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A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dear friend of Olney Theatre Center, The list of classic American playwrights Olney Theatre Center has produced in the past 76 years is staggering: Lillian Hellman, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’Neill, Moss Hart, William Inge, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Clifford Odets… the list goes on and on. But there is one great American playwright not yet on this list, and we are changing that right now: August Wilson. Though only 60 when he passed in 2005, Wilson left behind an indelible legacy in the American theater. Called the “Century Cycle”, Wilson wrote a different play set in each of the ten decades of the 20th Century, nine of them set in the Hill District of Pittsburgh where he was born. To say Wilson’s magnificent cycle traces African-American history is far too limiting; his work illuminates the last century of American history, period, if only through a set of eyes traditional theater audiences weren’t used to when he began. Imagine a different Death of a Salesman for each decade of the 20th century, or Angels in America parts III – X. So when I think of the American theatrical pantheon, I think of Salesman, Angels, Streetcar, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and the Century Cycle, among others. They’re a pantheon because they reflect and refract each other, they talk to each other across the decades, defining ourselves as Americans differently at different moments. I chose The Piano Lesson for two reasons. First, it’s my favorite play in Wilson’s great Cycle. One of the two to win a Pulitzer (the other was Fences, set in the ‘50s), I’ll never forget seeing the first Broadway production of the show, with Roc Dutton and S. Epatha Merkerson, and it changed the way I conceived of American theater. The second reason The Piano Lesson is a particularly good choice for Olney is because it sits in perfect conversation with our upcoming fall production of Clifford Odets’ Awake and Sing! Both plays set in the 1930s, both concerning families – one black, one Jewish – moving haltingly to an uncertain future, the two are studies in the American family. And the family play is this country’s great gift to non-musical drama. I’m delighted to have met many of you in person and via email, and want to meet more of our amazing audience. Will you drop me a line at Jason@olneytheatre.org and let me know what you think of the show? Onward!
Jason Loewith Artistic Director Contributing Editor: JJ Kaczynski Ad Sales: 301.924.4485 x105 Copyright by Olney Theatre Center. All editorial and advertising material is fully protected and must not be reproduced in any manner without written permission.
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Opening Night: May 10, 2014
Jason Loewith,
Amy Marshall,
Artistic Director
Managing Director
presents
By
August Wilson featuring
Ronald Conner JaBen Early
Jessica Frances Dukes Lauren DuPree Jonathan Peck Jon Hudson Odom Harold Surratt Nicole Wildy
Scenic Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Sound Design
Daniel Ettinger
Reggie Ray
Xavier Pierce
Elisheba Ittoop
Choreographer/Musical Director
Fight Choreographer
Paige Hernandez
Robb Hunter
Production Stage Manager
Director of Production
C. Renee Alexander
Dennis A. Blackledge
Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Education
Jason King Jones
Director
Jamil Jude This production is made possible in part by contributions from Production Sponsor Mrs. Reba R. Heyman
The Piano Lesson is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. 301.924.3400
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CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) Doaker..............................................................................................................................Jonathan Peck* Boy Willie..........................................................................................................................Ronald Conner* Lymon......................................................................................................................... Jon Hudson Odom* Berniece.................................................................................................................Jessica Frances Dukes* Maretha................................................................................................................................ Nicole Wildy+ Avery.....................................................................................................................................JaBen Early* Wining Boy........................................................................................................................ Harold Surratt* Grace................................................................................................................................ Lauren DuPree* *Member Actors’ Equity Association +Equity Membership Candidate
Time: Pittsburgh, 1936 Place: The house of Doaker Charles, where he lives with his niece, Berniece
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JUNE 11 – JULY 6 on the Mainstage
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Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx • Book By Jeff Whitty Based on an Original Concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx Music Direction by Christopher Youstra • Choreographed by Bobby Smith
Directed by Jason Loewith When a show opens with a song called “What Do You Do With a B.A. in English?”, sung by a lead puppet named Princeton, you know you’re in for something exciting. And that’s what you’ll get with the seismically hilarious, seriously-for-adults Tony Award©-winning Best Musical of 2004. Songs like “The Internet Is For Porn” and “If You Were Gay” rocketed AVENUE Q to the list of longest-running Broadway shows, satirizing (with its very big heart) the “you can do anything” message of kids’ shows from the 70s and 80s. Princeton and friends Kate Monster, Christmas Eve, and Gary Coleman might not be special in the grand scheme, but they’re awfully special to each other – and that’s what’s important.
