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SKELETON CREW

by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Stori Ayers April 13 – May 11, 2019 Set & Lighting Designer Costume Designer Sound Designer Makeup Designer Properties Master & Design Assistant Production Manager Technical Director Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Video Content Choreographer

Brian c. Mehring Stormie Mac Matt Callahan Kelly Yurko Shannon Rae Lutz Matthew Hollstegge Jack Murphy Brandon T. Holmes* Lexi Muller* Darnell Pierre Benjamin

SKELETON CREW is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. SKELETON CREW was developed at the Lark Play Development Center, New York City and the 2014 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort.

Winner of the 2014 Sky Cooper New American Play Prize at Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA, Artistic Director, Jasson Minadakis; Managing Director, Michael Barker.

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CAST & CREW CAST, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER Faye.................................................................................................... Burgess Byrd* Dez................................................................................................. Amari Cheatom* Shanita.............................................................................................. Ernaisja Curry* Reggie............................................................................................... Brian Marable RUNNING CREW Assistant Stage Manager...................................................................... Lexi Muller* Assistant Director........................................................................... Griff Bludworth Light Board Operator............................................................................. Jake Stibbe Sound Operator....................................................................... Esther Cunningham Wardrobe Head.........................................................................Zoe Rose Davidson Wardrobe Crew............................................ Ian Patrick Ashwell, Sara Ringenbach Running Crew............................ Emily Chodan, Ben Jacobs, Kayla Marie Klammer SETTING Detroit, Michigan. Stamping Plant. Winter.

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Skeleton Crew is performed with one intermission.

Approximate total running time is 2 hours, 15 minutes.

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DIRECTOR'S NOTES "I don't have a union to protect me. I just have my reputation. A rep that could get me placed somewhere else. Ohio maybe." –Skeleton Crew Words spoken by Reggie, the tormented leader of the family. Words spoken by a man who's hopeful that he will be able to re-build a life for his family after the closing of the auto industry in Detroit. Words spoken that never resonated with me until I came here to Cincinnati and learned about Norwood, Batavia, and Moraine. Words spoken that now take on a new meaning, and bring about sadness knowing that Reggie's hopes will only lead him to another tragic end.

This is a story about the people. Their hopes. Their dreams. Their fears. It isn't about the Big Three (GM, Ford, Chrysler). It's about the small factories in Detroit. In Ohio. In Virginia. The factories that made it possible for the Big Three to exist. This play is about the people behind the company. Behind the unions.

The individuals. Individuals trying to negotiate their survival. This play is about sacrifice. And how every step toward justice requires sacrifice. Real sacrifice is done from love, from necessity, and for people who need your strength because they don’t have enough of their own.

—Stori Ayers

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ROAD TRIP: MOTOR CITY Detroit's pivotal role in the birth of the American automotive industry and modern labor practices.

1900s – 1920s In 1896, the rumbling of Henry Ford’s first automobile echoes through the streets of Detroit, Michigan, however, his real breakthrough comes in 1908 with the Model T. Between 1900 and 1925, auto manufacturing plants including Ford, Cadillac, Chrysler, Dodge, and Olds pop up all over the city, with General Motors (GM) nearby in Flint.

In 1914, Ford institutes $5-per-day wages (double the existing pay rate); in 1926, he reduced the workday to 8 hours, and establishes a 3-shift system. These changes are pivotal in the birth of the American middle class.

White workers are scarce in the 1920s due to WWI and the Immigration Act of 1924, so the auto industry hires black workers, most of whom were migrating North due to an agricultural slump and continuing Jim Crow practices in the South.

1930s – 1940s The Great Depression leads to New Deal labor legislation, providing increased financial security for autoworkers. However, black autoworkers have limited access to these government programs. Meanwhile, the pay gap between whitecollar and blue-collar workers increases.

In 1935, national auto plant delegates meet in Detroit for the founding convention of the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW). Over the next three years, autoworkers stage sit-ins and walk-outs to fight for union rights at their companies. Major auto companies grow fearful of rising union power and in response decentralize their plants.

In 1942, auto companies halt civilian production to produce military equipment for WWII. More African Americans move to the city and racial tensions flare, resulting in deadly race riots from June 20-22, 1943.

In 1944, The UAW calls for full employment and equal pay for women and formulates a program for returning GIs.

1950s – 1960s Detroit is now the 4 -largest city in America and claims 296,000 manufacturing jobs. As portrayed in Dominique Morisseau’s play Paradise Blue, the city gentrifies due to the WWII economic boom and racial tensions. But as WWII ends and production slows, more auto companies move out of Detroit. th

Founded in 1959, Motown Records (Motown, a portmanteau of motor and town, also becomes a moniker for the city) produces 120 Top 20 songs throughout the 1960s, shaping the trajectory of popular music.

