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A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dear friend of Olney Theatre Center, I got my first theater job 24 years ago: running the t-shirt concession at New York’s Shakespeare in the Park. It was the summer that Morgan Freeman and Tracy Ullman starred in The Taming of the Shrew, and Denzel Washington played Richard III. Whenever I wasn’t selling t-shirts, posters, buttons and other tschotchkes that summer, I was listening and learning. Every night I heard amazing war stories from the artists and technicians who brought Shakespeare’s text to life. And every night I watched thousands of New Yorkers from every background imaginable engage with a 400-year old play. It was electrifying. So when I came to Olney Theatre Center last year, and watched our community respond so heartily to the National Players’ Comedy of Errors, I knew immediately we had to expand our outdoor Shakespeare productions. With the help of our great benefactor Maggi Root (you’re sitting right now at the Root Family Stage), we’re doing just that. Who are the National Players? The 65-year old National Players are the heart of Olney Theatre Center’s educational programs. Each year, ten recent graduates of theater training programs come to Olney for a summer of intensive learning and rehearsal. At summer’s end, they pack up sets and costumes for three plays and tour them all over the country. Over two million patrons here and abroad have seen the Players; they’ve performed from a prison in South Dakota to the East Wing of the White House, and hundreds of places in between. In expanding our production this year, we’ve paired five young actors who have just completed Tour 65 with some of the area’s best-loved professionals – all of whom happen to be National Players alumni. Alan Wade (Tours 20 and 23), Paul Morella (Tour 30), Craig Wallace (Tour 42), Ian LeValley (Tour 43), Julie-Ann Elliott (Tour 44), Ryan Mitchell (Tour 59) and Dan Van Why (Tour 59) are mentoring these younger actors as they make the transition from college to a thriving professional career. And they’re telling lots of war stories along the way. The Tempest is in part about passing knowledge from one generation to the next. That kind of mentorship lies deep in Olney Theatre Center’s DNA, and I see that same generosity of spirit in our community. I’m delighted to have met so many of you in person and via email. 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
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Opening Night: July 19, 2014
Jason Loewith, Artistic Director presents
featuring
Julie足-Ann Elliott Ian LeValley Jacob Mundell Dan Van Why
Leah Filley Ryan Mitchell Christopher Richardson Alan Wade
Scenic Design
Costume Design
Charlie Calvert
Pei Lee
Sound Design/ Original Music
Elisheba Ittoop
Alexander Korman Paul Morella Adam Turck Craig Wallace Lighting Design
Sonya Dowhaluk
Fight Choreographer
Production Stage Manager
Casey Kaleba
Elisabeth Ribar
Director of Production
Dennis A. Blackledge
Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Education
Jason King Jones
Director
Jason King Jones This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.
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CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Ariel............................................................................................................................JULIE-ANN ELLIOTT* Miranda................................................................................................................................... Leah Filley Ferdinand..................................................................................................................Alexander Korman Alonso.................................................................................................................................Ian LEValley* Caliban..............................................................................................................................Ryan Mitchell+ Antonio.............................................................................................................................. Paul Morella* Trinculo............................................................................................................................. Jacob Mundell Sebastian......................................................................................................... Christopher Richardson Boatswain, Adrian...................................................................................................................Adam Turck Stephano............................................................................................................................ Dan Van Why* Mr. Van Why’s performance is generously sponsored by David Frankenberger, Jr.
Gonzalo..................................................................................................................................Alan Wade* Prospero.......................................................................................................................... Craig Wallace* VOICE OVERS Voice of Iris.................................................................................................................. Gwendolyn Jones Voice of Ceres................................................................................................................... Shakiera Sarai Production Stage Manager – Elisabeth Ribar* *Member Actors’ Equity Association
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All members of the company are current or former members of NATIONAL PLAYERS NATIONAL PLAYERS TOUR 66 COMPANY Adam Donovan • Ian Geers • Anthony Golden • James Hesse • Hannah McKechnie Dallas Milholland • Jacob Mundell • Shakiera Sarai • MK Smith • Adam Turck
SCENES AND SETTINGS Act 1, Scene 1: On a ship at sea: a tempestuous noise Act 1, Scene 2: The island, before Prospero’s cell Act 2, Scene 1: Another part of the island Act 2, Scene 2: Another part of the island INTERMISSION
Act 3, Scene 1: Before Prospero’s cell Act 3, Scene 2: Another part of the island Act 3, Scene 3: Another part of the island Act 4, Scene 1: Before Prospero’s cell Act 5, Scene 1: Before Prospero’s cell
THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION The use of recording (audio and video) or photographic equipment during the show is strictly prohibited. Please silence all cellular phones and personal paging devices before the performance begins.
