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A CONTEMPORARY COMIC DRAMA

by Jon Robin Baitz

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FOURTEEN 4 ........................... Welcome 5 ...................... Core Values 6 ............... The Production 8 .................... The Company 11 ............. Director’s Notes 12 .............. program notes 14 ........................ Our Story 21 ..................... Supporters 23 ............................. Annual Contributors 29 ............... Board & Staff

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may 6 - 24, 2015 by beth henley presented in connection with beth henley’s: crimes of the heart (in greensboro)

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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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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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Preston Lane Artistic Director

Richard Whittington Managing Director

by Jon Robin Baitz directed by Eleanor Holdridge

Scenic Design by John Coyne

Costume Design by Danielle Preston

Lighting Design by Norman Coates

Sound Design by Matthew M. Nielson

Stage Manager Sean Gray

This play will be performed with an intermission Other Desert Cities is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York

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Cast (in alphabetical order) Lyman Wyeth ................................................................................. Paul Carlin* Trip Wyeth ....................................................................................... Josh Foldy* Silda Grauman..................................................................... Christine Morris* Polly Wyeth ........................................................................... Donna Wandrey* Brooke Wyeth ............................................................................ Brandy Zarle* Stage Manager .................................................................................. Sean Gray*

Setting Christmas Eve Morning, 2004

Paul Carlin* (Lyman Wyeth) TRIAD STAGE DEBUT. NEW YORK: Long Day’s Journey into Night (Irish Repertory Theatre); Temporal Powers (The Mint Theatre Co); After the Ball (Irish Rep); Apple Cove ( Julia Miles Theatre); Woyzeck (Ensemble Studio Theatre, Woyzeck); Bella (Lincoln Center); The Milk of Paradise (The Women’s Project); Twelfth Night (Phoenix Theatre Co.); Paint Your Wagon (Musicals Tonight); Salvation, God of Carnage (Hudson Stage); A Moon for the Misbegotten (Luna Stage). REGIONAL: The Great American Mousical; The Boyfriend, both directed by Julie Andrews, plus six more shows (Goodspeed Opera House); My Fair Lady (Flat Rock); Shenandoah (W.V. Public); Hamlet (N.J. Shakespeare); Song of Singapore (Chicago); A Christmas Carol (Indiana Rep, Scrooge x 2); The Herbal Bed (Indiana Rep); Three Musketeers (Apple Tree, Chicago). TV: 30 Rock; Law & Order; Ryan’s Hope (1980-81), One Life to Live; All My Children.

Josh Foldy* (Trip Wyeth) TRIAD STAGE: Anna Christie, A Christmas Carol (2010-2014), The Woman in Black (Director), Dial “M” for Murder, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Doubt. OFF-BROADWAY: Urban Stages, The Drilling Company.

REGIONAL: Paper Lantern Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Perseverance Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Virginia Stage Company, Caldwell Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Players Theatre Columbus, Idaho Repertory, Playwrights Center, Alaskan Shakespeare Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, New Theatre. TV: As the World Turns. Josh is a member of the theatre faculty at Wake Forest.

Education: Northern Kentucky University, Yale School of Drama.

Christine Morris* (Silda Grauman) TRIAD STAGE: “Marthy Owen” in Anna Christie, “Taw Avery” in New Music: Better Days; “Cordie Grindstaff ” in Providence Gap, “Mme. Pernelle” in Tartuffe, multiple roles in Bloody Blackbeard, “Sister Aloysius” in Doubt (Appalachian Summer Festival).

NEW YORK: New York Shakespeare Festival; The Public Theatre; The Actors Studio. REGIONAL: Asolo Theatre; Playmakers Rep; Archipelago 7

Theatre; Manbites Dog; Profile Theatre (Portland, OR); The Tennessee Williams Center (Sewanee). Originated role of “The Woman” in Romulus Linney’s one-woman play Silver River, performed variously around the US including at the Horton Foote Festival of American Playwrights in Texas. FILM: Elephant Sighs. Resident vocal coach for Triad Stage; UNCG theatre faculty.

MEMBERSHIPS: Actors’ Equity Association (since 1983); SAG-AFTRA; Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA).

