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Alison C. Vesely Artistic Director

David Rice Executive Director

by Margaret Raether

(Based on the short stories of P.G. Wodehouse)

Directed by Alison C. Vesely, SDC

Scenic Design Angela Miller°

Costume Design Elsa Hiltner°

Lighting Design Shelley Holland°

Sound Designer Christopher Kriz°, USA

Asst. Stage Manager Hanna Supanich-Winter

Stage Manager Kate Danziger°, AEA

Originally produced by Artists’ Ensemble Theater, Rockford, IL First Folio Theatre is in residence at Mayslake Hall on the grounds of the Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook. The Estate is owned and operated by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. This program is provided by First Folio Theatre, a not-for profit organization.

This program made possible in part by grants from the Illinois Arts Council (a state agency), and the DuPage Community Foundation.

First Folio Theatre is a member of the League of Chicago Theaters and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre.

Major Corporate Sponsorship Provided By: Hinsdale Bank & Trust Co., the Saints, the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, and the Chase Community Foundation

AN AGENCY OF T H E S TAT E O F I L L I N O I S

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cast Jeeves.......................................................................................................................................Jim McCance* Bertie Wooster.................................................................................................................... Christian Gray*° Nigel Bingham Binkersteth (Binky)............................................................................... Kevin McKillip*° Ruby LeRoy..............................................................................................................................Jennifer Shine Knuckles McCann....................................................................................................................... David Rice*° Vivienne Duckworth.................................................................................................... Lydia Berger Gray*° *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. °Denotes First Folio Artistic Associate understudies Bertie/Binky.........................................................................................................................Jonathan Nichols Jeeves/Knuckles.........................................................................................................................Mike Speller Ruby/Vivienne................................................................................................................................... Mara Dale set ting A luxurious Manhattan apartment Spring, 1932 There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.

The use of cameras, videotape recorders, or audio recorders during this performance is strictly prohibited by copyright laws.

First Folio Theatre is a professional theatre employing members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

f i r s t f o l i o p r o d u c t i o n h i s to r y First Folio has received 3 Joseph Jefferson Awards, 23 Joseph Jefferson Nominations and 2 After Dark Awards 1997-The Tempest 1998-A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1999-The Taming of the Shrew 2000-Romeo and Juliet; Much Ado About Nothing 2001-Macbeth; As You Like It 2002-Antigone; Twelfth Night (Jeff Recommendation) 2003-The Comedy of Errors 2004-Hamlet; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2 Jeff Nominations); Staged Reading Series (Indoor space premiere) 2

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2005-The Importance of Being Earnest (Jeff Nomination); The Taming of the Shrew; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court 2006-Private Lives (Jeff Nomination); The Tempest; The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe (Jeff Nomination) 2007-Angel Street (Jeff Recommendation); Richard III (Jeff Nomination); The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe 2008-Jeeves Intervenes (Jeff Nomination); Driving Miss Daisy (2 Jeff Nominations); Much Ado About Nothing (2 Jeff Nominations, 2 After Dark Awards); The Passion of Dracula 2009-Design for Living, A Moon for the Misbegotten (4 Jeff Nominations, 1 Jeff Award), Macbeth, The Castle of Otranto 2010-Jeeves in Bloom (1 Jeff Nomination); Will Rogers: An American Original; Twelfth Night (2 Jeff Nominations); The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe 2011-Blithe Spirit (Jeff Nomination); The Woman in Black; Romeo and Juliet (2 Jeff Nominations); Tea at Five (Jeff Recommendation) 2012-Unnecessary Farce (Jeff Recommendation); The Turn of the Screw (2 Jeff Awards); The Merchant of Venice; Shylock and His Daughter; The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe More information can be found at www.firstfolio.org

b i o g r a p h y o f P.G . Wo d e h o u s e Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (pronounced WOOD-house) was an English writer whose body of work includes novels, collections of short stories, and musical theatre.

Born in 1881, Wodehouse enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and his prolific writings continue to be widely read. Despite the political and social upheavals that occurred during his life, much of which was spent in France and the United States, Wodehouse’s main canvas remained that of pre-war English upper-class society, reflecting his birth, education, and youthful writing career.

Best known today for the Jeeves novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of 15 plays and of 250 lyrics for some 30 musical comedies. He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes (1934) and frequently collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. He wrote the lyrics for the hit song “Bill” in Kern’s Show Boat (1927), wrote lyrics to Sigmund Romberg’s music for the Gershwin-Romberg musical Rosalie (1928), and collaborated with Rudolf Friml on a musical version of The Three Musketeers (1928).

In addition to the Jeeves and Wooster stories, Wodehouse also wrote series about Blandings Castle, the Drones Club, the Golf Club, Mr. Mulliner, Uncle Fred, and an ingenious jack-of-all-trades known only as Psmith. His stories were populated with eccentric, wry, and comical characters who oftened appeared in numerous series, such as Pongo Twisleton, Bingo Little, Freddie Threepwood, and Oofy Prosser.

