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Latecomers will be seated at a suitable break. As a courtesy to others, please set cellular phones and pagers to silent mode and refrain from texting during the performance. Photography, audio recording and videotaping of any kind are not permitted.

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The University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance,Department of Theatre & Drama presents

by Caryl Churchill

DirectorScenic Designer

Lighting DesignerCostume Designer

Sound DesignerComposer

Wig & Makeup Design Vocal Coach

Assistant DirectorFight Choreographer

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Tim Ocel‡Catherine CornellRachael D. AlbertRachel LaritzHenry ReynoldsGregg Coffin Dawn RivardAnnette MassonEmily LyonJesse PeriMichael Barbour

Cloud Nine will be performed with one intermission.

Cloud Nine is dedicated to the memory of Ralph P. Beebe.‡ Member Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

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Cast of CharaCters ACT I — Africa, 1880Clive ..............................................................................................................Neal Kelley Betty .....................................................................................................Andrew Whipple Joshua .......................................................................................................... Dan Rubens Edward .........................................................................................Emma Berdie Donson Victoria ..............................................................................................................As herselfMaud ....................................................................................................... Emily Berman Ellen/Mrs. Saunders ..............................................................................Carrie Royce Fisk Harry Bagley ................................................................................................... Kris Reilly

ACT II — London, 1980 ... but for the characters it is only 25 years laterBetty .............................................................................................Emma Berdie Donson Edward .................................................................................................Andrew Whipple Victoria ................................................................................................Carrie Royce Fisk Martin ............................................................................................................ Kris Reilly Lin ........................................................................................................... Emily Berman Cathy/Bill ......................................................................................................Neal Kelley Gerry ........................................................................................................... Dan Rubens

A Man of the Theatre – Ralph P. BeebeDecember 19, 1928 - November 17, 2011UM Dept. of Theatre & Drama Alumnus (MA, 1966) Actor, Amateur Historian, Theatre House Manager (1973 - 1996)

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Member of the Washtenaw County Historical Society, and the Downtown Ann Arbor Historical Street Exhibit Program. Ralph was also a docent at the Michigan League, co-authoring the “Decade of the 1920s” in The Origins and History of the MI League. Ralph last performed with the Department of Theatre & Drama in the role of Bailey during their production of The Skin of Our Teeth at the Power Center in 1987:

“After experience had taught me that the common occurrences of daily life are vain and futile; and I saw that all the objects of my desire and fear were in themselves nothing good or bad save insofar as the mind was affected by them; I at length determined to search out whether there was something truly good and communicable to man.” — Bailey, The Skin of Our Teeth

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from the Playwright

Cloud Nine was written for Joint Stock Theatre Group in 1978-79. The company’s usual work method is to set up a workshop in which the writer, director and actors research a particular subject. The writer then goes away to write the play, before returning to the company for a rehearsal and rewrite period. In the case of Cloud Nine the workshop lasted for three weeks, the writing period for twelve, and the rehearsal for six.

The workshop for Cloud Nine was about sexual politics. This meant that the starting point for the research was to talk about ourselves and to share our very different attitudes and experiences. We also explored stereotypes and role reversals in games and improvisations, read books and talked to other people. Though the play’s situations and characters were not developed in the workshop, it draws deeply on this material, and I wouldn’t have written the same play without it.

When I came to write the play, I returned to an idea that had been touched on briefly in the workshop -- the parallel between colonial and sexual oppression, which Genet calls ‘the colonial or feminine mentality of interiorized repression’. So the first act of Cloud Nine takes place in Victorian Africa, where Clive, the white man, imposes his ideals on his family and the natives. Betty, Clive’s wife, is played by a man because she wants to be what men want her to be, and, in the same way, Joshua, the black servant, is played by a white man because he wants to be what whites want him to be. Betty does not value herself as a woman, nor does Joshua value himself as a black…

The second act is set in London in 1980 — this is where I wanted the play to end up, in the changing sexuality of our own time. Betty is middle-aged, Edward and Victoria have grown up. A hundred years have passed, but for the characters only twenty-five years. There are two reasons for this. I felt the first act would be stronger set in Victorian times, at the height of colonialism, rather than in Africa during the 1950s. And when the company talked about their childhoods and the attitudes to sex and marriage that they had been given when they were young, everyone felt that they had received very conventional, almost Victorian expectations and that they had made great changes and discoveries in their lifetimes.

