Northlight - Whipping Man

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Timothy J. Evans EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Matthew Lopez DIRECTED BY

Kimberly Senior

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Production Stage Manager

Jack Magaw, USA Rachel Laritz, USA Christine A. Binder, USA Christopher Kriz, USA Laura D. Glenn, AEA

OPENING NIGHT: JANUARY 25, 2013 At the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie

The Whipping Man is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

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CAST & PRODUCTION CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) Derek Gaspar*..............................................................................................................Caleb Tim Edward Rhoze*.................................................................................................. Simon Sean Parris ..................................................................................................................... John Understudies: Wardell Clark (John), Sam Hubbard (Caleb), Eugene Parker (Simon) Understudies will not substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. *Member of the Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers

Setting The ruins of a once grand home in Richmond, Virginia. April, 1865.

The Whipping Man will be performed with one 15-minute intermission.

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF Casting Director............................................................................................... Lynn Baber Production Dramaturg......................................................................Dr. Kristin Leahey Assistant to the Director....................................................................Matt Dominguez Violence Design............................................................................................ Chris Rickett Dialect Coach..............................................................................................Eva Breneman Makeup Effects....................................................................................... Christine Conley Props...........................................................................................................Nick Heggestad Assistant Dramaturgs...............Lukas Brashertons and Brandy Reichenberger The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

SPECIAL THANKS Weber-Stephen Products, Lesley A. Williams, Dylan Craig Penningroth, E. Patrick Johnson, Amita Lonial, James Cornelius, Ilana Bruton, Phil Funkenbusch, Wendy Yablon, Libby Mahoney, Mary Kate Barley-Jenkins, Nancy Wagner, Ronald H. Sims, George Van Dusen, Matthew Lopez, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Humanities Festival, Skokie Public Library, Highland Park Public Library, Evanston Public Library, Wilmette Public Library, Lincoln Presidential Library

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PROGRAM NOTES FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Before you ask, there is historical precedent for the storylines of Matthew Lopez’s surprising and powerful play The Whipping Man. Within the context of the fallen South at the end of the Civil War, a returning Confederate soldier (the son of a Jewish slave owner) and two newly freed former slaves become an exotic and combustive cocktail. All three outsiders in a racially explosive South, these men are thrown together in a time of political and social upheaval--making for a barn burner of a play which is at once compelling and intellectually satisfying.

Filled with uncertainty and surprise, Matthew Lopez’s play asks difficult moral questions. Can Southern Jews, themselves once an enslaved people, observe and accept the morally unacceptable practice of slavery?

How does a civilization rebuild itself without rancor or bilious resentment and accept a new paradigm based on tolerance, faith and the courage to embrace the unknown? When does a society look at itself as an outgrowth of the mistakes of the past, and, determined to rebuild, resolutely refuse to repeat the failure of its forbearers? As we watch the play, we must wonder whether these changes start not on a societal level, but on a micro or personal level. When given intellectual consideration, Lopez’s plot points are almost revelations.

I admire Matthew’s brave embrace in taking on these challenging issues, tossing them into a salad bowl of controversy and mixing in a dressing of humor and compassion. In the construct of a traditional play, he has blended large ideas and boldly challenged our values and morals.

BJ Jones, Artistic Director

FROM THE DIRECTOR I was raised in suburban New Jersey, the daughter of a Syrian Orthodox Jewish father and a Reform Jewish mother. I attended religious school, high holy days services, experienced the ceremony of Bat Mitzvah, was confirmed, and worked on a kibbutz in Israel. In my home there were lively discussions of the faith and to what degree we as individuals or a family practiced and believed.

Throughout my experience of Judaism, I have often felt aloof or alienated.

The traditions and their symbols lacked a resonance in my contemporary life. So when I first read The Whipping Man I was taken aback, floored by my deeply emotional reaction to the play. Without revealing too much, the events of the play brought new meaning to words I had recited for nearly 40 years. Just today in rehearsal we discussed the movement of the symbolic to the literal, the ephemeral to the tangible. And through 4

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PROGRAM NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR cont. these discoveries we in turn examine ourselves, our faith, our history--not only as Jews but also as Americans. Not only as children but also as parents.

One of my dearest childhood friends, Sharon Brous, is now a Rabbi.

I know we share a background in the faith. We attended the same preschool and religious school, attended one another’s Bat Mitzvahs.

I have been so amazed and inspired by where Judaism has led her. This play is where my Judaism has led me.

I would like to share some of Sharon’s words- which I shared on the first day of rehearsal: “My God is an Exodus God, devastated by the prevalence of hopelessness and despair, because this God is responsible for planting the message of the possibility of redemption on the human psyche.

My God calls upon human beings to witness the pain of the afflicted, to agonize over the plight of the poor, to fight for the dignity of all human beings. My God insists that we...wake up to the suffering of the widow, the orphan and the stranger, that we recognize that the bond of human connectedness extends beyond our own immediate family and circle of friends. My God demands that we recognize that the religious life is fundamentally incompatible with apathy and complacency, just as it is with cruelty and brutality.”

LEARN MORE! Learn more about the issues of history, race and religion surrounding the play through these supplementary events:

Mon 1/21 at 6:15pm at Evanston Public Library

Civil War era medical practice: why amputation was often the answer.

Wed 1/30 at 6:15 PM (preceding 7:30 performance) at Northlight Theatre - Salon Series

The politics of race and religion and the Great Migration of African Americans.

Thu 1/31 at 3:30pm at Skokie Public Library and Wed 2/6 at 3:30pm at Wilmette Public Library A conversation with Director and Cast members.

