TABLE MANNERS & THE MOUNTAINTOP

Mad Cow Theatre Presents

Table Manners

The Mountaintop

by Alan Ayckbourn

by Katori Hall

JAN 24 — FEB 23, 2014 in the Harriett

FEB 14 — MAR 16, 2014 in the Black Box

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Table Manners

by Alan Ayckbourn Table Manners is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

January 24-February 23, 2014 The Harriett Theatre

- FEATURING Heather Lea Charles*

Thom Mesrobian

Tommy Keesling

Jamie Middleton

Ame Livingston*

Simon Needham*

Scenic Design William Elliott

Props Masters Lisa Buck

Costume Design Emily Smith

Sound Design Will Carlson

Lighting Design Erin Miner

Stage Manager Toni Chandler

Director Dan Bright

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the U.S.

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Table Manners Cast of Characters In order of appearance Ame Livingston ................................................................................. Annie Heather Lea Charles.......................................................................... Sarah Tommy Keesling................................................................................... Tom Thom Mesrobian.................................................................................. Reg Simon Needham .......................................................................... Norman Jamie Middleton................................................................................. Ruth

PLACE AND TIME Outside London, Victorian vicarage type home, summer 1973

Table Manners is performed with one intermission.

PRODUCTION TEAM Assistant Stage Manager...............................................................Dil Smith Dialect Coach..................................................................... Jennifer Toohey Master Carpenter............................................................... Daniel Cooksley Master Electrician................................................................. David Clenney Production Manager.............................................................. William Elliott Production Coordinator............................................................ Tracy Lange Production Intern...................................................................... Ellen Smittle Scenic Charge............................................................................. Lisa Buck Crew................ David Clenney, Jordan Diaz, Kashime Josep, & Adam Lydon

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Table Manners Table Manners The dining room: a place of order, of collegiality, of family warmth. It’s a room in which we eat, converse, catch up on our day: perhaps it’s a room that’s saved for guests and tchotchkes in a buffet hutch. To have a separate dining room is a privilege; very often it is an over-worn dramaturgical cliché to set a play around a dysfunctional dinner party and the shenanigans that the seating arrangement encourages. In Table Manners, Alan Ayckbourn kicks off his The Norman Conquests trilogy in a room characterized both for its high traffic at mealtimes and its relative seclusion at other times, when the living room and kitchen are more popular. Ayckbourn designed the piece to be staged in the round, offering angle from all sides of the misadventures of the loveable philanderer, Norman, as he attempts to negotiate his fellow house guests to complete a naughty weekend away from his wife. Most strikingly, Table Manners is written to run parallel to the two other parts of The Norman Conquests, where Living Together and Round and Round the Garden take place simultaneously in other parts of the property.

Each segment of The Norman Conquests is designed to be independent of each other, so it makes no difference what order they are viewed. An audacious style of storytelling that is characteristic of Ayckbourn’s writing, Table Manners is an uproarious evening around the dining room table.

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ALAN AYCKBOURN (Playwright) has spent his life in theatre, and has rarely if ever been tempted by television or film, which perhaps explains why he continues to be so prolific. To date he has written 77 plays, and his work has been translated into more than 35 languages, is performed on stage and television throughout the world, and has won countless awards. Major successes include: Relatively Speaking, How the Other Half Loves, Absurd Person Singular, Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval and The Norman Conquests. The National Theatre recently revived his 1980 play Season’s Greetings to great acclaim and the past three years have seen West End productions of Absent Friends, A Chorus of Disapproval and Relatively Speaking.In 2009, he retired as artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, Yorkshire, after holding the post for 37 years; where almost all his plays have been and continue to be first staged here. In recent years he has been inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame, received the 2010 Critics’ Circle Award for Distinguished Services to the Arts and became the first British playwright to receive both Olivier and Tony Special Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was knighted in 1997 for services to the theatre.

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Table Manners DAN BRIGHT (Director) Since receiving his MFA in acting from FSU/Asolo Conservatory in 1994 Dan Bright has directed and performed around the world, literally, working as a director and actor onboard Crystal Cruise Lines.

