Over the Tavern
by
Tom Dudzick Directed by
John going
This production is made possible in part by contributions from
Season Sponsor, Robert Dohmen and James Pape and Nancy Newman-Pape
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From Martin and Amy Dear Friends, Autumn has begun and like the multi-colored changing of the leaves, we usher in a play with just as varied emotions. Who better to carry on the tradition of bringing comedy and drama during this time of season than Olney Theatre Center veteran, John Going? Mr. Going returns to the theater leading a talented ensemble in the heartwarming dramedy, Over the Tavern, about one family’s journey towards tolerance, acceptance and love. For many years, Mr. Going has delighted our audiences with wonderfully directed comedies and drama such as Witness for the Prosecution, Misalliance, The Savannah Disputation, and Night Must Fall. Over the Tavern wouldn’t be possible without the gracious support of our 2012 Season Sponsor, Mr. Robert Dohmen. We’d also like to thank James Pape and Nancy Newman-Pape for providing the funding to support the return of an Olney favorite, actor Paul Morella. We would like to most especially thank you, of course, our audience for your continuous patronage! This is an exciting time for the Theatre. We are not only celebrating our 75th Anniversary in 2013, but also reflecting back on the history of what Olney Theatre Center means to so many generations. Season 2013 has already started to turn some heads — it is sure to bring a mixture of shows for all tastes as we bring the past and the future together with productions like the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, the hilarious British comedy Neville’s Island, the dramatic & controversial 2012 multiaward-winning The Submission, the classic thriller Angel Street, the magical romantic musical Carnival, Bedlam Theatre’s extraordinary productions of Shaw’s Saint Joan and Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the comedy masterpiece Tartuffe with a modern twist, and the enchanting and funny family musical Once Upon a Mattress. If you haven’t already, be sure to take advantage of the great discounted show package offers and subscribe to our 2013 Season as soon as possible. It’s a season you will not want to miss! Meanwhile, for Winter 2013, Olney Theatre Center brings to the stage one of Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s classic family musicals, Cinderella, directed by Bobby Smith (our wonderfully evil Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors) with musical direction by Olney veteran Christopher Youstra. Also, returning by popular demand Paul Morella brings back his sparkling solo production of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. There’s something for everyone this holiday season at your Olney Theatre Center. Many thanks and enjoy the show!
Martin Platt Artistic Director
Amy Marshall Managing Director
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Opening Night: September 29, 2012
Martin Platt, Artistic Director
Amy Marshall, Managing Director
presents
by
Tom Dudzick with Christopher Cox Deborah Hazlett Paul Morella
Connor Aikin Noah Chiet
Carol Schultz Corrieanne Stein
Set Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Sound Design
James Wolk
Liz Covey
Matthew McCarthy
Jeffrey Dorfman
Production Stage Manager
Wig Design
Production Manager
C. Renee Alexander
Anne Nesmith
Renee E. Yancey
Director of Production
Technical Director
Company Manager
Costume Shop Manager
Dennis Blackledge
Eric Knauss
Mackenzie Douglas
Jeanne Bland
Director
John Going This production is made possible in part by contributions from
Season Sponsor, Robert Dohmen and
Artist Sponsors, James Pape and Nancy Newman-Pape Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com) 301.924.3400
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Cast
(in order of appearance)
Rudy Pazinski....................................................................... Noah Chiet* Sister Clarissa..............................................................Carol SChultz* Georgie Pazinski....................................................Christopher Cox* Ellen Pazinski.......................................................Deborah Hazlett* Eddie Pazinski .............................................................. Connor Aikin* Annie Pazinski ................................................... Corrieanne Stein* Chet Pazinski................................................................Paul Morella*† *Member, Actors’ Equity Association
†Former National Player
Scenes & Setting
Buffalo, New York. Autumn, 1959 The main action of the play takes place in the Pazinski apartment, above “Chet’s Bar & Grill.” There will be one 15-minute intermission. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. Please silence all cellular phones and personal paging devices before the performance begins.
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"Inspired, deeply-felt... spellbinding... not to be missed" – DC Theatre Scene
A Christmas Carol A Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens & performed by Paul Morella
"Paul Morella's solo version of Charles Dickens' classic is by far the best. It is the most moving, the most entertaining and the most memorable." – Potomac Stages
"You've never seen A Christmas Carol with such spellbinding rapture and haunting moments as the production you will see at Olney..." – MD Theatre Guide
Opening November 30 Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab Special Holiday Pricing: All Seats $26 This production sponsored by James Pape and Nancy Newman-Pape.
