Alliance Theatre April 2011 August: Osage County

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Why August: Osage County?

Because of the mutual persistence of hope and gaper’s delay. (Up north, we call it “gaper’s delay.” Down here, it’s called “rubber necking.” The words are different but the impulse universal — to stare at a wound. ideally, the wound of another.) Because of the mutual persistence of hope and gaper’s delay, we continue to return home — drawn into the vortex of all things familial by some deeply human inability to quit hoping and gaping; to families who we hope have magically morphed into Norman rockwellian paragons of warmth in our absence —

families who will, with profound and daunting consistency, wound.

howard Starks, who wrote the poem that gave this play its name has a piece called “Family rites” — where he talks of the dangers of recall, when home and family are in the mix:

We mostly leave it closed, the box that once held Dad’s Sunday Stetson for even images of joy can hurt. (Innocence when recalled harms careful balances.)

And some of the faces — solemn for the camera speak of hopes and fears we’d rather not recall — make dense in us the shadowy children we once were.

our earliest stories in this art form are of families. And they are cautionary tales of wounds inflicted and wounds repeated that we collectively label “tragedy.” And yet the people who began this odd act of memory and imagination shared by actors for audiences chose the setting of the home and hearth to tell their tragedies. of course, hanna and Barbera did the same with the “Flintstones,” so maybe stories of home can hold wounds and laughter both? maybe our moth to the flame insistence on returning to the homestead, to the bosom of the family is both for the warmth that flame might provide — not simply to play chicken with the possible incineration of our siblings and selves?

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Folks need to celebrate. Every culture has special days of thanks. Even amongst the deepest disasters and the hard-est times, we celebrate. The Cratchits sit together at a table on Christmas Eve with barely enough food to taste. Scrooge’s happiest memories are wrapped up in celebration—particularly the Fezziwig party. Fred proclaims the season the time of “the year when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut up hearts freely.” He will not allow his uncle to dampen his celebration.

Maybe this is one reason Scrooge’s story affects all of us. When we finally see Scrooge, perhaps the most humorless and sour character in literature, actually CELEBRATE—it lifts us up as well. Okay, maybe we should all take some time to celebrate the gifts this “tired old world” has given us.

I hope I haven’t ruined the ending for anybody. If there is anyone reading this who does not know the story—don’t worry—the story seems to hold up under repetition—just like the celebrations of our life!

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“We take a certain perverse glee in seeing other families unravel to see that ours aren’t as bad as we thought,” says Susan V. Booth, the Alliance Theatre’s Jennings Hertz, Jr. Artistic Director, who directs this production. “I hope this will afford a new threshold for how bad it can get.”

And the worse it gets onstage, the more the audience (and critics) seem to enjoy it. Written by Tracy Letts, August: Osage County, in 2008, won the Pulitzer

Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. The New York Times called it “flat-out, no asterisks and without qualifications, the most exciting American play Broadway has seen in years.”

“It’s a dreamy actors’ play,” Booth explains. “There are 13 roles, and each one has serious meat on its bones. You don’t find that often. It is operatically pitched, and it’s old school capital-T theatre.”

A cAutionAry tAleBy kristi casey sanders

A ugust: Osage County is a seriously funny play about a seriously dysfunctional family. It’s hard to believe how many satisfying laughs can come from seeing incest, drug

addiction, emotional abuse and suicide unfurl onstage. But it can be explained with one word: schadenfreude, the pleasure one derives from another person’s misfortune.


Perhaps one reason why the roles are so richly drawn is because playwright Letts also acts, most famously with Chicago’s storied Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where he is an ensemble member. The Chicago Sun-Times has called Letts “an actor of such blistering intensity that you can almost feel the blood surging between his heart and brain.” He brought that passion to the Alliance Theatre stage during the 2003-2004 season, when he portrayed George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

Atlanta theatres have produced many of his plays, most recently Superior Donuts at Horizon Theatre Company. The graphic nature of his writing has earned him comparison to the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, but Letts has said his true inspiration comes from Southern writers such as William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams.

“A colleague once described his work as Tennessee Williams on steroids,” Booth says. “It’s the human equivalent of a traffic accident in the same way that we all slow down and look. August: Osage County is a chance to look at one onstage.”

The Atlanta talent pool is so deep and skillful, Booth says, she could have cast the show handsomely many times over. But she had something specific in mind.

Each role is played by someone who brings considerable history and/or baggage from working in the tight-knit Atlanta theatre community. “I wanted

people with pre-existing, professional dysfunctional relationships to bring to the table,” Booth explains with a chuckle.

The cast includes artistic directors or founders Del Hamilton (7 Stages), Richard Garner (Georgia Shakespeare) and Carolyn Cook (Théâtre du Rêve); Tess Malis Kincaid of Georgia Ensemble

Theatre; Brenda Bynum, formerly of Theatre Emory; and such familiar Atlanta faces as Chris Kayser, Jill Jane Clements, Joe Knezevich, Bethany Anne Lind, Courtney Patterson, Diany Rodriguez, Andrew Benator and Bart Hansard.

During a recent family vacation, Booth found herself thinking about August: Osage County, and what she hopes the audience takes away from it. “I think we come to theater for a lot of reasons,” she muses. “To look for inspiration, to look for reminders of our own humanity ... We also use it as a cautionary tale. I just got back from taking my child to Disney World. [There] I was confronted with the question of why people go on roller coasters. It’s terrifying. I, personally, get nausea. Why do we pay for the privilege of having the bejeezus scared out of us? This is one of those experiences.”

“We take a certain perverse glee in seeing other families unravel to see that ours aren’t as bad as we thought.”

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castin alphabetical order

*Andrew Benator .................................................................................... Little Charles*Brenda Bynum ......................................................................................Violet Weston*Jill Jane Clements .............................................................................Mattie Fae Aiken*Carolyn Cook ............................................................................................ Ivy Weston Richard Garner ......................................................................................Charlie Aiken Del Hamilton ......................................................................................Beverly Weston*Bart Hansard ..............................................................................Sheriff Deon Gilbeau*Chris Kayser ...........................................................................................Bill Fordham*Tess Malis Kincaid ...........................................................................Barbara Fordham*Joe Knezevich ................................................................................ Steve Heidebrecht*Bethany Anne Lind ............................................................................... Jean Fordham*Courtney Patterson ............................................................................. Karen Weston*Diany Rodriguez .............................................................................. Johnna Monevata

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies and stand ins never substitute for listed players

unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

Pat Bell — Violet Weston/Mattie Fae Aiken; Eliana Marianes — Johnna Monevata/Jean Fordham; Stacy Melich — Barbara Fordham/Ivy Weston/Karen Weston; Jamie Moore — Steve Heidebrecht/Little Charles/Sheriff Deon Gilbeau;

Rial Ellsworth — Beverly Weston/Charlie Aiken/Bill Fordham

R. Lamar Williams.................................................................. Assistant Stage ManagerWilliam Illg ............................................................................. Assistant to the DirectorAmy Radebaugh ............................................. Stage Management Production AssistantChris Kayser ............................................................................................Fight Captain

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ANDREW BENATOR

BRENDA ByNUM

JILL JANE CLEMENTS

CAROLyN COOK

RICHARD GARNER

DEL HAMILTON

BART HANSARD

CHRIS KAySER

TESS MALIS KINCAID

JOE KNEzEvICH

BETHANy ANNE LIND

COURTNEy PATTERSON

DIANy RODRIGUEz

PAT BELL

ELIANA MARIANES

STACy MELICH

JAMIE MOORE

RIAL ELLSWORTH

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Andrew BenAtor (Little Charles) Alliance Theatre: Eurydice (Suzi Award), Tennis in Nablus. Atlanta: Young Man From Atlanta (Theatrical Outfit); Becky Shaw (Actor’s Express); You Can’t Take It With You (Theatre Emory); Boeing, Boeing (Aurora Theatre); Room Service (Theatre in the Square); Brooklyn Boy, Hank Kimmel’s Shorts (Jewish Theater of the South). Off-Broadway: Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight, Valparaiso, Flu Season. Regional: Hartford Theater Works, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Sacramento’s B St. Theater, San Jose Rep, San Francisco’s Magic Theater. Film & TV: “House of Payne,” “Meet the Browns,” “Law & Order,” “Third Watch,” Quarantine 2, Game Six, Nowhere to Go But Up. andrewbenator.com

BrendA BYnUM (Violet Weston) was last seen at the Alliance in Sandra Deer’s The Subject Tonight is Love, directed by Kenny Leon. Before that, she might best be remembered here for Deer’s Gal Baby and Angels in America. From 1983 until 2000, she was a resident artist and lecturer with Theater Emory, where she has been honored with the establishment of The Brenda Bynum Award and named a Heilbrun Distinguished Emeritus Research Fellow. She has acted in or directed most of the plays of Samuel Beckett in this country and in Europe and has just recorded the voice of Margaret Mitchell for a public television documentary on the author. Before retiring from the stage to play with her grandchildren, she appeared in almost all of Atlanta’s theaters in a lot of plays with a lot of fine actors. She is happy to be back home with her Atlanta theater family one more time.

Jill JAne CleMents (Mattie Fae Aiken) last appeared at the Alliance in their children’s theatre production of The Miracle Worker. Jill Jane’s previous Alliance credits include Steel Magnolias, A Christmas Carol, Crimes of the Heart, Music Man, A Streetcar Named Desire and Loose Ends. Some recent Atlanta theatre productions are Buried Child, Night Blooms, Driving Miss Daisy, Southern Comforts, The Clean House and Turned Funny. Her film credits include Randy and the Mob, The Real McCoy, My Cousin Vinny, and the CBS mini-series Elvis. Her television work includes “In the Heat of the Night,” “Savannah,” and the TV films

Warm Springs, Mama Flora’s Family and Murder in Mississippi.

