The History Boys - June 2016

by Alan Bennett directed by Frank D. Shutts II produced by Mary Beth Smith-Toomey

presents lyrics by Stephen Sondheim produced by Lynn O’Connell, Kevin O’Dowd, and Eddie Page directed by Susan Devine music direction by Francine Krasowska

LTA starts the season with Broadway’s greatest musical of all time, West Side Story! This timeless piecefeatures a Romeo and Juliet story on the gang-ridden streets of 1950’s New York, dominated by the Sharks and the Jets. Two teens from the warring gangs meet and fall in love, causing tension between their respective friends. Can the two lovers survive when hate and ignorance are unwilling to yield? Join LTA for a tribute to Leonard Bernstein’s magical score and the no-holds-barred reflection of social problems marking a turning point in American theatre. JUL.23–AUG.13,2016

presents

HISTORY BOYS THE

by Alan Bennett produced by Mary Beth Smith-Toomey directed by Frank D. Shutts II

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc., 235 Park Avenue South, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10003

PRESIDENT Lloyd Bittinger

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

ARTISTIC SUPPORT............................................................................................................................Beverley Benda

BOX OFFICE............................................................................................................................................Rae Edmonson

BUILDING....................................................................................................................................................David B. Hale

DEVELOPMENT............................................................................................................................................Jim Howard

EDUCATION........................................................................................................................................Roland B. Gomez

FRONT OF HOUSE........................................................................................................................................Eddie Page

MEMBERSHIP......................................................................................................................................Maria Ciarrocchi

PRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................Russell Wyland

PUBLIC RELATIONS..............................................................................................................................Rachel Alberts

SEASONAL PLANNING..................................................................................................................Frank D. Shutts II

TECHNICAL SUPPORT............................................................................................................................Robert Kraus

Treasurer....................................................................................................................................................David B. Hale

Secretary to the Board......................................................................................................................Carolyn Winters

Executive Secretary................................................................................................................Margaret Evans-Joyce

Archivist................................................................................................................................................Barbara Helsing

Business Manager..................................................................................................................................Virginia Lacey

Box Office Manager..................................................................................................................................Tina McCrea

Legal Counsel.................................................................................................................. Brian T. Goldstein, Esquire The Little Theatre of Alexandria, 600 Wolfe Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 Public Performances: Wed.–Sat. at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

Director’s Notes

Shortly after I had been selected to direct The History Boys for LTA, a couple of friends of mine bought copies of the script and began to study it. “How are you going to educate the audience about the thousands of literary references in this play, the hundreds of authors quoted?” they asked. “I’m not,” I replied. They both looked at me like I had lost my mind. Like with Shakespeare, it’s the story that matters. If the actors convey that, the audience will enjoy the show. My goal is to introduce the audience to this brilliant Tony Award-winning show and to light a fire within them to discover its richness. The failure of today’s educators is that they try to teach Shakespeare rather than taking students to well-crafted productions and letting them discover the Bard.

An American audience only needs to know that towards the end of what equates to their senior year in high school, English students are given an exam –“A-Levels”–to determine their aptitude for higher education. Students who do well will apply to universities and will interview with college dons. This show is about a particularly bright group of students at a mediocre private school who test well, but who, according to the Headmaster, lack the polish to interview well. He hires a young teacher to train the boys how to interview and how to write interesting essays. That’s all you really need to know going in.

Finally, and in a different vein altogether, I want to get personal. At the end of the show, Hector, the well-liked English teacher, tells his students to “pass the parcel.” I’d like to thank the teachers in my life who did just that, especially Dorthie R. Kogelman, theatre teacher at Groveton High School in the 1970’s, who instilled in me the love of theatre and who inspired me to teach myself what I didn’t know. She “passed the parcel” to me, and I only hope to pass it to my students. On April 15, 2016, I suffered a hemorrhagic stroke. I would be remiss if I didn’t thank those who helped me to recover and to continue with my commitment, namely this show: the doctors, nurses, and therapists at INOVA Mt. Vernon Hospital Rehabilitation Center; the cast of The History Boys; Joanna Henry, Kath Dillaber; Mary Beth Smith-Toomey; Russ Wyland; my sister, April; my cousin, Gene; and always –MYKE.

