A Christmas Carol

an audio drama

ADAPTED BY

WILLIAM LEACH DIRECTED BY

MICHAEL PERLMAN

DEC 14–27, 2020 Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL

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PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

VIVIENNE BENESCH

Dear Friends, As the holidays approach, it is such a treat to be welcomed into your homes and ears for Ray Dooley’s virtuosic performance of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, adapted by William Leach.

As we at PlayMakers made plans for this unique season, we knew that we wanted to find a way to harken back to the old tradition of Radio plays, where families would gather around and listen to a story together, allowing their imaginations to be transported by the voices pouring into their homes. Providing audiences across the country the chance to experience Ray’s extraordinary one man take on the story, which he performed live first in 1998 and brought back to our audiences in 2017, feels like one of the greatest gifts we could give this holiday season. Ray is one of Carolina’s treasures, and we’re very lucky that he has called PlayMakers and UNC his home for these many years.

This particular holiday season is, of course, very different from years past.

Though we may feel in many ways more disconnected and isolated from each other, this year has proven just how interconnected we all are. As Scrooge learns over the course of his journey, our fates are inextricably tied to each other’s, and it is this truth that allows us to survive as a community. I cannot wait until we can gather as a community again, and celebrate life together.

But for right now, grab your eggnog, gather around the fire, and enjoy Ray Dooley in A Christmas Carol.

Warmly,

Vivienne

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ADVISORY COUNCIL Amy Guskiewicz Chair

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The magic of live theatre is its ability to bring together people from all walks of life in order to experience beautiful stories as a community.

Until we are safely able to gather again, we have created PlayMakers (Keeping You) Company, an online series of artist conversations, master classes, and yes, eventually, performances.

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SUPPORT US It is my pleasure to serve another year as the chair of the PlayMakers Advisory Council and welcome you to our 2020/21 season.

Our fully virtual All Too Human season was born out of the need to adapt, learn, and change in the face of personal and national upheaval. In addition to an impressive lineup of virtual performances, PlayMakers continues its work serving the Triangle community. We are privileged to provide unique learning opportunities for K–12 classrooms and UNC students, create new ways to engage with our local artists and advocates, and make the magic and power of theatre accessible to underserved communities.

Living in Chapel Hill for the past 25 years and raising our family here has created many fond memories sitting alongside family, friends, and visitors at PlayMakers. This year, I look forward to experiencing PlayMakers’ signature variety of shows, which often challenge my thinking, entertain, and move me, from the comfort of my living room! While this season will look a little different than what we are used to, I remain thankful for the gift this innovative, award-winning theatre provides.

Though we may be physically distanced this season, theatre is and always will be a place for community. And it is up to us—the community—to ensure that PlayMakers continues to thrive. This year, we have a goal to raise $1.5 million to help recover from the impact of the past six months, maintain our current operations, and emerge strong for the future. If you enjoy and believe in the power of the theatre as I do, I invite you to become a Friend of PlayMakers. Please make a tax-deductible contribution to the annual fund, pledge a monthly donation as a Sustainer, or offer a campaign gift to strengthen and sustain PlayMakers’ vision for the future.

There has never been a more important time to support the arts. Join me in championing our local theatre—an organization that makes a difference in our community. As Joan Gillings often says, “You will sit a little taller in your theatre seat, knowing you made a difference, too.”

Thank you!

Warmly, Amy Guskiewicz

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PlayMakers is...

“One of America’s Best Regional Theatres” (American Theatre Magazine), PlayMakers Repertory Company is North Carolina’s premier professional theatre company, proudly in residence on the dynamic campus of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The professional company was founded in 1976, growing out of a storied 100 year tradition of playmaking at Carolina. Our mission is to produce relevant, courageous work that tells stories from and for a multiplicity of perspectives. We believe that theatre can have a transformational impact on individuals and entire communities, and we are committed to the work of becoming an anti-racist organization whose work is accessible to all.

