IRT Program: A Christmas Carol by Indiana Repertory Theatre

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Community Engagement That’s Built to Last Building a better future together The spirit of giving is strong at OneAmerica®. A community leader since our inception, we proudly support organizations, like the Indiana Repertory Theatre, that make a difference. OneAmerica is pleased to have further extended our support of the IRT. Our community commitment focuses on strategically investing in education; workforce development; community safety, wellness and success; and community vibrancy.

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OUR MISSION & VISION MISSION Rooted in the heart of Indiana, Indiana Repertory Theatre is committed to building a vital, vibrant, and informed community through the transformational power of live theatre. The Indiana Repertory Theatre produces inclusive, top-quality, professional theatre and community programming to engage, surprise, challenge, and entertain members of the whole community. VISION The Indiana Repertory Theatre will welcome the whole community, becoming a place of belonging for an ever-expanding audience of all ages and backgrounds seeking meaningful and enjoyable experiences. Using theatre as a springboard for both personal reflection and community discussion, our productions and programs will inspire our neighbors to learn about themselves and others. As the largest nonprofit theatre in the state of Indiana, IRT’s goal is to help make Indiana a dynamic home of cultural expression, economic vitality, and a diverse and engaged citizenry.

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CONTENTS 3........................................Mission & Values 4..........Land & Building Acknowledgment 5.........................................................Profile 7............................................................IDEA 8.................................................Leadership 12..........................................................Staff 14....................................Board of Directors 20...................................A Christmas Carol 28....................Scrooge Through the Years 30.........................................IRT—The 1980s 34.....Company Bios for A Christmas Carol 47..........................................Donor Listing

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SUSTAINING A PROFESSIONAL, RESPECTFUL, INCLUSIVE, & CREATIVE ATMOSPHERE IRTLIVE.COM • Producing diverse plays, we strive to provide insight and celebrate human TICKET OFFICE: 317.635.5252 ADMIN OFFICES: 317.635.5277 relationships through the unique vision of the playwright. • Employing professional artists of the highest quality, we nurture an environment that 140 W. Washington Street allows them to grow and thrive on our stages and in our communities. Indianapolis, IN 46204 • We foster a creative environment where arts, education, corporate, civic, and cultural organizations collaborate to benefit our community. BUILDING INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND ACCESS (IDEA) • Our community thrives when diverse voices and peoples gather to make, watch, and support theatre. • It is our responsibility as a community resource to open our doors wide, welcoming all to our high-quality, relevant art. • We acknowledge our history of privilege as a predominantly White institution as an initial and necessary step toward effectively supporting the dismantling of systems of oppression. • To be an anti-racist organization we must seek knowledge and understanding to identify discriminatory practices and increase cultural awareness in collaboration with, and learning directly from, BIPOC, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQI+), functionally diverse, and other historically excluded communities.

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PRUDENT STEWARDSHIP OF OUR RESOURCES • As a public-benefit organization, we focus on community service, artistic integrity, and creating a range of ticket prices that allow all segments of our community to attend. • Fiscal responsibility and financial security fuel our institutional sustainability. • To ensure institutional longevity, we continue to grow our endowment fund as a resource for future development. 53

ACKNOWLEDGING THE LAND Every community owes its existence and vitality to generations from around the world who contributed their hopes, dreams, and energy to making the history that led to this moment. Some were brought here or removed from here against their will, some were drawn to leave their distant homes in hope of a better life, and some have lived on this land for more generations than can be counted. Acknowledgment of the land which the IRT now occupies is critical to building mutual respect and connection across all barriers of heritage. We want to acknowledge that what we now call Indiana is on the ancestral lands of many indigenous peoples including the Miami, Piankashaw, Wea, Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Delaware, and Shawnee. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of displacement, migration, violence, and settlement that bring us together here today.

This land acknowledgment was created in collaboration with Scott Shoemaker, PhD (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma). Portions of this acknowledgment come from the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (usdac.us).

ACKNOWLEDGING OUR BUILDING’S HISTORY The Indiana Repertory Theatre moved to its current site on Washington Street in 1980, renovating and reopening a building that had been shuttered for nearly a decade. The historic Indiana Theatre was built in 1927, a time when the shameful practice of racial segregation was the standard in movie theatres and public buildings across the United States. The Indiana Theatre building was originally segregated and at some point in its history this practice ceased. Many Indiana residents and their families’ heritage stories recall being treated as less than equal citizens in this building, with some even being barred from entering. We cannot erase this history. We honor and respect all those who have faced discrimination and harm in this building. We strive every day to make the IRT a place that welcomes all people.

INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE PROFILE HISTORY

PROGRAMS

The Indiana Repertory Theatre was founded in 1972 by Ben Mordecai, Greg Poggi, and Ed Stern. Since then, it has grown into one of the leading regional theatres in the country, as well as one of the top-flight cultural institutions in the city and state. In 1991 Indiana’s General Assembly designated the IRT as “Theatre Laureate” of the state of Indiana. The IRT’s national reputation has been confirmed by prestigious grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lila Wallace–Reader’s Digest Fund, the Theatre Communications Group– Pew Charitable Trusts, the Shubert Foundation, and the Kresge Foundation, and by a Joyce Award from the Joyce Foundation.

The OneAmerica Season includes six productions from classical to contemporary, including the INclusion Series.

The IRT remains the largest fully professional resident not-for-profit theatre in the state, providing 100,000 live professional theatre experiences for its audience in a typical season. The Theatre regularly serves thousands of students from more than half of Indiana’s 92 counties, making the IRT one of the most youth-oriented professional theatres in the country. A staff of year-round employees creates seven productions exclusively for Indiana audiences. Actors, directors, and designers are members of professional stage unions. The IRT’s history has been enacted in two historic downtown theatres. The Athenaeum Turners Building housed the company’s first eight seasons. Since 1980 the IRT has occupied the 1927 Indiana Theatre, which was renovated to contain three performance spaces (OneAmerica Stage, Upperstage, and Cabaret) and work spaces, reviving this historic downtown entertainment site. To keep ticket prices and services affordable for the entire community, the IRT operates as a not-for-profit organization, deriving more than 50% of its operating income from contributions. The theatre is generously supported by foundations, corporations, and individuals, an investment which recognizes the IRT’s mission-based commitment to serving Central Indiana with top-quality theatrical fare.

Young Playwrights in Process The IRT offers Young Playwrights in Process (YPiP), a playwriting contest and workshop for Indiana middle and high school students. Community Gathering Place Located in a beautiful historic landmark, the IRT offers a wide variety of unique and adaptable spaces for family, business, and community gatherings of all types. Please email Jacob Lang, House Manager, at jlang@irtlive.com or call 317.916.4872 for more information. Opportunities The IRT depends on the generous donation of time and energy by volunteer ushers; please email Jacob Lang, House Manager, at jlang@irtlive.com or call 317.916.4872 to learn how you can become involved. Meet the Artists Regularly scheduled pre-show chats and post-show discussions offer audiences unique insights into each production. Student Matinees The IRT continues a long-time commitment to student audiences with live school-day student matinee performances of all IRT productions. These performances are augmented with educational activities and curriculum support materials. Educational Programs Auxiliary services offered include visiting artists in the classroom, study guides, pre- and post-show discussions, and guided tours of the IRT’s facilities. Classes From creative dramatics to audition workshops to Shakespeare seminars, the IRT offers a wide array of personal learning opportunities for all ages, including our Summer Youth Workshops. Call 317.916.4842 for further information.

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INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND ACCESS (IDEA)

INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE: WELCOMING THE WHOLE COMMUNITY We strive to celebrate and serve the diverse people and cultures that make up our whole community. The IRT is committed to providing access for all; to creating and maintaining an anti-racist theatre that is inclusive, safe, and respectful. Whether you have been coming for years or are here for the first time—welcome to your Theatre!

VALUES • Our community thrives when diverse voices and peoples gather to make, watch, and support theatre. • It is our responsibility as a community resource to open our doors wide, welcoming all to our high-quality, relevant art. • We must acknowledge our history of privilege as a predominantly White institution in order to effectively support dismantling systems of oppression. • In order to be an anti-racist and inclusive organization we must seek knowledge and understanding to identify discriminatory practices and increase cultural awareness in collaboration with, and learning directly from, BIPOC, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQI+), functionally diverse, and other historically excluded communities.

