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A LOVE STORY WITH MUSIC

by Claudia Shear Original Score by Bob Stillman

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FOURTEEN 4 ..................................... Welcome 6 ......................... The Production 7 ............................... The Company 11 ....................... dIRECTOR’S NOTE 12 ......................... Program Notes 14 .................................. Our Story 19 .............................. Core Values 25 ............................. House Rules 25 ................. The Pyrle Theater 28 .............................. SUPPORTERS 29 ........... Annual Contributors 42 ......................... Board & Staff 45 ............... Advertisers Listing

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crimes of the

heart a Southern comedy

April 5 - 26, 2015

by Beth Henley

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

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

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

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

Preston Lane Artistic Director Co-Founder

Rich Whittington Managing Director Co-Founder

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Kathy Manning Board of Trustees Chair

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

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

by Carson McCullers

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

by Preston Lane with original music by Laurelyn Dossett

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

by Claudia Shear with an original score by Bob Stillman

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

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

by Preston Lane

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

by Glen Berger

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

by Charles Dickens, adapted by Preston Lane

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

by Jon Robin Baitz

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

Preston Lane Artistic Director

Richard Whittington Managing Director

by Claudia Shear Conceived by Claudia Shear and James Lapine Original Song “Dirty Blonde� by Bob Stillman Directed by Bryan Conger Music Director Justin P. Cowan

Scenic/Lighting Design by Jiyoun Chang

Costume Design by Kelsey Hunt

Sound Design by Gabriel Clausen

Choreographer Matthew Loehr

Casting by Cindi Rush Casting

Stage Manager Emily J. Mails Production Sponsor Zuraw Financial Advisors Dirty Blonde is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Mae West Materials courtesy of The Estate of Mae West by the Roger Richman Agency, Beverly Hills, California Original production by the Shubert Organization., Chase Mishkin, Ostar Productions and ABC, Inc. in association with New York Theatre Workshop.

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Cast (in alphabetical order)

Frank Wallace, Ed Hearn and Others ............................ Scott Ahearn* Charlie and Others....................................................... Ryan G. Dunkin* Jo/Mae ....................................................................... Catherine LeFrere* Scott Ahearn* (Frank Wallace, Ed Hearn, and Others): Triad Stage debut. TOURS: Grease; Divorce Party.

REGIONAL: Chicago (Ogunquit Playhouse); Thoroughly Modern Millie, Forever Plaid, Full Monty (Arvada Center); Divorce Party (El Portal Theatre, Los Angeles; Stage West, Toronto); A Christmas Carol (McCarter Theatre), My Fair Lady (Texas Shakespeare Festival). FILM/TV: Sex and the City; Live Till You Die. EDUCATION: Brown University. www.ScottAhearn.net Ryan G. Dunkin* (Charlie and Others) Triad Stage debut. NATIONAL TOURS: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (The Big Bopper); The Full Monty (Dave U/S).

BROADWAY WORKSHOPS/READINGS: Pure Country (Road Manager); Shrek, The Musical (PapaBear, Guard) OFF BROADWAY: Good News (Beef); Drat the Cat! (Mike/Policeman); Balls, The Musical. REGIONAL: Camelot (Sir Sagamore); A Christmas Carol (Marley/Fezziwig); Forever Plaid (Smudge); Careless Love, A Down Home Musical (book, music and lyrics). TV/FILM: Killing Lincoln (Harry Clay Ford); Law & Order: CI. COMMERCIALS: Right Guard, MasterCard, and currently all over the NYC subways for Foursquare.

AEA/SAG/AFTRA. www.RyanGDunkin.com.

Catherine LeFrere* (Jo/Mae) Triad Stage debut. FILM/ TV: Orange Is The New Black (Netflix); Running Wilde (FOX); Maybe There’s a Tree. NEW YORK: Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street (Randy Skinner, director); Unlock’d (The Duke); Carnival! (Theater Row); For Worse (New York Stage and Film Festival); The Judy Holliday Story (Lucille Lortel/Soho Playhouse); The Empress of Sex; At Home Abroad; Once Upon A Time in New Jersey; The Blue Room. REGIONAL: As You Like It, The Boys from Syracuse (Shakespeare Theatre Company of DC); Boeing Boeing (Flat Rock Playhouse); NOIR (Broadway World Award Nomination, Best Actress); Admit One, Esther’s Moustache (New Jersey Rep); Anything Goes, Grease. Proud graduate of Northwestern University and The School at Steppenwolf. www.CatherineLeFrere.com or twitter @cathlefrere