Land side he has directed a number of productions in Florida including Private Eyes for American Stage, Rumors, The Dumbwaiter and Brilliant Traces for the FSU/Asolo Conservatory, and The Black Spider and The Second Hurricane for the Sarasota Youth Opera, and Noises Off and Greater Tuna at University of Findlay, (Ohio) and most recently The Comedy of Errors for Regent University in Virginia Beach.

This production of Table Manners marks Mr. Bright’s Mad Cow Theatre directorial debut. Mr. Bright is a member of Screen Actors Guild and Actors’ Equity.

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LISA BUCK (Props/Scenic Charge) Set designs include The Road to Mecca and Mrs. Warren’s Profession for Mad Cow. Don Pasquale for Orlando Opera, and Abduction from the Seraglio, Carmina Burana with Cirque du Soleil and Orlando Philharmonic 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 at Massachusetts College of Art in 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.

TONI CHANDLER (Stage Manager) is super excited to be stage-managing Table Manners. This is Toni’s first production at Mad Cow, though she has been stage managing locally for about 10 years. After graduating from Stetson University in 2004 with a BA in theater arts, Toni joined the technical crew at Arabian Nights Dinner Theater and continued as a stage-manager there until its recent closing. Toni also works at SeaWorld, where she stage- manages the whale and dolphin show, Blue Horizons, and seasonal Sesame Street shows.

HEATHER LEA CHARLES (Sarah) is thrilled to be back in the pasture!

Previous Mad Cow roles include Emilie du Châtelet in Legacy of Light, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Marta in Company and Martha in The Constant Wife. She is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory and member of Actors’ Equity Association. Most recently she has been seen in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change at The Winter Park Playhouse and various Disney casts including the Main Street Acting Company, Citizens of Hollywood and Perfectly Princess Tea Party. Other favorite roles include Christine in Phantom at The Springer Opera House (GA) and Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods at Orlando Shakespeare Theater. Love to my fellas: the Cooper and the kiwi.

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 Theatre of Central Florida and Orlando

Table Manners Opera Company. Some of his credits with Mad Cow Theatre include The Light in the Piazza, 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.

AME LIVINGSTON (Annie) AEA, is delighted to reunite with Mad Cow! Previous adventures in the pasture include August: Osage County (Karen Weston), Cradle Will Rock (Moll), and Standing on Ceremony. She was a company member of the former

THOM MESROBIAN (Reg) is thrilled to be working again at Mad Cow. He last appeared here in The Harriett as Charley in Death of A Salesman.

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TOMMY KEESLING (Tom) has appeared in many Mad Cow productions in recent seasons, including Arcadia, Our Town, The Constant Wife, The Seagull, Pericles, I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady From Rwanda, Eurydice, Amadeus, She Stoops to Conquer, The Pitmen Painters, August: Osage County, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Enchanted April and most recently as Howard in Death of a Salesman. He has appeared at many other Central Florida stages in past years, including The Pillowman for Hubris Theatre, Take Me Out at Theatre Downtown, and just last month in another Alan Ayckbourn play, Season’s Greetings in Bay Street Players Second Stage series. He has performed at the Orlando International Fringe Festival and has also appeared in staged readings for Mad Cow, PlayFest and Women Playwrights’ Initiative.

Orlando Theatre Project, where she performed in Doubt: A Parable (Sister James), It’s a Wonderful Life: a Radio Play (Mary Bailey), and Almost, Maine.

She has been a part of many a play reading at Orlando Shakespeare Theater, including Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche DuBois), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (MaePollitt), Julius Cesar (Portia), and this year’s Bad Dog. Additionally, she has performed with Winter Park Play House, Central Florida Community Arts, and the Orlando Fringe Festival, and has sung for Walt Disney World for over 15 years. www.AmeLivingston.com

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Table Manners tutelage of his father Robert, a veteran of Broadway and Hollywood. Together with his family they founded the Hattiesburg Civic Light Opera in 1975, a company that is still running strong today. Among Thom’s recent roles are John Wilkes Booth in Cornerstone Theatre Company’s Assassins, Dan in Next to Normal with Theatre Winter Haven and Bialystock in The Producers at Lakeland Community Theatre. Thom thanks Mitzi, Dan and the Cows for another great time and his family for their love and support.

