, Troubadour, Moby Dick, Born for This, Tuck Everlasting, The Geller Girls, A Christmas Carol, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Broke, Sex and the Second City, Next to Normal, Holidays With the Chalks and Bike America. At Atlanta Lyric Theatre: Oliver, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Full Monty and Young Frankeinstein. At the Illinois

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Shakespeare Festival: Shakespeare in Love, I <3 Juliet, Hamlet, Q Gents, Antony & Cleopatra, Macbeth, As You Like It, Twelfth Night and A Winter’s Tale. Jayson graduated from the Gainesville Theatre Alliance and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

SUSAN V. BOOTH (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Palefsky Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab and commercial partnerships on such projects as The Prom; Tuck Everlasting; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. She has directed nationally at the Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation. She has held teaching positions at Northwestern, DePaul and Emory universities and is a past President of the board of directors for the Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for the field.

Booth’s leadership is underwritten by the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, an initiative to support and promote women’s theater leadership funded by The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation. She is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.

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MIKE SCHLEIFER (Managing Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2014 as General Manager, and in 2016 became Managing Director.

While at the Alliance, Schleifer has led the administrative team on more than 50 productions and was one of the architects of the “On the Road” season, in which the Alliance produced 12 shows at 12 venues. He is proud to have started the Alliance’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and to serve on the League of Resident Theatre’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative. Previously, he spent 13 years at Baltimore’s Center Stage, working as Associate Producer, Production Manager and Resident Stage Manager. While in Baltimore, he spent seven years as an adjunct faculty member at Towson University and guest lectured all over the East Coast. Schleifer began his career as a Stage Manager and has dozens of stage-management credits in New York and regionally. He is married to theater director and educator Laura Hackman and is the proud father of two boys, Jack and Ben.

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36 | foundations & corporate 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.

$1 Million + The Coca-Cola Company

$250,000+ Anonymous The Goizueta Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Helen Gurley Brown Foundation The Rich Foundation

$100,000+ The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Foundation Delta Air Lines, Inc. The Home Depot Foundation The Kendeda Fund PNC Shubert Foundation The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust WarnerMedia & AT&T The David, Helen, and Marian Woodward Fund The Zeist Foundation

$50,000+ R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation Edgerton Foundation Georgia Natural Gas Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.

Invesco QQQ Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding Charles Loridans Foundation The Naserian Foundation

$25,000+ Alston & Bird Camp-Younts Foundation City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Fulton County Board of Commissioners Georgia-Pacific The Imlay Foundation Macy’s Moxie National Endowment for the Arts Northern Trust The Princess Grace Foundation, USA The Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundations

$10,000+ AEC Trust Anonymous The Allstate Foundation Aon Cancer Treatment Centers of America Cartoon Network CNP Do a Good Day Foundation Eversheds Sutherland George M. Brown Trust of

Atlanta Georgia Council for the Arts John and Mary Franklin Foundation Jones Day The Abraham J & Phyllis Katz Foundation Kile’s Beautiful Mind Foundation MAP Fund The Johnny Mercer Foundation Osiason Educational Foundation Rotary Education Foundation of Atlanta South Arts Worldpay US, Inc.

$5,000+ Anonymous Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Emory Brain Health Center John and Rosemary Brown Family Foundation Thalia & Michael C Carlos Foundation Mary Wilmer Covey Charitable Trust Theatre Forward United Distributors Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

By attending our theater, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. Make another statement of support louder than any standing ovation. Visit alliancetheatre.org and click on Donate.

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Alliance Series Sponsor

Alliance Family Series Sponsor

Hertz Series Sponsor

Official Hotel

Official Research Partner

government

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support is provided by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

38 | annual fund Individual, foundation and corporate donors contribute more than $7 million to the Alliance Theatre so that we are able to present exceptional theater and educational programming to our community. We are deeply grateful for your support. To find out more about the benefits of giving or to make your gift, visit us at alliancetheatre.org/donate or call 404-733-4710. Listed below are pledges and gifts to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund from June 1, 2019 - January 31, 2021.

PREMIERE SUPPORT Spotlight $350,000+ Sarah & Jim Kennedy Spotlight $50,000+ Antinori Foundation The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Carter’s Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Catalfano Barbara & Steve Chaddick Katie & Reade Fahs David & Carolyn Gould Starr Moore & James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Artistic Director’s Circle $35,000+ *Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Roxanne & Jeffrey Cashdan Doris & Matthew Geller Anne & Mark Kaiser *Sally Tomlinson & Kate & Elwyn Tomlinson Foundation, Inc. Victoria & Howard Palefsky Patty & Doug Reid Mr. & Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith Rosemarie & David Thurston Amy & Todd Zeldin Chairman’s Circle $25,000+ Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. Fredric M. Ehlers & Mr. David Lile Ellen & Howard Feinsand Georgia Power The Home Depot

Jocelyn J. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer Jane & J. Hicks Lanier Mr. & Mrs. O’Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Asif Ramji Bob & Margaret Reiser Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Dean DuBose & Bronson Smith Ms. Mital Shah Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund Ramona & Ben White Leadership Circle $15,000+ Ms. Kristin Adams The Balloun Family Terri Bonoff & Matthew Knopf Susan Booth & Max Leventhal Ezra Cohen Charitable Fund Miles and Nicole Cook LeighAnn & Chad Costley Marcia & John Donnell Farideh & Al Azadi The Frances and Beverly DuBose Foundation, Inc Marsha & Richard Goerss Seth & Lisa Greenberg Kim and Ted Greene Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Mr. Wayne S. Hyatt Boland & Andrea Lea Jones John C. Keller David & Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Ms. Evelyn Ashley & Mr. Alan B. McKeon