Recommended for ages 14 and up with parental advisement
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Bobby Smith
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DRAMATURGICAL NOTES “Ultimately Wilson becomes a myth maker, recasting the amber past in the crucible of his memory. The products of his alchemy are plays that, as their characters make decisions in the light of the hardearned lessons of their ancestors, point to the future.” – Dr. Sandra Shannon, The Dramatic Vision of August Wilson “The train don’t never stop. It’ll come back every time.” – Doaker, Act I, Scene I of The Piano Lesson When Boy Willie and Lymon’s truck pulls up to Berniece’s house at the opening of The Piano Lesson, August Wilson seems to be coming home. The play is, after all, the fourth in the playwright’s colossal “Century Cycle” – ten plays that stand alone or as a series, each documenting one decade of the African-American experience, and all but one taking place in Wilson’s native Pittsburgh neighborhood, the Hill District. Although The Piano Lesson returns to Wilson’s eternal stomping grounds, it is, more than any of his other Century Cycle plays, a transitional story. As soon as Boy Willie bursts through his sister and uncle’s front door, it becomes clear that some kind of conflict is imminent; as Wilson describes it in the opening stage directions, “a coming together of something akin to a storm.” For a story that takes place entirely within the four walls of the Charles family’s cramped house, The Piano Lesson is teeming with movement – even its setting is in flux. The play takes place in the midst of the Great Migration, the mass movement of African Americans from their Southern homeland to the urban North. The Charles family represents only a small portion of the six million children and grandchildren of former slaves who sought economic and social opportunity in such Northern cities as Chicago, Detriot, and Pittsburgh. This uprooting hardly yielded the idyllic results the migrants anticipated; after travelling hundreds of miles by boat, bus, train, or on foot, they faced a new wave of discrimination and economic turmoil, especially during the Great Depression. Wilson described this mass exodus as “a transplant that did not take,” a failed attempt to run from a traumatic past that was ultimately inescapable. The Charles family is at the crossroads of this Great Migration. Each of the characters in the play is a migrant to some degree or another, struggling to find closure with the past and move toward the future. On one side, Wilson presents us with Berniece and her Uncle Doaker; content in their new Northern neighborhood, they have left their past behind with little more than an old piano to remind them of their ancestors. Boy Willie, meanwhile, arrives at his sister Berniece’s house in passing; anxious to sell his share of the piano’s worth and invest in farmland, he wants to reclaim his family’s stake in their homeland and return South. And at the center of this brother-sister conflict is the titular piano, an instrument that embodies the Charles family’s traumatic, sprawling ancestry. After years of ignoring this history, The Piano Lesson wrenches Berniece and Boy Willie into a battle between past, present, and future. Wilson poses a very specific question in this confrontation: “What do you do with your legacy, and how do you best put it to use?” In initial drafts, the playwright avoided taking sides in this enormous debate. When long-time collaborator and director Lloyd Richards began work on the original 1987 production, however, he implored Wilson to provide some sense of closure; as it stood, the fate of the piano was left unanswered, an ending that Wilson defended but ultimately changed. In its final version, and in the version Olney is presenting this season, Berniece and Boy Willie’s battle culminates decisively. Like millions of other uprooted African-Americans in the ‘30s, the Charles family is on a journey. Even with his revised ending, however, Wilson never intended for The Piano Lesson to be about the family’s destination; the importance of the legacy question lies not in winning or losing, right or wrong, but in the courage to face these demons of the past. The ultimate lesson is, as Wilson described it, “the willingness to do battle.” To learn more about August Wilson and the world of the play, pick up a context guide from the lobby or visit our dramaturgy blog at http://olneypianolesson.wordpress.com. – Maegan Clearwood, Dramaturg
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES
“Now I’m supposed to build on what they left me.” –Boy Willie, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson Jamil Jude I was introduced to Mr. Wilson’s classic, The Piano Lesson, by my 10th grade English teacher, Mrs. Ivy Watkins. I remember the first time I listened to the rhythms of these characters and how the musicality of their colloquial chatter landed on my ear. I remember falling in love with the beautifully flawed personas captured in this drama. I remember the feeling of seeing myself, and others who look and sound like me, represented in all our fullness. Since that moment I have felt drawn to this work. Be it the voices of my ancestors or the experience of seeing the amazing artists whom, in previous iterations, have breathed life into these words, or the tremendous talent of the team assembled for this production, the play’s pull grows stronger every day. It is almost impossible not to feel the presence of these ancestors inside the rehearsal hall. It is quite an honor and a privilege to direct the first August Wilson show in Olney Theatre Center’s history. It is so fitting for August Wilson to center the inaugural Classic series here at Olney Theatre Center. Despite his multiple Pulitzer Prizes, the plethora of Broadway productions, and the countless regional theatre stagings, Mr. Wilson’s work seems to get ghettoized, receiving credit as an African-American classic but rarely is the hyphen removed. I’m excited to present an intimate version of this classic text. With this production, we have embraced the coziness of the space. As opposed to watching this family wrestle with the ghosts of the past and the indefinite future, we are dropping you down right inside their row house in Pittsburgh. With only three feet separating you from the actors, we hope that you’ll connect with this classic in a new way. The Century Cycle, and this play in particular, capture what it means to be both African and American while trying to achieve the ever-illusive American Dream. The piano holds the history of the Charles family but it holds the larger story of being both American and a descendant of enslaved Africans. Inside Willie Boy’s intricate carvings lie both the pain and the beauty of our disenfranchisement. As members of the Charles family tussle over the family heirloom, we, the audience, are asked to consider the costs of trying to move forward. Can you deny one’s past and still move forward? Is reclaiming a troubled past and turning it into a bright tomorrow even possible? Mr. Wilson stated that he wrote the play with the idea that Berniece was attempting to acquire a sense of self-worth by denying her past. As the play’s climax suggests, there will come a point where the past must be confronted; ghosts tend to stick around when there is unfinished business. This play teaches us that by embracing the inner yearnings and making oneself available to the ancestral forces, we shall overcome. I hope that you enjoy our production and the experience of listening to the poetry left to us by this Great Griot. I hope that you leave here with the confidence to embrace the power of those that have come before you and that have walked the paths that they laid out. I hope you leave tonight with the confidence to face whatever challenges face you. Thanks for coming to the show. – Jamil Jude Director The Piano Lesson