With love and appreciation, Frank

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The Cast (in alphabetical appearance)

The Faculty

Irwin ................................................................................................................................Michael Dobbyn

Dorothy Lintott ............................................................................................................................Kate Ives

Headmaster ................................................................................................................................Ned Read

Hector .Jeffrey Westlake

Other

Voice of BBC Director ................................................................................................................Ian Fore

The Students

Rudge .......Jack Esposito

Posner ..........................................................................................................................Joshua Mutterperl

Timms ..............................................................................................................................Noah Mutterperl

Akthar ........................................................................................................................................Kevin Nejad

Scripps ............................................................................................................................................Ben Peter

Crowther ....................................................................................................................Bobby Ramkissoon

Lockwood ........................................................................................................................Matt Stevenson

Dakin .............Taylor Witt

Time Period and Setting

Various settings around North London 1983, including Parliament, a BBC television studio and a local boys’ school’s classrooms and teachers’ lounge

The History Boys is performed in two acts with one 15-minute intermission.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INOVA Mount Vernon Hospital Rehabilitation Center Staff—especially the nurses!!! Joanna Henry, MYKE, Kath Dillaber, Russell Wyland

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The Crew

Producer ............................................................................................................Mary Beth Smith-Toomey

Director ................................................................................................................................Frank D. Shutts II

Assistant Director ................................................................................................................Joanna Henry

Stage Managers ..........................................................................................Brooke Angel, Marg Soroos

Set Design ......................................................................................................................................Matt Liptak

Set Construction............................................................................................................Dennis Dubberley

Assisted by Jeff Gathers, Jimmy Hutzler, Matt Liptak, Dan Remmers

Set Painting ..................................................................................................................................Leslie Reed

Assisted by Stacey Becker, Luana Bossolo, Mary Hutzler, Patty Lord, Cathy Murphy

Lighting Design ......................................................................................................Ken and Patti Crowley

Master Electrician ....................................................................................................Micheal J. O’Connor

Assisted by Lloyd Bittinger, Marzanne Claiborne, Kimberly Crago, Charles Dragonette, Doug Olmsted, Nick Roy, Michael Shook, Marg Soroos, Alan Wray

Costume Design ..........................................................................................Jean Schlichting, Kit Sibley

Sound Design ................................................................................................................................David Hale

Assisted by Keith Bell, David Correia, Jack Seaver, Liz Tipton, Gene Warner, Alan Wray

Set Decoration ....................................................................................................................Jocelyn Steiner

Properties ..........................................................................................................................Joanne Tompkins

Assisted by Sarah Lore, Margaret Snow, Gillian Chen

Wardrobe ........................................................................................Jamie Blake, Margaret Evans-Joyce

Assisted by Gale Goldfarb, Donna Hauprich, Sarah Lore, Margaret Snow

Makeup/Hair ....................................................................................................................................The Cast

British Schools Consultant ..........................................................................................................Ian Fore

British Dialect Coach ................................................................................................Cheryl Sinsabaugh

French Dialect Coach ..................................................Katherine Dillaber, Ann-Elisabeth Halbert

Music Consultant ............................................................................................Christopher A. Tomasino

Rigging ....................................................................................................................................Russell Wyland

Photographer ............................................................................................................................Keith Waters

Audition Table ................................Sherry Clark, Alex Mees, Brendan Quinn, Margaret Snow

Double Tech Dinner ....................................................................................................................Larry Grey

Opening Night Party ........................................................................Ronnie Hardcastle, Ben Robles

Assisted by Devlin Bennett; Robert Kraus; The Remmers Family: Dan, John, Lyn and Margie; Sherry Singer

Our special thanks to all those people whose names were not available when this program went to press.

Meet the Cast (in

alphabetical order)

Michael Dobbyn (Irwin) This is Michael’s second show at LTA. He is honored to be part of such a great team, both onstage and backstage. Trained at several theaters across the country, he insists that his greatest teacher has been his wife, Kathleen. She taught him to listen to others and to himself, but especially to her. She is probably somewhere in the audience right now, being beautiful.

Jack Esposito (Rudge) is excited to be in his first LTA show, though flattered to be still playing high school age. He previously played Astrov in Tufts University’s production of Uncle Vanya and Cassio in the Hong Kong Arts Centre’s Othello. He thanks his friends and family for supporting him in this show, especially his fiancée for all her love.

Kate Ives (Dorothy Lintott) lives in Springfield. Although she has done community theater for years, this is her first time with LTA, and she’s thrilled to be a part of this wonderful production. Previous roles include the Reverend Mother (The Sound of Music), Ouiser Boudreaux (Steel Magnolias), Mrs. Fezziwig (A Christmas Carol: The Musical) and the Narrator (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat).

