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contents September 2012

Features

The Performance

10 Puppet Masters

17 Program and Notes

War Horse whinnies with an equine’s-eye view of WWI.

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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s exotic classic was almost never written.

50 Fox Fun Facts

How much do you know about the Fox Theatre’s ballrooms?

56 Beyond Elmo

Two Atlanta puppeteers know just how to pull the strings.

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Puppet masters

War Horse magically delivers an equine’s-eye view of World War I By Curt Holman

tephen Spielberg’s film adaptation of the stage play War Horse opened at Christmas 2011 and went on to earn six Academy Award nominations. The stage play, which premiered in London in 2007, used an elaborate puppet to represent Joey, a horse who experiences the trials and tribulations of World War I. With a $66 million budget, Spielberg put puppets aside and placed live animals on spectacular landscapes, putting his War Horse in the tradition of such equine entertainments as The Black Stallion. Comparing a flesh-and-blood Joey on-screen with a cane-and-metal construction onstage might seem like no contest at all. Not true. Seen live, Joey the puppet is somehow more realistic than a real horse. The Center for Puppetry Arts’ Jon Ludwig says his peers nicknamed Joey “The Marlon Brando of puppets,” and not since Julie Taymor’s The Lion King has stage puppetry so seized the public imagination. The size of a real horse, the puppet has an aluminum chassis and visible frame, giving it something of a steampunk look. Within minutes of seeing Joey twitching his ears and shaking his mane, all artifice vanishes. He becomes an actual horse half-trained and a little “tetchy.” War Horse originated with directors Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris of England’s Royal National Theatre, who

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The two performers inside Joey’s frame never evoke the kind of vaudeville-era pantomime horse that is rone to pratfalls and dance steps. Joey more closely evokes the stripped-down, symbolic presentation of Equus (at Actor’s Express in the spring), in which actors wear stylized masks and convey the idea of horses more than attempting a literal imitation. The winner of four Tony Awards, War Horse impressively replicates a horse’s movements, from playful little flicks of his tail to rearing majestically on his rear legs. As much as you can admire the beauty of movie horses, the play connects you directly to Joey’s emotional life. Curt Holman writes about arts and entertainment for Creative Loafing, Atlanta magazine, ArtsATL.com, Paste and Encore Atlanta. He has won awards for critical writing and, in 2005, was a National Endowment for the Arts fellow in theater/ musical theater.

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sought a collaborative project with the stunningly inventive Handspring Puppet Company of South Africa. Morris’ mother recommended a 1982 children’s novel by Michael Mopurgo called War Horse. The author uses the first-person narration of an English farm horse purchased by the cavalry to depict the horrors of World War I. With the opening lines, “My earliest memories are a confusion of hilly fields and dark, damp stables…,” Joey offers an objective viewpoint on the Great War from the English, French, German and animal perspectives. Joey requires the close, collaborative work of three puppeteers, each with a specific position and nickname. “The Head” stands outside the horse with hand on his bridle and controls Joey’s eye-line and overall attentiveness. “The Heart,” standing inside the frame at the front legs, conveys the horse’s breath and overall weight and power. “The Hind,” in the back legs, takes charge of the tail and directs the gait of the horse, from walk to trot to gallop. Actor Tim Lewis said that the National considered putting a skin over Joey’s frame, but “technically that doesn’t work, because the puppeteers inside couldn’t see out, which would be dangerous.” The Heart and Hind not only have to support the 100-pound frame, but occasionally the weight of actors like 160-pound Lewis, who rides Joey at times. “By the end of the show,” says actor/puppeteer Ian Piers, “you’re dripping with sweat and crying in the shower. It’s a crazy job. I never thought I’d be playing the hind of a horse.”

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The timeless classic that almost never happened When The King and I opened on Broadway in 1951, Yul Brynner’s Siamese monarch wasn’t even a leading character. Although his role was sizable, it was considered a featured part (aka second banana), with billing below the title. That’s the last time that happened.

uch has changed since that March night in 1951, and not only the King’s star status. The term “Oriental,” widely used then to describe all things (and people) Asian, is no longer polite. Neither is Siam or Siamese. And Caucasian actors made up with dark pigments and slanted eyes have, thankfully, given way to actual Asian actors, as is the case in this Theater of the Stars staging, cast largely in New York. The fact that The King and I was almost never created is but one part of its lore. It seems that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II weren’t keen on

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the project, suggested to them (reports vary) by their wives and/or Broadway star Mary Martin, English stage actress Gertrude Lawrence and/or Lawrence’s agent. They’d already proven themselves musical theater pioneers with Oklahoma! (1943), Carousel (1945) and South Pacific (1949), and neither wanted to do a star vehicle. (The King and I was pitched to them as a crowning achievement for the aging Lawrence.) And they didn’t think Margaret Landon’s bestseller Anna and the King of Siam had musical potential. Continued on page 52

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National Theatre of Great Britain production

based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo adapted by Nick Stafford in association with Handspring Puppet Company

First presented in the United States at Lincoln Center Theater, 2011 with

Michael Stewart Allen Danny Beiruti Brooks Brantly Laurabeth Breya Brian Robert Burns Jason Alan Carvell Todd Cerveris Michael Wyatt Cox Grayson DeJesus Catherine Gowl Aaron Haskell Mike Heslin Jon Hoche Mat Hostetler Chad Jennings Brian Keane Nathan Koci Jessica Krueger Nick LaMedica Rob Laqui Megan Loomis Jason Loughlin Christopher Mai Gregory Manley Andrew May John Milosich Alex Morf Patrick Osteen Angela Reed Jon Riddleberger Lavita Shaurice Derek Stratton Andrew Veenstra Danny Yoerges sets, costumes & drawings

puppet design, fabrication & direction

original lighting

additional lighting & adaptation

Rae Smith

Adrian Kohler with Basil Jones for Handspring Puppet Company

Paule Constable

Karen Spahn

director of movement & horse choreography

animation & projection design

Toby Sedgwick

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Samuel Adamson

Mervyn Millar

songmaker

sound

additional sound & adaptation

Adrian Sutton

John Tams

Christopher Shutt

John Owens

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production stage manager

company manager

casting

Greg Pliska

Eric Insko

Darren E. Doutt

Daniel Swee

associate director of movement and horse choreography

Tom Schall

music

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associate puppetry director

Sarna Lapine

Matthew Acheson

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original co-direction by

Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris US tour directed by

Bijan Sheibani National Theatre is supported by Arts Council England

cast THE HORSES Joey as a foal..................................... LAURABETH BREYA, CATHERINE GOWL, NICK LaMEDICA Joey.................................................. BRIAN ROBERT BURNS, JESSICA KRUEGER, ROB LAQUI, CHRISTOPHER MAI, GREGORY MANLEY, PATRICK OSTEEN, JON RIDDLEBERGER, DEREK STRATTON, or DANNY YOERGES Topthorn..................... DANNY BEIRUTI, BRIAN ROBERT BURNS, AARON HASKELL, JON HOCHE, JESSICA KRUEGER, GREGORY MANLEY, PATRICK OSTEEN, JON RIDDLEBERGER, or DANNY YOERGES Coco................ DANNY BEIRUTI, BRIAN ROBERT BURNS, AARON HASKELL, JESSICA KRUEGER, ROB LAQUI, GREGORY MANLEY, PATRICK OSTEEN, or DEREK STRATTON Heine..........................................................................GRAYSON DeJESUS, JASON LOUGHLIN THE PEOPLE (in order of speaking) Song Man (Instrumental).................................................................................. NATHAN KOCI Song Man (Vocal)......................................................................................... JOHN MILOSICH Lieutenant James Nicholls.......................................................................... JASON LOUGHLIN Arthur Narracott............................................................................................... BRIAN KEANE Billy Narracott....................................................................................... MICHAEL WYATT COX Albert Narracott..................................................................................... ANDREW VEENSTRA Ted Narracott............................................................................................... TODD CERVERIS Chapman Carter...........................................................................................CHAD JENNINGS Allan.............................................................................................MICHAEL STEWART ALLEN Thomas Bone......................................................................................JASON ALAN CARVELL John Greig................DANNY BEIRUTI, BRIAN ROBERT BURNS, PATRICK OSTEEN, or DEREK STRATTON Rose Narracott................................................................................................ ANGELA REED Priest..............................................................................................................ANDREW MAY Captain Charles Stewart.......................................................................... GRAYSON DeJESUS Sergeant Thunder............................................................................................. BRIAN KEANE Private David Taylor.............................................................................................. ALEX MORF Paulette....................................................................................................... MEGAN LOOMIS Private Schnabel..................................................................................JASON ALAN CARVELL Captain Friedrich Muller....................................................................................ANDREW MAY Private Klausen..............................................................................MICHAEL STEWART ALLEN Doctor Schweyk.......................................................................................... JASON LOUGHLIN Colonel Strauss........................................................................................... TODD CERVERIS Sergeant Fine......................................................................................JASON ALAN CARVELL Corporal Klebb.............................................................................................CHAD JENNINGS Emilie........................................................................................................ LAVITA SHAURICE Paddy........................................................................................................ JASON LOUGHLIN Manfred......................................................................................................CHAD JENNINGS Ludwig.................................................................................................. MICHAEL WYATT COX Matron Callaghan.......................................................................................CATHERINE GOWL Annie Gilbert............................................................................................ LAURABETH BREYA Veterinary Officer Martin...............................................................................MAT HOSTETLER Goose................................................. JON HOCHE, JESSICA KRUEGER, or GREGORY MANLEY Villagers of Devon and Soldiers are played by members of the company.

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CAST THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION. UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Joey as a foal: GRAYSON DEJESUS, MEGAN LOOMIS, ALEX MORF, LAVITA SHAURICE; for Song Man (Vocal) and Song Man (Instrumental): NATHAN KOCI, MEGAN LOOMIS, JOHN MILOSICH; for Lt. Nicholls: MICHAEL STEWART ALLEN, BROOKS BRANTLY, JASON ALAN CARVELL; for Cpt. Stewart: JASON ALAN CARVELL, ALEX MORF; for Arthur: CHAD JENNINGS, ANDREW MAY; for Billy: BROOKS BRANTLY, NICK LaMEDICA, ALEX MORF; for Albert: MICHAEL WYATT COX, NICK LaMEDICA, ALEX MORF; for Ted: MAT HOSTETLER, CHAD JENNINGS; for Chapman Carter: MICHAEL STEWART ALLEN, ANDREW MAY; for Allan: MAT HOSTETLER, ANDREW MAY; for Thomas Bone: BROOKS BRANTLY, MAT HOSTETLER, Nathan Koci; for Rose: CATHERINE GOWL, MEGAN LOOMIS; for Priest: MAT HOSTETLER, ALEX MORF; for Sgt Thunder: TODD CERVERIS, CHAD JENNINGS; for Pvt. Taylor: BROOKS BRANTLY, NICK LaMEDICA, JASON LOUGHLIN; for Paulette: LAURABETH BREYA, CATHERINE GOWL; for Pvt. Schnabel: BROOKS BRANTLY, MAT HOSTETLER; for Cpt. Muller: MICHAEL STEWART ALLEN, Chad Jennings, BRIAN KEANE; for Pvt. Klausen: MAT HOSTETLER, JASON LOUGHLIN; for Paddy: JASON ALAN CARVELL, GRAYSON DeJESUS; for Dr. Schweyk: BROOKS BRANTLY, NATHAN KOCI; for Col. Strauss: MAT HOSTETLER, CHAD JENNINGS; for Sgt. Fine: BROOKS BRANTLY, MAT HOSTETLER; for Corp. Klebb: BROOKS BRANTLY, GRAYSON DeJESUS, MAT HOSTETLER; for Emilie: LAURABETH BREYA; for Manfred: JASON ALAN CARVELL, TODD CERVERIS; for Ludwig: NICK LaMEDICA, ALEX MORF; for Matron Callaghan: MEGAN LOOMIS, ANGELA REED; for Annie: MEGAN LOOMIS, LAVITA SHAURICE; for Vet. Ofc. Martin: MICHAEL STEWART ALLEN, GRAYSON DeJESUS; for Joey: MIKE HESLIN; for Topthorn: MIKE HESLIN; for Coco: MIKE HESLIN; for Goose: MIKE HESLIN; for John Greig: DANNY BEIRUTI, BRIAN ROBERT BURNS, MIKE HESLIN, GREG MANLEY, PATRICK OSTEEN, DEREK STRATTON; for Heine: BROOKS BRANTLY, MIKE HESLIN, MAT HOSTETLER, NATHAN KOCI Puppet Captain........................................................................................CHRISTOPHER MAI The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devised such as cellular phones, beepers and watches.

