Northlight-Daddy Long Legs

BJ Jones

Timothy J. Evans

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

In association with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Rubicon Theatre Company, TheatreWorks, David Elzer and Executive Producer Michael Jackowitz

presents

From the Tony and Olivier Award-Winning Director of Les Miserables and the Creators of Jane Eyre

BOOK BY

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

John Caird Paul Gordon BASED ON THE NOVEL BY

Jean Webster

DIRECTED BY John

Caird MUSICAL DIRECTION BY Laura Bergquist MUSICAL SUPERVISION BY Brad Haak ORCHESTRATIONS BY Paul Gordon & Brad Haak Associate Director

Nell Balaban

Scenic & Costume Design

David Farley,

Lighting Design Sound Design Production Stage Manager

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Paul Toben, USA Cecil Averett, USA Rita Vreeland, AEA

OPENING NIGHT: SEPTEMBER 26, 2010 At the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie 2010-2011 Media Sponsor

2010-2011 Community Partners

For booking or licensing information about Daddy Long Legs, please contact Michael Jackowitz at 917.701.3303 or michaeljackowitz@aol.com or Karyl Lynn Burns at 805.407.7797 or klburns1@aol.com.

Daddy Long Legs was developed in the Ann Deal/Fashion Forms速 Plays-in-Progress Series at Rubicon Theatre in the Summer of 2007.

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CAST Megan McGinnis*........................................................................ Jerusha Abbott Robert Adelman Hancock*................................................... Jervis Pendleton *Member of the Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.

ORCHESTRA Laura Bergquist............................ Piano/Conductor (through October 3) Julie McBride.................................. Piano/Conductor (starting October 4) & Assistant Music Director Steve Winkler................................................................................................... Violin David Bednarek............................................................................................... Cello Scott Reed.................................................................... Acoustic/ElectricGuitar Jeffrey Handley............................................................................................. Drums Marc Hogan................................................................................ Bass/Contractor Musicians are members of the Chicago Federation of Musicians, Local 10-208.

Setting: New England in the first decade of the 20th Century Daddy Long Legs will be performed with one 15-minute intermission.

A D D I T I O N A L P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Prop Supervisor................................................................... T. Theresa Scarano Production Manager..................................................................Christina Burck Casting.................................................................................... Tara Rubin Casting Production Assistant........................................................................ Jay Koepke Dramaturgy Assistant.................................................................... Jacob Shuler

SPECIAL THANKS:

Opening Night Sponsor:

Major Donor Reception Sponsor:

Sandra and Jordan Laby—San Buenaventura Foundation for the Arts Barbara Meister—Barber Automotive Group Elise and Bill Kearney Shelley and Rick Bayer Becky Harmon and Ann Deal, Fashion Forms® Lisa Jackson

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The Director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

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The Choreographer is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc.,

MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE 1. The Oldest Orphan in the John Grier Home.............................Jerusha 2. Who Is This Man?................................................................................Jerusha 3. Mr. Girl Hater............................................................................Jerusha/Jervis 4. She Thinks I’m Old..................................................................................Jervis 5. Like Other Girls.......................................................................Jerusha/Jervis 6. Freshman Year Studies........................................................Jerusha/Jervis 7. Things I Didn’t Know.............................................................Jerusha/Jervis 8. I’m A Beast.............................................................................................Jerusha 9. How Shall We Meet?..............................................................................Jervis 10. The Color of Your Eyes........................................................Jerusha/Jervis 11. Like Other Girls (Reprise)....................................................................Jervis 12. Lock Willow..............................................................................Jerusha/Jervis 13. The Secret of Happiness..................................................................Jerusha 14. What Does She Mean by Love?........................................Jervis/Jerusha ACT TWO 1. Sophomore Year Studies ...................................................Jerusha/Jervis 2. Girl in the Window Display.................................................Jerusha/Jervis 3. I Couldn’t Know Someone Less.....................................................Jerusha 4. All This Time..............................................................................................Jervis 5. The Secret of Happiness (Reprise)..................................Jervis/Jerusha 6. Humble Pie.................................................................................................Jervis 7. Graduation Day.......................................................................Jerusha/Jervis 8. Charity.........................................................................................................Jervis 9. I’m a Beast (Reprise)..............................................................................Jervis 10. All This Time (Reprise).........................................................Jerusha/Jervis Daddy Long Legs Original Cast CDs are available for purchase in the lobby.

Please be sure to turn off your cell phones, digital watches and any device that may interrupt the performance. For the safety of the actors and in accordance with the rules of Actors’ Equity Association, the use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of any photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR In this last 35th Anniversary Season, 2009-10, we at Northlight took great pains to refresh our mission and to look forward towards the next 35 years. The heart of the mission articulates our desire to “promote change and to encourage compassion, through a broad range of theatrical experiences… to bring the world to our community and our community to the world.” Certainly this new season’s selections embody these aspirations.

Daddy Long Legs began its life as a novel in 1912 and has had a long and varied journey in several disciplines, becoming a Broadway play, a silent film, and a movie musical. It arrives at Northlight as a re-envisioned new musical directed and created by the Tony and Olivier Award-winning John Caird and Tony-nominated composer Paul Gordon. Its charm and intimacy, winningly performed by Megan McGinnis and Robert Adelman Hancock, calls to mind many of the small and personal musicals that we have produced here at Northlight in our 35-year history.

Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel’s A Civil War Christmas examines America at a defining moment in American history, when the country emerged from the heartache of war to begin the long and slow march towards tolerance and a national re-examination of our values, the process of which continues today.

