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Poetry in motion. I’ve always loved that notion — those three little words that conjure an image of the power of language made manifest and made muscular. Most often, we use it to describe beautiful physical prowess. Think Michael Jordan. Think Mikhail Baryshnikov. Now think about it from the other direction. Not action with the beauty of poetry — but poetry with the urgency of action. Poetry that’s so evocative and catalytic that it spurs both the listener and the reader to do something. When I first encountered Natasha Trethewey’s brilliant poetry cycle Native Guard, I was smitten. Smitten by the narrative power of each individual poem, knocked out by the aggregation of layer upon layer of meaning the piece builds as a whole. I was moved in a way that I didn’t know poetry could move me. And when our 19th U.S. Poet Laureate was generous enough to say yes in fact we could put these words onstage, there was one undeniable imperative: Rather than bending the poetry to fit the theatrical form, we must figure out how to bend the theatrical form to serve the poetry. Poetry in motion. Act 1 is our attempt. In Act 2, we’re hoping you’ll tell us how we did. A final word. This production is dedicated to the memory of Debbie Shelton. Debbie was an impossibly stalwart champion of this theatre — serving as staff, as a trustee, as president of our board, as a profoundly generous donor — over decades of tireless service. Debbie showed up like nobody’s business, and always with an authentic smile and a catalytic question: “Have you ever considered …?” “What if we…?” Debbie was also a treasured friend. We talked children, we debated politics, we drank wine and we traded books. She would have loved the second act of this piece and would have, I know, robustly participated in the sharing of views that are set into motion by poetry. We love and miss you Debbie; you are remembered here.

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GUARDIANS of our past Natasha Trethewey’s award-winning poetry explores memory, racial identity, history and a daughter’s loss

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f ever words jumped off the page, they do with the world premiere staging of Native Guard, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book of poetry by Atlanta-based Natasha Trethewey. With the first show of the season on the intimate Hertz Stage, audiences won’t witness “selections from” or a “staged adaptation of ” Trethewey’s 2006 text. It’s more of a theatricalization of her original text: word for word, page by page. “We’re not bending poetry to fit theater,” says Jenings 8 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

Hertz Artistic Director Susan V. Booth. “We’re bending theater to fit poetry.” That approach entices Trethewey, who directs the creative writing program at Emory University and recently served two years as U.S. poet laureate, the nation’s official poet. She especially admires that, as conceived by director Booth, the audience “doesn’t get to skip over anything,” including the book’s dedication and epigraphs. “That’s when I was sold on it,” says the poet. “That’s when I knew they were onto something.”

Trethewey included a dozen or so epigraphs in Native Guard, placing brief excerpts from other poets and notables — from Walt Whitman to Nina Simone — in precise locations. “Readers are notorious for reading right over certain things,” she says. When they come upon epigraphs “they may just turn the page; they don’t always feel like that’s part of what they are reading. But when there’s a vocalist singing that epigraph as a very plaintive spiritual, it brings something that just the words on the page can’t do.” Early in the show’s creative process, Trethewey got a taste of how vocalist Nicole Banks Long would render certain pieces of her text. “It moved me to tears,” she recalls. “The reason that I used that particular epigraph is exactly what she is able to manifest. The emotion that I feel when I hear her sing it — that’s the feeling that made me want to use that epigraph to begin with.” Collectively, Trethewey regards Native Guard’s poems as “elegiac in mood and tone. They are about history of the Deep South, my native Mississippi, the sense of loss and grief. The poems attempt to elegize the things I am grieving about, the things that I lost.” Trethewey, who was born and raised in Gulfport, Miss., is now working on a memoir about her mother, who died just shy of age 41, when Natasha was 19. Poems based on her mother’s life, many “completely imagined,” are key to Native Guard. Others tell the story of young men in the Louisiana Native Guard who’d been freed as slaves and in 1862 served as the first Union regiment of black soldiers. They were treated horrifically (even fired upon) by fellow soldiers. Combining these two specific portraits of the Southern human experience — one personal, one historical — isn’t exactly obvious. “I did not at first know that they would go together,” Trethewey says. Yet if you give her a gentle nudge, she might share the back story. One day, some 20 years after her mother’s death, Trethewey was jogging through a cemetery near her home and “felt a pull to slow down.” “It seemed to me that the names on the graves of the Confederate soldiers were demanding to be read,” she says, “to be spoken aloud, to be remembered.” She found herself wandering the soldiers’ gravesites. The final couplet of “Graveyard Blues,” the 14-line sonnet early in Native Guard,

“ There’s music and great beauty in the way these poems rub up against one another.” Susan V. Booth describes “the very moment I realized these two topics belonged together.” Those lines: I wander now among names of the dead: My mother’s name, stone pillow for my head. Trethewey is keenly interested in memory, racial identity (her father was white, her mother black), and keeping the past alive. “Who owns history and what is our responsibility to know our buried histories?” she wonders. She strives to act as guardian of her mother’s history, but asks, “Who is the keeper of the history of those little-known soldiers?” The poems in Native Guard are “rooted in the shadow side of American history,” said a reviewer from the American Library Association, praising Trethewey’s “bayonet-sharp lyrics.” There’s “music and great beauty” in the way these poems “rub up against one another,” says Booth. “When you read a lot,” says Trethewey, “you are collecting many words without realizing it. Sometimes, when I am writing, a word will arrive completely unbidden, but happily so. It could be a word I have never spoken or used in my life. But then it comes in my mind, and it will even turn out to be the perfect word. I go look it up in the OED and I do a little dance for joy.” For Trethewey, poetry “is one of the best ways we have of connecting not only to the intellect but also to the heart. It reminds us across time and space not that we are different, but how we are alike.” A ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG

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Originally developed with support from The Playwriting Center of Theater Emory at Emory University, Atlanta, GA AUTHOR

NATASHA TRETHEWEY SET DESIGN

ANNE PATTERSON MEDIA DESIGNER

ADAM LARSEN

COSTUME DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGN

LESLIE TAYLOR STAGE MANAGER

KEN YUNKER COMPOSER/MUSIC DIRECTOR

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CLAY BENNING CASTING

JON GOLDSTEIN TYRONE JACKSON JODY FELDMAN DRAMATURG

CELISE KALKE DIRECTOR

SUSAN V. BOOTH Based on NATIVE GUARD by Natasha Trethewey. Copyright: 2006 by Natasha Trethewey. Adapted by special arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

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* Thomas Neal Antwon Ghant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Native Guard Tyrone Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Director/Pianist * January LaVoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Poet * Nicole Banks Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocalist UNDERSTUDIES