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Claudia Shear (Playwright) Born in Brooklyn in 1962, Claudia Shear (an American actress and playwright) gained notoriety with her 1994 autobiographical play entitled Blown Sideways Through Life. In 2000, she followed-up with the critically acclaimed Dirty Blonde. A member of the Sundance Screenwriters Lap and the Dramatists Guild, she continues to work with and support the New York Theatre Workshop. Shear’s acting credits include Broadway credits Smell of the Kill (2002) and Dirty Blonde. Some Film/TV credits include It Could Happen to You (1994) and Living Out Loud (1998).

Bob Stillman (Composer) Bob Stillman composed the Music and Lyrics for Claudia Shear’s Dirty Blonde. He also arranged the music. Bob studied piano and composition at the Julliard and Manhattan Schools beginning at age 9. He went on to graduate with honors in music from Princeton. He’s been nominated twice for Tony Awards—first as actor, composer and onstage pianist in Dirty Blonde (2000) and later as one of the songwriters for Urban Cowboy (2003). He was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (2011).

Bryan Conger (Director) Bryan is in his fourth season as Artistic Associate at Triad Stage. Triad Stage directing credits include: Pump Boys and Dinettes; A Christmas Carol (2011- 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 (University of North Carolina at Greensboro). Other directing credits include Gypsy; Kiss Me Kate; Always Patsy Cline; Little Shop of Horrors; Burial at Thebes; and Fashion; Or Life in New York. Education: MFA, UNCG. Bryan currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Justin P. Cowan (Music Director) Triad Stage: Pump Boys and Dinettes, A Christmas Carol (2013, 2014). 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).

Jiyoun Chang (Scenic/Lighting Designer) Works at Triad as Lighting Designer: Anna Christie, Tennessee Playboy, A Doll’s House. Other Credits: Brownsville Song (b-­side for tray) (Lincoln Center Theatre LCT3); The World is Round (BAM Fisher Space, OBIE Award Special Citation in Lighting Design); The Unfortunates, Troilus and Cressida (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Dance and the Railroad (Signature Theatre, Wutzen International Festival in China); T. 1912, Peter and the Wolf (Guggenheim Museum); Light Within (Carnegie Hall); Our Planet ( Japan Society); I Came To Look For You On Tuesday by Chiori Miyagawa (LaMaMa); Pinter Project, Cowboy Mouth, and The Poor of New York (Collaborations with Tyne Rafaeli); MFA in Design at Yale School of Drama. www.JiyounChang.com Kelsey Hunt (Costume Designer) Studio Theatre: Bad Jews, Carrie: The Musical, Edgar & Annabel, Skintight; Theatre J: Life Sucks, Body Awareness; Chesapeake Shakespeare: As You like It, Pride & Prejudice; Maryland Opera Studio: Die Fledermaus; Georgetown University: In the Red & Brown Water; Adventure Theatre: Little House Christmas; The Hub Theatre: A Man, His Wife, & His Hat. Kelsey designed over 40 productions as Resident Costume Designer at Triad Stage and is co-author of Elizabethan Costume: Design and Construction, focal press. Upcoming projects include Cherokee at Woolly Mammoth Theater, Slow Falling Bird at Georgetown University, and The Price at Olney Theatre. www.KelseyHuntDesign.com Gabriel Clausen ◉ (Sound Designer) Triad Stage: The Member of the Wedding, The 39 Steps. Gabriel is a third year MFA candidate in Sound Design at UNCSA. Coming from a musician and studio production background, “G” has just recently been introduced to theater, designing sound for 8

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Paper Lantern’s Time Stands Still and was the Musical Director, Composer, and Sound Designer for UNCSA’s The Winter’s Tale. His studio credits include producing for Pandemonium, Phoenix Lei, QDL, and the upcoming short film series, “December 7th: The Rock Opera.”

