A Christmas Carol

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by Janet Allard Featuring a cast of six women, it’s fast-paced action that swerves and spins around the driving competition, the loyal fans, and the back-road karaoke bars.

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Preston Lane Founding Artistic Director

Richard Whittington Founding Managing Director

Mercedes-Benz of Winston-Salem presents

by Charles Dickens Adapted by Preston Lane Original Music Composed by David E. Smith Directed by Bryan Conger Music 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 Accent Coach Robin Christian-McNair Cindi Rush Casting

Production Manager Liza Vest

Stage Manager Terence Orleans Alexander

Production Sponsors Arbor Acres, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, and 88.5 WFDD 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) Mr. Fezziwig/3rd Businessman/Villager/Ensemble ������������Nathan Alston* Edward Cratchit/Boy on the Street .....................................Aidan Armstrong Bob Cratchit/Villager/Ensemble.................................................... Ben Baker*§ Charity Woman/Belle/Edwina/Young Wife .................. Melissa Blackwell§ Youngest Scrooge/Ignorance .......................................................... Micah Boan Child Scrooge/Peter Cratchit ......................................................... Parker Bond Ebenezer Scrooge......................................................................... Andrew Boyer* Fan/Want ....................................................................................... Reagan Deaton Martha Cratchit ..............................................................................Jalyn Edwards Charity Man/Young Husband/Villager/Ensemble ���������������Drew Greene§ Tiny Tim/Ghost of Christmas Future ........................... Christian Harmston Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble................................................... Laura Bess Jernigan§ Mrs. Fezziwig /Ghost of Christmas Present.................... Gwendolyn Jones* Belinda Cratchit ..................................................................................Ryann King Topper/Dick Wilkins/Villager/ 1st Businessman/Ensemble ..................................................Torrey Laamar § Ghost of Christmas Past/Hortence/ Charwoman/Ensemble .................................................Madelynn Poulson§ The Beggar Woman...........................................................................Beth Ritson* Jacob Marley/Old Joe/Ensemble.................................................. Lee Spencer* Fred/Young Scrooge/2nd Businessman/ Villager/Ensemble ......................................................................Brady Wease § Stage Manager ......................................................Terence Orleans Alexander*

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

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Nathan Alston* (Mr. Fezziwig/3rd Businessman/Villager/Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. Regional: Guys & Dolls, Damn Yankees, Hairspray (Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre); Grease (Broadway Dinner Theatre). Local: The Color Purple, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Peace Like A River (Barn Dinner Theatre); The Glory of Gospel, Mahalia (North Carolina Black Repertory Company).

European Tours: The Glory of Gospel, Mahalia, The Young Messiah (Stardust Theatre BV). Writer/Director of Love Machine, Dreams Of A King, Soul Sistas, Showtime In Harlem (Barn Dinner Theatre).

Aidan Armstrong (Edward Cratchit/Boy on the Street) Triad Stage: “Sonny” in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, “John Henry” in The Member of the Wedding.

Regional: “Ensemble, Wolf, Servant” in Beauty and the Beast, Jr.; “Ensemble” in Aladdin, Jr. Aidan is in 4th grade. He loves reading and writing, watching So You Think You Can Dance with his mom, running and cooking with his dad, and the color pink.

Ben Baker*§ (Bob Cratchit/Villager/Ensemble) Triad Stage: Common Enemy. Regional/Local: Time Stands Still, A Perfect Likeness (Paper Lantern Theatre); Bouncers (Hanesbrands Theatre); Rabbit Hole (Firehouse Theatre); The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Abridged (NCSF); Macbeth (Richmond Shakespeare) and Sir Peter Hall’s repertory of Measure For Measure and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles).

New York: The Possibilities, Mad Forest, As You Like It, Counting The Ways (dir. Joseph Chaikin). Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Merchant Of Venice, Sotoba Komachi, Where Ravens Rule. Film: Goodbye To All That, Death And Jane, Train Wreck. Education: BFA Acting NYU; MFA Acting Candidate, UNCG. Ben appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

Melissa Blackwell§ (Charity Woman/Belle/Edwina/Young Wife) Triad Stage debut. Educational: Spamalot, In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play), Dani Girl: The Musical, Hairspray (UNCG). Education: BFA Acting, UNCG.

