A Christmas Carol (2014)

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by Charles Dickens adapted by Preston Lane

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FOURTEEN 4 ........................... Welcome 6 .............. Director’s Note 7 ................ The Production 8 .................... The Company 16 ............... Program Notes 23 .................... Core Values 26 ....................... Our Story 29 .................... Supporters 31 .............................. Annual Contribuotrs 37 ................ Board & Staff

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SEASON FOURTEEN 10 Plays. Two Cities. One Triad Stage.

Fresh off our Lucky 13th Season, Triad Stage is thrilled with the future’s possibilities. We have never been the kind of people to settle for the way things are, so we’re taking bigger chances, making better theater and daring aspirationally to bring together great stories, bold design and world-class acting with TEN PLAYS, TWO CITIES and ONE TRIAD STAGE. The journey from our very first opening night to the beginning of our teenage years today has been an incredible adventure.

Triad Stage plays a starring role in revitalizing our historic city centers, creating jobs and bringing artists and audiences to Greensboro and Winston-Salem to witness firsthand the Triad we are proud to call home.

Because of you — your continued support and encouragement — Triad Stage is here to stay. Whether you are a donor, a Season Passholder, or a single ticket buyer, we thank you for being a part of our Triad-wide family.

Preston Lane Artistic Director Co-Founder

Rich Whittington Managing Director Co-Founder

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Kathy Manning Board of Trustees Chair

AT The Pyrle Theater | Greensboro, NC The 39 Steps | Aug 31 - Sept 28, 2014 a hilarious comedy adapted by Patrick Barlow, from the novel by John Buchan, from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock

The Member of the Wedding | Oct 19 - Nov 9, 2014 a treasured classic

by Carson McCullers

Snow queen | Nov 28 - Dec 21, 2014 a winter adventure

by Preston Lane with original music by Laurelyn Dossett

Dirty Blonde | Jan 25 - Feb 15, 2015 a love story with music

by Claudia Shear with an original score by Bob Stillman

Crimes of the heart* | April 5 - 26, 2015 a Southern comedy by Beth Henley * presented in connection with Beth Henley’s ABUNDANCE in Winston-Salem

Common Enemy | June 7 - 28, 2015 a world premiere drama

by Preston Lane

AT HANESBRANDS THEATRE | Winston-Salem, NC Underneath the lintel or the mystery of the abandoned trousers | Sept 17 - Oct 5, 2014 a mysterious journey

by Glen Berger

A Christmas Carol | Dec 3 - 21, 2014 a holiday classic

by Charles Dickens, adapted by Preston Lane

Other Desert Cities | FEb 11 - March 1, 2015 a contemporary comic drama

by Jon Robin Baitz

Abundance* | May 6 - 24, 2015 a wild western by Beth Henley * presented in connection with Beth Henley’s CRIMES OF THE HEART in Greensboro 5

From the Director, Bryan Conger Christmas trees, Christmas presents, Christmas carols, and Christmas cards. All of these things have become traditions we as a society cherish and it is Charles Dickens whom we should thank.

Though he was not the first to write of the season’s celebrations, Dickens was the author that created a secular view of the Christmas holiday that continues in many modern households today. But in the midst of all of the hustle and bustle of the season’s events, it can be easy to forget what Dickens reminds us is most important—the generosity of one’s spirit and heart. Now is the time when we should reflect on the year behind us look forward to the possibilities of the New Year ahead in which we have the opportunity to give more, love more, and grow more. This is why I love the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a man who is broken, but on one crazy night, we see him have moments of reflection, revelation and ultimately redemption unlike any other in classic literature.

I must admit that I have not always had a deep appreciation for Dickens’ tale. I, of course, understood the value of it and respected it as an important piece of literature but always considered it to merely be a play that was programmed by regional theaters out of tradition and obligation. However, I was fortunate enough to have a great mentor, Preston Lane, who made me see this story in whole new way giving me an opportunity to become better person and artist. I have been fortunate enough to work on this adaptation for five seasons, first as an assistant director, then as the director for the remounted production in Greensboro, and finally as the director of the new production for Winston-Salem. Each time has only deepened my connection to and love for this myth. Unlike most other adaptations, Preston has kept with the spirit of the ghost story that Dickens wrote to haunt us on a winter night. It is through the eyes of beggar children that we see the dark and depressed world that Dickens was responding to and hoping to change. There can be no denying that we are still dealing with many of the same problems they were in 1843 and that we live in a world that can be very dark and cold. However, it is the hope that we can change and be better that keeps us moving forward to better places.

