Common Enemy Playbill

A world premiere drama

by Preston Lane

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Preston Lane Founding Artistic Director

Richard Whittington Founding Managing Director

Written and Directed by Preston Lane

Scenic Design by Fred Kinney

Costume Design by Miwa Ishii

Lighting Design by Xavier Pierce

Sound Design by Phillip Owen

Projection Design by Nicholas Hussong

Voice/Dialect Coach Christine Morris

Movement Coach Denise Gabriel

Fight Choreographer Jim Wren

Dramaturgy Bryan Conger & Tamera Izlar

Casting by Cindi Rush Casting

Stage Manager Emily J. Mails*

Production support provided by Well•Spring Retirement Community and UNCG Theatre This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Cast

(in alphabetical order)

Jim Vance ................................................................................. Ben Baker*◊ Ricky Oliver ......................................................................... Adam Barrie* Elizabeth Mabry ......................................................... Natalie Brouwer◊ Bonnie Lee ........................................................................ Elizabeth Flax* Collin McCabe ..................................................... Taylor Murphy Hale◊ Vinnie Wilson ........................................................ Laura Bess Jernigan◊ Felton Links .................................................... Carroll “Chip” Johnson* Cassandra Skellings ............................................. Jennifer Leigh Mann◊ Katie Tarbert-Lee ................................................................. Julie Robles◊ Eleanor Blessings ........................................................ Cinny Strickland* Star Robbins .................................................................. Michael Tourek*◊ Patrick Lee .................................................................................... Kurt Uy* Amira Halabi ............................................................... Mari Vial-Golden* Esther Steeds ................................................ Cassandra Lowe Williams* Riley Spainhour ..................................................... Elizabethe Wouters◊ Setting:

Time:

Hawboro, NC

Present Day

Ben Baker*◊ (Jim Vance) Triad Stage debut. REGIONAL/LOCAL: Time Stands Still and A Perfect Likeness (Paper Lantern Theatre Company); Bouncers (Hanesbrands Theatre); Rabbit Hole (Firehouse Theatre); Macbeth (Richmond Shakespeare); 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, Counting The Ways (dir. Joseph Chaikin). EDINBURGH FRINGE: Merchant Of Venice, Sotoba Komachi, Where Ravens Rule. FILM: Goodbye To All That, Train Wreck. EDUCATION: BFA Acting, NYU & MFA Acting Candidate, UNCG. Ben appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

Adam Barrie* (Ricky Oliver) Triad Stage debut. NEW YORK: The Weir (Antique Radio); Fool for Love (with Jeff Perry at Jimmy’s 43); Dust (Incubator Arts Project); These Seven Sicknesses, Arok of Java, and Restoration Comedy (Exit, Pursued by a Bear - Founding Company Member); Wolves is Abasement (The Glass Bandits); The Picture of Dorian Gray. REGIONAL: Shakespeare’s R&J (TheaterWorks Hartford); Le Grande Meaunes (Quantum Theatre). FILM: A Birder’s Guide to Everything, Private Romeo, Sorority Row, Grim About the Mouth (Short). TRAINING: Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Interlochen Arts Academy.

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Natalie Brouwer◊ (Elizabeth Mabry) Triad Stage debut. REGIONAL: Wizard of Oz (Barter Theatre); Bridge to Terabithia, Winnie the Pooh, Sleeping Beauty (Barter Players); Scarlett Letter (Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga).

EDUCATION: BA in Theatre, Lee University; MFA Candidate, UNCG. Elizabeth Flax* (Bonnie Lee) TRIAD STAGE: The Old Settler, The Little Foxes. OFF-BROADWAY: Playing With Fire (Strindberg Rep/Negro Ensemble – AUDELCO Award Nom); A Shot Away, A Piece of My Heart (Red Fern Theatre); Elektra (The Actors Studio); Coriolanus: The African Warrior (Harlem Shakespeare); Fortune (MITF Best Actress Nom).

REGIONAL: Pittsburgh Public, Cleveland PlayHouse, Syracuse Stage, Walnut Street Theatre. TV: Law & Order SVU (Recurring), Criminal Intent, Law & Order, All My Children. DIRECTING: Doing Something Good, Cheer, Easter, Bridge to Baraka, American Menu (AUDELCO Nom – archived at Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library).

Taylor Murphy Hale◊ (Collin McCabe) TRIAD STAGE: A Christmas Carol (2014). REGIONAL: A Bright New Boise (Paper Lantern Theatre Company); [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: MFA Acting student at UNCG; holds a BA from Ashland University in Ohio.

