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Welcome..................................................................................................................... 4 About Great Lakes Theater............................................................................................ 5 News & Notes.............................................................................................................. 6 Love’s Labour’s Lost..................................................................................................... 9 Cast of Characters...................................................................................................... 10 Spotlight on Love’s Labour’s Lost................................................................................ 11 The Artistic Company................................................................................................. 21 Donors....................................................................................................................... 32 Trustees..................................................................................................................... 37 Staff.......................................................................................................................... 38 April/May at Playhouse Square.................................................................................... 39

WELCOME Dear Friends,

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n behalf of our artists, staff and Board of Trustees, welcome to Great Lakes Theater’s 54th 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. We believe theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, and provide our student audiences with a glimpse of a broader world. A wellspring of learning is made possible through the arts. Following the sensational response to the first half of our season, which featured The Secret Garden, King Lear, A Christmas Carol and Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, we are delighted to be back onstage at the Hanna Theatre with the final two offerings of our expanded, six-show season: Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and one of the greatest off-Broadway musicals of all time, The Fantasticks, written by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones. I am pleased to welcome Tyne Rafaeli to the artistic family of Great Lakes this season to direct Love’s Labour’s Lost. Tyne comes to Great Lakes with a deep background in Shakespeare both as an actor and director. Her most recent work includes Shakespeare’s Othello for the Classic Stage Company in New York, as well as directing the first national tour of The Bridges of Madison County currently playing across the country. For the past two seasons, she has been Bartlett Sher’s assistant on Broadway and across the globe. Coming in May, we welcome back resident director Victoria Bussert to helm the world’s longest-running musical, The Fantasticks, our sixth production this season. Ms. Bussert has created an extraordinary body of work with Great Lakes Theater, including The Secret Garden earlier this year and last season’s record-breaking, re-imagining of Les Misèrables. We look forward to a fresh and inventive staging of The Fantasticks for an evening that is sure to delight audiences of all ages. As you read through your program and look around the theater tonight, you will see the names of many friends, partners, corporations and foundations whose support makes all of this possible. We hope you will consider using the enclosed brochure to join them and the Great Lakes Theater family as a member, supporting the work we create on the Parker Hannifin Stage at the Hanna Theatre. We extend our special appreciation to The Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater for sponsoring this production. We offer our deepest gratitude to each and every one of our supporters, with special thanks to our partners of over 30 years at Playhouse Square, and the tireless efforts of our extraordinary artists, talented administrative staff, dedicated trustees and the tremendous generosity of this community! I hope to see you in our audience again soon.

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ABOUT GREAT LAKES THEATER

Great Lakes Theater’s spring 2016 production of And Then There Were None (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) 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 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 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, 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 through Surround, a series of community programs that explore the themes of a main stage production. To this end, Great Lakes Theater 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 Great Lakes moves into a new era with a permanent home in 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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All eyes are on Cleveland this summer as our city plays host to … Shakespeare’s First Folio! (Perhaps you were thinking of some other “elephant” in the room.) Great Lakes Theater, in partnership with the Cleveland Public Library, will celebrate the “Book that Gave Us Shakespeare” with a free 45-minute touring production entitled Twelfth Night (As Told by Malvolio) as well as workshops in dance, stage combat, verse and comedy during the month of July. For complete information and to sign up for workshops, visit cpl.org.

New Foundation Partner

Great Lakes Theater is supported by many generous private foundations. The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation is the newest to join our roster of foundation partners. Created in 2011 to honor Paul M. Angell, the Foun dation’s mission is to advance society through the performing arts, conservation of the world’s oceans, and alleviation of poverty. While the Angell Family Foundation is based in Chicago, it also makes performing arts grants (with a focus on classical music and theater) in the Mid-Atlantic region (from Washington, D.C. north to Wilmington, DE) and the Cleveland area. We are very grateful for their support!

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Play is the thing at Camp Theater!, Great Lakes Theater’s summer camp for students ages 4-18 at Berea-Midpark High School, June 6-17. Students discover the stage in a safe and supportive environment while engaging with GLT’s professional teaching artists, gain confidence performing scene work, work as a team in Club Improv and learn valuable skills in dance, stage makeup and stage combat. There’s never a dull moment! For complete information or to register, visit GreatLakesTheater.org.

In partnership with TrueNorth Cultural Arts, we are proud to exhibit original artwork created by Lorain County artists. Displayed in the Hanna Theatre’s Deloitte Room (balcony level) in conjunction with our production of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, the exhibition represents the culmination of an artist/teacher mentorship program which included master class workshops that focused on creating original artwork inspired by Shakespearean themes. Stop by before the show or during intermission to enjoy the work of these talented artists.

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Directed by

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Laura Welsh Berg Jeb Burris* Jonathan Dyrud* Tom Ford* Robyn Kerr Maggie Kettering* Scenic Designer Kristen Robinson Music Director Nathan Motta

Chris Klopatek* Juan Rivera Lebron* Andrew Miller Dougfred Miller* Brian Mueller Erin Partin* David Anthony Smith* Costume Designer Andrea Hood

Nick Steen* M. A. Taylor* Heather Thiry Christopher Tocco* Lauren Wainwright Christine Weber*

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CAST OF CHARACTERS Ferdinand, King of Navarre.................................................................... Jonathan Dyrud * Berowne, lord attending the King........................................................ Christopher Tocco * Longaville, lord attending the King................................................................. Jeb Burris * Dumaine, lord attending the King..................................................................Nick Steen *

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Princess of France........................................................................................ Erin Partin * Rosaline, lady attending the Princess.................................................. Laura Welsh Berg Maria, lady attending the Princess.......................................................... Christine Weber * Katherine, lady attending the Princess....................................................... Heather Thiry Boyet, A lord attending the Princess.........................................................Chris Klopatek * Don Adriano de Armado, a Spanish knight and braggart................... David Anthony Smith * Moth, his page boy.......................................................................................Robyn Kerr Holofernes, a Schoolmaster.................................................................... Dougfred Miller * Nathaniel, a curate......................................................................................M. A. Taylor * Costard, a clown.............................................................................. Juan Rivera Lebron * Jaquenetta, a dairy maid..................................................................... Maggie Kettering * Anthony Dull, a constable............................................................................... Tom Ford * Monsieur Marcadé, a messenger................................................................Andrew Miller Forester................................................................................................... Brian Mueller Ensemble................................. Tom Ford*, Robyn Kerr, Andrew Miller, Dougfred Miller*, Brian Mueller, M. A. Taylor*, Heather Thiry, Lauren Wainwright *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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Spotlight on Love’s Labour’s Lost

Tyne Rafaeli

“In Love’s Labour’s Lost we seem almost to stand again by the cradle of a new-born comedy, and hear the first lisping and laughing accents run over from her baby lips in bubbling rhyme; but when the note changes we recognise the speech of the Gods. For the first time in our literature the higher key of poetic or romantic comedy is finely touched to a fine issue.” —Algernon Charles Swinburne, 1880

eglected for nearly 300-years, Love’s Labour’s Lost was rediscovered at the end of the Nineteenth Century, and reclaimed as “one of the very best productions of the great dramatist.” I am thrilled to be re-imagining this play for our own 21st century moment – a moment in which we are being forced to re-think our national value system and concepts of leadership, amidst a social landscape in which image, fame and persona are the highest currency. Love’s Labour’s Lost offers a seductive glimpse into a Renaissance golden world of privileged people – young, attractive, sophisticated and wealthy. They hunt after a legacy, questing for a form of immortality through fame. They ask the ultimate question: will I be remembered? What they discover is the danger of underestimating the force of their own hearts and the folly of believing that cold reason alone will force open the doors of life’s great mysteries. Love’s Labour’s Lost contains both the longest speech and the longest single word in the

Shakespearean canon. The play is a polyphonic explosion – a feast of style and language. Each character is a virtuoso player of their particular instrument. The world of the play is a kind of cloud-cuckoo-land, an ivory tower, a fortress of fantasy ripe for transformation. And as ever, beneath the ornament and artifice lies a deep well of emotion, offering an original spin on the timeless notion that only the heart gives access to true wisdom.