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who’s who MICHAEL STEWART ALLEN (Allan, Private Klausen, u/s Lt. Nicholls, u/s Cpt. Muller, u/s Chapman Carter, u/s Vet. Ofc. Martin). Recent credits: Two seasons at The Old Globe. Performed at theaters in NYC and all over the country, including Acting Company, Folger Theater, People’s Light, Arkansas Repertory, PA Shakespeare Festival, NC Shakespeare Festival, CATCo., and The Shakespeare Theater of NJ. Film and TV: “Law & Order: SVU,” “Admiral Rickover” for PBS and Cold Mountain. Member: AEA and SAG. www.michaelstewartallen.com. Love you, Amy. DANNY BEIRUTI (Topthorn, Coco, John Greig) is honored to be involved in such a prestigious production ... previous animal credits include international cast of The Lion King (u/s Pumbaa/ Ed) and North American tour of Cats (Rum Tum Tugger). Other NYC: Red-Haired Thomas (Ohio Theater), Arrivals/Departures (Cherry Lane Theater), Half a Sixpence (Musicals Tonight!). BROOKS BRANTLY (u/s Billy, u/s Thomas Bone, u/s Private Schnabel, u/s Private Taylor, u/s Dr. Schweyk, u/s Lieutenant Nicholls, u/s Sgt. Fine, u/s Corporal Klebb, u/s Heine). Regional – Centerstage: Gleam; Guthrie Theater: Macando. Capital Rep: Superior Donuts. Connecticut Rep: Othello, The Exonerated, Hair, Pericles the Prince of Tyre, The Comedy of Errors, A Flea in Her Ear, Urinetown, Galileo. Baldwin Burroughs Theatre: Blues for an Alabama Sky, Ray and Sons. Kenny Leon Directing Fellowship (Alliance Theatre). University of Connecticut MFA acting program, Morehouse College graduate. LAURABETH BREYA (Joey as a foal, Annie Gilbert, u/s Paulette, u/s Emilie). LCT debut in War Horse. Off-Broadway: Millicent Scowlworthy (Theatre Row), Klezmer Nutcracker (Vital Theatre Company). Tour: Golden State (Dell’Arte Company). Regional: Perishable Theater — Big Death and Little Death, Kid Simple. Film: Prodigy. Training: Brown University (B.A.) Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, CUNY (M.A., Applied Theater). www.laurabethbreya.com BRIAN ROBERT BURNS (Joey, Topthorn, Coco, John Greig). New York: HERE Arts Center, Richmond Shepard Theatre, Abingdon Theatre, East 13th Street Theatre and Ars Nova. Regional: San Francisco Playhouse, Newport Theatre Arts Center, Edison Theatre and Yale Repertory Theatre. Vladislav in the webseries Shakespeare, Hashish and Ish, Dan in the developing webseries Megans Bridge. MFA Yale School of Drama. JASON ALAN CARVELL (Thomas Bone, Private Schnabel, Sergeant Fine, u/s Lt. Nicholls, u/s Cpt. Stewart, u/s Paddy, u/s Manfred). Theater: Love’s Fire (original cast) New York Public Theater, Barbican Centre London and national tour; Twelfth 20 EncoreAtlantA.com

Night (Orsino), LaMama; Romeo & Juliet, New Victory Theater. Television: Body of Proof (Brian Weaver); Prime Suspect (Detective Joe Williams); Nurse Jackie and Guilty (ADA). Training: MA, The Moscow Art Theatre School; MFA, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. TODD CERVERIS (Ted Narracott, Colonel Strauss, u/s Sgt. Thunder, u/s Manfred). Broadway: South Pacific, Twentieth Century. National tours: Spring Awakening, Twelve Angry Men, The Acting Company. Off-Broadway: Southern Comfort, Almost Maine, Booth Variations, Butcherhouse Chronicles, Time and The Conways. Regional: Arena Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Actors Theater of Louisville, Old Globe, Cincinnati Playhouse, Portland Stage, St. Louis Rep, George Street Playhouse, Kansas City Rep. Film & TV: One True Thing, Living & Dining, “Law & Order,” “White Collar,” “Nurse Jackie.” MFA, UCSD. BA, Yale. www.toddcerveris.com MICHAEL WYATT COX (Billy Narracott, Ludwig, u/s Albert). Regional: Heist! (Humana Festival), Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre of Louisville), This Is Our Youth (Atlantic Arts). NY: icallmyselfaplay (Manhattan Rep), Waiting for Lefty (45th St Theatre). Love to my family and friends, and especially to you, B. www.michaelwyattcox.com GRAYSON DeJESUS (Captain Charles Stewart, Heine, u/s Joey as a foal, u/s Paddy, u/s Corporal Klebb, u/s Vet. Ofc. Martin) recently received his MFA from The Old Globe/USD graduate program. His Old Globe credits include The Winter’s Tale, King Lear, Madness of George III, The Importance of Being Earnest (in which he played Algernon) and Amadeus (in which he understudied and performed the title role). www.graysondejesus.com CATHERINE GOWL (Joey as a foal, Matron Callaghan, u/s Rose, u/s Paulette). Regional: Electra (Chrysothemis), King Lear (Cordelia), Six Degrees of Separation (Elizabeth), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), The Women (Mary Haines), The Taming of the Shrew (Kate), Proof (Catherine). New York: Oh, the Humanity and Other Exclamations, The Merchant of Venice, and many new works. BA: Harvard. MFA: Old Globe/USD. AARON HASKELL (Topthorn, Coco). Film: Man on Wire (Jean Francois). NYC theatre: Fatal Attraction — A Greek Tragedy (Ellen Hamilton Latzen), I Love Paris (Paris Hilton). Dance companies: Suarez Dance Theatre, Physual, Loco7. Wake Up, You’re Dead (creator/director/ensemble/puppet designer) was nominated for two NY Innovative Theatre Awards. More at BrooklynArtDepartment.com MIKE HESLIN (u/s Joey, u/s Topthorn, u/s Coco, u/s Goose, u/s John Greig, u/s Heine). Tour debut! Credits include The Donkey Show (Mustardseed,

who’s who ART), Sweeney Todd (Anthony), Bat Boy (Rick Taylor), Joseph ... Dreamcoat (Joseph). Proud graduate of the Boston Conservatory (BFA). Special thanks to DGRW, family, and friends. Dedicated to my parents, for their endless love and support! JON HOCHE (Topthorn, Goose). Off-Broadway: Soul Samurai, The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G (Ma-Yi Theater/Vampire Cowboys). NY theater: Titus Andronicus, Macbeth (American Globe), The Lady Drug Dealer and the Heist (I Mean! Productions/FringeNYC). Regional: Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Two River Theater). He thanks family, friends & Erica for their support. www.JonHoche.com MAT HOSTETLER (Veterinary Officer Martin, u/s Ted, u/s Allan, u/s Thomas Bone, u/s Priest, u/s Private Schnabel, u/s Private Klausen, u/s Colonel Strauss, u/s Sgt. Fine, u/s Corporal Klebb, u/s Heine). National tour debut. NY: American Jornalero (Working Theatre), Richard II (Sonnet Rep). Regional: Merry Wives, Richard III, (Denver Center); Amber Waves (Indiana Rep); Three Musketeers, Macbeth, Hamlet (Colorado Shakes). TV/film: “Smash,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “White Collar,” “Six Feet Under,” “Cold Case,” “JAG,” “NCIS,” The Utopian Society. MFA, National Theatre Conservatory; BA, University of Kansas. www. mathostetler.com. For January, you are everything! CHAD JENNINGS (Chapman Carter, Corporal Klebb, Manfred, u/s Arthur, u/s Ted, u/s Sgt. Thunder, u/s Colonel Strauss, u/s Capt. Muller). National tour: Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific. NY: Marvell Rep’s Threepenny Opera (Tiger Brown). Forever grateful for the support of friends and family alike. Big thanks to Seattle, where he’s had the pleasure of performing at the wonderful 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre and Seattle Children’s Theatre, among others. BRIAN KEANE (Arthur Narracott, Sergeant Thunder, u/s Capt. Muller). New York: Happy Now? (Primary Stages), Cyrano de Bergerac (directed by Frank Langella) and All My Sons (Roundabout Theatre Company), The Misanthrope (Classic Stage Company), Timon of Athens (Public Theater), and Side Man (Naked Angels). Regional: A Streetcar Named Desire (Guthrie Theater), The Winter’s Tale (Yale Rep), Book of Days (Arena Stage), How I Learned to Drive (Baltimore Centerstage). TV and film: Lights Out, all three “Law & Order” series, “Queens Supreme,” “All My Children,” Downsized, Urbania, Going Under and BearCity. NATHAN KOCI (Song Man — Instrumental, u/s Dr. Schweyk, u/s Heine, u/s Song Man — Vocal, u/s Thomas Bone) is a multi-instrumentalist and singer making his theatrical debut with War Horse. 22 EncoreAtlantA.com

Previously, he performed as a freelance musician in NYC, playing the accordion, French horn, and other keyboard, brass and stringed instruments. He hails from Charleston, S.C., and misses his dog, Audrey, very much. JESSICA KRUEGER (Joey, Topthorn, Coco, Goose). Dance/acrobatics: Human Fountain (STREB Extreme Action), Das Rheingold (Metropolitan Opera), Caligula Maximus (LaMama). NY: Bird on a Wire (Dixon Place), Night (BRIC), all-female Glengarry Glen Ross (New World Stages), Cherry Orchard (Columbia Grad). Regional: Sha-KonO-Hey (Dollywood), BigLittleThings (IMAGO), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (NESF). Training: Circle in the Square. ww.jessicakrueger.com NICK LaMEDICA (Joey as a foal, u/s Billy, u/s Albert, u/s Pvt. Taylor, u/s Ludwig). NY: Romeo & Juliet (Sink or Swim Rep), Return to the Onion Cellar (NY International Fringe), Titus Andronicus (American Globe). Regional: Much Ado... (Two River), Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare Miami). BFA Acting: Marymount Manhattan. Thank you to my incredible parents, friends, family, and Lilly — your support and love made this possible! NickLaMedica.com ROB LAQUI (Joey, Coco) is honored to be with War Horse. Minnesota-born, B.F.A. from SMU-MN and NYC-based, he has performed and toured the world with numerous theatre/dance companies including Cardinal Theatricals, LaMama etc., Tamar Rogoff, H.T. Chen., Nicholas Andre Dance Theatre, LOCO 7, MOMIX. Rob dedicates this to his father, Sonny Laqui. MEGAN LOOMIS (Paulette, u/s Joey as a Foal, u/s Song Man — Instrumental and Vocal, u/s Rose, u/s Matron Callaghan, u/s Annie). Tours: Cabaret (Helga, u/s Sally and Kost), Sweeney Todd (standby Mrs. Lovett and Beggar Woman). Regional: Woody Sez (Lefty Lou) Lyric OK, Artsgarage and Edinburgh Fringe. Also Ogunquit, Flat Rock, MGR and Ivoryton Playhouses. Education: Eastman School of Music and RADA in London. www.megloomis.com JASON LOUGHLIN (Lieutenant James Nicholls, Heine, Doctor Schweyk, Paddy, u/s Pvt. Taylor, u/s Pvt. Klausen) has worked with Hudson Stage and Boomerang Theatre in NYC; Alliance Theatre and Georgia Shakespeare in Atlanta; Charlotte Repertory, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and the NC Shakespeare Festival in North Carolina. He would like to thank Michael for his amazing work and his family for their unending support. CHRISTOPHER MAI (Joey, Puppet Captain). First national tour debut with this production of War Horse. Most recently seen in the TV series Smash (NBC). Theater: Bar Du Bout Du Monde (Cirque Du

