Cleveland’s Classic Company at the Hanna Theatre presents
Sept. 25 – Oct. 31, 2015
cleVeland Play house
2015-16 season next on stage...
the crucible
a christmas story
little shoP of horrors
oct 10 – nov 8 | outcalt theatre
nov 27 – dec 23 | allen theatre
Jan 9 – feb 7 | allen theatre
The village of Salem is run wild with tales of witchcraft. Deep-seated jealousies, lust and greed are bubbling to the surface from the heat of each neighbor’s exaggerated accusations. Revenge has replaced reason; mere rumors are now damning evidence — and no one is safe. Astoundingly relevant, Arthur Miller’s controversial American classic dares to put us all on trial.
He’s back! One boy. One holiday wish. And a world that seems to be conspiring to make certain it doesn’t come true. The record-breaking show returns to the CPH stage in all its pink-bunny-suit, glowingleg-lamp, triple-dog-daring glory. The perfect holiday treat for the entire family.
Seymour is a nerdy floral clerk with a knack for plants, but not much else. However, one peculiar plant might just be his ticket to fame, fortune — and the girl of his dreams. There’s only one teeny — but ‘growing’ — problem: This plant has an unquenchable thirst for the red stuff (type O, A, or B... he’s not picky). Mixing Motown and B-movies, Little Shop of Horrors is a gleefully twisted, screamingly funny hit musical.
written by Arthur Miller directed by lAurA Kepley
written by phil GreciAn based on the motion picture written by JeAn Shepherd, leiGh Brown & BoB clArK directed by John MccluGGAGe
book and lyrics by howArd AShMAn music by AlAn MenKen based on a film by roGer corMAn screenplay by chArleS Griffith directed by AMAndA dehnert
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Welcome..................................................................................................................... 4 About Great Lakes Theater............................................................................................ 5 News & Notes.............................................................................................................. 6 The Secret Garden....................................................................................................... 9 Scenes and Musical Numbers..................................................................................... 10 Cast of Characters...................................................................................................... 12 About the Play........................................................................................................... 13 The Artistic Company................................................................................................. 14 Donors....................................................................................................................... 23 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 54th season! Our mission, “to bring the pleasure, power, and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience,” guides our mainstage productions as well as our educational programming, 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.
Our fall repertory season is a study in contrasts, in which the natural environment plays a central role both metaphorically and literally. Nature’s healing powers in The Secret Garden, and destructive powers in King Lear, constantly underscore the action of these two plays; just as the tragedy of an aging king’s disintegration, descent into madness and death are contrasted by a child’s experience of awakening, healing, and growth in The Secret Garden. Setting the plays against each other in “rep” creates an exceptionally profound experience of the human condition. Seeing the acting company move effortlessly between these productions — under the brilliant direction of Victoria Bussert and Joe Hanreddy — is a reminder of the incredible talent that has become the hallmark of Great Lakes Theater! I sincerely hope you will treat yourself to both 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. Let me 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.) As the curtain rises on our 54th season, we offer special thanks to The Kulas Foundation for their support of The Secret Garden. We also express our appreciation to the “Shakespeare in American Communities” program of the National Endowment for the Arts for a generous grant in support of our production of King Lear. We extend our deepest gratitude to all of our season sponsors and annual members, with continued thanks to our partners of more than 30 years at Playhouse Square and the tireless efforts of our dedicated administrative staff, board of trustees, and the tremendous generosity of this community! I hope to see you in our audience again soon.
Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director
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ABOUT GREAT LAKES THEATER
Great Lakes Theater’s spring 2015 production of The Tempest. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) he mission of Great Lakes Theater, through its main stage productions and its education programs, is to bring the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience. Since the company’s inception in 1962, programming has been rooted in Shakespeare, but Great Lakes’ commitment to great plays spans the breadth of all cultures, forms of theater and time periods –– including the 20th century –– and provides for the occasional mounting of new works that complement the classical repertoire. Classic theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, revel in eloquent language, preserve the traditions of diverse cultures and generate communal spirit. On its main stage and through its education programs, GLT seeks to create visceral, immediate experiences for participants, asserting theater’s historic role as a vehicle for advancing the common good and helping people make the joyful and meaningful connections between classic plays and their own lives. The company’s commitment to classic
theater is magnified in the educational programs that surround its productions. Since its inception, GLT has had a strong presence in area schools, bringing students to the theater for matinee performances and sending specially trained actor-teachers to the schools for weeklong residencies developed to explore classic drama from a theatrical point of view. GLT is equally dedicated to enhancing the theater experience for adult audiences through Surround, a series of community programs that explore the themes of a main stage production. To this end, Great Lakes Theater regularly serves as the catalyst for community events and programs in the arts and humanities that illuminate the plays on its stage. Great Lakes Theater is one of only a handful of American theaters that have stayed the course as a classic theater. As Great Lakes moves into a new era with a permanent home in the Hanna Theatre, the company reaffirms its belief in the power of partnership, its determination to make this community a better place in which to live, and its commitment to ensure the legacy of classic theater in Cleveland.
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NEWS & NOTES Sensory Friendly
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For a third consecutive season, Great Lakes Theater, in partnership with Theatre Development Fund: Autism Theatre Initiative, Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities and Milestones Autism Resources, will present a sensory-friendly performance of its production of A Christmas Carol on Wednesday, November 25 (11 a.m.) at the Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square, making live theater accessible to children and adults on the autism spectrum and their families. Tickets are $15 and seating is general admission. For complete information, visit GreatLakesTheater.org/event/sensory.
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National Honors
Secret Delights
Happy 35th Birthday
Cleveland’s Classic Company is in select company! Arts Midwest, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, recently announced $1M in grants to 40 nonprofit, professional theater companies across 26 states to perform the works of William Shakespeare for students through Shakespeare in American Communities. We at Great Lakes Theater are proud to have been selected as one of this season’s grantees for our current production of King Lear and we’re thrilled to be able to introduce future generations to the classics as a result of this prestigious award of support.
On May 16, 2015, Great Lakes Theater patrons and guests enjoyed an evening of delights in one of Cleveland’s hottest re-emerging neighborhoods when the theater held its annual benefit at the Aloft Hotel on the east bank of the Flats. Catered by Lago Restaurant and Wine Bar, The Secret Gala celebrated the 2015 season opener, The Secret Garden, with guests attending in festive English garden party attire. The successful event was chaired by GLT trustees Beth Grove (pictured above with husband Rich Bedell) and Bill Caster, and sponsored by PNC Bank.
1980 was a memorable year. The U.S. defeated the U.S.S.R. in the “Miracle on Ice,” CNN hit the airwaves, Pac-Man was born … and in northeast Ohio, an even more extraordinary event was celebrated – the creation of Great Lakes Theater’s School Residency Program! From its visionary beginnings, the program has grown into a model of excellence in arts education. Today, teams of “actor-teachers” bring the excitement of classic drama to over 15,000 students in English classes at nearly 100 schools annually! And, if you’re wondering … the appropriate gift is coral.
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Great Lakes Theater
Cleveland’s Classic Company at Playhouse Square
presents...
2015 2016
SEASON
Join us
FOR AN EXPANDED SEASON!