Micah Boan (Youngest Scrooge/Ignorance) is 9 years old and lives in Greensboro, NC. His past roles in community theater include “Charlie Bucket” in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (CTG), “Sorcerer of Silence” in Musicville (HPCT); “Guard” in The Wizard of Oz (CTG); “Milky White” in Drama Center’s Into the Woods; “Jimmy” in The Miracle Worker (Academy of Theatrical Arts). He most recently performed in Oklahoma! at Elon University.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States § Student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Theatre Department. ◊ Faculty Member at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Theatre Department. ◉ Faculty Member at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

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Parker Bond (Child Scrooge/Peter Cratchit) is a 13-year-old 7th grader at Summit School. He is thrilled to be making his debut at Triad Stage. Parker has appeared in numerous productions throughout the Triad. Favorite roles include “Charlie” in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, “Young Tarzan” in Tarzan, “Gavroche” in Les Miserables, “Oliver” in Oliver!, “Baby John” in West Side Story, “Shrek” in Shrek, Jr., and “Timon” in The Lion King, Jr. Parker also studies dance and plays piano and guitar.

Andrew Boyer* (Ebenezer Scrooge) returns to the stage of the Hanesbrands Theatre to reprise his last year’s performance as “Ebenezer Scrooge.” Andrew was 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, and 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; and The Will Rogers Follies.

Reagan Deaton (Fan/Want) Triad Stage debut. Local: The Wizard of Oz, Annie, Sleeping Beauty, Charlotte’s Web, High School Musical and The Lion King (Community Theatre of Greensboro). Reagan is a 10-year-old 5th grader at Morehead Elementary School who loves to perform. She is constantly singing, dancing or doing her gymnastics tricks.

Jalyn Edwards (Martha Cratchit) Jalyn was last seen in Triad Stage’s 2014 production of A Christmas Carol and is happy to be returning. Local: The Color Purple (Barn Dinner Theatre); The Wiz, Cindy, and Annie (Pointe Studio of Dance); Black Nativity (NC A&T State University). In addition to acting, singing and dancing, Jalyn enjoys playing soccer.

Drew Greene§ (Charity Man/Young Husband/Villager) Triad Stage debut.

Educational: Almost Maine, Androcles and the Lion, In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play), The Bungler, Spamalot, Charlotte’s Web, Junie B Jones: Jingle Bells Batman Smells (UNCG). Education: BFA Acting, UNCG.

Christian Harmston (Tiny Tim/Ghost of Christmas Future)Triad Stage: “Buster” Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Regional/Local: “Michael Banks” Mary Poppins, “Zeke” High School Musical, “Mr. Mayor” The Wizard of Oz, “Narrator” Aladdin, “Chip” Beauty and the Beast. Christian is a first grader at The Covenant School in Greensboro. He loves to act, sing, dance, and play the violin. He enjoys all kinds of science experiments and swims year-round for the GCY Makos. Christian loves to go to church and is honored to be a part of this talented cast!

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Laura Bess Jernigan§ (Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble) Triad Stage: Common Enemy.

UNCG: Iphigenia 2.0, Cabaret, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play). NYC: The Tempest (The Tempest Ladies); Henry V (Kill Mike). Regional/Local: As You Like It (Bare Theatre); Kindertransport (Big Wig Productions/Burning Coal); Fuddy Meers (Theatre In the Park). Education: MFA Candidate, UNCG; BA, Meredith College.

Gwendolyn Jones* (Ghost of Christmas Past/Mrs. Fezziwig) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2014), Pump Boys and Dinettes. National and International tours: Hair, 42nd Street, Nunset Boulevard starring Cindy Williams, and Annie. Broadway, Off-Broadway and Regional: 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.

Ryann King (Belinda Crachit) Triad Stage debut. Ryann performed at Drama Kids International for four years. Education: Brooks Global Studies, Paul Roberson Theatre NC A&T summer youth program.

Torrey Laamar§ (Topper/Dick Wilkins/Villager/1st Businessman/Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. UNCG: “Seth Holly” in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Hairspray. Film/TV: Blackbird with Monique and Isaiah Washington. Music: songwriter and guitarist, “All It Takes” featured in Blackbird. Education: Senior BFA Acting major.

Madelynn Poulson§ (Ghost of Christmas Past/Hortence/Charwoman) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2014), All’s Well That Ends Well, The Mountaintop (trailer). Local: Iphigenia 2.0, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), Jack and the Jellybean Stalk, Pride and Prejudice, Fall Briefs (UNCG); Ruined (Burning Coal Theatre Co.). Education: BFA Acting, UNCG 2016; 2011 VA Residential Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts.

