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Beyond the IngĂŠnue Julie Andrews, Shirley Jones, Barbara Cook and Me Book by Niffer Clarke with Richard Carsey

December 30, 31 and January 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Stage Director: Bill Theisen Music Director: Richard Carsey Lighting Designer: Ryan Bertelson Sound Designer: Gary Ellis Stage Manager: Kelly Turner

This production was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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A M E S S AG E F R O M T H E M A N AG I N G D I R E C TO R – A M Y S . J E N S E N Thank you for joining us in the Studio Theatre for Beyond the Ingénue. We are so delighted to be extending what was a truly extraordinary run of The Music Man by having Niffer Clarke, our very own Marian Paroo, stay in town to help us ring in the New Year.

It has been, and will continue to be, a remarkable year at Skylight. We started with a world premiere of The Rivals with an amazing cast, design team and production staff to bring Kirke Mechem’s delightful new opera to life for the very first time.

We followed that up with the smash hit production of The Music Man. What a fun and joyful production both onstage for our cast and offstage for our wonderful audiences.

We are so excited about the wide variety of productions we’ll be offering in the second half of the season with a return of Gershwin and Friends - this time on the Cabot Theatre stage. I am personally looking forward to Daddy Long Legs which is a sweet and charming new musical that is almost tailor-made for Skylight. I highly recommend reading the book by the same name if you’d like to know more about the story. Skylight has been promoting the story particularly to mother-daughter book clubs in the area.

Don’t miss Things That Go Ding! in the Studio Theatre at the end of April for a raucous and uproarious celebration of all of the noise makers percussionist Mike Lorenz has in his arsenal. And finally, it has been a long time since Stephen Sondheim’s music graced our theatre and we have never before performed Sunday in the Park with George at Skylight. It will be a perfect show to round out our season.

You are in for a treat this evening with Niffer singing one musical hit after another.

I do hope you’ll join us throughout the remainder of our season for an engaging array of stories that sing! Best wishes for a happy and music-filled 2012.

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A M E S S AG E F R O M T H E S TAG E D I R E C TO R – B I L L T H E L S E N Welcome to our first Skylight Studio Theatre production for the 2011-2012 season.

We are very excited to bring you another original show in this uniquely intimate space, and I invite to join us on this fascinating journey exploring the life of a performer as it highlights the many similarities we all face as time moves on and we begin to ask ourselves what comes next.

Directing this show has been a complete joy from start to finish because I am a huge fan of Julie Andrews, Shirley Jones, Barbara Cook and most especially Niffer Clarke. I have known Niffer for almost 15 years and in that time we have collaborated on many projects. When she and Richard Carsey came to me with the idea for Beyond the Ingénue I was immediately intrigued because even though the show centered on the life of a performer, there were such universal themes throughout the piece that I knew it would resonate with everyone because, like it or not, none of us are getting any younger.

Beyond the Ingénue also features some of the most glorious tunes from the golden Broadway era of the 1950s and 60s when these three incredible musical theatre legends were in their prime. But as their journey continues we see how each of them, in their own way, blaze new trails to keep their performing careers alive; on Broadway, in concert halls throughout the country, in film and television and even as authors.

It is also inspiring to have Niffer boldly explore her own life experiences and let us into her world so we better understand what she has learned from Julie, Shirley and Barbara and how she has taken that knowledge and forged her own path.

Beyond the Ingénue is primarily entertainment….but along the way I think each of us will learn something about ourselves that will hopefully guide us as we continue to pursue our own unique journey.

