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season2012
over the tavern
by tom DuDzickDirected by John going
This production is made possible in part by contributions from
season sponsor, RobeRT Dohmenand James PaPe and nancy newman-PaPe
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Dear Friends,
Autumn has begun and like the multi-colored changing of the leaves, we usher in a play with just as varied emotions. Who better to carry on the tradition of bringing comedy and drama during this time of season than Olney Theatre Cen-ter veteran, John Going? Mr. Going returns to the theater leading a talented ensemble in the heartwarming dramedy, Over the Tavern, about one family’s journey towards toler-ance, acceptance and love. For many years, Mr. Going has delighted our audiences with wonderfully directed comedies and drama such as Witness for the Prosecution, Misalliance, The Savannah Disputation, and Night Must Fall.
Over the Tavern wouldn’t be possible without the gracious support of our 2012 Season Spon-sor, Mr. Robert Dohmen. We’d also like to thank James Pape and Nancy Newman-Pape for providing the funding to support the return of an Olney favorite, actor Paul Morella. We would like to most especially thank you, of course, our audience for your continuous patron-age!
This is an exciting time for the Theatre. We are not only celebrating our 75th Anniversary in 2013, but also reflecting back on the history of what Olney Theatre Center means to so many generations. Season 2013 has already started to turn some heads — it is sure to bring a mixture of shows for all tastes as we bring the past and the future togeth-er with productions like the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, the hilarious British comedy Neville’s Island, the dramatic & controversial 2012 multiaward-winning The Submission, the classic thriller Angel Street, the magical romantic musical Carnival, Bedlam Theatre’s extraordinary productions of Shaw’s Saint Joan and Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the comedy masterpiece Tartuffe with a modern twist, and the enchanting and funny family musical Once Upon a Mattress. If you haven’t already, be sure to take advantage of the great discounted show package offers and subscribe to our 2013 Season as soon as possible. It’s a season you will not want to miss!
Meanwhile, for Winter 2013, Olney Theatre Center brings to the stage one of Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s classic family musicals, Cinderella, directed by Bobby Smith (our wonder-fully evil Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors) with musical direction by Olney veteran Chris-topher Youstra. Also, returning by popular demand Paul Morella brings back his sparkling solo production of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. There’s something for everyone this holiday season at your Olney Theatre Center.
Many thanks and enjoy the show!
Martin PlattArtistic Director
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Director
John Going
Director of ProductionDennis Blackledge
Costume Shop ManagerJeanne Bland
Technical DirectorEric Knauss
Company ManagerMackenzie Douglas
Amy Marshall, Managing DirectorMartin Platt, Artistic Director
presents
Costume DesignLiz Covey
Set DesignJames Wolk
Lighting DesignMatthew McCarthy
Sound DesignJeffrey Dorfman
Production Stage ManagerC. Renee Alexander
Wig DesignAnne Nesmith
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.(www.playscripts.com)
with
Connor AikinNoah Chiet
Christopher CoxDeborah Hazlett
Paul Morella
Carol SchultzCorrieanne Stein
This production is made possible in part by contributions from
Season Sponsor, RoBERt DoHMEN
by tom Dudzick
OPeNiNg Night: SePteMbeR 29, 2012
Artist Sponsors, JAMES PAPE and NANCY NEWMAN-PAPEand
Production ManagerRenee E. Yancey
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Cast(in order of appearance)
*Member, Actors’ Equity Association †Former National Player
Rudy Pazinski ...................................................................... NOAh Chiet*
Sister Clarissa .............................................................CAROL SCHuLTz*
georgie Pazinski ...................................................ChRiStOPheR COx*
ellen Pazinski ......................................................DEBORAH HAzLETT*
eddie Pazinski .............................................................. CONNOR AikiN*
Annie Pazinski ..................................................CORRieANNe SteiN*
Chet Pazinski ...............................................................PAul MORellA*†
SceneS & Setting
Buffalo, New York. Autumn, 1959The main action of the play takes place in the Pazinski apartment, above
“Chet’s Bar & Grill.”