CArolYn CooK (Ivy Weston) Alliance Theatre: Sight Unseen, A Man for All Seasons. Alliance Children’s Theatre: Charlotte’s Web, Merlin!, The Snow Queen, Jax and the Graviteers. International: Voir Un Ami Pleurer (Théâtre du Rêve at Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris) and My Children! My Africa! (7 Stages tour in England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Atlanta: Georgia Shakespeare associate artist; 17 seasons including Goneril in King Lear, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Athena in The Odyssey, Blanche du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire and Madame Ranyevskaya in The Cherry Orchard. Other Atlanta credits: Alison in Brownie Points (Theatrical Outfit), Theresa in 100 Saints You Should Know (Actor’s Express), Lizzie in The Syringa Tree and Lane in The Clean House (Horizon Theatre), Mama in Hominid (Out of Hand and Theater Emory).

riCHArd GArner (Charlie Aiken) was last seen on the Alliance stage as an actor in 1986 in a lunchtime series production directed by a young directing intern named Kenny Leon. Atlanta: Mauritius, Blue Orange (Actor’s Express); King Lear, Twelfth Night, The Three Musketeers, Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Georgia Shakespeare); The Three Sisters (Soulstice Repertory); Freedom of the City (Theater Gael). Training: American Conservatory Theater. Currently enjoying his 26th season as co-founder and producing artistic director of Georgia Shakespeare.

del HAMilton (Beverly Weston) as co-founder of 7 Stages, Del has engaged the community of Little 5 Points since the theatre’s inception in 1979. As Artistic Director, he has directed over 80 productions at 7 Stages, including HUSH: Composing Blind Tom Wiggins, Athol Fugard’s My Children! My Africa!, Macbeth, the Tempest and the rock opera, Haus von Dracul. He has also acted in Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, directed by long-time collaborator Joe Chaikin Krapp’s Last Tape, directed by Walter Asmus; and a lot of other Beckett roles; Carmen Kittel by Georg Seidel; Der Park by Botho Strauss, Fugard’s A Place With the Pigs, Der Frosch by Herbert

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Achternbusch and the original 1987 production of Jim Grimsley’s Mr. Universe. He toured in Europe with Sahr Ngaujah (FELA!) in a co-production with Onafhankelijk Toneel in a story by Manuel Puig. Del has acted and directed at theaters in Atlanta, New York, London, Paris, Belgrade, Johannesburg and Amsterdam.

BArt HAnsArd (Sheriff Deon Gilbeau) was last seen at the Alliance in this season’s production of A Christmas Carol. His previous Alliance credits include Grapes of Wrath, A Death in the House Next Door to Kathleen Turner’s House on Long Island, Tennis in Nablus and many delightful Alliance children’s theatre shows. On the regional scene, Bart has performed in Actor’s Theatre of Louisville’s A Tuna Christmas as one half of the town, as well as Psuedolous in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Attic Theatre in Detroit. His film and television credits include Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne,” as the reoccurring fireman, Bart; and “Good Eats,” as various and sundry gourmands who plague host Alton Brown. Around town, you may have spied Mr. Hansard as Max Tarasov in “Superior Donuts” at the Horizon, another Tracy Letts play.

CHris KAYser (Bill Fordham) Alliance patrons may recognize Chris Kayser from his many visitations in A Christmas Carol. Other Alliance credits include Peter Pan, Brigadoon, Miss Ever’s Boys, Art, Eurydice, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Angels in America: Perestroika, The Grapes of Wrath, Glengarry Glen Ross and Degas’ Little Dancer.

tess MAlis KinCAid (Barbara Fordham) hasappeared at the Alliance in Moonlight and Magnolias, The Miracle Worker and Amadeus. Most recently, she appeared as Arkadina in Chekhov’s Seagull at Marin Theatre in San Francisco. Tess is an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare, where she has performed in plays including Titus Andronicus, The Odyssey, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; this summer, she will appear as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra. Tess also has worked at Actor’s Express, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Horizon Theatre, People’s Light

& Theatre (Philadelphia), and NC Shakespeare Festival (8 seasons). Film/TV: I Can Do Bad All By Myself, “House of Payne.” She received the 2010 Suzi Bass Award for Best Actress in a Play for Good Boys and True. Tess is a graduate of Wake Forest University, and the Alliance Theatre Professional Actor Training Program. She is married to actor Mark Kincaid, and they have a beautiful daughter, Barbara Rose.

Joe KnezeviCH (Steve Heidebrecht) Joe is honored to return to the Alliance with this group of Atlanta’s finest theatre artists, including many of his best friends. Raised in Miami, trained at Florida State (with a stop-over in London) he has been in Atlanta for 12 years, primarily acting and teaching at the Alliance as well as Georgia Shakespeare, where he is a devoted artistic associate. Professional highlights include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, here on this stage, starring the playwright of tonight’s show, the amazing Tracy Letts; also Metamorphoses and Richard III at Georgia Shakespeare, where he can be seen in this year’s upcoming summer repertory. He also plays Jonathan Gilbert on “The Vampire Diaries” and has appeared in “One Tree Hill,” “Drop Dead Diva” and will be in the upcoming series “Franklin and Bash” and “Necessary Roughness.” Follow Joe online at joeknezevich.com

BetHAnY Anne lind (Jean Fordham) previousAlliance credits include two world premieres: 26 Miles and Carapace. Other world premieres: Night Blooms at Horizon Theatre, The Storytelling Ability of a Boy at Florida Stage, and Buy My House Please at Aurora Theatre. Atlanta/Regional credits: Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre, Our Town; Jewish Theatre of the South, The Last Schwartz (Suzi Award, outstanding featured actress); Aurora Theatre, The Storytelling Ability of a Boy (Suzi nomination, outstanding lead actress) Georgia Shakespeare, Metamorphoses (Suzi Award, outstanding ensemble); Synchronicity, Junie B. Jones; Theatre in the Square, This is Our Youth; Georgia Ensemble, Steel Magnolias; North Carolina Shakespeare, A Christmas Carol and Twelfth Night; Cape Fear Regional, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Smoke on the Mountain. Film and television: “Drop Dead Diva” and Mean Girls 2. Visit bethanylind.com.

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CoUrtneY PAtterson (Karen Weston) returnsto the Alliance after another turn in A Christmas Carol (Ghost of Christmas Past). Other Alliance credits include Managing Maxine, Eurydice, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (with Tracy Letts and Amy Morton), Frame 312, Light Up the Sky. Atlanta credits include King Lear, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Twelfth Night, Hamlet (Georgia Shakespeare), Brownie Points, Lost Highway (Theatrical Outfit), Boeing! Boeing! (Aurora Theatre), My Name is Rachel Corrie (Synchronicity Performance Group) She also can be seen popping up on cooking shows and various commercials. Much love to Nick, Mom and Dad. Enjoy the show! courtneypatterson.net

diAnY rodriGUez (Johnna Monevata) was recently seen on the Alliance stage in Middle School the Musical, the Kendeda Festival reading of Noche Y Mourning and or in the audience of Bring it On: The Musical — screaming like a crazy person. You may also have seen her touring as Dora and Map in Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer Live! Other notable credits include: Mark’s Mom (US Mimi) in RENT (Asia tour); Carmen in Fame; Anya in The Cherry Orchard; Lucille in Junie B. Jones; Diana Morales in A Chorus Line; Catherine in Pippin; Scarlet in Coyote Ugly; and Anjia/Ruth in Shlomo (off-Broadway). She would like to thank the Alliance for taking a chance on her and for hopefully continuing to do so ... please? Also, she thanks her car.

PAt Bell (US Violet Weston/Mattie Fae Aiken)This is Pat’s fourth production as an Alliance understudy, having previously covered major roles for Frame 312, Bluish and Doubt. Areastage appearances include Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Jewish Theatre of the South, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, OnStage Atlanta, Stage Door Players, Process Theatre and Actor’s Express. Most recentle she played Daisy Worthen in Driving Miss Daisy, at the Legacy Theatre in Tyrone, Georgia. Pat is a performing artist for Young Audiences of the Woodruff Arts Center and works with the Emory University Medical School in their Standardized Patient program. She dedicates her work on this production to the loving memory of her father, Louis Duran.

eliAnA MAriAnes (US Johnna Monevata/Jean Fordham) graduated from Emory University with a B.A. in Theater Studies and English, and is thrilled to be working with the Alliance. She has performed with Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Synchronicity Performance Group, Out of Hand Theater, The Center for Puppetry Arts, Georgia Ensemble Theater, Theater Emory, Emory Dance Company, Academy Theatre, Theatre Decatur, and Théâtre du Rève, both in Atlanta and in Limoges, France. She is very happy to be here!

stACY MeliCH (US Barbara Fordham/Ivy Weston/Karen Weston) was last seen on stage as Becca in Broadsword at Actor’s Express. Some past Atlanta credits include Good Boys and True (Suzi Nomination for Best Featured Actress), dark play or stories for boys, End Days (Suzi Nomination for Best Ensemble), Stop Kiss (Creative Loafing, Best Actress), Hard Feelings and Three Sisters with Synchronicity, Measure for Measure and Closer with Rogue Planet and Fool for Love with Vision Quest, to name a few. Some New York credits include: Cedarwood Avenue at Vital Theatre and Kate Crackernuts at the Flea Theatre, where she also was a company member. Stacy starred in the independent film Medusa, which earned her an Atlanta Film Festival Best Actress nomination.

