As You Like It- Spring 2023

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Cleveland’s Classic Company at the Hanna Theatre presents

March 24 – April 8, 2023

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WELCOME

Dear Friends,

On behalf of our artists, staff and Board of Trustees, welcome to the second half of Great Lakes Theater’s 61st season!

Our mission, “to bring the pleasure, power, and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience,” guides our mainstage productions and our educational programming. We believe 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.

We cannot wait to take you on a journey to the fertile Forest of Arden as we continue our season with a company favorite, Shakespeare’s enchanting comedy, As You Like It. This title has special meaning for us as it was the first play at Lakewood Civic Auditorium that our company produced under the leadership of Arthur Lithgow in 1962, as well as the first show we produced in the Ohio Theatre in 1982 when we became the first resident company of Playhouse Square. With its charismatic characters — led by the beguiling Rosalind, undoubtedly one of Shakespeare’s greatest roles — and beautiful language, it is not hard to see why we return to it time and again.

There is more to come following As You Like It ! The curtain rises on the grand finale to our 61st season this May as we bring the gorgeous, vibrant musical celebration of Fats Waller, Ain’t Misbehavin,’ to the Hanna Theatre stage. We are overjoyed to share this longawaited production with you (it was cancelled several times due to the pandemic) and thrilled for you to experience this brilliant show in our intimate Hanna Theatre! We know you won’t want to miss this tremendous tribute to the jazz legend.

As always, we offer our deepest gratitude to those who have given their generous support this season. As you read your program and look around the theater tonight, you will see the names of many friends, partners, corporations and foundations whose donations make all of this possible. We encourage you to join these donors by becoming a Great Lakes Theater family member with your gift. In addition, we extend our sincere gratitude to all of our sponsors and Annual Fund donors/members, with continued appreciation to our partners of over 40 years at Playhouse Square, and the tireless efforts of our Board of Trustees, dedicated administrative staff, gifted artists and the tremendous generosity of this community.

We hope to see you in our audience again soon.

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ABOUT GREAT LAKES THEATER

The mission of Great Lakes Theater (GLT), through its mainstage 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 GLT’s 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 capacity to illuminate truth 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 mainstage 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 joyful and meaningful connections between classic plays and their own lives.

The company’s commitment to classic theater is magnified in the educational programming surrounding its productions. Since its inception, GLT has had a strong presence in area schools, bringing students to the theater for matinee performances and sending specially trained actor-teachers to the schools for weeklong residencies developed to explore classic drama from a theatrical point of view. GLT is equally dedicated to enhancing the theater experience for adult audiences. To this end, GLT regularly serves as the catalyst for community events and programs in the arts and humanities that illuminate the plays on its stage.

Great Lakes Theater is one of only a handful of American theaters that have stayed the course as a classic theater. As GLT celebrates more than a decade in its permanent home at the Hanna Theatre, the company reaffirms its belief in the power of partnership, its determination to make this community a better place in which to live, and its commitment to ensure the legacy of classic theater in Cleveland.

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Presents

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

DIRECTED BY CHARLES FEE

Company

Lynn Robert Berg*

Danny Bó

Michael Burns

Jodi Dominick*

Jonathan Dyrud*

Scenic & Lighting Designer

Rick Martin

Movement Director

Boe Wank

Mandie Jenson*

Maggie Kettering*

Adam Naaman Kirk

James Alexander Rankin

David Anthony Smith*

Nick Steen*

Costume Designer

Kim Krumm Sorenson

Production Stage Manager

Nicki Cathro*

M.A. Taylor*

Ángela Utrera*

Boe Wank*

Joe Wegner*

Jerrell Williams

Composer & Sound Designer

Matthew Webb

Assistant Stage Manager

Imani Sade*

*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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ORLANDO, youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys Nick Steen*

OLIVER, his elder brother .................................................................... Jonathan Dyrud‡*

ADAM, servant to Oliver and friend to Orlando............................................... M.A. Taylor*

DENNIS, servant to Oliver Adam Naaman Kirk

ROSALIND, daughter to Duke Senior Jodi Dominick*

CELIA, Rosalind’s cousin, daughter to Duke Frederick .............................. Mandie Jenson*

TOUCHSTONE, a court Fool Maggie Kettering*

DUKE FREDERICK, the usurping duke ........................................... David Anthony Smith*

CHARLES, wrestler at Duke Frederick’s court Jerrell Williams

LE BEAU, a courtier at Duke Frederick’s court ................................................ Boe Wank*

FIRST LORD Michael Burns

SECOND LORD .......................................................................... James Alexander Rankin

DUKE SENIOR, the exiled duke, brother to Duke Frederick David Anthony Smith*

JAQUES, a Lord attending Duke Senior ............................................... Lynn Robert Berg*

AMIENS, A LORD Danny Bó

CORIN, a shepherd M.A Taylor*

SILVIUS, a young shepherd in love Joe Wegner*

PHEBE, a shepherdess ............................................................................. Ángela Utrera*

AUBREY, a goat-keeper Michael Burns

SIR OLIVER MARTEXT, a parish priest......................................... James Alexander Rankin

FORESTERS Michael Burns, Adam Naaman Kirk, James Alexander Rankin, Jerrell Williams

*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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Playnotes: As You Like It

By the time William Shakespeare (15641616) wrote As You Like It — probably in the fall of 1599 — he was already well established on the London theater scene. He was a principal shareholder, writer and actor in the company that performed under the patronage of Henry Carey. Carey had served since 1585 as Queen Elizabeth’s Lord Chamberlain, the senior officer of her royal household. Elizabeth invited the Lord Chamberlain’s Men to perform at court more often than any other London theater company of the day.

The Lord Chamberlain’s Men also performed in public theater spaces. In the fall of 1599, they celebrated the opening of a grand new purpose-built home, the Globe Theatre. Legend has it — though it isn’t documented — that As You Like It was the Globe’s inaugural production. A crest above the playhouse entrance bore a motto “totus mundus agit histrionem” — or “all the world’s a playhouse”— that is echoed in the opening words of the comedy’s most recognized monologue: “All the world’s a stage.”

Shakespeare had already been chided in print as an “upstart crow” in 1592. But in 1598, at a time when playwrights were rarely credited, his name appeared on the title page of one of his plays, the first quarto edition of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Also in 1598, schoolmaster Francis Meres singled

Shakespeare out in an influential review of contemporary theater. On August 4, 1600, the Stationers’ Register, a clearinghouse for the publishing trade, noted that an edition of As You Like It would be “stayed” until it could be determined if the publisher had obtained the script legally. Pirated editions were a marker of popularity. The 1600 volume must have been suppressed; the text for As You Like It only survives in the First Folio edition of Shakespeare’s plays, which was assembled by theater colleagues in 1623.