Donna Wandrey* (Polly Wyeth) TRIAD STAGE DEBUT. BROADWAY: The Norman Conquests, Annie. OFF-BROADWAY: “Sally” in The Brownstone Urge, “Mrs. Kirby” in You Can’t Take It With You. REGIONAL: The Glass Menagerie (Vermont Stage); Murderers (TheaterWorks Hartford – Outstanding Actress Award from the Connecticut Critics); Moon Over Buffalo (Arkansas Rep); Lettice & Lovage (Clarence Brown); Eccentricities of a Nightingale (New Harmony), My Fair Lady (The North Carolina Theatre – Best Supporting Actress nominee from the Triangle Awards); Charley’s Aunt (Indiana Rep); Move Over, Mrs. Markham (Coconut Grove). TV: Dark Shadows (Roxanne Drew), As The World Turns (Barbara Ryan), Another World (Angie), Edge of Night (Allison Perry), Ryan’s Hope (Dr. Meyers). 300 + TV/Radio commercials. EDUCATION: Northern Illinois University, H/B Studio, NYC. Brandy Zarle* (Brooke Wyeth) TRIAD STAGE: Noises Off, Das Barbecü.

INTERNATIONAL TOUR: “Joy” in Cinderella (w/ Lea Salonga) Original Cast Album. OFF-BROADWAY: Once Around The City (Second Stage); Sleepover (The Cherry Lane); What You Will (The Connelly); The Undeads (The Ohio Theatre). REGIONAL: “Ivy Weston” in August: Osage County (Fulton Theatre); The Vandal, God of Carnage, Boston Marriage, Don Juan in Hell (White Heron Theatre); Rapture, Blister, Burn, Time Stands Still, Boston Marriage (Shaker Bridge Theatre); “Maggie” in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Portland Center Stage); Title Role in Mary Stuart (Baltimore Center Stage); Death of a Salesman (starring Christopher Lloyd), Tartuffe, David Copperfield (Weston Playhouse); Elephant Man (Virginia Stage Company); The Importance of Being Earnest (St. Louis Rep); James Joyce’s The Dead (Huntington and A.C.T.); Awake and Sing (Merrimack Rep). Awarded Best Actress 2003 in Mary Stuart by Best Baltimore Magazine.

Member of Actors Center Workshop Company. FILM: More Harm Than Good, Chekov: Master Teachers. TV: Guiding Light. EDUCTION: MFA Yale School of Drama, BFA Southern Methodist University.

Jon Robin Baitz (Playwright) Jon Robin Baitz’s plays include The Film Society, The Substance of Fire, The End of the Day, Three Hotels, A Fair Country (Pulitzer Prize finalist 1996), Mizlansky/Zilinsky, Ten Unknowns, and The Paris Letter, as well as a version of Hedda Gabler (Broadway 2001). He created “Brothers & Sisters,” the TV series which ran for five seasons, until 2011. Other TV work includes PBS’ version of “Three Hotels,” for which he won the Humanitas Award, and episodes of “The West Wing” and “Alias.” He is the author of two screenplays: the film script for “The Substance of Fire” (1996) and “People I know” (2002). He is a founding member of Naked Angels Theatre Company, and on the faculties of the MFA programs at The New School for Drama, and SUNY Stony Brook/ Southampton. His play Other Desert Cities won the Outer Critics Circle Award in 2011.

Eleanor Holdridge (Director) TRIAD STAGE: Educating Rita, Noises Off and Art. OFFBROADWAY: World Premieres of Selma ’65 (LaMaMa); Steve & Idi (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre); Cycling Past The Matterhorn (Clurman Theatre); The Imaginary Invalid, Mary Stuart (Pearl Theatre Company). REGIONAL: World Premieres of I and You (Olney & Geva Theatres); Zorro, 8

which she co-wrote (Constellation Theatre); Double Indemnity (Roundhouse Theatre); The Gaming Table (Folger); God of Carnage, Pygmalion (Everyman Theatre); After the Revolution, Something You Did, Body Awareness (Theatre). Gee’s Bend (Arden Theatre); Hamlet, As You Like It, Lettice And Lovage, The Tempest, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare & Company); The Crucible (Perseverance Theatre); Julius Caesar, Macbeth (Milwaukee Shakespeare); Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Alabama Shakespeare); Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare St. Louis); Henry V (Shakespeare on the Sound); Betrayal (Portland Stage); Lion In Winter (Northern Stage). Eleanor has been Founding Artistic Director for the Red Heel Theatre Company, Resident Assistant Director at the Shakespeare Theatre and Resident Director at New Dramatists. She currently heads the Directing Department at Catholic University.

UPCOMING: Tale of the Allergist’s Wife at Theatre J and Hay Fever at Olney Theatre. EDUCATION: BA Sarah Lawrence College; MFA Yale School of Drama.

