Cleveland’s Classic Company at the Hanna Theatre presents
as you like it April 4–19, 2014
Cleveland’s Classic Company at the Hanna Theatre presents
as you like it April 4–19, 2014
INFORMED CONSENT
MAURICE HINES IS
TAPPIN’ thru LIFE
Extended show dates! MAY 30 - JUN 29 ALLEN THEATRE
APR 23 - MAY 18 SECOND STAGE
Scientific breakthroughs allow us to know more about ourselves than ever before. But how much do we want to know — and who gets to decide how that information is used? Based on a true story, Informed Consent takes us into the personal and national debate about science vs. belief and whether our DNA is our destiny.
Tap dance legend Maurice Hines stars in this explosive world premiere production. Featuring contemporary tap icons The Manzari Brothers and backed by a sizzling orchestra, this celebration of Mr. Hines’ life and showbiz forerunners — including Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, and Nat King Cole — will have you tappin’ through the night.
written by DEboRAH ZoE LAUfER directed by SEAN DANIELS co-produced with GEvA THEATRE
written by and starring MAURICE HINES directed by JEff CALHoUN co-produced with ALLIANCE THEATRE & ARENA STAGE
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About Great Lakes Theater....................................................................................................................4 Trustees.................................................................................................................................................5 Donor Spotlight .....................................................................................................................................6 As You LIke It.......................................................................................................................................15 The Cast..............................................................................................................................................16 Background: About the Play................................................................................................................17 A Message from the Producing Artistic Director.................................................................................18 Who’s Who: The Artistic Company.......................................................................................................20 Staff: Great Lakes Theater .................................................................................................................29 PlayhouseSquare Guest Services.........................................................................................................30 April/May at PlayhouseSquare.............................................................................................................31
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he mission of Great Lakes Theater, through its main stage productions and its education programs, is to bring the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience. Since the company’s inception in 1962, programming has been rooted in Shakespeare, but Great Lakes commitment to great plays spans the breadth of all cultures, forms of theater and time periods –– including the 20th century –– and provides for the occasional mounting of new works that complement the classical repertoire. Classic theater holds the Great Lakes Theater’s 2014 production of Deathtrap. capacity to illuminate truth (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, revel in eloquent language, preserve the traditions of diverse cultures and generate communal spirit. On its main stage and through its education programs, GLT seeks to create visceral, immediate experiences for participants, asserting theater’s historic role as a vehicle for advancing the common good and helping people make the joyful and meaningful connections between classic plays and their own lives. The company’s commitment to classic theater is magnified in the educational programs that surround its productions. Since its inception, Great Lakes Theater’s fall 2013 production of Sweeney GLT has had a strong presence in area schools, Todd. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) bringing students to the theater for matinee performances and sending specially trained actor- a classic theater. As Great Lakes moves into a new teachers to the schools for weeklong residencies era with a permanent home in the Hanna Theatre, developed to explore classic drama from a theatri- the company reaffirms its belief in the power of cal point of view. GLT is equally dedicated to partnership, its determination to make this comenhancing the theater experience for adult audi- munity a better place in which to live, and its ences through Surround, a series of community commitment to ensure the legacy of classic theprograms that explore the themes of a main stage ater in Cleveland. production. To this end, Great Lakes Theater 1501 Euclid Ave., Suite 300 regularly serves as the catalyst for community Cleveland, OH 44115 events and programs in the arts and humanities P: (216) 241-5490 that illuminate the plays on its stage. F: (216) 241-6315 Great Lakes Theater is one of only a handful of W: www.greatlakestheater.org American theaters that have stayed the course as
Trustees Chair Thomas G. Stafford*†
President Samuel Hartwell*
Secretary Susan Hastings*
Treasurer Walter Avdey* Michelle Arendt Dalia Baker Robyn Barrie Viia R. Beechler David L. Bialosky Kim F. Bixenstine* Mitchell G. Blair* William Caster* Barbara Cercone Beverly J. Coen Gail L. Cudak Carolyn Dickson†
Leslie Dickson William B. Doggett† Carol Dolan* Edward Donnelly Timothy J. Downing* Natalie Epstein*† Dianne V. Foley Rudolph H. Garfield † Stephen H. Gariepy Henry G. Grendell Elizabeth A. Grove William W. Jacobs*† John E. Katzenmeyer† Denise Horstman Keen Jonathan Leiken William E. MacDonald III† Ellen Stirn Mavec† Mary J. Mayer John E. McGrath Leslie H. Moeller Janet E. Neary*† Robert D. Neary† Pamela G. Noble* Laura Passerallo
Michael J. Peterman† Thomas A. Piraino Jr. Timothy K. Pistell† David P. Porter† Deborah Ratner Georgianna T. Roberts† Rudolph K. Schmeller John D. Schubert† Peter Shimrak† Laura Siegal† Mark C. Siegel* Sally J. Staley* Robert L. Stark Diana W. Stromberg Gerald F. Unger John V. Van Hulle Donna Walsh Thomas D. Warren Paul L. Wellener IV Kevin M. White Patrick Zohn * Executive Committee † Life Trustee
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Welcome! The following individuals made their first gift or returned as active donors to Great Lakes Theater during the period July 1, 2013 through February 14, 2014. The Great Lakes Theater family welcomes you!
Individuals Bette Bonder & Patrick Bray Mike & Carole Brown Beverly & Bruce Cameron Tim & Cindy Carr Megan Casserlie Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Chernus Judy Comeau-Hart Ronald & Patricia Cramer Ms. Christie R. Cutarelli Eleanor Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Doherty Janice Evans Ann & Harry Farmer Mary Ann & Joseph Fischer Mr. & Ms. Patrick F. Gallagher Gary & Katie Geoffrion Sarah Gilbert David Goodman & Barbara Hawley
Denis M. Griesmer Mrs. Robin H. Hatch Ms. Eleanor W. Helper Mark & Lynn Hofflund Mr. James J. Jaggers Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Jahn Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Kahn Mr. Karl Keller Mary Jo Klements Stewart & Donna Kohl Donna M. & Alex I. Koler Ronald G. Kollar Dr. & Mrs. Eric Konicki Charles Kruger John & Joann Lane Mr.& Mrs. Brian Lawler Stephen & Lillian Levine Eva & Rudolf Linnebach Ted & Mary Lomac Mr. & Mrs. Douglas McGregor
Mr. David McKissock Helen & Harry Mercer Ms. Brenda Norton Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. O’ Connor Ms. Diana R. Packer Laura Passerallo Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Patalon Mary Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Harold I. Pittaway III Andrew & Brenda Pongracz Maria Poulos Frank Rausche Carole & Charles B. Rosenblatt Bob & Kathy Rutter Mrs. Kathy Salem David & Lois Schneider Kim Sherwin Dr. Dave & Faye Sholiton Dr. Howard Simon Lloyd Snyder & Margaret Terry
Anita K. Stoll Ms. Rochelle R. Straffon Carrie Tangenberg Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Tatman Uarda Taylor Raymond Voelker Nancy-Anne Wargo Mrs. Carole R. Warren Mr. John Wiedemann & Ms. Pamela Schnellinger Margaret & Loyal Wilson Dr. C. Russell & Cynthia Zachem Corporations Cleveland Indians The J.M. Smucker Company
Scene Changers! The following donors increased their Annual Fund giving by at least 10% during the period July 1, 2013 – February 14, 2014. THANK YOU for increasing your support of Cleveland’s Classic Company!
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Individuals Anonymous (2) Nancy L. Adams Lori Adler Walt & Laura Avdey Dalia & Robert Baker Randy & Pam Ballard Carol Barnak Robyn & David Barrie Mr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates William & Viia Beechler Fred & Mary Behm Donna Beletic Mr. James J. Benedict, Jr. Mr. Joseph M. Bennett John & Jeannene Bertosa John & Laura Bertsch David & Carolyn Bialosky Roger Bielefeld Tom & Dorothy Bier Kim & Bart Bixenstine Mr. & Mrs. David F. Blackman Mitch & Liz Blair Dr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser
Gary & Kay Bluhm Susan Bobey Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. Boehnlein Ms. Dorothy F. Borer Mr. D. Stephen Botorff & Ms. Patricia J. Moyer Ms. Robin Herrington Bowen Joanne R. Bratush Richard & Mary Ann Brockett Julia & Ben Brouhard V. Elizabeth Brown Mrs. Nancy H. Burcham H.F. & J.C. Burkhardt Jack & Janice Campbell Larry & Andi Carlini Bill & Judie Caster Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cercone Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Charlick Marcia G. Christian John & Donna Clifford Stan & Lisa Corwin Doug & Mary Court Judith Darus Lowell & Carole Davis
Rebecca Zuti Audrey DeClement Marilyn P. Demeter Daniel Divis Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill Larry & Eva Haas Dolan Daniel & Joyce Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg Dr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig Howard P. Erlichman Gene & Patricia Ewald Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Field Susan L. Fike Dianne V. Foley Katherine A. Ganz Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield, Jr. Mrs. Barbara J. Garris Thomas Gilbride Dr. & Mrs. Norman W. Goldston Ms. Roe Green John Greene Henry G. Grendell Ms. Elizabeth A. Grove
Jean E. Gubbins Lee & Peter Haas Hazel Haffner Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld John & Virginia Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings Jean Heller Curt & Karen Henkle Frank & Gerry Hoffert Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr. Clyde A. Horn James & Gale Jacobsohn Susan Janney Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson Amy & Jeff Johnson Lauren Kawentel Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen Mr. Gilbert P. Kenehan Samuel C. Kennell Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kimmel Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick Ms. Judith A. Kish
Scene Changers! Continued Frances Stewart & David Mook Roy & Cindy Moore Toni & Linda Moore Janet & Bob Neary Tom & Mary Neff Ken Noetzel Joan M. Oravec Lou M. Papes Zachary & Deborah Paris Peggy & Michael Partington Nicholas & Sue Peay Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer M. Piper Mr. & Mrs. Louis Pongracz David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse John & Norine Prim Larry & Susan Rakow Thomas & Helen Rathburn The Reinker Family Mr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ruhl Michael Russell Jim & Joan Schaefer Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph K. Schmeller Mr. & Mrs. Tom Schock Donna Schuerger Kim Sherwin Patricia J. Shook Mr. & Mrs. Mark Siegel John & Susan Siegfried Mary Slak David & Rita Smith Susan St. John Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel Albert Stratton Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Sullivan Frank & Vicki Titas Gerald F. Unger Robert & Marti Vagi John & Catherine Van Hulle Christine & Daniel Vento Donna & Richard Walsh Mary C. Warren
Mrs. Betty S. Weiss Gordon & Virginia Wepfer Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. White Sharon & Yoash Wiener Robert & Emily Williams James & Sandra Wood Ms. Jennifer B. Schwartz Wright Brian Wynne & Patrick Cozzens Mr. Lee C. Zeiszler Ms. Margaret E. Zellmer Corporations Squire Sanders University Hospitals
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The trustees, staff and artistic company of Great Lakes Theater express our deepest gratitude to the hundreds of supporters of “Cleveland’s Classic Company.” The donors listed below made generous gifts between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. “Thanks, thanks, and ever thanks.” Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene iii
Make a Contribution Great Lakes Theater served over 100,000 students and adults last year through its Hanna and Ohio Theatre mainstage productions and education programs throughout northeast Ohio. This would not have been possible without the annual support of hundreds of the generous donors listed below. Please join the Great Lakes Theater family by making a tax-deductible contribution to support Cleveland ‘s Classic Company. Visit the “Support Us” section of our website (www.greatlakestheater.org) or call us at (216) 453-4442 to learn more about our membership and donation programs.
Sponsors Company Sponsors $100,000 and above The Cleveland Foundation***
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture** Lead Sponsors $50,000 to $99,999
The George Gund Foundation*** John P. Murphy Foundation* David and Inez Myers Foundation***
Ohio Arts Council*** Parker Hannifin Corporation* The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation***
Sponsors $25,000 to $49,999 The Reinberger Foundation John & Barbara Schubert*** The Sherwick Fund
Eaton Corporation*** GAR Foundation*** Martha Holden Jennings Foundation*** PNC Foundation*** Avon Circle $10,000 to $24,999 The Abington Foundation* Paul S. Brentlinger** The Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation*** The Community Foundation of Lorain County***
Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer*** The Lubrizol Foundation*** Janet & Bob Neary*** The Nord Family Foundation*** William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pistell*** Mrs. James O. Roberts*** The Schubert Foundation*** Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford***
The Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater
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*3 – 5 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor **6 – 9 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor ***10 or more consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor
Stratford Circle ($5,000 to $9,999)
Globe Circle ($2,500 to $4,999)
Anonymous (3) Michelle R. Arendt** Dalia & Robert Baker*** Kim & Bart Bixenstine H.F. & J.C. Burkhardt*** Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cercone*** Christopher & Nancy Coburn* Beverly J. Coen* Ms. Leslie C. Dickson* Carolyn & Charles Dickson*** Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press** Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield, Jr.*** The Gries Family Foundation*** Ms. Elizabeth A. Grove John & Virginia Hansen*** Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. Kenneth Karosy** Mr. Jonathan Leiken & Ms. Erika Friedman* Dr. Lawrence E. Lohman & Mrs. Mary J. Lohman** Ken & Mary Loparo*** Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer** Jack McGrath*** Stephen & Donna Miller*** Mr. & Mrs. William Mitchell** Mr. & Mrs. John C. Morley*** Pamela G. Noble & E. Macke Bentley IV* Mr. & Mrs. William Osborne, Jr.*** Dr. & Mrs. Donald Palmer*** Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast*** Mr. & Mrs. John S. Piety*** Donna & James Reid** Linda Schlageter*** Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph K. Schmeller Diana & Eugene Stromberg*** Target Mr. Robert A. Tschannen***
Our Region’s Students Each year, over 40,000 students throughout Northeast Ohio participate in a main stage, classroom or community program produced by Great Lakes Theater. Donors help underwrite student tickets and programming fees to make it possible for many to experience firsthand “the world’s greatest plays.”