As You Like It may have been linked with Shakespeare’s rising status in another way. Whenever recurring bouts of the plague threatened to close the London theaters, high-ranking aristocrats invited the Lord Chamberlain’s Men to perform in their country homes. The descendants of William Herbert, the third Earl of Pembroke, passed down a family tradition that As You Like It was the play chosen when Herbert employed Shakespeare’s company to perform for King James on December 2, 1603, at the Herbert family’s country house in Wiltshire while the plague ravaged London.

The play’s title gives a nod to Shakespeare’s mastery as a theater maker at that point. By 1599, he was confident that he knew what his audience liked and was sure that he could deliver it.

Romantic comedy was one of the genres that his

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The Lord Chamberlain’s Men opened the Globe Theatre in fall 1599. The Theatre caught fire in 1613, during a production of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII. Rebuilt the following year, it was depicted (at right) in a 1616 “map” of London created by a Dutch engraver named Nicholas Visscher.

audiences wanted. Shakespeare had penned comedies at least since 1592, when he produced A Comedy of Errors. His earlier comedic efforts relied heavily on farcical slapstick. But with the three comedies he produced between 1598 and 1600 — Much Ado About Nothing (1598), As You Like It (1599) and Twelfth Night (1600) — Shakespeare moved into more sophisticated territory, exploring the power dynamics between men and women in love — even as he still employed the disguises and mistaken identities of the earlier work.

Like most of the writers of his time, Shakespeare rarely invented entirely new stories. His more mature comedies tended to draw on English translations or imitations of Medieval Italian or French romances. Shakespeare found the intertwined cross-dressing and usurping plotlines of As You Like It in Thomas Lodge’s Rosalynde, Euphues Golden Legacie, which had been published in 1590. Lodge, in turn, drew on a Middle English prose romance called The Tale of Gamelyn, in which a younger brother sought to seize his inheritance back from an older brother by winning a wrestling match.

Thomas Lodge was someone Shakespeare would have known either personally or by reputation. Son of a mayor of London, a graduate of Trinity College, Oxford, and a law student at Lincoln’s Inn, Lodge was one of the so-called “University Wits.” The trendy “wits” included writers Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, George Peele and John Lyly. Shakespeare, the son of a Stratford glover, wasn’t part of the university crowd. But they took notice of him and he of them. Greene was the one who jealously dubbed Shakespeare an “upstart crow” in 1592.

Marlowe was Shakespeare’s most celebrated rival. In As You Like It, Shakespeare repeated a line from Marlowe verbatim. Mention in the play of a misunderstanding that “strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little room” may refer to the manner of Marlowe’s death. The author of Doctor Faustus was killed in 1593 during a fight in a tavern, supposedly over the bill (or “reckoning”).

When Thomas Lodge added the character name Euphues to the title of his prose romance, he aligned himself with the elevated prose style of John Lyly, the fashionable author of Euphues: The

Thomas Lodge’s romance, in turn, drew on the anonymous Medieval English Tale of Gamelyn, which was once thought to be a draft for one of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Depicted here is the title page of The Knight’s Tale, in the Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer’s Tales (ca. 1400-1410).

Anatomy of Wit (1578) and Euphues and his England (1580). Although Shakespeare satirized the ornate “euphuistic” style in Love’s Labour’s Lost, the witty speeches of Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing and Rosalind in As You Like It display its influence.

These two mid-career comedies centered their lively wit on a strong female character. In Shakespeare’s day, women were portrayed on stage by boy actors. The fact that Shakespeare created Beatrice and Rosalind, two of his most memorable women, within the same year suggests that a particularly talented boy actor was available to play these indelible women ca. 1599. Today’s theater artists and audiences are intrigued by the ironies of a boy actor playing a woman disguised as a man who falls in love with a man while in male disguise, as Rosalind does. Were Shakespeare’s audiences so accepting of the convention of boy actors that they overlooked the gender-bending complexities, or were they knowing sharers in the intended fun?

The talent available in the Lord Chamberlain’s

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Christopher Marlowe was a rising star in the London theater world whose life was cut short in 1593. Author of The Tragical Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Marlowe was the pre-eminent rival of Shakespeare’s.

Men may have influenced the comedic nature of As You Like It in another way. The first major “clown” that Shakespeare wrote for — Will Kempe — excelled at improvisational physical comedy. Kempe was an attraction in his own right: he sometimes received top billing on the title pages of plays in which he performed. But Kempe left the Lord Chamberlain’s Men in mid-1599, perhaps because he would not subordinate his outsized comic talents to serve the plays.

Robert Armin took over the roles that Kempe originated, including the doltish Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing. But in As You Like It, Shakespeare showcased Armin’s more intellectual wit for the first time in the character of Touchstone, the court jester who “knows himself to be a fool.” Many roles in a similar vein would follow: Armin played Feste in Twelfth Night (1600) and the Fool in King Lear (ca. 1605), for instance.

As You Like It may also have been shaped by the musical talent on hand in Shakespeare’s London. Robert Armin was also a singer, and may have

Robert Armin took over the “clown” roles for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men in 1599. An actor and singer, he also wrote plays himself. Depicted is the title page of Armin’s History of the two Maides of Moreclack, printed in 1609.

Music permeates As You Like It. The script specifies four songs. One of them, “It was a lover and his lass,” also appears in a First Book of Ayres, which was released by madrigal composer Thomas Morley in 1600.

boosted the presence of music in the play. One of the songs, “It was a Lover and His Lass,” was set to music by Thomas Morley, an organist at St. Paul’s Church London and proponent of the multi-voice madrigal style. Whether Morley pilfered Shakespeare’s lyrics or Shakespeare borrowed Morley’s melody or both cribbed the same popular song, the play’s music further illustrates Shakespeare intermixing with the artists of his day.

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As You Like It Through the Ages

Oral tradition held that As You Like It was performed on two high-profile occasions: the opening of the Globe Theatre in 1599 and a performance for King James at a country home in 1603. Another longstanding oral tradition alleged that Shakespeare himself originally played the role of the faithful retainer Adam. However, these claims remain unverified.

As You Like It has always been a crowd pleaser, but the play posed a dilemma for English actor-managers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Actor-managers typically liked attention. But the action of the play does not call for the kind of dynamic male hero or anti-hero that many leading actors favored. Two of the earliest actor-managers, Colley Cibber and David Garrick, chose to play Jacques, the melancholy courtier who speaks the play’s memorable monologue about the Seven Ages of Man. In the next generation, Charles Kemble chose instead to play Orlando, the play’s male love interest.

A veteran of Thomas Betterton’s company, Mrs. Elizabath Barry performed Rosalind in 1772. Barry was not a celebrated beauty, and this print does not accentuate her femininity.

By contrast, prints of the statuesque Sarah Siddons, of the noted Kemble family, emphasized her figure.