Eclipsed by Danai Gurira gives us a glimpse of the lives of women in another civil war, Liberia. The struggle to emerge from the oppression of a male-dominated, tribal society provides a riveting and ultimately uplifting theatrical event.

Through the power of their mutual support, communal strength and resilience, these extraordinary women provide a glimpse of a community thousands of miles away, yet nearer than we might think.

Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility remains a favorite of Austen fans worldwide, and will be brought to life at Northlight in a world premiere adaptation by Jon Jory. While the repression of Austen’s time seems perhaps quaint and provides dramatic tension and even comic relief to our modern society, the “mating ritual” it portrays has its own sense of barbarism when reflected off Eclipsed’s harsher and more modern cruelty.

The Outgoing Tide by Bruce Graham is the story of one man’s determination to resolve his life with dignity, facing the past with his wife and son and attempting, in his clumsy way, to make amends before it all becomes too inevitable. Impossibly funny and powerfully heart wrenching, it will stir debate and raise questions that so many of us are either facing or will face in the coming years.

This season’s selections vibrate so strongly with our new mission, and as we turn the page on our 36th season we step off with you, our artistic partners, to an era of exhilaration, examination, and joyous theatricality.

-BJ Jones, Northlight Theatre Artistic Director 4 Northlight Theatre

PROGR AM NOTES Dear Audience, Nearly a century after Jean Webster first published Daddy Long Legs in 1912, the art of letter-writing has all but reached extinction; the digital age of computer correspondence and text-messaging has all but replaced pen and paper. Yet Webster’s story has been revived once more, springing forth from its epistolary (letter-writing) form into a delightfully intimate musical by John Caird and Paul Gordon.

Over the course of the last century, Daddy Long Legs has not only been faithfully retold in its period context, but it has been able to embrace new mediums and conventions of a changing world, as evinced in countless adaptations. Webster’s classic has been told silently on film, through the jazzy dance steps of Fred Astaire, and in the colorful graphics of Japanese animation. Her enduring tale of a young woman finding independence and romance has proved throughout the ages to be personal and inspiring.

Though Webster is best known for Daddy Long Legs, she had previously published six novels, all largely drawing upon her own experiences and humanitarian efforts. Our heroine, Jerusha, follows a similar literary journey as her author; after years of attempts at penning her own masterpiece, she finally reaches enlightenment: “I’ve caught the secret… you are most convincing when you write about the things you know.” While all of Webster’s novels have autobiographical roots, Jerusha is most like Webster, making her way in the world of literature and economics at Vassar College while aspiring to write the Great American Novel.

Jean Webster

The first of many adaptations of Daddy Long Legs started with Webster herself. After encouraging response from critics and readers alike, she took the initiative to adapt Daddy Long Legs for the stage in 1915. Unlike the novel, which is comprised entirely of letters from Jerusha to Jervis, her mysterious patron, the play allows us to hear Jervis’ point of view. The production also inspired the audience to become more like Jervis – a campaign was organized linking charities and college groups in the name of the play to help raise money for orphans. In one of the first Broadway merchandising endeavors, a line of Judy (Jerusha) Abbott dolls was manufactured to help raise funds for the cause.

The Broadway play’s cultural and economic sensation fueled the first three film adaptations in 1919, 1931 and the classic movie musical in 1955, starring Mary Pickford, Shirley Temple and Fred Astaire, respectively. The resonant themes persist today, crossing oceans to find success as both a Japanese animated series in 1990 (Watashi No Ashinaga Ojisa) and a Korean film in 2005 (Kidari Ajeossi). In this most recent adaptation, the same base plot thrives in the more complex modern world of radio broadcasting. The anonymous dogooder in this version gives Jerusha an unbelievable position at the Northlight Theatre 5

P R O G R A M N O T E ( c o n t .) radio station, making her dream come true; gratefully, she reads her letters to Daddy on the air.

Perhaps it is the complexity of the world today that has sparked a need to introduce the story to a new audience. Although it was not Webster’s original intent, Daddy Long Legs was largely received as a children’s book in its time, due in part to the countless comical doodles she used to illustrate. And while many adaptations have chosen to highlight the mature aspects of a relationship shrouded in mystery, a child-like simplicity persists in each retelling of the novel.

Essentially, through means of charity, love, higher education and artistic achievement, Jerusha’s story is simply one of finding happiness when it seems impossible.

Our Jerusha will sing tonight, “I’ve discovered the secret of happiness is living in the now. Living in the time it takes to blink I think is how we’re meant to be living.” This revelation is what carries Webster’s story through nearly one hundred years and will no doubt carry it through a hundred more when the notion of putting pen to paper may be nothing but a distant memory.

Sincerely,

Jacob Shuler Literary Intern

P.S. Enjoy the show!

PROFILES Megan McGinnis (Jerusha Abbott) originated the role of Jerusha at Rubicon Theatre (Independent Award), TheatreWorks and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (Acclaim Award).

She was last seen on Broadway starring as Eponine in the revival of Les Miserables. She originated the role of Beth March in the Broadway musical Little Women and played a year-long run as Belle in Beauty and the Beast. Other Broadway credits: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Parade and The Diary of Anne Frank. National Tours: The Sound of Music (Liesl) and James Joyce’s The Dead (Lily).

Television & film: Dear John; Sister, 6 Northlight Theatre

Sister; Wings; Blossom (recurring); Anywhere But Here and A Goofy Movie.

Megan can be heard on the original cast recordings of Little Women and Parade, and most recently, on Sutton Foster’s album Wish singing the duet “Flight.”