The first act, like the society it shows, is male dominated and firmly structured. In the second act, more energy comes from the women and the gays. The uncertainties and changes of society, and a more feminine and less authoritarian feeling, are reflected in the looser structure of the act…

— Caryl Churchill, 1983

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Caryl ChurChill (Playwright) was born on September 3, 1938 in London and grew up in the Lake District and in Montreal. She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read English. Downstairs, her first play, written while she was still at university, was first staged in 1958 and won an award at the Sunday Times National Union of Students Drama Festival. She wrote a number of plays for BBC radio including The Ants (1962), Lovesick (1967) and Abortive

(1971). The Judge’s Wife was televised by the BBC in 1972 and Owners, her first professional stage production, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in the same year.

She was Resident Dramatist at the Royal Court (1974-5) and spent much of the 1970s and 1980s working with the theatre groups ‘Joint Stock’ and ‘Monstrous Regiment’. Her work during this period includes Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (1976), Cloud Nine (1979), Fen (1983) and A Mouthful of Birds (1986), written with David Lan. Three More Sleepless Nights was first produced at the Soho Poly, London, in 1980.

Top Girls was first staged at the Royal Court in 1982 and transferred to Joseph Papp’s Public Theatre in New York later that year. Serious Money was first produced at the Royal Court in 1987 and won the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy of the Year and the Laurence Olivier/BBC Award for Best New Play. More plays include Mad Forest (1990), written after a visit to Romania, and The Skriker (1994). Her plays for television include The After Dinner Joke (1978) and Crimes (1982). Far Away premiered at the Royal Court in 2000, directed by Stephen Daldry. She has also published a new translation of Seneca’s Thyestes (2001), and A Number (2002), which addresses the subject of human cloning. Her new version of August Strindberg’s A Dream Play (2005), premiered at the National Theatre in 2005. Recent works include Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? (2006), which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in Winter 2006 and Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza in 2009.

about the Cast emily berman (Maud/Lin) senior, BFA Perf./senior, BA Economics, Chicago, ILemma berdie donson (Edward 1/Betty 2) senior, BFA Perf., Ossining, NYCarrie royCe fisk (Ellen/Mrs. Saunders/Victoria) junior, BFA Perf., Grosse Pointe, MIneal kelley (Clive/Cathy/Bill) junior, BFA Perf., Ann Arbor, MIkris reilly (Harry/Martin) senior, BFA Perf., Detroit, MIdan rubens (Joshua/Gerry) senior, BFA Perf./senior, BA English, Mattawan, MIandrew whiPPle (Betty 1/Edward 2) senior, BFA Perf., Mt. Pleasant, MI

raChael d. albert (Lighting Designer) is a senior BFA design and production candidate concentrating in stage management and lighting design, also receiving minors in Art History and Film.  UM:  The Beaux Stratagem  (SM),  Suddenly Last Summer (LD), Brigadoon (ALD), Pentecost (SM), Scorched (SM), Macbeth (1st ASM), Dancing Americas (ASM). MUSKET: 25th... Spelling Bee (ALD), Man of La Mancha (1st ASM). Basement Arts:  Closer  (SM).  Regional Theatre:  StarKidProductions:  Starship, A Very Potter Sequel (ALD); La Jolla Playhouse: stage management & production management intern (2011); Arena Stage: Asst. company manager (2010), production intern (2009).

miChael barbour (Stage Manager) is a junior BFA design and production candidate concentrating in Stage Management, also receiving an academic minor in Art History. UM:  MT 2011 Senior Showcase (SM), Brigadoon (1st ASM), Pentecost (1st ASM), Ragtime (2nd ASM), Directing Senior Thesis: O’ Lovely Glowworm (SM), Scorched (1st ASM).Basement Arts: One Day Runway (PSM). Regional Theatre: Berkshire Theatre Festival stage management intern (2011), Ann Arbor Civic: To Kill a Mockingbird (SM). International Theatre: Shakespeare’s Globe, stage management student (2011), SOHO Theatre: world premiere, EX (1st ASM).