It is with a heart full of happiness and gratitude that I return to this season’s production of A Christmas Carol. I am delighted to welcome the new faces that are inhabiting these characters while welcoming back those who have been here since the beginning. I am so excited to be able to share the incredible work they have done with you. I would like to leave you with a favorite quote of mine from Dickens, “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” Thank you for joining us and I hope your holidays are filled with joy, love, and tremendous opportunity.

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Preston Lane Artistic Director

Richard Whittington Managing Director

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by Charles Dickens Adapted and Originally Directed by Preston Lane Original Music Composed by David E. Smith Directed by Bryan Conger Musical Director Justin P. Cowan

Scenic Design by John Coyne

Costume Design by Kelsey Hunt

Lighting Design by Aaron Porter

Sound Design by David E. Smith

Projection Design by Nicholas Hussong

Choreographer Sara Ruth Tourek

Casting by Cindi Rush Casting

Stage Manager Terence Orleans Alexander

Production Sponsors Arbor Acres, Kilpatrick Townsend and Piedmont Natural Gas A Christmas Carol was commissioned by and received its world premiere at Triad Stage in Greensboro in 2010.

The play is performed without an intermission.

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Cast (in alphabetical order) Ebenezer Scrooge .................................................................... Andrew Boyer* Fred/Young Scrooge/ 2nd Businessman/Ensemble .......................................... Wilson Bridges* Charity Woman/Belle/Edwina/ Young Wife/Ensemble .................................................... Ashlei Chestnut◊ Martha Cratchit/Ensemble ..................................................... Jayln Edwards Fan/Want/Ensemble ................................................. Amy Claire Feldmann Youngest Scrooge/Ignorance/Ensemble........................... Isaac Feldmann Bob Cratchit/Villager/Ensemble ................................................ Josh Foldy* Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble ................................................. Emily Gardenhire◊ Charity Man/Young Husband/ Villager/Ensemble ................................................... Taylor Murphy Hale◊ Tiny Tim/Ghost of Christmas Future/Ensemble..............Shane Hansard Child Scrooge/Peter Cratchit/Ensemble............................... Steele Howell Jacob Marley/3rd Businessman/Ensemble ......................... Michael Huie* Belinda Cratchit/Ensemble ................................................... McLaurin Hull Mrs. Fezziwig/Ghost of Christmas Present/ Ensemble......................................................................... Gwendolyn Jones* Topper/Dick Wilkins/Undertaker/ 1st Businessman/Ensemble ................................................ Jeremy Kuhn◊ Edward Cratchit/Boy on the Street/ Ensemble ............................................................. Richmond Henry Parris Ghost of Christmas Past/Hortence/ Charwoman/Ensemble ............................................ Madelynn Poulson◊ The Beggar Woman/Ensemble ................................................. Beth Ritson* Mr. Fezziwig/Old Joe/ Villager/Ensemble.............................................................. James Tunstall*

Stage Manager ................................................. Terence Orleans Alexander*

Setting The play takes place in London on Christmas Eve in 1843 with visions of the past and the future.

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Andrew Boyer* (Ebenezer Scrooge) was last seen at Triad Stage in the 2011 Production of Dial M for Murder as Police Inspector Hubbard.

On Broadway, Andrew was last seen in Gypsy starring Patti LuPone and directed by Arthur Laurents. Other New York credits include: the 2000 Broadway revival of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, directed by Susan Stroman, King Lear with Hal Holbrook at the Roundabout Theatre.

National tours: Disney’s Beauty & the Beast and the National Actors Theatre Production of The Odd Couple with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. Regional: 1776 (ACT); My Fair Lady (Asolo Rep); Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Candida; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Oliver!; Show Boat; The Will Rogers Follies.

Wilson Bridges* (Fred / Young Scrooge / 2nd Businessman /Ensemble) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2013). New York: JACK (The York), The Silver Cord (Peccadillo Theater Co), Legacy Falls (NYMF), Death For Five Voices (Prospect Theater Co). National Tours: La Cage Aux Folles (NetWorks), My Fair Lady (Cameron Mackintosh). Regional: Mousetrap (FlatRock Playhouse), Academy (DIMF, Maltz Jupiter Theater).

Education: BM, Baldwin Wallace University.

Ashlei Chestnut◊ (Charity Woman / Belle / Edwina / Young Wife / Ensemble) Triad Stage: Brother Wolf. Film/TV: Selma. Education: Senior BFA actor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ashlei’s UNCG Theatre/NCTYP credits include: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Flannel Shorts, If Only the Lonely Were Home (U.S. Premiere), Peter Pan, I Bring You Flowers, and The Last Supper.