Beth Ritson* (The Beggar Woman) Beth is pleased to be back performing with Triad Stage in A Christmas Carol for the third year. Prior Triad Stage productions include: All’s Well that Ends Well, Steel Magnolias, Night of the Iguana, Picnic, Bus Stop, Brother Wolf, Tobacco Road and The Rainmaker. Beth has also appeared with The Paper Lantern Theatre Company as “Lorraine” in their production of This Wide Night and “Pauline” in A Bright New Boise.

Beth is also an Associate Professor at Bennett College and teaches in their Theatre Program.

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Lee Spencer* (Jacob Marley/Old Joe/Ensemble) Triad Stage: Reverse Psychology, Trouble In Mind, A Doll House, Oleanna, Dracula, The Little Foxes. Paper Lantern Theatre: End Days, Time Stands Still, A Bright New Boise. Film/TV: Under the Dome, Halt and Catch Fire, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries, Banshee, Identity Thief, One Tree Hill, Drop Dead Diva, TURN: Washington Spies, Cold Case, Without A Trace, The Taking of Deborah Logan, Profiler, Enterprise, The Young and the Restless, Charmed, Unfabulous, The District, Matlock, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II. Education: American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYC. Brady Wease§ (Fred/Young Scrooge/2nd Businessman/Villager/Ensemble) Triad Stage: Snow Queen (2014), All’s Well That Ends Well. Educational: Hairspray, Cabaret, A Year with Frog and Toad, Jack and the Jelly Beanstalk, Twelfth Night, Spamalot, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (UNCG). Education: BFA Acting, UNCG 2016.

Bryan Conger◊ (Director) is in his 5th season as Artistic Associate at Triad Stage. Triad Stage directing credits include: Deathtrap; Dirty Blonde; Pump Boys and Dinettes; A Christmas Carol (2011- 2014); 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 (UNCG). 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 UNCG. Justin P. Cowan (Music Director) Triad Stage: Dirty Blonde, A Christmas Carol (2013, 2014), 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 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: Deathtrap, A Christmas Carol (2013-14), Wait Until Dark, Trouble in Mind, Other Desert Cities. 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, Colossal, Les Miserables (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. 9

Kelsey Hunt (Costume Designer) Triad Stage: 40+ productions. Recent work: last season’s Dirty Blonde. Regional: The Nether, Cherokee (Woolly Mammoth Theatre); Stage Kiss (Roundhouse Theater); Bad Jews, Carrie: The Musical, Edgar & Annabel, Skintight (Studio Theatre); The Sisters Rosensweig, Life Sucks, Body Awareness (Theatre J); The Price (Olney Theatre Cente); As You Like It, Pride & Prejudice (Chesapeake Shakespeare); Die Fledermaus (Maryland Opera Studio); Night Falls on the Blue Planet, Occupied Territories, Spark (Theater Alliance); Slow Falling Bird, In the Red & Brown Water (Georgetown University); Caps For Sale, Little House Christmas (Adventure Theatre). Kelsey is a member of United Scenic Artists and is co-author of “Elizabethan Costume: Design and Construction” from Focal Press. www.kelseyhuntdesign.com Aaron Porter (Lighting Designer) Aaron is a New York City based Lighting Designer.

He is thrilled to return to Triad Stage after designing A Christmas Carol last year. Recent design credits include: Songbird (59E59); Tarzan (Paramount Theatre); Dance Legends (Hammerstein Ballroom). Broadway assisting: On the Twentieth Century (American Airlines Theatre); Constellations (Samuel Friedman Theatre); Big Fish (Neil Simon Theatre); The Big Knife (American Airlines Theatre). Aaron has spent 3 seasons working at the Santa Fe Opera Company. Aaron was named the USITT 2013 Rising Star of the Year award recipient sponsored

by LDI/Live Design. www.aporterld.com David E. Smith◉ (Sound Designer) David is director of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts theatre sound design program. David spent eight years designing sound with the Royal National Theatre in London, England. Triad Stage: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, All’s Well That Ends Well, Brother Wolf, 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 the recipient of the USA Creative Business Cup award in 2014 and was also was selected as a finalist in World Stage Design 2013.