Megan would like to thank her parents for absolutely everything. And John, Paul, and Jayne, for helping her find Jerusha. www.meganmcginnis.info Robert Adelman Hancock (Jervis Pendleton) National Tour: Mamma Mia! New York: College the Musical, New York Musical Theatre Festival. Regional: Daddy Long Legs (TheatreWorks, Rubicon Theatre

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Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), James Joyce’s The Dead (Court Theatre), The Fantasticks (Utah Shakespearean Festival), Hair (Hangar Theatre), Route 66 (Original Cast – Milwaukee Rep), Forever Plaid (Barrymore nomination – Delaware Theatre Company), Muscle (Pegasus Players), A Christmas Carol (Westport Country Playhouse), Fiddler on the Roof (Rubicon Theatre Company). Television & film: Guiding Light and The Liver. Mr. Hancock has performed as a soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic and is a member of The Music Theatre Company of Chicago. For more information, visit www.robhancock.com.

Paul Gordon (Music and Lyrics, Co-Orchestrator) was nominated for a 2000 Tony Award for composing the music and lyrics to the Broadway musical Jane Eyre, directed by John Caird and Scott Schwartz. Paul’s musical Emma, based on the novel by Jane Austen, premiered at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto in September 2007, breaking box office records. Emma has since had successful regional productions at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and opens this January at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Paul’s other projects include Lucky Break, written with Jay Gruska and Seth Friedman, based on the 1976 film “The Front,” Death: The Musical, and Greetings from Venice Beach. Mr. Gordon has written several number one pop songs and is the recipient of nine ASCAP awards.

For more information visit, www.paulgordonmusic.com.

John Caird (Book Writer/Director) Broadway: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Les Miserables (Tony Award), Jane Eyre (Tony nominee), Stanley (Tony nominee).

International: Macbeth (Almeida Theatre); Hamlet, Candide, Peter Pan, The Seagull (with Judi Dench), Stanley and Humble Boy (National Theatre); The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night and Dance of Death (Royal Dramatic Theatre, Sweden); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (New National Theatre, Japan); Jane Eyre and The Beggar’s Opera (Nissay Theatre, Japan). Television & film: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, As You Like It, and his adaptation of Henry IV for the BBC. Additional credits include The Siegfried and Roy Spectacular in Las Ve-

gas, numerous operas including Brief Encounter and Tosca at Houston Grand Opera and Don Carlos at Canadian Opera Company in Toronto. He has recently published a book about directing called Theatre Craft. Mr. Caird is an Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Principal Guest Director at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.

Laura Bergquist (Music Director) conducted National Tours of The King and I, Titanic and Miss Saigon. She is a frequent guest conductor in regional theatres and a clinician in universities and churches. An ASCAP Awards recipient for composition, her personal catalogue includes more than sixty works in print and several recordings. Ms. Bergquist was the original Musical Director for Jane Eyre (the first John Caird and Paul Gordon collaboration) and has worked regionally in theatres including Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Rubicon, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Music Theatre of Wichita, Stage One and Theatre of Stars, as well as at New York’s The Old Globe Theatre for Emma. For my mother-in-law Mildred Bergquist who lived in an Oklahoma orphanage from age 4 to age 18 and blessed the world with her charity, faith and spirit until age 93.

Brad Haak (Music Supervisor, Co-Orchestrator) is delighted to return to Northlight Theatre. Other collaborations with writers John Caird and Paul Gordon include music supervision and orchestrations for their Jane Eyre, regionally in the U.S., and recently in Tokyo, Japan. This winter, Brad will supervise and orchestrate Gordon’s new musical, Emma, at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego; as well as his Lucky Break (based on Woody Allen’s The Front) and Little Miss Scrooge - both currently in development in New York. A native of Park Ridge, Brad has twice been nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award, most recently for his music direction of Les Miserables at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire. Brad is a graduate of Northwestern University and resides in New York City, where he is the music director and conductor for Mary Poppins, currently in its fourth year on Broadway.

Nell Balaban (Associate Director) Broadway: Associate Director for Golda’s Balcony. New York: Associate DiNorthlight Theatre 7

P R O F I L E S ( c o n t .) rector for Rooms (New World Stages); Director for Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Wingspan Arts); Katharine Heller’s Boy in the Basement (Outstanding Director Award - New York Fringe Festival); staged reading of Lucky Break (Manhattan Theatre Club); Heartbreak House (Brave New World). Regional: Associate Director for Much Ado About Nothing (The Alley Theatre), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Paper Mill Playhouse); L’il Abner (Goodspeed Opera House).

David Farley (Scenic and Costume Design) Broadway: A Little Night Music, 13 The New Musical, Sunday in the Park with George. International: Kiss Me, Kate! (Stratford, Ontario); A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George and Little Shop of Horrors (London West End); Rocky Horror Show (European Tour); Aspects of Love, A Little Night Music, La Cage Aux Folles, Take Flight, Tick Tick Boom! and The Last Five Years (Menier Chocolate Factory); Sweeney Todd (Gate Theatre, Dublin); Corpse! (Salisbury Playhouse); Macbeth (Sheffield Crucible Studio); Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival Theatre). Regional: Take Flight (McCarter Theatre); Sunday in the Park with George (5th Avenue Theatre); Tick Tick Boom! (Rubicon, Coronet, Westport County Playhouse. Awards: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design, Sunday in the Park with George, Studio 54 Theatre; Olivier, Evening Standard and Critics Circle Award for Best Set Design for Sunday in the Park with George, Wyndhams Theatre, Menier Chocolate Factory. www.davidfarley.co.uk Paul Toben (Lighting Design) recently designed The Story of My Life (Broadway), When in Disgrace (Examined Man), The Redheaded Man (Fringe Encores/Down Payment), Shining City (Shadow Lawn Stage) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Theatre by the Sea).

