THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA - program

The Light in the Piazza Book by Craig Lucas Music & lyrics by Adam Guettel

December 6, 2013-January 5, 2014

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The Light in the Piazza Book by Craig Lucas|Music & lyrics by Adam Guettel Produced by arrangement with Turner Entertainment Co., owner of the original motion picture Light In The Piazza and based on the novel by Elizabeth Spencer.

December 6, 2013-January 5, 2014 The Harriett Theatre

- FEATURING Eric Bridges Sara Catherine Barnes Kellie Cundiff Luis Gabriel Diaz Katie Ford Hastings Henderson

Laura Hodos* Robert Johnston* Stephan Jones* Lara Larberg Amanda Leakey Chris McCabe

John Murray Jennafer Newberry* Alex Pica Casey Simms

Scenic Design William Elliott

Musical Director Robin Jensen

Costume Design Mike & Kathy Buck

Props Masters Lisa Buck & Frank Siano

Lighting Design Mary Heffernan

Stage Manager Robert Herrle*

Director Aradhana Tiwari

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the U.S. Original Broadway production by Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2005 the world premiere of The Light in the Piazza was produced by the Intiman Theatre, Seattle, Washington: opening night, June 14, 2003; Bartlett Sher, Artistic Director; Laura Penn, Managing Director. And the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, opening night, January 20, 2004; Robert Falls, Artistic Director; Roche Schulfer, Executive Director.

Developed with the assistance of the Sundance Institute Theatre Laboratory.

The Light in the Piazza is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com.

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The Light in the Piazza Cast of Characters In order of appearance Jennafer Newberry ................................................ Clara Johnson Laura Hodos .......................................................... Margaret Johnson Robert Johnston...................................................... Fabrizio Naccarelli Stephan Jones......................................................... Signor Naccarelli Chris McCabe......................................................... Giuseppe Naccarelli Kellie Cundiff.......................................................... Franca Naccarelli Lara Larberg........................................................... Signora Naccarelli Mark Edward Smith................................................. Roy Johnson Hastings Henderson................................................ Priest Sara Catherine Barnes, Eric Bridges, Luis Gabriel Diaz, Katie Ford, Hastings Henderson, Lara Larberg, Amanda Leakey, John Murray, Alex Pica, and Casey Simms.................................................... Ensemble

PLACE AND TIME Piazza della Signoria, Florence – summer 1953

Music Ensemble Robin Jensen........................................................... Piano Iryna Usova............................................................ Violin Jean-Marie Glazer.................................................. Cello

PRODUCTION TEAM Assistant Stage Manager......................................... Deanna Braine Audio Engineer....................................................... Will Carlson House Carpenter..................................................... Daniel Cooksley Assistant Carpenter................................................. Deanna Braine Master Electrician.................................................... David Clenney Scenic Charge........................................................ Lisa Buck Assistant Scenic....................................................... Tracy Lange Movement Coordinator............................................ Sara Catherine Barnes

The Light in the Piazza is performed with one intermission.

Developed with the assistance of the Sundance Institute Theatre Laboratory Italian lyrics for Il Mondo Era Vuoto by Judith Blazer Italian translation by Judith Blazer and Maria Vèrnole Blazer Orchestrations by Adam Guettel | Additional orchestrations by Ted Sperling 4 Music consultant - Andy Einhorn

The Light in the Piazza Musical Synopsis ACT 1

Statues and Stories................................ Margaret, Clara & Ensemble The Beauty Is.........................................................Clara & Ensemble Il Mondo Era Vuoto.............................................................Fabrizio American Dancing – Instrumental Dance............. Fabrizio & Giuseppe Passeggiata .......................................................... Fabrizio & Clara The Joy You Feel....................................................................Franca Dividing Day..................................................................... Margaret Hysteria................................................................Clara & Ensemble Lullaby..................................................................Margaret & Clara Say It Somehow..................................................... Clara & Fabrizio