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CAST Niffer Clarke Richard Carsey

MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I In My Own Little Corner – Cinderella Oklahoma Medley Will He Like Me – She Loves Me I Wish It So - Juno Barbara Cook Medley My White Knight – Music Man My Fair Lady Medley The Sweetest Sounds – No Strings/ I Can See It – Fantasticks ACT II I Have Confidence – Sound of Music What’s the Use of Wond’rin - Carousel In Buddy’s Eyes – Follies Is It Really Me? – 110 in the Shade Past My Prime – L’il Abner The Sound of Music – Sound of Music Crazy World – Victor/Victoria Beyond the Ingénue – By Jeff Blumenkrantz (Composed for this show)

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WHO’S WHO Niffer Clarke – Niffer’s Skylight credits include Marian Paroo in The Music Man, Daisy in Adding Machine, Mabel in Pirates of Penzance, Patience in Patience and Anna Held in Tintypes. Off-Bway: Bells Are Ringing (dir. Kathleen Marshall), Adding Machine (dir. David Cromer); NYC/ Regional include: Garbo & Me, Honk!

(First Stage), A Little Night Music, She Loves Me; Film/TV: Meet the Robinsons (Walt Disney Pictures), Angel of Death (Discovery Channel), Only Criminals; Concerts: Night at the Oscars with Shirley Jones, London Symphony Orchestra; Recordings: Adding Machine, Meet the Robinsons, They Might Be Giants, debut solo album Beyond the Ingénue available on iTunes, CDBaby and at www.NifferClarke.com.

Richard Carsey – Richard Carsey is a conductor, arranger, pianist and actor. He provided music coaching for the recent Broadway production of House of Blue Leaves starring Ben Stiller and Edie Falco, was music supervisor for Josh Schmidt’s A Minister’s Wife at Lincoln Center Theater and conducts the cast recording which is available on PS Classics. In 2010 he was music director for the first national tour of the new musical Little House on the Prairie, starring Melissa Gilbert and directed by Francesca Zambello. For eight seasons he was the Artistic Director of Skylight Opera Theatre, and has conducted over 60 productions here including the world premiere of Richard Wargo’s opera Ballymore, Argento’s Waterbird Talk, Britten’s Rape of Lucretia and Mechem’s Tartuffe.

Other music direction: Mikado— Syracuse Opera; Producers (first regional), Once Upon a Time in New Jersey (world premiere), Brigadoon— 6 Skylight Opera Theatre

Marriott; The Happy Elf (Harry Connick—world premiere), The Wiz (also orchestrator for premiere of Theater for Young Audiences version)— First Stage Milwaukee. As an actor, he has appeared in 2 Pianos, 4 Hands at the Milwaukee Rep, Actors’ Theater of Louisville; Dallas Theater Center; Laguna Beach Playhouse; Hartford Stage Company (Conn. Critics Circle Award), and the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. Also Souvenir (Skylight), Dirty Blonde (Chamber Theater), Old Wicked Songs (In Tandem). Later this season he will conduct Sunday in the Park with George.

Bill Theisen (Stage Director) - Bill Theisen made his professional theatre debut as a performer at the Skylight Opera Theatre in 1981 and began his tenure as Artistic Director in 2004. He has directed over 100 productions for theatre and opera companies from coast to coast. Recent directing credits include The Pirates of Penzance for Santa Fe Opera, Showboat with Gateway Playhouse, H.M.S. Pinafore at Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Sweeney Todd with Cleveland Opera, The Fourth Wall at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, The Magic Flute for Virginia Opera, A Little Night Music with Seaside Music Theater, The Mikado with Opera Carolina, Seussical at First Stage Children’s Theatre and Into The Woods at the Capitol Canter for the Performing Arts. Skylight Directing credits include The Figaro Story, La Boheme, Souvenir, South Pacific, The Tragedy of Carmen, Animal Crackers, The Spitfire Grill, La Cenerentola, The Mikado, Patience, The Pirates of Penzance and the world premiere of Over the Moon with Gilbert and Sullivan. Mr. Theisen works frequently on the university level as a Guest Director and Lecturer.