JAMIE MIDDLETON (Ruth) graduated summa cum laude from the University of Central Florida. While attending UCF she performed in several productions, most notably The Illusion and Spring

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Awakening. She has been seen onstage throughout Florida for the past 25 years.

Productions at Mad Cow include Assassins, The Heidi Chronicles, Present Laughter, A Delicate Balance, Arcadia, Later Life, Romeo and Juliet, The Butter and Egg Man, The Life of Galileo, Anton in Show Business, and The Chekhov Project’s production of Cherry Orchard.

Since 1995, she has been employed at Universal Orlando as an actress and was a model for Walt Disney Animation. Jamie sends her love and gratitude to her wonderful husband, Stephen, and two amazing children, Christian and Ariel.

ERIN MINER (Lighting Designer) Table Manners marks Erin’s 69th show with Mad Cow Theatre. She is excited

Table Manners to be working with Dan. When not at Mad Cow, she can be found in the fields of Apopka High School as a drama teacher.

SIMON NEEDHAM (Norman) graduated from the Birmingham Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in 1995, and embarked on several tours of Europe performing Shakespeare, including, Tybalt, Macduff and Horatio. Touring Scotland, he directed and starred in Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Touring Scotland. West End appearances include Ay Carmella! (Riverside Studios, Hammersmith), Romeo and Juliet, and Lady Windermere’s Fan (Lyric Theatre) and a Tom Lehrer revue (St Martin’s Theatre). During a world tour of Romeo and Juliet with Stratford company Illyria, Simon married Yvonne Suhor, and he works as a director and guest artist with Yvonne’s Art’s Sake studio.

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by Disney since 2002 — Merlin, a Jedi Master, Hathaway, Otis at the Adventurers Club and a rather grumpy judge at the American Idol Experience.

As well as many Fringe appearances he also directed Shakers and Bouncers to much acclaim. TV credits include Dangerfield, Preston Front and Inspector Sheik for the BBC, and, in the US, Sheena, Drop Dead Diva, Burn Notice and a recurring role on Necessary Roughness.

EMILY SMITH (Costume Designer) celebrates her tenth show with Mad Cow. Her costume, prop, and scenic work have been seen across Central Florida and New England theatres and theme parks, including our own dear Annie Russell. She fondly remembers designs for Cabaret, Around the World in 80 Days, Is He Dead?, Sunday in the Park with George, Billy Bishop Goes to War, and of course most recently Death of a Salesman and Other Desert

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The Mountaintop

The Mountaintop

by Katori Hall The Mountaintop is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.�

February 14-March 16, 2014 The Black Box

- FEATURING Felichia Chivaughn

Clinton C. H. Harris*

Scenic Design Nick Murphy

Props Master Frank Siano

Costume Design Emily Smith

Sound Design Will Carlson Lighting Design Erin Miner

Director Stephan Jones

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the U.S. Original Broadway production produced by Jean Doumanian, Sonia Friedman Productions, Ambassador Theater Group, Raise the Roof 7, Ted Snowdon, Alhadeff Productions/Lauren Doll, B Square + 4 Productions/Broadway Across America, Jacki Barlia Florin/Cooper Federman, Donnie Planalp/Moellenberg Taylor and Marla Rubin Productions/Blumenthal Performing Arts, in association with Scott Delman.

The Mountaintop was developed at the Lark Play Development Center, New York City, and was first produced by Theatre 503 in June 2009 and further produced at Trafalgar Studio One in July 2009 by Sonia Friedman Productions and Jean Doumanian, Tali Pelman for Ambassador Theatre Group, Bob Bartner, Freddy DeMann, Jerry Frankel, Ted Snowdon and Marla Rubin Productions Ltd. The Mountaintop was developed at the 2008 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, a program of the Playwrights Foundation (Amy L. Mueller, Artistic Director).

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Cast of Characters In order of appearance Clinton C.H. Harris......................................................Martin Luther King Jr. Felichia Chivaughn......................................................................... Camae

PLACE AND TIME The Lorraine Motel — Memphis, Tennessee – April 1968 The Mountaintop is performed with no intermission.