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WHO’S WHO - CAST Ronald Conner (Boy Willie) is pleased to be making his Olney Theatre Center debut. This is Ron’s fourth time bringing Boy Willie to life. Previous productions include: The St. Louis Black Rep, Portland Stage, and Court Theatre (Jeff Nominated Best Play, 2009 BTAA winner Best Actor in a Lead role). Conner has performed in eight out the ten plays in August Wilson’s Century Cycle. In Chicago he’s a proud ensemble member of Congo Square Theatre and recently appeared as Greg Hammels on ABC’s short lived series Mind Games. Other notable T.V. And film credits include The four year Coors Light NFL campaign and a small role in the Dark Knight. Jessica Frances Dukes (Berniece) has most recently been seen in The Mountaintop at Virginia Stage Company, and Stick Fly at The Arden Theatre Company. Other regional appearances include:The Raisin Cycle - Beneatha’s Place and Clybourne Park at Center Stage; A Raisin In The Sun and The Piano Lesson at Geva Theatre; The Piano Lesson at Indiana Rep Theatre; The Vibrator Play at Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre; A Trip To Bountiful at Cleveland Playhouse; and The Bluest Eye at Horizon Theatre. DC area credits include: Bootycandy, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), Full Circle, Eclipsed, Fever/Dream, Antebellum, and Starving at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; The Conference of the Birds at Folger Theatre; Passing Strange and Caroline, or Change at Studio Theatre; A Trip To Bountiful and Permanent Collection at Round House Theatre; Jitney at Fords Theatre; Sanctified, a Gospel Musical at The Lincoln Theatre; In Darfur at Theater J; The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful, Unleashed: The Secret Lives of White House Pets, Izzy Iccarus Fell Off the World at The Kennedy Center; Spunk (Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress) at Tribute Productions in association with African Continuum Theatre Company; The Bluest Eye (Helen Hayes best ensemble nomination) and Insurrection: Holding History (Helen Hayes best ensemble nomination) at Theater Alliance; Fanny’s First Play at Washington Stage Guild. Ms. Dukes is a company member with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and earned her MFA from The Catholic University of America. www.jessicafrancesdukes.com. Lauren DuPree (Grace) is happy to be making her Olney Theatre Center debut. Previous credits include: The Kennedy Center: Orphie and the Book of Heroes (Orphie); Signature Theatre: Dreamgirls, Spin (Ensemble); Studio 2ndStage: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Storyteller); Adventure Theatre: The Snowy Day; 1st Stage Theatre: Trav’lin (Ella); Washington Savoyards: Ain’t Mibehavin’ (Charlayne); Discovery Theater: Seasons of Light; Imagination Stage: Roald Dahl in Repertory, Lulu and the Brontosarus (Narrator). TV: Biz Kid$. EDUCATION: Howard University, BFA, 2011. UPCOMING: Ford’s Theatre: A Christmas Carol. JaBen Early (Avery) is a Washington DC native who has been performing in the area all his life. He’s proud to be in his first performance at Olney Theatre Center. His previous credits include: Philly’s InterAct Theatre Company: We Are Proud to Present...; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: The Convert; Arena Stage: Ruined; Studio Theatre: Fucking A; and, American Century Theater: Native Son. He studied theater at Morehouse College and received his MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Jon Hudson Odom (Lymon) is thrilled to be working with Olney Theatre Center for the first time. REGIONAL: The Goodman Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Ravinia Festival: West Side Story 50th Anniversary; Theatre Alliance Winston-Salem: Take Me Out. DC AREA: Center Stage: Twelfth Night; Rep Stage: Yellowman; Everyman Theatre: You Can’t Take It With You; Ford’s Theatre: Our Town; The Keegan Theatre: A Few Good Men; Studio Theatre: 2-2-Tango, Invisible Man (u/s); Theatre Alliance DC: Reals; Constellation Theatre: The Ramayana; National Gallery of Art: Framed. EDUCATION: University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Harold Surratt (Wining Boy) Theater credits include: BROADWAY: Impressionism directed by Jack O’Brien, Serious Money directed by Max Stafford-Clarke. REGIONAL: The Convert (World Premiere) by Danai Gurira at The McCarter, The Goodman, and The Kirk Douglas directed by Emily Mann. Trouble in Mind and The Sunset Limited at Triad Stage directed by Preston Lane. Other theaters include Premiere Stages, The Public, Keen Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and The Folger. TELEVISION: Babylon Fields (pilot), Orange is the New Black, The Temptations (mini-series), Fringe, The Practice, and ER. FILMS: Sudden Death, The Pelican Brief, and Blood In Blood Out. 301.924.3400
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WHO’S WHO - CAST Jonathan Peck (Doaker) has most recently been seen in such acclaimed new works such as The Whipping Man at Syracuse Stage, and The Most Deserving at Denver Theatre Center. This is his first production of The Piano Lesson although he has appeared as Sterling in August Wilson’s Two Trains Running directed by Lloyd Richards and Fences. Other regional appearances include: Othello, Macbeth, and Les Blancs at Center Stage in Baltimore. Recent DC-Area credits include: Arena Stage: Every Tongue Confess opposite Felicia Rashad, The Glass Menagerie opposite Ruby Dee, Banquo in Macbeth; Shakespeare Theatre: Inaugural productions of Tamburlaine and Edward II. Mr. Peck also played Jafar in Disney’s original musical Aladdin at Disney’s California Adventure theme park. BROADWAY: Lincoln Center: Abduction from the Seraglio, The Roundabout: The Lion in Winter; The New Victory: The Color of Justice. Recent film and TV productions include the recurring character of Agent Baker, One Life to Live, The Rubicon. AMC, The West Wing, Cadillac Records, and various episodes in the Law and Order series. Nicole Wildy (Maretha) is thrilled to return to Olney Theatre Center. Nikki was last seen as one of the King’s children in The King and I. Previous regional theater credits include: Ford’s Theatre: A Christmas Carol (Want, School Girl); Paper Mill Playhouse: Swing Awakening (Ensemble). A fifth grader at Triadelphia Ridge Elementary School, Nikki was honored to play her trombone recently with the Howard County Gifted and Talented Band. Nikki loves singing, acting, and dancing as well as playing the piano. Dancing since age two, she has won numerous regional and national awards and has performed at the Manhattan Center, NY and Hippodrome Theatre, MD.
WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE August Wilson (Playwright) (April 27, 1945 - October 2, 2005) authored Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Fences, Two Trains Running, Jitney, King Hedley II, and Radio Golf. These works explore the heritage and experience of African-Americans, decade-by-decade, over the course of the twentieth century. His plays have been produced at regional theaters across the country and all over the world, as well as on Broadway. In 2003, Mr. Wilson made his professional stage debut in his one-man show, How I Learned What I Learned. Mr. Wilson’s works garnered many awards including Pulitzer Prizes for Fences (1987); and for The Piano Lesson (1990); a Tony Award for Fences; Great Britain’s Olivier Award for Jitney; as well as seven New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars, and Jitney. Additionally, the cast recording of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom received a 1985 Grammy Award, and Mr. Wilson received a 1995 Emmy Award nomination for his screenplay adaptation of The Piano Lesson. Mr. Wilson’s early works included the one-act plays The Janitor, Recycle, The Coldest Day of the Year, Malcolm X, The Homecoming, and the musical satire Black Bart and the Sacred Hills. Mr. Wilson received many fellowships and awards, including Rockefeller and Guggenheim Fellowships in Playwrighting, the Whiting Writers Award, 2003 Heinz Award, was awarded a 1999 National Humanities Medal by the President of the United States, and received numerous honorary degrees from colleges and universities, as well as the only high school diploma ever issued by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. He was an alumnus of New Dramatists, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a 1995 inductee into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and on October 16, 2005, Broadway renamed the theater located at 245 West 52nd Street - The August Wilson Theatre. Mr. Wilson was born and raised in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and lived in Seattle, Washington at the time of his death. He is immediately survived by his two daughters, Sakina Ansari and Azula Carmen Wilson, and his wife, costume designer Constanza Romero. Jamil Jude (Director) is honored to direct his first show at Olney Theatre Center and the first August Wilson show in the company’s history. Selected credits (director, unless otherwise noted): REGIONAL: Theatre in the Round: Dead Man’s Cell Phone; Lakeshore Players: The Petrified Forest; Freshwater Theatre: The Beacon From Belle Isle, Schadenfreude, Second Wedding; Park Square Theatre: Stick Fly (assistant director). DC AREA: Arena Stage: every tongue confess (assistant director); Forum Theatre: for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. EDUCATION: BA in English from Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. 301.924.3400
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WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE C. Renee Alexander (Production Stage Manager) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Neville’s Island, Angel Street, Over The Tavern. OFF-BROADWAY: for colored girls who have considered suicide 25th Anniversary, Freed (59E59th), One Night (Cherry Lane), Apollo Club Harlem (The Apollo) 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 Stage Manager for five years. Daniel Ettinger (Scenic Designer) is pleased to be making his Olney Theatre Center debut. DC AREA: Woolly Mammoth: You For Me For You, Civilization, Eclipsed, Vigils, The Mineola Twins, Recent Tragic Events, Tommy J & Sally; Theater J: Body Awareness, The Disputation; Rep Stage: Piano Teacher, Boeing, Boeing, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?, God’s Ear, Tintypes; BALTIMORE AREA: Resident Scenic Designer for Everyman Theatre: By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, The Beau Stratagem, Glass Menagerie, Red, August: Osage County, Time Stands Still, A Number, I Am My Own Wife, She Stoops To Conquer, Shipwrecked, An Entertainment! Daniel teaches design at Towson University in Maryland and is a member of United Scenic Artists, local 829. Paige Hernandez (Choreographer/Musical Director) is a multifaceted artist who is known for her innovative fusion of poetry, hip hop, dance, and education. She has performed on many stages throughout the country including The Folger Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Manship Theatre, The Wharton Center, Cleveland Playhouse, and many others. Paige’s choreography has been seen all over the world and in 2014 will also be featured at Imagination Stage and Forum Theatre. With her company B-FLY ENTERTAINMENT, Paige has toured her children’s show Havana Hop and her one woman show, Paige in Full: A B-girl’s Visual Mixtape throughout the country. www.paigehernandez.com. Robb Hunter (Fight Director) is very glad to be back at Olney Theatre Center where his previous credits include Bus Stop, Oliver!, The Millionairess, Carousel, and 13 Rue de L’Amour. DC AREA: The Kennedy Center/WNO: Moby Dick, Don Giovanni, Hamlet; The Shakespeare Theatre Company: Measure for Measure, The Alchemist, The Winter’s Tale, Hamlet (AFD); Arena Stage: Ruined, Stick Fly, Noises Off, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire du Lune, The Heidi Chronicles; The Studio Theatre: Red Speedo (Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography), The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Invisible Man, The Walworth Farce (Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography), Superior Donuts, American Buffalo, Reasons to be Pretty, Legends, Red Speedo. AWARDS: Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography in Red Speedo (2014) and The Walworth Farce (2012), ACTF Certificate of Merit in Fight Direction for Ubu Roi (American University - 2012), Likhachev Foundation Cultural Fellowship to Russia (2012). EDUCATION: Virginia Commonwealth University: MFA Theatre Pedagogy; Certified Fight Director and Teacher for the Society of American Fight Directors. Elisheba Ittoop (Sound Design) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Trumpery, Tree Boy. REGIONAL: The Kennedy Center: Elephant and Piggie, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, American Scrapbook, Teddy Roosevelt and the Ghostly Mistletoe, Mermaids Monsters and the World Painted Purple; Cleveland Playhouse: Yentl; Arena Stage: Love in Afghanistan; Center Stage: Clybourne Park, Beneatha’s Place; Woolly Mammoth: You for Me for You, Mr. Burns; Folger: The Conference of the Birds; Studio: The Big Meal, Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven, That Face, The