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A young girl. A lost friend. A magical journey. by Preston Lane with original music by Laurelyn Dossett inspired by THE SNOW QUEEN by Hans Christian Andersen

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6 .................................... Welcome 7 ............................... Core Values 8 .................................... Our Story 11 ........................ The Production 12 .......................... The Company 18 ........................ Director’s Note 19..................... Composer’s Note 20 ........................ Program Notes 24 ........... Living Up to Our Name 29 ........................ Special Thanks 38 .................................. Sponsors 41 ..................... Facts and Fables 42 ..... Annual Fund Contributors 46 ................... The Pyrle Theater 51 ........................... Co-Founders 53 ....... Board of Trustees & Staff 57 ............................ House Rules 60 ................. Advertisers Listing

UP NEXT ON THE MAINSTAGE by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill FEBRUARY 9 – MARCH 2, 2014 Two lovers. A secret past. New beginnings. 3

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THE LUCKY SEASON / 2013 – 2014 The theater is a superstitious place. In a live art form where so much can go so terribly wrong, most actors have their own rites and rituals to hopefully placate the theater spirits and guarantee a good performance. And there are — of course — numerous rules that every artist knows. You never say the name of Shakespeare’s Scottish play inside a theater. You never whistle. Peacock feathers are forbidden. You never wish a performer “good luck.” And a light must always be left on in an empty theater. Fortunately, with so many superstitions guiding our behavior, theater artists have the great benefit that what is considered unlucky outside a theater is lucky inside. Walk under ladders and open your umbrellas, and nothing bad will ever happen. And since that is true, Triad Stage is thrilled to invite you to season 13. If you’re one of those people who avoid the dreaded number on Fridays, elevators or planes, you’ll be just fine as we welcome you to our luckiest season yet. And, of course, all of us at Triad Stage feel very lucky to get to share our stories with you.

Preston Lane Artistic Director

Richard Whittington Managing Director

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. 7

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.

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

The Grand Opening took place in January 2002 with Tennessee Williams’ modern classic Suddenly Last Summer. In 2008, Triad Stage finished a second round of renovations to the Pyrle. A scene shop annex was added in the basement. The top floor underwent major construction to create the 90-seat Upstage Cabaret performance space, the Sloan Rehearsal Hall and the studio and office facilities of WUNC Public Radio’s new Greensboro Bureau. In 2011, Triad Stage purchased a 30,000 square foot building near the Greensboro Coliseum Complex to serve as the theater’s new production facility, relocating its scene, costume and properties shops as well as its warehouse.

The Pyrle Theater, Greensboro

Hanesbrands Theatre, Winston-Salem

In 2013, with significant support from The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, Triad Stage announced a major expansion of programming to be produced at the Hanesbrands Theatre in downtown Winston-Salem. Now in its 13th 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 New York Drama League. Triad Stage has been voted the Triad’s “Best Live Theater” by the readers of the News & Record’s Go Triad ten years in a row and named “Professional Theatre of the Year” by the North Carolina Theatre Conference in 2003 and 2011. Its production of Tobacco Road was listed among the “Best of 2007” by The Wall Street Journal, its production of The Glass Menagerie was named “Best North Carolina Production of 2010” by Triangle Arts & Entertainment, and 2012’s production of Reynolds Price’s New Music trilogy was named among the “Best Productions” of the year in Triangle Theatre by Independent Weekly.

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Preston Lane Artistic Director

Richard Whittington Managing Director

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Written and Directed by Preston Lane Original Music and Musical Direction by Laurelyn Dossett Scenic Design by Howard C. Jones

Costume & Puppet Design by Bill Brewer

Lighting Design by Laura J. Eckelman

Sound Design by David E. Smith

Casting by Cindi Rush Casting

Stage Manager Emily J. Mails

Production Sponsors Cone Health Zuraw Financial Services Snow Queen was commissioned by Triad Stage. The play is performed without an intermission. Triad Stage • 232 South Elm Street • Greensboro • North Carolina 27401 11