PRODUCTION TEAM Assistant Stage Manager..................................................... Melissa Cooper Audio Engineer....................................................................... Will Carlson Master Carpenter............................................................... Daniel Cooksley Master Electrician................................................................. David Clenney Production Manager.............................................................. William Elliott Production Coordinator ........................................................... Tracy Lange Production Intern...................................................................... Ellen Smittle 14

Scenic Charge............................................................................. Lisa Buck

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The Mountaintop The Mountaintop On April 3, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr visited Memphis to address a sanitation workers’ strike. King concludes his speech with, “And I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land!”

In The Mountaintop, King confronts his life, his past, his legacy and the plight and future of his people. This version of King, he is not only a legend, but a husband, a father, a leader and a man who could motivate many yet doubt himself.

Playwright Katori Hall explains, “This isn’t the ‘I Have a Dream’ King. This is a more radical King. This is King, the man; not the myth. I want people to see that this extraordinary man – who is actually quite ordinary – achieved something so great that he actually created a fundamental shift in how we, as a people, interact with each other.”

Katori Hall (Playwright) is a writer and performer hailing from Memphis, Tennessee. Her award-winning play Hoodoo Love premiered at the Cherry Lane Theatre in 2007. Her other plays include: Remembrance, Hurt Village, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, The Mountaintop (2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play), On the Chitlin’ Circuit, and Freedom Train (KCACTF ten minute play national finalist). Her work has been developed and presented at the following venues: American Repertory Theatre, Kennedy Center, Cherry Lane Theatre, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Schomburg Center, BRICLab, Women’s Project, World Financial Center, Lark Play Development Center, New Professional Theatre, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the Juilliard School, Stanford University, and Columbia University. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lecompte du Nouy Prize, North Manhattan Arts Alliance Fellowship, New York State Council on the Arts Commission Grant, New Professional Theatre’s Writers’ Festival award, Fellowship of Southern Writers Bryan Family Award in Drama, New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship in Playwriting and Screenwriting, Royal Court Theatre Residency, and the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award. She has also been a Kennedy Center Playwriting Fellow. Hall is an alumna of the Lark Playwrights’ Workshop, where she developed The Mountaintop, and a graduate of Columbia University, the A.R.T. at Harvard University, and the Juilliard School. She is a proud member of the Women’s Project Playwrights’ Lab, the Lark Playwrights’ Workshop, and the Dramatists Guild. www.katorihall.com

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The Mountaintop ISA BUCK (Props/Scenic Charge) Set designs include The Road to Mecca and Mrs. Warren’s Profession for Mad Cow. Don Pasquale for Orlando Opera, and Abduction from the Seraglio, Carmina Burana with Cirque du Soleil and Orlando Philharmonic 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 at Massachusetts College of Art in 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.

Will Carlson (Sound Designer) Designed Venus in Fur earlier this season.

The Mountaintop makes this his second design credit at Mad Cow Theatre.

Recently from Illinois, Will previously designed sound for theatre, dance, and opera. Most recently he was the sound designer for Florencia en el Amazonas, as well as Spring Awakening, Cabaret, and Studio Dance, the MFA thesis presentation at the University of Illinois. Will would like to thank the cast and crew for their support on this production.

FELICHIA CHIVAUGHN (Camae) studied theatre at the UCF Conservatory.

Central Florida stage credits include The Piano Lesson (Berniece) directed by Woodie King Jr., and Beth Marshall Presents A Christmas Carol (Belle), directed by John Didonna. She also starred in Breakthrough Theatre’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (Lady in Green), GOAT’s Aida (Nehebkah), UCF’s Doubt: A Parable (Mrs. Muller), From Sun to Sun (Ju’el), Paris Crayton’s Laying (Stephanie Dugood) and Sacha on Broadway (Sacha). Felichia writes and directs stage and film projects locally and is the Creative Arts Director at Great Faith Church in Sanford. She is thankful for the overwhelming support from friends and family and is proof that all things are possible if you believe.