JAMie Moore (US Steve Heidebrecht/Little Charles/Sheriff Deon Gilbeau) is making his Alliance debut, though he is a veteran of theatre, film and television. He has performed in hundreds of commercials and you may have seen him in “House of Payne,” “One Tree Hill” and “Army Wives.” He is always working with Laughing Matters doing improvisational theatre as well as instructing with several outlets in the Atlanta area.

riAl ellswortH (US Beverly Weston/CharlieAiken/Bill Fordham) is new to the Alliance, but not to Atlanta theater patrons. His credits include: Dr. Thorne in Broadsword (Actor’s Express), Coach Russell Shea in Good Boys and True (Actor’s Express), Mr. Klemper in The Boys Next Door (Georgia Ensemble), Officer Klein in Arsenic and Old Lace (Georgia Ensemble), Governor Danforth in The Crucible (Oglethorpe University), Rene Gallimard in M


profilesButterfly (OnStage Atlanta), and Dr Lyman in Bus Stop (Stage Door Players). Last summer, his performance as Chaim Shotsky in Chaim’s Love Song (Kudzu Playhouse) earned him a best actor nomination from the 2010 Metropolitan Theater Awards. Originally from McComb, Miss., he and his wife of 32 years have lovingly called Atlanta “home” for the past 17. As an avid supporter of live theatre in Atlanta, he thanks you for your support of this production.

sUsAn v. BootH(Jennings Hertz, Jr. ArtisticDirector) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001. Over the past nine seasons, she has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Kendeda Graduate PlaywritingCompetition, created local

producing partnerships and overseen regional collaborative productions, as well as commercial partnerships on projects including The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; SISTER ACT the Musical; Bring in Da’ Noise, Bring in Da’ Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL, which she also directed. As a director, she has worked nationally at theatres including Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern Universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation. She has held teaching positions at Northwestern and DePaul Universities, and currently serves as adjunct faculty with Emory University. She is the immediate past president of the board of directors for Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for the field), is on the artistic board of the Steinberg Charitable Trust in New York, and serves on the board of the Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.

leslie tAYlor (Set Designer) is delighted to return to the Alliance to design August: Osage County. Other designs at the Alliance

include Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Trap and Other People’s Money. Leslie serves as director of the Center for Creativity and Arts at Emory University and chair of the Department of Theater and Dance. She has designed for Georgia Shakespeare, 7 Stages, Theatrical Outfit, Actor’s Express, Out of Hand Theater, Théâtre du Rêve and Georgia Ensemble Theatre. She also has designed for Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Geva Theatre, Portland Stage Company and Indiana Repertory Theatre, to name a few. She was the associate designer to Ming Cho Lee on the Tony Award-winning K-2 as well as the designer of numerous off- and off-off-Broadway productions. Leslie is a graduate of Wellesley College and New York University School of the Arts.

MAriAnn verHeYen (Costume Designer) has designed for the Alliance since 1985, most recently Avenue X (Suzi Nomination), August Wilson’s Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean, Radio Golf, Intimate Apparel (Suzi Award), Day of Kings, A Christmas Carol and Light Up the Sky.New York credits include: Broadway’s Peter Pan, Everybody’s Ruby (Audelco Award Nomination), numerous off-Broadway productions and 10 years of commercial styling. Other credits: The Ford’s, The Huntington, Missouri Repertory, Cincinnati Playhouse, and Chicago, Oregon, Colorado and Alabama Shakespeare theaters, Disney Cruise Lines, Disney World and Sea World San Antonio. Awards: Three Boston I.R.N.E.’s, NYC Villager Downtown Theater Award, Chicago’s 2002 Jeff Award and Jeff nominations 2005 and 2007. She is the recipient of two Distinguished Achievement Awards and head of the Costume Design Program at Boston University College of Fine Arts, School of Theater.

Ken YUnKer (Lighting Designer) Alliance Theatre: Avenue X, The Underpants, Go Dog, Go!, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Aladdin, Bluish, Einstein is a Dummy, Day of Kings, The Miracle Worker, Leap, Ferdinand the Bull. Based in Atlanta since 1989, he is the resident designer for The Atlanta Opera, the Sarasota Opera Association and Opera New Jersey/Princeton. Local designs include Theatre in the Square,

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True Colors, Theatrical Outfit, Georgia Ensemble, Atlanta Lyric, Ballethnic Dance Company, Six Flags Over Georgia, Brenau University, Clayton State University and Emory University. National credits include Utah Shakespeare Festival, Bermuda Arts Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Utah Symphony and Opera, Tulsa Opera, Fort Worth Opera, San Antonio Opera, Augusta Opera, Florida State Opera and Arizona Opera. Awards: Suzi Bass Award for Avenue X, previous nominations include Rejoice and The Persians; Abbey Artist of the Year nomination; Creative Loafing lighting award in Best of Atlanta; Theatre in the Square Jenny Award — 7 total for Best Lighting.

ClAY BenninG (Sound Designer) has designed more than 70 productions for the Alliance Theatre, including Pacific Overtures, Class of 3000 LIVE, Jelly’s Last Jam, Avenue X, Five Guys Named Moe, Eurydice and Topdog/Underdog. He is also an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare with designs for more than 15 productions, including King Lear, Metamorphoses, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Antigone and Pericles. Atlanta Ballet: The Great Gatsby, big (featuring Big Boi). Regional work: Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St.Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Theatre. Awards: 2006, 2007 and 2009 Suzi Bass Awards for Best Sound Design (Metamorphoses, False Creeds and Titus Andronicus). Production sound engineer for the world premiers of The Color Purple, Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL and Come Fly With Me. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (B.A.), North Carolina School of the Arts (M.F.A.) and a member of IATSE.

PAt A. FlorA (Production Stage Manager) has been affiliated with the Alliance Theater for more than 30 years, with favorite projects too numerous to list. She has had the great good fortune to work with many talented professionals in a variety of artistic disciplines not only in Atlanta but throughout the country and abroad. Ms. Flora is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, since 1980.

r. lAMAr williAMs (Assistant Stage Manager) is an Atlanta native. Rodney studied Theatre at Florida A&M University’s Essential Theatre. His 10-year tenure at the Alliance

Theatre has included: stage managing Carapace, Sammy & Me, Tennis In Nablus, The Second Ciy: Peach Drop Stop & Roll and The Second City: Miracle on 1280 Peachtree Street; and assistant stage managing August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf; Doubt; Jelly’s Last Jam and the world premieres of Women of Brewster Place, Sister Act: The Musical and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. For Sensei, JDawn and all humanity — “living life as ART!”

PAtriCK MCColerY (Co-Dramaturg) was assistant director to Andy Blankenbuehler on the recent world premiere of Bring it On: The Musical at the Alliance Theatre. Also at the Alliance: Director (Taste of the Season ’09 and ’10, Splinters for the acting program, and staged readings of Spoon Lake Blues, You Can’t Sit Down and Children of the Dream), Dramaturg (Avenue X — Dir: Susan V. Booth), Producer (The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, staged reading in partnership with Actor’s Express and Tectonic Theater Project), Co-Producer (2009 Atlanta Kendeda readings), Assistant Producer (NYC Kendeda readings at New York Theatre Workshop). He’s been a freelance Atlanta theatre artist for 10 years working with The Atlanta Opera, The Center for Puppetry Arts, Synchronicity Theatre, 7 Stages, Horizon Theatre, Dad’s Garage, Essential Theatre, Haverty Marionettes, Trinity Theatre and Habima Theatre. Patrick is a proud recipient of the Nurturing Youth Award from Hands On Atlanta.

BAri newPort (Co-Dramaturg) is currently an artistic associate at the Alliance. Previously, Bari was artistic associate/literary manager at the Pasadena Playhouse, associate producer at Horizon Theatre and associate director at Florida Repertory Theatre. As a director and actor, her work has been seen at American Stage, Horizon Theatre Company, Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Theatre 150, Cumberland County Playhouse, Florida Repertory Theatre, Sacramento Theatre Company, Westport Country Playhouse and at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Bari holds a B.F.A. from the University of Southern California, where her efforts yielded the creation of the Bill White Memorial Theatre Collection, USC’s first and


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Why this play?After it won the Pulitzer and the Tony, the Atlanta community— patrons and artists — began to clamor for the Alliance to produce this fantastic acting tour de force.

Why Atlanta?Because Atlanta actors are every bit as good as that fantastic ensemble that premiered the play in chicago, and this is a chance to showcase to our city how skilled our acting talent is. Because we can get artistic directors from georgia Shakespeare and 7 Stages to act on our stage. Because this production is a celebration of our entire Atlanta theatre community.

Why now?Because it is always the right time to enjoy someone else’s family behaving rEAllY badly.

only theatrical library. She received her M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. She is a recipient of the TCG New Generations: Future Leaders grant and is an adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University.

sCot J. MAnn And KellY MArtin (Fight Choreography) are award-winning and internationally recognized fight directors and teachers through the Society of American Fight Directors, the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat. They have choreographed, performed and coached theatrical violence in the U.S., England, and Germany with such companies as The Steppenwolf Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, New Stage Theatre, Mill Mountain Theatre, Georgia Shakespeare and here at the wonderful Alliance Theatre. Together they served as tactics choreographers and stunt players for the Sci-Fi feature film Eyeborgs. Scot was on-set swordmaster for the Bollywood Epic, DRONA, filmed in India, and is the director of theatre at Mercer University. Proud members of AEA & The Society of American Fight Directors.