Audience Services Theater Policies Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the house manager. Please do not bring food or drink into the theater (bottled water is allowed) and all buildings are smokefree. The use of recording or photographic equipment during the show is prohibited. Olney Theatre Center is not responsible for any items left on our campus. All children, including babies, require a ticket. We will ask parents to take their children to the lobby if their behavior is disturbing patrons. Please turn off your cell phone in the theaters. Sign-Interpreted Performances Sign interpretation is available for the third Thursday evening during a show’s run. The service must be reserved two weeks in advance and is based on the availability of qualified interpreters.
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Audio-Described Performances Audio-described performances are offered on the third Wednesday evening during a show’s run, which include pre-show program notes, descriptions of the action, scenery and costumes during pauses in the dialogue. Metropolitan Washington Ear can provide an escort to audio-described performances for patrons who are visually impaired. Listening Assistance We offer devices that amplify sound free of charge in exchange for identification. Please ask the house manager for assistance. (This service is not available on the third Wednesday evening of a show’s run.) Post-Show Discussions Join the artistic staff and/or invited guests after the first Saturday matinee for AfterWords. The cast holds a talkback after the third Wednesday evening performance. Please call the Box Office at 301.924.3400 for more information on these events.
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Who’s who in the Cast Connor Aikin (Eddie) makes his Olney Theatre Center debut with Over the Tavern. DC AREA: Royal Shakespeare Company: Coriolanus; The Kennedy Center: Young Martius; Scena Theatre: Waiting for Godot, One for the Road; Centerstage: Ah, Wilderness!; Woolly Mammoth Theatre: Vigils [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble]; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Henry V FILM: How Do You Know, My One and Only, Night at the Museum II: Escape from the Smithsonian, State of Play, and Body of Lies. TELEVISION: The Wire. TRAINING: The Royal Shakespeare Company, Actors Workshop NYC, Hippodrome Theatre Broadway Camp, MD Professional Young Actors’ Workshop, Shakespeare Theatre Camp, Baltimore School for the Arts TWIGS Program: Theatre. Noah Chiet (Rudy) is excited to make his Olney Theatre Center debut. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Liberty Smith [Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Ensemble], A Christmas Carol, and Ford’s Theatre 2011 Annual Gala; Signature Theatre: The Hollow; Theater J: The History of Invulnerability; TheatreWashington: 27th Helen Hayes Awards (Performer); GanymedeArts: Falsettos. FILM: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Dub or Nothing, Stationary. EDUCATION: Quince Orchard High School, A. Mario, Loiederman Magnet Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts, and Adventure Theatre MTC. Christopher Cox (Georgie) is excited to be making his Olney Theatre Center debut. BROADWAY: Ragtime (The Little Boy). REGIONAL: Penguin Rep: Over the Tavern (Rudy Pazinski). DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Ragtime (The Little Boy); FILM: The Blue Danube, Fun Fair, Rosie’s Miracle, The Truth. TV: Royal Pains. Christopher is planning to attend college for filmmaking and has a successful YouTube Channel CACox97. He thanks his loyal fans, his agents at Abrams Artists, manager Susie Mains and his Mom and Dad for their support. 301.924.3400
Deborah Hazlett (Ellen) last appeared at Olney Theatre Center as Becca in Rabbit Hole [Helen Hayes Outstanding Ensemble Nomination]. Regional Credits include: Playmaker’s Repertory Theatre: Frozen; Syracuse Stage: BUG; Florida Stage: The Count, Mezzulah 1946; Signature Theater: CRAVE, Blue Room; Woolly Mammoth Theater Company: BUG (U.S. Premiere); Folger Theatre: Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Shakespeare Theatre Company: eight productions including Henry IV Parts I and II, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, and Twelfth Night; Theatre J: Something You Did; Everyman Theatre: Shooting Star, All My Sons, Rabbit Hole, The Cherry Orchard, Much Ado About Nothing, Sight Unseen, Betrayal, Candida (Best Actress 2006, City Paper), Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Uncle Vanya, Hedda Gabler, Proof (Best Actress 2004, City Paper), Sideman, The Pavilion, A Delicate Balance, Watch on the Rhine, The Crucible, The Road to Mecca, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Totem Pole Playhouse: Sylvia, Crimes of the Heart, Proof; Rep Stage: Arcadia. TV/FILM: Law and Order, Homicide, Young Americans. EDUCATION: MFA Acting, University of South Carolina. Deborah narrates books for Harper Collins and BBC America. Paul Morella (Chet) has previously appeared at Olney Theatre Center in A Christmas Carol, Witness for the Prosecution, Opus, Dinner With Friends, A Passion For Justice, The Millionairess, Rabbit Hole, Brooklyn Boy, Sight Unseen, The Mousetrap, Private Lives, ‘Art’, Coffee with Richelieu, The Laramie Project, The Rivals, Becket, Broken Glass, M. Butterfly, Monster, Night Must Fall, and The Time of Your Life. Other regional appearances include leading roles at Folger Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, Potomac Theatre Project, Theater J, Everyman Theatre, Rep Stage, The Delaware Theatre Company, Two River Theatre, The Kennedy Center, among others.