Laura Bess Jernigan◊ (Vinnie Wilson) Triad Stage debut. UNCG: 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.

Carroll “Chip” Johnson* (Felton Links) TRIAD STAGE: Tennessee Playboy, Beautiful Star, A Lesson Before Dying, The Rainmaker, North Star. LOCAL: Dearly Beloved, Moon Over The Brewery, American Buffalo, True West, A Poster of the Cosmos, Dearly Departed, The Magic City (Broach Theatre); Wait Until Dark, The Norman Conquests, The Mousetrap, Catch Me If You Can (Barn Dinner Theatre). EDUCATION: MFA, UNCG. OTHER: adjunct professor in the Department of Performing Arts at Elon University.

Jennifer Leigh Mann◊ (Cassandra Skellings) Triad Stage debut.

OFF-BROADWAY: Far Away (dir. Stephen Daldry at New York Theatre Workshop); Exposed (Staged Reading: New York Theatre Workshop).

NEW YORK: The Maiden’s Prayer (HERE); Piecework (Theater For The New City). FILM: The Disappointments Room (2016), The Ultimate Life, It’s Complicated. TV: “Revolution”, “One Life to Live” (Recurring).

EDUCATION: MFA Acting Candidate UNCG (2016); BA UNC (Chapel Hill).

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Julie Robles◊ (Katie Tarbert-Lee) TRIAD STAGE: The Member of the Wedding. REGIONAL: Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors (Ophelia, Dromio of Ephesus; The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival); Troilus & Cressida (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s Apprentice Company). OFF-OFFBROADWAY: Out At Sea (Medium; La MaMa E.T.C.); The Conduct of Life (Olimpia; La MaMa E.T.C.); Coriolanus (Brutus; Under St. Marks); Hard Times (directed by Robert Kalfin). FILM/TV: Bleeped Up Brain, When Harry Tries to Marry.

EDUCATION: BFA, Pace University’s School of Performing Arts; current MFA candidate at UNCG. Cinny Strickland* (Eleanor Blessings) TRIAD STAGE: Snow Queen (2013, 2014), All’s Well that Ends Well, Steel Magnolias, Providence Gap, Beautiful Star (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). OTHER NC CREDITS: Paper Lantern Theatre Company, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Blowing Rock Stage Company, The Actors’ Ensemble, The Broach Theatre, Wilmington’s Dog Eat Dog Theatre. REGIONAL: Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Monomoy Theatre, Bristol Riverside Theatre. EDUCATION: BFA-Drama, UNCSA; AB-Political Science, Princeton University. OTHER: guest artist, UNCSA School of Music; guest artist, Princeton University’s Theatre Intime; guest artist, Reynolda House Museum of American Art. Michael Tourek*◊ (Star Robbins) TRIAD STAGE: Beautiful Star (20062009), A Christmas Carol (2010-2012), Around the World in 80 Days, Brother Wolf (2006), The Mystery of Irma Vep (2011). REGIONAL: God of Carnage (Theatre Raleigh); Fiddler on the Roof (Arts Center of Costal Carolina). FILM/TV: Resurrection, Banshee, Under the Dome, John Adams, The Producers, Citizen Ruth. EDUCATION: MFA Acting candidate UNCG. OTHER: proud member of SAG/AFTRA and Actors Equity Association.

Michael appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. www.michaeltourek.com Kurt Uy* (Patrick Lee) Triad Stage debut. OFF-BROADWAY: The Oldest Boy (Lincoln Center Theater). NEW YORK: Be the Death of Me (The Civilians); Twelfth Night (Leviathan Lab); The Encounter (Diverse City Theater); Hamlet (Gorilla Rep). REGIONAL: Tamburlaine the Great, Edward II (Shakespeare Theater Company); Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare & Co.); As You Like It (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); A Christmas Carol (American Conservatory Theater). TV: As the World Turns. EDUCATION: MFA: American Conservatory Theater; BA: Princeton University. OTHER: Faculty, New York Film Academy. www.kurtuy.com Mari Vial-Golden* (Amira Halabi) Triad Stage debut. OFF-BROADWAY: Pentecost (Atlantic Stage 2); Serious Money (Atlantic Stage 2). OTHER: Titus Andronicus (Golden Nugget Theatrical); In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play (Middlebury College). EDUCATION: BA, Middlebury College; British American Drama Academy.

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Cassandra Lowe Williams* (Esther Steeds) TRIAD STAGE: The Member of the Wedding, Trouble in Mind, The America Play, A Christmas Carol (2010-2012), Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow, From the Mississippi Delta, North Star, A Lesson Before Dying (understudy to Ms. Irma P. Hall).