Mon 2/4 at 7:00pm at Highland Park Public Library

Contrasts in construction: the Architectural Library compares Chicago’s post-Civil War architectural boom with a rapidly deteriorating South.

Thu 2/7 at 3:30pm at Skokie Public Library

Jewish slave owners in 19th-century America: a panel discussion with Rabbi Andrea London (Beth Emet), Reverend Mark Dennis (Second Baptist Church), Tim Rhoze (cast), and Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen.

Events above are FREE!

The story of Passover reminds us of the past, celebrates in the present, and demands we take action in the future. May next year we all be free.

Next year in Jerusalem.

Northlight is proud to collaborate with the Chicago History Museum on the series New Voices: Festival of Jewish Plays. For dates and tickets visit northlight.org/newvoices

– Kimberly Senior, Director January, 2013

All events are subject to change. For details visit northlight.org/events.

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PROGRAM NOTES JUDAIC LIFE IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH What was the Jewish population of the South pre-1865?

During the early 1800s, the first Jewish immigrants who settled in the South were Sephardic and resided in Savannah, Georgia. In 1820, there were as many Jews in Charleston as there were in New York City, and German Jews made Memphis one of the fastest growing cities during the 1850s. In 1860, it is estimated that between 20,000 to 25,000 Jews lived in the 11 states of the Confederacy and were descendants of immigrants who fled religious persecution in Bavaria, Prussia, Alsace, Hesse, Baden, Swabia, Hungary, and Russia. In general, Southern Jews were not plantation owners or farmers but rather petty traders.

Over time, many continued to move further south, developing their own American Judaic religious identity. For instance, they began to introduce organ and hymnal music into their services and recited many prayers in English rather than in Hebrew. In 1860, Louisiana was home to 25 to 40 percent of southern Jewry.

Did Jewish Southerners own slaves?

Precise statistics concerning the number of Jewish slave owners do not exist because of the lack of reliable censuses. However, wills, photographs, diaries, government documents, and oral histories indicate that some Southern Jewish Americans owned slaves. For many upper-middle to upper class Jews the owning of slaves was a form of assimilation, as well as a way to gain entrance into Southern genteel society. The behavior of Jews towards their slaves was indistinguishable from that of Christian slave owners. And, similar

A whipped slave, 1860s

to most slave owners in urban areas, many Jewish slave owners whipped their slaves.

What was the population of Jews who served in the Civil War? By 1860, with a Jewish population of 150,000 in the United States, there were at least 160 identifiable Jewish communities with synagogues throughout the country, indicating that Jewish families with sons all across the nation served for the Union and the Confederacy.

Most scholars contend as many as 3,000 Jewish Confederate soldiers and 6,000 Jewish Union soldiers fought in the war.

Who were the Jews of Richmond, Virginia, pre-1865?

New Orleans boasted the largest Jewish community in the South, while Richmond possessed a far smaller but thriving population.

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PROGRAM NOTES Army, clergy often accommodated Jewish Confederates’ religious needs. During the war, Reverend Michelbacher of the Confederacy wrote and published a special prayer titled “The Prayer of the Confederate Southern Soldiers.” The work employed language specifically connected to Judaism and compared the Jewish struggle for freedom with the Southern secession.

Antebellum Map of Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, 1865

Both Union and Confederate Jews celebrated Passover but with great difficulty. The Seder requires a number of specific foods that the South especially lacked. In order to observe, Jewish Southerners reached out to Northern Jews for provisions. They wrote letters to Jewish journals and periodicals pleading for Seder supplies. Many of these pleas came from formerly wealthy families who now lacked the means to obtain the special food. With an overwhelming response from the North, Southern Jewish families received 3,000 pounds of matzoh sent from New York and another 2,000 pounds delivered from Philadelphia in 1864.

of Love) and Kenesseth Israel (Congregation of Israel) resided in the city. Some Jews of Richmond participated in the buying, owning, and selling of slaves. Historical evidence from 1840 identifies a few Jewish slave auctioneers in the city and that many Richmond rabbis supported slavery. During the war, many Jewish citizens served in Richmond’s Light Infantry Brigade.

How did those practicing the faith continue to observe during the war?

Documents indicate that many attempted to continue to practice their faith and relied on it during this time of crisis. Without any appointed rabbis in the Confederate 8

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David Camden DeLeon - The DeLeons were a prominent Jewish Southern family who had deep roots in the South and many members involved in the Confederacy, such as David Camden DeLeon, the Confederate army’s chief medical officer. The DeLeon Family inspired much of The Whipping Man.

PROGRAM NOTES THE CAPITAL CONFEDERATE CITY WHERE THE PLAY IS SET: RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Confederate soldiers in Petersburg, circa 1865

During the 1860s, the large German and Irish immigrant populations and a thriving Jewish community made Richmond a diverse urban and commercial center in the South.

On May 20, 1861, Richmond became the Confederate capital in an effort by the Confederate Congress to lure more Virginians to support the Confederacy. As a major industrial city, intersected with the railroad, Richmond greatly helped the Confederate military effort. During the war, the city’s Tredegar Iron Works provided about half of all domestically produced ammunition for the Confederate Army.

From June 16, 1864 until April 1, 1865, the Union Army continually laid siege on Confederate Virginian cities, including the debilitated capital. In Petersburg – immediately 20 to 30 miles north of Richmond – The Battle of Five Forks took place on April 1, 1865. This advance enabled Union forces to finally break through Confederate lines.

In an effort to prevent the Union Army from commandeering their supplies, Richmond destroyed all of their tobacco, liquor, and weapons.

On April 2, 1865, Richmond civilians evacuated and those who remained in the defeated city surrendered peacefully to Union troops.