Tiffany Gist — The Poet Aaron Sedrick Goodson — Native Guard

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profiles THOMAS NEAL ANTWON GHANT (Native Guard) It’s truly humbling to once again be on the Alliance stage in what could only be called a night of thoughtful words, insights, discussion, and hopefully a little education thrown into the mix. What an opportunity! I hope you are given as much freedom as I have been given with Natasha’s book, to explore tough questions about how we interact and perceive one another. How, because of our shared history, our future is truly linked and is whatever we make it. It’s been a pleasure; a pleasure that I hope you and I can share again sometime. TIFFANY GIST (US The Poet; US Vocalist) is thrilled to make her debut on the Alliance stage. She holds a B.A. in theatre arts from Alabama State University, and an M.F.A. in acting and Graduate Certificate in African American Theatre from University of Louisville. She is a resident director, teaching artist and performance coach at several universities and theatre companies and privately coaches for Actology Coaching & Training (ACT). Past acting credits include Raisin in the Sun, The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God, Come Down Burning, Song for Coretta, Cage Rhythm, The Story, Voice of the Fugitive (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 (Birmingham Children’s Theatre) and Into the Woods (Red Mountain Theatre Company). AARON SEDRICK GOODSON (US Native Guard) is excited to be working with the Alliance Theatre for the first time. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company, Aaron is a newcomer to the Atlanta stage. He can be seen soon in Out of Box Theatre’s production of The Pillowman. Previous credits include The Terrible Tragedy of Peter Pan (Out of Box Theatre), 3rd Annual Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival (Actor’s Express), ’Membuh:

[Confessions of] The Only Generation (Progress Theatre), Old Vic New Voices: Fallout (Old Vic Theatre/Atlantic Theater Company), Othello (Playwrights Horizons). JANUARY LAVOY (The Poet) was last seen at the Alliance as Lena in the world premiere of Pearl Cleage’s What I Learned in Paris. Broadway: ENRON. Off-Broadway: Wings (Second Stage), Coraline (MCC), Two Trains Running and Home (Signature Theatre). Selected Regional: Mattie in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Mark Taper Forum), Kate in Good People (Pittsburgh Public), Isabella in Measure for Measure (Shakespeare NJ), Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire (Denver Center). Film: War of the Worlds, High Ground. Television: “Blue Bloods,” “3 lbs.,” “Law & Order” (classic, CI and SVU), and Noelle Ortiz on “One Life to Live.” Voiceover work includes promos, national commercial campaigns and over sixty audiobooks. She was honored as Audiobook Narrator of the Year by Publishers’ Weekly in 2013, and received a 2014 Audie Award. M.F.A.: National Theatre Conservatory (Denver), SAG-AFTRA/AEA. She is married to her favorite actor, Mat Hostetler. She dedicates this performance with gratitude to Natasha Trethewey, Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough, and her own mother, Kim Capristo. januarylavoy.com NICOLE BANKS LONG (Vocalist) is elated to return to the Alliance for yet another incredible experience. Regional credits: Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL as Mary Magdalene (Alliance Theatre); GloATL on-site at the High Museum as Vocalist (Alliance Theatre partnership with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra). Music credits: The Servant as lead female vocalist (Rod McGaha’s Album); Lionel Hampton’s Orchestra as Female Vocalist (Lionel Hampton Tour). Nicole spends her days working in corporate America and is blessed with an adoring husband, Stan Sr., and loving son, Stan Jr., both of whom are the center of her universe.

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profiles ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society NATASHA TRETHEWEY (Author) served two terms as the 19th poet laureate of the United States (2012-2014). She is the author of four collections of poetry, Domestic Work (2000), Bellocq’s Ophelia (2002), Native Guard (2006) — for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize — and, most recently, Thrall, (2012). Her book of nonfiction, Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, appeared in 2010. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Beinecke Library at Yale and the Bunting Fellowship Program of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University. ANNE PATTERSON (Set Designer) is a multitalented visual artist who has gone on to create incredibly varied works, from “Graced With Light” — a music-inspired installation in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral that features nearly 20 miles of multi-hued ribbons cascading from the church’s vaulted ceiling arches to technologically advanced performances such as Mercury Soul at New World Symphony in Miami to musical theater productions of Cabaret at Arena Stage in D.C. In Atlanta, Anne’s work has been seen at the Alliance (Women of Brewster Place, sets), at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew Passion, Hayden’s Creation, design and direction), the Shaw Room and Gallery 1280, paintings. Anne has also collaborated on productions at Avery Fisher Hall, the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra and Chicago Symphony. Upcoming projects include a solo exhibition in March at Valerie Dillon Gallery in New York.

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LESLIE TAYLOR (Costume Designer) has designed sets and costumes for more than 160 productions. Her most recent Alliance set design was for August: Osage County, for which she received a Suzi Bass Award. Her most recent designs for Theater Emory include the dance/ theater pieces Free/Fall and Grim, Grimmer, Grimmest. Leslie served for 10 years as chair of the Department of Theater and Dance at Emory University. Currently she serves as executive director for the Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts. She has designed locally for Georgia Shakespeare, the Center for Puppetry Arts, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Theatrical Outfit and Actor’s Express, and nationally at Opera Theater St. Louis, Geva Theatre, Merrimack Rep, Portland Stage Company, Indiana Rep and off-Broadway. On Broadway she was the associate designer with Ming Cho Lee on the Tony award-winning production of K-2. In 1983, she received a Maharam Award for her work on K-2. KEN YUNKER (Lighting Designer) is the resident lighting designer for the Sarasota Opera Association, lighting designer for Atlanta Opera on more than 50 productions and lighting director of FIO Americas in São Paulo, Brazil. Alliance Theatre: The Geller Girls; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Good People; What I Learned in Paris; Into the Woods; August: Osage County; Avenue X; Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Aladdin; Bluish; Go Dog Go!; The Underpants; Einstein Is a Dummy; Day of Kings; The Miracle Worker; Leap. National credits: Florida Grand Opera, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Bermuda Arts Festival, McCarter Theatre Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Utah Symphony and Opera. In Atlanta: Ballethnic Dance Company, True Colors Theatre, Atlanta Black Arts Festival, Theatrical Outfit, Theatre in the Square, International Ballet Rotaru. Awards: Suzi Bass Award for Avenue X with nominations for Into the Woods, August: Osage County, Rejoice and The Persians; nomination for Abbey Artist of the Year; Creative Loafing Best of Atlanta. CLAY BENNING (Sound Designer) has been the resident sound designer at the Alliance Theatre for 14 years and has designed more than