For the past several years, PlayMakers has produced ten shows on two stages each year in our home venue, the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art, bringing the transformative power of theatre to more than 50,000 audience members annually, from over 50 counties. At the very heart of the PlayMakers experience is one of the nation’s last remaining resident theatre companies, made up of accomplished performers, directors, designers, artisans, and technicians, and supported by exceptional graduate students in UNC’s Department of Dramatic Art. Our company works side by side with guest artists from all over the world and our alumni include Pulitzer Prize, Tony®, Emmy®, and Grammy Award® winners.

Creating Tomorrow’s Classics, Today

Producing Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch is continuing PlayMakers’ tradition of producing vibrantly reimagined classics, large-scale musical theatre, and significant contemporary work, but is also broadening the company’s reach to become a home for new play development and a true hub of social and civic discourse in the region. Her first four seasons have already given life to eight important new American plays.

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PlayMakers seeks to provoke thought, stimulate discussion and push the boundaries of the theatrical form in everything we do. Whether through our intimate PRC2 series, our mainstage offerings or i our virtual line-up, we look for opportunities for direct, dynamic engagement between audiences, artists and subject matter experts.

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Beyond being the region’s go-to for dynamic and entertaining stories, PlayMakers is a home for memorable conversations that allow us to make connections with the work and with each other well beyond the experience of a production. A host of unique engagement opportunities enrich our audience's experience of the live arts. This season, alongside our six theatrical offerings check out our PlayMakers Keeping You Company content at playmakersrep.org/keeping-you-company/

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PlayMakers’ award-winning Summer Youth Conservatory is the only professionally supported training program of its kind in the region. The Theatre Quest program provides camps to area middle school students, while the Theatre Intensive and TheatreTech programs allow Triangle high schoolers to apprentice directly with professional directors, choreographers, musical directors, and technicians, culminating in a professional quality production on the PlayMakers mainstage for the whole community to enjoy.

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PLAYMAKERS PRESENTS

A Christmas Carol Adapted by

William Leach Directed by

Michael Perlman Sound Designer Brandon Reed Stage Manager Charles K. Bayang*

Stage Manager Elizabeth Ray*

Starring

Ray Dooley*

DEC 14–27, 2020 Special thanks to Susan Sweeney and the estate of William Leach for permission to perform this adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens.

This audio production is based on the 2017 PlayMakers Repertory Company production featuring a set design by Jan Chambers, costume design by Bobbi Owen, Lighting Design by Dominic Abbenante and Sound Design by Adam Bintz *Indicates members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Professional Theatre of the Department of Dramatic Art Adam Versényi, Chair Vivienne Benesch, Producing Artistic Director Produced in association with The College of Arts & Sciences The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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BIOS Ray Dooley

PlayMakers: Company member since 1989. Most recently: The Storyteller, Ragtime, Dairyland, Life of Galileo, Bewilderness, She Loves Me. Broadway: Macbeth. Off-Broadway: Three seasons with Classic Stage Company (OBIE Award for Distinguished Performance, Peer Gynt). International: European premiere of Doubt (Vienna’s English Theatre); Amadeus, The Lark (Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Canada). Regional: Folger Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Shakespeare Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Alliance Theatre Company, among many others. Film/ TV: Trainhopper, Changeover, The Trial of Standing Bear, Stonebrook, One Life to Live, Guiding Light. Education/Other: MFA, American Conservatory Theater; BA, Hamilton College (Phi Beta Kappa). Professor Emeritus, UNCChapel Hill Department of Dramatic Art; C. Knox Massey Award for Unusual, Distinguished and Meritorious Service to the University, Jonathan B. Howes Award for Lifetime Achievement in Public Service. Member Actors’ Equity Association, SAG-AFTRA.

Michael Perlman Director

PlayMakers: Associate Artistic Director. Directed Bye Bye Birdie for the Summer Youth Conservatory and Ray Dooley in A Christmas Carol (2017).