Summary

ing Ferdinand of Navarre and his lords Berowne, Longaville and Dumaine have sworn an oath to live and study together for three years. In the interest of scholarly pursuits, the men vow to fast, to sleep only three hours a night and, most importantly, to abstain from the company of women. Berowne questions the severity of the oath but signs the contract despite his reservations. Constable Dull, the

local officer, arrives with his prisoner Costard. Costard has been apprehended for consorting with the country maid Jaquenetta, thereby breaking the new law against socializing with women. King Ferdinand orders that Costard be put in the custody of Don Adriano de Armado, a verbose Spaniard. As Don Armado confesses to his servant Moth that he is in love with Jaquenetta, Constable Dull arrives with Costard and

Summary (continued)

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Jaquenetta. He delivers Costard to Armado’s custody and leaves to take Jaquenetta to the park where she will be employed as a dairymaid. Before Jaquenetta is led out, Armado makes plans to meet her at her lodge. Moth takes Costard away to prison. The Princess of France arrives with her ladies, Rosaline, Katherine and Maria. King Ferdinand greets them but will not allow them inside his court. The Princess tells the King that she has come on behalf of her father to collect the repayment of a loan. The King denies receiving the money, and the Princess calls for her servant Boyet to retrieve the receipt. Boyet informs the Princess that they will not be able to get the receipt until the next day. In the meantime, King Ferdinand assures them they will be well treated. Berowne and Rosaline share a few words, while Longaville and Dumaine show interest in Maria and Katherine. After the King and his lords leave, Boyet remarks on how the King seemed to be taken with the Princess. Don Armado frees Costard from prison in exchange for delivering a love letter to Jaquenetta. As Costard is about to leave he runs into Berowne who asks him to deliver a letter to Rosaline. Costard leaves to deliver the letters, and Berowne confesses his love for Rosaline. Costard finds the Princess and her ladies hunting and mistakenly gives the letter from Armado to the ladies. The pretentious schoolmaster Holofernes, the church cleric Nathaniel and Constable Dull are discussing the deer shot by the Princess when Costard and Jaquenetta arrive. Jaquenetta asks Holofernes to read the letter sent by Don Armado. As Holofernes reads, he discovers it is the letter from Berowne meant for Rosaline. Berowne is composing another sonnet to Rosaline when he sees the King and decides to eavesdrop on him. The King is reading a letter that he has composed to the Princess when he overhears Longaville entering. The King hides as Longaville professes his love for Maria; Longaville, in turn, hides and

overhears Dumaine profess his love for Katherine. One by one, the men come forward to scold those they have overheard. Berowne is the last to step out and rebuke the men for their betrayal. As he is admonishing them, Costard enters with the letter. Berowne’s own love is found out, and he admits his guilt to the others. Berowne then convinces the men that they must give up their oaths in order to truly find themselves, and the lords set off to woo the ladies with dances, masques and entertainment. The King orders Armado to provide entertainment. Armado consults with Holofernes who suggests a pageant of the Nine Worthies. The ladies are showing each other the presents sent to them by the lords when Boyet enters to tell them that the King and his men are coming disguised as Russians to court the ladies. The Princess decides to foil their plan by having each lady wear a mask and exchange the gifts sent to them. Each lady will wear another’s gift so that the King and his lords will mistake their love for another. The men arrive and entertain and then one by one they break off to woo their respective loves. Once the men leave, the women discuss what the men said and determine to ridicule them for their mistakes when they return. The King and his men return and are mocked by the ladies. Costard enters and introduces the pageant of the Nine Worthies. The pageant is interrupted by Costard’s announcement that Jaquenetta is pregnant by Armado. Armado challenges Costard to a duel but is interrupted by the messenger, Mercade, bringing news of the King of France’s death. The Princess must leave that same night. The King tries to continue wooing and proposes marriage.The Princess responds that if the King will spend a full year in a remote hermitage, away from worldly pleasures, she will have him. Each woman in turn gives similar ultimatums, to which the men agree. The performers return to sing a final song after which everyone goes their separate ways.

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xuberant, extravagant, and daring, Love’s Labour’s Lost is the work of a young poet finding his way as a playwright. Shakespeare may have written his first plays — the three parts of Henry VI, the tragedy Titus Andronicus, and The Comedy of Errors — within the space of a year or so in about 1589. Love’s Labour’s Lost may not have been too far behind. And yet, almost a decade later in 1598, this youthful comedy was still being praised by schoolmaster Francis Meres. And the same year saw the play’s publication, which marked the first time that the rising playwright’s name was attached to one of his plays in print. According to the title pages of the 1598 and 1631 editions, Love’s Labour’s Lost was performed at court, in the intimate Blackfriars Theatre, and in the large outdoor Globe Theatre — the three venues that Shakespeare’s company rotated among during its heyday in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. In the early 1590s, Shakespeare may have been associated, as a writer and perhaps as an actor, with the theater troupe that operated with the patronage of Ferdinando Stanley under the name Lord Strange’s Men. During 1592, the repertory of Lord Strange’s Men at The Rose Theatre included one or more parts of Shakespeare’s Henry VI. When the bubonic plague broke out in London in January 1593, authorities ordered all the theaters in the city to close. During the plague year, Shakespeare readied a couple of ambitious narrative poems for publication; Venus and Adonis in 1593 and The Rape of Lucrece in 1594. And although his sonnet sequence was not published until 1609, the young playwright was working on sonnets then as well. Love’s Labour’s Lost may also belong to this period of enforced absence from public theater. The play revels in the forms and tools of poetry: sonnets, rhyming couplets and quatrains, multi-lingual puns, alliteration, and elaborate figures of speech. Verbal artifice was in vogue at the time, with writer John Lyly as the pacesetter. Lyly’s formal style of language is echoed in Shakespeare’s parallel use of rhetorical questions in the letter written by the vain Don Armado: “Shall I command thy love? I may. Shall I enforce

A portrait of the teenaged Earl of Southampton— painted by Flemish painter John de Critz between 1590-1593, at about the time of Shakespeare’s dedication of Venus and Adonis—was recently discovered in the Cobbe collection.

thy love? I could. Shall I entreat thy love? I will.” (4.1. 80-82) Witty and crackling with inside jokes, the play may have been written for a private audience. Some have seen parallels between its pageant, dance, and masque elements and the kinds of entertainments that were prepared for Queen Elizabeth when she went on “progress” to visit the households of noble families. The play is structured like a dance with scenes of four pairs of courtly lovers alternating with scenes of comic characters, and both coming together in a final pageant that presages the entertainment that caps A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Queen Elizabeth’s visit in 1591 to the home of Henry Wriothesley, the Earl of Southampton, has been advanced as the type of occasion that could have prompted Shakespeare to write Love’s Labour’s Lost. In 1591, Southampton was trying to avoid an arranged marriage. In Shakespeare’s

The historical King Henri of Navarre acceded to the French throne and became Henry IV of France in 1589. Henri of Navarre is shown here at the death bed of his predecessor King Henry III of France, who had established an intellectual reputation for the French court through his Palace Academy.

The title page of the 1598 quarto edition of Love’s Labour’s Lost includes Shakespeare’s name as well as the information that the play was performed at court in 1597 before Queen Elizabeth.

play, a young King and his lords foreswear love in favor of a life of study. Shakespeare dedicated both of his published poems to Southampton, and many commentators have identified Southampton as the marriage-adverse “Fair Youth” of Shakespeare’s Sonnets. But Queen Elizabeth herself was notoriously reluctant to marry as well. And a play in which women have the upper hand in the battle between the sexes may have appealed to the “Virgin Queen.” If the play was not origi-

nally composed for a flattering performance before Elizabeth, it found an audience at court in 1597. The satire and debate elements of the play might have gone over well at the Inns of Court, where law students gathered and enjoyed a variety of entertainments, as would the buffoonery of such stock characters from Italian commedia dell’arte as the braggart (Don Armado), the pedant (Holofernes), the parasite (Nathaniel) and so on. The Inns of Court often hosted companies of boy performers. With its unusually large number of roles for women, who were played by boys, Love’s Labour’s Lost may have been originally written for a boys’ company, such as the Children of the Chapel. (The Children also performed at court and at the Blackfriars.) The names given to the King and his courtiers in the play—the King is called Navarre and his courtiers are Berowne, Dumain, and Longaville—echo the names of actual historical figures involved in the conflict that led Henri of Navarre to become King Henry IV of France in 1589: Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, Charles, duc de Mayenne, and Henri I d’Orléans, duc de Longueville. The Earl of Essex, the ally of Shakespeare’s patron the Earl of Southampton, had gone to France to fight for Henri of Navarre in 1591. Shakespeare’s professional fortunes were tied for a time to Southampton and Essex but the precise significance of these allusions hasn’t been sorted out. Whatever their meaning, such details suggest the bravado of a young man who was already assured enough to exploit current events and defy comic conventions with panache.