Highlights of his three seasons at Williamstown include designs of Caravan Man and Demon Dreams. Paul was Associate/Assistant Designer for Next to Normal, Bye Bye Birdie, Sunday in the Park with George and Pal Joey (Broadway), and the National Tours of A Bronx Tale and Annie. Regionally, Paul worked on productions of White Christmas. On Broadway, he did Three Generations at the Kennedy Center and Shamu Rocks! at SeaWorld Orlando.

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Cecil Averett (Sound Design) has designed sound and composed music for theater, film, multimedia and civic installations. He is also a software designer and co-founder of cs|designgroup, a production and multimedia design company. Some of his regional theater credits include The Marvelous Wonderettes and Grey Gardens at Northlight, Passion Play at the Goodman, and productions at Arena Stage, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, and Marriott Lincolnshire. Other recent designs include the off-Broadway production of Beyond Glory at Roundabout, and Cap21’s premiere of Waiting for My Man, also off-Broadway. Mr. Averett was the recipient of an AfterDark Award (original music) for his work on Eclipse Theatre’s production of Frame 312 as well as a Joseph Jefferson Award nominee for sound design of Passion Play.

Rita Vreeland (Production Stage Manager) is delighted to be collaborating once again with the talented people at Northlight. Previous Northlight stage management credits include Low Down Dirty Blues, Awake and Sing!, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Mauritius, Grey Gardens, The Miser and Gee’s Bend. Elsewhere, her recent credits include this summer’s Jesus Christ Superstar and countless other productions at Theatre at the Center in Munster, IN; the most recent Ignition Festival as well as many other productions for Victory Gardens Theatre; and productions at Marriott Lincolnshire, Famous Door, and Apple Tree Theatre in Highland Park. Rita has been the set designer at Harold Washington College since 2001 and is a member of the Route 66 Theatre Company in Chicago. She is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado and a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

BJ Jones (Northlight Artistic Director) is in his 12th year as Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre, where he has piloted the world premieres of Craig Wright’s Lady, Better Late (by Larry Gelbart & Craig Wright), Rounding Third, Sky Girls and Cat Feet. As a producer he guided the world premieres of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years, The Gamester, and Studs Terkel’s ‘The Good War.’ Mr. Jones has directed at Cherry Lane in NYC, Steppenwolf, Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, The Utah Shakespear-

P R O F I L E S ( c o n t .) ean Festival, The Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, and Next Theatre in Evanston.

Directorial work includes Northlight’s A Life, Grey Gardens, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Lady with All the Answers, The Retreat From Moscow, A Skull in Connemara, The Cripple of Inishmaan, and An Experiment With an Airpump, as well as productions of A Number, Twelfth Night, Glengarry Glen Ross (Suzie Bass Nominee - Best Director), Pygmalion, The Price (Jeff Nomination - Best Director,) and 100 Saints You Should Know. A two-time Jeff Award winner, he has appeared at Northlight in dozens of productions and has performed at virtually every major theatre in Chicago, including The Goodman in The Guys and House and Garden, Steppenwolf in The Royal Family and Playboy of the Western World, and Court in Candide and Comedy of Errors. Film/TV credits include The Fugitive, Body Double, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Early Edition, Cupid and Turks, among others.

Timothy J. Evans (Northlight Executive Director) joined Northlight Theatre as Executive Director in 2007 and since his arrival overseen the Theatre’s new branding campaign, Leadership fundraising campaign, new board development, revamped arts education initiatives and a five year strategic plan with McKinsey & Company. Prior to his arrival at Northlight, Tim spent a 20-plus year career at Steppenwolf Theatre where he served in management and producing positions. He created, curated and produced Steppenwolf’s acclaimed TRAFFIC Series which included a partnership with Chicago Public Radio for subsequent broadcasts. Tim founded Steppenwolf Films, of which he is still a partner with Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry, to develop feature film and television projects including the comedy Diminished Capacity with Matthew Broderick and the recently completed independent film The Last Rites of Joe May. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the League of Chicago Theatres, previously served on the board of the Independent Film Project (IFP) and was a charter member of the Governor’s Task Force for Media Development. Tim is a graduate of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.

noon, the new opera by award-winning composer Stephen Schwartz, at the Granada Theatre in Santa Barbara. The production opens at New York City Opera in 2011. Michael has co-produced a host of projects with Rubicon Theatre, including the World Premieres of The Best Is Yet To Come: The Music of Cy Coleman directed by David Zippel, and It’s Only Life by John Bucchino, directed by Daisy Prince. He also co-produced My Antonia, an adaptation of the Willa Cather novel by Scott Schwartz, with Rubicon and Pacific Resident Theatre in L.A.; and the West Coast Premiere of Jonathan Larson’s Tick…Tick...BOOM! directed by Scott Schwartz, which then transferred to the Coronet in Hollywood for an extended run. Michael shepherded the Rubicon Fashion Forms® Plays-in-Progress readings of One Red Flower by Paris Barclay with Maureen McGovern and The Man Who Would Be King by Neil Berg and DJ Salisbury with Marc Kudish and Kevin Earley. In New York, Michael produced Nicky Silver’s Food Chain at the Westside Theater directed by Robert Falls and starring Hope Davis and Phyllis Newman; Bill Davis’ (Mass

Michael Jackowitz (Executive Producer) recently produced the World Premiere of Séance on a Wet AfterNorthlight Theatre 9

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Appeal) AVOW at the Century Theatre directed by Jack Hofsiss and starring Jane Powell and Chris Sieber; and I, Do, I Do at Queens Theatre in the Park with Donna McKechnie. Regional producing credits include the musical Abyssinia at Lyric Stage in Dallas. He is also on the Board of the Directors of The Directors Company in New York, a non-profit company that develops new projects and highlights new directors and was the musical theatre liaison for their Harold Prince Musical Theatre Program.