In 1961, the UAW wins paid hospitalization and sick benefits and an agreement for no discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, or national origin.

As depicted in Dominique Morisseau’s play Detroit ’67, years of police brutality and racial unrest erupt in five days of violence in the sweltering heat of July 1967.

By the time the bloodshed, burning, and looting end, 43 people have been killed, 342 injured, some 5,000 people left homeless, and nearly 1,400 buildings burned causing roughly $50 million in property damage. More than 7,000 are arrested as both the National Guard and the Army are called in to restore order.

1970s – 1990s In 1973, Detroit elects Coleman Young, the first black mayor of the city. The 19731974 gasoline crisis leads to financial ruin for Detroit auto companies as smaller, fuel-efficient, foreign cars rise in U.S. popularity. More than 22,000 Michigan government employees join the UAW in 1985, and over the next 20 years, the UAW fights for workplace equality in the midst of financial crisis. Detroit’s debt rating slides in and out of junk status, and the city falls into serious urban decay.

2000s – Present In 2008, President Bush gives a provisional $17.4 billion bailout to GM and Chrysler; they declare bankruptcy in 2009, and the Obama administration provides financing guides through the bankruptcy proceedings. The auto industry's collapse during these years ravages the Detroit metro area, with a staggering 17.1% unemployment rate reported in July 2009. Though remnants of the auto industry remain in the city’s architecture, GM is the only major U.S. auto company with headquarters still in Detroit proper.

Between 2011-2013, the state’s attempts to intervene in the Detroit government result in complications. Restructuring specialist Kevyn Orr files a Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition on behalf of Detroit in 2013, making it the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in history.

Billionaire entrepreneur Dan Gilbert moves his company Quicken Loans to Detroit in 2009, starting a slow revitalization effort that helps improve the city’s credit and removes state oversight by 2018. In spite of this so-called “Detroit Renaissance,” the city still has some of the highest unemployment and poverty rates in the country.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor Statistics, The Week, Reuters, UAW History, Detroit’s 2019 State of the City Address, RE Journals & The History Channel.

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THE CAST BURGESS BYRD (Faye) is honored to return to Dominique Morisseau's work, having performed in Detroit '67 at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, as well as Red Velvet and This Random World. Recently, she was a guest artist at the University of Texas at Austin in The Merchant of Venice.

Some of her other credits include Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and A Raisin in the Sun, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Harry and the Thief and Pretty Fire, Know Theatre of Cincinnati; Caroline, or Change, New Stage Collective; Silence! The Musical, Falcon Theatre; Doubt, The Drama Workshop; and Avenue Q, Showbiz Players. To her cousins, grandfather, Grandma Jim, B2, and neighbors from her childhood home who worked on the line everyday with pride and dignity, this one's for you!

AMARI CHEATOM (Dez) is an Atlanta, Georgia native who received his training at The Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble of Atlanta Theatre and is a graduate of the prestigious Julliard School of Drama Division. His theatre credits include Skeleton Crew, The Old Globe (San Diego); Detroit '67, Baltimore Center Stage; The Temple Bombing, Alliance Theatre; Fetch Clay, Make Man, True Colors Theatre Co.; Dutch Masters, LAByrinth Theatre Company; On the Levee, Lincoln Center Theater; The Book of Grace, The Public Theatre; and Zooman and the Sign, Signature Theatre Company. His film credits include Roman J. Israel Esq, Detroit, Crown Heights, Moths & Butterflies, The Alchemist Cookbook, Django Unchained, Newlyweeds, Night Catches Us, and Knucklehead. His television credits include Numb3rs, Chase, Detroit 1-8-7, and Georgetown.

ERNAISJA CURRY (Shanita) is excited and blessed to be back at Ensemble Theatre having last appeared in This Random World. A Florida native, she has made Cincinnati her home after completing the Bruce E. Coyle Acting Internship with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Some of her recent credits include Susan Swayne and the Bewildered Bride, Know Theatre of Cincinnati; Dreamgirls, The Carnegie; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; and The Comedy of Errors, Kentucky Shakespeare. Ms. Curry is eternally grateful to her family, friends, and mentors for their continuous love, faith, and support.

