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C A B A R E TSept. 23–Oct. 30, 2011

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Welcome to Great Lakes Theater at PlayhouseSquareAbout Great Lakes Theater ..................................................................................................................4Trustees................................................................................................................................................5Donor Spotlight ...................................................................................................................................6Cabaret ................................................................................................................................................8The Cast...............................................................................................................................................9Overview: Scenes & Musical Numbers ..............................................................................................10The Taming of the Shrew...................................................................................................................12The Cast.............................................................................................................................................13Background: About the Plays.............................................................................................................14Great Lakes Theater 50th Anniversary Spotlight...............................................................................17A Message from the Producing Artistic Director................................................................................25Who’s Who..........................................................................................................................................27Staff ..................................................................................................................................................37Guest Services ...................................................................................................................................38September/October On Our Stages....................................................................................................39

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The mission of Great LakesTheater, through its main

stage productions and its educa-tion programs, is to bring thepleasure, power and relevance ofclassic theater to the widest pos-sible audience.

Since the company’s incep-tion in 1962, programming hasbeen rooted in Shakespeare,but Great Lakes commitmentto great plays spans the breadthof all cultures, forms of theaterand time periods –– includingthe 20th century –– and pro-vides for the occasional mount-ing of new works that comple-ment the classical repertoire.

Classic theater holds thecapacity to illuminate truth andenduring values, celebrate andchallenge human nature and actions, revel in elo-quent language, preserve the traditions of diversecultures and generate communal spirit. On itsmain stage and through its education programs,the GLT seeks to create visceral, immediate experi-ences for participants, asserting theater’s historicrole as a vehicle for advancing the common goodand helping people make the joyful and meaning-ful connections between classic plays and theirown lives.

The company’s commitment to classic theater ismagnified in the educational programs that sur-round its productions. Since its inception, GLT hashad a strong presence in area schools, bringing stu-dents to the theater for matinee performances andsending specially trained actor-teachers to theschools for weeklong residencies developed toexplore classic drama from a theatrical point of view.GLT is equally dedicated to enhancing the theaterexperience for adult audiences through Surround, aseries of community programs that explore thethemes of a main stage production. To this end,Great Lakes Theater regularly serves as the catalystfor community events and programs in the arts andhumanities that illuminate the plays on its stage.

Great Lakes Theater is one of only a handful ofAmerican theaters that have stayed the course as aclassic theater. As Great Lakes moves into a new

era with a permanent home in the HannaTheatre, the company reaffirms its belief in thepower of partnership, its determination to makethis community a better place in which to live,and its commitment to ensure the legacy of clas-sic theater in Cleveland.

ABOUT Great Lakes Theater

Great Lakes Theater’s 2010 Fall Repertory production of An Ideal Husband.Photo by Roger Mastroianni

Great Lakes Theater’s 2011 production of The TwoGentlemen of Verona. Photo by Roger Mastroianni

1501 Euclid Ave., Suite 300Cleveland, OH 44115P: (216) 241-5490F: (216) 241-6315W: www.greatlakestheater.org

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Chair

Natalie Epstein*†

President

Mitchell G. Blair*

Secretary

Michelle Arendt*

Treasurer

Walter Avdey*

Trustees

Thomas A. AldrichDalia BakerRobyn BarrieMark H. BrandtWilliam CasterBarbara CerconeGail L. CudakCarolyn Dickson†Leslie DicksonWilliam B. Daggett†Carol Dolan*Timothy J. Downing*Helen W. FranceRudolph H. Garfield †Stephen H. GariepySamuel Hartwell*Susan Hastings*William W. Jacobs*†John E. Katzenmeyer†Denise Horstman KeenAnthony C. LaPlacaJonathan LeikenWilliam E. MacDonald III†

Ellen Stirn Mavec†Mary J. MayerJohn E. McGrathGregory V. Mersol*Leslie H. MoellerJanet E. Neary*†Robert D. Neary†Pamela G. Noble*Michael J. Peterman†Tom PirainoTimothy K. Pistell†David P. Porter†Deborah RatnerShawn M. RileyGeorgianna T. Roberts†Yolanda Saunders-PolkJohn D. Schubert†Laura SiegelMark C. Siegel*Peter Shimrak†Donald A. SinkoThomas G. Stafford*†Sally J. Staley*Robert L. StarkWendy E. StarkKate StensonDiana W. StrombergGerald F. UngerDonna WalshThomas D. WarrenAudrey S. Watts†Paul L. Wellener IVG. Bretnell WilliamsPatrick Zohn