Since leading ladies had their own followings and audiences enjoyed seeing them in cross-dressing “breeches” or “trouser” roles, the play was produced. Elizabeth Barry, who frequently partnered on stage with Thomas Betterton, one of the leading actor-managers of the Restoration Period, tackled the role of Rosalind with zest. Other noted Rosalinds of the 18th and 19th centuries included Sarah Siddons, of the theatrical Kemble family, in the 1790s; Ellen Tree, wife of actor-manager Charles Kean, in the 1830s; socialite Lillie Langtry in the 1880s; and Ada Rehan, the leading lady of Augustin Daly’s American theater company, in the 1880s and 1890s.

Socialite Lillie Langtry turned to the stage as a way to make money and became a star comedienne, playing Rosalind in the 1880s.

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Ellen Tree, wife of actor-manager Charles Kean, excelled in “breeches” roles, playing Rosalind in 1836.

Through the Ages (continued)

The role of Rosalind continued to attract the leading ladies of the 20th century. Vanessa Redgrave gave a triumphant performance in a celebrated 1961 production of the Royal Shakespeare Company. But leading men continued to vacillate about which male role to play. Laurence Olivier took on Orlando in his first Shakespeare film role in 1936, whereas David Tennant inhabited the role of Touchstone in the RSC’s 1996 production.

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In homage to the legend that the Globe Theatre opened with As You Like It, Great Lakes Theater chose to present the genial comedy as its very first production in 1962, and as its inaugural production in Playhouse Square in 1982. Great Lakes Theater has produced it eight times during the tenures of artistic directors Arthur Lithgow (1962), Larry Carra (1969, 1975), Vincent Dowling (1982), Gerald Freedman (1996) and Charles Fee (2005, 2014, and 2023).

Synopsis

In As You Like It, witty words and romance play out against the disputes of divided pairs of brothers. Orlando’s older brother, Oliver, treats him badly and refuses him his small inheritance from their father’s estate; Oliver schemes instead to have Orlando die in a wrestling match. Meanwhile, Duke Frederick has forced his older brother, Duke Senior, into exile in the Forest of Arden.

Duke Senior’s daughter, Rosalind, and Duke Frederick’s daughter, Celia, meet the victorious Orlando at the wrestling match; Orlando and Rosalind fall in love. Banished by her uncle,

Rosalind assumes a male identity and leaves with Celia and their fool, Touchstone. Orlando flees Oliver’s murderous plots.

In the Forest of Arden, Rosalind, in her male disguise, forms a teasing friendship with Orlando. Oliver, searching for Orlando, reforms after Orlando saves his life. Rosalind reveals her identity, triggering several weddings, including her own with Orlando and Celia’s with Oliver. Duke Frederick restores the dukedom to Duke Senior, who leaves the forest with his followers.

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— Folger Shakespeare Library Vanessa Redgrave’s performance of Rosalind in a 1961 production of the Royal Shakespeare Company was highly celebrated. David Tennant (at left) as Touchstone in a 1996 RSC production.
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Stage rendering for GLT’s 1982 production of As You Like It

As You Like It from page to stage

Ask Great Lakes Theater’s producing director Charles Fee about As You Like It, and his enthusiasm pours forth. “It’s difficult not to love As You Like It,” raves Fee. “It’s an absolute masterpiece.”

Central to the play’s mastery, in Fee’s view, is the character of Rosalind. “Without any doubt, she is one of the greatest roles ever written. She sees through pretense, posing, male vanity — just as all of Shakespeare’s best women do,” he says. “Rosalind sees though the cliches of love and dismantles them even as she embraces love. Her mission is to teach Orlando how to be in love, and she’s going to teach all of us.”

Part of Rosalind’s appeal for contemporary American audiences is the way she speaks. Shakespeare’s source material for the play was written in prose, not poetry, and the playwright retained prose for the majority of Rosalind’s lines. “She’s so direct and so clear,” observes Fee. “She speaks just like we do.”

One of the joys of presiding over a resident company of actors is matching roles to people.

Veteran company member Jodi Dominick plays Rosalind in this production. It’s a role that both she and Fee have long wanted her to tackle.

The world of the play is also a major part of its appeal for Fee. The rigid and male-dominate court contrasts so strikingly with the freeing forest. “The forest is healing,” remarks Fee. “Everyone feels it. It can’t be dispelled by the persistent melancholy of Jacques. Even the usurping duke experiences a conversion in the forest. All of Shakespeare’s comedies end in marriage, but this one ends in five!”

As You Like It has been called the happiest of Shakespeare’s plays. Fee charged his designers with conveying the happy, healing nature of the

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Photographs of European agricultural landscapes — with their stone walls, barns, and late summer light — provided an inspiration for Rick Martin’s design for the GLT production’s scenic environment.
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Autumn leaves carpet the ground in one of Rick Martin’s scenic design renderings, suggesting that the time in the forest is coming to an end.

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Costume designer Kim Krumm Sorenson’s renderings feature structured, Edwardian-era court dress, which is the setting at the beginning of the play. The dark color palette and fabric texture changes as the characters move into the forest of Arden. Featured renderings include Duke Frederick and Rosalind & Celia at court; Orlando and Rosalind as “Ganymede” in the forest, and Touchstone’s colorful patched jacket.

Forest of Arden. Whether it’s conceived of as the Forest of Ardennes on the border of France or the Forest of Arden in Shakespeare’s native Warwickshire or both, the forest in this production is not a wild, untamed place but rather a pastoral landscape where sheepherders and farmers live and work. In scenic designer Rick Martin’s interpretation, stone walls, fences, barn wood and green fields evoke a rural “built environment.”

Martin notes that the action of the script takes place as summer turns to fall. Golden and red leaves blanketing green fields “create a vivid, colorful space that contributes to a sense of happiness,” explains the designer.

Clothing designed by Kim Krumm Sorenson reinforces the contrasts in the script and in the scenic environment. As the court gives way to the freer, less period-specific world of the forest, severe dark Edwardian-era clothing gives way to rich, autumnal hues and the soft textures of plaids, tweeds and wools. “The forest is a timeless place,” notes Sorenson, “with contemporary touches. Our audiences don’t need this to be a full-on period production. I love that about

our audiences. It’s a lot more fun for everyone.” “Visible mending” or patching older comfortable clothes — an old practice that’s become trendy again — becomes a metaphor in the production for the restorative power of the forest.

“The years we’ve all just gone through have been brutal,” concludes Charles Fee. “It’s a gift to be able to go to the Forest of Arden. There couldn’t be a better time for this play.”