Michael has directed at Goodspeed Opera House, Cleveland Play House, Trinity Repertory Company, Kitchen Theatre Company, Arvada Theater Center, Boise Contemporary Theater, Creede Repertory Theater, Swine Palace, Maples Rep, Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep and the Brown/Trinity MFA Programs as well as workshops with The Playwrights’ Center, The Magic Theater and Young Playwrights, Inc. He’s the Associate Director on Fiasco Theater’s Into the Woods which was seen at the McCarter Theater, Old Globe, Menier Chocolate Factory and Roundabout Theater Company, in addition to Noises Off at Roundabout. Michael’s plays include At The Table and From White Plains, which is the recipient of a 2013 GLAAD Media Award and was nominated for New York Innovative Theater awards for Outstanding Premiere Production and Outstanding Full-Length Script. In addition, Michael’s one-person show Flying on the Wing was presented at the New York Fringe Festival, where it was the winner of Outstanding Solo Show. Michael is an Artistic Associate with both Fiasco Theater and Fault Line Theatre. He is proud to be a member of SDC, a Drama League Directing Fellow, and holds a BA and MFA from Brown University, where he has also served on faculty.

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Brandon Reed Sound Designer/Media Coordinator

PlayMakers: The Storyteller, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, No Fear and Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone. Company member in his second season as Resident Sound Designer/Engineer. Regional: BEAU with Broadway director Michael Wilson, Sequence, The Enlightenment of Percival von Schmootz, Calling All Kates (Adirondack Theatre Festival); The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Sex With Strangers (Cardinal Stage Company); Constellations (Lake Dillion Theatre); Fully Committed, Chapatti, Silent Sky (Bristol Valley Theater); Julius Caesar, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Music Man (Arkansas Shakespeare); Our Town (Chautauqua Theater Company). University: Because I Am Your Queen with Tectonic Theater’s Barbara Pitts McAdams, Twelfth Night, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), A Funny Thing Happened…, The Light in the Piazza (Illinois Theatre). Other: 2019 USITT Robert E. Cohen Sound Achievement Award. 2016 Joseph Jefferson Nomination for A Small Oak Tree Runs Red. 2015 Sound Design Fellowship from Chautauqua Theater Company. Alumnus of the Steppenwolf Professional Leadership Program. MFA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS Ball State University. @brandonreedsounddesign www.brandonreedsounddesign.com

Charles K. Bayang Stage Manager

Charles is in his thirteenth season with PlayMakers. Work at other regional theatres includes productions at Studio Arena Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center and Dallas Children’s Theatre. Charles holds an MFA from the University of Alabama/Alabama Shakespeare Festival and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Elizabeth Ray Stage Manager

PlayMakers: Company member in her fourth full season. Love, Loss, and What I Wore, Everybody, Dairyland, No Fear & Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone, How I Learned to Drive, Jump, Skeleton Crew, Temples of Lung and Air, "A" Train, Tartuffe, Dot, The Cake, Into the Woods, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Private Lives. New York: Shows for Days (Lincoln Center Theater), In the Secret Sea (Theatre Row), Wallenberg, Requiem for Mr. B, Presto Change-O (Frankel Green Production Company), and Welcome to Shoofly (Playwrights Horizons). Work at other regional theatres includes productions at North Carolina Theatre, Theatre Raleigh, Palm Beach Dramaworks, and Cape Fear Regional Theatre. Elizabeth is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.

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Vivienne Benesch Producing Artistic Director

Vivienne is in her fifth full season as a company member and Producing Artistic Director at PlayMakers, where she has helmed productions of Dairyland, Life of Galileo, Leaving Eden, The May Queen, Three Sisters, Love Alone, RED, and In The Next Room. For 12 seasons, she served as Artistic Director of the renowned Chautauqua Theater Company and Conservatory, presiding over the company’s transformation into one of the best summer theatres and most competitive summer training programs in the country. She directed more than fifteen productions at CTC including an acclaimed reimagining of Romeo and Juliet featuring the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Theatre, Opera and Dance companies. She brought CTC’s production of Amadeus, performed with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic, to the Virginia Arts Festival featuring PlayMakers company member Ray Dooley. Vivienne has also directed for the Folger Shakespeare Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination for best direction 2019), The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Trinity Repertory Company, and Red Bull Theatre, among others. In 2018, she directed the world premiere of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles for Detroit Public Theatre and will be directing it again on Broadway in 2021, starring Debra Messing. As an actress, Vivienne has worked on and off-Broadway, in film and television, at many of the country’s most celebrated theatres, and received an Obie Award for her performance in Lee Blessing’s Going to St. Ives. Vivienne is a graduate of Brown University and NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. As an educator, she has directed for and served on the faculty of some of the nation’s foremost actor training programs, including The Juilliard School, UNC-Chapel Hill’s Professional Actor Training Program, Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program, and at her alma mater, NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. She is the 2017 recipient of the Zelda Fichandler Award given by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation.

