The Mousetrap - Great Lakes Theater (2012)

Cleveland’s Classic Company at the Hanna Theatre presents

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Welcome to Great Lakes Theater at PlayhouseSquare About Great Lakes Theater.....................................................................................................................................4 Trustees..................................................................................................................................................................5 Donor Spotlight ......................................................................................................................................................7 The Mousetrap..................................................................................................................................................... 13 The Cast.............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Director’s Note..................................................................................................................................................... 15 A Message from the Producing Artistic Director................................................................................................. 16 Great Lakes Theater 50th Anniversary Spotlight................................................................................................. 18 Who’s Who............................................................................................................................................................ 26 Staff .................................................................................................................................................................... 30 March/April On Our Stages.................................................................................................................................. 31

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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 Great Lakes Theater’s 2011 Fall Repertory production of Cabaret (Photo by capacity to illuminate truth and Roger Mastroianni) 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 Great Lakes Theater’s 2011 Fall Repertory production of has had a strong presence in area schools, bringThe Taming of the Shrew. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) ing students to the theater for matinee performances and sending specially trained actor-teach- classic theater. As Great Lakes moves into a new ers to the schools for weeklong residencies devel- era with a permanent home in the Hanna Theatre, oped to explore classic drama from a theatrical the company reaffirms its belief in the power of point of view. GLT is equally dedicated to enhanc- partnership, its determination to make this coming the theater experience for adult audiences munity a better place in which to live, and its through Surround, a series of community pro- commitment to ensure the legacy of classic thegrams that explore the themes of a main stage ater in Cleveland. production. To this end, Great Lakes Theater 1501 Euclid Ave., Suite 300 regularly serves as the catalyst for community Cleveland, OH 44115 events and programs in the arts and humanities P: (216) 241-5490 that illuminate the plays on its stage.

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Trustees Chair Natalie Epstein*†

President Mitchell G. Blair*

Secretary Michelle Arendt*

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Hanna Theatre March 9 – 25, 2012

Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director

With generous support from:

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The Mousetrap By

Agatha Christie Directed by

Drew Barr

Sara M. Bruner* Aled Davies* Jodi Dominick*

Kate Duffield Tom Ford* Paul Hurley*

Dan Lawrence* Ryan David O’Byrne* Laura Perrotta*

Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Russell Metheny Kim Krumm Sorenson Mary Louise Geiger

Fight Choreographer Michael Mueller

Original Music & Sound Design Daniel Kluger

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Stage Manager Corrie E. Purdum*

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

The Mousetrap is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

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the cast

The Mousetrap

Dramatis Personae Miss Casewell .......................................................................................................................Sara M. Bruner * Major Metcalf ............................................................................................................................Aled Davies * Mollie Ralston .......................................................................................................................Jodi Dominick * Mrs. Maureen Lyon................................................................................................................. Kate Duffield Mr. Paravicini................................................................................................................................. Tom Ford * Giles Ralston ..............................................................................................................................Paul Hurley * Detective Sergeant Trotter.....................................................................................................Dan Lawrence * Christopher Wren .......................................................................................................Ryan David O’Byrne * Mrs. Boyle ..............................................................................................................................Laura Perrotta *

The Scenes of the Play: Act I Scene 1: The Great Hall at Monkswell Manor. Late Afternoon.

Scene 2: The same. The following day after lunch.

Act II The same. Ten minutes later.

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Director’s note Christie’s short murder mystery, “Three Blind Mice,” begins: Agatha

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Christie based her story on a radio play she had produced for the occasion of Queen Mary’s 80th birthday in 1947. A few years later, she adapted the two versions of “Three Blind Mice” into a stage play called The Mousetrap. Still playing in London, 60 years after it first opened in 1952, it is the longest running theatrical production in the history of the modern world. The identity of the killer in Christie’s play is a closely guarded secret and, famously, audiences for The Mousetrap must take a pledge not to reveal whodunit.

All I previously knew of Christie’s play before beginning my work was its astonishing performance history and the legendary contract of secrecy forged between its performers and audience. As far as I was concerned, The Mousetrap epitomized theater for theater’s sake. It existed in an essentially timeless world where rooms have three walls (the classic “box set”) and murder is a nasty business that happens in the dark. I didn’t know the radio play took its inspiration from the 1945 headlinegrabbing case of Dennis O’Neill, a young boy who died from mistreatment and neglect while in the foster care of a Shropshire farm couple. The brutal details of the abuse behind Dennis’ death, recounted in court by his surviving sibling, led to an extensive inquiry into the welfare of children in public care at the time and entirely changed my perspective on The Mousetrap.

I could no longer view the play as a theatrical shell game constructed for the sole purpose of maintaining a well-kept secret. With a real name and a real life story haunting the dramatic world created by Dame Agatha, my focus returned to that which is most compelling in working on plays: what people want and what they do to get it. I found myself more curious about and invested in the quirks and enigmatic lives of the people in the play: A group of lonely strangers, picking up the pieces of lives that had been disrupted, if not destroyed, by war. Each of them now forced to start anew by living in a guesthouse.

I thought about the number of guesthouses, opening up for business across the country and uncovered newsreel footage of cooking classes designed to help inexperienced proprietors, like Mollie and Giles Ralston of Christie’s Monkswell Manor, feed their boardinghouse guests. I became fascinated by life in England immediately following the second World War: the cruel and unusually cold winters, the housing and fuel shortages, the economic despair and psychological unease brought about by the end of an empire. I discovered the case of John Reginald Christie (no relation), a famed serial killer who lived at 10 Rillington Place, and whose trial gripped public attention throughout the first year of The Mousetrap’s run, before his execution at Pentonville Prison in 1953.

(Coincidentally, Richard Attenborough, who starred as Sgt. Trotter for the first two-and-a-half years of The Mousetrap, played John Reginald Christie in a 1971 film called, 10 Rillington Place.) I stumbled upon the world of “Brit Noir”— a genre of crime fiction and films that flourished after WWII, feeding on and fueling the anxieties of a population living in closer proximity than ever before.

What is it that excites us so about stories of murder and revenge? Why do we seek out that “funny feeling” felt by Mrs. Casey as she watched the stranger ascend her boardinghouse stairs?

In the 60-plus years since Agatha Christie first told the tale of “Three Blind Mice,” audiences’ hunger for such material seems only to have grown more voracious and more sophisticated. Is it our everincreasing proximity to other people in a world that seems to shrink through over-population and mass communication that heightens our curiosity, and perhaps our understanding, of “the evil that men do?” As time has passed and our exposure to these stories intensified, has our empathy shifted ever so slightly from victim to murderer? The steadfastness of the millions of audience members who have maintained The Mousetrap’s secret notwithstanding, do we grow less curious about who commits a crime as we grow more titillated by why?