He served as Director of Opera at the University of Iowa and has continued that relationship for the past 12 years. Other university credits include Carnegie Mellon University, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Florida State

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University, Portland State University, Manhattan School of Music, Utah State University, Northwestern University, NYU and St. Ambrose University where he is also serves on the advisory committee to the theatre department. Bill was the Artistic Director of the Capitol Center for the Performing Arts in Upstate New York and is an adjudicator for arts programming on PBS. Ryan Bertelson (Lighting Designer) Currently immersed in his eighth season as Skylight’s Master Electrician, Ryan is excited to be working with such a great group of people. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, and he has enjoyed working with many great theatre companies including Strollers Theatre, Madison Theatre Guild, Mercury Players Theatre, StageQ, Madison Repertory Theatre, Children’s Theatre of Madison, Madison Opera, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, First Stage Children’s Theatre, Next Act Theatre, Bialystock & Bloom, Danceworks, Milwaukee Shakespeare, In Tandem Theatre, Renaissance Theatreworks, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre and Skylight Opera Theatre.

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of watching performances at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Shows he has designed and mixed include Rent, Adding Machine-The Musical, White Christmas, The Spitfire Grill, The Producers, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Jesus Christ Superstar, Blues In The Night, Sunday In The Park With George, Side Show, Dames At Sea and Violet. Gary studied technical theatre at San Francisco State University. Previously, he worked at The Santa Fe Opera, Theatreworks in Palo Alto, CA and Summer Repertory Theatre in Santa Rosa, CA. Kelly Turner (Stage Manager) - Kelly moved to Milwaukee from Santa Fe, New­Mexico with her husband, Mark, and two children, Portia and Tuxford.

Prior to her residency in Santa Fe, Kelly stage-managed shows for theaters in the San Francisco/Bay area, including Summer Repertory Theater, Fratelli Bologna, the American Conservatory Theater and the Julian Theatre. She was last at Skylight four years ago when she had the pleasure of stage-managing Everything From Ray to Z. This past spring Kelly was the Assistant Director for Opera Tampa’s production of La Traviata.

Gary Ellis (Sound Designer) - Gary is serving in his fifth year as Skylight’s audio visual supervisor and has been an audio engineer in theatre for 20 years. He began his career as a software engineer in Silicon Valley, but got hooked on theatre after years

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P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Director of Production................................................................................................Mark Turner Technical Director..................................................................................................Robert Wagner Assistant Technical Director............................................................................Steve Gillingham Technical Assistant......................................................................................... Alexander Moliere Scenic Coordinator......................................................................................................Mark Turner Scenic Carpenters........................................................................ Adam Held, Rebecca Knipfer Scene Shop Apprentice.......................................................................................... Amanda Srok Painter...........................................................................................................................Jason Schultz Costume Director....................................................................................................... Shima Orans Stage Manager.............................................................................................................. Kelly Turner Properties Director................................................................................................. Lisa Schlenker Properties Carpenter.............................................................................................. Jennifer Lyons Properties Apprentice................................................................................................. Kara Waala Stage Crew................................................................................................................ Tuxford Turner Audio Visual Supervisor...................................................................................................Gary Ellis Master Electrician...................................................................................................Ryan Bertelson Light Board Operator.................................................................................................Justin Peters Electricians.............................................................................. Andrew Booher, Thomas Moore, Jessica Peck, Justin Peters, Ross Zentner

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S K Y L I G H T O P E R A T H E AT R E B OA R D S 2011-2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Harvey, President F. Tessa Escamilla Bartels Marta Bianchini Rick Bliss Michael Bula F. Colin Cabot (Honorary Director) Jameson Delgadillo Laura Emory John Flanagan

Byron Foster Susan Godfrey Leslie Hauser Mark Huber Valerie Johnson Tracey Klein Christopher Layden Michael Lueder Michelle Mattson

Sandra McNeely Howard Miller James Plunkett Brad Quade Mary Ann Renz Curtis Sawyer John Shannon John Stollenwerk Paul Sweeney

BOARD OF ADVOCATES Polly Beal Dorothy Biwer Mary Emory Suzy Foster Harry Franke Sue Frautschi Timothy Frautschi Lloyd Gerlach Roy Gromme Sue Gromme Katie Harding

Grace Johnson William Johnson Kipp Koester Pam Kriger Arthur F. Lubke Jr. Zabelle Malkasian Sally Manegold Steve Mech Susan Nichols Nick Owen Mary Pollock