Jalyn Edwards (Martha Cratchit/Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. Jalyn has been seen in The Color Purple at the Barn Dinner Theatre as well as in The Wiz, Cindy and Annie with the Pointe Studio of Dance and Black Nativity at NC A&T State University. In addition to acting, singing and dancing, Jalyn enjoys playing soccer.

Amy Claire Feldmann (Fan / Want / Ensemble) Triad Stage: Wait Until Dark, A Doll House, Providence Gap, A Christmas Carol (20102014). Regional: Les Miserables (CTG); Shrek the Musical , Suessical Jr (ACT); Annie (TGRC); Beauty and the Beast (Gallery Players); Sound of Music (ATA); James and the Giant Peach (City Arts) and over 15 other productions. Film: A Princess Cut, Sacred Kind of Love. Amy Claire is an 11 year old home-schooled 5th grader who enjoys singing, dancing, playing cello with the Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, and making sculptures.

Isaac Feldmann (Youngest Scrooge /Ignorance / Ensemble) Triad Stage: A Doll House, A Christmas Carol (2011-2014). Regional: James and the Giant Peach (City Arts), Shrek the Musical (ACT), Sleeping Beauty (HPCT) and many more productions around the Triad area. Film/TV: A Princess Cut, Sacred Kind of Love. Isaac is a 9 year old home-schooled 4th grader who plays viola with GSYO and he enjoys singing, math and science.

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Josh Foldy * (Bob Cratchit / Villager / Ensemble) Triad Stage: Anna Christie, A Christmas Carol (2010-2013), The Woman in Black (Director), Dial “M” for Murder, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Doubt. Off-Broadway: Urban Stages, The Drilling Company. Regional: Paper Lantern Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Perseverance Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Virginia Stage Company, Caldwell Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Players Theatre Columbus, Idaho Repertory, Playwrights Center, Alaskan Shakespeare Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, New Theatre. Television: As the World Turns. Josh is a member of the theatre faculty at Wake Forest. Education: Northern Kentucky University, Yale School of Drama.

Emily Gardenhire◊ (Mrs. Cratchit / Ensemble) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2013). Regional: Dames at Sea (Ruby), Dreamgirls, Grease, Miss Saigon, High School Musical 1 & 2. Film/TV: One Tree Hill. Education: BFA Acting, UNC Greensboro, 2015. UNCG: THIS ( Jane), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Top Girls, Stage Door (Terry). Next up: Billy Elliot at the North Carolina Theatre.

Taylor Murphy Hale◊ (Charity Man / Young Husband / Villager / Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. Regional: [title-of-show], Black Tie, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Florida Repertory Theatre) Into the Woods (Herb Strauss Theatre) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Burt and Me (Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre) Becky’s New Car, The Liar (Theatre Conspiracy) Education: Current MFA Acting student at UNCG, holds a BA from Ashland University in Ohio.

Shane Hansard (Tiny Tim / Ghost of Christmas Future / Ensemble) Triad Stage Debut. Regional/Local: JoJo in Seussial Jr. (Alamance Children’s Theater), Gatekeeper in Wizard of Oz (Community Theatre of Greensboro). Film/TV: The Healer (The Living Arts College, Raleigh, North Carolina). Education: Top of his class in the 6th grade Homeschool.

Steele Howell (Child Scrooge / Peter Cratchit / Ensemble) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2013). Regional/Local: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Wizard of Oz, 60 Years of Broadway (Community Theatre of Greensboro); Oliver! (High Point Community Theatre); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Kernersville Little Theatre); Children of Eden (Westside Civic Theatre).

Film/TV: Inmar Film Commercial. Education: Jefferson Middle School, Winston-Salem, NC. Michael Huie * (Jacob Marley / 3rd Businessman / Ensemble) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2013). Regional/Local: The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Exact Center of the Universe, The Foreigner (Festival Stage), A Christmas Carol (NCShakes), Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Paper Lantern Theatre Company), Death of a Salesman (Barksdale Theatre). Film/TV: The Broken Chain, The Patron Saint of Liars, Wesley. Education: MA, Wake Forest University. www.MichaelHuie.net 10

McLaurin Hull (Belinda Cratchit / Ensemble)Triad Stage debut. Regional/ Local: Ragtime, Titanic the Musical (Elon University Music Theatre), To Kill a Mockingbird (CTG), looks forward to playing “Debbie” in Billy Elliot in February 2015 (North Carolina Theatre), Annie (HPCT), Wizard of Oz (CTG), How the Buckner Family Stole Christmas (Barn Dinner Theatre).

Film: Played title role in short film Junebug. Education: Jones Spanish Immersion, Academy of Theatrical Arts.