Joshua Mutterperl (Posner) is a student at Mark Twain Middle School. He has previously played the Cat in the Hat in Seussical, Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland and Daniel Adler in the student-directed film One for One. This is his first community theater show, and he is so honored and excited to work with such a talented cast.

Noah Mutterperl (Timms) Regional: Romeo and Juliet (Hayfield Drama), American Idiot (Beyond the Page Theatre Company—West Potomac High School), Cabaret (Theatre Lab), Rent (Metro Youth Arts Theatre), Next to Normal (Beyond the Page Theatre Company—West Potomac High School), Footloose (Metropolitan School of the Arts), Marvin’s Room (Hayfield Drama), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Hayfield Drama).

Kevin Nejad (Akthar), age 21, is very excited about his first LTA production! Before being cast in The History Boys, Kevin worked with various local opera companies, such as Bel Cantanti Opera and Shakespeare Opera Theatre. Although he is an engineering major at NOVA, Kevin holds a deep love for acting, singing, playing the guitar, conspiracy theories, and underwater basket weaving. He hopes you enjoy the show.

Meet the Cast

(continued)

Ben Peter (Scripps) is a sophomore theater major attending George Mason University. Mason Players: Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers (Peter Pan); Boleros for the Disenchanted (Fermin/Eusebio); Little Butterfly Theatre Company: American Idiot (St. Jimmy); Flying Muskrat Theatre Company: Gruesome Playground Injuries (Doug); South Lakes Players: Xanadu (Sonny Malone); The Great Gatsby (Jay Gatsby).

Bobby Ramkissoon (Crowther) is excited to be performing for the first time at LTA with such a wonderful group. Bobby is a student at Landon School for Boys, and he is an active member in the theater department, where he recently performed as Lance Corporal Dawson in Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men. Locally, Bobby performed as Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing with MVCCT. Bobby is also a member of his school’s swim, fencing, debate, and model U.N. teams.

Ned Read (Headmaster) started acting as a young boy at York Little Theatre in Pennsylvania. His local credits include Shakespeare Theatre, Studio Theatre, Arcturus Theater, Capital Fringe Festival, and Source Festival, as well as TV, film, and industrials. Ned is a graduate of the Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory in DC. Having previously understudied the role of Headmaster at Studio Theatre, Ned is thrilled to now be playing him at LTA.

Matt Stevenson (Lockwood) is absolutely ecstatic to be a part of his first LTA show! He is a student at Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria. His theatrical experiences began in middle school and have extended to multiple community theaters in the area. He is very honored to be a part of this amazing, talented cast and hopes you enjoy the show!

Jeffrey Westlake (Hector) returns to acting after a decade-long sabbatical of family raising. Credits include: Yvan in Art (WATCH—Outstanding Lead Actor nominee); Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner (WATCH— Outstanding Lead Actor nominee); and most recently Ben Franklin in 1776 at MCP. He has served as the artistic director of the Arts Barn Theatre Series, associate producer of the High Tor Summer Theatre and producing artistic director of NOVA SummerStage.

Alexandria Convention & Visitors Association invites you to visit www.artseventsalexandria.com to view the arts calendar and schedule of events.

Meet the Cast (continued)

Taylor Witt (Dakin) is so excited to be performing with LTA! DC area: (DS) Carrie (Tommy Ross), ensemble roles with Maryland Lyric Opera and Singers of Washington, member of national Broadway chorus. Educational: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Charlie Brown), Bernstein: Mass (The Rock Singer), The Magic Flute, H.M.S. Pinafore (Ensemble) at George Mason University.

TV/film: Evil Kin, Nightmare Next Door, House of Horrors (Investigation Discovery), Copy Cat Killers (Story House Productions). Coming up is Song Reader: The Musical at the 2016 Fringe Festival. Thanks to friends and family!