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PROGRAM NOTES RICHMOND SLAVES DURING THE CIVIL WAR Virginia had the largest slave population of any state in the South. During the war a third of Virginians were slaves, while free African Americans made up only 3% of the population. Slave labor provided major support for Virginia’s wartime economy. Freed and enslaved African Americans took factory jobs formerly occupied by whites who became soldiers. Also, they became nurses and cooks in army hospitals and built fortifications and dug trenches on battlefields.

Although some supported the Confederacy, most Southern African Americans hoped for liberation and victory for the Union.

Very few slaves were conscripted as Confederate soldiers because of fear of slave rebellion if they were armed. In general, when the war began, slaves in urban areas experienced stricter treatment because of the fear of uprising.

In Richmond, many of the rights of hired slaves were taken away during the war, such as choosing their employers, negotiating their own wages, and receiving direct payment. And more than ever before slaves were sold and separated from their families because of economic desperation.

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PROGRAM NOTES MATTHEW LOPEZ ON THE WHIPPING MAN

Selections from the New York Times January 27, 2011 article, “Writing the Play His Curiosity Led Him To” by Felicia R. Lee How did Matthew Lopez come to write The Whipping Man? His parents, both teachers, and his younger brother “were a bunch of Civil War buffs,” Mr. Lopez, 33, offered. The three characters at the center of his play…must figure out who they are now and what they’ll do next, with the Civil War just ended and definitions of freedom and servitude being rewritten before their eyes.

Still, Mr. Lopez said: “I don’t know if you need to belong to a certain group to tell a story. If you did, I would only write about gay Puerto Rican guys who live in Park Slope and have an obsession with stinky cheese.”

He added, more seriously, “We as Americans have to take responsibility for our past, even if most of us in the country today are not descendants of slaveholders.”

Mr. Lopez came to New York in 2000 to try acting (“I was not very good”) and ended up focusing on writing, another love. After watching films like Glory, about a regiment of black troops during the Civil War, he said he became fascinated with the question of how a person could be a slave for most of his life and then suddenly be free.

“Before and after, there is no clean break,” he said. “How do you make that psychological change?”

It’s not just a matter for the history books. “One of my characters says, ‘What do I do now?’...I think that’s a really important question. You can compare it to any great calamity.

That question was asked after the Rwandan genocide, I’m sure. It was asked after the Holocaust. That question was asked after 9/11.”

Parallels between Jews and AfricanAmericans came to Mr. Lopez as he did research for his idea of a play set in the crucial month of April 1865, when the Civil War ended and Lincoln was assassinated.

While reading scholarly books and the autobiography of Frederick Douglass, he stumbled upon a casual reference to the fact that in 1865 the Passover observance began the day after Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.

“It was this eureka moment,” Mr. Lopez said. “As these slaves were being freed in the American South, there was this ancient observance of the Exodus story.” …The first incarnation of The Whipping Man was a 20-minute play called The Soldier and the Slave. Stealing writing time between office jobs to support himself, Mr. Lopez sent it off with some other work to Cheryl Katz, Director of Play Development at Luna Stage, then in Montclair, N.J. She was immediately smitten with the Civil War drama.

“I saw that Matthew had a terrific ear for dialogue and the rhythm of the way people speak,” said Ms. Katz, who worked closely as a dramaturge with Mr. Lopez to hone the story structure and characters.

“He’s got the whole package. He has an innate talent, his characters are vibrant; they jump off the page.”

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PROFILES Derek Gaspar (Caleb) feels very fortunate to be making his Northlight debut on such an amazing play. His recent credits include Three Sisters and The March (Steppenwolf Theatre), Chicago Boys (Goodman Theatre), Waiting for Lefty (American Blues Theater) and Orpheus Descending (Shattered Globe). Other companies he has had the pleasure to work with include Court, Next, Timeline, Pine Box and Trap Door Theatres.

He would like to thank Kimberly for this humbling opportunity to speak Matthew’s beautiful words and thank the cast, crew and staff for all their support. He is represented by the dynamic Paonessa Talent Agency and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity. Lastly, all my love to family, Mary, Maeve and Nina.

Sean Parris (John) is beyond excited to make his Northlight Theatre debut in such an amazing play with such an amazing group of people. Other Chicago credits include: The world premiere of A Girl with Sun in Her Eyes (Pine Box Theatre), Letters Home (Griffin Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare), Pornography (Steep Theatre), Seascape (Remy Bumppo); Understudy in Angels In America (Court Theatre). Regional Credits include: Hamlet (Saratoga Shakespeare Festival). Sean is a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University. He is represented

by Paonessa Talent Agency. He dedicates this show to his beautiful Mother (love you mom).

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Tim Edward Rhoze (Simon) is the Producing Artistic Director of the FleetwoodJourdain Theatre in Evanston; he has directed For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, Having Our Say, Five Guys Named Moe, From the Mississippi Delta, Heat, Home, and playwright Tania Richards’ solo performance in her autobiographical Truth Be Told. Tim has performed at the Goodman Theatre in over a dozen plays, and more than 30 other productions at Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, Detroit Repertory Theatre, Detroit’s Harmonie Park Playhouse, Plow Shares and Attic Theatres, Wayne State University’s Hilberry Repertory, University of Detroit Theatre Company and Geva Theatre in Rochester, New York. For my daughter Kara, the heart and soul of my life and my constant inspiration.

Kimberly Senior (Director) Northlight: The Whipping Man (debut). Chicago: The Letters (Writers’ Theatre); Want, The North Plan (Steppenwolf); After the Revolution, Madagascar, The Overwhelming (Next); Cripple of Inishmaan, Bug, The Pillowman (Redtwist); Disgraced (American Theater Company); Waiting for Lefty (American Blues); Old Times, Uncle Vanya, Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters (Strawdog); Thieves Like Us (House Theatre); All My Sons, Dolly West’s Kitchen (TimeLine Theatre).