Receptionist; Virginia Stage Company: Black Pearl Sings, Radio Golf; National Gallery of Art: Framed!; Eugene O’Neill Theater Center: How We Got On, The Nether, Good Goods, Follow Me to Nellie’s; Chautauqua Theater: Everything is Ours, Muckrakers. EDUCATION: North Carolina School of the Arts. www.elishebaittoop.com. Xavier Pierce (Lighting Designer) NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TOUR: DRUMLINE LIVE! REGIONAL: Long Wharf Theatre & McCarter Theatre: Fences; Playmakers Repertory & Triad Stage: The Mountaintop; Triad Stage: Red; Two River Theater Company: Two Trains Running; Westport Country Playhouse: A Raisin in the Sun. Recipient of the Thomas C. Fichandler Award for Excellence in Lighting and Allen Lee Hughes Lighting Design Fellow at Arena Stage. EDUCATION: MFA in Design for Stage and Film from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Visiting Assistant Professor in Lighting Design at the University of Illinois. Reggie Ray (Costume Designer) has designed for Artistic Directors and Directors which include: Kenny Leon: (BROADWAY: The Cort Theatre, The Palace Theatre, Kennedy Center), Derrick Sanders: (OFF BROADWAY: Signature Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Lincoln Theatre, Center Stage, and True Colors Theatre Co.), Debbie Allen: (The Kennedy Center), Al Freeman, Jr.: (Mar301.924.3400
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WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE tha’s Vinyard Playhouse), Maurice Hines: (Arena Stage and MetroStage), Joy Zinoman: (Studio Theatre) and countless others. Theater critics have recognized Ray’s designs as he was nominated for five Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Costume Design (Spunk, God’s Trombones, Black Nativity, The Old Settler, and Souvenir). Mr. Ray received two: Spunk and Souvenir. He is also Resident Designer and Instructor for Howard University’s Department of Theatre Arts. Union: USA Local 829 (NY). Jason Loewith (Artistic Director) directed the world premiere of Steven Dietz’s Rancho Mirage for Olney Theatre Center last season as well as this season’s production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Jason won Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Jeff Awards for Best New Musical for Adding Machine: A Musical, which he co-wrote with composer Joshua Schmidt (off-Broadway, 2008). His latest musical is Big Nate: The Musical which premiered in 2013 at Adventure Theatre MTC, co-written with Olney’s Associate Artistic Director Christopher Youstra. Recent regional work as a director includes the world premiere of Broke (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta), Time Stands Still (Everyman, Baltimore), Crime and Punishment, and Working It Out (Center Stage, Baltimore), Adding Machine: A Musical (Studio Theatre, DC), and a dozen plays for Chicago’s Next Theatre Company, where he served as Artistic Director from 2002-08. Those credits include the Chicago area premieres of Dying City, Defiance, The Long Christmas Ride Home, and Fabulation. He conceived and directed the world premiere of The American Dream Songbook, wrote and directed the world premiere of War With the Newts, and produced Chicago premieres by Caryl Churchill, Suzan-Lori Parks, Carson Kreitzer, Sam Shepard, Dael Orlandersmith, and many more. He is a three-time grantee from the NEA for Artistic Excellence, a recipient of support from the Rockefeller MAP Fund and MacArthur’s International Connections Fund, and a TCG New Generations Future Leaders grant. Jason joined Olney as Artistic Director in 2013 after serving four years as Executive Director of the National New Play Network. Amy Marshall (Managing Director) joined Olney Theatre Center in October of 2007. Ms. Marshall graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marquette University in 1991 and joined the staff of the Florentine Opera that same year. During her seven years as Production Director at the Florentine, she maintained a balanced production budget every year. In the summer of 2000, she accepted a position with the Milwaukee Ballet. Her enthusiasm for the art form led to her eventual promotion to Executive Director. Under Ms. Marshall’s leadership, the Milwaukee Ballet achieved a balanced budget for the four years she served as Executive Director. That trend has continued as she has lead Olney Theatre Center to a balanced budget for the past three years. In addition, due in large part to Ms. Marshall’s leadership, The Gazette for Politics and Business recognized Olney Theatre Center as one of the top 53 businesses in the state of Maryland in 2011 and 2012.
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OLNEY THEATRE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS President...............................................................................................................................Jennifer L. Kneeland Board Chair................................................................................................................................Susan Finkelstein Vice President......................................................................................................................Megan Davey Limarzi Treasurer..................................................................................................................................Patricia Woodbury Secretary...................................................................................................................................... Robert Mitchell President Emeritus.........................................................................................................................Gene Counihan
BOARD MEMBERS Nancy Nelson Ortiz Sandeep Saggar Mita M. Schaffer Nicole T. Totah Alan Wade
Arthur Holmes Stephen Kaufman Jason Loewith Amy Marshall Helen Marshall Anthony Morella
Phyllis Bottegal Frances H. Glendening John E. Going W. E. Gregory Robert E. Hebda
William H. Graham, Sr. (in memoriam)
AUDIENCE SERVICES Theater Policies Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the house manager. Please do not bring food into the theater (beverages are allowed) and all buildings are smoke-free. 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.
Post-Show Discussions Join the artistic staff and/or invited guests after Saturday matinees for AfterWords. Please call the Box Office at 301.924.3400 for more information on these events. 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.) Audio-Described Performances Audio-described performances are offered on the third Wednesday evening during a show’s run, which include preshow program notes and 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.
