Cleveland’s Classic Company at the Hanna Theatre presents
March 25 – April 10, 2022
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Welcome..................................................................................................................... 4 About Great Lakes Theater............................................................................................ 5 Much Ado About Nothing.............................................................................................. 7 Cast of Characters........................................................................................................ 8 Spotlight on Much Ado About Nothing........................................................................... 9 The Artistic Company................................................................................................. 18 Donors....................................................................................................................... 24 Trustees..................................................................................................................... 29 Staff.......................................................................................................................... 30 March/April 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 the second half of Great Lakes Theater’s 60th anniversary season! Our mission to bring the pleasure, power and relevance of 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 a glimpse of a broader world and the wellspring of learning made possible through the arts. After a short hiatus, we welcome everyone back to this momentous season with Shakespeare’s gorgeous, romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing, a sublime exploration of the power of deception and the dangerous consequences of rumors and falsehoods. It is difficult to express how grateful we are to be back on stage at the Hanna Theatre with Much Ado About Nothing after two years of uncertainty since our cancellation of the production in March 2020. It deeply moves us to have you in our audience today. Your patience, support and loyalty throughout these many months have sustained every member of our company. There’s more to come following Much Ado About Nothing! The curtain rises on the grand finale to our 60th season this April/May with the uproariously funny, romantic thriller, Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. This madcap, fast-paced show is a joyful reminder of the power of laughter and a fitting close to this anniversary season. With so much to celebrate in this milestone season, we especially wish to honor those who supported us over the two years we weathered this unparalleled storm. As you read 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 encourage you to join the Great Lakes Theater family with your gift. We extend our sincere gratitude to all of our sponsors and Annual Fund donor/members, with continued appreciation to our partners of 40 years at Playhouse Square and the tireless efforts of our Board of Trustees, dedicated administrative staff, gifted artists and the tremendous generosity of this community. We thank you for your patronage and hope to see you in our audience again soon.
Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director
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Bob Taylor Executive Director
ABOUT GREAT LAKES THEATER
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The company’s commitment to classic theater is magnified in the educational programming surrounding its productions. Since its inception, GLT has had a strong presence in area schools, bringing students to the theater for matinee performances and sending specially trained actor-teachers to the schools for weeklong residencies developed to explore classic drama from a theatrical point of view. GLT is equally dedicated to enhancing the theater experience for adult audiences. To this end, GLT regularly serves as the catalyst for community events and programs in the arts and humanities that illuminate the plays on its stage. Great Lakes Theater is one of only a handful of American theaters that have stayed the course as a classic theater. As GLT celebrates over a decade in its permanent home at the Hanna Theatre, the company reaffirms its belief in the power of partnership, its determination to make this community a better place in which to live and its commitment to ensure the legacy of classic theater in Cleveland.
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he mission of Great Lakes Theater (GLT), through its mainstage productions and its education programs, is to bring the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience. Since the company’s inception in 1962, programming has been rooted in Shakespeare, but GLT’s commitment to great plays spans the breadth of all cultures, forms of theater and time periods — including the 20th century — and provides for the occasional mounting of new works that complement the classical repertoire. Classic theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, revel in eloquent language, preserve the traditions of diverse cultures and generate communal spirit. On its mainstage and through its education programs, GLT seeks to create visceral, immediate experiences for participants, asserting theater’s historic role as a vehicle for advancing the common good and helping people make joyful and meaningful connections between classic plays and their own lives.
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Cleveland’s Classic Company AT THE HANNA THEATRE
presents...
2022/23 season SUBSCRIBE & SAVE BIG! The Delectable Musical Comedy
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS September 16 - October 9, 2022 / Hanna Theatre
Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman / Music by Alan Menken
The World’s Most Enduring Love Story
ROMEO & JULIET
October 21 - November 6, 2022 / Hanna Theatre By William Shakespeare
Northeast Ohio’s Favorite Holiday Tradition
A CHRISTMAS CAROL November 25 - December 23, 2022 / Mimi Ohio Theatre
By Charles Dickens / Adapted and originally directed by Gerald Freedman
A Delightfully Austen-tatious Romantic Comedy
SENSE & SENSIBILITY February 10 - March 5, 2023 / Hanna Theatre By Kate Hamill / Based on the novel by Jane Austen
An Enchanting Shakespearean Romantic Comedy
AS YOU LIKE IT March 24 - April 8, 2023 / Hanna Theatre By William Shakespeare
A Jazzy Musical Celebration of Fats Waller
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ April 28 - May 21, 2023 / Hanna Theatre
Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Murray Horwitz / Created and Originally Directed by Richard Maltby Jr. Original Choreography and Musical Staging by Arthur Faria / Musical Adaptations, Orchestrations, and Arrangements by Luther Henderson Vocal and Musical Concepts by Jeffrey Gutcheon / Musical Arrangements by Jeffrey Gutcheon and William Elliott
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Hanna Theatre | March 25 – April 10, 2022
Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director
With generous support from:
Arthur L. Thomas Presents
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTED BY
CHARLES FEE
Company
Laura Welsh Berg* Lynn Robert Berg* Kailey Boyle* Mateus Cardoso Domonique Champion* Aled Davies*
Jodi Dominick* Jeffrey C. Hawkins* Ricky Moyer James Alexander Rankin David Anthony Smith* Mia Soriano
Nick Steen* Kinza Surani M.A. Taylor* Boe Wank* Joe Wegner* Jerrell Williams
Scenic Designer Jeff Herrmann
Costume Designer Alex Jaeger
Lighting Designer Rick Martin
Sound Designer/Composer Matthew Webb
Movement Director Jaclyn Miller
Production Stage Manager Nicki Cathro*
Assistant Stage Manager Sarah Kelso*
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*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States Great Lakes Theater student subscriptions are subsidized by a generous gift from Eaton. Support for Great Lakes Theater education programs is generously provided by EY. (www.ey.com) There will be one fifteen-minute intermission. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS Leonato, Governor of Messina.........................................................David Anthony Smith* Hero, his daughter.......................................................................................Kailey Boyle* Beatrice, his niece.............................................................................. Laura Welsh Berg* Antonio, his brother, a priest.........................................................................Aled Davies* Waiting gentlewomen to Hero
Margaret........................................................ Mia Soriano Ursula...................................................... Jodi Dominick*
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Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon................................................................ Lynn Robert Berg* Don John, his brother....................................................................................Nick Steen* Count Claudio, a young lord from Florence..................................... Domonique Champion* Signior Benedick, a gentleman from Padua..........................................Jeffrey C. Hawkins* Borachio, a soldier......................................................................James Alexander Rankin Conrade, a soldier.................................................................................... Jerrell Williams Dogberry, Master Constable in Messina.......................................................... Joe Wegner* Verges, his partner....................................................................................... M.A. Taylor* Hugh Oatcake, member of the Watch.............................................................. Boe Wank* Georgia Seacoal, member of the Watch..........................................................Kinza Surani Watchmen.............................................................................................. Mateus Cardoso A Sexton.................................................................................................. Jodi Dominick* Musicians, Lords, Soldiers............................... Mateus Cardoso, Ricky Moyer, Mia Soriano, Kinza Surani, Boe Wank* * Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
An Uproarious Romantic Thriller
Cleveland’s Classic Company
Adapted by Patrick Barlow | From the novel by John Buchan From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock | Licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited And an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
Directed by Jaclyn Miller
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Playnotes: Much Ado About Nothing
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Woodcut celebrating the “Nine Days Wonder” of Will Kempe, who originated the role of Dogberry but left the Lord Chamberlain’s Men soon after. In February and March 1600, Kempe danced from London to Norwich over a period of nine days.