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Anne Meisner Phil & Caroline Moïse Mr. & Mrs. Angus Morrison Jamal & Tiffany Powell Mr. & Mrs. Sean Reardon Matt Richburg Jane & J. Hicks Lanier Linda & Steve Selig Mark & Linda Silberman William & Margarita Sleeper Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Nossi Taheri & Hope Vaziri Tim & Maria Tassopoulos Director’s Circle $10,000+ Anonymous In honor of Carol Jones James Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Asher Deborah L. Bannworth & Joy Lynn Fields Natalie Bernstein Ms. Brittany Boals Moeller & Mr. David Moeller Martha & Toby Brooks CNP Diane Durgin Bill & Angel Freitag Heidi & David Geller Doug & Lila Hertz John & Mary Franklin Foundation Mr. Charles R. Kowal Brian & Carrie Kurlander Melanie & S. Alan McKnight, Jr. Debbie & Lon Neese Paul Pendergrass & Margaret Baldwin Mr. & Mrs. Norman J. Radow

annual fund

Robyn Roberts & Kevin Greiner Karen & John Spiegel Lynne & Steve Steindel Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker & Delores Stephens Mr. Ronald B. Russell & Mr. Tommy Sweat Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Taylor Benny & Roxanne Varzi Waffle House Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Suzy Wilner Zaban Foundation, Inc. BENEFACTORS $5,000+ Anonymous Lisa & Joe Bankoff Natalie & Matthew Bernstein Boland T. Jones Family Foundation Inc. Brian & Jennifer Boutte Judge JoAnn Bowens Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Frank & Jenn Buonanotte Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Ann & Jim Curry Linda & Gene Davidson Mr. David F. Golden Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Goldstein Mr. Terrence S. Hahn & Ms. Joan Stanescu Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Henry & Etta Raye Hirsch Heritage Foundation Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Tad & Janin Hutcheson Mrs. Erika James Lee Jenkins in honor of his wife Margaret Dr. & Mrs. John Lee Lubo Fund June M. Morrison Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Daniel Marks & Keri Powell

Helen Smith Price Mr. George Russell, Jr. & Mrs. Faye Sampson-Russell Alan & Cyndy* Schreihofer Dr. & Mrs. R. K. Sehgal Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor $2,500+ Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Ellen Arnovitz John & Lynn Ayers Mr. & Mrs. Roland L. Bates Dr. Deborah Baumgarten Candace & Jeff Bell Mark & Pam Bell Ariana L. Hargrave Ginny & Charles Brewer The Brill Family Charitable Trust Candace Carson Andrew Childers Melodie H. Clayton Rita & Ralph Connell Susan & Ed Croft Mr. & Mrs. Erik Curns Dr. Karen A. Foster Debbie Frank & Sandy McDonald Andrea and Jerry Freeman Karen & Andrew Ghertner Dr. Wendy Heckelman Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Linda & Richard Hubert Jason & Laurie Jeffay Sheri & Steve Labovitz Kristie L. Madara Raymond & Penelope McPhee Anna & Hays Mershon Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Dori & Jack Miller Vicki & Steve Morris Clair & Thomas Muller Joan Netzel & John Gronwall Steve & Tonya Paro Sam & Barbara Pettway Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Peter & Alice Rogers Jane & Rein Saral

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Sharon & David Schachter Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong Susan & Alan* Stiefel Maria-Ruth Storts Mark Swinton The Elster Foundation Stan & Velma Tilley Kathy & Ron Tomajko Kim Boldthen & Carolyn Wheeler Lynne Winship William & Nancy Yang John & Kathy Zamer PATRONS $1,500+ Judge and Mrs. Gregory A. Adams Mr. and Mrs. George S. Ajy Dr. Kent Alexander and Dr. Diane Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arogeti Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Mrs. Juanita Baranco Drs. Aubrey and Carol Bush The Catholic Foundation Of North Georgia Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chew Mr. Bradley Currey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Edwards, Jr. Tina and Tim Eyerly Mr. and Mrs. Michael Feldman Mr. and Ms. David Felfoldi Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Andrew S. Fisher Frazier & Deeter LLC Oscar Garrett Mr. and Mrs. Bill Garrigan Mrs. Carol L. Goodman Mr. Warren Gump David Turner Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund Debraleigh and Jon Jowers Andjela and Michael Kessler Dr. William Kiser Mr. David L. Kuniansky Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leven Ms. Margaret Petersen

40 | encore $1,500+ continued McMaster-Carr Supply Company Mr. & Mrs. Julian B. Mohr, Sr. Mr. Christopher Moses and Ms. Brittany Loffert Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Murphy Mr. Kent C. Nelson and Mrs. Ann Starr Mr. and Mrs. Galen L. Oelkers Mr. Timothy Overmyer Mr. and Mrs. John G. Parker Mr. Pete Patel Bill Powers Ms. Julia Prescott Mr. Wade Rakes and Mr. Nicholas Miller Mr. Jeffrey Raupp Dr. Denise Raynor Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Redd, Jr. Melissa Hudlow Dr. and Mrs. Fredric K. Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rosenberg Mr. Jim Schroder and Ms. Morli Desai James Shevlin Ms. Jane E. Shivers and Mr. Bill Sharp, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Silverboard Matthew Sitler Mr. and Mrs. James A. Stratigos Dr. and Mrs. Harry S. Strothers III Avril Vignos The Wadleigh C. Winship Charitable Fund Kelly Walls Ms. Cathy Weil Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Weiss Mrs. Adrienne D. Whitehead Ms. Sharon S. Williams Mrs. Kristina L. Wilson Mr. Charles L. Young $1,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Adamson Dr. Evelyn R. Babey