Regional: Disgraced (Lincoln Center); Murder on the Nile, A Few Good Men (Peninsula Players); Mauritius (Theatre Squared).

Founder/Collaboraction, Artistic Associate/Next, Strawdog, Chicago Dramatists. Kimberly lives in Evanston with her husband, scenic

PROFILES designer Jack Magaw and her two children, Noah and Delaney.

Matthew Lopez (Playwright) The Whipping Man is one of the most celebrated and widely-produced new American plays of the last few theatrical seasons. It premiered off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club, directed by Doug Hughes and starring André Braugher. Mr. Lopez was awarded the John Gassner New Play Award from the Outer Critics Circle for this production. His play Somewhere premiered in 2011 at the Old Globe and is currently on the stage at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto.

Other plays include Reverberation, The Legend of Georgia McBride and The Sentinels, which premiered in 2011 in London. He is commissioned

by Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Hartford Stage, where he is the 2012/13 Aetna New Voices Fellow. Mr. Lopez is currently a staff writer on Aaron Sorkin’s HBO series The Newsroom.

Jack Magaw (Set Design) has designed scenery for numerous Northlight shows, most recently The Odd Couple. Other Chicago and regional theatre design credits: I Just Stopped by to See the Man (Alliance Theatre); Circle Mirror Transformation (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Pippin and The Whipping Man (Kansas City Repertory); Superior Donuts (Geva Theatre); Gee’s Bend (Cincinnati Playhouse); Murder on the Nile and Opus (Peninsula Players Theatre); Jitney (Court Theatre) and The Letters (Writers’ Theatre). Seven Jefferson Award nominations include designs for The Caretaker (Writers’ Theatre), In the Next Room (Victory Gardens) and Disgraced (American Theatre Company).

Upcoming projects: Little Gem (City Theatre of Pittsburgh) and Clybourne Park (CenterStage Baltimore). Jack is married to

director Kimberly Senior and teaches design at DePaul University. www.jackmagaw.com Rachel Laritz (Costume Design) is happy to be joining Northlight for the eleventh time, including this season’s The Odd Couple.

Off-Broadway: Pearl Theatre.

Regional Theatre: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Actors Theatre Louisville, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Remy Bumppo, Court Theatre, Peninsula Players, Timeline, Route 66, Next Act, Chamber Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Skylight Opera, Children’s Theatre Madison, and the University of Michigan. Other professional credits include: NBC’s Law & Order, American Players Theatre, Chicago Opera Theatre, Garsington Opera (London, England) and the Spoleto Festival USA. Rachel is a recipient of a 2011 Emerging

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PROFILES Artist Alumni Award from the University of Michigan and a 2009 Jeff Award for Voysey Inheritance.

Christine A. Binder (Lighting Design) has designed for Writers Theatre, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Court, Northlight, Lookingglass, the McCarter Theatre, Hartford Stage, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Her opera designs include work at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Theatre, San Diego Opera, New York City Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, and Houston Grand Opera.

Recent designs include: Woody Sez (Northlight), The Letters (Writers), and Don Pasquale (Lyric Opera).

Upcoming productions are: Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo and Big Lake, Big City (Lookingglass) and Oklahoma! (Lyric Opera). Ms. Binder has been nominated for Jeff Awards for her work with the Court, Northlight and Lookingglass. She is an Artistic Associate with Lookingglass and Head of Lighting at The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Christopher Kriz (Original Music and Sound Design) works nationally as a composer and sound designer.

Previous Northlight designs include Black Pearl Sings! and Eclipsed.

In Chicago, Chris has designed for companies including Writers Theatre, Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens and Timeline. Some recent Chicago credits include The Letters (Writers’ Theatre), I Am Going To Change The World (Chicago Dramatists), After The Revolution (Next Theatre) and Purple Heart (Redtwist Theatre). Recent regional credits include The Nerd (Peninsula Players) and Fall Of The House (Theatre Squared). Chris has received 5 Jeff nominations and 2 awards, most recently for Turn Of The Screw (First Folio). Upcoming productions include Creditors 14

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(Remy Bumppo) and Yellow Moon (Writers Theatre). To hear more of his work, please visit www.christopherkriz.com Laura D. Glenn (Production Stage Manager) celebrates her eleventh year working with Northlight, where credits include The Odd Couple, Ten Chimneys, Season’s Greetings, Sense & Sensibility, A Life, Souvenir, Better Late (also at the Galway Arts Festival), Retreat from Moscow, Permanent Collection, Cat Feet, Blue/Orange, Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie, Sky Girls, Rounding Third, and A Skull in Connemara. Other credits: Three Sisters, Middletown, To Kill a Mockingbird, a parallelogram, Superior Donuts, Betrayal, Love Song, I Never Sang for My Father, Purple Heart, The Drawer Boy, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and many others (Steppenwolf).

International credits include Orange Flower Water and Purple Heart (Steppenwolf) also at the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland; The Man Who Came to Dinner – BITE festival at the Barbican Center in London; the regional and Broadway productions of Buried Child.

Dr. Kristin Leahey (Production Dramaturg) is the Resident Dramaturg at Northlight Theatre and formerly the Literary Manager at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC. Her dramaturgical credits include productions with the Goodman Theatre, The Kennedy Center, the Indiana Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Victory Gardens Theater, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, Collaboraction, Teatro Luna, Teatro Vista, Eclipse Theatre Company, Redmoon Theater, Next Theatre Company and A Red Orchid Theatre, among others. Her publications

PROFILES include articles in Theatre Topics, Theatre History and Theatre Studies.