ACT 2

Entr’acte ......................................................................... Musicians Aiutami....................Fabrizio, Signora Naccarelli, Signor Naccarelli, ......................................................................... Franca & Giuseppe The Light in the Piazza.............................................................Clara Octet (Part 1)........Clara, Priest, Signor & Signora Naccarelli, Franca, ....................................... Giuseppe, Fabrizio, Margaret & two maids Clara’s Tirade .........................................................................Clara Octet (Part 2)...Signor Naccarelli, Priest, Clara, Margaret & Ensemble The Beauty Is (Reprise)....................................................... Margaret Let’s Walk........................................... Margaret & Signor Naccarelli Clara’s Interlude......................................................................Clara Love to Me..........................................................................Fabrizio Fable................................................................................ Margaret

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The Light in the Piazza The Light in the Piazza is based on a novella by Elizabeth Spencer. The story came to life while she lived in Montreal, and it was during a snowstorm that she began to remember Italy and the light in Italy. This became the inspiration for Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas to bring the “child like” love story to the stage.

In an interview with the Guardian, Guettel, grandson of Broadway giant Richard Rodgers, explains, “I wanted to write a love story, because I hadn’t found love when I wrote it and needed a ­vessel to pour all that energy into. There are melodies that are d ­ irectly inspired by my grandfather …” In the same interview Guettel recalls the only dream he ever had of his grandfather: “I was pursuing him across a lobby in New York as he was about to get into an ­elevator. I wanted to ask him if he thought I was any good. He looked at me and said, ‘You have your own voice.’

Then the doors closed and he was gone.”

Perhaps one of the most celebrated scores in the last decade, The Light in the Piazza received six 2005 Tony Awards, including two for Guettel – best original score and best orchestrations. In 2009 Charles Isherwood of the New York Times named The Light in the Piazza one of the most significant musicals of the decade “because it signals the continuing possibility of superior achievement in the classic mold of musical theater, what the Broadway historian Ethan Mordden calls ‘the Great Tradition’.”

Craig Lucas’ (Book) plays include Missing Persons, Blue Window, Reckless, God’s Heart, The Dying Gaul, Stranger, Small Tragedy, Prayer for My Enemy and The Singing Forest. He wrote the musical play Three Postcards, music and lyrics by Craig Carnelia; the libretto for the opera Orpheus in Love, music by Gerald Busby; and he has recently completed the libretto for Two Boys, an opera with composer Nico Muhly, commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and scheduled to premiere there in a co-production with the English National Opera. Twice nominated for a Tony (Prelude to a Kiss and The Light in the Piazza), three times for the Drama Desk (Prelude, Missing Persons and Reckless), he has won the L.A. Drama Critics Award Blue Window, the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Award for best American play (The Singing Forest), the Hull-Warriner Award (The Light in the Piazza), won the Obie Award for best play (Prelude and Small Tragedy).

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Adam Guettel (Music, Lyrics) is a composer/lyricist living in New York City. His most recent musical, The Light In The Piazza (cast album on Nonesuch Records), with a book by Craig Lucas, premiered on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater’s Beaumont Theater in April 2005, following a world premiere at the Intiman Theater in summer 2003 and a second engagement at Chicago’s Goodman Theater in early 2004 (where it received three Joseph Jefferson Awards, including Best Musical). The Light In The Piazza received 6 Tony Awards, including two for Mr. Guettel.

Piazza received its UK premiere at the Curve Theater in Leicester in April 2009. Mr. Guettel wrote music and lyrics for Floyd Collins (cast album on Nonesuch Records), which received the 1996 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical and earned Mr. Guettel the Obie Award for Best Music.

The Light in the Piazza Sara Catherine Barnes (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Mad Cow Theatre and joining the cast of The Light in the Piazza. Former roles at Mad Cow include Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jenny in Company, Gymnasia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Rose Mundy in Dancing at Lughnasa. Other favorite roles include Wendy Jo in the Broadway national tour of Footloose: The Musical, Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, Judy Bernly in 9 to 5, and Cathy in The Last Five Years.