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SEPTEMBER 3 - 28
in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab
ONE PLAY CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
A NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK ROLLING WORLD PREMIERE by Andrew Hinderaker directed by Will Davis
Sure to be the “must-see” new play of 2014, COLOSSAL is an extraordinary story of emotional and physical endurance, love, and family. Structured like a football game (performed in four quarters with a pre-show training session and half-time show), COLOSSAL tells in vivid, physical flashback the story of Young Mike, a college football player who took a hit in a game PLAYWRIGHT DIRECTOR FEATURING that left him in a wheelchair. Mike now relives the memory of his accident with the help of a live nine-person football squad onstage, finally confronting his demons in the play’s extremely powerful and uplifting conclusion. Featuring Michael Patrick Thornton, star of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy spin-off Private Practice. Winner of The Kennedy Center’s Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Andrew Hinderaker Will Davis Michael Patrick Award. Recommended for ages 14 and up. Thornton
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DRAMATURGICAL NOTES Despite its resounding popularity, the most enduring and heated debate surrounding Shakespeare’s celebrated tragicomedy is a simple one: What is The Tempest about? His last independently written play, The Tempest is not only one of the playwright’s most enchanting and heartwarming stories, but one of his most ambiguous as well. In fact, as the introduction to the Arden edition points out, despite its “unique panoply of visual wonders, very little happens” in The Tempest. When looked at through a wider lens, however, this little play offers much more than magic spells and masques: it is en emblem for an entire period of discovery and enlightenment, seen through the eyes of one incredibly powerful and conflicted political figure. Prospero’s craft is rarely referred to as magic; it is more often called his Art, capitalized in the Folio edition where the play was first printed. Prospero’s powers are more than incantations and drawings in a book; they are his life’s work, the culmination of years of study, and not only in spell casting— like any good magus of his time, Prospero was learned in the entire spectrum of Renaissance studies, from mathematics and astronomy to music and literature. Prospero is, in many ways, the quintessential Renaissance magus. Complete with a robe, hat, and magic staff, he not only looked the part, but he embodied it as well. The great Early Modern occultists valued knowledge over worldly pleasures, and often isolated themselves from society altogether to perfect their craft; they were respected, often renowned, for their wisdom and understanding of the natural world (even Queen Elizabeth I consulted the famed magus John Dee for astrological advice); and they were proud of their Art, which was once defined by the famous magus Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa as, “the most profound contemplation of the most secret things, their nature, power, quality, substance, and virtues, as well as the knowledge of their whole nature.” Unfortunately for Agrippa and his contemporaries, this definition was under immense scrutiny during the Early Modern period. In fact, only a few years before The Tempest was first staged, King James I ascended the English throne and denounced magic of all forms, denouncing magi as elitist, prideful, and blasphemous. According to James and other critics, the magus’ insatiable quest for knowledge challenged God’s very order of the universe. The English populous was more conflicted than their leader. Although many argued against it, magic was still a popular form of street entertainment, and the magus remained a beloved theatrical stock character. Most magi renounced their powers to avoid political persecution during James’ reign, but many clung to the assertion that their work was for the greater good. Prospero was, therefore, much more than an excuse to play with theatrical special effects. He was at the center of heated political and social debate, the crux of an enormous philosophical question: How much knowledge is too much? When does it begin to tip the balance between understanding and upending the natural world? Unlike other popular playwrights who used magi characters as social commentary, Shakespeare does not attempt to answer these questions, nor does he take any larger political stance in his play. Instead, As Prospero struggles to draw the line between control and tyranny, altruism and pride, Shakespeare demonstrates that the debate over occultism was less a political than moral conflict; rather, it was a societal reflection of a much larger and enduring philosophical dilemma. Critics are right in observing that narratively, this is one of Shakespeare’s simplest plays. But for Prospero, it is much more than a circuitous revenge plot; The Tempest is an moral and emotional journey, as a magus, father, artist, philosopher, and ultimately, human. – Maegan Clearwood, Dramaturg