Matthew Loehr ◉ (Choreographer) Currently a faculty member at the University of North Carolina’s School of the Arts. As a performer - BROADWAY: The Book of Mormon (Elder McKinley); Evita; Elf the Musical (original cast); Promises, Promises (original revival cast); Mary Poppins (o.c.); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (o.c.); Movin’ Out; Fosse and The Producers (o.c.). REGIONALLY: three-time Carbonell Award Winner - Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Bobby Child in Crazy For You; Harold Hill in The Music Man and Cornelius Hackl in Hello Dolly!. North Shore Music Theatre - Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain (IRNE nom.).

Denise Gabriel ◊ (Resident Movement Director) Triad Stage: 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. Christine Morris ◊ (Resident Vocal Coach) At Triad Stage since 2006, where coaching has included dialects for The Glass Menagerie, Shipwrecked, Snow Queen, 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 “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).

Tamera N. Izlar (Dramaturg) Tamera 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.

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

Emily J. Mails * (Stage Manager) Triad Stage: 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, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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Preston Lane (Triad Stage Artistic Director & Co-Founder) is in his 14th season at Triad Stage where he has directed over 50 productions. Preston is a 2014 finalist for the SDC Zelda Fichandler Award, a recipient of an NC Arts Council Playwright Fellowship, the Betty Cone Medal of the Arts and is the Artistic Partner for Theatre for An Appalachian Summer Festival. Other productions include the US premiere of Inexpressible Island (Dallas Observer Best of Dallas Awards: Best Director, Best Production) and The Night of the Iguana (Dallas Morning News: 2002 Top Ten Theatre List). As a playwright, Preston’s plays and adaptations have been produced at Triad Stage and other theaters and universities. His work with musician Laurelyn Dossett includes Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star, Bloody Blackbeard, Providence Gap and Snow Queen.

Preston has taught at UNCG, NC A&T, UNCSA, Greensboro College, SMU, and the Professional Actors Workshop at the Dallas Theater Center. He is an alumnus of the Drama League of New York’s Director’s Project. A native of Boone, NC, Preston received his BFA from UNCSA and his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

Richard Whittington (Triad Stage Managing Director / Co-Founder) has served as Managing Director of Triad Stage since its inception. Rich earned an MFA in Theatre Management from the Yale School of Drama and has a BFA in Acting and Directing from Marymount Manhattan College. In 2007, Rich was appointed by the Governor to serve on the board of the NC Arts Council, where he is currently a member of the Executive Committee. He has previously served on the boards of ArtsNC and Downtown Greensboro, Inc. and has served on numerous grant panels throughout the state as well as for the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts. Rich has taught Theatre Management at Greensboro College and NC A&T University and has guest lectured at UNC Chapel Hill, UNC School of the Arts, Wake Forest University and UNCG. A native of Dallas, Texas, Rich served as Artistic Administrator for the Dallas Theater Center and Associate Producer of Dallas’ The Big D Festival of the Unexpected.

Experience also includes work at the Roundabout Theatre in New York and StageWest in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 2010, Preston and Rich were honored with Downtown Greensboro, Inc.’s J. Edward Kitchen Leadership Award. In 2013, they received the Adelaide F. Holderness/H. Michael Weaver Award from UNCG for distinguished public service.

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

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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FROM THE DIRECTOR

BRYAN CONGER Webster’s Dictionary defines icon as “a person who is very successful and admired” or “a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something.” There are few names that live up to the status of “icon”—those people who shaped a generation, changed the way it thought, and challenged its standards with their own brand of magic. Mae West would be a name that deserves the status of icon. Actress, singer, producer, director, and playwright, she blazed her own trail and made a place for the outcasts and misfits of society to belong. She refused to conform and was most successful when she was in control of her own image—she was a feminist before the word existed.

Seemingly all of this would make Mae West alone a fascinating subject for a play and yet this is more than just biographic play. It is really a love letter to an icon and those who worship her—the fans. It is rare to find a story that really delves into the effect iconic celebrities have on us and the relationship we have with them. It is a complex and fascinating relationship that remains to be a significant part of American culture. Why do we faint when we see them? Why do pay hundreds of dollars to see their concerts? Why do we watch their movies over and over again? And why it is often that we, through our “icons” and their art, discover the power and strength to be our authentic selves? This play beautifully explores these questions while paying tribute to a one of a kind woman that pushed boundaries and made double entendres into an art form.