Rubicon Theatre Company (Producer) is a non-profit regional theatre company based in Ventura, California. True to the name of the company, and the vision of founders Karyl Lynn Burns and James O’Neil, Rubicon offers an environment where artists are nurtured and respected, and where commitment and risk are encouraged. Rubicon has received critical and popular acclaim for fresh, invigorating interpretations of classics dramas, comedies and musicals; and for the presentation of World Premieres. Rubicon recently received the L.A. Drama Critics Award for “Sustained Excellence,” and has received multiple L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation, Garland, NAACP and Indy Awards. Rubicon has presented a diverse repertoire of productions and events with esteemed artists including Ed Asner, George Ball, David Birney, Susan Clark, Dana Delany, Cliff DeYoung, Bonnie Franklin, Joseph Fuqua, Joel Grey, Harold Gould, Larry Hagman, Stacy Keach, Michael Learned, Amanda McBroom, Robert Morse, Ted Neeley, Linda Purl, Jenny Sullivan, Joe Spano, Bruce Weitz, Lillias White and Stephanie Zimbalist. The late Jack Lemmon and John Ritter both made their final stage appearances with Rubicon.

Deeply rooted in the region it serves, Rubicon offers extensive outreach and education programs. The company is governed by an active Board of Directors and supported by a Board of Advisors and volunteer auxiliary. www.rubicontheatre.org Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park (Producer), founded in 1960 and recipient of the 2004 Regional Theatre Tony Award and winner of the 2007 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Company, is celebrating its 50th season this year. The Playhouse is known for its artistic excellence, commitment to new works, extensive educational programming and as an artistic home for some of America’s best actors, directors, 10 Northlight Theatre

designers and theatre professionals.

Since 1992, the Playhouse has been led

by Producing Artistic Director Edward Stern and Executive Director Buzz Ward. During their tenure, the theatre has produced more than 25 World Premieres, many of which have achieved success nationally and internationally and now attracts nearly 200,000 people annually to its two theatres and maintains a subscriber community of more than 15,000. The Playhouse family includes a Board of 55 dedicated trustees, an exceptional full-time staff of 71 and hundreds of talented artists. www.cincyplay.com TheatreWorks (Producer), led by Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director Phil Santora, is celebrating its 40th season of awardwinning theatre in the Silicon Valley.

As one of the largest regional repertory companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, it produces eight mainstage productions annually at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts and the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto, as well as the New Works Festival, play readings and a variety of education outreach programs. Nationally recognized as a premiere breeding ground for new musicals, TheatreWorks presents its 53rd World Premiere with this co-production of Daddy Long Legs. Please visit www.theatreworks.org.

David Elzer (Producer) is the Ovation Award-winning theatrical producer for The Marvelous Wonderettes (Off-Broadway), Winter Wonderettes (recently at the El Portal Forum Theatre), the Broadway-bound Sister Act: The Musical, Jewtopia (Off Broadway), The Laramie Project (at the Laguna Playhouse) and Catalpa and Shyness is Nice (at the Alliance). David’s latest project (a follow-up to The Marvelous Wonderettes) is a brand new musical from Roger Bean called Life Could Be A Dream, which recently played at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood and plays Laguna Playhouse next season. Through his publicity company DemandPR, David represents Rubicon Theatre Company, Antaeus Theatre Company, Apartment A, Cabrillo Music Theatre, Celebration Theatre, Colony Theatre Company, Furious Theatre Company, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, NoHo Arts Center, Open Fist Theatre Company, Theatre Tribe and West Coast Ensemble.

A B O U T N O R T H L I G H T T H E AT R E Northlight Theatre, located just north of Chicago in suburban Skokie, IL, has mounted more than 160 productions, including nearly 40 world premieres in its 35 year history. It has grown into the fourth largest nonprofit theatre in the Chicago area with nearly 8000 subscribers, serving audiences totaling nearly 60,000. Northlight is an award-winning theatre (three Edgerton Foundation for New American Plays awards, and 151 nominations and 27 awards from Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Committee) with an excellent local and national reputation. With dynamic leadership from Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Tim Evans, Northlight’s produces five mainstage productions each year, workshops and readings of new works, audience outreach to Veterans and many other groups, and a comprehensive arts education program.

Northlight Theatre aspires to promote change of perspective and encourage compassion by exploring the depth of our humanity across a bold spectrum of theatrical experiences, reflecting our community to the world and the world to our community.

N O R T H L I G H T T H E AT R E S TA F F Artistic Director

Director of Finance

Wardrobe Mistress

BJ Jones

Lisa Stern

Devon MacGregor

Executive Director

Group Sales Coordinator/ Administrative Assistant

Costume Shop Manager

Michelle Blendermann

Floor Manager

Public Relations

Vanessa Rundle

Cathy Taylor PR, Inc.