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Queen Elizabeth in the so-called Armada portrait, painted after the victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 to celebrate English dominion.

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Through the Ages

The sense that the playwright was “in the know” and “au courant” was undoubtedly part of the appeal of Love’s Labour’s Lost during Shakespeare’s lifetime. But as knowledge of the relevant historical circumstances receded, the youthful comedy fell out of favor on the stage. Illustrators and printmakers continued to depict its characters and scenes. But only a handful of productions were recorded between the time of Shakespeare’s death through the early 20th century. The ensemble nature of Love’s Labour’s Lost seems not to have appealed to the great actor-managers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Such luminaries as David Garrick did not see a sufficiently commanding male part for themselves and overlooked it. In fact, the first Actress, opera singer, and theater manager, known “revival” of the play, in 1839, was Lucia Elizabeth Vestris produced a revival of undertaken by a woman. Lucia Elizabeth Love’s Labour’s Lost in 1839, the first since Vestris was an English actress, opera singer, Shakespeare’s lifetime. and, unusual for her time, theater manager. She and her husband chose Love’s Labour’s Lost to launch their management of Covent Garden, featuring Vestris in the role of the sharp-tongued Rosaline. The play came back into its own in the 20th century, especially with the rise of well-trained British repertory companies such as The Old Vic, The National Theatre, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Michael Redgrave made his first professional appearance as the King of Navarre in Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Old Vic in 1936, playing opposite his wife Rachel Kempton as the Princess. In a 1949 production, also at the Old Vic, Redgrave switched to the role of Berowne, calling attention to the potential for fun — and range — in that cynical, sarcastic but smitten lover. Productions in the 1960s were studded with rising stars of the British stage — Glenda Jackson, Joan Plowright, and Derek Jacobi, to name a few. David Tennant of Dr. Who fame played Berowne in a 2008 RSC production.

Actress Rachel Kempton, third from the left, played the Princess in a 1936 Old Vic production opposite her husband Michael Redgrave in the role of the King of Navarre.

When schoolmaster Francis Meres mentioned Love’s Labour’s Lost in 1598, he paired it with a companion piece, Love’s Labour’s Won, that no longer survives. Over the years, many have wondered whether the title could refer to a surviving play that we know by another name. In 2014, the RSC produced a double bill featuring Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing — with its sparring Beatrice and Benedick — retitled as Love’s Labour’s Won. At Great Lakes Theater, Love’s Labour’s Lost was produced for the first time in 1967 during Larry Carra’s tenure as artistic director. Daniel Jeremiah Sullivan, who also played Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet that summer and would play Hamlet the next summer, played Berowne. Former artistic Director Gerald Freedman had a special affinity for Love’s Labour’s Lost. He directed it five times, including for the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1965, the Acting Company in 1974-76, and Great Lakes Theater in 1988. In Cleveland, Freedman relied on a very young ensemble, expressing the play’s high spirits through juggling and acrobatics.

David Tennant in the role of Berowne in the 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production.

In 2006, director Drew Barr was able to draw on the easy familiarity and fun of a resident company that is still intact today.

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Ray Virta, Mark Hymen, Spike McClure, and Don Reilly in Gerald Freedman’s 1988 production.

From inspiration to design

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Images of abandoned buildings reclaimed by nature provided inspiration for the production’s scenic environment.

This image of a library overtaken by nature provided a potent intermingling of realism and mysterious fantasy.

hen guest director Tyne Rafaeli spoke with her design team about Love’s Labour’s Lost, the conversation ranged from Guy Bourdin’s high fashion photography to a Pina Bausch contemporary dance piece to an article about equal pay for women in the New York Times. So many influences shaped

In addition to being a setting in harmony with the intellectual goals of the king, a library also contains moveable furniture that can be put into service as those ideals are upended.

the team’s thinking about a play that Rafaeli describes as “A joyful exploration of the transformational power of love and the nature of true wisdom.” Love’s Labour’s Lost brims with contradictions. The opening scene presents a group of

Boticelli’s Primavera presents an image of an idealized courtly vision of love

Choreographer Pina Bausch, by contrast, presents a realpolitik view of the “war between the sexes.”

another way for the design team to approach the play’s polarities. Primavera, by Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, offered an image of decorous dance within a natural setting. Feminine, romantic, and flowing, Botticelli’s painting resonated with the lovers’ idealized version of love. By contrast, contemporary choreographer Pina Bausch’s Kontacthof is an angular, abstract, and sometimes harsh dance piece that examines the realities of gender-driven interactions in a bare room. Exploring the tension between such disparate inspirations charged the design process.

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young men defying biology by swearing off love in favor of philosophical study. And yet the rest of the play is saturated with love and takes place in a park outside the court. In order to capture the polarities of disciplined restraint and unbridled desire, Rafaeli wanted the play to be located physically in a place that was “caught between a manmade world and a natural world.” She and scenic designer Kristen Robinson were drawn to images of abandoned buildings where nature had pushed its way in and especially to a fantastical image of a library overtaken by trees and vines. A library setting offered a confined physical space that exemplified the intellectual ideals of the young men. And yet Rafaeli also wanted to match the play’s rush of heightened language with physical movement. She envisioned a space where dancing, running, jumping, or climbing could take place. One of Robinson’s scenic solutions was to provide objects—library ladders, tables, chairs-- that could be moved, stacked, or climbed. Two dance-related works of art supplied

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THE ARTISTIC COMPANY Laura Welsh Berg Rosaline Ten seasons at Great Lakes Theater

Jeb Burris* Longaville Great Lakes Theater debut Jeb is thrilled to be making his Great Lakes Theater debut! Previous credits include American Players Theatre: Pride and Prejudice, The Game of Love and Chance, Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Travesties, Romeo & Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing. The Utah Shakespeare Festival: The Tempest, King John, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Titus Andronicus, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Glass Menagerie and Richard III. Chicago Shakespeare Theatre: Romeo & Juliet. Sacramento Theatre Company: Romeo & Juliet and Julius Caesar, as well as multiple seasons with The Illinois Shakespeare Festival Touring Ensemble. Jeb has a B.A. from Ball State University and an M.F.A. from Illinois State and has trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in the U.K. Love to Mel, always.

GLT/Idaho Shakespeare Festival: Anthony Marston in And Then There Were None, Young Scrooge/ Nephew Fred/Ensemble in A Christmas Carol, Edmund in King Lear, Lt. Wright in The Secret Garden, Tony Wendice in Dial “M” for Murder, Antonio in The Tempest. New York: Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Caius Lucius in Cymbeline (Hip to Hip Theater Company), Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew (Pulse Ensemble Theater), Huck in the world premiere of Minstrel Show (The Weasel Festival). Regional credits: Four seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Medvedenko in The Seagull, Froth and Friar Peter in Measure for Measure, Ensemble in To Kill a Mockingbird, Solomon in Speech and Debate, C.B. in Dog Sees God and Marcus Gee in Yellowface. TV/Film: Bartender in My Crazy Love (Oxygen Network), Captain in So SOHA, Pale Interviewee in Redheads Anonymous and Verder in Big House. Training: BFA Southern Oregon University. Follow Jonathan at jonathanwdyrud.com

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Shows with GLT and her sister company, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, include And Then There Were None, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, Sweeney Todd, The Tempest, Hay Fever, All’s Well That Ends Well, Major Barbara, Macbeth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Into the Woods, Arsenic and Old Lace, Measure for Measure, She Stoops to Conquer and A Christmas Carol. Other credits include Viola in Twelfth Night, Speed in Two Gentlemen of Verona and the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet at the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. Chicago credits include The Farnsworth Invention at Timeline Theater, Arms and the Man at Centerstage and Mill Fire at Sheil Park. She has a B.A. in theater from Baldwin Wallace University and an M.F.A. in acting from DePaul University. L’M L S. For Linda.