Sara also works as a choreographer in and around Central Florida and received her BFA in musical theatre from the University of Central Florida.

Eric Nicholas Bridges (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to the pasture after a 3-year hiatus. He attended Valencia Community College for theater and Orlando Culinary Academy. Some of his favorite roles include Leaf

Lisa Buck (Scenic Charge/Graphics).

Set designs for Mad Cow include The Road to Mecca and Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Orlando Opera’s Don Pasquale, and Abduction from the Seraglio, Carmina Burana with Cirque du Soleil and Orlando Philharmonic

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Deanna Braine (Assistant Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of Western Carolina University with a B.A. in design/tech from the department of stage and screen with a concentration in stage management. She just moved to Orlando from North Carolina and jumped right into the Orlando theatre scene with Mad Cow Theatre! This past summer Deanna was the production stage manager of Unto These Hills in Cherokee, NC, and served as the season stage manager at Highlands Playhouse for two years. Deanna would like to thank everyone at Mad Cow for welcoming her to Orlando in the best way possible: with a job and a show.

She would also like to thank her family for all of their support.

Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee here in the pasture, Jack in Into The Woods at Moonlight Players’ Warehouse Theater, Charlie Brown in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown at Osceola Center for the Arts, and Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors at Icehouse Theatre. He would like to thank his mother, father, Mathew, Lee, Kelly, Walton, Meagan, and the rest of his family for their unwavering support and TJ for “being everything that he is and wanting me to be me.”

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The Light in the Piazza Orchestra’s Madama Butterfly and II Barbiere di Siviglia. Scenic charge include Cary Wong’s The Magic Flute and Later Life with Martin Charnin, Sunday in the Park With George, Enchanted April, Death of a Salesman, Collected Stories and Venus in Fur. She earned her BFA-Massachusetts College of Art -1976 and was the Art Director in NYC for Danskin Dancewear. Lisa studied painting at Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute and Cobalt Studios, White Lake, NY. She has won numerous awards for her painting and has written “how-to-paint” articles for North Light Publications.

Mike and Kathy Buck Designs (Costumes) is delighted to work again with Mad Cow Theatre. Its work was last seen this summer in Mad Cow’s production of Dreamgirls. MKBD is honored to receive the critics’ choice award from Creative Loafing’s Best of Tampa Bay Awards for the third consecutive year. This October MKBD designed The Birds at American Stage.

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Kellie Cundiff (Franca Naccarelli) is thrilled to be making her Florida debut with one of her favorite musicals!

She has been living between NYC and Chicago as well as traveling throughout Europe the past few years performing her own show for Oceania Cruises.

She has a degree in vocal performance from Louisiana State University.

Chicago credits include Jeff-nominated productions of The Light in the Piazza at Marriott Theatre Lincolnshire, The Christmas Schooner at both Theatre

at the Center and Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, and The People’s Evolution/ Creation at Quest Theatre Ensemble.

New York credits include Amahl and the Night Visitors at Harbor Lights Theater Company and The Pirates of Penzance at Cohoes Music Hall. Other favorites include Sweeney Todd (Johanna), Into the Woods (Cinderella), and Carousel (Julie). Many thanks for the love and support from all her family and friends.

Buon Natale! www.kelliecundiff.com Luis Gabriel Diaz (Ensemble) studied at the Beit-Zvi School of the Performing Arts. He trained in classical ballet techniques with Maria Trujillo in Medellin, Colombia, and in classical voice under Thomas Cavendish at Broward College. In NYC Luis studied belting-mixing with vocal coach Aaron Hagen and trained with VP Boyle in acting. Luis owes all of who and what he is to his family and his intimate friend Jesus Christ. Credits include Bernardo in West Side Story, Angel in Rent, John in HaMashiac, Paul in A Chorus Line and Enjorolas in Les Misérables. Luis was a company member for the Redding City Ballet. Luis manages his own theater company, Day Star Theatre Arts, where he is gearing up to appear in Godspell, Spring Awakening and Parade for the 2014/15 season at El Teatro Nacional La Castellana and Teatro Libre de Bogota, Colombia. daystartheatrics.com William Elliott (Scenic Designer) has designed scenery and lighting for more than 200 productions during his career, many of them in Central Florida, including operas at Stetson University’s School of Music and plays and musicals in Stetson’s Theatre Arts program.