—Drew Barr, Director, The Mousetrap

Great Lakes Theater

It was very cold. The sky was dark and heavy with unshed snow. A figure in a dark overcoat, with muffler pulled up round its face, and hat pulled down over its eyes, came along Culver Street and went up the steps of number 74.

Hearing the shrilling bell in the basement below, Mrs. Casey, her hands busy in the sink, said bitterly, “Drat that bell. Never any peace, there isn’t.”

Wheezing a little, she toiled up the basement’s stairs and opened the door.

The figure standing silhouetted against the lowering sky outside asked in a whisper, “Mrs. Lyon?”

“Second floor,” said Mrs. Casey. “You can go on up.

Does she expect you?” The figure slowly shook its head. “Oh, well, go on up and knock.”

She watched as the figure went up the shabbily carpeted stairs. Afterward she said it “gave her a funny feeling.” But actually all she thought was that they must have a pretty bad cold only to be able to whisper like that — and no wonder with the weather what it was.

When the figure got round the bend of the staircase it began to whistle softly. The tune was “Three Blind Mice.”

Why Done It?

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A message

Producing Artistic Director

Friends,

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n behalf of our artists, staff and board of trustees, welcome back to Great Lakes Theater’s 50th Anniversary Season!

“It all started with an empty auditorium and a group of concerned citizens.

The hall was fastened to the public high school in suburban Lakewood. The citizens were members of the Lakewood Board of Education who wanted to fill the auditorium during the summer months with cultural offerings. The year was 1961, when Lakewood Board of Education President Dorothy Teare persuaded a peripatetic Shakespeare troupe to make Lakewood Civic Auditorium its home.”

Thus began the 50-year history of Great Lakes Theater under the visionary leadership of Dorothy Teare, and our first Artistic Director, Arthur Lithgow. In the succeeding decades, fortune has shined on our company through a succession of extraordinary leaders, dedicated board members and a community of support undaunted by the challenges of creating and sustaining the artistic and educational mission of “Cleveland’s Classic Theater Company.” We are thrilled to continue our 50th season in as strong a position as we have ever been — both financially and artistically!

Over the course of this golden anniversary season, we will take many opportunities to recognize and honor the extraordinary contributions made by individuals and organizations over the past five decades of Great Lakes Theater. In a symbolic gesture to the thousands of people who have shaped our company, we will honor “Fifty Stars” whose contributions have shone the brightest over our history. We began in July by featuring the name of each honoree for a full week on the marquee of the Hanna Theatre.

Completing the 52 weeks of shining stars will be the names of William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens — in recognition of the significant role their works continue to play in the life of our company.

On May 5, we will celebrate in grand style at Great Lakes Theater’s 50th anniversary gala, being held at the InterContinental Hotel — we hope you will join us for a “Starry, Starry Night,” an evening of revels, memories and surprises honoring our history and celebrating our future!

At the center of our celebrations this year, we are creating our most expansive programming in decades — a six-play season of great works performed by a company of stellar artists who define our work onstage and in the community year-round. Building on the momentum of our extraordinarily well-attended fall rep, our season continues with Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap — the iconic murder mystery from the pen of the Queen of Crime herself; followed by Shakespeare’s grand masterpiece of star-crossed love, Romeo and Juliet; and capping our season, the newest work by America’s greatest composer for the theater, Sondheim on Sondheim, in the first production to be seen outside of New York City!

We hope you will join us many times this season in celebration of the rich legacy of Great Lakes Theater’s commitment to the classics, the city of Cleveland and our 50-year history as one of the region’s most vital providers of educational programming!

See you in the theater,

Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director

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“There was a star danced, and under that was I born.”

–William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, II, i

Forever Young

Celebrating 50 Seasons of Great classic theater

At a time when the average lifespan of an American theater is seven years, Great Lakes Theater has thrived for fifty. The theater’s enduring legacy is a testimony to the aspirations and commitments of countless people—artists, administrators, educators, and community members—who have made contributions large and small to the success of a theater dedicated to the classics that has perched for five decades on the edge of America’s north coast.

On the following pages, in a symbolic gesture to the tens of thousands of people who have helped to shape our company, we are proud to honor “Fifty Stars” - individuals and organizations whose contributions to the theater have shone the brightest over the course of our history.

Every one of the “Stars” on our list represents at least another fifty who also deserve our gratitude. On this occasion, we are proud to thank all of the individuals that have given generously of their time, shared their talent, provided support or bought a ticket to a Great Lakes Theater performance over the past half century.

We’re extremely grateful and we look forward to the next exciting fifty years!

DID YOU KNOW? Over the past five decades…

We have connected over 4 million adults and students to the classics.

Over 9,000 artists and artisans have been employed by Great Lakes Theater.

We have staged over 300 productions.

Over 2,000 generous members of the northeast Ohio community have served on our company’s Board of Trustees.

Our School Residency Program has had a presence in northern Ohio schools for 30 consecutive years – and, today, impacts the lives of 16,000 students in 100 schools annually.

Our annual operating budget has grown from $50K in 1962 to $3.6M today.

our Fifty stars A Lasting Legacy

In 1961, president of the Lakewood school board Dorothy Teare sought a tenant to fill the high school’s vacant auditorium. She read of the departure of theater director Arthur Lithgow from Stan Hywet Hall and the cancellation of his summer season, and contacted him. A deal was proposed: in exchange for providing the auditorium rent free, Lithgow’s company would perform matinees of William Shakespeare plays for students at no charge. Teare became president of the Great Lakes Shakespeare Association, and Lithgow the company’s first artistic director.

became GLSF’s first full-time year-round employee and in 1974 brought Bill Rudman to intern at Great Lakes. He would become instrumental in the development of the education program, expanding the in-school residency program, helping launch the theater’s adult education program and in 1997 drafting the company’s mission statement. In 1975, Carra’s final season, Great Lakes’ budget of $300,000 was six times the inaugural one, and included grants from The George Gund Foundation, the Festival’s largest long-term educational supporter.

Georgia Nielsen, first president of the volunteer Women’s Committee, coordinated many of that group’s start-up details, including ticket sales, sewing costumes and constructing stage armor.

That first season Audrey Watts was in charge of housing and would go on to launch the Festival’s first Fashion Show, a fundraiser which ensured the undertaking of a second season. She chaired the Women’s Committee and numerous benefits, and was instrumental in conceiving the Festival’s annual London Tour.

In 1976 Vincent Dowling, former deputy director of his native Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, was named Great Lakes’ third artistic director following a search led by board president Marilyn E. Brentlinger. A trustee for 43 years, Brentlinger co-wrote a best practices book on producing not-for-profit benefits which became an industry standard. Her Festival participation was always a family affair: her children played onstage extras, volunteered in the box office, and her husband Paul’s support is ongoing.