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dRAMATURGICAL nOTES Eisenhower was president, the superpowers were neck and neck in the Space Race, Ed Sullivan owned Sunday night and the Pazinski family of Buffalo, New York was totally unaware of the events that would change them forever. Called “one of the biggest grass roots successes in American regional theatres” by Chicago critic Chris Jones, Over the Tavern is a funny and heartwarming play that deals with a family growing up over their family tavern in 1959 working class America. Four children find themselves caught between the claustrophobic authoritarianism of the Roman Catholic Church and an emotionally abusive father. Their mother, with her good sense, sanity, and wry humor, keeps this family afloat. At the center of the family is 12-year-old Rudy, a rebel and Ed Sullivan impersonator. Rudy takes on his formidable teacher, Sister Clarissa, questioning everything and claiming that God put us on earth to have fun. Weeks away from his confirmation, Rudy proclaims, “I read where there are over thirteen hundred religions in the world. I’d like to shop around!” Autobiographical elements abound in Over the Tavern. Like Rudy Pazinksi, Tom Dudzick was born in Buffalo to Polish-Catholic parents. He and his siblings (one of whom was mentally challenged) grew up over a tavern. His father was a basketball player (in the play Chet is a former baseball player). Unlike Rudy, he never talked back to the nuns at the Catholic school he attended. Dudzick was in his twenties before he began questioning the rules and dogma of the Catholic religion. Over the Tavern is the first play of a family trilogy. Premiering in 1994 at the Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, the play became a smash hit, running for three years. It has been produced all over the country at major regional theatres in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Oregon, and California. In an interview with Buffalo Beat magazine, Tom Dudzick emphasized his general theme of religious tolerance—someone should not be forced to believe in something he or she does not feel. Over the Tavern presents this theme beautifully. Uncertainty and questioning can lead to hopeful endings. The play does not hit the audience in the face with a message. Instead, like the church itself (but not the nuns), it tries to teach gently. Love your family. Talk to each other. Forgive and forget the sins of the past. Above all, be true to yourself. — Meghan Twible, Education Intern
Who’s who in the Cast Corrieanne Stein (Annie) is thrilled to be appearing at Olney Theatre Center. Credits include: BROADWAY: Billy Elliot the Musical (Original Cast) [10 Tony Awards including Best Musical 2009]. REGIONAL: Signature Theatre: Saving Aimee [World Premier] DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Eisenhower Theater Gala; F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre: Annie and High School Musical [“Outstanding individual musical theater performance”- D.C. Theatre Scene]; Kidz Bop National Tour (Singer/Dancer). VOICEOVER: Fallout 3 (Betty) (GDCA Video Game of the Year). Proud member of Actors Equity since 2008.
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Carol Schultz (Sister Clarissa) is very happy to be making her Olney Theatre Center debut. BROADWAY: Abe Lincoln in Illinois (with Sam Waterston), OFFBROADWAY: Company member of The Pearl Theatre where she has performed in 35 plays, including Mrs. Malaprop in The Rivals [Callaway Award], Mrs. Wire in Vieux Carré, and Nettie in The Subject Was Roses; Classic Stage Company; Bessie in Marvin’s Room at the Minetta Lane Theatre and tour. REGIONAL: Cincinnati Playhouse (Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Birdie in The Little Foxes), Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Goodman Theater, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Cleveland Play House and more.