Mr. and Mrs. R. Alex Brown Dr. Deloris Bryant-Booker Mr. W. Imara Canady Chubb Charitable Foundation Mr. Bruce I. Crabtree III Ms. Eleanor H. Finley Mrs. Nancy S. Geller Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Giornelli Lauren Grunberg Ms. Louise S. Gunn Jabian Consulting Jason Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Doug Kallman Ms. Elena Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Kelly Mrs. Veronica Kessenich Mr. and Mrs. James A. Kilberg Dr. Suzanne R. King Thomas and Constance Kinnear Mr. and Mrs. Loren H. Koch Sarah Latif Mr. Brian Latour Ms. Michelle Maurice Paul J. Meis Amsi Morales-Owens Mr. Denis Ng Northern Trust Company Mr. Mark A. Pallansch Scott Pearson Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pioli Ms. Kristin L. Ray Mrs. Helen Regenstein Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rozell Mr. and Mrs. David W. Scheible Dr. and Mrs. David Scott Tony Spurlin Ms. Jenny Streeter Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Mark K. Taylor Eric C. Tiegel Thomas A. Tighe Mr. and Mrs. John L. Underwood III Ms. Kathy Waller Mrs. Gail Crowder Wegscheider

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ALLIANCE THEATRE MONTHLY SUSTAINER SOCIETY We would like to thank our donors who have committed to giving us a recurring monthly donation to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund.

Join today: www.alliancetheatre.org/sustainer Dr. & Mrs. Marshall Abes Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Alexander Thomas Anders Mr. E. Scott Arnold Gaytra D. Arnold William Baas Dr. Evelyn R. Babey Connor Bell James Benard Ms. Aparna Bhattacharyya & Mr. Paul Nisson Mr. Brandon Bush Henry Cabaniss Carol Calhoun Mr. W. Imara Canady Mr. Joseph Cantwell Madrid Carlson Karen & Harold Carney William M. Carroll David Cashman Mishelle Cirillo & Bryan Suttles Mr. Kevin Clift & Mr. Michael Yochelson Mr. & Mrs. Mark Cohen Ouida Collins Colonna Family Janeen Cook Elizabeth Corrie Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Cowart Mr. & Mrs. Christopher & Christopher Cox Gray & Marge Crouse Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Davis Derrick Doose Mr. & Mrs. Sean Drinan Mr. Desmond W. Drummer Christian Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Dunphy Angel Edwards Mr. Sean Erwin Luke Evans Whitney Fahner Mr. & Mrs. Edward Feldstein Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Fineman Eric Fisher Ms. Marijane Fix Brenda Flynn Latanya Flynn Mr. Henry Frazier Julianne Gambert Katie Goodman Mr. Bryant D. Gresham & Mr. Alexander Bossert Shauna Grovell Ms. Jo Ann Hayden-Miller Ms. Wynette Hammons

Penn Hansa Ms. Lindsey E. Hardegree Ms. Lisa Hare & Mr. Gerald Barth Nancy A. Hatfield Dr. & Mrs. David M. Hill Angela Hinson Ms. Becca Hogue Luke Howard Jim Johnson Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Johnson Karen Jones Kelley J. Jordan-Monne Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kalist Mr. Barnabas Kane Ruth Kanfer Rebecca Keel Amy & Jeremy King Dr. William Kiser Lynn & Robert Kuhn Tamara Kullback Sarah Latif Mr. Brian Latour Ms. Martha LaTour & Mrs. Barbara J. McArdle Mr. & Mrs. Bernard & Edwina Lee Mr. & Mrs. Darryl Lesure Ms. Joyce R. Lewis Karen Lightfoot Ms. Barbara Lincoln & Mr. Gary Rosenshein Mrs. Lauren Linder & Mr. Jonathan Grunberg Mr. & Mrs. Simon Londe Jo Ann Mahar Ms. Alison Main Ms. Maryli Marcos & Mr. John E. Wright Ms. Megan McKnight Heather & Jim Michael Jeannette Morgan Vicki & Steven Morris Terry Neily Amos Nicks Martin G. Nixon Christine Oresky Ms. Ronita Pace Steve & Tony Paro Steve M. Peck Chris J. Peterson Lori & Jonathan Peterson Ms. Kendrick Phillips Marc & Jean Pickard Sharon Porter Jacqueline Powe

42 | encore Ms. Shannon L. Price Brenda Pruitt Mrs. Melissa Rhine Jackie Robey Mr. Corwin Robison Mrs. Peggy Rogers Mr. Howard Rowe Garey C. Rozier Mr. & Mrs. Peter Savitz Barbara Schreiber Daniel Schreiber Mr. Donna Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. E. Alan Simmons Mrs. Lisa Simon Tom Slovak & Jeffery Jones Ms. Carol Smith Chaundra Smith Ms. Janet F. Smith Jennifer Smith Sherman & Lesa Smith Will Smith

Atlanta Workshop Players Laura Stordy Mrs. Jill Strickland Charles Thompson Mr. Ben Tilley & Ms. Margo Moskowitz Victoria Tuck Mr. Richard A. Walker Ben Warshaw Caitlin Way Greg & Teresa Wellborn Mr. & Mrs. David D. Whitley Catherine Williams Mr. & Mrs. Napoleon A. Williams Nancy Etra & Janice Wolf Chandra C. Wright Gretchen Wright Feroze Yusufji Dr. William Zinney & Mrs. Michelle Zinney - Lopez

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LEGACY SOCIETY Celebrating our supporters who have made a legacy gift to the Alliance Theatre.