Theater Abbreviations Used in This Playbill

2FT –2nd Flight Productions

2SP –Second Star Productions

ACCT –Aldersgate Church Community Theater

ACT –Alliance of Community Theaters

AMS –American Music Stage

BCT –Bowie Community Theatre

BP –British Players

CAPPIE –Critics & Awards Program for High School Theater

CHAW –Capitol Hill Arts Workshop

CAST –Community Alliance Supporter Theatre

CCDC –Capital City Players of DC

CCP –Chevy Chase Players

CRT –Castaways Repertory Theatre

CCS –Clinton County Showcase

CT –Chalice Theater

DLC –Drama Learning Center

DS –Dominion Stage

ESP –Elden Street Players (now NST)

ESP/TFYA –Elden Street Players Theatre for Young Audiences

FB –Firebelly Productions

FCT –Fauquier Community Theatre

FP –Foundry Players (now CCDC)

GAC –Greenbelt Arts Center

GFP –Great Falls Players (now MCP)

GTP –Group Therapy Productions

HBP –Hard Bargain Players

KAT –Kensington Arts Theatre

KT –Keegan Theatre

LGP –Looking Glass Playhouse

LSDT –Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre

LTA –The Little Theatre of Alexandria

LTC –Landless Theatre Company

MCP –McLean Community Players

MP –Montgomery Playhouse

MPAT –Metropolitan Performing Arts Theatre

MTA –McLean Theatre Alliance (now MCP)

MVCCT –Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

NST –NextStop Theatre

PCP –Port City Playhouse

PGLT –Prince George’s Little Theatre

PPF –Providence Players of Fairfax

PTC –Potomac Theatre Company Inc.

PTP –Port Tobacco Players

PWLT –Prince William Little Theatre

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RCP –Reston Community Players

RLT –Rockville Little Theatre

RMT –Rockville Musical Theatre

RTP –Rooftop Productions

SCT – Springfield Community Theater

SHAPE –Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe

SMP –St Mark’s Players

SSS –Silver Spring Stage

ST –Signature Theatre

TACT –The American Century Theater

TAP –The Arlington Players

TAT –The Alliance Theatre

TCP –Tantallon Community Players

TFT –Taking Flight Theatre Company (formerly 2FT)

UMW –University of Mary Washington

VLOC –Victorian Lyric Opera Company

VTC –Vienna Theatre Company

WATCH –Washington Area Theatre

Community Honors

WS –Washington Savoyards

WST –Wildwood Summer Theatre

ZVP –Zoon Vader Productions

Public Relations Staff

Publicity..................................Rachel Alberts

Graphics..............................Simmons Design

Playbill Editor..................Carol Hutchinson

Playbill Coordinator..........Bobbie Herbst

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Meet the Crew

(in alphabetical order)

Brooke Angel (Co-Stage Manager) is excited to be working on her 31st show in the NOVA area. She has been involved in almost every facet of theater, from producer to props mistress to award-winning actress. Her most recent shows include PCP’s Fool for Love and LTA’s Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. Special thanks to her cast and crew, and Scott for his overabundance of patience and unwavering support.

Jamie Blake (Co-Wardrobe) is thrilled to be working with MEJ and this fabulous cast and crew. Over the past 30-plus years, she’s been on and off the LTA Board of Governors, has won Best Producer twice (a few years ago with Eileen Doherty for Widdershins) and long, long ago won Best New Member. Special thanks to her mom and sister Liz for keeping her balanced. And to Rocco, who gives her sweet kisses when he wants to go out in the early hours of the morning. Always to Dad and Beamer. Enjoy the show!

Ken and Patti Crowley (Lighting Design) are excited to be working again with Frank and Mary Beth on this wonderful production. Their most recent designs include LTA’s In the Heights, The Rocky Horror Show, 39 Steps, Avenue Q and The Full Monty; PCP’s Black Hole; RCP’s Our Town, Mary Poppins, Les Miserables, August: Osage County and Curtains; Dominion Stage’s The Boys in the Band; and PWLT’s Jesus Christ Superstar. Other noteworthy designs include 33 Variations, Picnic, The Secret Garden, The Will Rogers Follies, Into the Woods, Blithe Spirit, Das Barbecü, The Teahouse of the August Moon and I Hate Hamlet

Katherine (Kathy) Dillaber (Co-French Dialect Coach) is a James Madison University alumna with a B.A. in communication arts and education. After taking grad courses, she performed at Tecumseh in Ohio, the Land of Oz (North Carolina) and Busch Gardens (Williamsburg). At LTA, she has served on numerous crews backstage, produced, stage managed, choreographed, performed onstage and taught children’s theater classes. She is happy to join our talented director as alumni of the Broadway Teachers Workshop in Manhattan. Her French roots go back to her mother, a native of Rouen, France, and extended family (many cousins, uncles and aunts) from Rouen to Avignon, France. Merci. Je suis heureux de travailler avec une fonte si douée et de servir d’équipier.

