ZACH Theatre: Evita Program Sneek Peek by ZACH Theatre

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EVITA

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Dave Steakley, Producing Artistic Director | Elisbeth Challener, Managing Director presents

MADELINE TRUMBLE in

Lyrics by

EVITA Music by

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

TIM RICE

Musical Supervision by

Directed and Choreographed by

ALLEN ROBERTSON

NICK DEMOS

†

SET DESIGN....................................................................................................................CHRISTOPHER ORAM COSTUME DESIGN............................................................................................................ COURT WATSON** LIGHTING DESIGN...........................................................................................................MICHELLE HABECK ORIGINAL PROJECTION DESIGN....................................................................... ZACHARY G. BOROVAY SOUND DESIGN...........................................................................................................................CRAIG BROCK PROPERTIES DESIGN..................................................................................................................SCOTT GROH HAIR AND MAKE UP DESIGN ............................................................................................SERRET JENSEN ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER........................................................................... KATHRYN WAGGONER STAGE MANAGER............................................................................................ CATHERINE ANNE TUCKER* ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS..................... MEGAN BARRETT* AND KAITLYN “KAT” KENNEDY

September 30 - November 1, 2015 • Topfer Theatre *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. † member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

** Member of IATSE 829.

Eric Copper

Gary and Karen Goldstein Dennis B. Karbach and Robert K. Brown Leading Sponsor

Executive Producers

Producers

Supporting Sponsor

Acknowledgements EVITA is presented through a special arrangement with R & H Theatricals, Inc. and Two Knights Rights Limited. www.rnh.com. ZACH Theatre operates under an agreement with Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States; ZACH Theatre is a Constituent Member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the prestigious association of professional theatres nationwide; and an organizational member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT).

The Cast

Madeline Trumble*

Andrew Foote*

Matthew Redden*

Paul Sanchez

Leslie Ann Leal

Roberto Araujo

Kate Brimmer

Celeste Castillo

Natalie Coca

Kyle Coughlin

Lauren Eicher

George E. Garza*

Nicolas Garza

Gustavo Gomez

June Julian

Michael Marchese

Collette Simmons*

Jackie Strubberg

Joseph Urick

Steve Williams

Lara Wright*

Cast of Characters Che........................................................................................................................................... ANDREW FOOTE* Eva................................................................................................................................... MADELINE TRUMBLE* Magaldi...................................................................................................................................... PAUL SANCHEZ Perón................................................................................................................................. MATTHEW REDDEN* Perón’s Mistress.................................................................................................................... LESLIE ANN LEAL Ensemble:........................................................................................... ROBERTO ARAUJO (Tango Dancer), KATE BRIMMER, CELESTE CASTILLO, NATALIE COCA, KYLE COUGHLIN, LAUREN EICHER, GEORGE GARCIA,* NICOLAS GARZA, GUSTAVO GOMEZ, JUNE JULIAN, MICHAEL MARCHESE, COLLETTE SIMMONS* (Dance Captain), JACKIE STRUBBERG (Tango Dancer), JOSEPH URICK, STEVE WILLIAMS, LARA WRIGHT* Youth Ensemble:..................................... TOSH ARORA, VERONICA BRITTON, CHRIS CARPENTER, SOFIA COOKLIN, EMILY GOOGINS, LILAH GUARAGNA, AVA MCDONALD, LUCY MCMAHON, CECILE MCWILLIAMS, JORDAN MENDELSON, MADISYN MORENO, MAHALIA SOL NORTON, ELLA PARKER, THEO RICHARD, ALLIE ROBINSON, ZACH STEINER, MADISON STUEVE, LUKE WEAVER

Standbys and Understudies

Standbys and understudies never substitute for players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. Understudy for Eva Peron: LAUREN EICHER • Understudy for Perón: JOSEPH URICK Understudy for Che: ROBERTO ARAUJO • Understudy for Peron’s Mistress: KATE BRIMMER Costumes originally designed by Christopher Oram. Costumes provided by Troika Entertainment Costume Shop, Glen Burnie, MD.

Orchestra Keyboard 1.........................................................................................................................ALLEN ROBERTSON Keyboard 2.............................................................................................................................SUSAN FINNIGAN Keyboard 3............................................................................................................................. ROB GREENFIELD Bass............................................................................................................................................... BRAD SHELTON Guitar.............................................................................................................................................BOB OVERTON Trumpet ..................................................................................................................................................DAVE LEE Trombone............................................................................................................................................. KEN MILLS Drums................................................................................................................................................ZACH YANEZ Percussion.......................................................................................................................................ARNIE YANEZ

Actors’ Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. actorsequity.org The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, or by camera phone, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices – such as cell phones, pagers, etc. – and refrain from texting and/or tweeting during the performance.

Season Sponsors

Season Underwriter

Summer Camp Presenting Sponsor Season Sponsors

Official Healthcare Sponsor of ZACH Theatre

Production and Community Education Sponsors

Topfer Family Foundation Davenport Village

Pierce Runnells Foundation

The Burdine Johnson Foundation Cord Shiflet, Realtor

Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation In Kind Support

Additional Funding

Media Sponsors

A Project of The Junior League of Austin

This project is supported in part by The Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

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Musical Numbers Act One A Cinema in Buenos Aires................................................................................................... Company Requiem................................................................................................................................ Company Oh What a Circus................................................................................................. Che and Company On The Night of a Thousand Stars...................................................................................... Magaldi Buenos Aires.......................................................................................................................Eva Duarte Goodnight and Thank You.............................................................................. Che, Eva and Lovers The Art of the Possible.............................................................................. Perón, Eva, and Colonels Charity Concert.................................................................................................................... Company I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You................................................................................Eva and Perón Another Suitcase in Another Hall...........................................................................Peron’s Mistress Peron’s Latest Flame...................................................................................Che, Eva, and Company A New Argentina............................................................................ Eva, Perón, Che, and Company

20-Minute Intermission Drinks from ZACH’s bar are welcome inside the theatre. Enjoy the staged photo area.

Act Two Éntr’acte................................................................................................................................Orchestra On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada.......................................................Perón, Che and Company High Flying Adored......................................................................................................................... Eva Rainbow High.................................................................................................................. Che and Eva Rainbow Tour................................................................................. Che, Eva, Perón, and Company The Chorus Girl Hasn’t Learned................................................................Eva, Che, and Company And the Money Kept Rolling In........................................................................... Che and Company Santa Evita..................................................................................................... Children of Argentina Waltz for Eva and Che.................................................................................................... Che and Eva You Must Love Me........................................................................................................................... Eva She is a Diamond................................................................................................. Officers and Perón Dice Are Rolling..................................................................................................Che, Peron, and Eva Eva’s Final Broadcast...................................................................................................... Che and Eva Montage.........................................................................Che, Magaldi, Eva, Perón, and Company Lament.........................................................................................................Eva, Che, and Mourners

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Directors Notes

Juan and Eva Peron on the balcony of the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires.

According to Evita-writers Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, “This is a story of people whose lives were in politics, but it is not a political story.” Che, our narrator and antagonist, opens the show and immediately describes what we’re about to see: “Oh, what a circus. Oh, what a show.” Lloyd Webber and Rice created a piece concerning the power of the media. Long before Sarah Palin or Hilary Clinton, Eva Perón was a woman who knew how to manipulate, all to her advantage. This pop opera reflects that desire for power and the ways Eva strategically moves ahead using media and the masses. Evita’s central conflict examines the real-life narrative of Eva and the public’s perception of her.