profiles 80 productions. Recent works include The Tall Girls, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Into the Woods, Good People and Next to Normal. Associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare with more than 20 productions. Other designs include Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Theatre. Awards: 2006, 2007 and 2009 Suzi Bass awards for outstanding sound design with an additional 11 nominations. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (B.A.), North Carolina School of the Arts (M.F.A.) and a member of IATSE/USA829. ADAM LARSEN (Projection Designer) has designed nearly 100 productions both on and off Broadway, including Hal Prince’s LoveMusik (Broadway); The Gospel at Colonus (Athens, Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals); The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Singapore and Edinburgh Festival); Brief Encounters and My Fair Lady (Shaw Festival); The Women of Brewster Place (Alliance/Arena Stage); Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (Alliance Theatre); big (Atlanta Ballet); Love Lies Bleeding, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy and Balletlujah (Alberta Ballet); From the House of the Dead (Canadian Opera); Lily Plants a Garden (Mark Taper); Maa (Atlanta Symphony/ GloAtl); Agrippina (Opera Omaha); Semele (Pacific Musicworks); Quartet (Aspen Santa Fe Ballet); Seed (Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet); Second Hand and Phorion (New World Symphony); Black Whole (Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center/Moog Music); Le Martyre de St Sebastien, Peer Gynt and Peter Grimes (San Francisco Symphony). Adam holds a B.F.A. in cinematography from N.C. School of the Arts. His documentary about autism titled “Neurotypical” aired on the PBS series P.O.V. last year. TYRONE JACKSON (Music Director/Pianist) The name Tyrone Jackson is quickly becoming synonymous with the quintessential jazz piano player. His creativity coupled with subtle accompaniments, has him poised for national recognition. Born in New Orleans’ cradle of jazz, Jackson embodies the spirit of the Crescent City but has made his home in

Atlanta. He has performed with Earl Klugh, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Jennifer Holliday and Marcus Miller, to name a few. Jackson is a professor of music at Kennesaw State University where he teaches applied jazz piano, group piano (jazz), jazz improvisation II & III, and the blues. He is also a lecturer and clinician with the Rialto for Youth Jazz Ensemble. As a composer, he has released three CDs of original works: Dedicated, Another Voyage and Melody in Nede: Suite for Jazz Quartet. Jackson has written and arranged countless works for a litany of artists and performers. His songs are played with much acclaim to worldwide audiences on local and Satellite radio. CELISE KALKE (Director of New Projects/ Dramaturg) is honored to work as dramaturg on this theatrical installation of Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard. Other Atlanta-based artists with whom Celise has worked include members of the first Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, Janece Shaffer, Pearl Cleage and (upcoming) Dad’s Garage and Philip DePoy. Celise spent last year working on the 10th anniversary season of the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwright Competition. Competition-winning world premieres at the Alliance include these critically acclaimed and exciting productions: In Love and Warcraft, Bike America, Fairy Tale Lives of Russian Girls, Carapace, Tennis in Nablus, Smart Cookie, In the Red and Brown Water and False Creeds. Before moving to the Alliance, Kalke was the director of the literary department at the Public Theater in New York, and served as the production dramaturg for the Shakespeare in Central Park productions. JON GOLDSTEIN (Stage Manager) is proud to return to the Alliance Theatre after stage managing Warrior Class and working on Choir Boy last season. Other Alliance workshop/ staged readings: The Projects’ Project (Atlanta Artists Lab), The Sojourner Washing Society (in conjunction with the National Black Arts Festival) and Colossal (Kendeda finalist). Other recent credits: Camelot (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), Lend Me an Ear (SAG-AFTRA, Equity annual benefit for the Atlanta Community Food Bank) and working for the Atlanta Braves. A native of

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profiles Atlanta, Jon has been involved in the Atlanta theatre community for more than 35 years and has been an Equity member since 1984. He has stage managed more than 150 productions with Atlanta theatres including serving as resident stage manager and administrator at Theatrical Outfit (seven years) and ART Station (20 years). Thank you for supporting live theatre and all of the arts. JODY FELDMAN (Producer/Casting Director) began her theatre career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the assistant general manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Jody is the associate producer and casting director at the Alliance Theatre, where she started in 1991 as casting director. While at the Alliance, she has cast and produced more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions encompassing a wide range of world premieres including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, What I Learned in Paris by Pearl Cleage, Broke by Janece Shaffer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney and 10 years of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning plays, as well as such world and regional premiere musicals as Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical, Bring It On: The Musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and, most recently, Harmony, A New Musical. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance engagement activities and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for community conversation and connection.

SUSAN V. BOOTH ( Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, local producing partnerships and regional collaborative productions as well as commercial partnerships on projects including Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’ da Noise, Bring in ’ da Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. As a director, she has worked at theatres including the Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation. She has held teaching positions at Northwestern and DePaul universities, and serves as adjunct faculty with Emory University. She is a past president of the board of directors for the Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for the field) and is a trustee of Denison University and the Howard School. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.

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Native Guard Act 2 Guest Speakers The first act of the performance is the actual performance part of your experience. The script is the entire text of the book of poetry, Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard. We are not bending poetry to fit the form of theatre; we are bending theatre to find its form with poetry. Act 2 is a chance to gather with a complimentary beverage to share your experience of the piece. During the conversation, please share what thoughts you first had when you encountered Trethewey’s words, whether the thoughts are memories of yours, or memories of world history. The conversation will be led by a special guest (listed below) and an Alliance staff host and will last about 30 minutes.

Performance Date & Time Friday, Sept. 26, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, 11:00 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, 2:30 p.m.

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Scott Turner Schofield Ayoka Chenzira Paul Wolpe Linda Johnston Freddie Ashley Natasha Trethewey Sonya Halpern Camille Russell Love Doug Shipman Lois Reitzes Chris Snell & Sarah Trowbridge Rita Izaguirre Tom Key Sal Cilella Carlton Mackey Afemo & Elisabeth Omilami Terry Burrell Anthony Knight Leah Sears Rick Goerss & Suzanna Jemsby Chelsea Jackson Rob Cleveland & Mary Lynn Owen Veronica Biggins Nubia Livermore Karen Robinson Pearl McHaney Michael Molina Michael L. Thurmond Alice Lovelace

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Remember

You have received a Memory Tag with your program. This is meant to be a part of the Native Guard set, and we hope you will contribute. Please write a name, a moment or an idea that you feel needs to be memorialized. Then attach the Memory Tag to the set walls before or after the performance to share your memory with future audiences.

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AN EPIGRAPH is a quotation or reference that will illuminate what the writer is about to say in a way that will deepen the exper-ience of reading or listening. The following is a list of epigraphs used by Natasha Trethewey in Native Guard. Charles Wright “Memory on Form and Measure” from Black Zodiac Memory is a cemetery I’ve visited once or twice, white ubiquitous and the setaside Everywhere under foot ... Traditional “Wayfaring Stranger” And I’m going there to see my mother She said she’d meet me when I come And I’m only going over Jordan And I’m only going over home Robert Herrick “To Daffodils” Faire daffadills, we weep to see You haste away so soone. Nina Simone “Mississippi Goddam” Everybody knows about Mississippi. Fredrick Douglass Address given at the Graves of the Unknown Dead at Arlington Cemetery in Virgina. May 30, 1871 If this war is to be forgotten, I ask in the name of all things sacred what shall men remember? Bell Irvin Wiley and Horst D Milhollen “They Who Fought Here” the dead they lay long the lines like sheaves of Wheat I could have walked on the boddes all most from one end too the other Walt Whitman “O magent-South” O magnet-South! O glistening perfumed South! my South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! good and evil! O all dear to me! Allen Tate “Ode to the confederate Dead” Now that the salt of their blood Stiffens the saltier oblivion of the sea... E.O. Wilson “Consilience: the Unity of Knowledge” Homo sapiens is the only species to suffer psychological exile. Excerpt from “Meditation on From and Measure” from Black Zodiac by Charles Wright. Copyright © 1997 by Charles Wright. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, LLC.