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599 was an eventful year in the professional life of the player William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Shakespeare helped to open a new theater, parted ways with a longtime collaborator, and penned accomplished plays in three different genres: Much Ado About Nothing, The Life of Henry the Fifth, and The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. He was 35 that year and working at full stride. Shakespeare had likely come to London from his native Stratford a decade earlier, quickly making his way into the theater world in the capital city. By 1592 he was already being mentioned as the envy of rival writers in a pamphlet entitled, Greenes, groats-worth of witte. Two years later, he had become a core shareholder in a theater company that formed, in 1594, under the patronage of Henry Carey, Queen Elizabeth’s cousin and Lord Chamberlain. By 1599 the Lord Chamberlain’s Men were successful enough that they were able to erect their own purpose-built playhouse, the Globe Theatre, on the south bank of the Thames River.
No record of the first performance of Much Ado About Nothing (ca. 1599) has survived. But the play is known to have been presented twice at the court of King James during the festivities that led up to the marriage of the king’s daughter Elizabeth to Frederick V, Elector Palatine, in 1613.
Pert and stylish, Mrs. Frances Abington stepped in as Beatrice opposite David Garrick’s celebrated Benedick at the end of his career in 1775.
The role of Beatrice has always attracted strong women players. Mrs. Hannah Pritchard was the first to play Beatrice opposite David Garrick at the Drury Lane in 1748. Though accounted the best Lady Macbeth of her generation, Mrs. Pritchard excelled at comedy and held her own against Garrick.
Two parameters provide an approximate date for Much Ado About Nothing. It had not yet been written, or at least performed, by September 7, 1598, when clergyman and schoolmaster Francis Meres entered his commonplace book, Palladis Tamia, for publication in the Stationers’ Register. Among various literary musings, Meres famously included a list of Shakespeare’s plays to date and declared that the up and coming writer’s work was “most excellent” in comedy and tragedy. Much Ado About Nothing was not mentioned. And yet the play had to have been performed before 1600. It featured the last known role that Shakespeare created for one of the “fan-favorites” of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Will Kempe. A master of broad physical comedy, Kempe also originated such roles as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Kempe’s name appeared in the stage directions in the First Quarto edition of Much Ado, sometimes in place of the name of his character, the Constable Dogberry. He had already made a name for
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Much Ado About Nothing was registered for publication on August 23, 1600, by a printer who later became a junior partner in the publication of Shakespeare’s collected works into the First Folio in 1623.
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Several members of the Kemble family portrayed Beatrice. Sarah Kemble Siddons played the role with success in 1779 but her preferred muse was tragic, and Beatrice never became a signature role. Sarah’s niece, Fanny Kemble, made an attractive impression as Beatrice in the 1820s and 1830s.
Fanny Kemble turned over her prompt books to Helen Faucit, who took over the role in 1836, when she was 19, and played Beatrice for 43 years—until her final performance in 1879.
As Helen Faucit was bowing out, Ellen Terry’s star was rising. Returning to the role several times between 1870 and 1903, she played a Beatrice of formidable intelligence.
himself with Leicester’s Men and Lord Strange’s Men, before he joined forces with the Lord Chamberlain’s Men as a core shareholder. Though he’d been involved in planning the move to the Globe Theatre, a falling out occurred and he may never have performed in the new house after it opened in fall 1599. In February and March of 1600, he was out on his own doing a solo celebrity stunt—dancing or “jigging” the distance from London to Norwich—more than 100 miles—in nine days. Booksellers Andrew Wise and William Aspley registered Much Ado About Nothing, along with Henry IV, Part 2, with the Stationers’ Company, on August 23, 1600. Circa 1600 Aspley was also printing au courant plays by a witty group of “frenemy” writers who were satirizing each other at that time in the so-called “War of the Theatres”: Ben Jonson, John Marston, and Thomas Dekker. A shrewd literary businessman, Aspley would leverage his rights to the two Shakespeare plays he co-published to become a junior partner in the publication of the First Folio compilation of Shakespeare’s works in 1623.
Much Ado About Nothing would have been an appealing, and even quintessential, Shakespearean property. The principal plotline of trickery, false accusations, and restoration of harmony is pinned to a pair of young lovers and played out in verse. It was the kind of story that fueled many a 16th-century Italian romance and found its way to Shakespeare through French and English translations. But Shakespeare embroidered the basic Italian romance tale with two comic plotlines of his own invention: the sparring and wooing of a more mature couple— Benedick and Beatrice—in the witty style of
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he primary plot of Much Ado About Nothing turns on the courtship and scandal involving young Hero and her suitor, Claudio, but the witty war of words between Claudio’s friend Benedick and Hero’s cousin Beatrice often takes center stage. Set in Messina, the play begins as Don Pedro’s army returns after a victory. Benedick, a gentleman soldier, resumes a verbal duel with Beatrice, the niece of Messina’s governor, Leonato. Count Claudio is smitten with Leonato’s daughter, Hero. After Don Pedro woos her in disguise for Claudio, the two young lovers plan to marry in a week. To fill in the time until the wedding, Don Pedro and
the others set about tricking Benedick and Beatrice into falling in love with each other. Meanwhile, Don Pedro’s disgruntled brother, Don John, plots to ruin Hero and halt her wedding. Claudio believes Don John’s deception, is convinced Hero has a lover, and, at the wedding, brutally rejects her. With Hero in hiding and falsely reported dead, Beatrice persuades Benedick to fight Claudio. Tragedy is averted when the bumbling city watch, having discovered Don John’s treachery, arrives and clears Hero’s name. With Claudio forgiven, both couples are ready to get married. — Folger Shakespeare Library
Spotlight on Much Ado About Nothing
Dame Judi Dench is just one of the many powerful women of the 20th century who rose to the challenge of Beatrice. Dench played opposite Donald Sinden in an acclaimed 1976 RSC production.
English writer John Lyly in Euphues: The Anatomy of Wyt, and the maladroit bumblings of an assemblage of English “clowns.” Both of the “English” plotlines are spun out in prose. Motifs of trickery and deception weave the plotlines together. The “nothing” of the play’s title can refer in a punning way to the act of “noting” or overhearing the gossip and rumor that nearly drive the young lovers apart and, almost absurdly, bring their older counterparts together. Flashes of many other Shakespeare plays— both comedies and tragedies—can be glimpsed in Much Ado About Nothing: Dogberry’s crew calls to mind Bottom’s “rude mechanicals” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Don John’s plot against the innocent Hero reverberates with the “motiveless malignity” of Iago, the false accusations against Desdemona, and the shocking cruelty of Othello. The “cursed” and shrewish Katharine in The Taming of the Shrew is a kindred spirit to Much Ado’s Beatrice. But the character of Beatrice holds a special place in Shakespeare’s work. She has no father to make decisions for her, to control, restrict or impede her. Her comic arc is driven by character, not by the conventional task of overcoming external obstacles. She and Benedick grow in knowledge of self and each other; they encounter each other honestly, as equals, and work together for a common end. The result is one of Shakespeare’s most satisfying and sparkling comedies.
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Through the Ages
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No evidence survives for the play’s debut performance ca. 1599, but after King James took over the patronage of Shakespeare’s company, the King’s Men were invited to perform Much Ado About Nothing at court during the winter before the marriage of the King’s daughter Elizabeth to Frederick V, Elector Palatine, which took place on February 14, 1613. The play was still popular in the 1640s, when Shakespeare eulogist Leonard Digges wrote, “[…] let but Beatrice / And Benedick be seen, lo in a trice / The Cockpit galleries, boxes, all are full.” However, after the Restoration and reopening of the theaters in 1660, the rights to Much Ado About Nothing were assigned to William Davenant. He merged it into a mashup with Measure for Measure, and Much Ado disappeared from view for almost a century. Actor-manager David Garrick first revived Much Ado About Nothing in 1748. He played Benedick throughout his life—opposite several Beatrices, including Mrs. Hannah Pritchard and Mrs. Frances Abington.
While not the first to revive the play, David Garrick, the legendary actor-manager, brought it into the limelight that it has enjoyed ever since. Garrick played Benedick all his life—for the first time in 1748 and for the last time in 1776.
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry were among the most evenly matched actors to play Benedick and Beatrice in the 19th century. They returned to the play several times between 1878 and 1902.