Gwendolyn Jones* (Mrs. Fezziwig / Ghost of Christmas Present / Ensemble) Triad Stage: Pump Boys and Dinettes. Acting credits: National and International tours of Hair, 42nd Street, Nunset Boulevard starring Cindy Williams and Annie. Broadway, Off-Broadway and Regional credits: Chicago, Dear World (Barrymore Nominee), Full Monty, Sophie, Totie & Belle, Hello, Dolly!, Jekyll & Hyde, 42nd Street, Once Upon A Mattress, Mame and Thoroughly Modern Millie in such houses as The Papermill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, The Benedum Center, and Walnut Street. She played Mrs. Claus for several seasons in New York City’s Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular. Education: American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City and Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music.

Jeremy Kuhn◊ (Topper / Dick Wilkins / Undertaker / 1st Businessman / Ensemble) Triad Stage: Brother Wolf. Regional/Local: Legally Blonde (Barn Dinner Theatre); Rent (Open Space Theatre); Spring Awakening (Theatre Alliance); Altar Boyz (Theatre Alliance). Film/TV: Exploder (Tough Spun Films); Dangers of Daggermore (Invader Films); Promo Shoot (SV2 Studios). Education/Educational Shows: Spamalot (UNCG); Hot ’n Throbbing (UNCG); The Last Supper (APO Show); Fantastic Mr. Fox (TYP at UNCG); Senior in the BFA Acting program.

Richmond Henry Parris (Edward Cratchit / Boy on the Street / Ensemble) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2013). Regional/Local: “The March Hare” in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, Jr., “LeFou” in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Jr. (Community Theatre of Greensboro). Richmond is an 8-year-old 3rd grader at Jones Elementary School in the Spanish Immersion Program.

Madelynn Poulson◊ (Ghost of Christmas Past / Hortence / Charwoman / Ensemble) Triad Stage: All’s Well that Ends Well, trailer for The Mountaintop.

Local/Regional: The Vibrator Play, Jack and the Jellybean Stalk, Pride and Prejudice, Fall Briefs (UNCG); Ruined (Burning Coal Theatre Co.).

Education: BFA Acting Class of 2016, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2011 VA Residential Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts.

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Beth Ritson * (The Beggar Woman / Ensemble) is pleased to be back performing with Triad Stage where she was last seen as “The Countess” in All’s Well that Ends Well. Prior Triad Stage productions include: Steel Magnolias, Night of the Iguana, Picnic, Bus Stop, Brother Wolf, Tobacco Road and The Rainmaker. Currently, she works as the Managing Director of Paper Lantern Theatre Company which performs at Triad Stage’s UpStage Cabaret; she recently appeared as Lorraine in their production of This Wide Night. Beth is also an Associate Professor at Bennett College.

James Tunstall* (Mr. Fezziwig / Old Joe / Villager / Ensemble) Triad Stage: Das Barbecu, Beautiful Star (2006, 2007, 2009), The Santaland Diaries (2010, 2013). Off-Broadway: The Pirates of Penzance, HMS Penefore, Sweethearts (Light Opera of Manhattan); Don’t Remind Me (LaMama ETC.); Bad Habits (Theatre Off Park); Home (About Face Theatre Co.).

Regional: Gypsy (East Carolina Theatre); Hedwig and The Angry Inch, Big Bang, The Last 5 Years, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Elephant Sighs, The Boys Next Door (Broach Theatre); Olympus on my Mind (Carbonell Award Nominee), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Royal Palm Theatre). Film, TV: Guiding Light, As the World Turns (CBS). Other: Featured soloist for Holland America Cruise Lines. Training: The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York Conservatory.

Bryan Conger (Director) Bryan is in his fourth season as Artistic Associate at Triad Stage.

Triad Stage directing credits include: Pump Boys and Dinettes, A Christmas Carol (2011- 2013); My Fair Lady; tick, tick . . . BOOM!; The Mystery of Irma Vep (2011); Billy Bishop Goes to War; Associate Director for New Music (2011); Assistant Director for A Christmas Carol (2010); Around the World in 80 Days and Ghosts. Local directing credits include: Souvenir (Paper Lantern Theatre Company); Sister Mary Ignatius . . . (THTR 232); Oklahoma!; Balm in Gilead and Blind Date (University of North Carolina at Greensboro). Other directing credits include Gypsy; Kiss Me Kate; Always Patsy Cline; Little Shop of Horrors; Burial at Thebes; and Fashion; Or Life in New York. Education: MFA, UNCG. Bryan currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Greensboro College.

David E. Smith ◉ (Composer / Sound Designer) David is director of the UNCSA theatre sound design program. David spent eight years with the Royal National Theatre in London, England.