The Legacy Society celebrates individuals who have made a planned gift to the Alliance Theatre. Making a planned gift is a wonderful way to show your support and appreciation for the Alliance Theatre and its mission, while accommodating your financial, estate planning and philanthropic goals. With smart planning, you may increase the size of your estate and/or reduce the tax burden on your heirs. Just as important, you will know that you have made a meaningful and lasting contribution to the Alliance Theatre. To learn more about the Legacy Society, please contact Jamie Clements at 404-733-4710 or Jamie.Clements@alliancetheatre.org.

Rita M. Anderson Anonymous Roland & Linda Bates Anne & Jim Breedlove Ezra Cohen Ann & Jeffrey Cramer Susan & Edward Croft Sallie Adams Daniel Linda & Gene Davidson Terry and Stacy Dietzler Diane Durgin Elizabeth Etoll Ellen & Howard Feinsand Laura & John Hardman Nancy & Glen Hesler

P.J. Younglove Hovey William Hyde Lauren & David Kiefer David Kuniansky Virginia Vann* & Ken Large Edith Love* Lauren & John McColskey Anna & Hays Mershon Caroline & Phil Moïse Winifred B. & Richard S. Myrick Victoria & Howard L. Palefsky Armond & Sharon Perkins Jan Pomerantz

Helen Regenstein Margaret & Robert Reiser Betty Blondeau-Russell Tricia & Neal Schachtel Debbie* & Charles B. Shelton III Jane E. Shivers Roger Smith & Christopher Jones* Lee Harper & Wayne Vason Terri & Rick Western Ramona & Ben White * deceased

MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Many companies offer a matching gifts program for employees and retirees. You can double, or even triple, your gift at no additional cost to you simply by asking your employer! Think of how much further your donation can go.

We would like to thank the following companies who have matched contributions to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund. To find out more about matching gifts, contact Jamie Clements (jamie.clements@alliancetheatre.org).

AIG Corporation American Express Aon Risk Solutions The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation AT&T Bank of America/Merrill Bryan Cave-Powell Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Chubb Charitable Foundation The Coca-Cola Company Deloitte Equifax Inc.

Foundation GE Energy Georgia Power Goldstein Home Depot Foundation Honda Motor Co. IBM JPMorgan Chase Kimberly-Clark Lynch Macy’s Foundation McDonald’s Corporation McMaster-Carr Supply Microsoft Corporation

Norfolk Southern Corporation Prudential Financial Publix Super Markets Salesforce.com, Inc. Sprint SunTrust Foundation Thrivent Financial for Lutherns Verizon Corporation Wells Fargo Yahoo!

44 | encore OFFICERS Chair Lila Hertz Vice Chair Jocelyn Hunter Immediate Past Chairs Anne Kaiser and Hala Moddelmog Secretary E. Kendrick Smith Treasurer LeighAnn Costley LIFETIME DIRECTORS Rita Anderson Ken Bernhardt Frank Chew Ann Cramer Linda Davidson Laura Hardman* Hays Mershon Richard S. Myrick Helen Smith Price Helen Regenstein Bob Reiser Jane Shivers Ben White DIRECTORS Kristin R. Adams James Anderson* Alba C. Baylin Kenny Blank Brittany Boals Moeller Terri Bonoff* Matthew Bower Laura Brightwell Jeffrey S. Cashdan Steve Chaddick Miles Cook Leigh Ann Costley* Joe Crowley Alison Danaceau Fred Ehlers Reade Fahs Howard Feinsand* Andrea Freeman Richard Goerss* Kim Greene Lila Hertz* Jocelyn Hunter* Anne Kaiser*

John Keller Andjela Kessler^ Lauren Kiefer* Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Carrie Kurlander Allegra J. Lawrence-Hardy Jean Ann McCarthy Alan McKeon* Alan McKnight Dori Miller Hala Moddelmog ^* Phil Moïse* Maureen Morrison Shareka Nelson Allison O’Kelly Victoria Palefsky* Paul Pendergrass Scott Pioli Jamal Powell Asif Ramji Danielle Reardon Patty Reid Margaret Reiser* Matthew Richburg Robyn Roberts Maurice Rosenbaum* Steve Selig Mital Shah Mark Silberman Bill Sleeper H. Bronson Smith E. Kendrick Smith* Karen Spiegel Chandra Stephens-Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker Rosemarie Thurston Benny Varzi* Rebekah Wasserman Glenn Weiss Cynthia Widner Wall Todd Zeldin ADVISORY BOARD Advisory Board Co-Chairs Laura Hardman* Phil Moïse* Andrew Agan Chris Ahrenkiel Kim Aiy Rene Alegria Charmaine Alexander Jonathan Arogeti

