WELCOME

Dear Friends,

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

Our mission, “to bring the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience,” guides our mainstage productions and our educational programming. We believe theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, and provide our student audiences a glimpse of a broader world and the wellspring of learning made possible through the arts.

We move into the second half of our season by bringing you the delightfully Austen-tatious romantic comedy, Sense and Sensibility. After the tremendous response to our 2018 production of Pride and Prejudice, we are incredibly excited to bring another Jane Austen masterpiece to the Hanna stage. This exuberant, inventive adaptation shares humorous insight and bold theatricality flawlessly executed by the skilled hands of Co-Directors, GLT Associate Artistic Director Sara Bruner and GLT Resident Artist and Interim Production Manager Jaclyn Miller. We are deeply grateful to John and Barbara Schubert for their generous support of our production of Sense and Sensibility.

Our spring Shakespeare production, As You Like It, is one of our favorites. This enchanting comedy brings us back to the fertile Forest of Arden, where a charming adventure ensues with some of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters. Then, after long last, we cannot wait to present the jazzy musical celebration of Fats Waller, Ain’t Misbehavin’, as a fitting finale to the season.

We sincerely hope you will join us for the remaining productions in our 61st season! We encourage you to read your program and look around the theater tonight to see the names of many friends, partners, corporations and foundations whose support make all of this possible. We encourage you to join these donors by becoming a Great Lakes Theater family member 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 over 40 years at Playhouse Square, and the tireless efforts of our Board of Trustees, dedicated administrative staff, gifted artists and the tremendous generosity of this community.

We hope to see you in our audience again soon.

Charles Fee

Producing Artistic Director

Bob Taylor Executive Director