MY FAIR LADY Playbill - Great Lakes Theater (Fall 2016)

Cleveland’s Classic Company at the Hanna Theatre presents

September 23–October 29, 2016

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Welcome..................................................................................................................... 4 About Great Lakes Theater............................................................................................ 5 News & Notes.............................................................................................................. 6 My Fair Lady................................................................................................................ 9 Cast of Characters...................................................................................................... 10 Scenes & Musical Numbers........................................................................................ 11 About the Play........................................................................................................... 12 The Artistic Company................................................................................................. 14 Donors....................................................................................................................... 24 Trustees..................................................................................................................... 29 Staff.......................................................................................................................... 30 Sept./Oct. at Playhouse Square................................................................................... 31

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WELCOME Dear Friends,

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n behalf of our artists, staff, and Board of Trustees, welcome to Great Lakes Theater’s 55th season! Our mission, “to bring the pleasure, power, and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience,” guides our mainstage productions as well as our educational programming, in the belief that theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, and provide our student audiences a glimpse of a broader world and the wellspring of learning made possible through the arts.

We open this season with a true classic of the American musical theatre (based on a masterpiece of British literature), My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner’s and Fredrick Loewe’s awardwinning adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalian.

Directed by Victoria Bussert, My Fair Lady promises to be an extraordinary experience for the whole family. Following in the footsteps of GLT’s recent productions of The Secret Garden and Les Misérables, Ms. Bussert’s staging in the Hanna Theatre will highlight the intimacy of the space, allowing the beauty of the score and the depth of character to take center stage!

Playing in rotating repertory with My Fair Lady, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, considered one of the Bard’s greatest comedies, brings a world of fools and madmen to the stage in Drew Barr’s wildly inventive staging. Come see our company of actors move seamlessly from the music of Lerner and Loewe to the elegance of Shakespeare’s poetry as they tackle both of these classic productions.

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 generous support makes all of this possible. I encourage you to join these donors by becoming a member of the Great Lakes Theater family with your gift! (As a reminder, ticket sales account for only 50% of the cost of producing our mainstage productions and educational programs.)

Complete membership information can be found in the brochure enclosed in this playbill.

As the curtain rises on our 55th season, we offer special thanks to the Kulas Foundation, which has sponsored our musical productions for the last several years as the “Kulas Musical Theater Series at Great Lakes Theater.” We are also grateful to Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest for providing a generous grant in support of our work on Shakespeare’s plays.

We extend our deepest gratitude to all of our sponsors and annual members, with continued appreciation to our partners of over 30 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!

I hope to see you in our audience again soon.

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Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director

ABOUT GREAT LAKES THEATER

Great Lakes Theater’s spring 2016 production of Love’s Labour’s Lost (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) he mission of Great Lakes Theater (GLT), 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 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, and 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, 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 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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NEWS & NOTES Team Shakespeare Takes Shape

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We are pleased to announce the promotion of a longtime teammate and the addition of two new team members to our administrative staff. Chris Fornadel will assume the newly created role of development manager after seven years of Liz Steward stewarding the theater’s audience Chris Fornadel Jeremy Lewis engagement efforts. Newcomers Jeremy Lewis and Liz Steward will join GLT as audience engagement coord­inator and donor relations associate, respectively. Working with Chris, Jeremy and Liz, we look forward to deepening and expanding relationships with our generous donors and to engaging audience members just like you!

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Spend the Eight Ready to Educate

National Honors

Eight is our lucky number!

Why? All eight of last season’s actor-teachers will be returning to our education department for the upcoming school year to conduct our lauded School Residency Program. With a combined 27 years of experience between them implementing these weeklong residencies, we think this great eight is first-rate for students!

Beginning in September and continuing throughout the school year, our School Residency Program will positively impact the lives of approximately 15,000 students — connecting nearly 100 schools across our region to the classics.

Cleveland’s Classic Company is in select company! Arts Midwest, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, recently announced $1 million in grants to 40 nonprofit, professional theater companies across 26 states to perform the works of William Shakes­ peare for students through the Shakespeare in American Communities program. Great Lakes Theater is proud to have been selected as one of this season’s grantees for our upcoming production of Hamlet. We are thrilled to be able to introduce future generations to the classics as a result of this prestigious grant award.

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The Tony Award-Winning Broadway Musical Classic

MY FAIR LADY

September 23 - October 29, 2016 / Hanna Theatre Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner / Music by Frederick Loewe Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Play Pygmalion

Shakespeare’s Enchanting Romantic Comedy

TWELFTH NIGHT

September 30 - October 30, 2016 / Hanna Theatre

By William Shakespeare

Northeast Ohio’s Favorite Holiday Tradition

A CHRISTMAS CAROL November 26 - December 23, 2016 / Ohio Theatre

By Charles Dickens / Adapted and Directed by Gerald Freedman

An Unforgettable Psychological Thriller

WAIT UNTIL DARK

February 17 - March 12, 2017 / Hanna Theatre

By Frederick Knott

The World’s Most Famous Tragedy

HAMLET

March 31 - April 15, 2017 / Hanna Theatre

By William Shakespeare

A Pitch-Perfect Jukebox Musical

FOREVER PLAID

May 5 - 21, 2017 / Hanna Theatre

Written by Stuart Ross / Musical Arrangements by James Raitt

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Hanna Theatre September 23–October 29, 2016

Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director

With generous support from Presents

Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion.

Originally directed by

MOSS HART

Directed by

VICTORIA BUSSERT

Company

Pedar Benson Bate* Laura Welsh Berg* Lynn Robert Berg* Cassandra Bissell* Adrian Grace Bumpas

Aled Davies* Jodi Dominick* Tom Ford* Peter Gosik* Jillian Kates*

Juan Rivera Lebron* Matthew Lynn Jonathan Christopher MacMillan* Laura Perrotta*

Colton Ryan M. A. Taylor* Christine Weber* Emily Sofia Wronski

Choreographer Gregory Daniels

Music Director Joel Mercier

Scenic Designer Jeff Herrmann

Costume Designer Charlotte M. Yetman

Lighting Designer Paul Miller

Sound Designer David Gotwald

Stage Manager Tim Kinzel*

Asst. Stage Manager Jessica Lucas*

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ALAN JAY LERNER Music by FREDERICK LOEWE

Book and Lyrics by

My Fair Lady is part of the Kulas Musical Theater Series at Great Lakes Theater.

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission. *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The video and/or audio recording of this production by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

My Fair Lady is presented by arrangement with TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022

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CAST OF CHARACTERS Mrs. Eynsford-Hill...............................................................................Cassandra Bissell * Eliza Doolittle............................................................................................ Jillian Kates * Freddy Eynsford-Hill................................................................................... Colton Ryan Colonel Pickering........................................................................................ Aled Davies * Henry Higgins................................................................................................ Tom Ford * Loverly Quartet....... Pedar Benson Bate*, Peter Gosik*, Juan Rivera Lebron*, Matthew Lynn Harry............................................................................ Jonathan Christopher MacMillan * Jamie.................................................................................................Lynn Robert Berg * Alfred P. Doolittle........................................................................................M. A. Taylor * Mrs. Pearce............................................................................................ Jodi Dominick * Mrs. Hopkins....................................................................................Laura Welsh Berg *† Servants...........................Pedar Benson Bate*, Laura Welsh Berg*, Adrian Grace Bumpas, Peter Gosik*, Juan Rivera Lebron*, Matthew Lynn, Christine Weber*, Emily Sofia Wronski Mrs. Higgins........................................................................................... Laura Perrotta * Footman.......................................................................................... Pedar Benson Bate * Lord Boxington.............................................................. Jonathan Christopher MacMillan * Lady Boxington..................................................................................... Christine Weber * Zoltan Karpathy..................................................................................Lynn Robert Berg * Queen of Transylvania.............................................................................. Jodi Dominick * Mrs. Higgins’ Maid................................................................................ Christine Weber * Ensemble...............................Pedar Benson Bate*, Laura Welsh Berg*,Lynn Robert Berg*, Cassandra Bissell*, Adrian Grace Bumpas, Jodi Dominick*, Peter Gosik*, Juan Rivera Lebron*, Matthew Lynn, Jonathan Christopher MacMillan*, Laura Perrotta*, Colton Ryan, M. A. Taylor*, Christine Weber*, Emily Sofia Wronski Musicians Orchestra: Conductor / Keyboard................................................................................. Joel Mercier Violin........................................................................................................ Callista Koh Clarinet / Bass Clarinet................................................................... Bettyjeane Quimby Oboe / English Horn.............................................................................. Cynthia Warren French Horn............................................................................................. Sean Yancer Trumpet.........................................................................................................Joe Miller Percussion......................................................................................... Andrew Pongracz

Run Times Act I: 1 hour 27 minutes

Intermission: 15 minutes

Act II: 53 minutes

† Serves as Dance Captain * Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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NIGHTCAP SATURDAYS

Stick around after Saturday (non-opening night) evening performances to meet and mingle with the cast and crew of the show in the Hanna Theatre lounge. The Hanna’s bar is open ninety minutes after the show on Nightcap Nights!

SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I Scene 1: Outside the Opera House, Covent Garden; a cold March night “Why Can’t the English” ..................................................................................... Higgins “Wouldn’t it be Loverly” .......................................................................... Eliza & Quartet Scene 2: Tottenham Court Road; immediately following “With a Little Bit of Luck”........................................................... Doolittle, Jamie & Harry Scene 3: Higgins’ Study; the following morning “I’m an Ordinary Man”........................................................................................ Higgins Scene 4: Tottenham Court Road; three days later “With a Little Bit of Luck Reprise”....................................................Doolittle & Ensemble Scene 5: Higgins’ Study; later that day “Just You Wait”....................................................................................................... Eliza “The Servants’ Chorus (Poor Professor Higgins)”............................ Mrs. Pearce & Servants “The Rain in Spain” ................................................................ Eliza, Higgins & Pickering “I Could Have Danced All Night”............................................ Eliza, Mrs. Pearce & Maids Scene 7: Inside a Club Tent, Ascot; immediately following “Ascot Gavotte”................................................................................................ Company Scene 8: Wimpole Street, outside Higgins’ House; later that afternoon “On the Street Where You Live”.............................................................................Freddy Scene 9: Higgins’ Study; 6-weeks later Scene 10: The Ballroom of the Embassy; later that night “The Embassy Waltz”........................................................................................ Company

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Scene 6: Near the Race Meetings, Ascot; a July afternoon

Scene 1: Higgins’ Study; 3:00 the following morning “You Did It” ....................................................Pickering, Higgins, Mrs. Pearce & Servants “Just You Wait Reprise”........................................................................................... Eliza Scene 2: Wimpole Street, outside Higgins’ House; immediately following “On the Street Where You Live Reprise”.................................................................Freddy “Show Me”............................................................................................... Eliza & Freddy Scene 3: Flower Market of Covent Garden; 5:00 that morning “Wouldn’t It be Loverly Reprise” .............................................................. Eliza & Quartet “Get Me to the Church on Time”.................................. Doolittle, Harry, Jamie & Ensemble Scene 4: Higgins’ Study; 11:00 that morning “A Hymn to Him” .............................................................................................. Higgins Scene 5: The Conservatory of Mrs. Higgins’ House; later that day “Without You”......................................................................................................... Eliza Scene 6: Wimpole Street, outside Higgins’ House; immediately following “I’ve Grown Accustomed to her Face”................................................................... Higgins Scene 7: Higgins’ Study; immediately following

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ABOUT THE PLAY

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legendary evening.” “Broadway will never be the same.” “One of the best musicals of the century.” “Don’t bother to finish reading this review now. You’d better get your tickets.” It sounds like these critics might be praising the current Broadway blockbuster, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s extraordinary Hamilton. But in 1956, this praise was lavished on My Fair Lady, the musical that broke all box office records of that time. Alan Jay Lerner, who adapted the George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion and wrote the lyrics, was convinced that “the right people at the right moment in their lives embarked on the right venture — and rather than extending their talents to the limit, expressed them to the limit.” The story of how this all happened is almost more exciting than the finished product.

Originally, the rights for a musical version of Shaw’s play were offered to Cole Porter, Dietz and Schwartz, and Rodgers and Hammerstein, all of whom declined.

Richard Rodgers noted that the drawing room ambience of Pygmalion and the text’s deliberate non-romanticism were drawbacks to a musical form. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe enthusiastically took up the challenge, but their initial excitement soon gave way to frustration. No matter how hard they tried they “did not seem to be able to tear down the walls of the drawing room and allow the play to unfold in a setting and atmosphere that suggested music.” They struggled with trying to find a way to have a “singing ensemble,” a requirement for any musical at the time. They went as far as setting the piece at Oxford with Henry Higgins as a professor and the undergraduates providing the chorus — an idea that inspired a two-year departure from their work. During the hiatus, an interesting shift occurred: The “rules” of musical theater were being re-written. Realism had begun to toughen up American musicals and emotional reality (already celebrated in the works of Kurt Weill) was the new trend. When they returned to work, Lerner and Loewe discovered that their adaptation did not require

new characters or a change of locale. They embraced the play and the screenplay of the film, finding musical inspiration by fleshing out business that occurs between the acts, such as the time between Higgins’ exit from Covent Garden and Eliza’s arrival at Wimpole Street — hence, “A Little Bit o’ Luck.”

The casting was a drama in itself. There was no doubt in Lerner’s mind that the most interesting and complex character in Pygmalion was Henry Higgins, whom he believed to be a projection of Shaw in his articulateness, intellectual ardor and wittily concealed loneliness. According to Stanley Holloway, the original Alfred P. Doolittle, Noel Coward was the top choice followed by Michael Redgrave, George Sanders and Sir John Gielgud. It was Coward who recommended Rex Harrison, whom he described as, next to him, “the finest light comedy actor in the world.” Although Harrison had never appeared in a musical, Kurt Weill had proposed writing a new version of The Threepenny Opera starring the 1949 Tony Award-winning actor. Lerner, a friend of Weill’s, was startled by this news and asked the composer, “Does he sing?” Weill replied, “Enough.” It was a remark that stuck with Lerner.

In the meantime, Mary Martin’s husband, Richard Halliday, had caught scent of the project, and pushed for his wife to be considered as Eliza. Although she seemed a rather strange choice for the role, Lerner and Loewe thought they had nothing to lose and agreed to share some of their early songs. Initially, they played the songs for Halliday, and after his very enthusiastic response agreed to meet with Miss Martin one evening following her performance of Peter Pan. Shortly before midnight, the couple arrived at the apartment of Lerner’s mother (neither Lerner nor Loewe lived in New York) and listened to five songs in silence. Two days later, Lerner requested a meeting with Halliday who related that Mary had been awake half the night saying over and over again, “How could it have happened? How could it have happened?

rushed to the theater to negotiate with the actor. “I can’t open. I just cannot open. I’m not ready,” Harrison lamented. Finally, an hour before curtain, Harrison emerged from his dressing room and agreed to go on.

Unfortunately, the company had been dismissed, so the start time of 7:30 p.m. grew to 8:40 p.m., while the cast was rounded up. But when the curtain rose, every single actor was in his or her place.

So what do My Fair Lady and Hamilton have in common? They are the groundbreakers of their respective eras, the ones that defied the rules and defied the odds.

These are never easy pieces to birth. Each comes with their own drama, but they both stand as a unique part of the proud legacy of the American Musical Theatre — and inspirations for generations to come.

—V ictoria Bussert Director My Fair Lady

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Richard, those dear boys have lost their talent.” With Martin out, the writers went on to consider Deanna Durbin and Delores Gray, but finally decided to pursue the new young star of The Boy Friend on Broadway, 19-year-old Julie Andrews.

With the leads signed, the creative team in place and rehearsals beginning, you would think it would be time for some smooth sailing.

Not so.

