Arms and the Man

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW’S

A ROMANTIC COMEDY

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Preston Lane Founding Artistic Director

Richard Whittington Founding Managing Director

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW’S

Directed by Preston Lane Scenic Design by Howard C. Jones

Costume Design by Bill Brewer

Lighting Design by Norman Coates

Sound Design by Palmer Hefferan

Casting by Cindi Rush Casting

Dramaturgy Bryan Conger

Resident Movement Coach Denise Gabriel

Resident Vocal Coach Christine Morris

Resident Fight Choreographer Jim Wren

Production Manager Liza Vest

Stage Manager Emily J. Mails

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CAST

(in order of appearance)

Raina .................................................................................... Blair Busbee* Catherine Petkoff ................................................................ Beth Ritson* Louka ................................................................................... Caity Brewer* Captain Bluntschli ............................................... Jose Joaquin Perez* Russian Officer ................................................................. Daniel Jenkins Nicola .................................................................................... Lee Spencer* Petkoff ................................................................................... Mark Boyett* Sergius ..................................................... Donovan Wayne Christie Jr*

SETTING

The Petkoff ’s house in a small town in Bulgaria.

ACT 1: Raina’s bedroom, November 19, 1885 ACT 2: The garden, March 6, 1886 ACT 3: The library, later the same day

Dedication

Triad Stage dedicates this production to the memory of Tobee Kaplan. Tobee and her late husband, Leonard, were Founding Patrons and loyal supporters. Tobee also served on Triad Stage’s Advisory Board. A gift from the TOLEO Foundation in 2005 named our downtown facility “The Pyrle” after her mother, Pyrle Gibson.

Tobee will be missed.

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Mark Boyett* (Petkoff) Triad Stage: Masquerade, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Debunked, The Turn of the Screw. Off-Broadway: Martin Luther On Trial (Pearl Theater); A Play On Words, Clean Alternatives (59E59); Old Wicked Songs (Daryl Roth, Producer). Regional includes: Appomattox (The Guthrie); Dracula (Pioneer Theater); Love Song (Cincinnati Playhouse); Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 (American Repertory Theater); Chesapeake (Kitchen Theater); The Cherry Orchard (Pittsburgh Public); Galileo and A Dybbuk (Denver Center); Inexpressible Island (Dallas Theater Center); Wit (Syracuse Stage); The Retreat from Moscow (The Human Race Theater); Sister Carrie (Indiana Rep). TV: Royal Pains; Law & Order: SVU; Pan Am; MTV’s One Bad Choice.

Other: Narrator of over 150 audio books at Audible.com including The Martian Chronicles and IQ84. Training: A.R.T. Caity Brewer* (Louka) Triad Stage debut. Educational: She Kills Monsters, Machinal, Twelfth Night, The Bungler, Bachelorette, Romeo and Juliet (UNCG).

Film/TV: Homeland, One Tree Hill, Nicholas Sparks’ The Choice. Education: BFA Acting, UNCG.

Blair Busbee* (Raina) Triad Stage debut. NY Theater: The Reenactors (Abrons Arts Center); Fly You Fools (The People’s Improv Theater).

Regional: A Christmas Carol, Napoli (American Conservatory Theater); Into The Woods (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre). Film/TV: The Blacklist; I Love You...But I Love; The Knick. Educational: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Wild Party, The House of Bernarda Alba (Moscow Art Theater). Education: MFA, American Conservatory Theater; BFA, University of Evansville.

Donovan Wayne Christie Jr* (Sergius) is a native of New York City. He graduated from Columbia University’s School of the Arts Graduate program with a concentration in acting in 2012. His NYC theatre credits include: Uniform Justice (NYC Fringe 2015); Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Classic Stage Company); Anatomy of Pie (Signature Theatre); Proteus in Two Gentleman of Verona (Shrunken Shakespeare). NYC TV credits include: The Good Wife; Unforgettable; Eye Candy; Elementary; Public Morals; The Night Of; The Get Down.