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MEATYs Metro stage and film actors launch ‘That’s Educational,’ a mockumentary Web series about, well, actors playing actors.

Actor Jimi Kocina (above) ponders the possibilities of a fowl puppet. Matt Myers (opposite, top) and Eric Mendenhall (opposite, bottom) are the creative minds behind the cheeky new Web series.

ara is tired and disillusioned. She hasn’t made more than $20,000 a year since graduating from college. Co-worker Suehyla has had to miss every holiday, wedding, funeral, bar mitzvah and Super Bowl for the past 10 years. But those are the breaks. At least Cara Mantella and Suehyla El-Attar can legitimately call

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themselves professional actors. They’re also two of the six performers in MEATY, yes, MEATY — Metropolitan Educational Atlanta Theatre for Youth. The group rehearses here and travels nationwide by minivan, with 267 bookings a year and seven “message” shows about such topics as nutrition, bullying and the dangers of the wicked weed.

PHOTO: CHRIS BARTELSKI

By Julie Bookman

Not really. MEATY was invented by Atlanta actors Eric Mendenhall and Matt Myers, creators of “That’s Educational,” a mockumentary Web series. Like all cast members, Cara and Suehyla are real-life actors who play skewed versions of themselves. The debut season — eight episodes of five to seven minutes each — is now available online. Much like filmmaker Christopher Guest’s full-length mockumentaries (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, etc.), the plots and characters in “That’s Educational” are comically painful — because they seem just real enough. In a frog costume, a delightfully dense Jenny Holden bangs on the window of a car as it pulls

away, desperately asking the unseen child inside: “Did you like the show?!” In the season finale, most of the gang stands outside the van, bickering about how to fix a flat tire. MEATY member Jimi Kocina simply resigns himself to his fate, which means staying in the van and lighting a joint. The rest of the MEATY family includes Bryan Brendle (“narcissistic leading man”) and Nick Arapoglou (“overly eager new guy”). Justin Anderson directs, and Chris Bartelski is director of photography. Mendenhall and Myers are on the edge of their seats these days, waiting for word of mouth to build until enough fans (hopefully some with financial support), demand more episodes. The MEATY players are all Atlanta talents who have, collectively, performed at every theater in town and have a substantial number of film and commercial credits. Many have done educational theater, “which is just so ripe with eccentric characters and crazy situations,” says Mendenhall. “These people spend a lot of time together, and conflicts arise. The show is mostly about the bizarre way they work through these conflicts.” In one early scene, for example, MEATY cast members are costumed in bright-red crab-character getups. They’ve been called to an emergency meeting in what looks like a supply closet. Why the meeting? To learn the fate of a cast member who got a little too crabby and hurled his crab self off a school stage, attacking an audience member whose cellphone went off. With little cash on hand, Mendenhall and Myers have relied on actor friends and their connections to get the series produced. They shot scenes at Georgia Ensemble Theatre and

BEHIND THE SERIES MATT MYERS The co-creator and head writer is an Atlanta actor and voice-over artist represented by the People Store Talent Agency. You’ve seen him onstage at the Alliance Theatre, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre and Theatre in the Square, among others. He’s a University of West Florida grad and a substitute teacher for The Westminster Schools. ERIC MENDENHALL The co-creator is an actor and editor known for the films 42 (2013) and Lawless, Trouble With the Curve and What to Expect When You’re Expecting, all in 2012. You’ve seen him onstage in Waffle Palace at Horizon Theatre and at Georgia Ensemble, Georgia Shakespeare, Theatre in the Square and Theatrical Outfit. He’s had roles in the TV series “Revolution” and “Army Wives,” among others. He’s a Campbell University (N.C.) grad. Watch Season 1 episodes here: www. thatseducational.com/ episodes/

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North Point Church; the church also supplied the crab costumes. Mendenhall produces the series, Myers is head writer. The two also have roles. Mendenhall plays the “bitter tech ninja” who travels with the group. (“You look out there at their fatty, sweaty little faces, and you know you are just making a difference in their fatty, sweaty little lives.”) Myers plays a MEATY administrator, an affable nincompoop prone to making grandiose yet lame statements (“I’m high on the possibility of a better tomorrow.” Or “Defeat is temporary. Giving up is permanent”). In addition to Guest’s films, early fans of “That’s Educational” have said the series reminds them of the twisted humor on such TV shows as “Arrested Development,” “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation.” “There’s not one single thing they’re comparing it to,”

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Mendenhall says of the feedback he’s received. “I think that gives credence to the fact that we have found our own voice.” Feedback has been “incredible” so far, Mendenhall says. One recent highlight: He was getting coffee in Midtown and a guy approached him to say “I love 'That’s Educational!' It’s the most honest show I’ve seen!” Myers has sketched out episodes for a second season, conditional on financing and aligning schedules. About $1,250 is needed to produce each episode and pay the actors “a little something.” Mendenhall and Myers have big dreams. They hope they’ll create much more together, including feature-length films. But for now, they hope this first season of “That’s Educational,” sort of like The Little Engine That Could, will mark the beginning of their chug-towardsuccess story. A

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The “That’s Educational” family (from left): cocreators Eric Mendenhall and Matthew Myers with the crabby Jenny Holden, Jimi Kocina and Cara Mantella.