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Tom Ford* Anthony Dull Ten seasons at Great Lakes Theater Great Lakes Theater: Sir Lawrence Wargrave in And Then There Were None, Dr. Neville Craven in The Secret Garden, Lear’s Fool in King Lear, Stephano in The Tempest, Sidney Bruhl in Deathtrap, Dr. Caius in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Thénardier in Les Misérables, Sweeney in Sweeney Todd, Hastings/Tyrrel in Richard III, Argan in The Imaginary Invalid, Mr. Paravicini in The Mousetrap, the Baker in Into the Woods, 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

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Midsummer Night’s Dream. Idaho Shakespeare Festival: The Tempest; The Secret Garden; King Lear; Les Misérables; 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; Romeo and Juliet; Love’s Labour’s Lost; The Merry Wives of Windsor; As You Like It; Julius Caesar; You’re Good Man, Charlie Brown; and The Fantasticks. Other theaters include Boise Contemporary Theater, Portland Stage Company, New London Barn Playhouse. Broadway: Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s By Jeeves at the Helen Hayes Theater. TomFordActor.com Robyn Kerr Moth/Ensemble Great Lakes Theater debut Robyn is a Jamaican Scottish actress now living and working in the United States. She’s over the moon to be working with Great Lakes Theater for the first time and to be working with director Tyne Rafaeli once again. Theater includes Dark Vanilla Jungle (The Shop, HERE Arts), Uncle Vanya (The Pearl Theatre Company), Spine (Clurman Theatre), Carcass (HERE Arts), As You Like It (Sprite Productions), Daring Pairings (The Factory, Hampstead Theatre). Television: Murphy’s Law (ITV), Casualty (BBC) and MI5 (BBC). Film: Stud Life, Scoop and Hank and Asha. Robyn is looking forward to continuing this adventure across the ocean. Maggie Kettering* Jaquenetta Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater

Previous shows with GLT/ISF include And Then There Were None, A Christmas Carol, Blithe Spirit and Much Ado about Nothing. She has worked with Peninsula Players (Outside Mullingar, Lend Me a Tenor), House Theatre (Season on the Line – Joseph Jefferson nomination), Shakespeare Theatre Company (Henry IV, parts 1 and 2), Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Midsummer Night’s Dream), TimeLine Theatre (My Kind of Town), Northlight Theatre

(Season’s Greetings – Jack Springer Award), Michigan Shakespeare Festival (Romeo and Juliet, Comedy of Errors), Irish Theatre of Chicago, Texas Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Warehouse Theatre and Delaware Theatre Company. Chris Klopatek* Boyet Great Lakes Theater debut This is Chris’ first time at Great Lakes Theater, and his second time performing Love’s Labour’s Lost. Based out of Milwaukee, Chris previously played Costard at the Utah Shakespeare Festival and is excited to delve even deeper into this play from a new perspective. Chris’ previous roles include Fred in A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Repertory Theater); Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, Host in Merry Wives of Windsor (American Players Theater); Bertie Wooster in Jeeves Takes a Bow, Chris in Complete Works of Shakespeare: Abridged [revised] (Milwaukee Chamber Theater); Harpo Marx in Groucho: A Life in Review (Next Act Theater); Prentiss in the regional premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet tour, Lesgles in Les Miserables, Guildenstern in Hamlet (Utah Shakespeare Festival). When he can, Chris also performs with his indie/ comedy/lo-fi band The Right Arms. Thanks to Tyne, April, Ma, Sa, Pa and Gpa Joe. Juan Rivera Lebron* Costard Three seasons at Great Lakes Theater Great Lakes Theater: Sylvius in As You Like It, Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, Clown in The Winter’s Tale and Cleante in The Imaginary Invalid. Other credits: Wickham in Pride and Prejudice and Florizel in The Winter’s Tale at the Guthrie Theater; and seven seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, including 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. Member of the 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 Theater Communications Group. Teaching Artist for The Geffen and Pasadena Playhouse. Special thanks to C,A,O and B for their love and support. Follow me on Twitter (juanlebron). juanriveralebron.weebly.com. Andrew Miller Marcadé/Ensemble Four seasons at Great Lakes Theater

Dougfred Miller* Holofernes/Ensemble Eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater Most recently, Doug played Dr. Armstrong in And Then There Were None, Kent in King Lear and Ben Weatherstaff in The Secret Garden. Previous appearances include Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol, the King in The Tempest, several characters in Dial “M” for Murder, the title role in Macbeth and a widely acclaimed Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing. In several seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, his roles have included 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. Locally, he played Jim Tyrone in

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Previous credits with GLT: Fred Narracott, And Then There Were None; Richard/Peter Cratchit/ Dick Wilkins, A Christmas Carol; Ensemble, The Tempest; Strato, Julius Caesar; Ensemble, The Merry Wives of Windsor. Other credits: Male 1, Teacher From the Black Lagoon and Other Storybooks (TheatreWorks USA); Marcellus, The Music Man; Milt Fields, Laughter on the 23rd Floor; Hysterium, A

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (New London Barn Playhouse); Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew (Ithaca Shakespeare Company). Andrew was born and raised in Solon, Ohio. He holds a BFA in acting from Ithaca College.

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A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Coach House Theatre and King Arthur in Spamalot at the Beck Center (opposite his real-life Lady of the Lake, Jessica Cope). Other theaters include the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Alaska Repertory Theatre and the Central Dramatic Theatre Company of Hanoi, Vietnam. Doug is a proud graduate of the PTTP at the University of Delaware and a prouder member of Actors’ Equity, and a proudest dad of Marley.

Brian Mueller Forester/Ensemble Great Lakes Theater debut Brian portrayed John Surratt/ Nicolay and played banjo, guitar and mandolin in the regional premiere of Civil War Christmas (Dobama Theatre), was guitarist and “On the Willows” vocalist in Godspell (Cain Park) and Jason/guitarist in Ring of Fire (Actors’ Summit). He originated roles in world premieres of Tuning In (EJ Thomas Hall), Yesterday Once More (Mercury Theatre) and Eric Coble’s A Carol for Cleveland (Cleveland Play House). He also appeared locally as Tommy Albright in Brigadoon (Rabbit Run), the Priest in Light in the Piazza (Lakeland Civic Theater), Jacey Squires in The Music Man (Weathervane Playhouse) and Collecting Man/Topper in A Christmas Carol (Canton Players Guild). He has played bass, guitars and/or keys in pits for Quilters, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Willy Wonka, Cats, Peter Pan, High School Musical, Rent, …Spelling Bee and Violet. He also recently composed an original score for a school production of Alice in Wonderland. Offstage, Brian teaches political science, voice, piano, guitar and bass, and conducts the choir at Trinity United Methodist in Orrville, Ohio. Brian is an AEA Membership Candidate from Tallmadge, where he lives with wife Elisha and baby Evan.

Erin Partin* Princess of France Great Lakes Theater debut Erin is thrilled to be making her debut with Great Lakes Theater. She was last seen on the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival stage playing Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet and will be returning this summer to play Adriana in The Comedy of Errors. She has performed regionally with the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, The Shakespeare Theatre in D.C., The Resident Ensemble Players in Delaware, The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and The Human Race Theater Company in Ohio. Favorite roles over the years include Ophelia (Hamlet), Ariel (The Tempest), Isabella (Measure for Measure), Roxanne (Cyrano De Bergerac), Stella (A Streetcar Named Desire), Mary Boyle (Juno and the Paycock), Cecily (The Importance of Being Earnest), Hermia (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Clarice (The Liar), Ilona Szabo (The Play’s the Thing), Raina (Arms and the Man), Cordelia (King Lear) and Agnes (School for Wives). Erin received her masters from the PTTP (Professional Theater Training Program) in 2007. She is blessed to do what she loves and excited to share this play with you. David Anthony Smith* Don Adriano de Armado Thirteen seasons at Great Lakes Theater In 13 seasons at Great Lakes Theater, audiences have seen him as Prospero in The Tempest, Iago in Othello, Jaques in As You Like It, Duke of Buckingham in Richard III, Muggeridge/The Ghost of Christmas Present/Debtor/ Ensemble in A Christmas Carol, 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 Award-winning Old Globe Theater in San Diego and with South Coast Repertory,

15 seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival (title role in Henry V), Laguna Playhouse, Sierra Rep, Madison Rep and the Shakespeare festivals of Utah, Colorado, Garden Grove, Rhode Island, Nevada and Lake Tahoe. Forever and a day — Natalia. Nick Steen* Dumaine Three seasons at Great Lakes Theater

M. A. Taylor* Nathaniel Thirteen seasons at Great Lakes Theater Mark Anthony (aka M.A.) happily returns to the lovely Hanna Theatre. Having been with the Great Lakes company for 13 seasons, he feels strong ties with northeast Ohio. Last summer, he performed in Romeo & Juliet and The Fantasticks with Great Lakes Theater’s sister company, the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. Previous roles at Great Lakes Theater include Charity Man/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Hugh Evans, Merry Wives of Windsor; Babet/Lesgles, Les Misérables; Beadle, Sweeney Todd; Verges, Much Ado About Nothing; Old Shepherd, The Winter’s Tale; Guy, The Imaginary Invalid; Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew; Speed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Actor 3, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged);