Learn more and help us change lives at GreatLakesTheater.org. Gerald F. Unger*** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Warren** Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Wellener IV*** Patrick M. Zohn***
Sustainers ($500 to $999) Anonymous (2) Mr. David C. Borsani Mr. Jonathan M. Boylan & Mrs. Marianne Ludwig** Jack & Janice Campbell*** Jean McQuillan & Richard Christ*** Prof. & Mrs. George W. Dent James Eschmeyer*** Janet & Patricia Glaeser*** Gary & Joanna Graeff*** Robert & Linda Jenkins** R. Robert Koch Trust* The Lampl Family Foundation*** Rosa and Samuel Lobe Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation*** Thomas & Sheryl Love** Lynda & Charlie Mayer** Mr. & Mrs. John F. McClatchey Francis & Viola McDowell** The Music and Drama Club* John & Norine Prim***
Dr. & Mrs. Bradford J. Richmond* Mr. & Mrs. Mark Siegel** Naomi G. & Edwin Z. Singer Family Fund* Karl & Carol Theil Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Vail Mr. & Mrs. James D. Vail* Carol Lee Vella*** Mary C. Warren** Mr. Warren I. Williamson & Ms. Lael A. Kilpatrick Women’s Committee of Great Lakes Theater*** Brian Wynne & Patrick Cozzens John & Jane Zuzek***
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Anonymous (2) Chuck & Bonnie Abbey* Walt & Laura Avdey** Robyn & David Barrie*** David & Carolyn Bialosky Mitch & Liz Blair** Glenn & Jenny Brown*** The Carmel Family Foundation*** Bill & Judie Caster* Mr. & Mrs. Homer D. W. Chisholm*** The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation*** Gail Cudak & Thomas Young*** Barry & Suzanne Doggett*** Larry & Eva Haas Dolan* Richard & Evelyn Dolejs* Dominion Foundation*** Edward Donnelly & Mary Kay DeGrandis Charles, Lidia & Alexa Fee** Steve Gariepy & Nancy Sin*** William R. Gustaferro*** Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell*** Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings** William W. Jacobs*** Anthony LaPlaca* The Laub Foundation*** Lincoln Electric Company* The Mersol Family*** Donald W. Morrison*** Nordson Corporation Foundation* Nicholas & Sue Peay***
Folio Circle ($1,000 to $2,499)
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Anonymous Bridgewater Associates** The Alton F. & Carrie S. Davis Fund Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill* Mr. & Mrs. Morton G. Epstein*** The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Foundation*** The Giant Eagle Foundation* Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen** Leonard Krieger Fund of The Cleveland Foundation* Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust*** Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller** David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse*** Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Ratner* Laura & Alvin Siegal Brit & Kate Stenson*** The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust*
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Peterman*** Thomas A. Piraino & Barbara C. McWilliams* Shawn M. Riley & Christine Sommer Riley** Prof. Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Betty Willis Ruben Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ruhl*** Dr. & Mrs. Gerard Seltzer* Sally J. Staley** Paul & Pamela Teel* John & Catherine Van Hulle Donna & Richard Walsh***
Patrons ($250 to $499) Anonymous (3) Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc.** Mrs. Al A. Archambault Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Barrie Mr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates*** Fred & Mary Behm** Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bercu John & Laura Bertsch Elizabeth A. Billings* Gary & Kay Bluhm* Bernice A. Bolek*** Marilyn A. Callaly** The Rev. Dr. Joan Campbell David & Carole Carr
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Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Cooper Chad & Andrea Deal* Pete & Margaret Dobbins*** Donna Douglas*** Bob & Ginny Eckardt Dr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig*** Jeanne S. Epstein** Mr. & Mrs. L. William Erb Jon & Mary Fancher** Iris & Tom Harvie*** Debra & Tom Hayes* Tom & Luz Higgason* Kathy & Jamie Hogg** Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.*** Ron & Joanne Hulec** Bernie & Nancy Karr*** Charles King & Catherine Keating Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick** Glenn & Jean Knight Mr. Robert Kocian Ronald G. Kollar** Chris & Laura Larson** Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Linick Morton & Lola Litt*** Frederick C. Luckay Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Lynch*** Ms. Nancy Clay Marsteller Herm & Carol McCreary* John J. Meiburger Steven & Dolly Minter*** David & Leslee Miraldi*** Mary & Steve Mitchell*** Frances Stewart & David Mook* Brian & Cindy Murphy** Deborah L. Neale*** Mr. Jason Oblander Barbara J. Burke* Mr. & Mrs. Robert Oshinsky** Mr. & Mrs. James M. Petras Thomas & Helen Rathburn* Dr. Edward J. Rockwood*** Mrs. Sharon M. Rogers** Michael Russell Dr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Smith** Carole & George Snider Mrs. Edward R. Stell* Dalma & Lajos Takacs*** The Edward & Katherine Thomas Family Frank & Vicki Titas* Dr. & Mrs. Ken Tomecki*** Kathleen Turner*** Robert & Marti Vagi*** Dr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Watts Mr. David A. Zagore Mr. Lee C. Zeiszler
Associates ($125 to $249)
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Anonymous (6) Lori Adler Thomas & Joann Adler**’ Joel & Teresa Andreani John & Kathy Baker Randy & Pam Ballard Margret Beekel* Mr. James J. Benedict, Jr. Mr. Joseph M. Bennett Clurie Bennis
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Audiences and Artists Did you know that ticket revenue covers only half of the cost of creating a Great Lakes Theater production? Generous donors ensure that our productions of timeless classics, “re-imagined” for contemporary audiences, are of the highest quality. Thanks to donors like you, we’ve connected over four million people to the classics over the last five decades!
Learn more about how you can play a part at GreatLakesTheater.org. Mr. Jesse Berger John & Jeannene Bertosa* Roger Bielefeld* Denise Blanda* Paul & Heather Blonsky Susan Bobey* Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. Boehnlein John Bolton** Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton*** Mr. D. Stephen Botorff & Ms. Patricia J. Moyer* Ms. Robin Herrington Bowen** Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. Brandt* Mr. Stanley C. Brandt & Ms. Mary K. Whitmer*** Ms. Emily Holdge Brasfield Joanne R. Bratush** Carol Brenneman*** Richard & Mary Ann Brockett Dr. David L. Bronson Ms. Paula B. Brothers Julia & Ben Brouhard V. Elizabeth Brown* Mrs. Nancy H. Burcham*** Larry & &i Carlini* Mr. & Mrs. Lucien H. Case** Ms. Alana Clampitt John & Donna Clifford Robert J. Conrad Rollin & Anne Conway* Tom & Anita Cook*** Kathleen M. Cooper* Stan & Lisa Corwin* David & Gayle Cratty** Bruce & Maryellen Cudney** Ms. Jean Seitter Cummins Shirley B. Dawson Sean M. Decatur*
Audrey DeClement*** Chris & Mary Ann Deibel*** Marilyn P. Demeter*** Mr. Alex Derkaschenko** Carolyn J. Buller & Bill Doll*** Janice G. Downing* Rita & Dennis Dura** Daniel & Joyce Dyer* Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg*** The Eldridge Family*** Ms. Eloise Elikofer Mr. & Mrs. Oliver F. Emerson** Deena & Richard Epstein** Howard P. Erlichman* Gene & Patricia Ewald Douglas D. Farling Susan L. Fike*** Mary Eileen Fogarty*** David V. Foos** Joy M. Freda*** Eleanor & J. Gilbert Frey Mr. & Mrs. Lou Galizio*** Mrs. Barbara J. Garris* Deborah A. Geier*** Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Georgieff Greg & Gail Gibson*** Larry & Jean Gilbert Thomas Gilbride* Ilona K. Gram Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Gray Lainie Hadden*** Hazel Haffner*** Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld** Jack & Joyce Hall Michael & Suzanne Harris Curt & Karen Henkle* Steven & Liz Hass-Hill* Clyde A. Horn***
James & Gale Jacobsohn Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson* Mr. & Mrs. Edwin T. Jeffery Marilyn & Howard Karfeld*** Lauren Kawentel* Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Kelley*** Jack & Kim Kellogg* Ms. Joylen J. Kent William & Marion Kettering Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kimmel* David & Sue Klepac** Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Kozel*** Jacob Kronenberg & Barbara Belovich** Mr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Kruszka Pat Murphy & Mike Kupiec Eleanor & Stephen Kushnick*** Fred & Joann Lafferty** Stefanie Lanese Mr. & Mrs. Robert Larson Ms. Carla Licastro Mr. & Mrs. Devere E. Logan* Anne R. & Kenneth E. Love* Brian & Renee Lowery* Ronald & Elizabeth Manolio*** Paul & Georgia Martoccia Cathy J. McCall*** Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McDonald*** Ms. Linda McGinty Nancy Meacham Rev. Edward E. Mehok Mrs. Ruth P. Mennell Richard & Karen Middaugh* Kevin & Kim Miller Antoinette Miller** Ms. Amanda Mockbee Montessori High School, University Circle
THE LEGACY SOCIETY
Great Lakes Theater’s Legacy Society honors individuals, families, foundations and other generous donors that make gifts to Great Lakes Theater’s Endowment Fund or have made a provision for Great Lakes Theater through their estate plans. Please consider becoming a member of the growing list of generous Great Lakes Theater Legacy Society supporters and help ensure that classic theater endures for future generations in northeast Ohio by designating Great Lakes Theater a beneficiary in your will, trust, or other estate plans.
“Evermore thanks.” Marilyn* and Paul Brentlinger Willard and Donna Carmel Mary* and Leigh Carter Natalie and Morton Epstein Edward S. Godleski Mary Anne* and Jack McGrath Janet and Bob Neary James A. Nelson*
Richard II, Act II, Scene iii Donald and Anne Palmer Lynn and Tim Pistell Professor Alan Miles Ruben and Judge Betty Willis Ruben George* and Marjorie* Springer Thomas G. and Ruth M. Stafford Audrey* and Dick Watts
*Deceased: The legacy of these generous donors lives on for future generations.
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For more information regarding planned gifts, please contact Bob Taylor, Great Lakes Theater’s Executive Director. (216) 453-4440 · btaylor@greatlakestheater.org.
Roy & Cindy Moore** Toni & Linda Moore** Ms. Karen Nemec* Rosemary Nosetic*** Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. O’Neil Lou M. Papes* Zachary & Deborah Paris* Lee & Maria Parks*** Dr. George Parras Peggy & Michael Partington** Brian Perry & Ka Pi Hoh*** Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer M. Piper*** James & Susan Prince Ann Pinkerton Ranney Judy & Clifford Reeves** Sue Reusser*** Ms. Jacqueline Y. Rhodes Judith Wolfe & Robin Richmond*** Barbara S. Robinson Keith & Margaret Robinson Reinhold & Ginny Roedig*** Otmar & Rota Sackerlotzky*** Mr. & Mrs. James A. Saks* Mr. Mark J. Salling & Ms. Cindie Carroll Pankhurst** Jim & Joan Schaefer Dina & Richard Schoonmaker*** Steve & Kathy Schultz Randall & Sara Shaner** Donna Sheridan** John & Susan Siegfried Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Slavin** Connie L. Smith Kent & Judy Smith Patrick A. Smith David & Rita Smith William E. Spatz* Susan St. John* Darwin L. Steele*** Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel*** Albert Stratton Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Sullivan Lorraine S. Szabo* Holly & Bruce Tomasch Elizabeth Twohig** Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard* James L. Wagner* Mrs. Richard C. Weiss* Ronald Wittmaack Mr. Larry M. Wolf Ms. Jennifer B. Schwartz Wright Mr. & Mrs. James Xinakes*** Robert & Kathleen Young* John & Dianne Young** Ms. Margaret E. Zellmer Ruth & Sidney Zilber*** Arthur & Deborah Zinn** Rebecca Zuti*
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Friends ($75 to $125) Anonymous (3) Nancy L. Adams** Daniel & Ellen Arbeznik Lynne M. Bajec* Janis Baker* Ms. Pamela Benson Tom & Dorothy Bier** Dr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser*** Christopher Brandle Mr. William D. Broadhurst Vince & Carolyn Cheverine Donald & Annamarie Chick*** Marcia G. Christian* Doug & Mary Court** Samuel Cowling* Judith Darus* Lowell & Carole Davis*** Ralph & Madeleine Deter* Mr. & Mrs. John Dettelbach* Thomas & Jane Donovan* Ms. Linda U. Elliott Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Field*** Jeffrey Ford Ms. Belinda B. Fouts Gerald R. Frei* Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Frey* Mr.& Mrs. James Gianelos Jeffrey P. Gluvna & Barbara A. Blake*** Dr. & Mrs. Norman W. Goldston*** Mr. Bernard J. Golias, Jr. Jean E. Gubbins* Lee & Peter Haas Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Hahn, Jr. Nancy Y. Hammond Marian Hancy* Arlene & William Hazlett* Frank & Gerry Hoffert* Roger & Madelon Horvath* Dr. Randal N. Huff Susan Janney* Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas R. Jones Mr. Thomas A. Kamis Dennis Kelly*** Mr. Gilbert P. Kenehan Samuel C. Kennell Larry & Janet Kilgore** Mr. & Mrs. Albert Kirby Ms. Judith A. Kish Stuart & Anne Klein Robert & Nancy Klein** Michael & Lynn Kleinman Hersch & Maxine Koblenz* Mr. Martin F. Kohn & Mrs. Marcia R. Silver Sharon Kraber* Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Lacey Stephen & Arlene Lawson** Gregory Leach Gregory & Vickie Leyes
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Lupo Walt & Molly Maciejewski** Stephen & Mary Ann Mahoney Mr. James L. Marsey & Mrs. Ellen Palmer Marsey Gretchen Mates** Mr. Robert J. Mathews Nan Miller* Dale, Dale Jr. & Gayle Montgomery Kim Whitesel-Nakel* Tom & Mary Neff Ken Noetzel* Geraldine C. O’Neill* Robert & Jan Ontolchik Joan M. Oravec*** Paul H. Pangrace*** Ms. Diane L. Pauley Terrell & Susan Pim Mr. & Mrs. Louis Pongracz* Ann Porter** Donald & Anjean Poyer* Larry & Susan Rakow* The Reinker Family*** Mr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen Ms. Lori Riga & Mr. Jeff Saks Drs. Arnold & Alta Rosenzweig* Dr. Howard E. Rowen Barbara Sabo Mr. & Mrs. Tom Schock* William & Lisa Schonberg Donna & Raymond Schuerger** Doris A. Schultz* Patricia J. Shook** Mr. & Mrs. David K. Siegel** Theresa A. Simek Mary Slak* Marg Slesnick* Albert & Bernice Strasshofer** Ms. Deanna L. Taborosi* Ms. Leslie N. Thomas Ms. Marjorie Turner Ms. Karen E. VanDeMotter Mr. Daniel M. Vento Carol A. Vidoli*** Tom Wagner & Malinda Smyth Ms. Kathleen Waits* Mrs. Barbara S. Walker* Rev. & Mrs. David M. Walker*** Drs. Jay & Kathleen Ward*** Mrs. Alice H. Webster* Roger & Nancy Welchans*** Gordon & Virginia Wepfer Richard & Darlene Wiegandt* Sharon & Yoash Wiener** Robert & Emily Williams Mr. Sam Wolfe James & Sandra Wood* James M. Zaranec** *3 – 5 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor
***10 or more consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor
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Hanna Theatre April 4-19, 2014
Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director
presents
As You Like It By
William Shakespeare Directed by
Edward Morgan
Torsten Johnson* Patrick John Kiernan Juan Rivera Lebron* Dougfred Miller* Betsy Mugavero* David Anthony Smith*
Eric Damon Smith* M.A. Taylor* Dustin Tucker* Andrew Voss Christine Weber*
Scenic Designer Russell Metheny
Costume Designer Kim Krumm Sorenson
Lighting Designer Rick Martin
Sound Designer Joe Court
Choreographer Martín Céspedes
Fight Choreographer Ken Merckx
Music Director Nathan Motta
Stage Manager Tim Kinzel*
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J. Todd Adams* Aled Davies* Jodi Dominick* Tom Ford* Atlie Gilbert
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With generous support from Lynn & Tim Pistell and The Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater
There will be one 15 minute intermission. Great Lakes Theater’s production of As You Like It is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Special Student Matinee Series support was generously provided by PNC. *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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The Cast
As You Like It
Dramatis Personae (In order of appearance) The Prologue
Jaques, a melancholy gentleman....................................................................................David Anthony Smith *
The Town
Orlando, a young gentleman.................................................................................................... Torsten Johnson * Adam, a family servant ....................................................................................................................Aled Davies * Oliver, brother to Orlando.......................................................................................................... J. Todd Adams * Denise, his cook.............................................................................................................................Jodi Dominick * Charles, a wrestler ...........................................................................................................................Andrew Voss
The Court
Celia, daughter to Duke Frederick...........................................................................................Christine Weber * Rosalind, daughter to the banished Duke................................................................................Betsy Mugavero * Touchstone, the Court Fool..........................................................................................................Dustin Tucker * Le Beau, a courtier ........................................................................................................................... M.A. Taylor * Duke Frederick.......................................................................................................................... Dougfred Miller * Officer 1..................................................................................................................................Juan Rivera Lebron * Officer 2...............................................................................................................................Patrick John Kiernan
The Exiles
Duke Senior, brother to Duke Frederick................................................................................. Dougfred Miller * Amiens, a Lord.......................................................................................................................Eric Damon Smith * Lord 1.......................................................................................................................................................Tom Ford * Lord 2...................................................................................................................................Patrick John Kiernan Lord 3.................................................................................................................................................Andrew Voss
Inhabitants of The Forest
Corin, an old shepherd .....................................................................................................................Aled Davies * Silvius, a young shepherd ....................................................................................................Juan Rivera Lebron * Audrey, a young goat-herd .............................................................................................................. Atlie Gilbert Sir Oliver Martext, a local vicar......................................................................................................M. A. Taylor * Phoebe, a shepherdess .................................................................................................................Jodi Dominick * William, a woodcutter.....................................................................................................................Andrew Voss
Also: Workers, Officers, Lords, Singers...............................................................................................The Ensemble
The Scene New England, not long after the start of the 20th century * Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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background Directors Note
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It’s been fun transplanting this brilliant play to American soil. It’s given the text new resonance for us. We hope it does the same for you, and that our version is as you like it. — Edward Morgan Director, As You Like It
Synopsis
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— Royal Shakespeare Company (edited/updated by Edward Morgan)
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uke Senior has been forced into exile from the court by his brother, the usurping Duke Frederick. He takes refuge in the Forest of Arden with a band of faithful lords. Rosalind, his daughter, is kept uneasily at court as a companion to her cousin Celia, Frederick’s daughter. Meanwhile, Orlando, the youngest son of the late Sir Rowland de Boys, has been kept in poverty by his brother Oliver since their father’s death. Orlando decides to wrestle for his fortune at Frederick’s court, where he meets Rosalind and they fall in love. The Duke banishes Rosalind, fearing that she is a threat to his rule. Celia, refusing to be parted from her cousin, goes with Rosalind to seek Duke Senior in the Forest. For safety, they disguise themselves Rosalind as a boy named Ganymede and Celia as his sister Aliena - and they persuade the fool Touchstone to accompany them. Orlando returns from the court and learns of a plot by his brother to kill him. He flees with a loyal servant to the Forest and takes refuge with the exiled Duke. Still thinking on Rosalind, he begins posting love lyrics through the forest. Before long, he encounters her, but she is disguised as Ganymede. She proceeds to coach Orlando on how to woo his Rosalind, often playing the part of Rosalind herself. Elsewhere in the Forest, Touchstone pursues Audrey, a goat-herd, and the shepherd Silvius dotes on his neighbor Phoebe, who has fallen for Ganymede (Rosalind in disguise). Meanwhile, Oliver has been sent to hunt down his brother and arrives in the Forest, where Orlando saves his life from a lion. Oliver repents his past abuse of Orlando and promptly falls in love with Aliena (Celia in disguise). As Ganymede, Rosalind promises to satisfy Orlando’s longing and to resolve all of the love plots in one flourish. She does so, forsaking her disguise, reuniting with her father and joining at last with young Orlando. Then news arrives that Duke Frederick has had a conversion and renounced the Dukedom, so the exiles can return to civilization and their former lives. Only the melancholy Jaques will stay behind in the Forest.