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Daniel Jenkins◊ (Russian Officer) Triad Stage debut. Educational: She Kills Monsters, Almost, Maine, Twelfth Night (UNCG). Education: BFA Acting, UNCG. 6

Jose Joaquin Perez* (Captain Bluntschli) Triad Stage debut. NY Theater: Crude (Black Lab Theater Company); King Lear (Cherry Lane Mentor Project); My Mañana Comes (Playwrights Realm- Drama Desk Nominee); Adoration of the Old Woman by Jose Rivera (INTAR); Basilica (Rattlestick); Drawn and Quartered (INTAR); American Jornalero (The Working Theater); FIT by Neil Konegisberg (Summer Shorts 4); so go the ghosts of mexico (La Mama Etc). Selected Regional: The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Woolly Mammoth- Helen Hayes Award Nominee); Oedipus el Rey (Woolly Mammoth). Selected TV/ Film: Person of Interest (CBS); Kyra (with Michelle Pfeiffer and Kiefer Sutherland); Amok (Winner 2015 UK Film Festival); Quedate (Official Selection 2015 Cannes International Film Festival). Education: BFA, The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University.

Beth Ritson* (Catherine Petkoff) Triad Stage: Radiunt Abundunt, A Christmas Carol (2013-2015), All’s Well That Ends Well, Steel Magnolias, Night of the Iguana, Picnic, Bus Stop, Brother Wolf, Tobacco Road, Our Town and The Rainmaker, and has also appeared with The Paper Lantern Theatre Company in their productions of Dead Man’s Cell Phone, This Wide Night and A Bright New Boise. Beth is currently an Associate Professor of Theatre and Speech at Bennett College.

Lee Spencer* (Nicola) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2015), 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: Six (5 episodes); Devious Maids; 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.

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.

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Preston Laneװ (Director & Triad Stage Founding Artistic Director) is in his 16th season at Triad Stage where he has directed over 50 productions.

Preston was 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 Radiunt Abundunt. Preston has taught at UNCG, where he is a 2016 Artist in Residence, and also at 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.

Howard C. Jones® (Scenic Designer) Triad Stage: Don Juan, Snow Queen, Brother Wolf, The Member of the Wedding, My Fair Lady, New Music Trilogy, A Christmas Carol, Around the World in 80 Days, Ghosts, Picnic, The Night of the Iguana, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Tobacco Road, Hedda Gabler (recipient of a World Stage Design 2005 honor), August Snow, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Matchmaker and A Streetcar Named Desire. Regional: Starlight Theatre, Goodspeed Opera, Missouri Repertory Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, American Heartland Theatre, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Royal Opera and Ballet of Romania and NC Shakespeare Festival. UNCSA faculty member since 1996. Prior to that, founder and owner of Cobalt Studios, an apprentice scene painting studio in upstate New York. USA Local 829 since 1982.

Bill Brewer®§ (Costume Designer) Bill designs for theatre, ballet, opera, film and television across the country and abroad. Recently at Triad Stage: Radiunt Abundunt, Snow Queen, Wait Until Dark, Kingdom of Earth, Trouble in Mind, The Illusion, Ain’t Misbehavin’: The “Fats” Waller Musical Show, and New Music Trilogy. United States: Berkeley Rep; Minnesota Rep; Pioneer Theatre Company; Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre; American Stage; Lucas Film; Sweeney Todd, starring Jean Stapleton; Peter Pan, starring Cathy Rigby. Abroad: ballet, contemporary dance and film in Paris; ballet in Milan; designs featured in World Stage Design and Prague Quadrennial exhibits.

As a director and producer, Bill’s award-winning production of Side by Side by Sondheim ran in San Francisco for two years. Bill teaches costume design at UNCSA and is a member of United Scenic Artists 829.

Norman Coates® (Lighting Designer) Triad Stage: 14 productions including Wit last fall. Broadway: The News and Prince of Central Park. Tours: The Who’s Tommy, Guys and Dolls, Encounter 500, Camelot with Richard Harris. Regional: Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, American Stage Festival, PlayMakers Repertory, Burt Reynolds’ Jupiter Theatre, The Hirschfield Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Piedmont Opera, The Princeton Festival. Founder and Director of the Winston-Salem Light Project, creating public art events in light, www.lightproject.org. Currently Director of Lighting at UNCSA.