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WHO’S WHO - CAST Julie-Ann Elliott (Ariel) National Players Tour 44. Ms. Elliot happily returns to Olney Theatre Center, where previous credits include: Angel Street, Dinner with Friends, Da, Night Must Fall, The Millionairess, Is He Dead?, The Mousetrap, The Constant Wife, Hedda Gabler, Enemy of the People, The Heiress, Lend Me a Tenor, Blithe Spirit, Necessary Targets, Anna Karenina, Tartuffe, Holiday Memories, The Trip to Bountiful, and Shadowlands. Potomac Theatre Project: The Best Man, Crave, Arcadia, Stanley, and Mad Forest. National Players’ Summer Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing; The Taming of the Shrew. REGIONAL: Center Stage: Twelfth Night; Everyman Theatre: As Bees in Honey Drown, Nude with Violin, The Price. DC AREA: Round House Theatre: Charming Billy; Studio Theatre: Superior Donuts; Rep Stage: God’s Ear, Faith Healer; Shakespeare Theatre Company; Folger Theatre; Theater J; The Kennedy Center: Shear Madness; Washington Stage Guild; MetroStage. National Players Tour 44: As You Like It, Grapes of Wrath. FILM: Jamesy Boy. TV: Veep; The Wire. AUDIOBOOKS: Potomac Talking Books, Inc. for Library of Congress; Graphic Audio. EDUCATION: MFA in Acting, The Catholic University of America, BA in Dramatic Art, Western Maryland College. Leah Filley (Miranda) National Players Tour 65. Ms. Filley grew up in Melbourne, Australia. She holds a BA degree with a major in in Film and Theater Studies from The University of Melbourne and a MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School in New York City. As part of the ASDS repertory season she performed in: North of Providence, The Lord is My Shepherd’s Pie (original work) and Top Girls. In Australia she worked extensively in theater as well as in film and commercials. She recently completed a Graduate Apprenticeship at The CRY HAVOC Company where she continues to be a contributing artist. Credits with the CRY HAVOC Company include; Party Girl and Snowfall. She has just completed a year of touring with National Players, performing in Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), Comedy of Errors (Courtesan, Abbess, Merchant) and The Odyssey (Circe, Melantho). Alexander Korman (Ferdinand) National Players Tour 65. Mr. Korman is very excited to return to Olney Theatre Center for The Tempest. Previous credits include, NATIONAL TOUR: National Players Tour 65: Odyssey (Odysseus), Macbeth (Duncan), The Comedy of Errors (Angelo). OFFBROADWAY: Extant Arts Theater Company: Richard III (Clarence/Richmond); Inwood Shakespeare Festival: As You Like It (Oliver). EDUCATION: BA in Theater from Colgate University.
Ian LeValley (Alonso) National Players Tour 43. Mr. LeValley is very happy to return to Olney Theatre Center where he was last seen as Charles Darwin in Trumpery. Other Olney Theatre Center credits include Da, Carmen, Holiday, Present Laughter, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Recent credits include The Captain in Hemispheric Dysfunctionalism and the Cortical Titanic and Darwin in Squirrel, Or the origin of a species with 5th Dentist. He has appeared on local stages with many companies including Spooky Action Theater in The Water Engine; The Marionette Effect and Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse with The Kennedy Center; 1984 with Catalyst; Sleeping and Waking with Charter Theatre. Closing Time and A Streetcar Named Desire with Keegan/New Island Project; [sic] and Haroun and the Sea of Stories at Theater Alliance, The Great White Hope, Tom Walker, and The Misanthrope at Arena Stage. Stop Kiss and Curse of the Starving Class with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; and Fifteen Rounds with Jackson Pollock at Hyacinth Theatre. He has also worked locally with Actors’ Theatre of Washington, The American Century Theater, Consenting Adults, Source, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, and Washington Shakespeare Company where he was a company member from 1997-2000. Ian is a proud member of National Players Tour 43. He wishes to thank his wife and son for their love and support and Tour 43 for making his wife and son possible.
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WHO’S WHO - CAST Ryan Mitchell (Caliban) National Players Tour 59. Mr. Mitchell is honored to get the opportunity to work at Olney Theatre Center. Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include: Tree Boy (Dad, Chris), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Antonio, Thief). NATIONAL PLAYERS: Call of the Wild (Beauty Smith) and Twelfth Night (Toby Belch). REGIONAL: The Pure Theatre: Killer Joe (Chris Smith). DC AREA: Folger Theatre: Henry VIII (Norfolk, Suffolk/US), Twelfth Night (Andrew Aguecheek), Richard III (Ely, Lovell, Ratcliffe/US); No Rules Theatre: Black Comedy (Schuppanzigh); Rorschach Theatre: A Maze (Beeson Earwig); Imagination Stage: How I Became a Pirate (Jacque La-Toe); Classika Theatre: The Fool at the Circus (the Strongman), Puss N’ Boots (King of Coolamaloo); Young Playwright’s Theatre: Heroes and Bullies (Ensemble). EDUCATION: BA in Theatre from the College of Charleston. Paul Morella (Antonio) National Players Tour 30. Mr. Morella has previously appeared at Olney Theatre Center in Rancho Mirage, A Christmas Carol, Over the Tavern, Witness for the Prosecution, Opus, Dinner With Friends, A Passion For Justice, The Millionaires, 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, Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, MetroStage, Potomac Theatre Project, Theater J, Everyman Theatre, Rep Stage, The Delaware Theatre Company, Two River Theatre, and The Kennedy Center. Jacob Mundell (Trinculo) National Players Tour 65. NATIONAL PLAYERS: Macbeth, The Odyssey and The Comedy of Errors. REGIONAL credits include: Utah Shakespeare Festival: Titus Andronicus, Mary Stuart; Jewish Ensemble Theatre: The Diary of Anne Frank, Word, I was Just Kidding; Williamstown Theatre Festival: A Doll’s House, Two Hundred Feet and Counting, SitStandWalkLieDown; Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey: Coriolanus, Spoon River Anthology. EDUCATION: Savannah College of Art and Design. Christopher Richardson (Sebastian) National Players Tour 65. NATIONAL PLAYERS: Macbeth (Malcolm), The Odyssey (Eurylocus), and The Comedy of Errors (Egeon and 2nd Merchant). REGIONAL: Virginia Shakespeare Festival: Hamlet (Osric) and The Comedy of Errors (Luce). EDUCATION: B.A. in English and Theatre from The College of William & Mary. In the fall, Mr. Richardson will be joining the year-long acting fellowship at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