who’s who Soleil). Film: Smurfs (Columbia Pictures), College Road Trip (Walt Disney). Training: Ailey/Fordham (BFA). For my family, friends and especially M&M. www.christophermai.info GREGORY MANLEY (Joey, Topthorn, Coco, Goose, John Greig). Commissioner of Circle Rules Federation, the governing body of the new team sport circle rules football. Company member of Mettawee River Theatre Company and The Dance Cartel. BFA from the Experimental Theatre Wing at NYU. Visit www.circlerulesfederation.com for more information. ANDREW MAY (Captain Friedrich Muller, Priest, u/s Arthur, u/s Chapman Carter, u/s Allan, Fight Captain). Moon for the Misbegotten (James Tyrone), Pearl Theatre, NY. Regional credits: six seasons as Associate Artistic Director, Great Lakes Theatre; Cleveland Play House, eight seasons; Milwaukee Repertory, six seasons. Additional theaters: City Theatre, Studio Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival and many more. Television: “Big Love,” HBO. JOHN MILOSICH (Song Man — Vocal, u/s Instrumentalist). Synetic Theater: Metamorphoses, Host and Guest, Master and Margarita, Crackpots, Salome, Hamlet ... the rest is silence, Frankenstein. Old Lore Theater: The Fiddler Ghost, Annabel Lee. His original music was part of dog & pony dc’s production Courage. BA (Music) — Edinboro University, MFA (Theater) Naropa University. www. johnmilosich.com ALEX MORF (Private David Taylor, u/s Albert, u/s Joey as a foal, u/s Cpt. Stewart, u/s Billy, u/s Priest, u/s Ludwig). Off-Broadway: Women Beware Women, Red Bull Theater; Viva Los Bastarditos, NYCFringe. Regional: Dracula, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville; The Walworth Farce, Studio Theatre; Cymbeline, The Alchemist, Shakespeare Theater D.C.; Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Twelfth Night (Viola/Sebastian), Pericles, CalShakes; Rainmaker, Government Inspector, A.C.T. TV: “The Good Wife.” Training: St. Olaf College, American Conservatory Theater. www. alexmorf.com PATRICK OSTEEN (Joey, Topthorn, Coco, John Greig). National tour debut! Regional: Sweeney Todd (Centre Stage), Trojan Women (Franklin Stage Company), It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, (Cygnet Theatre). Education: BFA, University of North Carolina School of the Arts. ANGELA REED (Rose Narracott, u/s Matron Callaghan). Broadway: The Country Girl, Rock ‘n’ Roll, The Rainmaker. National tours: Spring Awakening. Off-Broadway: Mint Theater, Keen Company, Classic Stage Company. Regional: Old Globe, Denver Center, ART, Baltimore Center

Stage, Pasadena Playhouse, City Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, St. Louis Rep., Cleveland Play House, among others. TV: “Law & Order” franchise, “Blue Bloods,” “Third Watch.” MFA, UCSD. JON RIDDLEBERGER (Joey, Topthorn). New Jersey native, studied acting at NYU Tisch’s Experimental Theatre Wing, apprenticed at Actors Theatre of Louisville, is a company member of Theater Reconstruction Ensemble and now finds himself around the country on his first national tour. Thank you to everyone I love for helping me be here today! www.jonriddleberger.com LAVITA SHAURICE (Emilie, u/s Joey as a foal, u/s Annie). Antigone (Antigone) Quintessence Theater, My Wonderful Day (Winnie) — 2011 Barrymore nominee, Wilma Theater; A House With No Walls (Ona) InterAct Theatre; A Home Across the Ocean (Penny) MTWorks; She Like Girls (Alia) — 2009 GLAAD Award, Working Man’s Clothes. Training: BA Temple University. Lavita sends love to her family and wonderful husband. DEREK STRATTON (Joey, Coco, John Greig) was born and raised in Norwich, N.Y. He received a BA in dance from Brockport College in 2002. Derek toured internationally as a member of Pilobolus Dance Theater (2008-12) and is excited to be part of the first national tour of War Horse! ANDREW VEENSTRA (Albert Narracott). New York: Lincoln Center Theater: Hamlet (Hamlet). Off-Broadway: An Error of the Moon (John Wilkes Booth). Regional (recent): Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valentine), David Ives’ The Heir Apparent (Eraste, world premiere — Dir. Michael Khan), Lion in Winter (King Philip), Measure for Measure (Claudio), Tartuffe (Tartuffe), Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Dial “M” for Murder (Max Halliday), The Seagull (Medvedenko), Parade (Frankie Epps), Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere). Film: Blue Door. Television: “Law and Order: SVU.” Awards: Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Other: Radio City Music Hall. Training: Eastman School of Music: Piano, Brigham Young University: BFA Acting. www.andrewveenstra.com DANNY YOERGES (Joey, Topthorn). Regional: Olney Theatre Center: Farragut North (Stephen Bellamy), The Sound of Music (Rolf); Shakespeare Theatre Company All’s Well…(Young Dumain); NYC: Henry V (Henry), Never in My Lifetime. Education: BFA, University of North Carolina School of the Arts. www.dannyyoerges.com. Company member No Rules Theatre Company. Love you, Mom & Dad. MICHAEL MORPURGO (Author) is the awardwinning author of more than 100 children’s books. Britain’s Children’s Laureate (2003-05), Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 23

who’s who his works include, in addition to War Horse, his most recent, Shadow, which is set in war-torn Afghanistan, The Mozart Question, Born to Run and the award-winning The Wreck of the Zanzibar, The Butterfly Lion, Kensuke’s Kingdom, The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tip and Private Peaceful. A former teacher, his many honors include England’s Red House Children’s Novel Award, an OBE for services to literature, a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government and, with his wife Clare, an MBE for services to education. In 2005 he was named the Booksellers Author of the Year. He and his wife are the founders of Farm for City Children, a charity that exposes inner-city children to life in the country by hosting them for a week at three working farms in Devon, England. www. michaelmorpurgo.com NICK STAFFORD (Adaptor). LCT: War Horse (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards). His plays include Battle Royal (National Theatre); The Chain Play (contributor as part of the National’s 25th anniversary celebration); Luminosity (RSE); Katherine DeSouza, The Devil’s Only Sleeping, The Whisper of Angels’ Wings (Birmingham Rep); Love Me Tonight (Hampstead Theatre); The Go-Between (Northampton Theatre Royal); The Snow Queen (the Young Vic); Moll Curpurse, Easy Prey (for Avon Touring); Listen With dAdA (Serpentine Gallery). His plays for radio include the original works The Fire Inside, A Year and a Day; The List, La Petite Mort, Ring of Roses and A Matter of Sex (winner Sony Gold Award Best Original Script) as well as the adaptations of Birdsong, A Thousand Acres, Frankenstein. His screen-plays include Pity, winner of the Dennis Potter Play of the Year Award, The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde, Cold Caller, The Blue Suit, Missing Finger and an adaptation of his play, Katherine DeSouza. He is the author of the novel Armistice. MARIANNE ELLIOTT (Original Co-Director). LCT: War Horse (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards). She is Associate Director of the National Theatre, where she has co-directed War Horse and directed Season’s Greetings, Women Beware Women, Mrs. Affleck, Harper Regan, Saint Joan (Olivier Award for Best Revival, South Bank Show Award), Thérèse Raquin and Pillars of the Community (Evening Standard Best Director Award). She was an Associate Director at the Royal Court, where her productions include Stoning Mary, Notes on Falling Leaves, The Sugar Syndrome and Local. Previously she was an Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, where she directed Port, Design for Living, Les Blancs, As You Like It, A Woman of No Importance, Nude With Violin, Fast Food, Martin Yesterday, Deep Blue Sea, Mad 24 EncoreAtlantA.com

for It, Por Superman and I Have Been Here Before. Other theater includes Much Ado About Nothing for the RSC in 2006, The Little Foxes at the Donmar and Terracotta at Hampstead and Birmingham Rep. TOM MORRIS (Original Co-Director). LCT: War Horse (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards). Since 2009 Artistic Director at Bristol Old Vic: directed Juliet and Her Romeo (with Sian Phillips and Michael Byrne) and Swallows and Amazons (with music by Neil Hannon); launched Bristol Ferment as a program of artist development; created Bristol Jam, the festival of improvisation. Also Associate Director at the National Theatre: co-directed Every Good Boy Deserves Favour and War Horse, co-wrote A Matter of Life and Death and developed Coram Boy. From 1995 to 2004 Artistic Director at Battersea Arts Centre: devised/ directed a range of experimental work including Othello Music, All That Fall, Macbeth, Unsung, Disembodied, Kombat Opera Klubneit; produced the Sam Shepard Festival, the Shout’s Tall Stories and Jerry Springer: The Opera. Also a writer and broadcaster for the BBC, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The independent, The Guardian and Time Out. He sits on the boards of Complicité, Punchdrunk and is chair of the JMK Trust. BIJAN SHEIBANI (U.S. Tour Director) is an Associate Director at the National Theatre of Great Britain. Directing credits at the National include Our Class by Tadeusz Slobodzianek, for which he was nominated for Best Director in the 2010 Olivier Awards; Greenland and The Kitchen. Other credits include The House of Bernarda Alba at the Almeida in London, and Moonlight by Harold Pinter at the Donmar Warehouse. He was Artistic Director of Actors Touring Company in 2007-10. His first production for the company, The Brothers Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney, was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre and toured to the Young Vic, across the UK, and internationally to the Grec Festival in Barcelona and to the Arcola in Istanbul. His production of Gone Too Far! by Bola Agbaje won an Olivier Award and toured in a Royal Court coproduction to the Royal Court, The Albany Deptford and Hackney Empire in 2008. He also directed Ghosts or Those Who Return, in a new version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, and co-produced by ATC and the Arcola; and Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl in a co-production with ATC, the Young Vic and Drum Theatre, Plymouth. Other directing work includes The Typist by Rebecca Lenkiewicz at the Riverside Studios and broadcast on Sky Arts in 2010; the world premiere of a new opera, Tarantula in Petrol Blue, by Philip Ridley and Anna Meredith, an

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who’s who Aldeburgh Music Production; Other Hands by Laura Wade and Flush by David Dipper, both at Soho Theatre; and Harold Pinter’s Party Time and One for the Road at Battersea Arts Centre. He won the James Menzies-Kitchin Memorial Trust Award for Young Directors in 2003 and the John S. Cohen Bursary at the National Theatre Studio and English Touring Theatre (2004-05). RAE SMITH (Set, Costumes, Drawings). LCT: War Horse (Tony, Drama Desk awards) and Princess of Wales Theatre, Canada. Broadway: The Seafarer, The Weir (both by Conor McPherson). Off-Broadway: Oliver Twist (Theatre for a New Audience/John Jay, Obie Award for Best Set and Costume Design), Juno and the Paycock (Roundabout), The Street of Crocodiles (John Jay). Regional: Oliver Twist (American Repertory Theater, Berkeley Rep); Dido, Queen of Carthage (also at ART). National Theatre London: This House, The Veil, Season’s Greetings, Or You Could Kiss Me, All’s Well That Ends Well, War Horse (Olivier Award, Evening Standard Best Design Award; now in West End), St. Joan (South Bank Award), The Seafarer, A Pillar of the Community, Theatre of Blood, The Light Princess (upcoming). Royal Shakespeare Company: As You Like It, Pedro the Great Pretender, Cymbeline, The Phoenician Women, Henry IV. Theatre de Complicité: The Visit, The Street of Crocodiles (also West End), Wiseguy Scapino, Help I’m Alive, Ave Maria. Royal Court Theatre: Shining City (also Dublin), Dublin Carol, The Weir, Faces in the Crowd, Presence, Some Voices Trust. Ireland: An Ideal Husband (Abbey/Irish Times Award Best Costume Design) and The Birds (Gate Theatre). Opera and music theater: Gotterdammerung (completing Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Opera Du Rhin, Strasbourg) receiving the French Grand Prix 2011 for outstanding achievement in opera, A Little Night Music (Châtelet, Paris), Rusalka (Glyndebourne); Wagner’s Ring Cycle (Strasbourg); Bird of Night (Royal Opera House); The Rake’s Progress (Aldeburgh); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (La Monnaie, Brussels). Dance: Rite of Spring (Fabulous Beast, English National Opera) and Prince of the Pagodas (National Ballet Tokyo and Birmingham Royal Ballet). www.raesmith.co.uk HANDSPRING PUPPET COMPANY (Puppet Design, Fabrication and Direction), founded in 1981 in South Africa, is led by Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones. Originally the creators of children’s shows that tour southern Africa, their first adult production, Episodes of an Easter Rising, in 1985 gained the company exposure at the International Festival of Puppet Theatre in Charleville-Mézières, France. 26 EncoreAtlantA.com