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Palmer Hefferan§ (Sound Designer) Triad Stage debut. Select credits include Off-Broadway: Friend Art (Second Stage); Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (Soho Rep); Important Hats of the 20th Century (Manhattan Theatre Club); A Delicate Ship (Playwrights Realm); I Am The Wind (59E59); The Film Society (Keen Company). Regional: Romance Novels for Dummies (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Tiger Style! (Alliance Theatre); Guards at the Taj, Women Laughing Alone With Salad and Cherokee (Woolly Mammoth); Moment, Sorry, Regular Singing, Bad Jews and Edgar & Annabel (Studio Theatre); Twelfth Night (Center Stage). MFA: Yale School of Drama.

Bryan Conger◊ (Dramaturg) is in his 6th season as Artistic Associate at Triad Stage. Triad Stage directing credits include: Deathtrap; Dirty Blonde; Pump Boys and Dinettes; A Christmas Carol (2011- 2015); 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. University directing credits include: Godspell (Guilford College); Sister Mary Ignatius . . . (THTR 232); Oklahoma!, Balm in Gilead, and Blind Date (UNCG). Other directing credits include Souvenir, 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 and Greensboro College.

Denise Gabriel◊ (Resident Movement Coach) Triad Stage since 2009 where she has been movement coach on numerous productions including Don Juan, Radiunt Abundunt, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Snow Queen, and The Glass Menagerie. In 2015 she joined Living Pictures, UK as an Artistic Associate. Co-producing credits in Triad’s Upstage Cabaret include: Diary of a Madman (Robert Bowman, Living Pictures UK) and Desire Under the Elms (AbrahamseMeyer Theatre Company and Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival) Other credits include: Resident Movement Director at Alabama Shakespeare Festival (over 30 productions); Midsummer Night’s Dream and Comedy of Errors (Old Globe Theatre); Alchemy of Desire/Deadman’s Blues and King Lear (Cincinnati Playhouse); Romeo and Juliet, The Three Sisters and Nora (Clarence Brown Theatre); Ascension Day (Working Theatre NY). International: Shanghai Theatre, Schloss Leopoldskron Salzburg Austria, and Artscape Theatre Center and Dance for All (Cape Town South Africa). Denise is an Associate Professor at UNCG, a founding board member of American Theatre for Movement Educators, and Associate Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

Christine Morris◊ (Resident Vocal Coach) At Triad Stage since 2006, where coaching has included dialects for The Glass Menagerie, Shipwrecked, Snow Queen, Dirty Blonde, Abundance and many others, and voice/text for All’s Well That Ends Well. Other coaching: A Thousand Clowns (starring Tom Selleck); Kudzu (with The Red Clay Ramblers); Sheridan’s The Critic at American Players Theatre in Wisconsin. Also an actor, roles at Triad Stage include: Silda Grauman in Other Desert Cities, Taw Avery in New Music: Better Days, Cordie Grindstaff in Providence Gap, Marthy Owen in Anna Christie. Christine is an Associate Professor at UNCG and holds memberships in the Actors’ Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, and Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA).

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Jim Wren◊ (Resident Fight Choreographer) has staged the violence for over 30 Triad Stage productions, including the battles in Bloody Blackbeard, the fantastical fights in Brother Wolf (2006 and 2014), and the general behavior of the Lesters in Tobacco Road. Education: MFA, University of Florida. Jim is Performance Program Coordinator for the UNCG Department of Theatre, and is a two-time recipient of the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Excellence.

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.” Emily J. Mails* (Stage Manager) Triad Stage: Radiunt Abundunt, Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity, Deathtrap, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Common Enemy, Crimes of the Heart, Dirty Blonde, The Member of the Wedding, The 39 Steps, All’s Well that Ends Well, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Anna Christie, Snow Queen (2013, 2014),The Mountaintop, Wait Until Dark, Tennessee Playboy, My Fair Lady, Kingdom of Earth, A Christmas Carol (2012), Shipwrecked!, Trouble in Mind, The Illusion, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Mystery of Irma Vep (2011). Regional: A Thousand Cranes (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival); Rigoletto (Greensboro Opera); Crime and Punishment, Merry Wives of Windsor, Into the Woods (Orlando Shakespeare Festival). Education: BFA in Technical Production, UNCG. 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. Rich served for nine years on the board of the NC Arts Council, where he participated as 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.