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OLNEY THEATRE CENTER THANKS THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROSITY
CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION GIFTS
This list consists of Annual Fund contributions for the 12-month period ending March 15, 2014
Angel $100,000+
Director’s Circle $1,000+ America’s Charities Creative Floral Design Fern Eisner Photography Martha Washington Straus-Harry A. Straus Foundation, Inc. Hospice Caring, Inc. Saggar & Rosenberg Verizon Foundation
Champion $50,000+
Artist’s Circle $500+ The Ansary Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Kang’s Black Belt Academy OBA Bank Old Brick Inn Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving
Leader $10,000+ The William S. Abell Foundation and Margaret Abell Powell Fund
Government Support
Edgerton Foundation New American Play Program Enthusiast $5,000+ Bradford World Renowned Portraiture Morty Gudelsky Foundation, Inc. Believer $2,500+
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OLNEY THEATRE CENTER THANKS THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROSITY
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS
This list consists of Annual Fund contributions for the 12-month period ending March 15, 2014
Angel $100,000+ Mr. Robert Dohmen Bob and Eveline Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Mulitz – In honor of the Mulitz-Gudelsky Family Miss Gertrude L. Poe Mrs. Maggi Root
Champion $50,000+ Anonymous Helen Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Z. Kaufman
Leader $10,000+ Joan E. Dubinsky and Craig N. Packard Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gregory In Memory of Ms. Shirley S. Platt Kathleen Quinn Mr. Vernon L. Skinner, Jr. Patricia Woodbury
Mr. and Mrs. David Bottegal Robert Burk Mrs. Melissa Collins The Honorable Gene and Mrs. Cindy Counihan Mrs. Frances Hughes Glendening Max Jacobs John and Kathy Lyons Bob and Marlene Mitchell Stuart and Margaret Natof Daniel and Christine Powers Margaret T. Roper and Mr. Clifford L. Johnson Robert and Lelia Russell Mr. and Mrs. Sandeep Saggar Charles and Mary Solla Sandy and Alan Wade
Director’s Circle $1,000+
Ms. Jeanne Brush Ned Cramer Richard and Joan Curtis Enthusiast $5,000+ Steve Danielson and Dr. Kenneth Hoyle Kay and Paul Deerin Eileen and Paul DeMarco Susan and Jay Finkelstein M. Charlene Dorrian The William H. Graham, Sr. Family Ms. Miriam Dubin Robert E. Hebda Edith L. Embrey Mrs. Reba Heyman Maureen and Tom Estrin In Memory of Mr. Jacob M. Jaffe Berdie and David Firestone Jennifer and Scott Kneeland Senator Jennie M. The Honorable Sidney Kramer and William Forehand Paul and Pat Mangus Hal and Karen Gordon Alan L. and Amy Meltzer Margaret and Jim Johnston James Pape The Honorable Benjamin F. Kramer and Nancy Newman-Pape Jane Thérèse Larsen Kevin White & Rossana Salvadori – Evlyn D. Latimer In honor of our parents, Anson Jason Loewith & Marge, Dilvo & Dina Charles S. Mack Carol Trawick and Alice Barrett Mack and Tico McCready Believer $2,500+ Maggie Lester R. and Helaine G. Morss Eleanor Clain-Stefanelli Robert W. Neighbors Linda A. Dawkins Nancy and Hector Ortiz Gordon and Margot Dibble Victor Shargai and Craig Pascal Michael and Michelle Fannon Chris and Chris Youstra Barry and Marie Fleishman Ms. Winifred E. Herrman Artist’s Circle $500+ Nettie Horne JoAnn and Dean Aulick Amy and Dean Marshall Harold M. and Christine A. Bartlett The Honorable Barbara Baumann Karen S. Montgomery Dennis and Holly Blackledge and Mr. Harry Montgomery Frederick Denecke Tony and Connie Morella Ms. Andrea Drimmer W. and Laura G. Fetters Friend $1,500+ Matthew Robert and Carole Fontenrose Anonymous Mr. David Frankenberger, Jr. Anonymous – In memory Tom and Peg Gibian of Kate Gibson Mr. John E. Going
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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Greenhut Paul and Marilyn Henderson Jim and Lynne Hensley Mr. Richard F. Hughes Jon and Michelle Hulsizer Mr. Clayton Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Jason King Jones Sheldon T. and Audrey Katz The Honorable Isiah Leggett and Mrs. Catherine S. Leggett Mrs. Lillian Litowsky Ms. Sandra Marks Linda and Tom McCabe Marie Lisa McKillop Frederick and Elizabeth Montgomery Timothy C. O’Hara Osborne C. Parchment, PhD Richard and Anita Peterson Ms. Jacqueline Raymo Cokie and Steve Roberts Mrs. Lillian Roehl Gary Rosenthal Mr. Michael Rubino Ms. Robin Rudden Mita Schaffer and Tina Martin Cora and Murray Simpson Carl W. Smith and Michael L. Burke Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Sorensen Michael and Chris Spates Ms. Donna Spiegler In Loving memory of Dick and Nancy Thomas George A. and Katherine C. Whitehouse Ms. Halo Wines John A. and Mary Daley Yerrick
Advocate $250+ Sarah Allen and John Anderson Ms. Louise G. Bargamian Petee Barnes Dr. Patricia Beaston Fran and Harvey Berger Elyse and Jeffrey Bernstein Michael Bobbitt Dr. and Mrs. Kelly Bossard Weldon C. Brown Barbara and Martin Buzas Valerie M. Campbell Philip and Elaine Clarkin Mrs. Clare W. Crawford - Mason Ms. Jerilyn Dali Scott Dvileskis Marilyn and Bennett L. Elisberg Mr. Brian Feit Laurie and Arnold Foudin Lawrence and Joan Friend Ms. Annette Gage Tookie Gentilcore