JodY FeldMAn (Casting) has had responsibility for Alliance Theatre casting since 1992, casting well over 100 Alliance, Hertz Stage and Theatre for Young Audiences productions, including the world premieres of The Color Purple, Aida, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Blues for an Alabama Sky and Bluish. Other favorites include Jelly’s Last Jam, Day of the Kings, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition readings each spring. Jody is also casting director for Kenny Leon’s

True Colors Theatre Company as well as various other regional theatres and commercial endeavors. She serves as line producer for artistic projects such as Taste of the Season and the 2005 August Wilson Tribute. Jody began her theatre career first as an actress and then as the assistant general manager of the Academy Theatre. More than anything, Jody would like to thank you for being here to share the joy of live theatre with her Alliance Theatre family.

roseMArY newCott (The Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth)has been directing, acting and teaching at the Alliance Theatre since 1988. Favorite Alliance directing credits include Middle School the

Musical (world premiere); Disney’s Mulan; Class of 3000 LIVE (world premiere); Seussical the Musical; A Christmas Carol; Einstein Is a Dummy (world premiere); and the high school Collision Project. Newcott has directed at Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Center for Puppetry Arts, Academy Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Virginia Stage Company, Seaside Rep, La Jolla Playhouse and the Kennedy Center. Newcott was named PBA Lexus Leader of the Arts and Best Director by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for the 2001-2002 season. In 2005, she received the GTC Distinguished Career Award. Newcott is also the recipient of a Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship and the 2010 Suzi Bass Spirit Award. She is on the board of TYA/USA.

About the Alliance Theatre


Atlanta’s nationally acclaimed Alliance Theatre, recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award®, creates the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people of all ages. Under the leadership of Jennings hertz, Jr. Artistic Director Susan V. Booth, the Alliance Theatre uses contemporary classics, field leading theatre artists and a commitment to premiere as the foundation for a national theatre with a local address. The theatre’s two stages host 200,000 adult and youth patrons each season, and the Alliance engages and educates students and teachers of all ages through its extensive training programs and commitment to providing a community forum for connection and dialogue.

The Alliance leads the national regional theatre field in the creation of significant American musicals and plays. This includes over 70 premieres that have enjoyed future lives in theatres across the country as well as Tony Award®-winning moves to Broadway: Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Elton John and Tim rice’s Aida and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Following their Atlanta premieres, the Alliance transferred Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away to Broadway for a critically acclaimed Tony Award®-nominated run while Sister Act: the Musical will arrive on Broadway this season after its run on london’s West End. The Alliance also originated the national tours of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk as well as the World Premiere of Bring It On: The Musical.

The Alliance enjoys a national reputation for finding and developing Atlanta artists for the national stage, including New York Times bestseller Pearl cleage whose The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years was the latest of cleage’s Alliance world premieres. Further evidence of the Alliance’s commitment to new work is its nationally recognized National graduate Playwriting competition, a cutting-edge program introducing student playwrights to professional networks across the country while producing the world premiere of the winning student’s work here at the Alliance. Work by past competition winners has gone on to be produced by theatres in New York, chicago, london, San Francisco and beyond.

The Alliance continuously brings Atlanta the finest talent and finest art—proving once again that the Alliance is where great theatre lives. The Alliance Theatre is a division of the Woodruff Arts center in Atlanta, georgia, which also houses the Atlanta Symphony orchestra, high museum of Art and Young Audiences.

Our MissionAs a leading national theatre, the Alliance Theatre sets the highest artistic standards, creating the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people.

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ClApif you believein FAiries

Brenda Bynum: Jill Jane and I worked together at the old Academy Theater in the late ’70s and early ’80s, and in the ’90s at Theater Emory, and have been friends all along.

Jill Jane Clements: I played Brenda’s mother in my first profession production in Atlanta at the Academy, Getting Out.

Brenda: And then, there’s Del. We’re fueled by our shared passions for Beckett (Happy Days) and Fugard (A Place for the Pigs) and mutual respect over many years — at least 30! We have shared a dressing room, and I have seen him naked onstage in a pig sty — albeit for me working without my glasses —alas, all the good stuff was no more than a pink blur. This is our third scripted marriage — or have I lost count?

del Hamilton: Brenda’s correct. I do love Beckett, and am in awe of the mysteries he unlocks when I get to perform his texts. As to what she did or did not see while gleefully whipping

my naked body with a stick night after night, well, I must defer to her sense of taste and her kind disregard for the sight of my full splendor.

Jill Jane: I got to stage-manage Del in Joe Chaikin’s Waiting for Godot at 7 Stages, and we traveled to The Hague for a Samuel Beckett Festival. Brenda was there too! What a ball we had in Holland!

BetHany anne lind: Jill Jane has played my mother, grandmother, and now my great aunt — all within the last year! Also, she helped my husband and me with some landscaping because she has this genius green thumb thing going on. I have a thumb of death.

tess malis KinCaid: I first worked with Bethany Lind in Steel Magnolias at Georgia Ensemble. I had to do a bridal “up-do” to her hair every night, and she never once complained about all the hairspray. I love that girl — she’s a rock star.

As longtime members of the Atlanta theatre community, the actors in this cast have known and worked with each other for years. We thought it only fitting to ask them to reminisce (or dish) about their own “family baggage.”

Family GatherinGAn all-Atlanta cast brings decades of familiarity to August: Osage CountyBy PATRICK MCCOLERy And BARI nEWPORT


RichaRd GaRneR: One incident I remember was a rare time when I was acting on the Georgia Shakes stage, in a production of Twelfth Night. I went up on a line, and Chris started to give me some help. I thought I had the line, so I actually waved him off. And, that damn line never came. Lesson learned: when Chris Kayser offers a helping hand on stage, don’t wave it away.

diany RodRiGuez: I’ve only worked with a handful of my fellow cast members before, almost six years ago, as an intern at Georgia Shakespeare.

couRtney PatteRson: I DO remember that the only thing Diany really ate was microwave Hormel chili with one packet of sugar stirred in. Surprisingly enough, I had to clean her vomit off the floor

one night in the dressing room before a show. Huh. It was fine, though. I had been a bartender for several years so I was pretty much desensitized.

andRew BenatoR: Greatest moment I had with Courtney was in Boeing, Boeing at the Aurora. It involved her high-heeled shoe unintentionally sailing into the audience. Classic!

couRtney: Andrew is one of my favorite people. He threw me under the bus once in a show. He did something hilariously unexpected and made me break. — Totally unprofessional, I know, but as the audience was laughing AT me — and my pride was literally shriveling before their eyes - he raised his hands in victory! Claimed it was some Comedia clown pose. Nice, Andrew. Real nice.



board of directors

Board ChairVice Chair

Immediate Past ChairTreasurer

Dan ReardonVictoria PalefskyHoward L. FeinsandSteve Chaddick

James L. AndersonCandace BellKenny BlankSarah Robinson BordersMark CallawayFrank S. ChewAlan ColbergLinda DavidsonPhilippa V. EllisDaryl EvansA.D. FrazierPatrick J. GunningLaura HardmanP. J. Younglove Hovey

Jocelyn J. HunterRosthema Viener KastinJames KilbergJeff LevyValarie LischerCynthia H. MaloyAlan McKeonS. Alan McKnight, Jr.John Hays MershonHala ModdelmogPhilip H. MoïseMaureen MorrisonRichard S. MyrickScarlet Pressley-Brown

Helen Smith PriceDouglas F. ReidMaurice M. RosenbaumWilliam B. RowlandKarl SachsenmaierAlan SchreihoferStephen SeligDebbie SheltonWilliam D. SleeperKaren SpiegelCharles E. TaylorRobert WalkerPeter D. WeitznerA. Penniman Wells, Jr.

Rita M. AndersonKenneth L. BernhardtAnn W. Cramer

George GoodwinHelen M. RegensteinRobert E. Reiser, Jr.

Jane E. ShiversSally G. TomlinsonBenjamin T. White

Madelyn Adams Judy Anderson Mark Bell Barry Berlin Veronica Biggins Erin Brown Stephen Brown Donna BurchfieldSusan Callaway James Cox Chambers Ron Clark Tony Conway Richard Cravey Jackie Cushman Sallie Daniel Debbie Dermer John Deushane Patti Dickey Sally Dorsey

Diane Durgin Charles Edwards Jo Roberson Edwards Randi Emerman Reade FahsKathryn Farley Ellen Feinsand Valerie FergusonBarry FlinkJay Freer Margie Goheen Lisa Greenberg Jennifer Hale Virginia Hepner Stephanie Husk Andrea Jones John Keller David Kuniansky Valerie Hartman Levy

Constance Lewis Kristie Madara Kent Matlock Philip McAdoo Penny McPhee Cathy Missildine-MartinDedi MohrCynthia MorelandElena Mulligan Linda Newport Bill Nigut William Pate Monica Pearson Travis Reed Harrison Rohr Bobby Rosenbloum Jack Sawyer Christine SchneiderSonny Seals

Linda SeligJanece Shaffer Anne Joyner SheehanBrian SheplerCindy SheplerLinda SilbermanChandra Stephens-

Albright Charlita Stephens-

Walker Veda Storey Todd Tautfest Susan Tucker Wayne VasonLynda WalkerRick Western Mary WilliamsSuzy Wilner Joni Winston

President, STARS/Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild President, Alliance Theatre Guild

Valarie LischerSarah Larson

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Advisory BoardAdvisory Board Chair: Ann W. Cramer

alliance theatre staffARTISTICJennings hertz, Jr. Artistic Director ................................... Susan V. BoothSally g. Tomlinson Artistic Director

of Theatre for Youth .............................................Rosemary NewcottAssociate Producer .............................................................Jody FeldmanDirector of New Projects ........................................................Celise KalkeArtistic Associate ...................................................................Bari NewportArtist in residence ................................................................ Pearl Cleagecommunity Engagement & casting ............................... DayRon J. MilesArtistic Assistant ........................................................................William Illg