Subsequent productions include collaborations with South African directors Malcolm Purkey on Tooth and Nail for Junction Avenue Theatre and Barney Simon of the Market Theatre on Starbrites!, a fable of renewal following Nelson Mandela’s release. Woyzeck on the Highveld launched a 10year collaboration with artist William Kentridge which explored puppets and film animation. Handspring has been presented in New York at the Henson International Festival of Puppet Theatre, the Next Wave Festival at BAM, at the Kennedy Center, in San Francisco and Chicago and internationally in a number of cities and festivals including the Avignon Festival in France, Theatre der Welt in Germany and Edinburgh Festival. Its most recent collaboration, Or You Could Kiss Me, with playwright Neil Bartlett and designer Rae Smith, premiered at the National Theatre in 2010. Adrian Kohler, Handspring’s Artistic Director and puppet designer, has exhibited at the South African National Gallery, Cape Town, and the Museum for African Art in New York. His puppets are represented in the collections of the Stadtmuseum Munich, the South African Constitutional Court, Johannesburg, and the Old Mutual Art Collection in Cape Town. Thys Stander is Handspring’s chief puppet maker, having developed the complex cane sculpture techniques required for the horses and is responsible for ongoing training at the horse factory in Cape Town. www.handspringpuppet. co.za. Handspring has been awarded both Tony and Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement awards and a special Drama Desk Award for Thrilling Stagecraft. PAULE CONSTABLE (Original Lighting). LCT: War Horse (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards). West End: Love Never Dies, Oliver!, Evita, Don Carlos (Olivier Award). National Theatre: A Comedy of Errors, Danton, The Power of Yes, Phèdre, Death and the King’s Horseman, Saint Joan, Waves, Coram Boy (also Broadway, Tony nom.), Jumpers (also Broadway), His Dark Materials (Olivier Award). The Royal Court: Clybourne Park (also West End), The City, Krapp’s Last Tape, The Country, The Weir (also West End and Broadway). Other theater: Ivanov (Donmar at the Wyndhams); The Chalk Garden (Olivier Award); Othello, Proof, Little Foxes (the Donmar); The Good Soul of Szechuan, Vernon God Little (Young Vic); Blasted, The Servant, Oliver Twist (Lyric Hammersmith); Les Misérables (25th Anniversary Concert at the O2, together with lighting design for the new 25th anniversary production) and the new The Phantom of the Opera. Opera: productions for the Met, the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, ENO and numerous productions

who’s who throughout Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Dance includes productions for the Royal Ballet, the Ballet Boyz, Matthew Bourne and Birmingham Royal Ballet. KAREN SPAHN (Additional Lighting and Adaptation). Associate credits include Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific (Broadway, U.S. tour), Wicked the Musical (Broadway, U.S. tours and Intenational productions), Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Tour(U.S.), War Horse (Broadway), Promises, Promises (Broadway), Thoroughy Modern Millie (Broadway). Design credits include My Fair Lady (Cardinal Stage), Guys and Dolls (Riverside Theatre), West Side Story, King and I, Guys and Dolls, Flower Drum Song (AMTSJ), designs for Hersheypark and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. TOBY SEDGWICK (Director of Movement and Horse Choreography). LCT: War Horse (Drama Desk Award; Astaire Award nom.). He won a 2008 Olivier Award for Director of Movement/ Horse Choreography for War Horse and played Ted Narracott at the NT. Most recent credits include: choreographing the first 20 minutes of the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Games for Director Danny Boyle, A Dog’s Heart for De Nederlandse Opera (English National Opera/Olivier Award nomination, Best Production), Tintin (Barbican Theatre), The 39 Steps (West End/Broadway/ Australia/Europe), Frankenstein (with Danny Boyle, NT 2011). Other major companies include the RSC, Young Vic and Manchester Royal Exchange (with Pete Postlethwaite on The Tempest). Directed and co-devised Ockham’s Razor’s The Mill (Royal Opera House and UK tour). Films include 28 Days Later, Sunshine (for Danny Boyle), Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang (for Susannah White). As an actor he codevised work with Theatre de Complicité — Animal Crackers (Harpo), The Play What I Wrote (West End), Vacuums (a film by Stomp), Laissez Passer (Bertrand Tavernier). Trained at Jaques Lecoq School. Founded the Moving Picture Mime Show, which established itself as one of the innovators of physical theater. 59 PRODUCTIONS (Animation and Projection Design). LCT: War Horse (Drama Desk Award). Led by Leo Warner, Mark Grimmer and Lysander Ashton along with director of animation, Peter Stenhouse, 59 Productions is a film and new media production company that specializes in filmmaking and integrating the moving image into live performance. The company’s team plays both a creative and technical role in the realization of film, theater, opera, music, ballet and fine art projects. Theater projects include Waves (National

Theatre/Schauspiel Koln), Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland) and Les Misérables (Cameron Mackintosh/world tour). Opera includes the Metropolitan Opera’s 125th Anniversary Gala, Doctor Atomic (Met Opera/ENO), Satyagraha (ENO/ Met Opera), Al Gran Sole Carico d’Amore (Salzburg Festival). Dance includes Invitus Invitam and The Goldberg Project (Royal Ballet), and Dorian Gray (Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures). Live music includes the set and video design for Icelandic singer Jónsi (Sigur Rós). Short film includes the multi-award-winning A Family Portrait and The HalfLight. www.fiftynineproductions.co.uk SAMUEL ADAMSON (Artistic Associate). For the National Theatre, Samuel Adamson’s plays include Frank & Ferdinand, Southwark Fair and Mrs Affleck, as well as a version of Ibsen’s Pillars of the Community. Other plays include Boston Manor (Theatre 503/Theatre Voice); Fish and Company (National Youth Theatre/Soho Theatre); Clocks and Whistles (Bush Theatre and Origin Theatre Company, New York); Drink, Dance, Laugh and Lie (Bush/Channel 4); Grace Note (Old Vic/Peter Hall Company); Some Kind of Bliss (Trafalgar Studios and Brits Off Broadway, New York), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (from Truman Capote’s novel; Theatre Royal, Haymarket); Tomorrow Week (BBC Radio 3); and All About My Mother (from Pedro Almodóvar’s film; Old Vic Theatre); as well as contributions to 24 Hour Plays (Old Vic); A Chain Play (Almeida); and Decade (Headlong). Versions include: The Cherry Orchard (Oxford Stage Company/Riverside Studios), Three Sisters (OSC tour and West End), A Doll’s House (Southwark Playhouse), Professor Bernhardi (Arcola Theatre, also adapted for BBC Radio 3) and Transdanubia Dreaming (National Theatre Studio). He is writing the book and cowriting the lyrics for The Light Princess, with music and lyrics by Tori Amos, to premiere at the National Theatre in 2013, directed by Marianne Elliott and designed by Rae Smith. Film: Running for River (Directional Studios/Krug). MERVYN MILLAR (Creative Associate). Has been part of the War Horse creative team from the first workshops. As puppetry designer and director: Siegried, Die Walküre (Opera National du Rhin), Great Expectations, The Comedy of Errors (RSC), The Odyssey (Bristol Old Vic), The Secret Garden (WYP, Birmingham Rep), The Thief of Baghdad (Royal Opera House), The Magi Carpet (Lyric Hammersmith), Unfolding Andersen (Theatre-Rites/ British Library), James and the Giant Peach (Bolton Octagon, MEN Award winner) and work for the Young Vic and the National Theatre Studio. Director of the Finborough Theatre 1998-2000 and has directed at Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 27

who’s who theaters including the National Theatre (Cottesloe), BAC, Theatre Royal Plymouth and NVT (Norway). His collaboration with Kazuko Hohki and Andy Cox, Evidence for the Existence of Borrowers, won a Total Theatre Award and a Herald Angel Award. Books: The Horse’s Mouth, about the development process of War Horse, and The Journey of the Tall Horse. In 2010 he became the first puppetry specialist to win an Arts Foundation Fellowship. ADRIAN SUTTON (Music). LCT: War Horse (Drama Desk Award). Toronto Princess of Wales: War Horse. Broadway: Coram Boy. London West End: War Horse. UK National Theatre: War Horse (Olivier nomination), Coram Boy (Olivier nomination), The Revenger’s Tragedy, Nation. Bristol Old Vic: Coram Boy. BAC: Newsnight the Opera. Concert: Sinfonietta (Bristol Ensemble), War Horse Suite (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra). Film: My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117. TV: “Jam.” JOHN TAMS (Songmaker). LCT: War Horse (Drama Desk Award). His career has spanned four decades in every performance medium. A multiaward winner, he has worked at London’s National Theatre as an actor, composer and musical director on more than 30 productions, many of which transferred to the West End or toured. Extensive TV and film work includes playing Rifleman Daniel Hagman in the long-running series “Sharpe,” for which, with Dominic Muldowney, he created the music. He is a recognized authority on traditional English folk music and has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University and a Doctor of Letters at the University of Derby. He has recently completed work with Steven Spielberg on the movie of War Horse and works closely with the novel’s original author, Michael Morpurgo, while continuing to tour festivals and concert stages throughout the UK and Europe. www.johntams.co.uk CHRISTOPHER SHUTT (Sound). LCT: War Horse (Tony, Drama Desk awards). Lincoln Center Festival: A Disappearing Number, The Elephant Vanishes, Noise of Time. Broadway: All My Sons, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Coram Boy (Olivier Award nomination), Not About Nightingales (Drama Desk Award). Off-Broadway: Arturo Ui (Al Pacino), Mnemonic (Drama Desk Award), Happy Days, Humble Boy. National Theatre London: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, War Horse (both Olivier Award nominated), White Guard, Burnt By the Sun, Play Without Words, Albert Speer. Complicité: Street of Crocodiles, The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol, A Minute Too Late. RSC Stratford Upon Avon: King Lear, King John, Much Ado…, Romeo and Juliet. National Theatre of Scotland: The Bacchae, Little Otik, 28 EncoreAtlantA.com

Donmar London: Prince of Homburg, Piaf (Olivier Award nomination), The Man Who Had All the Luck. Other: Man of Aran (live movie soundscore). BBC Radio: A Shropshire Lad, Maud, After the Quake, A Disappearing Number, Mnemonic. JOHN OWENS (Additional Sound and Adaptation) As Sound Designer: A Doll’s House (London, Broadway); Betrayal (Donmar Warehouse); Faeries (ROH2); Driving Miss Daisy (Wyndham’s Theatre). Future work: Blue Man Group at the Monte Carlo, Las Vegas. As Associate Sound Designer: Blue Man Group, Billy Elliot the Musical, The Blue Room, Mary Poppins, Oliver!, War Horse, Dr Dee An English Opera by Damon Albarn, Lincoln Center Production of South Pacific, One Man Two Guvnors. He is also an Associate Consultant with Charcoalblue, the theatre consultancy. GREG PLISKA (Music Director). War Horse (Broadway, Toronto). Shakespeare in the Park/ Delacorte: As You Like It (composer, with Steve Martin); Twelfth Night (music supervision/ arrangements, Drama Desk nomination), Two Gentlemen of Verona (asst. conductor). Other off-Broadway: Vigil Songs From an Unmade Bed, Pericles, Ice Island, Oy! (composer); Tintypes, Chaos (conductor). Regional : The Secret Garden (opera), In a Lake of Fire (Moss Hart Award winner), Bacchae (composer, music direction). Film: The Widest Dream, Flying Monsters 3D (orchestrations); The Making of Tea, Silent Reminders, Kiddish Man, Diagnosis (composer). TV as composer: “Hunting the Edge of Space” (Nova), “Life” (Discovery), “Blood in the Water” (Discovery). Orchestrations for recordings by Hem, James Iha, Carly Simon, Michael Stipe, Cat Power and Karen Elson, and his own CD, September Songs: Music for Film. 2010 Sundance Composers Lab Fellow. DANIEL SWEE (Casting), for Lincoln Center Theater, casting more than 70 productions including War Horse, Other Desert Cities, The Coast of Utopia, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Awake and Sing!, Henry IV, The Invention of Love, Contact, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, Arcadia, Carousel and The Sisters Rosensweig. Additional Broadway productions and tours include God of Carnage, Mary Stuart, Exit the King, Frost/Nixon, The Crucible, Art and The Heidi Chronicles. Films include The Hours, The Crucible, The Object of My Affection and Cold Souls, among others. SARNA LAPINE (Associate Director). Director credit: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific 2011/2012 national tour. Associate/Assistant director credits for Lincoln Center Theater include Women on the Verge of a Nervous, Breakdown, South