Robert J. and Liane A. Giardina Ms. Amy Gonce Ann and Thomas Gooch Mr. Philip Graneto David and Eileen M. Haley Freddi and Dick Hammerschlag Mr. Edward Han William A. Hanson and Gail A. Lieberman Joshua and Ana Rita Hauge Ms. Elizabeth Henriksen Joannene Hudak John F. Jameson and B.J. Shorak Nene Keita - in honor of Aissatou Diakite Elizabeth S. King Edith M. Kirk Stephen and Katharine Kovarcik Megan Davey Limarzi Marcia Litwack Marina Lowen Amy Lowenstein Delmar and Dorothea Luce Ann Malekzadeh Betty and Frederick Marcell Susan McCarthy Bill Michie Mr. and Mrs. Forest Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Russell Muntifering Tom and Denise Murphy Joan Murray-Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nelson George and Maureen Nesbitt Mr. and Mrs. George Newett Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Parker Libby S. Rubin Fill and Linda Ruegg The Savada-Stevenson Family Betty J. Shorak Mr. and Mrs. Richard Silbert The Honorable Luiz R. Simmons Leslie F. Smith and Stacy P. Smith Mr. Gary Sowers Ms. Donna Spiegler Ms. Carole Steele Ms. Susan Stracquatanio Alicia and Marlin Taylor Lois Taylor and Stephen Simpson Charlie and Deborah Thompson Peter Threadgill Kevin Townsend & Jane Pesci-Townsend Adolph Vezza Debby Vivari Brad Watkins Ms. Helene R. Weisz Dr. and Mrs. Steven White Buddy and Kim Wyre The Honorable and Mrs. Craig Zucker
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OLNEY THEATRE CENTER THANKS THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROSITY
Patron $100+ Anonymous Mr. Arthur Adams Ms. Jacqueline Adler Rick and Susan Andrews Susan and MacDCG Andrews Dr. Gina Angiola Mr. Russell Antler Alan and Susan Apter Bill and Sandy Attick Howard G. Ausden Ms. Mary A. Austing Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ballard Richard Banvard Mr. Stanford B. Barouh Elaine B. Baugham-Young and James A. Young, Jr. Howard R. and Alice L. Baum Dan the Man Marian Bellama Neil R. Bernstein Ms. Rhonda D. Best Mr. Merle J. Biggin Ms. Nina Blecher Ms. Elizabeth Russell Boe Dr. Vera Borokovec Julius Bowen Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brady Mr. Richard Brush Watson and Jane Bullock Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buscaglio Mr. and Mrs. William M. Butler Robert Calvert, Jr. Ms. Robin M. Cameron Rich and Sherry Carson Ms. Mary Champagne Mr. and Mrs. Sotiros Chaparas Stephen Charing and Bob Ford Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Chatlynne Howard and Rosie Chernoff Ms. Shirley L. Cohen James Costrell and Helen Wood Mr. Leonard V. Covello Mr. Edward Cowan Kaye Craft Mr. and Mrs. Dale Crown Margaret E. Cusack Mrs. Bernadine Dadey Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Dadey Barbara B. Dahlgren Martin and Belle Davis Keith and A. Eletheer Decker Hampton DeJarnette and Leslie England Mr. Donald DeLuca Mr. Howard Deutch Ms. Kay Dildine Mr. and Mrs. James Duda Ms. Ilona Dulaski Ms. Janet Dunlop Mr. David Dunn Mr. Samuel P. Edgerly Donald and Barbara Eisen Michele and Steve Eisenberg Edith Espenshade Mr. Mark B. Epstein
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The Honorable Gail Ewing and Mr. Bob Ewing John and Heea (Vazirani-) Fales Mr. B. and Dr. N. Farrell Mr. Brad Farrell Bob and Pat Fauver Wyn Fitzpatrick Mrs. Roger J Folstrom Mr. William Friar Leonard Friedman and Randi Passamaneck Ms. Noreen B. Friedman Mr. Richard Frome Mr. and Mrs. Edward Garzero Mr. Thomas P. Gaske Shad Ghozati Stuart and Vivian Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Goldstein Ms. Jan Goldstein Mrs. Ann L. Grau Mr. Jonah D. Green Pat Gross Sam Hack Bill and Ines Hackett Romayne A. Hagyard Susanne and Stephen Hardy Mr. Kevin Hasser Mr. Brian Heckler Delegate and Mrs. Hank Heller Mr. and Mrs. David Henderson Joseph Hess Saundra Hill Mr. and Mrs. Gordhan Hirani Robert Hirano Delegate Sheila Hixson Charles and Pamela Hofmann Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Arthur Holmes Alison Drucker and Tom Holzman Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Horman Mrs. Linda Horowitz John D. Horrocks Robert R. Hudson Katherine Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jourdenais Mary and Larry Judge Mr. JJ Kaczynski Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Kaplan Jeffrey Kaufman Ms. Barbara Kleinknecht Ms. Amy R. Knowlton Ms. Anya Kornilova Mr. and Mrs. John Koskinen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kunsman Ms. Nancy Laing Mr. David Landstrom M.C. Lang and G.H. Burkett Ms. Erica Leatham John and Jeanine Lee Cindy R. Lefkowitz Carol M. and Michael B. Lehan Suzanne Lillis Paul and Susan Linz Laurie Weker Lipton Betty Long Mr. Richard M. Loughlin Ann and and Barry Lubin