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n the surface, this play is a lyrical tale of exile and romance. The plot is simple: a young gentleman and two young noblewomen are driven from their homes. They flee into the forest where the rightful Duke and his followers have already been exiled. But instead of an empty wilderness, they encounter silly shepherds, wandering nobles, philosophers, hermits, deer, lions and snakes – a population Shakespeare borrows from the tales of Robin Hood, English pastorals, Italian romances and Greek poetry. This is the fabled Forest of Arden. Orlando, Rosalind and Celia arrive in Arden and their dangers dissipate as if the forest itself has cast a benevolent spell around them. The wood becomes a haven and a playground wherein they take on new identities in life and love. Meanwhile, the exiled Duke and his followers explore and contemplate the natural state of man, and the country-folk mingle with their visitors. All of these threads are interwoven through language as elegant as any Shakespeare ever wrote, flowing scene to scene like a sunlit brook through dappled glades. Yet beneath its sparkling surface, As You Like It is not merely froth. It juxtaposes civilized corruption with the life-giving force of the natural world. It gazes on mortality and the virtue of redemption. It mocks how urban and rural people view each other. It does gymnastics with gender roles and sashays with sexual ambivalence. And finally, it celebrates the threshold of a new era of individuality. With themes so strikingly modern, it’s astonishing to remember that this play premiered 415 years ago. So what have we done with our production? We’ve set it in New England in the midst of the second Industrial Revolution, not long after the start of the 20th century. We’ve placed the Forest of Arden in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. The villains are greedy, thriving Industrialists. The exiled Duke is a follower of Emerson, a would-be Thoreau. Rosalind and Orlando are the new Americans. Fiercely democratic, they succeed by merit - not privilege - as they forge a new worldview and sense of equality. Indeed, in this context, the delightful, ever-resourceful Rosalind becomes a kind of metaphor for American womanhood, advancing from 19th century servitude through Gibson Girl glamor to the courageous insistence of the Suffragette, and beyond. And finally, since the true pulse of an era resounds in its music, we’ve replaced the Elizabethan songs with tunes that echo these themes through Yankee sentiment and syncopation.
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Welcome
Producing Artistic Director
Dear Friends,
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n behalf of our artists, staff, and Board of Trustees, welcome to the final offering of Great Lakes Theater’s 52nd season! Our mission, “to bring the pleasure, power, and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience,” guides our mainstage productions as well as our educational programming, in the belief that theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, and provide our student audiences a glimpse of a broader world and the wellspring of learning made possible through the arts.
For the finale of our 2013-14 season in the re-imagined Hanna Theatre, we are thrilled to bring Shakespeare’s beautiful, boy-meets-girl as girl-playing-boy, romantic comedy, As You Like It, to the Parker Hannifin Stage (playing through April 19). Throughout this season you have seen many familiar names and faces from our astonishing core company of artists, educators, and technicians joined by artists making their Great Lakes debut. I am especially happy to welcome Edward Morgan, making his directorial debut with Great Lakes Theater at the helm of As You Like It. Ed comes to Cleveland with an extensive background in Shakespeare and the classics as well as contemporary work and musical theater, having served for nearly a decade as Associate Artistic Director of Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and working across the country from Santa Cruz Shakespeare Festival to Virginia Stage Company. His experience as a musician as well as a writer of musicals informs his work on As You Like It – one of Shakespeare’s most musical of comedies! I hope you will join us in extending our deep gratitude to the Sponsors of As You Like It, Lynn & Tim Pistell and the Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater, along with our Student Matinee Sponsor, PNC! We are proud to announce that As You Like It is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. But we could not produce our work without the tireless efforts of our talented administrative staff, dedicated board of trustees, and the tremendous generosity of this community! As you look around the theater you will see the names of many friends, partners, corporations and foundations whose support makes all of this possible. We hope you will join us June 14 for “HANNApalooza,” a fundraising-celebration of our first five years in the Hanna Theatre, we promise a wildly entertaining evening with the friends of Great Lakes Theater! Above all, thank you for your continued support. No one is more important to Great Lakes Theater than our loyal and dedicated audience. We look forward to a future filled with ever more collaboration and creativity. With gratitude and appreciation,
Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director Great Lakes Theater
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who’s who J. Todd Adams* Oliver/Ensemble, As You Like It; Father/Bob Crachit/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol and Clarence/Catesby, Richard III Three seasons at Great Lakes Theater Great Lakes Theater: Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), The Imaginary Invalid (Bonnefoi) and The Winter’s Tale (Cleomenes). Regional: Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, The Imaginary Invalid and The Winter’s Tale at Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Henry IV pt. 1 (Hotspur), The Three Musketeers (Aramis), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Costard) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck) at Shakespeare Santa Cruz; The Importance of Being Earnest (Jack) and The Real Thing (Billy) at PCPA; Drawer Boy, Lonesome West, Entertaining Mister Sloane and Cyrano de Bergerac (South Coast Repertory); Gross Indecency (Mark Taper Forum); King Lear (San Diego Repertory); Much Ado About Nothing (Arizona Theatre Company); I Pagliacci (Kennedy Center, directed by Franco Zeffirelli); and productions at A Noise Within and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Film/ Television: Gilmore Girls, The West Wing, Flyboys and Warriors of Virtue. Mr. Adams holds an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater.
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Aled Davies* Adam/Corin/Ensemble, As You Like It; Porter Milgrim, Deathtrap and Scrooge/Samuels, A Christmas Carol Thirteen seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previously for GLT: Scrooge/Samuels in A Christmas Carol, Arvide Abernathy in Guys and Dolls, Dr. Bradman in Blithe Spirit, Camillo in The Winter’s Tale, Monsieur Diafoirus in The Imaginary Invalid, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Major Metcalf in The Mousetrap, Vincentio in The Taming of the Shrew, Duke of Milan in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Brabantio in Othello, The Earl of Caversham in An Ideal Husband, Sheriff Reynolds in Bat Boy: The Musical, Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Your Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood,
The Artistic Company Sea Captain/Priest in Twelfth Night, Solinus/Dr. Pinch in The Comedy of Errors, Dorn in The Seagull, Duncan/Old Siward in Macbeth, Deputy Governor Danforth in The Crucible, King of France in All’s Well That Ends Well, Mr. Witherspoon in Arsenic and Old Lace, Escalus in Measure for Measure, Prospero in The Tempest, David Bliss in Hay Fever, Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Boyet in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar, Claudius in Hamlet, Cleante in Tartuffe, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Buckingham in Richard III and Topper in A Christmas Carol. Aled has been a proud and appreciative member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1984. Jodi Dominick* Denise/Phoebe/Ensemble, As You Like It; Jane/Mrs. Cratchit/ Charwoman/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol; Prince Edward, Richard III and Beggar Woman, Sweeney Todd Seven seasons at Great Lakes Theater Jodi’s previous roles include Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, Prince Edward/Ensemble in Richard III, Mollie Ralston in The Mousetrap, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Lady MacDuff in Macbeth, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Helena Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Lady Chiltern in An Ideal Husband, Bianca in Othello, Ivana/Tailor in The Taming of the Shrew, Samson in Romeo and Juliet, Lucetta/Outlaw in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Louison in The Imaginary Invalid, Emilia in The Winter’s Tale and Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. Six seasons at Idaho Shakespeare Festival include Sweeney Todd, Richard III, Into the Woods, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Twelfth Night, An Ideal Husband, Othello, Two Gentleman of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, Cabaret, The Mousetrap, The Winter’s Tale and The Imaginary Invalid. Other credits include Diana in I Love You Because at 14th Street Theater in PlayhouseSquare; Miss Gardner in Carrie the Musical, Clara in Passion and Helen in The Break Up Notebook at Beck Center. Other theaters: New World Stages,
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Hudson Backstage Theater, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Hayworth Theatre, Dobama and The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Jodi is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music. Tom Ford* Lord 1/Ensemble, As You Like It; Sidney Bruhl, Deathtrap; Lord Hastings/Sir James Tyrrel, Richard III and Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd Eight seasons at Great Lakes
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Theater Great Lakes Theater: Sweeney in Sweeney Todd, Hastings/Tyrrel in Richard III, Argan in The Imaginary Invalid, Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, Mr. Paravicini in The Mousetrap, the Baker in Into the Woods, Ross in Macbeth, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the King of Navarre in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Casca in Julius Caesar, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Nicola in Arms and the Man and Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Idaho Shakespeare Festival: Sweeney Todd, Richard III, The Imaginary Invalid, The Winter’s Tale, The Mousetrap, Into the Woods, Macbeth, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew, Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Touchstone in As You Like It, Julius Caesar, the title role in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and Hucklebee in The Fantasticks. Boise Contemporary Theater: This Wonderful Life, Truman Capote in Tru, I Am My Own Wife (co-produced with ISF). Portland Stage Company: Greater Tuna, The Snow Queen, Schott in Bach at Leipzig, Lady Enid, et al in The Mystery of Irma Vep, I Am My Own Wife, Billy in Iron Kisses, Kipps in The Woman in Black, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Mr. Manningham in Gaslight and Yvan in Art. Broadway: Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s By Jeeves at the Helen Hayes Theater. New London Barn Playhouse: Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Man in the Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey, Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, Sipos in She Loves Me and Max in The Producers. Other performances: Dromio of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors at
Pittsburgh Public Theater, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, Once Around the City at New York Stage and Film, Rutherford and Son at the Mint Theater, Salvador Dali in Hysteria at Florida Studio Theater, Johnny in Maurice Sendak’s production of Really Rosie and Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at McCarter Theater. tomfordactor.com Atlie Gilbert Audrey, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater Debut Atlie is thrilled to make her debut with GLT; which brings her back to her roots in the Cleveland-area! Now a Chicagobased actor, improviser, and teaching artist, she has had the privilege of working on several stages throughout the country. Atlie was recently seen in the world premiere of Ryan Scott Oliver’s new musical The Frog Prince Continued as Auntie Beatrice (Emerald City Theatre), as Marilyn Monroe in The Interview: JFK (Civil Rights Opera Project), and as Phoebe in As You Like It (Muse of Fire). Other recent Chicago-theatre credits include: Metropolis, Porchlight, Redmoon, and Clock Productions. She is also a proud ensemble member of The Murder Mystery Company, which frequently takes her around town, and often out of state with sketch and improv-based comedy shows. Love to the creative staff, family and friends! Torsten Johnson* Orlando, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Regional theater credits include Richard III and a tour of Much Ado About Nothing at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival; A Christmas Carol and Hay Fever at The Guthrie; The Royal Family, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida and The Admirable Crichton at American Players Theatre; Cinephilia with 7th House Theater Collective; Equivocation, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya and Antony and Cleopatra at the University of Minnesota; and Hamlet and Twelfth Night at the Interlochen Shakespeare Festival. Torsten holds his BFA from the University of Minnesota/ Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program.
Patrick John Kiernan Officer 1/Lord 2/Ensemble, As You Like It and Ghost of Christmas Past/Ghost of Christmas Future/Street Singer, A Christmas Carol One season at Great Lakes
Betsy Mugavero* Rosalind, As You Like It Three seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previously at GLT: Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Much Ado About Nothing (Hero). Other favorite
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Juan Rivera Lebron* Officer 1/Silvius/Ensemble, As You Like It Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previously at GLT: Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, Clown in The Winter’s Tale and Cleante in The Imaginary Invalid. Other Credits include: Florizel in The Winter’s Tale and Ru in Merrily We Roll Along at The Guthrie Theater, Young Man in Gum at The Women’s Project, NYC; Roberto in Working at The Signature Theater. Seven Seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, selected credits include: Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Sylvio in Servant of Two Masters, Rodolfo in A View from the Bridge, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Bicycle Pants in Lorca in a Green Dress. BFA, Carnegie Mellon University. U.S. delegation to the Unesco/ITI World Congress in Madrid, Spain 2008. Recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship funded by the William & Eva Fox Foundation and administered by the Theater
Dougfred Miller* Duke Fredrick/Duke Senior, As You Like It and Topper/Man 3/ Miner, A Christmas Carol Nine seasons at Great Lakes Theater Apart from his widely acclaimed portrayal of Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Doug’s previous appearances for Great Lakes Theater include the title role in Macbeth, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Jonathan in Arsenic and Old Lace, Cassius in Julius Caesar, Jacques in As You Like It and Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest. Last summer, he was seen in the Beck Center’s production of Spamalot, playing King Arthur opposite his real-life Lady of the Lake, Jessica Cope. In several seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, his roles include Cusins in Major Barbara, Holofernes in Love’s Labor’s Lost, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Horatio in Hamlet, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, several Dukes, an Emperor in Amadeus, and Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2. He has played Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Versati in The Underpants at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Jim Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Coach House Theatre, Lysander in a Vietnamese/English production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Central Dramatic Theatre Company in Hanoi, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Portland Center Stage, Richard in Richard III and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company, and with the Texas Shakespeare Festival, Prospero in The Tempest and the Duke in Measure for Measure. Doug is a graduate of the PTTP at the University of Delaware, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
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Theater Patrick is honored to return to Great Lakes Theater after appearing in A Christmas Carol this past winter. He has spent the last two summers working as an audio engineer with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and is thrilled to return to his other passion: performance. Patrick is a New York native, currently working with an ensemble of performers and designers in New York City and Ann Arbor, Michigan on creating a multimedia adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s poem, The Hunting of the Snark. He has worked regionally in New York City, upstate New York, and Vermont. Favorite credits include: Ben Fowles in Farragut North, Cliff in Cabaret, Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Erysichthon in Metamorphoses, Chicklet in Psycho Beach Party, Barfee in Spelling Bee, and the Rejected Chorus Girl in The Producers. Visit him at www. patrickjohnkiernan.com
Communications Group. Member of AEA. Dedicated to C, O, B, A for their love and support. Like or follow @ facebook/juanriveralebron, twitter/juanlebron.