A Tony Award-Winning Musical for the Whole Family
the secret garden
September 25 - October 31, 2015 / Hanna Theatre Book & lyrics by Marsha Norman / Music by Lucy Simon / Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Shakespeare’s Towering Tragedy
king lear
October 2 - November 1, 2015 / Hanna Theatre By William Shakespeare
Northeast Ohio’s Favorite Holiday Tradition
a christmas carol November 28 - December 23, 2015 / Ohio Theatre
By Charles Dickens / Adapted and Directed by Gerald Freedman
Agatha Christie’s Murder Mystery Classic
and then there were none February 26 - March 20, 2016 / Hanna Theatre By Agatha Christie
A Hilarious Labor of Love and Laughter
love’s labour’s lost
April 8 - 24, 2016 / Hanna Theatre By William Shakespeare
The World’s Longest Running Musical
the fantasticks
May 13 - 29, 2016 / Hanna Theatre
Book & lyrics by Tom Jones / Music by Harvey Schmidt
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Hanna Theatre Sept. 25 – Oct. 31, 2015
Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director With generous support from
Presents
Directed by
VICTORIA BUSSERT Company
Cassandra Bissell* Warren Bodily Neil Brookshire* Gabriel Brown Stephen Mitchell Brown* Robyn Cohen*
Jonathan Dyrud* Tom Ford* Peter Gosik* Leah Jennings* Jillian Kates* Giovanna A. Layne Sara Masterson
Choreographer Gregory Daniels Scenic Designer Jeff Herrmann
Costume Designer Charlotte M. Yetman
Stage Manager Jennifer Caster*
Dougfred Miller* Mary Mondlock Laura Perrotta* Katie Proulx* Colton Ryan Dustin Tucker*
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MARSHA NORMAN Music by LUCY SIMON Based on the novel by FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
Book and lyrics by
Musical Director Joel Mercier Lighting Designer Paul Miller
Sound Designer David Gotwald
Assistant Stage Manager Jessica Lucas*
The Secret Garden is part of the Kulas Musical Theater Series at Great Lakes Theater Sponsored by The Kulas Foundation. Student Subscriptions to Great Lakes Theater are subsidized in part by a generous gift from Eaton Corporation. The Secret Garden is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. The video and/or audio recording of this production by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited. *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I Opening: Opening Dream..................................................................... Lily, Fakir, Mary & Company India There’s a Girl....................................................................................................Dreamers Traveling to Yorkshire The House Upon the Hill...................................................................................Dreamers
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Misselthwaite Manor I Heard Someone Crying..................................................Mary, Lily, Archibald & Company Scene 1: Mary’s Room A Fine White Horse.............................................................................................. Martha Scene 2: The Ballroom A Girl in the Valley.................................................................. Lily, Archibald & Dreamers Scene 3: The Grounds of Misselthwaite Manor It’s a Maze............................................................................ Mary, Martha, Ben & Dickon Winter’s on the Wing............................................................................................ Dickon Show Me the Key......................................................................................Mary & Dickon Scene 4: Archibald’s Library A Bit of Earth.................................................................................................. Archibald Scene 5: The Gallery Storm I.............................................................................................................Dreamers Lily’s Eyes......................................................................................... Neville & Archibald Scene 6: The Hallway Storm II................................................................................................ Mary & Dreamers Scene 7: Colin’s Room Round-Shouldered Man............................................................................... Colin & Mary Scene 8: The Grounds of Misselthwaite Manor The Final Storm................................................................................................ Company
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ACT II Scene 1: Mary’s Room The Girl I Mean to Be.............................................................................Mary & Company Scene 2: Archibald’s Library Quartet..............................................................................Neville, Archibald, Rose & Lily Scene 3: Colin’s Room Race You to the Top of the Morning................................................................... Archibald Scene 4: The Garden Wick.........................................................................................................Dickon & Mary Scene 5: Colin’s Room Come to My Garden....................................................................................... Lily & Colin Scene 6: The Garden Come Spirit, Come Charm............................ Mary, Martha, Dickon, Fakir, Ayah & Dreamers A Bit of Earth (Reprise).........................................................................Fakir, Lily & Ayah
Scene 8: Mary’s Room Hold On.............................................................................................................. Martha Letter Song...............................................................................................Mary & Martha Scene 9: Paris Where in the World........................................................................................... Archibald How Could I Ever Know........................................................................... Lily & Archibald Scene 10: The Garden Finale............................................................................................................... Company
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Scene 7: The Library Disappear............................................................................................................ Neville
Run Times Act I: 1 hour Intermission: 15 minutes Act II: 1 hour Total Run Time: 2 hours and 15 minutes
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!
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
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Lily .......................................................................................................... Jillian Kates * Mary Lennox ....................................................................................Giovanna A. Layne Mrs. Medlock. ........................................................................................ Laura Perrotta * Dr. Neville Craven ......................................................................................... Tom Ford * Martha .................................................................................................Sara Masterson Archibald Craven ......................................................................Stephen Mitchell Brown * Ben Weatherstaff.................................................................................. Dougfred Miller * Dickon...................................................................................................... Colton Ryan Colin Craven ...........................................................................................Warren Bodily Mrs. Winthrop ...................................................................................Cassandra Bissell * Ensemble ................. Cassandra Bissell*, Neil Brookshire*, Gabriel Brown, Robin Cohen*, Jonathan Dyrud*, Peter Gosik*, Mary Mondlock, Katie Proulx*, Dustin Tucker* Dreamers Fakir ........................................................................................................ Peter Gosik * Ayah........................................................................................................Katie Proulx* † Albert Lennox .......................................................................................Neil Brookshire * Rose Lennox .......................................................................................... Leah Jennings * Major Holmes ......................................................................................... Dustin Tucker * Claire Holmes ......................................................................................Mary Mondlock Lieutenant Wright................................................................................. Jonathan Dyrud * Lieutenant Shaw .................................................................................... Gabriel Brown Alice .......................................................................................................Robyn Cohen *
Orchestra Conductor / Keyboard ...................................................................................Joel Mercier Violin...........................................................................................................Callista Koh Cello ......................................................................................................... Heidi Albert Piccolo / Flute............................................................................................. Kyra Kester Oboe / English Horn ................................................................................ Cynthia Warren Trumpet ......................................................................................................... Joe Miller French Horn ............................................................................................... Sean Yancer Percussion ........................................................................................... Andrew Pongracz † Dance Captain *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
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ABOUT THE PLAY
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rances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden, was born in Manchester, England in 1849, the middle of five children. When she was just three years old her father passed away; at age 15 her mother moved her family to Knoxville, Tennessee where Frances began to write her short stories. A gifted writer from the start, her work earned enough money to move her family into a better home. Frances returned to England for what was to be a visit, only to fall in love and marry her childhood neighbor, Swan Burnett, with whom she had two sons, Lionel and Vivien. In 1879, Frances met Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, and so began her interest in writing children’s fiction, beginning with Little Lord Fauntleroy. The book received good reviews and became a best-seller in the United States and England and ultimately was translated into 12 languages.
Once she recovers, Mary helps rehabilitate her bedridden cousin Colin, and indirectly helps to cure Colin’s father, the hunch-backed recluse Archibald Craven, who never recovered from the death of his wife ten years before. Neither father nor son has been helped by the medical community, which encouraged patients to dwell on their symptoms and prognoses. Colin, for instance, had been persuaded that “if I live I may be a hunchback, but I shan’t live.” Once Mary helps Colin to abandon these false beliefs, he begins enjoying good health. Colin’s case seemingly proves Eddy’s teaching that illness stems from “fear of the disease and from the image brought before the mind” rather than physical causes.
