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PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY

The resident professional theatre of the University of Utah The Roy W. and Elizabeth E. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre C. Lowell Lees Stage Karen Azenberg Chris Lino Artistic Director Managing Director presents

THE LAST SHIP

Music and Lyrics by

Book by

STING

JOHN LOGAN and BRIAN YORKEY

ZACHARY BERGER PAUL CASTREE LENNY DANIEL MARY FANNING DRIGGS PAUL-JORDAN JANSEN JOHN JELLISON WILLIAM MULLIGAN KILTY REIDY RUTHIE STEPHENS

JAMES CRICHTON JAYMES HODGES BRYANT MARTIN DAN SHARKEY ANNE TOLPEGIN

RICHIE CALL BAILEE JOHNSON SETH PIKE

BAILEY CUMMINGS JAMIE LANDRUM ARIELLE SCHMIDT

TAMARI DUNBAR NATALIA NOBLE CORY REED STEPHENS

Scenic Design JAMES NOONE

Costume Design GREGORY GALE

Lighting Design MICHAEL GILLIAM

Sound Design JOSHUA C. HIGHT

Hair and Makeup Design AMANDA FRENCH

Fight Choreographer CHRISTOPHER DUVAL

Dialect Coach SARAH SHIPPOBOTHAM

Dramaturg ALEXANDRA HARBOLD

Production Stage Manager MARY P. COSTELLO

Associate Director/Choreographer LENNY DANIEL

Music Director/Conductor HELEN GREGORY

Orchestration and Arrangements ROB MATHES

Director/Choreographer

KAREN AZENBERG Casting by BOB CLINE CASTING

Originally Produced on Broadway by Jeffrey Seller, Kathryn Schenker, Kevin McCollum Sander Jacobs, James L. Nederlander, Roy Furman, Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. *The theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.


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SETTING Time: 1993 Place: Wallsend, England

CAST

(In Order of Appearance)

Jackie White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Sharkey* Peggy White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Tolpegin* Father James O’Brien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Jellison* Young Gideon Fletcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seth Pike Young Meg Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bailee Johnson Joe Fletcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Mulligan* Meg Dawson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruthie Stephens* Tom Dawson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Crichton* Sailor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zachary Berger* Gideon Fletcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryant Martin* Arthur Millburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Castree* Davy Harrison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul-Jordan Jansen* Billy Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kilty Reidy* Freddy Newlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richie Call Adrian Sanders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jaymes Hodges* Mrs. Dees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Fanning Driggs* Jessie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natalia Noble Ensemble: Zachary Berger*, Richie Call, James Crichton*, Lenny Daniel*, Mary Fanning Driggs*, Tamari Dunbar, Jaymes Hodges*, Paul-Jordan Jansen*, William Mulligan*, Natalia Noble, Kilty Reidy*, Arielle Schmidt, Cory Reed Stephens. Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Mark* Dance Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lenny Daniel* Fight Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul-Jordan Jansen* Male Swing . . . . . . . . . . . . Bailey Cummings

Female Swing . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamie Landrum

UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. Jackie White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul-Jordan Jansen* Peggy White . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Fanning Driggs* Young Meg Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . Arielle Schmidt Joe Fletcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lenny Daniel* Gideon Fletcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zachary Berger*

Arthur Millburn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zachary Berger* Davy Harrison. . . . . . . . . . . . Cory Reed Stephens Billy Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jaymes Hodges* Freddy Newlands. . . . . . . . . Cory Reed Stephens Mrs. Dees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tamari Dunbar

*Member of Actor’s Equity Association

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE ISLAND OF SOULS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company AUGUST WINDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Young Meg, Meg ALL THIS TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gideon SHIPYARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie, Billy, Peggy, Father O’Brien and Company IF YOU EVER SEE ME TALKING TO A SAILOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meg and Women DEAD MAN’S BOOTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gideon, Young Gideon, Joe THE LAST SHIP (PART ONE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Father O’Brien and Company SAIL AWAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peggy THE LAST SHIP (PART TWO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie and Company WHAT SAY YOU, MEG?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arthur WE’VE GOT NOW’T ELSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie and Company WHEN WE DANCE…. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gideon, Meg and Arthur THE LAST SHIP (REPRISE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company

ACT TWO MRS. DEES’ RANT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Dees and Women THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED HOW TO DANCE. . . . . . . . Gideon and Tom WE’VE GOT NOW’T ELSE (REPRISE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie and Company SO TO SPEAK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Father O’Brien and Gideon HYMN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company SHOW SOME RESPECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peggy, Gideon and Company ISLAND OF SOULS (REPRISE). . . . . . . . . . Young Gideon, Meg, Young Meg and Gideon IT’S NOT THE SAME MOON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gideon and Meg UNDERGROUND RIVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie and Company GHOST STORY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gideon, Joe, Tom, Young Gideon AUGUST WINDS (REPRISE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gideon and Tom THE LAST SHIP (REPRISE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company

ORCHESTRA Helen Gregory . . . . . . Conductor, Keyboard 1 Jed Moss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keyboard 2 Rob Patterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accordion Linda Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Violin 1 Aaron Ashton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Violin 2 Ciera Rasmussen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cello

Adam Overacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bass Daron Bradford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winds Mark Maxson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guitar 1 Jon Yerby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guitar 2 James Clark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percussion 1 Mell Csicsila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percussion 2

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Pioneer Theatre Company’s production of

THE LAST SHIP

Bryant Martin as Gideon Fletcher


DIRECTOR’S NOTE

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any things drew me to directing The Last Ship for Pioneer Theatre Company. On top of being a story of the working man, it’s a story of reconciliation between Gideon and his father, his son, his girlfriend, his town, and himself. That theme alone could keep a director—and an audience—engaged, but what makes this play so relevant, and affecting, is how this theme spreads over the people of Wallsend, over generations of shipbuilders whose very identity is in the work they do. These men and women have uncommon pride in their work, and want to pass down that pride and skill not only to their children, but to all new shipbuilders. The loss felt by Wallsend is excruciating— and is not fiction: The Last Ship was inspired by the real-life closure of Swan Hunter shipyard and what was happening throughout Northern England in the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s when the shipbuilding industry collapsed. Jimmy Reid rose to prominence in the early ’70s when he led the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in a protest against the British Conservatives’ bid to close the shipyards on the River Clyde. The government had concluded that the shipyards should operate without state subsidy. An engineer by trade, and shop steward of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Reid—along with colleagues and friends—fought to keep the yards open by staging a “work-in.” This meant Reid and the workers, instead of striking, would complete whatever orders the shipyard had gotten. As Reid said, in 1971: I want to make this point. Everybody talks about rights. There is a basic elementary right involved here. That is our right to work. We are not strikers. We are respected people and we will conduct ourselves with the dignity and discipline that we have all the time expressed over the last few weeks.... And there will be no hooliganism... There will be no vandalism... There will be no bevvying... Because the world is watching us and it is our responsibility to conduct ourselves responsibly and with dignity and maturity. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a job that is part of who they are, part of their soul. But for those of us who do (and I count myself among them), The Last Ship reminds us how lucky we are. Karen Azenberg Director/Choreographer

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NOTES ON THE PLAY

he Last Ship is set in Sting’s hometown of Wallsend in the​north east of England, a town once celebrated for its exceptional shipbuilding and coal industries. Historically, the town was k​ nown as Wallsend on Tyne; “Wallsend” representing the terminus point of Hadrian’s Wall, the barrier wall built on the orders of ​Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD127. The Roman Empire’s traces are still to be found in the excavated ruins of segedunum, the garrison town built to oversee and defend this outlying measure of the wall. “On Tyne” denotes Wallsend’s place on the shores of the River Tyne, which wends it way eastward to the the North Sea. At the pinnacle of shipbuilding in the UK, more than a dozen ​shipyards lined​the Tyneside. The Swan Hunter Shipyard reigned in this modern ​industrial empire. The Last Ship takes its inspiration in part from Swan Hunter’s legacy and shifting fates. The Swans’ yard had its origins in the late 1800s. Its fame rose with the launch of The RMS Mauretania in 1906; the ocean liner crossed the Atlantic with unrivaled elegance and speed, shattering the previous crossing records and holding the Blue Riband honor for fastest crossing for over twenty years. Generations of Wallsend shipbuilders crafted myriad vessels, from quality passenger liners to refrigerated cargo ships to super tankers. Photographs of Wallsend document the ascent of colossal ships at the end of streets of terraced houses, year after year. The ships dominated the horizon as the yard was almost synonymous with the community itself, employing over 3,000 workers at its peak and building over 2,700 vessels in the life of the shipyard.​ But through the years, the shipbuilding industry​faced repeated challenges and the empire faltered.​In the late 1970s, Swans’ came under national ownership and was designated a warship building division, constructing aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and frigates. In the 1980s, Swans’ was privatized once again, and although the shipbuilder continued to build high quality vessels, foreign competition, insufficient orders, and a failure to secure government support thwarted the efforts to sustain the company. The Independent reported that there were 1,600 workers made redundant in 1993, with only 633 workers remaining in the yards. U ​ ltimately, Swan Hunter went into receivership, a blow to a community for whom the shipyard was both the pride and lifeblood​.The Last Ship takes up this suspended state as the point of departure for its tale. Sources: Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, The Evening Chronicle, The Independent 12 | THE LAST SHIP