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credits include the regional premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher (Molly), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia), Henry V (the Boy), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Jaquenetta) among others at the Utah Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) and Noises Off! (Brooke), Idaho Shakespeare Festival; The Tempest (Miranda), Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. M.F.A., University of California, Irvine. Betsy is thrilled to be back in Cleveland and to explore Arden with such talented friends. Much love and thanks to her family, friends, Quinn and Henry. David Anthony Smith* Jacques, As You Like It; Muggeridge/The Ghost of Christmas Present/Debtor/ Ensemble, A Christmas Carol and Duke of Buckingham, Richard III Eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater In eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater, audiences have seen him as Iago in Othello, Duke of Buckingham in Richard III, Viscount Goring in An Ideal Husband, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Macduff in Macbeth, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Sergius in Arms and the Man, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Marc Antony in Julius Caesar and Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost. He has performed at the Tony-Awardwinning Old Globe Theater in San Diego, South Coast Repertory, 13 seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival (title role in Henry V), at Laguna Playhouse, Sierra Rep, Madison Rep and the Shakespeare festivals of Utah, Colorado, Garden Grove, Rhode Island and Nevada. Forever and a day — Natalia.
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Eric Damon Smith* Amiens/Ensemble, As You Like It; The Bishop of Ely/Murderer, Richard III and Bird Seller/ Ensemble, Sweeney Todd Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater A Chicago-based actor and director, Eric happily returns to Great Lakes Theater. Previously this season, Eric appeared in Sweeney Todd and Richard III (2nd murderer and Bishop of Ely) and last season as Charles in Blithe Spirit and
Balthasar/Friar Francis in Much Ado About Nothing. Recently, Eric was seen as Bud in Gutenberg! The Musical at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre; Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice and Oliver in As You Like It at Riverside Theatre in the Park in Iowa City. Other Chicago credits include his Jeff-Award nominated turn as Flaminio Scala in the Midwest premiere of The Glorious Ones with Boho and at Theatre on the Lake. Also Jacques in As You Like It at Muse of Fire, Mosca in Volpone, directed by Sheldon Patinkin at City Lit Theatre and Jamie in Long Day’s Journey into Night at Polarity. He has also worked with Remy Bumppo and Northlight Theatre. Eric trained at Hofstra University. M. A. Taylor* Le Beau/Sir Oliver Martext/ Ensemble, As You Like It; Charity Man/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Lord Rivers, Richard III and The Beadle, Sweeney Todd Eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater Mark Anthony (aka M.A.) is glad to return to the banks of Lake Erie and revisit this pastoral Shakespearean classic. Previous roles at Great Lakes Theater include: Charity Man/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Beadle, Sweeney Todd; Lord Rivers, Richard III; Verges, Much Ado About Nothing; Old Shepherd, The Winter’s Tale; Guy, The Imaginary Invalid; Peter, Romeo and Juliet; Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew; Speed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Actor 3, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged); Gratiano, Othello; Phipps, An Ideal Husband; Flute/Fairy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Durdles, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; and Fabian, Twelfth Night. Also among his credits: Candy in Of Mice and Men (directed by Adrian Hall) for PTTP/Rep, Dracula for Boise Contemporary Theater in the title role, Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Gravedigger/ Player King in Hamlet for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and Crave & Fully Committed for Tooth & Nail Theater in Salt Lake City. Other productions include Arsenic and Old Lace, The Crucible, Tooth of Crime, Translations, An Ideal Husband, All the King’s Men, The Effects of Tobacco and Swan Song. He holds an MFA from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP). He wishes to thank his
Families (Genetic & Professional) without who, I would n’er be able to do what I love. Looking forward to green grass and the crack of the bat… Go Tribe!
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Andrew Voss Charles/William/Lord 3/ Ensemble, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Andrew is thrilled to be making his Great Lakes Theater debut. He spent last summer at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, playing The Bloody Sergeant/Doctor in Macbeth, The 2nd Merchant in The Comedy of Errors, and Pal the Dog/ Ensemble in Failure a Love Story. He earned his BFA in Acting at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Some MKE Credits include: Ferdinand in The Tempest, Antonio in Twelfth Night, and Macduff in Macbeth, with Optimist Theatre. Also, Hal in Picnic, and Walley in Broken and Entered, with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. He is a founding member of Youngblood Theater Company, credits include; Savage in Limbo, Red Light Winter, Drive Me to Arson, Freakshow,
Christine Weber* Celia/Ensemble, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Christine is thrilled to be joining Great Lakes Theater for her first season with As You Like It. Hailing from Minnesota, her Guthrie Theater credits include Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Belle and Fred’s Wife in A Christmas Carol, Perdita in The Winter’s Tale, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, Nancy Holmes in When We Are Married, and Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (a co-production and national tour with The Acting Company), and Dasha in the world premiere of When I Was A Ghost... (directed by Lear deBessonet). Other credits include: Children’s Theater Company (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Cabaret, Company, The Wizard of Oz, Snow Queen), Theatre L’Homme Dieu (Alice in You Can’t Take it With You, and Daisy in Biloxi Blues), Walking Shadow Theater Company (Amazons and Their Men), Workhaus Collective (The Sense of What Should Be), and others. Christine has also directed Striking 12 for two seasons with the Bloomington Civic Theater, as well as assistant directed for productions, including Freud’s Last Session (dir. Rob Melrose, Guthrie Theater), the regional premiere of 36 Views (dir. John Heimbuch, Walking Shadow Theater Company), and as the directing intern for the American premiere of Conor McPherson’s The Birds (dir. Henry Wishcamper, Guthrie Theater). Christine is a graduate of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie B.F.A. Actor Training Program, and has been a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2009. Love to J, A, O and B. www.christinemweber.com
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Dustin Tucker* Touchstone, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Dustin is so honored to be making his Great Lakes Theater debut with this delightful play and company. His recent credits include Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, directed by Mr. Charlie Fee; as well as Vigil by Morris Panych and his sixth season of The Santaland Diaries (BroadwayWorld.com Best Actor) both with Portland Stage Company. Broadway: The Rainmaker (Roundabout). Off-Broadway credits include: SoHo Rep, Dicapo Opera, Primary Stages, Culture Project and Edge. Dustin currently resides in Portland, Maine, where he is an Affiliate Artist with Portland Stage Company and has appeared in Fully Committed, The 39 Steps, Greater Tuna (with As You Like It cast mate, Tom Ford) and Bach at Leipzig, among others. His other regional credits include: Williamstown, Sierra Rep, Festival Stage of Winston-Salem and The Theater at Monmouth. Dustin is a proud and blessed member of Actors’ Equity Association. www.dustintucker.com.
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Directors Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director and Director, Deathtrap Twelve seasons at Great Lakes Theater Directing credits at GLT: Blithe Spirit, Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, Hay Fever, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arms and the Man and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Charles holds a unique position in the American theater as producing artistic director of three independently operated, professional theater companies: Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland, Ohio (since 2002), Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho (since 1991) and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival in Lake Tahoe, Nevada (since 2010). His appointments have resulted in a dynamic and groundbreaking producing model for the companies, in which more than 50 plays have been shared since 2002. In 2009, Charles was honored to receive recognition for his leadership by the Cleveland Arts Prize as a recipient of the Martha Joseph Award. Other awards include The Mayor’s and Governor’s awards for Excellence in the Arts, in Boise, Idaho. From 1988 to 1992, he held the position of artistic director at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in California. He has also worked with The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, the Milwaukee and Missouri repertory theaters, Actor’s Theatre of Phoenix and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. In addition to his work with the companies in Ohio, Idaho and Nevada, Charles is active within the community. He has served as a member of the strategic planning committee for the Morrison Center, as producer of the FUNDSY Award Gala
(’96, ’98 and 2000), and as producer of the 1996 Idaho Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Charles has served on the board of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Downtown Rotary Club. He received his B.A. from the University of the Pacific and Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Along with his wife, Lidia, and 18-year-old daughter, Alexa, Charles resides in Boise, Cleveland and Lake Tahoe — a feat that is only possible because of the incredible love and support of his family, and the generous communities he serves! Edward Morgan Director, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Mr. Morgan is delighted to direct for Great Lakes Theater. Some of his other credits include the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Stage Company, Merrimack Rep, Hindu MetroPlus Theatre Festival (India), Teatro 1887 (Costa Rica), The Kennedy Center, The Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre and Milwaukee Rep, where he was Associate Artistic Director for six years. Mr. Morgan has also taught and directed at numerous universities, in the USA and abroad. This past year, Mr. Morgan directed The Taming of the Shrew for Shakespeare Santa Cruz, David Mamet’s Race for Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee, and joined the rehearsal process for the premiere of Twenty Seven, his adaptation of a Faulkner novella, at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Morgan and his work have been honored with Washington’s Helen Hayes Awards and nominations, by the Drama League of NY, and with several writing commissions. He’s a casting partner for Cirque du Soleil and on the roster of Fulbright senior specialists. He is based in NY and his website is: www.edward-morgan.com.
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Joe Court Sound Designer, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Joe is excited to design for Great Lakes Theater for the first time. Joe is a professional sound designer who has been based out of Chicago since 2006. He is a company member with Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company. He has designed more than 80 shows since moving to Chicago with many different theater companies including: Mary-Arrchie, A Red Orchid, The Inconvenience, TUTA, Emerald City, The Raven, Seanachai, Theatre Seven, Backstage, Boho, Lifeline, Pine Box, The Gift, Step Up, University of Chicago, The Clarence Brown Theatre (Knoxville, TN.) and The Illinois Shakespeare Festival. From 2008 until 2012 Joe served as sound engineer for the Chicago production of the Tony Award winning musical Million Dollar Quartet. Joe also serves as adjunct faculty in sound design at Ball State University. He received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination in 2009 for his design for The Unseen with A Red Orchid Theatre. Rick Martin Lighting Designer, Deathtrap and As You Like It Twelve seasons at Great Lakes Theater Many productions with GLT and ISF. Other theater: US premiere of Kurt Weil’s Marie Galante (Opèra Français de NY); Hekabe, The Illiad and The Rage of Achilles with Music-Theatre Group (New York and Santa Fe); and The Bitter Tears of Petra van Kant (Henry Miller Theatre, New York). Opera: Le Diable dans le beffroi, La Chute de la Maison Usher (Opéra national de Paris – scenery and lighting), Castor et Pollux, Pellèas et Mèllisande and To Be Sung (Opéra Français de NY), Dialogues des Carmèlites, Cenerentola (Opéra de Toulon) and Romèo et Juliette (Spoleto Festival USA). Concerts:
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Martín Céspedes Choreographer, As You Like It Four seasons at Great Lakes Theater Martín is happy to return to Great Lakes Theater and to be working with Ed Morgan for the first time. At Great Lakes, he has choreographed The Comedy of Errors, Into the Woods, Bat Boy: The Musical, and Much Ado About Nothing. He most recently staged the critically acclaimed Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson and Xanadu for Beck Center for the Arts. Favorite productions include Nine The Musical; Equus; Smokey Joe’s Café; Five Guys Named Moe; Ain’t Misbehavin’ and My Way (the Music of Frank Sinatra). He has appeared in several Broadway national tours, including Man of La Mancha with Jack Jones and Ron Holgate; The King and I with Hayley Mills, Marie Osmond, Maureen McGovern and Faith Prince; South Pacific with Robert Goulet; and West Side Story with Bebe Neuwirth. In New York, Martín staged choreography for the off-off-Broadway production of Scrooge and Marley. He choreographed the opening acts for Earth, Wind, and Fire and the Bee Gees, and has appeared on TV’s Dance Fever and NBC’s Weekday Fever. His most recent opera credit was the lavish PBS production of Le Cid with Placido Domingo
and the Washington Opera live from Kennedy Center, He is an alumnus of Jacque d’Amboise’s National Dance Institute at New York City’s PS 161. Martín has won numerous awards some including the 2011 Broadwayworld Award. 2013 Cleveland Critics Circle award for best choreography. And was nominated for the Zelda Fichander Award which recognizes an outstanding director of choreographer who is making a unique and exceptional contribution in regional theater. Upcoming shows include The Frogs (Cain Park), Young Frankenstein (Beck Center), and Director/Choreographer for the opening of the Cleveland Foundation’s 100th anniversary Gala at the Palace Theatre.
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Nathan Motta Music Director, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Nathan is artistic director at Dobama Theatre where he’s directed A Bright New Boise, The Lyons, Time Stands Still, and The Aliens. At Cleveland Play House Motta has acted as assistant director on Life of Galileo and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, a collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra. Other recent music credits include: Bell, Book, and Candle and A Carol for Cleveland at Cleveland Play House and Smokey Joe’s Café at Cain Park. Other conductor credits include work with Opera Cleveland, Mercury Opera Rochester, Ohio Light Opera, and Civic Light Opera (Pittsburgh). He served as assistant conductor to Robert Page and Marvin Hamlisch for A Tribute to Richard Rodgers (Pittsburgh Symphony Pops). His recording of Der Vogelhändler with the Ohio Light Opera was released by Albany Records in 2008. Nathan has composed two original musicals, Little White Gloves and Midsummer. He is director of music and arts at University Circle UMC and holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon and the Eastman School of Music.
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Harawi (Opèra Comique, Paris – scenery and lighting), Le martyre de Saint Sèbastien (Citè de la Musique, Paris and Arsenal, Metz), Orchestre national de Lyon and the Orchestre de Champs Élysées (Lyon, Poitiers, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, São Paulo). Coming up: US tour of Harawi, 2014. Ken Merckx Fight Choreographer, As You Like It, Deathtrap and Richard III Nine seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previous shows include Romeo & Juliet, Othello, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Crucible, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Tartuffe. Mr. Merckx has taught and choreographed stage combat all over the country, as the resident fight choreographer for A Noise Within (Los Angeles), Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Ken is on the faculty of California State, Fullerton as theatrical combat instructor. Mr. Merckx received his B.A. from the University of Washington and MFA from the University of Illinois, and received a 2013 Ovation Award for his Fight Choreography in Cymbeline at A Noise Within.
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Russell Metheny Scenic Designer, Deathtrap and As You Like It Nine seasons at Great Lakes Theater For Great Lakes Theater, Russell has designed Blithe Spirit, The Mousetrap, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors, Measure For Measure, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Arsenic and Old Lace, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Merry Wives of Windsor. For Idaho Shakespeare Festival, he has designed The 39 Steps, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Woman In Black, Othello, A Tuna Christmas, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors, Greater Tuna, Measure for Measure, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Tempest, Love’s Labor’s Lost, King Lear and Julius Caesar. Recent productions include A Little Night Music, 4000 Miles, 1776, The House That Jack Built, Jekyll and Hyde, My Fair Lady, Betrayal, Twelve Angry Men and Superior Donuts. Regionally, Russell has also designed for ACT San Francisco, Asolo Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Missouri Rep, Indiana Rep, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre, Weston Playhouse, The Studio Theatre (D.C.), Portland Stage, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Goodspeed Musicals and Geffen Playhouse. Upcoming productions: Philadelphia, Here I Come for Asolo
Theatre, Kurt Vonnegut One Acts and The Game’s Afoot for Indiana Rep. and As You Like It for Great Lakes Theatre/Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Lake Tahoe. Mr. Metheny has received three Helen Hayes awards for outstanding scenic design. Kim Krumm Sorenson Costume Designer, As You Like It Ten seasons at Great Lakes Theater Kim is pleased to be spending her tenth season with Great Lakes Theater, where she most recently designed Blithe Spirit. Past designs include The Mousetrap, Othello, The Seagull, The Crucible, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, Much Ado About Nothing and Tartuffe. She is a frequent designer for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, as well as The Juilliard School, where she designs both theater and opera. Her work has also been seen at Delaware Theatre Company, TACT, Playmakers Repertory Company, Hartford Stage Company, Guthrie Theatre, Intiman Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, The Acting Company, Indiana Repertory Theater and Portland Stage Company. Kim holds an MFA from Southern Methodist University and is a member of USA 829. She lives in New York with her husband, Scott, and their two beautiful daughters, Carly and Gemma.