REGIONAL/LOCAL: Blue, Crowns (Actors’ Theatre of Charlotte); Mahalia: Queen of Gospel, Black Nativity (NC Black Repertory Company); The Life and Times of Fannie Lou Hamer (Touring Theatre of North Carolina); A Raisin in the Sun (UNCG); The Color Purple (Barn Dinner Theatre). GUEST ARTIST: NC A&TSU, Bennett College. FILM/TV: February 1: Greensboro Sit-Ins. Education: BA, UNCG. Fellowship, Northwestern University. OTHER: Retired theatre teacher, minister.

Elizabethe Wouters◊ (Riley Spainhour) Triad Stage debut. Some of her favorite credits include: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Mr. Tumnas); Cabaret (Freulein Kost); and Proof (Catherine). EDUCATION: BFA University of Tennessee; Current MFA student at UNCG. Preston Lane◉ (Director & Triad Stage Founding Artistic Director) 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 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 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.

Fred Kinney (Scenic Designer) TRIAD STAGE: Anna Christie, Tennessee Playboy, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Masquerade, Steel Magnolias, Ethel Waters, Tartuffe, Sleuth, Noises Off, Bus Stop, Proof, Angel Street, On Golden Pond. OTHER CREDITS include: Ordinary Days, A Wrinkle in Time, A Year with Frog and Toad and Sunlight (South Coast Repertory); Peter Pan and Wendy (Prince Music Theater); A Picasso (Pittsburgh City Theatre); Intimate Apparel (San Diego Repertory Theatre). Fred holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

Miwa Ishii (Costume Designer) TRIAD STAGE: Anna Christie. REGIONAL/LOCAL: Sweeney Todd, Fuddy Meers, Phaedra (Clarence Brown Theatre); Sex and Education (assist., Penguin Repertory Theatre). EDUCATION/OTHER: Currently working as a tailor’s assistant/cutter at a Broadway costume shop, Eric Winterling Inc. (NYC). www.miwaishii.com Xavier Pierce (Lighting Designer) TRIAD STAGE: Red, The Mountaintop. REGIONAL: Westport Country Playhouse, Intiman Theatre, Crossroads Theatre Company, Peterborough 10

Players, Performing Arts Center, South Miami-Dade Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe Opera, Utah Shakespearean Festival and Arena Stage (Allen Lee Hughes Lighting Design Fellow).

OTHER CREDITS: Two Trains Running (Two River Theatre Company); DRUMLINE LIVE! (National and International Tours); Clybourne Park (associate lighting designer, Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway). Mr. Pierce lit the grand opening of the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center with director Heidi Marshall. EDUCATION: graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, MFA in Design for Stage and Film, and a Visiting Assistant Professor in Lighting Design at the University of Illinois.

Phillip Owen (Sound Designer) TRIAD STAGE: Anna Christie, Kingdom of Earth. REGIONAL/ LOCAL: The Whipping Man, Dollhouse, Steel Magnolias (Stages Rep, Houston); Cymbeline, Antony & Cleopatra, Measure for Measure, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stonington, Maine); Notes from Underground (Yale Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, and Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC); Rough Crossing (Yale Rep); Waking (own composition, Yale Cabaret). BROADWAY: Assistant to the composer on A Steady Rain (Schoenfeld Theatre). EDUCATION/OTHER: Phillip currently serves as Lecturer in Sound Design at Texas State. MFA, Yale School of Drama. www.phillipowen.com Nicholas Hussong (Projections Designer) Nicholas previously served as Artistic Associate of Design at Triad Stage, where his design credits include Underneath the Lintel, A Christmas Carol (2010-2014), The Mountaintop, The 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 Christine Morris◉ (Vocal/Dialect 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 last season’s All’s Well That Ends Well. OTHER coaching: A Thousand Clowns (starring Tom Selleck); Kudzu (with The Red Clay Ramblers); and 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. Associate Professor, UNCG. MEMBERSHIPS: Actors’ Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA).