Rich is a 2016 Artist in Residence at UNCG. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States ◊ Faculty Member or student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Theatre Department. ◉ Faculty Member or student at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. §Member of USA (United Scenic Artists) ∞Member of SDC (Stage Directors and Choreographers) 10

16TH SEASON

2016 2017 O U R S W E E T E S T S E A S O N Y E T.

PLAYING IN GREENSBORO THE PYRLE THEATER, 232 SOUTH ELM STREET

a romanƟc comedy sept. 11-oct. 2, 2016

By George Bernard Shaw

a seasonal celebraƟon nov. 25-dec. 24, 2016

By Preston Lane �riginal Music by Laurelyn Dosse�

an american classic jan. 29-feb. 19, 2017

By Arthur Miller

a world premiere north carolina drama april 2-23, 2017

By Preston Lane

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a mysterious farce oct. 5-16, 2016

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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.

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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.

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Now in its 16th season, Triad Stage has over 3,000 Season Passholders and more than 700 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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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.

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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.

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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.”

NORTH CAROLINA

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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Institutional Supporters Triad Stage wishes to thank the following corporations and organizations that have generously contributed.

UNDERWRITERS ($20,000+)

STARS ($10,000-19,999) Bank of North Carolina

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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP

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Zuraw Financial Advisors

DIRECTORS ($5,000-9,999) Bernard Robinson & Company, LLP • River Landing at Sandy Ridge Piedmont Natural Gas • Ward Black Law • Well•Spring BENEFACTORS ($2,500-4,999) First Tennessee Bank • Frank L. Blum Construction Pennybyrn at Maryfield • Schell Bray, PLLC

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ANGELS ($1,000-2,499) American Premium Beverage

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TRIAD STAGE

To learn about supporting Triad Stage through donations or sponsorships, please contact: Justin Nichols | Development Manager justin@triadstage.org | 336.274.0067 ext. 201 Triad Stage is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, with donations tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.

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Annual Campaign Contributors Please consider joining the following individuals, corporations, and foundations who have contributed generously to Triad Stage’s 2016 Annual Campaign.

Annual Campaign contributors as of August 26, 2016 PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($10,000+) ArtsGreensboro Suzanne & Bud Baker Bank of North Carolina The Carroll Companies Vanessa & Roy Carroll The Cemala Foundation Clem & Hayes Clement Aldona Wos & Louis DeJoy Cynthia & William Graham City of Greensboro James G. Hanes Memorial Fund John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation Hanesbrands Maureen & Bob Ihrie Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP Kyle Jackson, MD Kathy Manning & Randall Kaplan Lincoln Financial Group Mercedes Benz of Winston-Salem Michel Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation Linda & Tom Sloan Pam & David Sprinkle Ken Steele Betty & Bob Strickland Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation VF Corporation Susan & Eric Wiseman Zuraw Financial Advisors CENTER STAGE ($5,000–$9,999) Anonymous Lindsey & Frank Auman Bernard Robinson & Company Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Rob DaVanzo Ginger & Haynes Griffin Piedmont Natural Gas River Landing at Sandy Ridge Roberts Family Foundation Sylvia & Norman Samet Martha & Harrison Turner Lydia & Keith Vaughan Ward Black Law Well*Spring

FRONT ROW ($2,500–$4,999) Kate R. Barrett Mary Katherine & Durant Bell Brandon Bensley Louise & Jim Brady Wendy & Mike Brenner Jeb Brooks Linda & Jim Carlisle Joann & Bill Cassell Rebecca & Rick Craig Jean & Ralph Davison First Tennessee Bank Frank L. Blum Construction Company Christine & Chris Hobson Laura & Alan Irvin Barbara Kretzer Shelby & Ernest Lane Carol & Seymour Levin Sue & Neil Lutins Donna & Robert Newton Mindy & Chad Oakley Julie Olin Margaret & Brad Penn Pennybyrn at Maryfield Debby L. Reynolds Ron Johnson & Bill Roane Dabney & Walker Sanders Holly Chambers & Richard Steedle Willie Taylor Ruthie & Alan Tutterow Jane & Jonathan Ward STAGE HAND ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous American Premium Beverage Phil Barrineau Betty & Dennis Barry Robert D. Benson Joanne Bluethenthal Joseph M. Brantley, III Lynn & Scott Brogan Paula Stober & Bill Bucklen Carol & Jeff Burgess Janis & Marc Bush Pat & Pete Cross Candace & Roger Cummings Barbara & Michael Curry Carol & David DeVries Susie & Rasmus Fenger Rusty & Van Gunter