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CAST, continued BRIAN MARABLE (Reggie) makes his Ensemble Theatre debut with this production. His professional regional theatre credits include Spunk, American Stage; Detroit '67, Baltimore Center Stage and Detroit Public Theater; Skeleton Crew, The Old Globe (San Diego) and People's Light (nominated for a Barrymore); and Pipeline, Detroit Public Theater. Mr. Marable created his own theater company, The Clubhouse Theater, in the city and neighborhood where he grew up in Detroit. His film credits include Standing in the Shadows of Motown, Have a Little Faith, The Citizen (2012) and Low Winter Sun. He is very excited to revisit the role of Reggie and is thankful for the opportunity!

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AUTO INDUSTRY 101 | MAY 5, 2019 Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew is her third play about Detroit, the epicenter of American motor manufacturing and her hometown. The tristate region, too, has felt the effect of production plants opening and closing. Join employees from local Ford, Honda, and Toyota plants as they share their perspectives on the state of the automotive industry.

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THE PLAYWRIGHT DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU (Playwright) is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle) which includes the Skeleton Crew, Atlantic Theater Company; Paradise Blue, Signature Theatre; and Detroit ’67, Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem and NBT. Her additional plays include Pipeline, Lincoln Center Theatre; Sunset Baby, LAByrinth Theatre; Blood at the Root, National Black Theatre; and Follow Me To Nellie’s, Premiere Stages. She is also the book writer on the new musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations (Berkeley Repertory Theatre). Ms. Morriseau is an alumna of The Public Theater Emerging Writer’s Group, Women’s Project Lab, and Lark Playwrights Workshop and has developed work at Sundance Lab, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Eugene O’Neil Playwrights Conference. Her work has been commissioned by Steppenwolf Theater, Women’s Project, South Coast Rep, People’s Light, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Penumbra Theatre. She most recently served as Co-Producer on the Showtime series Shameless. Her awards include Spirit of Detroit Award, PoNY Fellowship, Sky-Cooper Prize, TEER Trailblazer Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Audelco Awards, NBFT August Wilson Playwriting Award, Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, OBIE Award, Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellowship, and being named one of Variety’s Women of Impact for 2017-2018.

Our friends at The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County put together a list of books and movies inspired by Skeleton Crew.

FICTION Empire Falls by Richard Russo Them by Joyce Carol Oates

NONFICTION Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant by Paul Clemens Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story by David Maraniss The Origins of the Urban Crisis by Thomas J. Sugrue Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

FILM Detropia (Documentary) Detroit (Movie) All materials available through your local library branch.

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THE DIRECTOR STORI AYERS (Director) is a New York-based actress, director, and producer and is excited to make her Ensemble Theatre debut. She has worked at many theatres including Round House Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Premiere Stages, Chautauqua Theater Company, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Anacostia Playhouse, National Black Theatre, and Horizon Theatre. She assistant directed the world premiere of August Wilson's one-man show How I Learned What I Learned at the Signature Theatre in New York City staring Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Ms. Ayers recently served as the 2018 Directing Fellow at Chautauqua Theater Company where she assistant directed An Octoroon (Dir. Giovanna Sardelli), Into the Breeches (Dir. Laura Kepley), and Amish Project (Dir. Sarah Wansley). Some of her other directing credits include Blood at the Root, University of Michigan; Single Black Female, Penn State School of Theatre; Hip Hoperella, Fires in the Mirror, and Here I Go, Boys. Wish Me Luck, Fletcher Collins Theatre; and You Can't Take It With You, Waynesboro High School. This fall she will be directing the final play in Dominique Morisseau's Detroit Trilogy, Paradise Blue, at the Detroit Public Theatre.

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THE PRODUCTION TEAM BRANDON T. HOLMES (Production Stage Manager) is currently in his seventh season with Ensemble Theatre. He has stage managed with The Lexington Theatre Company for the past two summers, and he served as an Assistant Stage Manager with Music Theatre Wichita for four seasons, where he worked on over twenty productions including Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Disney’s The Little Mermaid. He served as Production Stage Manager for LOOK Musical Theatre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2010, he relocated to Cincinnati and spent two seasons with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. His favorite regional credits include Legally Blonde, Violet, Thunder Knocking on the Door, Hands on a Hardbody, Merrily We Roll Along (directed by John Doyle), Tribes, and The Legend of Georgia McBride. Thank you to Lynn and this incredibly talented production staff for imagining such beautiful productions and creating the magic that is theatre. He sends love to his wonderful family and his fiancé, AJ, for their continued love and support. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

LEXI MULLER (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to join Ensemble Theatre for the season! Her previous productions include Sex with Strangers, The House, Legendale, On Golden Pond, 26 Pebbles, Hail Mary!, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and One Slight Hitch with the Human Race Theatre Company. Her other regional credits include Dayton Philharmonic’s Best of Broadway II concert at the Schuster Center. Ms. Muller is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association and a graduate of Wright State University, where she received her BFA in Stage Management.