Cast The Story Weaver ............................................................... Gayton Scott* Snow Queen .......................................................... Emily Gardner Hall* Gertie .................................................................................. Autumn Routt Cade ..................................................................................... Nick Saunders Sun Warrior / Ironweed / Lost / Whitetail Stag / Storm / Ensemble ................................. Ben Apple◊ Great Wind / Stranger Feller / Crow / Mountain Cat / Blizzard ............................................ Scott Pattison* Tall Tree / Crooked Creek / Wild Dreamon / Little Frona-Belle ................................. Amy Hamel*◊ Water Witch / Wild Dreamon / Aunt Mary-Pat / Chicken / Redbird ................. Cinny Strickland* Widow Mason / Black Eyed Susan / Wild Dreamon / Aunt Mona-Lee ................................... Dori Legg* Musician ......................................................................... Laurelyn Dossett Musician ............................................................................... Scott Manring Musician .................................................................................... Faye Petree Stage Manager .................................................................... Emily J. Mails* Setting The play takes place in the mountains, long, long ago. Songs The Winter of Ten Thousand Years Four Little Birdies in the Lonesome Pine Cade’s Lament Goin’ Where I Ain’t Never Been Before (Traditional*) Redbird Heart Hey Hey Summertime March of the Wild Dreamons Long Darkest Night *All songs by Laurelyn Dossett except as marked. 12

Gayton Scott * (The Story Weaver) Gayton is thrilled to be back at Triad Stage where she was last seen as Roma Avery in Reynolds Price’s New Music trilogy. Broadway: Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters directed by Sam Mendes, Present Laughter starring Frank Langella, The Women at The Roundabout. Off-Broadway: Bunty Berman Presents . . . and Abigail’s Party, both at The New Group directed by Scott Elliott. Regional: Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, Barrington Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, Long Wharf, Williamstown among others. Film/TV: Forbidden Love, P.S I love you, Law & Order: CI, As the World Turns, Guiding Light, Great Performances (PBS). Emily Gardner Hall * (Snow Queen) Triad Stage debut. Regional: Stockholm (Stageworks/Hudson, U.S. premiere). Film: Evelyn (NYU), Frank and Azalee Austin (NYU). Education: MFA, New York University. NYU: The Cherry Orchard, Restoration, Freedom House (world premiere), Macbeth, The Humans Are In Trouble, She Stoops to Conquer, All’s Well That Ends Well, All My Sons, Eurydice. Autumn Routt (Gertie) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2012). Regional/Local: Thoroughly Modern Millie (High Point Community Theater); The Hermit of Fort Fisher (Paramount Acting Company); Miracle on 34th Street (High Point Community Theater); Willy Wonka (Gallery Players); Les Miserables (Arts Alive). Nick Saunders (Cade) Triad Stage debut. Greensboro Children’s Theater: Puss in Boots. Greensboro Day School: Big Bad Musical, Pinnochio, Best of Both Worlds, Cinderella Kids, Peter Pan. Education: Greensboro Day School. Ben Apple ◊ (Sun Warrior / Ironweed / Lost / Whitetail Stag / Storm / Ensemble) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2012), The Illusion (2012). Regional/Local: Romeo and Juliet (NC Shakespeare Festival), Winnie the Pooh (NCTYP), Fashionistas (THTR 232). Other: Recent Tragic Events (2013), Long Christmas Ride Home (2013). Education: BFA Acting, UNCG 2014. Scott Pattison * (Great Wind / Stranger Fella / Crow / Mountain Cat / Blizzard)Triad Stage: My Fair Lady. West End: Starlight Express (Apollo Victoria Theatre). UK National Tours: Tommy, Oliver!. Regional: Blood Brothers (Walnut St.); Starlight Express (Vegas); Tommy (T.U.T.S., Houston, TX). Europe: Shakespeare & Rock n Roll (Berlin); Tommy (Offenbach). Film & TV: One Life to Live, MTV Host, Rollerjam, The Bill, Eastenders, Other: UK & US national commercials and voice-overs. Education: Redroofs Theatre School & College in Maidenhead, England, diploma in Theatre Arts. 13