Denise Gabriel◉ (Movement Coach) TRIAD STAGE: Abundance, Snow Queen, A Christmas Carol, Tennessee Playboy, Kingdom of Earth, The Illusion, A Doll House, Masquerade, The Glass Menagerie, Providence Gap. Previous REGIONAL theatre credits include Resident Movement Director at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Clarence Brown and Working Theatre, NY. INTERNATIONAL credits: Shanghai Theatre Academy, Salzburg Austria at Schloss Leopoldskron and Artscape Theatre Center and Dance for All (Cape Town, South Africa). DIRECTING credits: This Wide Night by Chloe Moss (Paper Lantern Theatre Company; Triad Stage’s UpStage Cabaret). Ms. Gabriel is a Founding Board Member of American Theatre for Movement Educators and theatre faculty member at UNCG. 11

Jim Wren◉ (Fight Choreographer) Jim Wren has staged the violence for over a dozen 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.

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

Triad Stage directing credits include: 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; Fashion; Or Life in New York. Education: MFA, UNCG. Bryan currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at UNCG. Tamera Izlar (Dramaturg) Tamera N. Izlar is an Artistic Associate at Triad Stage. As an Advocate of the Arts, she has worked as a director, acting coach, actress, playwright, dramaturg, and storyteller. Working painstakingly to empower others to discover, respect alternative voices, and share their unique perspectives, she has taught at Howard University, Bellas Artes (Dominican Republic), the Fayette County Detention Center, and the Actor’s Guild of Lexington to name a few. Dedicated to allowing voices previously unspoken to become heard, she has conducted acting workshops internationally and has presented her directing work in both the United States and abroad. Tamera most recently directed Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at UNCG. Cindi Rush Casting (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: 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. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States ◊ Student with The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Theatre Department ◉ Faculty Member with The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Theatre Department 12

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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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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Some thoughts on Common Enemy

by Preston Lane If you’re reading this you’ve probably just sat down in your seat, and waiting for the play to start, decided to skim the playbill. Thanks for stopping here. I hope you’ll indulge me as I share a few thoughts that went in to the making of Common Enemy. If you do mind, you could just turn to page 21 and read Triad Stage’s core values instead.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1: First of all I want to go on the record that I love both college basketball and free speech.

I’m a Carolina blue, card-carrying member of the ACLU. I cannot imagine not rooting for the Tarheels any more than I could imagine not supporting the right to freedom of expression. I am so extreme in my support of free speech that I even support the right of Duke fans to gloat over their last national championship.

2: Loving collaboration as I do, I believe it takes a village to inspire a play. Common Enemy started when Joey Collins, a frequent Triad Stage actor, heard me speak about another Appalachian mythological play I was writing and suggested he’d like to see me attempt something modern and political. Or maybe it started when former Board Chair Alan Tutterow said he wished I’d update Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People to present day Greensboro. It might have started when Peter Alexander, Dean of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance and I talked about producing Bertolt Brecht’s A Life of Galileo as part of UNCG’s “Globe and Cosmos” year-long conversation about Shakespeare and Galileo. Or perhaps it started when current Board Chair Kathy Manning asked why there are so few plays set in the contemporary South. All four contributed greatly to the impulse to write this play. I dedicate it to them – if they don’t object.

3: In the past 14 seasons, Triad Stage has returned to several Bertolt Brecht key playwrights. Tennessee Williams, of course. Eugene O’Neill, Thornton Wilder, Beth Henley and William Inge have all made more than one appearance on our stage. And Henrik Ibsen. The 19th century contrarian from Norway is the second most produced playwright in the world after Shakespeare, but wildly misinterpreted because of a book written by George Bernard Shaw which tried to make Ibsen into a Fabian socialist who wrote neat little 14

plays with convenient morals promoting a particular political viewpoint. Nothing could be further from the truth. Ibsen said: “The only revolution that counts is a revolution of the human spirit.” Dr. Stockman, in The Enemy of the People, one of Ibsen’s greatest characters, is either a brave individual fighting for truth and liberty or a monomaniac egotist determined to destroy himself and his family. Whether one agrees with him or not, he is committed to his fight.

And it is the fight that matters. Ibsen once wrote: “One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being fought for, it keeps getting stronger. But the man who stops in the middle of the fight and says, ‘I have it,’ only shows by doing so that he has lost it completely.”

Henrik Ibsen

4: Contrary to Shaw’s portrait, Ibsen refused liberal/conservative labels and went his own confounding way. Like a character in one of his plays, he stood alone — always expanding liberty by the bold act of fighting for it. He was a philosophical anarchist and as such he threw words instead of bombs. Unlike Marxist playwright Bertolt Brecht, Ibsen didn’t see replacing right wing authority with left wing authority as a solution. He saw all authority as antithetical to the natural impulse for human freedom. As a result, Ibsen and other great philosophical anarchist writers like Eugene O’Neill don’t offer up a solution for our political entrapment. Their only job is to remind us that we are entrapped.