* Executive Committee† Life Trustee

TRUSTEES Great Lakes Theater

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Stratford Circle $5,000 to $9,999Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Carol Dolan & Greggory HillMr. & Mrs. Morton G. EpsteinFerro Foundation Harry K. and Emma R. Fox

FoundationPaul Keen & Denise Horstman David P. Porter & Margaret PoutasseMr. & Mrs. Ronald RatnerMr. & Mrs. Robert C. RuhlJohn & Barbara Schubert Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford Paul & Pamela TeelThe Thomas H. White Foundation,

a KeyBank TrustMr. & Mrs. G. Bretnell Williams

Globe Circle $2,500 to $4,999AnonymousWalt & Laura AvdeyRobert & Dalia Baker

Mitchell & Elizabeth BlairJenny & Glenn BrownGeorge W. Codrington FoundationGail Cudak & Thomas YoungBarry & Suzanne Doggett Dominion Foundation Steve Gariepy & Nancy SinMr. & Mrs. Samuel HartwellSusan C. & Jeffery A. HastingsWilliam W. JacobsMr. Anthony LaPlacaThe Laub Foundation Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial

Foundation Trust The Lubrizol FoundationMr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer The Mersol FamilyMr. & Mrs. Leslie H. MoellerThe Nordson Corporation FoundationMr. & Mrs. Michael J. PetermanThomas A. Piraino & Barbara C.

McWilliamsShawn M. Riley &

Christine Sommer Riley

Linda Schlageter Donald & Catherine C. SinkoSally J. Staley Brit & Kate StensonDiana & Eugene StrombergDonna & Richard Walsh

Folio Circle $1,000 to $2,499Bonnie & Chuck AbbeyActors’ Equity FoundationMichelle R. ArendtKathleen L. BarberRobyn & David Barrie The Biel-Goebel Family FoundationMark & Kathryn BrandtJ.C. & H.F. BurkhardtMarilyn CallalyThe Carmel Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Frank CerconeCorning ChisholmMr. & Mrs. Homer D. W. ChisholmThe Collacott Foundation Carolyn & Charles Dickson

Leslie C. DicksonTimothy J. Downing & Ken PressDavid Goodman & Barbara HawleyGries Family Foundation John & Virginia HansenIris & Tom HarvieMr. & Mrs. Michael HorvitzNorman & Nancy Hyams Lampl Family Foundation Jonathan Leiken & Erika FriedmanJack McGrathMr. & Mrs. Douglas McGregor Mr. & Mrs. William Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. John C. MorleyDonald W. MorrisonNACCO Industries Inc.Mr. & Mrs. William Osborne Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Donald Palmer Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy PendergastJohn & Jean PietyDonna & James ReidCraig & Wendy Stark Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stuelpe Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Warren Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Wellener IV Patrick M. Zohn

DONOR SPOTLIGHT Thank YouAll of us at Great Lakes Theater would like to express our deepest gratitude to our many supporters.The donors listed on the following pages made gifts to our Annual Membership Fund between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011.

Great Lakes Theater Business Alliance

Sponsors

Company Sponsors$100,000 and above

The Cleveland Foundation Cuyahoga Arts and Culture The George Gund Foundation

Lead Sponsors$50,000 to $99,000

David & Inez Myers FoundationJohn P. Murphy Foundation

The Sherwick FundThe Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation

Sponsors$25,000 to $49,999

The Form GroupThe GAR Foundation

Key Foundation

Kulas FoundationThe Martha Holden Jennings

Foundation

Ohio Arts CouncilParker Hannifin

Avon Circle$10,000 to $24,999

The Abington FoundationMr. Paul S. Brentlinger

The Eva L. and Joseph M. BrueningFoundation

Community Foundation of Lorain County

Eaton CorporationMary Ann & Jack Katzenmeyer

Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Neary

The Nord Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. Timothy Pistell

Mrs. James O. RobertsThe Shubert Foundation

Sustainers $500 to $999Maria Cashy Claudine Clinton & Pam KilpatrickGary & Katie Geoffrion William R. Gustaferro Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Hahn Jr.Greg & Nancy LentzDr. Lawrence & Mary Lohman Sheryl & Thomas Love Stephen & Donna Miller John & Norine PrimMr. & Mrs. Mark SiegelNaomi G. SingerCarol Lee Vella Women's Committee of Great Lakes