John Coyne ◉ (Scenic Designer) TRIAD STAGE: A Christmas Carol (2013-14), Wait Until Dark, Trouble in Mind. Regional: Charley’s Aunt (Guthrie Theater); Macbeth (Shakespeare Theater); Rough Crossing (Old Globe Theatre); You Never Can Tell, First Lady (Yale Rep); 3 Tall Women (Center Stage); Henry IV, Pride & Prejudice, Moonlight & Magnolias, My Fair Lady, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Front Page, Of Mice and Men, The Real Thing, Tartuffe (Dallas Theater Center); Hamlet (The Public Theatre); Boston Commonwealth Shakespeare; California Shakespeare Festival; Juilliard; Bard College; Goodspeed Musicals; TheaterWorks Hartford; Barrington Stage; Sante Fe Stages. Education: Yale School of Drama. John is currently the director of scenic design at UNCSA. Danielle Preston (Costume Designer) TRIAD STAGE DEBUT. REGIONAL/LOCAL: Tales of Hoffmann (UNCSA); The Cherry Orchard (UNCSA); Elliot: A Soldier’s Fugue (Burning Coal Theatre).

EDUCATION: MFA Candidate (UNC School of the Arts), BA – Theatre Production (Meredith College).

Norman Coates ◉ (Lighting Designer) TRIAD STAGE: 13 productions including Underneath the Lentil 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 the UNCSA. Matthew M. Nielson (Composer & Sound Designer) TRIAD STAGE DEBUT. Sound design and composition credits include A Prayer for Owen Meany (Helen Hayes Award) with Round House Theatre, The Illusion with Forum Theatre (Helen Hayes Award), 1984 with Catalyst Theatre (Helen Hayes Award) as well as designs for Cincinnati Playhouse, Woolly Mammoth, Signature Theatre, Kennedy Center. OFF-BROADWAY: Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival. He runs audio post-production house Sound Lab Studios and music publisher Curious Music Company. FILM/TV: Long Road, Elbow Grease, Blue, Epix Drive-In, Oh Liza, UFC, NBC Sports, v05 and Delivery.com.

Sean Gray* (Stage Manager) TRIAD STAGE: Trouble in Mind Asst. SM, Doll House Asst. SM. REGIONAL: The Daughter of the Regiment PSM (Greensboro Opera), The Gondoliers PSM (Greensboro Light Opera and Song), Richard II Asst. SM (Shakespeare & Company), Fashionistas: A Narcissistic Love Story SM (THTR 232). EDUCATIONAL: Le nozze di Figaro (UNCG Opera Theatre), Peter Pan, Junie B. in Jingle Bells Batman Smells (NC Theatre for Young People). Sean holds a BFA from UNC 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 University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA)

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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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FROM THE DIRECTOR, ELEANOR HOLDRDIGE The title of Baitz’ stunning play refers to a road sign for Route 10 off the highway on the way to Palm Beach, California; the small desert communities too small and numerous to distinguish. It is not an unlikely assumption that it is also an oblique reference to the desert cities in the Middle East and Iraq, which, at the time of the action of the play, are the battleground for American troops just after George W. Bush declared war in the region. Baitz writes this unflinching and deeply moving work as a “period play”— putting a dynamic and troubled family’s crisis in the midst of an era when the deep rift between the Republican and Democratic parties was expanding exponentially, when the scars of 9/11 were still fresh, and when we were teetering on the tricky balance between security and civil liberty.

And yet the political divide that rages through this tight-knit family is but a backdrop for a nuanced rumination on the essence of what it is to be a family. The fissures are created not so much from the beliefs of the political platforms they follow, but from personal belief systems of how to make the world a better place. When these systems butt heads with the comfort, health and safety of the others in their family, then the claws come out. The play seems to pose the questions: what happens when personal ethics and ideals contradict with choices for the good of the family? What happens when protecting or buffeting other family members from painful truths becomes a liability?

When is individual health and happiness within a family more important than the good of the whole?

As I work with a truly remarkable cast developing the moment-to-moment events of this play, I feel the political and social environment we are unearthing to be remarkably timely in 2015. With the recent terrorist attacks in Europe, and the new upsurging of organized terror in the Middle East with ISIS, the issues of the beginning of this century don’t seem so far away. And, of course, the very human questions of what makes families stick together in a frightening world seem even more important to ponder.

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PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA Located approximately 110 miles southeast of Los Angeles and 140 miles northeast of San Diego, Palm Springs lies on the western edge of the Coachella Valley within the Colorado Desert. At 487 feet above sea level, Palm Springs is bordered by the Little San Bernardino Mountains to the north, the Santa Rosa Mountains on the south, and the San Jacinto Mountains to the west. To the east of Palm Springs are several other desert cities including Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Indio, and Coachella.