Harrison became out of sorts at the very first reading, believing his character had gotten lost in the second act. This would be only the first of many of Harrison’s complaints. In terms of the leading lady, it was only five days into rehearsal when it became clear to the director, Moss Hart, that Julie Andrews was clearly out of her depth. He dismissed the entire company for two days and took his leading actress to the New Amsterdam Theatre. After sealing the theater off from all outsiders, he and Andrews commenced putting the part of Eliza together bit by bit. Later, he recalled, “It was the sort of thing you couldn’t do in front of a company without destroying a human being. We met in this silent, lonely, dark theatre, and I told her, ‘Julie, this is stolen time, time I can’t really afford. So there can be no time for politeness and you mustn’t take offense. We have to start from the first line and go over the whole play line by line.’”

By the second week, a new song had been added for Harrison in Act II, “A Hymn to Him,” returning the focus squarely to Higgins; and Andrews was processing her two-day work session, transforming herself into a stunning Eliza. But one thing was missing: A title. Originally the musical had been titled Liza; but with Harrison insisting on star billing above the title, “Rex Harrison starring in Liza” didn’t have the ring to it.

Other versions batted around included My Lady Liza, Mayfair Lady and even the strange Fanfaroon, Loewe’s favorite because it rhymed with his biggest hit to date, Brigadoon.

The final drama occurred at 4 o’clock on the afternoon of opening night. Rex Harrison simply refused to go on. His agent was

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THE ARTISTIC COMPANY

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Pedar Benson Bate* Loverly Quartet/Servant/ Footman/Ensemble Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater Pedar is super excited to be back at Great Lakes Theater! Previous credits with GLT: Matt in The Fantasticks, Marius in Les Misérables and Slender in Merry Wives of Windsor. Other favorite regional theaters: Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, New London Barn Playhouse, Northern Stage, Opera Columbus and Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival. Bachelor of Music from The Ohio State University. A ginormous thank you to Charlie, Vicky, Greg and Joel, as well as to my wonderful wife, Meredith. Much love to all the Lark, Schneider and Bate families.

Lastly, many thanks to you for supporting live theater. Proud member AEA. Laura Welsh Berg* Mrs. Hopkins/Servant/ Ensemble Eleven seasons with Great Lakes Theater

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Laura is thrilled to be returning to the Great Lakes Theater stage, where she was last seen as Vera Claythorne in And Then There Were None and Rosaline in Love’s Labour’s Lost. Shows with GLT and her sister company, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, include 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 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 BA in theater from Baldwin Wallace University and

an MFA in acting from DePaul University.

Laura is lucky enough to share her life, and work, with Lynn. For Linda.

Lynn Robert Berg* Jamie/Zoltan Karpathy/ Ensemble Fifteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater Previously at Great Lakes Theater: the title role of Richard III, Hucklebee in The Fantasticks, Frank Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Bishop in Les Misérables, Jonas Fogg in Sweeney Todd, Polixenes in The Winter’s Tale, Doctor Purgeon in The Imaginary Invalid, Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet, Doctor Parker in Bat Boy: The Musical, Caliban in The Tempest, Sandy Tyrell in Hay Fever, Marcus Lycus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) and the Ghost of Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol. Other credits: Macbeth in the Short Shakespeare! Macbeth tour with Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Malvolio in Twelfth Night at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival; Bill Walker in Major Barbara, Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew, Edmund in King Lear and Hastings in She Stoops to Conquer at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Prospero in The Tempest at Maine Shakespeare Festival; The Professor in All the Great Books (Abridged) at Delaware Theater Company; and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at Writer’s Theater in Chicago. MFA from the University of Delaware PTTP. Lynn dedicates his work this season to the memory of his mother. SLL’M. Cassandra Bissell* Mrs. Eynsford-Hill/Ensemble Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater Cassandra is delighted to return to GLT, having appeared previously in King Lear, The Secret Garden and Much Ado About Nothing. Regional (LORT) credits: The Mousetrap (Indiana Repertory); Sense & Sensibility (People’s

Adrian Grace Bumpas Servant/Ensemble Great Lakes Theater debut Adrian Grace Bumpas is thrilled to be joining the Great Lakes Theater company and calling the [All In] CLE her home once again after just graduating right around the corner!

Adrian is a graduate from Baldwin Wallace University, MT15’, and a proud NY resident.

She was last seen in her New York debut, The Secret Theatre’s production of A Chorus Line, as the lovable Kristine. Adrian would like to celebrate her new collaborations with this crew, Deb for some laughs, the bosses at TPG, MT15’ for being the strongest brothers and sisters, Markus + Jonny for giving me the truest friendship, Robert + J for never ending support, Perotta for passing on her fearlessness, BumpiClan for never ending love and C for being the brightest light through all darkness, you amaze me. For KJB. “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.”

Aled Davies* Colonel Pickering Sixteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater Previously for GLT: General Mackenzie in And Then There Were None, Scrooge/Samuels in A Christmas Carol, King Lear in King Lear, Gonzalo in The Tempest, Chief Inspector Hubbard in Dial “M” for Murder, John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Arvide Abernathy in Guys and Dolls, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Major Metcalf in The Mousetrap, Brabantio in Othello, The Earl of Caversham in An Ideal Husband, Sheriff Reynolds in Bat Boy: The Musical, Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Your Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dorn in The Seagull, Deputy Governor Danforth in The Crucible, King of France in All’s Well That Ends Well, Prospero in The Tempest, David Bliss in Hay Fever, Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar, Claudius in Hamlet, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Buckingham in Richard III, Topper in A Christmas Carol, and many others. Aled has been a proud and appreciative member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1984.

Jodi Dominick* Mrs. Pearce/Queen of Transylvania/Ensemble Nine seasons with Great Lakes Theater Jodi’s previous roles include Fantine in Les Misérables, Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, Mollie Ralston in The Mousetrap, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Lady MacDuff in Macbeth, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Helena Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Lady Chiltern in An Ideal Husband, Samson in Romeo and Juliet, Lucetta/ Outlaw in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Louison in The Imaginary Invalid, Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Prince Edward in Richard III and others. Seven seasons at Idaho Shakespeare Festival, our sister company. Other credits include Diana in I Love

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Light); King Lear, The Secret Garden, Much Ado About Nothing (Idaho Shakespeare Festival); Sense and Sensibility, Comedy of Errors (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Detroit ’67 (Northlight); In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play, My Name is Asher Lev (Milwaukee Repertory); In the Next Room…, Memory House (Actors’ Theatre of Louisville); Noises Off, Pride and Prejudice (Cleveland Play House); Arcadia and Hamlet (Court Theatre). Chicago (CAT) credits: Short Shakespeare! Macbeth, King John, Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Richard II (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); The Berlin Circle (Steppenwolf); Memory House (Victory Gardens); Twelfth Night, A Woman Killed With Kindness, Othello (Shakespeare Project of Chicago); Measure for Measure, In the Blood (Next Theatre); Mary’s Wedding - Jeff nomination, Best Actress (Rivendell Theatre Ensemble) and Othello (Shakespeare on the Green). Small professional theater credits: Proof (Company of Fools); Harvey (freeFall Theatre); Amelia, The Understudy, Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Renaissance Theaterworks) and six seasons with Peninsula Players. BA in gender studies, University of Chicago. AEA and SAG/AFTRA.

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You Because at 14th Street Theater in Playhouse Square, Miss Gardner in Carrie the Musical, Clara in Passion and Helen in The Break Up Notebook at Beck Center.

Other theaters: New World Stages, Hudson Backstage Theater, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Hayworth Theatre, Dobama and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Jodi is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music.

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Tom Ford* Henry Higgins Eleven seasons with Great Lakes Theater

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Great Lakes Theater: Wargrave in And Then There Were None, Dull in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Dr. Craven in The Secret Garden, 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, Argan in The Imaginary Invalid, Mr. Paravicini in The Mousetrap, Baker in Into the Woods, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Casca in Julius Caesar and Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Idaho Shakespeare Festival: My Fair Lady, Twelfth Night, And Then There Were None, The Tempest, The Secret Garden, King Lear, Les Miserables, 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 and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. 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 Peter Gosik* Loverly Quartet/Servant/ Ensemble Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater Peter is elated to return to

Great Lakes Theater! Prior Great Lakes Theater and Idaho Shakespeare Festival credits include Oswald in King Lear and The Fakir in The Secret Garden. Other favorite credits include Enjolras in Les Misérables (Riverside Theatre), Robbie in A Man of No Importance (Arvada Center), El Gallo in The Fantasticks (Flat Rock Playhouse), Man #2 in The World Goes Round (Florida Studio Theatre), the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (First National Tour) and Smudge in Forever Plaid (Heritage Rep).