It’s about public perception versus reality and packaging the human as a product. What was Eva’s personal brand, product, and packaging? Those in the lower classes remembered the saintly woman who cared so deeply for them – “Santa Evita.” The upper crust saw her as an evil-doer – “The greatest social climber since Cinderella.” The musical asks Was she a sinner or a saint? Yet, the show never fully answers it. I have a long association with this musical. In my native Michigan, Evita was my first professional job. I later toured internationally with it and followed that with twelve productions either as an actor, choreographer, or producer. Yet, I have never directed a production! When Dave Steakley and I spoke of returning to ZACH with 42

Evita, I was elated. What perfect timing for exploration and examination of this internationally-acclaimed musical. In this election cycle, we are increasingly learning how the media plays a part in our perception of political figures. Evita taps into the distrust of politics and the media’s manipulation. It begs the questions Do we really know the people we elect to office? What is the truth and what is a fabricated circus show? So join us at the Casa Rosada, explore the powerful and passionate life of Eva Perón, and decide for yourself: saint or sinner. Either way, “oh what a show.” – Nick Demos

Who’s Who in the Cast MADELINE TRUMBLE (Eva) is thrilled to be making her ZACH Theatre debut in Evita. BROADWAY: Newsies. NATIONAL TOUR: Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins) and Wicked (Elphaba standby). REGIONAL: TUTS, Berkeley Rep, and three seasons at The Muny. Originally from Berkeley, California, Maddy holds a B.F.A in musical theatre from The University of Michigan.

and Dead Man Walking at Austin Lyric Opera; TexArts: Guys and Dolls ADDITIONAL. CREDITS: Soloist and choir member at Riverbend Church and Opera Group Margot. Paul also sings with different R&B and rock bands in the Austin area and sang background vocals for Prince, Elton John, Jay-Z, and Deltron 3030. LESLIE ANN LEAL (Peron’s Mistress) ZACH: Debut. OTHER THEATRE: Fame The Musical and Wish (musical workshop) at the University of Texas at Austin. Carrie the Musical and Chicago at Edinburg High School.

ANDREW FOOTE (Che) ZACH: Ragtime : Tateh (2013 B. Iden Payne award winner Best Actor in a Musical). NATIONAL TOURS: Les Misérables, Ragtime, Annie. STOCK/REGIONAL: Jean Valjean and others in Les Misérables at The Palace Theatre in NH, The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre in MO, The Fireside Theatre in Wisconsin (BroadwayWorld.com Award winner Best Actor in a Musical), Weathervane Theatre in NH, Riverside Theatre in FL, and Houston’s TUTS; Billis in South Pacific at The Gateway Playhouse in NY, Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre in MO; Footloose at the Trump Plaza, Atlantic City; Tomorrow in Jerusalem at the MTL Lab Theatre in NJ, as well as starring roles in Miss Saigon, Little Shop of Horrors, Aida, White Christmas, Chicago, and others at The Surflight Theatre in NJ. FILM/TELEVISION: Commercials for Nick JR., Diamond Commissary, and Training Videos for the CIA and NSA.

ROBERTO ARAUJO (Ensemble, Che u/s) ZACH: Xanadu, Les Misérables. REGIONAL: Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story at Sierra Repertory Theatre in Sonora, California; Singin’ In The Rain, Legally Blonde and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse; Fame - The Musical on tour in China. OFF-BROADWAY: Street Lights, Angelina Ballerina: The Very Merry Holiday Musical, Go West, Jackson Heights, 3am and Rachel. TELEVISION: 30 Rock. OTHER THEATRE: Aida at The Metropolitan Opera. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Photographer with exhibits in NYC and The Louvre Museum in Paris, France. KATE BRIMMER (Mistress u/s, Ensemble) ZACH: Speeding Motorcycle and Ragtime. OPERA: The Magic Flute (Spirit) at Austin Lyric Opera. FILM: Temple Grandin Thinking Pictures. OTHER THEATRE: Pippin, Footloose, Stone Soup, Tortoise & Hare, Into the Woods at SummerStock Austin; The Music Man and Annie (Kate) at Zilker Theatre Productions; The Wizard of Oz (Munchkin) at Bass Hall; Damn Yankees at the Paramount; Annie Get Your Gun (Jessie) at Georgetown Palace; The Music Man (Zaneeta) and Hello, Dolly! at Lake Travis High School; I’ll be Seeing You (mainstage), All Shook Up (Miss Sandra), and Little Mermaid (Flounder) at TexARTS. ZACH Performing Arts School: EADA, Free to Be You and Me, Just so, Steppin’ Out. OTHER CREDITS: ZACHTheatre’s Pre-professional Program.

MATTHEW REDDEN (Peron) ZACH: The Who’s Tommy; In the next room, or the vibrator play, White Christmas, Xanadu, Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, and The Drowsy Chaperone. REGIONAL: The Queen of Spades and Chorus! At Houston Grand Opera; Camelot at Masquerade Theatre; Cyrano de Bergerac, Othello, and A Christmas Carol at Alley Theatre; Design for Living at Main Street Theatre; The Secret Garden at Bayou City Musicals; Broadway Theatre Project 2004, directed by Ann Reinking. INTERNATIONAL: Karl May Festival in Germany. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: B.F.A in Musical Theatre from Sam Houston State University. PAUL SANCHEZ (Magaldi) ZACH: A Christmas Carol, The Who’s Tommy, Les Misérables, Speeding Motorcycle. OPERA: Turandot, Il Travatore, Mozart’s Idomeneo, Romeo and Juliet, Verdi’s Falstaff and 50 Year Celebration with Renee Fleming and Brian Tuttle at Houston Grand Opera; La Traviata, Turandot, Cosỉ fan tutti

CELESTE CASTILLO (Ensemble) ZACH: A Christmas Carol. OTHER THEATRE: HeathersThe Musical and Rocky Horror Picture Show with Doctuh Mistuh Productions, Oklahoma! and Little Shop of Horrors with Zilker Theatre 43

Who’s Who in the Cast Productions. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Feat Soloist with Ramin Karimloo, Broadway to Bluegrass. Bachelors of Music from University of Texas at Austin.

County Spelling Bee, The Importance of Being Earnest; Former Performer at SeaWorld San Antonio; Senior at The University of Texas at Austin pursuing a B.F.A. in Theatre Studies.

NATALIE COCA (Ensemble) ZACH: Debut. REGIONAL THEATRE: The Hot Mikado at Theatre Three. OTHER THEATRE: Curtains at Mainstage Irving, In the Heights and Into the Woods at Artes de la Rosa, Legally Blonde at Level Ground Arts. B.A. Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the Arts

GUSTAVO GOMEZ (Ensemble) ZACH: A Christmas Carol, The Three Little Pigs. FILM: All She Can (2011 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection), FUG Sweater. THEATRE: Spring Awakening, Jesus Christ Superstar, High School Musical, Bare, Into the Woods, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Man of La Mancha. COMMERCIALS: McDonald’s, Dominoes, HEB, and KFC. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Sam Houston State University, The Performing Arts Project, Company 2.

KYLE COUGHLIN (Ensemble) is very excited to be joining ZACH Theatre for Evita. Kyle is a recent graduate of Point Park University where he earned a B.F.A in Musical Theatre. REGIONAL: Footloose (Willard), Chicago (Amos), and Guys and Dolls (Nathan Detroit) with Summer Stock Austin; Chicago (Aaron) at Austin Playhouse; Cats (Skimbleshanks) and The Drowsy Chaperone (Gangster #2) at Repertory Company Theatre; and Singing In The Rain (Young Cosmo) and 9 to 5: The Musical (Josh) at Garland Summer Musicals.

JUNE JULIAN (Ensemble) ZACH: The King And I. REGIONAL THEATRE: Avenue Q at Austin Theatre Project; Iolanthe, The Mikado, and The Pirates of Penzance at The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin. OPERA: Rigoletto at Austin Lyric Opera; Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Rigoletto, and La traviata at Lyric Opera San Antonio; Abu Hassan, Little Women, Suor Angelica and The Medium at Spotlight on Opera. VOICEOVER: Aesop’s Fables by Cy Young. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: International Institute of Vocal Arts in Chiari, Italy. Young Artist at Lyric Opera San Antonio. B.A. in Music Theory from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

LAUREN EICHER (Ensemble) is thrilled to be working with ZACH Theater for the first time! Previous credits include Hello Again and The Libertine at the Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston, South Pacific at Reagle Music Theater, Twelfth Night with Perchance to Dream Theater, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Macbeth with Shakespeare Now!, and 1001 with Company: One.

MICHAEL MARCHESE (Ensemble) ZACH: Three Little Pigs (Bao). OTHER THEATRE: Les Misérables and A Chorus Line (Larry) at Tulane Summer Lyric.