Adam Turck (Adrian) National Players Tours 65 and 66. Mr. Turck is in awe of the talent assembled for this production, and is appropriately humbled to be included! NATIONAL PLAYERS (Tour 65): Macbeth (The Porter), The Odyssey (Odysseus/ Telemachus), The Comedy of Errors (Dromio of Ephesus). REGIONAL: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom/ Demetrius) and Romeo and Juliet (Romeo) with the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sir Henry Baskerville) with Virginia Repertory Theater, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Speed) and The Merchant of Venice (Lorenzo) with the Virginia Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Turck will be become a repeat offender with the Players this coming year, as a proud returning member of Tour 66!
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WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE Dan Van Why (Stephano) National Players Tour 59. OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Bud Frump), Grease (Roger), Forever Plaid, Peter Pan, Tree Boy, and Big River. OFF-BROADWAY: National Pastime. DC AREA: The Keegan Theatre: National Pastime (Joe Miller/Rogers) [Helen Hayes Nomination for Supporting Actor], RENT (Ensemble) [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble], Working, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Imagination Stage: Peter Pan and Wendy; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Annie; Red Branch Theatre: Urinetown: the musical. Mr. Van Why is an alumnus of Olney Theatre Center’s National Players 59th annual tour where he performed in Twelfth Night and Call of the Wild: the musical. He is a graduate of Wilkes University. Mr. Van Why’s performance is generously sponsored by David Frankenberger, Jr. Alan Wade (Gonzalo). National Players Tours 20 & 23. Last at Olney Theatre Center as Sgt. Rough in Angel Street (2013). Among other Olney Theatre Center appearances: Witness for the Prosecution, Copenhagen, Art, To Kill a Mockingbird, Farragut North, The Laramie Project. UPCOMING: The Choir Boys at Studio Theatre, January-February, 2015. Professor of Theatre at The George Washington University and Interim Director of the University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. Craig Wallace (Prospero) National Players Tour 42. OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: A Raisin in the Sun. Shakespeare Theatre Company: Affilated Artist. Numerous productions including: Henry IV part 1 & part 2, The Government Inspector, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Tamburlaine, Edward II. Theater J: Tommy J and Sally (co-production with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); Ford’s Theatre: The Laramie Project, Our Town, Necessary Sacrifices, Sabrina Fair, Jitney; Round House Theatre: Permanent Collection, Tabletop, The Little Prince; Folger Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew, Cyrano, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello in Othello, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Measure for Measure; Arena Stage: K2, All My Sons, The Great White Hope, Hot-n-Throbbing; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: The Last Orbit of Billy Mars, Our Lady of 121st Street, Starving; Everyman Theatre: Cherry Orchard, The Soul Collector; Signature Theatre: Angels in America, Parts 1&2 (Helen Hayes Award nomination for Part 2); Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Hangar Theatre. TRAINING: Howard University: BFA; The Pennsylvania State University: MFA; Royal National Theatre, London.
WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE William Shakespeare (Playwright) Despite being history’s most produced and studied English playwright, little is known of William Shakespeare’s life. One of six siblings, Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on or about April 23, 1564. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and had three children. For the seven years after, Shakespeare fell off all record. Eventually, he arose in London and joined The Lord Chamberlain’s Men acting troupe. In 1603, when the troupe came into King James’ favor, they officially became The King’s Men. Shakespeare’s professional days are a mixture of fact and legend. In 1601, he and his business partners purchased property on the south bank of London’s Thames River, where they established the Globe Theatre. There, the acting company performed many of Shakespeare’s 37 plays. Famed for using the iambic pentameter writing style, Shakespeare’s works are deep in metaphor, illusion, and character; sometimes taking precedence over plot. A diverse 301.924.3400
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"(A) show to delight holiday audiences...The reverent approach is novel, and its simplicity is a gift."
- The Washington Post
"One of the most intimate, heartwarming, and beautiful productions I have ever experienced."