Peter has workshopped new musicals with directors Jerry Zaks and Tony Stevens and appears in An Idiot Abroad’s Christmas Special with Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis. Peter holds a BFA in musical theater from the University of Michigan and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Love and gratitude to Mom, Dad, and my wonderful agent, Eddie, and tremendous thanks to Charlie, Vicky, Greg, and Drew for this spectacular opportunity. For Elenor, Lloyd, and Shirley. petergosik.com Jillian Kates* Eliza Doolittle Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater Jillian Kates is bloomin’ ecstatic to be returning to GLT after appearing as Lily in The Secret Garden last season. Other credits include Young Little Edie in Grey Gardens, Cinderella in Into the Woods and Glinda/Nessarose understudy in Wicked. She is a proud graduate of Baldwin Wallace University. Immense thanks and gratitude to Charlie, Vicky, Drew, Tom, Greg, Joel and the entire cast, crew and staff of Great Lakes Theater. Love to my squeebs!

Juan Rivera Lebron* Loverly Quartet/Servant/ Ensemble Four seasons with Great Lakes Theater Great Lakes Theater: Costard in Love’s Labor’s Lost, 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 selected credits include Mr. Wickham in Pride and Prejudice

and Florizel in The Winter’s Tale at The Guthrie Theater. Seven seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival including Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Sylvio in The Servant of Two Masters, Rodolfo in A View from the Bridge, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona and 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. Member of Actors’ Equity Association. Special thanks to C, A, O and B for their love and support.

Matt is thrilled to make his GLT/ISF debut! Favorite credits include Dennis in All Shook Up and Al in A Chorus Line (Baldwin Wallace University), the title role in Bat Boy: The Musical (Westfield High School – Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role from the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards), Marcellus in The Music Man and Inspector Kemp in Young Frankenstein (Forestburgh Playhouse) and most recently The Piraqua Guy in In The Heights (The Beck Center). Matt is entering his senior year at Baldwin Wallace University and cannot wait to move to NYC with his awesome class. He would like to thank his family for all their support, as well as Vicky and Greg for this exciting opportunity. For Baldwin Wallace University, MT17’. Instagram: mattlynn Jonathan Christopher MacMillan* Harry/Lord Boxington/ Ensemble Great Lakes Theater debut Jonathan Christopher MacMillan is delighted to be debuting at Great Lakes Theater in Twelfth Night and My Fair Lady. Recent credits include Clouk in Mirette (Lewis Family Playhouse), Harry in

Laura Perrotta* Mrs. Higgins/Ensemble Fifteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater Laura is happy to return to GLT, where she has performed since 1999! A native New Yorker, she has worked extensively in regional theater, including off-Broadway and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She currently resides in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and has enjoyed the last decade as a company member at Great Lakes Theater and Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Favorite roles include Goneril in King Lear, Mrs. Medlock in The Secret Garden, Emily Brent in And Then There Were None, Arkadina in The Seagull, Lady M in Macbeth, Amanda Prynne in Private Lives, Mrs. Cheveley in An Ideal Husband, Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret and M’Lynne Eaton in Steel Magnolias.

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Matthew Lynn Loverly Quartet/Servant/ Ensemble Great Lakes Theater debut

My Fair Lady (Atwood Concert Hall), Baby T-Rex in Walking with Dinosaurs (International Tour) and Joey/Goose in the original Broadway production of War Horse. Other favorites include the Wolf/Prince in Into the Woods, Jean in Rhinoceros, Woody in Six Degrees of Separation and the Waiter in She Loves Me. This winter, he can be seen starring in the independent western film Destiny Trail. Big thanks to Charlie, Vicky, Greg, Joel, Drew and the entire GLT company. For Carina, my happily soon-to-be wife!

Colton Ryan Freddy Enysford-Hill / Ensemble Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater Colton is so happy to return home to a city of Champions (ALL IN). He is a senior at Baldwin Wallace University, and plans on graduating and moving to New York in the spring. His favorite credits include Eddie Birdlace in Dogfight (Beck Center), Paul in A Chorus Line (Baldwin Wallace) and Gangster #1 in Kiss Me, Kate (New London Barn Playhouse). He was seen at GLT last fall as Dickon in The Secret Garden. He is so grateful for his mom, sister, Gran, uncle Jeff, aunt Stacy, Vicky, Scott, Greg, Greg H, Doc,

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Dr. G, Sara, LP and all the other incredible mentors in his life. He is too lucky to have so much love in his life. Everything he does is for his love, Adrian Grace Bumpas, but this one is dedicated to his Poppas, who is watching from the best seat in the house.

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M. A. Taylor* Alfred P. Doolittle/Ensemble Thirteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater M.A. (alias Mark Anthony) gratefully returns to the magnificent Hanna Theatre in a Championship City! It’s always a pleasure to share this work with the generous audiences of northeast Ohio. Previous roles at Great Lakes Theater include Rogers in And Then There Were None, Nathaniel in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Charity Man/Old Joe in A Christmas Carol, Hugh Evans in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Babet/Lesgles in Les Misérables, Beadle in Sweeney Todd, Verges in Much Ado About Nothing, Old Shepherd in The Winter’s Tale, Guy in The Imaginary Invalid, Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew, Speed in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Actor 3 in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Flute/Fairy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Durdles in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Among other credits: Candy in Of Mice and Men (PTTP/Rep), the title role in Dracula (Boise Contemporary Theater) and Crave & Fully Committed (Tooth & Nail Theater, 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. Go Tribe!

Christine Weber* Lady Boxington/Mrs. Higgins’ Maid/Servant/Ensemble Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater

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Great Lakes Theater: Maria in Love’s Labour’s Lost and Celia in As You Like It. Other credits include 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,

several seasons of A Christmas Carol and Dasha in the world premiere of When I was a Ghost ... (Guthrie Theater); Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (The Acting Company); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Cabaret, Company, The Wizard of Oz, Snow Queen (Children’s Theater Company); Alice in You Can’t Take it with You and Daisy in Biloxi Blues (Theatre L’Homme Dieu). She has directed productions of Tigers Be Still (Los Angeles debut) and Striking 12 (Bloomington Civic); and served as assistant director on Freud’s Last Session (dir. Rob Melrose, Guthrie Theater), the American premiere of Conor McPherson’s The Birds (dir. Henry Wishcamper, Guthrie Theater) and the regional premiere of 36 Views (dir. John Heimbuch, Walking Shadow Theater Company). She is a member of the 20162017 Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation’s Observership Class, and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota/ Guthrie BFA Actor Training Program. Love to J, A, O and B. Emily Sofia Wronski Ensemble/Servant Great Lakes Theater debut Emily is so happy to be in her first season with GLT! Recent credits: Ensemble, U/S Eliza in My Fair Lady and Twelfth Night (Idaho Shakespeare Festival), Sara in Theory of Relativity (Playhouse Square, regional premiere) and Helena Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (New London Barn Playhouse). She is a senior in the Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre program working toward her Bachelor of Music. She is a proud member of EMC. Emily is known for her love of fishnets, cupcakes and RuPaul’s Drag Race. Many thanks to her momma (the Storybook Mom of Chicago), friends (shoutout to Wilders, Abigail, WCT, Barnies and the Misfits), professors (special thanks to Vicky, Janet, Greg, Greg & David) and anyone who has ever showed her love. “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?” Stay spooky.