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Carrie Ashbee Farideh Azadi Kelli Bennett Kamau Bobb Jericho Brown Sarah Mercer Chatel Nisha Choksi Farah Clerveau Ezra Cohen Gail Crowder Tallia Deljou Jason Feldman Nathan Flint Jennifer Foster Karen Foster Lula Gilliam Sarah Frances Giovino Hari Gopal Kimberley J. Hale Elizabeth Hall Laura Hardman Wendy Heckelman Jason Hoch Jim Issa Karl Jennings Joyce Gist Lewis Gloria Kantor Debby Kelly Robin Kendric Triplett Helen Kim Ho Quinn Leoni Andra London Indira Londono Jaime McQuilkin Jenna Measroch Nishant Mehta Phil H. Moïse Victoria Necessary Deborah Neese Andisheh Nouraee Ade Oguntoye Hetal Patel Shirley Powell Will Power Nancy C. Prager Shannon Price Kristin Ray Kat Reynolds Jason Rhoades Ryan Roemerman Fred Roselli Amanda Shailendra Dan Moss Silverboard

Christie Sithiphone Nicola Smith Charles Stephens Jenny Streeter Mark E. Swinton Yvette Thomas-Henry Velma C. Tilley Kathy Gillespie Tomajko Ronald J. Tomajko Hilda Tompkins Roxanne Varzi Juanita Velez Diletha E. Waldon Ben Warshaw Arlene Warshaw Gould * Executive Committee Member ^ Ex-officio VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP President, STARS Andjela Kessler Chairman, Theater Advocates Judy Feldstein & Susan Stiefel Chairman, Theater Educators Myra Medlin & Faye Windham Chairman, Theater Ushers Edwina Sellan Chairman, Hospitality Susan Stiefel

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ABOUT THE ALLIANCE THEATRE Now in its 52nd season, the Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theater in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually. Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance received the Regional Theatre Tony Award® for sustained excellence in programming, education, and community engagement. In January 2019, the Alliance opened its new, state-of-the-art performance space, The Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre. Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 116 productions including nine that have transferred to Broadway. The Alliance education department reaches 90,000 students annually through performances, classes, camps, and in-school initiatives designed to support teachers and enhance student learning. The Alliance Theatre values community, curiosity, collaboration, and excellence, and is dedicated to representing Atlanta’s diverse community with the stories we tell, the artists, staff, and leadership we employ, and audiences we serve. www.alliancetheatre.org.

OUR MISSION To expand hearts and minds onstage and off.

OUR VISION Making Atlanta more connected, curious, and compassionate through theatre and arts education.

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THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE Woodruff Circle members each contribute more than $250,000 annually to support the arts and education work of The Woodruff Arts Center, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art. We are deeply grateful to these partners who lead our efforts to ensure the arts thrive in our community.

$1MILLION+

$500,000+

$300,000+

A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation Invesco QQQ King & Spalding, Partners & Employees Molly Blank Fund

Bank of America Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda & Dan Cathy The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. The Home Depot Foundation Sarah and Jim Kennedy The SKK Foundation The John W. and Rosemary K. Brown Family Foundation

$400,000+ SunTrust Teammates SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust

UPS

WarnerMedia and AT&T

$250,000+ The Estate of Catherine Warren Dukehart Cousins Foundation Estate of Burton M. Gold Mr. and Mrs. James S. Grien The Estate of Dr. John W. Gamwell The Pussycat Foundation, Inc. PwC, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation The Sara Giles Moore Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundations

Contributions Made: June 1, 2019 – May 31, 2020 | Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors | * Deceased

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THE BENEFACTOR CIRCLE

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We are deeply grateful to the Benefactor Circle members, who generously contribute more than $100,000 annually enterprise-wide, investing in the arts and education work of The Woodruff Arts Center, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and High Museum of Art.

$200,000+

$100,000+

The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. Deloitte, its Partners & Employees EY, Partners & Employees PNC The Shubert Foundation

1180 Peachtree American Academy of Arts and Letters The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Atlantic Station The Estate of Mr. Hugh W. Burke CIBC City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Georgia Natural Gas Georgia-Pacific Jones Day Foundation & Employees Kaiser Permanente Knobloch Family Foundation Legendary events The Marcus Foundation, Inc. Morris Manning & Martin LLP National Endowment for the Arts Northside Hospital Patty and Doug Reid The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Thalia And Michael C. Carlos Advised Fund Rod Westmoreland WestRock Company wish Foundation

$150,000+ Alston & Bird Amy W. Norman Charitable Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Antinori Foundation / Ron and Susan Antinori The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund The Goizueta Foundation The Halle Foundation High Museum of Art Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees Louise S. Sams and Jerome Grilhot Carol and Ramon Tomé Family Fund The Estate of Ms. Mary F. Trembath Wells Fargo The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

Contributions Made: June 1, 2019 – May 31, 2020 | Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors | * Deceased

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THE PATRON CIRCLE

The Patron Circle includes donors who generously made contributions of $15,000 or more enterprise-wide.

Contributions Made: June 1, 2019 – May 31, 2020 | Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors | * Deceased $75,000+ Arnall Golden & Gregory LLP Cadence Bank Crawford & Company Mr. and Mrs.* Bradley Currey, Jr. Edgerton Foundation The Estate of Dr. Geoffrey G. Eichholz Fulton County Board of Commissioners The Imlay Foundation Norfolk Southern Foundation Victoria and Howard Palefsky Schwab Charitable Fund The Estate of Hubert H.Whitlow, Jr. $50,000+ The Allstate Foundation Sandra and Dan Baldwin Bank of America Private Bank Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Blackney Lucinda W. Bunnen Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Catalfano Ann and Jeff Cramer Eversheds Sutherland Genuine Parts Company Goldman Sachs The Graves Foundation Bonnie and Jay Harris Allison and Ben Hill The Howell Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Hilton H. Howell, Jr. Jane and Clayton Jackson JLL Ann A. and Ben F. Johnson, III Lucy R.* and Gary Lee, Jr. The MAGNUM Companies Joe Massey The Naserian Foundation Novelis, Inc. The Primerica Foundation Publix Super Markets Charities R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation Regions Bank Margaret and Terry Stent Veritiv Mr.* and Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Ann Marie and John B. White, Jr.