Wodehouse was captured by the Germans at his seaside home in LeTouquet, France, in 1940 and was held a prisoner. He was later released but was not allowed to leave Germany. Believing he was only showing the legendary British stiff upper lip, he eventually agreed to make broadcasts for the Germans. Although they were harmless and humorous, he was branded as a traitor by bomb-ravaged Britain. His name was eventually cleared but he decided to make the U.S. his home, taking American citizenship in 1955.

In 1975, at age 93, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, just six weeks before his death. The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, given annually for the finest example of comic writing in the UK, was established and named in his honour in 2000.

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cast Lydia Berger GRAY (Vivienne Duckworth) was last seen at First Folio as Elizabeth in Richard III. Other First Folio roles include Getrude WinklesworthBode in Jeeves Intervenes, Phebe in As You Like It, and a Weyard Sister in Macbeth. She is thrilled to return to First Folio for this production, and in the new role of Vivienne! Last season, Lydia played Lisa in Collected Stories, as well as originating the role of Vivian in their world premier of Jeeves Takes a Bow at Artists’ Ensemble. She was also seen as Epifiania in ShawChicago’s The Millionairess and Louka in Arms and the Man. Lydia has worked with many other Chicago theatres including Chicago Shakespeare, Northlight Theatre, Silk Road Rising, and Drury Lane Theatre. Regionally she spent 3 seasons with Montana Shakespeare with favorite roles including Rosaline in As You Like It and Elmire in Tartuffe. Lydia and fellow Artistic Associate, Christian Gray, were married in June and wanted you to know that their first date was First Folio’s 2006 production of The Tempest!

Christian Gray (Bertie Wooster) happily returns to First Folio to reprise the role of Bertie Wooster whom he played in Jeeves Intervenes and Jeeves in Bloom. Other First Folio roles include Jim Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten (Jeff Nomination – Best Production), Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (2011), and recently as the title role in The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe (2012). He is an ensemble member of ShawChicago, and has performed with 20 Chicago area companies, including Court Theatre, Remy Bumppo, and Writers’ Theatre. Regional credits include Fort Worth Shakespeare (TX), Kentucky Repertory, and Pennsylvania Stage Company. Film/internet/commercial credits include Plastic (FPPI Films: Best Supporting Actor – Indie Horror Film Festival Award, Chicago Horror Film Festival Nomination),

Reclamation (NTG Productions), and The Gasoline Party (Standoff Productions); a webisode series Classholes (Red City Productions); Horseshoe Casino, Stein Garden and Gifts, Sprint/Nextel (spec). Love to his newlywed wife, and fellow Artistic Associate, Lydia Berger Gray!

Jim McCance (Jeeves) returns to the character he played in First Folio’s Jeeves Intervenes and Jeeves in Bloom. He has been a Chicago area actor for nearly four decades, appearing at the Body Politic, the Goodman, Court, Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo, several Drury Lanes, and at other local theatres— most recently at Artists’ Ensemble in Rockford, where he played Grandpa in Indian Blood. In the audio realm he provided the voice for the Sith Lord, Darth Baras, in the online game Star Wars: the Old Republic; performs as both actor and announcer in the podcast series Dreadtime Stories on Fangoria.com; and frequently “appears” in the radio series Twilight Zone and Unshackled. In the past year, he narrated and produced ten audiobooks published on Audible.com.

Kevin McKillip (Binky Binkersteth/Fight Coreographer) has appeared in over 20 productions with First Folio, including Hamlet (title role), Richard III (title role – Jeff Nomination – Best Actor), The Importance of Being Ernest (Algernon), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck – Jeff Nomination – Best Supporting Actor), Design for Living (Leo), The Woman in Black, Jeeves Intervenes (Eustace – Jeff Nomination – Best Supporting Actor), Jeeves in Bloom (Gussie Fink-Nottle), Macbeth (Malcolm), As You Like It (Jacques), Unnecessary Farce, and many more, including their most recent production of The Merchant of Venice. His other Chicago area credits include The Story (Goodman Theatre), Arcadia (Court Theatre), Jeeves Takes a Bow

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and appearances with Drury Lane, Shaw Chicago, Famous Door, Remy Bumppo, and in the TATC/First Folio co-production of Making God Laugh. Kevin has been seen regionally with Milwaukee Rep (Intimate Apparel, The Story), American Players (Cyrano de Bergerac, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors), The Boarshead Theatre (Hamlet), Artists Ensemble Theatre, New American Theatre (Romeo and Juliet, ART, The Three Musketeers, Room Service) Iowa Shakespeare Festival (King Lear, 12th Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream), and 15 productions with the Peninsula Players Theatre in Door County Wisconsin including God of Carnage, A Few Good Men, Around the World in 80 Days (Phileas Fogg), Is He Dead? (Millet), Wait Until Dark, The Elephant Man, Sherlock Holmes and the Final Adventure, Cabaret, Born Yesterday, The Mousetrap, and Escanaba in ‘da Moonlight. Internationally, Kevin has appeared in Troilus and Cressida, Antony and Cleopatra, The White Devil, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada, where he was the recipient of a Tyrone Guthrie Award.

His one-man-show, Will Rogers: An American Original, first commissioned by First Folio, has since been seen in Princeton IL, Lansing MI, and Door County WI. www.kevinmckillip.com David Rice (Knuckles McCann) returns to the First Folio stage for the first time in five years.