gregg Coffin (Composer) has written scores for musicals and incidental music for plays which have been produced Off-Broadway and throughout the U.S., Canada and Seoul, South Korea, including The Minetta Lane Theatre, The Duke on 42nd Street, The John Houseman Theatre (NYC); The ChungMu Art Hall (Seoul); The Stratford Festival of Canada, The National Arts Centre of Canada, Canadian Stage Company, The Tarragon Theatre (Canada); Denver Center Theatre Company, Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Geva Theatre Center, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and the Utah, California, Alabama, Georgia and Great River Shakespeare Festivals.

Catherine Cornell (Scenic Designer) is a senior BFA design and production candidate concentrating in scenic design. UM: Falstaff (asst. props master), Brigadoon (ASD), Le Nozze di Figaro (ASM). MUSKET: Cabaret (SD). Regional Theatre: Weston Playhouse (props intern). Film: Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful (scenic artist). Other: ACTF Regional Design Project winner (Hamlet, scenic design).

raChel laritz (Costume Designer) is a freelance designer based out of Chicago and a UM grad. UM: Eugene Onegin, Postcard from Morocco, Gianni Schicchi/Suor Angelica, La Cenerentola, Good Person of Schezwan, Measure for Measure. Off Broadway: Pearl Theatre. Regional Theatre: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Milwaukee Rep, Court, Remy Bumppo, Northlight, Chamber, Renaissance Theatreworks, Skylight Opera Theatre, Next Act, American Players Theatre (ACD), Chicago Opera Theatre (ACD), Garsington Opera, London (ACD). TV/Film: NBC’S Law & Order.  Other: 2011 SMTD Emerging Artist Alumni Award, 2009 Jeff Award, 2008 Jeff Award nominee; member of United Scenic Artists.

about the artists

annette masson (Vocal Coach) has taught and coached actors and public speakers both nationally and abroad. She has worked on theatre productions at Harvard’s American Repertory Theater, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Western Australia Academy, Drama Studio London, and The Purple Rose Theatre.  Her “public speaking techniques” have been used by political candidates, film, radio, and television personalities, as well as CEOs for Polaroid, GM, Lilly, and Pfizer.

tim oCel (Director) is a freelance theatre and opera director. Regional Theatre: American Players Theatre, Indiana Rep, Geva Theatre Center, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Theatre Emory, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Sacramento Theater Company. Opera: Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Union Avenue Opera, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. A former Associate Professor of Opera at the University of Kansas, Tim is now director of the Opera Workshop at Washington University and adjunct faculty/guest director for Webster University’s Conservatory of Theater. Other: Member SDC.He resides in St. Louis, MO with his partner, Peter Shank. Website: www.timocel.com

henry reynolds (Sound Designer) is an Asst. Professor in the Dept. of Theatre & Drama and the sound engineer and information systems manager for Univ. Productions. UM: Sound Designer: Suddenly Last Summer, Trafford Tanzi, Macbeth, Jonesin’, Pride and Prejudice, J.B., Playing for Time, The Laramie Project, The Rover, The Nutcracker, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird, Our Country’s Good, I Am A Man, Born in the R.S.A. Regional Theatre: Sound Design, Of Mice and Men, 2008 Fort Worth Opera Festival; Production manager, Ann Arbor Summer Festival, 1987 - 2001.

dawn rivard (Wig & Makeup Designer) World Premieres: Ragtime, Sunset Boulevard, Showboat, Rio de Sangre, Grammy Award winning Elmer Gantry. International Theatre: Teatro Alla Scala, Rinaldo; Award winning productions of Cats and Die Schöne und Das Biest in Germany & Switzerland. TV/ Film: Emmy Award for Feast of All Saints, wig builder for Hairspray, Skinwalkers, and Mike Myers’ The Love Guru. Clients have included Sir Peter Ustinov, Donald Sutherland, Jessica Biel, Stockard Channing, Shawn Ashmore, and Lea Michele.   

about the artists

aCknowledgments Special thanks to Kent State University, the University of Michigan - Flint, Western Michigan University, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Additional thanks to Dermologica and SO.CAP. This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF).