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Other regional credits include American Conservatory Theater (Orestes in Elektra and Topper in A Christmas Carol) and Shakespeare Santa Cruz (Antonio in Twelfth Night). Other roles include Torvald in A Doll’s House, Harry Bagely and Martin in Cloud 9, Lord Byron in Block Eight on the Camino Real, Beau in The Traveling Companion, Moe in The American Clock, Cassio in Othello and Horace in Courtship. Nick received his BFA from the University of Evansville and his MFA from American Conservatory Theater. He’s also co-creator and host of the web series Gearhead Garage, where he and his

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Flute/Fairy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Durdles, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Among other credits: Candy in Of Mice and Men for PTTP/Rep, Dracula for Boise Contemporary Theater in the title role, Crave and Fully Committed for Tooth & Nail Theater in Salt Lake City. He holds an MFA from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP). He wishes to thank his Families (Both Genetic & Professional) who make it possible for him to do what he Loves. Looking forward to the crack of the bat … Go Tribe! Heather Thiry Katherine/Ensemble Great Lakes Theater debut Heather is so happy to be making her Great Lakes Theater debut! Recent New York credits include The Upper Room (The New Ohio, New York Times Critics’ Pick); O (HERE Arts Center); Mermaiden (Spring Street Social Society); and new works at The Bushwick Starr, The Flea, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, The Brick, Dixon Place, and others. BFA, NYU. With love and gratitude to Mom, Dad, Katie and Maggie. heather-thiry.com. Christopher Tocco* Berowne Great Lakes Theater debut Christopher is thrilled to be making his debut at Great Lakes and especially to reconnect with director Tyne Rafaeli after their prior collaboration on Dion Boucicault’s epic melodrama The Poor of New York. Most recently, he appeared in John Guare’s new

adaptation of His Girl Friday with Barrington Stage Company. Christopher performed nationally in the dueling classical piano comedy 2 Pianos 4 Hands and played opposite Mark Linn-Baker in comedian Lewis Black’s One Slight Hitch. Other regional credits include performances with the American Conservatory Theater, the Dorset Theatre Festival and Santa Rosa Summer Repertory Theatre. His numerous off-off-Broadway credits include a recent appearance in Preston Sturges’ Strictly Dishonorable at The Flea; original works at the HERE Arts Center; Bojko and the Glacier (JACK); developing ensemble work with Odyssey Works, Dzieci Theatre and through the emerging artist program at Mabou Mines. He has appeared on CBS’ Elementary, in several short films and the upcoming independent feature Lonely Boys. Christopher earned his M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater. Lauren Wainwright Ensemble Great Lakes Theater debut A NYC-based Elyria native, Lauren is so excited to be back in the 216 to make her Great Lakes Theater debut! Off-Broadway: Peace, Love and Cupcakes. Film: The Ides of March (directed by George Clooney). Other favorites include Medea at Hydrama Theatre in Greece, Twelfth Night for NYCFringe, The Lower Depths (Nastya), Violet (Young Violet), The Women of Lockerbie (Woman 1), Pageant Play (Abel and Queen Esther), Grey Gardens (Lee and costume designer), Fiddler on the Roof (Chava). Lauren has performed with orchestras across northeast Ohio and with Riverside Orchestra in NYC, and studied

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Understudies Kelsey Baehrens, Jeb Burris*, Tom Ford*, Austin Gonser, Maggie Kettering*, Andrew Miller, Brian Mueller, Drew Ross, Nick Steen*, M.A. Taylor*, Lauren Wainwright, Christine Weber*

Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director Fourteen seasons at Great Lakes Theater Directing credits at GLT: 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, 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 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 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,

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Christine is thrilled to return to Great Lakes Theater, having played Celia in As You Like It. She spent seven seasons with the Guthrie Theater, playing Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Perdita in The Winter’s Tale, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, Nancy Holmes in When We Are Married, 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 ... . 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) and others. As director, she has led productions of Tigers Be Still (Los Angeles debut) and Striking 12 (Bloomington Civic). She was an assistant director 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 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. Love to J, A, O and B. christine-weber.squarespace.com

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San Diego. Along with his wife, Lidia, and 20-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.

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Tyne Rafaeli Director Great Lakes Theater debut

Jason Paul Tate is a New York-based actor, movement director and teaching artist. He has directed movement and fights up and down the East Coast, most recently for Othello at Classic Stage Company and The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama in the Outer Banks. Other credits include The Bachelors with Lesser America at Rattlestick Playwright’s Theatre, She Kills Monsters at the New School, Hamlet, Richard II, As You Like It, and a host of others in the Shakespeare canon. Jason is a certified teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors and a proud graduate of Florida State University. He also specializes in safe and effective techniques for the use of firearms for stage or film. jasonpaultate.com.

Tyne was born in London and trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Columbia University. She has directed classics, new plays and musicals in London and the United States. Her work has been seen at Classic Stage Company, New York Stage & Film, The Atlantic, Julliard, Williamstown Theatre Festival, American Players Theatre and PlayPenn, among others. She has served as Associate Director on The King & I (LCT), Fiddler on the Roof, Bridges of Madison County, Golden Boy (all Broadway), and Women on the Verge (West End).Tyne was awarded the 2013/14 SDCF Sir John Gielgud Fellowship for Classical Direction. Upcoming projects include Eurydice by

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Designers Andrea Hood Costume Designer Great Lakes Theater debut New York credits include off-Broadway: Romeo and Juliet (The Public Theater), Love and Information (New York Theatre Workshop, Lortel Award nomination), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello (Classic Stage Company), Death of the Liberal Class (The New Ohio). Regional: Becoming Cuba (Huntington Theater Company), Pygmalion, Here Lies Love (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Our Town (Chautauqua Theater Company), Tolomeo, The Tender Land (Glimmerglass Festival), Juilliard Opera and Drama divisions, Yale University, Bard College. Upcoming: 12th Night (The Public Theater, Shakespeare in the Park) Rick Martin Lighting Designer Fourteen 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,

Kristen Robinson Scenic Designer Great Lakes Theater debut Credits include Zoyka’s Apartment (Princeton University); The Road to Where, The Other Place (Weston Playhouse); And A Nightingale Sang, The Liar, Nora (Westport Country Playhouse); Three Translations of Uncle Vanya: Acts 1&2 (The Invisible Dog); Sisyphus (Experiments in Opera at Abron’s Art Center); All That Dies and Rises (M-34); Rapture Blister Burn (The Wilma Theater); Last Days of Mankind (Bard College, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts); My Friend’s Story (International Festival of Arts and Ideas); American Night the Ballad of Juan Jose (Yale Repertory Theatre); The Princess Play’s 2&1 (New Haven, site specific project): Yale School of Drama MFA, Princess Grace Theatre Fellowship: Pierre Cardin Award, 2013, kristenrobinsondesign.com. Her work on Nora has been featured in Chance Magazine issue 4, and is a 2015 Barrymore Award Winner for Best Set Design.

Josh Schmidt Sound Designer Great Lakes Theater debut Luna Gale, Heaven’s My Destination (Cleveland Play House). Broadway: Therese Raquin (Roundabout/Studio 54), House of Blue Leaves (Walter Kerr), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Nederlander). Off-Broadway (Composition): A Minister’s Wife (Lincoln Center), Add1ng Mach1n3 (Minetta Lane), Whida Peru (59E59). Off-Broadway (Composition/Sound Design): Her Requiem, When the Rain Stops Falling (Lincoln Center), Dinner With Friends (Roundabout), Model Apartment (Primary Stages), 3 Kinds of Exile (Atlantic), Water by the Spoonful (Second Stage), Fifty Words (MCC Theater), Crime and Punishment (59E59), many others. Chicago: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theater, Writers’ Theatre (associate artist), Northlight Theatre, Next Theatre Company, Seanachai Theatre Company, many others. Regional: Over 150 productions at venues across the country, including Three Seasons at Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Ontario, Canada); Philadelphia

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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: 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: Twelfth Night (GLT and ISF) Mitridate, Re di Ponto (La Monnaie, Brussels), La Cenerentola (ABAO-OLBE, Bilbao) Member: United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE.

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Theatre Company; The Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre (Washington D.C.); Seattle Repertory Theatre; Alley Theatre (resident artist - Houston); Arizona Theater Company; Kansas City Rep; South Coast Repertory (California); Delaware Theatre Company; 14 seasons at American Players Theatre (Spring Green, Wisconsin); Milwaukee Repertory Theater; and many others. Commissions: Metropolitan Opera, Playwrights Horizons, Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Signature (Virginia), RKO, CraneKahn, Acting Up, others. Member: ASCAP, TSDCA. Awards/ Recognition: Lortel, Outer Critics, Jeff, ASCAP, NEA/TCG, Prague Quadrennial 2007, Sundance Theatre Lab UCross 2012.