Nicholas Hussong (Projection Designer) Nicholas previously served as Artistic Associate of Design at Triad Stage, where his design credits include Common Enemy, Underneath the Lintel, A Christmas Carol (2010-2014), 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 Sara Ruth Tourek (Choreographer) Sara has worked as a professional dancer, choreographer, and educator throughout the United States. She currently works as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Elon University, where for the past six years she has choreographed numerous works for the dance department. She has present work in numbers festivals including the North Carolina Dance Festival Tour and Greensboro Fringe Festival. She was the featured guest choreographer and teacher at Texas Tech. Before residing in North Carolina. Sara has a wide range of teaching experience including classical ballet, pointe, contemporary dance, 10

choreography, and partnering. She holds a MFA in Dance/Choreography from UNCG and BFA 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 served as Secretary of the North Carolina Dance Alliance board. Sara is delighted to be choreographing A Christmas Carol again this season.

Robin Christian-McNair◉ (Vocal Coach) Triad Stage debut. Robin has recently come from New York City where she was teaching at the Actors Studio MFA program at Pace University and Tepper Semester (Syracuse University) and Co-chair of Voice and Speech and Artistic Council at HB Studio. Previous teaching experiences are Maggie Flanigan Acting Studio, ACTeen, and The Hagen Core and Summer Intensive Programs in The Hagen Institute at HB Studio, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Drew University, and at The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Purchase College of New York. Her degree is from Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts-where she received an MFA under the direction of William Esper. Ms. Christian McNair is Linklater Voice designated, Feldenkrais certified, and has a speech and accent certification in Louis Colaianni’s “Joy of Phonetics”. She is a member of Actors Equity, SAG and VASTA and a full-time professor at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

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.” Terence Orleans Alexander* (Stage Manager) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2014).

Broadway: Mary Poppins, Wicked, Newsies. Regional: Utah Shakespeare Festival (15 seasons), Washington National Opera (7 seasons), Kansas City Repertory Theatre (A Christmas Carol), Fulton Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Opera Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Education: Professional Theater Training Program (PTTP) at University of Delaware; Master of Fine Arts, Stage Management.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions.

Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production.

AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.

For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

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TRIAD STAGE CO-FOUNDERS Preston Lane (Triad Stage Founding Artistic Director) is in his 15th season at Triad Stage where he has directed more than 50 productions. Preston is a 2014 finalist for the SDC Zelda Fichandler Award, a recipient of an NC Arts Council Playwright Fellowship and the Betty Cone Medal of the Arts. 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, Snow Queen, and the upcoming Radiunt Abundunt.

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.

Richard Whittington (Triad Stage Founding Managing Director) 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.

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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 downtown Greensboro.

Photo courtesy of Greensboro Historical Museum

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.

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.

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The Pyrle Theater, Greensboro

Hanesbrands Theatre, Winston-Salem

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.

Now in its 15th season, Triad Stage has over 3,000 Season Passholders and more than 600 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 New York Drama League. Triad Stage has been voted the Triad’s “Best Live Theater” by the readers of the News & Record’s Go Triad 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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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

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

Artistic Risk

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

Imagination

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

Community

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.

Learning

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.

Inclusion

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

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.

Rejuvenation

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.

A Southern Voice

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.”

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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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Annual Campaign Contributors Please consider joining the following individuals, corporations, and foundations who have contributed generously to Triad Stage’s 2015 Annual Campaign.

Annual Campaign contributors as of November 6, 2015 PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($10,000+) Suzanne & Bud Baker Vanessa & Roy Carroll The Cemala Foundation Clem & Hayes Clement Aldona Wos & Louis DeJoy Cynthia & William Graham James G. Hanes Foundation John W. & Anna H. Hanes Foundation Maureen & Bob Ihrie Kyle Jackson, MD Kathy Manning & Randall Kaplan Tobee & Leonard Kaplan The Michel Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation Linda & Tom Sloan Pam & David Sprinkle Ken Steele Betty & Bob Strickland The Winston-Salem Foundation Susan & Eric Wiseman CENTER STAGE ($5,000-$9,999) Anonymous Lindsey & Frank Auman Wendy & Mike Brenner Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Rob DaVanzo Ginger & Haynes Griffin J.A. King Sylvia & Norman Samet Martha & Harrison Turner Lydia & Keith Vaughan FRONT ROW ($2,500-$4,999) Mary Katherine & Durant Bell Louise & Jim Brady Jeb Brooks Linda & Jim Carlisle