Yet were it not for banker Carl Dryer, it is unlikely the company would have survived. Dragged to a history play by his wife in the inaugural season, he was hooked, and agreed to become chairman of finance. Dryer brought in Ernst & Whinney accountants, got early loans forgiven, and connected the Festival with The Cleveland Foundation, one of Great Lakes’ most significant supporters to this day.

Lithgow departed in 1965. Lindsay Morgenthaler, a trustee who joined Great Lakes in 1963 was a key player in cultivating community support for the company, brought a professor of drama from Carnegie Tech to Great Lakes as its second artistic director: Lawrence Carra.

Carra broke the Festival’s tradition of performing Shakespeare in Elizabethan style by producing a contemporary Hamlet in 1968 informed by the shooting of Robert Kennedy. The production mesmerized a drama instructor at St. Joseph Academy, Mary Bill.

Bill joined Great Lakes part-time, crafting grants to underwrite youth tickets. In the tradition of these efforts, Eaton Corporation continues corporate support for this cause, as well as provides ongoing trustee representation on the Festival’s board. In 1970 Bill was granted funding by The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, a dedicated supporter, to expand the education program. She

In 1977 Dowling encouraged Tom Hanks to join Great Lakes as an intern. Hanks worked three seasons at the Festival, building sets, hanging lights, and acting on stage. It was at Great Lakes that he earned his Actors’ Equity card. Since making his mark in Hollywood, he has thrice returned to support Great Lakes and dazzle audiences.

In 1982, Dowling’s The Playboy of the Western World was taped by PBS and won a local Emmy Award. Its scenic design was by John Ezell, who joined Great Lakes in 1976, later becoming Associate Artistic Director. Ezell designed award-winning sets at the Festival for decades, collaborating with every subsequent artistic director.

The Festival was outgrowing its Lakewood home, and in 1980 board president Natalie Epstein, a passionate theater lover who joined Great Lakes in 1977, took a tour of the vacant PlayhouseSquare theaters. Standing on the stage of the dilapidated Ohio Theatre, she fell in love with it. She and Mary Bill teamed up to obtain funding for a renovation, and on July 9, 1982, Great Lakes opened its new home with its inaugural play, As You Like It. After Dowling’s departure, the Festival named Lorain, Ohio native Gerald Freedman its fourth artistic director in 1985. With New York credits including the artistic directorship of the

New York Shakespeare Festival, Freedman brought celebrated actors such as Olympia Dukakis, Hal Holbrook, and Jean Stapleton to Cleveland. Several landmark education programs were launched during these years, including community Surrounds, notably “Festival Fantastico!” in 1988, co-produced by Bill Rudman and Margaret Lynch. Lynch served as an usher in the 1960s, worked in the costume shop in the ‘70s, and later became Great Lakes’ dramaturge, writing program notes, lobby exhibit materials, the company’s exemplary 25th Anniversary history (to which much material from this narrative is indebted), and eventually directing adult education programming.

In 1985 Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival was renamed Great Lakes Theater Festival to reflect the broader body of work produced, and rotating repertory yielded to performance in stock. In 1991 the production calendar was changed from summer to September-May. To help manage this momentous undertaking, Anne DesRosiers was hired as Managing Director, a position she held through 1998. DesRosiers’ strong fiscal sense helped the Festival through some challenging times, with no shortage of artistic, educational, and financial accomplishments along the way.

Offstage, several key board members who would play an essential role in the success of the Festival emerged during the Freedman era. John Collinson joined GLTF in 1981, and in the ’90s put together a bank consortium to have Great Lakes’ debt forgiven. William E. MacDonald III came aboard in 1990 and served for nearly two decades. Retired Vice-Chairman of National City Corporation, a longtime major sponsor of the Festival’s work, MacDonald chaired Great Lakes’ committee on trustees and mentored numerous board members. Ellen Stirn Mavec, president of the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation, joined GLTF in 1986. Her long-term support, including significant support of the Hanna Theatre capital campaign, has been instrumental in the company’s success. Michael J. Peterman, a trustee since 1992, has shared his real estate expertise as Executive Vice President of North Pointe Realty on all property and leasing issues facing the Festival. James O. Roberts joined Great Lakes in 1984. When business obligations prevented his continued participation, his wife Georgianna T. Roberts stepped in, filling his vacancy. Jim was able to return in 1997, and both husband and wife served together as trustees. Their partnership, in personal life and in their relationship with Great Lakes, embodied love of life, love of the arts, and love of education. John D. Schubert, an art and literature aficionado, has been a trustee since 1979. He has provided steady, constant support of the company for over three decades. Laura Siegal first joined Great Lakes in 1989. She and

her husband, Alvin Siegal, have been staunch Festival supporters. The Siegals are passionate about education and theatre and are deeply committed to the production of professional Shakespeare and exposing students to the classics.

Ernst & Young Partners have long played important roles at Great Lakes. John E. Katzenmeyer, Thomas G. Stafford, and Robert D. Neary are among them. A retired E&Y Partner, Katzenmeyer’s watchful fiscal eye and generous support of Great Lakes since he first joined the Festival in 1974 have seen the theater through many tough times. His good humor, personal generosity, love of the classics and deep support of education make him a treasured trustee. Stafford, also a retired Partner at E&Y, joined Great Lakes in 1977. He memorably signed Tom Hanks’ first Equity paycheck, recalling it to be “somewhere in the mid-two figure range.” Neary, a trustee since 1995, is a retired Co-Chairman of E&Y. He was brought to the board by his wife Janet E. Neary, whose commitment to Great Lakes began in 1987. Bob’s strong financial oversight and his leadership in inaugurating the company’s Legacy Society have proven invaluable. Janet’s strategic behind-the-scenes work on the Hanna Theatre campaign exemplifies her continued guidance and commitment. As a couple, the Neary’s dedication to the company’s mission, and their generosity on every level makes them one of the primary forces behind Great Lakes’ success.

Victoria Bussert was hired by Freedman in 1985 as his assistant director, and made her GLTF directing debut in 1988. She served as Freedman’s Associate Director through 1997 and is presently Resident Director. Bussert has become the region’s premiere director of musical theater. She has directed 32 productions at Great Lakes, including staging Freedman’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol a dozen times and working with numerous actors of great talent, including the Festival’s inaugural Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley: William Leach and John Buck, Jr. Leach portrayed Scrooge in the first seven productions of A Christmas Carol. Capturing the true spirit of transformation, his onstage gifts were apparent to all fortunate enough to be in his audience.

Leach’s acting partner in the famous Ghost of Marley scene was John Buck, who portrayed the fettered spirit fifteen times from 1989 through 2003. Buck’s acting gifts are many, but among them are his precision as an actor, his presence in the moment and his masterful vocal tone.