He is co-founder (with his wife Alison C. Vesely) of First Folio, where he has produced over 40 shows. Other First Folio acting roles include Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy, Chris the Sly in The Taming of the Shrew, Egeus and Snug in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Aegeon in The Comedy of Errors, Feste in Twelfth Night and Friar Francis in Much Ado About Nothing. He recently appeared in My Fair Lady, the inaugural production of the new Broadway Series at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.

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Happened... (Kinetic Theatre); and in numerous other plays and musicals, including Follies (Candlelight Dinner Playhouse), Kuni-Leml (Illinois Theatre Center), and Room Service (Bailiwick). David originated the role of Mr. Toad of Toad Hall in Doug Post’s musical version of The Wind in the Willows at the Organic Theater. David is also a playwright specializing in literary adaptations whose works include The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe (Jeff Award Nomination for New Adaptation in 2007) The Castle of Otranto and Dean Monti’s Why Dogs Don’t Talk, which was chosen for City Lit Theater’s first annual Art of Adaptation Festival. He is currently working on a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, which will also include songs written by David and First Folio composer Michael Keefe. Die-hard trivia fans might be interested to know that David was a 4-time winner on Jeopardy! David has been a proud member of Actors’ Equity Assn. since 1991.

Jennifer Shine (Ruby LeRoy) is thrilled to be making her debut with First Folio. Recent credits include My Fair Lady (Paramount Theatre), Heddatron (Sideshow Theatre Company/Steppenwolf Garage Rep), Main Travelled Roads (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre). Jennifer is a proud Ensemble Member of Erasing the Distance, an organization that sheds light on mental health issues through theatre. In addition to serving as the Production Manager, she has performed in various productions including Finding Peace in This House.

Jennifer sends all her love to Nick, her family and SB for their incredible support.

Mara Dale (u/s Ruby, Vivienne) is thankful to be making her First Folio debut. Chicago credits include Mrs. Midget in Outward Bound (Jedlicka Performing Arts Center); El Stories (Waltzing Mechanics); and Much Ado About Nothing (Oak Park Festival Theatre).

Mara interned with Redmoon Theatre and performs with Barrel Of Monkeys. Regional Credits include The Lion, the Witch, and the

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Wardrobe (Syracuse Stage); 1940’s Radio Hour (New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theatre). She spent a semester studying in London at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and then in NYC with the Tepper Semester.

She received an Acting BFA from Syracuse University. Thanks to mom and dad.

Jonathan Nichols (u/s Bertie, Binky) is thrilled to be working with First Folio for the first time. Most recently he was seen as Adrian Blenderbland in ShawChicago’s production of The Millionairess and this past summer he understudied the title character in Oak Park Festival Theatre’s production of Richard III. Other Chicago credits include: Ezra Mannon(U/S, performed) in Mourning Becomes Electra with Remy Bumppo Theatre, Sir Robert Chiltern in An Ideal Husband

and Richard Gretham in Hayfever both at Circle Theatre, Antonio in The Tempest with Shakespeare on the Green, Richard in Rising Moon Theatre’s production of The Lion in Winter, as well as work with Eclipse, City Lit, and Raven Theatres .

Mike Speller (u/s Jeeves, Knuckles) is making his first appearance with First Folio. Mike has been seen in dozens of local productions including Betrayal (New World Rep), Sirens of Titan (Lifeline Theatre), and Right Ho, Jeeves (City Lit Theatre), not to mention his ensemble work with The Mystery Shop. Beyond Chicago, Mike opened Disney’s Adventurers Club and portrayed Vice-Principal Lippman for four seasons on the Nickelodeon series “Welcome Freshmen.”

p r o d u c t i o n s ta f f Alison C. Vesely (Artistic Director) is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder (with her husband David Rice) of First Folio Theatre where she most recently directed The Merchant of Venice, Shylock and His Daughter, The Turn of the Screw, Unnecessary Farce, Tea at Five, The Woman in Black and Blithe Spirit. Other First Folio credits include the world premieres of The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe, Will Rogers: An American Original and The Castle of Otranto, as well as the Chicago premieres of Jeeves in Bloom, Jeeves Intervenes, and The Passion of Dracula.

In 2009, she was nominated for a Jeff Award for her direction of A Moon for the Misbegotten, which was also nominated for Best Production. Other First Folio directing credits on the indoor stage include Design for Living, Driving Miss Daisy, Angel Street, Private Lives, A Connecticut Yankee…, and The Importance of Being Earnest. On the outdoor summer stage Alison has directed Richard III, The Tempest (1997 & 2006), The Taming of the Shrew (1999 & 2005), Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Antigone, As You Like It, Macbeth (2001), Much Ado About Nothing (2000), Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1998). Before founding First Folio, Alison was the Classics Project Director for Footsteps Theatre, a women’s theater company specializing in all-female

productions of Shakespeare’s plays. Alison worked as the Folio Director and Dramaturge on many productions at Footsteps, including Romeo and Juliet, A Midsommer Night’s Dreame, and Macbeth. She also performed in these productions, earning an After Dark Award for the title role in their production of Macbeth. Other directing credits include Twelfth Night (Wayne State Univ.), Richard III (Hilberry Theatre, Detroit), Richard III (Footsteps and Shakespeare’s Herd at the Chicago Cultural Center), Real Human Dialogue, Riders to the Sea, Kiss Me Kate, and Scrooge. Alison has been an adjudicator for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and the Irene Ryan Awards as well as serving a three-year term on the Theater Program Grants Panel for the Illinois Arts Council. She is a proud graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University and a member of the Society for Directors and Choreographers.