John Shannon Greg Reiter Blaine Rieke Linda Rieke Julia Taylor Teri Vice David B. Williams Nick Wilson Herbert Zien

PAST PRESIDENTS John Stollenwerk Mary Emory Matt Flynn Byron Foster Sue Frautschi Timothy Frautschi

Jack Gardner Suzanne Hefty Terry Kurtenbach Howard Miller Jeff Nohl

Nick Owen Mary Pollock Larry Salustro Richard Wright

SKYLIGHTERS COMMITTEE Karissa Feller Sherry Johnson Amy Schmidt Jones Jeanne Kessler Christopher Layden

Karen Lemmer Justine Leonard Kate Mann Sara Miller Bobbi Polacheck

Mary Jo Trotter Kay Valcq Stephanie Wesselowski

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S K Y L I G H T O P E R A T H E AT R E S TA F F AMY S. JENSEN, MANAGING DIRECTOR BILL THEISEN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Diana Alioto, Director of Artistic Operations Cindy Haas, Finance Director Jim Farrell, Development Director Ray Jivoff, Associate Artistic Director Jennifer Samuelson, Marketing Director Mark Turner, Director of Production and Facilities ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Kelley Arlt........................................................................................................ Box Office Manager Alyssa Brakke..............................................................................................Graphic Design Intern Lee Caracci..............................................................................................................House Manager Madeline Cope........................................... Special Events and Donor Relations Manager Robin Dennis......................................................................................... Resident Teaching Artist Corinne Gilbert.....................................................................................Education Administrator Barbara Weber.......................................................................................................Grants Manager Rose Hebein....................................................................................Marketing Project Manager Jazmine Holifield................................................................................................Marketing Intern Paul Kaishian.................................................................................................................... Custodian Becca Marten................................................................................................. Education Manager Kristen Nissen.............................................................Office Manager and Finance Assistant Ruben Piirainen.................................................................................. Education Music Director Jennifer Stanislowski................................................................................Box Office Supervisor Julian Salas...............................................................................Weekend Box Office Supervisor Sara Marie von Hemert-Dachelet........................................................... Campaign Manager Jess Jante, Koren Nowak, Gwen Zupan......................................................... Box Office Staff Cara McMullin, Michelle Brien, Patrick Schley....................... Assistant House Managers

PRODUCTION STAFF Ryan Bertelson.................................................................................................. Master Electrician Andrew Booher.................................................................................................. Stage Supervisor Carri Dahl................................................................................................................... Scenic Charge Gary Ellis.................................................................. Audio Visual Supervisor and IT Manager Steve Gillingham...........................................................................Assistant Technical Director Adam Held ...........................................................................................................Scenic Carpenter Rebecca Knipfer .................................................................................................Scenic Carpenter Barry Link............................................................................................... Costume Shop Manager Michael Lorenz............................................................................................Orchestra Contractor Jennifer Lyons.............................................................................................. Properties Carpenter Kimberly Ann McCann..................................................................Production Stage Manager Alexander Moliere..........................................................................................Technical Assistant Shima Orans...................................................................................................... Costume Director Lisa Schlenker.................................. Properties Director & Assistant Director of Facilities Lillian Tillson.......................................................ASM and Production and Facility Assistant Jane Vang............................................................................................................Scenic Apprentice Kara Waala...................................................................................................Properties Apprentice Robert Wagner..................................................................................................Technical Director 10 Skylight Opera Theatre

S K Y L I G H T O P E R A T H E AT R E C I R C L E O F D O N O R S Skylight recognizes and honors, with our deepest gratitude, the following individuals, foundations, organizations, businesses and government agencies who provided support to our Annual Campaign and helped us to deliver high quality music theatre productions to the Greater Milwaukee community. A special thanks to the members of the Clarion Society, who have made multi-year commitments of pledging $5,000 or more for the Annual Campaign (these members are listed as bold). Our thanks, too, for the many donors of $249 and under whose gifts are vital to Skylight’s continuing success, we regret there is not space to list them all.