There will be one 15-minuTe inTermission.
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
Please silence all cellular phones and personal paging devices before the performance begins.
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"Inspired, deeply-felt... spellbinding... not to be missed" – DC �eatre Scene
"Paul Morella's solo version of Charles Dickens' classic is by far the best. It is the most moving, the most entertaining and the most memorable." – Potomac Stages
AChristmas
CarolA Ghost Story of Christmas
by Charles Dickens & performed by Paul Morella
"You've never seen A Christmas Carol with such spellbinding rapture and haunting moments as the production you will see at Olney..." – MD �eatre Guide
Opening November 30Mulitz-Gudelsky �eatre Lab Special Holiday Pricing: All Seats $26
�is production sponsored by James Pape and Nancy Newman-Pape.
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theater PoliciesLatecomers are seated at the discretion of the house manager. Please do not bring food or drink into the theater (bottled water is allowed) and all buildings are smoke-free. The use of recording or photographic equipment during the show is prohibited. Olney Theatre Center is not responsible for any items left on our campus. All children, including babies, require a ticket. We will ask parents to take their children to the lobby if their behavior is disturbing patrons. Please turn off your cell phone in the theaters.
Sign-interpreted PerformancesSign interpretation is available for the third Thursday evening during a show’s run. The service must be reserved two weeks in advance and is based on the availability of qualified interpreters.
Audio-Described PerformancesAudio-described performances are offered on the third Wednesday evening during a show’s run, which include pre-show program notes, descriptions of the action, scenery and costumes during pauses in the dialogue. Metropolitan Washington Ear can provide an escort to audio-described performances for patrons who are visually impaired.
Listening AssistanceWe offer devices that amplify sound free of charge in exchange for identification. Please ask the house manager for assistance. (This service is not available on the third Wednesday evening of a show’s run.)
Post-Show DiscussionsJoin the artistic staff and/or invited guests after the first Saturday matinee for AfterWords. The cast holds a talkback after the third Wednesday evening performance. Please call the box Office at 301.924.3400 for more information on these events.
audienCe serviCes
a musical tale of magical proportions
cinderella dreams of adventure and romance and unwittingly calls upon her fairy godmother with a wish to attend the prince’s Ball. through this enchanting fairy tales we learn that the impossible is possible and dreams can come true. Family Musical
November 14 - December 30
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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
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connor Aikin (Eddie) makes his Olney Theatre Center debut with Over the Tavern. DC AREA: Royal Shakespeare Com-pany: Coriolanus; the ken-nedy Center: Young Martius; Scena Theatre: Waiting for
Godot, One for the Road; Centerstage: Ah, Wilderness!; Woolly Mammoth Theatre: Vigils [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble]; Shakespeare The-atre Company: Henry V FILM: How Do You Know, My One and Only, Night at the Muse-um II: Escape from the Smithsonian, State of Play, and Body of Lies. teleViSiON: The Wire. tRAiNiNg: the Royal Shakespeare Company, Actors Workshop NYC, hippo-drome theatre broadway Camp, MD Pro-fessional Young Actors’ Workshop, Shake-speare Theatre Camp, Baltimore School for the Arts tWigS Program: theatre.
noah chiet (Rudy) is ex-cited to make his Olney Theatre Center debut. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Lib-erty Smith [Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstand-ing Ensemble], A Christmas Carol, and Ford’s Theatre 2011
Annual Gala; Signature Theatre: The Hol-low; Theater J: The History of Invulnerabil-ity; TheatreWashington: 27th Helen Hayes Awards (Performer); ganymedeArts: Fal-settos. FILM: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Dub or Nothing, Stationary. eDuCAtiON: Quince Orchard High School, A. Mario, Loiederman Magnet Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts, and Adven-ture Theatre MTC.
christopher cox (Georgie) is excited to be making his Olney Theatre Center de-but. BROADWAY: Ragtime (the little boy). RegiON-Al: Penguin Rep: Over the Tavern (Rudy Pazinski). DC AReA: the kennedy
Center: Ragtime (The Little Boy); FILM: The Blue Danube, Fun Fair, Rosie’s Miracle, The Truth. TV: Royal Pains. Christopher is planning to attend college for filmmaking and has a successful YouTube Channel CA-Cox97. He thanks his loyal fans, his agents at Abrams Artists, manager Susie Mains and his Mom and Dad for their support.