Dennis Dubberley (Set Construction) joins The History Boys crew after being away from LTA for nearly a quarter-century and is excited to be back! In the 1980s and 1990s, he led the set construction crews for Oklahoma, Man of La Mancha, The Fantasticks and Driving Miss Daisy. He is a winner of two LTA set construction awards (1987 and 1992) and also worked lights on several shows. He’s currently employed as a program manager for a SiliconValleybased cloud computing company and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife,Jo Ann, and their two Siberian huskies. When not building sets, he enjoys nature photography, international traveling, military history and cycling the rural roads of North Carolina.

Meet the Crew

Margaret Evans-Joyce (Co-Wardrobe) has a very long résumé at LTA. She has produced almost a dozen productions and stage managed almost twice that many. She served four years as LTA’s President and is currently the Executive Secretary of its Board of Governors. She recently received the Outstanding Service to LTA Award and shared the award for the 2014 Outstanding Production of the Year for Avenue Q. After a long career in special education, Margaret retired five years ago and is now an adjunct professor at Howard University in the area of speech and language pathology.

Anne-Elisabeth Halbert (Co-French Dialect Coach) is a French teacher at a local elementary and middle school. She has past experience in theater and has known Frank Shutts for years. She is very excited to be involved in the production of The History Boys and has enjoyed working with the cast!

David Hale (Sound Design) has won many LTA, ACT and WATCH awards for outstanding production and sound designs. David designed the LTA productions of Chicago, Greater Tuna and Gross Indecency and over 30 other past LTA plays and musical productions. His award-winning sound designs include Master Class, Das Barbecü, The Teahouse of the August Moon and Hot L Baltimore, among many others. David currently serves as LTA Treasurer and Building Governor and has been an LTA member since 1974.

Joanna Henry (Assistant Director) has directed more than 75 productions, most recently The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), the female version of The Odd Couple and the award-winning 33 Variations (LTA). She also directed Rabbit Hole (Ruby Griffith Award for Best Production of a Play), the premiere production of Black Hole (PCP) and too many musicals to name. Other directing credits include three benefits (BC/EFA, the Olney Theatre Center and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) and an acclaimed regional production of W;t on the Eastern Shore. She received LTA’s Deborah Dunstan Rosewell Memorial Award for Directing (Into the Woods), two ACT Awards (Best Director), two WATCH nominations (Director), and an Alex Award for Education in the Arts nomination. Four of her productions have received Ruby Griffith awards.

Matt Liptak (Set Design) has been seen acting on the LTA stage since 2013, appearing in Avenue Q, Spamalot and The Rocky Horror Show. The History Boys marks Liptak’s debut for set design at LTA and in the DMV area. Liptak previously designed sets in Ohio and upstate New York. Memorable set designs include Les Miserables, Much Ado About Nothing, Honk and Grease. Matt is excited and thankful to Frank, Mary Beth and LTA for giving him this opportunity.

Meet the Crew (continued)

Micheal J. O’Connor (Master Electrician) frequently works as master electrician at many local community theaters, including A Christmas Carol for LTA and Mary Poppins for RCP. He was the co-ME for LTA’s recent production of To Kill a Mockingbird with Pam Leonowich, a favorite partner. He can often be found backstage or in the tech booth, always in the dark.

Leslie Reed (Set Painting) was enchanted by LTA’s warmth and creative genius the first time she was asked to help with the props of Blithe Spirit. A magical door had opened to reveal the world of make-believe fabricated from hard work, imagination, superb talent, and a super abundance of cooperation and creativity. Gathering props, painting sets, calling volunteers, researching details, cleaning, sweeping and sewingare all building blocks of a production. Being able to do it in the LTA community is truly a gift.

Frank D. Shutts II (Director) is thrilled to introduce The History Boys, winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, to the LTA audience. He is happy to work, again, with Mary Beth, Kath, Cheryl, Ann-Elisabeth, David, Kit and Jean, Ken and Patti, and numerous others who tolerate his pickiness. And for the first time with Brooke, Jocelyn, Matt and the talented cast of The History Boys. Frank last directed the 2015 WATCH Award-winning In the Heights last summer at LTA. During his “free time,” Frank is the main-stage director for Bishop Ireton High School, now in his 11th year. Frank had the “parcel” passed on to him by Dorthie R. Kogelman at Groveton High School and hopes to pass the “parcel” of theater on to many generations.