COMMITMENTS • We will represent and engage the diverse people, cultures, and communities of Central Indiana. • We will employ more people of color and foster an inclusive culture of artists, staff, board, and vendors. • We will deepen our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) training for all board and staff. • We will be accessible to all audiences, inviting those who have been unheard or unseen in the past, including people with disabilities, BIPOC, LGBTQI+, and under-resourced communities.

If you would like to read more about our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) work, go to irtlive.com/about/idea. Katie Bradley, Andrew May, and Gavin Lawerance in the IRT’s 2020 production of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Photo by Zach Rosing.

MARGOT LACY ECCLES WAS A LEADING PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORTER OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES. THE INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE CHERISHES ITS HISTORY WITH MRS. ECCLES AS A SUBSCRIBER, BOARD MEMBER, DONOR, AND CHAMPION OF OUR ORGANIZATION IN BOTH ITS EDUCATIONAL AND ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP. IN RECOGNITION OF MRS. ECCLES’S LEGACY AS BENEFACTOR AND ADVISOR, THE INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE IS PROUD TO HAVE NAMED ITS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR POSITION THE MARGOT LACY ECCLES ARTISTIC DIRECTOR.

LEADERSHIP: JANET ALLEN

Margot Lacy Eccles Artistic Director Creating world-class professional theatre for Central Indiana audiences of all ages has remained a career-long passion for Janet Allen. After nearly 40 years of service, Janet will retire at the end of this, IRT’s 50th anniversary season, with gratitude for all the artists, audiences, administrators, and artisans who have delighted her over the years. During Janet’s tenure, the IRT has significantly diversified its services to both adults and children, and solidified its reputation as a top-flight regional theatre dedicated to diverse programming and production quality. Janet’s passion for nurturing playwrights has led to a fruitful relationship with James Still, the IRT’s playwright-in-residence for 25 years, and the creation of the Indiana Series—plays that examine Hoosier and Midwestern place-making. Her work has brought the theatre prestigious grants from the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Joyce Foundation, and the Doris Duke Foundation, as well as numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Janet’s leadership skills and community service have been recognized by the Network of Women in Business–IBJ’s “Influential Women in Business” Award, a Distinguished Hoosier Award conferred by Governor Frank O’Bannon, Girls Inc.’s Touchstone Award for Arts Leadership, and the Indiana Commission on Women’s Torchbearer Award. She is a proud alum of the Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Program (Class XIX) and a 2013-2014 Indy Arts Council Creative Renewal Arts Fellow. She is a member of two honorary gatherings in the America Theatre: the College of Fellows of the American Theatre, and the National Theatre Conference. In 2017 she was named an Indiana Living Legend by the Indiana Historical Society. In August 2022, she was honored with a May Wright Sewall Leadership Award by the Indianapolis Propylaeum. Janet is a member of the Indianapolis Woman’s Club, the Gathering, and Congregation Beth-El Zedeck. She lives with her husband, Joel Grynheim, and a lovely canine mutt, in a downtown house built in 1855. They enjoy following the adventures of their three adult children and their grandchild, who are thriving on various continents.

Among the memorable productions Janet has directed on the IRT’s stages are The Glass Menagerie (1999), Ah! Wilderness (2002), The Drawer Boy (2004), James Still’s The House That Jack Built (2012 & 2021), To Kill a Mockingbird (2016), Looking Over the President’s Shoulder (2008 & 2017), The Diary of Anne Frank (2011 & 2018), and Cyrano (2021). This season she directs A Christmas Carol. David Alan Anderson and Brian Anthony Wilson in the IRT’s 2022 production of The Reclamation of Madison Hemings. Photo by Zach Rosing.

Suzanne is a graduate of the College of William & Mary (undergraduate) and Indiana University (M.B.A.). She started her career as a CPA; prior to coming to Indianapolis, she worked in finance for more than 10 years, living in such varied locales as Washington, DC; Dallas, Texas; Frankfurt, Germany; Honolulu, Hawaii; and even working for three months in Auckland, New Zealand (where, yes, she went bungee jumping). She is a proud alum of the Stanley K. Lacy Leadership Program (Class XXXI). Suzanne lives in the Old Northside with her 19-year-old son, Jackson, and their foxhound rescue dog, Gertie, and spends some of her downtime in Palatine, Illinois, with her partner, Todd Wiencek.

LEADERSHIP: SUZANNE SWEENEY Managing Director

Suzanne is a 24-year veteran of the IRT and is proud to work alongside her mentor and friend, Janet Allen, as co-CEO of the Theatre. Suzanne oversees all of the administrative functions of the organization, including marketing, fundraising, ticket office, house management, finance, human resources, information technology, and building operations. During her tenure, the Theatre has secured a long-term lease for the building with the City of Indianapolis and renovated the Upperstage Lobby and restrooms. In June 2020 the Theatre surpassed its $18.5 million goal for its Front and Center campaign, raising $20 million. Suzanne was elected Treasurer of the League of Resident Theatres, a nationwide association of regional theatres, and she serves as a member of their board of directors. In 2021 and 2016, she was honored to serve as a panelist for Shakespeare in American Communities in cooperation with Arts Midwest. Suzanne is active in the community, having been the treasurer of Irish Fest for nine years, a member of the board of directors and treasurer of the Day Nursery Association (now Early Learning Indiana) for three years, and a past treasurer of IndyFringe.

Allison Buck in the IRT’s 2022 production of The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin. Photo by Zach Rosing.

IN 2017, SARAH & JOHN LECHLEITER CREATED THE JAMES STILL PLAYWRIGHT-IN-RESIDENCE FUND, PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE PLAYWRIGHT-IN-RESIDENCE AS WELL AS THE CREATION OF NEW WORK FOR THE IRT.

O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Colorado New Play Summit, the Lark, Launch Pad at UC–Santa Barbara, Telluride Playwright’s Festival, New Visions/New Voices, and Fresh Ink. Three of his plays have received the Distinguished Play Award from the American Alliance for Theatre & Education. James’s work has been produced throughout the United States, Canada, China, Japan, Europe, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.

LEADERSHIP: JAMES STILL Playwright-in-Residence

During his 25 years as playwright-in-residence, IRT audiences have seen all three plays in James’s “Jack Plays” trilogy (The House That Jack Built, Appoggiatura, and Miranda), as well as Looking Over the President’s Shoulder; And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank; Amber Waves; The Little Choo-Choo That Thinks She Can; April 4, 1968: Before We Forgot How to Dream; I Love to Eat: Cooking with James Beard; The Velveteen Rabbit; The Heavens Are Hung in Black; Interpreting William; Iron Kisses; The Gentleman from Indiana; Searching for Eden; He Held Me Grand, and The Secret History of the Future. James has directed many productions at the IRT, including A Christmas Carol, Twelve Angry Men, A Doll’s House Part 2, The Originalist, Dial “M” for Murder, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Red, Other Desert Cities, God of Carnage, Becky’s New Car, Rabbit Hole, and Doubt. This season he directs Oedipus.

Current projects include his new plays The Cratchits (in America), Plays about Longing, (A) New World, Dinosaur(s), Joy Waves to You from a Distance, and new plays commissioned by Prison Performing Arts (St. Louis) and American Blues (Chicago). James also works in television and film and has been nominated for five Emmys and a Television Critics Association Award; he has twice been a finalist for the Humanitas Prize. He wrote the short film A City of Stories commissioned by the New Harmony Project and recently featured in the Heartland Film Festival’s Indy Shorts. James was a producer and head writer for the TLC series PAZ, the head writer for Maurice Sendak’s Little Bear, and writer for the Bill Cosby series Little Bill. He wrote The Little Bear Movie and The Miffy Movie as well as the feature film The Velocity of Gary. James grew up in Kansas and lives in Los Angeles.