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Debbie Jackson S H E LT O N

A native of Boston, Mass., Debbie Jackson Shelton was a valued member of the Alliance Theatre community for more than 30 years. She first became involved with the Alliance Theatre in 1977 serving as the coordinator of the theatre’s youth touring company, the Umbrella Players. She subsequently became the theatre’s

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Debbie Shelton Memorial Donors Mr. Tom Abernathy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Asher Ms. & Ms. Beryl Bergquist Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Battle, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John E. Burton Mr. & Mrs. George Case Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Cochran Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft, III Dr. & Mrs. Eugene D. Davidson Mr. Stuart Flanzer Mr. & Mrs. William C. Fowler

Director of Youth Programs until 1986. Then, after

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retiring, she joined the Board of Directors in 1988

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where she chaired the first and fifth Dream Auctions, served as chair of planned giving, then chairman of the board from 2000 to 2002, and was finally honored with an appointment as Life Director. Continuing her philanthropic dedication, Debbie, in 1989, became a key member of the committee working to win the 1996 Olympic Games. She then joined the Olympic Games staff and was the program director for venue staffing. Debbie also served as the vice chair of hospitality for the PGA Tour Championship at East Lake Golf and was involved

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discover us discover us. discover you. In reading Native Guard, I was reminded of my own journey from Colored, to Negro, to Black, to African-American and the milestones that were associated with each label. When I was Colored, I felt safe and secure in the cocoon of my family, community, church and school life, protected from the realities of segregation. The transition to Negro was scary and volatile as the civil rights struggle was predominate in my daily existence, consistent with the painful transition to integration. As I became Black, I became militant, as that is what the times required, to ensure that the gains that had been fought for remained, by any means necessary. Becoming an African-American embraced all that I am, a product of the South, with the roots of my ancestry in Africa and Southern plantations, but bearing witness to, and being living evidence of, the complex America that I know and love!! — Camille Russell Love Executive Director, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta In Native Guard I discovered the power of poetry to teach and to entertain on individual and collective planes. As Trethewey weaves together personal and public memories, losses, recoveries and monuments, I realized that she was also exposing stories that had been erased or ignored in history. I listened carefully to the first poem, “Theories of Time and Space” and found there the tools — maps, journeys, diaries, memories, photographs — to construct meanings of home, Mississippi and the South in all that followed. I learned that what we might harbor as an individual loss or memory is a shared experience that we are all Americans, together. — Pearl McHaney Associate Dean for Fine Arts and Director of the Center for Collaborative and International Arts at Georgia State University

In Native Guard I discovered how rhythm and repetition underscored the elegiac aspects of the poem. On the first reading, I was following the stories, the narratives and the emotions, and on the second reading I became aware of the structures of the poems and how elegantly the structures underscore the emotions. I was particularly moved by the title poem, Native Guard, and how the opening line “Truth be told, I do not want to forget anything of my former life” and the closing lines — “a scaffolding of bone we tread upon, forgetting. Truth be told,” resonate with each other and ask the reader to reconsider meaning and memory.

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Lifetime Directors George Goodwin Laura Hardman Hays Mershon Richard S. Myrick Helen Regenstein

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Directors Kristin R. Adams James Anderson Lynn Ayers^ Kenny Blank Steve Chaddick Philippa Ellis Daryl Evans Joseph W. Evans Reade Fahs Howard Feinsand Molly Fuller Richard Goerss Andrew Golde, M.D.

Alexander Goldsmith Pat Gunning Virginia A. Hepner^ Lila Hertz Jocelyn Hunter John Keller Lauren Kiefer James A. Kilberg Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Jeff Levy Alan McKeon Carol Meadows Hala Moddelmog

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President, STARS: Lynn Ayers President, Alliance Theatre Guild: Bobbi Kornblit President, Alliance Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre Guild: Vicki Travis

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Kristie L. Madara Cynthia & Alan Maloy Mr. & Mrs. Paul P. Mattingly Mr. Alan B. McKeon and Ms. Evelyn Ashley Melanie & S. Alan McKnight, Jr. Carol & Dart Meadows Mr. William E. Michalewicz Nancy & Mike Millett Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Dedi & Julian Mohr Morgens West Foundation June M. Morrison Kathleen Nixon & Gregory Berkey Susan & David Peterson Mr. Jared Ripps and Dr. Kiera von Besser Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rosenberg Anonymous Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Sonny & Jeanne Seals Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III Charlotte & Tom Shields Brian Shively and Jim Jinhong Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman William & Margarita Sleeper Oronda M. Smith Southern States LLC Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Karen & Alex Stickney Maria-Ruth Storts TAYLAR Development Mr. James Thomas Michael & June Tompkins Joshua & Zenobia Trexler Kimberly & Kevin Walther Janice M. Warner Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Penn & Sally Wells Joan N. Whitcomb J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company The Zaban Foundation John & Kathy Zamer

$1,500-$2,499 JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Jeff & Belinda Allen Theodore & Andrea Altholz Judy M. Anderson Rita & Ted Anderson Mr. & Mrs. William Andrade John & Lynn Ayers Mr. & Mrs. John Bacheller, Jr. Elizabeth & John Bacon James & Therese Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Basaraba Ms. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Candace & Jeff Bell Mark & Pam Bell Mr. & Mrs. Mark Blumenthal George H. Boulineau Ginny & Charles Brewer Stephen Brown Susan & Tom Callaway Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Christopher Clegg

Mark & Ruth Coan Tim D. Couch Brad & Sally Currey Ms. Sallie Adams Daniel Fantastic Finds & Fantastic Finds For Him Julia & AndrĂŠ Demetrius Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards Ralph & Ree Edwards Thomas Engler & Ron Davis Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Tim & Tina Eyerly Michael & Jody Feldman Mr. David Felfoldi Andrew and Wendie Fisher Mike Flueckinger Viki & Paul Freeman Lisa A. Gillespie, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Deidre Greene & Rob Dixon Warren M. Gump Dr. Steven & Marnie Harris Mrs. Kristin Hathaway Hansen & Mr. Norman Hansen Joan & David Herskovits Fred Hicks Carol Hill Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Dr. Joyce F. Houser Linda L. Lively and James E. Hugh, III Richard & Marcia Jacobson Mr. Robert A. Jetmundsen Robert Judd Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kalson Janice L. Karkula Dr. Shirley Williams-Kirksey Dr. William A. Kiser Steven & Sheri Labovitz Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Eric & Marcia Ludgood LTC. (Ret) Eugene Martin The McGee Group Robert & Deborah McKeeman Jim & Jo McLean Sally & Tom McNulty Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Ms. Nancy Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Janice & Tom Munsterman Joyce & Michael Natbony Neuro Tour Physical Therapy, Inc. Molly T. Osborne Rita Owens John & Helen Parker Monica W. Parker Bill & Carey Peard Ms. Kathleen Pendergraft Edwin Perkins & Elicia Scaife Peg Petersen Sam & Barbara Pettway Michael Pickering Mr. & Mrs. Gene Poland Karen Porch Kathleen Prussner Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Quillian III Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Rebecca and John Reeves Mrs. Helen M. Regenstein Kathryn & John Richard Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Peter & Alice Rogers

Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Rosenberg Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schultz Mr. Scott Shickler Martin & Patricia Silbiger Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Silverboard A. Boyd Simpson & Melody Mann-Simpson Drs. Marjorie & Quentin Smith Dr. O. Kirsten Spraggins Susan & Alan Stiefel Jim & Janie Stratigos Michelle Sutter Drs. Eldred & Ava Taylor Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor The Tolson Firm Kathy & Ron Tomajko Kimberly S. Tribble & Mark S. Lange Melanie Turner Van Laar Skin Care Lynda Walker & Len Levy Ms. Ann Westbrook Lauren Willard-Jelks Mrs. Sue S. Williams Jeannie Wynn