(This list is current as of December 12, 2011.)

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE $25,000+ Anonymous The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation Mary Ann & Lloyd Gerlach Greater Milwaukee Foundation David & Margarete Harvey Skylighters of Wisconsin Stollenwerk

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Foundation United Performing Arts Fund STAR CIRCLE $10,000-$24,999 Anonymous (2) Helen Bader Foundation Robert W. Baird & Company Chase Greater Milwaukee Foundation Halbert and Alice

Kadish Fund Pain Fund The Richard & Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Johnson Bank Frontier Airlines Howard & Sara Miller Northwestern Mutual Foundation Linda & Blaine Rieke Daniel M. Soref Charitable Trust Bert L. & Patricia S. Steigleder

CharitableTrust David & Julia Uihlein Charitable Foundation The Windhover Foundation

SPONSOR CIRCLE $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous Assurant Health Alvin & Marion Birnschein Foundation Rick & Wendy Bliss Briggs & Stratton Corporation Foundation Michael & Anne Marie Bula F. Colin & Paula Cabot Mae E. Demmer Charitable Trust John & Mary Emory Ralph Evinrude Foundation Byron & Suzy Foster Lili & Rick Friedman Greater Milwaukee Foundation Burns-Schrader Fund Asher & Susan Nichols Family Fund Freida & William Hunt Memorial Trust Dorothy Inbusch Foundation, Inc. Krause Family Foundation Phoebe & Jack Lewis Maihaugen Foundation Marcus Corporation Marshall & Ilsley Foundation Nonprofit Management Fund Ildy & Skip Poliner Meyer & Norma Ragir Foundation Adriana & Robert Ragir Greg & Mary Ann Renz Rockwell Automation

Wayne Roper Charles & Patricia Roy Curtis & Candace Sawyer Carol & Kevin Schuele Sempercor Foundation John Shannon & Jan Serr WE Energies Herb Zien & Liz Levins PRODUCER CIRCLE $2,500-$4,999 Anonymous Chris & Storm Elser John Flanagan & Deborah Schwartz Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Luedke-Smith Fund Susan Godfrey Lindsay & Peter Hammerer Mark Huber & Nari Haig Carol Jensen Johnson Controls Foundation Tracey & Rick Klein Ruth De Young Kohler Pam Kriger Terry & Kristie Kurtenbach Nancy & Arthur Laskin Susan Nichols Gordana & Milan Racic Matthew Sirinek & Michelle Mattson Sigma-Aldrich Foundation DIRECTOR CIRCLE $1,000-$2,499 Richard Adamek Tom & Betty Arndt Nancy H. Balcer Polly & Robert Beal Lee A. Berthelsen Richard & Kay Bibler Skylight Opera Theatre 11

S K Y L I G H T O P E R A T H E AT R E C I R C L E O F D O N O R S ( c o n t .)

Mr. & Mrs. William D. Biersach Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Bolt John & Olive Bryson Christine & Robert Bukowski Barbara & Don Buzard H.H. Camp Foundation Doris Hersh Chortek Laura & John Emory, Jr. Suzy B. Ettinger Jim & Lynne Farrell Mary Lou Findley Leona Fitzsimonds Gardner Foundation Joe & Gwenn Graboyes Catherine Graham Greater Milwaukee Foundation Cottrell Balding Fund Dr. Carl W. Eberbach

& Elizabeth Falk Eberbach Fund Margaret Heminway Wells Fund Mr. & Mrs. Wayne K. Hader Charles & Margaret Harper John & Sara Hein John E. Holland & Konrad K. Kuchenbach Helen & Ronald Jacobs Amy S. Jensen O.K. Johnson, Jr. Valerie Johnson & Dennis Robison William R. & Charlotte S. Johnson William Stark Jones Foundation Gary & Judy Jorgensen Kipp & Mary Koester KPMG LLP John E. & Nancy Larson Pasquale Laurino Chris & Emilia Layden James & Camilla Levin Franklin Loo & Sally Long Art Lubke & Gloria Tracy Tonya & Michael Lueder Zabelle Malkasian John R. & Coleen E. Marshall George Michel Mr. & Mrs. George A. Mosher 12 Skylight Opera Theatre