- DC Metro Theater Arts
"Inspired, deeply-felt... spellbinding... not to be missed"
– DC Theatre Scene
"One of the best-received tellings of the Dickens' classic, presented by one of DC"s most accomplished actors...Go see it, it's a great show." - Arch Campbell, WJLA
A Christmas Carol A Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens & performed by Paul Morella
Returns November 28th
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WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE playwright, he began his career writing historical plays, bawdy comedies, and the occasional tragedy. Later in life, his plays became more structurally complex, featuring his iconic Hamlet and Macbeth and the curious tragicomedies Cymbeline and The Tempest. William Shakespeare died on or about April 23rd, 1616, and is interred at a chapel in Stratford-upon-Avon. A century after his death, questions began to arise; his birthdate, deathdate, and even the spelling of his name are in question. No definitive portrait exists of the man, and no government record lists his theatric profession. Many scholars have questioned the ability of a minimally educated man to create such challenging writing. Some theorists have long held that “Shakespeare” was a nom de plume for another playwright, nobleman, or even collection of writers. However, the vast majority of scholars believe that unofficial documentation provides proof of Shakespeare’s existence and prolific abilities. Regardless, Shakespeare’s plays have been translated to 118 languages and are now in constant production around the world. Jason King Jones (Director) is Associate Artistic Director, Director of Education, and Artistic Director of National Players here at Olney Theatre Center. For the Players, he has directed Romeo and Juliet and Animal Farm for Tour 64, Of Mice and Men for Tour 63 and The Comedy of Errors and a new adaptation of The Odyssey for Tour 65. As an Artistic Associate at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Jason has directed The Servant of Two Masters, The Comedy of Errors, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), The Merry Wives of Windsor, and The Grouch, along with nearly a dozen abridged classical plays for their educational touring companies. Other directing credits include Peer Gynt (InCite Arts Festival), Fallujah (Kennedy Center/ACTF), A Number (Whistler in the Dark), Murdering Marlowe (In Actu Theatre), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Center Los Angeles), The Women of Lockerbie and The Good Daughter (NJ REP), The Rainmaker and The Brothers Karamazov (12 Miles West), Antony & Cleopatra (Expanded Arts), and Master Harold ... and the boys (Public Theatre of Kentucky). As a Guest Artist, Jason has directed The Rivals (UAB), Pride and Prejudice (Fairleigh Dickinson), Women of Troy (Purdue), The Caucasian Chalk Circle and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Nebraska Wesleyan). He has taught courses at Boston University, New York’s TVI Actor’s Studio, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Missouri State. Jason was twice Staff Repertory Director with The Acting Company, and he is the co-creator and director of Very Very, a Shakespeare rock show based on As You Like It that is currently in commercial development. Jason is a proud graduate of Boston University School of Theatre. Charlie Calvert (Scenic Designer) is making his Olney Theatre Center debut with The Tempest. BROADWAY: In My Life (associate set designer) and One Mo’ Time (assistant set designer). OFF-BROADWAY: Well at the Public Theatre (assistant set designer), Wintertime at Second Stage Theatre (assistant set designer). REGIONAL: The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey: Our Town, Arms and the Man, Noises Off, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) and Comedy of Errors. EDUCATION: MFA in set design from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Charlie serves on the faculty of College of Charleston’s Department of Theatre and Dance. Sonya Dowhaluk (Lighting Designer) is pleased to return to Olney Theatre, and this production, having first worked at Olney as an electrics intern in 1999. Design credits include Olney Theatre Center: A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas, Grease (lighting co-design), Annie, Call of The Wild, Is He Dead? (assistant lighting design); The Shakespeare Theatre: Henry V, Richard II, Design For Living (assistant lighting design); Centerstage: Snow Falling On Cedars (assistant lighting design); The Santa Fe Opera: Falstaff, The Marriage of Figaro, Billy Budd (lighting supervisor). BA University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, MFA: University of Maryland. Elisheba Ittoop (Original Music and Sound Designer) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: The Piano Lesson, Trumpery, Tree Boy. National Players: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Scarlett Letter for Tour 62, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, and The Odyssey for Tour 65. 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 301.924.3400