Stage Management Tim Kinzel* Production Stage Manager Seven seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previous stage management credits for Great Lakes Theater include A Christmas Carol, A

Midsummer Night’s Dream, An Ideal Husband, Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo & Juliet, Imaginary Invalid, Blithe Spirit, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, Deathtrap, As You Like It, Merry Wives of Windsor, Dial “M” for Murder, The Tempest, King Lear, And Then There Were None. Tim has multiple stage management credits from the following companies: Lake Tahoe Shakes peare 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. Diehard Cleveland sports fan patiently waiting to attend that championship parade. Love to my family, friends, and Cleveland for lending your large hearts and support for the arts. ROLL TRIBE. GO CAVS!

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Richard II, Act II, Scene ii James A. Nelson* Donald and Anne Palmer Lynn and Tim Pistell Professor Alan Miles Ruben and Judge Betty Willis Ruben The John Sherwin Family George* and Marjorie* Springer Thomas G. and Ruth M. Staﬀord Arthur L. Thomas Audrey* and Dick* Watts

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THE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY Individual donors of $1,000 and above are members of Great Lakes Theater’s “Shakespeare Society” and are entitled to certain benefits, including invitations to special Society events and activities. For more information, contact Don Bernardo at (216) 453-1068.

Avon Circle $10,000 to $24,999

Globe Circle ($2,500 to $4,999)

Folio Circle ($1,000 to $2,499)

The Abington Foundation* Eaton Corporation*** Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer*** The Community Foundation of Lorain County*** Janet & Bob Neary*** The Nord Family Foundation*** Dr. & Mrs. Donald Palmer*** Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pistell*** Mrs. James O. Roberts*** Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford*** John & Barbara Schubert*** The Shubert Foundation***

Stratford Circle ($5,000 to $9,999)

Chuck & Bonnie Abbey** Walt & Laura Avdey** Dalia & Robert Baker*** Robyn & David Barrie*** William & Viia Beechler Mitch & Liz Blair*** Glenn & Jenny Brown*** The Carmel Family Foundation

Michelle R. Arendt*** John & Laura Bertsch* David & Carolyn Bialosky* Kim & Bart Bixenstine* H.F. & J.C. Burkhardt*** Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP** Jack & Janice Campbell*** Donald & Annamarie Chick***

The Alvah Stone & Adele Corning Chisholm Memorial Fund Beverly J. Coen* Brian Wynne & Patrick Cozzens* Carolyn & Charles Dickson*** Mr. Howard Epstein & Mr. Gregg Levine Mr. & Mrs. John & Sharon Ferchill Mr. Gerald Freedman Mr. Edward S. Godleski** Ms. Roe Green The Gries Family Foundation*** Elizabeth Grove & Rich Bedell* William R. Gustaferro*** John & Virginia Hansen*** Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.*** Donna M. & Alex I. Koler Charlotte R. Kramer John J. & JoAnn D. Lane Ken & Mary Loparo*** Jack McGrath*** Mr. & Mrs. William E. MacDonald III Mr. & Mrs. John C. Morley*** Mr. & Mrs. William Osborne, Jr.*** Thomas J. Pajk Mr. & Mrs. John S. Piety*** John & Norine Prim*** Geri Presti & Dr. John R. Sedor Linda Schlageter*** Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph K. Schmeller* Laura & Alvin Siegal Donald A. & Catherine C. Sinko** Brit & Kate Stenson*** Diana & Eugene Stromberg*** Mr. Robert A. Tschannen*** Gerald F. Unger*** Mary C. Warren** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Warren** Robert & Emily Williams* Julie Sabroff Willoughby Margaret & Loyal Wilson* Patrick M. Zohn***

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Bridgewater Associates, Inc.** The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation*** Mr. Todd M. Burger & Ms. Kristie Beck Barry & Suzanne Doggett*** Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill** Mr. & Mrs. Morton G. Epstein*** Ernst & Young, LLP*** Fifth Third Bank Forest City Enterprises, Inc.* The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Foundation*** The Giant Eagle Foundation* Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen** The Laub Foundation*** Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller*** David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse*** The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust**

Bill & Judie Caster* Mr. & Mrs. Homer D. W. Chisholm*** The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation*** Gail Cudak & Thomas Young*** Richard & Evelyn Dolejs* Mr. James Graham & Mr. David Dusek Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press* Charles, Lidia & Alexa Fee** Dianne V. Foley Henry G. Grendell Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell*** Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings** Diane Kathleen Hupp William W. Jacobs*** Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust*** The Lubrizol Foundation*** MAP Royalty, Inc.* Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer*** Mr. & Mrs. Douglas McGregor * McMaster-Carr Supply Company*** Donald W. Morrison*** Nicholas & Sue Peay*** Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Peterman*** Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast*** Prof. Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Betty Willis Ruben Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ruhl*** Dr. & Mrs. Gerard Seltzer* Kim Sherwin** Steve Gariepy & Nancy Sin*** Sally J. Staley*** Target* Arthur L. Thomas Donna & Richard Walsh*** Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Wellener IV*** John & Lori Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. White*

*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.

Every effort is made to ensure that our Donor records are current and correct. Please call the Development Office (216.453.4442) with questions or to report updates and revisions.

Welcome! The following individuals made their first gift or returned as active donors to Great Lakes Theater during the period July 1, 2015 through March 8, 2016. The Great Lakes Theater family welcomes you!

Ms. Nancy J. Arndt Ms. Nancy M. Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Berges Phyliss M. Boggs James F. Brown Stan & Lisa Corwin Mary Dolan & David Haracz

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Sustainers ($500 to $999)

Dr. & Mrs. James E. Arnold Mr. Darrell Austin Jeffrey Boecker & Susan Iler Bette Bonder & Patrick Bray** The Rev. Dr. Joan Campbell* Beverly and Bruce Cameron Christopher & Nancy Coburn*** Suzanne Day Ms. Leslie C. Dickson* The Phyllis H. & William H. Evans Charitable Foundation Richard Furnstahl & Teresa Stankiewicz Janet & Patricia Glaeser*** Gary & Joanna Graeff Lee & Peter Haas Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Heller Mary Ellen Huesken Mr. Robert Humphrey Kenneth Karosy*** Stewart & Donna Kohl Eva & Rudolf Linnebach Rosa and Samuel Lobe Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Lynch*** Mark & Barbara Mazzone Brian & Cindy Murphy** Francis & Viola McDowell** John J. Meiburger Helen & Harry Mercer** David & Leslee Miraldi*** Deborah L. Neale*** Ms. Karen Nemec* Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. O’ Connor** Thomas & Helen Rathburn** Dr. & Mrs. Bradford J. Richmond* Mrs. Kathy Salem* Bill and Dallas Schubert Mr. & Mrs. Mark Siegel** Naomi G. & Edwin Z. Singer Family Fund, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland* Lloyd Snyder & Margaret Terry Kathleen Turner*** Raymond Voelker Dr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Watts* Women’s Committee of Great Lakes Theater*** Mr. James Wooley

Dr. Richard J. Goetsch Mr. & Mrs. Randall J. Gordon Mr. Douglas Gray Drs. Thomas & Cynthia Gustaferro Ms. Kathleen E. Hancock Ms. Mary Immormino Ms. Rebecca A. Zuti & Mr. Anthony D. DeCello * John & Jane Zuzek***

Patrons ($250 to $499) Lori Adler* Thomas & Joann Adler** Mary Archambault Jason & Laura Aquila Mr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates** Fred & Mary Behm** Dr. & Mrs. David F. Bennhoff Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. Boehnlein* Bernice A. Bolek*** John Bolton** Paul & Heather Blonsky Gary & Kay Bluhm** Julia and Ben Brouhard* Steven & Sharon Broz Paul Campbell Tim & Cindy Carr* Ms. Megan Casserlie Tom & Anita Cook* Bruce & Maryellen Cudney Audrey DeClement*** Ms. Anne B. DesRosiers & Mr. Stephen Kadish* Pete & Margaret Dobbins Jeanne S. Epstein*** James Eschmeyer*** Jon & Mary Fancher* Ann & Harry Farmer Mary Ann & Joseph Fischer Matt & Jennifer Flannery Chad & Ivy Gaizutis Ilona K. Gram* Lainie Hadden John & Barbara Hemsath Kathy & Jamie Hogg*** Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jahn Robert & Linda Jenkins* Bernie & Nancy Karr*** Ruben Kasap Ms. Joylen J. Kent* Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kimmel** Bill & Susan Kirchner Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick*** James Koehler Ronald G. Kollar** Jacob Kronenberg & Barbara Belovich** Ms. Theresa Kuehn**