David Rice (Executive Director) See Cast Bio Margaret Raether (Playwright) first encountered P.G. Wodehouse when she was in college. Sadly, this was not a personal meeting. Instead, it took the form of the happy discovery of a battered secondhand paperback of The Code of the Woosters. This, Jeeves Takes a Bow

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as Bogart once famously observed, was “the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

Many years later, a chance conversation with another Wodehouse fan led Margaret to wonder if any of Wodehouse’s early works were in public domain. They were. She has penned a trilogy of Wodehouse plays since then. A founding member of Artists’ Ensemble Theatre, most of Margaret’s plays have debuted at AE or at New American Theater, where she spent two seasons as Playwright in Residence. All of her plays are pounded out late at night while peering myopically around a cat stubbornly taking up residence in front of the monitor.

Noreen Heron & Associates (Press Representative) is a full service PR, Marketing, & Advertising agency. National Tours: The Singalong Wizard of Oz and the current National Tour of C.S. Lewis’ THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS. Numerous concert engagements at arena theaters representing such artists as Jerry Seinfeld, Prince, Fleetwood Mac, Wynonna Judd, Louis CK, The Beach Boys, Linda Eder, Michael Feinstein, Jewel, Andre Rieu, and Linda Ronstadt. Clients have also included Sesame Street Live, the ‘04/’08 Olympic Superstars, the ‘11 Champions Challenge (McEnroe, Bjorg, Agassi), Barney Live!, the Highland Games, and the Harlem Globetrotters. Additionally, they represent regional theaters including Drury Lane, Marriott Theatre, Theatre at the Center and the Mercury Theater. Other corporate clients have included Hyatt Hotels, Massage Envy, and Smirnoff.

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Kate Danziger (Stage Manager) is excited to return to First Folio for her fourteenth production with the company. She has also stage managed The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe (2012), The Merchant of Venice, The Turn of the Screw, Unnecessary Farce, Tea at Five, Romeo and Juliet, The Woman In Black, Twelfth Night and Macbeth and assistant stage managed Angel Street, The Tempest, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, and The Taming of the Shrew at First Folio.

Other Chicago credits include Escanaba in da Moonlight and The House of Bernarda Alba (Circle Theatre); Blancaflor (tireswing theatre); Siskel and Ebert Save Chicago (Factory Theater); and Being 11 (Serendipity Theatre Collective). Kate toured nationally as First Folio Theatre

the stage manager and company manager for the world premiere Ralph Lemon dance/ multimedia performance piece, How Can You Stay In The House All Day And Not Go Anywhere? Kate has a MFA in Stage Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

HANNA SUPANICH-WINTER (Assistant Stage Manager) joins First Folio for the first time, and couldn’t be more excited about it. She has just returned to Illinois after Assistant Stage Managing Esther’s Moustache and Annapurna (New Jersey Repertory Company). Before that she Assistant Stage Managed Othello, A Winter’s Tale, and Twelfth Night as well as Stage Managed The Comedy of Errors (Illinois Shakespeare Festival).

Hanna is a recent graduate of Illinois State University where she achieved her BA in Theatre Design/Production.

Elsa Hiltner (Costume Designer) is delighted to be designing for Jeeves Takes A Bow. Past First Folio costume design credits include Unnecessary Farce, Tea At Five, The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story, Jeeves Intervenes, Driving Miss Daisy (Jeff Nominated – Costume Design), Much Ado About Nothing, Design for Living, A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Twelfth Night. Other favorite Chicago credits include Collaboraction, Eclipse Theatre Company, Silk Road Rising, and Signal Ensemble Theatre. Favorite regional credits include Balagan Theatre and Book-It Repertory Theatre (Seattle), and Next Act Theatre (Milwaukee). Elsa is also a Company Member of Collaboraction and Signal Ensemble Theatre. For more information about her designs visit www.elsahiltner.com.

Shelley Holland (Lighting Design) is returning to First Folio for her 2nd Jeeves production. Prone to designing heavy dramas, Shelley is thrilled to be working on Jeeves takes a Bow! Some favorite FF productions are Woman in Black, Tea at Five and Unnecessary Farce. Ms. Holland is an artistic associate with First Folio and an ensemble member of The Shattered Globe Theatre Company. A few memorable SGT productions include Glass Menagerie,

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Judgment at Nuremberg, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, All My Sons, Talk Radio, The Manchurian Candidate, and A Streetcar Named Desire. Other lighting design credits include Plaid Tidings, Wonderful Life and Oklahoma at the Theatre at the Center in Munster, IN; Eurydice and Wiley & the Hairy Man at Indiana University Northwest; The Threepenny Opera and Stalag 17 for American Blues Theatre and The Full Monty at The Drury Lane Water Tower. Shelley holds an M.F.A. in Lighting Design from Northwestern University and a B.S. in Mathematics and Theatre from Eureka College. Ms. Holland is currently teaching Theatre at IUN and designing many shows!