BRIAN c. MEHRING (Resident Set & Lighting Designer) has designed more than 100 productions at Ensemble Theatre. His favorite productions include Thom Pain (based on nothing), Next to Normal, 33 Variations, Freud's Last Session, and I Am My Own Wife. Mr. Mehring’s regional favorites for set design include The Last 5 Years and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Henry IV, Part 1, The Georgia Shakespeare Festival; and I Am My Own Wife, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Peterborough Players, and Florida Studio Theatre.

SHANNON RAE LUTZ (Properties Master & Design Assistant) earned her Master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music in 1996 and became Prop Master at Ensemble Theatre. Trained as a performer, she first appeared on ETC’s stage during the 1988-1989 New Works Festival. In 1991, she was granted an ETC internship. Now the Director of Apprentice Programming, she is honored to guide ETC’s essential ensemble: The Professional Acting Apprentice Company. Ms. Lutz would like to thank D. Lynn Meyers, Ruth Sawyer, and the Cincinnati theatre community and patrons for their generous, supportive, and tenacious spirit.

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PRODUCTION TEAM, continued JACK MURPHY (Technical Director) is excited to be in his sixth season at Ensemble Theatre. He grew up in the Cincinnati area and studied technical theatre at Hanover College. While there, he spent his summers at several different summer stock theatres such as Georgia Shakespeare Company and the Brevard Music Center’s Janiec Opera Company as a carpenter. After graduation, he moved to Bellport, NY, to work for The Gateway Playhouse as a carpenter and rigger, and he went on to work for Norwegian Cruise Line. After another summer at the Janiec Opera Company, he came full circle and returned home to Cincinnati. Mr. Murphy is eager to continue to do the cutting edge work ETC is known for and has enjoyed working on such productions as An Iliad, Grounded, and The Humans.

STORMIE MAC (Costume Designer) is delighted to return to Ensemble Theatre as their Costume Supervisor, as well as the Costume Designer for this production. She is a Cincinnati-based costume designer and technician with a passion for the history of fashion and costume. She received her MFA in Costume Design from Florida State University and a BFA from The University o f Mississippi. Her recent costume design credits include St. Nicholas, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Red Velvet, and Bloomsday, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; Sex with Strangers, The Human Race Theatre; and The Diary of Anne Frank, Death of a Salesman, and Emma, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

Ms. Mac would like to thank her husband, Joey, for his endless support.

MATT CALLAHAN (Sound Designer) was the Resident Sound Designer for Actors Theatre of Louisville for seven seasons. His most recent designs for Ensemble Theatre include Ripcord, Fly By Night, St. Nicholas, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Mr. Callahan was also a co-creator/designer of Rock n’ Roll: The Reunion Tour. He spent two seasons as the Resident Sound Designer at The Eugene O’Neil Center for their National Playwrights Conference. He was formerly the sound engineer for Steppenwolf Theatre, the Assistant Engineer for Blue Man Chicago, and a member of the disbanded Defiant Theatre. He received a Jeff Citation for Red Dragon, a nomination for Fortinbras, and a Kevin Kline nomination for Sherlock Holmes.

KELLY YURKO (Wig & Makeup Designer) has been the head of the Makeup and Wig Design program at University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music since 2001, where her designs have been seen in several productions including Into the Woods, Hair, and Evita. She has worked on several productions at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, including Violet, The Marvelous Wonderettes, The Whipping Man, Mrs. Mannerly, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and many more.

Her work has been seen at The Wolf Trap Opera, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera, Wright State University, Hartford Stage Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Indiana Reperatory Theatre, Denver Theatre Center, Ford’s Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and Kentucky Opera.

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PRODUCTION TEAM, continued RACHEL KUHN (Scenic Charge Artist & Production Assistant) is thrilled to be in her third season at Ensemble Theatre. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Multidisciplinary Degree focusing on Fine Arts, Creative Writing, and Neuropsychology, but technical theatre has been a hobby since high school.

She is a former scenic artist for 3DX, and has worked in stage management, sound engineering, and special effects makeup for organizations including New Edgecliff Theatre, Falcon Theatre, and Cincinnati Landmark Productions. Ms. Kuhn began to paint backdrops for ETC's Education Department, which led to her current position at the theatre, where some of her favorite credits include Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Bloomsday, and When We Were Young and Unafraid.