GEORGE GARCIA (Ensemble) ZACH: Debut. REGIONAL THEATRE: A Chorus Line at Theatre Under The Stars. OTHER THEATRE: Once Upon a Mattress, Enron, Into The Woods, Fat Pig, Pirates of Penzance, and Hamlet at the Sam Houston State University Department of Theatre and Dance. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: B.F.A. Musical Theatre from Sam Houston State University.

COLLETTE SIMMONS (Ensemble and Dance Captain) ZACH: White Christmas. REGIONAL: Where’s Charley? at The Goodspeed Opera House, Heidi at The Arkansas Arts Center. BROADWAY: Mamma Mia! OFF-BROADWAY: After The Ball, Grease das Musical (European Tour). TELEVISON: Cinemax Has Crabs, Hello Kitty for Glico Chocolate. OTHER THEATRE: Good Vibrations, Ring Of Fire (Workshops), Tony Walton’s Hammerstein Award, Stephen Sondheim’s 75th Benefit, The Joys of Sex, Cinderella: A Rock-n-Roll Musical, Bye Bye Birdie, Swingtime Canteen, A Little Princess. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: M.A. Performance Studies from NYU; B.P.A. Dance Performance from Oklahoma City University; Certified Barre and classical Pilates Instructor.

NICOLAS GARZA (Ensemble) ZACH: Peter and the Starcatcher, A Christmas Carol. OTHER THEATRE: Esperanza Rising, In the Heights at The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Spring Awakening, West Side Story, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The 25th Annual Putnam 44

Who’s Who in the Cast JACKIE STRUBBERG (Ensemble) ZACH: Sophisticated Ladies; Red, Hot & Soul 2015. OTHER THEATRE: Hairspray and Saturday Night Fever at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines; The Nutcracker at The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College. OTHER: B.F.A. in Dance from S.U.N.Y, Purchase College Conservatory of Dance. JOSEPH URICK (Ensemble, Perón u/s) ZACH: A Christmas Carol (Christmas Future). OFFBROADWAY: Taming of the Shrew, Cinderella, The Tinderbox at the Frog & Peach Theatre. TOURS: Romeo & Juliet (Mercutio), Oedipus Rex (Messenger, Chorus). REGIONAL: RACE (Jack Lawson) at the Rose Theatre Co.; ROOMS: A Rock Romance (Ian), A Christmas Carol (Fezziwig, Christmas Future) at the Hippodrome Theatre; Taming of the Shrew (Tranio), Hamlet (Laertes) at the Classic Theatre of San Antonio; Into the Woods (Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince) at the Woodlawn Theatre. MFA Acting from University of Florida. EMC. AAC/SAFD. Joseph is excited to return to ZACH with this incredible cast and crew!

STEVE WILLIAMS (Ensemble) ZACH: Les Misérables, Ragtime (Harry Houdini), Rent (Benjamin Coffin III). REGIONAL THEATRE: Sleeping Beauty at the Vortex Repertory Theatre; Disney’s Beauty and The Beast, Lend Me a Tenor, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Evita at Georgetown Palace Theatre. OTHER THEATRE: Our Town, Incident at Vichy and Blood Brothers with Trinity Street Players. Steve has studied voice with Adam Roberts. LARA WRIGHT (Ensemble) ZACH: A Christmas Story (Miss Shields), White Christmas (Rita), Xanadu (Calliope), Rent, The Drowsy Chaperone (Kitty), The Rocky Horror Show (1999). REGIONAL: Man of La Mancha, Triumph of Love (Corine) at Austin Playhouse; Bethany (Crystal) at Theatre En Bloc; A Kid Like Jake (Alex) at Half and Half Productions; Grease (Rizzo), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey) and Wait Until Dark (Suzy). OTHER CREDITS: Gypsy (Tessie Tura) at Southwestern University, Graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYC.

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The Youth Cast

White Cast (L-R) Zach Steiner, Cecile McWilliams, Chris Carpenter, Emily Googins, Jordan Mendelsen, Madisyn Moreno, Mahalia Sol Norton, Tosh Arora, Madison Stueve.

Blue Cast (L-R) Veronica Britton, Allie Robinson, Lucy McMahon, Sofia Cooklin, Theo Richard, Ella Parker, Ava Mcdonald, Lilah Guaragna, Luke Weaver.

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The Artistic Staff

Nick Demos

Megan Barrett*

Craig Brock

Scott Groh

Michelle Habeck

Serret Jensen

Kaitlyn “Kat” Kennedy

Allen Robertson

Catherine Anne Tucker

Kathryn Waggoner

Court Watson**

UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS LOCAL 829

A national theatrical labor union and professional association of Designers, Artists and Craftspeople.

About the Artistic Staff ers, The Texas Music Educators Association, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the National Association of Parenting Publications for his contributions to the arts.

NICK DEMOS (Director/Choreographer) ZACH: Director/Choreographer of White Christmas and Xanadu, Director of The Drowsy Chaperone, Musical Staging of Ragtime. NYC: Spring Alive (Dixon Place), Aiding and a Bedding (Primary Stages), The Pool (Theater for the New City), Rainbow Around the Sun (NYMF), Kids in America (Triad), Songs of Spirit (Joe’s Pub). FILM: Policy of Truth, (LA Indie Film Festival; ReelHeART International Film Festival, Toronto; Beverly Hills Film Festival; SoHo International Film Festival; Dead Center Film Festival, among others). Current directing projects include the musicals American Siddhartha (co-book writer), Makeover by Darrah Cloud and Kim Sherman; The First Gentleman by Bret Simmons and David Howard; the documentary Invisible: Fribromyalgia (also writer) and the web series HAG (also writer). Nick is the Executive Director of One Healing Arts Company, a company dedicated to the holistic development of artists. From 2000-08 he was the Artistic Director of Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma where he directed and choreographed numerous productions, including Chicago starring Debbie Gibson; Hello, Dolly! starring Sally Struthers; and Oklahoma! starring Kelli O’Hara and Will Chase. BROADWAY PRODUCER: Memphis (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards). OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCER: Vanities and Inventing Avi. LONDON’S WEST END PRODUCER: Memphis (Olivier nomination) Make Me a Song. He was also a producer for the First National Tours of both The Drowsy Chaperone and Memphis and Producer of the film Policy of Truth. Proud member of SDC, the union for professional directors and choreographers. www.nickdemos.net. Follow on Twitter @NickDemos and Instagram @NickMDemos.

MICHELLE HABECK (Lighting Design) ZACH: Sophisticated Ladies; The Gospel at Colonus; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; Mad Beat Hip & Gone; 33 Variations; Xanadu; and Dividing the Estate. BROADWAY: Slide Artist, Thoroughly Modern Millie; Associate Lighting Designer, The Boy from Oz, King Hedley II, and Movin’ Out. OPERA: Un Ballo In Maschera and The Elixir of Love for Austin Opera; Associate Lighting Designer, Julie Taymor’s Grendel. REGIONAL and OFF BROADWAY: Her freelance career as a lighting designer has been seen at many of the nation’s leading regional theatres including Lucillle Lortel Theatre, The Steppenwolf, The Goodman, The Alliance Theatre Company, Centerstage Baltimore, Seattle Children’s Theatre, The Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, and many others. Michelle is faculty at The University of Texas at Austin. COURT WATSON (Costume Design) ZACH Theatre: Gospel at Colonus. Recent credits include Spelling Bee, Liberty Smith, and Little Shop of Horrors at Ford’s Theatre, Annie, The Sound of Music, Jonny spielt auf, Frau Luna, and The Nutcracker at the Salzburg Landestheater, Man of La Mancha at Central City Opera, King for a Day and Annie Get Your Gun at the Glimmerglass Festival, Tales of Hoffman in Beijing, Rockville and Hairspray for the Munich Deutschestheater, Jekyll & Hyde and West Side Story for Theater Magdeburg, as well as Sea Lion High, Azul, and O Wondrous Night for SeaWorld, and Roll Out the Barrel, London Rocks, Scrooge No More, and Monster Stomp for Busch Gardens Williamsburg. His watercolors have been exhibited in New York’s Leslie-Lohman Gallery and published in 100 Artists of the Male Figure. He holds an MFA from New York University. www.courtwatson.com. Member of IATSE 829.