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THE ARTISTIC COMPANY

Acting Company

Lynn Robert Berg*

Jaques

Twenty-one seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Roles include Scrooge (A Christmas Carol), Brutus (Julius Caesar), the title roles of Macbeth and Richard III, Don Pedro (Much Ado About Nothing), Charlie Cowell (The Music Man), The Ghost and Player King (Hamlet), Zoltan Karpathy (My Fair Lady), Gremio (Taming of the Shrew), Malvolio (Twelfth Night) and Frank Ford (The Merry Wives of Windsor). Other credits include Bill Austin (Mamma Mia!), Don Armado (Love’s Labour’s Lost), Watson (Hound of the Baskervilles) and Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Abridged at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival; Hucklebee (The Fantasticks), Mayhew (Witness for the Prosecution), Friar Laurence (Romeo and Juliet) Jonas Fogg (Sweeney Todd) and Polixenes (The Winter’s Tale) at Idaho Shakespeare Festival; and Short Shakespeare Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Danny Bó

Laborer 1/Amiens

Debut season with Great Lakes Theater

Danny Bó is a Junior Music Theatre Major at Baldwin Wallace University. He was recently seen as Subway Ghost in Ghost: The Musical at Beck Center for the Arts. Other credits include Into The Woods, The Sound Of Music, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, and Romeo & Juliet. He would like to thank his family and mentors for their ongoing love and support.

Michael Burns

Lord 1/Forester 3/Aubrey

Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous credits at GLT include Peter Cratchit/Dick

Wilkens/Master Richard in A Christmas Carol and Balthazar/Ensemble in Romeo and Juliet. ISF credits include Ensemble in Witness for the Prosecution and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Shakesperience Educational Tour). Other credits include Octavius Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra (Boise Bard Players) and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jaxton in The Thanksgiving Play, Ensemble in Sweeny Todd, Film Student in Heddatron and Broughton in Journey’s End (Boise State University). Michael received his B.A. in theater arts at Boise State University. He is thankful for every opportunity that has led him to this moment, and the support he has received along the way! For Coachie!

Jodi Dominick*

Rosalind

Fourteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous shows include Witness for the Prosecution, The Music Man, Mamma Mia!, Julius Caesar, Wait Until Dark, Les Misérables, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sweeney Todd, The Mousetrap, Cabaret, Into the Woods, Twelfth Night, An Ideal Husband, The Imaginary Invalid, My Fair Lady, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Richard III and The Tempest. Jodi spent 12 seasons at The Idaho Shakespeare Festival, GLT’s sister company. Other theaters include New World Stages, Hudson Backstage Theater, The Beck Center, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Hayworth Theatre, Dobama Theatre and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Jodi is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music.

Jonathan Dyrud*

Oliver

Six seasons with Great Lakes Theater

GLT/Idaho Shakespeare Festival roles include Petruchio in The Taming of

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the Shrew, Banquo in Macbeth, Hamlet in Hamlet, King Ferdinand in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Anthony Marston in And Then There Were None, Edmund in King Lear, Tony Wendice in Dial “M” for Murder. Other credits include Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival: Antipholus of Ephesus in Comedy of Errors and New York: Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Hip to Hip Theater Company). Regional credits include Froth and Friar Peter in Measure for Measure, Medvedenko in The Seagull (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); and Jaxon Clifton in Thanksgiving Play, Father Flynn in Doubt (Lean Ensemble Theater) Training: BFA Southern Oregon University.

Mandie Jenson*

Celia

Four seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Mandie is a New York-based actor originally from Olympia, Washington. Great Lakes Theater credits include Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew co-production with Idaho Shakespeare Festival and The Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival; and Martha/Fan in A Christmas Carol. Favorite credits include Maria, Love’s Labour’s Lost and Luciana, The Comedy of Errors (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival); Arabella, Animal Crackers and Isabel, The Pirates of Penzance (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Sally Brown, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Idaho Repertory Theater); Johanna, Sweeney Todd (Virginia City Players); and My Crazy Love (Oxygen Network). Mandie received her BFA in musical theater from the University of Idaho. “Love to CB!’’

Maggie Kettering* Touchstone

Six seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous shows include Sense and Sensibility, The 39 Steps, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, A Christmas Carol, Love’s Labour’s Lost, And Then There Were None, and Blithe Spirit. Additionally, she has worked with Peninsula Players (Miss

Holmes, Outside Mullingar, Lend Me a Tenor), Milwaukee Repertory Theatre (Holmes and Watson), House Theatre (Season on the Line - Joseph Jefferson nomination), Shakespeare Theatre Company (Henry IV, parts 1 and 2), TimeLine Theatre (My Kind of Town) and Northlight Theatre (Season’s Greetings - Jack Springer Award). Maggie is a resident of Chicago, an Ironman finisher, and a believer in Snuffleupaguses.

Adam Naaman Kirk

Dennis/Forester 2

Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous GLT shows include Much Ado About Nothing (Ensemble/Claudio and Conrade understudy) and The 39 Steps (production assistant). Regional credits include School of Rock and Ragtime (Ensemble/ Coalhouse understudy) at Cain Park; The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric) at Near West Theatre; Intimate Apparel (George Armstrong) at Kent State; and Candide, Iolanthe, and Babes In Arms (Ivor De Quincy) with the Ohio Light Opera. Special thanks to JAM and the Kirks.

James Alexander Rankin

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Oliver Martext

Eight seasons with Great Lakes Theater

James is grateful to have the opportunity to step back onto GLT’s mainstage. He has worked with Great Lakes’ educational outreach tours since 2012 with Much Ado About Nothing and A Christmas Carol. James is a Local EMC actor, and a proud member of the Northeast Ohio community. Recent work includes King Lear with Beck Center, Venus in Fur with None Too Fragile, Our Country’s Good with Seat of the Pants. Other theaters include Dobama Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, French Creek and Convergence Continuum. James would like to thank his family, David H, Lisa O and Robert E. Enjoy.

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David Anthony Smith*

Duke Frederick/Duke Senior

Twenty seasons with Great Lakes Theater

At GLT, roles include Andrew Wyke in Sleuth, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Iago in Othello, Sergius in Arms and the Man and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Twenty seasons with The Idaho Shakespeare Festival include the title role in Henry V. Other theaters include The Old Globe, Laguna Playhouse, South Coast Rep and the Shakespeare festivals of Utah, Colorado, Rhode Island, Nevada and Lake Tahoe. In addition to numerous television appearances, David has starred in four feature films: The Hanoi Hilton, Terror in Paradise, Field of Fire and Judgment Day.

Nick Steen* Orlando

Ten seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous roles include Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, Macduff in Macbeth, Colonel Brandon in Kate Hamill’s Sense and Sensibility, Caliban in The Tempest, Laertes in Hamlet, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Lombard in And Then There Were None, Orestes in Elektra and Clifford in Deathtrap. Nick holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Evansville, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theater. He’s also a voice actor whose work can be heard on Hulu, Spotify and Social Media. He has endless gratitude for his family and for the love of his life, Nicki. NickSteen.com

M.A. Taylor*

Adam/Corin

Eighteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater

A proud new resident of Ohio, he’s previously been seen in Romeo and Juliet, Peter; Much Ado About Nothing: Verges; A Christmas Carol, Charity Man, Old Joe; Julius Caesar: Calphurnius; Macbeth: Murderer; and

The Fantasticks: Old Actor. Favorite roles include Doolittle: My Fair Lady, Puck: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Carter/Dr. Wyatt: Witness for the Prosecution, 3rd Actor: Complete Works of William Shakespeare and Count Dracula: Dracula. Other companies include Resident Ensemble Theater, Boise Contemporary Theater and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. He holds an MFA from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theater Training Program. Special thanks to his Families (Genetic & Professional). Forever to Dougfred and Kathryn.