Deborah Hazlett (Ellen) last appeared at Olney The-atre Center as Becca in Rabbit Hole [Helen Hayes Outstanding ensemble Nom-ination]. Regional Credits include: Playmaker’s Reper-tory Theatre: Frozen; Syra-
cuse Stage: BUG; Florida Stage: The Count, Mezzulah 1946; Signature Theater: CRAVE, Blue Room; Woolly Mammoth Theater Com-pany: BUG (u.S. Premiere); Folger the-atre: Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Shakespeare Theatre Company: eight productions including Henry IV Parts I and II, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, and Twelfth Night; Theatre J: Something You Did; Everyman Theatre: Shooting Star, All My Sons, Rabbit Hole, The Cherry Orchard, Much Ado About Nothing, Sight Unseen, Be-trayal, Candida (Best Actress 2006, City Paper), Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Uncle Vanya, Hedda Gabler, Proof (best Actress 2004, City Paper), Sideman, The Pavilion, A Delicate Balance, Watch on the Rhine, The Crucible, The Road to Mecca, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; totem Pole Play-house: Sylvia, Crimes of the Heart, Proof; Rep Stage: Arcadia. TV/FILM: Law and Order, Homicide, Young Americans. eDuCAtiON: MFA Acting, university of South Carolina. Deborah narrates books for Harper Collins and BBC America.
Paul Morella (Chet) has previously appeared at Olney Theatre Center in A Christmas Carol, Wit-ness for the Prosecution, Opus, Dinner With Friends, A Passion For Justice, The Millionairess, Rabbit Hole,
Brooklyn Boy, Sight Unseen, The Mousetrap, Private Lives, ‘Art’, Coffee with Richelieu, The Laramie Project, The Rivals, Becket, Broken Glass, M. Butterfly, Monster, Night Must Fall, and The Time of Your Life. Other regional appearances include leading roles at Folger Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Com-pany, Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Stu-dio theatre, Round house theatre, Poto-mac theatre Project, theater J, everyman Theatre, Rep Stage, The Delaware Theatre Company, two River theatre, the ken-nedy Center, among others.
Who’s Who in the Cast
Eisenhower was president, the superpowers were neck and neck in the Space Race, Ed Sullivan owned Sunday night and the Pazinski family of buffalo, New York was totally unaware of the events that would change them forever. Called “one of the biggest grass roots successes in American regional theatres” by Chicago critic Chris Jones, Over the Tavern is a funny and heartwarming play that deals with a family growing up over their family tavern in 1959 working class America. Four children find themselves caught between the claustrophobic authoritarianism of the Roman Catholic Church and an emotionally abusive father. Their mother, with her good sense, sanity, and wry humor, keeps this family afloat. At the center of the family is 12-year-old Rudy, a rebel and Ed Sullivan impersonator. Rudy takes on his formidable teacher, Sister Clarissa, questioning everything and claiming that God put us on earth to have fun. Weeks away from his confirmation, Rudy proclaims, “I read where there are over thirteen hundred religions in the world. I’d like to shop around!”
Autobiographical elements abound in Over the Tavern. like Rudy Pazinksi, tom Dudzick was born in buffalo to Polish-Catholic parents. he and his siblings (one of whom was mentally challenged) grew up over a tavern. His father was a basketball player (in the play Chet is a former baseball player). unlike Rudy, he never talked back to the nuns at the Catholic school he attended. Dudzick was in his twenties before he began questioning the rules and dogma of the Catholic religion.
Over the tavern is the first play of a family trilogy. Premiering in 1994 at the Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, the play became a smash hit, running for three years. It has been produced all over the country at major regional theatres in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Oregon, and California.