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Kelley & Drew Hancock Beth Harrington Tomasita & Sam Jacubowitz Joia Johnson Emily & David Johnston Vicky & Terry Larkin Dr. Ranja Sharma & Mr. Stacy Lawson Kathy & Mike Lewis Kelly Sigle & George Marple Cathleen & Ray McKinney Victoria & Ron Milstein Barbara R. Morgenstern Randi Palmer Cissy & Bill Parham Meredith & Gary Piatt Kim & Todd Rangel John Riley William R. Soles, Jr. Linda & Jim Starmer Ernestine & Stuart Taylor May Toms Shirley & Jeffrey Vestal Len & Judy White Judy & Bob Wicker Woodruff Family Law Group GALLERY ($500–$999) Alicia & Bill Allred Annette Benson Catherine & Peter Bergstrom Bill & Gay Bowman Kenneth L. Caneva Leanne Willis & James Caress Craft Insurance Fran DeChurch & Hugh Fraser Marsha Ferree & Mike Gering Dionis & Gordon Griffin Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Homes Cynthia Soemita & Tony Hooimeijer Heather & Jay Jahnes Maggie Jeffus Ashley & Frankie Jones Howard Jones Constance Kilpatrick Leigh Ann & Steve Klee Harriette & Bob Knox Greg & Barb Laskow Sherry Dickstein & Kurt Lauenstein Susan Ireton & Valerie Leschber Mimi Levin

Susan & George Little Jane & Dan Moore Rod & Linda Mortenson Nancy & Brian Napier Jane & Ron Norwood Jane & Lloyd Peterson Barbara & Dale Phipps Claudia Babb Reich Lynn Wooten & Paul Russ Marlene Sanford Heather & Mark Setzler Kim & Bassam Smir Shaun Edward Stewart Fund Maggie & Tom Styers Rebecca Taylor Mary & Will Truslow Katherine & Mike Weaver Carmen & Bob Wood Beverly & Pat Wright PATRON ($250–$499) Anonymous Barbara Steslow & Terry Akin Mary Alexander Gary W. Allen Richard Allen Mary & Frank Biggerstaff Barbara & Tony Blake Louise & Jerry Boothby Peggy & Gary Bradt Bruce & Dora Brodie Jerry Cunningham & Terry Brown Barbara Levin & David Brown Nancy & Jim Bryan Greer & Scott Cawood Kathy Cissna Lori & Murray Clayton Sallie & Jim Clotfelter Irene & Irv Cohen Harvey Colchamiro Faye & Michael Collins Jean & Doug Copeland John Crump Janet Ward Black & Gerard Davidson Pam & Alan Duncan Phyllis Dunning Karen Dyer Nancy & Richard Evans Bert & Debbie Fields Karen A. & J. Ronald Gaffé Kathy & Jim Gallucci Kay & Chip Hagan Melinda Hamrick Sherry & Bob Harris Judith & Cyril Harvey Julia Hersberger Cindi & Dave Hewitt Donna & Robert Hoekstra Anne & Sam Hummel Dr. Larry & Sue Hungerford

Sallie & Hoke Huss JSCI - Daniel Revita Custom Clothiers Carroll Johnson Randall Thomas Johnson Marcia & Orton Jones Ginger & Ken Karb Amy & John Kelly Ray & Doris Kiszely Diana Knox Marilyn & John Lauritzen Albert P. Lochra Nancy Y. Madden Connie Mahan Laura & Tim Maher Johanna & George Martin Bonnie & Dan McAlister Amanda McGehee Dolly McGinn Peg & Skip Moore Eberhard Mueller-Heubach Linda & Al Munns B.J. Weatherby & Verne Nielsen Lynne & Glenn Ogden in honor of Karen Krone William Osborne April & David Parker in memory of Tobee Kaplan Erica Parker Sandy & Tom Pugh Carolynn & Tim Rice Allison Norton-Rimron & Pat Rimron The Rose Family Phyllis Shavitz in memory of Stanley Shavitz Jonathan & Anne Flegal Smith Kathleen Smith Beverly & Lawrence Snively Sonitrol Security of the Triad Michiko Stavert Matthew Sergio & Steve Stonecypher Steve Sumerford Suzanne & Tom Tilley Bryan & Billie Toney Susan B. Wall Christine Morris & Jeffery West Barbara Ann Peters & David Westfall Karen & Jack Whiteside Carol & Tom Wood Nancy N. Young FRIEND ($100–$249) Anonymous (2) Clare & Mike Abel John & Virginia Achey Rose & Victor Ackermann Daryl B. Adams Sophie & Eric Adamson Martha Albertson