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In 1890, tragedy struck Frances when Lionel, her eldest son, died from tuberculosis. This devastating loss caused her to turn away from her traditional Protestant faith and immerse herself in Christian Science and Spiritualism, shifting both her personal life and her writing. The Secret Garden has strong Christian Science themes; In fact, child protagonist Mary Lennox resembles Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy in many respects. At the beginning of the novel, Mary Lennox is a sickly girl who “has always been ill in one way or another.” When she comes to live with her uncle and cousin at Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire, Mary gradually begins to heal herself and then learns to cure others, much as Eddy did in the late 1860s and ’70s. Mary’s recovery involves strenuous outdoor exercise and gardening, as she begins to cultivate her uncle’s abandoned rose garden.
Ultimately, The Secret Garden is a tribute to the human spirit, a celebration of resilience. The story reminds us that life follows a natural cycle; certain in its prospect of rebirth. At it’s heart is the promise of “wick” as Dickon explains in his song: “ When a thing is wick it has a light around it. Maybe not a light that you can see. But hiding down below a spark’s asleep inside it, Just waiting for the right time to be seen.” — Victoria Bussert Director The Secret Garden
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THE ARTISTIC COMPANY
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Cassandra Bissell* Mrs. Winthrop/Ensemble Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Cassandra is delighted to return to Great Lakes Theater, having appeared previously as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. She is based in Chicago where select credits include: Chicago Shakespeare Theater (The Tempest, Richard II, King John, Short Shakespeare!Romeo & Juliet and ShortShakespeare!Macbeth), Court Theatre (Arcadia, Hamlet), Northlight (Detroit ’67), Steppenwolf (The Berlin Circle), Victory Gardens (Memory House), Next Theatre (In The Blood, Measure for Measure), Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (Mary’s Wedding – Jeff nomination, Best Actress), Shakespeare on the Green (Othello). Regional (LORT) credits: Utah Shakespeare Festival (Sense & Sensibility, Comedy of Errors), Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Much Ado About Nothing, The Secret Garden, King Lear), Milwaukee Repertory Theatre (My Name is Asher Lev, In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play), Actors’ Theatre of Louisville (Memory House, In the Next Room), Cleveland Play House (Pride & Prejudice, Noises Off.) Small Professional Theatre (SPT) credits: Company of Fools (Proof), freeFall Theatre (Harvey), Renaissance Theaterworks (Amelia, The Understudy, Crumbs from the Table of Joy), and six seasons at Peninsula Players in Door County, WI. Cassandra holds a BA in Gender Studies from the University of Chicago and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and SAG/ AFTRA. Warren Bodily Colin Great Lakes Theater debut Warren is thrilled to be working with Great Lakes Theater for the first time. He is overjoyed to be playing the role of Colin in The Secret Garden, a story he has loved all his life. Warren’s previous roles include Colin in The Secret Garden (Idaho Shakespeare Festival); Diablo the Raven in Sleeping Beauty (Meridian CUE); David in Newsies (Meridian City); Narrator in Hairy Tale Rock (Meridian CUE); Charlie in You’re a Good
Man Charlie Brown (Meridian City); and Oliver in Oliver! (Saratoga Springs). Warren also performs with the Cantus Youth Choirs of Boise, Idaho. He is currently enrolled at Idaho Fine Arts Academy where he studies vocal performance. Love to Mom, Dad, Claire, Isabelle, Lydia and Henry! Neil Brookshire* Albert Lennox/Ensemble Five seasons at Great Lakes Theater Most recently with Great Lakes Theater: Much Ado About Nothing, Cabaret, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Taming of the Shrew. Other regional work: Boise Contemporary Theater, Cadence Theatre Co, Company of Fools, dancing with Idaho Dance Theatre, ten seasons with Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Opera Idaho, Peninsula Players, and Seattle Novyi Theatre. He is also a painter and a filmmaker. He appeared in The Pact and Stygian, and wrote/produced the short films Upper Fields, a Postcard, Flesh & Blood. He has a BA from Boise State and an MFA in Acting from Northern Illinois University. Gabriel Brown Lieutenant Shaw/Ensemble Great Lakes Theater debut Gabriel Brown is thrilled to be performing at ISF/GLT for the first time! He was most recently seen in Beck Center for the Arts’ production of Dogfight (Stevens). Other credits include A Chorus Line (Zach), Carousel (Billy Bigelow) at Baldwin Wallace, Les Misérables (Enjolras), and Joseph…Dreamcoat (Joseph) at Timber lake Playhouse and Winsor! (Crooner) at Beck Center. Gabriel is a rising senior in the musical theatre department at Baldwin Wallace University. He would like to thank his family, Caroline, Czarnota, and MT ’16 for all of their support and love. Stephen Mitchell Brown* Archibald Craven Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater GLT & Idaho Shakespeare
Robyn Cohen* Alice/Ensemble Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Ms. Cohen is delighted to return to GLT where she recently played Margot Wendice in Dial M For Murder. Select Los Angeles credits include: The Exonerated opposite Jeff Goldblum, the West Coast Premiere of Neil Labute’s The Shape Of Things/Laguna Playhouse, No Way Around But Through/The Falcon Theatre (starring Melanie Griffith and Scott Caan), Proof/Long Beach Playhouse, Rigoletto/The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, The Grand Tour/ The Colony Theatre (under Jerry Herman). NY/Regional performances with: The Actors Theatre of Louisville (Tom Jones), The Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center (NY), The Ford’s Theater (D.C.), Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Mill Playhouse, Sacramento Light Opera, Bucks County Playhouse, and The National Tour of Cabaret. Ms. Cohen starred in the Television series Gravity for STARZ network and has made additional TV appearances on: Cristela, N.C.I.S., The Mentalist, The Defenders, Invasion, The Closer, Angel, The Strand, N.C.I.S. L.A.,
Starved, LAX. Select Film credits: Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic opposite Bill Murray, The Celestine Prophecy, Zzyzx, Beau Jest, Road Hard and James Franco’s films Good Time Max, Fools Gold and his soon to be released Bukowski. Appearances in over than 75 national commercials. BFA: The Juilliard School. LOVE to her Family. News/ info: @TheRobynCohen –Enjoy! Jonathan Dyrud* Lieutenant Wright/Ensemble Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Jonathan is thrilled to be a part of Great Lakes/ISF this season. GLT: Tony Wendice in Dial “M” for Murder; Antonio in The Tempest. New York: Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Caius Lucius in Cymbeline (Hip to Hip Theater Company,) Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew (Pulse Ensemble Theater) Huck in the world premiere of Minstrel Show (The Weasel Festival.) Regional credits: Four seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare FestivalMedvedenko in The Seagull, Froth and Friar Peter in Measure for Measure, Ensemble in To Kill a Mockingbird, Solomon in Speech and Debate, C.B. in Dog Sees God, and Marcus Gee in Yellowface. His film credits include Bartender in My Crazy Love (Oxygen Network,) Captain in So SOHA, Pale Interviewee in Redheads Anonymous and Verder in Big House. Training: BFA in Theater Performance from Southern Oregon University. Visit him at JonathanWDyrud.com. Tom Ford* Dr. Neville Craven Ten seasons at Great Lakes Theater Great Lakes Theater: Stephano in The Tempest, Sidney Bruhl in Deathtrap, Dr. Caius in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Thénardier in Les Misérables, Sweeney in Sweeney Todd, Hastings/Tyrrel in Richard III, Argan in The Imaginary Invalid, Mr. Paravicini in The Mousetrap, the Baker in Into the Woods, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the King of Navarre in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Casca in Julius Caesar, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Nicola in Arms and the Man and Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Idaho