In an interview with Buffalo Beat magazine, Tom Dudzick emphasized his general theme of religious tolerance—someone should not be forced to believe in something he or she does not feel. Over the Tavern presents this theme beautifully. uncertainty and questioning can lead to hopeful endings. The play does not hit the audience in the face with a message. Instead, like the church itself (but not the nuns), it tries to teach gently. Love your family. Talk to each other. Forgive and forget the sins of the past. Above all, be true to yourself.
— Meghan Twible, Education Intern
dramaturGiCaL notes
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corrieanne Stein (Annie) is thrilled to be appearing at Olney Theatre Center. Credits include: BROAD-WAY: Billy Elliot the Musi-cal (Original Cast) [10 Tony Awards including Best Mu-sical 2009]. RegiONAl:
Signature Theatre: Saving Aimee [World Premier] DC AReA: the kennedy Center: Eisenhower Theater Gala; F. Scott Fitzger-ald Theatre: Annie and High School Musical [“Outstanding individual musical theater performance”- D.C. theatre Scene]; kidz bop National tour (Singer/Dancer). VOi-CEOVER: Fallout 3 (Betty) (GDCA Video game of the Year). Proud member of Ac-tors Equity since 2008.
carol Schultz (Sister Cla-rissa) is very happy to be making her Olney Theatre Center debut. BROADWAY: Abe Lincoln in Illinois (with Sam Waterston), OFF-BROADWAY: Company member of the Pearl the-
atre where she has performed in 35 plays, including Mrs. Malaprop in The Rivals [Cal-laway Award], Mrs. Wire in Vieux Carré, and Nettie in The Subject Was Roses; Classic Stage Company; Bessie in Marvin’s Room at the Minetta Lane Theatre and tour. RE-giONAl: Cincinnati Playhouse (Cincin-nati Entertainment Award for Birdie in The Little Foxes), Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Goodman Theater, Alabama Shake-speare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Cleveland Play house and more.
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John going (Director) is Associate Artistic Director at Olney Theatre Center, where he has staged more than 30 productions including Witness for the Prosecution, Misalliance, The Savannah Disputation, Night Must Fall, The Millionairess, The Underpants, The Mousetrap, Doubt, 13 Rue de L’Amour, I Am My Own Wife, The Constant Wife, The Heiress, Morning’s at Seven, Lend Me a Tenor, Charley’s Aunt, Holiday, Hay Fever, Light Up the Sky, Noises Off, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Lucky Stiff [1990 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Resident Musical]. At The Studio Theatre, he directed highly successful productions of Gross Indecency, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Conversations With My Father, The Lisbon Traviata, The Women, and A Tale of Two Cities. His work has been seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally, and in regional theaters across the country. A four-time Helen Hayes Award nominee, he received the Outstanding Direction Award for his work on The Miser at The Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger. He has won the kevin kline best Director Award for I Am My Own Wife at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and a National Players alumnus.
James Wolk (Set Design) has designed scenery here at Olney Theatre Center for Witness for the Prosecution, Misalliance, The Underpants, The Mousetrap, Doubt, 13 Rue de L’Amour, The Constant Wife, The Heiress, Lucky Stiff and more starting 25 years ago with Noises Off. Mr. Wolk has also directed Off-B’way Zona, The Ghost of Greenbrier, and Bruno Hauptmann Kissed My Forehead. His international design credits include Theater Magdeburg, Germany: Gypsy; Staedtische Buehnen, Augsburg, Germany: My Fair Lady and West Side Story; Staatstheater am Gaertnerplatz , Germany: Funny Girl, and The English Theatre of Vienna, Austria: Fully Committed.
Liz covey (Costume Design) OlNeY theAtRe CeNteR: Misalliance, The Savannah Disputation, Night Must Fall, The Millionairess, The Underpants, and The Mousetrap. Recent work includes You Can’t Take It With You and The Diary of Anne Frank for the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Misalliance for the Pearl theatre, NYC; Betrayal for Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, and new musical by Charles Strouse
based on Dreiser’s An American Tragedy for Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. her work has been seen at most of the major regional theatres in this country including Princeton’s McCarter theatre, ACt in San Francisco, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cincinnati Playhouse, hartford Stage Company, the Denver Center, and Pittsburgh Public Theatre. A native of England, Liz lives in Manhattan and is co-author of two books on theatrical costume. She has been a member of the faculties of Barnard College/Columbia university, Marymount Manhattan College, and Bennington College, Vermont. Ms. Covey is a member of united Scenic Artists.