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CCM’S MAINSTAGE DANCE SERIES PROUDLY PRESENTS

SERGEI PROKOFIEV

Choreography by guest artist Karen Russo Burke, Artistic Director of the Dayton Ballet Michael Tevlin, Ensemble Director

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor

THE DANCE DEPARTMENT GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUPPORT OF THE CORBETT ENDOWMENT AT CCM.

Photography by Scott Kimmins

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513-556-4183 • boxoff@uc.edu • ccm.uc.edu

PREMIERE SOCIETY The Premiere Society recognizes individuals who have made gifts totaling $1,000 or more within the past year.

The exceptional generosity of these donors enables ETC to present world class new works and works new to the region by March 21, 2019 and includes names of donors whose gifts total $1,000 + since February 15, 2018. For questions or corrections, please contact the Development Department at (513) 421-3555, option 4.

WORLD CIRCLE ($10,000+): Anonymous (6) Mark & Wendy Armstrong ArtsWave Gale & Dave Beckett^ The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation^~ Tom & Annette Carothers^ The City of Cincinnati^ Burton & Susan Closson^~ Corky & Rick Family Foundation The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc. Harry & Linda Fath^ William A. Friedlander Fund*^~ John & Gloria Goering Family Gift Fund The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./US Bank Foundation^ The Donald C. & Laura M. Harrison Family Foundation* Betty Huck~ William & Mary Jane James^~ The Andrew Jergens Foundation The Johnson Foundation The H.B., E.W. & F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank & Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees~ Macy's Messer Construction Co.^ The Mitchell S. & Jacqueline P. Meyers Foundation^ Ohio Arts Council P&G Fund*~ PNC Foundation Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati The William S. Rowe Foundation~ Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee~ The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee~ The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Mary Stagaman State of Ohio through the Cultural Facilities Commission^ The Sutphin Family Foundation~ The Dudley S. Taft Charitable Foundation Dale & Joyce Uetrecht * Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation ^ Capital Campaign Donor ~ Next Stage Donor

Western & Southern Financial Fund~ The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation NATIONAL CIRCLE ($5,000-$9,999): William P. Anderson Foundation Marcia A. Banker & Jeffrey S. Schloemer~ Denise & Martin Chambers The Crosset Family Fund* Jane & Chip Gerhardt^~ Suzanne Hasl~ Debbie Hill Arleene Keller~ LPK^ Mr. & Mrs. David E. Moccia~ Richard Postler & Manuel Hernandez Moe & Jack Rouse Elizabeth Sawyer Selnick Fund* The Sittenfeld Family^~ Irwin & Barbara Weinberg The Dennis B. & Patricia L. Worthen Fund~ REGIONAL CIRCLE ($2,500-$4,999): Anonymous Charles Abbottsmith~ Holli Alexander Amy Barhorst Mary Fiorini Jonathan & Kristine Garrett Alana & Shelly Gerson~ Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund* Stephen King & Lynne Miller^ Chris Lewis & Alicia Bond-Lewis David & Judith Morgan Fund* Marilyn & Jack Osborn^~ Overbeck Charitable Fund Neal Patel & Dr. Avani Modi^~ Jackie Reau, Game Day Communications~ Caroline Richards Marvin & Betsy Schwartz Fund* Thompson Hine LLP CINCINNATI CIRCLE ($1,000-$2,499): Anonymous (5) Gordon Allen & Linda Baas~ Americana Arts Foundation Nicholas Apanius^

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SUPPORTERS ETC gratefully acknowledges the extraordinary individuals, families, and organizations whose generous support makes it possible for us to present exceptional theatre and unique educational outreach programs for our community. The following list was updated March 21, 2019 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $125+ since February 15, 2018. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. For questions or corrections, please contact the Development Department at (513) 421-3555, option 4.

CINCINNATI CIRCLE CONT. Kathleen Bellamy Malcolm A. & Glenda Bernstein~ Michael Berry & Melanie Garner^ Karen & Christopher Bowman David Brashear~ Mrs. Charlene Breidster Dale P. Brown~ Dawn & Doug Bruestle Bryson Family Charitable Fund Ken & Joan Campbell Barbara Carr & Bren Blaine Brenda Carter College Hill Coffee Co. & Casual Gourmet Meredythe G. & Clayton C. Daley, Jr. Family Fund* Mark Dauner Douglas & Sara Dicken Ehrsam Family Fund*~ Alessandro Ferraris & Maria J. Martinez, in memory of Gordon Greene Bob & Mary Fitzpatrick~ GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program Rita & Dennis Geiger^ Bob Gerding Gilman Family Fund* Graeter's Judith B. Green & Thomas M. McDonough Helen & John Habbert~ Debra Hartsell & Michael James Bob & Judy Heaton Marilyn P. & Joseph W. Hirschhorn Fund* Emily M. Hodges, in memory of Andy Wolf~ Erin Houlihan & John Bostick Edward & Ina Loftspring Philanthrpic Fund Anita & Ed Marks^ David Martin Allen R. Middleton & Gary A. Daniels~ Anu & Shekhar Mitra Norah & Joe Mock Netherland Rubber Co. Dr. Patricia O'Connor Marilyn Z. Ott Joseph A. & Susan E. Pichler Fund*~ * Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation ^ Capital Campaign Donor ~ Next Stage Donor