Scenic Charge

Usher Coordinator

Bridgette Lemkuhl

Vicki Weisberg, The Saints

Carpenter

Legal Counsel

Christopher Mullen

Timothy J. Evans ______________________ ARTISTIC Artistic Administrator

Lynn Baber Resident Dramaturg

Kristin Leahey Interns

Jacob Shuler Zachary Thiessen ADMINISTRATION General Manager

Janet Mullet Director of Development

Molly Hansen Development Manager

Tina Carney Development Assistant

Kelly Moran Grant Writer

Sarah Putnam

Schiff Hardin LLP Insurance

EDUCATION

Robert Nichols

Director of Arts Education

Intern

Devon de Mayo

Kelly Harbaugh

Education Associate and Performing Arts Camp Director

PRODUCTION

Amanda Jane Dunne

Production Manager

Educators

Christopher J. Fitzgerald

Chris Brown Joanne Dubach Sarah Rose Graber Dan Stermer Paige Collins Mildred Langford Diane Mair

Company Manager/ Assistant Production Manager

Victoria Martini-Rosowicz Technical Director

Scott Morgan

Lesley Hoover

Master Electrician/ Light Board Operator

Director of Marketing

Megan Snowder

Chad Peterson Associate Director of Marketing

Sound Engineer/ Sound Board Operator

Mara Mihlfried

Jennifer Udoni

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BOA R D OF TRUSTE ES Timothy P. Sullivan, Chairman Susan Karol, President Gerhard Bette, Vice President Joshua E. Chernoff, Vice President Thomas D. Stringer, Secretary Merril Prager, Treasurer Julie Anastos David J. Burden Michael R. Callahan Timothy J. Evans Howard A. Feinstein Eileen Frank Robert Goldin Michael Guerra Freddi Greenberg Wendy Irwin BJ Jones Paul Lehman

Jordan Margolis Neal Moglin Jennifer Newton Evelyn Salk Robert S. Silver Trimmy Stamell Greg Taubeneck Matthew Udoni Andy Zoltners Michael Pauken, ex officio Norman Rosen, ex officio

A DV ISORY BOA R D Joan Barr Smith, Co-Chair Wendy Irwin, Co-Chair Steven J. Bernstein Karl Berolzheimer H. Woods Bowman Margo Brown Joe Cappo Jack Crocker Natasha Deutsch Stephen Engelman Paul Finnegan Craig Golden Eleanor Hall Lynn Hiestand

Harry J. Lennix James Lytle Max McGee Lloyd and Donna Morgan Steve Mullins Mike Nussbaum Sheldon Patinkin Sandra Rosenbloom Esther Saks David Seidman Susan Van Dusen Patricia Vile Bernice Weissbourd George Wendt

A S S O C I AT E S B O A R D Jennifer Newton, Chair Noah Eisner Ross Erlebacher Randal Hamburg Hannah Olsen Lesli Jennings Leslie Schreiber Abby Strauss Chris Walsh

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NORTHLIGHT THEATRE IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY:

Harris Bank

Kirkland & Ellis

McKinsey & Company

Melvoin Award for Playwriting

Nuveen Investments

The Pauls Foundation

Northlight Theatre is deeply grateful to the following contributors for their generous support. This list reflects gifts received from September 1, 2009 through August 9, 2010.

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Leadership Circle $15,000 & above ComEd Illinois Arts Council The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Timothy & Susanne Sullivan Family Foundation

Distinguished Benefactors & Patrons || $2,500-$14,999 The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Edgerton Foundation Ernst & Young Harris Bank Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Madison Dearborn Partners McKinsey & Company Chicago North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Foundation Nuveen Investments The Pauls Foundation Sanborn Family Foundation

Supporters $1,000-$2,499 The Allyn Foundation The Irving Harris Foundation MAMSS Professional Facilities Management, Inc.

Under $1,000 Clarity Group, Inc. GoodSearch IRMS NAMSS NYSAMSS

Matching Gift Companies American Academy of Dermatology

Bank of America Computing Technology Industry Association, Inc. Gannett Foundation Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec & Hoff, LTD Attorneys at Law IBM Matching Grants Program Illinois Tool Works Foundation JP Morgan Chase Foundation Océ North America, Inc. Kraft Foods Polk Bros Foundation

INDIVIDUALS Producers’ Circle $25,000 & above Anonymous Gerhard & Kathy Bette Paul & Mary Finnegan Elliot & Frances Lehman Paul Lehman & Ronna Stamm Evelyn Salk Timothy & Susanne Sullivan Family Foundation

Artistic Circle $10,000-$24,999 Michael & Joan Callahan Julie & Josh Chernoff Kathy & Stuart Edwards Freddi Greenberg & Daniel Pinkert MakeItBetter.net Merle Reskin

Distinguished Patrons $5,000-$9,999 The Friedland Family in memory of Waldo & Lucy Friedland Pam & Howard Korenthal Carole & Joseph Levy Lois & Hugo Melvoin Samuel & Ann Mencoff Neal Moglin & Mark Tendam Robert S. & Sandra G. Silver Neal & Trimmy Stamell Thomas D. Stringer & Scott E. Waller Matt & Christine Udoni

Robin & Mike Zafirovski Lynn & Hank Zbierski

Patrons || $2,500-$4,999 Anonymous Wayne & Joan Barr Smith Vickie & Tim Burke April Corr Howard Feinstein & Brenda Hansen Michael & Dea Guerra Tim & Trude Harrington BJ Jones & Candy Corr Susan Karol & Glenn Warning Jordan & Holly Margolis Charlie & Nancy McPike Jim & Sue Menighan Merril Prager & John Levine David & Christine Seidman

Stars || $1,000-$2,499 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Nick Alexos Sandra Barnett-White & Jim White Joyce Chelberg Charlotte Cherry Chris & Amy Corr Lynne E. Curtis Jeff & Paula Danoff Bernard Dowling Timothy & Jane Evans Robert & Maurita Freas Mary & Pat Gloor Robert & Nancy Goldin Katherine & Ray Haase Eleanor Winthrop Hall Fred & Pam Hess Lynn Hiestand Wendy & Mark Irwin Vivian S. Kaplan Klaff Family Foundation Ms. Libby Alder Mages John Mahoney Colon McLean & Matthew Holt Elyce & Mark Metzner Kristin & Scott Miller Lloyd & Donna Morgan Audrey & Robert Morris