Ángela Utrera*

Phebe

Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater

From Asturias, Spain, She was last seen in GLT as Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility, as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Ghost of Christmas Past/ Ensemble in A Christmas Carol and Miranda in The Tempest, and is so excited to come back this spring! She has assistant-directed City of Altar and Teen Dad at the Sin Muros play festival at Stages Theatre in Houston. Ángela earned her acting/directing BFA from Sam Houston State University.

Boe Wank*

Le Beau/Movement Director

Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Boe is amped to return to his theatrical home! Previous shows include Mamma Mia! (LTSF), Much Ado About Nothing (LTSF/ISF/ GLT), Julius Caesar and The Music Man (both ISF/GLT). National tour: Kathleen Marshall’s Tony Award-winning revival of Anything Goes

Selected regional credits include Disney’s Beauty and The Beast (LeFou) A Chorus Line (Mike), Singin’ In The Rain (Cosmo), West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Oklahoma, Legally Blonde and 42nd Street. Proud BWMT alum, big brother, and Brooklynite. All gratitude and love to Vicky, Charlie, Sara, Jackie, the brilliant fellow artists and humans who make Great Lakes Theatre shine and, above all else, my family. For Steph.

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Joe Wegner*

Silvius

Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Off-Broadway: Judgement Day (world premiere) (Park Avenue Armory). Regional theater: Sense and Sensibility, Much Ado about Nothing, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew (Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival), Archduke (world premiere) (Center Theater Group), Joe spent four seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, some favorite shows include: A Wrinkle in Time (world premiere), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Romeo and Juliet, Guys and Dolls (Wallis Annenberg Center), The School for Lies (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), In the Blood (Mixed Blood Theatre). TV/Film: Tales of the City (Netflix). Education: BFA, Southern Oregon University. joewegner.net

Jerrell Williams

Charles the Wrestler/ Forester 1

Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous work includes Conrade and understudy as Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing. Jerrell is a veteran, a martial artist and dancer from Birmingham, Alabama. In his second season with Great Lakes Theater, Jerrell is excited and honored to return as Charles the Wrestler and Forester 1. A special thank you to Charles Fee, Sara Bruner and everyone who made this possible. “Take care of yourselves. Take care of each other. Much love and enjoy the show.” @jerrellofalltrades

Understudies

Adam Bash, Katelyn Baughman, Bennie Bender, Danny Bó , Michael Burns, Jake Diller, Rachel Gold, Adam Naaman Kirk, James Alexander Rankin, Boe Wank*, Jerrell Williams

Director

Charles Fee

Producing Artistic Director

Twenty-one seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Directing credits at GLT include Much Ado About Nothing, Sleuth, Witness for the Prosecution, A Christmas Carol, Misery, Macbeth, Hamlet, And Then There Were None, Dial “M” for Murder, Deathtrap, 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, 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 Incline Village, Nevada (since 2010). His appointments have resulted in a dynamic and groundbreaking producing model for the companies, in which more than 60 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, 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

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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 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!

Artistic Staff and Designers

Chris DuVal

Fight Choreographer

Debut season with Great Lakes Theater

Chris is pleased to be returning to Great Lakes Theater having previously worked on Romeo and Juliet last season. He has worked across the country at such regional theaters as South Coast Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, Denver Theatre Center, Laguna Playhouse, Pioneer Theatre Company, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Repertory Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Salt Lake Acting Company, Utah Opera, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Orange County, and 19 years at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Chris is a Certified Teacher and Fight Director with the SAFD, a Master Teacher with DAI, a second degree black belt in Aikido, an associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, and is a professor of acting and stage combat in the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. He is the author Stage Combat Arts, published by Methuen.

Rick Martin

Scenic Designer/Lighting Designer

Twenty seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Many productions with GLT include Julius

Caesar, The Tempest and Hamlet. Opera includes Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte (La Monnaie, Brussels – scenery), Mitridate, Re di Ponto (La Monnaie, Brussels – scenery and lighting), Le Diable dans le beffroi, La Chute de la Maison Usher (Opéra national de Paris – scenery and lighting) and BUTTERFLY – d’après Madama Butterfly de Puccini (Opera de Limoges, France – lighting). Concerts include Harawi (Opèra Comique, Paris – scenery and lighting) and Le martyre de Saint Sèbastien (Citè de la Musique, Paris). Coming up: Serse (Opéra de Rouen, France – lighting) and Rusalka (Opéra Grand Avignon, France -–lighting). Member: United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE.

Kim Krumm Sorenson

Costume Designer

Fifteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Kim is pleased to be back in Cleveland and working with the Great Lakes Theater company. She is a resident designer for Great Lakes Theater and the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and has designed too many Shakespearean plays to count, several of them multiple times. In addition to designing for regional theaters throughout the country, Kim is currently an assistant costume designer for Hamilton. She lives in New York City with her husband Scott and their new cat Chester, and is the proud mother of Carly and Gem.

Matthew Webb

Sound Designer/Composer

Sixteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Matthew is music director for music theater at Baldwin Wallace University. Previous Great Lakes Theater sound designs include

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The 39 Steps, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, A Christmas Carol (Radio Play), Julius Caesar, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth and Hamlet. He has served as music director for Little Shop of Horrors, The Music Man, Mamma Mia!, The Fantasticks, Sweeney Todd, Guys and Dolls, Sondheim on Sondheim, Cabaret, Bat Boy and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Elsewhere: Wild Party, Into the Woods, Kinky Boots (Baldwin Wallace University), Be More Chill, LIZZIE (Playhouse Square), Ghost, Scottsboro Boys and Once (Beck Center). Many thanks to Charlie, Sara and his incredible parents, Carol and Jerry.

Stage Management

Nicki Cathro*

Production Stage Manager

Seven seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Previous production stage manager credits include A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Juliet, Little Shop of Horrors, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest and Julius Caesar. Other credits include assistant stage manager credits for Sense and Sensibility,

Sleuth, The Music Man, Witness for the Prosecution, Misery, Macbeth and Pride and Prejudice; production assistant credits for Hamlet, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and A Midsummer Night’s Dream; and ASM for Every Brilliant Thing at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. She earned a BFA in radio, television and film from the University of North Texas, is a member of AEA and is thankful to work with her husband and friends!

Imani Sade*

Assistant Stage Manager

Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Imani is so excited to be back at The Hanna for her third season! Previous GLT credits include Sense and Sensibility, Little Shop of Horrors, The 39 Steps and The Music Man Other past credits include LIZZIE (The Beck Center), Into the Woods (Baldwin Wallace University), Jersey Boys Streaming (Playhouse Square) and Greenwood: An American Dream Destroyed (Karamu House). Imani would love to thank her family and friends for their love and support.