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DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DRAMAChair ...............................................................Priscilla LindsayDepartment Administrator ............................... Jennifer KnappStudent Services ...........................................Becky SeauvageauAdministrative Asst ............................................... Tim AbbottPerformance/Directing ..............................Sarah-Jane Gwillim, Philip Kerr, Annette Masson, Janet Maylie, Nate Mitchell, John Neville-Andrews, Jerry Schwiebert, Christina Traister, Malcolm TulipDesign/Production ................... Toni Y. Auletti, George Bacon, Mark Allen Berg, Gary Decker, Douglas Edwards, Jessica Hahn, Richard W. Lindsay, Jr., Vincent Mountain, Rob Murphy, Christianne Myers, Henry Reynolds, Arthur Ridley, Nancy UffnerTheatre Studies/Playwriting ...............Mbala Nkanga, OyamO, E.J. Westlake, Leigh WoodsArts Mgmt. ....... Jeffrey Kuras, Greg Poggi, Kerianne M. TupacInterarts..................................... Holly Hughes, Malcolm TulipProfessors Emeriti ....................... Jack E. Bender, Alan Billings, John Russell Brown, Peter W. Ferran, Erik Fredricksen, Zelma Weisfeld

UNIVERsITy PRODUCTIONsADMINIsTRATIVE sTAFFDirector ................................................................Jeffrey KurasDepartment Administrator ............................. Fatima AbdullahOffice Assistant III/Usher Coordinator .................Shelda SmithMarketing & Communications Dir. ........... Kerianne M. TupacGraphic Design ..............................Chris Purcell, CAP DesignsPhotographer .................................... Peter Smith PhotographyInformation Systems Manager .........................Henry ReynoldsFacilities Manager ................................................Shannon RiceHouse Manager ............................................ Dianne WidzinskiSenior Backstage Operations Mgr. .........................Barry LaRueBackstage Operations Mgrs. ........Mark Gordon, David Pickell, Kurt Thoma, Donald C. WatkinsAdministrative Office Assistants ........................ Allison Brown, Abrielle Case, Sara Shvartzman, Kevin Tan Theatre 386 ...Lindsay Alexis, Jason Kovacs, Meaghan McLaughlin PRODUCTION sTAFFProduction Manager .....................................Amanda MengdenProduction Stage Manager...................................Nancy UffnerProduction Office Assistants .....David Lee, Brandon PenbertonProduction Office Practicum ...........................Kathryn PamulaTechnical Dir. (Power) ................................... Douglas EdwardsMaster Carpenter (Power) .................................Michael BraicoCarpenter (Power) ......................................... Brandon Carruth

Technical Dir. (Walgreen) ......................Richard W. Lindsay, Jr.Charge Scenic Artist ...........................................Toni Y. AulettiScenic Artist .....................................................Beth SandmaierProperties Master ................................................Arthur RidleyAsst. Properties Master ........................................Patrick DroneMaster Electrician............................................Mark Allen BergSound Engineers .......................Roger Arnett, Henry ReynoldsCostume Shop Manager ......................................Laura BrinkerAssoc. Costume Shop Manager .......................... George BaconCutter/Drapers ...........................................Virginia R. Luedke, Lea M. Morello, T J WilliamsonCrafts Artisan ...........................................Elizabeth GundersonCostume Stock Administrator .............................. Renae Skoog