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who’s who Pacific, Awake and Sing! and The Light in the Piazza. Assistant director for the Roundabout Theatre Company: Sondheim on Sondheim. Off-Broadway and regional directing credits include: Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odets, Kidding on the Square: A Cabaret Starring Emily Bergl (The Oak Room), The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Intiman Theatre) and The Wee Hours by Pat Lennon (The Depot Theater). Readings of new works directed at: Ars Nova, New York Theatre workshop and Dixon Place. She received her M.F.A. in film from Columbia University, School of the Arts, and was a recipient of the IFP/Marcie Bloom Fellowship in Film. MATTHEW ACHESON (Associate Puppetry Director). Lincoln Center Festival: Petrushka, Symphonie Fantastique, La Bella Dormente Nel Bosco. OffBroadway: Hiroshima Maiden, A Long Christmas Ride Home, Peter and Wendy, A Howling Flower, Disfarmer, Compulsion (puppetry designer/ supervisor). Other: St. Anne’s Warehouse Puppet Lab (co-director), The Secret History of the Swedish Marionette Cottage (co-director/creator), Prelude to a Death in Venice (Kilkenny Festival), Master Peter’s Puppet Show (EOS Orchestra), Madame Butterfly (Metropolitan Opera, puppetry rehearsal director). Film: In the House of the Sin Eater (co-director/creator). ADRIENNE KAPSTEIN (Associate Director of Movement and Horse Choreography). Broadway: War Horse, Movement Associate. As a director: Every Day Above Ground (PS 122; The Wilma Theater; Project Arts Center, Dublin), Speak Easy (Centaur Theatre, Montreal), Fathom (Ohio Theater; Project Arts Center, Dublin). As a performer: offoff-Broadway & U.S. tour of Frankenstein (Soho Rep). Regional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatreworks), Signals of Distress (Kravis Center). Education: MFA Brooklyn College, Ecole Jacques Lecoq, MA University of Edinburgh. Co-founder, codirector and faculty at Movement Theater Studio NYC, a Lecoq-based training program in New York. Also on faculty at Pace University and Brooklyn College BFA & BA Acting programs. TOM SCHALL (Fight Director). Broadway: Death of a Salesman, War Horse, Venus in Fur, House of Blue Leaves, A Free Man of Color, Merchant of Venice, A View From the Bridge, After Miss Julie, Mary Stuart, Waiting for Godot, The Seafarer, Coram Boy, Journey’s End, The Woman in White, Wicked, Noises Off. Off-Broadway: King Lear, Titus Andronicus, Mother Courage, Hamlet, Why Torture is Wrong…, (Public Theater); Blood and Gifts, Bernarda Alba, Dessa Rose, Belle Epoque, A Man of No Importance (Lincoln Center); The Lyons (Vineyard); Ruined (MTC); The Pride (MCC); Homebody/Kabul (BAM). 30 EncoreAtlantA.com

GILLIAN LANE-PLESCIA (Dialect Coach). Broadway: War Horse, The Philanthropist, Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Off-Broadway: The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, Kit Marlowe, Homebody /Kabul, The Misanthrope. Regional: Arena Stage, Alley, Actors Theatre Louisville, American Players, CenterStage, Goodman, Guthrie, Hartford, Huntington, McCarter, Milwaukee Rep, N.J. Shakespeare, Old Globe, Shakespeare Theatre D.C., Steppenwolf, Seattle Rep, TheatreWorks, Trinity Rep, Westport Country Playhouse, Wilma Theatre, Yale Rep, Banff Center for Fine Arts, Lyric Opera of Chicago. Faculty: Juilliard. KATE WILSON (Voice Coach). Broadway: War Horse, End of the Rainbow, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Stick Fly, The Mountaintop, Master Class, The People in the Picture, Driving Miss Daisy, The Merchant of Venice, The Pitmen Painters, Red, Sunday in the Park With George, The Seafarer, American Buffalo, Curtains, Talk Radio, A Raisin in the Sun, Fiddler on the Roof, Nine, Oklahoma!, Gem of the Ocean, Betrayal, others. Off-Broadway: Cock, Hurt Village, How I Learned to Drive, The Whipping Man, Burn This, Far Away, others. Film & TV: “Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Grand Street,” “Rubicon,” Ceremony, Salt, Notorious, The Rebound, Pride and Glory, Fur. Faculty: Juilliard. ERIC INSKO (Production Stage Manager) has been stage managing for more than thirty years. Highlights: Jersey Boys (Tour), Billy Elliot (Toronto), Wicked (Los Angeles), Bette Midler “Experience the Divine” and her HBO special “Diva Las Vegas,” Audra McDonald’s first Equity show and a gig with Whoopi Goldberg when she was still known as Karen Johnson. PAIGE GRANT (Stage Manager). Credits include: Jersey Boys first national tour. New York: To Be or Not to Be and From Up Here with Manhattan Theatre Club. Las Vegas: Jersey Boys. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, California Shakespeare Theater. BFA Cincinnati College — Conservatory of Music. Love and thanks to Mom in Washington and friends across the country. SETH F. BARKER (Assistant Stage Manager) is proud to be joining the first national tour of War Horse as well as Actors Equity Association. Credits include Blue Man Group national tour, Cirque du Soleils big-top show Corteo, Hairspray and Rent. Seth would like to thank Mike and Barbara Barker for their love and support. BOB BOYETT (Producer). Broadway: Other Desert Cities, War Horse (2011 Tony, Best Play), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Elling, La Bete, The Pitman Painters, Enron, Next Fall, 13 A New Musical, The Seagull, Boeing-Boeing, The Country Girl, South Pacific (2008 Tony, Best

who’s who Revival), Sunday-In-The-Park With George, The 39 Steps, Seafarer, Is He Dead?, Rock N Roll, Journey’s End (2007 Tony); The Coast of Utopia (2007 Tony, Best Play); Deuce, Coram Boy, Inherit the Wind; The Drowsy Chaperone; The History Boys (2006 Tony, Best Play); Monty Python’s Spamalot (2005 Tony, Best Musical); Bridge & Tunnel; The Woman in White; The Pillowman; Glengarry Glenn Ross (2005 Tony, Best Revival); Democracy; The Frogs; Jumpers; Fiddler on the Roof; The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (2002 Tony); Topdog/Underdog (2002 Pulitzer Prize); Sweet Smell of Success and The Elephant Man. London: Dealer’s Choice, Little Shop of Horrors, Boeing- Boeing, The Dumb Waiter, The 39 Steps, Bent, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Donkeys’ Years, Sunday in the Park With George, The Woman in White, Boston Marriage, Lobby Hero, Jumpers, Monty Python’s Spamalot and The Drowsy Chaperone. NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN (Producer). The National Theatre is dedicated to the constant revitalization of the great traditions of the British stage, to expanding the horizons of audiences and artists alike, and through its learning programs, to opening up the theatre to new audiences and practitioners. Currently producing across five theatres in London, the National is responsible for one-third of all play-going in London. Its work includes around 20 new productions each year, playing in repertory in its three theatres on the South Bank, as well as two long-running shows in the West End, and productions in New York, Toronto and on tour. In spring and summer 2012, the repertoire at the NT includes three world premieres, plays from Ireland, Trinidad, and America, a Greek classic, two Shakespeares, a Goldsmith and a Shaw. Internationally, audiences for NT productions number more than 50,000 every week. Recent work in North America includes War Horse, currently running at Lincoln Center Theater and the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto; One Man, Two Guvnors, also on Broadway; The History Boys; The Pitmen Painters; Waves; Happy Days; Coram Boy; Primo; Play Without Words; The Pillowman and Jumpers. The National’s productions are regularly broadcast live to cinemas all over the world through National Theatre Live. More than 700,000 people have watched a broadcast since the program launched in 2009. www.nationaltheatre.org.uk KEN GENTRY (Producer). Past productions include Little Women starring Maureen McGovern, A Light in the Piazza and My Fair Lady, co-produced with Cameron Mackintosh. Current touring productions include: NETworks presentation of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Billy Elliot the Musical, Blue Man Group, La Cage aux Folles, The 25th anniversary

production of Les Misérables, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins and Shrek the Musical. Future productions include Elf The Musical and Flashdance the Musical. Founder and CEO of NETworks Presentations, LLC and Gentry & Associates. Chris Harper (Producer). Producer of War Horse for the National Theatre in London, New York and Toronto with further productions planned in Australia and Germany in 2013. Over the last 25 years he has worked for Stage Entertainment, Cameron Mackintosh, McCabes, Pola Jones, Birmingham Hippodrome and Birmingham Repertory Theatre. A board member of the Young Vic and Punchdrunk, who present Sleep No More in New York. TIM LEVY (Producer). One Man Two Guvnors, War Horse, Sleep No More, La Bete, Boeing, Boeing, The 39 Steps, The Seagull, 13 and Is He Dead? Previous work at the National Theatre assisting Nick Starr and Nicholas Hytner, working on the commercial transfers of The History Boys, The Pillowman, Jumpers, Democracy, The Seafarer and Coram Boy. BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA (Producer) is owned and operated by British theatre producer John Gore (CEO) and entertainment industry veteran Thomas B. McGrath, and is part of the Key Brand Entertainment family of companies, which includes Broadway.com. Broadway Across America is a leading Broadway producer and the foremost presenter of first-class touring productions across North America. ROGER BERLIND (Producer). Tony Award-winning productions include Amadeus; Nine; The Real Thing; Joe Egg; Jerome Robbins’ Broadway; City of Angels; Guys and Dolls; Passion; A View From the Bridge; Copenhagen; Kiss Me Kate; Proof; Doubt; The History Boys; War Horse; The Book of Mormon. Current productions include Death of a Salesman; Clybourne Park; One Man, Two Guvnors; War Horse; Nice Work If You Can Get It. Touring in 2012: South Pacific; War Horse and The Book of Mormon. ROY FURMAN (Producer). Currently on Broadway: The Book of Mormon (Tony Award), War Horse (Tony Award), Evita, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Seminar and Priscilla. Other productions include West Side Story, Spamalot (Tony Award), The Color Purple, The History Boys (Tony Award). Co-founded investment firm Furman Selz, now vice chariman Jefferies. Vice chairman Lincoln Center, chariman emeritus, Film Society of Lincoln Center. RICHARD WILLIS (Producer) is a producer, theatre operator and owner of Richmark Entertainment/ Seven Arts Productions with offices in London, New York and Los Angeles. Producing credits include Atlanta’s Performing Arts Publication 31

who’s who the upcoming The Sunshine Boys (Savoy Theatre), Noel Coward’s Hay Fever (Coward Theatre), One Man, Two Guvnors (Broadway), War Horse (North America), Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Broadway), Jerusalem (Broadway), Next Fall, 33 Variations, Souvenir, Jay Johnson: The Two and Only, Eve Ensler’s The Good Body, Golda’s Balcony, Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam, Steve Tyrell in Concert, Adam Pascal Live, Ennio, George Gershwin Alone, Irving Berlin’s: I Love a Piano and more. DARYL ROTH (Producer) holds the singular distinction of producing seven Pulitzer Prizewinning plays: Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women, Anna in the Tropics, How I Learned to Drive, Wit, Proof, August: Osage County and Clybourne Park. Honored to have more than 75 award-winning productions throughout her distinguished 24-year career. DarylRothProductions.com. DEBBIE BISNO (Producer). Broadway: Annie (Fall ‘12), Merchant of Venice (Tony), Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Hair (Tony),; Colin Quinn/Seinfeld’s Long Story Short, Mamet’s A Life in the Theater and Speed-the-Plow, Finian’s Rainbow, Ma Rainey’s, The Crucible; Of-Bway: Through a Glass Darkly w/ Carey Mulligan. Co-pounder: Chicago’s Roadworks Productions; Co-producer Steppenwolf’s 25th Anniversary. JANE BERGÈRE (Producer). Broadway: Clybourne Park; War Horse (Tony Award); Driving Miss Daisy; La Cage aux Folles (Tony Award); A Little Night Music (Tony Nomination); All My Sons; 13 the Musical; Is He Dead?; Curtains (Tony nomination); Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony Award); Caroline, or Change (Tony nomination); Metamorphoses (Tony nomination). Fall 2012: Annie. www.JaneBergereProductions.com. REMMEL T. DICKINSON (Producer). Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012 Tony nom.); War Horse, B’way and Toronto (2011 Tony); Catch Me If You Can (2011 Tony nom); Memphis (2010 Tony and 2011-13 tour, U.S./Canada); The Norman Conquests (2009 Tony); and The 39 Steps (B’way, Off-B’way & Nat’l tour). Off-B’way: Vanities (NY, Pasadena); Make Me a Song (NY, London); and Party Come Here (Williamstown). DEDE HARRIS (Producer). Broadway: One Man Two Guvnors, Clybourne Park, Jerusalem, War Horse (Tony Award), 9 to 5, The Norman Conquests (Tony Award), You’re Welcome America, Speed-thePlow, The Seagull, The History Boys (Tony Award), Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Pillowman, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, A Raisin in the Sun, Golda’s Balcony, Hairspray (Tony Award), The Crucible, Elaine Stritch (Tony Award), Metamorphoses, Noises Off, One… Cuckoo’s Nest, Music Man, Swing! 32 EncoreAtlantA.com