Amy Hamel * ◊ (Tall Tree / Crooked Creek / Wild Dreamon / Little Frona-Belle) Triad Stage: Tennessee Playboy. Broadway: Cats (Bombalurina). National Tour: Cats (Demeter). Regional: As Thousands Cheer (Kravis Centre for Performing Arts); Where’s Charley?, Oklahoma!, The Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof (Royal Palm Dinner Theatre); Sugar Babies ( Jupiter Theatre); Fiorello!, Hair (Florida Repertory Theatre). Educational: Spamalot!, Top Girls, Crazy 8’s, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (UNCG), Judith of Bethulia, Noodle Doodle Box (Theatre 232). Education: MFA Acting Candidate, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. BA Theatre Arts, Palm Beach Atlantic University. Appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. Cinny Strickland * (Water Witch / Wild Dreamon / Aunt Mary Pat / Chicken / Redbird) Triad Stage: Steel Magnolias, Providence Gap, Beautiful Star (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). Other NC credits: 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. Dori Legg * (Widow Mason / Black Eyed Susan / Wild Dreamon / Aunt Mona-Lee) Triad Stage debut. Off Broadway: The Short Fall (Toy Box Theatre); Shaving the Pickle (Origin Theatre). Regional Theatre: August: Osage County, Enchanted April, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Pride’s Crossing (Fulton Opera House); The Women (Arena Stage); Noises Off, This Beautiful City (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Melissa Arctic, Great Expectations (Folger Shakespeare Theatre); Recent Tragic Events (Woolly Mammoth Theatre-Helen Hayes Nomination); The Diary of Anne Frank (Delaware Theatre); Barefoot in the Park (Two River Theatre); Season’s Greetings, Escape from Happiness (Round House Theatre); and Durang, Durang (Studio Theatre). Film: The Daft Penguin, El Camino, Double Negative, Guilty As Charged. Television: Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: CI, Homicide, As the World Turns, Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Scott Manring (Musician) is known for his fluency in many musical styles on a variety of stringed instruments. His thirty plus years of teaching include long associations with The Guitar Shop, David Sheppard Instruments, and currently String Studios. He has performed on nearly all local/regional stages. Festival performances include the Sacramento Jazzfest, Miami Art Deco Festival, Spoleto, MerleFest. Scott has also appeared in theater, with symphonies and on recordings. His work with Triad Stage includes Providence Gap, the world premiere of Bloody Blackbeard and the touring production, Blackbeard.

Faye Petree (Musician) Raised on the family farm in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Faye Petree (FayePetree.com) is mostly steeped in campfire jams of traditional Bluegrass music and has been awarded honors at multiple fiddle competitions. That, alongside classical training in small doses, experimental improv and her old soul, Faye is versed in Americana music of every genre. All of which has made for a unique mash and manifested appearances with countless acts across the universe. Faye has just released her first album, entitled GypsyFiddle, featuring her newly developed vocals and songwriting, laden with her familiar fiddle licks and a rendition of tradition. Read and share in her adventures at GypsyFiddle.com. In her down time, she enjoys yodeling, aeronautical pyrotechnics and walking waterfalls. Preston Lane (Writer / Director) is the founding Artistic Director of Triad Stage. See Preston’s full biography on page 51. Laurelyn Dossett (Composer / Musical Director / Musician) Singer/ songwriter Laurelyn Dossett has collaborated with Triad Stage’s Preston Lane on five plays featuring regional folklore and original music: Brother Wolf (2006), Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity (2006), Bloody Blackbeard (2008), Providence Gap (2010) and Snow Queen (2013). An adaptation of Bloody Blackbeard toured NC schools in 2009, and both Brother Wolf and Beautiful Star are published by Playscripts and have gone on to have professional productions in cities across the U.S. A song from Brother Wolf, “Anna Lee,” was featured on Levon Helm’s Grammy-winning record, Dirt Farmer, is included in the documentary film about Helm’s life, called Ain’t in it for my Health, and is featured on Levon Helm’s 2011 Grammy-winning CD Ramble at the Ryman. Her song “Leaving Eden” is the title track of the Grammy-nominated recording by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Commissioned by the North Carolina Symphony, Dossett and the symphony premiered her new song cycle, “The Gathering: A Winter’s Tale in Six Songs,” in November 2011. The accompanying CD, The Gathering, was released to critical acclaim, including top holiday picks from The Wall Street Journal, LA Times and USA Today. She spent much of 2012 in collaboration with classical/hip-hop violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), recording and touring The Collide. She is a founding member of the band Polecat Creek and has performed at Merlefest and on A Prairie Home Companion. She has toured with Diana Jones and Alice Gerrard, and premiered composer Kenneth Frazelle’s song cycle, “Songs in the Rear View Mirror” in 2010. Laurelyn has taught songwriting and singing at the Augusta Heritage Center as well as at many universities, workshops and festivals. She is the 2012 recipient of the Betty Cone Medal of Arts, the 2010 recipient of the North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship for songwriting, 2004 winner of the Chris Austin songwriting contest at Merlefest, and a 2010 fellow at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. She lives with her family in Greensboro, NC. Howard C. Jones (Scenic Designer) Triad Stage: My Fair Lady, New Music trilogy, A Christmas Carol, Around the World in 80 Days, Ghosts, Picnic, The Night of the Iguana, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Tobacco Road, Hedda Gabler (recipient of a World Stage Design 2005 15