Understudies Colby Anthony, Kelsey Baehrens, Lynn Robert Berg*, Michael Canada, Mike Cefalo, Joy Del Valle, Riley Ewing, Kayla Heichel, Juan Rivera Lebron*, Sam Leicht, Matthew Lynn, Livvy Marcus, Callee Miles, Victoria Pippo, Colton Ryan, Alex Smith, Rosie Upton, Emily Sofia Wronski, Jonathan Young

Directors Victoria Bussert Director Thirty seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Gregory Daniels Choreographer Five seasons with Great Lakes Theater Gregory is thrilled to return to GLT after choreographing The Fantasticks, The Secret Garden, Les Misérables, Cabaret and Sondheim on Sondheim. Credits include the regional premieres of In The Heights, Dogfight,

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Victoria Bussert returns for her 30th season at GLT, balancing the professional and academic worlds between her active life as an award-winning freelance director, while holding the position of Director of Music Theatre for Baldwin Wallace University.

Nationally, her work has been seen at Manhattan Theatre Club, York Theatre, New World Stages, Goodspeed Opera, Playhouse Square, Portland Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and

Anchorage Opera. Her international credits include Friar Tuck in Russia, The Who’s Tommy in Brazil, the Danish premiere of Avenue Q (2012 Reumert Award nomination) and the European premieres of Lizzie and [title of show] for the Fredericia Teater in Denmark. Recent productions include the award-winning GLT/ISF The Secret Garden, The Fantasticks for GLT/ISF/Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and In the Heights for Baldwin Wallace/Beck Center for the Arts.

Vicky will be making her directorial debut in London with Lizzie opening in February, 2017. Special thanks to Charlie, Greg, Joel and the entire GLT family. This one is for my greatest teachers — my students.

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Carrie: The Musical and Spring Awakening (2012 and 2014 Cleveland Critics Circle award for Best Choreography), all at Beck Center. Some other choreographic credits include Anything Goes; the world premiere of a new musical, My Own Song, and Putting it Together (Syracuse Stage), starring Tony Award winners Lillias White and Chuck Cooper; Dreamgirls; Lizzie: The Rock Musical; Murder Ballad and Saturday Night Fever. He also had the rare honor of creating and choreographing a brand-new number for The Rockettes for The Commerce Bank Wow Awards. As the head of the Dance Department at Baldwin Wallace University since 2010, he has choreographed many shows, including A Chorus Line and currently West Side Story. He is a proud member of SDC. Special thanks to my creative collaborating partner Vicky, to Charlie, Chris, Bob and the entire GLT family and to his husband, Jared, for always being there with smiles, support and inspiration. For more info, please visit gregorydaniels.net.

Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director Fifteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater

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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 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 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!

Joel Mercier Music Director Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater Joel returns to GLT after his past work on The Secret Garden and Les Misérables, which won the CFORN: Cleveland Critics Circle Award, Abelman and Broadway World Cleveland Award for Best Music Director. An award-winning New England-based director, music director, composer and arranger, recent music direction credits include The Spitfire Grill, Nunsense, Chicago (Northern Stage, VT); Les Misérables, Ragtime, Legally Blonde, Drowsy Chaperone (New London Barn Playhouse, NH); and the national tour of A Christmas Carol: A Sparkling New Musical (CMI Entertainment, NYC).

Additionally, Joel was honored to music-direct, arrange and conduct Playhouse Square’s inaugural Dazzle Award Show in May at the Connor Palace Theater. Prior to relocating to New England, Joel’s work in NYC comprised of assisting numerous

shows, readings, and concerts, including off-Broadway and the Nokia Theatre Times Square as music director, music copyist and supervisor. A graduate of the Hartt School, Joel was artistic associate at the New London Barn Playhouse for six seasons and a guest artist at Dartmouth College for three.

He is currently the artistic director of the NH Theatre Factory and guest director at St. Anselm College. Visit joelmercier.com for more info.

Designers David Gotwald Sound Designer Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Jeff Herrmann Scenic Designer Ten seasons with Great Lakes Theater Jeff is pleased to return to Great Lakes Theater for his 10th season. Previous productions for GLT include Cabaret, Bat Boy, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Les Miserables and The Secret Garden, all joint productions with Idaho Shakespeare Festival. For GLT and Playhouse Square, he designed the scenery for Sondheim on Sondheim. Other ISF production designs include I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, The Spitfire Grill, Little Shop of Horrors and Noises Off. For Cain Park, selected production designs include Bye-Bye Birdie, Damn Yankees, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver, Hair and Dreamgirls. For Dobama Theatre, designs include the Cleveland premieres of Closer, Wit, Refuge, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Take Me Out, The Last Five Years, The Blue Door and Blackbird. For Beck Center for the Arts, he designed the scenery for Spring Awakening, Next to Normal and last season’s Mary Poppins. Jeff is a professor of theater at Baldwin Wallace University. He holds an

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A native Clevelander, David is thrilled to be returning to GLT and the Hanna Theatre — where he experienced his first Broadway road show. Over the last three decades, he was the sound mixer for numerous Broadway productions: A Chorus Line (1981), Dreamgirls (1983), Sweet Charity (1986), Cabaret (1988), Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (1989), Crazy For You (1991), Passion (1994), Fosse (1998), The Producers (2000), Gypsy (2007), The Addams Family (2009) and the 2014 Best Musical: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. In 2006, David designed the sound for the Tony Award-winning Jay Johnson - The Two and Only and the off-Broadway hit The Musical of Musicals. In 1975, he designed El Grande de Coca Cola at the State Theatre as part of the rejuvenation of Playhouse Square. He has worked as a concert sound engineer for Tommy Tune, Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone and for special events at

The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and NY City Center Encores series. Before heading to New York City, he was a member of the Cleveland Play House Youth Theatre and production manager at The Fairmount Center in Novelty, Ohio. Currently, David is teaching at Carnegie Mellon University and designing in Pittsburgh, Idaho and Lake Tahoe.

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MFA in scene and lighting design from Southern Illinois University and he is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.

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Paul Miller Lighting Designer Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater GLT and ISF: Les Misérables, King Lear, The Secret Garden. Broadway: Amazing Grace, The Illusionists, Legally Blonde, Freshly Squeezed, Laughing Room Only. OffBroadway: Out Of The Mouth Of Babes, Clinton – The Musical, Pageant, Vanities the Musical, Waiting for Godot, Addicted, Nunsense and Balancing Act, as well as six productions for New York City Center Encores and Avery Fisher Hall. Regional: Stratford Shakespeare Festival, D.C. Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare, Asolo Repertory, American Conservatory Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Pasadena Playhouse, The Goodspeed Opera House, Westport Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO. U.S. tours: The Illusionists, Elf, Shrek, Story Time Live, Wizard of Oz, Legally Blonde, Sweeney Todd, Hairspray, The Producers, The Sound of Music. Television: Camelot (Live from Lincoln Center); numerous specials for Netflix, Showtime and Comedy Central; the internationally renowned fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Broadway Bares; as well as every live performance from the internationally televised New Year’s Eve celebration from New York’s Times Square for the last 16 years.

Internationally: Stratford Shakespeare Festival, London’s West End, Vienna, Milan (Teatro alla Scala), Brazil, The Phillippines, South Africa, and China.

Kathleen Pirkl Tague Dialect Coach Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater

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Kathleen has appeared at GLT as Judith Bliss in Hayfever and Queen Elizabeth in Richard III. She acted with ISF for 12 seasons; and is currently an acting company member of the Resident Ensemble Players (REP) at the University of Delaware, where she also teaches classes in voice, speech and acting. REP roles include Barbara in Things We Do for Love, Vivian in Wit, Juno

in Juno and the Paycock, Lady Utterword in Heartbreak House, Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, Linda in Death of a Salesman and Mrs. Antrobus in The Skin of Our Teeth (Barrymore Award nomination). Other regional credits include Anna in Anna Christie (San Jose Rep), Tamora in Titus Andronicus (Intiman Theatre), Ilana in The Play’s the Thing (American Players Theatre), Our Country’s Good (Madison Repertory Theatre), War Stories (Milwaukee Rep), Julia in A Delicate Balance (Delaware Theatre Company), Lou in Waiting for Nirvana (Wilma Theatre), Before Breakfast (Walnut Street Theatre) and Sarah in Translations (Arden Theatre Co.).