Actor-manager Henry Irving and Ellen Terry have been accounted one of the best matched as Benedick and Beatrice. They began playing the roles in the 1870s.
Like David Garrick, John Gielgud also made Benedick one of his signature roles. Between 1931 and 1959, he played the part numerous times, opposite Diana Wynyard, Peggy Ashcroft, and Margaret Leighton.
Benedick was one of John Gielgud’s signature roles. He returned to the role again and again from 1931 to 1959, when he played opposite Margaret Leighton at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.
Kenneth Branagh’s 1993 film version of Much Ado About Nothing was one of the most financially successful Shakespeare films ever released.
Great Lakes Theater has produced Much Ado About Nothing five times—once each during the tenures of artistic directors Arthur Lithgow (1964), Larry Carra (1973), and Vincent Dowling (1981), and twice during the tenure of Charles Fee (2002, 2013).
Two directors have helmed productions of Much Ado About Nothing during Charles Fee’s tenure. In 2002, Drew Barr delivered high energy interpretation with a South Pacific flavor.
During the Vincent Dowling era at Great Lakes Theater, Vincent’s daughter Bairbre and Holmes Osborne, shown here as Beatrice and Benedick in 1981, were frequent romantic comedy leads.
The late Dougfred Miller led the bumbling crew of watchmen as Dogberry in the 2013 iteration, directed by Sharon Ott.
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Kenneth Branagh brought the play to a wide audience with his 1993 film version, starring himself as Benedick, his then-wife Emma Thompson as Beatrice, Denzel Washington as Don Pedro, Keanu Reeves as Don John, Michael Keaton as Dogberry, and Kate Beckinsale in her film debut as Hero.
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From page to stage
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reat Lakes Theater has already presented Much Scenic designs by Jeff Herrmann Ado About Nothing twice since Charles Fee has been at the helm as producing artistic director. That’s not surprising since, as Fee confesses, “It’s my very favorite Shakespeare comedy.” But given his enthusiasm for this “perfect play,” it is all the more surprising that the current production marks his first time directing it for this company. He’s eager for its playful challenges and for the “spectacular” roles that the play provides for the acting company. While the play wields the conventional trappings of a romantic comedy—the obstacles, disguises, and mistaken identities—what really resonates for Fee is its authenticity, its “depth of expression, of relationships, of character. There’s so much to explore.” As he observes, “The young lovers don’t know anything about each other. They have no experience of love, of each other. They don’t know what they can believe about each other. They’re easily manipulated by false information—today’s ‘fake news.’ In contrast, Beatrice and Benedick have a past history. They already ‘know’ each other. They’re also tricked, but they’re not naïve. They fall in love by learning the truth of each other.” Fee is particularly intrigued with the fact that Beatrice accomplishes in her own person what many other Shakespeare heroines can only accomplish while disguised as a man. “She’s autonomous. And as a woman without parents, she has so much more freedom in her cultural context.” Seeking a time period that could accommodate and encapsulate that emerging sense of freedom for women, Fee was attracted to the 1920s. He tasked set designer Jeff Herrmann with creating a scenic environment that retained the play’s Italian setting but reimagined it within a 20th-century context. They decided that a bright color palette—and an abundance of lush bou-
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gainvillea flowers—would capture the physical sensation of the sunny south of Italy at the same time that it could embody a postwar sense of release, a longing for carefree fun. “The men are soldiers, coming home from a war they recently won,” says Herrmann. “Now love is in the air.” The play goes to a dark place for a time, when the connection between the young lovers is all but destroyed. In a way that parallels their journey from light through darkness and back to light again, stage lighting is another tool that can help to transform the color palette and in turn to restore it. Consistent with the play’s overall comic spirit, Fee has asked that the production’s scenic environment deliver the possibility for playfulness. Physical comedy requires a fast pace. “We’re providing lots of ways for the actors to get on and off stage quickly,” Herrmann promises. He articulates his task by asking a series of questions, “How can we use the set physically to allow actors to hide, eavesdrop, make asides? What can we turn or change physically to create other locations when we need them? And how can we make those changes in fun and surprising ways?” Playful energy, director and designer agree, is the paramount goal.
Costume design by Alex Jaeger, featuring Beatrice, Benedick and Dogberry (shown clockwise from top left)
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Laura Welsh Berg* Beatrice ✶ Sixteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater Laura is thrilled to be returning to the Hanna Theatre, and to finally be bringing this production of Much Ado to life! Past credits with GLT include Hamlet, Julius Caesar (Cassius), Pride and Prejudice (Lizzie), Mamma Mia! (Rosie), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Rosaline), And Then There Were None (Vera), Macbeth (Witch), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Mistress Ford). She has a BA in theater from Baldwin Wallace University, and an MFA in acting from the theater school at DePaul. She is currently an associate professor of acting and directing at Colorado Mesa University, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. ✶ Ms. Kimberley Barton Lynn Robert Berg* Don Pedro Twenty seasons with Great Lakes Theater
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Credits include Scrooge (A Christmas Carol), Brutus (Julius Caesar), the title roles of Macbeth and Richard III, Charlie Cowell (The Music Man), The Ghost and Player King (Hamlet), Zoltan Karpathy (My Fair Lady), Gremio (Taming of the Shrew), Malvolio (Twelfth Night) and Frank Ford (Merry Wives of Windsor). Other credits include Don Armado (Love’s Labour’s Lost), Watson (Hound of the Baskervilles), and Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival; Hucklebee (The Fantasticks), Mayhew (Witness for the Prosecution), Friar Laurence (Romeo and Juliet) Jonas Fogg (Sweeney Todd) Polixenes (The Winter’s Tale) at Idaho Shakespeare Festival; and Short Shakespeare Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. MFA from the University of Delaware Professional Theater Training Program.
Kailey Boyle* Hero Three seasons with Great Lakes Theater Previous GLT shows include Pride and Prejudice, Mamma Mia! and The Music Man. Other favorites include Lauren in Kinky Boots (Baldwin Wallace), Martha in The Secret Garden (New London Barn Playhouse) and Lizzie Borden in Lizzie (Playhouse Square). Kailey was seen in The Cleveland Orchestra’s South Pacific in Concert as Nellie Forbush at Blossom Music Festival. NYC-based, born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, she is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music. Mateus Cardoso Third Watch, Ensemble Debut season with Great Lakes Theater Mateus has been in professional regional productions across northeast Ohio, including the world premiere of Heartbreakers in Hell at Rubber City Theatre and the world premiere of Monster on the Lawn at Beck Center, as well as some productions at Baldwin Wallace University, where he studies musical theater. Domonique Champion* Claudio Debut season with Great Lakes Theater Domonique was last seen in GLT’s The Tempest as Ferdinand and A Christmas Carol as Christmas Past. Select classical credits include Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Prince Hal in Henry IV Part One and Master Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor; Texas Shakespeare Festival: Borachio in Much Ado About Nothing, Brakenbury in Richard III and Bellerose in Cyrano de Bergerac; Shakespeare Walla Walla: Salanio/Prince of Morocco in Merchant of ✶ Thank you to our Character Sponsors for their generous support of the Great Lakes Theater artistic company.
Venice. Select Houston credits include Catastrophic Theatre: Reverend Benson, et. al in BootyCandy; Thunderclap Productions: Gregory in From White Plains; and Black Lab Theatre Co.: Johnson in Really Really. Domonique earned a BFA from the University of Houston. “Do everything in love.” Aled Davies* Father Antonio Twenty-one seasons with Great Lakes Theater
Jodi Dominick* Ursula/Sexton Thirteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater Previous shows include Witness for the Prosecution, The Music Man, Mamma Mia!, Julius Caesar, Wait Until Dark, Les Misérables, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sweeney Todd, The Mousetrap, Cabaret, Into the Woods, Twelfth Night, An Ideal Husband, The Imaginary Invalid, My Fair Lady, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Richard III and The Tempest. Jodi has spent 11 seasons at The Idaho Shakespeare Festival, GLT’s sister company. Other theaters include New World Stages, Hudson Backstage Theater, Beck Center, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Hayworth Theatre, Dobama Theatre and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Jodi is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music.