EDuCATIONDirector of Educational Programs .............................. Christopher MosesDirector of the Acting Program..............................................Al HamacherDirector, institute for Educators and Teaching Artists .....................................................Carol T. JonesAssistant Director, institute for Educators and Teaching Artists .............................Michele MummertEducation Development manager ......................................Sharon BrewerEducation coordinator

& Producer of Drama camps ................................ Christina Dresserinstitute for Educators

& Teaching Artists Assistant...........................................Padgett WardEducation Assistant .............................................................Rachel Jonesresident Artist in Education .......................................... Patrick McColeryresident Teaching Artists ...........Kim Bowers-Rheay, Valletta AndersonTeaching Artists .................................. Ricardo Aponte, Paul Armbruster, Denise Arribas, Olivia Aston, Greg Bosworth, Corey Bradberry,

Enisha Brewster, Jaehn Claire, Brooke Collins Hamilton, Steve Coulter, John Doyle, Sharon Foote,

Allison Gardner, Kimberly Geter, Joe Gfaller, Holly Godwin, Amy Handler, Bart Hansard, Angie Harrell, Michael Haverty,

Jennifer Hebblethwaite, Laura Heckman, Charolette House, Lesley Howe, Vikki Holloway, BJ Hughes, John Jaramillio,

Jan Jensen, Carol Jones, Rachel Jones, Sims Lamason, LeeAnna Lambert, Bethany Lind, Amy Lucas, Jen MacQueen,

Barry Stewart Mann, Morgan McCrary, Michele McCullough Hazard, Bryan Mercer, Nancy Meyer, Tracy V. Moore,

Kati Grace Morton, Jessica Muhammad, Sarah Onsager, Karen Ramps, Claire Ritzler, Manny Rivers,

Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Don Slaton, Sheri Mann Stewart, Ambondem Tazano, Allison upshaw,

Rachel White, Jeanene Williams

AdmINISTRATIoNgeneral manager .............................................................. Max Leventhalcompany manager .......................................................... Laura Thrustonmanagement Assistant ...........................................................Alicia Quirkmanager of information resources ....................................... Jim Hubbert

FINANCEDirector of Finance ............................................................... Brian ShivelyAccounting coordinator ..............................................................Julie HallAccounting coordinator ..................................................Ashley Bradford

dEVELopmENTDirector of Development .................................Kristin Hathaway Hansenmajor contributions manager.................................................. Ann WilsonAnnual Fund coordinator .............................................Rebecca BowdenSpecial Events & Board manager ..............................Lindsey Hardegreegrants manager ..............................................................Davia WeatherillDevelopment Volunteer ..................................................Elaine HentschelDevelopment Assistant ........................................................Kat Reynolds

mARkETINGinterim Director of marketing ................................................ Terry SagedyAdvertising & Promotions Specialist ................................ Caroline TannerE-marketing Specialist ............................................................John Maleygraphic Designer ...............................................................Nadine ChengPublications Assistant ......................................Brittney Reagler-Londonmarketing Volunteer ................................................................... Don VannPublic relations Agency.............................................................. Creaxionmedia Facilitation Assistant .........................................Kashara RobinsonAssociate Director of group Sales ...............................Quidana Bosmangroup Sales coordinator ..................................................Laura PeacockAssociate Director of Patron Services. ...................................... Shana OrrPatron Services coordinator ...................................................Ken McNeilhouse managers ....................Dana Hylton Calabro, Christina Dresser,

Lindsey Hardegree, DayRon Miles, Charles Swint, Lynn VatterAssistant manager Subcriptions ........................................Danielle HicksSenior Ticket Agents .........................................Chad Martin, Ken McNeil

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Production ManagementProduction manager .......................................................Rixon Hammond

Stage ManagementAlliance Stage managers ...............................Pat A. Flora, lark hackshaw,

R. Lamar WilliamsTYF Stage manager .................................................................Liz CampbellTYF Stage management Production Assistant ................. Amy Radebaughhertz management Production Assistant......................Jayson T. Waddell

Stage OperationsStage operations manager ..................................................Scott Bownecrew chief ...................................................................... Vincent Simonschildren’s Theatre crew chief ..............................................Deb MaberryProperties Stagehand ....................................................Courtney O’NeillFlyman ...................................................................................Willie Parks

ElectricsElectrics manager ......................................................................Pete ShinnStaff Electricians ...........................................Larry Bauer, Sean Hamilton,

Steve Jordan

Soundresident Sound Designer ..................................................... Clay BenningSound Engineers/Board ops ..................... Holly Blakely, Brian Smith,

Jessica Weeks

SceneryTechnical Director ...............................................................Victor W. SmithAssistant Technical Director ......................................................Megan KierShop Foreman ....................................................................Patrick Conleycarpenters....... Manny Abreo, Jes Cottrell, Kevin Green, Travis Williamscharge Scenic Artist ..................................................................Kat ConleyScenic Artist ..............................................................................Phillip Male

PropertiesProperties manager ..............................................................Robert ElliottProps lead Artisan ..................................................Dana Hylton CalabroProperties Buyer ........................................................Heather SchroederProperties Artisan ...............................Blake Anderson, Suzanne Morris

Costumescostume Shop manager ................................................Carol HammondDesign Assistant....................................English Benning, Emily KramerDraper ....................................................Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou Whocraftsmaster ................................................................. Diana L. ThomasStitchers/First hands ................................................................ Laury Conley,

Lyudmila Fesenko, Maegan RobinsonWig master ............................................................................Karin CravenWardrobe ............................................................ John Hardy, Niki Traxler



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★★★★ $35,000+

★ $10,000-$14,999The Balloun Familylisa & Joe BankoffSusan V. Booth & max leventhalAlan & chi colbergAnn & Jeff cramerDoug & Donna curlinglinda & gene DavidsonA.D. & clair FrazierDavid & carolyn gouldmr. & mrs. Patrick J. gunningDoug & lila hertz

Andrea & Boland Jones John & Angie KellerPhillip i. Kent Foundation mrs. J. hicks lanierValerie & Jeff levymaureen & Angus morrisonrichard S. & Winifred B. myrickPatty & Doug reidBob & margaret reisermr. & mrs. charles B. Shelton iiiSteve & linda Selig

John & Karen Spiegelchandra Stephens-Albright

& Warren Albrightcharlita Stephens-Walker,

charles & Delores Stephenschuck & lisa cannon-Taylormr. & mrs. Edus h. Warren, Jr.rick & Terri Westernramona & Ben WhiteJoni WinstonSuzy Wilner

ToP billiNGExecutive Producers ★★ $7,500-$9,999

mark & Ansley callawayP.J. Younglove hovey

Paul & rosthema KastinPhil & caroline moïse

Bill & rhonda rowlandmichael & June Tompkins

Executive Producers ★ $5,000-$7,499James AndersonPeg & Bill Balzercandace & Jeff BellThe Arthur m. Blank Family

FoundationSarah & Jim Borders Bryan cave-Powell goldsteinFrank & mary Anne chewmarcia & John Donnell

Eve & Bob Eckardtmatthew & Doris gellerJay & Debbie goldmanKathy harrisJocelyn J. huntermr. & mrs. James c. Kennedyleslie leigh m.D.cynthia & Alan maloymelanie & S. Alan mcKnight, Jr.

mr. & mrs. John hays mershonmr. Walter W. mitchellmr. & mrs. Kenyon murphyhelen Smith Pricehugh & Sue rippsPatricia & maurice rosenbaumSonny & Jeanne SealsDr. & mrs. Dennis lee SpanglerPenn & Sally Wells

Producers ★★ $3,500-$4,999mark & Pam BellKathy & Ken Bernhardtmr. Dick Dickson & ms. Yin lo

charles & carol EdwardsPhilippa & Burrell Ellislubo Fund

William & margarita SleeperDr. & mrs. Dennis lee SpanglerKaren & Alex Stickney

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499madelyn r. AdamsSouthern States llc

mrs. Susan Beallor-Snyder & mr. Stuart Snyder

Susan & Tom callawayJohn & lucy cook

Victoria & Howard Palefsky Sally G. Tomlinson

★★★ $25,000-$34,999

★★ $15,000-$24,999

Barbara & Steve ChaddickMr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand

James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation

Dan & Garnet Reardon

James & Lori Kilberg


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mr. & mrs. Edward S. croft iiiDouglas & camille Duerrrobert W. & Nikki c. EickhoffEierman FoundationJohn & cindy EthridgeDiane & Daryl Evansms. Beryl Farrisrick & leslie FuessDr. & mrs. Edmond i. griffinmr. & mrs. lance E. hallhenry & Etta raye hirsch

mr. & mrs. J. michael hostinskymr. & mrs. James E. hugh, iiiBooker & Birdie izellmr. & mrs. mark A. JungersDavid l. KunianskyTAYlAr Development & AssociatesKristie l. madaraJodi & henry NidenDr. Kathleen Nixon

& Dr. gregory BerkeyJohn & helen Parker

mrs. helen m. regensteinTanya m. rutledgeAlan & cyndy Schreihofermichele & glenn Shearcharlotte & Tom ShieldsStu & Susan Snyderhenry N. & margaret P. StaatsProcore SolutionsJames TaylorSusan & Thomas WardellJohn & Kathy Zamer

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 (cont.)