Charlotte M. Yetman Costume Designer Ten seasons with Great Lakes Theater Charlotte is a professor of costume design at Baldwin Wallace University, where she recently designed Carmen, Dark of the Moon, Romeo and Juliet, Saturday Night Fever and Eurydice. Among her professional credits are designs for Secret Garden, Sweeney Todd, Cabaret, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Comedy of Errors, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Idaho Shakespeare Festival & Great Lake Theatre Festival); Lady With All The Answers, Custody of the Eyes (Cleveland Play House); Frankenstein (Tennessee Repertory Theater); Silver Dollar, John & Jen, Das Barbecue, Heartbeats (Goodspeed Opera House); Conrack (Ford’s Theater); Super Sunday and Widows (Williamstown Theater Festival) and the American premiere of Balanchine’s Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 with Tulsa Ballet Theater. Charlotte received her BFA from Pennsylvania State University and her MFA from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. She has been an assistant scenic designer with Oregon Shakespeare Festival and is a member of USA 829.

Stage Management Tim Kinzel* Stage Manager Six seasons with Great Lakes Theater

Jessica B. Lucas* Assistant Stage Manager Five seasons with Great Lakes Theater Previous assistant stage management and production assistant credits include The Secret Garden, King Lear, Dial “M” for Murder, Les Miserables, A Christmas Carol and Deathtrap with Great Lakes Theater; And Then There Were None, Love’s Labour’s Lost, My Fair Lady, Dial “M” for Murder, Secret Garden and King Lear with Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Luna Gale with Cleveland Play House. Previous stage management credits include Twelfth Night and The Misanthrope with Cleveland Play House/ CWRU MFA program; and Memphis, Rent and Aida with the All-City Musical program.

Jessica earned her BA in theater from the University of Scranton. She has also worked as the company manager for Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.

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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, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Fantasticks.

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DONORS 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 between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016.

“I can no other answer make but thanks.” Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene iii

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Make a Contribution Great Lakes Theater served more than 100,000 students and adults last year through its Hanna and Ohio Theatre mainstage productions and education programs throughout northeast Ohio. This would not have been possible without the annual support of the hundreds of generous donors listed below. Please join the Great Lakes Theater family by making a tax-deductible contribution to support Cleveland’s Classic Company. Visit the “Support Us” section of our website (GreatLakesTheater.org) or call us at (216) 453-4442 to learn more about our membership and donation programs.

Sponsors Company Sponsors $100,000 and above The Cleveland Foundation***

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture** Lead Sponsors $50,000 to $99,999 The David & Inez Myers Foundation*** Ohio Arts Council*** The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation***

The George Gund Foundation*** The Kulas Foundation*** The John P. Murphy Foundation***

Sponsors $25,000 to $49,999 The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The GAR Foundation*** The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation***

Season Sponsors:

PNC Foundation* The Reinberger Foundation***

Season Media Sponsors:

The Great Lakes Theater Business Alliance:

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*3 – 5 consecutive years as a donor **6 – 9 consecutive years as a donor ***10 or more consecutive years as a donor

THE LEGACY SOCIETY

Great Lakes Theater’s Legacy Society honors individuals, families, foundations and other generous donors that make gifts to Great Lakes Theater’s Endowment Fund or have made a provision for Great Lakes Theater through their estate plans.

Please consider becoming a member of the growing list of generous Great Lakes Theater Legacy Society supporters and help ensure that classic theater endures for future generations in northeast Ohio by designating Great Lakes Theater a beneficiary in your will, trust, or other estate plans.

“Evermore thanks.”

Marilyn* & Paul* Brentlinger Willard & Donna Carmel Mary* & Leigh Carter Natalie & Morton Epstein Edward S. Godleski Samuel S. Hartwell Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer Kate Lunsford Mary Anne* & Jack McGrath Janet & Bob Neary

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

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

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For more information regarding planned gifts, please contact Don Bernardo, Director of Development.

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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)

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

Chuck & Bonnie Abbey** Michelle R. Arendt*** Walt & Laura Avdey** Dalia & Robert Baker*** David & Carolyn Bialosky* Kim & Bart Bixenstine* Mitch & Liz Blair*** Glenn & Jenny Brown*** Mr. & Mrs. Homer D. W. Chisholm*** The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation*** Gail Cudak & Thomas Young*** Richard & Evelyn Dolejs* Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press* Charles, Lidia & Alexa Fee** Elizabeth Grove & Rich Bedell* Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings** Mary Elizabeth Huber William W. Jacobs*** Katie Kennedy & Doug White Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust*** MAP Royalty, Inc.** Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer*** Donald W. Morrison*** Nicholas & Sue Peay*** Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Peterman*** Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast*** Thomas A. Piraino & Barbara C. McWilliams** Prof. Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Betty Willis Ruben* Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ruhl*** Kim Sherwin** Steve Gariepy & Nancy Sin*** Brit & Kate Stenson*** Arthur L. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Wellener IV*** Robert & Emily Williams* Ms. Rebecca A. Zuti & Mr. Anthony D. DeCello**

Stratford Circle ($5,000 to $9,999) Bridgewater Associates, Inc.** The Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation*** Mr. Todd M. Burger & Ms. Kristie Beck Bill & Judie Caster* Barry & Suzanne Doggett*** Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill** Mr. & Mrs. Morton G. Epstein*** Ernst & Young, LLP*** Dianne V. Foley* The Harry K. & Emma R. Fox Foundation*** The Giant Eagle Foundation** Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell*** Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen** Diane Kathleen Hupp The Laub Foundation*** Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller*** David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse*** Laura & Alvin Siegal The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust**

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John & Laura Bertsch** H.F. & J.C. Burkhardt***

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP** Jack & Janice Campbell*** Beverly J. Coen* Carolyn & Charles Dickson*** Ms. Leslie C. Dickson* Mr. & Mrs. John Dunn Dr. Howard Epstein Leigh L. Fabens Mr. James Graham & Mr. David Dusek Henry G. Grendell* The Gries Family Foundation*** Drs. Thomas & Cynthia Gustaferro Virginia Hansen*** Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Heller Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.*** Faisal Khan & Angela DiCorleto Donna M. & Alex I. Koler Charlotte R. Kramer* John J. & JoAnn D. Lane* Ken & Mary Loparo*** Mr. & Mrs. William E. MacDonald III* Jack McGrath*** John J. Meiburger* Mr. & Mrs. John C. Morley*** Ms. Danielle M. Morris Ms. Karen Nemec** John & Norine Prim*** Ms. Ana G. Rodriguez Linda Schlageter*** Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph K. Schmeller* Sally J. Staley*** Diana & Eugene Stromberg*** Gerald F. Unger*** Mary C. Warren** Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. White* Julie Sabroff Willoughby Patrick M. Zohn*** John & Jane Zuzek*** *3-5 consecutive years as a donor. **6-9 consecutive years as a donor. *** 10 or more consecutive years as a donor.

Sustainers ($500 to $999)

Patrons ($250 to $499) The Thomas and Joann Adler Family Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland** Ms. Laura Aquila Ms. Nancy J. Arndt Mr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates** Fred & Mary Behm*** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Berges Jerry & Kathy Berkshire Roger Bielefeld Paul & Heather Blonsky Gary & Kay Bluhm** Bernice A. Bolek*** Tim & Cindy Carr*

Robert & Marti Vagi* Mr. & Mrs. James D. Vail** Carol Lee Vella* James L. Wagner** Mr. & Mrs. James L. Wamsley III Dr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Watts* Nancy-Anne Wargo* Mr. Matthew T. Wholey & Dr. Leland L. Metheny Mr. John Wiedemann & Ms. Pamela Schnellinger* Ms. Margaret E. Zellmer* Donald & Dorothy Zito