Michael Rolleri Production Manager

Michael is in his 34rd season with PlayMakers Repertory Company. He has been Technical Director, Project Manager, Exhibition Technician, and Lighting Designer for industrial shows in the Southeast region, as well as lead carpenter for films, the U.S. Olympic Festival, and scenic studios. He has also been a rigger in the Southeast region and has served on the executive board and as President of IATSE Local 417. Michael is a 30 year Gold Pin member of IATSE. An active member of United States Institute For Theatre Technology (USITT), he is a three-time winner at USITT's Tech Expo. He is a full Professor/Head of the Technical Production Program at UNC-Chapel Hill and was an instructor at High Point University and Tufts University. Education: MFA in Design and Technical Production, UNCGreensboro.

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PLAYMAKERS Administration

Vivienne Benesch, Producing Artistic Director

ARTISTIC

DEVELOPMENT

Tracy Bersley, Movement Coach/Choreographer Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Company Artistic Associate Tia James, Vocal Coach Gregory Kable, Dramaturg Jacqueline E. Lawton, Dramaturg Michael Perlman, Associate Artistic Director Mark Perry, Dramaturg Gwendolyn Schwinke, Vocal Coach Adam Versényi, Dramaturg

Shea Fitzgerald, Assistant Director of Development Amelia Stanley, Director of Development

MARKETING & AUDIENCE SERVICES Brittany Petruzzi, Marketing & Comm. Associate Diana Pineda, Director of Sales & Marketing Thomas Porter, Box Office Manager Rosalie Preston, Associate Director of Marketing

ADMINISTRATION

Joe Emeis, General Manager Lisa Geeslin, Accountant

Department of Dramatic Art Adam Versényi, Professor and Chair

FACULTY Vivienne Benesch, Professor of the Practice Tracy Bersley, Assistant Professor Jan Chambers, Professor McKay Coble, Professor Jeffrey Blair Cornell, Assoc. Chair, Teaching Prof.

Ray Dooley, Professor Samuel Ray Gates, Assistant Professor Julia Gibson, Associate Professor Jennifer Guadagno, Teaching Assistant Professor Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Teaching Assoc.Professor Tia James, Assistant Professor Gregory Kable, Teaching Professor Jacqueline E. Lawton, Assistant Professor Adam Maxfield, Teaching Associate Professor Triffin Morris, Professor of the Practice

David Navalinsky, Associate Professor Bobbi Owen, Distinguished Professor Laura Pates, Teaching Assistant Professor Mark Perry, Teaching Assistant Professor Rachel E. Pollock, Teaching Assistant Professor Michael Rolleri, Professor Gwendolyn Schwinke, Assistant Professor Aubrey Snowden, Teaching Assistant Professor

STAFF Betty Futrell, Student Services Specialist Lisa Geeslin, Accounting Technician John Rawlings, KTC Technical Director Karen Rolleri, Business Coordinator Jamie Strickland, Business Officer

PlayMakers’ Resident Acting Company

Jeffrey Blair Cornell Julia Gibson

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Ray Dooley Kathryn Hunter-Williams

Samuel Ray Gates Tia James

Professional Actor Training Program: Sergio Mauritz Ang, Anthony August, Tori Jewell, Khalil LeSaldo, AhDream Smith, Omolade Wey

OUR 2020/21 SEASON Production

Michael Rolleri, Production Manager

COSTUMES

Jennifer Bayang, Assistant Costume Director Triffin Morris, Costume Director Rachel Pollock, Costume Craftsperson Costume Production Graduate Students: Ellen Cornette, Alex Hagman, Lou Pires, Erin Rodgers, Lauren Woods, Athene Wright, Sherry Wu

SOUND

Brandon Reed, Audio Designer/Engineer Samuel Henry, Undergraduate Assistant

STAGE MANAGEMENT

SCENIC

Adam Maxfield, Technical Director Laura Pates, Assistant Technical Director Jessica Secrest, Scenic Artist Technical Production Graduate Students: Brock Burton, Gregory Condon, Paul Edghill, Patrick Hardison, Kevin Pendergast, Luke Robinson, Garrett Weeda Aaron Boles, Undergraduate Assistant–Scenery

PROPS

Andrea Bullock, Properties Master

Charles K. Bayang, Stage Manager Elizabeth Ray, Stage Manager

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PlayMakers is a beneficiary of the Elizabeth Price Kenan Endowment and the Lillian Hughes Prince Endowment.