Palm Springs averages more than 350 days of sunny weather. During the summer months, temperatures can reach upwards of 100째F. During the winter months, Palm Springs weather generates highs of 70째 and lows of 40째F. In 2004, the population in Palm Springs was estimated at 44,752 and doubled during the winter season.

In Jon Robin Baitz’s script, the play opens on Christmas Eve Morning in 2004. In Palm Springs on December 24, 2004, the weather was reported as a high of 64°F and a low of 43°F. By 1938, Palm Springs was known as the “playground of the stars.” Stars such as Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope ventured to Palm Springs to relax, socialize, and escape the press. For the stars, politicians, and business tycoons, Palm Springs provided a cloak of invisibility and reassurance. Likewise, the architecture in Palm Springs created a guarded oasis in which privacy was premium.

The backyards in Palm Springs became a spacious location for spectacular views and entertainment. Palm Springs is reported to have more swimming pools per capita than any other city in the world. Roughly, this would equal one pool for every four residents. Notably, Frank Sinatra famously had a heated pool built in his backyard in the shape of a piano.

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

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

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

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

Annual Campaign contributors as of January 26, 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 Ellen & Gary Fischer 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 24

FRIEND continued Treana A. Bowling Lynn Bresko David Brown & Barbara Levin Patty and Malcolm Brown Tom & Marie Brown Alex & Maureen Burns Nancy Cameron 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 Faye & Michael Collins 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 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 Gaffé 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 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 Judith & Cyril Harvey Hon. & Mrs. A. Robinson Hassell Angela Hays Dr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Hedgpeth Pat Hester Carolyn & Ed Hines Wes & Rose Hood

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

SUPPORT

TRIAD STAGE

FRIEND continued Cathy & Ray Owen Jill A. Painter Jackie Palmer & Robert Kilpatrick Caroline Panzer Dorothy Peters Roger & Nan Poplin Margaret Y. Price Mary Price Eleanor Procton Jesse Pugh Wendell & Phoenix Putney Fern Ragan Kathy Ramsay Kim Record Peter Reyher Susan & Thomas Rieke Sharon A. Rimm & Robert G. Muecke George & Bobbie Roberts William & Beverly Rogers Cary Root The Rose Family Margaret Rowlett & David Gilbert Debbie & Eugene Russell Lisa & John Saari Laurel & Greg Sanders Jim & Nancy Sands Dr. Cindy Wall Sarwi Rett Saslow & Kathryn Lochra Bill & Jayne Satterfield Beatrice Schall Bill & Barb Sharpe Lee & Mary Ellen Shiflett Sandra & Wayne Shugart Joyce & Bob Shuman William Sigona Judy & Irwin Smallwood Anne Smith David & Diane Smith Kathryn & R. C. Smith Susan L. Smith Beverly & Lawrence Snively Laurey Solomon Suci Sorensen Donna Speas Andy Stern & Judy Pellarin Bud & Jill Amidon Strickland Glenn & Marylou Strohl David Sullivan Janice & John Sullivan Joan Sullivan in loving memory of John L. Sullivan St. Matthews UMC First Fruits Ministry Peggy R. Tager Zee Tart E. B. & David Taylor Frieda Taylor Julie & Tom Taylor

FRIEND continued 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.

To learn about supporting Triad Stage through donations or sponsorship, please contact: Cedric Blue | Development Associate cedric@triadstage.org | 336.274.0067 ext. 214 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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Board of Trustees __________________

Triad Stage Staff (cont.) __________________

Officers

Development

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

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

Members at Large

Audience Services

Winston-Salem Advisory Council

Production

Sherry Barr, Director of Audience Services Justin Nichols, Box Office Manager Rachel Rutz, Assistant Box Office Manager Anna Lowe, Becky McLaughlin, Bonnie Pachasa, Alysa Rambo, Savannah Relos, Joseph Rollins, Amanda Wils, Box Office Associates Alysa Rambo, Joseph Rollins, House Managers Jessie Alexander Gulley, Carrie Miller, Lobby Bar Associates

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

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

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

Greensboro Advisory Council

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For “Other Desert Cities� ___________________

Triad Stage Staff __________________

Samantha Thompson, Assistant Stage Manager Joshua Waterstone, Assistant Director Victoria Singleton, Wardrobe Supervisor Adam Taylor, Light Board Operator Matthew Gulley, Sound Board Operator Sean Gray, Stage Manager

Artistic

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Administrative

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