Kit Sibley and Jean Schlichting (Co-Costume Design) generally work as a team and have costumed many shows at LTA and other local theaters. LTA costume design awards include Hairspray, 1776, Into the Woods, Ragtime and The Full Monty, with a WATCH Award also for Hairspray. Many thanks to Frank and Mary Beth for inviting us to explore the world of British prep schools with this talented cast, with the opportunity to brush up on French language skills as an added bonus! Nous sons enchantées, et nous esperons que vous appreciez le show.

Cheryl Sinsabaugh (British Dialect Coach) has spent her life in amateur (community) theater all over the world, mainly onstage, but in recent years she has worked backstage on stage managing, lighting, makeup, props, etc. She has worked for Frank as dialect/ accent coach on several plays, both at LTA and also at Bishop Ireton School. Other plays for which she has been the dialect/accent coach are A Christmas Carol (LTA) and Pride and Prejudice and The Miracle Worker (ACCT). Cheryl lives in Annandale with her husband, Michael, and two Siamese cats.

In case of an emergency, LTA has three AEDs (automated external defibrillators)

They are located as follows:

1. in the lobby, near the Council Green Room

2. in the cast entrance hallway, near backstage door

3. in the Alexandria Academy, on the first floor

Meet the Crew (continued)

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey (Producer) is honored to be producing The History Boys and to be working with Frank on their 17th show together!! Earlier this season, they collaborated on the highly successful and WATCH 2015 Outstanding Musical, In the Heights! The History Boys is a different show and just as important to us! Many, many thanks to Joanna Henry, Russ Wyland and to all the cast and crew for all your patience and time on our production. As always, very special thanks and love to Michael, Kim, Mike and Wesley.

Margaret Soroos (Stage Manager) has been active in community theater for many years. She has kept herself busy stage managing productions at both LTA and ACCT. LTA productions include Shenandoah, Das Barbecü, The Who’s Tommy, Footloose, Gross Indecency, Plaid Tidings, Oliver!, [title of show], The 26th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Full Monty, Ragtime, In the Heights and Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Marg is now retired from her day job and has taken up traveling when not at the theater.

Jocelyn Steiner (Set Decoration) is elated to be making her debut at LTA by decorating the stage for The History Boys! She has done set dressing and props for several area theaters, including Vienna Theatre Company and McLean Community Players. When not decorating the stage and giving actors things to play with, she can be found producing and sometimes even performing! Jocelyn also does props and set dressing professionally for the Madeira School, where she loves working with the students and the amazing staff. She hasn’t met a show she didn’t like, whether a play, musical or cabaret-style performance, and The History Boys is no exception. Broken legs to all the cast, and special thanks to Mary Beth for this opportunity to work with LTA!

Joanne Tompkins (Properties) is happy to be back at LTA after working last summer as the master electrician on the WATCH Award-winning In the Heights. Some of her favorite LTA shows she has worked on include Hairspray (co-stage manager), The Cocoanuts, Auntie Mame, Das Barbecü, The Secret Garden and Intimate Apparel. She sends a thousand hugs and kisses to her three children!

Keith Waters (Photographer) is photographing his eighth production at LTA. His photographs have been published online and in local and national magazines and newspapers. His first photography exhibit will be held in Falls Church later this year. Keith is also an actor who has played principal roles in network, cable and independent productions and on several area stages, including LTA. www.KxPhotos.com

Russell Wyland (Rigging) has been a member of LTA for 24 years and has served the theater in several capacities, such as Chairman of the Sound Department, head of the Selection Committee, and three years as President. Russ is serving his fourth term as Governor of Production. In the meantime, he will continue hanging curtains (rigging), as he has for every show for at least the past decade.

Thank You!

LTA wishes to recognize and thank all of the volunteers who have given of their time and talents by helping with house managing, ushering, or working in the box office for our previous production of To Kill a Mockingbird. Your contributions to the success of LTA are very much appreciated. Thank you!