Associates ($125 to $249) Chuck & Maureen Adler Donna Beletic* Ms. Pamela Benson* John & Jeannene Bertosa** Susan Bobey** John Bolton** Ms. Dorothy F. Borer* Joanne R. Bratush*** Richard & Mary Ann Brockett James F. Brown Mike & Carole Brown* V. Elizabeth Brown** Larry & Andi Carlini** Jean McQuillan & Richard Christ*** John & Donna Clifford*** Rollin & Anne Conway** Douglas Court Stan & Lisa Corwin David & Gayle Cratty** Dr. Ben S. Curatolo Lowell & Carole Davis*** Chad & Andrea Deal** Marilyn P. Demeter*** Daniel & Joyce Dyer * Bob & Ginny Eckardt* Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg*** Howard P. Erlichman** Gene & Patricia Ewald Susan L. Fike*** Mary Eileen Fogarty*** David V. Foos** Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Frei** Deborah A. Geier*** Dr. Richard J. Goetsch John Greene* Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld** Michael & Suzanne Harris* Curt & Karen Henkle** Kathy & Jamie Hogg*** Clyde A. Horn*** Ron & Joanne Hulec*** Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson* Marilyn & Howard Karfeld*** Lauren Kawentel** Michael & Lynn Kleinman* Mr. Thomas Knox* Ursula Korneitchouk Fred & Joann Lafferty*** Leslie Lahr Jennifer & Robert Larson*

Mr.& Mrs. Brian Lawler* Ms. Carla Licastro and Mr. Jim Gallagher* Brian & Renee Lowery** Robert MacMurray* Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McDonald*** Jennifer & Peter Meckes* Rita C. McLaughlin* Nan Miller** Diane Moffett Toni & Linda Moore** Mr. D. Stephen Botorff & Ms. Patricia J. Moyer** Marion Murfey Robert & Margery Orth Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Patalon* Brian Perry & Ka Pi Hoh* Ms. Mary L. Pollak Andrew & Brenda Pongracz* Mr. & Mrs. Louis Pongracz** Ms. Betsy R. Quinn Ms. Lori Riga* Reinhold & Ginny Roedig*** Mr. & Mrs. James A. Saks** Donna Schuerger*** Doris A. Schultz** Richard Shirey Dr. Howard Simon* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Slavin** Mr. & Mrs. John Southworth* William E. Spatz** Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel*** Susan St. John** Katherine Stokes-Shafer Anita K. Stoll Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Sullivan** Mr. & Mrs. William W. Taft Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Tatman* Dr. & Mrs. Ken Tomecki** Dorothy Ann Turick Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard** Christine and Daniel Vento Mr. Kenneth Vinciquerra Ms. Kimberly A. Vivolo Raymond Voelker* Mrs. Betty S. Weiss** Bobby Withrow Thomas M. Wladyka James & Sandra Wood** John & Dianne Young

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Mrs. Al A. Archambault Mr. & Mrs. Glenn G. Anderson, Jr. Robyn & David Barrie*** Mr. Gary D. Benz & Ms. Betsy Karetnick Ms. Melanie Bingham Jeffrey Boecker & Susan Iler Bette Bonder & Patrick Bray** Steven & Sharon Broz* Beverly & Bruce Cameron* Donald & Annamarie Chick*** Mary Dolan & David Haracz James Eschmeyer*** Evans Charitable Foundation Dale Gabor Janet & Patricia Glaeser*** Ted & Nancy Goble Mr. & Mrs. Randall J. Gordon Gary & Joanna Graeff Mr. A. Allen Howell Kenneth Karosy*** Stewart & Donna Kohl Ms. Shirley Lanzieri Eva & Rudolf Linnebach* Rosa & Samuel Lobe Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Lynch*** Mark & Barbara Mazzone* Francis & Viola McDowell** Helen & Harry Mercer** David & Leslee Miraldi*** Mr. Ken Myles Deborah L. Neale*** Mr. & Mrs. William Osborne, Jr.*** Mr. John Rampe Thomas & Helen Rathburn** Robert & Linda Jenkins Naomi G. & Edwin Z. Singer Family Fund, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland** Gary & Jane Small Mr. Terry Szmagala Kathleen Turner*** Margaret & Loyal Wilson* Women’s Committee of Great Lakes Theater ***

Larry & Nancy Case Ms. Megan Casserlie* Mr. & Mrs. John Clarry Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Cooper* Brian Wynne & Patrick Cozzens* Bruce & Maryellen Cudney Audrey DeClement*** William Demboski Mr. & Mrs. Steve deMoulpied Ms. Anne B. DesRosiers & Mr. Stephen Kadish* Pete & Margaret Dobbins Mr. & Mrs. L. William Erb Ann & Harry Farmer Mr. Joseph A. Ferritto Catherine Fishbach Mary Ann & Joseph Fischer Ms. Michelle Frygier Chad & Ivy Gaizutis* Mr. & Ms. Patrick F. Gallagher Larry & Jean Gilbert* Ms. Michelle Goad Mr. Richard Goddard Gary & Frances Goins Ilona K. Gram* Douglas Gray Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Gray** Ms. Jackie Grimm Lee & Peter Haas Ms. Kathleen E. Hancock Ms. Brighid Hillmuth Rick Hoch Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr. Mr. Richard Hyde Robert & Linda Jenkins** Amy & Jeff Johnson Bernie & Nancy Karr*** Ms. Joylen J. Kent* Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kimmel** Charles King & Catherine Keating Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick*** James & Rosemary Koehler Ronald G. Kollar** Mr. Gene Kratus Jacob Kronenberg & Barbara Belovich** Stephen & Carolyn Kuerbitz Anne R. & Kenneth E. Love** Thomas & Sheryl Love The Mersol Family*** Mr. Salvatore Mileti Mary & Steve Mitchell*** Dale Sr., Dale Jr. & Gayle Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer M. Piper*** Mr. & Mrs. James M. Petras Michael & Paulette Poklar James & Susan Prince Dr. Edward J. Rockwood*** Mrs. Sharon M. Rogers** Otmar & Rota Sackerlotzky*** Jim & Joan Schaefer Mr. Jon Shaffer Ms. Laura Shaw Dr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Smith*** Albert Stratton** Bob Taylor & Jeff Herrmann Frank & Vicki Titas**

Friends ($75 to $124) Ms. Josephine B. Anderson Ms. Nancy M. Barnes Brian & Teresa Bester Elizabeth A. Billings Dr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser*** Phyliss M. Boggs Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton*** Carol Brenneman Mr. Stanley C. Brandt & Ms. Mary K. Whitmer*** Mr. & Mrs. Jim Britenbach Julia & Ben Brouhard* James F. Brown Barbara J. Burke* Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Charlick*

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Dr. & Mrs. Dale H. Cowan Samuel Cowling** Judith Darus* Shirley B. Dawson Chris & Mary Ann Deibel*** The DeMinico Family Donna Douglas*** Ms. Patricia R. Esposito Janice Evans* Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Field*** Laura & Donald Ford Mr. Bob Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Frey* Mr. & Mrs. Lou Galizio*** Greg & Gail Gibson*** Virginia T. Goetz Linda Grau Jean E. Gubbins** Marian Hancy** Ms. Charlene S. Harner Linda A. Heath Jean Heller* Ms. Eleanor W. Helper Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Hicks Frank & Gerry Hoffert** Mark & Lynn Hofflund* Ms. Sharon J. Hoppens Mary Immormino Chet & Greta Insolia* Marie Ivkanec Brittany Jackson Deb & Gar Kaminski Dennis Kelly* Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Kelley Mr. Gilbert P. Kenehan* Samuel C. Kennell William & Marion Kettering* Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Kozel*** Mr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Kruszka* Eleanor & Stephen Kushnick

Gregory Leach Ms. Linda V. Lefkovitz Gregory & Vickie Leyes* Morton & Lola Litt Ken & Mary Loparo Mr. & Mrs. John M. Lovett Gretchen Mates** Rev. Edward E. Mehok*** Antoinette Miller*** Frances Stewart & David Mook Tom & Mary Neff* Friends of Nordonia Hills Library Gerald Norton Fulton & Thea O’Donoghue Joan M. Oravec*** Meribeth Pannitto Lou M. Papes** Mr. & Mrs. Harold I. Pittaway III Mr. William Plesec Mr. Alan A. Pomiecko Maria Poulos Larry & Susan Rakow* Judy & Clifford Reeves** The Reinker Family*** Mr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen Ms. Jacqueline Y. Rhodes* Ms. Ellen Roberts Robinson Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland* Mark & Monica Schie Mrs. Lois Schneider Steve & Kathy Schultz* Linda Sebald Jeff & Beth Ann Sedam Randall & Sara Shaner Dr. Dave & Faye Sholiton* Mary Slowey Mr. James Smekal Alma L. Smith*