She and her husband, Bruce, have 2 girls (Mary and Kathryn) and in her spare time, Shelley teaches fitness classes, enjoys riding motorcycles with Bruce and takes great pleasure in working on her 100+ year old home.

Christopher Kriz (Sound Designer) works nationally as a composer and sound designer. Past First Folio designs include The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe, Woman in Black and Turn Of The Screw, for which he won an Equity Jeff Award for Best Sound Design.

In Chicago, Chris has designed for companies including Steppenwolf, Goodman, Northlight, Victory Gardens and Timeline.

Some recent Chicago credits include The Letters (Writers Theatre), The Whipping Man (Northlight Theatre), I Am Going To Change The World (Chicago Dramatists), After The Revolution (Next Theatre) and The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (Steppenwolf Theatre). Recent regional credits include The Nerd (Peninsula Players), Fall Of The House (Theatre Squared) and the national tour of America Amerique (Jena Company). Chris has received 5 Jeff Nominations and 2 Awards. Upcoming productions include Creditors (Remy Bumppo),

Yellow Moon (Writers Theatre) and The City and The City (Lifeline Theatre). Chris is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. To hear more of his work, please visit www.christopherkriz.com Angela Miller (Scenic Design) Ms. Miller’s most recent First Folio designs include The Merchant of Venice, Unnecessary Farce, Tea at Five, Romeo and Juliet, The Woman in Black and Blithe Spirit. Previous First Folio credits include Will Rogers An American Original, Jeeves in Bloom, The Castle of Otranto, Macbeth, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Passion of Dracula, the 2007 remount, as well as the original premiere of The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story, Jeeves Intervenes and Driving Miss Daisy, Angel Street, and The Tempest. Other recent work includes Seascapes at Remy Bumppo, A Class Act at Porchlight Music Theatre, and Making God Laugh at Theatre at the Center, where her credits also include Jolson & Company, Over the River and Through the Woods (later adapted for the Mercury Theatre), A Christmas Story, I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, High Society, Gigi, and Little Shop of Horrors. Additional credits include High Fidelity at Piper’s Alley for Route 66 Theatre Company, Five Guys Named Moe, and And the World Goes Round at Drury Lane Evergreen Park; His Way, A Tribute to the Man and His Music at the Mercury Theatre and at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts; and Rose-Marie and Yeoman of the Guard for Light Opera Works. Angie was a designer at Chicago Scenic Studios for six years where she designed exhibits, corporate scenery, television and video sets, and special events until “retiring” to expand her family. She looks forward to working on Underneath the Lintel, Cymbeline, and The Rainmaker here at First Folio.

a r t i s t i c a s s o c i at e s u p dat e Lydia Berger Gray – See Cast Biography.

Kate Danziger – See Staff Biography Kyle Gettelman – See Staff Biography.

Michael F. Goldberg kept himself busy this fall and winter with his voiceover work and an appearance on Chicago Fire. He will direct the Caucasian Chalk Circle at NIU this winter, and is preparing to direct First Folio’s musical adaption of Cymbeline this summer.

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Christian Gray – See Cast Biography.

Kevin McKillip – See Cast Biography.

Elsa Hiltner – See Staff Biography.

Michael McNamara is in preparation to design the lighting for a world premiere production called Alice Wonders at Purdue University along with scenic designer and fellow First Folio Artistic Associate, Angela Miller.

Shelley Holland – See Staff Biography.

Christopher Jensen recently designed the Illinois Theaterfest All-state productions of Into the Woods and Urinetown and is the Technical Director for Maine West High School. His current project is building a scale model of the solar system with his kids, Nadia and Donovan.

Michael Keefe has most recently been seen up and down the East Coast playing and arranging for the Von Trapps, the great grandchildren of Captain Von Trapp. He played for Andrea Bocelli at the All State Arena in December, and will be playing for young singing sensation Jackie Evancho at Symphony Center in January. He was the Music Director/Conductor for Paramount Theatre’s production of Grease this past fall, and will Music Direct and conduct Paramount’s production of Fiddler on the Roof this spring. He is completing a second Mass setting for his day job – Music Director of Notre Dame Church in Clarendon Hills, Il. Melanie Keller A proud Artistic Associate of First Folio, Melanie appeared most recently as Portia, in The Merchant of Venice. Other First Folio credits include The Governess in The Turn of the Screw and Olivia in Twelfth Night as well as productions of Jeeves in Bloom, Design for Living, Angel Street, Private Lives and The Importance of Being Earnest. She is also a member of Signal Ensemble and won a Jeff Award for Best Principal Actress for her work in East of Berlin and The Russian Play.

Keep an eye out this winter for her first commercial!

Christopher Kriz – See Staff Biography Rachel Lambert is currently the Costume Shop Manager for Purdue University and directing a production of Arcadia for the Civic Theatre of Lafayette, Indiana. She looks forward to designing Cymbeline for First Folio this summer.

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Angela Miller – See Staff Biography.