CLINTON C.H. HARRIS (Martin Luther King Jr.) is delighted to be working with Mad Cow Theatre and this dynamic cast and crew. A native of Atlanta, Clinton is a graduate of Tri Cities High School’s VPA Magnet Program, an alumnus of the Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble of Atlanta and was a theater major at Albany State University Clinton has toured internationally as a background vocalist for several recording artists. Currently, Clinton performs in Disney’s Finding Nemo: The Musical. Other credits include: Standing On Ceremony, Full Monty,

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The Mountaintop Rent, Hair, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Black Nativity, Soweto, Soweto A Township is Calling, Suzan-Lori Parks’s 365 Days: 365 Plays series, Dreamgirls, Jackie and Me, and Driving Miss Daisy. Clinton is a proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association.

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STEPHAN JONES (Director) This marks Stephan’s second production in this capacity here in the pasture. Last year he added the moniker of director 12 Angry Men to: actor (17 productions, including Sweeney Todd and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf), fight director (13 productions, including Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Romeo and Juliet), cabaret artist (Mating Rituals 101, It Was a Very Good Year/Yule series), and instructor, spanning a 12-

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ERIN MINER (Lighting Designer) The Mountaintop marks Erin’s 70th show with Mad Cow Theatre. She is excited to be working with Stephan. When not at Mad Cow, she can be found in the fields of Apopka High School as a drama teacher.

NICHOLAS MURPHY (Scenic Designer) marks his Mad Cow debut. He received his two BFA’s in theatre directing and writing in film and television from Emerson College and his MA in theatre from University of Central Florida. He is the founder and artistic director of Cornerstone Theatre Company. In Boston he was the managing director of RareWorks Theatre Company. He directed and produced for RareWorks Theatre Company, including Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (EVVY

nominated production), Picnic, I Do!, I Do!, and I Hate Hamlet. Recently he has directed/set-designed for South Lake Theatre Company’s Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Cornerstone’s Picnic, Good People, Company, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, Time Stands Still, and Assassins, and Creative Sanford’s Celery Soup.

EMILY SMITH (Costume Designer) celebrates her eleventh show with Mad Cow. Her costume, prop, and scenic work have been seen across Central Florida and New England theatres and theme parks, including our own dear Annie Russell. She fondly remembers designs for Cabaret, Around the World in 80 Days, Is He Dead?, Sunday in the Park with George, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Death of a Salesman, and of course most recently Other Desert Cities and Table Manners, both at Mad Cow.

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Manager of Art & Design Lisa Buck

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Margaret Nolan Jeffrey O’Hara Richard Russell & Thomas Ouellette Molly Rose & Bob Fleming Sharon Siskie Bickley Wilson Timothy & Stephanie Young Gary Young Edward & Phyllis Zissman

ARTIST’S CIRCLE $500-$999 Bettina Buckley & Tylor Wymer Susan Finnegan Stephen & Gloria Garret Katherine Ho & Joey Sacco Nancy & Mike Houston Sharon D. Kosack

HOLY COW $250-$499 Kay W. Allen Sherry Andrews Kurtis T. Bauerle Tom & Kathy Cardwell Charitable Fund of the Schwab Charitable Fund Mary Anne Ciavatta Bill & Yvonne Dunbar Rosemary DuRocher Perry & Eileen Dworkin

Dr. Mitch & Swantje Levin Craig & Jody Maughan Jim & Mari Moye Neil & Kuei-mei Olcott Wendy Mia Pardew John & Virginia Rigsby Lenore S. & Howard Roland

Stuart Fullerton Kenneth & Marcia Goodwin Susan Haralson Ron Hirsch & Betty Reid David Horgan Betty Jones Roy Kobert BJ Maxwell Dr. Rudi Moerck & Brenda Dalman Sandy Neubarth

Maria M. Rubin Deborah Simpson Trudy Wild Gayle Wirtz Leighton & Phyllis Yates Austin Zakari

John Parker & Deede Sharpe DW Phineas Perkins Barbara J. Smith Dennis Sobeck Phoebe & Eliot Rosewater Ana T. t’Heft Woody & Vivian Whitchurch

Listings reflect donation totals from April 1, 2013 through January 9, 2014. We apologize for any errors or omissions.