Theater

Patrons $250 to $499Thomas W. & Joann Adler Fred & Mary Behm William & Zeda Blau Bernice A. Bolek Tom & Anita Cook James Eschmeyer Robin & Henry HatchMr. & Mrs. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr. Ron & Joanne Hulec Chris & Laura Larson Gil & Carol Lowenthal Steven & Dolly MinterThe Music and Drama ClubDr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Smith Dalma & Lajos Takacs Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Tschannen

Associates$100 to $249Stanley & Hope Adelstein AnonymousDr. & Mrs. Robert Bahler Janis BakerChristopher Beck Dr. & Mrs. David F. Bennhoff Elizabeth Billings Joanne R. Bratush Bette Bonder & Patrick Bray Elizabeth Breckenridge Cindy & Tim CarrMary Louise Conlin David & Gayle Cratty Audrey De Clement Chris & Mary Ann Deibel Alexander Derkaschenko Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg Deena & Richard Epstein Mary Eileen Fogarty David V. FoosJoy M. Freda Georgia T. Garner Virginia T. Goetz Gary & Joanna Graeff Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld M. Hurajt Amy & Jeff Johnson Maria Kaiser Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kimmel Bob & Nanci Kirkpatrick Andrea Knowlton Ken & Mary Loparo Rev. Edward E. Mehok Toni & Linda Moore Ronald & Betty Manolio Mr. & Mrs. Robert Oshinsky Lee & Maria Parks Brian Perry & Ka Pi Hoh

Norris & Yolanda Polk Ann Pinkerton Ranney Mr. & Mrs. Clifford A. Reeves Jr. Sue ReusserDr. Edward J. Rockwood Reinhold & Ginny RoedigMark J. Salling Dina & Richard Schoonmaker Donna & Raymond Schuerger Mr. & Mrs. David K. Siegel David & Rita Smith Mr. & Mrs. John Southworth William E. Spatz Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel Dan and Robin Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L. Sullivan David M. Walker Stanley Brandt & Mary Whitmer Diana & Kenneth Wise Mr. & Mrs. James Xinakes Arthur & Deborah Zinn

Friends $50 to $99Anonymous (2)Daniel and Ellen ArbeznikMr. & Mrs. Gary Arbeznik Jeanette S. BarclayMr. & Mrs. David Blackman John Bolton Mr. & Mrs. Andre Buehler Mr. & Mrs. Robert CharlickDoug & Mary Court Samuel CowlingRonald & Patricia Cramer Janice G. DowningHoward P. ErlichmanMr. Angel Flecha Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Fouts Mr. & Ms. Ralph C. FreyMr. & Mrs. Lou Galizio Thomas Gilbride Jeffrey P. Gluvna & Barbara A. Blake Dr. & Mrs. Norman W. Goldston John Greene Hazel Haffner Marian HancyBarbara R. HawkinsArlene & William Hazlett Linda A. Heath Curt & Karen Henkle Frank & Gerry HoffertLucia JeziorRuth & Don KalishLarry & Janet Kilgore Herschel & Maxine Koblenz Eleanor & Stephen Kushnick Ted & Mary Lomac Brian LoweryDorothy MarshBarbara Marzaloes Roy & Cindy Moore Diana Navarro Ken Noetzel Paul H. Pangrace The Reinker FamilyCarole & Charles B. Rosenblatt Donna SheridanPatricia J. Shook Mary Slak Susan St. John Albert StrattonJames Carlson & Linda Striefsky Kathleen Turner Dave Walters Ronald & Pearl Waxman Sharon & Yoash Wiener

Anniversary AngelsAnonymousBonnie & Chuck AbbeyJeanette S. BarclayRobyn & David BarrieFred & Mary BehmJohn & Jeannene BertosaBernice A. BolekStanley Brandt & Mary WhitmerRichard & Mary Ann BrockettMarilyn CallalyMr. & Mrs. Frank CerconeJohn & Donna CliffordKathleen CooperDavid & Gayle CrattyMarilyn P. DemeterCarol Dolan & Greggory Hill Dr. & Mrs. Michael EppigGene & Patricia EwaldMr. & Mrs. David ForteDeborah A. GeierJanet & Patricia GlaeserVirginia T. GoetzMs. Roe GreenBrenda and Jonathan HenryTom & Luz HiggasonClyde A. HornRobert & Linda JenkinsKenneth KarosyLauren KawentelBob & Nanci KirkpatrickRonald KollarEleanor & Stephen KushnickSheryl & Thomas LoveMr. & Mrs. Donald J. MayerMs. Linda McGinty, Lois Weller,