I feel so lucky that I am able to share this incredible story with you and hope you will enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed bringing it to life. This has been a special project for me and I must give thanks to the incredible group of collaborators I have gotten to work with on it. It has been a true labor of love and they have bravely gone wherever I have asked them to go. So please sit back and relax as we take you to several places, through several decades, and into several costumes. As Mae West once said, “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”

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M

Mae

West

ae (Mary Jane) West was born on August 17, 1893. Beginning as a vaudeville

would

later

performer, become

an

iconic playwright, director, singer, and a noted Broadway and film actress.

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sensual performer, Mae’s overt

sexual

presence,

coupled with her bold choices of high fashioned

form-fitting clothing, won over fans.

Correspondingly, her productions also challenged society’s mores. Her stage production of Sex (1926), although well attended, was eventually shutdown due to widespread obscenities. In 1927, for writing, acting, and producing Sex, she was arrested, fined $500 and sentenced to 10 days in jail. Nevertheless, the negative worldwide attention did not halt Mae’s career. Instead, it served as a vehicle for future roles and opportunities.

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ventually in 1932, Mae’s career catapulted when her friend (and fellow actor) George

Raft,

introduced

her to Paramount studios. At his urgings, West received a small part in Night after Night, a film in which Raft would star.

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In Mae’s film-acting debut, she was given permission to rework the dialogue.

By 1933, Mae West was slated to star in her first film She Done Him Wrong co-starring Cary Grant, a then unknown actor. A grave success, Mae West would later co-star with Cary Grant in another blockbuster film entitled I’m No Angel. She soon followed with films such as Klondike Annie (1936), My Little Chickadee (1940), and Sextette (1978).

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ith her film work, Mae continued to garner the attention of local law enforcement and censor groups. Her bold sensuality challenged society to confront and view sexuality in ways previously

disparaged. Her view on homosexuality, sex, femininity, and love were unpopular, yet served as a paradigm for derailing censorship. A performer, “sex goddess”, politician, businesswoman, playwright, actress, director, and producer, the legacy of Mae West continues to challenge others

to

confront

societal ideas to discover and claim their power.

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Triad Stage began as a dream...

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

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

Photo courtesy of Greensboro Historical Museum

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

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

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

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

The Pyrle Theater, Greensboro

Hanesbrands Theatre, Winston-Salem

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

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

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

EXCELLENCE

INCLUSION

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

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

COLLABORATION

ARTISTIC RISK

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

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

IMAGINATION

REJUVENATION

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

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

COMMUNITY

A SOUTHERN VOICE

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

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

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

LEARNING

NORTH CAROLINA

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

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

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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

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Annual Campaign contributors as of January 8, 2015 PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($10,000+) Anonymous Suzanne & Bud Baker Vanessa & Roy Carroll Clem & Hayes Clement Cynthia & William Graham Kyle Jackson, MD Kathy Manning & Randall Kaplan The Michel Family Foundation The Shubert Arts Foundation Linda & Tom Sloan Pam & David Sprinkle Betty & Bob Strickland The Winston-Salem Foundation Susan & Eric Wiseman The Honorable Aldona Wos & Mr. Louis DeJoy CENTER STAGE ($5,000–$9,999) Anonymous Lindsey & Frank Auman Steve & Jackie Bell Brandon Bensley Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Pat & Pete Cross Rob DaVanzo Ecolab Foundation Haynes & Ginger Griffin Maureen & Bob Ihrie 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

FRONT ROW continued Donna & Bob Newton Julie Olin Margaret & Brad Penn Debby L. Reynolds Anna Riley & 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 Betty & Dennis Barry Mr. & Mrs. James Becher Jr. Marianne & Jim Bennett Sylvia & Michael Berkelhammer Joe & Betty Brantley 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 Beth Harrington Tomasita & Sam Jacubowitz Dina & Burney Jennings David & Emily Johnston Preston Lane Vicky Larkin Mike & Kathy Lewis Sue & Neil Lutins Cathleen & Ray Mckinney Kellie Melinda 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 Mary & Will Truslow The Thomas Ralph Wear III Family Katie & Randall White Len & Judy White Dianne & Glenn Whittington