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Jill Amidon-Strickland Margaret & Howard Arbuckle Rob & Pat Arnett Alexa Aycock Bruce M. Babcock Terry Ball John & Laurie Barber Sherry Barr Dee & Wes Bartlett Laverne M. Bass Jerry & Milton Bates Sally & Fred Beck Vivienne Benesch Anna Berdahl Marty Bergman Kate Black Dr. Treana A. Bowling Susan & Scott Brady David Breeden Jordan Bressler Marie & Tom Brown Cheryl & Richard Bullard Christel Bullock Maureen Burns Noel & Beth Burt Nancy Cameron Myrna Carlock Hodges & Joe Carroll Amanda Clark Louann A. Clarke Diane Conrad Pat W. Copeland Janet & David Craft Gail & Bruce Crozier Larry Davis Dr. & Mrs. Charles Delcambre Georgetta Denhardt Emanuel Diamond Marie Dow Jack & Kathi Dubel Debra Dykes Lexi & John Eagles James & Nancy Edwards Grace Ellis Linda Erickson Peggy Fersner Becky Fligel Alane & William Frakes Marcia Freed Gerald Freedman Dr. Deborah Friedman Bonnie & Martin Gallo Nancy S. Garner Allen & Mary Ann Gerhard Margaret Rowlett & David Gilbert Wilma Glick Betty Godwin Terri & Robert Goldberg Celeste Gonzalez Cecilia & Geoffrey Gregg Linda & A.J. Grogan

Christy Gumbiner Linda & Mark Hale David Cohen & Judy Hampton Brenda C. Hampton Ron & Becky Hampton Susan Hanks Robert Hansen Anne & Bill Hardin Jerry & Melissa Harrelson Gloria & Walter Harris Lori Ann Harris Claire Haskins Angela Hays Janet Hendley Pat & Dana Hester Carolyn & Ed Hines Fay & Mike Hoggard Mary Louise Smith & Cheryl Hopkins Donald A. Smith & Kembra Howdeshell Barbara Hughes Rodna & David Hurewitz Judith Hyman Frances & Jim Jochum Bob Johannesen Jenna & Henry Johnson Christine Jones Shelley & Charles Kappauf Sue & Jim Keith Justin Nichols & Ryan Kelly Milton Kern Robert H. Kilpatrick Karyn Harrell & Cindy Kimbrell, DVMs Martha & Charles Kirkman Suzannah Kleese Stephanie & Phil Kretz Robin & Tim Lane Elisabeth Lavender Eric Lee Carolyn C. Lester Michele & Pat Levy Annabel Link Clarence Lloyd, Jr., M.D. Pat Lord Jack MacDowall Samantha A. Magill In honor of Greg Marlow Linda & Leon Marsh Marcy Maury Reba & Bud Maxson Martha McCarty Joe B. McCollum Eleanor & Donald McCrickard Robert Bailey & Samantha McDermott Angus & Wynn McGregor Joyce & Jim McKenzie Carol H. Melvin Benedicte & Christian Mengel Nancy & Gary Miller Ann & Harold Moag Barbara & Bill Moran