Favorite GLT roles include Milo (Sleuth), Mortimer (The Fantasticks), Hysterium (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Reverend Hale (The Crucible), “Jeffrey” (Complete Works of Shakespeare). OffBroadway productions include Three Wise Guys, Beyond Therapy, Three Men on a Horse, Memorandum and Incident at Vichy. Regional productions include Inherit the Wind, Wait Until Dark, Mousetrap (REP) Book Club Play (Cincinnati Playhouse), Doubt (Flatrock Playhouse), Peter and the Starcatcher, Fall of Heaven (Rep Theatre STL) Romeo and Juliet, She Stoops to Conquer, Cymbeline (Idaho Shakespeare) Hound of the Baskervilles (Tahoe Shakespeare) and Boeing Boeing, (Delaware Theatre). Camera work includes some movies and TV and most titles for Rockstar Games. Jeffrey is a graduate of PCPA, and received his MFA at the University of Delaware. ✶ Dr. Lori Koethe & Dr. James Chapple Ricky Moyer Ensemble Debut season with Great Lakes Theater
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Previous roles for Great Lakes include Mr. Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol, Prospero in The Tempest, Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC in Witness for the Prosecution, Seyton The Porter in Macbeth, The Gravedigger in Hamlet, Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady, The Old Actor in The Fantasticks, Scrooge/Samuels in A Christmas Carol, King Lear in King Lear, John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 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 and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. A proud and appreciative member of Actors’ Equity since 1984.
Jeffrey C. Hawkins* Benedick ✶ Eight seasons with Great Lakes Theater
Previous shows include American Idiot, Disaster!, Hello Dolly!, Kinky Boots, The Addams Family (Weathervane Theatre); Into the Woods, Spring Awakening (Baldwin Wallace University) and A Christmas Carol (Great Lakes Theater). Love to Mom, Dad and Meghan, and thanks to Vicky Bussert and the GLT team for the opportunity! James Alexander Rankin Borachio Seven seasons with Great Lakes Theater James is floored to have the opportunity to step on GLT’s mainstage and is deeply grateful. He has ✶ Thank you to our Character Sponsors for their generous support of the Great Lakes Theater artistic company.
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worked with Great Lakes’ educational outreach tours since 2012. A local EMC actor, James is a proud member of the Northeast Ohio community. Recent work includes King Lear with Beck Center and Small Engine Repair with None Too Fragile. Upcoming work includes Our Country’s Good with Seat of the Pants and Venus in Fur with None Too Fragile. James has also worked at other theaters including Dobama Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, French Creek and Convergence Continuum. He would like to thank his family, David H, Lisa O and Robert E. Enjoy. David Anthony Smith* Leonato Nineteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater Roles at GLT include Andrew Wyke in Sleuth, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Iago in Othello, Sergius in Arms and the Man and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. David has spent 20 seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival where he has appeared in over 50 productions, including the title role in Henry V. Other theaters include The Old Globe, Laguna Playhouse, South Coast Rep and the Shakespeare festivals of Utah, Colorado, Rhode Island, Nevada and Lake Tahoe. In addition to numerous television appearances, David has starred in four feature films: The Hanoi Hilton, Terror in Paradise, Field of Fire and Judgment Day. Mia Soriano Margaret Debut season with Great Lakes Theater
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They have recently been in Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife understudy), Spring Awakening (Ensemble/Martha understudy) and Kinky Boots (Ensemble). She has also been seen regionally in B.A.R.S. (swing) at Playhouse Square, Lizzie (Emma understudy) at Beck Center; The Tempest (Gonzalo understudy), and A Christmas Carol (swing) at Great Lakes Theater. Their first movie, Wormwood Falling, produced by Shreek Theater in Cleveland, is premiering in 2022. Mia is currently studying music theater at Baldwin Wallace University. @miasoriano_
Nick Steen* Don John Nine seasons with Great Lakes Theater Previous roles with the company include Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, Macduff in Macbeth, Caliban in The Tempest, Laertes in Hamlet, Lombard in And Then There Were None and Clifford in Deathtrap. Nick holds a BFA from the University of Evansville, and a MFA from the American Conservatory Theater. He’s also a voice actor whose work can be heard on Hulu and Spotify. Nick has endless gratitude for his family and for his love, Nicki. <4 you, my gorgeous fish! For more check out www.NickSteen.com Kinza Surani Georgia Seacole Debut season with Great Lakes Theater Kinza is a rising senior at Baldwin Wallace University, and she is thrilled to be joining Great Lakes Theater! Previous credits include Minnie (Hello Dolly!), Miranda (understudy in The Tempest), Whatshername (American Idiot), Jackie (Traci understudy in Disaster!), Morticia (Ancestor understudy in The Addams Family), Lauren (Factory Worker understudy in Kinky Boots) and Stepmother (Into the Woods). She has previously performed at Baldwin Wallace University and Weathervane Theater, and was featured as Perri in Playhouse Square’s virtual improv show, B.A.R.S. Special thanks to her family and friends, and she hopes you enjoy one of her favorite shows! M.A. Taylor* Verges Nineteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater M.A. is thankful to return to the magnificent Hanna Theatre, and was previously seen in A Christmas Carol (Charity Man, Old Joe), Witness for the Prosecution (Carter, Dr. Wyatt), Julius Caesar (Calpurnius), Macbeth (Murderer), A Midsummer’s Night Dream (Puck), Hamlet (Reynaldo) and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Sir
Nathaniel). Favorite roles include My Fair Lady (Doolittle), Sweeney Todd (Beadle Bamford), And Then There Were None (Rogers), Much Ado About Nothing (Verges) and Complete Works (all seven times). Other companies include Resident Ensemble Players and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. MFA from University of Delaware Professional Theater Training Program. Special thanks to his Families (Genetic & Professional), Sweet Dougie & Kathryn. Boe Wank* Hugh Oatcake/Ensemble Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater
Joe Wegner* Dogberry Two seasons with Great Lakes Theater Off-Broadway credits include Judgment Day (world premiere, Park Avenue Armory). Regional theater credits include The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew (Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival), Archduke (world premiere, Center Theater Group), Guys and Dolls, A Wrinkle in Time (world premiere), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Very Merry Wives of Windsor Iowa, Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land, Romeo and Juliet (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Guys and Dolls (Wallis Annenberg Center), The School for Lies (Arkansas Repertory
Jerrell Williams Conrade Debut season with Great Lakes Theater Jerrell Williams is a veteran, martial artist, dancer and actor from Birmingham, Alabama. After returning from his deployment to Kyrgyzstan in 2014, he began studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and it was there that he found his love for acting and stage combat. Although this will be his first time working with GLT, he worked with Idaho Shakespeare Festival in 2020 as part of their Shakespearience tour of Richard III and has been looking forward to working with ISF and GLT since.