5: In our very highly polarized two party system of FOX and MSNBC, there isn’t much room for people who argue that neither side actually gets it right. But what if Ibsen and O’Neill were actually onto something? Such anarchic thinking radically re-imagines what we mean by political theater. All theater, some say, is political. After all, politics comes from the Greek words for “the affairs of the city” and theater engages with citizens of a city every time it is performed. But usually when we say political theater what we really mean is partisan theater, the kinds of plays that present a problem in the first scene and by the final curtain have suggested a solution. I don’t much care for these partisan dramas.

My ideal political theater doesn’t tell us what to think; it asks us to examine why we think what we think we think.

6: Taylor Branch in his explosive essay “The Shame of College Sports” in The Atlantic pits tradition against ethics in battle over the role of academic athletics. From players on food stamps to athletic departments run amok, from multimillion dollar merchandising deals to indentured servitude, Branch explores an obviously broken system. But tradition dies hard, and those who raise their voices against the business deals or the academic scandals often find themselves very much alone. And I don’t know how I feel about all of it. Like I said, I love college basketball and I love free speech. When I find my values in conflict, the energy of that turmoil make me question those values and my questioning compels me to begin to write.

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7: The first United States whistle-blowers were Samuel Shaw and Richard Marven – U.S. Naval officers who exposed the torture of British prisoners of war. When they were sued for libel, the Continental Congress unanimously passed a whistle-blowers defense act. This is important not only because it was the first example of US whistle-blowing, but also because it was probably the last time congress acted unanimously to support anything controversial. Whistle-blowers provoke extreme reactions. Wise and ethical people disagree about whether such exposing of secrets and uncovering of inconvenient truths is civil disobedience or illegal action. Shaw and Marven were the first, but certainly not the last to unsettle the status quo. Herbert Yardley, Smedley Butler, Peter Buxton, Daniel Ellsberg, Frank Serpico, Karen Silkwood, Nancy Olivieri, Karen Edward Snowden Kwiatkowski, Coleen Rowley, Sherron Watkins, Cynthia Cooper, Joseph C. Wilson, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden are just some of the names of individuals who have blown the whistle in the US. Most learned the hard way the truth of Ibsen’s wise advice: “You shouldn’t wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and for truth.”

8: Hawboro is a town not far from here. As the name suggests, it is perched on the banks of the Haw River. The Haw powered the first textile mills opened by a man named Edward Blessings. Mr. Blessings built the town and opened Zebulon College in 1893.

Some of you may remember that a young man from the mountains found his way to Hawboro in a play called Providence Gap. And most of you are well aware that Hawboro doesn’t actually exist. Like Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County and Harington’s Stay More, Arkansas, it’s a created place for the telling of tales. But like most things fictional it is very much based in reality. You can find bits and pieces of it in the mill cities of the central Piedmont. And a word of advice: Links BBQ serves Lexington style with a prize winning secret sauce, but if you plan to visit town on a Sunday, pack a picnic, because they close up from Saturday supper till Monday lunch.

9: I started this play as a writer with questions, as a director I discovered more questions.

The actors and designers asked even more questions. In a minute, you’ll watch the play.

Please don’t look for answers. I hope you embrace the questions.

I hope they provoke discussion, debate and dialogue long after you leave the theater.

Founding Artistic Director Writer and Director of Common Enemy 16

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 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 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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“ Major funding for Triad Stage is provided by ArtsGreensboro and contributions from patrons like you.”

When you support ArtsGreensboro, you not only make tonight’s performance possible, you also help support hundreds of other arts events, exhibits & exciting projects across Greensboro, including the National Folk Festival, coming to Greensboro beginning in the Fall of 2015.

Visit our website at artsgreensboro.org to connect with the thriving arts scene of a great city. Together, we put the Arts first in Greensboro.

Whether you are renewing your gift, or a first-time donor, give securely online now at www.artsgreensboro.org or simply give us a call weekdays at 336.373.7523, extension 243. Thank you.

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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

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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.

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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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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House Rules and Other Helpful Information

____________________________________________________________ • Food and beverages purchased at the lobby bar are allowed inside the theater, but we ask that you are respectful of your fellow audience members and enjoy them quietly.

• Smoking is strictly prohibited throughout the building.

• Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the House Manager.

• Personal electronic devices, including cellular phones, must be turned off prior to the performance.

• Listening assistance devices are available at the Box Office.

• Photographing or sound recording of the performance is expressly prohibited by law. So, no cameras or recorders, please. Your cooperation is appreciated.