Stage Management Tim Kinzel* Stage Manager, Richard III; A Christmas Carol; Deathtrap and As You Like It Five seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previous stage manager credits for Great Lakes Theater include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, An Ideal Husband, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo & Juliet, The Imaginary Invalid, Blithe Spirit, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, A Christmas Carol and Deathtrap. Assistant stage manager credit for Great Lakes Theater includes The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Tim has multiple stage management credits from the following companies: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizon, Cherry Lane Theater NYC and Houston’s Stages Repertory Theatre. He also holds multiple production assistant and intern credits with Alley Theater, Houston Grand Opera and Stages Repertory Theater. Love to his family, friends and Cleveland who have supported him and the arts over the years. Let’s Go Tribe!
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Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director Bob Taylor, Executive Director 2013–14 ARTISTIC COMPANY Richard III, Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol, Deathtrap, As You Like It DIRECTORS Sara Bruner, Victoria Bussert, Charles Fee, Joseph Hanreddy, Edward Morgan, Nathan Motta, Matthew Webb DESIGNERS
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MANAGEMENT TEAM Director of Development...............................................Don Bernardo Artistic Associate.............................................................. Sara Bruner Production Manager......................................Christopher D. Flinchum Director of Educational Services........................Kelly Schaffer Florian Marketing & Public Relations Director ...................Todd S. Krispinsky Director of Educational Programming..............................Lisa Ortenzi EDUCATION Education Outreach Associate....................................... David Hansen Actor-Teachers School Residency Program....Chennelle Bryant-Harris, Katelyn Cornelius, Andrew Gombas, Khaki Hermann, Tim Keo, Brett Radke, Michael Silverstein, Hillary Wheelock
PRODUCTION Stage Manager.................................................................. Tim Kinzel* Production Assistant............................................... Kristen Boehnlein Production Associate................................................ Jessica B. Lucas Technical Director............................................................ Mark Cytron Assistant Technical Director.................................William Langenhop Master Electrician..........................................................Tammy Taylor Master Carpenter............................................................ Lindsay Loar Carpenter/Welder.....................................................Richard Haberlen Carpenters.............................Patrick Evans, Paul Miller, Gary Zsigrai Properties Master.............................................................Terry Martin Assistant to the Properties Master.....................Alexandra Haubrich Charge Scenic Artist........................................................... Angi Grow Scenic Artist.............................................................. Christine Dugan Costume Shop Manager........................................Esther M. Haberlen Assistant Shop Manager/Draper..........................................Leah Loar Craft Artisan / Design Assistant............................. Krista Tomorowitz Draper............................................................................ Grace Keenan First Hand......................................... Christine Krejsa, Alaina Venditti Stitchers................ Kristine Davies, Stephanie Fisher, Michelle Metro Wardrobe Supervisor.........................................................Kate Share Wardrobe Crew........... Stephanie Fisher, Zach Hickle, Alaina Venditti Audio Supervisor................................................Richard B. Ingraham Run Crew.................................................. Greg Falcione, Gary, Zsigrai Hanna Theatre Crew...................................Thomas Boddy, Chris Guy, Shaun Milligan, Robert Prah *Members of Actors’ Equity Association Special Thanks: Arrow Video Great Lakes Theater is a member of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) and operates under agreements with LORT, Actors’ Equity Association, American Federation of Musicians, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and the United Scenic Artists, which are unions representing professional actors, stage managers, musicians, stagehands, directors, choreographers, and designers, respectively, in the United States.
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he mission of Great Lakes Theater, through its main stage productions and its education programs, is to bring the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience. Since the company’s inception in 1962, programming has been rooted in Shakespeare, but Great Lakes commitment to great plays spans the breadth of all cultures, forms of theater and time periods –– including the 20th century –– and provides for the occasional mounting of new works that complement the classical repertoire. Classic theater holds the Great Lakes Theater’s 2014 production of Deathtrap. capacity to illuminate truth (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, revel in eloquent language, preserve the traditions of diverse cultures and generate communal spirit. On its main stage and through its education programs, GLT seeks to create visceral, immediate experiences for participants, asserting theater’s historic role as a vehicle for advancing the common good and helping people make the joyful and meaningful connections between classic plays and their own lives. The company’s commitment to classic theater is magnified in the educational programs that surround its productions. Since its inception, Great Lakes Theater’s fall 2013 production of Sweeney GLT has had a strong presence in area schools, Todd. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) bringing students to the theater for matinee performances and sending specially trained actor- a classic theater. As Great Lakes moves into a new teachers to the schools for weeklong residencies era with a permanent home in the Hanna Theatre, developed to explore classic drama from a theatri- the company reaffirms its belief in the power of cal point of view. GLT is equally dedicated to partnership, its determination to make this comenhancing the theater experience for adult audi- munity a better place in which to live, and its ences through Surround, a series of community commitment to ensure the legacy of classic theprograms that explore the themes of a main stage ater in Cleveland. production. To this end, Great Lakes Theater 1501 Euclid Ave., Suite 300 regularly serves as the catalyst for community Cleveland, OH 44115 events and programs in the arts and humanities P: (216) 241-5490 that illuminate the plays on its stage. F: (216) 241-6315 Great Lakes Theater is one of only a handful of W: www.greatlakestheater.org American theaters that have stayed the course as
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Welcome! The following individuals made their first gift or returned as active donors to Great Lakes Theater during the period July 1, 2013 through February 14, 2014. The Great Lakes Theater family welcomes you!
Individuals Bette Bonder & Patrick Bray Mike & Carole Brown Beverly & Bruce Cameron Tim & Cindy Carr Megan Casserlie Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Chernus Judy Comeau-Hart Ronald & Patricia Cramer Ms. Christie R. Cutarelli Eleanor Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Doherty Janice Evans Ann & Harry Farmer Mary Ann & Joseph Fischer Mr. & Ms. Patrick F. Gallagher Gary & Katie Geoffrion Sarah Gilbert David Goodman & Barbara Hawley
Denis M. Griesmer Mrs. Robin H. Hatch Ms. Eleanor W. Helper Mark & Lynn Hofflund Mr. James J. Jaggers Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Jahn Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Kahn Mr. Karl Keller Mary Jo Klements Stewart & Donna Kohl Donna M. & Alex I. Koler Ronald G. Kollar Dr. & Mrs. Eric Konicki Charles Kruger John & Joann Lane Mr.& Mrs. Brian Lawler Stephen & Lillian Levine Eva & Rudolf Linnebach Ted & Mary Lomac Mr. & Mrs. Douglas McGregor
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Anita K. Stoll Ms. Rochelle R. Straffon Carrie Tangenberg Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Tatman Uarda Taylor Raymond Voelker Nancy-Anne Wargo Mrs. Carole R. Warren Mr. John Wiedemann & Ms. Pamela Schnellinger Margaret & Loyal Wilson Dr. C. Russell & Cynthia Zachem Corporations Cleveland Indians The J.M. Smucker Company
Scene Changers! The following donors increased their Annual Fund giving by at least 10% during the period July 1, 2013 – February 14, 2014. THANK YOU for increasing your support of Cleveland’s Classic Company!
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Individuals Anonymous (2) Nancy L. Adams Lori Adler Walt & Laura Avdey Dalia & Robert Baker Randy & Pam Ballard Carol Barnak Robyn & David Barrie Mr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates William & Viia Beechler Fred & Mary Behm Donna Beletic Mr. James J. Benedict, Jr. Mr. Joseph M. Bennett John & Jeannene Bertosa John & Laura Bertsch David & Carolyn Bialosky Roger Bielefeld Tom & Dorothy Bier Kim & Bart Bixenstine Mr. & Mrs. David F. Blackman Mitch & Liz Blair Dr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser
Gary & Kay Bluhm Susan Bobey Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. Boehnlein Ms. Dorothy F. Borer Mr. D. Stephen Botorff & Ms. Patricia J. Moyer Ms. Robin Herrington Bowen Joanne R. Bratush Richard & Mary Ann Brockett Julia & Ben Brouhard V. Elizabeth Brown Mrs. Nancy H. Burcham H.F. & J.C. Burkhardt Jack & Janice Campbell Larry & Andi Carlini Bill & Judie Caster Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cercone Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Charlick Marcia G. Christian John & Donna Clifford Stan & Lisa Corwin Doug & Mary Court Judith Darus Lowell & Carole Davis
Rebecca Zuti Audrey DeClement Marilyn P. Demeter Daniel Divis Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill Larry & Eva Haas Dolan Daniel & Joyce Dyer Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg Dr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig Howard P. Erlichman Gene & Patricia Ewald Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Field Susan L. Fike Dianne V. Foley Katherine A. Ganz Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield, Jr. Mrs. Barbara J. Garris Thomas Gilbride Dr. & Mrs. Norman W. Goldston Ms. Roe Green John Greene Henry G. Grendell Ms. Elizabeth A. Grove
Jean E. Gubbins Lee & Peter Haas Hazel Haffner Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld John & Virginia Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings Jean Heller Curt & Karen Henkle Frank & Gerry Hoffert Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr. Clyde A. Horn James & Gale Jacobsohn Susan Janney Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson Amy & Jeff Johnson Lauren Kawentel Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen Mr. Gilbert P. Kenehan Samuel C. Kennell Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kimmel Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick Ms. Judith A. Kish
Scene Changers! Continued Frances Stewart & David Mook Roy & Cindy Moore Toni & Linda Moore Janet & Bob Neary Tom & Mary Neff Ken Noetzel Joan M. Oravec Lou M. Papes Zachary & Deborah Paris Peggy & Michael Partington Nicholas & Sue Peay Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer M. Piper Mr. & Mrs. Louis Pongracz David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse John & Norine Prim Larry & Susan Rakow Thomas & Helen Rathburn The Reinker Family Mr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen
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The trustees, staff and artistic company of Great Lakes Theater express our deepest gratitude to the hundreds of supporters of “Cleveland’s Classic Company.” The donors listed below made generous gifts between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. “Thanks, thanks, and ever thanks.” Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene iii
Make a Contribution Great Lakes Theater served over 100,000 students and adults last year through its Hanna and Ohio Theatre mainstage productions and education programs throughout northeast Ohio. This would not have been possible without the annual support of hundreds of the generous donors listed below. Please join the Great Lakes Theater family by making a tax-deductible contribution to support Cleveland ‘s Classic Company. Visit the “Support Us” section of our website (www.greatlakestheater.org) or call us at (216) 453-4442 to learn more about our membership and donation programs.
Sponsors Company Sponsors $100,000 and above The Cleveland Foundation***
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture** Lead Sponsors $50,000 to $99,999
The George Gund Foundation*** John P. Murphy Foundation* David and Inez Myers Foundation***
Ohio Arts Council*** Parker Hannifin Corporation* The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation***
Sponsors $25,000 to $49,999 The Reinberger Foundation John & Barbara Schubert*** The Sherwick Fund
Eaton Corporation*** GAR Foundation*** Martha Holden Jennings Foundation*** PNC Foundation*** Avon Circle $10,000 to $24,999 The Abington Foundation* Paul S. Brentlinger** The Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation*** The Community Foundation of Lorain County***
Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer*** The Lubrizol Foundation*** Janet & Bob Neary*** The Nord Family Foundation*** William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pistell*** Mrs. James O. Roberts*** The Schubert Foundation*** Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford***
The Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater
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*3 – 5 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor **6 – 9 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor ***10 or more consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor
Stratford Circle ($5,000 to $9,999)
Globe Circle ($2,500 to $4,999)
Anonymous (3) Michelle R. Arendt** Dalia & Robert Baker*** Kim & Bart Bixenstine H.F. & J.C. Burkhardt*** Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cercone*** Christopher & Nancy Coburn* Beverly J. Coen* Ms. Leslie C. Dickson* Carolyn & Charles Dickson*** Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press** Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield, Jr.*** The Gries Family Foundation*** Ms. Elizabeth A. Grove John & Virginia Hansen*** Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. Kenneth Karosy** Mr. Jonathan Leiken & Ms. Erika Friedman* Dr. Lawrence E. Lohman & Mrs. Mary J. Lohman** Ken & Mary Loparo*** Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer** Jack McGrath*** Stephen & Donna Miller*** Mr. & Mrs. William Mitchell** Mr. & Mrs. John C. Morley*** Pamela G. Noble & E. Macke Bentley IV* Mr. & Mrs. William Osborne, Jr.*** Dr. & Mrs. Donald Palmer*** Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast*** Mr. & Mrs. John S. Piety*** Donna & James Reid** Linda Schlageter*** Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph K. Schmeller Diana & Eugene Stromberg*** Target Mr. Robert A. Tschannen***
Our Region’s Students Each year, over 40,000 students throughout Northeast Ohio participate in a main stage, classroom or community program produced by Great Lakes Theater. Donors help underwrite student tickets and programming fees to make it possible for many to experience firsthand “the world’s greatest plays.”