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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY ZACHARY BERGER* (Sailor, Ensemble) hails from Niskayuna, NY and is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Favorite credits include the National tour of Hello, Dolly! with Sally Struthers (Cornelius U/S), Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street at Sacramento Music Circus, My Fair Lady (Freddy) at Theater By The Sea, Little Mermaid (Scuttle) at Theater By The Sea, and most recently Chasing Rainbows (Clark Gable) at Flatrock Playhouse. Was also seen Off-Broadway in The Kid (with Chris Seiber) and All That Glitters, the Liberace Musical (Young Liberace). Thank you to my family, my friends and all of those that have loved and guided me along the way. PAUL CASTREE* (Arthur Millburn) is thrilled to be returning to Pioneer Theatre Company where he last appeared as Flint in Something’s Afoot in 2013. Broadway: Original cast member of Disaster!, 9 to 5, Young Frankenstein, High Fidelity, All Shook Up, Saturday Night Fever, Footloose, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Grease!. Lead vocalist stand-by for Movin’ Out. National Tour : Joseph...Dreamcoat, Bye Bye Birdie. Off Broadway, Los Angeles and Toronto productions of Forever Plaid - L.A. Ovation award, Canada’s Dora award. New York City Opera: The Most Happy Fella. Regional: My Paris at Goodspeed, ...Forum at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Television: Nurse Jackie, Caroline In The City. Recordings: Seven original cast albums, and the grammy nominated Actors’ Fund concerts of Dreamgirls and Hair. Paul was honored to be a part of Broadway for Orlando’s recording of “What The World Needs Now Is Love”, and is featured on the soon to be released cast album recording of Disaster! JAMES CRICHTON* (Tom Dawson, Ensemble) OffBroadway: Jasper in Deadland ( Jasper u/s). National Tour: Peter and the Starcatcher (Prentiss). Regional: The Taming of the Shrew (Ensemble/ Lucentio u/s) at Shakespeare Theatre, D.C.; Sweeney Todd (Tobias) at the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival/Merry-Go-Round

Playhouse; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Man 1) at the Sharon Playhouse. Graduate of Hofstra University. LENNY DANIEL* (Associate Director/Choreographer, Dance Captain, Ensemble) has assisted Ms. Azenberg on too many shows to count and over too many years to count. Productions he has choreographed include Mary Poppins, running this summer at The Utah Shakespeare Festival and Spamalot at both the Geva Theatre Center and Arkansas Repertory Theatre. He also directed and choreographed Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical at TexArts Theater, assistant directed The Wizard of Oz National Tour starring Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt and assistant choreographed GiGi (Papermill Playhouse). Mr. Daniel assisted Ann Reinking and performed in Here Lies Jenny starring Bebe Neuwirth (NYC & SF). Performing credits include: Broadway: Cats– Final Original Company, The Wizard of Oz. NYC: Sinatra (Radio City), Wonderful Town (NYC Opera). Tours: Spamalot, Chicago, South Pacific, Camelot, Jekyll & Hyde. Regional: Sweet Charity, A Christmas Carol: The Musical (PTC), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Baltimore CenterStage), Mary Poppins, Peter Pan (Alabama Shakespeare), GiGi and Evita (Papermill). Grammy nominated cast album The Wizard of Oz. MARY FANNING DRIGGS* (Mrs. Dees, Ensemble) is thrilled to return to PTC, having been last seen in The Music Man. Ms. Driggs has appeared in several Pioneer Theatre Company productions, including The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, both Les Misérables, Sunset Boulevard, White Christmas, 42nd Street, The Producers, My Fair Lady, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Smokey Joe’s Café. Originally from Texas, Mary holds a B.F.A. from Brigham Young University. Her favorite local and regional credits include Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun, The Narrator in Joseph…, Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress, Charity in Sweet Charity, Lizzie in Baby, and Alonso in The Tempest (directed by Tony Kushner). Mary

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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY maintains a private vocal studio and teaches workshops specializing in pop-belt techniques. A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, Mary and husband David are the parents of six remarkable children, three beautiful in-laws, and one amazing grandson. JAYMES HODGES* (Adrian Sanders, Ensemble) Pioneer Theatre Company debut! Broadway: CATS, Annie Get Your Gun. Tours: AIDA (Radames), Wizard of Oz (Tinman), Will Rogers Follies starring Larry Gatlin and was privileged to perform as Lt. Cable with Robert Goulet in the National Tour of South Pacific. NYC Opera: Cinderella. Regional: Red Hot & Blue (Paper Mill), A Chorus Line (Helen Hayes PAC). Europe: CATS (Hamburg), Starlight Express (Bochum), West Side Story Tour (Riff), On The Town Tour (Chip). TV: Gossip Girl, The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, and numerous soap operas. Currently Jaymes is the Assistant Hair Supervisor for The Lion King on Broadway. Proud AEA member. PAUL-JORDAN JANSEN* (Davy Harrison, Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his return to Pioneer Theatre! Recent credits include Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Count of Monte Cristo, Show Boat, Les Misèrables, South Pacific and A Grand Night for Singing. Jordan is a proud graduate of The Pennsylvania State University/BFA Musical Theatre Program. Many thanks to Karen and the entire cast and crew of The Last Ship. Love to my family! “FOR THE GLORY!” JOHN JELLISON* (Father James O’Brien) has appeared on Broadway in Motown-The Musical, Memphis, All Shook Up, Phantom of the Opera, Caroline or Change, Oklahoma! Putting It Together, Anything Goes, On the Town, Paul Simon’s The Capeman, Titanic, Crazy For You, Mastergate, Me and My Girl, Sunday in the Park with George, Nick and Nora, Wind in the Willows, Baby, Zalmen or the Madness of God and Sweet Bird of Youth. Off-Broadway credits

include the original Assassins, A New Brain, If It Was Easy, Deathbed, The Waves, Imperfect Chemistry, Asylum and Lennon. Regional work: The Alley Theatre, The McCarter Theater, Kennedy Center, Yale Repertory, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Arena Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, Maltz/Jupiter Theatre, Goodspeed Opera, Long Wharf, The O’Neill Center. TV appearances include Law and Order(s), The Good Wife, Elementary, and soloist on The Today Show. BRYANT MARTIN* (Gideon Fletcher) is thrilled to be making his Pioneer debut in The Last Ship. Regional credits include Philippe de Chandon in Phantom at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Gaston in Disney’s Beauty and The Beast at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Curly at Lyric Stage of Irving and also at Musical Theatre West, Thomas Jefferson in 1776 and John Paul Jones in Pleasures and Palaces also at Lyric, James in Shenandoah at Totem Pole Playhouse, MAN 1 in First Date at Mason Street Warehouse, Tellig in Sedition and Young Scrooge in Christmas Carol both at the Westport Country Playhouse. T.V.: Forever and The Jack and Triumph Show. Love to Mom, Dad, Brad, Serena, Kallie, Harper, Jim, Jay, my awesome grandparents, cast and crew, Gabby, and Ash. www.bryant-martin. com. For Him. WILLIAM MULLIGAN* ( Joe Fletcher, Ensemble) Throughout his life, Mulligan’s aim has been to animate the connections we share through many different artistic genres. The Last Ship marks his debut with Pioneer Theatre Company. He was featured in MassMutual’s campaign for marriage equality which garnered reactions from across the globe. Previous roles include multiple productions as a member of the barbershop quartet in The Music Man, Carney in A Man of No Importance, Mr. Bumble in Oliver, and Sir Sagramore in Camelot. He studied at William Esper Studio and the Florida State University and currently serves on the faculty of Manhattan College and Fordham University. He would like to dedicate this performance to