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216.241.6000 | GreatLakesTheater.org TICKETS START AT $20! • PATRONS 25 & UNDER PAY $15! Apr. 28 - May 21, 2023 Hanna Theatre, Playhouse Square A Jazzy
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Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz Created and Originally Directed by Richard Maltby, Jr. Original Choreography and Musical Staging by Arthur Faria Musical Adaptations, Orchestrations and Arrangements by Luther Henderson Vocal and Musical Concepts by Jeffrey Gutcheon Musical Arrangements by Jeffrey Gutcheon and William Elliott
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DONOR APPRECIATION

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 and on the following pages made generous gifts to our Annual Fund between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022. “I can no other answer make but thanks.” Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene iii

Help Make a Difference

Great Lakes Theater serves more than 100,000 students, adults, and artists annually through our Hanna and Mimi Ohio Theatre mainstage productions and education programs throughout Northeast Ohio. Please consider joining the Great Lakes Theater family by making a gift today!

To learn more about Donor Membership and other gift-giving opportunities, visit us online at GreatLakesTheater.org/Support, or contact Jeremy Lewis, Development & Donor Relations Manager at (216) 453-4457 or jlewis@greatlakestheater.org.

$100,000 and above

The George Gund Foundation

John P. Murphy Foundation

$50,000 to $99,999

David and Inez Myers Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

John & Barbara Schubert

$25,000 to $49,999

Arthur L. Thomas

Ticket Donors

Over 800 patrons generously donated the value of their tickets back to support Great Lakes Theater during pandemic-related disruptions during our 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 seasons. This vital “intermission” support has enabled us to raise our curtain once again. We are truly grateful! Check out the full list of donors online.

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Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Ohio Arts Council The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation The Cleveland Foundation The Community Foundation of Lorain County Kulas Foundation The Reinberger Foundation
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THE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY

Annual Fund donors of $1,000 and above are members of Great Lakes Theater’s “Shakespeare Society” and are entitled to exclusive benefits, including access to special services, events, and opportunities to connect deeply with Cleveland’s Classic Company. To learn more, contact Jeremy Lewis at (216) 453-4457.

$10,000 to $24,999

The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation

Gail Cudak

Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill

Eaton

Fifth Third Bank

Martha Holden Jennings Foundation

Robert° & Janet E. Neary

The Nord Family Foundation

Nordson Corporation Foundation

Donald F. & Anne T. Palmer

Georgianna T. Roberts

Ms. Ana G. Rodriguez

The Shubert Foundation

Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford

The Stocker Foundation

The Family of Jill Hearey

The Treu-Mart Fund, a supporting organization of the The Cleveland Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

U.S. Bank

The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust

Robert C. & Emily C. Williams

$5,000 to $9,999

Dalia & Robert Baker

Carol A. Barnak

Fred & Mary Behm

Mr. Todd M. Burger & Ms. Kristie Beck

Bill & Judie Caster

Evelyn Dolejs°

Natalie Epstein

Elizabeth Grove & Rich Bedell

The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Foundation

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Donna M. Koler

Rita & Charles Maimbourg

Thomas A. Piraino & Barbara C. McWilliams

Tim & Lynn Pistell

Greg Pribulsky & Donna Heinz

A.J. & Nancy Stokes

$2,500 to $4,999

Anonymous

Chuck & Bonnie Abbey

Beth A. Adams

Michelle R. Arendt

Walt & Laura Avdey

Kim & Bart Bixenstine

Mitch & Liz Blair

Glenn R. & Jeanette G. Brown

Homer Chisholm° & Gertrude Kalnow

Chisholm Fund

George A. M. & Heather Currall

Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press

Charles, Lidia & Alexa Fee

Dianne V. Foley

Lynn M. Gattozzi & Glenn Myers

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Hall III

Katie Kennedy & Doug White

Faisal Khan & Angela DiCorleto

Ms. Catherine M. Kilbane & Mr. Donald H. Bullock

Mr. & Mrs. John J. Lane, Jr.

The Laub Foundation

Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust

Susan & John Lebold

David & Denise Maiorana

Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer

Jack E. McGrath

Karen Nemec

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Kim Sherwin°

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$1,000 to $2,499

Anonymous

The Alvah Stone & Adele Corning

Chisholm Memorial Fund

Gary D. Benz & Betsy A. Karetnick

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Mary Elizabeth Huber

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James L. Wagner

Nancy-Anne Wargo

Mary C. Warren

Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Williams

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Welcome! The following individuals made their first gift, returned as active donors, or increased their gift to Great Lakes Theater’s Annual Fund during the period of July 1, 2022 through February 1, 2023. The Great Lakes Theater family is grateful for their support!

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Cherie Arnold & David Pavlich

Walt & Laura Avdey

Mary S. Baker

Thomas & Joan Baker

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Scott & Pam Benson

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Chisholm Memorial Fund

Mr. Edward A. Chuhna

Patricia Brownell & James Collins

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Gail Cudak

Mr. Mark DiDonato

John & Maryann Doucette

Michael Dunn

Rebecca Dunn

Bob & Kay Eikenburg

Katharine Elek

Evans Charitable Foundation

Gene & Patricia Ewald

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Mr. & Mrs. Fishwick

Dianne V. Foley

$750 to $999

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$500 to $749

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Mary S. Baker

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Eileen Kennedy & Greg Cloyd

Jim & Berni Cockey

Audrey DeClement

The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation

Michael Frank & Pat Snyder°

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Joe Giuffrida

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David Gotwald & Peter Franzen

The George Gund Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Hahn

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Hall III

Meredith Hester

Lynn & Mark Hofflund

Carrie Hujarski

Susan K. Jagoda

Robert & Linda Jenkins

Jan Jones

Will & Susan Kirchner

Drucilla Knutsen

The Lehman Family

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Eva & Rudolf Linnebach

The Lubrizol Foundation

Andrea & Michael Lyons

Rita & Charles Maimbourg

Prof. James Marino & Ms. Brooke Conti

Mr. & Mrs. Steve McMahon

Medical Mutual of Ohio

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The Music and Drama Club

Nordson Corporation Foundation

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Jennifer Dowdell Armstrong

Michael Dunn

Evans Charitable Foundation

Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Fairchild

Mr. Joseph Ferritto

Deborah A. Geier

Janet & Patricia Glaeser

Mrs. Edith Hirsch

Gary Nemeth & Gail Jones-Nemeth

Thomas Jorgensen & Jocelyn Ruf

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Pauline Ryder

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Advised Fund of Renaissance Charitable Foundation

Doris A. & Richard E. Schultz

Alan & Debbie Shubert

Theresa A. Simek

Jack & Terry Southworth

Christopher & Gail Steward

Sean & Tabitha Swick

Jaclyn & Alexander Szaruga

Becky Tesar

Holly Tomasch

Lori Trehan

Dr. Joanne M. Uniatowski

Nancy-Anne Wargo

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Lance Whitson & Terry Juhn

Dorothy A. Whittenberger

Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Williams

Mr. Warren I. Williamson & Ms. Lael A. Kilpatrick

Thomas & Suann Winczek

Thomas M. & Barbara A. Wladyka

Gerry & Jeanne Wojciechowicz

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The Music and Drama Club

Barbara B. O’Connor

Max Rabinovitsj & Mary W. Trevor

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to $499

Anonymous

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Family Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

Judie & Bruce Amsel

Joel & Teresa Andreani

Mr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates

Mrs. Kathryn Berkshire

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Jon & Mary Fancher

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Elizabeth Hecht & Peter Savoy

Doug & Suzanne Hicks

Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.