Her teaching credits include courses taught at The University of Texas, Lake Michigan College, DePaul University, and Columbia College.

She received her doctorate in dramaturgy and performance studies at The University of Texas at Austin.

BJ Jones (Artistic Director) is in his 15th season as Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre where he directed the world premieres of The Outgoing Tide (Jeff Nomination – Best Director), Lady, Better Late, Rounding Third with George Wendt, and Sky Girls, as well as productions of The Odd Couple, Grey Gardens, Season’s Greetings, The Lady with All the Answers, A Skull in Connemara, The Cripple of Inishmaan, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. He has guided the world premieres of The Last Five Years, The Gamester, and Studs Terkel’s ‘The Good War’. Other Chicago directorial credits include: Pitmen Painters (Jeff Nomination – Best Director, Timeline), A Number (Next), 100 Saints You Should Know (Steppenwolf), The Dresser (Body Politic). Regional: Glengarry Glen Ross (Suzie Bass Nominee - Best Director, Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre), Enchanted April (Asolo Theatre), and productions at Cherry Lane Theatre NY, Galway Arts Festival, Baltimore Center

Stage, and Utah Shakespeare Festival. As a performer, Mr. Jones is a two-time Jeff Award winner and has appeared at Northlight, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, and other theatres throughout Chicago. Film/TV credits include The Fugitive, Body Double, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Early Edition, Cupid and Turks, among others.

Timothy J. Evans (Executive Director) 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 film and television projects. He produced the feature films Diminished Capacity with Matthew Broderick (premiered 2008 Sundance Film Festival) and The Last Rites of Joe May with Dennis Farina (premiered 2011 Tribeca Film Festival). 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.

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ABOUT NORTHLIGHT NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPPORTING NORTHLIGHT: INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION SPONSORSHIPS We would like to thank all of the generous and steadfast supporters who have been so dedicated to Northlight Theatre. Your investment in our mission is vital to the Theatre’s continued success and we thank you for all that you do.

As you consider making a gift to Northlight this season, we would like to share a new opportunity for giving by becoming an Individual Production Sponsor. The sponsorships are part of a new fundraising model, one that allows our donors to directly support the art being created on our stage.

Penny Slusher and John Mahoney, A Life, 2010

As an Individual Production Sponsor, you may choose to support any component of Northlight’s extraordinary programming – on the stage, in schools and in our community. Opportunities include: • 2012 – 2013 Mainstage Series •Arts Education Programs •Community Engagement Events

Alana Arenas, Leslie Ann Sheppard, and Paige Collins, Eclipsed, 2011

Your Individual Production Sponsorship can be customized based on your personal interests and commitment to supporting the arts.

For more information, please contact Andria Venezia, Associate Director of Development, at avenezia@ northlight.org or 847.324.1613.

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NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS LEADERSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES Timothy P. Sullivan, Chairman Susan Karol, President Dan Peterson, Vice President Rahul Roy, Secretary Eileen Frank, Treasurer Gerhard Bette Michael R. Callahan* Timothy J. Evans Howard A. Feinstein Freddi Greenberg Michael Guerra BJ Jones Paul Lehman* Jennifer Newton Evelyn Salk* Robert S. Silver Bob Silverman Thomas D. Stringer Greg Taubeneck Matthew Udoni Michael Pauken, ex officio Norman Rosen, ex officio

ADVISORY BOARD Joan Barr Smith*, Chair Steven J. Bernstein Karl Berolzheimer H. Woods Bowman Margo Brown Joe Cappo Jack Crocker Stephen Engelman Paul Finnegan* Craig Golden Eleanor Hall Lynn Hiestand Harry J. Lennix James Lytle Max McGee Steve Mullins* Mike Nussbaum Sheldon Patinkin Merril Prager Sandra Rosenbloom Esther Saks* David Seidman* Trimmy Stamell* Susan Van Dusen

Patricia Vile Bernice Weissbourd George Wendt ASSOCIATES BOARD Jennifer Newton, Chair Noah Eisner Ross Erlebacher Randal Hamburg Lesli Jennings Hannah Olsen Leslie Schreiber Abby Strauss Chris Walsh *Past President/Chairperson

DONORS Northlight Theatre is deeply grateful to the following contributors for their generous support. This list reflects gifts received September 1, 2011 through December 10, 2012.

If you would like your name to appear differently or prefer to remain anonymous, please contact Carrie Cole at 847.324.1616 or ccole@northlight.org.

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Premiere Sponsors $20,000 and above ComEd Edgerton Foundation BMO Harris Bank The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The Offield Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Timothy & Susanne Sullivan Family Foundation Executive Sponsors $10,000-$19,999 Draftfcb Chicago Illinois Arts Council Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Madison Dearborn Partners North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Foundation Nuveen Investments The Pauls Foundation The Daniel F. & Ada L. Rice Foundation 18

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Presenting Sponsors 5,000-$9,999 The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Ernst & Young Evanston Community Foundation Homestead/Quince Mid-Atlantic Foundation USArtists International Sanborn Family Foundation Tom Stringer Design Partners Lead Sponsors $2,500-$4,999 Arts Midwest Touring Fund Bloomingdale’s Fund of the Macy’s Foundation Cramer-Krasselt First Bank & Trust of Evanston McKinsey & Company Chicago Room and Board The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation

Sponsors $1,000 - $2,499 The Allyn Foundation Blackman Kallick Bartelstein, LLP Florida Association of Medical Staff Services Gand Music and Sound The Irving Harris Foundation The Joyce Foundation Modestus Bauer Foundation Polk Bros Foundation Skokie Fine Arts Commission Target Under $1,000 Francis Beidler III & Prudence R. Beidler Foundation GoodSearch Illinois Risk Management Services Massachusetts Association of Medical Staff Services Mole-Richardson Co. Morrisey Associates, Inc. NAMSS New York State Association of Medical Staff Services

NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS North Shore Community Bank & Trust Professional Facilities Management, Inc. Matching Gift Companies Bank of America Computing Technology Industry Association, Inc. Markel Corporation Nuveen Investments Océ North America, Inc. PepsiCo Foundation Polk Bros Foundation NORTHLIGHT ARTISTIC CIRCLE Executive Producers $25,000 and above Anonymous Gerhard & Kathy Bette Paul Lehman & Ronna Stamm Dan & Melanie Peterson Evelyn Salk Timothy & Susanne Sullivan Family Foundation Producers $10,000 - $24,999 Mr. & Mrs. Nick Alexos Michael & Joan Callahan Freddi Greenberg & Daniel Pinkert BJ Jones & Candy Corr Greg & Anne Taubeneck Family Fund Matt & Christine Udoni Playwrights $5,000 - $9,999 Sandra Barnett-White & Jim White Julie & Josh Chernoff Kathy & Stuart Edwards Robert & Maurita Freas The Friedland Family in honor of Waldo & Lucille Friedland Susan Karol & Glenn Warning Carole & Joseph Levy Hugo & Lois Melvoin Carol & Steve Mullins M.J. O’Brien Family Foundation Merle Reskin Rahul & Anuradhika Roy Robert S. & Sandra G. Silver Thomas D. Stringer & Scott E. Waller Directors $2,500 - $4,999 Anonymous Joyce Chelberg Richard & Catherine Corr Bernard Dowling Howard Feinstein & Brenda Hansen Eileen & Peter Frank in memory of Arthur Klawans Samuel & Ann Mencoff Sam & Marianne Oliva Merril Prager & John Levine Carol Saunders & Greg Harbaugh Bob & Lisa Silverman Gloria Yuen

Designers $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous Larry & Mary Boeder Frank & Barbara Brady in honor of BJ Jones Douglas R. Brown Colleen & Joe Chappelle Lynne Curtis Joseph Danno Timothy & Jane Evans Chris & Karen Felix Paul & Mary Finnegan Thomas & Patricia Gahlon Cameron & Emily Jones Colleen Hughes & Donald Rothschild in honor of BJ Jones Suzanne & Jim Kenney Klaff Family Foundation John Mahoney Colon McLean & Matthew Holt Charlie & Nancy McPike Audrey & Robert Morris Ellen K Munro in honor of John Mahoney Jordan & Jean Nerenberg Jennifer Newton Tom & Karen O’Keefe Norma Olsen Sanford & Jody Perl Frank Quinn Mr. & Mrs. Joel Radakovitz Esther S. Saks in honor of Evelyn Salk and Paul Lehman & Ronna Stamm Susan & Tim Salisbury Francis Sheahen Trimmy & Neal Stammel Lynn & Douglas Steffen Avy & Marcie Stein Andrew & Rosemary Thomas Jim Thompson Jim & Kim Walsh Bernice Weissbourd INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL FUND DONORS Partners $500 - $999 Anonymous (3) Ellen & Richard Anderson A.R.T. League, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Baade Mary Anne & Joe Cappo Lloyd & Monica Cassidy Mr. Frank Cella & Mr. Trev Minnaert in honor of Neal Moglin & Mark Tendam John Cialone & David Seleb Roz & Seth Eisner in honor of Noah Eisner Mark Evans & Maureen Moran Eleanor Northrop Hall Emily & Kevin Hansen Janet & Brian Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Horner Donna & Steven Horwitz Vivian S. Kaplan Kennedy Family Foundation Ms. Libby Adler Mages

Ted & Almeda Maynard Peter McGuire & Kate Briand Bill & Maureen McInerny John & Linnea Mead Robert & Linda Meyers Bill & Pepe Miller Neal Moglin & Mark Tendam Mike & Gina Moorman Adele & Seymour Neems Hon. Sheila O’Brien & Hon. Wayne Andersen in honor of BJ Jones Joe O’Leary Norman & Sally Rosen Jonathan & Piper Rothschild Valerie M. Rothschild Stan & Kay Schlozman in honor of Paul Lehman & Ronna Stamm Dr. G. Stephen & Ellen Scholly David & Christine Seidman Anita & Praba Sinha Diane Sobel Eleanor Springer Abby Strauss Mr. & Mrs. John W. Taylor III Julie Womack Seymour Zitomersky & Barbara LaSpesa Advocates $250 - $499 Anonymous (5) Robert & Barbara Agdern Moreen Alexander Eve & Maurice Alfille Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Allen in honor of Neal Moglin & Mark Tendam Diane & Karl Berolzheimer Wally Bobkiewicz Ted & Barbara Buenger Greg Cameron & Greg Thompson in honor of Thomas D. Stringer & Scott E. Waller Richard Campbell Lynn & Robert Clark Bradley & Jennifer Cohen Marvin R. Cohen & Jane Richman in honor of Paul Lehman Ellen Collar David & Kathy Cudnowski Barbara & Peter DeBerge Natasha Deutsch Mr. & Mrs. Eldred DuSold Mr. & Mrs. Albert Erlebacher Bruce Ettelson P.C. & Missy Bundy Maurice & Ruth Ettleson Raymond Fessler Jerome Fitzgerald Kenneth E. Frazee Robert & Jessica Freas Janet Freund & Jo Mathews in honor of Merril Prager & John Levine William & Lynda Frillman Linda & Hal Gerber Laura Glenn & John Lister Diane Gottlieb Nan & Wally Greenough Elbrey Adair Harrell & Mary McDonald Badger Tim & Trude Harrington in honor of Michael Callahan NORTHLIGHT THEATRE | 19

NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS Mitchell Hertz & Anne Carlucci Don & Betsy Hohman Donald Honchell & Susan Horn Anne & Mike Houghton Karen & David Hughes Lesley Hyatt & Bernard Friedman Michaela Jones Mel & Annie Kahn Dr. Claudia Katz in honor of Dorothy Swartz Dennis & Barb Kessler Mary King Dr. & Mrs. Barry Kirschenbaum Sandy & Saul Klibanow Martin J. & Susan B. Kozak Fund Mark & Stephanie Layden Tom & Joan Lindsey Ms. Ethel Liten in honor of Evelyn Salk Bonnie & Jay Lytle David & Karen Mattenson Joe McInerney Sheila & Harvey Medvin Alice Merrick Donald & Mary Ellen Newsom Bill & Jean O’Neill Wallace & Sarah Oliver Jim Ossyra & Carol Remen Sheldon Patinkin Heidi & Greg Peterson Richard Porter Sally Prager Clay & Sharon Purdy Erica Regunberg & Rob Dann Jeffrey Richards Marilyn Melvoin Richman Sandi Riggs Roberta & Howard Rosell Ira Rosenthal Bruce Sagan & Bette Cerf Hill Anthony Salk Keith & Ann Sarpolis Bruce & Sarane Siewerth Margaret & Alan Silberman Nancy & Tom Silberman Harriet C. Stone in memory of Norman A. Stone Donna Suhey Edward Swan Thomas & Beverly Tabern Ms. Karen Teitelbaum Vicki Truax James & Mary Ellen Van Ness William Vickers Patricia Vile Stephen & Alice Vile Lorrayne & Steve Weiss William & Barbara Welke Avers & Gloria Wexler Robert White Alan Wolf Supporters $150 - $249 Anonymous (5) Mr. & Mrs. Alberti Judith & Trent Anderson Patricia Anderson Robert & Joan Beaubaire Suzanne Berkson Debbie & Elliot Berman 20 | NORTHLIGHT THEATRE

Lois M. Berman James & Jaclyn Boyle Carol & Roger Brice Steven & Phyllis Brody Margo & Paul Brown Allen & Barbara Bullard Ron & Mary Charles Mary Alice & Peter J. Costello John Dainauskas David & April Deming Maria Depa Mary Louise Devens Deanna Dunagan David Dziedzic Noah & Gillian Eisner Ross & Susie Erlebacher Roy & Marta Evans Mr. & Mrs Robert Flynn Sidney & Jeckie Freedman Sono Fujii & Claudio Katz Dawn & Todd Gale Susan Mabrey Gaud Anneliese & Howard Glick Nancy & James Golding John & Angela Graham Roz & David Greenstein Mary Ann & David Grumman Susan & Harlan Haimes John & Suzanne Hales Del & Ginger Hall Becky Harris George & Marianne Hartnett Tom & Jan Hazlett Elaine & Richard Heuberger Judy & Jay Heyman Allen & Nancy Hirschfield Packy Hyland Judith Ivey in memory of Martin Pakledinaz Gitta K. Jacobs Dalia Kleinmuntz Lynn Kopon Marcia & Tom Korman Karen Kuehner Robert & Sherry Labate Jules H. & Marilyn Last Fund Marianne & Michael Lembeck Karen Leonard Elaine & Steve Lev Charles MacKelvie Lillian & Jerry Mann Brad & Sue Matson Margaret F. May Ed Mills Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Monahan Dennis & Lisa Myers P.C. Howard & Marlene Nagle Roberta Nichols Chuck & Judy Piper Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Plotkin Edwin & Susan Ritts Jeff & Lisa Rosenkranz James & Cynthia Rowe Jane G. Rozoff Sue & Mike Rubnitz Penelope & Toby Sachs Warren & Beatrice Saunders Julie Schmidt Alan & Roslyn Schwartz Margot Sersen Art & Jan Sherman

Harry & Louise Simon Lois Simon Pamela & Charles Smith Elyssa Joy Springer Fredric & Nikki Will Stein Lisa & Paul Stern Ann Stevens Arthur Styzen Mrs. Vernon B. Thomas Lori Tuffield Lois & Sye Unell Mark Verschuur in honor of Neal Moglin & Mark Tendam Mrs. Hempstead Washburne J & JR Weertman Diane & Sandy Whiteley Nancy M. Williams Bruce Winograd Sylvia Wolfson & Seymour Nordenberg Laura & Bruce Zimmerman IN KIND Anonymous Abt Electronics Actors Theatre of Louisville Christine & Dave Alexander Eve J. Alfille Gallery & Studio American Players Theatre John & Julie Anastos Arabesque Dance Studio Avis Car Rental Ayla’s Originals Emily Berezowsky Gerhard & Kathy Bette Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano Bloomingdale’s Old Orchard Blue Man Group Blue Plate Catering BMO Harris Bank Bollywood Groove Robert & Sara Brenner Buona Terra Ristorante Broadway in Chicago Michael & Joan Callahan Campagnola Charcoal Oven Restaurant Julie & Josh Chernoff The Chicago Architecture Foundation Chicago Bears Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago Bulls Chicago Cubs Chicago Endurance Sports Chicago Film Office Chicago Fire Chicago Public Media - WBEZ Chicago Shakespeare Theater Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago White Sox Chicago Zoological Society Ann Chikahisa City Olive John Cleland Carrie & Andrew Cole The Competitor Group Convito Café & Market Cothren House/Lisa & Don Hay Jack Crocker & Polly Hawkins Jeff & Paula Danoff