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Who’s who in the Cast John Going (Director) is Associate Artistic Director at Olney Theatre Center, where he has staged more than 30 productions including Witness for the Prosecution, Misalliance, The Savannah Disputation, Night Must Fall, The Millionairess, The Underpants, The Mousetrap, Doubt, 13 Rue de L’Amour, I Am My Own Wife, The Constant Wife, The Heiress, Morning’s at Seven, Lend Me a Tenor, Charley’s Aunt, Holiday, Hay Fever, Light Up the Sky, Noises Off, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Lucky Stiff [1990 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Resident Musical]. At The Studio Theatre, he directed highly successful productions of Gross Indecency, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Conversations With My Father, The Lisbon Traviata, The Women, and A Tale of Two Cities. His work has been seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally, and in regional theaters across the country. A four-time Helen Hayes Award nominee, he received the Outstanding Direction Award for his work on The Miser at The Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger. He has won the Kevin Kline Best Director Award for I Am My Own Wife at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and a National Players alumnus. James Wolk (Set Design) has designed scenery here at Olney Theatre Center for Witness for the Prosecution, Misalliance, The Underpants, The Mousetrap, Doubt, 13 Rue de L’Amour, The Constant Wife, The Heiress, Lucky Stiff and more starting 25 years ago with Noises Off. Mr. Wolk has also directed Off-B’way Zona, The Ghost of Greenbrier, and Bruno Hauptmann Kissed My Forehead. His international design credits include Theater Magdeburg, Germany: Gypsy; Staedtische Buehnen, Augsburg, Germany: My Fair Lady and West Side Story; Staatstheater am Gaertnerplatz , Germany: Funny Girl, and The English Theatre of Vienna, Austria: Fully Committed. Liz Covey (Costume Design) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Misalliance, The Savannah Disputation, Night Must Fall, The Millionairess, The Underpants, and The Mousetrap. Recent work includes You Can’t Take It With You and The Diary of Anne Frank for the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Misalliance for the Pearl Theatre, NYC; Betrayal for Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, and new musical by Charles Strouse 301.924.3400
based on Dreiser’s An American Tragedy for Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. Her work has been seen at most of the major regional theatres in this country including Princeton’s McCarter Theatre, ACT in San Francisco, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hartford Stage Company, The Denver Center, and Pittsburgh Public Theatre. A native of England, Liz lives in Manhattan and is co-author of two books on theatrical costume. She has been a member of the faculties of Barnard College/Columbia University, Marymount Manhattan College, and Bennington College, Vermont. Ms. Covey is a member of United Scenic Artists. Matthew McCarthy (Lighting Design) Off-Broadway Credits include Blue Man Group as well as companies in Boston and Chicago; Texas Homos for Abingdon Theatre Company; The Odyssey, Sin, The Ami Goodheart Show. Regional credits include Dracula at Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Lost In Yonkers, Broadway Bound and Brighton Beach Memoirs at The Old Globe. Multiple productions at Florida Rep, New Harmony Theatre, Willow Cabin Theatre, Contemporary Stage Co., and 21 seasons at Stages St. Louis where his design for Promises Promises won the 2011 Live Design Magazine Excellence Award. Opera credits include; Tanglewood Opera, Juilliard, Spoleto Festival, Arizona Opera, and Opera Columbus. Mr. McCarhy is a member United Scenic Artists Local 829. Jeffrey Dorfman (Sound Design) is a freelance Sound Designer based in Washington, D.C. With more than 10 years of experience in music performance, he has studied theatre at SUNY Buffalo and University of Maryland, College Park. Winner of a 2009 KCACTF Region 2 Award for Excellence in Sound Design, Jeff utilizes his background in music performance, composition, and theatre arts in order to immerse the audience in worlds of imagination. Recent work includes OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Sleuth, The Sound Of Music, Witness for the Prosecution, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown; UMD: Sandwalk; UMBC: OTMA, The Laramie Project.