Box Office Volunteers

Lloyd Bittinger

Tammy Preston Boyd

Peter Butler

Krysta Cihi

Jean Coyle

Betty Dolan

Veda Engel

Ira Forstater

Gary Gladstone

John Guinn

Libby Guinn

Barbara Helsing

Bobbie Herbst

Nancy Hight

Marian Holmes

Wayne Johnson

Micheal O’Connor

Brendan Quinn

Jayn Rife

Ann Rowan

Margaret Snow

Front of House Managers and Ushers

Lloyd Bittinger

Jamie Blake

Rita Costello

Ira Forstater

Phyllis Ann Gruber

Doris Halleman

Steve Halleman

John Johnson

Rebecca Johnson

Robyn Kaplan

Rachel Knapp

Robert Kraus

John Machado

Dorothy Marshall

Susan McFadden

Collin McMahon

Lana McMahon

Diane Nesmeyer

Micheal O'Connor

Eddie Page

Donna Pasqualino

Rachel Pharr

Gary Rasmussen

Jayn Rife

Ann Rowan

Sabra Johnson

Gloria Saez

Toni Sanford

John Scherfel

Linda Shank

Tania Swan

Katherine Ward

Linda Windsor

Eve Young

Howard Soroos

Carol Strachan

Rose Talbot

Leslie Wilkes

Rance Willis

Bill Young

Brian Zickel

Kate Zickel

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Trish & Cam Gibson

Bob and Sandra Guckian

The Honorable & Mrs. John Harper, Jr.

Jim & Terry Howard

Dr. David Hunt & Dr. Kimberly Wells

Stephen Hyde & Kara Rosenquist

Jake & Celia Jacoby

John & Rebecca Johnson

Carla Jones-Batka

Ladies' Matinee Society

Al & Suzanne Kalvaitis

Michael Kharfen

Col. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Knapp, USMC (Ret)

Philip & Karen Kopp

In Memory of Pat Rohrer

In Memory of Leona Kraus

Gordon Kromberg

In Memory of Anne D. Lash

Dave Lewis & Mary O'connell

The Light Crew in Memory of Peggy C. Leonowich

Susan & Andre' L'Heureux

P. Lord

Jennifer Lyman

Bob & Joanne Madison

Linda L. Mayer

In Memory of Diane R. Mayers

Louise Meng

John & Karen Misura

Peter & Joanne Nanos

Andy & Kate Nelson

Jeff & Diane Nesmeyer

Douglas A. Olmsted

Lisa Platske

Elena Polyak

William P. Pope

The Rampy Family

Gary and Ana Rasmus

Maddie Reilly

George & Fran Rhodes

Mary Jo Roos

James Rorke

Ann Rowan

Tami Salmon

Jean & Jim Schlichting

In Honor of Richard Schwab's Birthday

Aubrey & Carolyn Smith

Bob & Sharon Spivey

Adrian Steel

Laszlo & Barbara Steingaszner

April Stull

Alison Tregea

Bob Van Eimeren & Don Rowell

Hugh & Sue Van Horn

Calvert Whitehurst

David & Sue Wilkes

Linda W. Windsor

Chris & Gail Wollenberg

Gail & Jim Woolwine

Minutemen

Anonymous

The Apker Family

Robert & Joann Bingham

Herb & Dee Brooks

Cheri L. Brown

Peter Butler in memory of Evelyn Butler

Heather Callahan-Stevens & Fiona Stevens

Felicia Carretta

Linda Couture

Robert B. Crane

Jack & Ramona Dano

Charles & Barbara DeRose

Mailia Du Mont

Margaret Evans-Joyce

Joanne Eyer

Ann C. Fitzgerald

Ira Forstater & Robin Fradkin

Bill & Francine Gemmill

Joe & Betty Griffin

Johanna Guccione

Ruth Guirard (Long and Foster)

Fritz & Pat Haberman

Clint & Kathy Hall

Bruce Harrison

Barbara Hayes

Ray & Judy Isaacs

Ed & Donna Johnson

Jiggs Kaliher

Alma Kasulaitis

James & Charlene Kegerreis

Dr. Steven and Carolyn King

Jean B. Kistler

Robert Kraus

In loving memory of Anne Lash

Walt & Manette Lazear

Pamela Leonowich

Sylvia F. Linke

William W. Lohr

Mike & Gigi Louden

Nathan & Kara Macek

Sara Maddux

Donna Malarkey

J.J. & Pat Miller

Gene & Dorothy Mulligan

Edward Neisis

Jeff and Mary Palmer

Becky Patton

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce K. Petit

Roger & Cheryl Pratt

Mr. & Mrs. Harry P. Rietman

Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Rigby

Joe A. Rodriguez

Don & Sue Rogich

Col. Melvin H. &

Barbara Rosen

Gerald & Denice Salter

In Memory of Carla Scopeletis

Audrey Scruggs

Barbara Slavik

Capt. & Mrs. Donald Taggart

John & Myrna Templeton

Marilyn I. Wiener

Jerry & Doris Wolf

Colonists

Anonymous Mary Catherine Arend

LTC & Mrs. William G.