ALLEN ROBERTSON (Musical Supervisor) is a two-time Emmy Award®-winning musical director, composer, writer, actor, and director. He has worked on hundreds of productions nationally and internationally - including 23 years of shows at ZACH. Off Broadway: Radio City Music Hall; The Flaming Idiots. He has recorded for Disney Records, and many television and radio commercials. He is a writer/composer of 12 musicals, 60 television episodes, 2 film scores, and a ballet. He has been recognized by the Texas Legislature, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publish-

CRAIG BROCK (Sound Design) is ZACH Theatre’s Resident Sound Designer, in addition to working as a recording engineer and music producer since 1989. ZACH THEATRE: Sophisticated Ladies; Mothers and Sons; All the Way; Peter and the Starcatcher; A Christ49

About the Artistic Staff Ladies, All the Way, Peter and the Starcatcher, A Christmas Carol, The Gospel at Colonus, Les Misérables, One Night with Janis Joplin, Mad Beat Hip & Gone, White Christmas, Next to Normal, and Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins to name a few, as well as many special events. REGIONAL THEATRE: Much Ado About Nothing at Austin Shakespeare Festival and Cyrano de Bergerac at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. OFF BROADWAY: Lapsburgh Layover and Be a Good Little Widow with Ars Nova; I Never Sang For My Father with Keen Co.; and Sparkling Object with Canal Park Playhouse. OTHER CREDITS: Production Assistant for The Daily Show with John Stewart, Special Events Manager for NAAP, Dusty Film Festival and Ars Nova Benefit.

mas Carol; The King and I; The Who’s Tommy; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; The Gospel at Colonus; A Christmas Story; Les Misérables; Sandra Bernhard in Concert; 33 Variations; One Night with Janis Joplin; Megan Hilty in Concert; Harvey; Mad Beat Hip & Gone; Tru; White Christmas; Ragtime; Xanadu; The Laramie Project; The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later; Next to Normal; Rent; Metamorphoses; The Drowsy Chaperone; Becky’s New Car; Our Town; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Love, Janis; The Grapes of Wrath; Let Me Down Easy; Shooting Star; Caroline, or Change; The Clean House and Porgy and Bess. SCOTT GROH (Properties Design) is ZACH Theatre’s Resident Properties Designer and created prop designs for Mothers and Sons, All the Way, Peter and the Starcatcher, A Christmas Carol, A Year with Frog and Toad; The Who’s Tommy; Pinocchio; The Gospel at Colonus; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; A Christmas Story; This Wonderful Life; Les Misérables, and One Night with Janis Joplin. NATIONAL TOURS: Fiddler on the Roof, Blast!, All Shook Up, and Arthur Live! REGIONAL THEATRE: Tuacahn Amphitheatre, The Lost Colony, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, SeaSide Music Theatre, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Porthouse Theatre.

MEGAN BARRETT (Assistant Stage Manager) Megan is thrilled to be returning to ZACH this season. ZACH: In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play; The Who’s TOMMY; A Year with Frog and Toad; The Three Little Pigs; All the Way; Gospel at Colonus; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. OTHER THEATRE: The Invention of Love at Austin Shakespeare; Blood Brothers, The Merry Wives of Windsor at Texas Shakespeare Festival; Into the Woods, The Fantasticks at Western Playhouse; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Annie, Cinderella, at Jenny Wiley Theatre; Much Ado About Nothing at AMDA – LA. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Megan holds an M.F.A. in Stage Management from CalArts, and a B.S in Theatre from Lamar University. Megan is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

SERRET JENSEN (Hair and Makeup Design) Mothers and Sons; Peter and the Starcatcher; A Christmas Carol; The King and I; The Who’s Tommy; The Gospel at Colonus; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; A Christmas Story; Les Misérables; Mad Beat Hip & Gone; 33 Variations; Spring Awakening; Love, Janis. Originally from Houston, Texas, she has been the resident designer for The Alley Theatre, Divergence Vocal Theatre, body suspension group C.o.R.E., and several other local performance art groups and children’s theatres. Since beginning her career in 1995, she has worked on numerous productions with Houston Grand Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Houston Ballet, Theater Under the Stars, and the Society of Performing Arts, as well as several national touring shows.

KAITLYN “KAT” KENNEDY (Assistant Stage Manager) ZACH: Harvey, PPC: Heartbeats, Romeo & Juliet, There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom. OTHER THEATRE: Murder on the Rails at Penfold Theatre, Little Shop of Horrors at Zilker Hillside, Into the Woods, Arabian Nights, and Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Legally Blonde, Hecuba, and Midsummer Nights Dream, World Goes ‘Round, Musical Review at Baylor University. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: B.F.A. Theatre Design and Technology from Baylor University. KATHRYN WAGGONER (Associate Choreographer) Kathryn has trained professionally all over the country. Her love for dance and choreography started at a local studio in Austin, and grew once she began training and teaching at Ballet Austin. During college,

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About the Artistic Staff Lights, and ABC’s My Generation. Currently residing in New York City, Kathryn trains with Broadway Dance Center and assists various choreographers on dance/production projects in the city. She is very excited to be back in her hometown, working on another show as Nick Demo’s associate. She thanks her family for all of their continued love and support throughout her life and her career.

Kathryn was selected to be a protégé dancer with the touring Pulse On Tour dance convention in Los Angeles dancing under Wade Robson and Tyce Diorio. After college, Kathryn was offered an internship with The Pulse in New York City and began working as a dancer and a production assistant for PTC Productions. Her performer credits include: MTV, ABC Family’s The Lying Game, ,NBC’s Friday Night

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ZACH Theatre 2015-16 Season EVITA

BUYER AND CELLAR

Through November 1

June 8 - August 14

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Tim Rice Musical Direction by Allen Robertson Directed by Nick Demos

Written by Jonathan Tollins Directed by Nat Miller

Alex, a struggling Hollywood actor, takes an outrageous job working in Streisand’s Malibu Barbra dream house in an underground mall housing her showbiz collections. This giddily hilarious one-man play will have you doubledover laughing, proclaiming “it’s like butta!”

The seven-time Tony Award®-winning musical Evita tells of Argentinian First Lady Eva Peron’s passionate and unforgettable true story through some of theatre’s most beautiful songs, including the unforgettable “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina.”

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s

MARY POPPINS

TRIBES

July 20 - September 4

January 27 - February 28

A musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film Original music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Book by Julian Fellowes New songs and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe Directed by Dave Steakley Musical Direction by Allen Robertson Choreography by Robin Lewis Starring Jill Blackwood as Mary Poppins and Matthew Redden as Bert

Written by Nina Raine Directed by Dave Steakley

As the only deaf member of his sharp-tongued British family, Billy has spent much of his life feeling out of place. This provocative and touching play is as much about the tyranny of language, as it is about the challenge of not being able to hear it.

ANN

April 6 - May 15

Everyone’s favorite, practically perfect nanny, Mary Poppins, soars into the Topfer Theatre. Dave Steakley and the creative team who brought you The Who’s Tommy and A Christmas Carol will reinvent this beloved musical into a new production – jam-packed with unforgettable theatrical magic!

Written by and Starring Emmy-winner and Tony®Award-nominee Holland Taylor

Tough as nails. Funny as hell. Ann brings our brassy blue Governor Ann Richards back to vivid life in a tour-de-force performance.

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

June 1 - 26

Written by Richard Bean Songs by Grant Olding Directed by Abe Reybold

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It’s the Swingin’ Sixties and the easily-confused Francis Henshall attempts to keep his two employers from meeting and learning of his dual-employment. This Tony Award®-winning comedy is a laugh-out-loud satirical romp.

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Theatre For Families 2015-16 Season WINNIE THE POOH

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

September 18 - December 12

February 19 - April 20

Adapted by le Clanche du Rand Music by Allan J. Friedman Lyrics by A.A. Milne and Kristin Sergel

Book by Timothy Allen McDonald Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Based on the book James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Directed and Choreographed by Abe Reybold

Join Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, and Rabbit for a fun, musical adaptation of the beloved Winnie the Pooh stories.