PlayMakers Repertory Company is a Member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre.

This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League Of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

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Anonymous (5) Trudi Abel Brady and Robin Allan Dwight and Robin Allen Mary Altpeter Mary R. Amend Elizabeth Anthony Matthew and Linda Arnold William and Michael-Ann Ashman Phil and Ellen Baer Jill and John Balogh Jarrett and Robin Barnhill Tony and Susan Barrella Judith Barton Barry Bayus and Anna Chao Larry and Sheila Benninger Stephen Berenson and Brian McEleney Kitty Bergel Sandy Berman Robert A. and Christine S. Berndt Patricia C. Beyle Jim and Martha Bick Katherine L. Bick Dorothy and Justin Biddle Mr. and Mrs. David Birnbaum Jill and Dick Blackburn Joseph Blair and Sandra Peyser Tony Boothby Roxana Bossen Scott and Victoria Bouldin Donald A. Boulton Lauren Kennedy Brady and Charlie Brady David Brehmer and Megan Matchinske Philip Breitfeld and Susan Kreissman William Brettmann ^ Lyndon E. Brown, PhD Renee A. Brown Patricia Bryan and Tom Wolf Ann Marie and Jessie Bullock Edward and Sheila Burgard ^ Jim and Janie Craige Butler Thomas Butler Douglas Call and Susan Warwick Dr. Leigh Fleming Callahan Robert Cameron Donna Carroll and Gale Lackey Virginia Carson

Dr. Caryl Jane Schwartzbach Clara Cazzulino Dr. Margaret Champion Beverly Long Chapin Mimi Chapman Lata Chatterjee and Tiruvarur Lakshmanan Nancy Chemtob Norm and Portia Christensen Elizabeth Cisar Steve Clark and Becky Luce-Clark Linda G. Clarkson Thomas B. Clegg Dennis Clements and Martha Ann Keels Marshall and Phyllis Clements Sandra Clemons Ellen Clevenger-Firley Steve Cline Anne F. Coenen Robert F. Coleman, III In memory of Susan Hurst Rappaport Geneva Collins and Theodore Fischer ^ Jenn Collins and Paul Runkle Jeffrey Collins and Rose Mills Mrs. Michael Colvin Tracy Larsen Cooke and Benjamin Cooke Sharon Scholl Coop Jay and Barbara Cooper Brian Copenhaver

Greg Copenhaver John and Belinda Corpening Sarah Clare Corporandy Daniel Costa and Maryanne Boundy Georgia Court Dr. Mary Covington and Mike Patil Amy R. Csorba Fred and Jane Dalldorf Julie Daniels Bronwyn and John de Figueiredo Mrs. Robert Bigelow DeMaine Christine Devita Todd Dickinson and Helen Kalevas Dail and Artie Dixon Sheila and Joe Dorey Kerry and Julia Draeger Claude and Anna Marie Drake Anne Dusek Kathleen DuVal and Marty Smith Thomas and Joan East Connie Eble The Eckert Family Bobette Eckland and Richard Kamens Elon and Elizabeth Eidenier Tori Ekstrand Jan Elliott Paul and Pat Elstro Jane Emeis Sarah and Peter Englis Donald and Audrey Esposito Jerry and Adelia Evans Melinda and Jim Evans Dagmar and J.C. Fahr Kimerly Fahs Shauna and Tom Farmer Ethan Ferguson Pamela Ferguson Prabhavathi Fernandes Velma Ferrell Laurice Ferris ^ Nicole and Bruce Fine Karen H. Fink Karen Fisher and Robert Warren Sara Franks Douglas and Judy Frey Bonnie and Ed Fuchs John and Ann Gabor Bennett Galef Maggi Gallagher and Don Castro Betty and Franklin Garland Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gaskell Tom and Victoria Gerig Debra and Eric Goldberg Alix Goldschmidt Eve Benesch Goldschmidt