James is a member of the National Theatre Conference in New York, and a Kennedy Center inductee of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre. Other honors include the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award for drama for The Jack Plays, the Todd McNerney New Play Prize from the Spoleto Festival, the William Inge Festival’s Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, and the Orlin Corey Medallion from the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America. His plays have been nominated four times for the Pulitzer Prize, and have been developed at Robert Redford’s Sundance, the New Harmony Project, Eugene Rob Johansen, Quintin Gildon, and Jennifer Johansen in the IRT’s 2021 production of A Christmas Carol directed by James Still. Photo by Zach Rosing.

to his role at CTC, Ben spent five years in California’s Bay Area, dividing his time between Berkeley Repertory Theatre and the Bay Area Children’s Theatre. In his native Minnesota, Ben was honored to serve on the education staff of Penumbra Theatre Company, the nation’s leading African American theatre, where he helped to expand their education and outreach offerings. His proudest accomplishments during his four years with the company include growing the nationally recognized Summer Institute for Activist Artists into a three-year multidisciplinary social justice theatre training program, developing a multigenerational quilting circle, and helping to create and facilitate a racial equity training program through the company’s RACE workshop series.

LEADERSHIP: BENJAMIN HANNA

Ben holds a degree in theatre arts from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. He grew up on a small rural farm and fell in love with theatre at the age of eleven. He continues to create for his favorite audience: his five nieces and nephews.

Associate Artistic Director

Ben is a director, educator, and community engagement specialist whose passion for multigenerational theatre has influenced his work across the country. In all of his myriad roles, Ben is guided by the belief that access to highquality theatre helps build creative, empathetic people and healthy communities. Ben is thrilled to be in his sixth season at Indiana Repertory Theatre, where he has directed Fahrenheit 451, The Book Club Play, Tuesdays with Morrie, This Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, The Little Choo-Choo That Thinks She Can, Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!,” and The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. This season he directs Clue. As associate artistic director, Ben manages casting both locally and nationally, helps guide education and community programming, and connects IRT to new artists and ideas. Dedicated to eradicating systems of oppression, he is an advocate for creating and maintaining an anti-racist culture that breaks down historical barriers of access to the theatre. Along with Sarah Bellamy, IRT’s Equity Consultant, he guides IRT’s work to develop thoughtful, sustainable Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access initiatives. Ben is the recipient of a Theatre Communications Group Leadership University Award funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The award supported his artistic mentorship at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, the nation’s largest theatre for young audiences. Prior Amir Abdullah and Henry Woronicz in the IRT’s 2022 production of Fahrenheit 451 directed by Benjamin Hanna. Photo by Zach Rosing.

INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE STAFF Margot Lacy Eccles Artistic Director Janet Allen Managing Director Suzanne Sweeney

Office Administrator Ariana Fisher Director of Inclusion & Community Partnerships Devon Ginn

Production Manager Malia Argüello Associate Artistic Director Benjamin Hanna Company Manager Hillary Martin Resident Dramaturg Richard J Roberts General Manager Jane Robison Playwright-in-Residence James Still Lead Draper Erica Anderson First Hand Emily Calendario-Rosa Costume Director Guy Clark Draper Heather Hirvela Costumer/First Hand Niamh Langfitt Wardrobe Supervisor Rebecca Reyes Development Systems Brady Clark Institutional Giving Manager Eric J. Olson Individual Giving Manager Kay Swank-Herzog Director of Development Jennifer Turner

Education Coordinator Anna E. Barnett

Lead Electrician Kathryn Burke Master Electrician Beth A. Nuzum Electrician Kevin Shannon Spotlight Operators Louie Kaufman Sam Stucky

Director of Finance Jeffrey Bledsoe Payroll & Benefits Specialist Jen Carpenter Business Manager Karen Chapman

Associate Director of Marketing Kerry Barmann Design & Communications Specialist Geneva Denney-Moore Director of Marketing & Sales Danielle M. Dove Audience Development Manager Megan Ebbeskotte Graphic Designer Noelani Langille

Charge Scenic Artist Claire Dana Scenic Artist Jim Schumacher Scenic Artist Jacki Walburn

Building Manager Dameon Cooper Housekeeping Roger Cunningham Tonika Miller House Manager Jacob Lang Ticket Office Manager Courtney Plummer

Assistant Ticket Office Manager Eric Wilburn Customer Service Representative Jay Hemphill Tessitura Administrator Molly Wible Sweets

Assistant Properties Shop Manager Madelaine Foster Properties Shop Manager Rachelle Martin Properties Artisan Abigail Stuckey

Carpenters WonJun Brendon Choi Samantha-Rae Oliver Technical Director Chris Fretts Automation Carpenter Nick Kilgore Stage Operations Supervisor Faith Seltzer Master Carpenter David Sherrill

Lead Audio Engineer Brittany Hayth Resident Sound Designer Todd Mack Reischman Audio Video Engineer Kieran Shay

Stage Managers Nathan Garrison Erin Robson-Smith Matt Shives Assistant Stage Managers Isaiah Moore Becky Roeber Production Assistants Isabella Garza Andrea Haskett Corey Hollinger Sam Stucky

Group Sales & Teleservices Manager Doug Sims

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External Auditors Crowe Horwath Legal Counsel Faegre Drinker

Assistant House Managers Pat Bebee Grace Branam Stacy Brown Preston Dildine Dieter Finn Christine Gordon Marilyn Hatcher Sarah James Marissa Klingler Claire Martin Alicia McClendon Emily McKenzie Jeff Pigeon Phoebe Rodgers Kathy Sax Karen Sipes Katy Thompson Bartenders Cheryl Statzer Tina Weaver Customer Service Representatives Gale Fisher Ashlee Lancaster Cara Wilson

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Rob Johansen in the IRT’s 2021 production of A Christmas Carol. Photo by Zach Rosing.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS

Welcome to the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s 50th Anniversary Season! From its first eight seasons at the historic Athenaeum through the last four decades in the beautiful Indiana Theatre, the IRT has been an important part of the cultural fabric of Indianapolis. The last two years have been among the most challenging in our history, as they have been for everyone. We are very excited to welcome you in person for our 50-year celebration! Great theatre sparks conversations, thoughtful questions, and ideas that reflect on and enlighten our lives, workplaces, and communities. Whether you’ve been part of the IRT family for years or are a first-time visitor, we are glad you are with us. I am very grateful for the hard work, dedication, and adaptability of our staff, continuing to bring theatre to our audience in these extraordinary times. We are blessed with amazing leadership and talent. I also want to give a special thank you to all our patrons and partners for their loyal and tireless support, ensuring the IRT’s future for generations to come. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank you for joining us for this golden anniversary season—one which will inspire and entertain.

– Mark E. Shaffer, IRT Board Chair

CHAIR Mark Shaffer KPMG LLP

TREASURER Joy Kleinmaier American Specialty Health

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SECRETARY Jill Lacy The Lacy Foundation

Andrew Michie OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Nadine Givens* PNC Wealth Management

MEMBERS Tammara D. Avant American Electric Power Kathryn Beiser Eli Lilly & Company Michael P. Dinius Noble Consulting Services, Inc. Laurie Dippold KAR Auction Services, Inc. Dan Emerson* Indianapolis Colts Troy D. Farmer FORVIS Tom Froehle* Faegre Drinker Ashley Garry Viatris Inc. Ron Gifford RDG Strategies LLC Ricardo L. Guimarães Indiana University Kelley School of Business Julian Harrell Faegre Drinker

Mike Harrington Eli Lilly & Company, Retired Michael N. Heaton Katz Sapper & Miller Holt Hedrick Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. Brenda Horn Ice Miller LLP, Retired Rebecca Hutton Leadership Indianapolis Lauren James Mitch Daniels Leadership Foundation Elisha Modisett Kemp Corteva Agriscience Alan Mills Barnes & Thornburg LLP Michael Moriarty Frost Brown Todd, Retired Brian Payne Central Indiana Community Foundation

Peter Racher Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP Peter N. Reist Oxford Financial Group, Ltd. Susan O. Ringo Community Volunteer Myra C. Selby Ice Miller LLP Darshan Shah BioCrossroads Shelly Smith Ernst & Young LLP Sue Smith Community Volunteer Amy Waggoner Salesforce L. Alan Whaley Ice Miller LLP, Retired

BOARD EMERITUS Robert Anker* Rollin Dick Berkley Duck* Dale Duncan* James W. Freeman Michael Lee Gradison* (in memoriam) Margie Herald (in memoriam) David Klapper David Kleiman*

Sarah Lechleiter E. Kirk McKinney Jr. (in memoriam) Richard O. Morris* (in memoriam) Jane Schlegel* Wayne Schmidt Jerry Semler* Jack Shaw* William E. Smith III* Eugene R. Tempel* David Whitman*

Original artwork by Tasha Beckwith

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JAN 11 – FEB 5 the strength of sisterhood

Four brave female African American homesteaders and pioneers settle together in the all-Black town of Nicodemus, Kansas. Fighting a harsh and unforgiving wilderness, they work hard to till the soil and build better lives for themselves. Their courage is tested when an unexpected and deadly threat invades their home in this surprising story set in the Old West.