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Festival: Jean Valjean, Les Misérables (Cleveland Critics and Broadway World Cleveland Award – Best Actor); Bardolph, Merry Wives of Windsor; Topper, A Christmas Carol. Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde (revival). National Tours: Jekyll & Hyde; Chauvelin, The Scarlet Pimpernel; “Leadville” Johnny, The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Regional: Homer Hickam Sr., Rocket Boys (Legacy Theatre); Rochester, Jane Eyre (Legacy Theatre –Atlanta’s Suzi Bass Award – Best Actor); Oliver! (Paper Mill Playhouse); Manuel, Captain’s Courageous; Enoch Snow, Carousel; Prof. Bhaer, Little Women; NicelyNicely, Guys and Dolls (all at Cumberland County Playhouse); Beast, Beauty and the Beast (Fireside Theatre); Cinderella’s Prince/ Wolf, Into the Woods; Thurston Wheelis, Greater Tuna (both at Jenny Wiley Theatre). BA in theater with music minor from Muhlenberg College. Proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Special thanks to Charlie, Vicky and Greg; Eddie and Take 3 Talent; EMG; Mom, Dad, Ginger, Sadie, and my wife, Leah Jennings. Much love. stephenmitchellbrown.com
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Shakespeare Festival: The Tempest, The Secret Garden, King Lear, Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd, Richard III, The Imaginary Invalid, The Winter’s Tale, The Mousetrap, Into the Woods, Macbeth, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and The Fantasticks. Other theaters include: Boise Contemporary Theater, Portland Stage Company, New London Barn Playhouse. Broadway: Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s By Jeeves at the Helen Hayes Theater. TomFordActor.com
Folles (Theatre By The Sea); Mrs. Nordstrom, A Little Night Music; Camelot (White Plains PAC); Mrs. Phagan, Parade (Gallery Players); The Sound of Music (North Shore Music Theatre); Searching for Romeo (NYMF). Cabaret: The Amanda McBroom Project (MAC Award – Special Production); 54 Sings: Merrily We Roll Along (54 Below). MM in musical theater from Oklahoma City University. Proud Member of AEA. Special Thanks to Charlie, Vicky, and Greg; Eddie and Take 3 Talent; Florence Birdwell; Eric Michael Gillet; mom-Sarah; Dad; Ginger and Sadie; and my wonderful husband, Stephen Mitchell Brown. Huzzah! leahjennings.com
Peter Gosik* Fakir/Ensemble Great Lakes Theater debut Peter is elated to make his Great Lakes Theater/ISF debut! Favorite credits include Enjolras in Les Misérables (Riverside Theatre), Robbie in A Man Of No Importance (Arvada Center for the Arts) 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 the An Idiot Abroad Christmas Special with Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis. Peter holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association. Love and gratitude to Mom, Dad, Eddie and the team at Take 3 Talent. Thanks to Charlie, Vicky, Greg, Joe and Michael Cassara Casting for this tremendous opportunity. For Elenor, Lloyd, & Shirley. petergosik.com
Jillian Kates* Lily Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Jillian Kates is thrilled to return, having previously appeared in Cabaret and The Taming of the Shrew. She was most recently seen in the touring company of Wicked as the Glinda/ Nessarose US and is a proud alumnus of the Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Depart ment. Some favorite credits include Young Edie in Grey Gardens, Reno in Anything Goes, Marian in The Music Man, and Cinderella in Into the Woods. Jillian would like to extend many, many, thanks to her family, squeebs, Charlie, Vicky, Greg, Joel, and the entire cast, crew, and staff of GLT for this amazing opportunity. For my Nanny who I know is there inside me.
Leah Jennings* Rose Lennox Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previously at GLT: Les Misérables; The Merry Wives of Windsor and A Christmas Carol. National tours: Molly, The Unsinkable Molly Brown; Milly, Seven Brides... Regional: Carrie, Carousel; Adelaide, Guys & Dolls; Meg, Little Women; Nancy, Oliver! (Cumberland County Playhouse); Madame Dindon, La Cage Aux
Giovanna A. Layne Mary Lennox Great Lakes Theater debut Giovanna is excited to be part of GLT/ISF making her debut in The Secret Garden. She is 11 years old and attends Sheffield Middle School. She loves any opportunity to sing or perform for an audience. Past regional credits include A Christmas Story (Esther Jane) at Cleveland Play House. Her past theater credits include The Music Man (Amaryllis) and Annie (Annie), Lorain County Musical Theatre; Les Misérables (Young Cossette), Happy Ending Lyric Players; A Christmas Story the Musical (MaryBeth), Near West Theatre; Bye Bye Birdie Jr. (Penelope) and
Annie (Molly), Beck Center; Charlotte’s Web (Avery), Suessical (Jo-Jo), Tarzan (Young Tarzan), and Annie Get Your Gun (Little Jake) at True North Cultural Center. She also volunteers to sing for Achievement Centers of Cleveland. Giovanna has enjoyed spending this past summer with the ISF family in Boise and would like to thank the Lunn family for their hospitality and being a great host family! Huge thank you goes out to Charlie, Vicky, and Greg for believing in her, as well as all of her fellow cast mates for all of their support. She also would like to thank her family, friends and most of all her parents and brother for their love, continued support, and encouragement.
Dougfred Miller* Ben Weatherstaff Eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previous appearances for Great Lakes Theater include no fewer than four characters in Dial “M” for Murder (Lesgate, O’Brien, Pendleton and Williams), King Alonso in The Tempest, the Dukes in As You Like It, the title role in Macbeth, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Jonathan in Arsenic and Old Lace, Cassius in Julius Caesar, Jaques in As You Like It, Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest and a widely acclaimed Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing. In several seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, his roles include Holofernes in Love’s Labor’s Lost,
Mary Mondlock Claire Holmes/Ensemble Great Lakes Theater debut Mary is ecstatic to join the GLT family for the first time! She has most recently been seen in Playhouse Square’s production of Saturday Night Fever (Flo/Doreen). Other credits include: Carousel (Carrie Pipperidge), A Chorus Line (Maggie) at Baldwin Wallace, Cabaret (Sally Bowles) at Weathervane Playhouse, and West Side Story (Maria) at Interlochen Arts Academy. Mary is a senior Music Theatre major at Baldwin Wallace University. She would like to thank her family, teachers, John, and MT ‘16 for their everlasting encouragement and love. Laura Perrotta* Mrs. Medlock Fourteen seasons at Great lakes Theater Laura is happy to return to GLT where she has performed since 1999! A native New Yorker, Laura Perrotta has worked extensively in regional theater including off-Broadway and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She cur-
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Sara Masterson Martha Great Lakes Theater debut Sara is thrilled to be making her debut with GLT! Credits: A Little Night Music (Anne) New London Barn Playhouse, Follies (Sally) Baldwin Wallace University, How to Succeed… (Ens./US Rosemary) Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Love Story (Jenny) Playhouse Square/BW, Carrie: The Musical (Sue) Beck Center for the Arts/BW. Sara is a senior pursuing a BM in musical theater at Baldwin Wallace University. Endless thanks to Vicky, Greg and all the happy players at GLT. All my love to BWMT’16 and my incredible family. “I am sure there is magic in everything.”
Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Horatio in Hamlet, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, several Dukes, an Emperor in Amadeus, and Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2. He has played Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Versati in The Underpants at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Jim Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Coach House Theatre, King Arthur in Spamalot at the Beck Center (opposite his real-life Lady of the Lake, Jessica Cope), Lysander in a Vietnamese/ English production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Central Dramatic Theatre Company in Hanoi, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Portland Center Stage, Richard in Richard III and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company, and Prospero in The Tempest and the Duke in Measure for Measure with the Texas Shakespeare Festival. Doug is a graduate of the PTTP at the University of Delaware and a proud member of Actors’ Equity.
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rently 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 Arkadina in The Seagull, Lady M in Macbeth, Amanda Prynne in Private Lives, Mrs. Cheveley in An Ideal Husband, and Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret. Last summer she returned to the Festival to play M’Lynne Eaton in Steel Magnolias directed by Sari Ketter.
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Katie Proulx* Ayah/Ensemble Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Katie is thrilled to be returning to GLT for her second season with this incredible company. Past credits with GLT/Idaho Shakespeare Festival include Les Misérables and Merry Wives of Windsor. Katie is a graduate of The New York Conservatory for the Arts and was an original company member of the Roschman Dance Company. NY credits include Spike Heels, Wet: Shakespeare, The Art of Dining, and the independent film, Nothing Phases Me. Regional roles include the Mute in The Fantasticks as well as the title role in Aladdin, An Original Pantomime at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Adriana in The Comedy of Errors for ISF’s 2015 Shakespearience, Meg in Little Women, Tracy Lord in The Philadelphia Story, Nancy D. in A New Brain, and Val in A Chorus Line. Love and thanks to Joel, Charlie, Vicky and Greg. Colton Ryan Dickon Great Lakes Theater debut Colton Ryan is so thrilled to be coming back to Cleveland to perform with Great Lakes Theater! Some of his favorite credits include Eddie Birdlace in Dogfight and Tommy in Carrie the Musical at Beck Center for the Arts, Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees and Gangster No. 1 in Kiss Me, Kate at New London Barn Playhouse, and Paul in A Chorus Line at Baldwin Wallace University. He is currently a rising junior at Baldwin Wallace as a music theater major. He wants to thank his mom and sister for raising him to be the man that he is, and to Adrian for showing him the man he wants to be.
Dustin Tucker* Major Holmes/Ensemble Three seasons at Great Lakes Theater Broadway: The Rainmaker (Roundabout). Off-Broadway credits include: SoHo Rep, Manhattan Ensemble Theater, Primary Stages, Culture Project and HERE. For Great Lakes Theater he played Touchstone in As You Like It (BroadwayWorld Cleveland, Best Actor), the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol and Trinculo in last season’s production of The Tempest. Mr. Tucker currently resides in Portland, Maine, where he is an Affiliate Artist with Portland Stage Company and has appeared in Fully Committed, Greater Tuna, Bach at Leipzig, The 39 Steps, Peer Gynt, Vigil, and six seasons of The Santaland Diaries (BroadwayWorld Maine, Best Actor). His other regional credits include: Williamstown, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Sierra Rep and Festival Stage of Winston-Salem. A proud and blessed member of Actors’ Equity Association. Much love to Peter. dustintucker.com
Understudies Kelly Autry, Gabe Brown, Ellis Dawson, Julia Hines, Nathan Klingenberg, John Kramer, Mary Mondlock, Erin Moylan, Caroline Murrah, Isabel Plana, Katie Proulx*, Dustin Tucker*, Malik Victorian, Chase Zadd, Callista Zajac
Directors Victoria Bussert Director Twenty-nine seasons at Great Lakes Theater Victoria Bussert balances the professional and academic worlds, dividing her time between an active career 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, Pegasus Players, Anchorage Opera, Dobama Theatre, Cleveland Play House and Beck Center for the Arts, among others. 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 [title of show] and Lizzie for the Fredericia Teater in Denmark. Prior to her teaching career, Victoria served as associate director for Great Lakes Theater and continues her long association with that company as resident director, most recently directing the awardwinning Les Misérables. Upcoming projects include In The Heights at the Beck Center and The Tragedy Of Carmen at BW. Special thanks to Charlie, Greg, Joel, Jeff, Charlotte, David, Jen and the entire ISF/GLT families. This is for you, dearest Kyle – how could we ever know.
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Gregory Daniels Choreographer Four seasons at Great Lakes Theater Gregory is thrilled to return to GLT after choreographing Les Misérables, Cabaret and Sondheim On Sondheim. Credits include the
regional premieres of Dogfight, Carrie: The Musical and Spring Awakening (2012 and 2014 Cleveland Critics Circle award for Best Choreography), all at Beck Center for the Arts. 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 this fall All Shook Up. 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 Jared for always being there with smiles, support and inspiration. For more info, please visit gregorydaniels.net
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Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director Fourteen seasons at Great Lakes Theater Directing credits at GLT: Dial “M” for Murder, Deathtrap, Blithe Spirit, Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, Hay Fever, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arms and the Man and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Charles holds a unique position in the American theater as producing artistic director of three independently operated, professional theater companies: Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland, Ohio (since 2002), Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho (since 1991) and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival in Lake Tahoe, Nevada (since 2010). His appointments have resulted in a dynamic and groundbreaking producing model for the companies, in which more than 60 plays have been shared since 2002. In 2009, Charles was honored to receive recognition for his leadership by the Cleveland Arts Prize as a recipient of the Martha Joseph Award. Other awards include The Mayor’s and Governor’s awards for Excellence in the Arts, in Boise, Idaho. From 1988 to 1992, he held the position of artistic director at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in California. He has also worked with The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, the Milwaukee and Missouri repertory theaters, Actor’s Theatre of Phoenix and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. In addition to his work with the companies in Ohio, Idaho and Nevada, Charles is active within the community. He has served as a member of the strategic planning committee for the Morrison Center, as producer of the FUNDSY Award Gala (’96, ’98 and 2000), and as producer of the 1996 Idaho Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Charles has served on the board of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Downtown Rotary Club. He received his B.A. from the University of the Pacific and Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Along with his wife, Lidia, and 20-year-old daughter, Alexa, Charles resides in Boise, Cleveland and Lake Tahoe — a feat that is
only possible because of the incredible love and support of his family, and the generous communities he serves! Joel Mercier Music Director Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Joel is excited to be back at GLT after last year’s Les Misérables, which won the Cleveland Critics 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); 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 just finished up arrangements and orchestrations for INSPIRE, an original megamusical review at American Music Theatre in Lancaster, PA and directed the New England premiere of Sleepy Hollow for the NH Theatre Factory. Prior to relocating to NH, 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, a Guest Artist at Dartmouth College for four, and is currently the Artistic Director of the NH Theatre Factory. Visit joelmercier. com for more info.
Designers David Gotwald Sound Designer Great Lakes Theater debut A native Clevelander, David is thrilled to be making his debut at 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. He was a member of the Cleveland Play House Youth Theatre and Production Manager at The Fairmount Center for the Arts in Novelty, Ohio. Currently, he is teaching at Carnegie Mellon University and freelance designing in Pittsburgh, Idaho and Lake Tahoe.