Andreya Gomez Ronnie K. Graham John and Lucy Grant Christina Graybard and Nicholas Mirra Bill Green and Brett Bohnn Terry Greenlund Elizabeth Grey Karolyn Griffith Linda Grimm Jean Gross and Donald Miller Gail and Steve Grossman Kay Gruninger Pickett Guthrie Betsy and Joe Hackney Todd Haimes Gayla Halbrecht Bruce Hamilton and Jennifer Weiss Jean Handy Carol Brainard and Nancy Hardin Joanne Harrell Barbara L. Harris Lynden Harris Jim and Mary Hayes Richard Hendel Charlotte Henshaw Ellen Herron Scott and Richard Hill Ann Hillenbrand Angelica and Richard Hinchcliff Margaret Hinkle Richard Hirschfield Catherine Holcombe Holly Holland Joyce Holland In Memory of Dr. J. Kimball King Joyce Horn Mary Howes In Memory of Jonathan B. Howes David G. Hubby Tamsie and Staples Hughes Mary Hulett Malcolm and Wanda Hunter Maria Hunter Leslie Hurtig Beth Isenhour Abby Jablin Betty James Christa and Sheridan Johns Robert and Cecelia Jolls Ann Moss Joyner Dan and Linda Kaferle Richard and Sally Kahler Amy Kane Lynne Kane Peter Karpen

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Marisa and Haresh Kathard Naomi Kaufman Laura Kayser Jean and Lawrence Keene Charles R. Keith and Muki W. Fairchild Marie-Beatrice and Robert Keller Sally P. Kennedy Jane Kiernan Dr. Harriet King Ann and Bill Kirkland Ted and Marilyn Koenig Mary Kraft Lloyd Kramer and Gwynne Pomeroy Ernest and Eunice Kraybill Dave and Doris Krepp Shrawan Kumar Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kuntzman Joseph Labenson Ted and Debbie LaMay Benjamin Landman and Jen Feldman In honor of Ms. Betty-Ann Landman Robert Lauterborn In memory of Sylvia Lauterborn Philip and Nancy Leinbach John and Ruth Leopold Lucy Leuchtenburg Arnold and Annette Levine Gary and Janet Lewis Joy Lewis and Frederick Annand Betty and John Leydon Judi Lilley Erika Lindemann James and Mary Lou LoFrese Karen E. Long and Arlon Kemple Mildred and Patrick Long Robert and Anne Long Clark Lovelace Carol Lucas Mary Lucas John Ludlow and Kathy Davies Corey Madden Samuel Magill and Eunice Brock William Mahony and Joyce Boucheron Phil Malinosky H.R. and Betsy Malpass John Manley Raleigh and Betsy Mann Lee and Elaine Marcus Rosalie Marcus Shelley J. Masters Bill and Susan Mattern Wanda McArn Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. McCall Meredith McClurg Patrick Joseph McLane ^

Lee McLean Ewa Meehan Larry and Jerri Meisner Molly Metzler Carol and Eric Meyers Herbert and Jeanne Miller Roy and Bev Milton Erik and Natalia Milz Mark and Alice Mine Susan Minnix and Ronald Manka Gustavo and Joan Montana Jill Moore Merry-K Moos Aela Morgan Rick Muise Margaret B. Mullinix Kate Murphy Nancy D. Myers Michael Naglich William and Ann Nebel Jeanenne Nelson Barbara Nettesheim Michele and Klaus Nettesheim James and Nancy Nutt Nancy Oates Drs. Susan and Raphael Orenstein Marilyn and Peter Ornstein Barry and Lois Ostrow George and Susan Outterson Norman and Roberta Yule Owen ^ Rob Parker and Sarah Taylor Josie Patton Michael Paul Ron and Julie Paxton Robert and Kay Pearlstein Nancy Pekar Arnold Pender Imara Perera Carol and Al Perlman Meredith Piatt Stephen and Lyn Pizer Christina and Michael Plaks Dr. Martin and Barbara Poleski Jim Polga Gary and Susie Pratt Ted and Peggy Pratt Jane Preyer Todd and Nicky Purves James and Barbara Putney Margaret Quinlan George and Carol Retsch-Bogart Sandra and Stephen Rich Linda Robinson Louise A. Robinson Jo Rodgers