He designed many productions for Civic

The Light in the Piazza Theatre of Central Florida and Orlando Opera Company. Some of his credits with Mad Cow Theatre include Other Desert Cities, Fool for Love, Blithe Spirit, Desdemona, Burn This, The Glass Menagerie, The Cherry Orchard, Crimes of the Heart, The Odd Couple, The Laramie Project, Ghosts (scenery and lighting), The Life of Galileo, Stop Kiss, The Butter and Egg Man, Legacy of Light, Next to Normal and The Understudy. He has designed not only for theatre and opera but also for television, film, corporate productions and theme parks.

Katie Ford (Ensemble) is excited to appear in her first show here at Mad Cow Theatre and also in Orlando since moving here in August. Previous credits include a national tour of children’s theatre with Theatre IV (The Ugly Duckling, Santa’s Enchanted Workshop, and Huck and Tom and the Mighty Mississippi); The Music Man, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and White Christmas with Virginia Repertory Theatre; Hamlet and Amadeus with Richmond Shakespeare; and The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Rent with Firehouse Theatre Project. Katie graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012, where she received her BFA in theatre performance.

Mary Heffernan (Lighting Designer) is excited to be working on her first Mad Cow Production. Mary is currently the resident lighting designer at Orlando Shakespeare Theater. She received a BS in linguistics from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Hastings Henderson (Priest/ Ensemble) holds degrees from College

of Charleston, University of South Carolina, and Cleveland Institute of Music. He currently studies voice with UCF professor and opera department director Thomas Potter. Performance credits include: Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Cleveland Opera, YAOT, Alea III, the Robert Page Singers, Spoleto USA, Toledo Symphony, the Handel-Haydn Society of Boston and the National Opera Company. In addition he was general director of Opera Charleston from 1990-1995 and was a visiting professor at College of Charleston. Collaboration includes work with Gian Carlo Menotti, Joseph Flummerfelt, David Bamberger, John Reardon, Henry Janiec, James Meena, Ole Schmidt and Orlando’s Ward Woodbury. This is his first show with the herd. Un boco lupo!

Robert Herrle (Stage Manager) The Light in the Piazza is Mr. Herrle’s 4th production as stage manager at Mad Cow Theatre. He opened the Harriet Theatre with Sunday in the Park with George, and also worked on August: Osage County & Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Also an Actor and visual-arts model, Robert is currently playing the Wandkeeper at Islands of Adventure with Universal Studios and Archibald Gracie IV and Captain Smith at Titanic the Experience. Recent film credits include an episode of South Beach Tow, Home Shopping Network and the PGA Tour. Originally from New York, Robert now calls Orlando home for him and his son Daniel.

Laura Hodos* (Margaret Johnson) is thrilled to be back at Mad Cow Theatre, where she was Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Marian in The Music Man and the

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The Light in the Piazza Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd (with the Orlando Philharmonic), and did five shows for the Orlando Cabaret Festival! She just returned from playing Fantine in Les Misérables in California and Titusville. Other favorites: Always … Patsy Cline (Penobscot Theatre and Titusville Playhouse); Company (Palm Beach Dramaworks); Working, She Loves Me, Into the Woods, Follies (Caldwell Theatre Company); Jolson at the Winter Garden, Love Is Love (Maltz Jupiter Theatre); Bonnie & Clyde (Asolo Repertory Theatre); Blithe Spirit, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Hair (American Stage); Nine, A Streetcar Named Desire (Seaside Music Theater), Suds, Fred Astaire, My Way, Gershwin (Winter Park Playhouse). Seven solo cabarets; three Carbonell Award nominations and a Best Actress Theatre Tampa Bay nomination; graduate of Dickinson College and AMDA; New Jersey native; proud member of Actors’ Equity.