PRODUCTION CREWFirst Asst. Stage Manager ........................................ Katie LantzAsst. Stage Managers ............. Alyssa Loiacano, Megan MurphyAsst. Sound Designer ...........................................Will CannonFight Choreographer .................................................. Jesse PeriAsst. Master Electrician ................................................. AJ KlopachScenery (Walgreen)...........Ashley Ahr, Lucy Briggs, C J Eldred, Daniel Estrella, Elisabeth Griebel, AJ Klopach, Samantha Vettrus, Julia Vis, students of Theatre 250 & 252Paint ........................... Janine Woods Thoma, Michael Barbour, Carisa Bledsoe, Steven Eddy, Max Kaufman, Neal Kelley, Cara Laban, Jordan Schroeder, students of Theatre 250 & 252Professional Props Artisan ....................................Sarah TannerProps ........ Rachael Albert, Daniel Belnavis, Kerry Concannon, Elana Lantry, Conor Ryan, Eli Schlatter, Katherine Thomas, Daniel Wilfred, Ryan Vasquez, students of Theatre 250 & 252Professional Stitchers ..Patty Branam, Corey Davis, Rene PlanteCostumes .......... Leslie Bates, Amalea Chininis, Aleah Douglas, Carrie Fisk, Sam Lips, Michael Popielarz, Emily Shimskey, Mary Claire Sullivan, Meryl Waldo, students of Theatre 250 & 252Lighting ................Robert Ariza, Carisa Bedsoe, Colin Bianchi, Mary Claire Blake-Booth, Andrew Burkhardt, Nicole Gellman, William Hack, Jennifer Jacobs, Alyssa Loiacano, Andrew Lott, David Moiseev, Clarissa Ortiz, Alexandra Pulgini, Aaron Tacy, William Welch, Andrew Wysocki, students of Theatre 250 & 252Sound......................................................................... Jesse Peri

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Matt Oberg ‘99 Feature Film: Bert and Arnie’s Guide to Friendship (2012). Television: 30 Rock, Delocated, series regular The Onion News Network, Ugly Americans. Nat’l commercials: ESPN, Coke, McDonald’s.

Caitlin O’Rourke ’09 Stage Mgr. Intern for Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY.

Robin Quick ’99 Professor of Theater at Towson University; Elliott Hayes Award for Excellence in Dramaturgy by the Literary Mgrs and Dramaturgs of the Americas.

McKean Rand (scheu)’10 Television: Awakening.

Alex Reed ’07 Clash of the Titans 2, (2012).

Jonathan Rosen ‘03 Sports Broadcaster for Fox Sports West.

Michael Rubenstone ’00 Film: Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean.

yuriy sardarov ‘10 will have a principal role in the new Ben Affleck movie, Argo (2012).

Chris shand ‘05 Film: Escapee, Growth. Television: Entourage, 10 Things I Hate About You, True Blood.

Miriam shor ‘93   Starring in feature film, That’s What She Said (2012), series regular in Good Christian Belles (2012).

Mandy siegfried ’94 Film: That’s What She Said (2012); Television: Hung, Bones, Eli Stone, Grey’s Anatomy.

stephen siercks ’07 Production Mgr. and Stage Mgr. for Universal Studios.

Joel silver ’02 Associate Lighting Designer, National Tour: American Idiot.

Jennifer slimko ’00 Film: Trim, The Flyboys, Yesterday Was a Lie, Television: The Game, Judging Amy.

Matthew smith ‘06 wrote Endoftheworld Lovesong which was produced at the Flea Theatre.

Rachel soglin ’07 Television: The United States of Tara, Nat’l commercials for Kelloggs, Verizon.

stephen sposito ‘07: Assoc. Director for current Broadway production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Asst. Director: Promises, Promises and Shrek The Musical, also on Broadway.

David Turner ’88 General Manager of Stuart Thompson Productions and Manager of numerous Broadway productions and tours such as The Book of Mormon, Jerusalem and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. From 1994-2007 he founded and ran the Adirondack Theatre Festival where e produced over 60 plays and musicals.

Erin Whipkey ’05 Production Mgr. and Production Stage Mgr. for Opera Memphis.

James Wolk ’07 Starring in For a Good Time, Call. . . (2012). Also starred in CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame’s Front of the Class, Solving Charlie, Lonestar, You Again. He will be seen in A&E’s Shameless in 2012.

U-M Friends of Theatre & Drama Annual Gifts from July 1, 2010 - March 5, 2012

Gifts provide scholarship support, funding for guest artists, and important performance opportunities for students.

GIFTs OF $50,000 & ABOVERalph P. Beebe EstateNafe E. Katter, Ph.D.