Hayley L. Rice was last seen by First Folio audiences as Nerissa in this summer’s production of The Merchant of Venice. 2012 also saw the first full production by her other artistic home, Focal Point Theatre Company. They presented the Midwest Premiere of After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber. The rest of the year was taken up by one of the most human productions of all - a wedding. Hayley married Scott Leaton on November 10. First Folio audiences will next see Ms. Rice as Lizzy in The Rainmaker in late summer, 2013.

René Ruelas was last seen as Tubal and the Duke in First Folio’s production of The Merchant of Venice. When not over-staying his welcome here in Oak Brook, Rene performs with the comic improvisation troupe Count Spatula at the LOL Theatre in Schaumburg.

Nick Sandys is currently the Artistic Director of Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, in the midst of a successful season there and trying to plan next year. He performed his new one-man “concert reading” of Charles Dickens’ The Chimes this holiday season, and he is busy choreographing violence for Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Theatre School at DePaul University. His fight choreography can also be seen on Broadway currently, in Steppenwolf’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and he will spend March in NYC working at The Metropolitan Opera on Giulio Cesare.

t h e at r e s ta f f Artistic Director.................................................................................................................................Alison C. Vesely Executive Director.....................................................................................................................................David Rice Volunteer Coordinator......................................................................................................................Kris Biendarra Graphic Designer............................................................................................................................... Carol Alleman Press Representative................................. .Noreen Heron & Associates, Inc., Kate Hughes, Lianne Wiker, Katharine Nichols, Holly Gustavson, Susan Duffy, Kelly Erdman Fight Coreographer........................................................................................................................... Kevin McKillip Technical Director............................................................................................................................Kyle Gettelman Lighting and Sound Asst...............................................................................................................Ricky Harbecke Audience Services Assistant....................................................................................................... Megan Ingram Photography...............................................................................................................................................David Rice Web Masters..............................................................................................................Aaron Bigelow, Scott Leaton Auditor.................................................................................................................................................... Paul Wieland Insurance Provider.................................................................................................................... Paczolt Insurance Printing.................................................................................................................... Apprize Promotional Products Dry Cleaning........................................................................................................................ Stan’s Village Cleaners Casting Assistants............................................................................. Hayley Rice, Melanie Keller, Nick Sandys Volunteer Ushers and Concessions....................................... The Saints and First Folio’s Volunteer Corps

b oa r d o f t r u s t e e s President ...................................................................................................................................................Alan Becker Vice-President...........................................................................................................................................John Bauer Secretary...............................................................................................................................................Patricia Noska Treasurer...............................................................................................................................................Chris Beaulieu Trustees................................................Susan Becker, Margaret Bennett, Richard Berman, Barbara Disko, Brian McKillip, David Rice, Alison C. Vesely, Theresa Wilkie Advisory Board Robert J. Schillerstrom (DuPage County Board Chairman) D. Dewey Pierotti (Forest Preserve Board Chairman) Dr. Richard Strier (Professor of English, University of Chicago) Dr. Michael Shapiro (Professor of English, Loyola University) Dr. Peter Kanelos (Professor of Dramatic Literature, Loyola University) David LaBrash (President, Clarendon Hills Bank) Melissa LaBrash (CPA) First Folio invites all persons interested in joining our Board of Trustees, our Board of Advisors, the Folio Society, or our staff of volunteers to contact us at (630) 986-8067 for more information on how you can become a part of the Western Suburbs premier professional theater!

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Bob Jones Memorial Fund Donors Heinz & Ellen Brisske Joanne Daubner Gayle Engels Teresa Fearer Margaret Greene Sharon & James Huck, Jr. Huck Bouma PC Keith & Bonnie King Kenneth J. Kolnicki

LInda & Rich Krubeck Gary & Nancy Kurtz Donna McClean Lifetime Bard’s Club Members (For Outstanding Support) Anonymous Susan & Alan Becker JeanE Charnas

Joyce Chelberg Meg & Jim Fletcher Brian McKillip Susan & Brian (Coach) O’Connor John Plosnich BARDOLATOR ($5,000 +) Anonymous Alan & Susan Becker

The Chase Community Foundation Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation In Memory of Merl Douglas Illinois Arts Council HAMLET ($1,000+) Anonymous (3) The Arch Charitable Trust Jeeves Takes a Bow