David and Barbara Rohde Joel Rosch and Carol Vatz Judith L. Ruderman Mary Ann Ruegg Daniel and Patti Ryan Nicholas Ryan Dale Sandler Celia Sandford and Stephen Perrin John Saxon Allie and Ian Scales ^ Carol Schachner ^ Laura Schanberg Jeffrey Schlosser Richard and Shirley Schuler John and Lucia Sehon Pat Shane Barbara Sharf William N. Sharpe, Jr. Alison Sheehy Robert and Sandra Shreve Connie Shuping Nikki Silver Bland Simpson Ron and Mary Sinzdak Sim Sitkin and Vivian Olkin Paige and Jason Smith Dr. Richard L. Smith and Dr. Amy Grady Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Solomon ^ Pamela Somers Janet Sorensen Ilene Speizer Connie Spooner Marcia Spray Kimberly and David Spurr Allen Steckler Susan F. Stedman Adam and Jane Stein Anne Stephens Andy Stewart and Peggy Kinney ^ Dorcas Stolper Raquel Strauss Edward Strong Jeannie Pfister Stroupe Dr. Lishan Su ^ Ed and Lynne Sullivan Terrence and Marguerite Sullivan Susanne Steinmetz,

in honor of Bobbi Owen

Aimee Tattersall Beverly Taylor David C. Taylor Stephen Tell and Rosemary Hoban Charles Thomas and Suzanne Maupin Estelle and Edward Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Archie David and Kelley Tobin Mary and Thomas Trabert ^ Barrie Trinkle Nancy Trovillion Jeff and Nancy Tudor Nancy Tunnessen Nancy Tusa and Andy Brawn John and Donna van Arnold ^ Mary Van Bourgondien and Susan Lombardo Jerry and Sondra Van Sant Barney and Vivian Varner Jill Vexler + Robin Visser Carol and Jim Vorhaus Deborah and Jonathan Wahl Angela Walter Helen Warner David and Marsha Warren Mr. and Mrs. Robin H. Wendell Dr. Lynn Wesson Shirley H. White

in honor of Steven H. White Ernest Thomas Wilkes III Michael Wilson Jane Pettis Wiseman Nancy Worley Jerry Worsley Ford and Allison Worthy Janice and Richard Woychik Paul Wright David and Dee Yoder Marla Yost Justin Yung ^ Rosilene Ziegler and John Steege

^ Sustainers Club Member + Women’s Point of View (WPOV) Supporter * PlayMakers Gala Supporter

This list is current as of December 6, 2020. If your name is listed incorrectly or not at all, please contact PlayMakers Development Office at 919.962.2481.

We will ensure you are recognized for your thoughtful support.

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OUR PARTNERS PlayMakers’ 2020/21 Season is Made Possible in Part by Grants from

Foundation Support The Educational Foundation of America, Fund for the Triangle – Support for the Arts of Triangle Community Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, North Carolina Arts Council, Orange County Arts Commission, Shakespeare in American Communities: National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, The Shubert Foundation, Theatre Communications Group Additional Funding for Guest Artists is Provided by

Robert Boyer and Margaret Boyer Fund, Louise Lamont Fund, Emeriti Professors Charles and Shirley Weiss Fund

Producing Council

American Party Rentals, Glasshalfull, Jujube Restaurant, Linda’s Bar and Grill, Mebane Lumber, Residence Inn Chapel Hill, Spoonflower, Hyatt Place Durham/Southpoint, The Siena Hotel/Il Palio Restaurant

Corporate Council

Aloft, DeMaison Selections, Inc., University Florist

Associates

Cambria Suites, Craven Allen Gallery/House of Frames

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Triangle Craven Allen Gallery/ House of Frames Glasshalfull Il Palio Jujube Linda’s Bar & Grill North Carolina Estates Residence Inn University Florist and Gifts

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