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The Reed Family Foundation Steven & Carol Reubel Charles Scott Riley III Foundation George & Caroll Roden Paula Steiner Summertime Kids Fund* Glenda Suttman^ Bob & Sue Trusty Ellen & Ray Van der Horst~ Steve F. Warkany Fund* Jo Ann Wieghaus~ Andrea Wiot Wuerdeman Family Fund* Andi Levenson Young & Scott Young Mike & Liz Zimmer^ ACTORS COLUMN ($500-$999): Anonymous (4) Karen & Fred Abel Chuck Altenau Laura Atkinson~ Mike & Juliette Bezold Walter Blair^ Dabby Blatt Mary & William Bonansinga Charitable Family Fund* Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Matching Gift Program Melanie Burden Philip Clayton Brian & Elizabeth Coley David Crotty & Joan von Handorf Susannah Davids & Steve Myer~ Kathy DeLaura & Ron Steinhoff~ Kathryn J. DeLong Jan Denton Fencl Family Fund* Carol S. Friel The Kenneth Furrier Estate^ Donn Goebel & Cathy McLeod Linda Holthaus & Richard Zinicola Daniel Hurley Keith & Patti James Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Matching Gifts Program Robert Keith & Kathleen Thornton Keith Carmen & Rich Kovarsky

SUPPORTERS, continued Kroger Community Rewards Program Jane MacKnight & Dennis Johnson Kenneth T. & Molly M. Mahler Mark D. Manley & Annette J. Wick Sophia McAllister Patricia McKay Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Mielech John & Deborah Moffatt Bill & Ruth Morley Patti Myers & Alan Flaherty Randall Olson Pepper Family Fund* Presidential Plaza Associates, LTD Hera G. Reines Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Revelson Becky & Ted Richards Stephen & Helen Rindsberg Jayna & Dan Schimberg Bryan Shick John & Ronnie Shore Mike & Laconia Smith Chris Spiess Dee Stegman Elizabeth Stites & Kevin Randall Sara & Gunter Storjohann The Sweeny Family Charitable Fund, in honor of Jack & Kit Overbeck Marcia Togneri Nancye & Thomas Van Brunt~ Jennifer Verkamp Maureen & Larry Vignola Buzz Ward^~ Ronna & James Willis Charitable Fund Nora Zorich & Thomas Filardo Family Fund* STAGE MANAGERS COLUMN ($250-$499): Anonymous (4) Christine Adams Gail Barker, M.D. Henrietta Barlag~ Jon & Carol Beeson David & Elaine Billmire William & Eileen Bishop Family Fund Robert L. Bogenschutz Neil Bortz Mark Bowen Daniel Brown & Mark Haggard Ann & Lee Bulger James Cissell * Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation ^ Capital Campaign Donor ~ Next Stage Donor

Andrew F. Cone Jacqueline Conner Margaret & Joseph Conway Barbara Cummins Kelly M. Dehan Charles & Lois Deitschel Paul & Bev Diamond Amy Diamond & Eddie Wolf Igor & Jane Dumbadze Dennis & Catherine Dunwoodie Steven Franks Sandi Gans The Gumbleton Family Barbara & Jack Hahn, in memory of Ruth D. Sawyer Julia Hawgood & Harry Kangis Patricia Hemmer Jane Ruwet Hopson & Larry Pytlinski Jim & Robin Huizenga Charles D. King Steve & Laurie Kiracofe Warren Leight John & Pat Leikhim Limestone Fund*^ J.B. Lutz Family Jackie Mack & Ted Silberstein Charles & Jennifer Margolis~ John & Julie Mellott William & Sibyl Miller mj Dynamics Mary Sue Morrow Victoria Parlin Janyt Pockros Irene & Daniel Randolph Donor Advised Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation Lester Ratcliff Al Roane Fred & Sondra Ross Marianne R. Rowe Fund* J.R. Rulon Richard Russell Abby & David Schwartz Eli E. Shupe, Jr. & Toby Ruben Susan & David Smith John & Martha Spiess Dennis & Helen Sullivan Marty Tomb Rosalie P. van Nuis^ Priscilla S. Walford Ann & Victor Warner Pann & Terry Webb Jay & Kate Wilford