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Robin Jensen (Music Director, Pianist) The Light in the Piazza marks Robin’s 21st production as a music director for Mad Cow Theatre. She recently was music director for the new musical Disenchanted. For the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Robin has been the vocal coach and /or children’s chorus master for How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Carousel and Home For The Holidays. When not working for Mad Cow or Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin freelances as a vocal coach and is director of youth programs for Florida Opera Theatre as well as artistic director for the UCF opera workshop program.

Robert Johnston* (Fabrizio Naccarelli) is incredibly proud to be returning to Orlando to be a part of this wonderful cast in this beautiful show. Some previous credits include: Matthew in Altar Boyz, Emcee in Cabaret, Tulsa in Gypsy, Telemachus in The Odyssey: A Rock Musical, Jamie in The Last 5 Years, Barnaby in Hello, Dolly! (starring Sally Struthers), Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Andrew Jackson in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Robert has recently started working in voiceover and dubbing. He would like to take a moment to not only thank his incredible parents and family, but his best friends (who also qualify as family) for their unmatched support and love they all offer on a daily basis, and for being there for him when he needs them most.

Stephan Jones* (Signor Naccarelli) Since transplanting to Orlando 12 years ago, Stephan has worked with Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Orlando Repertory Theatre, and of course, here in the pasture. Past Mad Cow Theatre credits include Oscar in The Odd Couple, El Gallo in The Fantasticks, and the title role in Sweeney Todd (to name a few). This marks his 17th production with the Cows.

Lara Larberg (Signora Naccarelli/ Ensemble) is thrilled to join such a talented and generous cast for one of her favorite shows of all time! Lara has a degree in voice, trumpet, and sociology from Furman University and has lived in Orlando for three years, where she has performed with the Florida Opera Theatre and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in productions including Carmen, La Bohème,

The Light in the Piazza Madama Butterfly, and The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of Goddesses.

When Lara isn’t living la vida italia she is practicing yoga at Guruv Yoga in Dr. Phillips and working at Universal Creative as the show coordinator for the international projects team. Thank you, Aradhana and Robin, for bringing the light and the love to the piazza!

Catharine League (Ensemble) is excited to be making her Orlando theatre debut with Mad Cow Theatre!

She is a graduate of the music theatre program at Oklahoma City University, where she appeared in numerous shows, her favorite role being Johanna Barker in Sweeney Todd. At OCU she also had her first trip into The Light in the Piazza, studying the role of Clara Johnson, and she is thrilled to return! During the day, Catharine loves spreading magic and pixie dust at Walt Disney World. So much love to my parents, roomies, and, of course, Darling.

Amanda Leakey (Ensemble) is very excited to be returning to Mad Cow Theatre for her second season. She had the privilege to open up the new space

as the Nurse/Naomi in Sunday in The Park with George. She graduated from Rollins College in 2011 with her BA in theatre arts with an emphasis in performance. Upon graduation she was an acting/education intern for Orlando Shakespeare Theater. She recently played the title role and her evil counterpart in Miss Nelson Has A Field Day at Orlando Shakespeare Theater.

A few other credits include Miss Nelson is Missing (Orlando Shakespeare Theater), Ragtime (St. Lukes), and Charlotte’s Web (Orlando Shakespeare Theater). Amanda is an EMC for the Actors’ Equity union. She would like to thank Mom, Dad, Katelynn, Meagan and Christian for all of their love and support as well as her Disney MSB family and her roomies who deal with her singing at every moment of the day. <3 Chris McCabe (Giuseppe) is so excited to be joining the Mad Cow family with The Light in the Piazza. He received his BFA in music theatre from New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL and has been the theatre director for Lake Mary Preparatory School for the last 4 years. Past credits include