STEWART F. LANE / BONNIE COMLEY (Producer). Five-time Tony winner Mr. Lane and two-time Tony winner Ms. Comley have collectively produced more than 40 Broadway productions. Currently producing in New York: War Horse, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, A Streetcar Named Desire; and in the West End, the stage version of Irving Berlin’s Top Hat. www. MrBroadway.com, www.BonnieComley.com THOMAS L. MILLER (Producer). Broadway: One Man Two Guvnors, War Horse (2011 Tony, Best Play), 13 A New Musical, Is He Dead? A New Comedy by Mark Twain, Drowsy Chaperone, The Woman in White. London: Marguerite. Tour: Little House on the Prairie, Happy Days: A New Musical. He is an active member of the Motion Picture Academy, The Writers Guild, and The Broadway League. CARL MOELLENBERG (Producer). Three-time Tony Award winner for Spring Awakening, Hair and War Horse. Other Broadway credits include: Evita, The Best Man, Death of a Salesman, The Mountaintop, American Idiot, Driving Miss Daisy, The Motherf**er With the Hat, Mary Stuart, Hamlet, 13, The Addams Family, Lend Me a Tenor and Speed-the-Plow. RAISE THE ROOF (Producer). Jennifer Manocherian, Harriet Leve, Elaine Krauss. Broadway: Nice Work If You Can Get It, One Man, Two Guvnors, Mountaintop, La Cage, Little Night Music, Superior Donuts, 39 Steps, August: Osage County, Crucible, Little Dog Laughed, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Norman Conquests, Spring Awakening, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Off-Bway: Stomp, Tribes. SHN (Producer). Shorenstein Hays-Nederlander Theaters, has been San Francisco’s pre-eminent theatrical entertainment company for more than 30 years. Commercial producers Carole Shorenstein Hays and Robert Nederlander own and operate the Curran, Orpheum and Golden Gate theaters. SHN presents pre-Broadway world premieres, original Broadway cast productions, award-winners and current hits fresh from Broadway. DOUGLAS G. SMITH (Producer), CEO Match Point Entertainment: Sleep No More; War Horse (Tony 2011); Absent Friends; Arcadia; Fela!; The Norman Conquests (Tony 2009); Boeing Boeing (Tony 2008); Rock ‘n’ Roll; films Ira & Abby (Best Film, L.A.F.F.) and Kicking It (Sundance). Founded and ran Omnipoint, digital cellular pioneer. Merged with VoiceStream, sold to T-Mobile in the secondlargest international transaction in history. GENTRY & ASSOCIATES (General Management). Since 1995, Gentry & Associates has managed touring productions in North America, Europe and Asia. Current productions include Disney’s Beauty

who’s who and the Beast, Billy Elliot the Musical, Blue Man Group national tour, La Cage aux Folles, The 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Shrek The Musical and National Theatre of Great Britain’s production of War Horse touring the U.S. Future productions include Elf the Musical and Flashdance the Musical. BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press & Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company, representing musicals, plays and theatrical productions. Currently: Jersey Boys, War Horse, The 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Jesus Christ Superstar, End of the Rainbow, Hair, NETworks presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Potted Potter, Holland Taylor in Ann, Menopause the Musical, The Rat Pack Is Back!, Scooby Doo Live! Musical Mysteries and Roger Rees in What You Will. www.bbonyc.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ STAFF FOR War Horse ____________________________________________________________________________________ General Management Gentry & Associates Scott W. Jackson Gregory Vander Ploeg Dawn Kusinski Kim Reiter Bobby Maglaughlin ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tour Booking, Engagement Management and Press and Marketing Broadway Booking Office NYC Steven Schnepp, Temah Higgins, Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates, Judith Hoenig Adelson Zach Stevenson, Alexander Parra, Julia D’Angelo ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tour Press The Hartman Group Michael Hartman Matt Ross Nicole Capatasto ____________________________________________________________________________________ Casting Daniel Swee, CSA Camille Hickman Michael Padden __________________________________________________________________________________

Company Manager Darren E. Doutt Assistant Company Manager Francesca De La Vega __________________________________________________________________________________ Production Manager Steven Ehrenberg __________________________________________________________________________________ Production Stage Manager Eric Insko __________________________________________________________________________________ Creative Consultant.................................................. Drew Barr Stage Manager......................................................Paige Grant Assistant Stage Manager......................................... Seth F. Barker Fight Captain.............................................................. Andrew May Puppet Captain..................................................... Christopher Mai Assistant Puppetry Director...................................Lake Simons US Associate Set Designer............................Frank McCullough UK Associate Set Designer................................ William Fricker US Associate Costume Designer............................. Sarah Laux UK/Int’l Associate Costume Designer............................. Johanna Coe

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US Costume Assistant........................................ Julia Locascio Assistant Lighting Designer.................................Jose Santiago UK Associate Sound Designer................................ John Owens US Associate Sound Designer.............................. David Bullard US Puppetry Technician.............................................Jena Kerr UK Puppetry Technician....................................... David Cauchi Automated Lighting Programmer................................Alex Fogel Video Programmer....................................Zachary Albert Peletz Head Carpenter............................................. Corey Krolikowski Automation Carpenter............................................... Dave Vick Assistant Carpenter..........................................Mike Eickmeyer Production Electrician..................................Brendan C. Quigley Head Electrician...................................................... Billy Paton Assistant Electrician/Follow Spot............................. Jamie Bell Assistant Electrician/Video....................Nathan Andrew Pontius Production Props Supervisor...................................Faye Armon Head Props............................................................Kurt Oostra Assistant Props............................................... Wendy Beckwith Sound Engineer...................................................... David Fleet Assistant Sound Engineer.................................Franck Francois Wardrobe Supervisor.............................................Sue Stepnik Assistant Wardrobe............................................ Robert Clifton Costume Distresser..................................... Tescia Seufferlein Hair and Makeup Supervisor.............................Michael A. King Projection Designer........................................ Lysander Ashton Assistant Projection Designer......................... Lawrence Watson Projection Animation Programmer............................ Ben Pearcy Production Assistants.................................. Ethan Feigenbaum ..................................................Tanya Gillette, Mallory Marsh, Assistant to Puppeteer........................................James Nilsen Voice Coach.............................................................. Kate Wilson Assistant Music Director...........................Stephanie Johnstone Dialect Coach............................................ Gillian Lane-Plescia Physical Therapy.........................Shannon Narasimhan, PT, DPT UK Model Makers.............Emma Belli, Gerldine Bunzl, Jennifer Lee UK Draughtsperson................................................... Matt Higgins Print Design................................................... Emily Balawejder Radio Spot Production........................................... HMS Media Television Spot Design/Video Production ............... HMS Media Production Photography �� Birgit Mögenburg and Ralf Brinkhoff Merchandise.......................................... Encore Merchandising Joey Boyle, Elie Berkowitz, Todd Pannent Accounting................................... NETworks Presentations, LLC Legal.......................................................Lazarus & Harris LLP Scott Lazarus, Esq., Robert C. Harris, Esq. HR & Payroll Services............................ Human Resources Inc. Insurance.................................................. DeWitt Stern Group Tax Consultant........................ Brent A. Turner, One Source PSG IT Services........................ George W. Wilson, One Source, PSG Financial Services.............. George W. Wilson, One Source, PSG Housing........................................ Lisa Morris, Road Concierge Travel Agency......................Alicia Head, Carlson Wagonlit Travel Trucking............................................................. Clark Transfer _____________________________________________________________________________________ For Robert Boyett Theatricals, LLC CEO/Executive Producer..........................................Bob Boyett Producer....................................................................Tim Levy Office Manager, Executive Administrator............... Diane Murphy Staff..................................... Michael Mandell, Keifer Mansfield ____________________________________________________________________________________ For National Theatre of Great Britain Chairman of the NT Board................................. John Makinson Director of the National Theatre........................ Nicholas Hytner Executive Director.................................................... Nick Starr Chief Operating Officer...........................................Lisa Burger Producer ............................................................. Chris Harper Technical Producer.............................................. Katrina Gilroy International General Manager........................ Samuel Burgess Director of Marketing..........................................Heather Epple Marketing Manager.......................................... Karl Westworth Production Co-ordinators................. Louise Beere, Lauren Hills

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who’s who Production Accountant....................................Michelle Woods Assistant Production Accountant..................... Akos Koranteng Office Assistant.................................................... Helja Grohn Admin/Marketing Assistant...................................Claire Taylor Supported by the National Theatre’s War Horse Production Office. Additional thanks to the National Theatre’s Marketing, Press, Digital, Graphics and Finance Departments. ____________________________________________________________________________________ For Handspring Puppet Company Construction Team Artistic Director & Puppet Designer......................Adrian Kohler Chief Cane Sculptor............................................ Thys Stander Factory Manager & Mech. Engineer ........................ James Dee Asst Factory Manager & Puppet Maker..........Jessica Mias - Jones Puppet Engineer..............................................Simon Dunkley Puppet Engineer & Supervisor................................Andy Jones Fabric Engineer................................................Phyllis Midlane Puppet Maker.....................................................Peter Collard Puppet Builder & Assistant Engineer..................... Ncedile Daki Puppet Builder.................................................... Kyle Daniels Puppet Builder..........................................Johannes De Lange Puppet Builder & Supervisor....................Luyanda Nogodlwana Asst Puppet Builder............................................Lyn Sieborger Component Builder..................................................Nic Brown Assistant Cane Sculptor................................Zweli Ngcombela Fabric and Studio Assistant...................................Zanmari Nel Studio Assistant............................................... Phillip Roberts Studio Assistant........................................ Christiaan Johnson Studio Assistant...........................................Ntimpeba Epimac Studio Assistant........................................Panicho Makondora Studio Assistant........................................... Lungiswa Mkwasi Production and Administration Team Executive Producer................................................Basil Jones Associate Director.............................................. Janni Younge Financial Director........................................Roderick Bothman Asst to the Exec. Prod. & Company Administrator....................................James Nilsen Asst Administrator......................................... Melanie Roberts ____________________________________________________________________________________ Credits Scenery by Hudson Scenic Studios; Tank by Hamilton Scenic Specialty Inc.; Sound and Video equipment by Sound Associates; Lighting equipment by Epic Production Technologies; Accordion by Saltarelle; Custom horse boxes by Centerline Studios; Flash effects by Jauchem & Meeh, NYC; Fireams by Weapons Specialists NYC; UK Credits: Weapons painted by Nicole Laemmle; Helmet Casting by Robert Allsop; British and German Helmets and leather work by Rebecca Hartnoll; Canvas gaiters by Kimoko Sing; Rose, Paulette, Emily and Ladies’ Devon Costumes by Rachel Paisley; Joey and Topthorn trousers by Kirstie Robinson; Joey gaiters by Kimi Shiga; Knitwear by Hilary Slieman; Thanks to the National Theatre Dye Department; Thanks to Sarah Holmes (National Theatre Footwear Dept). Special thanks to Khaki Devil for British and German uniforms. US Credits: Military Tailoring by Eric Winterling; Costumes Men’s Tailoring by John Kristiansen NY; Alterations by Jennifer Love Costumes; Specialty shoes by Harr Shoes; Footwear provided by Wolverine Shoes, Red Wing Shoes, Hudson Shoes; Distressing by Jeff Fender Studios; Facial hair/Hair by Paul Huntley Enterprises. Properties made by The National Theatre Workshops. Technical Drawings by The National Theatre Digital Design and Drawing Department. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios ____________________________________________________________________________________ Financial Services and banking arrangements by M&T Bank ____________________________________________________________________________________

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Special Thanks To Lincoln Center Theater, Jeff Hamlin, Paul Smithyman, Karl Rausenerger, Marilyn Armon, Special thanks to Lynn Bowling at LCT, Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts and James Patrick, Executive Director ____________________________________________________________________________________ The Producers wish to thank Drew Barr for his contribution to the development of the national tour of War Horse. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Souvenir Merchandise provided by Encore Merchandising, Inc. encore-merchandising.com 212-584-0200 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Visit the War Horse website at www.WarHorseOnStage.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Theatre Managers, Press Agents, and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional unionrepresented employees.