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“We made sure to establish a planned gift for the IRT, because we want our grandkids and future generations to experience the same love of world-class theatre we have.” Gene & Mary Tempel, long time IRT supporters Become part of Ovation Society! Giving a legacy gift to the IRT will give you benefits you can enjoy now, as well as make a lasting impact on the IRT and the community it serves.

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ONEAMERICA MAINSTAGE NOVEMBER 15 – DECEMBER 24 SEASON 2022-2023

ARTISTIC Director_______________________________ JANET ALLEN Scenic Designer____________________________ RUSSELL METHENY Costume Designer_____________________________LINDA PISANO Lighting Designer______________________________ MICHAEL LINCOLN Composer__________________________________MICHAEL KECK Choreographer___________________________NICHOLAS A. OWENS Associate Lighting Designer______________________ BENTLEY HEYDT Dramaturg______________________________ RICHARD J ROBERTS Stage Manager__________________________ ERIN ROBSON-SMITH* Assistant Stage Managers_______________________BECKY ROEBER* MATT SHIVES* Second Assistant Stage Manager ___________________ISAIAH MOORE*

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THE CAST (in order of speaking) CHRISTMAS EVE Narrators________________________ THE COMPANY Ebenezer Scrooge_________________ ROB JOHANSEN* Bob Cratchit ___________________ RYAN ARTZBERGER* Fred____________________________ ELLIOT SAGAY Felicity_________________________ CAROLINE CHU* Marley’s Ghost_________________ RYAN ARTZBERGER* CHRISTMAS PAST

CHRISTMAS FUTURE Ghost___________________________ ELLIOT SAGAY Pawn Broker_______________________SEAN BLAKE* Charwoman_______________ MARIA ARGENTINA SOUZA* Laundress_______________________ CAROLINE CHU* CHRISTMAS DAY Londoners_______________________ THE COMPANY*

Ghost__________________ MARIA ARGENTINA SOUZA* Child Scrooge____WEEZIE CHAVERS OR BELLE TAYLOR-MOORE Fezziwig_________________________ SEAN BLAKE* Young Scrooge_____________________ ELLIOT SAGAY Mrs. Fezziwig _________________ JENNIFER JOHANSEN* Belle__________________________ CAROLINE CHU* Millworkers_______________________ THE COMPANY CHRISTMAS PRESENT Ghost___________________________ SEAN BLAKE * Mrs. Cratchit__________________ JENNIFER JOHANSEN* Tiny Tim_______ WEEZIE CHAVERS OR BELLE TAYLOR-MOORE Penelope_________________ MARIA ARGENTINA SOUZA* Prudence____________________ JENNIFER JOHANSEN* Topper______________________ RYAN ARTZBERGER*

Original artwork by Tasha Beckwith

SETTING England. The Eve of the Industrial Revolution

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

APPROXIMATE RUN TIME: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission.

Dance Captain: Maria Argentina Souza Choral Captain: Elliot Sagay Understudy for Scrooge: Ryan Artzberger Swings: Devan Mathias & Isaiah Moore Lighting Design Assistant: Alejandro Ridolfi *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. The scenic, costume, and lighting designers are represented by United Scenic Artists Local 829, IATSE. Photography and recording are forbidden in the Theatre. The videotaping of this production is a violation of United States Copyright Law and an actionable Federal Offense. 21

Directing A Christmas Carol this season holds many revelations and reflections for me. As one of the first projects I worked on as a dramaturg at IRT in 1980, it feels very much like coming full circle in this, my final season at the IRT. The Dickens story, and this adaptation in particular, hold a big place in my heart. It was created by my first IRT mentor, artistic director Tom Haas, from whom I learned more than I can ever name about the power of spoken language, the power of simple staging, and the irreplaceable power of the electric connection made between actors and audiences. Tom believed that actors could easily switch from neutral narration to character dialogue, sometimes within a single line; that actors could play many roles with only basic costume changes and magnificent acting; and that audiences would listen attentively and move along with the story effortlessly, thus inviting an experience that brings the book to life in a way that other forms cannot. And audiences and actors have continued this remarkable sharing of Dickens’s words, characters, and story in more than 30 productions at IRT since then. Of course, many things have changed since that first IRT production. There were years with a single lead narrator (sometimes even dressed as Dickens himself), or with a group of lead narrators (a sort of Everyman band of Victorian workers). One memorable year, we introduced

the cheeky tradition of English Christmas Pantomime by having a Queen Victoria–clad male actor as Christmas Present (not our most popular experiment). The play has changed shape and length from two hours to 90 minutes and back, depending on the year, replacing or removing a handful of scenes that various directors have deemed less or more expressive. In Covid, we readapted the script for a

smaller cast, and that distilling revealed yet more facets of this timeless gem. Throughout the years, there have been many constants. Our desire to gather adults and children—separately in public performances or student matinees, as well as together in family groups—has always been our goal. This is a story best shared inter-generationally, where the youngest to the oldest can gently lift their own takes on the story and learn from one another’s viewpoints. It also serves great purpose in the Central Indiana community, as a much-

loved holiday tradition, a steady beacon for gathering and reflection, reminding us of the essential values of the holiday season: generosity, forgiveness, and charity to those less fortunate, removing the blinders that make us self-absorbed, reaching out to others with warmth and care. Almost every year we opine that our world has never needed this story more. In times of world crises, war, economic challenges, political upheavals, and clamorous social concerns, the story’s medicinal power endures. We add now the call to heal, following (or still living in) a worldwide pandemic that has forever altered our world, making us all the more divided, all the more selfabsorbed. So again, with new vigor, we pose to ourselves and our community: how can Scrooge’s change of heart be taken into our own lives? As we go along on Scrooge’s journey toward redemption, we witness his long-closed heart crack and open, that he might celebrate with his family and show generosity to the Cratchit family. The story works both as a holiday entertainment and as an allegorical call to all people to examine the Scrooge-like tendencies we cling to, and to take time to remedy our own hearts and actions through the transformational power of the theatre. Thanks for joining us for IRT’s 50th anniversary telling of Dickens’s 179-year-old classic, A Christmas Carol.

Rob Johansen and David Alan Anderson in the IRT’s 2021 production of A Christmas Carol.

AUTHOR CHARLES DICKENS

PLAYWRIGHT TOM HAAS

The works of the great English novelist Charles Dickens are not only great literature, they are also cracking good reads, with one-of-a-kind characters and stories that both tug at the heartstrings and leave readers breathless with excitement. But the author’s purpose went beyond mere entertainment; his books were almost always designed to alert his readers to the wretched conditions of England’s poor and destitute. Born in 1812, Dickens suffered an impoverished childhood that provided plenty of grist for tales of debtors’ prison and rat-infested factories. Yet despite this poverty and his lack of formal education, he rose from legal clerk to newspaper columnist to best-selling author by the age of 24. During his lifetime, his books—Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, and many more—were wildly popular, not only in England but also around the world; most are still in print. When A Christmas Carol was published in 1843, the holiday was not widely celebrated in England; the book inspired such a revival that the author became known as Father Christmas. In his later years, Dickens made almost a second career of public readings of this beloved novel. Long before he died in 1870, he was hailed everywhere as the greatest writer of his age.