Based on Roald Dahl’s beloved book, James and the Giant Peach is a charming, family musical ripe for the picking.

HOLIDAY HEROES

December 19

Written by Shaun Branigan and Jerome Schoolar

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

In this hilariously fun sing-along, students get into the holiday spirit, celebrating the season with singing, laughter, and good cheer for all.

March 4 - May 14

Written and Directed by Gabrielle Reisman and Katie Bender

TOMÁS AND THE LIBRARY LADY

GO! Journey down the rabbit hole in this immersive campus-wide adventure of Alice in Wonderland. A new adaptation by Underbelly in partnership with ZACH’s Theatre For Families.

January 22 - February 20 Written by José Cruz González Based on the book by Pat Mora

A chance encounter brings Tomás, the son of migrant farm workers, to a local library where he meets a librarian who recognizes his thirst for knowledge and encourages him to read.

Naughty or Nice Mainstage Extras THE SANTALAND DIARIES

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

November 25 - December 27

By David Sedaris Adapted for the stage by Joe Mantell Directed by Abe Reybold Starring Martin Burke, Meredith McCall and Jason Connor

By Charles Dickens Adapted and Directed by Dave Steakley Musical Direction by Allen Robertson Choreography by Christa Oliver Starring Harvey Guion and Michael Valentine

Don’t miss the hilarious Martin Burke as the irreverent elf Crumpet. And to kick off the evening, chanteuse Meredith McCall and Martin present a sensational all-new cabaret show. This merrily subversive and laugh ‘til you cry evening will delight adult audiences.

The most popular show in ZACH’s history returns to rock in the holidays! ZACH’s inspired adaptation of Dickens’ classic juxtaposes a Victorian setting and period costumes, with a modern, musical score that spans genres and eras. 53

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ZACH Leadership DAVE STEAKLEY (Producing Artistic Director) – Now in his 25th season, Dave is dedicated to creating a theatre of, by and for Austin – a place where our entire community gathers to share an intimate and extraordinary theatre experience. Led by Dave’s vision, the creation of the Topfer Theatre came to fruition, opening in October 2012 with the acclaimed musical Ragtime. Anna Deavere Smith says, “Dave is the future. The YES in his theater’s walls is as palpable as the walls themselves. That YES, I believe, will lead to something brand new, to connect with a broader, more global audience.” With Dave as artistic leader, ZACH has produced multiple World Premieres by Anna Deavere Smith, Steven Dietz, Jaston Williams, Everett Quinton, John Walch, Allen Robertson and The Flaming Idiots. ZACH served as the Central Texas hub of the nationwide 365 Plays/365 Days Festival by Suzan-Lori Parks. Dave created the first bilingual adaptation of Webber and Rice’s musical Jesucristo Superstar, and set The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans with a jazz/R&B reinvention, which received national acclaim from The New York Times and about which Todd Gershwin says, “It was Dave’s creative production of Porgy and Bess that really opened my eyes to the need to finally allow a creative team to interpret the opera in a fresh manner, which led to the recent Broadway production.” Dave has directed many ZACH productions, and some favorite experiences include: Mothers and Sons, All the Way, A Christmas Carol: A Rockin’ New Musical, The Who’s Tommy; The Gospel at Colonus; Harvey; 33 Variations; Ragtime; Next to Normal; Hairspray; August: Osage County; Rent; Metamorphoses; Our Town; Caroline, or Change; The Clean House; Take Me Out; I Am My Own Wife; Urinetown; Crowns; Omnium-Gatherum; Hedwig; Jelly’s Last Jam; The America Play; Dreamgirls; Angels In America and the first professional repertory production of The Laramie Project, and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. His regional directing credits include Actors Theatre of Louisville, New Stage Theatre, American Heartland Theatre, WaterTower Theatre, and Pittsburgh’s City Theatre. He is the playwright of ZACH’s A Christmas Carol, Rockin’ Christmas Party, and Keepin’ It Weird, featured on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and American Theatre. Dave serves as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. City of Austin Mayors Kirk Watson and Lee Leffingwell declared, respectively, May 18, 2001 and October 22, 2011 as “Dave Steakley Day” on the occasion of his 10th and 20th ZACH Anniversaries. He is the recipient of the 2015 First Tee of Greater Austin Courtesy Award, the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Austin Visibility Award, 2010 Kick Ass Award, 2005 Austin Circle of Theaters’ “Outstanding Contribution to Austin Theatre” Award, seven Austin Chronicle “Best of Austin Best Stage Director” awards, the 2000 Austin Under 40 Outstanding Arts & Entertainment Award, and multiple Austin Critics’ Table and B. Iden Payne Awards for “Outstanding Director/Choreographer.” In 2009, he was crowned Austin Dancing with the Stars Champion, and he has a cameo in Richard Linklater’s 2012 film Bernie with Jack Black.

ZACH Leadership

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Elisbeth Challener (Managing Director) joined ZACH Theatre as Managing Director in June of 2007, with responsibility for strategic planning, management, finances, marketing, and fundraising for the organization. Under Elisbeth’s leadership, ZACH successfully designed, built and opened the new Topfer Theatre, which has won significant awards and widespread acclaim completing the largest capital campaign in ZACH’s history. In August ZACH celebrated the successful conclusion of the $23.5M campaign! Other accomplishments during her seven years at ZACH include creating a new multi-year strategic plan that will move the organization into the next phase of its significant expansion, increasing revenue from single ticket sales by 79 percent and increasing revenue from season ticket sales by 139 percent. At a time when many arts organizations in Austin and around the nation have been struggling, ZACH has grown its operating budget from $3 million to $8 million dollars and has operated “in the black” throughout Elisbeth’s tenure. Elisbeth has led her team in developing innovative new offerings on ZACH’s expanded campus including full-service bars and nightly pre-show entertainment; an exclusive skyline lounge in the Topfer Theatre for donors; and making the theatre available as a red-carpet venue for SXSW, The Daily Show, as well as other major community events. Last year, ZACH proudly launched The Dave Steakley Dream Fund designed to enhance the artistic vision of ZACH’s Producing Artistic Director and to maintain production quality and the facility needs of ZACH’s Topfer Theatre and campus. Before moving to Austin, Elisbeth was Executive Director of Montalvo Arts Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. She led Montalvo’s growth from a small, community-based organization into a major presenting venue and home to an internationally acclaimed artists’ residency program. During nearly two decades at Montalvo, her other accomplishments included increasing ticket sales from less than $500,000 to more than $4 million, expanding the patron base from 6,000 to 80,000 and raising more than $20 million for capital projects. Earlier in her career, Elisbeth served as Administrative Director for the San Francisco Boys Chorus, Education/Outreach Director of the Fairmount Theatre of the Deaf and as department chair and faculty member of the performing arts department of The Purnell School in New Jersey. Elisbeth graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts in Drama and Musical Theatre. She attended the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program, The Center for Excellence in Nonprofit Management Leaders Institute in San Jose, California and served in leadership roles for the American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley, Saratoga Rotary Club and the Arts Council of Silicon Valley. Elisbeth currently serves on the Board of Directors and is Development Committee Chair of the National Alliance of Musical Theatre in New York, and has served on NAMT’s Festival of New Musicals Committee and Executive Committee. She has been a panelist for The Houston Arts Alliance, City of Austin, National Alliance of Musical Theatre, and Theatre Communications Group. Elisbeth has always had a passion for the theatre and performed for many years in summer stock, dinner theatre and semi-professional productions on the East Coast and in California. 55