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WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE 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 Casey Kaleba (Fight Choreographer) returns to Olney Theatre Center after serving four seasons as fight director for National Players. He has worked in television, opera, and more than three hundred stage productions. DC area credits include Folger Theatre, Round House Theatre, Signature Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Company, Forum Theatre, Rorschach Theatre, Castleton Festival, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Hub Theatre, Source Festival, Olney Theatre Center, Studio Theatre, and Constellation Theatre Company. He has created movement for knights, musketeers, princesses, zombies, wolves, pirates, ninjas, and at least one alien tentacle. Casey trained with physical artists from across the globe, including Fight Directors Canada, the Society of Australian Fight Directors, British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat, Dueling Arts International, Dell’Arte, Combat Circus, Rapier Wit, and the British Academy of Dramatic Combat. Casey is a certified instructor with the Society of American Fight Directors and has served as a guest artist in Sweden and Canada. Pei Lee (Costume Designer) NATIONAL PLAYERS: Macbeth, Comedy of Errors, The Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, Animal Farm, Twelfth Night, The Call of the Wild. OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Cinderella, The 39 Steps, Triumph of Love, Call of the Wild, Peter Pan, Big River, Democracy, Miracle Worker, Carousel, Copenhagen, and Monster. DC AREA: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble) and Skriker for Forum Theatre, References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot for Rorschach Theatre, 1984 for Catalyst Theatre, No End of Blame for The Potomac Theatre Project, Ugly Duckling for Adventure Theatre, Dimly Perceived Threats to the System for the Loyola College and Hamlet: The Rest is Silence for Synetic Theatre. EDUCATION: BA from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and MFA from University of Connecticut. Elisabeth Ribar (Stage Manager) is a former stage management apprentice and excited to be back at Olney Theatre Center. Previously at Olney Theatre Center: Bedlam’s Hamlet and Saint Joan, A Christmas Carol, Ebony, Ivory and Ink (PSM); Sleuth, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Sound of Music, Witness for the Prosecution (ASM). REGIONAL: Heritage Theatre Festival: Next to Normal, Annie Get Your Gun (PSM), Little Shop of Horrors, Oliver! (ASM). Selected DC AREA: Busboys and Poets Presents: The Admission (ASM); Theater J: Golda’s Balcony (PA); Signature Theatre: Beaches (PA). Education: Murray State University. Jason Loewith (Artistic Director) recently directed Olney’s smash hit Avenue Q as well as the 2014 season opener How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Last season, he directed the world premiere of Steven Dietz’s Rancho Mirage for Olney Theatre Center. 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 Chris 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 (CenterStage, 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 Theatre Center as Artistic Director in 2013 after serving four years as Executive Director of the National New Play Network. 301.924.3400
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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 Arthur Holmes Stephen Kaufman Jason Loewith Helen Marshall Anthony Morella
Phyllis Bottegal Frances H. Glendening John E. Going W. E. Gregory Robert E. Hebda
Nancy Nelson Ortiz Sandeep Saggar Mita M. Schaffer Nicole T. Totah Alan Wade
William H. Graham, Sr. (in memoriam)
AUDIENCE SERVICES Theatre Policies Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the house manager. 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. 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.] Listening Assistance Unfortunately, we are unable to provide amplification devices for outdoor performances. Please see the house manager if you are hearing impaired, to be seated in the best possible location to hear the actors.
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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 April 30, 2014
Director’s Circle $1,000+ America’s Charities Creative Floral Design Fern Eisner Photography Hospice Caring, Inc. Martha Washington Straus - Harry A. Straus Foundation, Inc. Saggar & Rosenberg Verizon Foundation
Angel $100,000+
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
Champion $50,000+
Leader $10,000+
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 April 30, 2014
Angel $100,000+ Mr. Robert Dohmen Bob and Eveline Roberts
Ms. Mita Schaffer and Ms. Tina Martin Sandy and Alan Wade
Champion $50,000+ Director’s Circle $1,000+ Anonymous Helen Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Z. Kaufman