In 1989, Mark Cytron joined Great Lakes as a carpenter. He worked his way up the backstage ranks to become Great Lakes’ Technical Director, a position he also holds at the Idaho Shakespeare

Festival (ISF) and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (LTSF). In 1996, Christopher Flinchum was hired as assistant stage manager, later promoted to Production Stage Manager, and is now the Festival’s Production Manager, overseeing all elements of production for Great Lakes as well as ISF and LTSF. After Freedman’s 1997 departure, Bussert and Ezell served as the Festival’s Co-Artistic Directors in 1997-98, and in time for the following season the board hired Great Lakes’ fifth artistic director, James Bundy.

Bundy broadened the Festival’s aesthetic and cultural definitions of classic, embracing diversity onstage and off, and initiated discussions with the board and PlayhouseSquare about moving Great Lakes to the Hanna Theatre. Programming in this period featured Shakespeare and musicals, included contemporary adaptations of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck, and promoted newer works with classic structures and themes such as Thunder Knocking on the Door, From the Mississippi Delta, and the musical Lone Star Love.

In 2001 Bundy promoted Daniel Hahn to the position of Education Director. Hahn’s love of the company’s rich history and his personal dedication to Great Lakes’ mission began in 1995 as an actor-teacher in the school residency program under Kenn McLaughlin. Four years later, Todd S. Krispinsky was hired as Outreach Tour stage manager and made himself indispensable to GLTF, wearing many hats while rising through the ranks.

In 2005 Krispinsky became the Festival’s Director of Marketing and Communications, overseeing double-digit sales increases and garnering national coverage in American Theatre magazine and The Wall Street Journal.

The 2001 season began under the leadership of new board president David P. Porter, who joined Great Lakes in 1998. Bundy had accepted the position of Dean of the Yale School of Drama, and the search for a new artistic director was underway.

Porter’s governance during this era of transition and financial challenge, as well as his personal generosity and dedication to the Festival’s artistic and educational core values, helped sustain Great Lakes at a time of uncertainty.

In the spring of 2002, the Festival landed Charles Fee to helm Great Lakes. Producing Artistic Director of ISF, Fee brought a wealth of experience producing and directing the classics, as well as leading a successful capital campaign for the Boise theatre. With Great Lakes’ working capital funds exhausted, an accumulated deficit looming and merger talks with the Cleveland Play House

in progress, Fee immediately inserted a second Shakespeare play into GLTF’s schedule: his A Midsummer Night’s Dream, originally conceived in Boise. Great Lakes’ future production model had begun: creatively sharing work between companies led by Fee, which now include ISF and LTSF. Fee’s production of Midsummer saw the Festival debut of Cleveland favorite Andrew May, who would continue for eight seasons at GLTF, acting in 17 productions, directing, and serving as Associate Artistic Director. That same year, Heather Sherwin joined Great Lakes as Director of Development, helping to set the company on secure financial footing, and then serving as chief strategist and manager of the Hanna Theatre campaign. Working closely with Sherwin was trustee Robyn Barrie, who joined the board in 1998. Time and again Barrie has chaired annual benefits and worked tirelessly to ensure goals were achieved and fun was had by all.

The culmination of Great Lakes’ capital campaign, chaired by Timothy K. Pistell, a trustee since 1997, came in 2008 with the opening of the completely re-imagined Hanna Theatre. As Executive VP & CFO of Parker Hannifin Corporation, Pistell drew significant corporate and individual support, resulting in a campaign that exceeded its goal. Featuring the Parker Hannifin hydraulic thrust stage, the Hanna retains all of its historical legacy while enjoying the most modern theatrical amenities. In partnership with PlayhouseSquare under the leadership of President and CEO Art Falco, whose unwavering support and advocacy for the project was instrumental, the Festival’s historic move into its new home is the culmination of an extraordinary team effort.

A key player on that team is Bob Taylor, who joined Great Lakes in December 2000 as Development Manager, was promoted to Director of Administration in 2001, and named Executive Director in 2003, a position he also holds at LTSF. Along with Fee, Taylor has led the financial turnaround of the company and the move into the Hanna Theatre.

As Fee embarks upon his tenth season as Producing Artistic Director and Great Lakes Theater honors the 50 Stars whose dedication make this celebration possible, we save the final distinction for you: The Great Lakes Theater Audience. Over 4 million adults and students taking in over 300 productions spanning five decades have made this journey a reality. Thank you for your continued support, and here’s to the next fifty years!

Daniel Hahn, Director of Education

our production history Five Decades of the Classics 1962 As You Like It Richard II Othello Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II The Merchant of Venice 1963 The Comedy of Errors Romeo and Juliet The Merry Wives of Windsor Henry V Julius Caesar Measure for Measure 1964 The Taming of the Shrew Hamlet Much Ado About Nothing Henry VI Richard III Antony and Cleopatra 1965 Macbeth The Rivals A Midsummer Night’s Dream The School for Wives + Marriage Proposal Henry VI Coriolanus 1966 Twelfth Night She Stoops to Conquer King Lear The Importance of Being Earnest A Winter’s Tale 1967 Romeo and Juliet Love’s Labour’s Lost Cyrano de Bergerac Misalliance All’s Well That Ends Well 1968 The Tempest Hamlet Cymbeline Arms and the Man The Beaux’ Stratagem 1969 The Would-Be Gentleman As You Like It Macbeth Candida Troilus and Cressida

1970 The Merchant of Venice R.U.R. (Rossom’s Universal Robots) Julius Caesar Volpone The Comedy of Errors 1971 Othello You Never Can Tell The Taming of the Shrew Godspell Henry IV, Part I 1972 The Merry Wives of Windsor The Beggar’s Opera Richard III The Marowitz Hamlet Electra 1973 Twelfth Night Tartuffe A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing The Italian Straw Hat 1974 King Lear The Playboy of the Western World Measure for Measure Under the Gaslight The Comedy of Errors 1975 As You Like It The Miser Our Town Celebration of Mime Theater The Frogs A Winter’s Tale 1976 The Tempest Dear Liar Ah, Wilderness!

The Devil’s Disciple Romeo and Juliet 1977 Hamlet Peg O’My Heart In a Fine Frenzy The Glass Menagerie The Importance of Being Oscar The Taming of the Shrew

1978 Polly The Two Gentlemen of Verona What Every Woman Knows The Wild Oats The Nine Days Wonder of Will Kemp King John 1979 Twelfth Night Juno and the PayCock Clarence Do Me a Favorite Blithe Spirit Othello 1980 Henry IV, Part I Charlie’s Aunt My Lady Luck Hughie The Boor The Comedy of Errors Titus Andronicus 1981 The Matchmaker Streetsongs King Lear A Doll’s House Much Ado About Nothing My Lady Luck 1982 As You Like It The Playboy of the Western World Piaf: La Vie L’Amour!

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby A Child’s Christmas in Wales 1983 The Merry Wives of Windsor Blanco!