The Charles D. Ortgiesen Foundation Clare M. Peters Charitable Trust James G. & Gwen Plunkett Mary S. Pollock PPC Foundation Dr. Marcia J.S. Richards & Mr. Donald R. Whitaker Ronald & Carol Scott Service Club of Milwaukee Nita Soref Paul & Lisa Sweeney Target Stores Brian & Joan Wake Nick & Stoney Wilson Dick & Diane Wright DESIGNER CIRCLE $500-$999 Robert & Rebecca Adlam Marilyn Auer F. Tessa & Richard Bartels Jane & Jim Bell Dr. & Mrs. Michael Besch Carolee C. Beutler William & Karen Boyd James Cauley & Brenda Andrews Margaret & B. Lauren Charous Thomas & Belle Chatton John & Kay Crichton Joan Dimow & John Moulder Edward Doemland Karen Duffy Mr. & Mrs. Walter Dusold Albert J. & Flora H. Ellinger Foundation David Flores Kristen & Alec Fraser Sue & Tim Frautschi Gardner L.R. & Karen Friedlander Scott & Lyn Geboy Douglas George Mary Jane Gralton Dale & Mary Graves Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors Youth Foundation

Greater Milwaukee Foundation Donald & Barbara

Abert Fund Werner M. & Susan

W. Krause

Family Fund Bill & Gwen Werner Fund Roy & Sue Gromme Donald Haack & Karen Smith Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Handrich Arlene Hansen Ralph & Susan Harkins Cheryl & Roy Hauswirth Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation Burton & Lynn Hoffman Dwayne Johnson Sydney & Grace Johnson Richard & Diane Kane Warren & Sally Kreunen Jeanne C. Kuelthau Dale & Sandra Landgren John & Audrey Makowski Mary McAndrews Anne Grace Nimke Jeffrey & Mary Nohl Dr. Mark & Kristine O’Meara Dr. Nick & Mary Owen Anthony Petullo Foundation, Inc. Jack & Martha Prince Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Purtell, Jr. Steve & Janet Rhode Mickey Ripp Robert & Lenore Swoboda Calvin & Pauline Verbrugge VJS Construction Services Sargit Warriner Allan & JeanAnn Wirth CHOREOGRAPHER CIRCLE - $250-$499 Acme Sales, Inc. Sara Alter David & Patricia Anderson Anonymous (4) L.B. & J.K. Richard & Carol Bayerlein Foundation LTD

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Robert Bjerke Jill & Frits Broekhuizen Donald A. Cress Bob & Belle Danforth Susan Dawicke Mrs. Ross H. Dean Harry & Barbara Drake Don & Nora Dreske Tom & Bette Drought Brian & Heather Dunn JoAnn Durrett William Eastham John & Polly Edgar Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Engman Marianne Holtz Epstein Robert & Kristin Fewel Rachel E. Finger Mark & Virginia Gennis Susan Getzel Burton Goodman Mary Anne Gross Mary Kay & Johnathan Gundlach George B. Haasler Ed & Priscilla Heinecke Edward M. Hipke Ann & Fred Horwitz Sarah & Milton Hwang Ironwood Foundation George & Angela Jacobi Suzette J. Kappes Bruce & Sally Kehl Tim Kitzke John & Patricia Konkel Charles Lenz Justine Leonard Jim & Susan Loveridge John & Marty Lubing Wayne & Kris Lueders Lee Marquardt Christine McGee Barry McNulty Retta & Jeff Meser Jequitta K. Molot Jane S. O’Connell Lincoln & Mary Oro Larry & Bonnie Paplham