Cheryl Warner and Joan RihaStephen & Donna MillerDavid & Leslee MiraldiMr. & Mrs. Robert D. NearyMr. & Mrs. Robert OshinskyLee & Maria ParksMr. and Mrs. PetrasMr. and Mrs. John S. PietyMr. and Mrs. Harry PollockJohn & Norine PrimLarry & Susan RakowMr. & Mrs. Clifford A. Reeves Jr.Mario Sinicariello & Ellen RobertsOtmar & Rota SackerlotzkyDina & Richard SchoonmakerBryan Schwegler & Adam NolleyMr. & Mrs. David K. SiegelEdward W. & Donna Rae SmithWilliam E. SpatzKathlyn & Harry StenzelDan and Robin SullivanMary E. ThomasElizabeth TwohigCarol Lee VellaDr. and Mrs. Leslie WebsterMr. & Mrs. John H. WeitzJohn & Dianne Young

Matinee IdolsBonnie & Chuck AbbeyCarol BarnakBernice A. BolekPatrick BurkeMr. & Mrs. John D. CampbellMr. & Mrs. Richard L. ChernusCarol Dolan & Greggory Hill Mr. & Mrs. Morton G. EpsteinSteve Gariepy & Nancy SinGoldman, Sachs & Co.Ms. Roe GreenJohn & Virginia Hansen

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel HartwellRon & Joanne HulecLinda M. Kane & Gary StewartBob & Nanci KirkpatrickAnthony LaPlacaSara MacKinlayThe Mersol FamilyPaulina Q. MolinaMichael O'NeilOM GroupMr. & Mrs. Timothy PistellJohn & Barbara SchubertThe J.M. Smucker CompanySally J. StaleyBrit & Kate StensonMartha C. TownsMr. & Mrs. Edward Weintraub

Matching GiftCorporationsAetna Foundation, Inc.AT&T CorporationEaton CorporationIBM CorporationKey FoundatiomLubrizol CorporationMerrill LynchNordson Corporation FoundationPNC FoundationProgressive Insurance FoundationRockwell Automation Trust

Matching Program

Gifts were receivedin honor of:Corning ChisholmNatalie EpsteinChris Fornadel

Gifts were receivedin memory of:Marilyn E. BrentlingerD. Claudine ClintonNina Giunta Jane Starkey

The Women’sCommitteeFormed in 1961, the committee isGreat Lakes Theater’s longest standing volunteer support group.Members act as hosts for our actors,provide support in our administra-tive office, at events and cheer us onthroughout the season. If you would like to become a member, call Joanne Hulec at (216) 252-8717for more information.

OfficersBarbara Cercone, PresidentJanice Campbell, Vice ChairViola McDowell, Recording SecretaryBernice Bolek,

Corresponding SecretaryNanci Kirkpatrick, Treasurer

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Every effort is made to ensure ourDonor records are current andcorrect. Please contact theDevelopment Office(216.453.1068) to report corrections or updates.

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Hanna TheatreSeptember 23 – October 30, 2011

Charles FeeProducing Artistic Director

with generous support from

Kulas Foundation

presents

C A B A R E TBook by JOE MASTEROFF Based on the play by John Van Druten and

Stories by Christopher IsherwoodMusic by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb

Originally Co-directed and Choreographed by Rob MarshallOriginally Directed by Sam Mendes

Directed By Victoria Bussert

Company

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.

* Members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.Cabaret is presented by arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022

Neil Brookshire*Sara M. Bruner*

Phillip Michael Carroll*Jodi Dominick*

Nika Ericson Danny Henning*

Jillian Kates*Andrea Leach

Jim Lichtscheidl*Bailey Carter Moulse

Shannon O’Boyle*

Eduardo Placer*Laura Perrotta*Maggie Roach

Sara Whale Rod Wolfe

John Woodson*

Music Director Choreographer Scenic DesignerMatthew Webb Gregory Daniels Jeff Herrmann

Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Dialect CoachCharlotte Yetman Norman Coates Dan Jankura Eva Wielgat Barnes