Judge gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams

Elaine & miles AlexanderKent & Diane AlexanderDr. & mrs. raymond AllenTheodore & Andrea AltholzJudy m. Andersonherb & myrtice ArnoldElizabeth & John Baconms. Ann B. BishopPamela Blackburnron & lisa Brill charitable Trustms. Susan A. campbellmr. & mrs. W. Kent canipeStephen & liz carterin memory of mary A. cipollamr. Dale cohenmr. & mrs. malon courtsmr. & mrs. James l. currySallie Danielmarc & Kelli Davenportrichard & linda DiedrichPatti DickeyDouglas & camille DuerrDiane Durginralph & ree EdwardsElizabeth EtollAlan & Willa Fabianreade FahsKathryn T. Farley, PhDclara Feldmanmichael & Jody Feldman

Valerie FergusonDr. & mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotinmelanie & richard FineAndy Fisher Dr. cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon hulettemargie & Barry goheenDonald & Dale goodmanmr. Dwayne E. greenemrs. Jack K. halerachel & mike hammerJohn & Simone hansonDr. & mrs. John B. hardman David herskovitsPearlann & Jerry horowitzTycho & marie howle FoundationJoseph hurleymr. & mrs. harold itkinmr. clay Jacksonrichard & marcia Jacobsoncaroline Johnin honor of carol Jones

& the Alliance Theatre Education Department

mr. & mrs. richard Krugerconchita heyn & robert lichtefeldmr. & mrs. James E hugh, iiilinda livelyTim & Jane lundbergDick lyonm.c. Jackson, Sr., Family Foundationchip mannmr. & mrs. Nathan metzger

mr. & mrs. michael J. millettJune m. morrisonJoyce & michael Natbonymr. Joseph NorthingtonJudy Trotochaud & William PateBill & carey Peardmonica K. PearsonPeg PetersenSusan & David Petersonlynne ragan & Jay SampsonDon & rosalinda ratajczakmr. & mrs. John richardAlice & Peter rogersDr. & mrs. charles rosenbergEmanuel & Peggy rothDavid & Sharon Schachterchristine Schneidermr. Kevin D. Seawaychip & Sharon Shirleymartin & Patricia SilbigerDean & Bronnie SmithDrs. marjorie & Quentin SmithDr. Paul Spiegel & leigh Ann WilderSara & Paul SteinfeldDante’s Down the hatch, BuckheadDr. & mrs. Kenneth g. TaylorJudith & mark TaylorJackie Wallacemr. Alex & mr. marc D. WeinbergJoan N. WhitcombJ.m. Wilkerson construction companyJudy Zaban

Associate Producers $1,500-$2,499

gene g. Abel, m.D. & Nora harlowJoAnne & charles S. Ackerman

rita & Ted Andersonmr. & mrs. William Andrade

mr. & mrs. george Boydmr. & mrs. Sam Bronfman ii

Benefactors $1,000-$1,499

Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of March 14, 2011


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Ebony & Erin BrownDonna Burchfield & Penn Nicholsonruth & mark coanmichael & Donna colesDavid & Debbie Dermerrachel Dinnermanmr. Scott Dorfman

& ms. Susie TrotochaudDuane morris, llPluxury cars of AtlantaJo roberson Edwardsms. gail h. EvansViki & Paul Freemanmr. haydn W. Fusiamr. & mrs. John J. gillinlouise Staton gunnmr. & mrs. Thomas B. hyman, Jr.Bobo Jetmundsen

Kay h. & Burke c. Jonesgordon l. Joyner, Esq.mr. michael A. KahnDr. & mrs. michael Kalsonmr. & mrs. Peter g. KessenichDavid & lauren Kietermark & Brenda lichtensteinmr. Alan B. mcKeon

& ms. Evelyn AshleyJim & Jo mcleanSally & Tom mcNultyAvery & Valerie munningsAnn Starr & Kent Nelsonlinda NewportBob & gail o’learycarolyn oppenheimermr. & mrs. markham D. oswaldDave & Susan Peterson

Bill & Bamby rayDr. Susan rifkin & mr. David rifkinms. mary W. rogersD. Jack Sawyer, Jr.Elizabeth & ross SchiavoNancy & gerry Silverboardmr. & mrs. Timothy E. SheehanBrenda J. Smithc. Austin StephensTodd TautfestThe Elster Foundationms. Elizabeth Wallacemr. Alex & mr. marc D. Weinberglynne WinshipWilliam & Nancy YangTodd & Amy Zeldin

Benefactors $1,000-$1,499 (cont.)

Veronique & Baxter Jones morgan Stanley Jane E. Shivers Dr. & mrs. Bruce Y. Tyler

Playwright $700-$999

Peter & Sheila AndersonEllen & Eliot Arnovitzmalcolm S. Barnes

& Virginia A. hepnerDr. Deborah Baumgartenin memory of Sol BlaineDarrell BriscoeSara & Alex BrownW. F. Byrnes, m.D.Franklin & Dorothy chandlermr. Bruce i. crabtree, iii

& B.J. Erb crabtree

Alice J. cunninghamBrad & Sally curreylinda & gene DavidsonDr. & mrs. Norman Elliottmr. & mrs. Barry r. Elsonms. gail h. EvansBg Search Associatesmr. & mrs. Jerry m. greenbaumWanda g. hankeslinda & richard hubertmr. & mrs. Thomas B. hyman, Jr.Dale & Elaine lalonde

lewis larsoncheryl meisms. Anne Newtonmr. mark A. Pallanschmr. & ms. Timothy A. PollockAdrian PratherJames h. rollinsmr. John A. Sabinemr. Scott c. Satterwhitemr. & mrs. Brian SheplerJoe Sniezekms. odessa K. Spraggins

Susan Stainbackmrs. c. Preston Stephensmaria-ruth StortsBright PaperJudith & mark TaylorJohn & Bunny Underwoodms. Elizabeth Wallacerichard & carole WeilValerie & Peter Weitznerms. Florence Zerbecharles A. Zuver

Designer $500-$749

mr. & mrs. howell Adams, Jr.Judith & Aaron AlembikDr. & mrs. David F. Apple, Jr.ms. Anne Barnhartmr. & mrs. roland BatesAnonymousgeoff Bieger & John Altizermrs. roberta Bienfaitms. Ann B. BishopJulie Bishopgary & Nancy Bivinsms. Barbara Bradymr. Peter A. Brannigan

& ms. Phyllis mcNeillNamcy BrownDr. carol T. Bush & Dr. Aubrey m. Bushms. mary c. cannonmrs. Vera c. carter

mr. & mrs. John & Sue carterms. Johanna chapinmichael clementKimberly collinsTim couchlisa cremin & Bruce harlanlinda & haywood curryPrefered machine Worksmr. george DamergisAlexandra & charlotte Dretlermr. & mrs. robert g. Edgein memory of Donald gareisEliza & Bobby Ezormr. & mrs. Bradford W. FerrerJohn & Eleanor Finleyms. Kimberly Finneganmr. lee Francisms. Shan Franklin

homer S. FrenchDavid & luck gambrellDrs. Stephen & marianne garberms. linda m. garrettmr. & mrs. roger g. gelderDr. lisa A. gillespiemr. michael gilliamDr. & mrs. Donald m. gilnermarsha & richard goerssDan & Susan gravelineDrs. Deborah & Arthur griffithsms. Joanne hayden-millerms. Sylvia halleckmr. larry hammlindsey E. hardegreemr. charles harpermr. John r. hartlandDennisha haynes

ms. Bonnie K. hebbcecelia hendricksonJohn & christine hepfingermr. James A. hillmarianne & John hinescarole W. hintonharris & Sharon hobbycharles & Winnie hoovermr. & mrs. richard hubbellKathryn huieTammy hunterTiffany JamesEric & carol Johnsonms. Kyla Junielmr. Stephen J. Kalista

& ms. Pamela San martinms. Janice Karkulamrs. carol Ann Kilburn

Performer $250-$499

annual fundAlliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of March 14, 2011


Thad & Suzanne Kingmrs. Jo Kochcarol & Paul Kurtzmichael & Bernadette lambertmr. Elmer langham

& mr. Donald Bonarms. Sandra lanphearmr. J. m. legermr. John lindquistms. gloria loganms. Sarah lyonmr. Nadim maamounmr. Terrance D. martinKen mcNeilBirgit & David mcQueenThe mimms Familymr. russell morrissoncindy moss

Kevin & Sandra muthersboughmr. Donald oldsBob & mary Ann oliveleonard Pallatsms. Scotty c. PannellDr. & mrs. Alan l. PlummerBarbara & marty PollockJudith reecemrs. Angela h. ridleymiss lillie m. robbinsms. michelle robinetteDr. Kirk D. Saddler

& Dr. Belinda Brown-Saddlermr. Jonathan Sangsterms. clarelle r. Saulsmr. Fred Shaftmanheather Shepherdmargaret Sherrod

Jane SmithPutnam & carmen SmithEddie Smithms. Kathy Smithmr. Terry SprungerPat Stephensmichael Stevensms. Susan SwannerDr. & mrs. michael SzikmanFaye Tatemr. Johnie l. TeagueThe rockdale Foundation, inc.Kent Thompsonroland Tisdalemr. Kevin Toddrobert h. TruesdaleJoyce lawrence Tsadikmr. & mrs. chris Tuten

mr. & mrs. Wayne r. Vasonmr. Andrew Velcoffmr. Sal VerennaThe von gal Familyms. Stacey WeissDiane Whitems. Karen Whitemr. & mrs. John F. WielandKhari Wildermrs. charlotte WilenJoynetta WilfordBrian WilhiteVirginia & Neal Williamsmr. & mrs. Karl B. Williamsmr. Stephen D. Wilsonmr. Jorn WinterAlice & Blake Woodms. Deborah Young

Sandy & Davis Abramsmr. Earl Adamsrandall AdamsDr. & mrs. Joel AdlerJennifer Aiello connorms. Tamera Alexandercorrie AlfordDorita and hal Arnoldmr. & mrs. Stanley B. Ashley, Jr.Brooks Bahrmr. & mrs. melvin Bakerms. Sheron Banksms. roxanne Barrowchristopher BarryDrew Beatygerald & Vicki Benjaminms. Jane Benjaminmr. Jay Bernathmrs. mignon S. Bigelow

& mr. James A. Bigelowmrs. gwen Bivinsrobin Blakems. Dianna Boateng & ms.