Park Bank Foundation Robert D. Parrish & Richard E. Steele Mr. & Mrs. James Petrie Fred Pike & Cecilia Taylor Bruce & Candy Pindyck Larry & Bobbi Polacheck Greg Reiter Roger & Nancy Ritzow Curtis & Patty Robinson Bibi & Greg Rosner Jerold & Lee Dougherty Ross Dr. Emily Schlenker Robert & Sally Schmidt Margery J. Senn Marsha Ruth Sehler Mark & Karen Sostarich Annette StoddardFreeman Barbara & Christian Steinmetz Edwin & Jean Stone Audrey Strnad Rudolph & Theresa Sundberg L. Jean Turner Kay Valcq Joan & Gary Weida Sue Wells Diane Wiese Mr. & Mrs. David B. Williams Carlton & Leslie Wininger The Skylight receives support from the following government agencies: City of Milwaukee Arts Board Milwaukee County CAMPAC National Endowment for the Arts Wisconsin Arts Board

Thank you to those that have supported the Skylight with an in-kind gift: Assurant Health DigiCOPY Dryit Carpet Dry Cleaning Inc. Entech Dale & Mary Graves NOVA Systems Inc. Dr. Marcia J.S. Richards & Mr. Donald R. Whitaker A special thank you to the following corporations for matching employee gifts: Alliant Energy American Transmission Company AptarGroup Assurant Health Dominion Foundation Eaton Corporation GE Foundation Johnson Controls Quad/Graphics, Inc. Rexnord Rockwell Automation International SPX Foundation UBS WE Energies Well Point

We make every effort to ensure that our donors are recognized properly. If we have made an error, please accept our sincere apologies and contact us at 414/299-4953 so that we may correct it.

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S K Y L I G H T S TA R S Skylight Stars was established in 1998 to recognize those special donors who have designated Skylight in a bequest, trust or other planned gift for organization, artistic, capital and endowment initiatives. Thank you very much for your generous support.

Christopher Seton Abele Anonymous (8) Dennis & Mary Bersch The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation Aunt Teckie Brumder Barbara & Don Buzard Anne Perkins Cabot F. Colin & Paula Cabot John Dahlberg Mae E. Demmer Charitable Trust Hugh & Mary Denison Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trusts John & Mary Emory Marianne Holtz Epstein Byron & Suzy Foster Lloyd & Mary Ann Gerlach Joseph & Gwenn Graboyes Roy & Sue Gromme David & Margarete Harvey Tom & Suzanne Hefty Jane E. Heinemann

Richard & Ethel Herzfeld Foundation John E. Holland Robert F. & Jean E. Holtz Grace & Sydney Johnson William & Charlotte Johnson William Stark Jones Halbert & Alice Kadish Fund Jack & Ginny Kopischke Konrad K. Kuchenbach Clarice Laubenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Edward Malkasian Robert & Sally Manegold Dorothea C. Mayer Howard & Sara Miller Susan & Asher Nichols Asher & Susan Nichols Family Foundation Northwestern Mutual Foundation Jane B. Pettit Foundation James G. & Gwen Plunkett

Mr. & Mrs. George William Pollock, Jr. Verne & Marion Read Blaine & Linda Rieke Esther Leah Ritz Rockwell Automation Wayne & Jean Roper Charles & Patricia Roy Larry and Susan Salustro John Shannon & Jan Serr Vince & Joanne Shiely L.B. & Lucy Smith Dale L. Sorden Family Daniel M. Soref Charitable Trust John & Jo Ellen Stollenwerk Art Lubke & Gloria Tracy David & Julia Uihlein Charitable Foundation Jon & Teri Vice Audrey Wegner Robert & Joyce Weiss Nora & Jude Werra

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Mae E. Demmer Charitable Trust

Maihaugen Foundation Frieda & William Hunt Memorial Trust Daniel M. Soref Charitable Trust 14 Skylight Opera Theatre

TO T H E AU D I E N C E Audience Guide…A free audience guide is generated by Enlighten, Skylight’s education program, with the help of volunteer Justine Leonard. It is meant to provide in-depth background information about the show, including information on the composer and author, source material, historical perspective on the setting, and information about Skylight directors, designers and performers. The guide is available on our website and in the lobby of the theatre.