Mr. Robert Luskin Wes MacAdam Rosemary A. MacDonald Brent and Sharon Malcolm Ms. Liz Mamana Ms. Nancy M. Mann Ms. Pearl B. Marks Ms. Sherryl Marshall – in memory of Bette Marshall Ron and Ingrid Masi The Matathais Family Ms. Barbara Mayo-Wells Mr. and Mrs. Brent McIntosh John and Rita McKee Ms. Claire McLaughlin Ms. Pauline Mendo Ms. Bette Mercer Blanche Messerly Robert and Susan Meyer Mr. Philip D. Micali Frances Michelsen Dr. and Mrs. Laurence Miller Nancy Cox Mills and Edward W. Mills Mr. William L. Mitchell and Mr. David A. Vignolo Vivian S. Montalban Bruce and Janet Montgomery Dr. and Mrs. Roscoe M. Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lance Morrell Mr. Christopher Mueller Mr. Stephen Nachamie Irva Nachlas-Gabin Ms. Patricia Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Nutting Robert O’Reagan Ms. Rosemary Pardee Julie S. Parker Mr. Fred T. Paul Clara Perlingiero Evelyn and Peter Philipps Mr. and Mrs. Paul Picciotta Ms. Jacqueline O. Pickard Mr. Eric W. Pierpoint Mr. and Mrs. Edward Podhajsky Susannah F. Prindle Mr. Avee Ranjan Dr. Carole A. Rayburn Mrs. Elizabeth M. Read Barbara G. Resnick Mary and Robert Rich Caroline M. Rickerson Nancy Ricks Ms. Rose Ridgeway Mr. Randolph Rife Mr. Michael J. Rinaldi II Mr. and Mrs. James C. Ritter Mrs. Leigh Roberts Ruth R. Unterweger Mr. Tim Rogan Mr. and Mrs. Howard Roseman Ms. Margaret Ann Ross Suzanne Rotbert and Jim Dawson In Memory of Philip L. Rothchild Ms. Jan Rothman Mrs. Ludmilla Sabatiuk
Mr. Stanley Sachar In Memory of Paula Savage Ronnie and Les Sax Amy E. Schaffer E. Pat Schaffer Charlie and Marie Schaub The Honorable and Mrs. Donald Schiff Elizabeth M. Schmidt Mr. Roger Schmidt Edwin and Sondra Schonfeld Mr. Jeff Schrager Ms. Corinne O. Schram Dick Schreitmueller Jayson and Leslie Schwam-Miles Alfred and Patricia Scipio Ms. Linda Scofield Bernard and Rita Segerman Richard Apstein and Lenny Seliger Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shannon Ms. Susan J. Shawhan Evelyn R. Shea Theda and Sholom Sheffermen Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Shulman Mr. and Mrs. Sickel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Slate Marshall and Deborah Sluyter Mr. Arnold Sperling Ms. Hilda Springer Ms. Barbara Starke Mr. and Mrs. David Stearman Ms. Mary A. Steele Mr. Harold Stein Kenneth and Christine Steinbruckner Mr. and Mrs. Duane G. Straub Mr. Calhoun Strawhand Donald and Mary Street Ms. Carol C. Stretmater Ms. Serena Toro Mr. John D. Townsley Carrie and John Trauth George Tressel Ginny and Ray Van Brunt Chitra Verma Joy B. Vertel Mr. Michael Votaw John and Charlotte Walker Ms. Susan Walker and Mr. Harry Salwen Mr. Ethan Watermeier Professor and Mrs. Peter P. Weidenbruch, Jr Susan Weisgerber Ms. Kaissa Wetcher Iris Wilder Ms. Marybeth Wise Philip and Shirley Yaffee Ms. Renee E. Yancey Christopher Yates and Carolyn Pasquantino Thomas Young Mr. and Mrs. Dan Zimmerman Mary Zmitrovich
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OLNEY THEATRE CENTER STAFF ARTISTIC Artistic Director Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Special Programs Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Music Theatre Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Education Artistic Apprentice
ADMINISTRATION Jason Loewith
Christopher Youstra
Managing Director Assistant to Managing Director Facilities Manager/ IT Manager
Jason King Jones Jenna Duncan
FINANCE
Dennis A. Blackledge
Director of Accounting and Financial Services Senior Accountant Business Manager
John Going
PRODUCTION Director of Production Company Manager/ Associate Production Manager Technical Director Assistant Technical Director Scene Shop Foreman Carpenter Resident Scenic Artist Costume Shop Supervisor Assistant Costume Shop Supervisor Master Electricians Properties Master Resident Sound Engineer Production Management Apprentice Company Management Apprentice Production Apprentices
Fred T. Paul Stephen M. Greene Matthew Robert Mills W. M. Yarbrough III David Ash Fred Via Jeanne Bland Seth Gilbert Samantha Campbell, Marc Hurst Rachael Erichsen Elvin J. Crespo Sarah Tomberlin Claire Kennedy Claire Carden, Lauren E. Chilton, Brian Chismar, Brendan Gregg, Mollie LaTorre, Vincent Loucks, Katie Mikula, Mandy Schultz, Mike Vaughan
SHOW STAFF Production Manager Assistant Stage Managers Assistant Lighting Designer Assistant to the Costume Designer Piano Coach Additional Electrics Crew Wardrobe
Sarah Tomberlin Angela Plante, Mandy Schultz Elaine Senft
Amy Marshall Maureen Estrin Dean Marshall
Nene Keita Chyeslan Buso Kynda Reid
COMMUNICATIONS Sales Director Marketing and Public Relations Manager Social Media/ Marketing Associate Graphic Designer Patron Services Manager Box Office Manager Box Office Supervisors House Managers Box Office Associates
Weldon C. Brown Heather Andrews Sonie Mathew JJ Kaczynski R. Wesley Meekins Henriette Mendo Shanna Chuenyane, Kara Fannon Lucirae Cooley, Kelly Craig, Lina Al Dajani, Jake Fullmer, Ricardo Melendez, Barbara Scanlan, Khris-Ann Small, Desiree Ward Judy Abrams, Arash Bahari, Vince Constantino, Rachel Spory-Harper, Nicole Jennings, Leah Keilsohn, Andrew Majors,Chisomo Maluwa Angela Plante, Emily Townsend
DEVELOPMENT Director of Development Development Assistant Development Associate
Loretto McNally Maureen Estrin Lacey Burbage
Luqman Salim Christopher Youstra Laurie Bautista, Sarah Splaine Mary Woll
EDUCATION National Players General Manager Education Apprentice
Kevin Hasser Maegan Clearwood
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts is a member of Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization representing the not-for-profit American theater; the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington; the League of Washington Theatres; and the Baltimore Theatre Alliance.
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.
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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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