Waiting for Godot Henry V The Island The Dark Lady of the Sonnets W.S. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby A Child’s Christmas in Wales 1984 The Taming of the Shrew She Stoops to Conquer Our Town Alcestis and Apollo Jeeves Takes Charge Peg O’My Heart A Midsummer Night’s Dream

1985 Twelfth Night The Skin of our Teeth Miss Margarida’s Way Tartuffe The Game of Love Open Admissions Take One Step!

1986 Arsenic and Old Lace Ghosts Barbara Cook in Concert The Show-Off Macbeth 1987 The Boys from Syracuse Broadway The Regard of Flight Romeo and Juliet Hedda Gabler Absent Forever Up From Paradise 1988 Love’s Labour’s Lost Man and Superman Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill A Doll’s House Blood Wedding 1989 Hamlet Grandma Moses: An American Primitive The Threepenny Opera The Seagull A Christmas Carol 1990 King Lear A Delicate Balance The Lady from Maxim’s La Ronde Dividing the Estate A Christmas Carol 1991-92 Coming Home Uncle Vanya Paul Robeson A Christmas Carol Ohio State Murders Mother Courage An Intimate Evening with Dixie Carter 1992-93 Cyrano de Bergerac Rough Crossing A Christmas Carol Now Playing Center School for Wives Othello Sisters, Wives, and Daughters: Portraits of Shakespeare’s Women

1993-94 The Cherry Orchard A Christmas Carol Noel and Gertie The Taming of the Shrew Death of a Salesman 1994-95 Shakespeare for my Father A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Christmas Carol The School for Wives The Bakkhai 1995-96 School for Scandal A Christmas Carol As You Like It The Dybbuk Blithe Spirit 1996-97 She Loves Me A Christmas Carol Antony and Cleopatra What the Butler Saw The Glass Menagerie 1997-98 The Tempest A Christmas Carol Fallen Angels The Most Happy Fella Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 1998-99 Richard III A Christmas Carol A Little Night Music A Raisin in the Sun The Beauty Queen of Leenane 1999-2000 Thunder Knocking on the Door A Christmas Carol The Wild Duck Twelfth Night Travels With My Aunt 2000-01 Macbeth A Christmas Carol Gypsy From the Missippi Delta Peter Pan 2001-02 Lone Star Love, or The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas A Christmas Carol ...Love, Langston A Moon for the Misbegotten Romeo and Juliet 2002-03 Much Ado About Nothing A Christmas Carol Anything Goes Arms and the Man A Midsummer Night’s Dream

2003-04 Hamlet Tartuffe A Christmas Carol Private Lives Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2004 The Taming of the Shrew The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) The Importance of Being Earnest Julius Caesar A Christmas Carol 2005 As You Like It A Christmas Carol 2006-07 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Love’s Labour’s Lost A Christmas Carol Hay Fever The Tempest 2007-08 Arsenic and Old Lace Measure for Measure A Christmas Carol The Crucible All’s Well That Ends Well 2008-09 Macbeth Into the Woods A Christmas Carol The Comedy of Errors The Seagull 2009-10 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Twelfth Night Tom Hanks at the Hanna A Christmas Carol Bat Boy: The Musical A Midsummer Night’s Dream John Lithgow: Stories By Heart 2010-11 Othello An Ideal Husband A Christmas Carol The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2011-12 Cabaret The Taming of the Shrew A Christmas Carol The Mousetrap Romeo and Juliet Sondheim on Sondheim

50th anniversary angels Thanks and Many Thanks

The following generous supporters gave a special 50th anniversary gift.

Anonymous Bonnie & Chuck Abbey Dr. & Mrs. James Arnold Jeanette S. Barclay Carol Barnak Robyn & David Barrie Margret Beekel Fred & Mary Behm Jerry and Kathy Berkshire John & Jeannene Bertosa Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Bier Susan Bobey Bernice A. Bolek John Bolton Stanley Brandt & Mary Whitmer Joanne R. Bratush Richard & Mary Ann Brockett J.C. & H.F. Burkhardt Marilyn Callaly Mr. & Mrs. John D. Campbell Anne and Tim Carnahan Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cercone Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Chernus John & Donna Clifford Karen, Ken, & Zoe Conley Kathleen Cooper Ronald & Patricia Cramer David & Gayle Cratty Lowell & Carole Davis Marilyn P. Demeter Daniel Divis Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill Rita & Dennis Dura Dr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig Mr. & Mrs. Morton G. Epstein Gene & Patricia Ewald David V. Foos Mr. & Mrs. David Forte Joy M. Freda Deborah A. Geier Gary & Katie Geoffrion Janet & Patricia Glaeser Jeffrey P. Gluvna & Barbara A. Blake Virginia T. Goetz

David Goodman & Barbara Hawley Ms. Roe Green Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Hahn Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell Brenda and Jonathan Henry Robin Herrington-Bowen Tom & Luz Higgason Kathy & Jamie Hogg Clyde A. Horn Ron & Joanne Hulec Robert & Linda Jenkins Amy & Jeff Johnson Kenneth Karosy Mary Ann & Jack Katzenmeyer Lauren Kawentel Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kehr Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick Stewart & Donna Kohl Ronald Kollar Sharon Kraber Eleanor & Stephen Kushnick Fred & Joann Lafferty Sheryl & Thomas Love Gil & Carol Lowenthal Brian & Renee Lowery Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer Herm & Carol McCreary Ms. Linda McGinty Jennifer & Peter Meckes Stephen & Donna Miller Steven & Dolly Minter David & Leslee Miraldi Toni & Linda Moore Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Neary Geraldine C. O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. Robert Oshinsky Dr. & Mrs. Donald Palmer Lee & Maria Parks Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast Mr. and Mrs. Petras Anthony C. Petruzzi Mr. and Mrs. John S. Piety Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pistell

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pollock David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse Ron & Nanci Pottorff John & Norine Prim Mr. James R. Prince Larry & Susan Rakow Thomas & Helen Rathburn Mr. & Mrs. Clifford A. Reeves, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Bradford Richmond Mario Sinicariello & Ellen Roberts Dr. Richard Rodda & Ms. Janet Curry Mr. & Mrs. Edmund W. Rothschild Otmar & Rota Sackerlotzky Dina & Richard Schoonmaker Doris A. Schultz Bryan Schwegler & Adam Nolley Donna Sheridan Mr. & Mrs. David K. Siegel Theresa Simek Edward W. & Donna Rae Smith Dr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Smith William E. Spatz Nona & Phillip Stella Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel Jeffrey & Patricia Stumpp Dan and Robin Sullivan The Edward & Katherine Thomas Family Mary E. Thomas Kathleen Turner Elizabeth Twohig Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard Carol Lee Vella Mr. Kenneth Vinciquerra Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Webster Mrs. Richard C. Weiss Mr. & Mrs. John H. Weitz Patricia & Barry Wilson John & Dianne Young John & Jane Zuzek

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who’s who Acting Company Sara M. Bruner* Miss Casewell, The Mousetrap; Fraulein Kost, Cabaret and Katherine, The Taming of the Shrew Eight seasons at Great Lakes Theater GLT credits include Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, Frau Kost in Cabaret, Desdemona in Othello, Mabel in An Ideal Husband, Drood in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Viola in Twelfth Night, Masha in The Seagull, a witch in Macbeth, Abigail in The Crucible, Ariel in The Tempest, Raina in Arms and the Man, Ophelia in Hamlet, Marianne in Tartuffe, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Sorel in Hay Fever.