1718 Peachtree St NW, Suite 181, Atlanta GA 30309 Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 404.873.4300 Russ Belin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President Amanda Martie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticketing Manager Kevin Ogle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales & Promotions Manager Leah Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales & Promotions Associate Rebekah K. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical Director Terry Romanoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Corporate Partnerships Marc Viscardi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of National Marketing For media inquiries, please contact Jennifer Walker at BRAVE Public Relations, 404-233-3993.

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION The Theatre A fully restored 1929 “Movie Palace,” the Fox Theatre, with 4,678 seats, is a multiple-purpose facility, housing Broadway shows, ballet, symphonies, concerts, movies, and private corporate events.

Lost and Found Lost and Found items are turned in to the House Manager’s office. To check on lost items, please call the House Manager at 404.881.2075. Lost and Found items will be retained for 30 days.

Private Rooms The Fox Theatre has three private rental spaces, with accommodations for 25 to 1,200 guests. Our Egyptian Ballroom and Grand Salon are beautifully decorated and can be set up to your specifications. The Landmarks Lounge is adjacent to the lobby and is perfect for a small pre-show and intermission event. To book your ”Fabulous Fox“ evening, please call 404.881.2100 or visit us at www.foxtheatre.org.

Emergency Information In the event of an emergency, please walk to the nearest exit. Do Not Run.

Fox Ticket Office The Fox Theatre Ticket Office is located in the arcade of the Fox Theatre and open Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Ticket Office is closed on Sundays unless there is a performance – in this case the Ticket Office opens two hours prior to the performance time. Doors to the theatre open one hour prior to the performance time. Tickets for all performances at the Fox Theatre may also be purchased by visiting www.FoxAtlTix.com or calling 1-855-285-8499. Now Available – The Fox Theatre has installed self-serve ticket kiosks in the arcade which allow 24-hour access to ticket purchases for the convenience of our patrons. Group Sales The Fox Theatre Group Sales Department offers discounts to Groups for most Broadway shows. The Group Sales office is open Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call 404 8812000 or email foxgroup@foxtheatre.org. Concessions Concession stands are located in the Spanish Room, main lobby, and on the mezzanine lobby level. Restrooms Restrooms are located off the Main Lobby (downstairs), Mezzanine Lobby levels, and the Gallery level. Accessible restroom facilities are located in the Spanish Room and Accessible/Family restrooms are located through the Office door in the main lobby. Gift Shop The Fox Theatre operates a gift shop selling history books, T-shirts, sweatshirts, and an assortment of other theatre-related merchandise. The gift shop is located in the Spanish Room. Tours Tours of the Fox Theatre are available through the Atlanta Preservation Center. Tours are conducted Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. and Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Tours begin in the Peachtree Street Arcade entrance to the theatre. For more information on tours and to confirm the tour schedule, please call the Atlanta Preservation Center at 404.688.3353.

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Smoking In accordance with the Fulton County Clean Air Ordinance, the Fox Theatre is a smoke-free facility. Smoking is only permitted in designated areas. Special Needs Ken Shook, Patron Services Coordinator, is our liaison to the disabled community. He can be reached at 404.881.2118 and can provide information on the locations and prices of accessible seating and other programs for the disabled. The Fox Theatre also has a brochure detailing all these programs for our patrons with special needs. This brochure is available at the Concierge Desk in the Arcade. An audio clarification device (Phonic Ear) is available for patrons with hearing disabilities. It is available, free of charge, on a first-come, first-serve basis on the evening of a performance, or you may reserve a device by calling the Patron Services Director. A limited number of booster seats are also available free of charge. Elevators Elevators are located at the north end of each lobby. The elevators are available during all performances and make it possible to access each lobby without the use of stairs. Patrons should be aware that access to upper seating areas do involve stairs. Parking Parking is available within a four-block radius in all directions of the Fox Theatre. Advanced reserved parking is available for sale at the Fox Ticket Office or by calling FoxATLtix at 1-855-ATL-TIXX. The Fox Theatre assumes no responsibility for vehicles parked in any of the privately owned parking lots operating in the Fox Theatre district. Performance Notes All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket in order to be admitted to the theatre. Not all events are suitable for children. Infants will not be admitted to adult programs/performances. Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management, in conjunction with the wishes of the producers. Please turn off all pagers and cell phones prior to the beginning of each performance. Camera and recording devices are strictly prohibited. Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)

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etiquette 1. Please arrive early. Latecomers may not be seated until intermission. 2. Take care of personal needs (drinks of water or restroom) before the performance begins. 3. Please silence or turn off all electronic devices, including cell phones, beepers, and watch alarms. We encourage you to share your experience at the Fox via social media, but please refrain from doing so or texting during performances; the glow from your device is distracting. 4. Most shows do not allow photography of any kind. Flash photography inside the theatre is never allowed as it is a distraction to those around you and a danger to the performers. 5. The overture is part of the performance. Please cease talking at this point. 6. Dear Lovebirds, when you lean your heads together, you block the view of the people behind you. Please consider the people that will be seated behind you when choosing whether or not to wear a hat or what hair style you choose. 7. Please refrain from talking, humming, or singing along with the show, except when encouraged to do so by the artist or show. 8. Please wait for an appropriate moment to dig something out of your pocket or bag. 9. Go easy with the perfume and cologne, many people are highly allergic. 10. If you need assistance during the show, please go to your nearest volunteer usher. If additional assistance is needed the usher will get the appropriate person to further help you. 11. Yes, the parking lot gets busy and public transportation is tricky, but leaving while the show is in progress or before the actors have taken their final bows is discourteous. Wait until it is over and then exit with the rest of the audience. 42 EncoreAtlantA.com

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Allan C. Vella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Manager Adina Alford Erwin . . . . . . . . Assistant General Manager Jamie Vosmeier . . . . . . . Director of Ticket Sales & Service Rachel Bomeli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Office Manager Jeff Quesenberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Rick Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Controller Jennifer S. Farmer . . . . . . . . . Director of Sales/Ballrooms Jay Forrester . . . Director of Concessions & Merchandising Len Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Operations Pat Prill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Manager Greta Duke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant House Manager Kristen Delaney . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing & PR Ken Shook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patron Services Coordinator Shelly Kleppsattel . . . . . . . . Booking & Contract Associate Molly Fortune . . . . . . . . Preservation Department Manager Amy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Rebecca J. Graham . . . . . . Assistant Production Manager Gary Hardaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Master Carpenter Larry Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Flyman Scott Hardin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Property Master Ray T. Haynie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician Cary Oldknow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Electrician Rodney Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Sound Engineer Larry-Douglas Embury . . . . . . . . . . Organist In Residence Tammy Folds . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Security Manager

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEMBERS Alan E. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chairman of the Board Edward L. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Beauchamp C. Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Vice President John A. Busby Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Vice President Julia Sprunt Grumbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Vice President Edward Hutchison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer Robyn Rieser Barkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Treasurer Clara Hayley Axam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary Keith Cowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member at Large F. Sheffield Hale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member at Large Walter R. Huntley Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member at Large Ada Lee Correll, Richard Courts IV, Robert L. Foreman Jr., John R. Holder, Florence Inman, Craig B. Jones, Steve Koonin, Charles Lawson, Robert E. Minnear, Starr Moore, Jay Myers, Carl V. Patton, Joe G. Patten, Glen J. Romm, Sylvia Russell, Nancy Gordy Simms, Clyde C. Tuggle, Carolyn Lee Wills

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Fox theatre Dining Guide

Looking for a great night out? Try one of these local restaurants before or after the show. For Dinner and a Show packages, visit encoreatlanta.com/offers. Neighborhood codes: A–Alpharetta, B–Buckhead, DK-Dekalb, D–Downtown, DW-Dunwoody, IP–Inman Park, M—Midtown, OFW–Old Fourth Ward, P–Perimeter Mall area, SS–Sandy Springs, VH–Virginia-Highland, NA—North Atlanta, V—Vinings, W–Westside

American Lenox Square Grill offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. DJ every Fri. and Sat. night until 2am. Private meeting rooms accommodate up to 150. 3393 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-841-2377, lenoxsquaregrill.com. B Livingston Restaurant and Bar It’s hard to beat the location (across from the Fox Theatre in the Georgian Terrace), and complimentary parking, but the main attraction is the glamour of the main dining room, which has hosted the likes of Clark Gable. 659 Peachtree St. NE, 404-897-5000, livingstonatlanta.com. M ONE.midtown kitchen Dine on fresh, seasonal American cuisine in a club-like atmosphere near Piedmont Park. 559 Dutch Valley Rd., 404-892-4111, onemidtownkitchen.com. M The Melting Pot is the 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, including 754 Peachtree St. NE, 404-389-0099, meltingpot.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

American/steakhouse Joey D’s Oakroom Near Perimeter Mall, this stylish steak house has a staggering selection of spirits and a hot after-dinner singles scene. 1015 Crown Pointe Pkwy., 770-512-7063, centraarchy.com. P New York Prime A Prime Time Top 10 USDA Prime Steakhouse known for its wine list, atmosphere and world class service. 3424 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404846-0644, centraarchy.com. B Prime Enjoy steak, sushi and seafood in a festive atmosphere near Lenox Mall. 3393 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404-812-0555, h2sr.com. B Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse A favorite local steak house with multiple locations near shopping and entertainment hotspots. Sides are generous, and the 44 EncoreAtlantA.com

quality of the steaks and seafood is excellent. Three locations: Buckhead, 3285 Peachtree Rd. NE, 404365-0660; Sandy Springs, 5788 Roswell Rd., 404255-0035; Centennial Olympic Park, 267 Marietta St., 404-223-6500; ruthschris.com. B, SS, D The Tavern at Phipps This is one of Atlanta’s hottest after-work spots, and has been singled out for its happy hour and singles scene by Jezebel, InSite Magazine and the AOL City Guide. 3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-814-9640, centraarchy.com. B

American/southern Briza Chef Janine Falvo’s modernist cuisine comes to life with Southern influences, and is complimented by the extensive wine list. 866 West Peachtree ST NW, 678-412-2402, brizarestaurant.com. M Eleven Restaurant & Bar A luxurious destination at Loews Atlanta Hotel. Delectable cuisine, vibrant cocktails and live music. Visit them for delightful pre or post performance cocktails, or a quick bite that always gets a standing ovation. 1065 Peachtree St. NE, 404-745-5745, loewshotels.com/restaurants/ eleven/cuisine. M The Fifth Ivory Public House Enjoy an eclectic menu featuring southern fusion complete with fried green tomatoes, stuffed pork chop and a Coke Float (with a shot of whiskey for an adult treat). 794 Juniper St., 404-881-8302, thefifthivory.com. M South City Kitchen With a stylish, Southerncontemporary menu, this DiRoNA restaurant helped make grits hip for the business crowd. Two locatons: Midtown: 1144 Crescent Ave., 404-873-7358; Vinings: 1675 Cumberland Pkwy., 770-435-0700, southcitykitchen.com. M, V Terrace celebrates American heirloom recipes through supporting local and regional farmers, fisherman and producers. It recaptures pure flavors and tastes of natural and organic ingredients while bursting with delicious flavors. 176 Peachtree St. NW, 678-651-2770, ellishotel.com/terrace. D

asian fusion Aja Restaurant & Bar Serving modern Asian cuisine, Aja has a 150-seat patio overlooking Buckhead and a huge lounge, where diners nosh on dim sum and sip mai tais. 3500 Lenox Rd., Ste. 100, 404-231-0001, h2sr.com. B Spice Market Inspired by the street life of Southeast Asia, Spice Market enchants with complex blends of seasonings and layers of flavor that ignite the taste buds served in a relaxed, alluring environment at W Atlanta — Midtown. 188 14th St. NE, 404-7242550, spicemarketatlanta.com. M

brew pub/goUrmet pub fare Drink Shop features cocktails in artistic divination, blessed with pure and homemade ingredients, complete with a visible fruit juicing and vegetable extraction station. 45 Ivan Allen Junior Blvrd., 404582-5800, watlantadowntown.comdrinkshop. D 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. Two locations: Midtown: 848 Peachtree St. NE, 404-870-0805; Buckhead: 3242 Peachtree Rd. NE, 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., 404347-2220, tapat1180.com. M

creole/cajun Parish New Orleans-inspired dishes served with a modern twist and a fully stocked raw bar and a Nawlins-inspired brunch served on the weekends. Downstairs, a take-away market sells sandwiches, spices, pastries and beverages. 240 N. Highland Ave., 404-681-4434, parishatl.com. OFW

european fusion Ecco Esquire Magazine named this casual, European-influenced bistro a “Best New Restaurant in America.” It’s also gotten raves for its killer wine list, wood-fired pizzas, and impressive meat and cheese menus. 40 Seventh St. NE, 404-347-9555, ecco-atlanta.com. M Top Flr This romantic two-story restaurant and bar features delicious bistro dishes, a wine list that rocks and wonderfully affordable prices. Located three blocks from the Fox Theater at 674 Myrtle St., 404685-3110. www.topflr.com. M

mediterranean/latin/asian fusion Shout A young crowd keeps Shout’s rooftop lounge hopping every night. The menu reflects a mix of Far Eastern, Mediterranean and South American influences. 1197 Peachtree St. NE, 404-846-2000, h2sr.com. M