Understudies Isacc Baumann, Luke Brett, Jack Brudos, Abbie Donnellan, Kenzie Hall, Adam Kirk, Jasmyn Molaei, De’Aja Mon’e, Christie Spessard, Nick Steen*. MA Taylor*, Nathan Wasinski
Directors Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director/ Much Ado About Nothing Director Twenty seasons with Great Lakes Theater Directing credits at GLT: Sleuth, Witness for the Prosecution, A Christmas Carol, Misery, Macbeth, Hamlet, And Then There Were None, Dial “M” for Murder, Deathtrap, Blithe Spirit, Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hay Fever, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arms and the Man and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). Charles holds a unique position in the American theater as producing artistic director of three independently operated, professional theater companies: Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland, Ohio (since 2002); Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho (since 1991) and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival in
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Boe is overjoyed to return to Great Lakes Theater after 2019’s Julius Caesar and screaming the high notes in The Music Man (Quartet, Jacey Squires). National tours include Kathleen Marshall’s Tony Award-winning revival of Anything Goes. Favorite regional credits include Disney’s Beauty and The Beast (LeFou) A Chorus Line (Mike), Singin’ In The Rain (Cosmo), All Shook Up (Dean Hyde), Little Women: The Musical (Laurie), Jesus Christ Superstar, Oklahoma!, Legally Blonde and 42nd Street. Proud BWMT alum, big brother, and Brooklynite. All gratitude and love to Vicky, Charlie, Sara, Jackie, the entire Great Lakes Theater family, and above all else, my family. @boink_90
Theatre), In the Blood (Mixed Blood Theatre). TV/Film credits include Tales of the City (Netflix). Education: BFA, Southern Oregon University www.joewegner.net
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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 BA 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! Jaclyn Miller Associate Artist/Movement Director Five seasons with Great Lakes Theater
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Choreography/Movement credit for GLT includes The Tempest, The Music Man, Julius Caesar, Mamma Mia!, The Taming of the Shrew, Pride and Prejudice and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Regional credits include Oregon Shakespeare Festival (It’s Christmas, Carol!, Hairspray, Alice in Wonderland, Book of Will, Shakespeare in Love, Twelfth Night, Yeoman of Guard, Fingersmith world premiere, The Cocoanuts and My Fair Lady), South Coast Rep (She Loves Me), Arizona Theatre Company (Cabaret), Guthrie Theatre (The Cocoanuts) and Baltimore Center Stage (Fun Home). Additionally, Jaclyn has worked as an associate director and/ or choreographer around the country in theaters that include Arena Stage, Kirk Douglas Theatre,
Ogunquit Playhouse, Portland Opera, Berkshire Theatre Festival and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma.
Designers Jeff Herrmann Scenic Designer Sixteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater Selected designs for GLT include The Music Man, Mamma Mia!, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Bat Boy, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Cabaret, The Secret Garden, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables and My Fair Lady, all joint productions with Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Other ISF productions include I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; The Spitfire Grill and Little Shop of Horrors. Jeff is the chair of theatre and dance and resident scene designer at Baldwin Wallace University. He holds an MFA in scene and lighting design from Southern Illinois University and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. Alex Jaeger Costume Designer Four seasons with Great Lakes Theater Alex has designed Deathtrap, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew and Misery. Other credits include The Public Theater, The Guthrie, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theater, A.C.T. in San Francisco, South Coast Repertory, Geffen Playhouse, The Theatre @ Boston Court, The Studio D.C., Magic Theatre San Francisco, Pioneer Theatre in Salt Lake City, Indiana Repertory and The Children’s Theater Company in Minneapolis. Alex has received many awards, including two Ovation Awards, one Gregory, four Backstage Garlands and two Drama-Logue awards. He has a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, and an MFA in costume design from UCLA. See more at www.alexjaegerdesign.com Rick Martin Lighting Designer Nineteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater Many productions with GLT include Julius Caesar, The Tempest and Hamlet. Operas include Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte (La Monnaie, Brussels – scenery), Mitridate, Re di Ponto (La Monnaie, Brussels – scenery and lighting), Le Diable dans le beffroi,
La Chute de la Maison Usher (Opéra national de Paris – scenery and lighting) and BUTTERFLY d’après Madama Butterfly de Puccini (Opera de Limoges and Opera de Rouen, France - lighting). Concerts include Harawi (Opèra Comique, Paris – scenery and lighting) and Le martyre de Saint Sèbastien (Citè de la Musique, Paris). Coming up: Rusalka (Avignon, Marseilles and Nice, France – lighting) Rick is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE. Matthew Webb Sound Designer/Composer Sixteen seasons with Great Lakes Theater
Playwright William Shakespeare ✶ Other productions at GLT: All’s Well That Ends Well, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Hamlet, Henry IV, Part I, Henry IV, Part II, Henry V, Henry VI, Part I, Julius Caesar, King John, King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Richard II, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and The Winter’s Tale. ✶ J anet E. Neary ✶T homas G. & Ruth M. Stafford ✶T hank you to our Playwright Sponsors for their generous support of the Great Lakes Theater artistic company.
Nicki Cathro* Production Stage Manager Six seasons with Great Lakes Theater Previously, Nicki has worked as the production stage manager for A Christmas Carol, The Tempest, and Julius Caesar; and has been the assistant stage manager for Sleuth, The Music Man, Witness for the Prosecution, Misery, Macbeth, and Pride and Prejudice. Nicki has also been Production Assistant for Hamlet, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Other theater work includes ASM at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. Nicki earned her BFA in radio, television and film from the University of North Texas, and is a proud member of AEA. She is overjoyed to be back in the theater with her husband and friends. Sarah Kelso* Assistant Stage Manager Five seasons with Great Lakes Theater Previous shows include Sleuth, Million Dollar Quartet, Beehive the ’60s Musical, A Christmas Carol, Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet. Eleven seasons with Idaho Shakespeare Festival include Sleuth, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Million Dollar Quartet, Beehive the ’60s Musical, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Forever Plaid, The Fantasticks and Steel Magnolias. Ten seasons with Boise Contemporary Theater include The Wolves, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, With Love and a Major Organ, Good Bitch Goes Down, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and A Skull in Connemara. Sarah is a graduate of Boise State University, Department of Theatre Arts.
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Matthew is music director for music theater at Baldwin Wallace University. Previous Great Lakes Theater sound designs include The Tempest, A Christmas Carol (Radio Play), Julius Caesar, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth and Hamlet. As music director, credits include The Music Man, Mamma Mia!, The Fantasticks, Sweeney Todd, Guys & Dolls, Sondheim on Sondheim, Cabaret, Bat Boy, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Credits elsewhere include Into the Woods and Kinky Boots (Baldwin Wallace University), Be More Chill and Lizzie (Playhouse Square), Scottsboro Boys and Once (Beck Center) and Hair (Cain Park and Kent State). Many thanks to Charlie, Sara, and his incredible parents, Carol and Jerry.
Stage Management
Amy Essick Assistant Stage Manager Eight seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previous GLT Assistant Stage Manager/PA credits include: Sleuth, Julius Caesar, Million Dollar Quartet, Mamma Mia!, Beehive: The 60’s Musical, Forever Plaid, Wait Until Dark, Twelfth Night, The Fantasticks, And Then There Were None, The Secret Garden, A Christmas Carol, Les Misérables, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. She is also the Company Manager for GLT & the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. Love to all my family and friends and thank you for all of the support!
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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 to our Annual Fund between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. “I can no other answer make but thanks.” Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene iii
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Make a Contribution Great Lakes Theater serves more than 100,000 students and adults annually through its Hanna and Mimi Ohio Theatre mainstage productions and education programs throughout Northeast Ohio. Please consider joining the Great Lakes Theater family by making a gift to support Cleveland’s Classic Company. To learn more about our Membership and gift-giving opportunities, please visit the “Support” section of our website (GreatLakesTheater.org) or contact Jeremy Lewis, Development & Donor Relations Manager at (216) 453-4457 or jlewis@greatlakestheater.org.
$100,000 and above Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation
The George Gund Foundation Kulas Foundation
John P. Murphy Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
$50,000 to $99,999 David and Inez Myers Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
$25,000 to $49,999 Community Foundation of Lorain County
The Reinberger Foundation
The National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
Shakespeare in American Communities: National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest
“Intermission” Ticket Donors
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Over 800 patrons generously donated the value of their tickets back to support Great Lakes Theater during pandemic-related disruptions to our 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. This vital “intermission” support has enabled us to raise our curtain once again. We are truly grateful! Scan the QR code to check out the full list of donors online.
THE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY Annual Fund donors of $1,000 and above are members of Great Lakes Theater’s “Shakespeare Society” and are entitled to exclusive benefits, including access to special services, events, and opportunities to connect deeply with Cleveland’s Classic Company. To learn more, contact Jeremy Lewis at (216) 453-4457 or jlewis@greatlakestheater.org.