honor), August Snow, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Matchmaker and A Streetcar Named Desire. Regional: Starlight Theatre, Goodspeed Opera, Missouri Repertory Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, American Heartland Theatre, Royal New Zealand Ballet and NC Shakespeare Festival. UNC School of the Arts faculty member since 1996. Prior to that, founder and owner of Cobalt Studios, an apprentice scene painting studio in upstate New York. Bill Brewer (Costume & Puppet Designer) Bill designs for theatre, ballet, opera, film and television across the country and abroad. Recently at Triad Stage: Wait Until Dark, Kingdom of Earth, Trouble in Mind, The Illusion, Ain’t Misbehavin’: The “Fats” Waller Musical Show, and New Music trilogy. United States: Berkeley Rep; Minnesota Rep; Pioneer Theatre Company; Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre; American Stage; Lucas Film; Sweeney Todd, starring Jean Stapleton; Peter Pan, starring Cathy Rigby. Abroad: ballet, contemporary dance and film in Paris; ballet in Milan; designs featured in World Stage Design and Prague Quadrennial exhibits. As a director and producer, Bill’s award-winning production of Side by Side by Sondheim ran in San Francisco for two years. Bill teaches costume design at UNCSA and is a member of United Scenic Artists 829. Laura J. Eckelman (Lighting Designer) Triad Stage debut. New York: Crave, Somewhere in the Pacific, Scenes from an Execution (PTP NYC), Evolution (Associate LD, 59E59). Regional: Romeo and Juliet, Bossa Nova (Yale Rep), Animals Out of Paper (Perseverance). Other: Associate Lighting Designer for Asphalt Orchestra; Assistant Professor of Drama at Washington College; guest designer at Connecticut College; S&R Washington Award, 2012. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama; BA, Middlebury College. www.laurajeckelman.com David E. Smith (Sound Designer) David is director of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts theatre sound design program. David spent eight years with the Royal National Theatre in London, England. Triad Stage: Tennessee Playboy, Trouble in Mind, The Illusion, A Doll House, Dial “M” for Murder, Masquerade, A Christmas Carol and The Glass Menagerie among others. Regional: Arena Stage, North Shore Music Theatre, Trinity Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Cape Fear Regional Playhouse. Local: Paper Lantern Theatre Company, Little Theatre of Winston-Salem. David was recently selected as a finalist in World Stage Design 2013 held in Cardiff, Wales, with music for four of the productions he composed for Triad Stage: Dial “M” for Murder, Oleanna, A Christmas Carol and A Doll House.