Charles King & Catherine Keating Stephen & Carolyn Kuerbitz Thomas & Sheryl Love Ms. Diane Moffett Mr. Gerald Norton Ms. Meribeth A. Pannitto Cynthia Lammert Chris & Laura Larson Stephen & Lillian Levine Morton & Lola Litt Anne R. & Kenneth E. Love* Mr. David McKissock Rita C. McLaughlin The Mersol Family*** Steven & Dolly Minter Mary & Steve Mitchell*** Dale Sr., Dale Jr. & Gayle Montgomery Doug & Denise Neary Ms. Pam Noble & Mr. Macke Bentley Ms. Brenda Norton Mr. & Mrs. Robert Oshinsky** Lou M. Papes* Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer M. Piper*** Thomas A. Piraino & Barbara C. McWilliams* Progressive Insurance Foundation Dr. Edward J. Rockwood*** Mrs. Sharon M. Rogers** Otmar & Rota Sackerlotzky*** Richard Shirey Dr. Howard Simon Dr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Smith** Nancy Sullivan Mr. Bob Taylor & Mr. Jeffery A. Herrmann Karl & Carol Theil* Frank & Vicki Titas** Dr. & Mrs. Ken Tomecki** Robert & Marti Vagi* Mr. & Mrs. James D. Vail* Carol Lee Vella Nancy-Anne Wargo Mr. John Wiedemann & Ms. Pamela Schnellinger Dr. & Mrs. Eric & Paulette Balin Yasinow Mr. Lee C. Zeiszler* Ms. Margaret E. Zellmer Ruth & Sidney Zilber***

Associates ($125 to $249) Chuck & Maureen Adler Randy & Pam Ballard* Donna Beletic* Ms. Pamela Benson

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Petras Mary & Thomas Slowey Frances Stewart & David Mook Ms. Gail Stroud The Edward & Katherine Thomas Family

Jerry & Kathy Berkshire John & Jeannene Bertosa* Tom & Dorothy Bier*** Elizabeth Bishop Denise Blanda* Susan Bobey** Ms. Dorothy F. Borer Ms. Robin Herrington Bowen*** Joanne R. Bratush** Mr. James Brown V. Elizabeth Brown** Richard & Mary Ann Brockett Larry & Andi Carlini** John & Donna Clifford*** Rollin & Anne Conway* Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Cooper* David & Gayle Cratty** Lowell & Carole Davis*** Chad & Andrea Deal Marilyn P. Demeter*** Daniel & Joyce Dyer * Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg*** Dr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig*** Mr. & Mrs. L. William Erb Howard P. Erlichman** Susan L. Fike*** Mary Eileen Fogarty*** David V. Foos** Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Frei** Lillian Friedman Mr. & Mrs. Lou Galizio*** Mrs. Barbara J. Garris* Deborah A. Geier*** Gary & Katie Geoffrion Greg & Gail Gibson*** Larry & Jean Gilbert* Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Gray** John Greene Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld** Michael & Suzanne Harris* Arlene & William Hazlett* Curt & Karen Henkle** Clyde A. Horn*** Ron & Joanne Hulec*** James & Gale Jacobsohn* Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson* Ms. Margaret Kaczmarek Marilyn & Howard Karfeld*** Lauren Kawentel** David & Sue Klepac*** Michael & Lynn Kleinman* Mr. Thomas Knox Fred & Joann Lafferty***

Friends ($75 to $124) Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bahler Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bercu Dr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser*** Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton*** Mr. D. Stephen Botorff & Ms. Patricia J. Moyer** Mr. Stanley C. Brandt & Ms. Mary K. Whitmer*** Carol Brenneman Mike & Carole Brown Barbara J. Burke*

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Charlick Samuel Cowling** Judith Darus Chris & Mary Ann Deibel*** Ms. Marilyn Dewees Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Doherty Jim & Kathy Donchess Donna Douglas*** Bob & Ginny Eckardt The Eldridge Family*** Mr. & Mrs. Oliver F. Emerson Deena & Richard Epstein** Janice Evans* Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Field*** Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Frey* Katherine A. Ganz Mr. Rob Gill Virginia T. Goetz Mr. John Goldblum Ms. Emily Grannis Jean E. Gubbins* Betty Haberkamp Hazel Haffner*** Marian Hancy** Tim O’Neil & Julie Harris Mr. & Mrs. Rick & Jeanne Hauer Debra & Tom Hayes Jean Heller Ms. Eleanor W. Helper Robert T. Hexter Frank & Gerry Hoffert* Mark & Lynn Hofflund Mr. & Mrs. Chet & Greta Insolia Marie Ivkanec Laura & Sean Kelleher Dennis Kelly* Mr. Gilbert P. Kenehan* Samuel C. Kennell William & Marion Kettering* Larry & Janet Kilgore** Mr. & Mrs. Albert Kirby Stuart & Anne Klein Mary Jo Klements Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Kozel*** Debra Krause Mr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Kruszka Pat Murphy & Mike Kupiec* Leslie Lahr Thomas & Anne LaMotte Mr. & Mrs. Robert Larson* Denio Leone Gregory & Vickie Leyes* Ted & Mary Lomac*** Mr. & Mrs. John M. Lovett Mr. & Mrs. John S. Lupo Ronald & Elizabeth Manolio*** Gretchen Mates** Rev. Edward E. Mehok*** Antoinette Miller** Mr. & Mrs. Dave & Bobbe Miller Broock & Patty Munro Tom & Mary Neff* Ken Noetzel* Fulton & Thea O’Donoghue David Oldham** Joan M. Oravec*** Peggy & Michael Partington** Mr. William Plesec

Ms. Mary L. Pollak Mr. Alan A. Pomiecko Mr. & Mrs. Louis Pongracz* Mr. Jim Porter Jeffrey Powell Larry & Susan Rakow* Judy & Clifford Reeves** Donna & James Reid*** Heath & Kathryn Reinhardt The Reinker Family*** Mr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen Ms. Jacqueline Y. Rhodes* Barbara S. Robinson* Keith & Margaret Robinson Barbara Sabo William & Lisa Schonberg Dina & Richard Schoonmaker*** Doris A. Schultz** Steve & Kathy Schultz* Linda Sebald Randall & Sara Shaner Dr. Dave & Faye Sholiton Alma L. Smith Tom Wagner & Malinda Smyth* Darwin L. Steele *** Linda Kane & Gary Stewart Katherine Stokes-Shafer Mr. Jon Shaffer Albert & Bernice Strasshofer*** Ms. Elizabeth Swenson Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Tatman Mr. & Mrs. George Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Tyler, Jr. Carol A. Vidoli*** Adele Viguera Ms. Kimberly A. Vivolo Natalie Vloedman Michael Wagner Rev. & Mrs. David M. Walker*** Gordon & Virginia Wepfer* Sharon & Yoash Wiener*** Arthur & Deborah Zinn** *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

Matinee Idols Donors who underwrote tickets to 2015-2016 Student Matinees so more students can attend. Chuck & Bonnie Abbey American Tank and Fabricating Mrs. Al A. Archambault Robyn & David Barrie Ms. Melanie Bingham Richard & Mary Ann Brockett Jack & Janice Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Chernus Chad & Andrea Deal Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield, Jr. Ted & Nancy Goble Mrs. Mary Jane Hartwell Ron & Joanne Hulec

Dr. Shelly & Jan Jones Artz Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pistell Mr. & Mrs. Harold I. Pittaway III Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Powers Jeff & Bethann Sedam Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford Sally J. Staley Dr. & Mrs. Ken Tomecki Matha C. Towns Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Vail John & Dianne Young

Matching Gift Corporations Eaton Corporation FirstEnergy Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation IBM Corporation The Lubrizol Corporation Nordson Corporation Foundation

Gifts were received in honor of: Gail Cudak Mort & Natalie Epstein Chris Fornadel Todd Krispinsky Michael Peterman Tom Stafford Sally J. Staley

Gifts were received in memory of: Paul Brentlinger Geoffrey Michael Heller H. Ronald Pottorff