Leader $10,000+ Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Mulitz – In honor of the Mulitz-Gudelsky Family In Memory of Ms. Shirley S. Platt Kathleen Quinn Patricia Woodbury
Enthusiast $5,000+
Kay and Paul Deerin Joan Elise Dubinsky and Craig N. Packard Susan and Jay Finkelstein Robert E. Hebda Mrs. Reba Heyman Jennifer and Scott Kneeland The Honorable Sidney Kramer Alan L. and Amy Meltzer The Honorable Karen S. Montgomery and Mr. Harry Montgomery Mr. Vernon L. Skinner, Jr. Kevin White & Rossana Salvadori – In honor of our parents, Anson & Marge, Dilvo & Dina
Robert Burk Mrs. Melissa Collins Mr. Ned Cramer Steve Danielson and Dr. Kenneth Hoyle M. Charlene Dorrian Ms. Miriam Dubin Edith L. Embrey Maureen and Tom Estrin Barry and Marie Fleishman Bill and Senator Jennie Forehand Mrs. Frances Hughes Glendening Hal and Karen Gordon Mr. and Mrs. William H. Graham, Sr. Max Jacobs Margaret and Jim Johnston The Honorable Benjamin F. Kramer Jane Thérèse Larsen Evlyn D. Latimer Mr. Jason Loewith John and Kathy Lyons Charles S. Mack and Alice Barrett Mack Maggie and Tico McCready Lester R. and Helaine G. Morss Nancy and Hector Ortiz Victor Shargai and Craig Pascal Chris and Chris Youstra
Believer $2,500+ Artist’s Circle $500+ Eleanor Clain-Stefanelli Hon. Gene and Mrs. Cindy Counihan Linda A. Dawkins Michael and Michelle Fannon The William H. Graham, Sr. Family Ms. Winifred E. Herrmann Paul and Pat Mangus Amy and Dean Marshall Tony and Connie Morella James Pape and Nancy Newman-Pape Carol Trawick
Friend $1,500+ Mr. and Mrs. David Bottegal Jeanne Brush Gordon and Margot Dibble Nettie Horne Bob and Marlene Mitchell Miss Gertrude L. Poe Mrs. Maggi Root Mr. and Mrs. Clifford L. Johnson Robert and Lelia Russell Mr. and Mrs. Sandeep Saggar
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JoAnn and Dean Aulick Harold M. and Christine A. Bartlett Barbara Baumann Dennis and Holly Blackledge Eileen and Paul DeMarco Frederick Denecke Ms. Andrea Drimmer Matthew W. and Laura G. Fetters Berdie and David Firestone The Family of Robert and Carole Fontenrose Tom and Peg Gibian In memory of Kate Gibson Mr. John E. Going Mr. and Mrs. Michael Greenhut Paul and Marilyn Henderson Mr. Richard F. Hughes Jon and Michelle Hulsizer Mr. Clayton Johnson Sheldon T. and Audrey Katz Mr. and Mrs. Jason King Jones Marie Lisa McKillop Timothy C. O’Hara Osborne C. Parchment, PhD
Richard and Anita Peterson Daniel and Christine Powers Ms. Jacqueline Raymo Cokie and Steve Roberts Mrs. Lillian Roehl Gary Rosenthal Mr. Michael Rubino Ms. Robin Rudden Charles and Mary Solla Michael and Chris Spates In Loving memory of Dick and Nancy Thomas Don Washington George A. and Katherine C. Whitehouse Ms. Halo Wines John A. and Mary Daley Yerrick
Advocate $250+ Ms. Louise G. Bargamian Petee Barnes Dr. Patricia Beaston Fran and Harvey Berger Mr. Michael Bobbitt Dr. and Ms. Kelly Bossard Weldon C. Brown Barbara and Martin Buzas Mr. Edward Cowan Mrs. Clare W. Crawford-Mason Scott Dvileskis Mr. Brian Feit 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 Joshua and Ana Rita Hauge Ms. Elizabeth Henriksen Jim and Lynne Hensley Joannene Hudak Nene Keita – in honor of Aissatou Diakite Edith M. Kirk Stephen and Katharine Kovarcik Ms. Megan D. Limarzi Paul and Susan Linz Mrs. Lillian Litowsky Dr. Margaret Loewith Marina Lowen Amy Lowenstein Delmar and Dorothea Luce Ann Malekzadeh Betty and Frederick Marcell Linda and Tom McCabe Susan McCarthy Bill Michie
Frederick and Elizabeth Montgomery Tom and Denise Murphy Joan Murray-Reynolds Mrs. Margaret R. Natof Stuart and Margaret Natof Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nelson George and Maureen Nesbitt Mr. and Mrs. George Newett Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Parker Fill and Linda Ruegg The Savada-Stevenson Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard Silbert The Honorable Luiz R. Simmons Cora and Murray Simpson Carl W. Smith and Michael L. Burke Leslie F. Smith and Stacy P. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Sorensen Mr. Gary Sowers Ms. Donna Spiegler Ms. Susan Stracquatanio 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 C. White Buddy and Kim Wyre The Honorable and Mrs. Craig Zucker
Patron $100+ Arthur Adams Ms. Jacqueline Adler Sarah Allen and John Anderson Sarah A. Anderson Rick and Susan Andrews Susan and MacDCG Andrews Dr. Gina Angiola Anonymous 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 Marian Bellama Elyse and Jeffrey Bernstein Neil R. Bernstein Ms. Rhonda D. Best Mr. Merle J. Biggin Ms. Nina Blecher