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The Light in the Piazza the South Florida premiere of Bare (Peter), Off Broadway’s Judy & Me (Jimmy/Rick), the US national tour of Bathhouse The Musical! (Billy), Songs for a New World (Man1), Parade (Britt Craig), Joseph…Dreamcoat (Joseph), Songs from an Unmade Bed and his original one-person show Never Eat the Masala from Punjabi Palace or F*ck With Henry, See What Happens.

of the Immaculate Conception and in Mozart’s Requiem with the Manassas Chorale. John’s opera credits include George Gibbs in Rorem’s Our Town, Arnalta in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea and Mr. Splinter’s in Copland’s Tenderland. John has also had the pleasure of singing for Pope Benedict XVI, both in Rome and in Washington D.C.

John Murray (Ensemble) is delighted to perform again in his native Orlando after a long stint away in Washington, D.C. John received his BM from Shenandoah Conservatory and is working towards an MA at the University of Central Florida. John is also a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfornia Fraternity.

John has performed as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah at the National Shrine

Jennafer Newberry* (Clara Johnson) is thrilled to be a part of her first production with Mad Cow Theatre!

Some favorite credits include the NYC Off-Broadway Production of Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?, Nibelung in the Metropolitan Opera’s Das Rheingold, and roles in Parade, Little Women, Bye Bye Birdie, and State Fair.

She has also performed at the world-

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Mark Edward SMITH (Roy Johnson/ Ensemble) was last seen at Mad Cow Theatre in Death of a Salesman.

Recent Mad Cow appearances include The Pitmen Painters, Rashomon, and Circle Mirror Transformation. Other Orlando theatre highlights: Angels in America; Parts I and II, Love! Valour!

Compassion!,The Weir, The Grapes of Wrath, Dancing at Lughnasa, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Mark’s first foray into the pasture was 16 years ago in the inaugural season production of Blithe Spirit. He is delighted to graze with the Cows any chance he gets.

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The Light in the Piazza Aradhana Tiwari (Director) has an M.A. in theater from the University of Central Florida. Aradhana is thrilled to be returning to the pasture, having recently directed Other Desert Cities as well as Enchanted April and The Road To Mecca in Mad Cow’s last season.

Other directing credits include: The Way of the Cards, The Diviners, Connected, Driving Miss Daisy, Crimes of the Heart, The Singing Christmas Trees, Steel Magnolias, War of the Worlds, The Little Foxes, Peter Pan, It’s A Wonderful Life, Little Women, The Pink Ribbon Project and 33 Variations, which will open at the Garden Theater in 2014.

MUCH thanks to Mitzi Maxwell, the wonderful team at Mad Cow, a cast & crew who are the LIGHT in this piazza ... and a giant “grazie mille” to Robin Jensen for being the heartbeat of this show in a myriad of ways. Buon Natale to you all!!!

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TOM HURST

And You! And You! And You! The Harriett

THE BLACK BOX

OTHER DESERT CITIES

by Jon Robin Baitz SEPT 27-Oct 27, 2013

Venus IN FUR

by David Ives Oct 18-Nov 17, 2013

The Light in the Piazza book by Craig Lucas music & lyrics by Adam Guettel DEC 6, 2013-JAN 5, 2014

THE MOUNTAINTOP

by Katori Hall FEB 14-MAR 16, 2014

TABLE MANNERS

by Alan Ayckbourn Jan 24-Feb 23, 2014

COCK

by Mike Bartlett JUN 20-JUL 20, 2014

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

by Tennessee Williams Mar 21-Apr 20, 2014

THE LETTERS

by John W. Lowell AUG 22-SEP 21, 2014

HAIR lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni music by Galt MacDermot Jun 6-JUL 6, 2014 THE HISTORY BOYS

by Alan Bennett Aug 8-SeP 7, 2014

You’re gonna Love Season 17!

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2013 - 2014 Donors The new home for Mad Cow Theatre is the largest venture in Mad Cow’s seventeen-year history. The theatre has continually expanded at a pace that reflects the need of the city around it, and today is no exception. Mad Cow Theatre is making progress every day thanks to the visionary and generous support of the citizens of Central Florida and individual philanthropists, foundations and corporations who believe that Orlando’s success is tied directly to a dynamic cultural and artistic scene.