Matthew Mccarthy (Lighting Design) Off-Broadway Credits include Blue Man Group as well as companies in Boston and Chicago; Texas Homos for Abingdon Theatre Company; The Odyssey, Sin, The Ami Goodheart Show. Regional credits include Dracula at Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Lost In Yonkers, Broadway Bound and Brighton Beach Memoirs at The Old Globe. Multiple productions at Florida Rep, New harmony theatre, Willow Cabin Theatre, Contemporary Stage Co., and 21 seasons at Stages St. Louis where his design for Promises Promises won the 2011 Live Design Magazine Excellence Award. Opera credits include; Tanglewood Opera, Juilliard, Spoleto Festival, Arizona Opera, and Opera Columbus. Mr. McCarhy is a member united Scenic Artists Local 829.
Jeffrey Dorfman (Sound Design) is a freelance Sound Designer based in Washington, D.C. With more than 10 years of experience in music performance, he has studied theatre at SuNY buffalo and university of Maryland, College Park. Winner of a 2009 kCACtF Region 2 Award for Excellence in Sound Design, Jeff utilizes his background in music performance, composition, and theatre arts in order to immerse the audience in worlds of imagination. Recent work includes OlNeY theAtRe CeNteR: Sleuth, The Sound Of Music, Witness for the Prosecution, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown; uMD: Sandwalk; uMBC: OTMA, The Laramie Project.
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c. Renee Alexander (Production Stage Manager) OFF BROADWAY: for colored girls who have considered suicide 25th Anniversary, Freed (59E59th), Home Front (La Mama), The Shoemaker (Theatre Row). iNteRNAtiONAl tOuRS: The Oedipus Plays (Athens, Greece), Flipsoids (Manila, Philippines). DC AReA: the Shakespeare Theatre: The Oedipus Plays, Richard III; Arena Stage: Resident SM for 5 years.
Anne nesmith (Wig Design) OlNeY theAtRe CeNteR: Witness for the Prosecution, Misalliance, The Savannah Disputation, Bus Stop, King of the Jews (World Premier), The Constant Wife, Oliver!, Carousel, The Heiress. RegiONAl: Shakespeare Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, Signature Theatre, Arena Stage, Opera Boston, Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Annapolis Opera, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Everyman Theatre, Opera Delaware; Opera Roanoke; Todi Festival, Theatre J, Opera Vivente, Washington Ballet, Castleton Music Festival, Roundhouse Theatre; Baltimore Opera Company Resident Wig and Makeup Designer. Wig construction: BROADWAY: The Greenbird (Julie Taymor, dir); Scooby Doo! Live tour; 42nd Street (Asian tour). OtheR: the Smithsonian National Portrait gallery’s Cultures in Motion Programs; Makeup Artist for the Military Channel’s Great Planes; The uS Army’s tour Spirit of America.
Martin Platt (Artistic Director) Mr. Platt is a native of Beverly Hills, California and attended Carnegie-Mellon university (CMu). After graduating from CMu, Mr. Platt founded the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF), where he served as Artistic Director for eighteen years.
After leaving ASF, Mr. Platt served two years as General Director of Birmingham Opera Theatre, where he directed productions of Puccini’s Tosca and Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio. His other opera work has included productions of Daughter of the Regiment, La Traviata, the uS premiere of Verdi’s Stiffelio, and the Bizet/Constant/Brook La Tragedie de Carmen.
Mr. Platt later served as Artistic Director of the New Mexico Repertory theatre and founded Santa Fe Stages, an international performance festival in Santa Fe.
in london, Mr. Platt has directed The
Free State by and starring Janet Suzman, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, and Miss Evers’ Boys. In Spain, he directed El Flameco es Vida and Don Juan Flamenco for the Bienale de Flamenco in Sevilla. in Vienna, he has directed John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt and Donald Marguiles’ Time Stands Still.