Triad Stage: Snow Queen, Tennessee Playboy, Trouble in Mind, The Illusion, A Doll House, Dial “M” for Murder, Masquerade, A Christmas Carol and The Glass Menagerie among others. Regional: Arena Stage, North Shore Music Theatre, Trinity Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Cape Fear Regional Playhouse. Local: Paper Lantern Theatre Company, Little Theatre of Winston-Salem.

David was recently selected as a finalist in World Stage Design 2013 held in Cardiff, Wales, with music for four of the productions he composed for Triad Stage: Dial “M” for Murder, Oleanna, A Christmas Carol and A Doll House.

Justin P. Cowan (Music Director) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2013), Pump Boys and Dinettes. NY Regional: West Side Story, The Producers, Hairspray, Cabaret, Annie Get Your Gun. Other Regional: Legally Blonde, Guys and Dolls, How To Succeed... (Theatre By The Sea/Ocean State Theatre). [Title of Show], The Fantasticks (Florida Repertory Theatre). Little Shop Of Horrors, Something’s Afoot, A Grand Night For Singing (The Schoolhouse Theatre). Monty Python’s Spamalot, A Year With Frog And Toad (UNCG School of Music Theatre and Dance). Church 12

Basement Ladies, Winter Wonderettes (Prather Entertainment Group). Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Das Barbecü, Songs For A New World, The 25th Annual...Spelling Bee (BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theatre).

John Coyne ◉ (Scenic Designer) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2013), Wait Until Dark, Trouble in Mind. Regional: Charley’s Aunt (Guthrie Theater); Macbeth (Shakespeare Theater); Rough Crossing (Old Globe Theatre); You Never Can Tell, First Lady (Yale Rep); 3 Tall Women (Center Stage); Henry IV, Pride & Prejudice, Moonlight & Magnolias, My Fair Lady, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Front Page, Of Mice and Men, The Real Thing, Tartuffe (Dallas Theater Center); Hamlet (The Public Theatre); Boston Commonwealth Shakespeare; California Shakespeare Festival; Juilliard; Bard College; Goodspeed Musicals; TheaterWorks Hartford; Barrington Stage; Sante Fe Stages. Education: Yale School of Drama. John is currently the director of scenic design at UNCSA. Kelsey Hunt (Costume Designer) Kelsey’s recent credits include Bad Jews, Carrie: The Musical, Edgar & Annabel, and Skintight at Studio Theatre, Body Awareness at Theatre J, In the Red & Brown Water at Georgetown University, As You Like It and Pride & Prejudice at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Co., and Die Fledermaus at the Maryland Opera Studio. Other credits include A Man, His Wife, & His Hat at The Hub Theatre, Little House Christmas at Adventure Theatre, and One Flea Spare at Elsewhere Artist’s Collaborative. Previous Triad Stage designs include: The Glass Menagerie, Tobacco Road, Ghosts, Brother Wolf(2006), Black Pearl Sings, Educating Rita. Upcoming projects include Cherokee at Woolly Mammoth Theater and The Price at Olney Theatre. Kelsey is co-author of Elizabethan Costume: Design and Construction, focal press.

Aaron Porter (Lighting Designer) is a New York City based Lighting Designer and Assistant Lighting Designer for Theatre and Opera. He was named the USITT 2013 Rising Star of the Year award recipient sponsored by LDI/Live Design. Recent design credits include: ‘Number the Stars’ at the Davenport Theatre (New York, NY) ‘9 to 5’ at Paramount Theatre (St. Cloud, MN) ‘The Nutcracker’ with High Point Ballet and Taylor Dance (Lexington, NC) and ‘Dance Legends at the Hammerstein Ballroom (New York, NY). He has assisted on Broadway and at companies including The Metropolitan Opera, Manhattan Theatre Club, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Old Globe, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Signature Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, Florida Grand Opera. Aaron has spent 3 seasons working at the Santa Fe Opera Company. www. aporterld.com Nicholas Hussong (Projection Designer) Nicholas previously served as Artistic Associate of Design at Triad Stage, where his design credits include Underneath the Lintel, A Christmas Carol (2010-2013), The Mountaintop, Sunset Limited, The Glass Menagerie, Providence Gap and The America Play. Based out of New York by way of Connecticut, Kansas, North Carolina, Illinois and Indiana, some of Nicholas’ work has been seen at the Nashville Symphony, Hartford Symphony, LaMaMa, Barrow Street Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Joe’s Pub, Ars Nova, Yale Opera and the Yale Summer Cabaret. Other credits include, These Paper Bullets (Yale Repertory Theatre) and Antigonick (Toronto). www.nickhussong.com Leah Roy (Dialect Coach) is delighted to be coaching her first show with Triad Stage. She has previously served as dialect coach for Festival Stage, and voice & text coach for the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Since 2002, Leah has taught acting, voice and movement at Wake Forest University, where she has coached voice, dialect, and movement for many University 13

Theatre productions. She earned her MFA in Acting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has acted with the American Shakespeare Center, Montana Repertory Theatre, and Madison Repertory Theatre. You can hear her on WFDD, where she is the voice of the station’s underwriting spots.