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Jeff Herrmann Scenic Designer Eight seasons at Great Lakes Theater Jeff is pleased to return to Great Lakes Theater for his 8th season. Previous produc-
tions 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 and Les Misérables, 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 Theatre at Baldwin Wallace University. He holds an 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 Great Lakes Theater debut On Broadway: Amazing Grace, The Illusionists, Legally Blonde, Freshly Squeezed, Laughing Room Only. Off-Broadway: Clinton: The Musical, Pageant, Vanities: The Musical, Waiting for Godot, Addicted, Nunsense, Balancing Act. Regional theaters: Stratford Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare, Pioneer Theatre Company, Idaho Shakespeare, Asolo Repertory, A.C.T., Cleveland Play House, Pasadena Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House, Baystreet Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, The Maltz Jupiter Theatre and others. National tours: The Illusionists, Elf, Shrek, Story Time Live, Wizard of Oz, Legally Blonde, Sweeney Todd, Hairspray, The Producers, The Sound of Music. International: West Side Story (Milan), Legally Blonde (London and Vienna), Race for Love (China), Cinderella and Saturday Night Fever (Manila, Singapore and Malaysia). Television: Camelot (Live from Lincoln Center) and numerous Comedy Central specials. Paul has been the Lighting Director for The New Year’s Eve Celebration from Times Square for the last 15 years. Charlotte M. Yetman Costume Designer Nine seasons at Great Lakes Theater Charlotte is a Professor of Costume Design at Baldwin Wallace University where she recently designed Dark of the Moon, Romeo and Juliet, Saturday Night Fever, and Eurydice. Among her professional credits are designs for 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 and Great Lakes Theater); 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 Jennifer Caster* Stage Manager Four seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previously at Great Lakes Theater: performance stage manager for Dial “M” for Murder and Deathtrap, assistant stage manager for Les Misérables, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sweeney Todd and Guys & Dolls. Additional stage management credits include: The Secret Garden, Dial “M” for Murder, Steel Magnolias, Les Misérables (Idaho Shakespeare Festival); Evgeny Onegin (Opera Idaho); Yentl (Cleveland Play House); Water Ways, The Secret Social, Standing on Ceremony, Poor Little Lulu (Cleveland Public Theatre); Antony and Cleopatra, Burt Dow, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, Elizabeth Rex, Dying City, Brilliant Traces (Stonington Opera House, ME); Red Light Winter, Fefu and Her Friends, Passion Play, How I Learned to Drive (Bard College Fisher Center, NY); Septimus and Clarissa (Ripe Time, NY); Futurity (HERE Arts Center, NY); PITCH (LaMaMa, Etc., NY); and Waxing West (Dramalabbet, Stockholm). Jennifer is the production manager for Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant (NYC-based performance ensemble) and previously for the Cleveland, OH Station Hope multi-arts event. Jessica B. Lucas* Assistant Stage Manager Four seasons at Great Lakes Theater This is Jessica’s fourth season with Great Lakes Theater. Previous credits include Dial M for Murder, Les Misérables, A Christmas Carol and Deathtrap with Great Lakes Theater. Dial M for Murder, Secret Garden, and King Lear with Idaho Shakespeare Festival. 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. Jessica has also worked as the company manager for Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival.
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 made generous gifts between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. “I can no other answer make but thanks.” Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene iii
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 Cuyahoga Arts and Culture** Lead Sponsors $50,000 to $99,999 The David and Inez Myers Foundation*** The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation***
The George Gund Foundation*** The Kulas Foundation*** The John P. Murphy Foundation*
Sponsors $25,000 to $49,999 PNC Foundation The Reinberger Foundation***
The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The GAR Foundation*** The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation***
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THE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY Individual donors of $1,000 and above are members of Great Lakes Theater’s “Shakespeare Society” and are entitled to certain benefits, including invitations to special Society events and activities. For more information, contact Don Bernardo at (216) 453-1068.
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Avon Circle $10,000 to $24,999 The Abington Foundation* Eaton Corporation*** The Community Foundation of Lorain County*** Janet & Bob Neary*** The Nord Family Foundation*** Dr. & Mrs. Donald Palmer*** Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pistell*** Mrs. James O. Roberts*** Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford*** John & Barbara Schubert*** The Shubert Foundation***
Stratford Circle ($5,000 to $9,999) Bridgewater Associates, Inc.** The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation*** Mr. Todd M. Burger & Ms. Kristie Beck Barry & Suzanne Doggett*** Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill** Mr. & Mrs. Morton G. Epstein** Ernst & Young, LLP*** Fifth Third Bank Forest City Enterprises, Inc.* The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Foundation*** The Giant Eagle Foundation* Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer*** Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen** The Laub Foundation*** Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller*** David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse*** The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust**
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Glenn & Jenny Brown*** The Carmel Family Foundation Bill & Judie Caster* 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** Dianne V. Foley Henry G. Grendell Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell*** Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings** Diane Kathleen Hupp William W. Jacobs*** Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust*** The Lubrizol Foundation*** MAP Royalty, Inc.* Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer*** Mr. & Mrs. Douglas McGregor * Donald W. Morrison*** Nicholas & Sue Peay*** Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Peterman*** Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast*** Prof. Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Betty Willis Ruben Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ruhl*** Dr. & Mrs. Gerard Seltzer* Kim Sherwin** Steve Gariepy & Nancy Sin*** Sally J. Staley*** Target* Arthur L. Thomas Donna & Richard Walsh*** Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Wellener IV*** John and Lori Wheeler
Folio Circle ($1,000 to $2,499) Michelle R. Arendt*** John & Laura Bertsch* David & Carolyn Bialosky* Kim & Bart Bixenstine* H.F. & J.C. Burkhardt*** Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP** Jack & Janice Campbell*** Donald & Annamarie Chick***
The Alvah Stone & Adele Corning Chisholm Memorial Fund Beverly J. Coen* Brian Wynne & Patrick Cozzens* Carolyn & Charles Dickson*** Mr. Gerald Freedman Mr. Edward S. Godleski** Ms. Roe Green The Gries Family Foundation*** Elizabeth Grove & Rich Bedell* William R. Gustaferro*** John & Virginia Hansen*** Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.*** Donna M. & Alex I. Koler Charlotte R. Kramer John J. and JoAnn D. Lane Ken & Mary Loparo*** Jack McGrath*** Mr. & Mrs. William E. MacDonald III Mr. & Mrs. John C. Morley*** Mr. & Mrs. William Osborne, Jr.*** Thomas J. Pajk Mr. & Mrs. John S. Piety*** John & Norine Prim*** Linda Schlageter*** Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph K. Schmeller* Laura & Alvin Siegal Donald A. & Catherine C. Sinko** Brit & Kate Stenson*** Diana & Eugene Stromberg*** Mr. Robert A. Tschannen*** Gerald F. Unger*** Mary C. Warren** Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Warren** Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. White* Robert & Emily Williams* Julie Sabroff Willoughby Margaret & Loyal Wilson* Patrick M. Zohn***
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* and Paul Brentlinger Willard and Donna Carmel Mary* and Leigh Carter Natalie and Morton Epstein Edward S. Godleski Samuel S. Hartwell Kate Lunsford Mary Anne* and Jack McGrath Janet and Bob Neary
Richard II, Act II, Scene ii James A. Nelson* Donald and Anne Palmer Lynn and Tim Pistell Professor Alan Miles Ruben and Judge Betty Willis Ruben George* and Marjorie* Springer Thomas G. and Ruth M. Stafford Arthur L. Thomas Audrey* and Dick Watts
*Deceased: The legacy of these generous donors lives on for future generations.
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Donors Support: Audiences & Artists Did you know that ticket revenue covers only half of the cost of creating a Great Lakes Theater production? Generous donors ensure that our productions of timeless classics, “re-imagined” for contemporary audiences, are of the highest quality. Thanks to donors like you, we’ve connected over four million people to the classics over the last five decades!