• For the enjoyment of all audience members, every attendee must have a ticket and sit in his or her own seat (no “babes in arms” or children in laps).

Thank you for respecting all Triad Stage facilities. If you have any questions, please ask the bartender, House Manager or a Box Office Associate for clarification.

Triad Stage is very proud of the name of our theater building — The Pyrle Theater — made possible by a generous donation by Tobee and Leonard Kaplan in honor of Tobee’s mother, Pyrle Gibson.

Pyrle Gibson (1909-2000) was a woman with a

great sense of humor, who found goodness in all people and beauty in the world around her. Her family always came first in her life and with them she shared her love of theater, music and the thrill of sports. The theater is named for her in loving memory by the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the Kaplan family with whom she shared her love, wisdom and joy of life.

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Annual Campaign contributors as of May 15, 2015 * Donors who have renewed commitments for 2015 PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($10,000+) Anonymous Cemala Foundation Suzanne & Bud Baker Vanessa & Roy Carroll Clem & Hayes Clement* Cynthia & William Graham James G. Hanes Foundation* John W. & Anna H. Hanes Foundation* Maureen & Bob Ihrie* Kyle Jackson, MD* Kathy Manning & Randall Kaplan* Linda & Tom Sloan* Pam & David Sprinkle* Betty & Bob Strickland* 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 Wendy & Mike Brenner* Joseph M. Bryan, Jr.* Pat & Pete Cross* Rob DaVanzo* Ecolab Foundation Haynes & Ginger Griffin Tobee & Leonard Kaplan* J.A. King Mindy & Chad Oakley* Sylvia & Norman Samet* Bill Soles Harrison & Martha Turner* Lydia & Keith Vaughan 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* Rebecca & Rick Craig* Jean & Ralph Davison* Bill & Hoppy Hervey Christine & Chris Hobson Laura & Alan Irvin* Joia Johnson* Ron Johnson & Bill Roane* Barbara Kretzer* Ernest & Shelby Lane* Carol & Seymour Levin* Donna & Bob Newton*

FRONT ROW (continued) Julie Olin* Margaret & Brad Penn* Debby L. Reynolds* Anna Reilley & Matt Cullinan The Roberts Family Foundation Dabney & Walker Sanders* Kay Stern Ruthie & Alan Tutterow* Jane & Jonathan Ward* Courtney & Richard Whittington* STAGE HAND ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous (2) Kate R. Barrett* Phil Barrineau* Betty & Dennis Barry Mr. & Mrs. James Becher Jr. Marianne & Jim Bennett Sylvia & Michael Berkelhammer Joseph M. Brantley III* Carol & Jeff Burgess Janis & Marc Bush Sally & Alan Cone Roger & Candace Cummings Michael & Barbara Curry Carol & David DeVries* Susie & Rasmus Fenger Joe & Karen Grady David & Sheila Groves Rusty & Van Gunter Kelley & Drew Hancock* Beth Harrington Tomasita & Sam Jacubowitz* Dina & Burney Jennings David & Emily Johnston Frankie Jones* Preston Lane* Vicky Larkin Mike & Kathy Lewis Sue & Neil Lutins* Cathleen & Ray McKinney Kellie Melinda Victoria & Ron Milstein* Randi Palmer* Cissy & Bill Parham* Richard A. Parker The Poteat-Smiths Todd & Kim Rangel* Tim & Carolynn Rice John Riley* Lynn Wooten & Paul Russ* Pat & Gordon Soenksen Amy Speas* Paula Stober & Bill Bucklen Ernestine & Stuart Taylor* Mary & Will Truslow The Thomas Ralph Wear III Family Katie & Randall White Len & Judy White

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STAGE HAND (continued) Dianne & Glenn Whittington Judy & Bob Wicker* Greg and Wallace Williams T. Henry & Dell B. Wilson Family Fund Woodruff Family Law Group* Ann & Ben Zuraw GALLERY ($500–$999) Lee & John Atkinson Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. Babcock Annette Benson* Bill & Gay Bowman* Lynn & Scott Brogan Nancy & Jim Bryan Lori & Murray Clayton Irene & Irv Cohen Joe and Fran Craycroft Christie DaVanzo Sherry Dickstein & Kurt Lauenstein Mary Dubuisson & Jeff White Karen M. Dyer* Bob Hansen* Susan Ireton & Valerie Leschber Maggie Jeffus & Ted Thompson Carole Keeler* Amy & John Kelly* Ray & Doris Kiszely* Harriette & Bob Knox Lex & Brent Kulman Greg & Barb Laskow Mimi Levin* Judy & Dan McGinn Rob & Karen Melhem* Jane & Dan Moore* Peg & Skip Moore* Rod & Linda Mortenson David & Mary Mounts David Murphy Angie Murphrey* Brian & Nancy Napier* Margaret Norfleet-Neff Jane & Ron Norwood* IHO Chad & Mindy Oakley April & David Parker Tim & Denise Pastoor Lloyd & Jane Peterson* Mike & Joanna Phillips Meredith & Gary Piatt* Nancy & Ed Pleasants Donna & Don Pulitzer David & Claudia Reich Mark & Heather Setzler Kelly Sigle & George Marple In Honor of Tom & Linda Sloan Kim & Bassam Smir* Cynthia Soemita & Tony Hooimeijer Jim & Linda Starmer* Bonnie Stewart