Business Circle Mad Cow Theatre thanks the following businesses for their contributions to Mad Cow Theatre’s artistic and educational programs enriching the lives of the Central Florida Community.

CORPORATE ANGEL $2,500 and over Holland & Knight

Voxeo

Individuals & Family PLATINUM CIRCLE $25,000 and over Anonymous

Harriett Lake

GOLD CIRCLE $10,000-$24,999 Maureen & Gay Fries Susan McKenna & Suzan Abramson

Frank Santos & Dan Dantin

SILVER CIRCLE $5,000-$9,999 Jim & Freddi Goodrich Michael Gross & Rey Tabarrok Mara & Harvey Levitt Elizabeth Maupin & Jay Yellen Mitzi Maxwell

Brian McDowell Bob & Marty Stonerock Dr. Alvin Wang & Lorrie Culbertson

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE $2,500-$4,999 Ken & Debbie Carpenter Michael & Jennifer Coleman

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Carol McKnight Jill Schwartz & Associates, P.A.

Mad Cow Theatre is a 501(c)(3), your donation to Mad Cow Theatre is tax-deductable.

To make a donation, make check payable to Mad Cow Theatre and mail to: Mad Cow Theatre| P.O. Box 3109 | Orlando, FL 32802 or visit our website: madcowtheatre.com

2013 - 2014 Donors DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $1,000-$2,499 Molly Rose & Bob Fleming Richard Manganel Ken & Trisha Margeson Cindy & Frank Murray William Newkirk

Bill & Jane Oatway Sharon Siskie Joe & Sue Warren Austin Zakari

ARTIST’S CIRCLE $500-$999 Tom and Kathy Cardwell Charitable Fund of the Schwab Charitable Fund Ann Cook Robert Davis Susan Finnegan Stephen & Gloria Garret Nancy & Mike Houston Sharon D. Kosack Craig & Jody Maughan

Margaret Nolan Neil & Kuei-mei Olcott Wendy Mia Pardew Lenore S. & Howard Roland Maria M. Rubin Richard Russell & Thomas Ouellette Gayle Wirtz Leighton & Phyllis Yates

HOLY COW $250-$499 Sherry Andrews Kurtis T. Bauerle Randy Brown Mary Anne Ciavatta Rosemary DuRocher Stuart Fullerton Susan Haralson David Horgan

Betty Jones John Parker & Deede Sharpe DW Phineas Perkins Phoebe and Eliot Rosewater Dennis Sobeck Ana T. t’Heft Vivian Whitchurch Trudy Wild

THE HERD UP TO $249 Anonymous (3) Thelma Alexander Zac Alfson & Bryan Henley John W. & Linda Cone Allen John & Lillian Armstrong Anthony & Marianne Bassile Neal & Genie Blaher Richard & Elizabeth Boggs Ruth Bolton Maria Bors Midge Bowman

Ted & Mary Wayne Bywater Lucy & Mike Carney Pamela Chamberlin Gene Columbus Mickey & Dick Cook Larry & Adrienne Cooperman Claire Crabtree Margaret Cross Brenda Dalman & Rudi Moerck Deborah Deland Lynn Derrick

Steve Diedrich Duck R. Engar & B. Martin Whitney Evers JoAnn Farb Jeff & June Flowers Gordon & Julie Foster Mitchell Frank Tom & Gerry Garman JoAnn Gatlin Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Gillman Pamela Gillet Alan & Barbara Greber