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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY his father, Gerald, and to Eddie Davis, both fine examples of great dads. www.liammulligan.com KILTY REIDY* (Billy Thompson, Ensemble) happily returns to the Pioneer Theatre Company after appearing in The Music Man (Quartet). Broadway: The Drowsy Chaperone and In My Life. Other credits: Mr. Braithwaite in Billy Elliot (National Tour); Mike Nulty in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Original Cast); Bye Bye Birdie at City Center Encores!; The Producers (Roger De Bris) at KC Starlight; A Christmas Story ( Jean Shepard) at Capitol Rep, Crazy For You at PaperMill/PBS; King of Hearts at Goodspeed; and A Man of No Importance (Alfie Byrne) for B-Side Productions. TV/Film: The Blacklist, Law & Order, Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women. An alumnus of The Public Theater’s Shakespeare Lab. www.kiltyreidy.com

DAN SHARKEY* ( Jackie White) Broadway Credits include: Amazing Grace, The Bridges of Madison County, SpiderMan-Turn Off The Dark, Susan Stroman’s The Music Man, and ShowBoat (West End). Off B’way: Over 1,000 performances as Hucklebee in The Fantasticks, Captain’s Courageous, The Prince and the Pauper, Lone Star Love, Illyria and The Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge. National Tours: Grand Hotel, The Sound of Music w/Marie Osmond, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, and The Will Rogers Follies. Favorite Regional: Sweeney Todd (Sweeney) at The Guthrie Theater, Side by Side by Sondheim directed by JK Simmons and Man of La Mancha at D.C. Shakespeare Theater. Dan also played the role of Herb Crocker on HBO’s award winning Boardwalk Empire. AEA since 1990. Enjoy the show!

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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY RUTHIE STEPHENS* (Meg Dawson) is excited to be making her Pioneer Theatre Company debut in The Last Ship. Stephens hails from jolly old England, but now resides in Brooklyn, New York. Recent credits include; Yitzhak in Hedwig And The Angry Inch, American Rep Theatre (Broadway World Award Winner - Best Actress), Charlotte in A Little Night Music, Palm Beach Dramaworks; Eponine in Les Misèrables, The Little Theatre On The Square; Beatrice The Aerial Showgirl, at Circus Sarasota. Ruthie is also a published journalist having written for Salon and The Examiner amongst others. She is the current Fashion Editor at The Bushwick Daily and Boro Magazine, NYC. www.ruthiedarlingblog. com Ruthie’s next venture is appearing as the Spiderwoman in Kiss of The Spiderwoman almost entirely in the air - on silks, trapeze and cloud swing. Ruthie likes a challenge.

ANNE TOLPEGIN* (Peggy White) is thrilled to be making her PTC Debut with The Last Ship. TV: Anne plays a recurring role on USA’s second season of Mr. Robot. Broadway/National Tour: Kinky Boots (Marge), Billy Elliot (Mum), A Tale of Two Cities (Madame DeFarge Standby), Ragtime (u/s Mother), Mamma Mia! (Donna), and Les Misèrables. Off Broadway: Standby for Marin Mazzie, Carrie (Margaret White). Regional credits include: Chicago Premiere of Sondheim’s Passion (Fosca), Little Women (Marmee) at The John Engeman Theatre, Man of La Mancha (Aldonza) at Chicago’s Drury Lane Theatre, Grand Hotel (Rafaella), Maltby/ Shire’s Take Flight (Lindbergh’s Mother) at The McCarter Theatre and Stage and Screen (Mira) at NJ Repertory. Anne is originally from San Francisco; she has lived/studied in France and Japan, where she toured extensively with the

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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY Tokyo Philharmonic. Northwestern University. Love and thanks to Mom and Dad for years of support, this one’s for sweet Derby. Woof. RICHIE CALL (Freddy Newlands, Ensemble) is happy to be back! Previous PTC credits include Osric (Hamlet), Mac (The Philadelphia Story), and Dr. Grayburn (Something’s Afoot). He received his MFA in acting from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. New York credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (American Globe Theatre) and Hamlet (Gorilla Rep). Richie lives in Logan, Utah, with his wife and four children, where he teaches at Utah State University and serves as a co-artistic director of the Lyric Repertory Company. BAILEY CUMMINGS (Swing), a junior in the Musical Theatre Program at the University of Utah. Recent credits include Hello, Dolly! (Ambrose Kemper) and A Funny Thing Happened…Forum (Protean 2) with the University of Utah, and Young Frankenstein: The Musical (Ensemble/Swing) at The Grand Theatre. Bailey spent the last summer at the Ohio Light Opera, preforming in six shows including Kiss Me Kate and Annie Get Your Gun. TAMARI DUNBAR (Ensemble) USU theater alumna and native Californian. East Coast: 12 Miles West, The Growing Stage, Dreamcatcher Rep and The Bickford Theater. Southern Utah: Tuacahn and SGMT. Logan: Seven seasons with Lyric Repertory Company. She was last seen in Sleeping Beauty’s Dream at Sting & Honey. Some of her favorite roles: Flo in Picnic, Amanda in Private Lives and Agnes in Dancing at Lughnasa. BAILEE JOHNSON (Young Meg Dawson) is excited to return to Pioneer Theatre Company after previously appearing in The Philadelphia Story and Annie. Locally, she has also appeared at Hale Centre

Theatre West Valley in A Tale of Two Cities, Zorro, Oklahoma, A Christmas Carol, and at Hale Center Theatre Orem in To Kill a Mockingbird. Film credits include 127 Hours, 17 Miracles, Christmas Oranges, The Christmas Dragon, Saturday’s Warrior, and Singing with Angels. Ms. Johnson gives a BIG thank you to Karen and the whole production team for this opportunity. JAMIE LANDRUM (Swing) is honored to return to Pioneer Theatre Company after making her debut last year as Valentine/ Ensemble in The Count of Monte Cristo. Originally from San Jose, California, Jamie is a junior pursuing her BFA in Musical Theatre at the University of Utah. She is so incredibly thankful for this opportunity! Endless gratitude to her family and friends for their unwavering support, and all her love to Noah. NATALIA NOBLE ( Jessie, Ensemble) is equally excited and humbled to be performing in her first PTC Production. Theatrical appearances include: Carrie White in Carrie: The Musical; Mary Lane in Reefer Madness; Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut in Avenue Q; Victoria Grant in Victor/Victoria; and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth; Film Credits: Moments of Clarity and The Big Sleep. Thanks to her family for their unyielding love. SETH PIKE (Young Gideon Fletcher) is ecstatic to be in a Pioneer Theatre Company production. He is currently a senior at Skyline High School where he has recently been in Fiddler on the Roof (Fyedka) and Urinetown (Bobby Strong). He is so excited for you to see this amazing show. ARIELLE SCHMIDT (Ensemble) is thrilled to be in her first production at Pioneer Theatre Company. Recent productions include Young Frankenstein (Inga), You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Sally) and A Funny Thing Happened

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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY on the Way to the Forum (Philia). She was seen in Ohio Light Opera’s 36th repertory season. Education: University of Utah Musical Theatre Program. CORY REED STEPHENS (Ensemble) recently made his Pioneer Theatre Company debut as a swing for The Count of Monte Cristo and is glad to be back. He holds a BFA in Music/Dance/Theatre from BYU and has worked for Disney in California, Tokyo, Orlando and Disney Cruise Line. Musical theatre experiences include The Drowsy Chaperone, The Wedding Singer, Catch Me If You Can, Ghost, The Addams Family, Little Shop of Horrors, and Footloose! You can see him soon in Hale Center Theatre’s production of Sister Act. Love to Friends, Family, and Joe.

KAREN AZENBERG (Director/Choreographer) This marks Karen Azenberg’s fifth season as Artistic Director at PTC. Last season she directed Fiddler on the Roof, The Rocky Horror Show Concert Version and It Happened One Christmas. In previous seasons she has directed and/or choreographed The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Rocky Horror Show, Alabama Story, The Music Man, Something’s Afoot, A Few Good Men, Sweet Charity, A Christmas Carol–The Musical, Next to Normal (Regional Premiere), Rent, Miss Saigon, and she created the musical staging for the record-breaking 2007 production of Les Misérables. Originally from New York, her work there includes Lyrics and Lyricists (92nd St. Y), Blocks (a collaboration with Jonathan Larson), Prom Queens Unchained, and choreography for Richard Greenberg’s The Dazzle (Roundabout). Other credits include national tours of Carousel

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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY and Brigadoon, West Side Story (over 15 productions), and productions at Indiana Rep, Geva, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Goodspeed, and many others. Karen is on the Board of the New York Musical Theatre Festival and a past President of the Stage Director and Choreographers Society (SDC). Her favorite productions are her son Alexander and her daughter Emelia. HELEN GREGORY (Musical Director) returning to conduct her eighth production for the Pioneer Theatre Company (Rent, In the Heights, Something’s Afoot, 25th Annual… Spelling Bee, Rocky Horror-2014 & 2015, Fiddler on the Roof). Thanks to Karen Azenberg for her friendship and for making my job fun, always. Off-Broadway credits include: NY Theatre Workshop, The Vineyard, Public Theatre, LaMama E.T.C. Regional theatres: Maltz Jupiter Theatre- (received 11 Carbonell nominations, Winner 2011 for Crazy For You), Asolo Repertory Theatre (Winner Sarasota Magazine Theatre Awards 2009- Best Musical Direction for Barnum), Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Alliance Theatre, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, The Goodman Theatre, Human Race Theatre Company, New Jersey Repertory Company, Paper Mill Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse & The Hangar Theatre. Helen lives in Durango, CO. In memory of my mother: Alice Gregory (1922-2016).

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JAMES NOONE (Scenic Design) returns after last year’s Cowgirls, and has worked for some of NYC’s most prestigious theatre companies including Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company and numerous others. Off-Broadway he designed the original productions of Terrance McNally’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Three Tall Women, the long-running solo shows Full Gallop and Fully Committed, Cowgirls and Breaking Legs, A Bronx Tale, Boys in the Band and the musical Ruthless. Broadway productions include Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Jekyll and Hyde, Class Act, The Persians, Judgment at Nuremberg, Night Must Fall, The Sunshine Boys, The Gin Game, A Bronx Tale and Come Back Little Sheba. He has designed national tours and at leading regional theatres across the country. His work in opera has been seen at Glimmerglass, NYC Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, and others. For television he designed Sweeney Todd, Candide, Passion, Camelot, Stephen Sondheim’s 80th Birthday Concert for PBS, and Company, seen in select movie theaters and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill for HBO. Awards include the Drama Desk, American Theatre Wing Design Award, two Helen Hayes Awards (DC), the LA Ovation Award, and two NAACP Theatre Design Awards. GREGORY GALE (Costume Design) returns after last year’s Cowgirls. Broadway: Cyrano de Bergerac, Tony Award nomination, Henry Hewes Design Award nomination, PBS Great Performances; Rock of Ages (plus London, Las Vegas, US National Tour, Toronto, Australia), Tony Award nomination, Henry Hewes Design Award nomination; Arcadia; The Wedding Singer, Drama Desk nomination; Urinetown, Lucille Lortel nomination (also US tour, Toronto); Band in Berlin. Off-Broadway: Gigantic (Vineyard); The Voysey Inheritance, Lucille Lortel Award, Henry Hewes Design Award nomination (Atlantic); The Milliner, Lucille Lortel nomination, The Third Story, Henry Hewes Design Award nomination (MCC); The Tribute Artist (Primary Stages); Now.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY Here. This. (Vineyard); Country Club, Drama Desk Nomination; The Torch-Bearers (Drama Dept). Opera: World Premiere of The Prince of Players for Houston Grand Opera; La Rondine (Opera Theater of St. Louis); The Magic Flute (Chicago Opera Theater); Camelot (Virginia Opera). Upcoming: world premiere ballet four->one at 92Y, Private Lives at Geva, Thoroughly Modern Mille at Goodspeed Musicals and the pre-broadway premiere of Douglas Carter Beane’s Hood at Dallas Center Theater. Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. gregorygale.com, instagram.com/gregory_gale/ MICHAEL GILLIAM (Lighting Designer) returns after last season’s Two Dollar Bill. Broadway credits include: Bonnie and Clyde, Brooklyn, Big River and Stand-Up Tragedy. West End credits: Gershwin Alone. Off-Broadway: Cagney The Musical, Tappin’ Thru Life, Mr. Joy, Striking 12, Blue, End of the World Party, Zooman and the Sign and Menopause The Musical. National tours include Peter Pan, Brooklyn, Guys and Dolls and Big River. Regional: Pioneer Theatre Company, Arena Stage, The Globe Theatres, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Repertory, The Goodman Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, The Pasadena Playhouse, The Geffen Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, The Prince Music Theatre, Denver Center and Arizona Theatre Company. Awards: Los Angeles Ovation Award, DramaLogue Award, Garland Award and the 1999 Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. JOSHUA C. HIGHT (Resident Sound Designer) A Graduate With Distinction of London’s Alchemea College of Audio Engineering, Hight comes to PTC with many years of experience in professional audio systems repair and design, and has established himself as an exceptional live sound engineer in both London and Salt Lake City. Hight is looking forward to a successful fourth season working in theater design with Pioneer Theatre Company. His other projects of note include working with Sommerset House for the 2012 Olympic Games, and PTC’s Elf—The Musical, A Few

Good Men, Much Ado About Nothing, Deathtrap, Sweet Charity, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Rocky Horror Show, One Man, Two Guvnors, Alabama Story, The Crucible, I Hate Hamlet, The Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof, Outside Mullingar, It Happened One Christmas, Two Dollar Bill, An Inspector Calls, Cowgirls and The Count of Monte Cristo. AMANDA FRENCH (Hair and Makeup) has been a Makeup and Hair Designer for over 25 years. She has worked for Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, The Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Utah Opera, Egyptian Theatre Company and the University of Texas at Austin. She is a contributing writer in the tenth edition of Stage Makeup by Corson, Glavan and Norcross, and her work can also be seen in The Costume Technician’s Handbook by Ingham and Covey, and Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre and Film by Ruskai and Lowery. She attended the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati where she studied with Hair and Makeup Designer Lenna Kaleva. She is a member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and a current University of Utah adjunct professor of wigs and makeup. CHRISTOPHER DUVAL (Resident Fight Choreographer) returns to Pioneer Theatre Company as Resident Fight Choreographer, having fight directed such productions as The Count of Monte Cristo, Deathtrap, I Hate Hamlet, and others. At PTC he played the role of Francis Henshall in One Man, Two Guvners and Don John in Much Ado About Nothing. He has also worked throughout the country acting, directing, or fight directing at such theatres as Syracuse Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Orange County, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Repertory Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Salt Lake Acting Company, Sacramento Theatre Company, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, and the Laguna Playhouse. He has worked at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for 17 years as a guest teacher, fight director and actor for such productions as Twelfth Night, Troilus and Cressida, Henry V, Great Expectations, River Bride,

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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, Othello, Robin Hood, Trip to Bountiful, Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Henry VI Parts 1-3, Noises Off, Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters and many others. He holds an MFA in Acting from the University of California Irvine, is a Certified Teacher of Stage Combat with the Society of American Fight Directors, a Master Teacher with Dueling Arts International, holds a 2nd degree black belt in Aikido, and is recognized as an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework. He is the author of “Stage Combat Arts: An Integrated Approach to Acting, Voice, and Text Work.” MARY P. COSTELLO* (Production Stage Manager) is joining Pioneer Theatre Company for her sixth season! Other PTC credits include: The Count of Monte Cristo, An Inspector Calls, It Happened One Christmas, Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man, The Crucible, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Rocky Horror Show, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Sweet Charity, Much Ado About Nothing, Elf—The Musical, Other Desert Cities, Something’s Afoot, Les Misérables, The Odd Couple, The Philadelphia Story, A Christmas Carol: The Musical, In the Heights, Man of La Mancha, Emma, Annie, The Tempest, Next to Normal and Rent. Other stage management teams include Indiana Repertory Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Boston Theatre Works, Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Proud Equity member. ALEX MARK* (Stage Manager) is happy to return to PTC, where he previously worked on The Count of Monte Cristo, Sweet Charity, Find and Sign, 42nd Street, Our Town, A Christmas Story, and A Chorus Line, among others. A native of Salt Lake, he now makes his home in New York City. Broadway credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Orphans, The Columnist, and Good People, as well as Lincoln Center Theater’s Off-Broadway production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. BA, Middlebury College. ANALYSHA MULCOCK (1st Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to return to this position with Pioneer Theatre Company after working on The Count of Monte Cristo, It Happened One

Christmas, Cowgirls, The Rocky Horror Show, The Music Man, The Crucible, Alabama Story, Peter and the Starcatcher, One Man, Two Guvnors, Sweet Charity, A Few Good Men and Something’s Afoot. Some of her other credits include A Flea in Her Ear (Babcock Theatre), Geography Club (Studio 115), Rare Bird (Babcock Theatre), and Sylvia and Songs for a New World (Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts). She would like to thank her family for all of their love and support. EMILY NACRISSA GRIFFITH (2nd Assistant Stage Manager) graduated from UVU with a Bachelor of Science in Theatre Arts with emphases in performance and design/ technology. Emily earned the Kennedy Center’s Meritorious Achievement Award for Excellence in the Stage Management Fellowship for her work as the production stage manager of UVU’s Next to Normal, which received the national award for Outstanding Production of a Play. SARAH SHIPPOBOTHAM (Dialect Coach) is a Full Professor and Head of the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. Her work as dialect coach for Pioneer Theatre Company includes productions of Outside Mullingar, One Man, Two Guvnors, Something’s Afoot, A Christmas Carol: The Musical, In the Heights, Sunset Boulevard, Our Town, Dial ‘M’ for Murder, The Light in the Piazza, Noises Off, Sherlock Holmes and the West End Horror, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Mousetrap, Communicating Doors, Joyful Noise, A View From the Bridge and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Shippobotham has also worked for Salt Lake Acting Company, coaching The Overwhelming, Going to St. Ives, The Beard of Avon, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde and White People. She also works as the Resident Voice and Dialect Coach for The Shaw Festival in Canada. She was the Additional Dialect Coach on The Hobbit films. ALEXANDRA HARBOLD (Dramaturg) has served as Dramaturg on PTC’s An Inspector Calls, I Hate Hamlet, and Of Mice and Men, as Assistant Director on Emma, and acted in Hamlet and the Play-By-Play readings of Slow Food and A Public Education. Recent projects: directing Climbing

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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY with Tigers (Salt Lake Acting Company/Flying Bobcat), Tribes (SLAC), and Picnic (The Grand Theatre). Upcoming: directing Self Defense, or death of some salesmen (U of U’s Studio 115) and acting in Hand to God (SLAC). Education: Masters, University of London Goldsmiths; BA, Middlebury College; SITI Summer Intensive. Alexandra is Co-founder and Co-Artistic Director of Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory. STING (Music and Lyrics) Composer, singer, author, actor, and activist, Sting has earned 16 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, three Oscar nominations, and has sold close to 100 million albums from his combined work with The Police and as a solo artist. He is a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and received the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2014. Sting has appeared in more than 15 films and authored two books, including the New York Times best-selling memoir, Broken Music. His fourteenth solo album is inspired by the story of The Last Ship, his acclaimed Broadway musical for which he composed the music and lyrics and received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Original Score. The Last Ship, named Best Musical of 2014 by USA Today, draws upon his memories of the shipbuilding community of Wallsend in the North East of England. His support for human rights organizations such as the Rainforest Fund, co-founded with his wife Trudie Styler in 1989, mirrors his art in its universal outreach. www.sting.com. JOHN LOGAN (Book) received the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critic Circle and Drama League awards for his play Red. This play premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in London and at the Golden Theatre on Broadway. Since then Red has had more than 200 productions across the U.S. and has been presented in over 30 countries. In 2013, his play Peter and Alice premiered in London and I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers opened on Broadway. He co-wrote (with Brian Yorkey) the book for the musical The Last Ship and is the author of more than a dozen other plays including Never the Sinner and Hauptmann. As a screenwriter,

Logan has been three times nominated for the Oscar and has received a Golden Globe, BAFTA and WGA Award. His film work includes Skyfall, Spectre, Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator, Rango, Genius, Coriolanus, Sweeney Todd, The Last Samurai, Any Given Sunday and RKO 281. He also wrote and produced Penny Dreadful for Showtime. BRIAN YORKEY (Book) received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the 2009 Tony Award for Best Score, for Next to Normal. Brian was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Next to Normal, and his work on the show earned him the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score. He partnered again with the Next to Normal team on If/Then (Tony Award Nominee for Best Score) starring Idina Menzel. Brian co-wrote the libretto for The Last Ship (Outer Critic’s Nomination, with John Logan), with a score by Sting. Additional theatre credits include Making Tracks, which has played off-Broadway and regionally, the musical adaptation of Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet and the play, Book of Jobs with Alex Glover. Brian has directed off-Broadway and regionally and for seven years was associate artistic director at Village Theatre in Washington state, one of the nation’s leading producers of new musicals. He’s a graduate of Columbia University, where he was artistic director of the Varsity Show, an alum of the BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and the WGA. ROB MATHES (Arrangements) is an Emmywinning, Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated arranger/composer, music producer/director and singer/songwriter. Rob has produced recordings by Sting (his last 3 records), Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Beth Hart, Vanessa Williams, Bettye LaVette, Matthew Morrison and the band Panic at The Disco. He is an Emmy winner for his yearly music direction of the Kennedy Center Honors for CBS and he arranged and was music director on Sting’s world tour with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. As an arranger, Rob has written orchestrations for a number of stars all over the stylistic spectrum from Elton John, Tony Bennett, Celine Dion,

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WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY and Tim McGraw to Lou Reed, Mavis Staples, Jay Z, Lenny Kravitz, Sade, Eric Clapton, Avril Lavigne, Beck, Aretha Franklin, Hall and Oates, Harry Connick Jr., Fall Out Boy, Butch Walker, and Mariah Carey, also working with Classical artists such as Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt and Yo Yo Ma. He was nominated for a Best Original Score Emmy twice for the HBO movie Thurgood, starring Lawrence Fishburne and the HBO documentary Herblock. He co-wrote a number of songs with Sting for his most recent album The Last Ship (featuring songs written for Sting’s first musical). Rob is an alumnus of Berklee College Of Music and studied counterpoint, harmony and orchestration for many years with Composer Myron Fink (SUNY-Purchase, Hunter College). BOB CLINE (Casting) is the founder of Bob Cline Casting in New York City, and Broadway World recently named him one of New York’s ten best. He has cast film, TV, commercials, over 70 national tours, and numerous regional theaters across the country. Independently, or

in his association with Rich Cole since 1994, he has cast for the Pioneer Theatre Company, The Fulton Theatre, Maltz-Jupiter Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and many, many others. Bob is also a proud faculty member in Pace University’s Theatre program in charge of the Senior BFA musical theatre majors, for the last 10 years. Nights when he is not directing shows, he can be found directing students in one of the two audition classes he teaches weekly, for the last 18 years, through The Actor’s Loft. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) founded in 1913 represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www. actorsequity.org.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION Emergency Exits are indicated to your right and left in the theatre. Please identify the exit closest to your seat location in case an emergency occurs. The videotaping, photographing or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. This includes photos taken by phone. CELLULAR PHONES, CAMERAS AND PAGERS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE THEATRE. Even if set to silent or vibrate, they may disrupt wireless sound equipment. Please either leave your phone in your car or check it at the coat check. “TEXTING” is disturbing to the actors, and your fellow audience members. Please refrain from use. If you might need to be reached during a performance, leave your exact seat location with the box office. The number for emergency calls is 801-581-6963. We have a hearing assistance system that allows our hardof-hearing patrons to sit in any seat in the house. Collateral required; inquire at the coat check. We welcome disabled persons. Those with special requirements should request assistance in advance. Refreshments are not permitted in the auditorium, but are available in the main floor lobby during intermission and pre-show.

Bottled water is allowed. Smoking is not permitted in University buildings. Please ask ushers for smoking locations. Evening performances are at 7:00 p.m. Monday thru Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Saturday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Please avoid arriving after curtain time. To avoid disturbing other patrons, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the House Manager. This policy has been instituted at the request of many of our patrons. Season ticket holders may exchange their tickets for another performance of the same play by returning tickets to the box office at least 48 hours prior to the performance date. Tickets are non-refundable. You may donate your tickets, helping yourself and Pioneer Theatre Company. If you are unable to attend a production, make a tax-deductible gift of your tickets to the Theatre so that we may re-sell them. Call the box office 48 hours prior to the performance date. The Patron Services staff will serve you from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. During the run of a show, the box office is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. No children under age 5 admitted to performances.

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FRIENDS OF PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY Pioneer Theatre Company Board of Trustees Harris H. Simmons, Chair Co-Budget Chair Mark Capone Stan D. VanderToolen Karen Azenberg Gregory N. Barrick Sandi Behnken Colleen Larkin Bell G. Marsden Blanch, M.D. Nate Boyer Doyle Clayburn Fred Esplin

Dan Lofgren, Vice Chair and Development Chair

Marketing Chair Todd Wolfenbarger

Nominating Chair Kevin R. Murray

Christian Gardner David H. Green Pat Hemingway Christopher Lino Matthew L. Moore Gregory D. Phillips Lamont R. Richardson Carolyn Schubach

William Stern Raymond Tymas-Jones, Ph.D. Ruth V. Watkins, Ph.D. Gage Williams Emeritus A. Scott Anderson Edward F. Bates William H. Child

Long Range Planning Chair Linda Leckman, M.D. Paul M. Durham Spencer F. Eccles David E. Gee Kathie Horman James Macfarlane Peter D. Meldrum Bruce T. Reese J. Douglas Whisenant

Pioneer Theatre Guild Officers Doyle Clayburn, President Caprene Thompson, President-Elect Peggy Stanley, Vice President Carol Gibson, Secretary Kris Burton, Treasurer For information regarding PTC Guild membership, call Heather at 801-554-3071.

Corporate, Foundation, and Public Support Pioneer Theatre Company is pleased to recognize the many businesses, foundations, public institutions, and corporate sponsors that support our mission. Thank you for your generous contributions. Season Sponsors Salt Lake County Zoo Arts and Parks Fund

Presenting Sponsors ($50,000 and above) Emma Eccles Jones Foundation

Meldrum Foundation

Harris H. and Amanda P. Simmons Family Foundation

Zions Bank

Executive Producers ($25,000 – $49,999) George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

MediaOne + Questar Corporation

The Shubert Foundation Simmons Family Foundation

Anonymous R. Harold Burton Foundation College of Fine Arts Art Pass Program

L. T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation Marriner S. Eccles Foundation Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation

Cowboy Partners Durham Jones & Pinegar Holland & Hart, LLP

Myriad Genetics, Inc. Charles Maxfield and Gloria F. Parrish Foundation

American Express Matching Gifts Anonymous Donor Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation

Goldman Sachs & Co. Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation Parr Brown Gee & Loveless PwC

Ancestry Anserfone + Boyer Company Delvie’s Plastics, Inc. +

Deseret Mutual Benefit Advisors Ernst & Young Gastronomy, Inc. + Love Communications

Anonymous Donor ADP Foundation Bank of American Fork Beans & Brews + Boeing Buds Sandwiches + Cambia Health Solutions Corner Bakery Café + EnergySolutions +

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund GE Foundation IBM International Foundation I.C. Group + Richard H. and Joann O. Keller Family Foundation KeyBank The Leonardo + Massage Center +

Steiner Foundation, Inc. Utah Division of Arts and Museums

Producers ($10,000 – $24,999) The Robert D. Kent, Jr. Trust Pioneer Theatre Guild W. Mack and Julia S. Watkins Foundation

Wheeler Foundation Wells Fargo

Benefactors ($5,000 – $9,999) Phillips Ryther & Winchester S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation

Salt Lake City Arts Council

Directors Club ($2,500 – $4,999) George Q. Morris Foundation — In Memory of Gabrielle M. Woods My Good Fund Trust Robert and Barbara Patterson Family Memorial Foundation

Riverton Music The Summit Group U.S. Bank Foundation

Associates ($1,000 – $2,499) John and Marcia Price Family Foundation Snow, Christensen & Martineau Foundation

Thompson Michie Associates LLC Travelers Matching Gifts University Federal Credit Union WCF Insurance

General Partners (up to $999) Microsoft Matching Gifts Program The Natural History Museum of Utah + Real Salt Lake + Red Butte Garden + Spitz + State Farm Insurance Cos. Strong & Hanni, Law Firm Thanksgiving Point + The King’s English +

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Utah’s Hogle Zoo + Utah Museum of Fine Arts + Utah Shakespeare Festival + Wilcox-Smith Foundation The Williams Companies, Inc. Xerox Corporation XMission L.C. +


FRIENDS OF PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY Special Gifts Gifts to capital projects, artistic programming, and endowments secure the future of Pioneer Theatre Company. The donors listed are recognized for their important contributions to sustaining and enhancing artistic excellence. Planned Gifts Sally Boynton-Murray • Normon S. • and Grace R. Higson • Chris Lino and Colleen Lindstrom Diane L. Parisi The Estate of Margot L. Shott • deceased Play-By-Play Anonymous (3) Barbara Margaret Bannon Mary L. Barnes Devin Calcut Leslie Calvert David L. Click Scott Eckern On behalf of Equality Utah Goldman Sachs Matching Gifts

Matthew L. Moore William Stern Michael and Donna Weinholtz Mark A. Fossen Dennis Gardner Helen Harbold Mary Heers Jason L. Hoggan Lee and Audrey Hollaar Linda Leckman, M.D. Doralee D. Madsen Harriet Mazer Michael and Jan Pazzi Carolyn Rich-Denson Sarah Shippobotham Harris and Amanda Simmons Cynthia Spoor Richard Lee Wailes, Jr.

Ruth Weisman Wells Fargo Matching Gifts Special Projects Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation Tom Jepperson Meldrum Foundation Mattsson Memorial Fund William and Donna Vogel

Kem and Carolyn Gardner Francis and Joan Hanson Laurel J. Hart In Memory of Shannon Elizabeth and Amanda LaRae Maxwell Steve and Alisa Parks Questar Corporation In Memory of Mars Spafard Richard Christopher Zarek

Spoor Endowment Meldrum Foundation Endowment Chris Lino Fund The Peter and Susan Stevens Meldrum Foundation Endowment PTC True and Quasi Endowments Susan Dolan Stevens and Peter Stevens Rodney Anderson Roger and Sara Boyer

Annual Fund Support From Individuals Individual Sponsors ($5,000 and above) Most individual donors to PTC choose to support the general work of the company. There are also opportunities to contribute gifts of $5,000 or more to specific productions or projects. For more information call 801-581-6960. Judy Brady and Drew W. Browning

Hank and Pat Hemingway

Estate of Grace R. Higson

Roger and Mary Lowe Errol Remington +

Directors Club ($2,500 – $4,999) The Directors Club is a giving level recognizing donors who make an annual contribution of $2,500 or more to PTC. Members of the Directors Club receive exclusive benefits throughout the theatre season. For more information call 801-585-3196. Gregory N. Barrick Bonnie Jean and H. Brent Beesley Sandi Behnken Lynette and Marsden Blanch Kristina and Kenneth Burton Mark and Kelly Capone Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Paul and Maren Durham

James H. and Mary Ann Gardner David E. and Sherrie Gee Kathie and Chuck Horman Tom and Carol Jepperson * Dale A. and Rachel B. Kimball Linda J. Leckman, M.D. Robert Lence Lofgren Family

Anonymous Donor (2) Art and Rita Brothers Michael and Alison Brown Margaret Cragin-Masarone Tim and Candace Dee In Honor of The Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation

Elizabeth Terry Dunning Ann W. Floor + Dennis and Sherrie Gardner Frederick P., Jr. and Janet L. Geyser Bob and Mary Gilchrist Devon M. and Julie H. Glenn Cynthia Spoor and Doug Howard

Anonymous Donors (2) Christine A. Allred John and Linda Ashton Karen Azenberg and Augie Mericola Mary Anne Berzins In Memory of L. Sue Biederman C. Kim and Jane C. Blair Kenneth and Karen Brewster Michael M. Brock Randall J. and Suzan S. Buchmiller * Bruce and Lynn Cohne Philanthropic Fund Morlene Dangerfield Craig and Stephanie Darrow

Al Davis Ashby and Anne Cullimore Decker Michael D. Drews Robert and Liz Ence Chesley and Amy Erickson Andrea Flynn Glen and Elizabeth Gerner Bob and Mary Gilchrist Doris and David Gillette In Honor of Ruth Hale Peter and Jan Haug Nancy Melich and J.Alexander Hemphill Bruce and Saundra Hopkins Larry and Tina Howard

James L. and Carol C. Macfarlane Peter and Catherine Meldrum Kevin R. and Deon Murray Alan Overmoe Michael and Jan Pazzi Gregory D. and Cynthia Phillips Edna Firmage Richards Richard Koehn and Sheryl Scott

James M. Steele Kevin and Alice Steiner Julie and Val Stokes R. Eric and Michele Thompson * Karen Salzman and Craig Turner Stan and Jill VanderToolen * Chris and Heather Watkins + Todd and Michelle Wolfenbarger

Associates ($1,000 – $2,499) David and Linda Jolley Sheldon R. Furst and Ellen Liu Doralee Madsen Nickie and David McDowell Nancy and George D. Melling Matthew L. Moore * Brenda Mueggenborg

John Netto and Catherine PutnamNetto Scott K. and Margery Durham Sorensen Tom Whitney + Wood Whitney +

Angels ($500 – $999) Elise Hutchings Brent and Eve James Edward Ashwood and Candice Johnson Greg Hatch and Terry Kogan + Chris Lino David and Donna Lyon Mary McCarthey James and Karen Nelson Oren and Liz Nelson Melina Nicolatus Diane L. Parisi John and Susanne Parsons Karen F. and Leon Peterson Wayne and Robyn Petty

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In Memory of Suzann Pyper Amy Wadsworth and David Richardson Zoe and Lon Richardson, Jr. Brian and Janice Ruggles Harold and Debbie Rust In Memory of Darlene Sackett Lou Ann Stevens Tom and Marsha Swegle Julia and Hugh West Barbara Wheat David and Jeralynn Winder Christine Wilkerson


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FRIENDS OF PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY Patrons ($125 – $499) Anonymous Donors (10) Mons Aase Kjersten Adams Craig and Joanna Adamson Dominic and Virginia Albo Ken and Susan Albrecht Darlene Alley Susan Allred Gloria and Irwin Altman Carol A. and James A. Anderson Eric and Judy Anderson Robert and Lois Archuleta George J. Ator Sandra and Marc Babitz Brett Backman Bryan and Tina Bagley Jim and Martha Bale Linda K. Ballard Don Barlow Lynn and Diane Barnett Lonnie and Jill Baskett Beth Q. Beck Reed and Jeanne Benson Eric Biederman John S. Bolinder Jerry and Marcella Borrowman Maxine and Junior Bounous Drs. Glen and Anneli Bowen Kendall and Margie Brown John P. and Andrea M. Burke Peggy Redford and Richard Buxton Christine and Devin Calcut Kenneth M. and Barbara L. Calney Doug and Barbara Campbell Art and Luana Casper Martin Cathey Robert and Barbara Cherrington Douglas and Laraine Christensen Edward and Carleen Clark Robert R. Clark Amalia L. Cochran Kathie and Marshall Coopersmith Dr. and Mrs. Leland B. Cowan Emily Crane Debbie Davis Carol Day David and Jacqueline Deike Steven and Celia Demman John Doane Anne and Sandy Dolowitz David Dolowitz

Wilma and Willie Dolowitz Carrie and Randy Drown John S. and Evelyn B. Edwards Mark and Laurie Eliason Drs. Richard C. and Ann W. Engar Lars and Susan Erickson James and Ruth Ewers Robert L. and Alice M. Ezell * Leah B. Felt Dane and Kathy Finerfrock Kathy and Craig Fineshriber Larry and Shirley Florence Sarah George and Richard Ford Jan and Stan Foutz John and Cathey Frederick Camille Fung Don and Doris Gale * Dennis C. Gassman Pat and Donna Gavura Kristin Wann Gorang Ralph Grames Marian Green Clair and Vivian Hadley Scott A. and Loree D. Hagen Beth C. and Peter T. Hanlon Ken and Gerry Hanni Frank Heath Ross Owen and Larry Herndon Susie and Mark Hindley W.K. and Janeal P. Hodges Michael and Katherine Hodkin Jason Hoggan Ervin R. and Jennifer Holmes Barry N. Holmstead John and Carol Huffman Randy and Nikki Huizenga Dan Humiston and Jackie GianniniHumiston Maria and Andrew Hunt Karen Hyde Gilbert H. and Thelma P. Iker Amy Haselhorst and Richard Irons Bruce and Rhonda Irvine Barbara H. and C. Gresham Ivey Danelle and Paul Jensen Randy and Liz Jensen Michele and Dave Jenson Bruce and Maxine Johnson Mark Johnson Ben and Jenn Kalm Jim and Maggie Kearns

Anonymous Donors (6) Carolyn Abravanel John and Sheryl Allen Natalie Allen-Williams Kathy Aller Bob and Eleanor Anderson Diane Anderson Kirk M. Anderson Jeanine Andrews

James M. Anjewierden In Memory of Mary G. Asson Martin W. Backer Robert L. Backman Enid Baker Charles Ball Laura Ballantyne Barbara Bannon Almina Barksdale

Dr. Robert and Julie Kessler The Kohlburrn Family The Kraiss Family Joan M. and Douglas S. Lake Guttorm and Claudia Landro Richard and Connie Larrabee Frank and Barbara Layden Darryl and Bonnie Lee Richard C. and Tracy P. Lee Barbara Leiser James L. Moore and Kathryn Lindquist Bradley P. Rich and Dr. Erika Lloyd Helga and Herbert Lloyd Donald and Louise Lochhead Uri Loewnstein Bonnie R. Macfarlane David and Elizabeth Mahas Ronald and Danece Mangone Gary and Ruth Manville Dan and Debbie Markosian Sue Marquardt Rick and Bonnie Marston David and Virginia Martin J. Michael and Mary Mattsson Karen McArthur John M. and Christine McCullough Peggy P. McElvain Frank and Diane McElwain Brook and Terry Mercer Walter Merrill Cyndy and Louis Miller Cyndee Miya Dave and Melanie Morgan Tony and Mary Ann Morgan James Moss Michael E. Nash Sara Lee Neill Tim and Peggy J. Newman Brenda Nibley William D. Ohlsen Carol M. Oliver Maura and Serge Olszanskyj Kristi and Jeff Oritt Gerry Orr Ted and Kay Packard James and Bonnie Parkin Helen Patterson Dinesh and Kalpana Patel David and Elodie Payne Lewis Boynton and Sonja Penttila Joe Perrin

Fred Lowell Petersen Robert and Virginia Peterson Frank and Patrica Pignanelli Nancy Pitstick Gary Pitts Laszlo and Sandra Preysz Karen and James Pugmire George C. Rackham, Jr. Beth and Marv Rallison Kay and Richard Randle Barbara S. and John S. Reid Joan Rice Carolyn Rich-Denson Brenda L. Richardson David E. Richmond Kathleen and Michael Rodman Keri and L. Clark Romney Christopher and Kori Russell Irene Cannon Salahor Mr. and Mrs. James Schnitz Kent and LaRae Scott Michael Scott and Loretta Falvo-Scott David and Julianne Seal Harry and Becky Senekjian Thomas and Joan Shreeve Stuart and Mary Silloway Ralph and Kayleen Simmons Patricia and Homer Smith Sharon and Terry Smith Zachary S. Smith Marvin E. and Kathryn T. Smullen Charles and Janice Sparrer Robert A. and Julie A. Sperling Mary O. Stanley Martin D. and Lynda P. Steed * William L. and Saundra Stone Russell T. and Sandra Strauss George Sumner and Tina Hose-Sumner Bangs and Fran Tapscott Del Roy and Joyce D. Taylor Guy L. and Elaine Thompson Julienne Thompson Cindy and Mark Vernon Stefanie Voigt Gwen and Clare Wardle Richard and Karla Webb Mike and Jeanne Weber Henry O. Whiteside Beverly Wilcox P. Yogman and D. Walker Tod and Mary Young

Contributors ($50 – $124) Joyce and John Barnes Mary L. Barnes Casey Barnett Robert Kyle Barnett Douglas and Jill Barnhart Rachel L. Bates Brett and Janeen Bawden Randy Tillery and Rachel Benator Henri Berry

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FRIENDS OF PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY Tom and Debra Burdett In Memory of Beth C. Burdett + Leeaine Welch Burnett Jonathan Call Brad and Leslie Campbell Gina Caruso-Flynn Chiyoko Chiba Katherine Ann Chadey In Memory of Joann Robinson Freed Chavre Blake and Tonya L. Christensen Hal M. Christensen Michele Christiansen Ray and Bobbie Christiansen Geraldine Clark Carlyle and Shanna Clarke Patricia and John Clay Patti and Scott Clements Paula R. Coleman Florencia Coletes Kay Conder Dennis W. Coon Hilary Coon Joshua J. Cummings Laura D’Anna James Dabakis Earl C. and Linda R. Dallon William Daniloff Michael and Rebecca Davis Ryan D. Davis Verlie G. Delange Kathy and Lawrence Derrick Thomas J. Devereux James R. Dickson Kyle Dillingham Bob and Sue Dintelman Joyce and Jack Dolcourt Robert Doran Dennis Dougherty Suzanne H. Doutre Ruth R. Draper Polly Drolett Rebecca D. Duberow H. Clay Dyer Natalia Efros Steve Eklund Susan Elder Walter and Gloria Elston Jeannine Engel Brent Evans Kenneth Ryan Falkner Barbara Fasenmyer Ralph and Patricia Faulkner Kent Fawcett Shirley Felt Robert M. Finlayson Kevin Flannery Lou Jean Flint

Clynn and Katherine Ford George and Felicia Ford Cecelia H. Foxley Dan Freed Family Carolyn C. Fredin Richard K. Frerichs Marisa A. Frost Denise W. Ferguson Cara Galleni Jean Gardner Marc and Carol Gentner Jaimie Glauser Ralph L. Gochnour Jerry and Linda Good Lewis and Ceselie Goodwin Janice Gordon John E. and Anabel W. Greenlee Leslie H. Greenwood Judy Grow Maxine R. Haggerty Patricia K. Hall Francis and Joan Hanson Cozette and Michael Hardy Virginia Harris Alan and Rosena Heal Patti Hendricks Robert C. Heitkamp Duane Hill Randy and Susan Hollis Robert and Virginia Huber Robert N. Imhoff Steven and Jean Ingleby Vince Iturbe Scott Jackson Jill Johnson Karen Johnsen Alana Jonat Kathy Jorgensen Beverly Joseph David Jubelirer Wayne Kaba Frank and Dorothy Karras Carolyn Kelley W.S. Kendall Jennie Kerr Shirley and Robert Knox Tatyana Koshevaya Xan Kotter Stan and Sophie Kouris Carolyn Kowalchik Bonnie Lantz Allie Lechtenberger Howard and Nancy Lemcke Robert Lenz Karin and Steve Liimatta Joan Lind Colleen R. Lindstrom Diane Luke Elaine Lyon

Ralph R. and Sylvia S. Mabey Richard W. MacArthur Kevin Mack Cleo and Max Malan Darcia Mallory-Gordon Randy Eugene Mann Ted and Shirley Marakis Andy and Tammy Marks John David Marks, Sr. Sue S. Martin Jerry G. and Marcia C. McClain Dr. Johanna and Jack McManemin Richard R. and Jean H. Miller Robert Miller Bonnie Mitchell Kathy Moore Paul and Marilyn Moore Nick Morgan Stephen and Sandy Morgan Judi and John Morrell Sue and Fred Morris Julie Morriss Patricia Mortensen Robyn Raybould and Ross Mosier Joni Moss Robert C. and Carol S. Moss Sharon Murphy Denis and Leona Muskat Maura K. Naughton Bonnie Nell John and Jennifer Newman Timothy E. Nielsen Rosalie Notarianni Jean and Ralph Nuismer J. Nunn Patti O’Keefe Tracy O’Keefe Patrick F. O’Neal Chris and Linda Oberle Sharon Odekirk Linda B. Purcell Ogden Julie Olson June M. Openshaw Tim Orton Winnifred and John Ospital Nathan L. and Jennifer A. Pace Kollin Packer Wayne Padgett Linda D. Page Amy Palmer Kirsten Park Lynda Parker Ron and Mage Parker Nancy Parker Robert W. Payne Megan B. Pedersen

Linda S. Pembroke Alecia Peterson Ian Peterson Wendy W. Phippen Colleen Pierce James and Barbara Pierson Van Pilkington Carol Prince Molly Prince Brian and Cindi K. Pugmire Roger and Susan Pyper Elaine Randolph Dr. Robert L. Rayburn Tammy Richards Barbara R. Miller Ridges Ben and Kathy Roa Susan J. Roberts Thomas A. and Maria E. Roberts J. Kyle and JoAnn K. Robertson Julie Robideau Dr. John and Mary Jo Robinson Michael B. Robinson Janet Rogers Mark and Mary Ellen Rosen Thom and Shirley Rossa Alan Rowley Rosellee Rowley Mike Roylance Leonard and Alene Russon Howard Safran Jane and Kent Sakashita Rachel and Andrew Sackett C. Duwayne and Alice C. Schmidt Steven Schimmelpfennig Larry P. Schumann Mary Beth Scholand Madalyn S. and James Seaman Matthew Seely Tina Seferos Sara Sexton-Lewis Nanci Shino Michal Shorten Wesley Sine Barbara L. Sluder A.J. and Leah Smith Deborah Smith Kevin L. Smith Roger and Shirley Sorenson Julie Spelman Luann Spendlove Stuart Stanek Sharon and Robert Steensma N. Kay Stevenson Tamara Stevenson Elizabeth B. Stewart

Thomas L. Stewart William and Susan Stillgebauer Kathy Stoker Shannon and Richard Straight Annie and Cory Strupp Kirk Stueber Richard and Carlyn Sweet Jennifer E. Swenson Marsha Tadje Irene Tannenbaum Jen Taylor John and Leigh Ann Taylor Laila Tedford Anne Carson Thompson Douglas N. Thompson and Mary Lynne Thompson Joel and Pamela Thompson Denis P. Tillman Kathy D. Van Orman Cari VandeVeegaete Liz and Joseph Veltri Nona Vernon Dave and Barb Viskochil Bill and Heidi Vriens Christopher William Wade Jan D. Wall In Memory of Carleen A. Wallace Christopher L. Wasden Stephen Jeffrey Watson David and Shauna Weight Jeff Weight Sylvia Weight David Felt and Lynda Wendel David and Dixie West Sam and Kate Wheatley Charles T. White Tina R. Whitehead Helen R. Wight Brian R. Wilkin Elizabeth Williamson Patty J. Willoughby Ben Wilson Toni Wiseman Kyle S. Witt Jody Wong Karen Wood Melora Wood Wendy Woodbury Nancy G. Woodward Arriann Woolf Sally Wyne Betty and Frank Yanowitz Nancy Young Andrey Zharkikh

The donors acknowledged above made gifts and pledges between April 28, 2015 and September 2, 2016. +In-Kind Donation * This donor is recognized at the gift level equal to their donation plus a corporate match. Make your gift go further: Check to see if your company has a matching gift program. If you have any changes or questions regarding your program listing, please call 801-585-3196. 42 | THE LAST SHIP


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PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY STAFF ARTISTIC STAFF Artistic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Azenberg Resident Scenic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Maxwell Resident Fight Choreographer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher DuVal Resident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua C. Hight PRODUCTION STAFF Production Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed Rossbach Technical Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Mack Production Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary P. Costello* Charge Artist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Jensen Scenic Artist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda McMall Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cara Pomeroy, Shane Rogers Props Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Nelson Stage Technicians. . . . . . Michael Begue, Tori Howsden, Megan Koretz Audio Technician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Bashaw Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K.L. Alberts Asst. Costume Shop Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . Wendy Schow-Massine Drapers/Cutters. . . . . . . . . . . Misty Reubens, Wendy Schow-Massine Margo Seamons First Hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K.L. Alberts Master Tailor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Pesek Stitchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn Jensen, Colleen Pierce Costume Crafts and Painting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arlene Lind-Watson Asst. Costume Crafts and Painting. . . . Arika Schockmel, Lesli Spencer Wig Master. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda French Wig Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate Casalino Wardrobe Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Andrews Costume Rental Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Do’nel Ault Master Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Masek Assistant Master Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenifer Christensen Electricians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Hadden, Lee Hollaar, Jacob Hunt, Les Pendergraft, William Peterson, Naomi Wager, Menolly White

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Managing Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Lino Box Office/Patron Services Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . Colleen Lindstrom House Manager/Asst. Patron Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Weisman Patron Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . Brigham Bagnes, Jenifer Christensen, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Auriana Flinders, Uaea Masina, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sasha Pinegar, Caprice Schulte, Breean Taylor Business Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Llenares Asst. Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Bennett Managing Associate/Company Manager. . . . . . . . . . . John Geertsen Concessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lizzy Anderson, Amanda Bowen, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atisha Gupta, Gwen Porter, Whitney Stephens Director of Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diane L. Parisi Director of Annual Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlin Spas Development Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Bowen Director of Marketing & Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirsten Park Publicity Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sasha Patane Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander Weisman/Brent Uberty Administrative Intern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Rubin ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE LAST SHIP AEA Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Mark* 1st Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analysha Mulcock 2nd Assistant Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Nacrissa Griffith Assistant to the Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Andrews Assistant to the Lighting Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David DeCarolis Live Mix Engineer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Hubbard Light Board Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Masek Head Spot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alicia Carlson Rail/Deck Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenifer Christensen, William Hadden, Site Li, Graham Melton, Kelsey Petersen, Rebecca Seely Follow Spot Operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . Malcolm Brodie, Naomi Wager Audio Second. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Doenges Wardrobe Running Crew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alyssa Bell, Andrew Cortes, Zoë Fetters, Ariana Hatch, Adan Jorq, Ana Lemke, Jodie Liebowitz, Amy Livingston, . Haley Nowicki, Talia Ricci, Amber Rolfe, Geoff Rosenberg, Madeline Slack, Daniel Streed

*The theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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