Sara Ruth Tourek (Choreographer) has worked as a professional dancer, choreographer, and educator throughout the United States, including in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina. She currently is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Elon University, where for the past six years she has choreographed for the dance department. She has also been invited to present work as the featured local artist on the North Carolina Dance Festival Tour and the Greensboro Fringe Festival. She was the featured guest choreographer and teacher at Texas Tech. Sara has a wide range of teaching experience including classical ballet, pointe, contemporary dance, choreography, and partnering. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dance/Choreography from UNCG and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Technique from Ohio University. Sara has also served as the Lead Dance Instructor at Governor’s School West for the last five years and is the active Secretary of the North Carolina Dance Alliance board.

Cindi Rush, C.S.A. (Casting Director) New York: Silence! The Musical, My Mother’s Jewish Lesbian Wiccan Wedding (NYMF Winner 2010), Jay Alan Zimmerman’s Incredibly Deaf Musical, Bonnie and Clyde, Rooms, Jacques Brel, Six Dance Lessons, The Thing About Men, Urinetown, The Hurricane Katrina Comedy Festival. Regional: Penguin Rep, Triad Stage, Act II Playhouse, Arena Stage, Goodman, Humanafest. Film: Ghoul, The Woman (Top 9 Sundance 2011), In the Family, Offspring, Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door, Headspace. Tours: “Barney”, “Curious George”, “Kidz Bop”. Consultant for National Alliance for Musical Theatre (2004–2008), Consultant for NYU Graduate Program for Musical Theatre Writing.

Terence Orleans Alexander*(Stage Manager) Triad Stage Debut. Broadway: Mary Poppins, Wicked, Newsies. Regional: Utah Shakerspeare Festival (14 seasons), Washington National Opera (7 seasons), Kansas City Repertory Theatre (A Christmas Carol), Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Baltimore Opera Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Education: Professional Theater Training Program (PTTP) at Univesity of Delaware, Master of Fine Arts, Stage Management.

Preston Lane (Triad Stage Artistic Director & Co-Founder) is in his 14th

season at Triad Stage where he has directed over 50 productions. Preston is a 2014 finalist for the SDC Zelda Fichandler Award, a recipient of an NC Arts Council Playwright Fellowship, the Betty Cone Medal of the Arts and is the Artistic Partner for Theatre for An Appalachian Summer Festival. Other productions include the US premiere of Inexpressible Island (Dallas Observer Best of Dallas Awards: Best Director, Best Production) and The Night of the Iguana (Dallas Morning News: 2002 Top Ten Theatre List). As a playwright, Preston’s plays and adaptations have been produced at Triad Stage and other theaters and universities. His work with musician Laurelyn Dossett includes Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star, Bloody Blackbeard, Providence Gap and Snow Queen. Preston has taught at UNCG, NC A&T, UNCSA, Greensboro College, SMU, and the Professional Actors Workshop at the Dallas Theater Center. He is an alumnus of the Drama League of New York’s Director’s Project. A native of Boone, NC, Preston received his BFA from UNCSA and his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

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Richard Whittington (Triad Stage Managing Director & Co-Founder) has served as Managing Director of Triad Stage since its inception. Rich earned an MFA in Theatre Management from the Yale School of Drama and has a BFA in Acting and Directing from Marymount Manhattan College. In 2007, Rich was appointed by the Governor to serve on the board of the NC Arts Council, where he is currently a member of the Executive Committee. He has previously served on the boards of ArtsNC and Downtown Greensboro, Inc. and has served on numerous grant panels throughout the state as well as for the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts. Rich has taught Theatre Management at Greensboro College and NC A&T University and has guest lectured at UNC Chapel Hill, UNC School of the Arts, Wake Forest University and UNCG. A native of Dallas, Texas, Rich served as Artistic Administrator for the Dallas Theater Center and Associate Producer of Dallas’ The Big D Festival of the Unexpected. Experience also includes work at the Roundabout Theatre in New York and StageWest in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 2010, Preston and Rich were honored with Downtown Greensboro, Inc.’s J. Edward Kitchen Leadership Award. In 2013, they received the Adelaide F. Holderness/H. Michael Weaver Award from UNCG for distinguished public service. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States ◊ Student or Faculty Member with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Theatre Department ◉ Student or Faculty Member with the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA)

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Charles Dickens: A Literary Giant Charles Dickens’ rags-to-riches life encapsulated the best and worst Victorian London had to offer. He was born in 1812 to John and Elizabeth Dickens in Portsmouth, England, but they later moved to London. The family of ten was of humble means, and this was made worse by John Dickens’ poor management of the family’s money. In fact, when Dickens was just twelve years old his father was imprisoned for bad debts. Young Dickens was then sent to work in a shoe factory instead of attending school, an experience that informed his social criticisms in books such as Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities.