Mr. Platt has also directed at many of America’s leading regional theatres, including The Huntington Theatre Company (boston), Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory theatre of St. louis, Pioneer Theatre Company (Salt Lake City), Asolo Theatre (Sarasota), Merrimack Repertory theatre (lowell), Playmakers Repertory Theatre (Chapel Hill), and Meadowbrook Theatre (Detroit).
in New York, he has directed D.h. Lawrence’s The Daughter in Law, Tolstoy’s The Power of Darkness, Sallie Bingham’s Treason, and Jon Marans’ musical, The Irrationals, among other productions.
As a producer, his work has included the five-year international tour of the South African dance show Gumboots; West End productions of Nixon’s Nixon, A Woman in Waiting, in addition to last year’s Olivier nominated Lend Me a Tenor the Musical; New York productions include Here Lies Jenny with bebe Neuwirth; the Obie and Drama Desk-winning productions of In The Continuum and An Oak Tree; as well as the National theatre guild of uganda’s Mother Courage at the kennedy Center. he is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
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oLney theatre thanks the FoLLoWinG For their Generosity
goveRnMent SuPPoRt
Director’s Circle $1,000+ America’s CharitiesAustin Wealth Management, LLCCreative Floral DesignEnterprise Rent-A-CarMartha Washington Straus-Harry A.
Straus Foundation, Inc.Re/MAx Pros/Michael RicciardellaRMR & Associates, Inc.Roots MarketVerizon Foundation
Artist’s Circle $500+ Actors’ Equity FoundationBall CorporationBoston universityFern eisner PhotographyFidelity Charitable Gift Fundikona Photography, inc.Montgomery AllianceNorthrop grumman CorporationWoodhall Wine Cellars
oLneY tHeAtRe centeR
FoR tHe ARtS enDoWMent
The Mead Family Endowment FundThe Rae Embry and
John Daniel Brosnan Fund for the National Players
Angel – $100,000+
Champion – $50,000+
coRPoRAte AnD FounDAtion giFtS
leader – $2,500+
this list consists of Annual Fund and inkind contributions for the 12-month period ending August 1, 2012.
believer – $10,000+
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thank you
Delmar and Dorothea LuceAmy and Dean MarshallSusan McCarthyBob and Marlene MitchellTony and Connie MorellaJon D. Murphgeorge and Maureen NesbittRichard and Anita PetersonRobert and Lelia RussellMrs. Patricia ScipioTerry E. SingerCharles and Mary SollaPeter threadgillGinny and Roy Van BruntClaire and Daniel MacLean
WagnerChris Youstra
Advocate $250+Mr. and Mrs. John D. Anderson, Jr.JoAnn and Dean AulickDr. Patricia beastonThomas BerenguerLynn and Alan BerkeleyMonica M. and E. James
BradfordMr. James BradleyArden M. Bradykaren braunMr. and Mrs. William M. ButlerValerie M. CampbellThomas and Edna R. CarcaterraJames Costrell and Helen WoodMrs. Clare W. Crawford - Masonkeith and A. eletheer DeckerFrederick DeneckeMarilyn and Bennett L. ElisbergMs. Michelle D. Evansbob and Pat FauverRobert and Carole FontenroseLawrence and Joan Friendhal and karen gordonDavid and Eileen M. HaleyWilliam Hanson and Gail
LiebermanSusanne and Stephen HardyMs. Elizabeth HenriksenJoan Rudick and Jim HerrellMr. Michael HimmelJoannene HudakMr. and Mrs. Richard JourdenaisJohn and Yvonne kendallStephen and katharine kovarcikMs. Molly LesterMarcia LitwackMs. Marina A. LowenMs. Juanita A. McLeanBill Michie
Mark QuackenbushSandy and Alan WadeMs. Halo Wines
Director’s Circle $1,000+AnonymousMr. and Mrs. David BottegalJeanne BrushLinda A. DawkinsMaureen and Tom EstrinSenator Jennie Forehand and
Mr. William ForehandMrs. Judith J. GallagherMr. John GoingIn memory of Liam HaimMax JacobsHenry T. and Elizabeth H.