Gregg & Beth Paradies Ms. Del Podsiadlo Roger & Lynn Ritvo in honor of Ken McNeil Kevin Ruhl Jacob Rumney Gary, Cannon, Frankie & Trey Sayers Mr. & Mrs. Peter Scanavino Ms. Christine Schneider Sharon & Chip Shirley Jane E. Shivers Philip Slaughter Susan & Jay Smith Joe Sniezek Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Bob Sullivan The Elster Foundation Bill & Judy Vogel Melody Wilder Wilson Lynne Winship Ms. Cecelia Wray William & Nancy Yang Lynne T. Zappone * Deceased

$1,000-$1,499 Mr. & Mrs. George Ajy Aaron & Corrie Alford Mr. & Mrs. Robert Arogeti Michael & Andrea Barrett In Memory of Sol Blaine Mr. Donald Bonar & Mr. Elmer Langham Jim & Barbara Brady David H. & Christine T. Cofrin Ralph & Rita Connell Bob Copeland Terry & Sharon Culp Mr. & Mrs. David E. Dermer Mr. & Mrs. John Deushane Ms. Patricia L. Dickey Enid & Jerry Draluck Ms. Gail H. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Fink Marvin & Lynn Davis The Galloway Foundation in honor of Dr. Andrew Golde Divida Gude Sylvia Halleck John & Simone Hanson Valerie Hartman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hayler Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Mr. & Mrs. Stephen P. Hindman Mark Hobson Melinda & Phil Holladay in honor of Rebekah Wasserman Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. Wayne S. Hyatt Mr. David Stockert & Ms. Cameron Ives Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Carolyn L. Kennedy In Memory of George Mason Coleman In honor of Billy Levine Ron Grapevine & Rosemary Magee William McDaniel Raymond & Penelope McPhee Mr. & Mrs. Galen Oelkers Dr. & Mrs. Stephen I. Oppenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald

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annual fund Legacy Society The following are members of the Legacy Society who are ensuring the future strength of the Alliance Theatre Company through planned gifts to benefit the Theatre. The Legacy Society is the special recognition group for those who have included the Theatre or any component of the Woodruff Arts Center in their estate plans. For more information about making a planned gift to benefit the Alliance Theatre, please contact Maya Robinson, Major Contributions Manager at (404) 733-4710 or maya.robinson@woodruffcenter.org. Rita M. Anderson Anonymous Betty Blondeau-Russell Jim & Anne Breedlove Ezra Cohen Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft, III Sallie Adams Daniel Linda & Gene Davidson Howard & Ellen Feinsand Laura & John Hardman

Glen E. & Nancy Hesler P.J. Younglove Hovey William C. Hyde Lauren & David Kiefer Virginia Vann* & Ken Large Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Mr. & Mrs. John McColskey Phil & Caroline Moise Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Howard & Victoria Palefsky Jan Pomerantz

Helen M. Regenstein Bob & Margaret Reiser Neal & Tricia Schachtel Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton, III Jane E. Shivers Wayne & Lee Harper Vason Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White Lynne Winship

Matching Gift Companies We would like to thank the following companies who have matched contributions to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund. Please visit alliancetheatre.org/match to find out if your employer will match your contribution. American Express American Honda Motor Co. AIG Corporation Aon Corporation AT&T Bank of America Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Chubb & Son, Inc. CIGNA Corporation Citigroup Foundation The Coca-Cola Company

Equifax, Inc. Federated Department Stores Inc. GE Energy Home Depot Foundation IBM Corporation JPMorgan Chase Kimberly-Clark Foundation Macy’s Foundation McDonald’s Corporation Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Microsoft Corporation NDCHealth

Neiman Marcus Norfolk Southern Corporation Plum Creek Prudential Financial Sprint SunTrust Foundation Time Warner, Inc. UPS Verizon Corporation Yahoo!

What Must Be Remembered, a photographic exhibit inspired by 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Tretheway’s book of poetry titled Native Guard, reflects on aspects of African American life during the Civil War and Reconstruction, including womanhood, manhood, labor and commerce, childhood and education, and life as a soldier. Drawn from the collections held in Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL), the exhibit includes vignettes of Civil Warera materials accented with other items reminiscent of the time period and begins with an epigraph by Frederick Douglass: “If this war is to be forgotten, then I ask in the name of all things sacred what shall men remember?” Native Guard juxtaposes the deeply personal experiences of Trethewey, a child of a then-illegal marriage between her black mother and white father living in 1960s Mississippi, with the experience of a soldier in the Native Guard, the first African-American Union troop in the Civil War, who was charged with guarding white Confederate captives. Years after her mother’s tragic death, Trethewey reclaims her memory, just as she reclaims the voices of the black soldiers whose service has been all but forgotten. For tickets and more information on the world premiere production, visit alliancetheatre.org/nativeguard or call 404.733.5000. Native Guard is on the Hertz Stage September 26 - October 19, this exhibit is free to the public. 34 ENCOREATLANTA.COM

alliance theatre staff A rtistic

Management

Jennings Hertz Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth & Famlies . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemary Newcott Producer & Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Feldman Director of New Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celise Kalke Playwright in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearl Cleage Artistic Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo Moskowitz Atlanta Artists Fellows . . . . . . . . . . . Suehyla El-Attar, John Stewart Artistic Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Kleypas Literary Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Myers Kenny Leon Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Bishop

General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Schleifer Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laura Thruston

Production Management Director of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor W. Smith

Costumes Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Cone Design Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lea Preston Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Craft Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana L. Thomas Stitchers & First Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . April Andrew, Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Brett Parker Wardrobe . . . . . . . Hauzia Conyers, Alexandra Matthews, Niki Traxler Wig Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsey Ewing

Electrics Electrics Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pete Shinn Staff Electricians . . . . . . . . . Steve Jordan, Steven Love, Jenn Trippe

Properties Properties Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Lyons Properties Master Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Cooper Morris Properties Buyer & Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heather Schroeder Properties Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Butkovich, Heather Cap

A dministration & Finance Director of Finance & Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Shively Manager of Information Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Hubbert Accounting Coordinators . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Covington, Julie Hall Management Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Harris

Marketing Director of Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Sayers Manager of Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathleen Covington Creative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talia Bromstad Online Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Maley Community Relations Curator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kate McNeely Community Engagement Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Winn Marketing & Promotions Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holland Baird Ticketing & Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shana Orr Front of House & Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . Marjon Wolfe Assistant Manager Season Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danielle Hicks Senior Ticket Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Martin, Ken McNeil House Managers . . . . . . . . . Dana Hylton Calabro, Christina Dresser, Kate McNeely, Ken McNeil, Margo Moskowitz, Lynn Vatter Marketing Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Vann Creative Assistant Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas Donley