GALLERY (continued) Tom & Maggie Styers* Willie Taylor* May Toms Shirley & Jeff Vestal* Katherine & Mike Weaver Jack & Karen Whiteside* Carmen & Robert Wood* PATRON ($250–$499) Mary Alexander Richard Allen Alexa Aycock Benjamin S. Baker Dee & Wes Bartlett* Catherine & Peter Bergstrom* Frank & Mary Biggerstaff* Barbara & Tony Blake* Louise & Jerry Boothby* Jonathan Brady & Morgan Bain* Dora & Bruce Brodie Joe & Kate Brower Patrick & Elizabeth Burns Greer & Scott Cawood Mr. & Mrs. David Christenson* Lynda Brown Clifford Sallie & Jim Clotfelter Harvey Colchamiro Faye & Michael Collins Betty Cone Doug & Jean Copeland Jerry Cunningham & Terry Brown* Janet Ward Black & Gerard Davidson* David & Jo Delman Phyllis H. Dunning Laura Eckelman Pete & Sandra Ennever Nancy & Richard Evans* Marsha Ferree Bert & Debbie Fields* Ellen & Gary Fisher Jim & Dana Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Fry Patti & Douglass Gilbert* Dionis Griffin Kay & Chip Hagan* Melinda Hamrick Sherry & Bob Harris* Judith & Cyril Harvey* Sue & Doug Henderson Cindi & Dave Hewitt* Laura & Bryan Hochstein Robert & Donna Hoekstra Nancy Hoffmann Anne & Sam Hummel Chip Johnson Randall T. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Orton Jones Ginger & Ken Karb* MXIII, LLC. - Milton Kern Diana Knox* Robin & Tim Lane* Louise & Bill Latture Marilyn & John Lauritzen Cathy Levinson Victor Lindsley & Jim Battinelli Mr. & Mrs. George L. Little, Jr.* Sandra & Francis LoNano* Ernest J. Lunsford Nancy Y. Madden* Connie Mahan

PATRON (continued) David & Kathy Mazzola Bonnie & Dan McAlister* Amanda McGehee* Lou & Don McMillion Christine Morris & Jeffery West Eberhard Mueller-Heubach Al & Linda Munns* Maureen & Doug Murray Michael & Tog Newman Marion O’Brien* Lynne & Glenn Ogden* William Osborne Susan & Jim Phillips Sheri & Ray Raymer Dee & Jason Roghelia Susan Samuelson Susan & Jerry Schwartz* Matthew Sergio & Steve Stonecypher* Donna & Mark Shapiro Nancy & Frederick Sharpless Phyllis Shavitz Misa & Alex Shuford Kathleen Smith* Melanie R. Soles Sonitrol Security of the Triad Michiko Stavert Charlotte A. Straney Adeline & David Talbot Suzanne & Tom Tilley Bryan & Billie Toney* Jody & Mike Troxler VanderVeen Photographers Susan B. Wall* James & Barbara Walls B.J. Weatherby & Verne Nielsen* David Westfall & Barbara Ann Peters* Jeffrey White W. Fred Williams Carol & Tom Wood* Beverly & Pat Wright Richard & Jeanne Young FRIEND ($100–$249) Anonymous (3)* Clare & Mike Abel Rose & Victor Ackermann Sophie & Eric Adamson Hattie & John Aderholdt* Janet Allard & Josh Foldy Lynn Allison Leanne Angell* Margaret & Carl Aquilino Margaret & Howard Arbuckle Jane Ariail R.B. and Kay Arthur Carl Ashby Led & Sally Austin Robert Bailey & Samantha McDermott* Bill & Laura Barrier Deborah Bartz & James Peterson Laverne M. Bass* Shari & Richard Beavers Fred & Sally Beck Clark & Beth Bell Deb Bell & Keith Cushman* Anna & Robert Berdahl Robert Beseda Arnette E. Beverly, PhD Hugh Black & Laura Allred Kate Black, Realtor