$25,000+ A Friend of the Alliance Theatre & Woodruff Arts Center A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ABM AEC Trust Aarati and Peter Alexander American Media Products, Inc. The Arnold Foundation, Inc. Yum and Ross Arnold Arrow Exterminators Spring and Tom Asher Assurant The Balloun Family Lisa and Joe Bankoff Ed Bastian BlackRock Nancy and Kenny Blank Bloomberg Philanthropies BNY Mellon Wealth Management Brenau UniversityGainesville Campus Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Brill Janine Brown and Alex J. Simmons, Jr. Brunner Benjamin Q. Brunt Lucinda W. Bunnen Mr. and Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun Wright and Alison Caughman CBH International, Inc. Barbara and Steve Chaddick Chubb Aimee and Tom Chubb CJI Group Ltd. Cooper Carry Cousins Properties Russell Currey and Amy Durrell Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Cari Dawson and John Sparrow Marcia and John Donnell Mrs. Sarah A. EbyEbersole and Mr. W. Daniel Ebersole Ms. Angela L. Evans Katie and Reade Fahs Ellen and Howard Feinsand Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Jennifer and Marty Flanagan Peggy Foreman Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.

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Betty Sands Fuller Geographics, Inc. George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta Georgia Council for the Arts GMT Capital Corporation Google Carolyn and David Gould Jeannette Guarner, MD and Carlos Del Rio, MD Mr. Mark Hanson and Mr. Burch Arvin Nancy and Charles Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Jeff M. Hehir Hellen Plummer Charitable Foundation Douglas J. Hertz Family Foundation Holder Construction Company The Howell Fund, Inc. Karen and Jeb Hughes Infor Global Solutions Inspire Brands Foundation The Jim Cox, Jr. Foundation Mr. Baxter P. Jones and Dr. Jiong Yan Anne and Mark Kaiser The Katherine John Murphy Foundation Joel Knox and Joan Marmo James H. Landon Renee and Alan D. Levow Livingston Foundation, Inc. Macy’s Majestic Realty Larry and Lisa Mark Massey Charitable Trust MaxMedia Margot and Danny McCaul Mr. and Mrs. John F. McMullan Merrill Lynch Judy Zaban Miller and Lester Miller Mrs. Nancy Montgomery Starr Moore & James Starr Memorial Foundation, Inc. Moxie Mrs. Cecile Stockhausen Ms. Caroline Gottschalk Mueller Water Products, Inc. NCR Foundation Terence L. and Jeanne P. Neal Nelson Mullins

Northern Trust Lynn and Galen Oelkers Oxford Industries Beth and David Park Martha M. Pentecost Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Mr. Mark Preisinger PrimeRevenue Inc. Printpack The Ray M. and Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Margaret and Bob Reiser The Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. Fund Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Rodbell The Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Mary and Jim Rubright Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation SCANA Energy Mr. and Mrs. David Scheible Rachel and Bill Schultz Joyce and Henry Schwob The Selig Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ross Singletary II Skanska The Slumgullion Charitable Fund Smith & Howard, PC Mr. and Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith Mrs. Lessie B. Smithgall Southwire Company Steinberg Charitable Trust TalentQuest Judith and Mark K. Taylor Mr. G. Kimbrough Taylor and Ms. Triska Drake Lisa Cannon Taylor and Chuck Taylor Kate & Elwyn Tomlinson Foundation, Inc. Sally G. Tomlinson* Troutman Pepper United Distributors, Inc. Susie and Patrick Viguerie Vine Vault Kathy N. Waller Susan and Tom* Wardell Mr. and Mrs. Chris Webber Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation Sue and John Wieland Elizabeth and Chris Willett

encoreatlanta.com $25,000+ (CONT’D) Mrs. Sue S. Williams Suzanne B. Wilner Drs. Kevin and Kalinda Woods Ellen and John Yates Mary* and Bob Yellowlees Amy and Todd Zeldin $15,000+ A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra A Friend of the High Museum of Art A Friend of The Woodruff Arts Center (2) AAA Parking Kristie and Charles Abney Mr. and Mrs. William L. Ackerman Keith Adams and Kerry Heyward Madeline and Howell E. Adams, Jr. Robin Aiken and Bill Bolen Mr. and Mrs. John M. Allan Mary Allen Aadu and Kristi Allpere ALPLA Jeff and Leanne Anderson Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlantic American Corporation; Delta Life Insurance; Gray Television Barbara and Ron Balser Juanita and Gregory Baranco Angele and John Barrow Laura and Stan Blackburn The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Mr. Arthur M. Blank Mrs. Stephanie Blomeyer Rita and Herschel Bloom Mr. David Boatwright Mr. and Mrs. Watt Boone Susan V. Booth and Max Leventhal The Boston Consulting Group Lisa and Jim Boswell The Breman Foundation, Inc. Ginny & Charles Brewer Martha & Toby Brooks Brown & Brown Insurance, Inc. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Dean Bunce Ms. Mary Cahill and Mr. Rory Murphy Dr. Mary S. Campbell Cancer Treatment Centers of America Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Cashdan CBRE Mr. James Cox Chambers Ms. Suzanne Christensen Bert and Cathy Clark