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2012 - 2013 Donors THE HERD UP TO $249 Continued Elinor & Robert Greenway Adriana Grezda Carol C. Griffin Marilyn Goldman Michael & Margaret Haddad Franklin Drew Hall David Harvey Jan Huebner & Rich Harm Ashley S. Hickman Rod & Ronnie Hitt David Holland David Horgan George & Angelyn Indest Harold & Alison Issen Tom Janzer Dean Johnson Brian Kelley John & Charline Kennedy Richard & Martha Kessler Roy Kobert Christine Kroetsch & Jeremiah Hayes Victoria & Michael Landon Francis Lepow Nancy P. Lewis Dawn Loges Rosalyn Lowenstein

Shannon Lynch TJM Communications, Inc. | Treva J. Marshall Louise Borsoi in honor of Barbara Martin BJ Maxwell Paul and Janet May Barry & Denny Meneghelli Thom Mesrobian Frank Meyer Bob & Janice Miller In memory of Sue B. Monroe Kevin & Tammy Muhs Lisa Musante Bruce & Donna Mylrea Rajesh Nair Edith & Bill Nault Steve Neilson Sandy Neubarth Jennafer Newberry Philip Nolen Brigid Noonan Anne Norris Rhonda Oehlrich Andrea Ostrodka Carrie & Ron Patterson David & Joyce Pfeil Robby Pigott George Poelker

Adrienne & Ivan Polon Alice Reinhardt David Reinke Natasha Rene Peter Rochio & William Baxter Traies Roe Vince Santo Ira and Rhoda Schwartzberg Cindy Segreto Fran & Gordon Shogren Catherine Siefcak John Simpson Cindy Smalls Joe L. & Beth Smith Mark Edward Smith Irwin & Ruby Suberman Zena Sulkes Judy Thompson Judy H. Thompson Gerald Van Buren Terry Velez Stacia L. Wake Joseph Waple Janet Weller Marilyn & Shane Williams Ann Worrall Lee & Wendy Zehngebot Jerome Zygmunt

Listings reflect donation totals from April 1, 2013 through October 7, 2013. We apologize for any errors or omissions.

Mad Cow Theatre Staff Directory

Development Coordinator Virginia Bland

Executive Director Mitzi Maxwell

Administrative Coordinator Crystal Edwards

Director of Audience Development David B. Mink Graphic Designer Lisa Buck

Box Office Manager Audrey McGowan Props Master Frank Siano

Box Office Assistants Leonidas Bratini Laura DuBose Evan Valle

Head Carpenter Daniel Cooksley

Production Manager/ Resident Designer William Elliott

Founding Members Rus Blackwell Trudy Bruner Alan Bruun Dennis Neal

Production Coordinator Tracy Lange

Photographer Tom Hurst

Board Members Michael Gross Elizabeth Maupin Mitzi Maxwell Brian McDowell Dr. Robert Stonerock Dr. Alvin Wang

Mad Cow Theatre Donation Form THE HERD UP TO $249 Amount

HOLY COW $250-$499 Amount

ARTIST’S CIRCLE $500-$999 Amount

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $1,000-$2,499 Amount

PRODUCER’s CIRCLE $2,500-$4,999 Amount

(The Light in the Piazza)

GOLD CIRCLE $5,000-$9,999 Amount

Platinum CIRCLE $10,000 & above Amount

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Address City

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Phone E-mail n I would like to be listed in the program as:

n I would like to remain anonymous. n I would like my recognition in honor of or in memory of:

n I n support of Mad Cow Theatre’s ongoing efforts to create the highest quality theatre, I would like to pledge an annual gift of $ for the next years.

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Signature Please make check payable to Mad Cow Theatre.

Mail to: Mad Cow Theatre, P.O. Box 3109, Orlando, FL 32802-3109 or visit our website: madcowtheatre.com

Please make check payable to Mad Cow Theatre and mail to: Mad Cow Theatre, P.O. Box 3109, Orlando, FL 32802-3109. Mad Cow Theate is a 501 c 3 not-for-profit organization. Your donation, less goods and services received, is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll free 1-800-435-7352 within the state, or by going to the Department of Agriculture, Division of Consumer Services website at www.800helpfla.com. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state. We do not employ a professional fundraiser. 100% of each contribution is utilized by Mad Cow Theatre.

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