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SUPPORTERS, continued STAGE MANAGERS CONT. Karen Wittenberg Kathryn Wright CREW COLUMN ($125-$249): Anonymous (9) Lucy Allen Jim & Janice Amatulli Patricia K. Beggs Bill & Janet Berger Allen Bernard The Bloch Family Fund Anna Braam Clint Bramkamp & Sheila Mudd Baker Dee Anne Bryll & Ed Cohen Jeff & Gay Bullock Michele & Kevin Cain Cathy Chapman Anne E. Charles, in memory of Richard Charles & Rebecca Parker Virginia Cheeseman Patricia & Robert Clary Susan Cohen & Robert Schmuelling John & Sondra Davis Mary & Clyde Dial Peggy Eberhard Charles K. Eckert Jerome & Jean Eichert Linda Erpelding Barbara Feldmann Janice Flanagan & Bob Amott Maureen Flanagan & Will Groneman Joanne Glaser~ Eugenie Goggin Mrs. Madeleine H. Gordon Judy & Alan Guttman Virginius Hall Mary Pat & Jeff Harris Conrad & Joy Haupt Ann Hicks Tom & Julie Highley Florette Hoffheimer Marilyn Hurrell Greg Janowiecki Janice Kagermeier Thomas & Christy Kiphart Steve Krieger The LaBoiteaux Family Foundation Mary LaBolt * Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation ^ Capital Campaign Donor ~ Next Stage Donor

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Shelly Maxwell Anne McAdams Julia B. Meister Jane & Len Meranus Nancy G. Messer Drs. Jacqueline & Steven Miller Family Sally Moore Shawn & Marilyn Nolan Ms. Kathleen O'Connell & Dr. H. Kenneth Peterson Paul & Mary Ann Odegard Fred & Leila Oliver Terry & Jill Parsons~ David M. Piatt Fund* J. Dale Proffitt Alfred & Stephanie Sassler Jim Schmidt~ Jane Bogart Sellers Elizabeth Sherwood & Tina Stoeberl Julie & Steven Shifman Mark Silbersack & Ruth Schwallie Linda Silvati Jacqueline & Richard Snyder Keven Speece^ Jerome Stein Fred & Anne Straus Charitable Fund Carol Talbot Linda Trebbi Tom Umfrid & Phil Tworek Mary Ann Weiss Joseph Wessling THE ENSEMBLE (MONTHLY SUSTAINING GIFT) Anonymous (4) Michele & Kevin Cain Mark Dauner Paul & Bev Diamond Dennis & Catherine Dunwoodie Sandi Gans Donn Goebel & Cathy McLeod J.B. Lutz Family Jane MacKnight & Dennis Johnson Allen R. Middleton & Gary A. Daniels Al Roane J.R. Rulon Jane Bogart Sellers Eli Shupe & Toby Ruben Sara & Gunter Storjohann Pann & Terry Webb Karen Wittenberg Kathryn Wright

BOARD AND STAFF EXECUTIVE BOARD Chip Gerhardt, Chair Kathy DeLaura, President Nick Apanius, Vice President Dennis Geiger, Treasurer Holli Alexander, Secretary Founders' Circle Ruth D. & John Sawyer Ken & Mary "Murph" Mahler Dr. Charles O. Carothers Mitchell Meyers

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF D. Lynn Meyers The Ruth Dennis Sawyer/Mary Taft Mahler Producing Artistic Director Michael R. Zimmer Director of Fiscal Operations

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nilesh Patel Alicia Bond-Lewis Richard L. Postler Otto M. Budig Jackie Reau Melanie Burden Rich Roedersheimer Brenda A. Carter Jeff Schloemer Tom Carothers Paul G. Sittenfeld Susan Friedlander Mike Smith Kristine Garrett Mary Stagaman Stephen M. King Directors Emeriti Skip Hickenlooper Edward G. Marks

Financial Advisor Chet Cavaliere

PATRON SERVICES Amy Weinstock Box Office Manager

Josh Neumeyer Finance & Grants Manager

Box Office Associates & House Managers Olivia Diehl Missy Lyons Jared Earland Ben Ochsner Missy Greenberg Patrick E. Phillips Becca Howell Sharisse Santos Dorothy Jolly Becca Schall