Austin

Walter & Andrea Baumann

James T. Bennett

William & Myriam Boczkowski

Joan Burg

Patricia Koepsel

Ronald E. Cogan

Anne Crowther

Cdr. Tom Downs, USN (Ret.)

Jerome & Anne Duncan

Robert & Jayne Eckert

Dan and Marie Ernst

Rosa Fein

John & Karen Forster

Mel & Sara Friedman

Penelope Gallagher

Kathy Giannetti

Harry & Mary Clair Gildea

Kacie Greenwood

Edith C. Heilberg

Barbara Hendrickson

Jacquelyn Hill

Jean Keppler

Roberta S. Klein

Norma Jean Lawton

Stephen & Barbara Marcus

William Markland & Donna Nash

Jim McWilson & Meg Herndon

Gayle Nichols-Grimes

Effie Oellers

Paul Oppenheimer

Bob & Elaine Peoples

Jackie Phillips

Barbara Quigley

Philip Reeves

Irene Rehbock

Gil & Marcia Siegert

John Utter

Patricia Van Gelder

Don & Erdine Walter

Rance R. Willis

Wayne & Irene Wittig

Raymond M. & Sheri H. Wolfe

Linda Ysewyn

Every effort has been made to ensure that this list of contributors is correct and complete as of the date this program went to press. If your name has been omitted or misspelled, please accept our apologies and inform us of the error so that the correction can be made.

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The Council of the Little Theatre of Alexandria

Carolyn Winters................................................................................................................................Director

Tina Anderson..........................................................................................................................Vice Director

Grace Manly Machanic................................................................................................................Secretary

Sharon Field......................................................................................................................Financial Officer

Lloyd Bittinger................................................................................Honorary Member, LTA President

Helga Ingrid Adams

Ashley Amidon

Brooke Angel

Luana Bossolo

Lesley Buckles

Nancyanne Burton

Jay Cohen

Steve Cohen & Mary Elizabeth McGowan

Franklin C. Coleman

Emory & Susan Damron

Eileen Doherty

Sharon Dove

Charles Dragonette

Julia Duncan

Margaret Evans-Joyce

Peter Fannon

Duane Goddard

Jane Godfrey *

Roland Branford Gomez *

John Guinn & Elizabeth Yowell-Guinn *

Doris Hamel*

Ronnie Hardcastle

Adriana Hardy

Barbara Hayes

Larissa Heyman

Bobbie Herbst

Kira Hogan

Marian Holmes

Jim Howard

John & Rebecca Johnson

Bonnie Jourdan*

Algis & Suzanne Kalvaitis

Judith Kee

Julie Kiley*

Mel & Lidia Kollander

Robert Kraus

Vivian Kronstedt

Virginia Lacey **

Lois D. Ligoske

David McCallum

Tina McCrea **

Carlos Moctezuma

Will & Anne Monahan

Lynn O’Connell

Thomas & Alice O’Connor*

Eddie Page

Becky Patton

Leslie Reed Jayn Rife

Benjamin Robles

Jean Schlichting

Joseph Schubert*

Dick Schwab

Margo Shiffert

Kim Smith-Salmon

Arthur & Margaret Snow

Howard & Margaret Soroos

Adrian Steel

Allen & Jean Stuhl*

Michael & Mary Beth Toomey

Rance Willis

Frank Winters

Robin Worthington

Alan Wray

Janice Yeadon

The Council of the Little Theatre of Alexandria is a support group of interested and dedicated people who support the theatre with special contributions. Additionally, the Council has three social events per year, provides for the winter holiday decorations for the theatre, and maintains the Council Memorial Garden. The Council was organized in 1961 and presently has about 80 members, most of whom are long-term and wellestablished LTA members. Past contributions include: a new range for the Council Green Room of LTA, folding chairs and tables throughout the theatre, brass plates for the new theatre seats, new draperies in the Council Room, the computerized box office system, several grand drapes over the years, and many varied technical enhancements. Contributions to LTA from the Council have exceeded $200,000 and we gratefully accept donations from friends and members to assist in our support of LTA. We welcome new members and if you would like to become a member of the Council please feel free to contact the theatre or any of the Council officers. We are very pleased and honored to be a part of the Alexandria artistic community and are proud to be supporting one of the best community theatres in America today.