Denise Gabriel ◊ (Resident Movement Director) Triad Stage: 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. 16

Christine Morris * ◊ (Resident Vocal Coach) At Triad Stage since 2006. Other coaching includes A Thousand Clowns (starring Tom Selleck); Kudzu (with The Red Clay Ramblers); and Sheridan’s The Critic at American Players Theatre in Wisconsin. As an actor for Triad Stage: Taw Avery in New Music: Better Days; Cordie Grindstaff in Providence Gap; Mme. Pernelle in Tartuffe; various ladies & King George in Bloody Blackbeard. UNCG Theatre faculty. Member of Actors’ Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, and the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA). 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. Bryan Conger (Dramaturg) is the Artistic Associate at Triad Stage. Triad Stage directing credits include: My Fair Lady; tick, tick . . . BOOM!; A Christmas Carol (2011, 2012); The Mystery of Irma Vep; 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. UNCG: Sister Mary Ignatius . . . (THTR 232); Oklahoma!; Balm in Gilead and Blind Date. Education: MFA, UNCG. Bryan is currently on faculty at UNCG. Emily J. Mails * (Stage Manager) Triad Stage: 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), The America Play, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Oleanna, Bloody Blackbeard, Mad at Miles, The Santaland Diaries (20082011), Dracula (2008) and “MASTER HAROLD” ...and the boys. 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. * 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

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.

FROM THE WRITER & DIRECTOR I grew up longing for snow. My friends and I learned to read the clouds as they crept across the Blue Ridge, passionately debating their direction, color, speed and density to determine whether or not we would have to go to school the next morning. And the only greater joy than peering out the windows late at night to see flakes of white illuminated by the porch light was waking to a world of white, soft winter. It wasn’t just the thrill of missing math class, but the promise of a whole day of adventure in a familiar world suddenly transformed that made such holidays out of bad weather. My backyard descended sharply into a forest of rhododendron and pines, and a small creek wound through the valley at the bottom of the hill. The woods beyond that creek were wilderness as far as a child could explore. White and silent in a day of snow, they were a wondrous kingdom where the only color was the flash of a redbird wing. I remember once, in a long, long stretch of snow days, walking deeper into these winter woods — down the hill, across the creek, and up the mountain through the pines bowed low with the weight of ice and snow, finding myself as the dark crept not exactly sure where I was. The wonder began to shift to fear and I imagined myself wandering lost and lonely till the winter overcame me. At that moment, I saw a fox come out from between two crooked trees. It was the first and only fox I had seen in these mountains beyond my home and at first I wasn’t sure what it was. The fox stopped. I stopped. We stared at each other. The coming night halted. The only sound was my heart beating and the gentle whisper of snow. Then a pine branch cracked under the weight of ice and both the fox and I ran. I didn’t know where, just in the opposite direction the fox did. And I ran until I saw the lights of a neighbor’s house and then found my way home. As the fox and I stared at each other on a mountain ridge blanketed by snow, I like to imagine that we were not adversaries. We were, in that time, creatures in a new world, connected by the snow. It was all white and all silent and just us two, as if by magic. It is that moment I have tried to keep in mind as I set my imagination to transforming Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale to another time and another place.

FROM THE COMPOSER My parents moved from the deep south to the far north, and since I was four, I had to go with them. I went from being a girl flitting about in a red calico sundress to being a girl trapped in a stiff one-piece snowsuit, navy blue. My first St. Paul winter, my brother was born on a clear January day. I watched as my mother carried him up the front sidewalk: an aisle of white, five feet tall, shoveled high on either side of dry concrete. It was eight degrees below zero at noon. Later that same winter, I gleefully modeled my new off-season-bought bathing suit in those same drifts. I stayed outside in my bare feet longer than I should have. I walked to school carrying the ice skates I would need for recess, the playground a well-kept rink. I spent those few northern winters outside — or so my parents thought. Truth be told, I spent the winter in snow castles. It would start after the first few November street plowings — the mounds of new snow piled far higher than my head. I would dig a cave with the neighbor kids, keep it clear, and the weather and the snowplows cooperated to keep our secret forts intact through March. We built a labyrinth of antechambers, parlors and hiding places. Our make-believe world kept us warm. I grew up and became the mom who stayed inside and kept the dryer running, the fire burning and the soup boiling. I left the fun to the children. But the Snow Queen came calling, and I got to go outside and play again. I have walked through midnight at the top of a ridge — the sky so clear that the stars were reflected in the mirror of ice on the ground, the air so quiet and still that the very absence of sound was deafening. I have driven over mountain passes and met the snow clouds at the top, the sky suddenly obliterated by white, indistinguishable from the fields in the valley. I have walked through Appalachian forests after the blizzard of Hurricane Sandy dumped five feet of snow on blazing October leaves, sending giant oaks crashing down slopes, leaving riverbeds littered with dead timber. It was in one such ghostly cavern that I found the Snow Queen’s ice cave, and noticed how one little flicker of a redbird could wake a frozen heart. I return home to my soup and my fire, but I know I will continue to seek the secrets of the snow. I have a better coat now, and the fun isn’t just for the kids.