Jocelyn Meyer Director of Marketing & Communications

Sara Agee Lead Bartender

Amy Barbian Marketing Manager

PRODUCTION STAFF Brian c. Mehring Resident Set & Lighting Designer

Laura Proto Director of Development

Alexis Jade Colón Artistic Assistant & Content Marketing Coordinator Lauren Carr Director of Education, Engagement, & Inclusion Andrew Trimmer Education Associate & Hunter Heartbeat Manager

Matthew Hollstegge Production Manager Shannon Rae Lutz Properties Master, Design Assistant & Director of Apprentice Programming Jack Murphy Technical Director

Victoria Hawley Education Associate

Chris Holloway Assistant Technical Director

John Diehl Business Services Manager

Brandon T. Holmes Production Stage Manager

Jared D. Doren Programming & Events Manager

Lexi Muller Assistant Stage Manager

HEAD OF SECURITY Nick Ligon

Stormie Mac Costume Supervisor

PROFESSIONAL ACTING APPRENTICES Ian Patrick Ashwell Ben Jacobs Emily Chodan Kayla Marie Klammer Esther Cunningham Sara Ringenbach Zoe Rose Davidson Jake Stibbe

Rachel Kuhn Scenic Charge Artist & Production Assistant Aaron Graham Technical Apprentice

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BOX OFFICE POLICIES ENSEMBLE THEATRE CINCINNATI 1127 Vine Street | Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 | www.ensemblecincinnati.org | (513) 421-3555 ETC BOX OFFICE HOURS & ACCEPTED PAYMENT Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 2 hours prior to curtain. Weekend hours vary. VISA, MC, Discover, and AmEx are accepted, as well as Downtown Gift Cards.

TICKET RESERVATIONS & SALE POLICY Reservations can be made by calling the box office, in person, or online. Ticket reservations are not accepted via email. Single-ticket purchases are final sale with no refund. Single tickets may, however, be exchanged for another performance during the run of a show for a fee, but may not be exchanged from one production to another. If a patron is a no-show for their reserved performance, ETC is under no obligation to reschedule his or her tickets.

TAX CREDITS If for any reason you cannot attend your performance and cannot reschedule for another date, tickets released prior to performances by calling the ETC box office are fully deductible as a charitable contribution.

No-shows or tickets released after curtain time do not qualify as tax credits.

PARKING Patrons may park at the Gateway Garage (accessible via 12th Street) or at the surface lot, both are conveniently located at the corner of Vine and 12th Streets. Parking is also available at Washington Park Garage and Mercer Commons Garage.

CHILDREN Children under the age of 4 will not be admitted to productions unless otherwise advertised. Parents with disruptive children will be asked to leave the theatre.

LATECOMERS & ADMITTANCE Latecomers will be seated at the House Manager’s discretion and may be denied admission depending upon the demands or structure of a particular production. Should you need to leave the theatre during a performance, readmittance is not guaranteed. ETC reserves the right to deny admission and/or remove any disruptive patrons from the theatre at any time.

RESTROOMS Public restrooms are located in the first and third floor lobbies. Should you need to use the restroom during a performance, readmittance will be at the House Manager's discretion.

ACCESSIBILITY Please notify the box office in advance if you require wheelchair-accessible seating or have special seating needs and our staff will be happy to accommodate you. Audio-enhancement and large print programs available. Generally, sign-interpreted performances are on the third Wednesday of every production.

CAMERAS, CELL PHONES & STAGE Actors’ Equity Association strictly prohibits the use of cameras or recording devices (including camera phones) in the theatre. Kindly turn off any cell phones or pagers prior to the show starting. Text messaging during the show disturbs other audience members and actors and will not be tolerated. For safety reasons, audience members are strictly prohibited from standing, sitting or otherwise being or putting anything onstage at any time.

GROUPS & DISCOUNTS Groups of 8 or more can save on single-ticket prices. Student rates, rush discounts, Public Radio Perks Card, AAA, ArtsWave ArtsPass, Enjoy the Arts, and educator and military member discounts available for select shows (please consult your appropriate membership(s) for details and exclusions).

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Saturday, June 29, 2019 Gardens open from 9 am–5 pm Visit 10 magnificent private gardens which incorporate native plants in unique and creative ways, as well as native gardens at Cincinnati Country Day School and Cincinnati Nature Center. Featured gardens in Hyde Park, Indian Hill, Terrace Park and Loveland include a gorgeous 1.7-acre prairie with a cantilevered gazebo overlooking a pond, a French-inspired estate with formal courtyards and a lawn-free yard filled with low-maintenance shrubs, grasses and perennials.

Presenting Sponsor: Wimberg Landscaping Tickets: $40 per person www.CincyNature.org

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