Learn more and help us change lives at GreatLakesTheater.org. Gerald F. Unger*** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Warren** Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Wellener IV*** Patrick M. Zohn***
Sustainers ($500 to $999) Anonymous (2) Mr. David C. Borsani Mr. Jonathan M. Boylan & Mrs. Marianne Ludwig** Jack & Janice Campbell*** Jean McQuillan & Richard Christ*** Prof. & Mrs. George W. Dent James Eschmeyer*** Janet & Patricia Glaeser*** Gary & Joanna Graeff*** Robert & Linda Jenkins** R. Robert Koch Trust* The Lampl Family Foundation*** Rosa and Samuel Lobe Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation*** Thomas & Sheryl Love** Lynda & Charlie Mayer** Mr. & Mrs. John F. McClatchey Francis & Viola McDowell** The Music and Drama Club* John & Norine Prim***
Dr. & Mrs. Bradford J. Richmond* Mr. & Mrs. Mark Siegel** Naomi G. & Edwin Z. Singer Family Fund* Karl & Carol Theil Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Vail Mr. & Mrs. James D. Vail* Carol Lee Vella*** Mary C. Warren** Mr. Warren I. Williamson & Ms. Lael A. Kilpatrick Women’s Committee of Great Lakes Theater*** Brian Wynne & Patrick Cozzens John & Jane Zuzek***
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Anonymous (2) Chuck & Bonnie Abbey* Walt & Laura Avdey** Robyn & David Barrie*** David & Carolyn Bialosky Mitch & Liz Blair** Glenn & Jenny Brown*** The Carmel Family Foundation*** Bill & Judie Caster* Mr. & Mrs. Homer D. W. Chisholm*** The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation*** Gail Cudak & Thomas Young*** Barry & Suzanne Doggett*** Larry & Eva Haas Dolan* Richard & Evelyn Dolejs* Dominion Foundation*** Edward Donnelly & Mary Kay DeGrandis Charles, Lidia & Alexa Fee** Steve Gariepy & Nancy Sin*** William R. Gustaferro*** Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell*** Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings** William W. Jacobs*** Anthony LaPlaca* The Laub Foundation*** Lincoln Electric Company* The Mersol Family*** Donald W. Morrison*** Nordson Corporation Foundation* Nicholas & Sue Peay***
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Anonymous Bridgewater Associates** The Alton F. & Carrie S. Davis Fund Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill* Mr. & Mrs. Morton G. Epstein*** The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Foundation*** The Giant Eagle Foundation* Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen** Leonard Krieger Fund of The Cleveland Foundation* Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust*** Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller** David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse*** Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Ratner* Laura & Alvin Siegal Brit & Kate Stenson*** The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust*
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Peterman*** Thomas A. Piraino & Barbara C. McWilliams* Shawn M. Riley & Christine Sommer Riley** Prof. Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Betty Willis Ruben Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ruhl*** Dr. & Mrs. Gerard Seltzer* Sally J. Staley** Paul & Pamela Teel* John & Catherine Van Hulle Donna & Richard Walsh***
Patrons ($250 to $499) Anonymous (3) Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc.** Mrs. Al A. Archambault Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Barrie Mr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates*** Fred & Mary Behm** Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bercu John & Laura Bertsch Elizabeth A. Billings* Gary & Kay Bluhm* Bernice A. Bolek*** Marilyn A. Callaly** The Rev. Dr. Joan Campbell David & Carole Carr
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Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Cooper Chad & Andrea Deal* Pete & Margaret Dobbins*** Donna Douglas*** Bob & Ginny Eckardt Dr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig*** Jeanne S. Epstein** Mr. & Mrs. L. William Erb Jon & Mary Fancher** Iris & Tom Harvie*** Debra & Tom Hayes* Tom & Luz Higgason* Kathy & Jamie Hogg** Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.*** Ron & Joanne Hulec** Bernie & Nancy Karr*** Charles King & Catherine Keating Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick** Glenn & Jean Knight Mr. Robert Kocian Ronald G. Kollar** Chris & Laura Larson** Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Linick Morton & Lola Litt*** Frederick C. Luckay Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Lynch*** Ms. Nancy Clay Marsteller Herm & Carol McCreary* John J. Meiburger Steven & Dolly Minter*** David & Leslee Miraldi*** Mary & Steve Mitchell*** Frances Stewart & David Mook* Brian & Cindy Murphy** Deborah L. Neale*** Mr. Jason Oblander Barbara J. Burke* Mr. & Mrs. Robert Oshinsky** Mr. & Mrs. James M. Petras Thomas & Helen Rathburn* Dr. Edward J. Rockwood*** Mrs. Sharon M. Rogers** Michael Russell Dr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Smith** Carole & George Snider Mrs. Edward R. Stell* Dalma & Lajos Takacs*** The Edward & Katherine Thomas Family Frank & Vicki Titas* Dr. & Mrs. Ken Tomecki*** Kathleen Turner*** Robert & Marti Vagi*** Dr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Watts Mr. David A. Zagore Mr. Lee C. Zeiszler
Associates ($125 to $249)
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Anonymous (6) Lori Adler Thomas & Joann Adler**’ Joel & Teresa Andreani John & Kathy Baker Randy & Pam Ballard Margret Beekel* Mr. James J. Benedict, Jr. Mr. Joseph M. Bennett Clurie Bennis
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Audiences and Artists Did you know that ticket revenue covers only half of the cost of creating a Great Lakes Theater production? Generous donors ensure that our productions of timeless classics, “re-imagined” for contemporary audiences, are of the highest quality. Thanks to donors like you, we’ve connected over four million people to the classics over the last five decades!
Learn more about how you can play a part at GreatLakesTheater.org. Mr. Jesse Berger John & Jeannene Bertosa* Roger Bielefeld* Denise Blanda* Paul & Heather Blonsky Susan Bobey* Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. Boehnlein John Bolton** Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton*** Mr. D. Stephen Botorff & Ms. Patricia J. Moyer* Ms. Robin Herrington Bowen** Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. Brandt* Mr. Stanley C. Brandt & Ms. Mary K. Whitmer*** Ms. Emily Holdge Brasfield Joanne R. Bratush** Carol Brenneman*** Richard & Mary Ann Brockett Dr. David L. Bronson Ms. Paula B. Brothers Julia & Ben Brouhard V. Elizabeth Brown* Mrs. Nancy H. Burcham*** Larry & &i Carlini* Mr. & Mrs. Lucien H. Case** Ms. Alana Clampitt John & Donna Clifford Robert J. Conrad Rollin & Anne Conway* Tom & Anita Cook*** Kathleen M. Cooper* Stan & Lisa Corwin* David & Gayle Cratty** Bruce & Maryellen Cudney** Ms. Jean Seitter Cummins Shirley B. Dawson Sean M. Decatur*
Audrey DeClement*** Chris & Mary Ann Deibel*** Marilyn P. Demeter*** Mr. Alex Derkaschenko** Carolyn J. Buller & Bill Doll*** Janice G. Downing* Rita & Dennis Dura** Daniel & Joyce Dyer* Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg*** The Eldridge Family*** Ms. Eloise Elikofer Mr. & Mrs. Oliver F. Emerson** Deena & Richard Epstein** Howard P. Erlichman* Gene & Patricia Ewald Douglas D. Farling Susan L. Fike*** Mary Eileen Fogarty*** David V. Foos** Joy M. Freda*** Eleanor & J. Gilbert Frey Mr. & Mrs. Lou Galizio*** Mrs. Barbara J. Garris* Deborah A. Geier*** Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Georgieff Greg & Gail Gibson*** Larry & Jean Gilbert Thomas Gilbride* Ilona K. Gram Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Gray Lainie Hadden*** Hazel Haffner*** Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld** Jack & Joyce Hall Michael & Suzanne Harris Curt & Karen Henkle* Steven & Liz Hass-Hill* Clyde A. Horn***
James & Gale Jacobsohn Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson* Mr. & Mrs. Edwin T. Jeffery Marilyn & Howard Karfeld*** Lauren Kawentel* Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Kelley*** Jack & Kim Kellogg* Ms. Joylen J. Kent William & Marion Kettering Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kimmel* David & Sue Klepac** Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Kozel*** Jacob Kronenberg & Barbara Belovich** Mr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Kruszka Pat Murphy & Mike Kupiec Eleanor & Stephen Kushnick*** Fred & Joann Lafferty** Stefanie Lanese Mr. & Mrs. Robert Larson Ms. Carla Licastro Mr. & Mrs. Devere E. Logan* Anne R. & Kenneth E. Love* Brian & Renee Lowery* Ronald & Elizabeth Manolio*** Paul & Georgia Martoccia Cathy J. McCall*** Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McDonald*** Ms. Linda McGinty Nancy Meacham Rev. Edward E. Mehok Mrs. Ruth P. Mennell Richard & Karen Middaugh* Kevin & Kim Miller Antoinette Miller** Ms. Amanda Mockbee Montessori High School, University Circle
THE LEGACY SOCIETY
Great Lakes Theater’s Legacy Society honors individuals, families, foundations and other generous donors that make gifts to Great Lakes Theater’s Endowment Fund or have made a provision for Great Lakes Theater through their estate plans. Please consider becoming a member of the growing list of generous Great Lakes Theater Legacy Society supporters and help ensure that classic theater endures for future generations in northeast Ohio by designating Great Lakes Theater a beneficiary in your will, trust, or other estate plans.
“Evermore thanks.” Marilyn* and Paul Brentlinger Willard and Donna Carmel Mary* and Leigh Carter Natalie and Morton Epstein Edward S. Godleski Mary Anne* and Jack McGrath Janet and Bob Neary James A. Nelson*
Richard II, Act II, Scene iii Donald and Anne Palmer Lynn and Tim Pistell Professor Alan Miles Ruben and Judge Betty Willis Ruben George* and Marjorie* Springer Thomas G. and Ruth M. Stafford Audrey* and Dick Watts
*Deceased: The legacy of these generous donors lives on for future generations.
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***10 or more consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor
Matching Gift Corporations Aetna Foundation, Inc. AT&T Foundation Dominion Foundation Eaton Corporation FirstEnergy Foundation FM Global Charitable Contributions GlaxoSmithKline Foundation The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company IBM Corporation Key Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation Nordson Corporation Foundation PNC Foundation PolyOne Corporation
Gifts were received in honor of: Dr. Howard Epstein Sally J. Staley
Gifts were received in memory of: Jack L. Brown Vincent Dowling R. Robert Koch Mary Talley Audrey S. Watts
The Women’s Committee Formed in 1961, the committee is Great Lakes Theater’s longest standing volunteer support group. Members act as hosts for our actors, provide support in our administrative office and at events, and cheer us on throughout the season. If you would like to become a member, call Joanne Hulec at (216) 252-8717 for more information. Officers
Barbara Cercone, President Janice Campbell, Vice Chair Viola McDowell, Recording Secretary Bernice Bolek, Corresponding Secretary Nanci Kirkpatrick, Treasurer
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Great Lakes Theater
Hanna Theatre April 4-19, 2014
Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director
presents
As You Like It BY
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Directed by
EDWARD MORGAN
Torsten Johnson* Patrick John Kiernan Juan Rivera Lebron* Dougfred Miller* Betsy Mugavero* David Anthony Smith*
Eric Damon Smith* M.A. Taylor* Dustin Tucker* Andrew Voss Christine Weber*
Scenic Designer Russell Metheny
Costume Designer Kim Krumm Sorenson
Lighting Designer Rick Martin
Sound Designer Joe Court
Choreographer Martín Céspedes
Fight Choreographer Ken Merckx
Music Director Nathan Motta
Stage Manager Tim Kinzel*
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J. Todd Adams* Aled Davies* Jodi Dominick* Tom Ford* Atlie Gilbert
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With generous support from Lynn & Tim Pistell and The Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater
There will be one 15 minute intermission. Great Lakes Theater’s production of As You Like It is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Special Student Matinee Series support was generously provided by PNC. *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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THE CAST
As You Like It
Dramatis Personae (In order of appearance) The Prologue
Jaques, a melancholy gentleman....................................................................................David Anthony Smith *
The Town
Orlando, a young gentleman ................................................................................................... Torsten Johnson * Adam, a family servant ...................................................................................................................Aled Davies * Oliver, brother to Orlando ......................................................................................................... J. Todd Adams * Denise, his cook ............................................................................................................................Jodi Dominick * Charles, a wrestler ..........................................................................................................................Andrew Voss
The Court
Celia, daughter to Duke Frederick ..........................................................................................Christine Weber * Rosalind, daughter to the banished Duke ...............................................................................Betsy Mugavero * Touchstone, the Court Fool .........................................................................................................Dustin Tucker * Le Beau, a courtier .......................................................................................................................... M.A. Taylor * Duke Frederick.......................................................................................................................... Dougfred Miller * Officer 1.................................................................................................................................Juan Rivera Lebron * Officer 2..............................................................................................................................Patrick John Kiernan
The Exiles
Duke Senior, brother to Duke Frederick ................................................................................ Dougfred Miller * Amiens, a Lord ......................................................................................................................Eric Damon Smith * Lord 1......................................................................................................................................................Tom Ford * Lord 2..................................................................................................................................Patrick John Kiernan Lord 3................................................................................................................................................Andrew Voss
Inhabitants of The Forest
Corin, an old shepherd ....................................................................................................................Aled Davies * Silvius, a young shepherd ...................................................................................................Juan Rivera Lebron * Audrey, a young goat-herd ............................................................................................................. Atlie Gilbert Sir Oliver Martext, a local vicar.....................................................................................................M. A. Taylor * Phoebe, a shepherdess .................................................................................................................Jodi Dominick * William, a woodcutter ....................................................................................................................Andrew Voss
Also: Workers, Officers, Lords, Singers ..............................................................................................The Ensemble
The Scene New England, not long after the start of the 20th century *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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BACKGROUND Directors Note
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It’s been fun transplanting this brilliant play to American soil. It’s given the text new resonance for us. We hope it does the same for you, and that our version is as you like it. —Edward Morgan Director, As You Like It
Synopsis
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—Royal Shakespeare Company (edited/updated by Edward Morgan)
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uke Senior has been forced into exile from the court by his brother, the usurping Duke Frederick. He takes refuge in the Forest of Arden with a band of faithful lords. Rosalind, his daughter, is kept uneasily at court as a companion to her cousin Celia, Frederick’s daughter. Meanwhile, Orlando, the youngest son of the late Sir Rowland de Boys, has been kept in poverty by his brother Oliver since their father’s death. Orlando decides to wrestle for his fortune at Frederick’s court, where he meets Rosalind and they fall in love. The Duke banishes Rosalind, fearing that she is a threat to his rule. Celia, refusing to be parted from her cousin, goes with Rosalind to seek Duke Senior in the Forest. For safety, they disguise themselves Rosalind as a boy named Ganymede and Celia as his sister Aliena - and they persuade the fool Touchstone to accompany them. Orlando returns from the court and learns of a plot by his brother to kill him. He flees with a loyal servant to the Forest and takes refuge with the exiled Duke. Still thinking on Rosalind, he begins posting love lyrics through the forest. Before long, he encounters her, but she is disguised as Ganymede. She proceeds to coach Orlando on how to woo his Rosalind, often playing the part of Rosalind herself. Elsewhere in the Forest, Touchstone pursues Audrey, a goat-herd, and the shepherd Silvius dotes on his neighbor Phoebe, who has fallen for Ganymede (Rosalind in disguise). Meanwhile, Oliver has been sent to hunt down his brother and arrives in the Forest, where Orlando saves his life from a lion. Oliver repents his past abuse of Orlando and promptly falls in love with Aliena (Celia in disguise). As Ganymede, Rosalind promises to satisfy Orlando’s longing and to resolve all of the love plots in one flourish. She does so, forsaking her disguise, reuniting with her father and joining at last with young Orlando. Then news arrives that Duke Frederick has had a conversion and renounced the Dukedom, so the exiles can return to civilization and their former lives. Only the melancholy Jaques will stay behind in the Forest.
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n the surface, this play is a lyrical tale of exile and romance. The plot is simple: a young gentleman and two young noblewomen are driven from their homes. They flee into the forest where the rightful Duke and his followers have already been exiled. But instead of an empty wilderness, they encounter silly shepherds, wandering nobles, philosophers, hermits, deer, lions and snakes – a population Shakespeare borrows from the tales of Robin Hood, English pastorals, Italian romances and Greek poetry. This is the fabled Forest of Arden. Orlando, Rosalind and Celia arrive in Arden and their dangers dissipate as if the forest itself has cast a benevolent spell around them. The wood becomes a haven and a playground wherein they take on new identities in life and love. Meanwhile, the exiled Duke and his followers explore and contemplate the natural state of man, and the country-folk mingle with their visitors. All of these threads are interwoven through language as elegant as any Shakespeare ever wrote, flowing scene to scene like a sunlit brook through dappled glades. Yet beneath its sparkling surface, As You Like It is not merely froth. It juxtaposes civilized corruption with the life-giving force of the natural world. It gazes on mortality and the virtue of redemption. It mocks how urban and rural people view each other. It does gymnastics with gender roles and sashays with sexual ambivalence. And finally, it celebrates the threshold of a new era of individuality. With themes so strikingly modern, it’s astonishing to remember that this play premiered 415 years ago. So what have we done with our production? We’ve set it in New England in the midst of the second Industrial Revolution, not long after the start of the 20th century. We’ve placed the Forest of Arden in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. The villains are greedy, thriving Industrialists. The exiled Duke is a follower of Emerson, a would-be Thoreau. Rosalind and Orlando are the new Americans. Fiercely democratic, they succeed by merit - not privilege - as they forge a new worldview and sense of equality. Indeed, in this context, the delightful, ever-resourceful Rosalind becomes a kind of metaphor for American womanhood, advancing from 19th century servitude through Gibson Girl glamor to the courageous insistence of the Suffragette, and beyond. And finally, since the true pulse of an era resounds in its music, we’ve replaced the Elizabethan songs with tunes that echo these themes through Yankee sentiment and syncopation.
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WELCOME
Producing Artistic Director
Dear Friends,
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n behalf of our artists, staff, and Board of Trustees, welcome to the final offering of Great Lakes Theater’s 52nd season! Our mission, “to bring the pleasure, power, and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience,” guides our mainstage productions as well as our educational programming, in the belief that theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, and provide our student audiences a glimpse of a broader world and the wellspring of learning made possible through the arts.