Jennifer h. Boatengms. Deborah Bocklagems. Karen Bookerms. & mr. Kimberly E. Bornsteinmr. & mrs. charles E. Bowenmr. James Boxtonms. Brenda K. Boydgeorge & monica Bozonier, Jr.Scott & Becky Bracewellchristopher & Kendall Williamsonms. Allison BraleyEric Brantleymerv and Schan Brown

michael Brownc. g. Brownmr. Danny Brownleroy & Polly Brownleecarol Brucemr. James W. Buehler , m.D.

& ms. lydia l. ogdenchuck ButtonDanni Byrdrobin canadyAlec carlsonmichael carrms. Deidra carswellBryan cavanJoshua & lauren chandlermr. Boon Keat Eric chngms. Brenda clementsms. Jessica cobbmr. Stewart cobbmr. Phillip cochranmr. Eric coffeeKenneth collinsDr. William B. colvin

& mrs. Benie colvinmr. & mrs. Anthony l. comptonBill comptonDr. Doyt & gracia connDiana conwaymr. Brian l. cookms. Sandi Peterson-coopermr. rick covingtonAnna crawford, Ph.D.

& Barbara Thomason, Ph.D.ms. carleen cumberbatchms. Deb Dalymichelle Daniel

ms. Joyce E. Danielsms. oscar Faye DavisDarrel DavisJody Davismr. clayton Davisms. Sheri Davis-Faulknermr. Philip D. Dawsonmrs. renee r. Delahoussayemr. & mrs. Thomas Dierdorffms. connie Divine

& ms. Frances mccartyglenn Dobsonms. laura Dosterryan Dourronmrs. Katherine J. Downsms. Anne B. Driesms. Walline DriverDr. gary Dudleymitch & Jane DurhamTamera Duthiems. Kathleen Edwardsms. Arlene Edwardsms. Valerie Edwardsmr. Andy ElliseDorothy & Todd Evansrussell Failms. Trudy Farkasrobyn Feinbergms. Yolanda FermanBarbara l. Fields, m.D.ms. rebecca Fishermark FishmanJohn & lisa Flemingheather Fluryms. Yvonne Fogertyms. Simone Forbes

KB Forbesms. meredith Foreems. Beverly A. Francisles Franksmarla Jane Franks, mDms. Anissia Franksms. carolyn Frazierms. Baerbel Freudenthalermr. rodney gabrielmichael gannonms. Kathy gaultneyKevin gearharthomerzelle gentryleah gibsonms. Billie gill-chestnutreyna gilmoremr. & mrs. Julius givensmrs. Suzanne B. glennDaniel glennNelson J. & linda P. goldmr. michael J. goldmanDr. & mrs. martin i. goldsteinmr. & mrs. Tom gordonms. carol gottms. laurie graffomr. & mrs. Karon gravesmr. Dale graymrs. Barbara h. greenSophia greermr. & mrs. robert grossmanmr. & mrs. Steve gruenhutms. cathleen haasmr. & mrs. isaac N. habifms. Julia N. haesemeyermr. Terry hallmelinda S. hamm

Stage Manager $150-$249

Performer $250-$499 (cont.)


annual fund

David & christy handmr. & mrs. E. lewis hansenKatherine hansilmr. John harberms. linda l. hareWilliam harrisPhilip & Susan harrisonmrs. Shirley harrison

& mrs. helen Norrisms. lisa haugheymr. & mrs. Joseph B. haynesTerry heinleinms. Kaye hendersonmr. mario hern&ez , Jr.The herr Familyms. Bette m. hines

& mr. larry Thompsonmr. & mrs. Jay F. hirschVeronnica hobbs Kingmr. & mrs. Thomas V. hoffmannShannon hogueBarbara hollonquestchris hooverms. Judy hornemr. Jim howems. loretta howellms. Deborah hubertms. Adrienne hudsonBrian husakms. Vicki hutchinsmr. & mrs. mark ilgenfritzmr. louie ingle

& Dr. Tara D. BrittThomas Jablonskimr. ron Jacksonmary Ann Jacksonms. Judy Jamesonmissy Jarrardms. Denise E. Jennings

& mr. Donald montgomeryms. corliss E. Johnsonms. Julia JohnsonDr. Norman Johnsonms. marion Johnsonmr. Tyrone Johnsonmr. chris Johnsonrichard Johnsonmr. Jean Pierre Jopinmrs. Suparna Joshims. Dontanella Journetmr. Earl Joynermr. Ashik KabirSharon Neulinger

& richard Kaplanmrs. monica J. Katzms. Susan Kelenfyms. Vivieon Kelleyms. carol B. KierskyK. N. Kingmr. & mrs. Bruce Kirwan

mr. robert Knapp & mrs. Elida Perez-Knapp

linda Knowlesgina Koryms. Anne Kostenskyms. Emily Koumans

& mr. Stewart Brannms. lynne Kushnerchuck & Jean larsenmr. Frederick lastlinda lattimorems. christina lauer

& mr. Douglas Nelsonms. Deirdre lawsonThomas c. leslieS. Jarvin levisonms. Jeannine lewisBenjamin lewisms. Valerie liemark linkDr. ritu lohtia

& ramesh SubramaniamEarl & Sharon longrussell loveShannon lubellms. Pamela luczon-PetermanKirk luczynskims. Jeanette lumpkinsSharon lundayms. racquel lynumms. Jennifer macleanmr. & mrs. mark S. mahaffeymr. Tom mahaffeyms. Shannon majorsclarence marineymr. Thomas A. marshallDr. & mrs. Kevin masonms. Kathryn mauldinmr. & mrs. James m. may iiimr. David mcBridems. Natalie mccantsT mcclureJessica mcDanielDr. & mrs. Allen P. mcDonald, Jr.mr. & mrs. mark mcKellerDr. John & melissa merlinomr. & mrs. David meyerEloise B. millsrolanda mitchellross mooneyms. Elizabeth moorems. Stephanie morganKevin morrisonmr. Jeff morrisonmr. gary motleymr. & mrs. ryan mulderigmichael murraymary chris murrymr. David NagleeJuliana Nahas

Kim NealDr. & mrs. Neil Negrinmary Baird & David NelsonBeverly Nelsonms. linda S. Nethery

& mr. J S. Shuttleworthms. Joan E. Netzel & mr. John

B. gronwallmr. Paul E. Neveux , Jr.mr. & mrs. William B. NeyAndrew Nixms. Brenda Normanms. Durrette A. ofosumr. Bill ohlemuellermr. James o’Nealmr. & mrs. reginald o’Shieldsmr. & mrs. Timothy oughtonms. K.D. outlawDr. monica Parkermr. robert Parsonsmr. & mrs. Eugene l. Pearce iiiScott Pearsonmr. Steve m. PeckDr. Jesse r. Peel, m.D.Allegiance mortgage Servicesmr. & mrs. Andreas PenningerAndrea perkinsmarc and Jean PickardDel & Bob Podsiadlolaverne Poindextermr. Dameon Popemr. & mrs. Val J. Porterms. Sandye PowellNancy Prantemr. & mrs. James Z. Pressley, Jr.ms. melissa PrestonKathy Prietomr. raymond ProtheroDr. Brian Pughrobert Puppamr. & mrs. William Quarlesmr. henry m. Quillian iiiBill & rosemary QuillinDennis raddemr. Jeffrey A. rader

& ms. carolyn henryJennifer raifordDr. Arthur rainesElizabeth ramseyms. & ms. melba ramseyNoel ransomDr. matthew realffmelissa reedms. Berta reedmr. hal regiArina reid-martinmr. Ed rheinBrooke richards Jr.mr. Brian richburgDr. & Dr. John riley

larry rileyKaaren D.A. robinsonlou robinsonl rogersAnnamaria romeromr. & mrs. Ken rossDr. Jacqueline J. roysterJacob rumneygemetris Sallinsmr. & mrs. Bernard S. Santa mariaDr. & mrs. Stefan h. Schmietamr. & mrs. Jay Schmittmary Schoernerms. Bettye l. ScottVictoria SealsStanley & georgia SegalNoemi SeymourJason Shadburnhaneefah Shakirmrs. Elizabeth Shallenbergerronnnie ShearsBrian ShefferTimothy Sheffieldms. loretta SheltonAnandi ShethJoi Showellmr. mark o. Shriver, iVmr. & mrs. howard l. Silvermintzmr. David lee Simmons

& ms. Faith E. Dawsonms. Julie Skouterisms. Dominique SmithWilliam & Janice Smithmr. leevahn Smithrhonda SmithSallie Smithmr. Fred o. Smith , Jr.ms. lou SmithSteve Smithmr. lloyd Solomonmr. & mrs. chris SoutherlandYatta Spainms. melanie Spamermr. & miss richard Spellmanmr. & mrs. Thom m. Stanleymr. & mrs. A. Knighton Stanleymr. Kerry StarrDr. Alice E. StephensJason Storeymike Stranghelaine & richard Sugarmanmr. richard J. Swansonmr. & mrs. lawrence l. TaylorKimberly TaylorSebastian Taylorms. mona TemplesStacey Terrellmr. Paul Terrymr. & mrs. Jesse Thomasms. Sylvia E. Thomas

Stage Manager $150-$249 (cont.)