Robert & Linda Jenkins

Stephen L. Kadish

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$125 to $249

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Cheryl Barnes

Pam & Scott Benson

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Berges

Roger Bielefeld

Mr. & Mrs. David R. Blackman

Susan Bobey

John Bolton

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Gary Ciolli

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Ronald Cross

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David V. Foos

Ms. Gay Maire Goden

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John Greene

Jean E. Gubbins

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Thomas Higgason

Lynn & Mark Hofflund

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Mr. David Porter

Bette Prendergast

James & Susan Prince

John & Betsy Quinn

Dr. James E. Racic

Frank Rausche

Ms. Jacqueline Y. Rhodes

Robinson Family Philanthropic

Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Rosen

Doris A. & Richard E. Schultz

Mr. Richard Shirey

William E. Spatz

Susan St. John

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Sean & Tabitha Swick

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Family

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$75 to $124

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Ms. Carol Barasha

Ms. Kimberley Barton

Mr. Thomas D. Basco

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Amelia & Heather Blonsky

Dr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser

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Mr. Edward A. Chuhna

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William Robak

Carolyn Rufo

Stephen Ruscher

Bryan Salisbury

Cindie Carroll-Pankhurst & Mark Salling

Ben & Amy Schaum

Ms. Meredith M. & Mr. Oliver E. Seikel

Donna Sheridan

Dr. Dave & Faye Sholiton

Mr. & Mrs. Vernon C. Sponseller

Todd & Patty Standen

Betsy Sullivan

Laura Lee Sutera

Ian & Kara Suzelis

Marcia J. Terstage

Ms. Leslie N. Thomas

Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard

Natalie & James Vloedman

Thomas Wagner & Malinda Smyth

Rev. & Mrs. David M. Walker

William Wallis

Mr. Raymond Washio

Lance Whitson & Terry Juhn

Thomas & Suann Winczek

Dr. Thomas Zarlingo

Patrick M. Zohn

Endowment Fund

Gifts to the Great Lakes Theater Endowment Fund were received from the following donors between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022.

Edward Godleski

Gifts were received in honor of:

Melanie Bordelois by: Sylvia Bordelois

Jack & Janice Campbell by: Holly Tomasch

Carol Dolan by: Mary Dolan & David Haracz

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Natalie G. Epstein by: Marilyn Bedol

Chad & Andrea Deal

Mr. Gene DiVincenzo

Dr. Lauren Goldman

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Goodman

Rabbi Eddie & Dr. Roxanne Sukol

Wulf & Moira Utian

Mr. David I. & Mrs. Ann K.

Warren

Mr. & Mrs. Philip Wasserstrom

Mr. Adam Weinsein

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Wiesenberger

Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival

Interns 1977-78 (A Merry Band of Players) by:

Mary Beidler Gearen

Maddie Halapy by: The Halapy Family

Denise Horstman Keen by: George Leggiero

Catherine Tanner by: Christie Lucco & Michael Devlin

Bob Taylor by: Mitch & Liz Blair

Charles, Lidia & Alexa Fee

Gifts were received in memory of:

Cancio & Susan Castro by: Christine Castro

Charles “Chuck” Dickson by: Georgianna T. Roberts

Elsie Glassford by: Angela Kovacs

William W. Jacobs by: Ms. Deborah Glosserman

Bob Kirkpatrick by:

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Chernus

Elizabeth Manolio by: Joseph M. & Meribeth A. Pannitto

Michael John McGann by: Desiree Ball

Dougfred Miller by: Vince Reddy

Carole Nicolosi by: Ms. Joyce L. Adams

Dr. James Sheridan by: Donna Sheridan

James Weiss by: Holly McTernan

William W. Jacobs by: Ms. Deborah Glosserman

Samantha Jacobs & Aubrey Wynne

Matching Gift Corporations

Many companies, like the ones listed below, match all or a portion of their employees’ charitable giving. Is your employer a matching gift company? Find out by contacting your employer or the Great Lakes Theater Development Office at (216) 453-4457.

The Albert M. Higley Co. Dominion Foundation

Eaton

GlaxoSmithKline Foundation

The Lubrizol Foundation

Nordson Corporation Foundation

The Perkins Charitable Foundation

PNC Foundation

Progressive Insurance Foundation

Schneider Electric North America Foundation

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

Janice Campbell, President

Barbara Chernus, Recording Secretary

Bernice Bolek, Corresponding Secretary

Nanci Kirkpatrick, Treasurer

°Deceased: The legacy of these generous donors lives on for future generations.

Thank you to our donors! Every effort is made to ensure that our donor records are current and correct.

Please contact the Great Lakes Theater Development Office at (216) 453-4457 to share an update or request a revision.

Two-week session! Monday - Thursday

june 12 - 22, 2023

play’s the thing

Great Lakes Theater Camp is a summer drama camp with musical theater elements that immerses students in interactive and educational theater-based activities. Theater Camp is a unique opportunity for students to work with and learn from Great Lakes Theater’s professional teaching artists in a fun, safe and supportive environment.

at Brook Park Elementary School | a summer camp for students ages 6-17

For more info: GreatLakesTheater.org/camp

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full and half-day camps available