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OLNEY THEATRE CENTER THANKS THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROSITY Ms. Elizabeth Russell Boe Dr. Vera Borkovec Tim and Julia Boulay 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 Valerie M. Campbell 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 Philip and Elaine Clarkin Ms. Shirley L. Cohen James Costrell and Helen Wood Mr. Leonard V. Covello Kaye Craft Mr. and Mrs. Dale Crown Richard and Joan Curtis Margaret E. Cusack Mrs. Bernadine Dadey Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Dadey Barbara B. Dahlgren Ms. Jerilyn Dali Martin and Belle Davis Keith and A. Eletheer Decker Mr. and Mrs. Paul Deerin Hampton DeJarnette and Leslie England Mr. Donald DeLuca Mr. Howard Deutch Ms. Kay Dildine Louis Dobies James and Denise Duda Ms. Ilona Dulaski Ms. Janet Dunlop Mr. David Dunn Mr. Samuel P. Edgerly Donald and Barbara Eisen Marilyn and Bennett L. Elisberg Edith Epenshade Mr. Mark B. Epstein 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 Ms. Carrie Fletcher Mrs. Roger J Folstrom Laurie and Arnold Foudin Mr. William Friar Leonard Friedman and Randi Passamaneck Ms. Noreen B. Friedman Mr. Richard Frome Mr. and Mrs. Edward Garzero Mr. Thomas P. Gaske
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Shad Ghozati Stuart and Vivian Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Goldstein Ms. Jan Goldstein Ann L. Grau Mr. Jonah D. Green Randall Korman and Cheryl Gressani Pat Gross Sam Hack Bill and Ines Hackett Romayne A. Hagyard Marilee L. Hall Susanne and Stephen Hardy Mr. Kevin Hasser Mr. Brian Heckler Delegate and Mrs. Hank Heller Charnay Henderson 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 John F. Jameson and BJ Shorak Katherine Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jourdenais Mary and Larry Judge Mr. JJ Kaczynski Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Kaplan Jeffrey Kaufman Elizabeth S. King 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 Laurie Weker Lipton Marcia Litwack Betty Long Mr. Richard M. Loughlin Ann 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. Sandra Marks
Ms. Sherryl Marshall – in memory of Bette Marshall Ron and Ingrid Masi The Matathias 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 Mr. and Mrs. Forest Montgomery Dr. and Mrs. Roscoe M. Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lance Morrell Mr. Christopher Mueller Mr. and Mrs. Russell Muntifering Mr. Stephen Nachamie Irva Nachlas-Gabin Robert W. Neighbors 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 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 Libby S. Rubin Mrs. Ludmilla Sabatiuk Mr. Stanley Sachar In Memory of Paula Savage 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 Alperstein and Lenny Seliger Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shannon Allan Shapiro Ms. Susan J. Shawhan Evelyn R. Shea Theda and Sholom Sheffermen Betty J. Shorak Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Shulman Mr. and Mrs. Sickel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Slate Marshall and Deborah Sluyter Mr. Arnold Sperling Ms. Barbara Starke Mr. and Mrs. David Stearman Ms. Carole Steele 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 Alicia and Marlin Taylor Ms. Serena Toro Mr. John D. Townsley Carrie and John Trauth George Tressel Ruth R. Unterweger Ginny and Roy 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 Susan L. Wellman Ms. Kaissa Wetcher Iris Wilder Ms. Mary Beth 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 John Going Christopher Youstra
FINANCE
Jason King Jones Jenna Duncan
Director of Accounting and Financial Services Senior Accountant Business Manager
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 Electrician Properties Master Resident Sound Engineer Production Management Apprentice Company Management Apprentice Production Apprentices
Dennis A. Blackledge Fred T. Paul Stephen M. Greene Matthew Robert Mills W. M. Yarbrough III David Ash Fred Via Jeanne Bland Seth Gilbert Samantha Campbell Rachael Erichsen Elvin J. Crespo Sarah Tomberlin Claire Kennedy Claire Carden, Lauren E. Chilton, Daniel Espy, Tatyana Goddard, Mollie LaTorre, Jourdan Lewanda,Brandon Lively, Joseph Musgrove, Mike “Angus” Vaughan, Ashley Wagoner
SHOW STAFF Assistant Director Assistant Stage Manager Assistant Costume Designer Assistant Scenic Designer Fight Captain Sound Engineers
General Manager Facilities Manager/ IT Manager
Jenna Duncan Jourdan Lewanda Mollie LaTorre Samantha Dahabi Adam Turck Elvin J. Crespo, Will Rosas
Valerie Campbell Dean Marshall
Nene Keita Chyeslan Buso Kynda Reid
COMMUNICATIONS Sales Director Weldon C. Brown Marketing and Public Relations Manager Heather Andrews Social Media/ Marketing Associate Sonie Mathew Graphic Designer JJ Kaczynski Patron Services Manager R. Wesley Meekins Box Office Manager Henriette Mendo Box Office Supervisors Shanna Chuenyane, Kara Fannon House Managers Lucirae Cooley, Kelly Craig, Lina Al Dajani, Jake Fullmer, Ricardo Melendez, Barbara Scanlan, Khris-Ann Small, Desiree Ward Box Office Associates 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 Marketing/Development Apprentice
Loretto McNally Maureen Estrin Lacey Burbage Kristina Erwin
EDUCATION National Players General Manager Education Apprentice National Players Apprentice
Kevin Hasser Maegan Clearwood Andy Germuga
The Director is a member of the
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. 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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