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italian Campagnolo Restaurant + Bar With a casual atmosphere and fare that is anything but casual, features a rustic menu that draws influences from all parts of Italy and its Mediterranean neighbors. 980 Piedmont Ave., 404-343-2446, peasantatl.com. M Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse located at Phipps Plaza in the heart of Buckhead is Atlanta’s newest dining destination. 3500 Peachtree Rd., NE, 404-844-4810, davios.com/atl. B La Tavola Serving classic Italian cuisine in the heart of Virginia-Highland. 992 Virginia Ave., 404-8735430, latavolatrattoria.com. VH

MEXICAN Alma A refreshing new 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. NE, 404-968-9662, alma-atlanta.com. D Cantina Tequila & Tapas Bar (located in the Terminus building) features authentic Mexican cuisine and has become Buckhead’s newest watering hole. 3280 Peachtree Rd. NW, Terminus 100, Ste. 150, 404-8929292, h2sr.com. B El Taco An eco-friendly watering hole serving fresh Mexican food made with all-natural meats and killer

margaritas. 1186 N. Highland Ave.NE, 404-8734656, eltaco-atlanta.com.VH

spanish Noche A Virginia-Highland favorite known for its Spanish-style tapas dishes and margaritas. 1000 Virginia Ave., 404-815-9155, h2sr.com. VH

seafood/sushi Coast Seafood and Raw Bar serves 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 W. Paces Ferry Rd. NW, 404-869-0777, h2sr.com. B

steak/sushi Goldfish This fun seafood/sushi restaurant has Happy Hour specials Mon-Fri and nightly entertainment in its lounge. 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., 770-6710100, h2sr.com. P Strip This sophisticated steak, seafood and sushi restaurant offers an in-house DJ and a rooftop deck. Atlantic Station at 18th St., 404-385-2005, h2sr.com. M Twist This lively restaurant has a huge bar, satay station, tapas menu, sushi and seafood dishes; patio seating is first-come, first-served. 3500 Peachtree Rd. NW, 404-869-1191, h2sr.com. B

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The Fox Theatre’s Egyptian Ballroom and Grand Salon have held many fantastic events, such as weddings and receptions, corporate events, anniversary and birthday parties, and association functions. Here are some other fun facts:

The Fox Ballrooms have hosted many birthday parties over the years, some of which have included special performances by Tony Bennett and Earth, Wind, & Fire.

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Local television personality and restaurateur Paula Deen led a cooking class in the Egyptian Ballroom and attendees later enjoyed the meal she prepared. During the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, the Fox Theatre’s Ballrooms served as the headquarters for the Australian Organizing Committee. For Super Bowl XXXIV in January 2000, a special event was held in the Ballrooms. In attendance were Muhammad Ali, Elton John, and Lance Armstrong. 50 EncoreAtlantA.com

Numerous film premiere screenings have taken place in the Egyptian Ballroom and special guests included Val Kilmer from Batman, Helen Hunt, star of Twister, Billy Bob Thornton, who starred in Bandits, and Jennifer Lopez of Monster-In-Law.

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reaction to the project wrong in the most glorious way — peppering their tale of politics, passions and personalities with “Hello, Young Lovers,” “Getting to Know You,” “We Kiss in a Shadow,” “Shall We Dance,” “The March of the Siamese Children,” and the peerless “Small House of Uncle Thomas” ballet, choreographed by Jerome Robbins, another musical theater genius. With its gorgeous score and indelible characters, it’s sometimes easy to overlook the politics and morality woven into the story. “The King and I is romantic, cleareyed and highly moral,” critic Vincent Canby wrote in The New York Times when the 1996 Broadway revival opened. “Though ever-optimistic, it doesn’t deny intimations of darkness; it successfully absorbs them.” Hindsight is a beautiful thing. Both Rodgers and Hammerstein worried that the show would flop. Its first performance, out of town in New Haven, Conn., ran four hours. Some backers recommended shutting it down right then, but R&H went back to work. “Getting to Know You”and “I Have Dreamed” were written during the Boston tryout, and still Hammerstein

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Continued from page 14 Then they read the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, the British widow who did, in fact, instruct the children of Siam’s King Mongkut in the 1860s. They saw the 1946 movie Anna and the King of Siam with Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison. And they began seeing a musical. What resulted is a spectacular landmark in American theater, one that is just as vibrant, exotic and timeless today as it was 61 years ago, with its unconventional love story and political backdrop. “There is something about the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein that speak to each successive generation,” Ted Chapin, president of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization has said. “The R&H musicals are about people, and people don’t actually change as much as some might think. Our foibles, our hopes, our fears, our concerns, our points of view, our vulnerabilities are all somehow examined. ... And this was never more true than in The King and I.” TOTS Producer Christopher B. Manos puts it more simply, “Even if you took all the music out of The King and I, it would still hold up as a play.” Luckily, we don’t have to. Rodgers and Hammerstein proved their first

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remained distressed. Most people were not concerned about whether the show was good, he complained, but whether it was better than South Pacific. “It is a very strange play,” he said, “and must be accepted on its own terms.” The King and I received positive, but not ecstatic, notices. Critical appreciation seemed to grow with second or third viewings, and the show built momentum as the run continued. It won five Tony awards — best musical, best actress for Lawrence, best featured actor for Brynner, scenic design and costume design, and has been a staple on professional stages and in high schools and colleges ever since. “The King and I might well be the ‘other’ R&H masterpiece,” wrote noted theater

scholar Ethan Mordden in his 1992 book Rodgers and Hammerstein, “as fulfilled a composition as Carousel, less experimental but more tightly built. Of the Big 5 — the musicals that chart the first eight years of the team’s 16-year partnership — Oklahoma! is the exuberant groundbreaker, Carousel the showpiece, Allegro the marvelous failure and South Pacific the brooding treat, so mournful yet so elated. But The King and I, for all the difficulty R&H had in writing it, is the work that perfects their revolution.” Kathy Janich is Encore Atlanta’s managing editor. Her love affair with theater began at age 6, when she played one of the King’s children in a high school production of “The King and I.”

More lore, if you please • The original King and I in 1951 cost $360,000, twice what other musicals cost at that time. The 1996 Broadway revival with Donna Murphy and Lou Diamond Phillips, by contrast, was budgeted at $2.24 million. • Baayork Lee, who directs this TOTS staging, appeared in the original Broadway cast as Princess Yaowlak, one of the King’s children. • Yul Brynner was not the creative team’s first choice to play the King. Rex Harrison, Alfred Drake (the original Curly in Oklahoma!) and 54 EncoreAtlantA.com

Noel Coward turned it down. Others considered were film and stage actor Jose Ferrer, Ezio Pinza (South Pacific’s Emile de Becque) and Macdonald Carey (known today for his work as patriarch Dr. Tom Horton on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives.” • “Getting to Know You” was written while the show tried out in Boston. The tune came via Broadway star Mary Martin (South Pacific), who suggested the team repurpose a softshoe number that had been cut from her show.

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Beyond Elmo Meet 2 Atlanta puppeteers who know just how to pull the strings By Laura Raines

Michael Haverty with some of his creations for As I Lay Dying.

Puppets, which have always had a niche in Atlanta theater, are in the spotlight again nationally and internationally. Atlanta puppeteer Jon Ludwig remembers seeing War Horse in London. “At a critical scene, adults in 56 EncoreAtlantA.com

the audience were sobbing and yelling ‘No!’,” says Ludwig, artistic director at Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts. “The horse captures your imagination. You know it’s not a real horse, but it has heart and character.”

Michael Haverty

irst there was “Sesame Street” and the “The Muppet Show.” Then came Broadway productions like The Lion King and Avenue Q. Now we have War Horse, a drama in which the title character is a full-scale, galloping, equine puppet named Joey.

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Center for Pupperty Arts artistic director Jon Ludwig and the cast of the Little Mermaid Pirate.

Center for Pupperty Arts performance of Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, directed by Michael Haverty (center).

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workroom, has produced fairy tales and children’s educational theater focused on themes like space, dinosaurs, recycling and the rain forests since 1978. But it also does adult productions like The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Frankenstein and Gilgamesh. And it’s not the only game in town. As many as 60 artists focus on work with puppets in metro Atlanta. “Puppetry is a small, fun world that is always moving forward,” says Michael Haverty, whose credits include associate artistic director at the Center and at 7 Stages as well as creator of Haverty’s Marionettes and The Object Group. “Puppeteers,” he says, “are excited to exchange ideas, and that makes us all better.” Haverty loves that puppetry combines all the arts – visual art, dance, music and acting, with tremendous technical knowledge and physical stamina. “Puppeteers have to be able to speak and sing while scrunched over on little stools behind the set, or while leaning over a marionette bridge manipulating the weight of puppets 16 feet below. I love the challenge of that.” He started his career as a playwright but tired of waiting for producers and actors to bring his work to life. “In the puppetry arts, I discovered I could build my own actors and set, and use everything I’ve ever learned about theater. It’s become a passion.” A puppet production starts with an idea — a new story or an adaptation of a literary work. “The first question

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That puppeteers could create such a creature didn’t surprise him. “In the puppetry world, there just aren’t that many people who say, ‘You can’t do that.’ You get to create your own world. You can push the limits. That’s what attracted me to the art form.” The Center, where Ludwig creates stories and creatures from a basement

is, why puppets? How could puppetry make this better?” Haverty says. He thought hand-carved wooden puppets could represent the phantasmagorical qualities of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, for example, better than real actors when Haverty Marionettes took on the project. Once you’ve said ‘yes’ to puppets, you must decide what kind,” he says. There are marionettes, hand, rod, shadow, toy and body puppets. Each has unique properties. “Marionettes are better at dancing and flying but not good at fighting. Shadow puppets are great when you want to portray something absolutely ridiculous, like a giant squid attacking a boat.” The scriptwriting, puppet making, set building, music, choreography and technical details require the collaboration of many artists. It can take a year or more to get to rehearsals — and the changes that come with 60 EncoreAtlantA.com

them. “Puppets never move exactly as expected, and they often do more than you thought they could,” Haverty says. “The puppet is a dead thing that must be brought to life,” Ludwig says. “The puppeteer uses manipulation, gesture, body language and voice to give it breath and character. The greatest challenge is to give it heart. If the audience doesn’t care about the character, then what’s the point?” If a puppet has character, say Kermit or Joey, then the audience will fill in the blanks of emotion. “The audience is the last member of the puppet company,” Ludwig says. “You invite them to join in and do their part. When they connect and believe and the puppet begins to respond to them — it’s an incredible moment.” Laura Raines is an Atlanta freelance writer who specializes in writing about health care, education, business and the arts.

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Scene from Ruth and the Green Book, adapted and directed by Jon Ludwig.

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