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Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of March 14, 2011

Legacy SocietyThe following are members of the legacy Society who are ensuring the future strength of the Alliance Theatre through planned gifts to benefit the Theatre. The legacy Society is the special recognition group for those who have included the Theatre or any component of the Woodruff Arts center in their estate plans. For more information about making a planned gift to benefit the Alliance Theatre, please contact Kristin hathaway hansen, Director of Development, at (404) 733-4611.

rita m. AndersonAnonymousBetty Blondeau-russellJim & Anne BreedloveAnn & Jeff cramermr. & mrs. Edward S. croft, iiiSallie Adams Daniellinda & gene Davidsonlaura & John hardman

glen E. & Nancy heslerP.J. Younglove hoveyWilliam c. hydeVirginia Vann & Ken largemr. & mrs. John hays mershonmr. & mrs. John mccolskeyPhil & caroline moïseJan Pomerantzhelen m. regenstein

Bob & margaret reiserNeal & Tricia Schachtelmr. & mrs. charles B. Shelton, iiiJane E. ShiversWayne & lee harper Vasonrick & Terri Westernramona & Ben Whitelynne Winship

Matching Gift CompaniesWe would like to thank the following companies who have donated matching gifts to the Alliance Theatre’s Annual Fund. Please check to see if your employer will match your contribution.

American Express companyAmerican honda motor co., inc.Aon corporationAT&TBank of AmericaBryan cave-Powell goldsteincharles Schwab and co., inc.chubb & Son, inc.cigNA corporationcitigroup Foundation

The coca-cola companyEquifax inc.Federated Department

Stores, inc.gE Energyhome Depot FoundationiBm corporationJPmorgan Private BankKimberly-clark Foundationmacy’s Foundation

mcDonald’s corporationmerrill lynch & co., incNDchealthNorfolk Southern corporationPrudential FinancialSprintSunTrust FoundationTime Warner, inc.UPSVerizon corporation

mr. & mrs. Dominic S. Thurstonmrs. & mr. Topeeza Tillmanmr. Tobias Tillmonmr. & mrs. Jack D. ToddAudrey Tolsonms. monya Tomlinsonmr. John Tuckmr. richard Tuley, Jr.ms. & mr. Patti TurnerDana Turnerms. Susan Turnermiss Arlicia Turnerms. mary Tveitmr. & mrs. robert l. Tyson

Scott VanekFredy Vargasmr. robert Vealmr. & mrs. michael von greyms. Sanfordene WalkerJohn T. & Patricia WalshWilliam & Sara Walshms. Kate WardFr. Frederick & Sue Watsonlatrice Watsoncookie Wattsmrs. Valerie Waylandmelanie Weekesmrs. margaret S. Weiller

Drs. Sally A. West & Daniel Pollock

mr. & mrs. Peter Westaferms. Ann Westbrookrichard & Barbara WheelerlaTrina Whitems. Karen B. Wiblegrady Wilburnmrs. John W. Wilcoxmiss Fannie Wileymr. & mrs. David m. Wilkinsonmrs. Elmira J. Williamsmr. Don Williamsmr. Eric Williams

Wendy WilliamsShirley Williamsmr. Derek i. Willisms. gina Wilsonmrs. Kristina l. WilsonNadine Winfieldms. Stephanie WinfreyKathy Wisniewskims. Emily Woodsmichael Woodsmr. cal Yonkerms. Kathaleen Youngmr. Jay Zandman

& Shelley coleman

Stage Manager $150-$249 (cont.)


Patron Circle of StarsBy investing $15,000 or more in The Woodruff Arts Center and its divisions — the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences — these outstanding Annual Corporate Campaign donors helped us raise more than $8.4 million last year. Thank you!

CHAirMAn’S COunCil

★★★★★★★★★★★★$500,000+Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. UPS

★★★★★★★★★★★$450,000+

The Coca-Cola Company

★★★★★★★★★★$300,000+

Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WSB-TV, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, James M. Cox Foundation

The Honorable Anne Cox Chambers

★★★★★★★★★$200,000+AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc.

Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees

Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees

The Home Depot Foundation Jones Day Foundation & Employees

The Klaus Family FoundationPricewaterhouseCoopers Partners & Employees

Mabel Dorn Reeder FoundationTurner Broadcasting System, Inc.

★★★★★★★★$150,000+Alston & Bird LLP Equifax Inc. & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. SunTrust Bank Employees & Trusteed Foundations Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust

Walter H. & Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund

Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust

Greene-Sawtell FoundationWells Fargo

★★★★★★★$100,000+

AirTran Airways Bank of AmericaDelta Air Lines, Inc.Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding LLP KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees

The Marcus Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore FoundationNovelis, Inc.Regions Financial Corporation Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund

★★★★★★$75,000+

Holder Construction CompanyThe Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc.

Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation

★★★★★$50,000+AGL Resources Inc.Lisa & Joe Bankoff CiscoCoca-Cola Enterprises Doosan Infracore InternationalFrank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion

GMT Capital CorporationBeth & Tommy HolderING Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Newell RubbermaidPrimericaSutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

★★★★$35,000+Accenture & Accenture Employees

Katharine & Russell Bellman Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. GE EnergyThe Imlay Foundation, Inc. Invesco PLC Norfolk Southern, Employees & Foundation

SCANA Energy Siemens Industry, Inc.Harris A. Smith Troutman Sanders LLP Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.

★★★$25,000+

Assurant Atlanta Companies Assurant SolutionsAssurant Specialty Property

BDO USA, LLPLaura & Stan BlackburnBrysan Utility Contractors, Inc.ChartisCousins Properties IncorporatedCrawford & Company Drummond Company, Inc.Eisner Family FoundationFirst Data CorporationGenuine Parts Company Georgia-Pacific Jack & Anne Glenn Foundation, Inc.

IBM Corporation


Philip I. Kent Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc.

LexisNexis Risk SolutionsThe Blanche Lipscomb Foundation

Livingston Foundation, Inc.Macy’s Foundation McKinsey & Company, Inc. Katherine John Murphy Foundation

Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc.

J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust

Mary & Craig RamseyRock-Tenn Company Richard D. ShirkSouthwire CompanySpectrum BrandsTowers WatsonWaffle House, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund

Waste Management Charitable Foundation

Yancey Bros. Co.

★★$15,000+

22squared, inc. A. E. M. Family FoundationACE Charitable FoundationAcuity Brands, Inc.AGCO CorporationAlix PartnersArnall Golden Gregory LLPThe Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors

Atlanta Foundation Atlanta Marriott Marquis Julie & Jim Balloun BB&T CorporationBeaulieu Group, LLC Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta, Georgia

Bryan Cave LLPBuck ConsultantsThe Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation

Talela & Beauchamp CarrRoxanne & Jeffrey CashdanCB Richard EllisCenter Family Foundation Mr. Charles Center Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene BermanThe Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc.

Ann & Jeff CramerDLA Piper Duke Realty Corporation Exide TechnologiesMr. & Mrs. Frank L. FernandezFifth Third BankFord & Harrison LLPRobert Fornaro John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc.

Gas South, LLC Georgia Natural Gas Grant Thornton LLPHarland Clarke HD Supply The Howell Fund, Inc. ICS Contract Services, LLC Infor Global SolutionsJenny & Phil JacobsMr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation

David & Jennifer Kahn Family Foundation

Sarah & Jim KennedyKurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl DavisLanier Parking Solutions

Bryan LathamKarole & John LloydLockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLPMohawk Industries, Inc.Mueller Water Products, Inc.Noonan Family FoundationGail & Bob O’LearyVicki R. PalmerThe Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation

David M. Ratcliffe J. Mack Robinson InterestsFrances & Jesse A. Sasser, Jr.Emily Winship Scott FoundationSelig Enterprises, Inc./ The Selig Foundation

Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Superior Essex Inc. TriMont Real Estate Advisors, Inc.United Distributors, Inc. WATL/WXIA/Gannett Foundation

John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods

Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

Carla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees

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MODA is pleased to announce the opening of

their new Midtown location at 1315 Peachtree

Street (directly across from the High Museum),

and invites you to experience th eir inaugural

exhibit, PASSIONE ITALIANA: DESIGN OF THE

ITALIAN MOTORCYCLE. The exhibit celebrates

the art of the Italian motorcycle, and features

eleven masterpieces of design on loan from

the Barber Vintage Motor Sports Museum.

For tickets and more information,

visit museumofdesign.org.

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The vision of WellStar Health System is to deliver world-class healthcare through our hospitals, physicians and services. Our not-for-profit health system, includes Cobb, Douglas, Kennestone, Paulding and Windy Hill hospitals; WellStar Medical Group; Urgent Care Centers; Health Place; Homecare; Hospice; Atherton Place; Paulding Nursing Center; and WellStar Foundation. For more information, call 770-956-STAR or visit wellstar.org

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Where did you get that healthy glow?

We hear you believe in taking care of yourself inside and out. That you get heart and lung cancer screenings. And that you take advantage of the latest technology, like digital mammography.

During your pregnancy, you took childbirth and early parenting classes. And when your baby was born, you had your very own team of nurses.

You even got rid of fibroid pain through the expertise of the Fibroid Care Program.

We know your secret. And we’re sharing it so everyone can now say, “Hello, WellStar.”

We believe in life well-lived.

Hello, gorgeous.

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