Tom Haas was artistic director of the IRT from 1980 until his untimely death in 1991. Prior to his association with the IRT, he was artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was associate director at Yale Repertory Theatre and head of the Acting-Directing Program at Yale University, where his students included Henry Winkler, Sigourney Weaver, and Meryl Streep. At the IRT, Tom directed 40 productions, including memorable renditions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mourning Becomes Electra, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Cocktail Party, Six Characters in Search of an Author, and, of course, A Christmas Carol. IRT audiences also saw his stage adaptations of Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Three Musketeers, as well as the musical Operetta, My Dear Watson and dozens of Cabaret shows. Tom’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol was produced at the IRT annually from 1980 through 1984. The play returned in 1996 and has been a welcome holiday tradition ever since.

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SCROOGE THROUGH

BERNARD KATES (1980) Bernard Kates with Lowry Miller.

FRANK RAITER (1981-1985, 1996) Frank Raiter with Peter Green, 1996.

MICHAEL RUDKO (1997) Michael Rudko with Wiley Moore & Lynne Perkins.

THE YEARS Seven actors have played Ebenezer Scrooge on the IRT OneAmerica Mainstage. PAUL CARLIN (1998) Paul Carlin.

RYAN ARTZBERGER (2009-2019) Ryan Artzberger, 2016. Photo by Zach Rosing.

CHARLES GOAD (1999-2009) Charles Goad with Robert Neal, 2004.

ROB JOHANSEN (2021-2022) Rob Johansen, 2021. Photo by Zach Rosing.

IRT—THE 1980S

EXCERPTS FROM FIVE DECADES OF WONDER:

INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE BY DONNA L. REYNOLDS Armin Shimerman (later a star of TV’s Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) as jazz legend Bix Beiderbecke in Hoagy, Bix, and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus.

On October 24, 1980, IRT opened its first season in the Indiana Theatre with the world premiere of Adrian Mitchell’s Hoagy, Bix, and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus, staged by new artistic director Tom Haas. A Grand Opening Performance and Dedication began at 8:00 pm. In the audience was Hoagy Carmichael’s son, who retreated to the Hyatt Hotel across the street afterward to regale post-theatre partiers with his own piano performance. 30

The bright lights of grand opening festivities could not overcome the shadow of debt that was darkening the mood in IRT’s administrative offices. The capital campaign, launched in 1979 to fund the renovation and move, had started off well: by the end of that year, IRT had raised $3.5 million of its more than $5 million goal. The problem was that the goal was flawed. According to Managing Director Ben Mordecai, “We opened construction bids and found that all the sophisticated estimating that our architect and construction manager had been doing were $1,750,000 wrong. We were over budget that much. The first thing I did was to go to the bar.”

The OneAmerica Mainstage under construction in April 1980 (six months before opening).

Cabaret favorites Mark Goetzinger & Bernadette Galanti in Together Again (1986).

When Tom Haas arrived in Indianapolis, he brought a concept for using a 100-seat space in the newly renovated Indiana Theatre: the Cabaret. He tantalized theatregoers with the promise of “an intimate night-club setting, where our patrons will enjoy an evening of entertainment complete with bar service.” Audiences liked the idea. The cast typically comprised two men and two women, dressed in formal attire, who sang, bantered, and interacted with the audience. Clever themes, catchy music, and creative deliveries were the bill of fare. From 1981 to 1989, the Cabaret packed ’em in.

Scott Wentworth in Coming Attractions (1982).

For his second season, Tom Haas instituted what the Marquee newsletter labeled IRT’s first official residence company. In Haas’s opinion, the benefits of securing a group of actors for an entire season favored both the Theatre and the players. “Resident actors learn to work as an ensemble and thereby shorten the period of adjustment in the first rehearsals of each new production,” the Marquee noted. “Another plus is that guest actors come into an existing company structure that will support them and, in turn, be refreshed and illuminated by them. The resident company also enables the IRT to do shows with larger casts and have the freedom to present a more varied fare. But above all, says Haas, ‘it is only through a resident company that a theatre can achieve a particular style that earmarks it or sets it apart from other theatres’ work.’”

During the Thursday, January 14, 1982, performance of Ted Tally’s Coming Attractions on the Mainstage, a fire started in a production area of the Upperstage. In the bitter cold, nearly 600 ticketholders hurried across the street to the Hyatt Hotel as fire trucks roared to the scene. The fire on the Upperstage, which sustained significant damage, was quickly extinguished; but smoke and water damage to the rest of the building was devastating and costly. The police would ultimately assess the cause to be arson, arresting a troubled, young IRT employee who admitted to setting the blaze. Ben Mordecai told the Indianapolis Star, “Shortly after the fire had been put out, we began planning for a reopening. By noon Friday the Mainstage set was in trucks, and we had found a new location at Shortridge High School.” Within a week, the play reopened at 34th and Meridian at the old school, which had been closed for several months. Signs read, “Wanted: One More Miracle for 34th Street” and “Temporarily in Residence–Indiana Repertory Theatre.”

Richard O. Morris & Tom Haas.

Henry J. Jordan, Bella Jarrett, Priscilla Lindsay, Lowry Miller, Avery Sommers, Barry McGuire, Craig Fuller, Chuck Cooper, & Frank Raiter in You Can’t Take It with You (1983).

In June 1986, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported, “Since it relocated just six years ago, the Indiana Repertory Theatre has accumulated a debt of more than $1 million.” Renovation cost overruns plus accumulated operating deficits from nearly every year of the Theatre’s operation had created a desperate financial situation. Programming was trimmed and staff was restructured. In August, Richard O. Morris, IRT board vice chair, was asked to chair a volunteer Executive Committee that would supervise the Theatre’s financial matters. For the next four years, the committee met once a week. Morris reviewed all the bills and signed all the checks. Jack Shaw led an initiative to create a new accounting system and controls. Board members focused on increasing individual giving, while the Lilly Endowment, the Krannert Charitable Trust, and the Indianapolis Foundation gave significant grants. After four years of hard work, IRT proudly announced its first season with a balanced budget. 31

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THE COMPANY RYAN ARTZBERGER | BOB CRATCHIT, MARLEY, TOPPER, & ENSEMBLE Ryan’s IRT credits include A Christmas Carol, Cyrano, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Diary of Anne Frank, Noises Off, Romeo and Juliet, The Three Musketeers, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Crucible, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, God of Carnage, Rabbit Hole, Iron Kisses, and Death of a Salesman. Ryan is the executive artistic director of the Indianapolis Shakespeare Company, where he has directed Hamlet and As You Like It and acted in eight shows. At the Phoenix Theatre he performed in How to Use a Knife. Regional credits include the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the Studio Theatre in DC, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, the Goodman Theatre, Berkeley Rep, the Lookingglass, and Great Lakes. Ryan graduated from Ohio University and Juilliard. “Love to Marita, Will, and Clara.”

SEAN BLAKE | FEZZIWIG, CHRISTMAS PRESENT, PAWNBROKER, & ENSEMBLE Sean is very happy to make his IRT debut. Broadway/National Tour: Hal Prince and Susan Strohman’s Show Boat. Regional credits: the Goodman Theatre, the Court Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the Kennedy Center, Seattle Rep, Asolo Rep, Alabama Shakespeare Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, and many more. Sean can be heard on the original cast recording of Hal Prince and Stephen Sondheim’s Bounce. Television credits: Empire (FOX), Chicago P.D. (NBC), and Mixtape (Netflix). Sean is a proud member of AEA and SAG, and is represented by Gray Talent. “Enjoy.”

WEEZIE CHAVERS | CHILD SCROOGE, TINY TIM, & ENSEMBLE Weezie is excited to be a part of IRT’s production of A Christmas Carol. She’s grateful for the training and camaraderie she has enjoyed at Summer Stock Stage and Civic Theatre. Most recently she performed as Timon in The Lion King Jr. at Immaculate Heart of Mary, where she is a sixth grader, and as Grandma in Summer Stock Stage Academy’s The Addams Family. In addition to acting, Weezie enjoys playing the harp and lacrosse. “I would like to thank my family and friends for their support and love. I dedicate my performance to my beloved Bapa.”