Bad Weather Policy...Skylight rarely cancels or reschedules performances due to inclement weather, however in cases of extreme weather circumstances we may be forced to do so.

Emergency Contact…If you need to be contacted during the performance, an emergency number is available for your convenience: (414) 908-6645. This extension is a message center for the house manager. Please leave your seat location so we may contact you.

Food and Drink...Skylight Bar & Bistro, located on the second floor of the Broadway Theatre Center, is a full-service bar with a pre-theatre dinner menu open two hours before Cabot Theatre performances and at intermission.

Group Discounts...Groups of 10 or more are eligible for our group discount.

Make your event unique and ask about our rental spaces for a pre- or post-show reception with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dinner or dessert. Please contact Rose Hebein at (414) 299-4951 for more information or to reserve group tickets.

Lost and Found...Leave a message with the House Manager at (414) 908-6645 to check if lost articles have been found.

Parking...Convenient, free or low-cost parking is available in several locations.

Metered street parking throughout the Historic Third Ward is free after 6:00 p.m. and on Sundays. The Italian Community Center parking lot, three blocks east of the theatre at Jackson and Menomonee streets, is free after 6:00 p.m. and on Sundays; daytime parking is also available for a small fee. Structure parking is available for a small fee in the Third Ward parking structures located at Chicago and Milwaukee streets (two blocks east) and Chicago and Water streets (two blocks west).

Recording Equipment & Cameras...The use of recording devices and/or photography is strictly prohibited in the theatre during a performance.

Skylight’s Annual Campaign...Consists of individuals, corporations and foundations whose generous gifts allow Skylight to achieve fiscal soundness and artistic excellence. To become a donor, please contact Sara von Hemert-Dachelet, Campaign Manager, at (414) 299-4953.

Special Patron Services... A limited number of infrared hearing systems are available on a first come, first served basis. Audio description, sign language interpretation and wheelchair seating are available and can be arranged in advance by calling (414) 291-7800.

Tours...With advance notice, tours of the Broadway Theatre Center and Skylight’s production shops are available throughout the year. Call (414) 299-4972 for reservations.

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B O X O F F I C E I N F O R M AT I O N Skylight Opera Theatre’s Box Office is located in the Broadway Theatre Center at 158 North Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Phone: (414) 291-7800.

Hours...Monday through Saturday noon to 6:00 p.m. and two hours prior to all performances. Skylight tickets are available for purchase online at www.skylightopera.com — 24 hours a day/7 days a week!

Ticket Exchanges… Season tickets may be exchanged for tickets to another performance of the same production by mail, fax, or in person, up to 48 hours in advance of a performance. Reservations for ticket exchanges may not be made less than 48 hours in advance of the original performance date. Subscribers and single ticket holders who lose their tickets may contact the box office for duplicates; seating locations are on record. All sales are final.

Ticket Donations...Ticket holders who are unable to use their tickets may donate them for resale and receive a receipt for a tax-deductible contribution. Just ask the box office for a contribution receipt. Tickets are not refundable, nor may the ticket value be applied to future ticket sales or outstanding pledges.

VO L U N T E E R I N F O R M AT I O N The Skylighters... The Skylighters are involved in a variety of activities and special events in support of Skylight. For event or membership information, contact Madeline Cope, Donor Services and Special Events Manager, at (414) 299-4972.

Ushers...Sign up for any show at www.skylightopera.volunteerhub.com or email our House Manager, Lee Caracci, at leec@skylightopera.com Volunteer for Skylight… For over 50 years, Skylight Opera Theatre as been providing fun on and off the stage! To learn more, email volunteer@skylightopera.com

G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT I O N Skylight Opera Theatre Broadway Theatre Center 158 North Broadway Milwaukee, WI 53202 Administrative Office: (414) 291-7811 Box Office: (414) 291-7800 www.skylightopera.com Skylight Opera Theatre is a cornerstone member of the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), Theatre Wisconsin, Visit Milwaukee, the Historic Third Ward Association, and Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee, and is a cultural partner of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Arts in Community Education (ACE) Program.

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