Evita Production Technicians and Crew COSTUMES Costume Design Intern...................................................................................................................................... Madison Cagle Stitchers....................................................................................... Alana Anthony, Jennifer Ball, Emily Eoff, Lisa Georing Sally Hall, Brandy Lee Harris Desiree Humphries, Regina Lewis, Karen Mendenhall Tailor.......................................................................................................................................................... David Samuel Menkes Drapers..................... Colin Davis Jones Studios, Wayne Fowks, Lauren K. McLoughlin, David Samuel Menkes Lead Wardrobe Technician............................................................................................................................................Sally Hall Wardrobe Technicians............................................................................ Kelsey Buerger, Madison Cagle, Sari Gessner Wardrobe Intern........................................................................................................................................... Roxanne Rohmann SCENIC Carpenters........................ Erin Collopy, Kyle Etzel, Oliver Freeman Tom Lucenti, Dennis J. Riley, Kevin Squires Stage Crew Chief/Flame Effects and Special Effects Operator....................................................... Taylor Novak Stage Technicians.................................................................................................................. Justin Cole, Chris Dominguez PROPERTIES Properties Artisans............................................................................................................Nathan Rapport, Marshall Tosko ELECTRICS Lead Electrician.......................................................................................................................................................Nick Swanson Electricians........................................................................................................Joel Britt, Sadie Langenkamp, Ryan Logue Electricians..................................................................................................................................Jorge Castro, Patrick Anthony Light Board Operator............................................................................................................................................... Ryan Logue Lighting Technicians................................Rachel Dunk, Sadie Langenkamp, Jordan Mersberger, Kandrea Wade Video Programmer................................................................................................................................................... Eliot Haynes SOUND Lead Audio Engineer.......................................................................................................................................Andrew Twenter Audio Technicians ..................................................................................................................Pete Martinez , Corinne Mears COMPANY MANAGEMENT Production Assistant..............................................................................................................................................Haley Broome Child Actor Coach...................................................................................................................................................Kevin Squires

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ZACH Staff ARTISTIC AND PRODUCTION Producing Artistic Director.................................................................................................................................Dave Steakley Associate Artistic Director.................................................................................................................................... Abe Reybold Director of Production...................................................................................................................................................Paul Flint Assistant Production Manager.......................................................................................................................Erin Solemsaas Technical Director...............................................................................................................................................Robert Richoux Assistant Technical Director...........................................................................................................................Austin Manning Production Coordinator...................................................................................................................................T. Scott Wooten Lighting Supervisor.....................................................................................................................................................Matt Webb Audio Supervisor........................................................................................................................................................ Craig Brock Lead Electrician.......................................................................................................................................................Nick Swanson Properties Master..........................................................................................................................................................Scott Groh Scene Shop Foreman................................................................................................................................................. Luke Wenz Scenic Charge..............................................................................................................................................................J. Aaron Bell Costume Shop Manager............................................................................................................................................Blair Hurry Assistant Costume Shop Manager...........................................................................................................Brandy Lee Harris Wardrobe Supervisor.......................................................................................................................... Christina Montgomery

EDUCATION Education Director.........................................................................................................................................................Nat Miller Performing Art School Manager............................................................................................................................. Chad Dike Pre-Professional Manager............................................................................................................Jennifer Young Mahlstedt Education Associate....................................................................................................................................... Kate Shaw-Nappi

ADMINISTRATIVE Managing Director........................................................................................................................................Elisbeth Challener Executive Administrative Coordinator...........................................................................................................Renelle Bedell Associate Director of Development......................................................................................... Kimberly Theodore Sidey Individual Giving Manager...........................................................................................................................................Jess Valle Special Events Manager................................................................................................................................ Cathleen Berdan Individual Giving Assistant............................................................................................................................Brittney Woolley Development Assistant........................................................................................................................................ Liana Putrino Office Assistant.........................................................................................................................................................Shannon Fox Finance Director....................................................................................................................................................... Linda Wilson Accounting and Budget Specialist....................................................................................................... Lakeisha Van Buren Accounting and Budget Specialist.......................................................................................................................... Jeff Taylor Accounting and Human Resources Assistant....................................................................................................Christi Zay Tessitura Database Administrator & IT Support..............................................................................................Greg Garcia Chief Marketing & Community Engagement Officer....................................................................... Rachel Applegate Public Relations Manager.................................................................................................................................... Lauren Lovell Art Director.....................................................................................................................................................................Rona Ebert Digital Media & Marketing Communications Specialist..............................................................Michael Ferstenfeld Director of Facility Operations & Patron Services..................................................................................Amanda Adams Lead Events Manager....................................................................................................................................Keri-Dawn Solner Box Office Manager....................................................................................................................................................Daryl Jones Assistant Box Office Manager................................................................................................................................... Ali Jaynes Group Sales Associate............................................................................................................................................Alyson Mintz Box Office Associates................................... Lauren Baxter, Olivia Faires, Shannon Fox, Daniel Lonzo, Kim Stacy Priority Seating Manager............................................................................................................................Bette Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Callaghan Priority Seating Representatives.............................................................Alyson Mintz, Cory Powell, Danielle Bower, Josie Pardo, Leigh Anne Smith, Troy Milstead Patron Services Manager.........................................................................................................................................Kyle Sigrest House Managers.........................................................................................Dee Castillo, Kendra Dobson, Kathy Garrett, Terri Housworth, Ernestina Martinez, Janie Paez, Kim Stacy Food and Beverage Manager..............................................................................................................................Adam Swank Bartenders.....................................................Chris Smith, Will Phillips, Ben Grimm, Nate Bortmas, Jessica Hovind, Hannah Hagar, Iggy Mwela, Matt LeMond, James Taylor Facilities Manager.................................................................................................................................................... Steve Woods Assistant Facilities Manager............................................................................................................................. Andrew Clarke Facilities Crew............................................................................................. Brian Bodkin, Scotty Mominee, Leon Presley 57

ZACH Theatre Board of Trustees EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

TRUSTEES

Mindy Ellmer, President Legislative Consulting

Sergio Alcocer, Latinworks Janet K. Baxter, Janet K. Baxter Oil & Gas Larry Connelly, Trustee Eric Copper, Austin Portfolio Real Estate Aaron Day, Texas Land Title Association Derrick Evans, Freescale Semiconductor Jay Fox, Baylor Scott & White Health Donn Gauger, Falcon Insurance Agency Inc. Deborah Green, Trustee Cindy Greenwood, Austin Portfolio Real Estate Kathleen Guion, Trustee Wendy Harvey, The Arbor Michael Heidler, Vinson & Elkins LLP Nestor Ho, Silicon Labs Dan Jackson, Trustee Barbara Krings, Trustee Carmen Luevanos, Texas Gas Service Bruce McCann, The University of Texas Jon McElhaney, Wells Fargo Eric Natinsky, Quick Technologies, Inc. Bettye Nowlin, Trustee Deborah O’Connell, Trustee Mike O’Krent, LifeStories Alive, LLC Candace Partridge, Psychologist Hiten Patel, Balefire Consulting Mike Peterson, AT&T The Honorable Jim Pitts, Texas State House of Representatives, District 10 Annette Renaud, US Money Reserve Lesa Rossick, Market Ambassador Mari Ruckel, Texas Oil and Gas Association Joy Selak, PhD, MINDPOP Samantha L. Slate, Rackspace Inc. Mary Herr Tally, Trustee Tom Terkel, FourT Realty Bobbi Topfer, Trustee Nelda Trevino, Texas Lottery Commission Kevin Witcher, The Chubb Corporation Jim Whorton, Whorton Insurance Services

Dr. Gary Goldstein Immediate Past President Humana Health Plans of Texas, Inc. Brian McCall, Vice President Texas State University System Carl Stuart, Treasurer Carl Stuart Investment Advisor Inc. Will Coombes, Secretary Visa, Inc Adam Schramek, Development Committee Chair Norton Rose Fulbright Laura Merritt, Membership Committee Chair Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Carolyn Seriff Education Committee Chair Trustee A. Robert Fischer, General Counsel Jackson Lewis P.C. Candice Corby, At-Large Cobra Legal Solutions LLC Kathy Hutto, At-Large Jackson Walker, LLP Dennis Karbach, At-Large Karbach Consulting Dave Steakley Producing Artistic Director ZACH Theatre Elisbeth Challener Managing Director ZACH Theatre Distinguished Fellows Alice Kleberg Reynolds Melvin Pape Ex-Officio Sara Hensley Mayor Lee Leffingwell

Honorary Life Members Marla Bommarito-Crouch Alvin J. Golden Kenneth O. Johnson Susan Longley Philip K. Maxwell Sue Maxwell

Edmund L. Nichols Elota Patton Charles T. Sikes Tom Terkel Johanne Ibsen-Wolford Alice Wilson

Business and Community Partners ZACH Theatre would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Business and Community Partners who support our productions, education and community outreach programs and operations through cash and in-kind contributions. Sponsorship of ZACH Theatre provides an opportunity to align your business with one of our city’s most innovative arts organizations. As a business and community partner, you will not only receive first-class entertainment for your clients and employees, but also enhance your brand and reach new customers, gaining valuable recognition among audiences who are eager to support our sponsors.