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STAGE HAND continued 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 Phil Barrineau 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 Brian & Nancy Napier 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 Ernestine & Stuart Taylor 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 Dora & Bruce Brodie Joe & Kate Brower Patrick & Elizabeth Burns Greer & Scott Cawood Mr. & Mrs. David Christenson Lynda Brown Clifford Sallie & Jim Clotfelter Harvey Colchamiro 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 Jim & Dana Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Fry Patti & Douglass Gilbert Dionis Griffin Kay & Chip Hagan Melinda Hamrick Sherry & Bob Harris Sue & Doug Henderson Cindi & Dave Hewitt Laura & Bryan Hochstein Robert & Donna Hoekstra Nancy Hoffmann Anne & Sam Hummel Randall T. Johnson Frankie Jones Mr. & Mrs. Orton Jones Ginger & Ken Karb MXIII, LLC. - Milton Kern Diana Knox Louise & Bill Latture Marilyn & John Lauritzen Ms. Cathy Levinson Victor Lindsley & Jim Battinelli Mr. & Mrs. George L. Little, Jr. Sandra & Francis LoNano Ernest J. Lunsford Nancy Y. Madden Connie Mahan David & Kathy Mazzola Bonnie & Dan McAlister

PATRON continued Amanda McGehee Lou & Don McMillion Christine Morris & Jeffery West Eberhard Mueller-Heubach Al & Linda Munns Angie Murphrey 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 Bill & Laura Barrier Deborah Bartz & James Peterson Laverne M. Bass Shari & Richard Beavers Fred & Sally Beck Clark & Beth Bell Anna & Robert Berdahl Robert Beseda Arnette E. Beverly, PhD Hugh Black & Laura Allred Kate Black, Realtor Judy Blake Lou Bouvier & Denny Kelly 30

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FRIEND continued Betsey & David Horth Gary & Marion Hosey Larry Hungerford David & Rodna Hurewitz Sallie & Hoke Huss Ms. Judith Hyman Heather & Jay Jahnes Christina & Kenneth 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 William Lowder Jr. Ann Lynch & Russell Williams Diane & Bob Mabry Jack & Judy MacDowall Barbara & Dennis Machuga Gustav & Mary Magrinat Bud & Reba Maxson Tom & Marilou May David Marker Linda & Leon Marsh Marcy Maury Ann McCarty & Robert Fried Donald & Eleanor McCrickard 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 Donna Moran & Garnett Hughes The Nash Family Dan & Ninevah Murray J.T. ( Judith) Nebenzahl Floyd & Joann Nesbitt Karol & John Neufeld Mitchell A. Neuhauser Margaret & Vernon Newlin Gaynelle Nichols David Olson Zack & Nancy Osborne Nancy Oschell

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Mrs. Lee Templeton Barbara Van Cleve Dave & Carol VanSchoick Cheryl A. Viglione & John T. Curnes Anita & Joe Vigorito Dean & Kate Wahlberg Robert C. Walker Leon & Peggy Wessel Andrea West Barbara & Jim Williams Anne & Charles Wilson Mary & Robert Woodrow Anne Woodward & Robert W. Lee Kay & Charlie Zimmerman MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES American Express Compass Financial Dow Corning IBM The Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Kinder Morgan Foundation Lincoln Financial Foundation Reynolds American Foundation Weaver 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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Board of Trustees

Triad Stage Staff

Officers

Artistic

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

Members at Large

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

Administrative

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

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

Development

Winston-Salem Advisory Council

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Linda Carlisle, Chair Wendy Brenner, Mary Walker Fry, Drew Hancock, Sue Henderson, Joia Johnson, Carroll Leggett, Susan Little, Cathleen McKinney, Angie Murphrey, Tog Newman, Randi Palmer, Gordon Peterson, Nancy Peterson, Milton Rhodes, Keith Vaughan, Lydia Vaughan, Sue Wall, Jason Wenker

Holly Chambers, Judy Wicker, Co-Chairs Hayes Clement, Ralph Davison, Danny Gatling, Sandra Hughes, Lesley Hunt, Ron Johnson, Tobee Kaplan, Ancella Livers, Dennis Quaintance, Sylvia Samet, Joy Shavitz, Ralph Shelton, Harrison Turner

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

Marketing & Communications Megan Mabry, Marketing & Social Media Manager Ainsley Johnston, Sales Manager Ellis Anderson, Marketing Associate Anna Lowe, Marketing Intern

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