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The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Eaton The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation The Family of Jill Hearey Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Robert° & Janet Neary Don & Anne Palmer Georgianna T. Roberts The Shubert Foundation Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford The Stocker Foundation The Treu-Mart Fund, a supporting organization of The Cleveland Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Cleveland The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust Robert C. & Emily C. Williams
Michelle R. Arendt Walt & Laura Avdey Carol A. Barnak Gina L. Beebe Kim & Bart Bixenstine Mr. Todd M. Burger & Ms. Kristie Beck Glenn R. & Jeanette G. Brown Homer Chisholm and Gertrube Kalnow Chisholm Fund George A. M. & Heather Currall Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press Charles, Lidia & Alexa Fee Dianne V. Foley Lynn M. Gattozzi & Glenn Myers Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Hall III Mary Elizabeth Huber Faisal Khan & Angela DiCorleto Mr. & Mrs. John J. Lane, Jr. The Laub Foundation Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust Susan & John Lebold The Lubrizol Foundation Rita & Charles Maimbourg David & Denise Maiorana Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer Jack E. McGrath Karen Nemec Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast Michael & Barbara Peterman Ms. Ana G. Rodriguez Kim Sherwin Sally J. Staley A.J. & Nancy Stokes Geoff & Catherine Tanner Kris & George Tesar Arthur L. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Wellener IV
$5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous (1) Chuck & Bonnie Abbey Dalia & Robert Baker Fred & Mary Behm Bill & Judie Caster Gail Cudak Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill Evelyn Dolejs Natalie Epstein Ernst & Young, LLP The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Foundation Glenmede Trust Company Elizabeth Grove & Rich Bedell Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell Diane Kathleen Hupp Paul R. Keen & Denise Horstman Keen Thomas A. Piraino & Barbara C. McWilliams Tim & Lynn Pistell Greg Pribulsky & Donna Heinz John & Barbara Schubert
$1,000 to $2,499 Anonymous (3) Gary D Benz & Betsy A Karetnick Mitch & Liz Blair Mr. Kip T. Bollin & Catherine Bollin Matthew Burke & Victoria Sistek Jack & Janice Campbell
Donald & Annamarie Chick Christopher & Nancy Coburn Mrs. Anthea Daniels & Mr. Matthew Burke Eva & Larry Dolan Rebecca Dunn Dr. Howard Epstein Evans Charitable Foundation Steve Gariepy & Nancy Sin The Giant Eagle Foundation Rich & Barbara Gray The Gries Family Foundation Geoffrey Michael Heller Memorial Fund Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Hicks Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. Katie Kennedy & Doug White Donna M. Koler The Milton A. & Charlotte R. Kramer Charitable Foundation Ms. Cathy Lincoln Eva & Rudolf Linnebach Ken & Mary Loparo Mr. & Mrs. John S. Lupo Mr. & Mrs. William E. MacDonald III Katie McVoy & Justin Cernansky Nordson Corporation Foundation Michael Novak The Perkins Charitable Foundation M.B. Perkins Donor Advised Fund Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer M. Piper John & Norine Prim Uma & Lilena Rajeshwar Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Rosen Otmar & Rota Sackerlotzky Linda Schlageter The Sherwin-Williams Company Christopher & Gail Steward Katherine Stokes-Shafer The Alvah Stone & Adele Corning Chisholm Memorial Fund Diana & Eugene Stromberg Mr. Frederick & Mrs. Elizabeth G. Stueber James L. Wagner Nancy-Anne Wargo Mary C. Warren ° Deceased
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Welcome! The following individuals made their first gift, returned as active donors or
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increased their gift to Great Lakes Theater’s Annual Fund during the period of July 1, 2021 through February 2, 2022. The Great Lakes Theater family is grateful for your support! Anonymous (3) Beth A. Adams Mary S. Baker Cheryl Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates Fred & Mary Behm Mr. & Mrs. David R. Blackman Mitch & Liz Blair Dr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser Gary & Kay Bluhm Ms. Dorothy F. Borer Joanne R. Bratush Mike & Carole Brown V. Elizabeth Brown Gary Ciolli Joanne Clifford John & Donna Clifford Jim & Berni Cockey Gilbert & Lisa Corwin Daniel Divis Mrs. Mary Helen Doherty John & Maryann Doucette Rebecca Dunn Mr. Theodore Elrick Clyde & Janice Evans Gene & Patricia Ewald Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Fairchild Jon & Mary Fancher Fifth Third Bank Mr. & Mrs. Fishwick David V. Foos
$750 to $999 Robyn & David Barrie John & Laura Bertsch Barry & Suzanne Doggett Gary & Joanna Graeff Dr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Smith
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Anonymous Ms. Carol Arbaczewski Joanne R. Bratush Julia & Ben Brouhard Patricia Brownell & James Collins Beverly & Bruce Cameron Bruce & Maryellen Cudney Audrey DeClement Jennifer Dowdell Armstrong Ms. Charlotte A. Estafen Ann & Harry Farmer Mr. Joseph Ferritto
Dr. J. Robert & Carol A. Fowler Bill & Terri Frey Carla & Jim Gallagher James Graham & David Dusek Richard & Jo Anne Harris Iris & Tom Harvie Debra & Tom Hayes Elizabeth Hecht & Peter Savoy Curt & Karen Henkle Mrs. Edith Hirsch Lynn & Mark Hofflund Gary Nemeth & Gail Jones-Nemeth Ms. Catherine M. Kilbane & Mr. Donald H. Bullock Charles King & Catherine Keating James & Rosemary Koehler Ursula Korneitchouk Jacob Kronenberg & Barbara Belovich Stephen & Carolyn Kuerbitz Mike Kupiec & Pat Murphy Chris & Laura Larson The Laub Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Brian Lawler Daniel Leschnik James & Tayna Lewan Jeremy Lewis & Daniel Napolitano Timothy Liston Dale & Linda Gabor Bernie & Nancy Karr Eileen Kennedy & Greg Cloyd Bill & Susan Kirchner Jim & Paula Lang Barbara & Mark Mazzone Helen & Harry Mercer David & Leslee Miraldi Roy & Cindy Moore Toni & Linda Moore Ms. Barbara B. O’Connor Thomas & Helen Rathburn Mrs. Sharon L. Rogers Dina & Richard Schoonmaker Jack & Terry Southworth Albert Stratton Wulf & Moira Utian Chris & Mary Weaver Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Williams Brian Wynne & Patrick Cozzens Mr. Lee C. Zeiszler John & Jane Zuzek
Christie Lucco & Michael Devlin Kenneth & Joan MacGillivray Jean McQuillan Jennifer & Peter Meckes Roy & Cindy Moore Mr. & Mrs. John C. Morley The Music and Drama Club Ms. Barbara H. Nahra The Nord Family Foundation Nordson Corporation Foundation Ms. Brenda Norton Mr. Gerald Norton The NRP Group LLC Barbara B. O'Connor Lou M. Papes Brian Perry & Ka Pi Hoh Frederick Perry Mr. & Mrs. Harold I. Pittaway III John & Norine Prim James & Susan Prince John & Betsy Quinn Tom & Helen Rathburn Frank Rausche Rick & Paula Reed Mr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen Robinson Family Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Ms. Ana G. Rodriguez Bryan Salisbury John & Barbara Schubert Doris A. Schultz Randall & Sara Shaner Rex & Judy Stanforth A.J. & Nancy Stokes Anita Stoll & Pete Clapham Jeffrey Tasse Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Tatman The Alvah Stone & Adele Corning Chisholm Memorial Fund Karl & Carol Theil Arthur L. Thomas Frank & Vicki Titas Lori Trehan U.S. Bank Dr. Joanne M. Uniatowski Ken Vinciquerra & Louise Acheson Kimberly Vivolo Natalie & James Vloedman Mr. & Mrs. Harold L. Williams Ms. Jean Wingate Juliet Zavesky Zilber Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland John & Jane Zuzek
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Larry & Joy Kent Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick Michael & Lynn Kleinman Ronald G. Kollar Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Kozel Stephen & Carolyn Kuerbitz Robert & Jennifer Larson Mr. & Mrs. Brian Lawler Daniel Leschnik Kenneth E. & Anne R. Love Thomas & Sheryl Love The Mersol Family Steve Z. & Mary Gibbs Mitchell Glenn & Susan Morley Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Patalon Ms. Diane L. Pauley Jeff & Nancy Reinhart Dr. Edward J. Rockwood The Schaum Family Mr. & Mrs. James L. Wamsley III Dr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Watts John & Dianne Young Ms. Rachel Zbiegien
Anonymous (2) Ms. Louise Acheson The Thomas and Joann Adler Family Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Bill Amato Mrs. Kathryn Berkshire John & Jeannene Bertosa Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Beyer Gary & Kay Bluhm Cindy & Tim Carr Jim & Berni Cockey Rollin & Anne Conway Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Cooper Pete & Margaret Dobbins Mary Eileen Fogarty Jenifer Garfield Robert & Linda Jenkins Gary Nemeth & Gail Jones-Nemeth
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Dr. & Mrs. Ken Tomecki Dr. Joanne M. Uniatowski Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard Mr. & Mrs. James D. Vail Christine & Daniel Vento Carol A. Vidoli Mr. Kenneth Vinciquerra Mr. & Ms. Michael Wagner Jerry & Carolyn Webb Ms. Martha Webster Ms. Suann M. Winczek Ms. Jean Wingate Thomas M. & Barbara A. Wladyka Ms. Constance Wolfe James & Sandra Wood Jason & Gretchen Woods Mr. Ted Zajac, Jr.