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D’Anna & Gregg Gugerty In Memory of Karen Liffring Hill Art and Nancy Hirsch Leslie & Tyrone Jacobson William Janas Robert & Lynn Jones Judith Keller In Memory of Walter Kulikowski Linda & John Larson James Lenc Lise & Mark Lutz Mr. & Mrs. Carl Manofsky Roland & Julie Marshall & Family Gil & Yvonne Meyer Joeanne & Jeffrey KING LEAR ($500+) Monroe Anonymous (2) Shireen Moore Ms. Irene Antoniou Ms. Audrey Muschler Anita & John Bauer Daniel Nowaczynski Chris Beaulieu Vicky & Tom Pate Ellen Callahan Jorgen & Cheryl Phillips Bob and Kay Carlson S. & C. Polychronopoulos Joel & Betty Chrastka Joy Ransdell Rita Getz Dorothy & Stephen Jane & Kirk Grimm Richmond Jane & Paul Klenck Teri-Ellen Rogers Kenneth J. Kolnicki Lottie & Shadow Kowalski Chet & Pat Rozanski Mr. & Mrs. Keith Kushner Nick Sandys Pat Schultz David Kusnierz Irene Staleny Marilyn Longwell Susan Tolin Cathy & John Machota Barbara Voorhees Patrick & Mary Mauro Jacob White Jeff & Barb Modlin James Whitehead Bibi & Greg Rosner Joan & Raymond Wielgos Kristine Schnacke Robert & Cindy Coleman & Deborah Wunderlich Tuggle George Zahrobsky Mary & James Zajac LADY MACBETH ($250+) PROSPERO ($100+) Anonymous (3) Anonymous (5) Gene & Helen Benes Art & Arlene Ahlgrim Jeff & Allison Bennett Vanda Alekna Bennett Law Firm, LLC Carol Alleman BP Fabric of Am. Fund The Lofchy Family Ron & Wendie Benton Suzanne Bessette-Smith Donald Babo Susan Bachman & David Smith Elizabeth & Edward Carol Black Barrow Patrica Brandin Steven & Rosemary In memory of John R. Belling Buckley Karen Bender Lynn Burgoyne Richard Bensinger Laura Cullison John & Stephanie Blaser Newenka Dumont Patricia Blumen John Eagelston Irene Brajner George & Marie Forster Susan Buresh David S. Fox Rick Berman Dr. & Mrs. John Buntrock Joyce Chelberg Jac Cotiguala Marie & David Dickson Barbara Disko Ron & Judy Eshleman Huck Bouma PC Paul Keller Patricia Noska Sue & Robert Sanford Mary Meekly Charles Urban David Rice & Alison C. Vesely Calvin & Holly Yanaga

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Barbara Burns Ira & Rita Charak Liz Collins Kim Coogan-Rogers Joe & Judy Cosenza William & Sherry Crater Karen Cullinane Rachel Daugherty & Michael Guenther In Memory of Louisa DeLuca Marie DiGiacomo Jane & Bernard Dudek Sheila Dunteman Gayle Engels Takashi & Angie Nishida Paul & Judy Farber Mary Ann Flynn Mimi & Paul Francis Tom & Anne Fuelling Don & Jan Geesaman John & Olivia Gow Mararete Gross Shelley Harrison Earl & Jane Henrickson Lewis & Marilyn Huntley Walter & Susan Jay Ann Boisclair & Jeff Jens Jennifer Karabetsos Mark & Ruth Karasek Virginia Klingsporn JoAnn C. Klug Christa Koerner Danielle Kole Jacqueline & Martin Koranda Larry Krupp Kathryn Kubis David & Melissa LaBrash Cynthia Laughlin In Honor of Hayley & Scott Leaton Donna & Ira Leavitt Fran & Chuck Licht Patricia & Richard Loechl Kimberly Ludwikowski Mark & Kathleen Lundberg George Mahoney Stephen & Joyce Maly Robert & Linda Manski Sharon Manuel Nancy Martin Michael & Sheila Maschek Mr. & Mrs. Judson McCarthy, Jr. Nancy McDaniel The McEnroe Family Michael McKillip Patricia & Ray Mehler Mark & Barb Miner

Dean & Julie Monti Tom & Olga Mosillo T & B Mosillo Janet M. Nelson Patricia Norman Frank & Mary Nowinski Don, Betty, & Kit O’Toole Beverly Offen Magne B. Olson Ray & Esther Paice Joy Peters Lucy Pillinger John Pizzo Mary Plunkett Steven Radwany Jim & Maureen Reichardt Angie Rendina John & Lisa Roche Mary & John Rooks Elaine Ryba Kathleen & David Ryding James & Margaret Schlegel Doris Shepherd Renee & Geoff Silver Jeanne Smith Judith & Garth Smith Randy Sparks Connie Sprovieri Julane Sullivan Tom & Jan Szot Tammie Terry In Honor of Philip and Barbara Voorhees John Weinberger, Jr. In Honor of Chelsea White Mary Wiesen In Honor of Theresa Wilkie Barbara & Mark Willson Ellen & John Wright OTHELLO ($25+) Anonymous (3) Debra & Allan Alongi Jane Amorosi Kay & Bob Antonio Marsha Babka Kristine & Peter Baldo In memory of Thomas & Marie BednarGarhofer Robert Behling Roy Benedek Jane Berryman Christopher Bettin Kris Biendarra Arlene Birkhan Roberta Birmingham Arlene Blaha

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Keith Blomberg Ellen Bocock Marilyn Bogetich Elizabeth Fuller Bonovitz Bill & Madeline Bowman Joanne Brennan Sandra Brennan William Brice Heinz & Ellen Brisske Anonymous Alan & Linda Burke Ray Burkhardt Sally Burson Laurel Carlson & David Hersemann Susan Chemler Penny Choice Bernadette R. Christian Arlene Cleary Heidi Cothard MaryHelen Crispo Mary Crois Joan Culler Kate Danziger Joanne Daubner Judy DeGarmo Major & Mrs. George F. Dempsey, USAF (Ret.) Bruce DeViller John Dillon Charles & Debra Doyle Carol Doyle Grace Dumelle K.F. & Helena Effgen Daniel E. Efner Lynda Einspar Dan Ellig Jolene Emery James Engling Kelly M. Ercoli Rita & Einar Ericksen Charles & Donna Everett Cindy & Mark Fahey Erin Faulkner Blanche Fawell Teresa Fearer Anita Field Elissa Fink Marilyn Fors Ernest & Beverly Fortney Rick & Lucinda Foulke Neva Frank Richard Gallicchio Alex Gasiel Kyle Gettelman John & Gail Goles Joann Gras & Robert Partyka Margaret Greene Maureen F Greene Elisabeth & Mark Grzywa 14