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FRIEND (continued) Judy Blake Lou Bouvier & Denny Kelly Treana A. Bowling Lynn Bresko David Brown & Barbara Levin Patty and Malcolm Brown Tom & Marie Brown Becky & Julian Bullock Elizabeth & George Burfeind* Alex & Maureen Burns Pearl Burris-Floyd Nancy Cameron Edna & John Canny* Julia Smith Capone Myrna Carlock IHO Linda Carlisle John Carney Waban P. Carter Kay Cashion Kathy & Bill Cissna* Pat Shore Clark Louann Clarke Thomas & Elizabeth Clary Benita & Ron Cole Diane Conrad* Pat W. Copeland Gwyneth & John Cote Ross & Debbie Cox Mr. & Mrs. David Craft Catherine Crowder Gail & Bruce Crozier Jack & Kathi Dubel Pam & Alan Duncan Debra Dykes* Lexi & John Eagles* Mona Gillis Edwards Nancy & Jim Edwards Theresa Egan David Formisani Susan & Bill Fraser Gerald Freedman Larry French Dr. Deborah Friedman Denise Gabriel Karen A. & J. Ronald Gaffe’* Silvia & Thomas Gahm* Bonnie & Martin Gallo Myra & John Gebbie Allen & Mary Ann Gerhard Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Gideon, Jr. Betty Godwin Terri & Robert Goldberg Celeste Gonzalez Carolyn & Art Green Jennifer & Paul Grosswald* Christy Gumbiner* Dr. & Mrs. David L. Gutterman Patricia Gutzwiller & Alan Spiewak Deb & Jay Gyure Linda & Hale Barbara H. Hall Marty & Porter Halyburton Brenda C. Hampton Ron & Becky Hampton Susan Hanks Anne & Bill Hardin* Karyn Harrell & Cindy Kimbrell, DVMs Jerry & Melissa Harrelson Gloria & Walter Harris* Hon. & Mrs. A. Robinson Hassell

FRIEND (continued) Angela Hays* Miriam & Tom Herin* Dr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Hedgpeth* Pat Hester Carolyn & Ed Hines* Wes & Rose Hood Betsey & David Horth Gary & Marion Hosey Larry Hungerford David & Rodna Hurewitz* Sallie & Hoke Huss* Ms. Judith Hyman* Heather & Jay Jahnes Frances & Jim Jochum* Bob Johannesen* Christina & Kenneth Johnson Jenna Johnson* Sue & Jim Kennedy Sandra Kessler & Larry Cravey Eleanor Ketcham Virginia & David King Martha & Charles Kirkman Suzannah Kleese Bonnie & John Knab* David & Virginia Knox Kelly Krantz Derek Krueger & Gene Rogers Eric Lee Jean & Paul Leslie Carolyn C. Lester* Michele & Pat Levy Grey Lineweaver Annabel Link Clarence Lloyd, Jr., M.D.* William Lowder Jr. Ann Lynch & Russell Williams Diane & Bob Mabry Jack & Judy MacDowall Barbara & Dennis Machuga Samantha A. Magill* Gustav & Mary Magrinat Joe Manson* David Marker Linda & Leon Marsh Marcy Maury Bud & Reba Maxson* Tom & Marilou May Ann McCarty & Robert Fried Eleanor & Donald McCrickard* Doris McGinn* Angus & Wynn McGregor* Jane W. & Thomas F. McKim Carol H. Melvin Benedicte & Christian Mengel Cliff & Kathryn Miller Gary & Nancy Miller* Jane Tucker Mitchell Hal & Amy Mohorn Diane P. Monnier Agnes & David M. Moore II

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Officers 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, Founding Artistic Director Richard Whittington, Founding Managing Director

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Production Liza Vest, Production Manager Emily J. Mails, Resident Stage Manager Chris Simpson, Technical Director Jason Korff, Lead Carpenter Skip Johnson, Carpenter Jennifer Speciale Stanley/Kathleen Ludwig Costume Shop Manager Mary Beth Pazdernik, First Hand Andy Cutler, Wardrobe Supervisor & Rentals Coordinator Eric Hart, Props Master Lisa Bledsoe, Props Assistant Liz Stewart, Master Electrician Jessica Holcombe, Scenic Charge Jon Fredette, Sound Supervisor

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