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Mr.& Mrs. Brian Lawler* Ms. Carla Licastro* Brian & Renee Lowery Frederick C. Luckay Robert MacMurray Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McDonald*** Jean McQuillan & Richard Christ*** Jennifer & Peter Meckes Nan Miller** Toni & Linda Moore** Roy & Cindy Moore** Nordson Corporation Foundation** Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Patalon Brian Perry & Ka Pi Hoh Andrew & Brenda Pongracz Ms. Betsy R. Quinn Ms. Lori Riga* Reinhold & Ginny Roedig*** Mr. & Mrs. James A. Saks** Mr. Mark J. Salling & Ms. Cindie Carroll Pankhurst*** Donna Schuerger** Donna Sheridan*** John & Susan Siegfried Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Slavin** David & Rita Smith*** Mr. Joseph A. Sopko Mr. & Mrs. John Southworth William E. Spatz** Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel*** Jan & Bill Stern Susan St. John** Anita K. Stoll Albert Stratton* Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Neary** Mr. & Mrs. William W. Taft Mr. Joseph E. Talaba Elizabeth Twohig** Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard** Ryan Vidmar James L. Wagner* Ms. Kathleen Waits* Mrs. Barbara S. Walker* Mrs. Betty S. Weiss* Thomas M. Wladyka James & Sandra Wood* Mr. & Mrs. James Xinakes** John & Dianne Young Dr. C. Russell & Cynthia Zachem

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

INNOVATION FUND

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Great Lakes Theater is extremely grateful to the following generous donors who recently contributed to match a $200,000 grant from The Cleveland Foundation to create the “Great Lakes Theater Innovation Fund.” This permanent endowed fund will provide entrepreneurial capital to enable Great Lakes Theater to pursue projects designed to further enhance the company’s growth and sustainability.

Chuck & Bonnie Abbey Walt & Laura Avdey David & Carolyn Bialosky Kim & Bart Bixenstine Mitch & Liz Blair H.F. & J.C. Burkhardt Bill & Judie Caster Beverly J. Coen Gail Cudak & Thomas Young Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill Richard & Evelyn Dolejs Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press Dr. Howard Epstein Dianne V. Foley Geoffrey Michael Heller Memorial Fund

Dr. Edward S. Godleski Elizabeth Grove & Rich Bedell Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings William W. Jacobs Jack and Mary Ann Katzenmeyer Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen Donna M. & Alex I. Koler John J. and JoAnn D. Lane Dr. Lawrence E. Lohman & Mrs. Mary J. Lohman Ken & Mary Loparo Mr. & Mrs. William E. MacDonald III Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller Donald W. Morrison

Janet and Bob Neary Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast Elizabeth & Harlan Peterjohn Lynn & Tim Pistell David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse John & Barbara Schubert Kim Sherwin Squire Patton Boggs Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford Brit & Kate Stenson Diana & Gene Strombert Gerald F. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. White Julie Sabroff Willoughby

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STRATEGIC ALLIANCE 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 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; further contributing to the momentum of the revolutionary producing prototype's success. The long term results have been remarkable. The alliance's three independent, 501c3 regional theaters have shared 50 jointly-created productions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 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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Michelle Arendt Dalia Baker Gary D. Benz David Bialosky* Mitchell G. Blair * Todd M. Burger*

William Caster* Beverly J. Coen Gail L. Cudak Carolyn Dickson+ Leslie Dickson Barry Doggett+ Carol Dolan* Timothy J. Downing* Dr. Howard G. Epstein* Natalie Epstein*+ Dianne V. Foley* Rudolph Garfield+ Stephen H. Gariepy Henry G. Grendell Elizabeth A. Grove* Susan Hastings Mary Elizabeth Huber Diane Kathleen Hupp William W. Jacobs*+

STAFF Leadership Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director Bob Taylor, Executive Director

Management Team

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Director of Development.........................Don Bernardo Production Manager...............Christopher D. Flinchum Director of Educational Services.................Kelly Schaffer Florian Director of Marketing & Strategic Advancement......................Todd Krispinsky Director of Educational Programming...... Lisa Ortenzi

Artistic Artistic Associate..............................................Tom Ford

Administration Audience Engagement Manager............Chris Fornadel Donor Relations Associate......................Rebecca Frick Assistant Production Manager...............Corrie Purdum Finance Associate.................................Stephanie Reed

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Education

Special Thanks

Education Outreach Associate................David Hansen School Residency Program Actor-Teachers........................................... Luke Brett, Chennelle Bryant-Harris, Chelsea Cannon, DeLee Cooper, Khaki Hermann, Tim Keo, Shaun Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, Will Sanborn

Production Technical Director.......................................Mark Cytron Assistant Technical Director..........William Langenhop Master Carpenter.......................................Lindsay Loar Carpenter/Welder...............................Richard Haberlen Carpenters............................ Val Kozlenko, Gary Zsigrai Properties Master...................................... Jamie Arielle Props Assistant......................................... Sidney Martin Props Artisan ....................................... Douglas Puskas Charge Scenic Artist.................................... Ruth Lohse Scenic Artist........................................Justine Schneider Paint Intern ......................................... Mikhayla Wilkins Costume Shop Manager................. Esther M. Haberlen Assistant Shop Manager................................ Leah Loar Drapers...................................... Leah Loar, Diana Sidley

First Hands.............. Christine Krysa, Christina Spencer Design Assistant.......................................... Zack Hickle Stitcher.................................................... Miranda Marti Wardrobe Supervisor.....................Colleen McLaughlin Wardrobe Crew ...............Tamara French, Zack Hickle, Miranda Marti Costume Intern.............................................Emily Bowe Wig Design.................................. Mary Schilling-Martin Master Electrician.....................................Tammy Taylor Audio Supervisor.................................... Brian Chismar Production Stage Manager......................... Tim Kinzel* Production Associate.................................. Amy Essick Production Assistant/ Stage Management Intern............... Hannah Graham Stage Management Intern ........................Xavier Khan Hanna Theatre Crew............Thomas Boddy, Chris Guy, Ralph Melari, Shaun Milligan, Robert Prah, Douglas Puskas

Trinity High School Intern...................Heather Cochran Office Volunteers.........Janice Campbell, Janet Glaeser

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Flanagan’s Wake

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Beautiful: The Carole Beautiful: The Carole King Musical King Musical Mr. Wolf Mr. Wolf Giada Valenti

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Mr. Wolf Sesame Street Live Blood Wedding Welcome to Night Vale

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Flanagan’s Wake Mr. Wolf The Peking Acrobats Kathleen Madigan

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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Flanagan’s Wake Mr. Wolf Sesame Street Live Blood Wedding Love’s Labour’s Lost

Beautiful Flanagan’s Wake Mr. Wolf Sesame Street Live Blood Wedding Love’s Labour’s Lost Bollywood America

Beautiful Flanagan’s Wake Mr. Wolf Blood Wedding Love’s Labour’s Lost The Good Peaches Madea On the Run

Flanagan’s Wake Mr. Wolf Love’s Labour’s Lost Kiss Me Kate

Flanagan’s Wake Mr. Wolf Love’s Labour’s Lost Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know? Kiss Me Kate

Flanagan’s Wake Sebastian Maniscalco Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The Theory of Relativity

Flanagan’s Wake Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Frankie Valli Theory of Relativity

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Beautiful: The Carole Beautiful: The Carole Beautiful: The Carole King Musical King Musical King Musical Mr. Wolf Mr. Wolf Mr. Wolf Blood Wedding Love’s Labour’s Lost The Good Peaches

Beautiful: The Carole Fair on the Square King Musical Mr. Wolf Blood Wedding Love’s Labour’s Lost

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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mr. Wolf Mr. Wolf Love’s Labour’s Lost Love’s Labour’s Lost Theresa Caputo Live! Kiss Me Kate The Experience Kiss Me Kate

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Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Boney James The Theory of Relativity Matilda Carnival of the Animals Egg Magic of Bill Blagg Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

The Box Brothers

The Box Brothers Egg Matilda

The Box Brothers Egg Matilda Carnival of the Animals

Egg Matilda Carnival of the Animals The Magic of Bill Blagg

Egg Matilda Carnival of the Animals Magic of Bill Blagg Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

Matilda

Matilda Coppélia The Fantasticks

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matilda

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Matilda The Fantasticks Dancing Classrooms The Singing Angels

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Matilda The Fantasticks Steel Magnolias

The Fantasticks Steel Magnolias

Matilda The Fantasticks

Matilda Matilda The Fantasticks The Fantasticks Restoring the Legacy Benefit

Matilda The Fantasticks A Good Man is Easy to Find Steel Magnolias The 2016 Dazzle Awards

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 The Fantasticks The Fantasticks Steel Magnolias Steel Magnolias The Milk Carton Kids 11th Annual Playhouse Square Golf Outing

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