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Richard & Mary Ann Brockett Larry & Andi Carlini** Jean McQuillan & Richard Christ*** John & Donna Clifford*** Rollin & Anne Conway* Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. Cooper* David & Gayle Cratty** Lowell & Carole Davis*** Chad & Andrea Deal Marilyn P. Demeter*** Daniel & Joyce Dyer * Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg*** Dr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig*** Mr. & Mrs. L. William Erb Howard P. Erlichman** Susan L. Fike*** Mary Eileen Fogarty*** David V. Foos** Mr. & Mrs. Gerald R. Frei** Lillian Friedman Mr. & Mrs. Lou Galizio*** Mrs. Barbara J. Garris* Deborah A. Geier*** Gary & Katie Geoffrion Greg & Gail Gibson*** Larry & Jean Gilbert* Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Gray** John Greene Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld** Michael & Suzanne Harris* Arlene & William Hazlett* Curt & Karen Henkle** Clyde A. Horn*** Ron & Joanne Hulec*** James & Gale Jacobsohn* Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson* Ms. Margaret Kaczmarek Marilyn & Howard Karfeld*** Lauren Kawentel**
Friends ($75 to $124) Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Bahler Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bercu Dr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser*** Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton*** Mr. D. Stephen Botorff & Ms. Patricia J. Moyer**
Mr. Stanley C. Brandt & Ms. Mary K. Whitmer*** Carol Brenneman Mike & Carole Brown Barbara J. Burke* Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Charlick Samuel Cowling** Judith Darus Chris & Mary Ann Deibel*** Ms. Marilyn Dewees Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Doherty Donna Douglas*** Bob & Ginny Eckardt The Eldridge Family*** Mr. & Mrs. Oliver F. Emerson Deena & Richard Epstein** Janice Evans* Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Field*** Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Frey* Katherine A. Ganz Virginia T. Goetz Jean E. Gubbins* Betty Haberkamp Hazel Haffner*** Marian Hancy** Debra & Tom Hayes Jean Heller Ms. Eleanor W. Helper Robert T. Hexter Frank & Gerry Hoffert* Mark & Lynn Hofflund Marie Ivkanec Dennis Kelly* Mr. Gilbert P. Kenehan* Samuel C. Kennell William & Marion Kettering* Larry & Janet Kilgore** Mr. & Mrs. Albert Kirby Stuart & Anne Klein Mary Jo Klements Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Kozel*** Debra Krause Mr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Kruszka Pat Murphy & Mike Kupiec* Leslie Lahr Thomas & Anne LaMotte Mr. & Mrs. Robert Larson* Howard S. Levin Gregory & Vickie Leyes* Ted & Mary Lomac*** Mr. & Mrs. John M. Lovett Mr. & Mrs. John S. Lupo Ronald & Elizabeth Manolio*** Gretchen Mates** Rev. Edward E. Mehok*** Antoinette Miller** Tom & Mary Neff* Ken Noetzel* Fulton & Thea O’Donoghue David Oldham** Joan M. Oravec*** Peggy & Michael Partington** Mr. William Plesec Ms. Mary L. Pollak Mr. Alan A. Pomiecko
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Pongracz* Jeffrey Powell Larry & Susan Rakow* Judy & Clifford Reeves** Donna & James Reid*** Heath & Kathryn Reinhardt The Reinker Family*** Mr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen Ms. Jacqueline Y. Rhodes* Barbara S. Robinson* Keith & Margaret Robinson Barbara Sabo William & Lisa Schonberg Dina & Richard Schoonmaker*** Doris A. Schultz** Steve & Kathy Schultz* Linda Sebald Randall & Sara Shaner Dr. Dave & Faye Sholiton Alma L. Smith Tom Wagner & Malinda Smyth* Darwin L. Steele *** Katherine Stokes-Shafer Albert & Bernice Strasshofer*** Ms. Elizabeth Swenson Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Tatman Mr. & Mrs. George Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Tyler, Jr. Carol A. Vidoli*** Adele Viguera Ms. Kimberly A. Vivolo Natalie Vloedman Michael Wagner Rev. & Mrs. David M. Walker*** Gordon & Virginia Wepfer* Sharon & Yoash Wiener*** Arthur & Deborah Zinn** *3 – 5 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor
Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pistell Mr. & Mrs. Harold I. Pittaway III Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Powers Jeff & Bethann Sedam Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford Sally J. Staley Dr. & Mrs. Ken Tomecki Matha C. Towns Mr. & Mrs. Roger S. Vail John & Dianne Young
Matching Gift Corporations Eaton Corporation FirstEnergy Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation IBM Corporation The Lubrizol Corporation Nordson Corporation Foundation
Gifts were received in honor of: Gail Cudak Mort and Natalie Epstein Chris Fornadel Todd Krispinsky Michael Peterman Tom Stafford Sally J. Staley
Gifts were received in memory of: Paul Brentlinger Geoffrey Michael Heller H. Ronald Pottorff
**6 – 9 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor
The Women’s Committee
***10 or more consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor
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.
Matinee Idols Donors who underwrote tickets to 2015-2016 Student Matinees so more students can attend. Chuck & Bonnie Abbey American Tank and Fabricating Mrs. Al A. Archambault Robyn & David Barrie Ms. Melanie Bingham Richard & Mary Ann Brockett Jack & Janice Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Chernus Chad & Andrea Deal Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield, Jr. Ted & Nancy Goble Mrs. Mary Jane Hartwell Ron & Joanne Hulec Dr. Shelly & Jan Jones Artz Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer
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David & Sue Klepac*** Michael & Lynn Kleinman* Mr. Thomas Knox Fred & Joann Lafferty*** Mr.& Mrs. Brian Lawler* Ms. Carla Licastro* Frederick C. Luckay Robert MacMurray Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McDonald*** Jennifer & Peter Meckes Nan Miller** Toni & Linda Moore** Roy & Cindy Moore** Nordson Corporation Foundation** Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Patalon Brian Perry & Ka Pi Hoh Andrew & Brenda Pongracz Ms. Betsy R. Quinn Ms. Lori Riga* Reinhold & Ginny Roedig*** Mr. & Mrs. James A. Saks** Mr. Mark J. Salling & Ms. Cindie Carroll Pankhurst*** Donna Schuerger** Donna Sheridan*** John & Susan Siegfried Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Slavin** David & Rita Smith*** Mr. Joseph A. Sopko Mr. & Mrs. John Southworth William E. Spatz** Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel*** Jan & Bill Stern Susan St. John** Anita K. Stoll Albert Stratton* Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Sullivan** Mr. & Mrs. William W. Taft Mr. Joseph E. Talaba Elizabeth Twohig** Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard** Ryan Vidmar James L. Wagner* Ms. Kathleen Waits* Mrs. Barbara S. Walker* Mrs. Betty S. Weiss* Thomas M. Wladyka James & Sandra Wood* Mr. & Mrs. James Xinakes** John & Dianne Young Dr. C. Russell & Cynthia Zachem
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 (216.453.4442) with questions or to report updates and revisions.
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INNOVATION FUND
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Great Lakes Theater is extremely grateful to the following generous donors who recently contributed to match a $200,000 grant from The Cleveland Foundation to create the “Great Lakes Theater Innovation Fund.” This permanent endowed fund will provide entrepreneurial capital to enable Great Lakes Theater to pursue projects designed to further enhance the company’s growth and sustainability.