She has spent 15 years at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Favorite roles include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Percy in The Spitfire Grill, Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer, Julia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, the Courtesan in The Comedy of Errors, Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest, Zerbinetta in Scapin and Rosalind in As You Like It. She has also adapted and directed multiple shows for ISF’s educational outreach program. Her most recent production was Macbeth. Sara has performed with The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Boise Contemporary Theater and Drop Dance Collective, and served as assistant director to Charles Fee, Risa Brainin and Victoria Bussert.

She also staged A Christmas Carol for GLT in 2011.

Sara has appeared in the ABC television series MDs directed by Michael Hoffman. Film credits include Most Funniest and Tatoo: A Love Story.

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Aled Davies* Major Metcalf, The Mousetrap; Scrooge/Samuels, A Christmas Carol and Vincentio, The Taming of the Shrew Eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater Previously for GLT: Scrooge/Samuels, in A Christmas Carol, Duke of Milan in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Brabantio in Othello, The Earl of Caversham in An Ideal Husband, Sheriff Reynolds in Bat Boy: The Musical, Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Your Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Sea Captain/Priest in Twelfth Night, Solinus/Dr. Pinch in The Comedy of Errors, Dorn in The Seagull, Duncan/Old Siward in Macbeth, Deputy Governor Danforth in The Crucible, King of France in All’s Well That Ends Well, Mr. Witherspoon in Arsenic and Old Lace, Escalus in Measure for Measure, Prospero in The Tempest, David Bliss in Hay Fever, Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Boyet in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar, Claudius in Hamlet, Cleante

The Company in Tartuffe, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Buckingham in Richard III and Topper in A Christmas Carol. Aled has been a proud and appreciative member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1984.

Jodi Dominick* Mollie Ralston, The Mousetrap; Jane/ Mrs. Cratchit/Charwoman/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol; Sally Bowles, Cabaret and Ivana/Tailor, The Taming of the Shrew Five seasons at Great Lakes Theater Jodi’s previous roles for GLT include Sally Bowles in Cabaret, The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Lady MacDuff in Macbeth, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Helena Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Lady Chiltern in An Ideal Husband, Bianca in Othello, Ivana/Tailor in The Taming of the Shrew and Lucetta/Outlaw in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Four seasons at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival include Into The Woods, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Twelfth Night, An Ideal Husband, Othello, The Two Gentleman of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew and Cabaret. Other credits include Diana in I Love You Because at PlayhouseSquare; Helen/Frances/Bad Perm, The Break Up Notebook at The Beck Center for the Arts, New World Stages and Hudson Backstage Theatre; Clara, Passion at The Beck Center for the Arts; Woman 1 and 2 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change at the Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare; Debtor’s Wife in A Christmas Carol, Great Lakes Theater and Gypsy at Great Lakes Theater, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Other shows include Lovelace: A Rock Opera, The Hayworth Theatre (LA); Violet and Bye Bye Birdie, Cain Park; and Closer, Dobama Theatre. Jodi is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music.

Tom Ford* Mr. Paravicini, The Mousetrap Six seasons at Great Lakes Theater Great Lakes Theater: The Baker in Into the Woods, Ross in Macbeth, 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 Shakespeare Festival: Into the Woods, Macbeth, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew, Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Touchstone in As You Like It, Julius Caesar, the title role in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and Hucklebee in The Fantasticks.

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Dan Lawrence* Detective Sergeant Trotter, The Mousetrap Great Lakes Theater debut Regional theater credits include Julius Caesar (Brutus), Timon of Athens (Ventidius) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Dog in the Manager,

Ryan David O’Byrne* Christopher Wren, The Mousetrap.

Great Lakes Theater debut Regional: Lucio, Measure for Measure at Peterborough Players. New York: Burgundy, King Lear at Exit Pursued by a Bear. Juilliard: Rus/Dan, Clybourne Park, Treplev; The Seagull, Lancelot Gobbo; The Merchant of Venice. Proud graduate of The Juilliard School, B.F.A. ’11. Recipient; Michel and Suria SaintDenis Prize for leadership in drama. Love and thanks to my family and friends for their incredible support and to Ryan Hatch for constantly challenging me.

Laura Perrotta* Mrs, Boyle, The Mousetrap; Mother/ Mrs. Fred/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol; Fraulein Schneider, Cabaret and The Widow, The Taming of the Shrew Thirteen seasons at Great Lakes Theater Representative roles in New York: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Heartbreak House, Kabuki Macbeth, Troilus and Cressida, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Major Barbara, Boy Meets Girl, The Long Goodbye, Talk to Me Like the Rain ..., Whispers on the Wind and Private Lives. Cleveland: Hedda Gabler, Broken Glass, Uncle Vanya, King Lear, Jocasta, The Front Page, Angels in America, Three Days of Rain, Closer, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife and How I Learned to Drive.

Great Lakes Theater: The Wild Duck, Gypsy, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Arms and the Man, Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, Private Lives, Tartuffe and Hamlet. Idaho Shakespeare Festival/ Great Lakes Theater: The Taming of the Shrew, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Hay Fever, Into the Woods, Twelfth Night, Othello, An Ideal Husband, Cabaret and Taming of the Shrew. Beck Center for the Arts: Spring Awakening.

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Paul Hurley* Giles Ralston, The Mousetrap and Young Scrooge/Nephew Fred/ Ensemble, A Christmas Carol Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Paul is thrilled to return to Great Lakes Theater, where he has appeared as Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona and performed multiple roles in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Recently, he played Neoptolemus in The Cure at Troy (American Players Theatre), Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Festival St. Louis), and Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest, (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company). Other regional credits include work with Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Othello); Milwaukee Repertory Theater (A Christmas Carol, Anna Christie); Madison Repertory Theatre (The Laramie Project); Delaware Theatre Company (Henry V, All the Great Books (Abridged)); Utah Shakespeare Festival (Romeo and Juliet, Doctor Faustus); and seven seasons with American Players Theatre (The Circle, The Belle’s Stratagem, Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, The Cherry Orchard, Hamlet and Love’s Labour’s Lost, among others). Paul holds an M.F.A. from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program.