Hans Christian Andersen THE MAN BEHIND THE MAGIC

orn in 1805, Hans Christian Andersen’s love of fairy tales began with the bedtime stories his father would read. Tales filled with love, danger and destiny filling the young boy’s eyes with wonder and his heart with love. Andersen’s father understood the power of imagination and would conjure his own fantasies of their family lineage. He insisted that the humble family belonged to the highest echelons of society and should therefore act as royalty. This fantastical upbringing led Andersen to publish over 150 fairy tales during the course of his prolific career. He became one of the most beloved children’s authors of the nineteenth century.

The death of Andersen’s father marked the beginning of a long journey to discover his calling. Andersen was sent to boarding school and pursued careers as a banker, a doctor, and even a singer at the Royal Danish Theatre. That last career ended suddenly when Andersen’s voice dropped, robbing him of his beautiful soprano range. With few avenues left to pursue and years of emotional duress from failed endeavors to cope with, Andersen turned to pen and paper to continue his voyage. Andersen’s writings included works of poetry and novels, but it was his books of fairy tales that first brought him fame — beginning with the aptly named “Fairy Tales.” The Hans Christian Andersen Award is now among the most prestigious recognitions for children’s authors — an homage to the writer’s many classic fairy tales including “The Snow Queen,” “The Ugly Ducking,” “The Princess and the Pea,” “Thumbelina” and “The Little Mermaid.” These timeless tales survive Andersen long after his death in 1874 and continue to inspire the minds of children everywhere.

INSPIRING

IMAGINATIONS

fter nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Philip Pullman

he purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

— Brandon Sanderson

ike all great art, fairy tales both delight and instruct; their special genius is that they do so in terms which speak directly to children.

— Bruno Bettelheim

ou can do more with a castle in a story than with the best cardboard castle that ever stood on a nursery table.

— C. S. Lewis

airy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

— Neil Gaiman

he way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in.

— W. H. Auden

LIVING UP TO OUR NAME

When Rich Whittington and I founded our theater company over 13 years ago, we named it Triad Stage with the idea that it would be the premier regional professional theater serving the Piedmont Triad. We strive to honor the Triad in our name and welcome this opportunity to deepen our commitment to the region by creating professional theater especially for the Winston-Salem audiences in one of the region’s premier performance venues, Hanesbrands Theatre. For our first year in Winston-Salem, Triad Stage is presenting a diverse sampling of what we do best. First, the old and new collide in a reimagined production of Triad Stage’s classic holiday ghost story, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. In February, we present John Logan’s Red—a glimpse into the life of artist Mark Rothko set in his studio in the late 1950s. Finally, Brother Wolf will wrap up our inaugural season in Winston-Salem. This was the first collaboration between myself and Laurelyn Dossett, and we cannot wait to share this brand new take on a Triad Stage favorite with our new friends in the twin cities. We named our 13th season The Lucky Season. Little did we know how lucky we would become.

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Think you know all about Triad Stage? A few facts might surprise you.

FABLE: My ticket price covers the cost of the production. FACT: Ticket sales and services account for only 55% of our total budget; we depend on contributions for the remaining 45%. Your ticket price essentially covers just half of what you experience when you come to Triad Stage. If we had to survive on ticket sales alone, every seat to every performance would be at least $50 (our current average ticket price is $25).