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Chuck & Bonnie Abbey Walt & Laura Avdey David & Carolyn Bialosky Kim & Bart Bixenstine Mitch & Liz Blair H.F. & J.C. Burkhardt Bill & Judie Caster Beverly J. Coen Gail Cudak & Thomas Young Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill Richard & Evelyn Dolejs Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press Dr. Howard Epstein Dianne V. Foley Geoffrey Michael Heller Memorial Fund
Dr. Edward S. Godleski Elizabeth Grove & Rich Bedell Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings William W. Jacobs Jack and Mary Ann Katzenmeyer Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen Donna M. & Alex I. Koler John J. and JoAnn D. Lane Dr. Lawrence E. Lohman & Mrs. Mary J. Lohman Ken & Mary Loparo Mr. & Mrs. William E. MacDonald III Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller Donald W. Morrison
Janet and Bob Neary Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast Elizabeth & Harlan Peterjohn Lynn & Tim Pistell David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse John & Barbara Schubert Kim Sherwin Squire Patton Boggs Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford Brit & Kate Stenson Diana & Gene Strombert Gerald F. Unger Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. White Julie Sabroff Willoughby
TRUSTEES Chair
Thomas G. Stafford*
President
Samuel Hartwell*
Secretary
Kim Bixenstine*
Treasurer
Walter Avdey*
Trustees
Denise Horstman Keen Jonathan Leiken William MacDonald III+ Ellen Stirn Mavec+ Mary J. Mayer John E. McGrath Leslie H. Moeller Danielle M. Morris Janet E. Neary* Robert D. Neary Pamela G. Noble* Michael J. Peterman Thomas A. Piraino, Jr. Timothy K. Pistell David P. Porter Georgianna T. Roberts Ana G. Rodriguez Rudolph K. Schmeller John D. Schubert+
Peter Shimrak+ Laura Siegal+ Mark C. Siegel Sally J. Staley Diana W. Stromberg Gerald F. Unger Donna Walsh Thomas D. Warren Nancy Wellener Kevin M. White Julie Sabroff Willoughby Patrick Zohn Rebecca A. Zuti *Executive Committee +Life Trustee
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 David Bialosky* Mitchell G. Blair* Todd M. Burger* William Caster*
Beverly J. Coen Gail L. Cudak Carolyn Dickson+ Leslie Dickson William Barry Doggett+ Carol Dolan* Timothy J. Downing* Dr. Howard G. Epstein* Natalie Epstein* Dianne V. Foley* Rudolph Garfield+ Stephen H. Gariepy Henry G. Grendell Elizabeth A. Grove* Susan Hastings Diane Kathleen Hupp William W. Jacobs* Faisal Kahn John E. Katzenmeyer
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STAFF
Artistic
Wardrobe Crew......................................Tamara French, Miranda Marti, Zach Hickle Wig Design.....Mary Schilling-Martin and Caitie Martin Master Electrician.................................... Tammy Taylor Charge Scenic Artist......................................Angi Grow Audio Supervisor.............................. Richard Ingraham Production Stage Manager.................Jennifer Caster* Assistant Stage Manager.................. Jessica B. Lucas* Production Associate...................................Amy Essick Assistant to the Director.............Alyssa Kay Thompson Stage Management Intern.................. Dayne Sundman Run Crew................ Richard Haberlen, Patrick Kiernan, Gary Zsigrai Hanna Theatre Crew........... Thomas Boddy, Chris Guy, Shaun Milligan, Robert Prah
Artistic Associate.........................................Sara Bruner Artistic Associate..............................................Tom Ford
Special Thanks
Leadership Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director Bob Taylor, Executive Director
Management Team
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Director of Development.........................Don Bernardo Production Manager...............Christopher D. Flinchum Director of Educational Services.................Kelly Schaffer Florian Director of Marketing & Strategic Advancement......................Todd Krispinsky Director of Educational Programming...... Lisa Ortenzi
Mark Liderbach and Arrow Video
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
Administration Audience Engagement Manager............Chris Fornadel Donor Relations Associate......................Rebecca Frick Assistant Production Manager...............Corrie Purdum Finance Associate.................................Stephanie Reed Trinity High School Intern...................Heather Cochran Office Volunteers.........Janice Campbell, Janet Glaeser
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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Production Technical Director.......................................Mark Cytron Assistant Technical Director..........William Langenhop Master Carpenter.......................................Lindsay Loar Carpenter/Welder...............................Richard Haberlen Properties Master............................. Bernadine Cockey Props Assistant.....................................Rachel Bertrand Costume Shop Manager.................Esther M. Haberlen Assistant Shop Manager.................................Leah Loar Wardrobe Supervisor.................... Colleen McLaughlin
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SEPTEMBER
Cornhole Tournament
A Comedy of Tenors
CONNOR PALACE Thursday
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North Union Farmers Cornhole Tournament Market Labatt Blue Light Lime Concert Series:
Saturday A Comedy of Tenors Summer Movie Series: The Hunger Games- Catching Fire
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A Comedy of Tenors
A Comedy of Tenors
North Union Farmers Market Dynomite Game Day Tailgate A Comedy of Tenors Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
A Comedy of Tenors Jim Jefferies District Block Party Dance Showcase
A Comedy of Tenors
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Cleveland Pops
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A Comedy of Tenors
A Comedy of Tenors
A Comedy of Tenors Death and the Maiden Summer Movie Series: The Avengers
A Comedy of Tenors Death and the Maiden An Evening with Kathryn Morgan Sparx City Hop
A Comedy of Tenors
Death and the Maiden The Secret Garden
Death and the Maiden An Evening with Sascha Radetsky The Secret Garden
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A Comedy of Tenors Death and the Maiden
A Comedy of Tenors
Death and the Maiden
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A Comedy of Tenors
A Comedy of Tenors
OCTOBER
A Comedy of Tenors Death and the Maiden
A Comedy of Tenors King Lear Death and the Maiden
A Comedy of Tenors King Lear Death and the Maiden Past. Present. Future Certified Crazy Comedy Tour
Bullets Over Broadway King Lear
Bullets Over Broadway King Lear Gigantick Dimensions Gladys Knight & The O’Jays
Bullets Over Broadway The Secret Garden Gigantick Dimensions The Crucible Josh Groban The Dancing Wheels
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King Lear
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Dynomite Game Day North Union Farmers Tailgate Market A Comedy of Tenors A Comedy of Tenors Labatt Blue Light Lime Concert Series: Death and the Maiden
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Bullets Over Broadway The Secret Garden The Crucible Last Comic Standing
Bullets Over Broadway The Crucible
Bullets Over Broadway The Secret Garden The Crucible Evil Dead The Musical
The Crucible
The Secret Garden The Crucible The Investigation Joel Grey: Up Close and Personal
The Crucible Air Play
Bullets Over Broadway The Secret Garden The Crucible
Bullets Over Broadway King Lear The Crucible
Bullets Over Broadway The Secret Garden The Crucible GroundWorks Evil Dead/Musical The Investigation
Bullets Over Broadway King Lear The Secret Garden The Crucible GroundWorks Evil Dead The Musical The Investigation Russell Peters
King Lear The Crucible
The Secret Garden The Crucible
King Lear The Crucible The Investigation 1964 The Tribute Bill Burr
King Lear The Secret Garden The Crucible The Investigation David Sedaris Joel Grey: Up Close and Personal
The Secret Garden The Crucible The Investigation Air Play Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson
The Secret Garden King Lear The Crucible The Investigation Air Play Perfectly Marvelous: John Kander
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The Secret Garden The Crucible Air Play Alvin and The Chipmunks
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