Stage Manager Assistant Stage ManagerCorrie E. Purdum* Andrew Morton*

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THE CAST Cabaret

Dramatis Personae Master of Ceremonies .................................................................................................Eduardo Placer *Rosie..............................................................................................................................Andrea Leach Lulu ..........................................................................................................................Shannon O’Boyle * Frenchie........................................................................................................................Maggie RoachTexas ................................................................................................................................Jillian Kates * Fritzie..................................................................................................................Bailey Carter MoulseHelga.................................................................................................................................Sara Whale Bobby/Gorilla ..............................................................................................................Danny Henning *Victor/Max/Sailor..............................................................................................Phillip Michael Carroll *Sally Bowles ..................................................................................................................Jodi Dominick *Clifford Bradshaw.......................................................................................................Neil Brookshire *Ernst Ludwig .............................................................................................................Jim Lichtscheidl *Customs Official/Rudy ........................................................................................................Rod WolfeHerr Schultz...................................................................................................................John Woodson *Fraulein Schneider .......................................................................................................Laura Perrotta *Fraulein Kost ...............................................................................................................Sara M. Bruner *Ensemble.........................................................................................................................Nika Ericson

OrchestraPiano/Conductor .................................................................................Matthew Webb, Music DirectorClarinet/Tenor Sax.......................................................................................... Bettyjeane Wischmeier Violin..................................................................................................................................Karen Dahl Bass ................................................................................................................................Tracy Rowell Percussion ...............................................................................................................Andrew Pongracz

Scene: Berlin

Time: 1930

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.* Members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Stick around after Saturday (non-opening night)evening performances to enjoy entertainment provided by an eclectic array of local musicians and bands while you mingle with our atistic company in the Hanna’s bar and lounge.

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Act I

Scene 1 - The Kit Kat KlubScene 2 – A Railroad CarriageScene 3 – A Room at Schneider’s ApartmentScene 4 - The Kit Kat KlubScene 5 - The Kit Kat Klub / Dressing RoomScene 6 – Cliff ’s RoomScene 7 - The Kit Kat KlubScene 8 – Living Room at Schneider’s Apartment / The Kit Kat KlubScene 9 – Cliff ’s Room / The Kit Kat KlubScene 10 - Living Room at Schneider’s Apartment

Act II

Scene 1 - The Kit Kat KlubScene 2 – Fruit ShopScene 3 - The Kit Kat KlubScene 4 – Cliff ’s Room / The Kit Kat KlubScene 5 - The Kit Kat KlubScene 6 – Cliff ’s RoomScene 7 – Railroad Compartment / The Kit Kat Klub

OVERVIEW Scenes & Musical Numbers

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Musical Numbers

Act I

Willkommen...........................................................................Master of Ceremonies and The Kit Kat KlubSo What ..............................................................................................................................Fraulein SchneiderDon't Tell Mama .....................................................................................Sally Bowles and The Kit Kat GirlsMein Herr ................................................................................................Sally Bowles and The Kit Kat GirlsPerfectly Marvelous...............................................................................Clifford Bradshaw and Sally BowlesTwo Ladies .....................................................................................Master of Ceremonies, Texas and Bobby It Couldn't Please Me More ......................................................................Fraulein Schneider, Herr Schultz Tomorrow Belongs To Me...........................................................................................Master of CeremoniesMaybe This Time..........................................................................................................................Sally BowlesMoney......................................................................................Master of Ceremonies and The Kit Kat GirlsMarried.................................................................................................Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz Tomorrow Belongs To Me (Reprise).......................................Fraulein Kost, Ernst Ludwig and Company

Act II

Entr'acte.............................................................................................................................................CompanyKick Line Number ................................................................................................................The Kit Kat GirlsMarried (Reprise) ........................................................................................................................Herr SchultzIf You Could See Her ...................................................................................................Master of Ceremonies What Would You Do? .......................................................................................................Fraulein SchneiderI Don't Care Much.......................................................................................................Master of Ceremonies Cabaret...........................................................................................................................................Sally BowlesFinale..................................................................................................................................................Company

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Hanna TheatreSeptember 30– October 29, 2011

Charles FeeProducing Artistic Director

presents

The Taming of the

Shrewby WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Directed By Tracy Young

Company

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.