CAROLINE CHU | FELICITY, BELLE, LAUNDRESS, & ENSEMBLE Caroline is an actor from Chicago. After making her IRT debut in Sense and Sensibility and working on The Chinese Lady, she is thrilled to be continuing with IRT’s 50th season. Recent credits include Mischief Theatre’s The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway in Chicago), Short Shakespeare! Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Peerless (First Floor Theater), And Then There Were None (Drury Lane), Cambodian Rock Band (Victory Gardens), CROPT (Jackalope Theatre), Cold Town/Hotline (Raven Theatre), and WANDER: Lincoln Square (Chicago Immersive). Abroad, she has appeared in Richard III, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Prague Shakespeare Company). Caroline is a proud company member at First Floor Theater and a graduate of Northwestern University. She is represented by Stewart Talent. “With love to the most supportive family and friends in the world!” @carolinechu_

JENNIFER JOHANSEN | MRS. FEZZIWIG, MRS. CRATCHIT, PRUDENCE, & ENSEMBLE Among Jen’s IRT appearances are Fahrenheit 451, The House That Jack Built, Holmes and Watson, The Game’s Afoot, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Syringa Tree, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, and 11 editions of A Christmas Carol. Phoenix Theatre favorites include The Pill, The Christians, Hir, and On Clover Road. With The Human Race Theatre favorites include Gloria: A Life, A Christmas Carol, God of Carnage, and Sex with Strangers. Jen is a proud member of Indianapolis Shakespeare Company with whom she has performed in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, and Coriolanus. Proud board member of both American Lives Theatre and Summer Stock Stage. Proud spouse of Rob Johansen. Jen is a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow. “Dedicated to Robert and to Lenny and to Mick.”

ROB JOHANSEN | SCROOGE This is Rob’s 15th Carol and his 51st show at the IRT. Among his other IRT favorites are three one-person shows—This Wonderful Life, Underneath the Lintel, and After Paul McCartney— as well as The Grapes of Wrath, The Game’s Afoot, The 39 Steps, Cyrano (2002), and The Mystery of Irma Vep. Rob is a passionate worker at the Humane Society of Indianapolis, and asks people to consider getting their fur babies there. Shelter pups make the best pets! “Thank you, Janet. You have afforded me and so many others the opportunity to do what we love, in a city we love. I am lucky to call you friend.”

ELLIOT SAGAY | FRED, YOUNG SCROOGE, CHRISTMAS FUTURE, & ENSEMBLE Elliot is thrilled to be making his Indiana Rep debut! Recent Chicago credits: Botticelli in the Fire (First Floor Theatre), The Hungry Ghost Festival (Lifeline Theatre), The Magnolia Ballet (About Face Theatre), The Givens (Theatre L’Acadie). Film/TV: Chicago Med, McKenzie McCoy, Up Next. Elliot is also an avid playwright. His most recent play, The Last White Rhinoceros, received a workshop/ reading in the Agnes Nixon Play Festival. Beyond the arts, he enjoys cooking and soccer. B.A. Northwestern University. “A big thanks to Big Mouth Talent and all the love to Mom.”

MARIA ARGENTINA SOUZA | CHRISTMAS PAST, PENELOPE, CHARWOMAN, & ENSEMBLE Maria made her IRT debut with last season’s A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway she has been seen as Miranda in The Tempest, Mel in Does This Woman Have a Name, and Woman in HAK. Regional credits include June in Alabaster, Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Lucinda in The History of Cardenio, Lily Booker in Current Economic Conditions: A Comedy, Antigone in The Theban Plays, Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, Liz in ReEntry, Adriana in The Comedy of Errors, Ophelia in Hamlet, and Libby in Blue Window. Maria received her M.F.A. from the Actors Studio Drama School. “Thank you for supporting the arts. May your holidays be filled with joy, peace, and wonder!”

THE COMPANY BELLE TAYLOR-MOORE | CHILD SCROOGE, TINY TIM, & ENSEMBLE Belle is super excited to make her IRT debut as Tiny Tim! She recently performed in Summer Stock Stage (SSS) Academy’s productions of The Addams Family as an Egyptian ancestor and The Lion King Jr. as a hyena, and in the SSS MainStage production of Once on This Island as Little Ti Moune. Being the youngest of her four siblings, she is no stranger to the spotlight and uses her voice to stand out and entertain. “I feel honored to share this beautiful, classic Christmas story with you all! I would like to thank IRT, my family, and the SSS team for supporting this dream come true!”

JANET ALLEN | DIRECTOR After 27 years as artistic director, Janet will retire at the end of this, IRT’s 50th anniversary season. Among the memorable productions Janet has directed on the IRT’s stages are The Glass Menagerie (1999), Ah! Wilderness (2002), The Drawer Boy (2004), The House That Jack Built (2012 & 2021), To Kill a Mockingbird (2016), Looking Over the President’s Shoulder (2008 & 2017), The Diary of Anne Frank (2011 & 2018), and Cyrano (2021). (complete bio on page 8)

RUSSELL METHENY | SCENIC DESIGNER Russell has designed more than 50 IRT productions, including A Christmas Carol, The House That Jack Built, Cyrano, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Game’s Afoot, Who Am I This Time?, A Little Night Music, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, God of Carnage, The Heavens Are Hung in Black, Iron Kisses, The Unexpected Guest, The Gentleman from Indiana, Searching for Eden, Arcadia, Ah, Wilderness!, and Looking Over the President’s Shoulder (2001). He has also designed for the Studio Theatre, the Great Lakes and Idaho Shakespeare festivals, Asolo Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Weston Playhouse, Dallas Theatre Center, the Old Globe Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Missouri Rep, Actors Theatre of Kansas City, the Goodman Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Buffalo Studio Arena, Portland Stage, and Goodspeed Musicals.

LINDA PISANO | COSTUME DESIGNER This is Linda’s 17th design collaboration with IRT. Her work has been selected twice to represent the United States in the Quadrennial World Design Expo in Prague and twice for the World Stage Design exhibition. She is a three-time winner in performance design at the National Stage Expo, and a four-time recipient of the Peggy Ezekiel Award for Excellence in Design. Her work was selected from top designers in the United States to be featured in a world design exhibition with the Bakhrushin Museum in Moscow and the China Institute of Stage Design in Beijing. She serves as chair of the Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance at Indiana University in Bloomington, where she is professor of costume design.

MICHAEL LINCOLN | LIGHTING DESIGNER Michael has designed more than 40 productions at the IRT, including Finding Home, You Can’t Take It with You; Noises Off; April 4, 1968; Who Am I This Time?; A Little Night Music; The House That Jack Built; The 39 Steps; This Wonderful Life; Ah, Wilderness!; and The Glass Menagerie. Highlights of his career include the Broadway productions of Copenhagen and Skylight, as well as off-Broadway designs including Mr. Goldwyn, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Defying Gravity, Bunny Bunny, and Swingtime Canteen. Michael also had long associations with the Alley Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Studio Theatre DC, Santa Fe Opera, and Los Angeles Ballet. He is currently artistic director of Tantrum Theater, the professional theatre of Ohio University. michaellincoln.net

BENTLEY HEYDT | ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER Bentley is an NYC-based Korean American lighting designer. Select Credits: Off-Broadway/ NYC Theatre: A Number, The Seventeenth Chapel, She Talks to Beethoven, and Girlfriend the Musical (A.R.T./NY—Drama League); I Dream of Hornets (Boundless Theatre); Gen Z on Fire (Royal Family Productions); Normal? A New Musical (The King’s College NYC); Cubic and Quartet (Born Dancing); The Weak and the Strong, Uzume, and Resistance (Planet Connections Theatre/14th Street Y). Resident Lighting Designer for Hollins University. Assist/ Assoc: Mr. Holland’s Opus (Ogunquit Playhouse World Premiere); Rent 25th Anniversary National Tour (Work Light Productions); A Christmas Carol (Indiana Rep 2021 and 2017); Nutcracker Ballet (Connecticut Ballet 2021, 2019). M.F.A., Ohio University. bentleyheydt.com

MICHAEL KECK | COMPOSER At the IRT, Michael has composed music for A Christmas Carol; Sense and Sensibility; Cyrano; Murder on the Orient Express; three productions of Looking Over the President’s Shoulder; A Raisin in the Sun; April 4, 1968 (in which he also acted); and many others. His music has accompanied productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, and many others. His international credits include the Market Theatre Johannesburg South Africa, National Theater of Croatia–Zagreb, the Barbican Theatre Center, and Bristol Old Vic. Excerpts from his solo performance piece Voices in the Rain are published by Temple University Press and Alta Mira Press. He is a member of AEA, SAG–AFTRA, ASCAP, PEN, and the Dramatists Guild.