Colliers International Covenant Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Cook Dr. John W. Cooledge Carolynn Cooper and Pratap Mukharji Melinda and Brian Corbett Ann and Tom Cousins Ms. Marge A. Crittenden Charlene Crusoe-Ingram and Earnest Ingram Rebecca and Chris Cummiskey Ms. Alison Danaceau Mr. Dave Dase and Ms. Jackie Flake Cheryl Davis and Kurt Kuehn Mr. and Ms. Jay M. Davis Heather and Phil Deguire Ms. Sloane Drake Diane Durgin Mr. Richard H. Delay and Dr. Francine D. Dykes Eleanor and Charles Edmondson Mr. Fredric M. Ehlers and Mr. David Lile Fifth Third Bank Fleetcor Sally and Carl Gable Anne and Dick Game Doris and Matthew Geller Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goodsell Graphic Packaging International, Inc. Nancy and Holcombe Green Seth & Lisa Greenberg Nena C. Griffith Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Joe Hamilton Mr. Rod Hildebrant and Mr. Matthew Meehan Hilton Atlanta Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Hohlstein Mr. and Mrs. Jack K. Holland HSBC Jocelyn J. Hunter Mr. Wayne S. Hyatt IBM Ida Alice Ryan Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester Phil and Jenny Jacobs Liza and Brad Jancik Mr. Robert A. Jetmundsen Lou Brown Jewell Bob Jimenez Johnny Mercer Foundation Katie and West Johnson Ingrid Saunders Jones JP Morgan Private Bank John C. Keller Mr. James F. Kelley and Ms. Anne H. Morgan Philip I. Kent Mr. and Mrs. David E. Kiefer

Kimberly-Clark Ms. Kim Peter Kovac Mr. Charles R. Kowal Dr. and Mrs. Scott I. Lampert Mr. and Mrs. Nolan C. Leake Donna Lee and Howard Ehni Dr. Elaine L. Levin Barbara W. and Bertram L. Levy Mr. Sukai Liu and Dr. Ginger J. Chen Mr. and Dr. Kevin Lyman Mr. Martinez Barry and Jean Ann McCarthy Sally and Allen McDaniel Ms. Anne Meisner Mr. Kenneth H. and Dr. Carolyn C. Meltzer Anna and Hays Mershon MetLife Foundation Moore Colson, CPAs and Bert & Carmen Mills Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Morgens West Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James H. Morgens Gretchen Nagy & Allan Sandlin National Philanthropic Trust Northwestern Mutal Goodwin, Wright John and Laura Wright Barbara and Sanford Orkin Kathie and Churk Palmer Karen and Richard Parker Mr. and Mrs. Solon P. Patterson Perkins & Will Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc The Piedmont National Family Foundation Suzanne and Bill Plybon Mr. Marc Pollack and Mrs. Robin Pollack Portman Holdings Princess Grace Foundation, USA Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pryor Pulte Group, Inc. Quigley Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rawson Robyn Roberts and Kevin Greiner Mrs. Nita Robinson Patricia and Maurice Rosenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Arnold B. Rubenstein June and John Scott ServiceNow Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sharbaugh Mr. John A. Sibley

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Mr. Fahim Siddiqui and Ms. Shazia Fahim Dean DuBose and Bronson Smith Mr. and Mrs. John Somerhalder Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Karen and John Spiegel Lynne & Steve Steindel Sara and Paul Steinfeld Mr. Les Stumpff and Ms. Sandy Moon Dr. Nossi Taheri and Ms. Hope Vaziri Elliott and Elaine Tapp Ms. Brett A. Tarver Thomas H. Lanier Family Foundation Lizanne Thomas and David Black Rosemarie and David Thurston Tim and Lauren Schrager Family Foundation UBS Financial Services Inc. John and Ray Uttenhove Roxanne and Benny Varzi Kim and Reggie Walker Gertrude and William C. Wardlaw Fund Mrs. Melinda M. Wertheim and Dr. Steven B. Wertheim Adair and Dick White Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin T. White Richard Williams and Janet Lavine Wilmington Trust Jan and Greg Winchester

52 | staff ARTISTIC Jennings Hertz Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan V. Booth Producer & Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Feldman Director of Diversity, Equity, & Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daviorr Snipes Distinguished Artist in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearl Cleage BOLD Artistic Director Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tinashe Kajese-Bolden Associate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Watkins BOLD Producing Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skylar Burks Spelman Leadership Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessenia Ingram, Alexis Woodard Spelman Leadership Interns . . . . . Raiyon Hunter, Lauren Dixon, Chloe Jackson Kenny Leon Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tyra Wilson Resident Artist & Allyship Program Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maya Lawrence Reiser Lab Artists Round 5 . . . . Daryl Lisa Fazio, Karen Robinson, Carolyn Cook, Okorie Johnson, Radcliffe Bailey, Fahamu Pecou, Topher Payne, Richard Eldredge, Gina Rickicki R ound 6 . . . . . . . . . . Jake Krakovsky, Jane Foley, Ibi Owolabi, Hannah Church, Sarah Newby Halicks, Jaclyn Hofmann, Lee Osorio, Angela Farr Schiller, Rachel Parish Production Management Associate Production Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Baranski, Courtney O’Neill COVID Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haylee Scott Costumes Director of Costume Shop and Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer Henderson Assistant Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laury Conley Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tonja Peterson, Cindy Lou Who Craftsmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana L. Thomas 1st Hands/Stitchers . . . . . . . . Lyudmila Fesenko, Brett Parker, Mary Cruz Torres Wig Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsey Ewing Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Niki Traxler Electrics Director of Lighting and Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernesto Gomez Assistant Director of Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Will Brunson Staff Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Jordan Properties Properties Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Cooper Morris Props Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Butkovich Props Artisan / Buyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimberly Townsend Props Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn Muse Scenery Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Richardson Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Gottlieb Shop Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Conley Buyer/Lead Welder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rigel Powell Auto Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Seifert Carpenters . . . Amy Jackson, Marlon Wilson, Hailey Rose Thomas, Charles Bedell Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kat Conley Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brianna Bass Sound Resident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clay Benning Production Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Jarvis Sound Engineers . . . . . . Emma Mouledoux, Holly O’Reagan, Graham Schwartz Stage Management Resident Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Campbell Stage Managers . . . . . . . . lark hackshaw, Jayson T. Waddell, Rodney Williams Stage Management Production Assistants . . . . . . . . . Ashley Dickey, Valerie Medoff, Amanda Perez Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Bowne Crew Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate Lucibella Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willie Palmer Parks Automation Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Victor Mouledoux Jr.