GIFT OF $5,000 - $49,999Joseph & Julie Learner

GIFTs OF $1,000-$4,999AnonymousRichard & Mona AlonzoDr. Kathleen F. ConlinAnne & Jim DuderstadtPriscilla Lindsay & Richard Ferguson-WagstaffeP. LaMont & JoAnn King OkeyOra Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D.Gregory & Allison PoggiDr. William W. TaylorStephen Zuckerman & Darlene Kaplan

GIFTs OF $500 to $999Carol L. AmsterH.D. CameronBarbara GalvinAgusta GunnarsdottirJames B. Harris Jr.John & Gretchen Neal JacksonDiane KirkpatrickAlan & Jean KrischLockheed Martin CorporationRobert & Pearson MacekMary & Chandler MatthewsNorma J. Verhey

GIFTs OF $250 TO $499Frank & Valerie BernackiWilliam & Ilene BirgeGary Decker & Shelley MacMillanPatrick K. ElkinsJanet & David FritschRobert Green & Martha Sullivan GreenLarry HauptmanAnn Martin & Russell Larson

Peggy McCracken & Douglas AndersonJohn Neville-Andrews & Pamela LewisJoseph A. PlacekRobert & Denise RichterJudith & Donald RumelhartStuart Erwin SacksClifford & Ingrid SheldonBrent WagnerJack & Jerry Weidenbach

GIFTs OF $100 TO $249Tim & Leah AdamsLois J. AndersonHarry & Kathryn BenfordMr. & Mrs. Joel BergerEric & Doris BillesJoan A. BinkowMichael E. BrillConstance & Dennis BurkePeter & Grace DurenEdison InternationalKaren & John FergusonKathleen & James FiskErik & Janet FredricksenSteve & Karen GeiringerDr. & Mrs. Thomas D. GelehrterSteven & Joyce GerberJ. Martin Gillespie Jr.Sandra & Gerald GimelstobEdward B. & Mona L. GoldmanSusan Gratch & Patrick GleasonRobert & Irita GriersonCharlotte HansonJeffrey HeathNorman & Deborah HerbertAlbert & Jolene HermalinErich J. JungwirthCharles A. KellyJerold & Judith LaxDr. Kathryn Louise LongLeslie & Susan LoomansMarjory S. Luther

For online giving, visit www.giving.umich.edu, e-mail Jeffrey Cotnoir at jcotnoir@umich.edu or call 734-763-9769School of Music, Theatre & Dance • Development Office • 2005 Baits Drive • Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2075

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Dr. & Mrs. Edwin L. MarcusAnn Martin & Russell LarsonMargaret McKerrow, Ph.D.MetLife FoundationWalter Mugdan & Vivienne LenkDonald & Mabelle MurrayColin & Nancy OatleyMelissa H. Olken, M.D., Ph.D.P & G FundJames J. PiperJohn Romani & Barbara AndersonBonnie R. SchaferCharles M. Sutherland Jr.George & Mary TewksburyVirginia O. VassMargene WagstaffJ. Norman & Dorothy WilkinsonRobin B. WrightJames & Gladys Young

GIFTs UNDER $100Laurie G. AtwoodJohn & Nancy Webb BabingtonDr. Elizabeth S. BishopElise A. BryantJonathan W. & Gertrude BulkleyDr. James CavalcoliJeffrey CotnoirMarylee DaltonElizabeth B. Dexter

Lillian G. DruryLaura & Thomas DurkinBarbara Eisler-Campbell & Tim CampbellNiels & Suzy EnglebergSpencer Ford & Susan GoldsmithDr. & Mrs. James E. FrounfelterJanice R. GeddesMary Sue GrantKirk & Valerie HaasDon Haefner & Cynthia StewartRuth Brown JonesElaine M. KaiserBonnie S. KerschbaumJudy & Robert KiesselMarvin M. Kirsh, M.D.Max LeplerMelvin & Jean ManisAnnette A. MassonN. Harris & Margaret McClamrochPfizer FoundationBill & Diana PrattRobert T. ProuseDylan M. SaundersMaureen Schafer & David KlerkxDr. & Mrs. Eugene M. SilvermanDr. & Mrs. Jeoffrey K. StrossCharlotte B. SundelsonCarl & Beth WilliamsDr. Leigh A. Woods

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