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Who’s who in the Cast C. Renee Alexander (Production Stage Manager) OFF BROADWAY: for colored girls who have considered suicide 25th Anniversary, Freed (59E59th), Home Front (La Mama), The Shoemaker (Theatre Row). INTERNATIONAL TOURS: The Oedipus Plays (Athens, Greece), Flipsoids (Manila, Philippines). DC AREA: The Shakespeare Theatre: The Oedipus Plays, Richard III; Arena Stage: Resident SM for 5 years. Anne Nesmith (Wig Design) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Witness for the Prosecution, Misalliance, The Savannah Disputation, Bus Stop, King of the Jews (World Premier), The Constant Wife, Oliver!, Carousel, The Heiress. REGIONAL: Shakespeare Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, Signature Theatre, Arena Stage, Opera Boston, Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Annapolis Opera, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Everyman Theatre, Opera Delaware; Opera Roanoke; Todi Festival, Theatre J, Opera Vivente, Washington Ballet, Castleton Music Festival, Roundhouse Theatre; Baltimore Opera Company Resident Wig and Makeup Designer. Wig construction: BROADWAY: The Greenbird (Julie Taymor, dir); Scooby Doo! Live tour; 42nd Street (Asian tour). OTHER: The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s Cultures in Motion Programs; Makeup Artist for The Military Channel’s Great Planes; The US Army’s tour Spirit of America. Martin Platt (Artistic Director) Mr. Platt is a native of Beverly Hills, California and attended Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU). After graduating from CMU, Mr. Platt founded the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF), where he served as Artistic Director for eighteen years. After leaving ASF, Mr. Platt served two years as General Director of Birmingham Opera Theatre, where he directed productions of Puccini’s Tosca and Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio. His other opera work has included productions of Daughter of the Regiment, La Traviata, the US premiere of Verdi’s Stiffelio, and the Bizet/ Constant/Brook La Tragedie de Carmen. Mr. Platt later served as Artistic Director of the New Mexico Repertory Theatre and founded Santa Fe Stages, an international performance festival in Santa Fe. In London, Mr. Platt has directed The
Free State by and starring Janet Suzman, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, and Miss Evers’ Boys. In Spain, he directed El Flameco es Vida and Don Juan Flamenco for the Bienale de Flamenco in Sevilla. In Vienna, he has directed John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt and Donald Marguiles’ Time Stands Still. Mr. Platt has also directed at many of America’s leading regional theatres, including The Huntington Theatre Company (Boston), Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Pioneer Theatre Company (Salt Lake City), Asolo Theatre (Sarasota), Merrimack Repertory Theatre (Lowell), Playmakers Repertory Theatre (Chapel Hill), and Meadowbrook Theatre (Detroit). In New York, he has directed D.H. Lawrence’s The Daughter in Law, Tolstoy’s The Power of Darkness, Sallie Bingham’s Treason, and Jon Marans’ musical, The Irrationals, among other productions. As a producer, his work has included the five-year international tour of the South African dance show Gumboots; West End productions of Nixon’s Nixon, A Woman in Waiting, in addition to last year’s Olivier nominated Lend Me a Tenor the Musical; New York productions include Here Lies Jenny with Bebe Neuwirth; the Obie and Drama Desk-winning productions of In The Continuum and An Oak Tree; as well as the National Theatre Guild of Uganda’s Mother Courage at the Kennedy Center. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
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Olney Theatre Thanks the following for their generosity
Corporate and Foundation Gifts This list consists of Annual Fund and InKind contributions for the 12-month period ending August 1, 2012.
Angel – $100,000+
Director’s Circle $1,000+ America’s Charities Austin Wealth Management, LLC Creative Floral Design Enterprise Rent-A-Car Martha Washington Straus-Harry A. Straus Foundation, Inc. RE/MAX Pros/Michael Ricciardella RMR & Associates, Inc. Roots Market Verizon Foundation
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Believer – $10,000+
The Mead Family Endowment Fund The Rae Embry and John Daniel Brosnan Fund for the National Players
Government Support
Leader – $2,500+
Thank You
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS This list consists of Annual Fund contributions for the 12-month period ending August 1, 2012
Angel
$100,000+
Mr. Robert Dohmen Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Mulitz – In honor of the Mulitz-Gudelsky Family Bob and Eveline Roberts Mrs. Maggi Root
Champion
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Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Z. Kaufman Ms. Helen Marshall
Believer
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Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gregory Kathleen Quinn Mr. Vernon L. Skinner, Jr. Patricia Woodbury