* Members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Kjerstine Rose Anderson*Neil Brookshire*Sara M. Bruner*

Phillip Michael Carroll*Aled Davies*

Jodi Dominick*Nika Ericson

Reggie Gowland*Danny Henning*

Jillian Kates*Andrea Leach

Jim Lichtscheidl*Bailey Carter Moulse

Shannon O’Boyle*Laura Perrotta*Eduardo Placer*

Dudley Swetland*M.A. Taylor* Rod Wolfe

John Woodson*

Additional Staging by Scenic DesignerKjerstine Rose Anderson* Michael Locher

Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound DesignerAlex Jaeger Rick Martin Peter John Still

Stage ManagerTim Kinzel*

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THE CAST The Taming of the Shrew

Dramatis Personae Surfer Dude/Grumio, Pertruchio’s personal servant ..........................................................M.A. Taylor *Curtis, Pertruchio’s chief servant at his country house/Coffee Vendor/Cop........Phillip Michael Carroll *Jogger/Servant Phillip/Bridesmaid................................................................................Andrea LeachThe Widow ....................................................................................................................Laura Perrotta *Executive/Servant Nicholas/Bridesmaid ..................................................................Shannon O’Boyle *Tourist Dad/Vincentio, rich citizen of Portland and father of Lucentio............................Aled Davies *Tourist Mom/Servant Nathaniel/Bridesmaid....................................................................Jillian Kates *Tourist Kid/Servant Joseph/Bridesmaid .............................................................Bailey Carter MoulseAutograph Hound/Merchant .....................................................................................Dudley Swetland *Map Seller/Waiter/Servant Peter/Haberdasher................................................................Nika EricsonLucentio, a gentleman of Portland and suitor to Bianca .........................................Reggie Gowland *Tranio, Servant to Lucentio .........................................................................................Neil Brookshire *Baptista Minola, a rich citizen of Hollywood ................................................................John Woodson *Hortensio, a gentleman of Hollywood and suitor to Bianca .......................................Eduardo Placer *Gremio, rich old citizen of Hollywood and suitor to Bianca ...............................................Rod WolfeBianca, younger daughter of Baptista.........................................................Kjerstine Rose Anderson *Katherine, elder daughter of Baptista ........................................................................Sara M. Bruner *Biondello, Servant to Lucentio....................................................................................Danny Henning *Petruchio, a gentleman of Montana and suitor to Katherine ...................................Jim Lichtscheidl *Ivana/Tailor ...................................................................................................................Jodi Dominick *

Scene: Los Angeles and environs

Time: Sometime in the 1980s

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.* Members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Cabaret Director’s Note

“There was a Cabaret and there was a Master-of-Ceremonies and there was a city called

Berlin in a country called Germany and it was theend of the world ... and I was dancing with SallyBowles and we were both fast asleep. ...”

Perception can be a funny thing. We can literal-ly decide what we actually want to see — and whatwe would prefer to ignore. Cabaret is told throughthe somewhat cloudy eyes of Clifford Bradshaw,an American writer visiting Berlin in 1930. Thoseopening lines are actually the last words spoken byCliff in the musical Cabaret, as he finally opens hiseyes to reality and begins to view the horror of thenightmare that has begun. The character of Cliffwas based on novelist Christopher Isherwood,who wrote an autobiographical account of thetime he spent in Germany from 1929 to 1933 enti-tled The Berlin Stories, which in turn inspired theJohn van Druten play, I Am a Camera, the basis forthe musical, Cabaret.

In the original 1967 version of Cabaret, Cliff singsthe haunting ballad, “Why Should I Wake Up?” Thesong was cut from later versions of Cabaret, makingCliff’s role virtually non-singing. Yet the lyrics, by amasterful Fred Ebb, give us fascinating insight intothe mind of our unreliable storyteller.

“Why should I wake up, this dream is going sowell. When you’re enchanted, why break the spell?”

As Cliff immerses himself in the exciting, theatri-cal, if somewhat tawdry life of the Berlin Cabaret (ametaphor for Weimar Germany), he chooses not tosee the changing atmosphere of oppression andprejudice emerging around him. Cliff fights toignore the early warning signs of the Nazi Party, pre-ferring to remain in a state of mental intoxication.

“Drifting in this euphoric state, morning canwait, let it come late.”

The questions have often been asked: Howcould the genocide of World War II have takenplace in front of our eyes? Why did the world takeso long to recognize the danger of Hitler’s rhetoricand respond to the atrocities being committed bythe Nazis? Does history continue to repeat itself?

“Why should I wake up? Why waste a drop ofthe wine? Don’t I adore you, and aren’t you mine?”

The visual inspiration for our production ofCabaret comes from the daring painter GeorgGrosz, an artist of the Weimar Republic. There is anexuberant, dangerous energy to his work. Thevibrant colors leap off the canvas. Yet, within the tit-

illating scenes of the wild Berlin nightlife lie imagesof horrendous violence and murder. Life, as paintedby Grosz, is lived on the brink in bold garish colors.The characters in his paintings and in the musicalalike turn a blind eye to destruction — even self-destruction — until it is too late. Cabaret gets at atruth that is often only realized in hindsight — thesigns were all there if one wanted to see them.