Julius Caesar and King Lear, starring Stacy Keach and directed by Tony winner Robert Falls, Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C.; Hamlet (Laertes), Gallery Players and Hudson Valley Shakespeare in New York; and As You Like It (Orlando), Seacoast Repertory in New Hampshire. Dan holds a B.F.A from Ithaca College and has trained internationally at The Moscow Art Theatre in Russia. Much love to Nicole and family for all their support.

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I Am My Own Wife. Portland Stage Company: The Snow Queen, Schott in Bach at Leipzig, Lady Enid, et al in The Mystery of Irma Vep, I Am My Own Wife, Billy in Iron Kisses, Kipps in The Woman in Black, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Mr. Manningham in Gaslight and Yvan in Art. Broadway: Alan Ayckbourn in Andrew Lloyd Weber’s By Jeeves at the Helen Hayes Theater. New London Barn Playhouse: Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Man in the Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey, Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, Sipos in She Loves Me and Max in The Producers. Other performances: Dromio of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors at Pittsburgh Public Theater, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, Once Around the City at New York Stage and Film, Rutherford and Son at the Mint Theater, Salvador Dali in Hysteria at Florida Studio Theater, Johnny in Maurice Sendak’s production of Really Rosie, and Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at McCarter Theatre. tomfordactor.com

Understudies Kate Duffield, Michael Gatto, Ross Kobelak, Emily Pucell, James Alexander Rankin, William Reichert Rebecca Sherman, Robert Smith

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Directors/Choreographers Drew Barr Director, The Mousetrap Eight seasons at Great Lakes Theater Drew returns to Cleveland for his eighth season with GLT, where he has previously directed The Seagull, The Crucible, Arsenic and Old Lace, Love’s Labour’s Lost, You Can’t Take It With You, The Taming of the Shrew, Tartuffe and Much Ado About Nothing. Drew is currently the Resident Director of War Horse, produced by the National Theatre of Great Britain at Lincoln Center Theater. Previously on Broadway, Drew served as Associate Director of Simon McBurney’s revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons.

Other New York credits include the off-Broadway premieres of Karl Gajdusek’s Greedy; Barbara Blumenthal Ehrlich’s Hitting the Wall; Adam Bock’s The Typographer’s Dream; Steve Murray’s This Passion Thing; as well as productions of Noel Coward’s Hay Fever and George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession for the Graduate Acting Program of New York University. Regionally, at North Carolina PlayMakers Repertory, Drew has staged productions of Doubt, Frozen, Copenhagen, The Subject was Roses, Dinner with Friends, Sideman, W;t, and the musical Violet. For Portland Stage Company in Maine, his productions include Two Rooms, I Am My Own Wife, The Woman in Black, Lend Me a Tenor, The Misanthrope and W;t. His productions for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival include The Woman in Black, The Spitfire Grill, The Fantasticks, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and I Am My Own Wife (co-production with Boise Contemporary Theater, where he also directed Tru, At Home at the Zoo and Souvenir).

He directed Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth at Perseverance Theater in Alaska, Nickel and Dimed for the Juilliard School’s Drama Division, The Two Gentlemen of Verona for the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at SUNY Purchase, William Wycherley’s The Country Wife for the University of Washington’s School of Drama and The Taming of the Shrew for University of Delaware’s PTTP. Drew received his B.A. from Stanford University and his M.F.A. from the Graduate Acting Program of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is a member of SDC and AEA.

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Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director Ten seasons at Great Lakes Theater Directing credits at GLT: 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 37 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 16-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!

Designers Mary Louise Geiger Lighting Designer, The Mousetrap Two seasons at Great Lakes Theater Great Lakes Theater/Idaho Shakespeare Festival: Arsenic and Old Lace, The Fantastics, Amadeus, Pump Boys and Dinettes, The Comedy of Errors New York: Broadway: The Constant Wife (Roundabout Theatre Company, American Airlines Theatre); OffBroadway: Olive and the Bitter Herbs, Buffalo Gal (Primary Stages); The New York Idea (Atlantic Theatre Company); Kindness, The Blue Door, The Busy World is Hushed (Playwrights Horizons); Finn (Skirball Center); Mabou Mines Dollhouse (St. Ann’s); Red Beads (Mabou Mines); Violet Fire (BAM Next Wave Festival); Incident at Vichy, The Runner Stumbles, The Sea, Home, The Triangle Factory Fire Project, Long Island Sound (TACT – Becket Theatre); Oslo Elsewhere Festival (59E59); Jump/Cut (Women’s Project); Oedipus at Palm Springs (New York Theatre Workshop); Afterbirth: Kathy and Mo’s Greatest Hits (Second Stage); Architecture of Loss (New York Theatre Workshop); Eight Days Backwards (Vineyard Theatre); The Mystery of Attraction (Worth St. Theatre); Julia Sweeney in the Family Way (Ars Nova Theatre); Jodi Oberfelder Dance (Clark Theatre, Lincoln Center);

Russell Metheny Scenic Designer, The Mousetrap Seven seasons at Great Lakes Theater For Great Lakes Theater, Russell has designed The Two Gentlemen Of Verona, Othello, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors, Measure For Measure, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Arsenic and Old Lace, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Merry Wives of Windsor. For Idaho Shakespeare Festival, he has designed The 39 Steps, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Woman In Black, Othello, A Tuna Christmas, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors, Greater Tuna, Measure for Measure, Arsenic

Kim Krumm Sorenson Costume Designer, The Mousetrap Eight seasons at Great Lakes Theater Kim is pleased to be spending her eighth season with Great Lakes Theater, where she most recently designed Othello. Past designs include The Seagull, The Crucible, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, Much Ado About Nothing and Tartuffe. She is a frequent designer for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, as well as The Juilliard School, where she designs both theater and opera. Her work has also been seen at Playmakers Repertory Company, Hartford Stage Company, Guthrie Theatre, Intiman Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, The Acting Company, Indiana Repertory Theater and Portland Stage Company. Kim holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and an M.F.A. from Southern Methodist University. She is a member of USA 829. Kim lives in New York with her husband, Scott, and their two beautiful daughters, Carly and Gemma.

Stage Management Corrie E. Purdum* Stage Manager, The Mousetrap, A Christmas Carol and Cabaret Seven seasons at Great Lakes Theater GLT: The Taming of the Shrew, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Christmas Carol, The Tempest, Measure for Measure, The Crucible, Into the Woods, The Comedy of Errors, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Bat Boy: The Musical, Othello, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Cabaret. Other credits include The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, seven seasons with Idaho Shakespeare Festival, six seasons with the Cleveland Play House, and three seasons with Cain Park. Corrie is an alumna of Baldwin-Wallace College, where she teaches stage management.