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Joan Elise Dubinsky and Craig N. Packard James Pape and Nancy NewmanPape Mr. Guy Tegler
Leader
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Hon. Gene and Mrs. Cindy Counihan Richard and Joan Curtis Edith L. Embrey Gordon and Margot Dibble Edith L. Embrey Ms. Winifred E. Herrmann Nettie Horne Margaret and Jim Johnston John and Kathy Lyons Charles S. Mack and Alice Barrett Mack Maggie and Tico McCready The Honorable Karen S. Montgomery and Mr. Harry Montgomery
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Director’s Circle $1,000+ Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. David Bottegal Jeanne Brush Linda A. Dawkins Maureen and Tom Estrin Senator Jennie Forehand and Mr. William Forehand Mrs. Judith J. Gallagher Mr. John Going In memory of Liam Haim Max Jacobs Henry T. and Elizabeth H. Judkins Rona Kramer Lester R. and Helaine G. Morss Mr. and Mrs. Clifford L. Johnson Polly Savage Fran and Neil Simons John, Pamela and Rachel Spears In Loving memory of Dick and Nancy Thomas Carol Trawick Dr. John D. White and Dr. Irene White
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Anonymous - In memory of Kate Gibson Harold M. and Christine A. Bartlett Mr. Erik Boas Robert Burk Katherine and Wil Chase Mrs. Melissa Collins Steve Danielson and Dr. Kenneth Hoyle Eileen and Paul DeMarco M. Charlene Dorrian Mr. David Dunn In memory of Queonna Edmonds Berdie and David Firestone Robert J. and Liane A. Giardina Tom and Peg Gibian Mrs. Frances Hughes Glendening Mr. Marvin J. Goldman Joshua and Ana Rita Hauge Paul and Marilyn Henderson Ms. Gay Hill Mr. Richard F. Hughes Sheldon T. and Audrey Katz Mr. and Mrs. John Koskinen Jane Thérèse Larsen Helen C. and Philip D. Lee Amy Lowenstein
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Thank You Frederick and Elizabeth Montgomery Dr. Sara Moran Nancy Root Muir Robert W. Neighbors Mr. and Mrs. George Newett Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Nordlinger Ms. Nancy N. Ortiz Janice B. Phalen Ms. Carol W. Ramella Ms. Virginia Rehbehn Ms. Jane Rifkin Charlie and Marie Schaub William Simms Marshall and Deborah Sluyter Leslie F. Smith and Stacy P. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Sorensen Jerome and Patti L. Sowalsky Ms. Donna Spiegler Janet Springer Donald and Mary Street Lois Taylor and Stephen Simpson Gene & Renate Taylor Charlie and Deborah Thompson Patricia and Ronald Tipton Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ward Jean Warner Ms. Carole Weikert Mr. Kevin White and Ms. Rossana Salvadori - In Memory of James G. MacArthur George A. and Katherine C. Whitehouse Iris Wilder Buddy and Kim Wyre Philip and Shirley Yaffee
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Olney Theatre Corporation Board of Directors President............................................. Jennifer L. Kneeland Vice President........................................................Guy Tegler Treasurer.................................................Patricia Woodbury Secretary.....................................................Anthony Morella Assistant Secretary........................................ Amy Marshall Chairman Emeritus.....................William H. Graham, Sr. President Emeritus...................................... Gene Counihan
Board Members Phyllis Bottegal Susan Finkelstein Frances H. Glendening John E. Going W. E. Gregory Robert E. Hebda
Arthur Holmes Jeffrey Kaufman Stephen Kaufman Jim Kronzer Megan Davey Limarzi Helen Marshall Robert L. Mitchell
Nancy Nelson Ortiz Martin Platt Sandeep Saggar Nicole T. Totah Alan Wade Christopher Youstra
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STAFF Artistic/Production Artistic Director
Administration
Martin Platt
Managing Director
Amy Marshall
John Going
Assistant to Managing Director
Maureen Estrin
Resident Musical Director
Christopher Youstra
Finance
Resident Set Designer
James Kronzer
Finance Director
Resident Costume Designer
Howard Vincent Kurtz
Finance Office Nene Keita Chyeslan Buso
Resident Lighting Designer
Daniel MacLean Wagner
Business Assistant Michael Silard
Director of Production
Dennis Blackledge
Facilities Manager Mark Quackenbush
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Renee E. Yancey
IT Manager
Assistant to Artistic Director
Maureen Estrin
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Associate Artistic Director
Business Manager Kynda Reid
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Pauline Mendo
Dean Marshall Weldon C. Brown
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Barbara Pinolini
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Development Administrator Valerie Shipman Development Associate
Meghan Twible
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts is a professional theater employing members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Actors’ Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.
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Willow Grey
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