For the finale of our 2013-14 season in the re-imagined Hanna Theatre, we are thrilled to bring Shakespeare’s beautiful, boy-meets-girl as girl-playing-boy, romantic comedy, As You Like It, to the Parker Hannifin Stage (playing through April 19). Throughout this season you have seen many familiar names and faces from our astonishing core company of artists, educators, and technicians joined by artists making their Great Lakes debut. I am especially happy to welcome Edward Morgan, making his directorial debut with Great Lakes Theater at the helm of As You Like It. Ed comes to Cleveland with an extensive background in Shakespeare and the classics as well as contemporary work and musical theater, having served for nearly a decade as Associate Artistic Director of Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and working across the country from Santa Cruz Shakespeare Festival to Virginia Stage Company. His experience as a musician as well as a writer of musicals informs his work on As You Like It – one of Shakespeare’s most musical of comedies! I hope you will join us in extending our deep gratitude to the Sponsors of As You Like It, Lynn & Tim Pistell and the Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater, along with our Student Matinee Sponsor, PNC! We are proud to announce that As You Like It is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. But we could not produce our work without the tireless efforts of our talented administrative staff, dedicated board of trustees, and the tremendous generosity of this community! As you look around the theater you will see the names of many friends, partners, corporations and foundations whose support makes all of this possible. We hope you will join us June 14 for “HANNApalooza,” a fundraising-celebration of our first five years in the Hanna Theatre, we promise a wildly entertaining evening with the friends of Great Lakes Theater! Above all, thank you for your continued support. No one is more important to Great Lakes Theater than our loyal and dedicated audience. We look forward to a future filled with ever more collaboration and creativity. With gratitude and appreciation,
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The National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest presents Shakespeare for a New Generation. Great Lakes Theater is one of 40 professional theater companies selected to participate in Shakespeare for a New Generation, bringing the finest productions of Shakespeare to middle- and high-school students in communities across the United States. This is the tenth year of Shakespeare for a New Generation, the largest tour of Shakespeare in American history.
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WHO’S WHO J. Todd Adams* Oliver/Ensemble, As You Like It; Father/Bob Crachit/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol and Clarence/Catesby, Richard III Three seasons at Great Lakes Theater Great Lakes Theater: Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), The Imaginary Invalid (Bonnefoi) and The Winter’s Tale (Cleomenes). Regional: Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, The Imaginary Invalid and The Winter’s Tale at Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Henry IV pt. 1 (Hotspur), The Three Musketeers (Aramis), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Costard) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck) at Shakespeare Santa Cruz; The Importance of Being Earnest (Jack) and The Real Thing (Billy) at PCPA; Drawer Boy, Lonesome West, Entertaining Mister Sloane and Cyrano de Bergerac (South Coast Repertory); Gross Indecency (Mark Taper Forum); King Lear (San Diego Repertory); Much Ado About Nothing (Arizona Theatre Company); I Pagliacci (Kennedy Center, directed by Franco Zeffirelli); and productions at A Noise Within and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Film/ Television: Gilmore Girls, The West Wing, Flyboys and Warriors of Virtue. Mr. Adams holds an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater.
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Aled Davies* Adam/Corin/Ensemble, As You Like It; Porter Milgrim, Deathtrap and Scrooge/Samuels, A Christmas Carol Thirteen seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previously for GLT: Scrooge/Samuels in A Christmas Carol, Arvide Abernathy in Guys and Dolls, Dr. Bradman in Blithe Spirit, Camillo in The Winter’s Tale, Monsieur Diafoirus in The Imaginary Invalid, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Major Metcalf in The Mousetrap, Vincentio in The Taming of the Shrew, Duke of Milan in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Brabantio in Othello, The Earl of Caversham in An Ideal Husband, Sheriff Reynolds in Bat Boy: The Musical, Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Your Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood,
The Artistic Company Sea Captain/Priest in Twelfth Night, Solinus/Dr. Pinch in The Comedy of Errors, Dorn in The Seagull, Duncan/Old Siward in Macbeth, Deputy Governor Danforth in The Crucible, King of France in All’s Well That Ends Well, Mr. Witherspoon in Arsenic and Old Lace, Escalus in Measure for Measure, Prospero in The Tempest, David Bliss in Hay Fever, Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Boyet in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar, Claudius in Hamlet, Cleante in Tartuffe, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Buckingham in Richard III and Topper in A Christmas Carol. Aled has been a proud and appreciative member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1984. Jodi Dominick* Denise/Phoebe/Ensemble, As You Like It; Jane/Mrs. Cratchit/ Charwoman/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol; Prince Edward, Richard III and Beggar Woman, Sweeney Todd Seven seasons at Great Lakes Theater Jodi’s previous roles include Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, Prince Edward/Ensemble in Richard III, Mollie Ralston in The Mousetrap, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Lady MacDuff in Macbeth, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Helena Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Lady Chiltern in An Ideal Husband, Bianca in Othello, Ivana/Tailor in The Taming of the Shrew, Samson in Romeo and Juliet, Lucetta/Outlaw in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Louison in The Imaginary Invalid, Emilia in The Winter’s Tale and Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. Six seasons at Idaho Shakespeare Festival include Sweeney Todd, Richard III, Into the Woods, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Twelfth Night, An Ideal Husband, Othello, Two Gentleman of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, Cabaret, The Mousetrap, The Winter’s Tale and The Imaginary Invalid. Other credits include Diana in I Love You Because at 14th Street Theater in PlayhouseSquare; Miss Gardner in Carrie the Musical, Clara in Passion and Helen in The Break Up Notebook at Beck Center. Other theaters: New World Stages,
Hudson Backstage Theater, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Hayworth Theatre, Dobama and The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Jodi is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music. Tom Ford* Lord 1/Ensemble, As You Like It; Sidney Bruhl, Deathtrap; Lord Hastings/Sir James Tyrrel, Richard III and Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd Eight seasons at Great Lakes
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Theater Great Lakes Theater: Sweeney in Sweeney Todd, Hastings/Tyrrel in Richard III, Argan in The Imaginary Invalid, Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, Mr. Paravicini in The Mousetrap, the Baker in Into the Woods, Ross in Macbeth, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the King of Navarre in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Casca in Julius Caesar, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Nicola in Arms and the Man and Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Idaho Shakespeare Festival: Sweeney Todd, Richard III, The Imaginary Invalid, The Winter’s Tale, The Mousetrap, Into the Woods, Macbeth, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew, Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Touchstone in As You Like It, Julius Caesar, the title role in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and Hucklebee in The Fantasticks. Boise Contemporary Theater: This Wonderful Life, Truman Capote in Tru, I Am My Own Wife (co-produced with ISF). Portland Stage Company: Greater Tuna, The Snow Queen, Schott in Bach at Leipzig, Lady Enid, et al in The Mystery of Irma Vep, I Am My Own Wife, Billy in Iron Kisses, Kipps in The Woman in Black, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Mr. Manningham in Gaslight and Yvan in Art. Broadway: Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s By Jeeves at the Helen Hayes Theater. New London Barn Playhouse: Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Man in the Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey, Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, Sipos in She Loves Me and Max in The Producers. Other performances: Dromio of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors at
Pittsburgh Public Theater, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, Once Around the City at New York Stage and Film, Rutherford and Son at the Mint Theater, Salvador Dali in Hysteria at Florida Studio Theater, Johnny in Maurice Sendak’s production of Really Rosie and Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at McCarter Theater. tomfordactor.com Atlie Gilbert Audrey, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater Debut Atlie is thrilled to make her debut with GLT; which brings her back to her roots in the Cleveland-area! Now a Chicagobased actor, improviser, and teaching artist, she has had the privilege of working on several stages throughout the country. Atlie was recently seen in the world premiere of Ryan Scott Oliver’s new musical The Frog Prince Continued as Auntie Beatrice (Emerald City Theatre), as Marilyn Monroe in The Interview: JFK (Civil Rights Opera Project), and as Phoebe in As You Like It (Muse of Fire). Other recent Chicago-theatre credits include: Metropolis, Porchlight, Redmoon, and Clock Productions. She is also a proud ensemble member of The Murder Mystery Company, which frequently takes her around town, and often out of state with sketch and improv-based comedy shows. Love to the creative staff, family and friends! Torsten Johnson* Orlando, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Regional theater credits include Richard III and a tour of Much Ado About Nothing at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival; A Christmas Carol and Hay Fever at The Guthrie; The Royal Family, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida and The Admirable Crichton at American Players Theatre; Cinephilia with 7th House Theater Collective; Equivocation, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya and Antony and Cleopatra at the University of Minnesota; and Hamlet and Twelfth Night at the Interlochen Shakespeare Festival. Torsten holds his BFA from the University of Minnesota/ Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program.
Patrick John Kiernan Officer 1/Lord 2/Ensemble, As You Like It and Ghost of Christmas Past/Ghost of Christmas Future/Street Singer, A Christmas Carol One season at Great Lakes
Betsy Mugavero* Rosalind, As You Like It Three seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previously at GLT: Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Much Ado About Nothing (Hero). Other favorite
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Juan Rivera Lebron* Officer 1/Silvius/Ensemble, As You Like It Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previously at GLT: Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, Clown in The Winter’s Tale and Cleante in The Imaginary Invalid. Other Credits include: Florizel in The Winter’s Tale and Ru in Merrily We Roll Along at The Guthrie Theater, Young Man in Gum at The Women’s Project, NYC; Roberto in Working at The Signature Theater. Seven Seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, selected credits include: Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Sylvio in Servant of Two Masters, Rodolfo in A View from the Bridge, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Bicycle Pants in Lorca in a Green Dress. BFA, Carnegie Mellon University. U.S. delegation to the Unesco/ITI World Congress in Madrid, Spain 2008. Recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship funded by the William & Eva Fox Foundation and administered by the Theater
Dougfred Miller* Duke Fredrick/Duke Senior, As You Like It and Topper/Man 3/ Miner, A Christmas Carol Nine seasons at Great Lakes Theater Apart from his widely acclaimed portrayal of Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Doug’s previous appearances for Great Lakes Theater include the title role in Macbeth, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Jonathan in Arsenic and Old Lace, Cassius in Julius Caesar, Jacques in As You Like It and Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest. Last summer, he was seen in the Beck Center’s production of Spamalot, playing King Arthur opposite his real-life Lady of the Lake, Jessica Cope. In several seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, his roles include Cusins in Major Barbara, Holofernes in Love’s Labor’s Lost, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Horatio in Hamlet, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, several Dukes, an Emperor in Amadeus, and Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2. He has played Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Versati in The Underpants at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Jim Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Coach House Theatre, Lysander in a Vietnamese/English production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Central Dramatic Theatre Company in Hanoi, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Portland Center Stage, Richard in Richard III and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company, and with the Texas Shakespeare Festival, Prospero in The Tempest and the Duke in Measure for Measure. Doug is a graduate of the PTTP at the University of Delaware, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
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Theater Patrick is honored to return to Great Lakes Theater after appearing in A Christmas Carol this past winter. He has spent the last two summers working as an audio engineer with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and is thrilled to return to his other passion: performance. Patrick is a New York native, currently working with an ensemble of performers and designers in New York City and Ann Arbor, Michigan on creating a multimedia adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s poem, The Hunting of the Snark. He has worked regionally in New York City, upstate New York, and Vermont. Favorite credits include: Ben Fowles in Farragut North, Cliff in Cabaret, Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Erysichthon in Metamorphoses, Chicklet in Psycho Beach Party, Barfee in Spelling Bee, and the Rejected Chorus Girl in The Producers. Visit him at www. patrickjohnkiernan.com
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credits include the regional premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher (Molly), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia), Henry V (the Boy), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Jaquenetta) among others at the Utah Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) and Noises Off! (Brooke), Idaho Shakespeare Festival; The Tempest (Miranda), Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. M.F.A., University of California, Irvine. Betsy is thrilled to be back in Cleveland and to explore Arden with such talented friends. Much love and thanks to her family, friends, Quinn and Henry. David Anthony Smith* Jacques, As You Like It; Muggeridge/The Ghost of Christmas Present/Debtor/ Ensemble, A Christmas Carol and Duke of Buckingham, Richard III Eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater In eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater, audiences have seen him as Iago in Othello, Duke of Buckingham in Richard III, Viscount Goring in An Ideal Husband, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Macduff in Macbeth, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Sergius in Arms and the Man, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Marc Antony in Julius Caesar and Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost. He has performed at the Tony-Awardwinning Old Globe Theater in San Diego, South Coast Repertory, 13 seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival (title role in Henry V), at Laguna Playhouse, Sierra Rep, Madison Rep and the Shakespeare festivals of Utah, Colorado, Garden Grove, Rhode Island and Nevada. Forever and a day — Natalia.
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Eric Damon Smith* Amiens/Ensemble, As You Like It; The Bishop of Ely/Murderer, Richard III and Bird Seller/ Ensemble, Sweeney Todd Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater A Chicago-based actor and director, Eric happily returns to Great Lakes Theater. Previously this season, Eric appeared in Sweeney Todd and Richard III (2nd murderer and Bishop of Ely) and last season as Charles in Blithe Spirit and
Balthasar/Friar Francis in Much Ado About Nothing. Recently, Eric was seen as Bud in Gutenberg! The Musical at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre; Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice and Oliver in As You Like It at Riverside Theatre in the Park in Iowa City. Other Chicago credits include his Jeff-Award nominated turn as Flaminio Scala in the Midwest premiere of The Glorious Ones with Boho and at Theatre on the Lake. Also Jacques in As You Like It at Muse of Fire, Mosca in Volpone, directed by Sheldon Patinkin at City Lit Theatre and Jamie in Long Day’s Journey into Night at Polarity. He has also worked with Remy Bumppo and Northlight Theatre. Eric trained at Hofstra University. M. A. Taylor* Le Beau/Sir Oliver Martext/ Ensemble, As You Like It; Charity Man/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Lord Rivers, Richard III and The Beadle, Sweeney Todd Eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater Mark Anthony (aka M.A.) is glad to return to the banks of Lake Erie and revisit this pastoral Shakespearean classic. Previous roles at Great Lakes Theater include: Charity Man/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Beadle, Sweeney Todd; Lord Rivers, Richard III; Verges, Much Ado About Nothing; Old Shepherd, The Winter’s Tale; Guy, The Imaginary Invalid; Peter, Romeo and Juliet; Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew; Speed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Actor 3, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged); Gratiano, Othello; Phipps, An Ideal Husband; Flute/Fairy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Durdles, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; and Fabian, Twelfth Night. Also among his credits: Candy in Of Mice and Men (directed by Adrian Hall) for PTTP/Rep, Dracula for Boise Contemporary Theater in the title role, Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Gravedigger/ Player King in Hamlet for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and Crave & Fully Committed for Tooth & Nail Theater in Salt Lake City. Other productions include Arsenic and Old Lace, The Crucible, Tooth of Crime, Translations, An Ideal Husband, All the King’s Men, The Effects of Tobacco and Swan Song. He holds an MFA from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP). He wishes to thank his
Families (Genetic & Professional) without who, I would n’er be able to do what I love. Looking forward to green grass and the crack of the bat… Go Tribe!