September 29, 2016 to January 8, 2017

Mr. & Mrs. Tony Smits Tom Wagner & Malinda Smyth* Darwin L. Steele *** Gail Stroud Ms. Elizabeth Swenson The Edward & Katherine Thomas Family Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Tyler, Jr. Carol A. Vidoli*** Adele Viguera Michael Wagner Rev. & Mrs. David M. Walker*** Mrs. Alice H. Webster Mr. & Mrs. Zach Wemple Sharon & Yoash Wiener*** Ms. Hope Wright Mr. A. Paul Ziegler Ruth & Sidney Zilber*** Arthur & Deborah Zinn

Gifts were received in honor of:

*3 – 5 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor

The Women’s Committee

**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.

Michelle R. Arendt Carol Barnak Robyn & David Barrie Jack & Janice Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Chernus Beverly J. Coen Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill Dianne V. Foley Ron & Joanne Hulec Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer Ms. Danielle M. Morris Janet & Bob Neary Rita Schneider & Sandra Beichler Sally J. Staley John & Dianne Young

Matching Gift Corporations ArcelorMittal Corning Incorporated Foundation Eaton Corporation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation IBM Corporation The Lubrizol Corporation PNC Foundation Nordson Corporation Foundation

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Kent State University Museum 515 Hilltop Dr. Kent, OH 44242

Discover more by visiting www.kent.edu/museum

Martha & Wayne Bifano Todd Krispinsky Lisa Ortenzi Sally Staley Diana & Gene Stromberg Bob Taylor & Jeff Herrmann

Gifts were received in memory of: Beverly Dilling Hildegard Gebhardt James O. Roberts

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 & at events, & 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

Every effort is made to ensure that our Donor records are current and correct. Please call the Development Office at (216) 4534442 with questions or to report updates and revisions.

TRUSTEES Chair

Thomas G. Stafford

President

Timothy J. Downing

Secretary

Kim Bixenstine

Treasurer Walter Avdey

Trustees

Mary J. Mayer John E. McGrath Leslie H. Moeller Danielle Morris Janet E. Neary Robert D. Neary Pamela G. Noble Michael J. Peterman Timothy K. Pistell David P. Porter Georgianna T. Roberts Ana G. Rodriguez Sally J. Staley Diana W. Stromberg Gerald F. Unger Thomas D. Warren Nancy Wellener Kevin M. White Julie Sabroff Willoughby

Patrick Zohn Rebecca A. Zuti

Life Trustees

Carolyn Dickson Barry Doggett Rudolph Garfield William MacDonald III Ellen Stirn Mavec John D. Schubert Peter Shimrak Laura Siegel

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 — 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 — 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 Leslie Dickson Carol Dolan Dr. Howard G. Epstein Natalie Epstein Dianne V. Foley Stephen H. Gariepy Elizabeth A. Grove Samuel Hartwell Mary Elizabeth Huber Diane Kathleen Hupp William W. Jacobs John E. Katzenmeyer Denise Horstman Keen Kathleen Kennedy Faisal Khan John W. Lebold

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

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Management Team 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 Development Manager............................Chris Fornadel Audience Engagement Coordinator........ Jeremy Lewis Assistant Production Manager......... Corrie E. Purdum Manager of Finance & Administration.....................................Stephanie Reed Donor Relations Associate...............Elizabeth Steward

Education Education Outreach Associate................David Hansen School Residency Program Actor-Teachers........................................... Luke Brett, Chennelle Bryant-Harris, Chelsea Cannon, DeLee Cooper, Khaki Hermann, Tim Keo, Shaun O’Neill, Will Sanborn

Wardrobe Supervisor..................... Colleen McLaughlin Wardrobe Crew............................................Zach Hickle, Mackenzie Malone, Ian Smith Wig Design...................................Mary Schilling-Martin Master Electrician.....................................Tammy Taylor Scenic Artist.................................................. Ruth Lohse Audio Supervisor.....................................Brian Chismar Dialect Coach................................Kathleen Pirkl Tague Stage Manager............................................. Tim Kinzel* Assistant Stage Manager.......................Jessica Lucas* Production Associate...................................Amy Essick Run Crew.................. Brian Chismar, Richard Haberlen, Gary Zsigrai Hanna Theatre Crew............Thomas Boddy, Chris Guy, Shaun Milligan, Nathan Tulenson

Volunteers

Trinity High School Intern......................Maxwell O’Neal

Special Thanks Arrow Video Baldwin Wallace University Costume Department 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.

Production Technical Director.......................................Mark Cytron Assistant Technical Director..........William Langenhop Master Carpenter.......................................Lindsay Loar Carpenter/Welder...............................Richard Haberlen Properties Master..............................Jessica Rosenlieb Assistant Props Master......................Bernadine Cockey Costume Shop Manager................. Esther M. Haberlen Assistant Shop Manager.................................Leah Loar

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SEPT./OCT. AT PLAYHOUSE SQUARE OUTCALT/ HELEN/ ALLEN ALLEN ALLEN Sunday

Monday

HANNA

KENNEDY’S

Tuesday

Yoga (11:15 am)

OHIO

Wednesday

Tai Chi (11 am)

CONNOR PALACE Thursday

STATE

US BANK WESTFIELD PLAZA STUDIO

Friday

SEPTEMBER

Saturday Summer Movie Series: Minions

Farmer’s Market (10:30 am) Take A Hike Tours (6:30 pm)

Cleveland Bazaar (10 am) Hoop Class (11 am)

Farmer’s Market (10:30 am) Take A Hike Tours (6:30 pm)

Cleveland Bazaar (10 am) Hoop Class (11 am)

Farmer’s Market (10:30 am) Take A Hike Tours (6:30 pm) Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

Hoop Class (11 am) All The Way Sonia Rodriguez: A Ballerina’s Legacy

Jersey Boys All The Way

Jersey Boys Black Violin All The Way My Fair Lady Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5

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4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Havana Cuba All-Stars

Yoga (11:15 am) Tai Chi (11 am) Carlos Jones and the Plus Band (5:30)

Jersey Boys All The Way

Jersey Boys All The Way

Jersey Boys All The Way My Fair Lady Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5

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All The Way

Peppa Pig Live!

All The Way

All The Way NeNe Leakes

OCTOBER

All The Way Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5 Twelfth Night

All The Way Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5 Twelfth Night

Fun Home All The Way Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5 Twelfth Night

Fun Home All The Way My Fair Lady Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5 Twelfth Night Jackie Evancho

Fun Home My Fair Lady Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5 Bianca Del Rio GroundWorks DanceTheater

Fun Home My Fair Lady Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5 Get The Led Out GroundWorks DanceTheater

Fun Home Twelfth Night Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5 Music Masters: Johnny Cash

Fun Home My Fair Lady Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5 Twelfth Night C.S. Lewis Onstage Sex With Strangers

My Fair Lady Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5 Sex With Strangers Mufaro’s/Daughters Southern Hip Hop Avenue Q

My Fair Lady Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5 Twelfth Night Sex With Strangers Mufaro’s/Daughters Avenue Q The Capitol Steps

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Fun Home All The Way Twelfth Night

Fun Home All The Way Love Jones The Musical

Fun Home All The Way My Fair Lady

Fun Home All The Way My Fair Lady Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5

Fun Home A Celebration of Dance & Music

Fun Home Twelfth Night

Fun Home My Fair Lady Lanford Wilson: TAKE 5

Fun Home

My Fair Lady C.S. Lewis Onstage Sex With Strangers Manh Transfer/Take 6

Sex With Strangers Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

Fun Home All The Way My Fair Lady

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Giada Valenti All The Way

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fun Home Twelfth Night

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Fun Home My Fair Lady Joan Baez

Fun Home My Fair Lady

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 My Fair Lady Sex With Strangers Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

My Fair Lady Sex With Strangers Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters Avenue Q

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Twelfth Night Sex With Strangers Mufaro’s/Daughters Avenue Q

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