$75 to $124 Anonymous (2) Lori Adler Ms. Kimberley Barton Brian & Teresa Bester Roger Bielefeld Tom & Dorothy Bier James & Anita Bridges Mr. David Byrnes Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Charlick Mr. Edward A. Chuhna Gary Ciolli Dr. & Mrs. Dale H. Cowan Chris & Mary Ann Deibel The Eldridge Family Mr. & Mrs. Emerson Clyde & Janice Evans Mr. & Mrs. Fishwick Ms. Jeanne Frey Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Gabb Charles & Julia Gall Givinga Foundation Ms. Pamela S. Goetsch Ms. Wanda Gulley Richard & Esther Haberlen Marian Hancy Gale Hazen Linda A. Heath Jean Heller Curt & Karen Henkle John Higgins & Cicilia Yudha Janice Hornack IBM Corporation Tom & Terri Jecker Amy & Jeff Johnson Deb & Gar Kaminski Marilyn & Howard Karfeld Paul Kershey Ms. Kerry King Albert & Karen Kirby Benjamin R. Kirkpatrick Richard B. Kotila Jacob Kronenberg & Barbara Belovich Al & Cynthia Kuntz Mike Kupiec & Pat Murphy Brian & Renee Lowery David & Cheryl Lundgren Ms. Anne Martin
Ms. Margaret Martino Gretchen Mates Ms. Constance May Cathy J. McCall Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McDonald David & Eileen McGee Jean McQuillan & Richard Christ Rev. Edward E. Mehok Ms. Meribeth A. Pannitto Zachary & Deborah Paris Brian Perry & Ka Pi Hoh Mr. & Mrs. James M. Petras Sandy & Kate Robbins Pauline Ryder Dr. Dave & Faye Sholiton Mr. & Mrs. Alan Shubert Mary Slak Mr. & Mrs. Vernon C. Sponseller Diane Stewart Darren & Missy Toms Thomas Wagner & Malinda Smyth Ms. Kathleen Waits William Wallis Lance Whitson & Terry Juhn Sharon & Yoash Wiener Colleen Williams & Jim Persichitti Ms. Jeanne Wojciechowicz Patrick M. Zohn
Natalie G. Epstein by: Marilyn Bedol Chad & Andrea Deal Mr. Gene DiVincenzo Dr. Lauren Goldman Mr. & Mrs. Henry Goodman Rabbi Eddie & Dr. Roxanne Sukol Wulf & Moira Utian Mr. David I. & Mrs. Ann K. Warren Mr. & Mrs. Philip Wasserstrom Mr. Adam Weinsein Mr. & Mrs. Steven Wiesenberger
Endowment Fund
Mrs. Al A. Archambault by: Women’s Committee of Great Lakes Theater
Gifts to the Great Lakes Theater Endowment Fund were received from the following donors between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. Mrs. Mary Jane Hartwell° Edward S. Godleski
Gifts were received in honor of: Melanie Bordelois by: Sylvia Bordelois Jack & Janice Campbell by: Holly & Bruce Tomasch Carol Dolan by: The Ashkettle Family Mr. & Mrs. John Azzolina Mary Dolan & David Haracz Paula Drdyen Dianne V. Foley Chad & Ivy Gaizutis Barb Harris Ms. Kathy Leciejewski Jeremy Lewis & Daniel Napolitano Tanya Scharpf Bob Taylor & Jeff Herrmann Kris & George Tesar Antoanela Vaccaro Laura Weiss Shauna Widman
Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival Interns 1977-78 (A Merry Band of Players) by: Mary Beidler Gearen Hal Holzer by: Ramona Bause Todd Krispinsky by: Ms. Margaretta B. Harris Robert° & Janet E. Neary by: Mr. & Mrs. Doug Neary
Gifts were received in memory of:
Charles H. Dickson by: Cerity Partners, LLC Gail Cudak Ann & Harry Farmer Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell Robert° & Janet E. Neary Lucy Oliver & Tom Rightmyer Georgianna T. Roberts Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford Bob Taylor & Jeff Herrmann
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Anonymous (3) Judie & Bruce Amsel Matthew Baker Ms. Carol Barasha Mr. Thomas D. Basco Pam & Scott Benson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Berges Lynn Berner Susan Bobey Tommy Boddy John Bolton Ms. Carole Rupnik Brown Mike & Carole Brown Larry & Andi Carlini Mr. Robert Carlyon Ms. Joanne Clifford Samuel Cowling Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Craft David & Gayle Cratty Ms. M. Judith & Mr. Ronald J. Crocker Judith Darus Mr. William M. & Mrs. Ruth Ann Delong Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg Mr. & Mrs. L. William Erb David V. Foos Carla & Jim Gallagher Deborah A. Geier Janet & Patricia Glaeser Ms. Linda Grau Jean E. Gubbins Ms. Edith F. Hirsch Lynn & Mark Hofflund Jessica Holland Ms. Marie Ivkanec Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson Stephen Jones Lauren Kawentel Mr. Kenneth R. Kessler William & Marion Kettering Mr. & Mrs. David R. Knowles Ms. Robin Kunikis Gregory & Vickie Leyes Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Linick Charles E. & Donna Loper Philip & Simone Montgomery Ms. Barbara H. Nahra Tom & Mary Neff Joan Niederriter Joan M. Oravec Robert & Margery Orth Frederick Perry Mr. David Porter Ms. Bette M. Prendergast Ms. Jacqueline Y. Rhodes Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Rowan Mr. Richard Shirey Edward W. & Donna Rae Smith Mr. Byron Solomon & Mrs. Julie Johnson Susan St. John Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel Betsy Sullivan Kara Suzelis Dr. Elizabeth Swenson Sean & Tabitha Swick
William W. Jacobs by: Samantha Jacobs & Aubrey Wynne Ms. Deborah Glosserman Jean Lewis by: Elizabeth Woolf Kate Lunsford by: John & Judith Fuller Debbie Hunter Tricia & Stephen Mullin Georgianna T. Roberts Neil & Laurie Segall Viola McDowell by: Jack & Janice Campbell Women’s Committee of Great Lakes Theater Carole Nicolosi by: Ms. Joyce L. Adams
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Jim Sheridan by: Donna Sheridan
Matching Gift Corporations
The Women’s Committee
Jean Terstage by: Marcia J. Terstage
Many companies, like the ones listed below, match all or a portion of their employees’ charitable giving. Is your employer a matching gift company? Find out by contacting your employer or the Great Lakes Theater Development Office at (216) 453-4457.