$100,000+

City of Austin Cultural Arts Division $50,000-$99,999

H-E-B Tournament of Champions Holiday Inn Austin Town Lake KXAN $25,000-$49,999

AT&T Austin Catering Baylor Scott & White Health David Kurio Designs Mercedes-Benz of Austin National Endowment for the Arts Schlotzsky’s Deli The Shubert Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts Univision $15,000-$24,999

Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation Dollar General Literacy Foundation OnRamp Access Rackspace Silicon Labs VISA $10,000-$14,999

Almar Furs Austin Community Foundation Broadway Bank, Chris Cheever Dagar’s Catering/DNA Events

Frost Media Relations The Junior League of Austin Kirk Tuck Photography Kurant Events Marquee Event Group Pink Avocado Catering Samsung Topfer Family Foundation Wells Fargo Advisors $5,000-$9,999

34th Street Catering 3M Austin Portfolio Real Estate Austin’s Pizza The Burdine Johnson Foundation Castlehill Fitness Castleview Productions Cord Shiflet, Realtor Creative Consultants Eric Copper - Austin Portfolio Real Estate GTECH J Squared Services LatinWorks Norton Rose Fulbright Pak Mail, Davenport Village Pierce Runnells Foundation Steam Team Texas Coffee Traders Uber Whole Foods Market

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Central Market Westgate Clean Scapes Do512 Family El Alma Restaurant Frost Bank The Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation Set2Sell Homestaging Southwest Airlines Texas Gas Service $1,000-$2,499

MW Cleaners The Marv and Joyce Kaiser Foundation Microsoft The Pacey Family Foundation Target Rosco Laboratories The Tecumseh Foundation $1-$999

Barton Springs Saloon Bearing Financial Services Community Shares of Texas Cowgirls & Flowers Native American Seed Ryan, LLC

Special thanks to the following organizations who match the gifts of their employees: Ameriprise • Apple • Applied Materials • AT&T • Bank of America • Chevron • Dell ExxonMobil • General Electric • Google • Home Depot • Hospira • Humana • IBM Michael and Susan Dell Foundation • Microsoft • National Instruments The Pew Charitable Trusts • Silicon Labs • Topfer Family Foundation • Visa This list reflects contributions made from September 1, 2014, through August 31, 2015, from businesses, foundations and public agencies to support ZACH’s annual activities. Thank you again for your generous support. For more information on how your business or organization can get involved at ZACH, please contact Kimberly Theodore Sidey, Associate Director of Development, at 512-476-0594 x232 or ksidey@zachtheatre.org.

Individual Contributors ZACH Theatre thanks the following individuals and family foundations for their generous gifts to support the work on our stages and in the community. This list reflects individual contributions to our Annual Fund from 7/1/14 to 7/1/15. To join our family of supporters, contact Jess Valle at 512-476-0594, or email jvalle@ zachtheatre.org to learn more. The Great Scotts are an exclusive group of individuals and couples who substantially support ZACH Theatre with annual operating gifts of $1,200 or more. The enhanced financial commitment made by the Great Scotts enables ZACH to bring important culture opportunities to the youth and adults of Central Texas, and in turn through year round social events and behind-the-scenes activities, the Great Scotts have a tremendous amount of fun! We deeply appreciate and thank our current Great Scotts. Executive Producer’s Plus Circle ($12,500+) James Armstrong and Larry Connelly Carolyn and Marc Seriff* Claire and Carl Stuart Carla Tyson* Anonymous

Executive Producer’s Circle ($10,000+) Chris Cheever Bill Dickson Eric and Maria Groten Kathleen and Harvey Guion Anonymous* John C. & Carolyn Noonan Parmer Foundation Dennis Karbach and Robert Brown Lee Manford and Casey Blass Phyllis Parmer and Mark Plummer Pamela and Scott Reichardt Annette Renaud Jim and Terry Whorton

Producer’s Circle ($7,500+) Jeff and Marcy Carpenter* Mindy Ellmer Maxx Judd and Donn Gauger Dr. Gary and Karen Goldstein Cindy Greenwood Brian McCall

Director’s Circle ($5,000+) Beau and Val Armstrong Jamie Barshop, in honor of Dave Steakley and Mary and Rusty Tally Carolyn Bartlett and Jesus Fraire Ken and Candice Corby Michelle Bourianoff and Juan Zalles Camille Cook and Siri Hutcheson Deb and Tom Feo Jacque and Jay Forrest Ronda and Kelly Gray Rick and Karen Hawkins Dr. and Mrs. Lacy H. Hunt Kathy Hutto Dan Jackson III and M. Jeremy Guiberteau Mike and Suzanne Kennedy Barbara Krings Joan and Jeffrey S. Lava Susan and Craig Lubin *Friends of Education contributor

Phil and Sue Maxwell Jack and Carla McDonald* John and Marcy Melanson Laura Merritt and J.P. Kloninger* Bettye and Bill Nowlin Deborah O’Connell and William Stassen Candace and Michael Partridge The Honorable James R. Pitts Tom and Glenda Rhyne Lesa and Bill Rossick John Dalrymple and David Soza Robert Stoltz and Eve Michaels Mary Herr Tally and Rusty Tally Tom and Colleen Terkel Mort and Bobbi Topfer Nelda Trevino* Jan and Neile Wolfe

Designer’s Circle ($2,500+) Kathy Akin - Akin Business Service Jade and Greg Ausley Rick and Fadya Bennett Nester Ho and Heather Bland-Ho Frances and Martin Blank Paul Boudreaux and Craig Davis Robert Bracewell Maria Garza Brown* Faye Chandler Diane Ireson and Rowland Cook Beryl Crowley Kristen and Aaron Day Terry Eaton and Robert Williams Kim Eckert and Gil Cantu Derrick Evans A. Robert Fischer Jay Fox Justin and Wendy Harvey Michael and Sarah Heidler Brian Hencey and Chuck Ross Jeanne and Van Hoisington Kathy Hutto and Allen Beinke Karen and Gerald Jacknow Mitchell and Janna Jacobson Dana and Dennis Jakubowicz Adam and Kimberly Levinson Lana Macrum and Jeffrey Craig Bruce and Nancy McCann Jon and Heather McElhaney Louis and Christine Messina Ann Miller Gail and Tommy Morgan Michelle and Eric Natinsky* Robert Nutt III Hiten and Melissa Patel

Michael Peterson and Doug Pogemiller Robin and Jeff Picard Faith Roberts Jim and Trish Roberts-Miller Mari and Grant Ruckel Anonymous* Chari and Adam Schramek Joy and Dan Selak Deanna and Jeff Serra* Samantha L. Slate Kathy Taylor Trisa Thompson and Jack Jacobi Billy Wilkinson and John Kerrigan The Winkelman/Zeplain Families Leslie and David Wolff Stacey and Mitch Zoll*

Stage Manager’s Circle ($1,200+) Anonymous* Anonymous* Anonymous Linda Aaker Carol and Chris Adams John and Diana Argersinger Thomas D. Barrett Becky Beaver and John Duncan Phillip L. Berry and Susan Landers Charles Buerschinger and Mary Anne Rickhoff Sinclair Black Allen Boger Julianna and Malcolm Borgendale Anne Boyd Boyd Family Russell Bridges and Ralph Salinas Lynda and Tim Brown Linda bush Daniel and Darlene Byrne Marianne Carroll Elisbeth Challener and Brett Bachman Mary Lockwood Crouch Robert F. Dailey JoAnn Dalrymple and Regan Ellmer James Dammann and Sharon Vaughn Darrell S. David Lori Dennis and Karen Verser Deborah K. Dobbs Dr. Harvey and Gloria Evans In Memory of Mary Margaret Farabee Steven and Judy Franden Scott and Sari Garfinkle Brian Gleason and Shawn Chapman