Dickens worked in Warren’s Blacking Factory alongside other children pasting labels on bottles of shoe dye. He became intimately aware of the long hours and horrible working conditions of child labor. Dickens later recounted feeling neglect, shame, and hopelessness during that time of his life. His works often deal with children trapped or lost in the urban world of industrialized London. Reading was a necessary escape during that time in his childhood, and Dickens tore through the pages of books such as Robinson Crusoe and The Arabian Nights. These books kept his imagination alive and laid the foundation for his own literary genius.

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from Sketches by Boz

Natural literary talent eventually allowed Dickens to rise out of the workhouses and become a writer, but not before working in a number of other fields. He first worked as a journalist at The Morning Chronicle and The Mirror of Parliament, creating connections that helped him break into publishing. He also pursued jobs as a court stenographer and a sketch artist, publishing the successful Sketches by Boz (1836). His second publication of sketches, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (1836-1837), launched Dickens to fame and led to the start of a busy literary career. He often wrote multiple novels at once and worked right up to his deadlines.

Dickens’ personal relationships were not as successful as his literary career. His 1836 wedding to Catherine Hogarth marked the beginning of a long and unhappy marriage, complicated by his close relationships to Mary and Georgina Hogarth, two of Catherine’s sisters. But Dickens’ illustrious writing career allowed him to live abroad in Italy and Switzerland for periods of time. He even embarked on an 1842 reading tour of America that was met with hoards of fans. In 1856, Dickens finally bought a long-desired country home in Gadshill, where he lived until his death in 1870.

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Core Values Triad Stage is guided by core values that inspire all aspects of our operations. These core values are a daily reminder to our entire company of why and how we produce theater for our community.

EXCELLENCE

INCLUSION

We strive for bold, daring excellence in all of our endeavors as we seek to create professional theater with regional and national impact.

Our community’s varied diversity must not only reflect itself in Triad Stage’s casting and staffing, but also in the selection of the stories we choose to tell.

COLLABORATION

ARTISTIC RISK

We celebrate and encourage an artistic process rooted in collaboration. We seek to mirror this process in all aspects of our operations and actively seek partnerships with other organizations to benefit the well-being of our communities.

Striving to constantly challenge ourselves, we reserve the right to take artistic risks and make mistakes.

IMAGINATION

REJUVENATION

Triad Stage delights in the imaginative process. We uphold freedom of expression as indispensable to the power of imagination.

We are committed to revitalizing our historic downtowns by greatly enhancing the cultural life of the Piedmont Triad through entertainment and by providing an economic impact benefiting other area businesses.

COMMUNITY

A SOUTHERN VOICE

As individuals are united in their shared experience of the theatrical event, strangers become friends, common ground is discovered, and dialogue begins.

In imagining the lives of others, our capacity for empathy is strengthened.

By placing the best of Southern writing in juxtaposition with classic and contemporary world drama, we foster a unique Southern voice, allowing our audience the pride of saying, “This theater is ours.”

LEARNING

NORTH CAROLINA

Theater is a valuable part of a lifetime of learning. Our work and the dialogue it creates should spark curiosity and inspire creative ways of thinking for our artists, staff and audience.

We seek to play a leading role in the North Carolina arts community. We actively work to create an artistic home for artists with North Carolina connections and to provide a bridge to the profession for emerging artists.

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Triad Stage began as a dream...

Co-founders Preston Lane and Richard Whittington forged their artistic partnership as graduate students at the Yale School of Drama. After managing a theater in Connecticut for two years, they undertook the three-year task of opening their own theater in the heart of historic Greensboro.

In September 1999, Triad Stage purchased the former Montgomery Ward building, which had been built in 1936 and sat vacant for almost 40 years. Renovations transformed the five-story building into a world-class theater center now called The Pyrle Theater, complete with a 300-seat theater and thrust stage, rehearsal hall, offices, two spacious lobbies and other audience amenities.