THE COMPANY NICHOLAS A. OWENS | CHOREOGRAPHER Nicholas is a freelance choreographer and director with nearly 20 years of dance experience. He is co-founder and Associate Artistic Director of Kenyettá Dance Company. His goal is to create, encourage, and provide training/performance opportunities to aspiring dancers seeking professional dance experience. Credits for direction and choreography include Excerpts of Dreams, Signs of the Times, Speaking without Words, Groundwork Suites, Black Dance Matters, Black Box Theory, Sincerely Love, and Summer Solstice for Kenyettá Dance Company; The Color Purple and Ragtime at Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre; and America the Modern, Love Is, Mad for Musicals, Super Soul, and Ray & Ella for Dance Kaleidoscope; A Christmas Carol (2021) and The Reclamation of Madison Hemings at Indiana Repertory Theatre. This is his fifth year teaching at Shortridge High School as the Director of the MYP/CP/DP Dance Program.

RICHARD J ROBERTS | DRAMATURG This is Richard’s 33rd season with the IRT, and his 25th as resident dramaturg. He has also been a dramaturg for the New Harmony Project, Write Now, and the Hotchner Playwriting Festival. He has directed IRT productions of A Christmas Carol (four times), Bridge & Tunnel, The Night Watcher, Neat, Pretty Fire, The Cay, The Giver, The Power of One, and Twelfth Night. Other directing credits include Actors Theatre of Indiana (where he recently directed Violet), the Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Edyvean Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis Civic Theatre, Butler University, University of Indianapolis, Marion University, and Anderson University. Richard studied music at DePauw University and theatre at Indiana University and has been awarded a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Indy Arts Council.

ERIN ROBSON-SMITH | STAGE MANAGER Since moving to Indianapolis in 2013, Erin has had the pleasure of working with IRT and its incredible staff. Favorite productions include A Christmas Carol, The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin, Mrs. Harrison, Pipeline, Finding Home, and And Then They Came for Me at IRT; The Hotel Nepenthe and Love Bird at the Phoenix Theatre; Sometimes a Great Notion and How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found at Portland Center Stage; and Metamorphoses and Humble Boy at Artists Repertory Theatre. Erin spent the summers of 2008 and 2009 working with the JAW Festival at Portland Center Stage.

BECKY ROEBER | ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Becky is now an Indianapolis local and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. This is their sixth season working at Indiana Repertory Theatre. They also serve as Production Manager for Summer Stock Stage and as Production Stage Manager for Summer Stock Stage’s young professionals branch, Eclipse. “I am proud to be a part of the Indianapolis theatre community and grateful to continue to produce theatre with the team at IRT.”

MATT SHIVES | ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER This production is Matt’s 32nd with IRT. Locally, Matt has worked with Dance Kaleidoscope, Indianapolis Shakespeare Company, Phoenix Theatre, and Summer Stock Stage. Matt was a production team member for the 74th and 75th Annual Tony Awards, The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back, The Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS, and NFL events featuring Madonna, Meghan Trainor, Demi Lovato, Yolanda Adams, and Meek Mill. Talent logistics credits include the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend and 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. For TV, he has worked on The Voice, Encore!, Dear…, Tough as Nails, and others. Matt holds a B.A. in theatre design and production from Purdue University and lives in Indianapolis with his wife and son.

ISAIAH MOORE | SECOND ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Isaiah feels blessed to be back with IRT. Prior to graduating from Butler University he started his professional acting career in IRT’s debut of The Little Choo Choo That Thinks She Can by James Still. Isaac has performed in many productions with Summer Stock Stage Mainstage and Eclipse, where he is now a board member. Most recent performances include the world debut of The Magnolia Ballet by Terry Guest, The Jewel Box Revue, Civic’s Elf the Musical and The Color Purple, and Indy Shakes’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Lastly, he is beyond proud of his little sister Belle (Tiny Tim) and is inspired by her grit to live, share, and thrive on the stage. Connect and follow Isaiah’s journey at MrINBM.com

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THE SUPPORTING CAST

INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE DONORS

Ticket revenue covers just half of what it costs to produce world-class professional theatre at the Indiana Repertory Theatre. The IRT gratefully acknowledges the remarkable support we receive from our generous and committed donors whose contributions ensure that the show does go on!

ANNUAL CAMPAIGN GIFTS $1,500+ | JULY 1, 2022 - OCTOBER 6, 2022

Bob & Toni Bader David & Jackie Barret Scott & Lorraine Davison Michael Dinius & Jeannie Regan-Dinius Nancy & Berkley Duck Dan & Ginny Emerson David & Ann Frick Tom & Jenny Froehle Mike & Judy Harrington Sarah & John Lechleiter Bill & Susie Macias David & Leslie Morgan Jackie Nytes & Patrick O’Brien Joan Perelman Sue & Bill Ringo Mary Frances Rubly & Jerry Hummer Wayne & Susan Schmidt Simmons Family Foundation, a fund of CICF Cheryl Gruber Waldman David P. Whitman & Donna L. Reynolds

Don Anderson Kathryn Beiser & Mick Domagala Susie & Joel Blum

Darcy K. Burthay Charitable Fund, a Donor-Advised Fund of the U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Gary Denney & Louise Bakker Rollie & Cheri Dick Drs. Cherryl & Shelly Friedman Dr. & Mrs. Gregory Gaich Derek & Elizabeth Hammond Ann Hinson Bill & Nancy Hunt Phil & Colleen Kenney Steve & Bev Koepper John & Laura Ludwig David & Robin Miner Mr. & Mrs. Kimball Morris Carl Nelson & Loui Lord Nelson Mr. Stephen Owen Sr. & Dr. Cheryl Torok Owen Jill Panetta & Leo Bianchi Ben Pecar & Leslie Thompson Dr. Christine & Mike Phillips Noel & Mary Phillips* Drs. Eric Schultze & Marcia Kolvitz Marguerite K. Shepard, M.D. The Michael L. Smith and Susan L. Smith Family Fund, a fund of Hamilton County Community Catherine M. Turner* John & Kathy Vahle Lainie Veenstra James & Linda Wesley Dr. Christian Wolf & Elaine Holden Charitable Fund

A.J. Allen Dan Bradburn & Jane Robison Dick & Brenda Freije Kathy & Gene Gentili Charles Goad & James Kincannon Donald & Teri Hecht Tom & Nora Hiat Brenda Horn Pegg & Mike Kennedy David Kleiman & Susan Jacobs John & Susan Kline Kevin Krulewitch & Rosanne Ammirati* Jill & Peter Lacy Kathryn Maeglin Bob & Dale Nagy N. Clay & Amy McConkey Robbins Tim & Karen Seiler Jerry & Rosie Semler Mark & Gerri Shaffer Joe & Jill Tanner Gene & Mary Tempel Jeff & Benita Thomasson Lynne & Alex Timmermans Carol Weiss Bob & Dana Wilson

THE SUPPORTING CAST

INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE DONORS

ANNUAL CAMPAIGN GIFTS $1,500+ | JULY 1, 2022 - OCTOBER 6, 2022

Janet Allen & Joel Grynheim Anonymous Trudy W. Banta Sarah C. Barney Frank & Katrina Basile Daniel & Rita Blay Thomas & Victoria Broadie Ray & Kathy Brinkmeyer Amy Burke Sherry A. Butler David & Judith Chadwick Steve & Kim Chatham Alan & Linda Cohen Family Foundation Don & Dolly Craft Daniel & Catherine Cunningham Frank & Norah Deane Dr. Gregory Dedinsky & Dr. Cherri Hobgood Ann & Kenneth Dee Laurie Dippold* Paul & Glenda Drew Craig & Marsha Dunkin Troy D. Farmer Drs. Richard & Rebecca Feldman Barrie & Gary R. Fisch Joan M. FitzGibbon Mary L. Forster, M.D. Edward & Elizabeth Frazier Jim & Julie Freeman Brian & Lorene Furrer Future Keys Foundation Ashley & Andrea Garry Garth & Christine Gathers Robert & Christy Gauss Mr. Jim Gawne* Dorothea & Philip Genetos Kathy & Gene Gentili Robert Giannini 48