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Lynn Guptill D.K. Hamilton Gail & Jim Hannon David Harper Karen Hauser & Barb Hauser Catherine Hermes Goluboff Ellen Herring Elsa Hiltner Patricia Hirsch Pat Holman Patricia Houle Nancy Howard Sharon & James Huck, Jr. Martha Hudak Linda Huege Don & Carol Jacobsen Shirlee Jecmen Kenneth Jensen Beverly Kurasz-Johnston Cheri Jones Mike Kalasunas & Kathleen Conlon Amanda Kaleta-Kott Denise Karczewski John Kay Melanie Keller Michael Kennedy Michael Kielar Carol Kincaid Keith & Bonnie King Jeffrey A. Koblish, D.D.S. Bobbie Kocim Cynthia Koehler Virginia Kott LInda & Rich Krubeck Gary & Nancy Kurtz Elizabeth Larkin Carol Larson Joel & Christine Lehmann Samuel Levin Brandon Lewis Caryl E. Lezatte Janis Licari Louis Licastro Barbara Linduska Marlene Liss & James Danziger Larry & Dolores Long Mary Ellen Lukavsky B.A. & Janice Mack Cheryl Maibusch Inga Markus Chris & Cynthia Marler Mr. & Mrs. Charles McCormack Dan McDonell Patricia McGinnisScheaffer John McGleam

Lynne A. McGurr Terry & Kathy McKillip Michael McKillip Donna McLean Jim Messer Robert & Carolyn Middleton Marvin Mirsky Lori Mitchell & Scott Edwards Gail Monick Joeanne & Jeffrey Monroe Cynthia Mooney Gale Morgan-Williams Jill & Roger Mueller Colleen M Murphy Janice Murray Bob & Joan Nejdl Bill & Judy Nosek Mila Gloria Novak Carol O’Toole James & Mary Ocasek Jane Pajor Richard Palicka Bobbie Parkhill Diane Paulini Mary Pavia Madonna Pence R. Phillips Kitty Picken Charles Plock Barbara Plona Dennis & Sharon Reagan Barbara Reineking Sally Roberts Virginia Rogodzinski Norma Rosen Deborah Ryan Daniel & Marina Salinas Celinda & Alan Sankowski Julie Schneider Cathy & Paul Schultz Charles Sexton Charles & Crystal Sexton Bob & Carol Shaffer Robert Sharpe Carol Sheppard Anita & Donald Shotola Paula & Craig Sjogerman Mary Slaga Michael Sloan Dr. & Mrs. Norman Solliday Monica Stanton Dale Starr Dolores Stauss Michael Stemberk April & Preston Stosur Frank & Nina Thorp Jeanne Tilton

Jacqueline & Myles Tlusty Elsa Toledo Carol Tuman Brian & Carolyn Turcotte Elizabeth Tursman Mary Vance Mary Vilim D. Vilmin Mary Walker Ken Wendorf Judith Werner Kris West Allan Wiedel Mary Williams Brigitte Winkler Roseann & Stephen Nancy Workman Milie Wostratzky Andrew Wycislak Dennis & Laura Zimmer Sharon Zurek Matching Grant Donors Aetna Foundation Allstate Bank of America McMaster-Carr Supply Co. Nicor Energy Northern Trust SAP In-Kind Donors Anita & John Bauer Chris Beaulieu Mr. and Mrs. Alan Becker Bennett Law Firm, LLC Lydia Berger Belinda Bremner Clarendon Hills Bank Clarke Environmental Jim Cunningham Nancy Davidson Diane Eleveld Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Caitlin Hart Marian Hebenstreit Inn at Irish Hollow Connie & Dennis Keller Cheryl Maibusch Anonymous Patricia Miller Debbie Miller Jim Moran Mueller Broadcast Design Patricia Noska Flo Orlik Physicians Sports and Injury Center Pizzazz Promotional Products

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Pompei Restaurant Quality Tire and Auto In Honor of Theresa Wilkie

Patty Richard Mary & John Rooks Kristine Schnacke Stan’s Village Cleaners

Threaded Marketing Tree of Life Chiropractic David & Alison VeselyRice

Gert Vutz Leah Wagner Leonard Carlotta Wing

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SPECIAL THAN K YOU Our wonderful Board of Trustees; Janneke Fowers, Taip Bashir, Sherry Brooks, Kathryn Leatherwood, Sam Madan, & the entire staff and Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County; Paczolt Insurance; Apprize Promotional Products of Hinsdale; Village Cleaners of Clarendon Hills, and Purdue University Dept. of Theatre First Folio has lots of ways for you to join in on the fun!

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