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Daniel Kluger Original Music & Sound Design, The Mousetrap Great Lakes Theater debut New York: Tribes (Barrow Street Theatre), A Map of Virtue (13P), Lidless (Page73), After (Partial Comfort), There Are No More Big Secrets (Rattlestick), The Temperamentals (Daryl Roth), Enjoy! (The Play Company), Jailbait (Cherry Lane), On the Levee (LCT3 – Conductor, Pianist), Dov & Ali (The Playwrights Realm), The Cocktail Party (TACT), The Oldsmobiles (The Flea Theatre), The Americans, The Greeks (Juilliard), Emperor Antony, Tongue of a Bird (NYU). Regional: Pig Iron Theatre Company, People’s Light & Theatre, The Arden Theatre Company, Weston Playhouse, Virginia Stage Company, Two River Theatre Company, Todd Mountain Theatre Project, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, American Players Theatre. www.danielkluger.com

and Old Lace, The Tempest, Love’s Labor’s Lost, King Lear and Julius Caesar. Recent productions include My Fair Lady, Betrayal, Twelve Angry Men and Superior Donuts. Regionally, Russell has also designed for Asolo Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Missouri Rep, Indiana Rep, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre, Weston Playhouse, The Studio Theatre (D.C.), Portland Stage, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Goodspeed Musicals and Geffen Playhouse. Upcoming productions: God of Carnage, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Gypsy. Mr. Metheny has received three Helen Hayes Awards for outstanding scenic design.

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Two Little Indians (Here Theatre); Tongue of a Bird (New York Shakespeare Festival; A Doll’s House (NYTW workshop), The Bacchae: Torn to Pieces (Hopeful Monsters- LaMaMa Etc). Dance: Number Nine, Ghosts (San Francisco Ballet); The Sleeping Beauty, The Wanderers (Royal Danish Ballet); Morphoses (The Wheeldon Company): Rhapsody/ Fantasie, Leaving Songs, Tears of St. Lawrence (Martha Wainwright in concert with Morphoses – NYC Summerstage). Lighting Manager and Designer 200910; Elsinore (Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow, Russia); Rock Steady (Larry Keigwin); Fandango (Alexei Ratmansky); Vail International Dance Festival, Jacoby, Pronk and Dancers (Jacob’s Pillow). Europe/Touring: Mabou Mines Dollhouse (Edinburgh International Festival; Brisbane Festival, Australia; Chicago; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Columbus, Ohio; New England; USA; Festival D’Autumne, Paris; Stuttgart Festival, Germany; Ibsen Festival, Oslo). Regional Theater: Alliance Theatre; ACT Theatre, Alley Theatre, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Asolo Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Portland Stage Company, Virginia Stage Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Mark Taper Forum, Pioneer Theatre, Playmakers Repertory Company, LA Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra. Training: Yale School of Drama. Faculty: NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

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Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director

ADMINISTRATION

Bob Taylor, Executive Director

Fall Repertory, A Christmas Carol, The Mousetrap

Audience Engagement Manager................................... Chris Fornadel Development Associate ........................................Joanna Laurenzana Finance Associate ........................................................Tamara Nelson Marketing Intern ............................................................Katie Talstein Trinity High School Interns.....Nicole Bogdanovich, Annamarie Maher, Daniel Telford

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Drew Barr, Sara Bruner, Victoria Bussert, Charles Fee, Matthew Webb, Tracy Young

Stage Manager........................................................ Corrie E. Purdum* Production Associate.....................................................Alisha Glasser Production Assistant................................................ Kristen Boehnline Technical Director............................................................. Mark Cytron Scene Shop Foreman.............................................William Langenhop Assistant Technical Director..................................William J. Amato III Lead Carpenter................................................................ Lindsay Loar Carpenter/Welders............................Richard Haberlen, Will Ledbetter Master Electrician...........................................................Tammy Taylor Electrician.................................................................. Gregory Falcione Properties Master..............................................................Terry Martin Properties & Scenic Artisan..........................................Fritz Lombardi Charge Scenic Artist............................................................ Angi Grow Scenic Artist............................................................... Christine Dugan Scenic Intern........................................................................... C.J. Fore Costume Shop Manager.........................................Esther M. Haberlen Assistant Shop Manager/Draper...........................................Leah Loar Draper...................................................................... Ginger Robertson First Hand............................................................................ Carol Fitch Stitcher.......................................................................Stephanie Fisher Design Assistant/Craft Artisan................................ Krista Tomorowitz Costume Intern..................................................................Brian Shaw Wardrobe Supervisor............................................................Anji Dunn Wardrobe Crew..........................................................Stephanie Fisher Sound Consultant................................................................ Stan Kozak Hanna Theatre Crew.........Thomas Boddy, Chris Guy, Shaun Milligan, Robert Prah *Members of Actors’ Equity Association

2011–12 ARTISTIC COMPANY

DESIGNERS Norman Coates, Gregory Daniels, Mary Jo Dondlinger, John Ezell, Gene Emerson Friedman, Mary Louise Geiger, Jeff Herrmann, Alex Jaeger, Dan Jankura, Daniel Kluger, Stan Kozak, Dexter Fidler, Michael Locher, Tom Mardikes, Rick Martin, Russell Metheny, James Scott, David Shimotakahara, Kim Krumm Sorenson, Peter John Still, Cynthia Stillings, Robert Waldman, Charlotte Yetman ACTORS Kjerstine Rose Anderson*, Lynn Robert Berg*,Neil Brookshire*, Sara M. Bruner*, Phillip Michael Carroll*, Kayleigh Collins, Jackson Daugherty, Aled Davies*, Jodi Dominick*, Kate Duffield, Mackenzie Dale Durken, Nika Ericson, Tom Ford*, Reggie Gowland*, Danny Henning*, Antwaun Holley, Cameron Andrew Howell, Paul Hurley*, Rachel M. Jones, Jillian Kates*, Mia Knight, Dan Lawrence*, Andrea Leach, Darryl Lewis*, Jim Lichtscheidl*, Colleen Longshaw*, Dougfred Miller*, Bailey Carter Moulse, Cameron Danielle Nelson, Carly Marie Nelson, Cassidy Josephine Nelson, Courtney Anne Nelson, Shannon O’Boyle*, Ryan David O’Byrne*, Eduardo Placer*, Laura Perrotta*, Maggie Roach, David Anthony Smith*, M.A. Taylor*, Rohn Thomas*, Dudley Swetland*, Sara Whale, Natalie Welch, Rod Wolfe, John Woodson* MANAGEMENT TEAM Artistic Associate.............................................................. Sara Bruner Production Manager......................................Christopher D. Flinchum Director of Education........................................................Daniel Hahn Marketing & Public Relations Director ...................Todd S. Krispinsky Development Director....................................................Holly Tomasch EDUCATION Education Associate............................................Kelly Schaffer Florian Associate Residency Supervisor.................................... David Hansen Supervisor, School Residency Program............................Lisa Ortenzi Actor-Teachers School Residency Program........... Katelyn Cornelius, Melissa Crum, Tim Keo, Debbie Keppler, Brian McNally, Randy Muchowski, Eric Perusek, Carrie Williams

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