EDUCATION Dan Reardon Director of Education & Associate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Moses Naserian Foundation Head of Early Childhood Programs . . . . . . Hallie Angelella Head of Youth & Family Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Aston Bosworth Administration & Education Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elecia Crowley Head of Secondary Curriculum & Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Davis Education Database & Content Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Dresser Adult Programs & Administrative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Hindsman

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Head of Strategic Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aierelle Jacob Education Process Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Myers Head of Elementary School Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Pogue Artist in Residence & Teen Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Provenzano Education Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kristen Silton Education Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jasmine Thomas Alliance@Work Creative Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Noble Alliance@Work Business Development Officer . . . . . . . . . . Julianne Gambert Teaching Artists Jimez Alexander, Will Amato, Jae An, Chase Anderson, Ricardo Aponte, Kim Bowers-Rheay Baran, Lon Baumgarner, Thomas Brazzle, Jared Brodie, Chelsea Brown, Kyle Brumley, Sara Burris, Taryn Carmona, Katie Causey, Lina Chambers, Hannah Lake Chatham, Hannah Chiclana, Hannah Church, Megan Cramer, Kelly Criss, Nakeisha Daniel, Peyton McDaniel Davis, Theresa Davis, Shelli Delgado, Sarah Donnell, John Doyle, Laurin Dunleavy, Suehyla-El Attar, Shelby Folks, Sharon Foote, Daryl Funn, Allison Gardner, Neely Gossett, Sarah Newby Halicks, Amber Hamilton, Meg Harkins, Faith Hillis, Robert Hindsman, Deja Holmes, Meg Johns, Carole Kaboya, Ashe Kazanjian, LeeAnna Lambert, Chris Lane, Maya Lawrence, Antonia LeChe, Kathleen Link, Amy Lucas, Christian Magby, Barry Stewart Mann, Cara Mantella, Gloria Martin, Mari Martinez, Dalyla McGee, Candy McLellan, Karin Mervis, Courtney Moors, Amanda Wansa Morgan, Jenna Jackson Morris, Audrey Myers, JD Myers, Teundras Oaks, Tafee Patterson, Zuri Petteway, Aaron Pitman, Michelle Pokopac, Samantha Provenzano, J.L. Reed, Morgan Rysdon, Julissa Sabino, Riley Schatz, Erin Schaut, Avery Sharpe, Destiny Stancil, Autumn Stephens, Alexandria Joy Thomas, Jasmine Thomas, Ebony Tucker, Jeremy Varner, Jose Miguel Vasquez, Rachel Wansker, Megan Wartell, Adam Washington, Andrea Washington, Davia Weatherill, Katy Whitson, Jay Williams, Vallea Woodbury, Melissa Word Teen Ensemble Members Jessica Agalaba, Colleen Allard-Smith, Hananya Allen, Zariyah Allen, Chloe Beaver, Tavin Bennett-Brown, Caroline Brown, Nicole Cortes, Khala Flemister, Léa Fournier, Ebony Golden, Jude Harris, Samyukta Iyer, Varun Kashyap, LaNiyah Kelly, Hannah Lahr, Chloe Lomax, Isabel Pruitt, Ibrahim Sedebeh, Kenyon Surney, Fiona Tagami, Nicky Taylor, Brendan White, Alivia Wynn, Anna Zheng

MANAGEMENT Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Schleifer Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Thruston Administration & Finance Director of Finance & Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Shively Accounting Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Hall Accounts Payable Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenterill Boden Management Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Houser Development & Memberships Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamie Clements Associate Director of Development, Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . Caitlin Way Associate Director, Strategic Institutional Advancement . . . . . Collins Desselle Associate Director of Data & Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danielle Hicks Development Manager, Board Relations & Special Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Ridgeway-Baierl Development Coordinator, Individual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jo Lopez Season Ticket Concierge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken McNeil Season Tickets Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethan Padgett Group Sales Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jocelyn Rick Marketing Director of Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allison Hoover Associate Director of Marketing & Communications . . . . . . Kathleen Covington Creative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Talia Bromstad Marketing & Promotions Assistant, Program Producer . . . . . . . . .Ashley Elliott Front of House & Patron Experience Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Flores Associate Front of House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas D. Powell Community Engagement & Audience Development Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rita Kompelmakher Digital Communications Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ansley Usery House Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rin Smith, Robyn E. Sutton-Fernandez