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.
Sarah C. Umek by: Sarah Clemons-Ogan Demitra Xinakes by: Ed & Denise Bell The Bornstein Family Sherry & Ira Feuer & Family Anita B. Rosenbaum
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James Weiss by: Holly McTernan
Aramark Eaton GlaxoSmithKline Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation Nordson Corporation Foundation PNC Foundation Progressive Insurance Foundation The Sherwin-Williams Company
°Deceased: The legacy of these generous donors lives on for future generations. Thank you to our donors! Every effort is made to ensure that our donor records are current and correct. Please contact the Great Lakes Theater Development Office at (216) 453-4457 to share an update or request a revision.
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Two-week session! Monday - Thursday
june 13 - 23, 2022 full and half-day camps available
play’s the thing Great Lakes Theater Camp is a summer drama camp with musical theater elements that immerses students in interactive and educational theater-based activities. Theater Camp is a unique opportunity for students to work with and learn from Great Lakes Theater’s professional teaching artists in a fun, safe and supportive environment.
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at berea-midpark middle school | a summer camp for students ages 5-18 For more info: GreatLakesTheater.org/camp
TRUSTEES Chair
Samuel Hartwell*
President
William Caster *
Secretary
Elizabeth A. Grove *
Treasurer
Kathleen Kennedy *
Trustees
Beth A. Adams Michelle Arendt Jennifer Dowdell Armstrong* Walter Avdey*
Dalia Baker Gary D. Benz Kim Bixenstine* Kip T. Bollin Todd M. Burger* Gail L. Cudak George A. M. Currall Anthea Daniels Carolyn Dickson† Barry Doggett† Carol Dolan* Timothy J. Downing* Dr. Howard G. Epstein* Natalie Epstein† Dianne V. Foley* Lynn M. Gattozzi Arthur C. Hall III* Mary Elizabeth Huber
Diane K. Hupp Denise Horstman Keen Faisal Khan* John W. Lebold* William MacDonald III† Charles Maimbourg David M. Maiorana Ellen Stirn Mavec† Mary J. Mayer John E. McGrath† Katie McVoy* Ingrid A. Minott* Janet E. Neary† Michael Novak Michael J. Peterman† Timothy K. Pistell† David P. Porter† Gregory Pribulsky*
Uma M. Rajeshwar Georgianna T. Roberts† Ana G. Rodriguez John D. Schubert† Peter Shimrak† Thomas G. Stafford*† Sally J. Staley Diana W. Stromberg Catherine Tanner Kristine M. Tesar* Arthur L. Thomas Nancy Wellener * Executive Committee † Life Trustee
In 2002, Great Lakes Theater (Cleveland, Ohio) and Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Boise, Idaho) conceived a unique, strategic producing alliance designed to maximize return on organizational investments, increase production efficiencies, create long-term work opportunities for artists and share best practices. In 2010, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (Incline Village, Nevada) joined the collaborative — further contributing to the momentum of the revolutionary producing prototype’s success. The long term results have been remarkable. The alliance’s three independent, 501c3 regional theaters have shared over 60 jointly-created productions — each featuring long term, multi-city employment opportunities for artistic company members. This revolutionary producing model has realized its vision and exceeded expectations while simultaneously resulting in notable audience growth for each company.
GreatLakesTheater.org
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
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STAFF Leadership Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director Bob Taylor, Executive Director
at Playhouse Square
Management Team Associate Artistic Director.........................Sara Bruner Production Manager.................................... Majel Cuza Director of Educational Services.................Kelly Schaffer Florian Managing Director................................Todd Krispinsky Director of Educational Programming...... Lisa Ortenzi Director of Administration....................Stephanie Reed Director of Marketing & Communications................................... Kacey Shapiro
Artistic Artistic Associate.........................................Jaclyn Miller
Development Development & Donor Relations Manager................................................... Jeremy Lewis Patron Services Coordinator.................. Marilyn Niksa
Marketing Audience Cultivation Coordinator....... Lauren Tidmore
Education Education Outreach Associate................David Hansen School Residency Program Actor-Teachers ..........Noelle Elise Crites, Kelly Elliott, Tim Keo, Avery LaMar Pope, Anna Parchem, A’Rhyan Samford, and Asia Sharp-Berry
Production Assistant Production Manager................ Shaun O’Neill Company Manager.......................................Amy Essick Production Office Assistant................Lindsay Mandela Technical Director.......................................Mark Cytron Assistant Technical Director.............Richard Haberlen Master Carpenter.......................................Lindsay Loar Carpenters........................... Ralph Melari, Gary Zsigrai
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Properties Master............................. Bernadine Cockey Costume Director............................Esther M. Haberlen Assistant Costume Shop Manager/Tailor......Leah Loar Lead First Hand..........................................Tina Spencer Crafts Artisan.......................................... Zachary Hickle Crafts Assistant/Wardrobe Crew.............Joseph Bruch Draper..........................................................Diana Sidley Stitcher.......................................................Jen Goldstein Hair and Wig Design/Supervisor...... Iran Micheal Leon Design Assistant/ Wardrobe Supervisor..................... Mackenzie Malone Wardrobe..............................................Cheyenne Moore Master Electrician.................................... Tammy Taylor Electrics Consultant......................................Paul Miller Assistant to Electricians............................Grace Pierce Charge Scenic Artist....................................Ruth Lohse Audio Supervisor.....................................Brian Chismar Follow Spots......................... Ralph Melari, Gary Zsigrai Hanna Theatre Crew..............................Thomas Boddy, Shaun Milligan, Lester Parker Jr., Nathan Tulenson Health and Safety Team........ Jaclyn Miller, Amy Essick, Lindsay Mandela
Special Thanks Great Lakes Theater is a member of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT) and operates under agreements with LORT, Actors’ Equity Association, American Federation of Musicians, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and the United Scenic Artists, which are unions representing professional actors, stage managers, musicians, stagehands, directors, choreographers, and designers, respectively, in the United States.
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1501 Euclid Ave., Suite 300 Cleveland, OH 44115 P: (216) 241-5490 F: (216) 241-6315 W: GreatLakesTheater.org
Playbill Editor: Linda Feagler For advertising information, please contact Matthew Kraniske: 216-377-3681
MARCH/APRIL AT PLAYHOUSE SQUARE OUTCALT/ HELEN/ ALLEN ALLEN
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The Price Is Right Live
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She Loves Me Kansas
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She Loves Me She’s A Woman Pretty Woman What Do You Do With starring Miz Cracker Antigone An Idea? Antigone
Pretty Woman Antigone Billy Strings
Pretty Woman Antigone Shoeless: A Musical Tale of Cinderella
Pretty Woman Antigone An Evening with Anne Lamott
Pretty Woman Antigone
Pretty Woman Antigone Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles Passage
Pretty Woman Antigone Disney Princess The Concert Passage
Pretty Woman Antigone Much Ado About Nothing Passage
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Pretty Woman Antigone Henry Rollins
Pretty Woman Antigone
Friday She Loves Me
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Saturday She Loves Me What Do You Do With An Idea? Antigone Stephanie Mills
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Pretty Woman Antigone Shoeless: A Musical Tale of Cinderella
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Pretty Woman Antigone Pam Tanowitz with Simone Dinnerstein Alton Brown
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Pretty Woman Antigone CSU Spring Dance Much Ado/Nothing Paula Poundstone Passage
Pretty Woman Antigone CSU Spring Dance Much Ado/Nothing Justin Willman The Bachelor Live Passage
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Villainy of Richard III Alvin Ailey An Officer & A Gentleman Villainy of Richard III
Alvin Ailey An Officer & A Gentleman Villainy of Richard III
To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird Villainy of Richard III Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps Villainy of Richard III
To Kill a Mockingbird Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps The Three Musketeers Villainy of Richard III Dino-Light
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