Chair

Samuel Hartwell*

President

Kim Bixenstine*

Secretary

Elizabeth A. Grove*

Treasurer

Kathleen Kennedy*

Trustees

Beth A. Adams

Michelle Arendt

Jennifer Dowdell

Armstrong*

Walter Avdey*

Dalia Baker

Gary D. Benz

Kip T. Bollin

Todd M. Burger*

William Caster*

Gail L. Cudak

George A. M. Currall

Anthea Daniels

Christopher Dean

Carolyn Dickson†

Barry Doggett†

Carol Dolan*

Timothy J. Downing*

Dr. Howard G. Epstein*

Natalie Epstein†

Dianne V. Foley*

Lynn M. Gattozzi

Arthur C. Hall III*

TRUSTEES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

David M. Hopkins

Mary Elizabeth Huber

Diane Kathleen Hupp

Faisal A. Khan*

John W. Lebold*

Andrea S. Lyons

William MacDonald III†

Charles Maimbourg*

David M. Maiorana

Ellen Stirn Mavec†

John E. McGrath†

Katie McVoy*

Ingrid A. Minott*

Janet E. Neary†

Michael Novak

Michael J. Peterman†

Timothy K. Pistell†

David P. Porter†

Gregory Pribulsky*

Uma M. Rajeshwar

Georgianna T. Roberts†

John D. Schubert†

Peter Shimrak†

Thomas G. Stafford*†

Sally J. Staley

Diana W. Stromberg

Catherine Tanner*

Kristine M. Tesar*

Arthur L. Thomas

Nancy Wellener

* Executive Committee

† Life Trustee

In 2002, Great Lakes Theater (Cleveland, Ohio) and Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Boise, Idaho) conceived a unique, strategic producing alliance designed to maximize return on organizational investments, increase production efficiencies, create long-term work opportunities for artists and share best practices. In 2010, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (Incline Village, Nevada) joined the collaborative — further contributing to the momentum of the producing prototype’s success. The long-term results have been remarkable. The alliance’s three independent, 501c3 regional theaters have shared over 60 jointly-created productions — each featuring long-term, multi-city employment opportunities for artistic company members. This revolutionary producing model has realized its vision and exceeded expectations while simultaneously resulting in notable audience growth for each company.

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STAFF

Leadership

Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director

Bob Taylor, Executive Director

Management Team

Associate Artistic Director ........................ Sara Bruner

Director of Educational Services ................Kelly Schaffer Florian

Managing Director Todd Krispinsky

Resident Artist & Interim Production Manager Jaclyn Miller

Director of Educational Programming..... Lisa Ortenzi

Director of Administration...................Stephanie Reed

Director of Marketing & Communications Kacey Shapiro

Development

Development & Donor Relations Manager .................................................. Jeremy Lewis

Patron Services Coordinator Marilyn Niksa

Marketing

Audience Cultivation Coordinator.............. Amy Essick

Education

Education Outreach Associate David Hansen

School Residency Program

Actor-Teachers Noelle Elise Crites, Kelly Elliott, Gabe Heffernan, Tim Keo, Amaya Kiyomi, Olivia Morey, Avery LaMar Pope, A’Rhyan Samford, Asia Sharp-Berry

Production

Assistant Production Manager Lindsay Mandela

Company Manager Lauren Tidmore

Technical Director ...................................... Mark Cytron

Assistant Technical Director ............ Richard Haberlen

Master Carpenter Lindsay Loar

Carpenters Val Kozlenko, Bill Langenhop, Ralph Melari, Gary Zsigrai

Properties Master ............................ Bernadine Cockey

Assistant Properties Master..................... Gina Meluso

Charge Scenic Artist Ruth Lohse

Costume Director ........................... Esther M. Haberlen

Assistant Costume Shop Manager/Tailor .....Leah Loar

Design Assistant/Crafts Artisan Zachary Hickle

Crafts Assistant Joseph Bruch

Draper Diana Sidley

Lead First Hand .........................................Tina Spencer

Junior First Hand ..........................................Gwen Kunz

Stitchers ..................Jen Goldstein, Serenity-Grace Tate

Wardrobe Supervisor Cheyenne Moore

Wardrobe Crew Joseph Bruch, Serenity-Grace Tate

Resident Hair & Wig Supervisor Iran Micheal Leon

Master Electrician ................................... Tammy Taylor

Electrics Assistants .... Colleen Albrecht, Eben Wieneke

Audio Supervisor Josh Brinkman

Production Assistant Jules Ringler

Text Coaches Lynn Robert Berg, David Anthony Smith

Run Crew ............................. Ralph Melari, Gary Zsigrai

Hanna Theatre Crew ............................. Thomas Boddy, Shaun Milligan, Lester Parker Jr., Nathan Tulenson

Health & Safety Team Jaclyn Miller, Amy Essick, Lindsay Mandela, Lauren Tidmore

Special Thanks

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.

1501 Euclid Ave., Suite 300

Cleveland, OH 44115

P: (216) 241-5490

F: (216) 241-6315

W: GreatLakesTheater.org

Assistant Scenic Artist James Todd

Playbill Editor: Linda Feagler

For advertising information, please contact Matthew Kraniske: 216-377-3681

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Guest Assistance

For questions or service that may provide a quality, entertaining experience, please see the House Manager on duty. A RedCoat usher can direct you to their office location.

Smoking Policy

Smoking, including electronic smoking or “vaping,” is not permitted indoors at Playhouse Square.

We Love Hearing From Our Guests

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Buy your tickets ONLY from the Playhouse Square Ticket Office, at playhousesquare.org, by phone at 216-241-6000 or your licensed group/travel leader. (We cannot guarantee validity or admittance for tickets purchased elsewhere, nor can we issue replacement tickets if they are lost or stolen). Help us keep ticket prices affordable and fair for everyone.

Camera Policy

Cameras, including cameras on cell phones and other personal handheld devices, audio/video recorders and flash photography are strictly prohibited.

Cell Phones

The experience of a live performance can be ruined by the interruption of ringtones, vibrating phones or conversation. The magic of a darkened theater can be disrupted by the light of someone text messaging as well. Please be considerate to others and remember to turn off your cell phone for the duration of the show.

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APRIL

Becoming Dr. Ruth

Becoming Dr. Ruth

Meet Vera Stark The Musical Box

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Meet Vera Stark Ain’t Misbehavin’ K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

MAY

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ K. Ludwig’s Moriarty The Shalva Band

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Turner Musical

Flanagan’s

Flanagan’s Wake Becoming Dr. Ruth Meet Vera Stark Balanchine’s Serenade/Symphony of Life Limón Dance Co.

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Flanagan’s Wake By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

Ain’t Misbehavin’

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Tina Flanagan’s Wake

Meet Vera Stark

Ain’t Misbehavin’

K. Ludwig’s Moriarty Superstar/Helen Welch

Tina Ain’t Misbehavin’ K. Ludwig’s Moriarty Hiccup Junie B.’s/Guide to School Step Afrika!

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Ain’t Misbehavin’

K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Dear Evan Hansen

Ain’t Misbehavin’

K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Dear Evan Hansen

K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Dear Evan Hansen Ain’t Misbehavin’

K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Dear Evan Hansen

Ain’t Misbehavin’

K. Ludwig’s Moriarty Tom Papa

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Ain’t Misbehavin’

K. Ludwig’s Moriarty Samantha Bee Menopause The Musical

Dear Evan Hansen

Ain’t Misbehavin’

K. Ludwig’s Moriarty

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Ain’t Misbehavin’

K. Ludwig’s Moriarty Menopause The Musical Natalie Merchant

Dear Evan Hansen

Ain’t Misbehavin’

K. Ludwig’s Moriarty Miranda Sings

2023 Dazzle Awards

John Mellencamp John Mellencamp Cleveland Celtic Ensemble Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous, Nat Geo Live!

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Becoming Dr. Ruth Becoming Dr. Ruth Becoming Dr. Ruth By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Wake Becoming Dr. Ruth By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Balanchine’s Serenade/Symphony of Life
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for Success

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