Development Campaign Director, Alliance Theatre/Woodruff Arts Center . . . . . Kristin Hathaway Hansen Major Contributions Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maya Robinson Manager, Corporate Philanthropy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Williford Grants Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Levenberg Broad Based Giving Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janet Abercrombie Special Events & Board Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Saxon

Scenery

Education

Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Longwell Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan Kier Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Conley Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Manny Abreo, Jonathan Fries, Michael Lyons, William Spratt Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kat Conley Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Engelmann

Director of Educational Programs & Associate Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christopher Moses Director of Institute for Educators & Teaching Artists . . . Michele Mummert Education Coordinator & Producer of Drama Camps . . . . Christina Dresser Education Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Jones Theatre for the Very Young Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Olivia Aston Teen Programs Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Wallis Project Coordinator of Institute for Educators & Teaching Arists . . . . . . . Mary Alice Nichols Education Customer Service & Sales Associate . . . . . . . . . .Nicole Kang Communications Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.Noble Resident Teaching Artists . . . . . . Valetta Anderson, Kim Bowers-Rheay Teaching Artists . . . . . . Ricardo Aponte, Olivia Aston, Travis Boatright, Danye Brown, Kati Grace Brown, Kyle Brumley, Mark Cabus, Kirstin Calvert, Kara Cantrell, Katie Causey, Sarah Cave, Tara Chiusano, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, Theresa Davis, Jessica De Maria, David de Vries, Cristina deVallescar, John Doyle, Rachel Endrizzi, Sharon Foote, Dan Ford, Polly Garcia, Allison Gardner, Trevor Goble, Neeley Gossett, Terry Guest, Lyndsey Jones-McAdams, Sarah Newby Halicks, Al Hamacher, Amy Handler, BJ Hughes, Rachel Jones, Adam King, Jade Lambert Smith, LeeAnna Lambert, Clayton Landey, Bethany Lind, Amy Lucas, Paige Mattox, Barry Stewart Mann, Cara Mantella, Gloria Mason Martin, Patrick McColery, Bryan Mercer, Courtnee Miles, Mandy Mitchell, Joseph Reed, Claire Ritzler, Diany Rodriguez, Scottie Rowell, Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Sheri Mann Stewart, Clint Thornton, Shirnest Tolbert, Ebony Tucker, Jeremy Varner, Scott Warren, Davia Weatherill, Corinne Weintraub, Vallea Woodbury ArtsVibe Teen Ensemble . . . . Alexus Anderson, Shelby Bice, Jessie Broz, Kaya Camp, Rachel Cunningham, Charles Ellerby, Delly Fears, Kyla Hunter, Diran Johnson, Jada Leakes, Samantha McMullen, Jonathan Nguyen, Nick O’Neill, Alishia Patricio, Rachel Platt

Sound Resident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clay Benning Sound Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holly O’Regan, Michelle Jarvis, Kristin von Hinezmeyer

Stage Management Stage Managers . . . . . Liz Campbell, lark hackshaw, R. Lamar Williams Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jayson T. Waddell Stage Management Production Assistants . . . . . Barbara Gantt O’Haley, Kara Procell, Emma Ramsay-Saxon, Haylee Scott Stage Management Apprentice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Egan Short

Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Bowne Crew Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent Simons Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willie Palmer Parks Properties Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney O’Neill Additional Stagehand . . . . Chris Locklear, Deb Maberry, Daniel Wagener

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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, the Alliance Theatre, Arts for Learning, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the High Museum of Art. We are deeply grateful for these 33 partners who help ensure the arts thrive in our community.

$1+ MILLION

$500,000-$999,999

A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. The Goizueta Foundation Hagedorn Family SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Bank Teammates and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Wells Fargo Bank

$250,000-$499,999 AT&T Bank of America Lucinda Bunnen The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte, its Partners & Employees Fulton County Arts Council Nancy & Holcombe T. Green, Jr. The Home Depot Fay & W. Barrett Howell The Kendeda Fund Sarah & Jim Kennedy Marilyn & Donald Keough The Estate of Florence Kopleff Anna & Hays Mershon The Sara Giles Moore Foundation PNC PwC, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. Louise Sams Mrs. Charles A. Smithgall, Jr. Ticketmaster UPS

THE PATRON CIRCLE The Woodruff Arts Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Campaign set an all-time record, raising more than $9.6 million, thanks to the generosity of Patron Circle donors and their contributors. Campaign gifts support our shared services model, which funds campus-wide operations. $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Bank Teammates and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund Walter H. and Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund $300,000+ Cox Interests: Anne Cox Chambers* Atlanta Journal Constitution James M. Cox Foundation Cox Radio Group Atlanta WSB-TV Deloitte, its Partners & Employees The Home Depot PwC, Partners & Employees UPS

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$200,000+ Bank of America The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Delta Air Lines, Inc. EY, Partners & Employees Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. $150,000+ Alston & Bird LLP Cushman & Wakefield of Georgia King & Spalding Partners & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore Foundation

$100,000+ AT&T Equifax Inc. & Employees Invesco Ltd. Kay and Doug Ivester * Jones Day Foundation and Employees Kaiser Permanente The Marcus Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund $75,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Chick-fil-A Foundation Kilpatrick Townsend LLP The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation * Mr. and Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe Regions Financial Corporation RockTenn

$50,000+ Susan & Richard Anderson Neal K. Aronson & Wendy L. Conrad Birch Communications Camp-Younts Foundation Crawford & Company Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion Jones Lang LaSalle NCR Foundation Novelis PNC Primerica Sutherland Asbill and Brennan LLP The Zeist Foundation, Inc. $25,000+ Arby’s Foundation Atlanta Foundation Lisa & Joe Bankoff * BB&T Corporation Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Cousins Properties Foundation John & Mary Franklin Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III * Georgia Natural Gas Georgia-Pacific GMT Capital Corporation Greenberg Traurig, LLP Holder Construction Company The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Lou Brown Jewell The Joe E. Johnston Foundation Sarah & Jim Kennedy The Klaus Family Foundation * The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Livingston Foundation, Inc. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Newell Rubbermaid Norfolk Southern Foundation Printpack, Inc. & The Gay and Erskine Love Foundation Patty and Doug Reid Family Foundation Rollins, Inc. Rooms to Go Children’s Fund Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. SCANA Energy

Southwest Airlines Southwire Company Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund Troutman Sanders LLP Verizon Waffle House, Inc. Gertrude & Williams C. Wardlaw Fund Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Woodruff Arts Center Employees Yancey Bros. Co. $15,000+ A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Aaron’s Inc. ABM Onsite Services Acuity Brands A.E.M. Family Foundation Mr. Peter Aman * Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlantic American Corporation Atlantic Trust Anna & Ed Bastian* Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris * Laura & Stan Blackburn * Bluetube Interactive Ms. Lisa Borders * The Boston Consulting Group The Brand Banking Company The George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta, Georgia Bryan Cave LLP Capital Guardian Trust Company Casey-Slade Group, Merrill Lynch Center Family Foundation The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Mr. Thomas C. Chubb * Ann & Jeff Cramer * CSX Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. * Mike Donnelly * Fifth Third Bank First Data Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Flanagan * Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke Mr. Phil Harrison * HD Supply

Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes * The Howell Fund, Inc. * Isdell Family Foundation Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation The Thomas M. & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Foundation Thomas H. Lanier Family Foundation Lanier Parking Solutions The Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy Fund * The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation, Inc. Karole & John Lloyd * Kurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl Davis * Macy’s Foundation Majestic Realty Mohawk Industries, Inc. & Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Boykin Vicki & John Palmer The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Post Properties, Inc. Jane and Joe Prendergast Quikrete Mary & Craig Ramsey Regal Entertainment Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William H. Rogers, Jr. * Louise Sams & Jerome Grilhot * Selig Enterprises, Inc./ The Selig Foundation * Smith & Howard Karen & John Spiegel State Bank & Trust Company Claire E. Sterk and Kirk Elifson * Tishman Speyer Properties Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation Trimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc. Mr. Paul E. Viera * Sue & John Wieland Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Mrs. Sue S. Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP Wood Partners Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees * 2014/2015 Board Members Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors

Donations for Woodruff Arts Center Annual Campaign June 1, 2013 – May 31, 2014

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ALLIANCE THEATRE

DINING GUIDE

Are you looking for a great night out? Try one of these local restaurants before or after the show. For dinner-and-show packages, visit encoreatlanta.com/offers. AMERICAN

THE MELTING POT — A premiere fondue restaurant where guests can enjoy a choice of fondue cooking styles and a variety of unique entrees, salads and indulgent desserts. Four Atlanta locations. 754 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.389.0099, meltingpot.com. M MURPHY’S — This restaurant has one of the city’s top brunch menus, but it’s known for great

people-watching and contemporary comfort food. 997 Virginia Ave N.E., 404.872.0904, murphysvh. com, VH

ONE. MIDTOWN KITCHEN — Dine on fresh, seasonal American cuisine in a club-like atmosphere near Piedmont Park. 559 Dutch Valley Road, 404.892.4111, onemidtownkitchen.com. M TWO URBAN LICKS — “Fiery” American cooking meets live music at this hip hangout. 820 Ralph McGill Blvd., 404.522.4622, twourbanlicks.com. M

NEIGHBORHOODS CODES: A-Alpharetta, B-Buckhead, DK-Dekalb, D-Downtown, DW-Dunwoody, IP-Inman Park, M-Midtown, OFW-Old Forth Ward, P-Perimeter Mall area, SS-Sandy Springs, VH-Virginia Highland, NA-North Atlanta, V-Vinings, W-Westside

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COURTESY FIFTH GROUP RESTAURANTS

LOBBY — The menu at this sophisticated American restaurant focuses on seasonal fare. In the lobby of TWELVE Atlantic Station. 361 17th St. N.E., 404.961.7370, lobbyattwelve.com, M

DINING GUIDE AMERICAN/STEAKHOUSE

EUROPEAN FUSION

PRIME — Enjoy steak, sushi and seafood in a festive atmosphere near Lenox Square mall. 3393 Peachtree Road N.E., 404.812.0555, h2sr.com. B

ECCO — Esquire Magazine named this casual, European-influenced bistro a best new restaurant in America. It’s received raves for its wine list, wood-fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese menus. 40 7th St. N.E., 404.347.9555, eccoatlanta.com. M

RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE — A favorite local steakhouse with multiple locations near shopping and entertainment hot spots. Sides are generous, and the quality of the steaks and seafood is excellent. Three locations: Buckhead, 3285 Peachtree Road N.E., 404.365.0660; Sandy Springs, 5788 Roswell Road, 404.255.0035; Centennial Olympic Park, 267 Marietta St., 404.223.6500; ruthschris.com. B, SS, D SOUTH CITY KITCHEN — With a stylish, Southern-contemporary menu, this DiRoNA restaurant helped make grits hip for the business crowd. Two locations: Midtown: 1144 Crescent Ave., 404.873.7358; Vinings: 1675 Cumberland Parkway, 770.435.0700, southcitykitchen.com. M, V

BREWPUB/ GOURMET PUB FARE GORDON BIERSCH — Fresh-brewed beers are a tasty accent to this brewery-restaurant’s hearty pizzas, salads and sandwiches. For a small additional fee, pre-show diners can leave cars in the lot while they’re at the Fox Theatre. Two locations: Midtown: 848 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.870.0805; Buckhead: 3242 Peachtree Road N.E., 404.264.0253, gordonbiersch.com. M, B TAP — A gastropub offering easy-to-share pub fare and an extensive beer selection. The patio is a great place to chill after work. 1180 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.347.2220, tapat1180.com. M

CREOLE/CAJUN PARISH — New Orleans-inspired dishes served with a modern twist and a fully stocked raw bar. A N’awlins-inspired brunch is served on weekends. Downstairs, a takeaway market sells sandwiches, spices, pastries and beverages. 240 North Highland Ave. N.E., 404.681.4434, parishatl.com. OFW

ITALIAN DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE — At Phipps Plaza in the heart of Buckhead. 3500 Peachtree Road N.E., 404.844.4810, davios.com/atl. B

MEXICAN ALMA — A refreshing approach to contemporary Mexican cuisine. Bright, fresh ingredients and traditional regional influences come together with other Latin American flavors in vibrant dishes that feel familiar and new all at once. 191 Peachtree St. N.E., 404.968.9662, alma-atlanta.com. D CANTINA TEQUILA & TAPAS BAR — In the Terminus building on the corner of Peachtree and Piedmont roads. It features authentic Mexican cuisine and has become one of Buckhead’s favorite watering holes. 3280 Peachtree Road N.W., Terminus 100, Suite 150, 404.892.9292, h2sr.com. B EL TACO — An eco-friendly watering hole serving fresh Mexican food made with all-natural meats and tasty margaritas. 1186 North Highland Ave. N.E., 404-873-4656, eltaco-atlanta.com.VH

SEAFOOD/SUSHI COAST SEAFOOD AND RAW BAR — Serving Atlanta’s freshest seafood and island cocktails. The menu incorporates classics including crab and corn hush puppies, a signature seafood boil, and a variety of raw or steamed oysters, clams and mussels, along with signature fresh catch entrees. 111 West Paces Ferry Road N.W., 404.869.0777, h2sr. com. B GOLDFISH — This fun seafood/sushi restaurant has happy hour specials Monday-Friday and nightly entertainment in its lounge. 4400 AshfordDunwoody Road, 770.671.0100, h2sr.com. P ALLIANCETHEATRE.ORG 39

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