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Andrew Voss Charles/William/Lord 3/ Ensemble, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Andrew is thrilled to be making his Great Lakes Theater debut. He spent last summer at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, playing The Bloody Sergeant/Doctor in Macbeth, The 2nd Merchant in The Comedy of Errors, and Pal the Dog/ Ensemble in Failure a Love Story. He earned his BFA in Acting at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Some MKE Credits include: Ferdinand in The Tempest, Antonio in Twelfth Night, and Macduff in Macbeth, with Optimist Theatre. Also, Hal in Picnic, and Walley in Broken and Entered, with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. He is a founding member of Youngblood Theater Company, credits include; Savage in Limbo, Red Light Winter, Drive Me to Arson, Freakshow,
Christine Weber* Celia/Ensemble, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Christine is thrilled to be joining Great Lakes Theater for her first season with As You Like It. Hailing from Minnesota, her Guthrie Theater credits include Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Belle and Fred’s Wife in A Christmas Carol, Perdita in The Winter’s Tale, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, Nancy Holmes in When We Are Married, and Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (a co-production and national tour with The Acting Company), and Dasha in the world premiere of When I Was A Ghost... (directed by Lear deBessonet). Other credits include: Children’s Theater Company (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Cabaret, Company, The Wizard of Oz, Snow Queen), Theatre L’Homme Dieu (Alice in You Can’t Take it With You, and Daisy in Biloxi Blues), Walking Shadow Theater Company (Amazons and Their Men), Workhaus Collective (The Sense of What Should Be), and others. Christine has also directed Striking 12 for two seasons with the Bloomington Civic Theater, as well as assistant directed for productions, including Freud’s Last Session (dir. Rob Melrose, Guthrie Theater), the regional premiere of 36 Views (dir. John Heimbuch, Walking Shadow Theater Company), and as the directing intern for the American premiere of Conor McPherson’s The Birds (dir. Henry Wishcamper, Guthrie Theater). Christine is a graduate of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie B.F.A. Actor Training Program, and has been a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2009. Love to J, A, O and B. www.christinemweber.com
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Dustin Tucker* Touchstone, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Dustin is so honored to be making his Great Lakes Theater debut with this delightful play and company. His recent credits include Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, directed by Mr. Charlie Fee; as well as Vigil by Morris Panych and his sixth season of The Santaland Diaries (BroadwayWorld.com Best Actor) both with Portland Stage Company. Broadway: The Rainmaker (Roundabout). Off-Broadway credits include: SoHo Rep, Dicapo Opera, Primary Stages, Culture Project and Edge. Dustin currently resides in Portland, Maine, where he is an Affiliate Artist with Portland Stage Company and has appeared in Fully Committed, The 39 Steps, Greater Tuna (with As You Like It cast mate, Tom Ford) and Bach at Leipzig, among others. His other regional credits include: Williamstown, Sierra Rep, Festival Stage of Winston-Salem and The Theater at Monmouth. Dustin is a proud and blessed member of Actors’ Equity Association. www.dustintucker.com.
Minnesota Moon, Cartoon, and Dying City. He is a proud Milwaukeean and will dearly miss his home. He would like to thank his family for their steadfast love and support, and his best friend Megan for everything else.
Understudies Luke Brett, Joey C. Corradi, Keri Rene Fuller, Roderick O’Toole, Kelly Elizabeth Smith, HannaJo Weisberg
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Directors Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director and Director, Deathtrap Twelve seasons at Great Lakes Theater Directing credits at GLT: Blithe Spirit, Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, Hay Fever, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arms and the Man and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Charles holds a unique position in the American theater as producing artistic director of three independently operated, professional theater companies: Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland, Ohio (since 2002), Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho (since 1991) and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival in Lake Tahoe, Nevada (since 2010). His appointments have resulted in a dynamic and groundbreaking producing model for the companies, in which more than 50 plays have been shared since 2002. In 2009, Charles was honored to receive recognition for his leadership by the Cleveland Arts Prize as a recipient of the Martha Joseph Award. Other awards include The Mayor’s and Governor’s awards for Excellence in the Arts, in Boise, Idaho. From 1988 to 1992, he held the position of artistic director at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in California. He has also worked with The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, the Milwaukee and Missouri repertory theaters, Actor’s Theatre of Phoenix and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. In addition to his work with the companies in Ohio, Idaho and Nevada, Charles is active within the community. He has served as a member of the strategic planning committee for the Morrison Center, as producer of the FUNDSY Award Gala
(’96, ’98 and 2000), and as producer of the 1996 Idaho Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Charles has served on the board of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Downtown Rotary Club. He received his B.A. from the University of the Pacific and Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Along with his wife, Lidia, and 18-year-old daughter, Alexa, Charles resides in Boise, Cleveland and Lake Tahoe — a feat that is only possible because of the incredible love and support of his family, and the generous communities he serves! Edward Morgan Director, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Mr. Morgan is delighted to direct for Great Lakes Theater. Some of his other credits include the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Stage Company, Merrimack Rep, Hindu MetroPlus Theatre Festival (India), Teatro 1887 (Costa Rica), The Kennedy Center, The Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre and Milwaukee Rep, where he was Associate Artistic Director for six years. Mr. Morgan has also taught and directed at numerous universities, in the USA and abroad. This past year, Mr. Morgan directed The Taming of the Shrew for Shakespeare Santa Cruz, David Mamet’s Race for Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee, and joined the rehearsal process for the premiere of Twenty Seven, his adaptation of a Faulkner novella, at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Morgan and his work have been honored with Washington’s Helen Hayes Awards and nominations, by the Drama League of NY, and with several writing commissions. He’s a casting partner for Cirque du Soleil and on the roster of Fulbright senior specialists. He is based in NY and his website is: www.edward-morgan.com.
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Designers
Joe Court Sound Designer, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Joe is excited to design for Great Lakes Theater for the first time. Joe is a professional sound designer who has been based out of Chicago since 2006. He is a company member with Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company. He has designed more than 80 shows since moving to Chicago with many different theater companies including: Mary-Arrchie, A Red Orchid, The Inconvenience, TUTA, Emerald City, The Raven, Seanachai, Theatre Seven, Backstage, Boho, Lifeline, Pine Box, The Gift, Step Up, University of Chicago, The Clarence Brown Theatre (Knoxville, TN.) and The Illinois Shakespeare Festival. From 2008 until 2012 Joe served as sound engineer for the Chicago production of the Tony Award winning musical Million Dollar Quartet. Joe also serves as adjunct faculty in sound design at Ball State University. He received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination in 2009 for his design for The Unseen with A Red Orchid Theatre. Rick Martin Lighting Designer, Deathtrap and As You Like It Twelve seasons at Great Lakes Theater Many productions with GLT and ISF. Other theater: US premiere of Kurt Weil’s Marie Galante (Opèra Français de NY); Hekabe, The Illiad and The Rage of Achilles with Music-Theatre Group (New York and Santa Fe); and The Bitter Tears of Petra van Kant (Henry Miller Theatre, New York). Opera: Le Diable dans le beffroi, La Chute de la Maison Usher (Opéra national de Paris – scenery and lighting), Castor et Pollux, Pellèas et Mèllisande and To Be Sung (Opéra Français de NY), Dialogues des Carmèlites, Cenerentola (Opéra de Toulon) and Romèo et Juliette (Spoleto Festival USA). Concerts:
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Martín Céspedes Choreographer, As You Like It Four seasons at Great Lakes Theater Martín is happy to return to Great Lakes Theater and to be working with Ed Morgan for the first time. At Great Lakes, he has choreographed The Comedy of Errors, Into the Woods, Bat Boy: The Musical, and Much Ado About Nothing. He most recently staged the critically acclaimed Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson and Xanadu for Beck Center for the Arts. Favorite productions include Nine The Musical; Equus; Smokey Joe’s Café; Five Guys Named Moe; Ain’t Misbehavin’ and My Way (the Music of Frank Sinatra). He has appeared in several Broadway national tours, including Man of La Mancha with Jack Jones and Ron Holgate; The King and I with Hayley Mills, Marie Osmond, Maureen McGovern and Faith Prince; South Pacific with Robert Goulet; and West Side Story with Bebe Neuwirth. In New York, Martín staged choreography for the off-off-Broadway production of Scrooge and Marley. He choreographed the opening acts for Earth, Wind, and Fire and the Bee Gees, and has appeared on TV’s Dance Fever and NBC’s Weekday Fever. His most recent opera credit was the lavish PBS production of Le Cid with Placido Domingo
and the Washington Opera live from Kennedy Center, He is an alumnus of Jacque d’Amboise’s National Dance Institute at New York City’s PS 161. Martín has won numerous awards some including the 2011 Broadwayworld Award. 2013 Cleveland Critics Circle award for best choreography. And was nominated for the Zelda Fichander Award which recognizes an outstanding director of choreographer who is making a unique and exceptional contribution in regional theater. Upcoming shows include The Frogs (Cain Park), Young Frankenstein (Beck Center), and Director/Choreographer for the opening of the Cleveland Foundation’s 100th anniversary Gala at the Palace Theatre.
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Nathan Motta Music Director, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debut Nathan is artistic director at Dobama Theatre where he’s directed A Bright New Boise, The Lyons, Time Stands Still, and The Aliens. At Cleveland Play House Motta has acted as assistant director on Life of Galileo and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, a collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra. Other recent music credits include: Bell, Book, and Candle and A Carol for Cleveland at Cleveland Play House and Smokey Joe’s Café at Cain Park. Other conductor credits include work with Opera Cleveland, Mercury Opera Rochester, Ohio Light Opera, and Civic Light Opera (Pittsburgh). He served as assistant conductor to Robert Page and Marvin Hamlisch for A Tribute to Richard Rodgers (Pittsburgh Symphony Pops). His recording of Der Vogelhändler with the Ohio Light Opera was released by Albany Records in 2008. Nathan has composed two original musicals, Little White Gloves and Midsummer. He is director of music and arts at University Circle UMC and holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon and the Eastman School of Music.
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Harawi (Opèra Comique, Paris – scenery and lighting), Le martyre de Saint Sèbastien (Citè de la Musique, Paris and Arsenal, Metz), Orchestre national de Lyon and the Orchestre de Champs Élysées (Lyon, Poitiers, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, São Paulo). Coming up: US tour of Harawi, 2014. Ken Merckx Fight Choreographer, As You Like It, Deathtrap and Richard III Nine seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previous shows include Romeo & Juliet, Othello, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Crucible, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Tartuffe. Mr. Merckx has taught and choreographed stage combat all over the country, as the resident fight choreographer for A Noise Within (Los Angeles), Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Ken is on the faculty of California State, Fullerton as theatrical combat instructor. Mr. Merckx received his B.A. from the University of Washington and MFA from the University of Illinois, and received a 2013 Ovation Award for his Fight Choreography in Cymbeline at A Noise Within.
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Russell Metheny Scenic Designer, Deathtrap and As You Like It Nine seasons at Great Lakes Theater For Great Lakes Theater, Russell has designed Blithe Spirit, The Mousetrap, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors, Measure For Measure, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Arsenic and Old Lace, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Merry Wives of Windsor. For Idaho Shakespeare Festival, he has designed The 39 Steps, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Woman In Black, Othello, A Tuna Christmas, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors, Greater Tuna, Measure for Measure, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Tempest, Love’s Labor’s Lost, King Lear and Julius Caesar. Recent productions include A Little Night Music, 4000 Miles, 1776, The House That Jack Built, Jekyll and Hyde, My Fair Lady, Betrayal, Twelve Angry Men and Superior Donuts. Regionally, Russell has also designed for ACT San Francisco, Asolo Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Missouri Rep, Indiana Rep, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre, Weston Playhouse, The Studio Theatre (D.C.), Portland Stage, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Goodspeed Musicals and Geffen Playhouse. Upcoming productions: Philadelphia, Here I Come for Asolo
Theatre, Kurt Vonnegut One Acts and The Game’s Afoot for Indiana Rep. and As You Like It for Great Lakes Theatre/Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Lake Tahoe. Mr. Metheny has received three Helen Hayes awards for outstanding scenic design. Kim Krumm Sorenson Costume Designer, As You Like It Ten seasons at Great Lakes Theater Kim is pleased to be spending her tenth season with Great Lakes Theater, where she most recently designed Blithe Spirit. Past designs include The Mousetrap, Othello, The Seagull, The Crucible, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, Much Ado About Nothing and Tartuffe. She is a frequent designer for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, as well as The Juilliard School, where she designs both theater and opera. Her work has also been seen at Delaware Theatre Company, TACT, Playmakers Repertory Company, Hartford Stage Company, Guthrie Theatre, Intiman Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, The Acting Company, Indiana Repertory Theater and Portland Stage Company. Kim holds an MFA from Southern Methodist University and is a member of USA 829. She lives in New York with her husband, Scott, and their two beautiful daughters, Carly and Gemma.
Stage Management Tim Kinzel* Stage Manager, Richard III; A Christmas Carol; Deathtrap and As You Like It Five seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previous stage manager credits for Great Lakes Theater include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, An Ideal Husband, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo & Juliet, The Imaginary Invalid, Blithe Spirit, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, A Christmas Carol and Deathtrap. Assistant stage manager credit for Great Lakes Theater includes The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Tim has multiple stage management credits from the following companies: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizon, Cherry Lane Theater NYC and Houston’s Stages Repertory Theatre. He also holds multiple production assistant and intern credits with Alley Theater, Houston Grand Opera and Stages Repertory Theater. Love to his family, friends and Cleveland who have supported him and the arts over the years. Let’s Go Tribe!
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Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director Bob Taylor, Executive Director 2013–14 ARTISTIC COMPANY Richard III, Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol, Deathtrap, As You Like It DIRECTORS Sara Bruner, Victoria Bussert, Charles Fee, Joseph Hanreddy, Edward Morgan, Nathan Motta, Matthew Webb DESIGNERS
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MANAGEMENT TEAM Director of Development...............................................Don Bernardo Artistic Associate ............................................................. Sara Bruner Production Manager .....................................Christopher D. Flinchum Director of Educational Services.......................Kelly Schaffer Florian Marketing & Public Relations Director ..................Todd S. Krispinsky Director of Educational Programming .............................Lisa Ortenzi EDUCATION Education Outreach Associate...................................... David Hansen Actor-Teachers School Residency Program...Chennelle Bryant-Harris, Katelyn Cornelius, Andrew Gombas, Khaki Hermann, Tim Keo, Brett Radke, Michael Silverstein, Hillary Wheelock
PRODUCTION Stage Manager ................................................................. Tim Kinzel* Production Assistant .............................................. Kristen Boehnlein Production Associate ............................................... Jessica B. Lucas Technical Director ........................................................... Mark Cytron Assistant Technical Director................................William Langenhop Master Electrician .........................................................Tammy Taylor Master Carpenter ........................................................... Lindsay Loar Carpenter/Welder....................................................Richard Haberlen Carpenters ............................Patrick Evans, Paul Miller, Gary Zsigrai Properties Master ............................................................Terry Martin Assistant to the Properties Master ....................Alexandra Haubrich Charge Scenic Artist .......................................................... Angi Grow Scenic Artist ............................................................. Christine Dugan Costume Shop Manager .......................................Esther M. Haberlen Assistant Shop Manager/Draper .........................................Leah Loar Craft Artisan / Design Assistant ............................ Krista Tomorowitz Draper ........................................................................... Grace Keenan First Hand ........................................ Christine Krejsa, Alaina Venditti Stitchers................ Kristine Davies, Stephanie Fisher, Michelle Metro Wardrobe Supervisor ........................................................Kate Share Wardrobe Crew.......... Stephanie Fisher, Zach Hickle, Alaina Venditti Audio Supervisor ...............................................Richard B. Ingraham Run Crew................................................. Greg Falcione, Gary, Zsigrai Hanna Theatre Crew..................................Thomas Boddy, Chris Guy, Shaun Milligan, Robert Prah *Members of Actors’ Equity Association Special Thanks: Arrow Video Great Lakes Theater is a member of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) and operates under agreements with LORT, Actors’ Equity Association, American Federation of Musicians, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and the United Scenic Artists, which are unions representing professional actors, stage managers, musicians, stagehands, directors, choreographers, and designers, respectively, in the United States.
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Audience Engagement Manager .................................. Chris Fornadel Assistant Production Manager ................................... Corrie Purdum Finance Associate ..................................................... Stephanie Reed Development Assistant................................................... Jill Robinson Trinity High School Interns................Hannah Maier, Chloe Opperman Office Volunteers....... Janice Campbell, Barb Cercone, Janet Glaeser
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