Joann & Bill Cassell Rebecca & Rick Craig Anna Reilly & Matt Cullinan Jean & Ralph Davison Christine & Chris Hobson Laura & Alan Irvin Barbara Kretzer Ernest & Shelby Lane Preston Lane Carol & Seymour Levin Donna & Bob Newton Mindy & Chad Oakley Julie Olin Margaret & Brad Penn Debby L. Reynolds Ron Johnson & Bill Roane Dabney & Walker Sanders Holly Chambers & Richard Steedle Ruthie & Alan Tutterow Jane & Jonathan Ward Courtney & Richard Whittington STAGE HAND ($1,000-$2,499) Kate R. Barrett Phil Barrineau Betty & Dennis Barry Mr. & Mrs. James Becher, Jr. Marianne & Jim Bennett Sylvia & Michael Berkelhammer Joseph M. Brantley, III Nicole Brockmuell Lynn & Scott Brogan Paula Stober & Bill Bucklen Lisa & Willie Bullock Carol & Jeff Burgess Janis & Marc Bush Kristin & Craig Carlock Sally & Alan Cone Pat & Pete Cross Candace & Roger Cummings Barbara & Michael Curry Carol & David DeVries Susie & Rasmus Fenger Karen & Joe Grady 38

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Carole Keeler Lou Bouvier & Denny Kelly Robert H. Kilpatrick Karyn Harrell & Cindy Kimbrell Virginia & David King Bonnie & John Knab Yolanda Leacraft Carolyn C. Lester Michele & Pat Levy Kathy & Mike Lewis Annabel Link Clarence Lloyd, Jr., MD Jose Lopez Jack MacDowall Samantha A. Magill Mary & Gustav Magrinat Joe Manson Bud & Reba Maxson Eleanor & Donald McCrickard Doris McGinn Angus &Wynn McGregor Carol H. Melvin Benedicte & Christian Mengel Tracy Nash & George Michel Gary & Nancy Miller Barbara & Bill Moran Dan & Ninevah Murray J.T. ( Judith) Nebenzahl Karol & John Neufeld Stacey & Mitchell A. Neuhauser Margaret & Vernon Newlin Tog & Michael Newman Gaynelle Nichols Allison Norton-Rimron Nancy Osborne Cathy & Ray Owen Paula Pile Robert Porter Eleanor Procton Jesse Pugh Wendell & Phoenix Putney Bene & George Ralls Kathy Ramsay Jennifer & Tommy Robards George & Bobbie Roberts Ruth & Lloyd Roghelia The Rose Family Debbie & Eugene Russell Jim & Nancy Sands Kathryn Lochra & Rett Saslow Bill & Jayne Satterfield 40

Beatrice Schall Barb & Bill Sharpe Mary Ellen & Lee Shiflett Joyce & Bob Shuman Anne Smith Kathryn & R.C. Smith Beverly & Ray Snively Laurey Solomon Suci Sorensen Mary & Nickolas Steffen Marylou & Glenn Strohl David Sullivan Janice & John Sullivan Joan Sullivan IMO of John L. Sullivan Frieda Taylor Mrs. Lee Templeton Melanie & Charles Tuttle Barbara Van Cleve Carol & Carol VanSchoick Robert C. Walker Nancy & David Wallace Laura & John Warren Andrea West Gayle & Richard Wiley Barbara & Butch Williams Mary & Robert Woodrow Kay & Charlie Zimmerman MATCHING GIFTS American Express Bank of America Compass Financial ITG Brands Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Lincoln Financial Group Reynolds America Foundation R.J. Reynolds Family Foundation 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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Listen. Love.

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Set

at the turn of the laSt

century,

A LittLe Night Music

inter-

weaveS a tangled web of former and current loverS among the upper cruSt elite of

Sweden. eSteemed lawyer fredrik egerman haS recently married a young virgin,

anne,

with whom hiS Son,

henrik,

haS alSo fallen

madly in love.

fredrik’S

dedication to hiS bluShing bride iS teSted when he reuniteS

with a former flame, the famed

(and fading) actreSS deSirée armfeldt. thingS grow more

complicated when her jealouS

Sondheim’s Tony Award winning

A Little Night Music March 18, 20 & 22, 2016

(and married) lover count carl-magnuS malcolm getS wind of the reunion. the

A new production by

coupling and uncoupling comeS to a head when

deSirée

convinceS her

mother to hoSt

fredrik

and hiS family for a weekend on her laviSh

country eState—and the

count,

with wife in tow,

craSheS the party.

Tickets at 336.725.7101 or PiedmontOpera.org The Stevens Center of the UNCSA, Winston-Salem Coach transportation is available from Greensboro for the March 20th performance.

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February 21 - March 13, 2016

greensboro

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Featuring a cast of six women, it’s fast-paced action that swerves and spins around the driving competition, the loyal fans, and the back-round karaoke bars.