Photo courtesy of Greensboro Historical Museum

The Grand Opening took place in January 2002 with Tennessee Williams’ modern classic Suddenly Last Summer.

In 2008, Triad Stage finished a second round of renovations to The Pyrle. A scene shop annex was added in the basement. The top floor underwent major construction to create the 90-seat UpStage Cabaret performance space, the Sloan Rehearsal Hall, and the studio and office facilities of WUNC Public Radio’s new Greensboro Bureau.

In 2011, Triad Stage purchased a 30,000 square foot building near the Greensboro Coliseum Complex to serve as the theater’s new production facility, relocating its scene, costume and properties shops as well as its warehouse.

In 2013, with significant support from The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, Triad Stage announced a major expansion of programming to be produced at the Hanesbrands Theatre in downtown Winston-Salem.

The Pyrle Theater, Greensboro

Hanesbrands Theatre, Winston-Salem

Now in its 14th season, Triad Stage has over 3,000 Season Passholders and more than 400 annual donors. The company has received accolades on national, state and local levels, including being named “One of the 10 Most Promising Emerging Theatre Companies” by the American Theatre Wing and “One of the Best Regional Theaters in America” by the Drama League of New York.

Triad Stage has been voted the Triad’s “Best Live Theater” by the readers of the News & Record’s GoTriad ten years in a row and named “Professional Theatre of the Year” by the North Carolina Theatre Conference in 2003 and 2011. Its production of Tobacco Road was listed among the “Best of 2007” by The Wall Street Journal, its production of The Glass Menagerie was named “Best North Carolina Production of 2010” by Triangle Arts & Entertainment, and 2012’s production of Reynolds Price’s New Music trilogy was named among the “Best Productions” of the year in Triangle Theatre by Independent Weekly.

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Annual Campaign Contributors ________________________________________ Triad Stage wishes to thank the following individuals, corporations and foundations who have contributed generously to our 2014-2015 Annual Campaign.

Annual Campaign contributors as of November 6, 2014 PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($10,000+) Vanessa & Roy Carroll Clem & Hayes Clement Kyle Jackson, MD Kathy Manning & Randall Kaplan The Michel Family Foundation Linda & Tom Sloan Pam & David Sprinkle Betty & Bob Strickland The Shubert Arts Foundation The Winston-Salem Foundation Susan & Eric Wiseman The Honorable Aldona Wos & Mr. Louis DeJoy CENTER STAGE ($5,000– $9,999) Anonymous Lindsey & Frank Auman Steve & Jackie Bell Brandon Bensley Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Pat & Pete Cross Rob DaVanzo Haynes & Ginger Griffin Maureen & Bob Ihrie Tobee & Leonard Kaplan J.A. King Sylvia & Norman Samet Bill Soles Harrison & Martha Turner FRONT ROW ($2,500–$4,999) Mary Katherine & Durant Bell Joanne Bluethenthal Louise & Jim Brady Dr. Helen Brooks Jeb Brooks Lisa & Willie Bullock Linda & Jim Carlisle Kristin & Craig Carlock Joann & Bill Cassell Holly Chambers & Richard Steedle

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LEGACY DONORS

Anonymous Claire King Sylvia Samet Linda & Tom Sloan Martha & Harrison Turner Ruthie & Alan Tutterow Legacy Donors have made bequests in support of Triad Stage.

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Board of Trustees __________________

Triad Stage Staff __________________

Officers

Artistic

Kathy Manning, Chair Mindy Oakley, Vice Chair Susan Schwartz, Vice Chair Tom Styers, Treasurer Amy Speas, Secretary Alan Tutterow, Past Chair Linda Sloan, Founding Chair Preston Lane, Artistic Director Richard Whittington, Managing Director

Preston Lane, Artistic Director Bryan Conger, Artistic Associate Tamera Izlar, Artistic Associate Haylee Pittenger, Dramaturgy Intern

Administrative

Members at Large

Development

Richard Whittington, Managing Director Jason Bogden, General Manager Jessie Alexander Gulley, Company Manager Dawn Erdner, Office Assistant

Kate Barrett, Jeb Brooks, Pearl Burris-Floyd, Linda Carlisle, Craig Carlock, Karen Dyer, Drew Hancock, Chris Hobson, Tomasita Jacubowitz, Christina Johnson, Frankie Jones, John Kelly, Samantha Magill, Dan McAlister, Donna Newton, Cissy Parham, Margaret Penn, Todd Rangel, Debby L. Reynolds, Paul Russ, Dabney Sanders, Tom Sloan, Kathleen Smith, David Sullivan, Ernestine Taylor

Jennifer Woodward, Director of Development Cedric Blue II, Development Associate

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