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Carol & Steve Mullins Adele & Seymour Neems Jordan & Jean Nerenberg Jennifer Newton Sanford & Jody Perl Dan Peterson Mimi & Craig Roeder Colleen Hughes & Donald Rothschild Valerie M. Rothschild Esther S. Saks in honor of Evelyn Salk Stephanie Storkel Mr. & Mrs. John W. Taylor III in honor of Evelyn Salk Jim Thompson Bernice Weissbourd in honor of Evelyn Salk Gloria Yuen Betsy Ziegler

Directors || $500-999 Anonymous (4) Richard & Ellen Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Baade Sidney & Sondra Berman Epstein Diane & Karl Berolzheimer Frank & Barb Brady Douglas R. Brown Mary Anne & Joe Cappo Beth Casey & Michael Franzese Colleen & Joe Chappelle Mr. & Mrs. Mark Crane Noah Eisner Ross & Susie Erlebacher Bill & Sandra Farrow Mr. & Mrs. Peter Frank Dan Frey Steve & Ann Gilford Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hagee Del & Ginger Hall Michael & Muffy Hendershot Don & Betsy Hohman Lesley Hyatt & Bernard Friedman Lesli Jennings Suzanne & Jim Kenney Anne Leyden & Mike Meyers Paul & Margaret Lurie Bill & Maureen McInerny John & Linnea Mead Norma Olsen Mr. & Mrs. Norman Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Rosenbloom Susan & Tim Salisbury Stanley & Kay Schlozman Dr. G. Stephen & Ellen Scholly Eleanor Springer Abby Strauss Andrew & Rosemary Thomas Nancy M. Williams Julie Womack Seymour Zitomersky & Barbara LaSpesa

Performers || $250-$499 Anonymous (2) Judith & Trent Anderson Mary Badger & Elbrey Harrell Peggy Bagley & Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer Karl & Diane Berolzheimer in honor of Evelyn Salk Margo & Paul Brown Ted & Barbara Buenger Marcia Caulkins Richard & Catherine Corr Ron & Mary Charles

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Mr. & Mrs. David Cudnowski Ms. Terry Dason Inge de la Camp Mr. & Mrs. Eldred DuSold Roz & Seth Eisner Bruce Ettelson P.C. & Missy Bundy Raymond Fessler Maya Friedler Thomas & Patricia Gahlon Diane Gottlieb Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hagee in honor of Evelyn Salk Mark & Carolyn Hersch Mitchell Hertz & Anne Carlucci Lou Hurckes in honor of Evelyn Salk Packy & Nicole Hyland Neil & Diana King Dr. & Mrs. Barry Kirschenbaum Martin J. & Susan B. Kozak Charitable Fund Elliot & Frances Lehman in honor of Evelyn Salk Fran & Chuck Licht Paul & Margaret Lurie in honor of Evelyn Salk Tom & Joan Lindsey Lytle Family Fund of the Evanston Community Foundation Edward Malstrom & Nancy Anderson Pete & Marcia Masloski Steffi Masur David & Karen Mattenson Eric & Kate Mattson Margaret F. May Ted & Almeda Maynard Meghan McCarthy Robert & Linda Meyers Janet Mullet Ellen K Munro Bill Nelson & Sherry Graham Nelson Tanya Nevidomsky Patrick & Eileen O’Sullivan Hannah Olsen Dan Paul & Edward Galvin Greg & Nicki Pearson in honor of Evelyn Salk Raymond & Alice Perry Jill & David Pollans Richard Porter Nancy & Jim Powers Sally Prager Roberta & Howard Rosen Eunice & William Rosen Ann & Mike Rosenblum Marian T. Shmikler Nancy & Tom Silberman Chris & Susie Smyth Shirley & Lawrence Solomon Alvin & Kate Spector Thomas & Beverly Tabern John & Lynn Traff Patricia Vile Chris Walsh Avers & Gloria Wexler Linda & Payson Wild Andris A Zoltners

Prompters || $150-$249 Anonymous (2) Kate & Dewayne Ashcraft Ann & Joseph Boyle Steven & Phyllis Brody Peter & Virginia Buerger Richard Campbell

Edwin & Marie Comiskey David Cunliffe & Desiree Ruhstraat Barbara & Peter DeBerge Benjamin & Catherine de Mayo David & April Deming Nicole Deming Deanna Dunagan Gerald Elbin Mr. & Mrs. Albert Erlebacher Messrs. Mike Flesher & Michael Wood Janet Freund William & Lynda Frillman Phyllis Goldman Larry & Sherry Guthman Mr. Eric Haab & Ms. Kim Yee Joan & Bill Haase John & Suzanne Hales Lynn & Alan Hambourger Randal Hamburg Betsy Helgerson Donald Honchell & Susan Horn Mary Jane & Lawrence Horwitz Karen & David Hughes Edward Hurley & Kelley Killian GeeKay Productions, Inc. Mel & Annie Kahn Alberta Keagy Caryl & Burt Lasko Jules H. & Marilyn R. Last Fund Drs. Lisa Laurent Peckler & Scott Peckler Karen Leonard Kathy Madson Charlie & Liz Martin Martha Jo Mathews Eric & Kate Mattson Alice Merrick Kathy & Kim Meyers Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Monahan Dennis & Linda Myers P.C. Todd & Melanie Novak Louis & Deborah Nusinson Ruth Oppenheim Jeffrey Richards Jonathan & Piper Rothschild James & Cynthia Rowe Susan B. & Myron E. Rubnitz Kathy & Dan Ryan Ellen & Jonathan Salk Lynn Schaber Leslie Schreiber Joann Shapiro in honor of Evelyn Salk Bruce Siewerth Margaret & Alan Silberman Spencer Smith Richard & Elaine Snow Ann Stevens Carol & Larry Townsend George & Susan Van Dusen James & Mary Ellen Van Ness Hal Wehrenberg Leslie & Michael Wolf Karen Zupko

IN KIND Abt Electronics Accents Plus Arabesque Dance Studio Ayla’s Own Bagel Country The Belden-Stratford/Seneca Hotel Boston Blackies Boho Theatre Boka Ian Brennan

Brigid’s Bags Bravo!