Individual Contributors Iris Groten Cass Haecker and Larry Steinman Susan B. Hammer Don Hammill Nyla Harper and Tobi Taub Richard Hartgrove and Gary Cooper Charlotte Herzele Catherine and George Hessler Rita Hirschhorn Stephanie and Jody Hooten Marjorie and David Hunter Johanne Ibsen-Wolford and Steve Wolford Jo and Jon Ivester Dirk and Betty Jameson William E. Jones, MD Chad and Kim Jowers* Suzanne and Keith Kaminsky Ron and Stephanie Kincheloe* Olgica and Steven Klindworth Pat Koen Phil and Ruth Kohlhaas Hank and Nancy Kojzarek JR and Jill Kraft* Margaret Kress Doug and Debbie Lackey Rebecca and Jackson LeMond Myra Leo and Billy Atkins Tommy and Penny Lichenstein Dr. Emma Linn James Linville and Lina Husodo Tom and Alaire Lowry Bob Luther and Clint Phillips Drs. Roseann Mandziuk and James Studer Skipp Manson Julia Marsden Tom Mays and Orlando Zayas Stephen and Sherry Maysonave Linda McDonough Lynn E. McNeill and Torbin McEwen Julie Moore Pat Muller* Sondra Murray* Elizabeth and Reuel Nash Elizabeth and Jerele Neeld Dr. Nona Niland Mike and Linda O’Krent Linda and Mike Osborn Kathleen and Martin Otto Philip Parker* James and Kristy Peters Tracy Rawl Carol and Andrew Reifsnyder Jeanine and Dan Roadhouse Joe and Patty Rotunda Beatrice Sager Nancy Scanlan Peter Schram and Harry E. Ullmann Ofer Shaul Cord and Anne Shiflet Michael Smothers and Sergio Durante Laura and Mike Snavely Sadi Sparks Beth and Jack Stockton Lonnie Karotkin-Taub and Albert Taub Brenda Thompson Cathy and Dwight Thompson Vincent Thompson and David Thomas

Mark and Ledi Trutna Doug Powell and Karen Tuel The Van Den Berg Family Lanny Vickery and Kim Greene Kevin Witcher and Rick O’Donnell Ching and Man-Li Yew Stanford Young Gloria Zuniga

Leading Role - Membership ($600+) Cynthia Work and Gregory Abell David and Janice Abrams Adrian and Julie Acevedo Larry and Cheryl Audette Laura Agnew and Holt Abell Donna Ayala Deborah Beilman Dr. Charles Bell Susan Benz Suzanne Black with C3 Results Group Jill and Tim Blackwood Ted Blaylock Barbara Bobb Sue and Dewey Breland Pei-San and Daniel Brown Robert L. Camp* Christina Carson Ann Chao Bill and Suzanne Childs Jimmy and Kathy Clark Scott Branson and Tina Coverman Diana and Charles Cox Dr. Garry and Tracy Craighead Robert Cratchit Fund Anna Crawford Elaine Crockett John Crow and Marcus Loy Judith and Michael Crowley Mrs. R. Cullington Adam and Micky Curry The Honorable Drew Darby and Clarisa Darby Payton and Dan Davenport James and Jan Demetri Carl and Laura Dobbs Sharon Doerre and David Myren Susan Donaldson Claude and Susan Ducloux Joe and Karen Draker Anonymous Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson Dr. Bill and Pat Evans Deborah Gabor* Friedel Family Foundation by Lynne and Steve Gellman Dr. James E. Gilliam and Judith M. Gilliam Fred and Betty Glosser Glenda Goehrs The Natural Epicurean Academy Alan Grimes and Phillip Salazar Dr. Ellen M. Grimm and Dr. Michael J. Grady Dr. Juan Guerrero, MD Tim and Dorothy Hald, CPA James and Brandy Hammack Michele Haram Sue Ellen Stavrand and John Harcourt Carisa Herweck and Valerie Esparza

Robert and Frances Hieronymus Jim and Linda Holcombe Peggy and Leon Holland Shirley and Doug Hudson William and Marilyn Ingram Bobby and Nancy Inman John Ireland Coleman A. and Lola H. Jennings The Jowers Family* Dr. H. Daviss King Jr. Judith Knotts* Fritz and Karen Kocher Laura Lee and Joseph Kozusko Ken and Diane Kramer Babette and Robert Laibovitz Carey Leva and Elizabeth Danon-Leva Kathleen Lucente/ Red Fan Communications Melvin and Brian Hamburg-Maas Pamela Mathison In Memory of Li Ming Eckert Kimberly and Alan McCollum Gil and Christy McQuillan Lynn Meyer and Rick Clemens Polly Moore* Cheryl Mutschler Coach Nakumbe Terry and Patrick O’Daniel Larry and Angela Parsons Sue Patrick The Pearson Family Doug and Sally Pendergras Phillip and Randy Pensabene Alberta Phillips and Gary Bledsoe Maria and Erik Pronske* Tom and Kit Randall Jim Raup Patrick and Lily Reznik Karin Richmond and Carolyn Purcell Regina Rousseau Ryan, LLC Berny and Sarah Schiff Quata and Jerry Schoolar Michael Scully and Doreen Lorenzo Amy Shipherd Christopher Shonk Delbert and Joan Smith Larry and Susan Smith David and Penny Snider Donna Snyder and Richard Donahue Don and Anna Sorensen Scott and Carol Stine Ryan and Bryna Stryker John and Cynthia Theodore Becky Tomblin Donald Tompkins Carrie Trabue* Patricia and William Uhls Henry Urick and Charles Davis Lakeisha and Andraé Van Buren Retta Van Auken* Mark and Mary Venghaus Craig Wallace Jessica Weaver Carol Whalen Jay Willems and Dennis Nauert Linda Wilson Jan and Lois Wood Stan and Hilary Young

At Your Service PURCHASE TICKETS

Online: zachtheatre.org Phone: 512-476-0541 x1 In person: 202 South Lamar, Austin, TX 78704 Monday-Saturday, Noon-7 p.m. during performances (Noon-5 p.m. all other times) Sundays, Noon-2:30 p.m. during performances GROUP SALES

Groups of 8 or more receive discounts and may place advance ticket orders based on availability. We can assist you in everything from planning your preshow cocktail hour to arranging caterers for a post-show gathering in one of our beautiful spaces. For more information and to schedule you groups, please contact Alyson Mintz, Group Sales Associate, at 512-476-0594 x245 or email groupsales@zachtheatre.org. LATECOMERS AND SEATING

At show time, all empty seats are released back to the house to seat those patrons on stand-by. If you are running late to your performance, phone the Box Office so that we are aware that you are on your way and can hold your seats. Any patron arriving after curtain will be seated at the discretion of House Management. Our ushers will show you to your seat, if it’s easily accessible. If the seat is not accessible, you will be shown to an available seat at a break. At intermission, you’re welcome to relocate to your ticketed seat location. SPECIAL NEEDS

A Box Office Associate will be pleased to assist you with any special seating needs when you purchase your tickets. We have wheelchair and limited mobility seating in all of our theatres. We also provide accessible restrooms, entry doors, and walkways in our three theatres. To access the second-level Serra Skyline Lounge in the Topfer Theatre, there is an elevator located in the lobby for your use. Assisted listening devices are available at the Box Office free of charge. For more information about any of these services, please contact the Box Office at 512-476-0541 x1. DRINKS AND DINING

ZACH’s bars and lounges open 90 minutes prior to show time. The Topfer lounge remains open post-show for an opportunity to meet and mingle with the cast. Pre-order your drinks at the bar, and they will be waiting for you at intermission and post-show. Our bars accept all major credit cards, and you may run a tab during your visit. ZACH’s lounges and bars offer a selection of wines, cocktails, and craft beers. Our Kleberg and Topfer bars offer a wide range of liquor selections including our popular wells and single malt scotches. Gourmet appetizer plates and small bites are also available. TRANSPORTATION

ZACH’s Box Office staff will happily assist you in arranging a taxi for post-show. In addition, ZACH recommends Uber as an alternative transportation option. We offer a dedicated Uber pick-up and drop-off location in the Topfer Theatre parking lot.

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