FABLE: The productions at Triad Stage are touring shows created elsewhere. FACT: Each and every set, costume and prop is created right here in Greensboro. Triad Stage employs 16 full-time and 16 part-time professionals who see the show from inception to the stage. We also hire 247 actors, directors, designers and technicians during the season. These artists are both local talent and nationally recognized leaders in their field.

FABLE: Triad Stage will move to the new Performing Arts Center. FACT: Triad Stage owns and operates two buildings — the theater and

administrative offices at 232 South Elm Street and the Scene Shop on Holbrook Street. Triad Stage will continue to build, create and perform in these spaces as well as our new space in Winston-Salem at the Hanesbrands Theatre.

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Annual Campaign Contributors Triad Stage wishes to thank the following individuals, corporations and foundations who have contributed generously to our 2013-2014 Annual Campaign. Annual Campaign contributors as of October 30, 2013.

PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($10,000+) Clem & Hayes Clement Kathy Manning & Randall Kaplan Kyle Jackson, MD Linda & Tom Sloan Susan & Eric Wiseman The Honorable Aldona Wos & Mr. Louis DeJoy CENTER STAGE ($5,000–$9,999) Anonymous Lindsey & Frank Auman Betty & Jim Becher Joseph M. Bryan, Jr. Pat & Pete Cross Rob DaVanzo The John G.B., Jr. and Jane R. Ellison Family Foundation Haynes & Ginger Griffin

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LEGACY DONORS Anonymous Sylvia Samet Linda & Tom Sloan Martha & Harrison Turner Ruthie & Alan Tutterow Legacy Donors have made bequests in support of Triad Stage. 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 greatgrandchildren of the Kaplan family with whom she shared her love, wisdom and joy of life.

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Triad Stage Co-Founders Richard Whittington (Managing Director/CoFounder) 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.

Preston Lane (Artistic Director/Co-Founder) is in his 13th season at Triad Stage where he has directed over 35 productions. Preston is the recipient of the 2008 Betty Cone Medal of the Arts and is in his fourth year as the Artistic Partner for Theatre for An Appalachian Summer Festival. He was formerly Artistic Associate at the Dallas Theater Center, where his productions included 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).

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.

As a playwright, Preston’s adaptations have been produced at Triad Stage, Dallas Theater Center and Sonoma Rep. His work with musician Laurelyn Dossett includes Brother Wolf (Triad Stage, An Appalachian Summer Festival, The Human Race Theatre Company and St. Olaf College), Beautiful Star (Triad Stage and WaterTower Theatre), Bloody Blackbeard and Providence Gap. Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star and Ghosts are published by Playscripts Inc.

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 previously 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.

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 NCSA and his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

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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Audience Services Sherry Barr, Director of Audience Services Justin Nichols, Box Office Manager Amanda Waterhouse, Asst. Box Office Manager Teresa Clifton, House Manager Joseph Rollins, UpStage Cabaret House Manager Bonnie Pachasa, Rachel Rutz, Joseph Rollins, Box Office Associates Jenna McMillan, Carrie Miller, Bar Staff Janita Colbert, UpStage Cabaret Bartender

Officers Kathy E. Manning, Chair Mindy Oakley, Vice Chair Susan Schwartz, Vice Chair Tom Styers, Treasurer Holly Chambers, Secretary Alan Tutterow, Immediate Past Chair Linda Sloan, Founding Chair Preston Lane, Artistic Director Richard Whittington, Managing Director

Production Tim Kottyan, Production Manager Nick Rutz, Technical Director Emily J. Mails, Resident Stage Manager Eric Hart, Properties Master / Puppet Engineer Kathleen Ludwig, Costume Shop Manager Liz Stewart, Master Electrician Jonathan Fredette, Sound Supervisor Amanda Warriner, Lead Carpenter Andrew Landon Cutler, Wardrobe Supervisor Mary Beth Pazdernik, Stitcher / Rentals Coordinator Ariel Magno, Prop Assistant Najaya Ruffin, Sound Assistant

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Savannah Bowen, Sarah Pierce, Assistant Stage Managers Dave Early, Jamie Hunter, Thomas Williams, Carpenters William Gwyn, Assistant to the Director Jessica Holcombe, Scenic Artist Dani Keil, Assistant Director

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