Ron & Kathy Gifford Bruce Glor Walter & Janet Gross Bill & Phyllis Groth Chad & Kelli Grothen Ricardo & Beatriz Guimarães Mary & Gary Gustafson Julian E. Harrell Lisa Harris, M.D.* Michael N. Heaton The Hedges-Dillman Family* Holt Hedrick Kurt & Charlene Heinzman William & Patricia Hirsch Richard & Elizabeth Holmes Randy & Becky Horton Drs. Meredith & Kathleen Hull Rebecca Hutton The Indianapolis Fellows Fund, a fund of the Indianapolis Foundation Colette Irwin-Knott & Gary Knott Lauren James Patrick & Barbara James Tom & Kathy Jenkins Daniel T. Jensen & Steven Follis Andrew & Brianna Johnson Mrs. Janet Johnson Denny & Judi Jones Elisha & Reed Kemp Max Kime Joy Kleinmaier Dr. Michael & Molly Kraus Kurt & Judy Kroenke Dr. & Mrs. Alan Ladd Ed & Ann Ledford Dan & Martha Lehman Margaret Lehtinen & Lawrence Mark Joe & Deborah Loughrey Barbara MacDougall Donald & Ruth MacPherson Marlene & Bob Marchesani

Kellie McCarthy Mike & Pat McCrory Sharon R. Merriman Andrew & Amy Michie Douglas and Detra Mills Giving Fund Lawren Mills & Brad Rateike* Dr. David H. Moore & Dr. Kris Beckwith Michael D. Moriarty Tammie L. Nelson & David McCaskill The Blake Lee and Carolyn Lytle Neubauer Charitable Fund, a fund of Hamilton County Community Foundation Dr. Ayesha Nichols & Troy Nichols Rob & Sara Norris Steve & Debbie Oldham Dr. Joseph M. Overhage & Dr. Mary R. Brunner Larry & Louise Paxton The Payne Family Foundation, a fund of CICF Kenneth A. & Joan C. Peterson Dr. & Mrs. Lee Phipps Gail & William Plater The David and Arden Pletzer Endowment Fund, a fund of Hamilton County Community Foundation Bob & Kathi Postlethwait Phil & Joyce Probst Scott & Susan Putney Peter Racher & Sarah Binford Michael & Melissa Rawlings Peter & Karen Reist Ken & Debra Renkens Karen & Dick Ristine Chip & Jane Rutledge Paula F. Santa Jane W. Schlegel Alice Schloss Donor Advised Fund, a fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis

ANNUAL CAMPAIGN GIFTS $1,500+ | JULY 1, 2022 - OCTOBER 6, 2022

Mike & Holly Semler Darshan & Rebecca Shah Jack & Karen Shaw Linda & Carl Smith Edward & Susann Stahl Jim & Cheryl Strain Jeff & Janet Stroebel Kathryn Godwin Stuart, DDS Kay Swank-Herzog & Robert Herzog

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ANNUAL CAMPAIGN GIFTS $300 - $1,499 | JULY 1, 2022 - OCTOBER 6, 2022

Anonymous John Champley & Julie Keck Brady Clark Robert Clifford Daniel P. Corrigan Drs. Eric Farmer & Tate Trujillo & Christopher Scott* Peter Furno & Pamela Steed Priscilla Gerde Richard & Sharon Gilmor Anita & Henry Johnson John & Carolyn Mutz Roger & Anna Radue Sallie Rowland Thomas & Teresa Sharp Lee Shevitz Michael Skehan Cheryl & Bob Sparks Nancy Woolf Katy & Tim Allen

The Todd A. Andritsch Family Fund Anonymous (2) Mark K. Bear Constance C. Beardsley* Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Black III Jesse L. & Carolynne Bobbitt Barbara & Christopher Bodem* Karry Book & John Hansberry Steve & Darlene Bricker Vince & Robyn Caponi Allen B. Carter & Patricia Hester Jeffrey & Jeni Christoffersen Shane and Andrea Crouch* Karen Dace* Fr. Clem Davis* Paul & Carol DeCoursey* Tom Dorantes & Sunah C Kim Dorantes* Nikki Eller Margie Ferguson* Arthur Field IV Phyllis & Ed Gabovitch

Thecla Gossett Greg Grossart John & Jana Mason Gruner Ron & Ellie Hackler Emily F. (Cramer) Hancock* Andrea Hatch & Rich Dionne Steve & Kathy Heath Sandra Hester-Steele Eleanor & Joseph Hingtgen David Jackoway Greg & Pat Jacoby Anita & Henry Johnson Patricia Johnson & Michael Wilson Steven & Mary Koch* Michelle Korin* Andra Liepa Charitable Fund, a fund of The Indianapolis Foundation Linda Lough* Mark Magee* Lyle & Deborah Mannweiler Dr. & Mrs. Peter Marcus* Gayle Mayne Rev. Mary Ann Moman* Jim & Judi Mowry Terry & Lew Mumford 49

THE SUPPORTING CAST

INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE DONORS

ANNUAL CAMPAIGN GIFTS $300 - $1,499 | JULY 1, 2022 - OCTOBER 6, 2022

Sharon & Dan Murphy* Dr. LeeAnne M. Nazer Ann Marie Ogden & Brian Murphy Merrell & Barbara Owen Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. & Kelli DeMott Park Greg Pugh & Jill Woerner Richard & Ann Riegner Benjamin & Anna Roberts Richard & Christine Scales Jim & Sara Schacht Dr. Jill Shedd*

Linda J. Shinn Doug Sims Lillian Smith* Kimberly Sorg-Graves Luke Stark* Nela Swinehart* Dr. Tim & Tina Tanselle Steve & Barb Tegarden* Garrett & Elaine Thiel Dr. James & Linda Trippi Robert & Barbetta True* Barbara S. Tully* Bill & Janet Wakefield

Norma B. Wallman Richard M. Warren & Tammey Kikta Sherry Watkins Angie & Andy Wilkinson Prof. Gail F. Williamson Robert & Deborah Wingerter Reba Boyd Wooden* Zionsville Physical Therapy* *Denotes sustaining members

The Ovation Society is an exclusive program that recognizes donors that have made a legacy gift to the IRT. The IRT truly appreciates those individuals whose gift will ensure that the Theatre can continue to provide meaningful and inspirational experiences for future generations. Gary Addison Janet Allen & Joel Grynheim Bob & Pat Anker Bob & Toni Bader Frank & Katrina Basile Charlie & Cary Boswell Ron & Julia Carpenter John R. Carr (in memoriam) John & Mary Challman Sergej R. Cotton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Dapp Nancy Davis & Robert Robinson Rollie & Cheri Dick Nancy & Berkley Duck Dale & Karen Duncan Jim & Julie Freeman Meg Gammage-Tucker David A. & Dee Garrett (in memoriam) 50

Michael Gradison (in memoriam) Emily F. (Cramer) Hancock* Michael N. Heaton Bruce Hetrick & Cheri O’Neill Tom & Nora Hiatt Brenda Horn Bill & Nancy Hunt David Kleiman & Susan Jacobs Frank & Jacqueline La Vista Andra Liepa Charitable Fund, a fund of The Indianapolis Foundation Barbara MacDougall Donald & Ruth Ann MacPherson Stuart L. Main (in memoriam) Michael R. & Sue Maine Megan McKinney Sharon R. Merriman

David & Leslie Morgan Michael D. Moriarty Richard & Lila Morris Mutter Marines--Jim & Carol Deena J. Nystrom Marcia O’Brien (in memoriam) George & Olive Rhodes (in memoriam) Jane W. Schlegel Michael Skehan Michael Suit (in memoriam) Gene & Mary Tempel Jeff & Benita Thomasson Christopher J. Tolzmann Alan & Elizabeth Whaley John & Margaret Wilson

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