Mad Cow Theatre is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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

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2013 - 2014 Donors THE HERD UP TO $249

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Anonymous (5) Thelma Alexander Zac Alfson & Bryan Henley Russell P. Allen John & Lillian Armstrong Anthony& Marianne Bassile Thomas Bengston Neal & Genie Blaher Richard & Elizabeth Boggs Ruth Bolton Rita Bornstein Maria Bors Louise Borsoi in honor of Barbara Martin Midge Bowman Randy Brown Ted & Mary Wayne Bywater Lucy & Mike Carney Pamela Chamberlin Gene Columbus John W. & Linda Cone Allen Mickey & Dick Cook Louise Cook Larry & Adrienne Cooperman Julie Copeland & Robert Beller Claire Crabtree Margaret Cross Michael Daspin Deland, Reed Family Lynn Derrick Steve Diedrich Duck Whitney Evers JoAnn Farb Maureen & Bill Fitzpatrick Jeff & June Flowers Gordon & Julie Foster Mitchell Frank Susan & Lenny Gardbe Tom & Gerry Garman JoAnn Gatlin Pamela Gillet Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Gillman Marilyn Goldman Adam Graham Gary Graham Kathryn & Leslie Grammer Alan & Barbara Greber Elinor & Robert Greenway Adriana Grezda Carol C. Griffin Michael & Margaret Haddad

Nancy & Dave Harvey Ashley S. Hickman Rod & Ronnie Hitt Lynne Hogg David Holland Jan Huebner & Rich Harm George & Angelyn Indest Ralph & Susan Ioder Harold & Alison Issen Tom Janzer Dean Johnson Rachel Kaufman Brian Kelley Barbara Kennedy Jack & Charline Kennedy Richard & Martha Kessler Philip & Lynn Kopala James & Fredel Goodrich Christine M. Kroetsch & Jeremiah J. Hayes Victoria & Michael Landon Francis Lepow Nancy P. Lewis Dawn Loges Rosalyn Lowenstein R. Engar & B. Martin Paul & Janet May Andi McNally Barry & Denny Meneghelli Thom Mesrobian Frank Meyer Erin Miner David Mink & Matthew Stutsman In memory of Sue B. Monroe Kevin & Tammy Muhs James Mullen Lisa Musante Bruce & Donna Mylrea Rajesh Nair Edith & Bill Nault Jennafer Newberry Philip Nolen Anne Norris Thomas Brendon Nowicki Bill & Jane Oatway Rhonda Oehlrich Margaret O’Keef Andrea Ostrodka Carrie & Ron Patterson Karl & Mary Jo Pecht David & Joyce Pfeil

Jean-Paul Pinelli George Poelker Adrienne & Ivan Polon Tom & Leslie Reilly Alice Reinhardt David Reinke Rob & Mer Renard Natasha Rene Joan E Robertson Peter Rocchio & William Baxter Traies Roe & Brigid Noonan Andy Rosemurgy Vincent Santo Jill Schwartz & Associates, P.A. Ira & Rhoda Schwartzberg Cynthia Segreto Fran & Gordon Shogren Catherine Siefcak Leonard Simard John Simpson Michael Singer Joe L. & Beth Smith Mark Edward Smith Irwin & Ruby Suberman Daniel & Zena Sulkes Freeman Judy Thompson Judy H. Thompson TJM Communications, Inc. /Treva J. Marshall Garritt & Deb Toohey Carmen M. Torres Gerald Van Buren Terry Velez Stacia L. Wake George Wallace Susan Walsh Paul Walther Joseph Waple Janet Weller Marilyn & Shane Williams Dr. James & Martha Williamson Julie Woods-Robinson Ann Worrall Lee & Wendy Zehngebot Jerome Zygmunt

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

TABLE MANNERS/THE MOUNTAINTOP

Amount

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

Platinum CIRCLE $10,000 & above Amount

Name

Address City

State

Zip

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.

Method of Payment n Check

n Visa

n Discover

n Monthly CC Billing

n Mastercard

n American Express

Credit Card # Expiration Date

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

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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