JudkinsRona kramerLester R. and Helaine G. MorssMr. and Mrs. Clifford L. JohnsonPolly SavageFran and Neil SimonsJohn, Pamela and Rachel SpearsIn Loving memory of Dick and
Nancy thomasCarol TrawickDr. John D. White and Dr. Irene
White
Artist’s Circle $500+ Anonymous - in memory of kate
GibsonHarold M. and Christine A.
BartlettMr. Erik BoasRobert Burkkatherine and Wil ChaseMrs. Melissa CollinsSteve Danielson and Dr. kenneth
Hoyleeileen and Paul DeMarcoM. Charlene DorrianMr. David DunnIn memory of Queonna EdmondsBerdie and David FirestoneRobert J. and Liane A. Giardinatom and Peg gibianMrs. Frances Hughes GlendeningMr. Marvin J. GoldmanJoshua and Ana Rita HaugePaul and Marilyn hendersonMs. Gay HillMr. Richard F. HughesSheldon t. and Audrey katzMr. and Mrs. John koskinenJane Thérèse Larsenhelen C. and Philip D. leeAmy Lowenstein
inDiviDuAL giFtSThis list consists of Annual Fund contributions for the 12-month period ending August 1, 2012
Angel $100,000+Mr. Robert DohmenMr. and Mrs. Tommy Mulitz –
In honor of the Mulitz-Gudelsky Family
Bob and Eveline Roberts Mrs. Maggi Root
Champion $50,000+Mr. and Mrs. Stephen z.
kaufmanMs. Helen Marshall
believer $10,000+Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gregorykathleen QuinnMr. Vernon L. Skinner, Jr.Patricia Woodbury
enthusiast $5,000+Joan Elise Dubinsky and
Craig N. PackardJames Pape and Nancy Newman-
PapeMr. Guy Tegler
leader $2,500+Ms. Carlaine BlizzardSusan and Jay FinkelsteinRobert E. HebdaMrs. Reba HeymanJennifer and Scott kneelandEvlyn D. LatimerPaul and Pat Mangus
Friend $1,500+Hon. Gene and Mrs. Cindy
CounihanRichard and Joan CurtisEdith L. EmbreyGordon and Margot DibbleEdith L. EmbreyMs. Winifred E. HerrmannNettie horneMargaret and Jim JohnstonJohn and kathy lyonsCharles S. Mack and
Alice Barrett MackMaggie and Tico McCreadythe honorable karen S.
Montgomery and Mr. Harry Montgomery
thank you
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the SuBmiSSion Dc area PremiereThe 2012 outer critics circle John Gassner award winnerby Jeff Talbott • Directed by David Elliott
may 9 – Jun 9
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SPring aWakeningThe Tony award winning musicalMusic by Duncan Sheik • Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
FeB 7 – mar 10
neville’S iSlanDa comedy in Thick Fog by Tim Firth • Directed by Martin Platt
aPr 4 - aPr 28
angel Street (‘Gaslight’) a Victorian Thriller
by Patrick Hamilton • Directed by John Going
Jun 20 – Jul 14
carnival Based on the Movie ‘Lili’Book by Michael Stewart • Music & Lyrics by Bob Merrillbased on material by helen DeutschDirected by martin Platt
aug 1 – SePt 1
New York’s critically acclaimed BEDLAM Theatre brings
Saint Joan by George bernard shaw and
hamlet by william shakespeare
In RoTaTInG RePeRToRy • Directed by Eric Tucker
SeP 4 – oct 27
tartuFFe or ‘The hypocrite’by Molière (translated by Richard Wilbur) • Directed by Martin Platt
SePt 26 – oct 20
once uPon a matreSSMusic by Mary Rodgers • Lyrics by Marshall BarerBook by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, & Marshall Barer
nov 14 – Dec 29
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