Claire Morse Bob G. Williams Margie & Jay Motsinger Chris Williams Sharon A. Rimm & Cindy & Ken Williams Robert G. Muecke Dave Clark & Susan Wilson Ninevah & Dan Murray Linda & Ron Wilson Nash Family Jill Bender & Adam Winkel Neese Material Supply Lynette Wrenn Julie & Tom Nelson Harry Young Gaynelle Nichols Kay & Charlie Zimmerman Cathy & John Nosek Nancy Osborne MATCHING GIFT Cathy & Ray Owen COMPANIES Marci & Grady Peace Amazon Smile Andy Stern & Judy Pellarin American Express Foundation Jack & Mary Pentz Johnson & Johnson Nancy & Gordon Peterson Family of Companies Richard Peterson Lincoln Financial Group Paula Pierce R. J. Reynolds Foundation Roger & Nan Poplin Agnes Preston-Brame Eleanor Procton Barbara & Robert Purdie Wendell & Phoenix Putney Fern Ragan Kathryn L. Ramsay Kim Record Susan & Bill Ridenour Jennifer & Tommy Robards George & Bobbie Roberts Brad Johnson & Jason Robertson Ruth & Lloyd Roghelia Cary Root Debbie & Eugene Russell Jim & Nancy Sands Kathryn Lochra & Rett Saslow Beatrice Schall Susan & Jerry Schwartz Mary Ellen & Lee Shiflett Joyce & Bob Shuman Paul Siceloff John Small Claude & Tamara Smith Kathryn & R. C. Smith Suci Sorensen Patricia Gutzwiller & Alan Spiewak PUMP BOYS AND Marylou & Glenn Strohl DINETTES, 2014 Janice & John Sullivan Joan Sullivan in loving “Triad Stage is a beacon of memory of John L. Sullivan Florence Sutler excellence that makes me love my Frieda Taylor community more, and gives me the Julie & Tom Taylor desire to more fully invest in my Mrs. Lee Templeton Jean L. Toms life here. I am very grateful for this Melanie & Charles Tuttle theatre and for those whose vision Diane & Gary Upham keeps it going.�

P. Whitney Vanderwerff Whitney G. Vanderwerff Liza Vest Kristina Voy Robert C. Walker donate @ triadstage.org John & Laura Warren

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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 Karen Dyer, Secretary 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 Kamilah Bush, Artistic Apprentice Administration Richard Whittington, Founding Managing Director Jason Bogden, General Manager Ramon Perez, Company Manager Bobby Pittman, Facilities/Rentals Coordinator Justin Nichols, Development Manager Tiffany Albright, Marketing Manager Stacy Calfo, Graphic Designer Kathryn Knoerl, Administrative Apprentice

Members at Large Kate R.Barrett, Linda Carlisle, Danny Gatling, Drew Hancock, Tomasita Jacubowitz, Frankie Jones, Jr., John Kelly, Leigh Ann Klee, Samantha Magill, Dan McAlister, Cathleen McKinney, Justin Outling, Cissy Parham, Erica Parker, Nancy Peterson, John Poole, Todd Rangel, Paul Russ, Kathleen Smith, Ken Steele, Tom Styers, Steve Sumerford, Lydia Vaughan

Audience Services Sherry Barr, Director of Audience Services Olivia Langford, Box Office Manager Aralys Castillo, McKenzie Eury, Eric Figueroa, Mary Reading, Box Office Associates Olivia Meeks, Lobby Bar Associate Production Liza Vest, Production Manager Emily J. Mails, Resident Stage Manager Chris Simpson, Technical Director Donald Quilinquin, Master Carpenter Eric Hart, Props Master Jennifer Speciale Stanley, Costume Shop Manager Sammy Papp, Assistant Costume Shop Manager Troy Morelli, Master Electrician Taylor Dankovich, Sound Supervisor Jessica Holcombe, Scenic Charge Alex Boyt, Production Management Apprentice Augustino Gamboa, Carpentry Apprentice Mackenzie Cunningham, Props Apprentice Jane Reichard, Costume Apprentice/Wardrobe Supervisor

Winston-Salem Advisory Council Lydia Vaughan, Chair Linda Carlisle, Mary Walker Fry, Drew Hancock, 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, Ancella Livers, Dennis Quaintance, Sylvia Samet, Joy Shavitz, Tom Sloan, Harrison Turner, Alan Tutterow

FOR ARMS AND THE MAN ___________________

Kamilah Bush, Jennifer Jellicorse, Assistant Directors Gabby Abrams, Assistant Stage Manager Maria Wurttele, Sound Engineer Mary Crockett, Angelina Rodriguez, Scenic Painters Shane Hicks, Light Board Programmer Bobby Pittman, Sound Board Operator

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