January 27 - February 14, 2016 winston-salem

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Board of Trustees

Triad Stage Staff

Officers Mindy Oakley, Chair Dabney Sanders, Chair Elect Chris Hobson, Vice Chair Ernestine Taylor, Vice Chair Margaret Penn, Treasurer Kathy Manning, Immediate Past Chair Linda Sloan, Founding Chair Preston Lane, Founding Artistic Director Richard Whittington, Founding Managing Director

Artistic Preston Lane, Founding Artistic Director Bryan Conger, Artistic Associate Tamera Izlar, Artistic Associate Kylah Comer, Artistic Intern Morgan Ellis, Dramaturgy Intern Administrative Richard Whittington, Founding Managing Director Jason Bogden, General Manager Ramon Perez, Company Manager Joseph Rollins, Facilities/House Manager Dawn Erdner, Office Assistant

Members at Large Kate R.Barrett, Jeb Brooks, Linda Carlisle, Karen Dyer, Danny Gatling, Drew Hancock, Tomasita Jacubowitz, Frankie Jones, Jr., John Kelly, Leigh Ann Klee, Samantha Magill, Dan McAlister, Cathleen McKinney, Donna Newton, Justin Outling, Cissy Parham, Erica Parker, Nancy Peterson, Todd Rangel, Debby L. Reynolds, Paul Russ, Tom Sloan, Kathleen Smith, Tom Styers, Steve Sumerford, Alan Tutterow, Lydia Vaughan

Development & Marketing Jennifer Woodward, Development Director Megan Mabry, Marketing & Social Media Manager Stacy Calfo, Graphic Designer Tiffany Albright, Marketing & Development Associate Zion Daniel, Marketing Intern Laneese Ray, Marketing Intern Audience Services Sherry Barr, Director of Audience Services Justin Nichols, Box Office Manager Rachel Grimes, Assistant Box Office Manager Becky McLaughlin, Group Sales Manager Tyler Barringer, Aralys Castillo, Eric Figueroa, Olivia Langford, Bonnie Pachasa, Alysa Rambo, Amanda Wils, Nicole Swofford, Box Office Associates Joseph Rollins, House Manager Alysa Rambo, Lobby Bar Associate

Winston-Salem Advisory Council Lydia Vaughan, Chair Linda Carlisle, Mary Walker Fry, Drew Hancock, Sue Henderson, Joia Johnson, Susan Little, Cathleen McKinney, Angie Murphrey, Tog Newman, Randi Palmer, Gordon Peterson, Nancy Peterson, Milton Rhodes, Keith Vaughan, Sue Wall, Jason Wenker Greensboro Advisory Council Holly Chambers, Judy Wicker, Co-Chairs Hayes Clement, Ralph Davison, Sandra Hughes, Lesley Hunt, Ron Johnson, Tobee Kaplan, Ancella Livers, Dennis Quaintance, Sylvia Samet, Joy Shavitz, Harrison Turner

Production Liza Vest, Production Manager Emily J. Mails, Resident Stage Manager Chris Simpson, Technical Director Skip Johnson, Lead Carpenter Ryan Gentry, Carpenter Jennifer Speciale Stanley, Costume Shop Manager Mary Beth Pazdernik, First Hand Mahealani Jones, Costume Shop Assistant Andy Cutler, Wardrobe Supervisor & Rentals Coordinator Eric Hart, Props Master Lisa Bledsoe, Props Assistant Liz Stewart, Master Electrician Jessica Holcombe, Scenic Charge Taylor Dankovich, Sound Supervisor

For A Christmas Carol Sarah Hankins, Assistant Director Ashley Reese, Paula Escobar, Assistant Stage Managers Cory Raynor, Assoc. Sound Designer Brian Coleman, Technical Supervisor Mahealani Jones, Costume Coordinator Kristina Stevenson, Props Supervisor Troy Morelli, Master Electrician Graham Schwartz, Sound Technician Adam Taylor, Projections Technician Mary Crockett, Angelina Rodriguez, Scenic Artists Molly Roan, Wardrobe Supervisor Victoria Pittman, Ashley Chesler, Dressers David Glover, Emily Franks-North, Deck Crew 46

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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE ARTS COUNCIL & TRIAD STAGE By attending this performance tonight, you are supporting the concept of “Triad” in the arts community at large & are strengthening the entire theatre community in Winston-Salem.

THANK YOU Please help us continue to bring professional theatre to this stage, by keeping the Arts Council’s annual campaign at the top of your list of annual gifts.

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