NORTHLIGHT SUPPORTERS Anne Deming & Jon Koehler Dempster St. Pro Musica The Doubletree Hotel Draftfcb Chicago Ross & Susie Erlebacher Timothy & Jane Evans Father and Son Italian Kitchen Howard Feinstein & Brenda Hansen The Field Museum First Folio Theatre Fleet Feet Sports Four Seasons Hotel Chicago Four Seasons Resort & Club Dallas Francesca’s North The French Pastry School Fresh Market The Gage Restaurant Gand Music and Sound GAVIN Evanston Goodman Theatre Hecky’s Barbecue Hertz Corporation Hilton Garden Inn Hota Hotel Orrington House of Rental Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Wendy & Mark Irwin J & L Catering J. Alexander’s JetBlue Airways John Hancock Observatory John G. Shedd Aquarium The Joffrey Ballet Michaela Jones Jr. Cuisine Cooking Show Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee Julie Kaplan Photography Justin’s Bar Chicago Kabul House Kettelkamp & Kettelkamp Landscape Architecture

Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe Tim Kazurinsky Lad & Lassie Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc. Levy Restaurants Libertad Restaurant Lincoln Tap Room Longman and Eagle David & Anne Loucks Lovell’s of Lake Forest Lisa Lukas Lulu’s Dim Sum & Then Sum Bonnie & Jay Lytle Maggiano’s David Mamet Maplewood Hotel Marigold Victoria Martini McCormick & Schmick’s McGaw YMCA Colon McLean & Matthew Holt Mitchell Museum of the American Indian MJ Catering Neal Moglin & Mark Tendam Mole-Richardson Co. Mumbai Indian Grill Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Music Box Theatre New Prospects Boutique Oceanique Park Hyatt Chicago Errol & Fran Pearlman Dan & Melanie Peterson Prairie Moon PRP Wine International Quince at The Homestead Ravinia Festival Razny Jewelers Relevant Theatricals Rondi Reed

Rock It Out LLC Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Rosenbloom Rotorzen Helicopters Rahul & Anuradhika Roy Room and Board Sage Products Carol Saunders & Greg Harbaugh Schaefer’s Fine Wines & Spirits Stephen Schwartz Shaffer Studio Shure Incorporated Nancy Sickbert-Wheeler Silk Originals by Linda – Wearable Art Robert S. & Sandra G. Silver Six Flags Great America Skydeck Chicago Russ & Dawn Smyth Soldier Field SPACE Neal & Trimmy Stamell Steppenwolf Theatre Company Thomas D. Stringer & Scott E. Waller Timothy & Susanne Sullivan Family Foundation Sutton Studios Sweety Pies Bakery Taliesin Preservation Ten Chimneys Foundation Union Pizzeria George & Susan Van Dusen Vermilion Village Inn Pizzeria Kimberley Vuitel Weber-Stephen Products George Wendt Whole Foods Market Downtown Evanston Whole Foods Market Northbrook Wicks Park Bar & Grille Williams Next Door Harry Wojcik Adrienne Woodside

To Make Your Gift Today Contact Andria Venezia at 847.324.1613 or avenezia@northlight.org, or donate online at northlight.org.

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NORTHLIGHT STAFF Artistic Director BJ Jones

Executive Director Timothy J. Evans

ARTISTIC Artistic Administrator/ Casting Director

ADMINISTRATION General Manager

PRODUCTION Production Manager

Director of Development

Company Manager/Assistant Production Manager

Janet Mullet

Emily Hansen

Christopher J. Fitzgerald

Victoria Martini-Rosowicz

Associate Director of Development

Production Assistant

Andria Venezia

Kelly Crook

Development Manager

Technical Director

Director of Marketing & Communications

Master Electrician/Light Board Operator

William Glick Brandy Reichenberger

Marketing Associate

EDUCATION Director of Education

Sound Engineer/Sound Board Operator

Director of Finance

Lynn Baber

Resident Dramaturg Dr. Kristin Leahey

Interns

Carrie Cole

Mara Mihlfried

L. Corwin Christie

Malcolm S. Brown

Paul Doran

Jennifer Udoni-Sharp

Wardrobe Mistress

Mechelle Moe

Lisa Stern

Education Associate and Performing Arts Camp Director

Group Sales Coordinator/ Administrative Assistant

Amanda Jane Dunne

Michelle Blendermann

Educators

Public Relations

Scenic Charge

Usher Coordinator

Carpenters

Joanne Dubach Matt Farabee Sarah Rose Graber Kristyn Hegner Michael Leon Diane Mair Sam Roberson Jeff Trainor

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Robert Nichols

Vicki Weisberg, The Saints

Legal Counsel

Jessica Korpela

Floor Manager Jason Shivers

Joanna Iwanicka Kevin Biel Nate Crawford

Schiff Hardin LLP

Insurance

Anslee Burns

Performing Arts Camp SUMMER 2013 Professional theatre training combined with timeless summer camp traditions.

JUNIOR CAMP GRADES 3-6

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Book by Neil Simon, Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by Dorothy Fields Based on an original screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano Produced for the Broadway stage by Fryer, Carr and Harris Conceived, Staged and Choreographed by Bob Fosse

Musical Direction by Doug Peck Choreographed by Jessica Redish Directed by Artistic Director Michael Halberstam

Performed at 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe

JANUARY 22 - MARCH 31, 2013 The classic dance musical scored for a live jazz combo!

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Performed at 664 Vernon Avenue, Glencoe

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