Bukiety Cafe Pyrenees Carol & Steve Mullins Charmers Chicago A Cappella Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago Bulls Chicago Jazz Ensemble Chicago Shakespeare City Olive Classic Vacations Colon McLean & Matthew Holt Court Theatre CRC Travel The Doubletree Hotel Edelman Leather Eve Alfille The Field Museum Four Seasons Beverly Hills The French Pastry School Fresh Market Gavin Evanston Gerhard & Kathy Bette Goodman Theatre Grand Lux Cafe Gruppo Di Amici Harris Bank Hazel The Heartland Heaventree Candle Company Hecky’s Barbeque Hilton Garden Inn

Howard Feinstein & Brenda Hansen Hotel Orrington Joffrey Ballet John & Julie Anastos Julie & Josh Chernoff Justins Kathy & Stuart Edwards Kettelkamp & Kettelkamp Landscape Architecture Kohl Children’s Museum Lad & Lassie Landmark Grill & Lounge Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc. Lifeline Theatre Light Opera Works Lincoln Tap Room Lincoln Trio Lookingglass Theatre Company Lovells Lulu’s Dim Sum Maggiano’s Michael & Joan Callahan McGaw YMCA MJ Catering Museum of Science & Industry Neal & Trimmy Stamell North Shore Yoga Oceanique Perennial Personal Training Fitness Ltd. Piven Theatre Plantings Porchlight Music Theatre

Prairie Grass Prairie Moon Quince at The Homestead Raven Theatre Ravinia Richard Harris Robert S. & Sandra G. Silver Rosalie Rehab & Construction Rosebud Restaurants S Factor Sit & Stay Sloan Valve Company Southwest Airlines Stage Left Theatre Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Rosenbloom Stephen & Barbara Kennedy Steppenwolf Theatre Sylvia & Walter Holdampf Talbot’s Teas Thomas D. Stringer & Scott E. Waller Three Tarts Timeline Theatre Tommy Nevins Pub Timothy & Jane Evans Timothy & Susanne Sullivan Trattoria Pomigliano Trio Salon Evanston Union Pizzeria Victory Gardens Wendy & Mark Irwin Whole Foods Market Williams Next Door Writers Theatre

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North Shore Center for the Performing Arts 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, IL 60077 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TELEPHONE: (847) 679-9501 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE FAX: (847) 679-1879 BOX OFFICE TELEPHONE: (847) 673-6300 BOX OFFICE FAX: (847) 679-3704 www.northshorecenter.org General Manager...................................................................................................... Michael Pauken Box Office Manager........................................................................................................Ron Weaver Box Office Assistant Manager...................................................................................Heather Packard Box Office Staff...............................Paul Adams, Tricia Bulaclac, Alison Burkhardt, Nichole Grisanti, Paul Harris-Hertel,Jaime Koser Arena, Myra Levin, Karen Neumann, Maegan Rose, Cyndi Stevens, Brian Szopinski Centre East Program Manager......................................................................................... R.J. Inawat Events Manager........................................................................................................... Betty Boduch House Managers...............................Matthew Conlon, Yuri Lysoivanov, Megan Nelson, Sherrie Witt Marketing & Communications Manager..................................................................... Joseph Alaimo Office Manager.......................................................................................................... Carolyn Adams Operations Manager..................................................................................................Ardelle Winston Operations Staff...................................... Melvin Berkowitz, Andrew Hutchinson, Christopher Jones Luis Narvaez, Hector Perez, Gary Sapperstein, Larry Williams Receptionist.................................................................................................................... Jean George Security.....................................................................................................................Greg Kwiecinski Technical Director............................................................................................................ Frank Rose Technical Staff.......................................................Dustin L. Derry, Jake Reich, Jay Stoutenborough Ushers provided by the Saints, Volunteers for the Performing Arts. For information call (773) 529-5510.

Administrative Office Hours: Monday–Friday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Box Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. or until curtain; Saturday, Noon–5 p.m. or until curtain. Sunday: Opens two hours prior to curtain. (summer hours may vary)

The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie opened in 1996 and operates as part of the Village of Skokie’s plan to provide cultural, literary, and educational programs, benefiting the citizens of Skokie and the North Shore communities. Three resident cultural organizations Centre East, Northlight Theatre, and the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, call the center home.

The North Shore Center is perfect for performances, social occasions and corporate events. For information on space availability and catering options, please contact the Events Manager at (847)679-9501 ext. 3005.

The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie Foundation was established to support the ongoing programming and capital needs of the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. The mission of the Foundation is to create and sustain the North Shore Center as a preeminent venue for the arts and as a major asset to the communities it serves.

IN CONSIDERATION OF OTHER PATRONS

• Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of management.

• Portable telephones, pagers, cameras, and re­cording devices are not allowed inside the theater. Please check them with the house manager.

• Infrared assisted listening devices are available from the house manager. A valid driver’s license, state identification, or major credit card will be requested.

• Lost and Found: please call (847) 679-9501 ext. 3202 for lost items.

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Professional Facilities Management, of Providence, R.I, manages the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie.