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2American SongAccess Deaf or Hard of Hearing Services: The Quadracci Powerhouse (QP) and the Stiemke Studio are equipped with an infrared listening system which ensures clarity of sound from any seat in the house. Performances are offered in American Sign Language for a Thursday evening of all QP productions and one Sunday matinee for all Stiemke Studio productions. We also offer a Captioned Theater performance during the second to last Sunday matinee performance of all QP productions. Please call The Rep Ticket Office at 414-224-9490 for more information. Script synopses are available upon request for QP and Stiemke Studio productions by calling 414-224-1761.
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4American SongMark Clements Chad Bauman Artistic Director Managing Director March 15-April 10, 2016 Quadracci Powerhouse A member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Directed by Mark Clements Scenic Designer Daniel Conway Lighting Designer Jason Fassl Projections Designer Jared Mezzocchi Dialect Coach Jill Walmsley Zager Costume Designer Leslie Vaglica Sound Designer Barry G. Funderburg Dramaturg Brent Hazelton Casting Director JC Clementz Stage Manager Sarah Deming-Henes* By Joanna Murray-Smith World Premiere Event
We’d like to thank all of our guest responders for their time and for their willingness to participate. You will be able to see a video tape of their response at www.MilwaukeeRep.com the day after their scheduled date.
April 3rd, 2:00pm James Causey, Editorial writer and columnist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
ACT II
March 31st, 7:30pm Justice Janine Geske, former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice April 1st, 8:00pm Deanna Singh, Executive Director of the Burke Foundation April 2nd, 4:00pm Hannah Rosenthal, President & CEO of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation
March 18th, 8:00pm Dr. Darienne Driver, Milwaukee Public Schools’ Superintendent March 19th, 4:00pm Nik Clark, Chairman & President of Wisconsin Carry Inc.
March 27th, 7:00pm Stephen Hargarten MD, Professor & Chair at the Medical College of Wisconsin
April 2nd, 8:00pm Attorney Patrick Dunphy, Co-Founder of Cannon & Dunphy S.C. and chief lawyer for the plaintiffs in the Badger Guns negligence suit
April 6th, 1:30pm Sergeant Al Grosczyk, Milwaukee Police Department April 7th, 10:30am Jordan Lee, Program Director, 88.9 April 7th, 7:30pm Eric Von, Radio Host at WNOV April 10th, 2:00pm A special judicial expert addressing themes of family law and juvenile justice
March 26th, 8:00pm Charles Kahn, Former Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge and founder of A Neutral View March 27th, 2:00pm Dr. Jon Berlin, psychiatrist and former Medical Director of Milwaukee County’s Crisis Service
March 19th, 8:00pm Sheriff David Mahoney, Sheriff of Dane County March 20th, 2:00pm Mayor Stephen Scaffidi, Mayor of Oak Creek March 20th, 7:00pm Magda G. Peck ScD, Founding Dean of Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health and Founder/Senior Advisor of CityMatCH
ACT II is made possible with an Art Works Award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Immediately follow the performance of American Song, there will be a five minute response from a local specialist in a thematically relevant field. Following these remarks, you will be able to participate in 30 to 45-minute discussion facilitated by the Frank Zeidler Center for Public Discussion around the themes of the play.
April 10th, 7:00pm Mayor Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee
March 30th, 7:30pm Marcus White, Vice President of Civic Engagement at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation
March 22nd, 6:30pm Milwaukee Rep Teen Council Representative March 23rd, 7:30pm Paula Penebaker, President & CEO at the YWCA Southeast Wisconsin March 24th, 7:30pm Deanna Tillisch, President & CEO of the United Performing Arts Fund March 25th, 8:00pm Jeri Bonavia, Executive Director & founder of Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort March 26th, 4:00pm Amardeep Kaleka, Filmmaker and son of former Oak Creek Sikh Temple President Satwant Kaleka
March 16th, 7:30pm Danae Davis, Executive Director of Milwaukee Succeeds March 17th, 7:30pm Rahul Dubey, Information Security Analyst for Rockwell Automation and godson of former Oak Creek Sikh Temple President Satwant Kaleka
March 15th, 7:30pm Pastor Alexis Twito, Coordinator of the Milwaukee Police Chaplaincy Program with the Salvation Army
And to Managing Director Chad Bauman, Director of Community Engage ment, Leda Hoffmann, the Frank Zeidler Center for Public Discussion, all of our eminent guest responders, and, of course, to all of you who will make Act II—and whatever mean ingful action that might result from those conversations—possible.
To Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Development Brent Hazelton, for steadfastly guiding Joanna and myself dramaturgically through this play.
To the talented creative team—Daniel Conway, Jason Fassl, Barry G. Funderburg, Jared Mezzochi, and Leslie Vaglica—who have all been characteristically generous with their smart thoughts and inspiration.
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I am grateful to Joanna Murray-Smith for her courage and dedication to the project, and for finding an eloquent way through.
A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
I first approached eminent playwright Joanna Murray-Smith about writing this play for us in 2012, not too long before America and the world was shocked to its core by the fatal shootings of 20 children between the ages of six and seven, along with six adult staff mem bers, at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. That particular incident, more so than many other similar events before and after, was so shockingly awful that it nearly stopped us in our tracks there and then.
The idea to make a play that looked squarely into the eye of the uniquely American issue of frequent mass shootings—which have become sadly “normal” for our country to experience at least once weekly in recent years—presented a huge dramaturgical challenge. From the outset, our desire was to create a sincere, balanced conversation in the form of a play that did not devolve into didacticism and alienate its audience, and that did not seek to solve with pat, unsatisfy ing answers the problems that we face regarding gun violence in our nation: mental health issues, high suicide rates, and the myriad challenges of helping our children transition into well-rounded adults in an exponentially complicated and demanding world, among many others. We set out to find a unique way to tell one story of this unfortunately familiar American way of life, through the eyes of a different kind of tragic character, one with whom we hope that each audience member can in some way identify.
To Milwaukee Repertory Theater Board of Trustees and all of our donors, who support and encourage us in taking artistic risks. To The Rep staff who consistently deliver vital support and world-class work on our three stages.
In the week since I received a reminder from our Marketing Department to compose this note, America has experienced the random fatal shooting of six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan, by a man with no history of mental illness or violence, in between picking up Uber clients in his car, and three separate high school shooting incidents, along with hun dreds of other acts of violence that attract less column inches. Historically, live theatre has been an extremely effective medium in provoking and facilitating positive debate on challenging subjects, and it is our sincere hope that we can keep you all together—not only for this 85-minute production, but as part of the larger, essential conversation to fol low, where you as an audience member will become the vital “Act II” of this production.
To the brilliant James DeVita for being brave enough to take on this challenge.
And one that we hope could perhaps prompt audience members to ask themselves and their neighbors, “How do we most successfully come together to collectively and meaningfully discuss some of the largest and most unpalatable issues that we face as a nation?”
Thank you, as always, for coming and for giving us your support.
7 - American Song Andy James DeVita* Assistant Director ....................................................................................................... Nabrashaa Nelson Assistant Stage Manager .......................................................................................... Rebecca Lindsey* Stage Management Resident.....................................................................................Miriam Michaels The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Di’Monte Henning (Andy) Understudies never substituted for listed players unless a specific announcement is made prior to the performance. THE PRODUCTIONCAST UNDERSTUDIESSUPPORT Production Manager Jared Clarkin Technical Director Tyler Smith Properties Director..................................................................................................................... James Guy Charge Scenic Artist ............................................................................................................... Jim Medved Costume Director .................................................................................................................... Sara Seavey Lighting & Video Director .................................................................................................... Sean Nicholl Sound Director ............................................................................................................................. Erin Paige Interim Production Stage Manager ....................................................................... Kimberly Carolus Milwaukee Repertory Theater 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. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE and our stagehands and carpenters are members of Milwaukee Theatrical Stage Employees’ Union IATSE Local 18. The Rep is an equal opportunity employer. The Rep is proud to be a member of The United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), which provides major annual financial support. PRODUCTION STAFF
EDUCATION: Jim worked five years as a first mate on the fishing boat JIB VII, out of Great South Bay, Long Island, studied theater at Suffolk County Community College and UW-Milwaukee, and attended MATC to become a licensed EMT. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild and Actor’s Equity Association.
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Joanna Murray-Smith, Playwright Joanna Murray-Smith is a Melbourne based playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Her plays, which include Honour, Rapture, Bombshells, Nightfall, Redemption, Love Child and Flame, have been produced around the world. Honour has been produced in over two dozen countries, including productions on Broadway and at the National Theatre in London and most recently in the West End. Both Honour and Rapture won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Best Play. Most recently, Melbourne Theatre Company produced The Female of the Species. Joanna has also published three novels Truce, Judgement Rock and Sunnyside.
AWARDS: AATE Distinguished Play Award, Intellectual Freedom Award, and The American Alliance of Theater and Education honored his complete body of work with the Charlotte Chorpenning Award. Jim is also a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for Fiction.
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American SongJames DeVita, Andy Jim DeVita, a native of Long Island, NY, is very happy to be returning to MRT where he was most recently seen in An Iliad, To Kill a Mockingbird and Glengarry Glen Ross. Jim, an author and actor, is also a company member and literary manager at American Players Theater. Along with his three novels, A Winsome Murder, The Silenced, and Blue (HarperCollins), Jim is also a widely published playwright, writing for both adults and young audiences.
Daniel Conway, Scenic Designer Recent projects include: Penn and Teller on Broadway;The Tempest for Chicago Shakespeare, American Repertory Theatre and South Coast Repertory theatre (Los Angeles and Boston Theatre Critics Award nominations); the premiere of Love in Afghanistan, for Arena Stage directed by Lucie Tiberghien; The Diary of Anne Frank, Noises Off, Harvey,End of The Rainbow for Milwaukee Rep; the premiere of Ken Ludwig’s new play, The Games Afoot for the Cleveland Playhouse; the American premiere of Sucker Punch for The Studio Theatre; Company, Hairspray, Chess, and Sunset Boulevard for The Signature Theatre; Sabrina Fair for The Ford’s Theatre; The Merry Wives of Windsor for The Shakespeare Theater; By The Way Meet Vera Stark for The Juilliard School; and The Aliens for The Studio Theatre. Current and upcoming productions include: Jelly’s Last Jam for Signature Theatre; Vanya, Sonya, Masha, and Spike for Arena Stage; and the premiere of Better Gods for Washington National Opera. Nominated for Washington, D.C’s Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Set Design twelve times, he received the award in 2000, 2009 and 2015 for Stunning, for Woolly Mammoth Theatre, directed by Anne Kaufmann. Leslie Vaglica, Costume Designer Leslie Vaglica is a designer based in Milwaukee, a graduate of UW Eau Claire and Mt. Mary University. She is honored to work with the talented team and see this story develop in the capable hands of Jimmy DeVita. Other design credits include The Invisible Hand and The Amish Project (Milwaukee Rep),The Ballad of Emmett Till (Renaissance Theater Works), The Flying Dutchman (Florentine Opera Co), Little Women the Musical (UWM School of Musical Theater), selected works for Winterdances (UWM School of Dance), Acts of Wilderness and In the Space Between (Wildspace), The Wild Party (UWM Musical Theater), The Hothouse (Pink Banana Theater), Twelfth Night (Optimist Theater), as well as independent works by dancers Elise Jumez, Laura Murphy, and Susie Carlson. Jason Fassl, Lighting Designer American Song marks Jason’s 21st MRT production including The Amish Project, Seascape, The Glass Menagerie and most recently The Mousetrap. Over the last decade, Mr. Fassl has consumed mass quantities of electricity at The Milwaukee Ballet, The Milwaukee Repertory Theater, First Stage Children’s Theatre, American Players Theatre,
Of Mice and Men, Dreamgirls, Five Presidents, The Color Purple, The History of Invulnerability, End of the Rainbow, Ragtime, Clybourne Park, Assassins, Othello, Next to Normal, Death of a Salesman, Bombshells and Cabaret at The Rep; Oliver!, Born Yesterday, Great Expectations, Les Misérables (2008 Barrymore Award –Best Production of a Musical) and Of Mice and Men (2007 Barrymore Award – Best Director and Best Production of a Play), all for Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia; The Milliner (Off-Broadway, World Premiere), CSC, New York; My Fair Lady, Copenhagen; The Browning Version (Barclays/TMA Regional Theatre Award) at Derby Playhouse and Blunt Speaking (World Premiere), Chichester Festival Theatre U.K. and Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York. Other productions include: Speaking in Tongues (U.S. Premiere), Roundabout Theatre Company; Speaking in Tongues (European Premiere; Barclays/TMA Best Director Nomination), Hampstead Theatre, London; Creator/Director – Soul Train, West End and three U.K. national tours; and the U.K. national tours of The Glass Menagerie, The Gingerbread Lady and Love & Marriage, all for Bath Theatre Royal productions. Mark served as an Associate Artistic Director for Moving Theatre Company, the production company founded by Vanessa and Corin Redgrave. He has also been Associate Director for New End Theatre and New Players Theatre, both in London, Royal Theatre in Northampton and Torch Theatre in Wales. Additionally, Mark served as Artistic Director of the award-winning Derby Playhouse in the U.K. from 1992 to 2002. He serves on the National Advisory Board for the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program at Ten Chimneys.
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9 - American Song Mark Clements, Director Mark began his tenure as Milwaukee Rep’s Artistic Director with the 2010/11 Season. He is an internationalaward-winningtheater
director whose work has appeared in over 100 major theaters throughout Europe and the United States. Recent productions include:
10American SongPeninsula Players, Door Shakespeare, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Next Act Theatre, American Folklore Theatre, Forward Theatre Company, Children’s Theatre of Madison, The Pearl Theatre Company and many others.
Barry G. Funderburg, Sound Designer Barry is excited to return to the Rep for his 73rd production. Memorable Rep productions include Dreamgirls, The Color Purple, Othello, The 39 Steps, The Cherry Orchard, Pride and Prejudice, Armadale, Mary Stuart, Work Song, and Angels in America. Off-Broadway, Barry designed the New York premiere of Wittenberg at The Pearl Theatre Company. Regional theatre credits include Fake, Carter’s Way, and Mother Courage and Her Children at Steppenwolf Theatre, twenty-one productions at Utah Shakespeare Festival, including the regional theatre premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher, and Kansas City Rep, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Arizona Theatre Company, City Theatre (Pittsburgh), CenterStage (Baltimore), Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Peninsula Players, American Players Theatre, LA Theatre Works, and Indiana Rep. Barry has received four Chicago Equity Jeff Award nominations, the 1996 and 2008 Jeff Awards for Sound Design, a 2015 St. Louis Theater Circle Award, and an MFA in sound design from Purdue University.
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Jason is a member of United Scenic Artists Local#829, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local#18 and proud to be an artist in this rich theatrical community. Portfolio and information at www.AntiShadows.com
Jared Mezzocchi, Projections Designer Jared Mezzocchi is a multimedia director and designer for theater and received his Masters of Fine Arts through Brooklyn College’s Performance and Interactive Media Arts. He was awarded a Princess Grace Award in 2013 as the first projections designer to receive the honor. He has designed productions in New York City with 3-Legged Dog (Downtown Loop, SpyGarbo), Baryshnikov Arts Center (Robert Wilson’s On The Beach), HereArts (You Are Dead. You Are Here.), Builders Association (Jet Lag 2011), Rob Roth (Screen Test), and has toured nationally and internationally with Big Art Group (SOS, The Sleep, The People). Regionally, he has designed for Center Stage (Stones in his Pockets), Cleveland Playhouse (Breath and Imagination), Milwaukee Rep (History of Invulnerability, The Mountaintop), and CompanyONE (Astroboy and The God Of Comics). Locally in DC, he’s designed for Woolly Mammoth (Totalitarians, Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety), Synetic Theater (A Trip to the Moon), Theater J (Race, Yellowface), and Studio (Astroboy and The God Of Comics). As a director, he has spent the last 6 summers directing original work at Andy’s Summer Playhouse, located in Wilton NH (Donkey Xote, Dick Tracy, The Lost World, The BFG, The Little Prince, The Block). In 2011, he won Best Original Play at the New Hampshire Theater Awards for his writing and direction in The Lost World. Outside of theater, Jared codesigned with Guilio Cappellini for Design Week in Milan Italy, for Connect4Climate and Alcantara. and this year will design the entrance and immersive experience for a Surf Museum in Montauk, NY. Jared has also taught multimedia design courses at NYU’s Playwrights Horizons and Brooklyn College’s MFA program in Performance and Interactive Media Arts. Brent Hazelton, Dramaturg Brent Hazelton (Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Development / Dramaturg) A Whitewater, Wisconsin, native and former Rep Acting Intern (1999/2000), the 2015/16 season is Brent’s seventeenth overall at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, fifteenth as a member of the Artistic Staff, and fifth as Associate Artistic Director. Administratively at Milwaukee Rep, Brent oversees the New Play Development Program, spearheads the season planning process, collaborates on internal strategic planning and initiative development, and works with the rest of the Artistic Staff to program and support Milwaukee Rep productions. From 2003 to 2010, Brent also served as Director of Milwaukee Rep’s Artistic Internship Program (now Emerging Professional Residency), and strengthened and expanded the program into one of the premier internships for emerging professional artists in American regional theater. Artistically at Milwaukee Rep, Brent wrote and directed the 2010/11 Stackner Cabaret hit, Liberace! (published and licensed through Steele Spring Theatrical Licensing, and the 2014/15 remount of which was the best-selling production in the history of the Stackner Cabaret), conceived the premiere installment of Rep Lab, and
11 - American Song directed Song Man Dance Man (Stackner Cabaret, 2011/12), How the World Began (Stiemke Studio, 2012/13), The Whipping Man (2013/14, the best-selling drama in Stiemke Studio history), The Beautiful Music All Around Us (Stackner Cabaret, 2014/15), and A Christmas Carol. Last season, he served as Dramaturg for the world premiere of Five Presidents. Brent is also a former member of the adjunct faculties of Carthage College and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and has taught developmental workshops at colleges, conservatories, and universities both locally and across the country. Brent is currently developing a theater event focusing on the life and music of Wisconsin native Les Paul.
Jill Walmsley Zager, Dialect Coach Jill is the resident Voice and Dialect coach at Milwaukee Repertory Theater. She has coached productions at regional theatres across the country and served as Co-Head of Voice and Dialects and the Company Coach at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Regionally, she has worked at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Drury Lane Water Tower, Arizona Theater Company, Apple Tree Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, Utah Shakespeare Festival and Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. She has taught at the University of Illinois and Northwestern University. She earned her Master’s Degrees in Voice and Dialects from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London) and Northwestern University. JC Clementz, Casting Director JC is the Artistic Associate: Casting Director & Director of the Emerging Professional Residency now in his fifth season with Milwaukee Repertory Theater. In addition to casting over 25 productions here, JC directed this season’s The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, as well as The Doyle and Debbie Show and Forever Plaid in the Stackner Cabaret. Next up, he will be directing Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. Prior to his time in Milwaukee, JC traveled throughout Europe as the Assistant Stage Manager for New York Harlem Productions’ international tour of Porgy and Bess, and spent four summers working at Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts in the mountains of Colorado. JC holds an MFA in Directing from Western Illinois University.
Miriam Michaels, Stage Management Resident Miriam is thrilled to working on her third production with Milwaukee Rep. Prior to The Devil’s Music (SM Resident) and A Christmas
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Nabrashaa Nelson, Assistant Director Nabrashaa received her degree in Theatre Arts, Directing and a minor in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. At The Rep, she served as Assistant Director for Back Home Again: On the Road with John Denver, A Christmas Carol, and Of Mice and Men. Directing credits include Hamlet’s First Quarto, The Other Woman, Degas C’est Moi, The Vagina Monologues, and devised and student-written work. Professional credits include Santa Cruz Shakespeare as Directing Intern for The Liar and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts as Assistant Director for Appoggiatura. This is her premiere season position at a regional theatre.
Sarah Deming-Henes, Stage Manager Sarah is very happy to return to The Rep, especially for this world premiere. In previous seasons she has stage managed Song Man Dance Man, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sense and Sensibility, Noises Off and Liberace!. Sarah also often can be found working at American Players Theatre and First Stage. Thanks to family, friends and a very nice fellow for unfailing kindnesses. Rebecca Lindsey, Assistant Stage Manager Becca couldn’t be more pleased to be back in the Powerhouse Theater for this world premiere. Her favorite past credits with The Rep include Stage Managing A Christmas Carol, Good People, and An Iliad, and assisting on Sense and Sensibility and Next to Normal. Becca spends her time away from Milwaukee as a Stage Manager and Core Tech company member at American Players Theatre, where she has enjoyed nine seasons. Recent favorite SM credits there include Private Lives, Year of Magical Thinking, The Two Gentleman of Verona, and, elsewhere, The Wiz with Arkansas Repertory Theatre and three seasons touring with the Utah Shakespeare Festival.
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Carol (Children’s SM) with The Rep, she most recently stage managed Comes A Faery for Nylon Fusion Theatre Company and The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing (concert production) for ALT NYC in New York City. Regional credits include: Ballad of Baby Doe (ASM), Peter Grimes, Falstaff, Madame Butterfly (Child Guardian), Assistant to the Director of Production at the Chautauqua Opera Institute; Technical Intern at The Space London; Journeyman Electrician at Spoleto Festival USA; Lighting Design Intern at Williamstown Theatre Festival. mshmichaels.com
Chad Bauman, Managing Director Chad Bauman was appointed Milwaukee Rep’s Managing Director in 2013. Previously, he worked at Arena Stage since 2007 and was instrumental in the 2010 opening of the Mead Center for American Theater, the largest performing arts center to open in the nation’s capital since the Kennedy Center. While at Arena Stage, he more than doubled earned revenue, reversed a decline in subscriptions by almost doubling the base, and shattered several company sales records that dated back almost 60 years. Besides his marketing acumen, he has considerable experience in business and strategic planning, operations and fundraising, as well as facilities management and information systems. Prior to Arena Stage, he was Director of Marketing and Communications for Americans for the Arts as well as at Virginia Stage Company in Norfolk, VA. He is a frequent speaker and consultant to theater groups, with past clients that include the Pew Charitable Trust, Carnegie Hall, EmcArts Innovation Labs, Arts & Business Council and Americans for the Arts. He serves as an adjunct professor at American University in Washington, D.C. and at Drexel University in Philadelphia. In addition to teaching, he is currently a Board member of the Contemporary American Theater Festival and sits on the advisory board of ArtsMarketing. org. Bauman earned a Master of Fine Arts in producing and theater management from the California Institute of the Arts after earning a Bachelor of Science in speech and theater education from Missouri State University.
13 - American Song ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Mark Clements ARTISTIC Associate Artistic Director & Director of New Play Development Brent Hazelton Artistic Associate: Casting Director & Director of the Emerging Professional Residency Program ..JC Clementz Artistic Administrator...................................... Dylan K. Sladky COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Director of Community Engagement ...... Leda Hoffmann EDUCATION Education Director Jenny Toutant Education Assistant Hope Parow Education Coordinator Kelsey Ingle Resident Teaching Artist Dena Roncone Education Resident Amanda Garrigan Teaching Artists Justin Almquist Hayley Cotton, Grace Hern, Lindsey Hoel-Neds, Marcella Kearns, Joshua Krause, Samantha Martinson, Angel Mullen, Joshua Pohja Education Interns ..................... Samantha Bahr, Abby Stein ASSOCIATE ARTISTS May Adrales (Director), Ayad Akhtar (Playwright), Jonathan Gillard Daly (Actor), Timothy Douglas (Director), Lee E. Ernst (Actor), Laura Gordon (Actor/Director), Angela Iannone (Actor), Todd Edward Ivins, (Scenic and Costume Designer), Dan Kazemi (Composer/Musician), Marc Kudisch (Actor), Reese Madigan (Actor), Jeff Nellis (Lighting Designer), Gerard Neugent (Actor), James Pickering (Actor), Aaron Posner (Director), Todd Rosenthal (Scenic Designer), Eric Simonson (Director/Playwright), Lindsay Smiling (Actor), Deborah Staples (Actor), Nathaniel Stampley (Actor), John Tanner (Composer/Musician) PRODUCTION Production Manager ............................................ Jared Clarkin Assistant Production Manager Kaitlyn Anderson Costumes Costume Director Sara Seavey Costume Shop Assistant Amy Horst Design Assistant/Shopper Jennifer Vinent Senior Draper Alexander B. Tecoma Draper April McKinnis Tailor.............................................................................. Jef Ouwens First Hand .......................................................... Jessica H. Jaeger Junior First Hand ................................................... Leslie Vaglica Stitcher ........................................................................... Carol Ross Crafts Master ......................................................... Andrea Bouck Wig Master & Make-up Supervisor........ Lara Leigh Dalbey Wardrobe Head ........................................................ Cassie Head Costume Intern Jane Reichard Wardrobe Intern Adina Wells Stylist Kevin McElroy, Robert Laurence Studio Lighting & Sound Lighting and Video Director Sean Nicholl Sound Director Erin Paige Production Intern ............................................... Danielle Davis Props Properties Director.................................................... James Guy Soft Props Artisan ...................................Margaret Hasek-Guy Props Carpenter/Artisan ................................... Erik Lindquist Prop Painter/Graphic Artist Katie Andrew Props Craft Artisan Kathryn Dunham Props Craft Artisan Kevin Grab Scenic Technical Director Tyler Smith Assistant Technical Director Elizabeth Winchester Technical Direction Apprentice Samantha Gollach Charge Scenic Artist .............................................. Jim Medved Lead Scenic Artist ............................................. Shannon Mann Scenic Artist .................................................... Nerissa Eichinger Production Purchaser ...................................... Peter J. Koenig Assistant Stagehand ............. Miriam Gonzalez-Hernandez Stage Management Interim Production Stage Manager Kimberly Carolus Stage Managers Richelle Harrington Calin, Jessica Connelly, Sarah Deming-Henes, Dan Hanson, Mark Johnson, Anne M. Jude, Rebecca Lindsey, Tony Poston, Kimberly Carolus Stage Management Apprentice Audra Kuchling Stage InternsManagement.......................................... Rivka Kelly, Miriam Michaels Resident Stagehands & Carpenters Bill Burgardt, Steve Gillingham, Rick Grilli, Dave Hicks, John Nusslock, Jason Pruzin, Robert Schultz, Jim Zinky MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER STAFF
14American SongMANAGING DIRECTOR Chad Bauman ADMINISTRATION General Manager Melissa Vartanian-Mikaelian Assistant General Manager/Company Manager Cat Tries Administrative Assistant .............................Katherine Simon Management Assistant ................................. Mikayla Durkee Receptionists......................................... Andrea Roades-Bruss, Michael Evans, Jack Guy, Grace DeWolff, Magdelyn Monahan, Abigail Thompson, Amanda Garrigan DEVELOPMENT Director of Development Marina S. Krejci Director of Major and Planned Giving Chuck Rozewicz Director of Annual Giving Amy Dorman Associate Director of Annual Giving Stephanie O’Connor Development Events Manager Shannon Theiss Development Database Manager........................................................... Nicholas Pjevach FINANCE Finance Director.............................................Leslie Fillingham Payroll/Benefits Specialist ..................................... Lori Weber Accounting Associate James Kaplan Accounting Assistant Mattie Voorheis MAINTENANCE Chief Building Engineer Mark A. Uhrman Engineers Todd Ross, Rob Lininger Part-Time Engineers Jack Guy, Riley Padron MARKETING Director of Marketing & Communications ...... Lisa Fulton Associate Director of Marketing, Sales ......... Jeremy Scott Audience Development & Marketing Manager ..................................................Joy Surber Marketing Coordinator .................................. Kristina Skagen Group Sales Coordinator Morgan Halverson Subscriptions Coordinator William R. Loder Graphic Designers Eric Reda, Benton Melbourne Photographer Michael Brosilow Audience Services Audience Services Manager Rachel Richter Audience Service Representatives Jessica Betts, Aubrey Boetcher, Corinne Butler, Jennifer Latimore, Johnell Major-Wesley, Troy Mooer, Christian O’Connor, Lillian Schley, Emily Strohmenger Digital Content & Media Relations Digital Content Manager Austin Bean House Operations Front of House Operations Manager Joshua Handirch Concierge/Gift Shop Associates Hannah Esch, Israel Gonzalez, Alex Herrmann, Stephanie Schultz, HartAaronSinterhauf,Suggs House Managers ...................... Kyla Tully, Jamie Ziolkowski STACKNER CABARET Stackner and Concessions Manager Matthew Flannery Chef Clifford Hull Cabaret Staff Michael Anderson, Adam Beadel, Michael Beyer, Kathleen Borchardt, Phillip Downs, Ashley Ellingson, Darian Emerson, Jamie Flannery, Caitlin Hagness, Alex Hermann, Matt Hermann, Mariel Hildebrand, Vinnie Ingrilli, Ben Jakus, Meghan Johnson, Caitlin Lux, Angela Orlando, Olivia Passow, Jim Passow, Andrew Post, Claire Rydzik, Kari Schlottke, Sunny Sisavangone, Noah Sugarman, Lucy Vang, Charles Wallace, Sheldon Walker, Odell White. MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER STAFF
15 - American Song OFFICERS President James E. Braza Vice President, Development Stacy P. Williams Treasurer Patrick Gallagher President Elect Edward Seaberg Vice President, Trustees Gregory C. Oberland Secretary Catherine Robinson At Large Matt Bartel Robert H. Manegold Immediate Past President Judy Hansen TRUSTEES Patsy Aster Mark Benskin Wendy W. JohnStephenMarkMelanieBlumenthalBoothWarrenBulioxJaneChernofJ.DilibertiRobertH.DuffyKatherineGehlA.GigotCeciliaGilbertJohnGreeneJohnHalechkoPeteHotzHunzinger,P.E.StephenIsaacsonJ.PatrickKeyesDavidKundertKristineLuedersRandallMcKennieLeslieMeisnerDwightL.MorganAbigailJ.NashDr.MarkNiedfeldtShelleyPaxton Harry Richard Quadracci Ewens Micky Sadoff Aileen StephenPatrickSmith*SmithVanderBloemenNicholasP.WahlHowardWilliams*ex-officio OFFICERS President Aileen Smith Vice President, Fundraising Cathy Jakicic Vice President, External Services Melita Biese Vice President, Internal Services Jane Foster Secretary Erin Burgess Treasurer Jim Mergener Past President Daniel C. Roskom DIRECTORS AT LARGE Terry Bell Karen Dean Mimi Nolan Dan Reszel Kris Schmidt LauraCraig TerrySchuetzlerSutterWarnecke MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER BOARD OF TRUSTEES FRIENDS OF THE REP BOARD
16American SongRichard A. Abdoo Patsy ConradDavidSusanAnneCeciliaGaryLloydLisaPatrickAnnTimothyByronDavidRobertDr.SusanJamesThomasLaurieStephenRobertJoyceGeorgeJohnWilliamKarenDannyMichelleJohnPaulKristineAlanJoyceMarilynWilliamConstanceT.WendyGerryKatharineJayJamesAsterBaillonBakerBanzhafBiehlW.BlumenthalMichaelBolgerBowmanB.BoydBradleyBroanG.BrownClearyCounsellCrichtonCrockettCunninghamDeanDeLindDillonA.DionisopoulosDreyfusDyeEinhornEisemanR.EllisD.EricsonEsslingerWalterC.Farrell,Jr.FeitlerFleckFosterC.FrautschiGallagherGallagherGehrkeA.GerlachGiesemannGilbertGimbelG.GodfreyM.GoelzerGoodkind William Haberman Judy RichardSandraMichaelVenoraPattiRandallBarbaraPatrickVincentLarryJanetAudreyRobertSusanMarianneDavidPhoebeJamesArthurDavidMarkFrankJohnJ.StevenLarryJudyBenNormanNagleGwenJanetPeteRandallRichardJohnJohnJacquelineJillAnneEdwardElizabethHansenQuadracci-HarnedT.HashekM.HazelwoodHeavenrichHerd-BarberHeveyHolbrookHolscherL.HothHotzHumeT.JacksonJacksonJacobsE.JohnsonJorgensenJostKentPatrickKeyesKordsmeierKrejciKultgenKundertJ.LaskinLaVelleLewisJ.LubarLubarLuegerH.ManegoldMannMartinMartinMartinC.McAllisterJ.McCroryMcElrathBrashMcKeithanMcKinneyMcNeelyMcSweeneyMeeusen Donna AndyCharlesKarinJackRobertKentReneeSeanJohnSallyRobertJohnMaryMargaretAnneBrianBrendaStevenTomJamesJoeCatherineMasonPeggyDarleneAllenDr.KristineDavidCaranPennyAnthonyElaineSandiTonenPaulaRobertPatWallyMarkGregDouglasMeyerMickelsonD.MillerA.MillerMoricsMoscheaW.MulcahyNorton(Sara)O’ConnorPerlsteinN.PetersonPetulloE.PodellQuadracciF.RadtkeRappeJohnE.RidleyN.RieselbachRoseRoseG.RossRynkiewiczSchlidtSchloemerScrivnerM.SingerSkeltonJ.StarkStrattonStrattonW.JohnSullivanSyburgTaylorTolanTorinusTorinusTysonVeldeWelkeH.WernerWernerWillseyZiegler T. Michael Bolger Joyce Broan Lloyd A. Gerlach Judy JacquelineHansenHerd-Barber Larry Jost John L. RobertSusanFrankKordsmeierKrejciA.LuegerH.Manegold Vincent L. Martin Patricia Brash McKeithan Donna Meyer W. Kent Velde MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER HONORARY TRUSTEES PRESIDENTS’ COUNCIL
18American SongTHANK YOU to our donors who help The Rep create live theater at its best! The following list represents organizations and individuals who have made a cumulative financial contribution of $250 or more between February 16, 2015 – February 15, 2016. For a complete list of all our supporters, please visit www.MilwaukeeRep.com. Corporation, Foundation and Government Donors $1 million + United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) $100,000 – $999,999 The Lynde and Harry Bradley ShubertHerzfeldFoundationFoundationFoundation $50,000 – $99,999 Greater Milwaukee Foundation Milwaukee Public Schools Northwestern Mutual David and Julia Uihlein Charitable Foundation Wells Fargo $25,000 – $49,999 Associated Bank Bader Philanthropies Patty and Jay Baker Foundation BMO Private Bank TheCAMPACFriends of The Rep Harley-Davidson Foundation Rockwell Automation $10,000 – $24,999 Badger Meter, Inc. Briggs & Stratton Corporation Foundation, Inc. Edward U. Demmer Foundation Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trusts Einhorn Family Foundation Fiduciary Management, Inc. Godfrey & Kahn Grace Matthews Frieda & William Hunt Memorial Kohl’sTrust Marcus Corporation Foundation WE Energies Foundation Wisconsin Arts Board $1,000 – $9,999 Brewers Community Foundation Burke WeycoVISITTheU.S.RobertQuarlesCharlesMilwaukeeMichaelManpowerGroupTheCamilleKPMGJohnsonDorothyHighEvanGonzalezWilliamGeneracTheFoleyRalphEdgertonDirectDavisCTCreamPropertiesCityFoundationCharitableFund&KuelthauSCSupplyFoundationEvinrudeFoundation&LardnerLLPGardnerFoundationNandJaniceVGodfreyFamilyFoundationTrustSaggio&HarlanLLP&MarionHelfaerFoundationPointFundInbuschFoundationControlsLLPA.LonstorfTrustMaihaugenFoundationBest&FriedrichLLPArtsBoardD.OrtgiesenFoundation&BradyLLPW.BairdBankVanderBloemenGroupLLCMilwaukeeGroup $100 – $999 Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc. The Brookby Foundation Participants in the Matching Gift Program AmericanAmazonSmileTransmission Co., LLC AT&T Foundation Matching Gift Bon-TonCenterStores Foundation Briggs & Stratton Corporation Foundation, Inc. Bucyrus Foundation, Inc. GeneralGEFMChevronChaseGlobalHealthcareElectric Foundation IBM IllinoisCorporationToolWorks Foundation Johnson Controls Foundation PfizerMicrosoftFoundation Matching Gifts WellsWeTheU.S.ThomsonSPXRockwellRobertReader’sProgramDigestFoundationWBairdAutomationCorp.MatchingGiftProgramCorporationFoundationReutersBankVanderBloemenGroupLLCEnergiesFoundationFargo Restaurant In-Kind Donors Mader’s German Restaurant Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery The Rep welcomes gifts of securities and stocks, or estate and planned gifts. If you plan to make such a gift, please notify the Development Department at 414-290-5366 so we can properly credit and acknowledge your generosity. 2015/16 DONORS
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Norma and Bill Harrington
David Nash Drs. Mark
Jim and Kathy Daly
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Camitta
Dr. Eric Durant
Richard S. and Ann L. Gallagher
2015/16 DONORS
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Peter Foote and Robin Wilson
Suzy B. Ettinger Kelly and Jeff Fitzsimmons
Rick and Liz Gebhardt
Playwright
Franklyn and M. Anne Gimbel
Margaret Dethloff
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Helen and Bruce Ambuel
Thomas J and Deborah W Degnan
Sue and
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Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Jennifer Niedfeldt Keith
Diana Barthel
Clark and Lauri Green
Fran and Lowell Adams
Daniel and Amy Argall
Mark and Karen Bitzan
Don Fraker and Maja Jurisic
19 - American Song Individual Giving Executive Producer ($50,000 and up) BladenAnonymousandJulia Burns Carol and Rob Manegold Gwen and James Plunkett Producer ($25,000-$49,999) JacquelineAnonymousHerd-Barber and Michael Barber James E and Mary K Braza Judy Hansen Greg and Rhonda Oberland Associate ($10,000-$24,999)Producer StevenAnonymousandMelanie Booth Peter Emch Jim and Pati Ericson Barbara Grove Keyes Family John and Constance Kordsmeier Billie and Dr. Michael Kubly The Marianne and Sheldon Lubar Fund of the Lubar Family Foundation H. Richard Quadracci Ewens and Emilio Cabrera Buddy and Catherine Robinson Ed Seaberg and Patrick Smith Sally and Nic Wahl Stacy and Blair Williams Director ($5,000-$9,999) Adlon DavidMarinaAaronJohnPeterJohnGreaterPeterMr.BobJamesMarkJaneTimothyWendyKatherineMarkMattRichardPartnershipandSaraAsterBartelandVictoriaBenskinandWilliamBiersachandWarrenBlumenthalandKathleenCarrandStephenChernofClementsandKelleyFaulknerandRosemaryDolanandTeriDuffyStephenandDr.ValerieGigotandElizabethGottsackerMilwaukeeFoundationNormanandLucyCohnFamilyFundDonnaandTonyMeyerFundNorthwoodsFoundationFundJ.HalechkoandMarcCollettiandLindaHotzandMarciHunzingerandChristyJagdfeldandFrankKrejciandCamilleKundert
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Kristine and Wayne Lueders
Robert and Gail Korb
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Elma Anderson and James Aasen
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Richard and Nina Edelman
Dale and Mary Erickson
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Ronald Froehlich
Fred Pike and Cecilia Taylor
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20American Song2015/16 DONORS
Allan F. and Mary Ellen Froehlich
Wilfred Wollner
Michael and Jennifer Darrow
Mr. and Mrs. Burzoe Ghandhi
Nona Graves and Dennis Ameden
David and Susan Ogden
Laurie Kabins and Steve Grindel
Pam Kriger Donor Advised Fund
Dr. Mark and Nancy Smuckler
Bill and Carmen Haberman
Dr. David Paris
Lois Malawsky Donor Advised
Steve and Karen Guy Edward Hashek and John Jors
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Kay and John Crichton
Katie Heil
Elaine N. Peterson
Karen and Richard Rodgers
Jean
Anne Booth and Charles Trainer
Kathleen Conroy and Michael
A. W. JewishJanikowskyCommunity Foundation Micaela Levine and Tom St. John Donor Advised Fund
William and Gloria Katt
Allan Kauth
Anonymous
Jewish Community Foundation
Susan Dawicke
Robert Ferriday, III and Barbara ThomasMcMathand
Valerie Jablonka
Dr. Paul W. Loewenstein and Ms. Jody Kaufman Loewenstein
Jennifer and Robert Hillis
Joanne and Rob Bischmann
Russell Dagon
Eric and Jo Eisenhart
Brian and Mary Lou Kennedy
Ms. Christine Dickow
Tom and Molly Duffey Tom and Marcia Flanagan
Bradley Brin and Glenna Cose
Carol Z. Dolphin
Teresa and David May Daryl and Rita Melzer
Cecilia
Arlyn and Jackie Fredrick
Kevin and Roseann Lyons
Mr. William E. Eastham
Steve and Nancy Check Patty and Larry Compton
ReneeAnonymousE.Anderson and David R.
NatalieBocksenbaumandGeorge Gorchynsky
Principal Actor ($500-$999) (4) ThomasAliotoandKathleen Alpren
John and Jean Donovan
Glen and Claire Hackmann
Nancy Siepman
Tom and Mary Domer
Ed and Priscilla Heinecke
Gary and Mithra Ballesteros
The Margaret and Lauren Charous Charitable Fund
Jerry and Lana Fox
Katherine Gehl
Ginny and Mike Bolger
Deb and Peter Johnson
Richard and Julie Buss Bruce and Joan Butterfield
Andy and Stephanie Kerr
Greater Green Bay Community FoundationWiersFamily Fund
Kari and Bill Foote
Robert and Dianne Morris
Franklin Loo and Sally Long Madeleine and David Lubar
Bruce and Peppy O’Neill
Kevin and Kristina Connor
Kathleen Gray and Ron Hofer
Arlene Hansen
EveFundJoan and James Zucker Donor Advised Fund
Jill and Mal Hepburn
Ralph H. Bielenberg
Jill and Frits Broekhuizen
Phil and Anne Callen Bruce and Kathi Campbell
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Cornelia Riedl Paul and Lynn Rix Nadia Rizk
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Cliff Hartmann
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Andrew and Paula Holman
Dr. Jack and Myrna Kaufman
David and Maggie Stoeffel
Jeff and Phyllis Decoste
21 - American Song 2015/16 DONORS
Mrs. Johanna G. Lutterbie
Jan and Mike Schade
John Krajnak Sr. Bruce Kruger and Margaret HarveyHerrickKurtz and Yvonne Larme
Harry and Mary Beth Van Groll
Greg and Jodi Wait Charitable Fund
James ThomasZaiserand Anne Zak Gertrude Zauner
Roger Ritzow
Nina Walker
William and Susanne Gay Rod and Linda Gehrig
James Green Brent and Mary Sharon Gregory
Alexis Fielek
Dorothy Anderson
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Jack and Joan Malin
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Kurt Deprey and Michael Murray
George and Margaret Egenhoefer
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Lucy BarryRosenbergandKathy Sammons
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Tim and Sue Frautschi
Mark and Virginia Gennis
Ray TeriScottOttoPatulskiandLarry Pavelec Anthony and Colleen Polston
Jim NormanGremmingerandDaryl Grier Randolf HonorableGschwindMichael and Barbara
Niven and Peter Kingwill
Robert Woodbury Pete and Penny Woodcock
Doug Doers
Linda L. Sell, MD Robert C. Sharpe
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Karl and Diana Glunz
Joseph Masterson
Mary L. Tobin Linda and Gile Tojek
Supporting Actor ($250- $499) Anonymous (10) Kathrine Adelmeyer
Jim and Kris Rappé Colleen Reilly Ronald and Mary Retzke Allen and Pat Rieselbach
Howard and Sara Miller
Judith and William Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Nigel Telman
BrendaSilversSkelton and Jim Bendtsen
Matt TomWalterDomskiDraganandBette Drought
Margaret Gonzales and Randel
Janet and Andy Martin
James and Leigh Ann Tidey
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Jere D. McGaffey
Robert Storm and Catherine Shaw
John and Audrey Makowski
Barbara T. Armstrong Lizanne and Kevin Armstrong Andrew and
Tamara Porsche Carol Porth Bob and Virginia Pothier Dean and Gail Pratt Edward and Harriet Purtell
David and Genie Meissner
Margaret Knight Mark and Jenny Kopetsky
Frank and Elvia Savage
Richard and Roberta London Robert and Mary Loots
Laura and Don Schmitt Thomas and Lori Schuster
Dulcie and Scott Shoener
Joan EmilySpectorandJoseph
John and Jane Niebler
Kathleen Eilers and Barry
Bruce and Kathy Ford
Carolee and Henry Goetzinger
James and Mary LaVelle Fund
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Alan and Kathy Olsen
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