“Maybe I’ll someday be lonely again, but, whyshould I wake up, till then.”

— Victoria Bussert, Director

SYNOPSIS: Cabaret

Act One

The action opens in the Kit Kat Klub, a decadent,seedy cabaret at the dawn of the 1930’s in

Berlin. The Klub’s Master of Ceremonies, orEmcee, together with the cabaret girls, welcomesthe audience to the club. The action cuts to a trainstation downtown, where Clifford Bradshaw, ayoung American writer coming to Berlin in thehopes of finding inspiration for his new novel, isarriving on the evening train. On the train he meetsErnst Ludwig, an attractive young Berliner whoappears to be in the smuggling business. WhenCliff inadvertently helps him, Ernst gratefully giveshim the name of a likely rooming house in Berlin.Cliff arrives at the boardinghouse, run by FräuleinSchneider, and she rents the room to Cliff for halfits usual price. Fräulein Schneider says that she haslearned to take whatever life offers. Afterward, Cliffremembers that Ernst mentioned a cabaret — theKit Kat Klub — and decides to visit it.

At the Klub, the Emcee introduces a Britishsinger, Sally Bowles, who performs for thecabaret’s audience. Afterward, she calls Cliff onthe table-to-table phone and offers to buy him adrink. Their conversation is cut short by Max, theclub’s owner, who watches Sally in a proprietaryway. In Sally’s dressing room, Max fires Sally,telling her that the club needs a fresh new face.Cliff turns up at Sally’s door, and they briefly getto know each other before Sally heads back to thestage for her final performance.

The next day, Cliff is giving Ernst English lessonswhen Sally arrives. She tells Cliff that Max hasthrown her out and she has no place to live, askinghim if she can live in his room. At first he resists,saying she would be “much too distracting,” but sheconvinces him (and Fräulein Schneider) to take her

BACKGROUND About the plays

in. Directly after this scene, the Emcee and twofemale companions sing a song that comments onCliff and Sally’s unusual living conditions.

The action moves to Fräulein Schneider’sapartment. Herr Schultz, an elderly Jewish shopowner who lives in the boardinghouse, has givenFräulein Schneider a pineapple as a gift. Thisscene is the beginning of a romance.

Months later, Sally and Cliff have been livingtogether. Sally reveals that she is pregnant, but shedoes not know with whose child. She reluctantlydecides to get an abortion. Cliff convinces her tohave the baby. Ernst then offers Cliff a job —delivering a suitcase to his “client” — which Cliffaccepts. The Emcee and the cabaret girls com-ment on this with a song.

Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider has caught oneof her boarders, Fräulein Kost, bringing sailorsinto her room. Fräulein Schneider forbids herfrom doing it, but Fräulein Kost threatens to leave.She mentions that she has seen FräuleinSchneider with Herr Schultz in her room. HerrSchultz saves Frau Schneider’s reputation bydeclaring their engagement.

The next scene is Fräulein Schneider and HerrSchultz’s engagement party, at Herr Schultz’s shop.Cliff arrives and delivers the suitcase to Ernst.Looking for revenge on Fräulein Schneider, FräuleinKost tells Ernst, who now sports a Nazi armband,that Herr Schultz is a Jew. Ernst warns FräuleinSchneider that marrying a Jew may not be wise.

Act Two

Fräulein Schneider expresses her concerns abouther union to Herr Schultz, who assures her that

everything will be all right. Their conversation isinterrupted by the crash of a brick being thrownthrough the window of Herr Schultz’s fruit shop.

Back at the Kit Kat Klub, the Emcee performsan upbeat song-and-dance routine with a personin a gorilla suit and sings of how their love hasbeen met with universal disapproval.

Fräulein Schneider then goes to Cliff and Sally’sroom and returns their engagement present,explaining that her marriage has been called off.When Cliff protests, saying that she can’t give herfiancé up, she asks him what other choice she has.

Meanwhile, Cliff informs Sally that he is taking herback to his home in America so they can raise thebaby together. Though Sally protests, Cliff does notrelent and tells her to pack her bags. Following theirheated argument, Sally returns to the club to performagain. When Sally returns to her and Cliff’s room,Cliff asks where her fur coat is. She answers, evasive-

ly, that she left it at the doctor’s. Cliff realizes that Sallyhas had an abortion. Sally, devastated, says that shehad hoped their relationship wouldn’t end like this.Cliff says that he is leaving for Paris in the morning,hoping that she will join him. But Sally says that she’s“always hated Paris.” Cliff leaves, heartbroken.

As Cliff rides the train to Paris, he begins towrite his novel, reflecting on his experiences at theKit Kat Klub and with Sally.

The Taming of the Shrew Director’s Note

What, exactly, is this thing we call “marriage”?In our current cultural climate, there is

much heated debate about who should be giventhe right to be married, but there is less culturaldiscourse about the nature and the dynamic ofmarriage itself. People are getting married allaround us (we ourselves may also have tied theknot), and yet, how much do we really know aboutthe couples we observe? The marriages we thinkare happy, or the ones we see as troubled? Do wereally know what’s going on behind the closeddoors of an intimate relationship? Even our own?

Some argue passionately that marriage shouldexist only between a man and a woman, and yet,what exactly is a man or a woman? Beyond simplebiology, what constitutes a man or a woman involvesthe adapting of and conforming to the expected gen-der roles of any given society. We are not born withan innate sense of these rules of behavior, we aretaught them over time. Some cultures have elaboraterituals around the initiation of a child into the arenaof manhood or womanhood. Gender identity is alearned behavior based on a culture’s expectationsand beliefs about what that means.

Ideas about gender identity were very differentin Shakespeare’s time than they are in our modern-day world, and yet, part of Shakespeare’s brillianceis reflected through his penetrating insights intothe nature of human beings and the ways that basicnature is expressed through the prism of gender. InThe Taming of the Shrew, he has created two fasci-nating characters in Katharine and Petruchio, whoare equally matched in intelligence, humor andvitality, and yet who are seemingly at oddsthroughout the play because of the cultural expec-tations of their gender. Throughout the play, wewatch as Petruchio sets about “taming” Katharineby continually and, to an ever more absurd degree,asserting his status as “the man of the house.” Wewatch as Katharine rages against Petruchio’s domi-nance of her and against the expectations societyhas thrust upon her as a member of the “fairer sex.”Then, in the final moments of the play, Kate deliv-

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ers a highly controversial speech that, when takenat face value, appears to sublimate all of wom-ankind under the foot of male supremacy.

What does this mean? Has Katharine reallybeen tamed? Does she really mean the words she’ssaying, or is it all a ruse at the expense ofPetruchio and the other men?

The debate rages on. Still, at the heart of Shrew isthat married couple, who are full of complexity andmystery. We will never know what really goes onbetween Petruchio and Kate in their private world.We only have Shakespeare’s keen humor andprovocative observations to pique our imaginationsand invite us to ponder not only what constitutes amarriage but also who we are, whether men orwomen, and who we choose to be in the world.

I’d like to dedicate my participation in this pro-duction to my fiancé, Michael John Hansen.

— Tracy Young, Director

SYNOPSIS: The Taming of the Shrew

Baptista, a wealthy merchant of Padua, has twodaughters: Katherina and Bianca. Because of

Katherina’s shrewish disposition, her father hasdeclared that no one shall wed Bianca until Katherinahas been married. Lucentio of Pisa, one of many suit-ors to the younger and kinder Bianca, devises a

scheme in which he and Tranio (his servant) willswitch clothes, and thus disguised, Lucentio will offerhis services as a tutor for Bianca in order to get clos-er to her. At this point, enter Petruchio of Verona, inPadua to visit his friend Hortensio (another suitor toBianca). Attracted by Katherina’s large dowry,Petruchio resolves to woo her.

To the surprise of everyone, Petruchio claimsthat he finds Katherina charming and pleasant. Amarriage is arranged, and Petruchio immediatelysets out to tame Katherina through a series ofincreasingly worse tricks. This involves everythingfrom showing up late to his own wedding to con-stant contradictions of whatever she says. Aftermany trying days and nights, an exhaustedKatherina is indeed “tamed” into docility.

By the end of the play, Lucentio has wonBianca’s heart and Hortensio settles for a richwidow in Padua. During an evening feast forBianca and Lucentio, Petruchio makes and wins awager in which he proposes that he has the mostobedient wife of all the men there, at which pointKatherina gives Bianca a lecture on how to be agood and loving wife herself.

— Reprinted from the Shakespeare ResourceCenter online at www.bardweb.net

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“There was a star danced,and under that was I born.”

–William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, II, i

Forever Young Celebrating 50 Seasons of Great classic theater

At a time when the average lifespan of an American theater is seven years, Great Lakes Theater has thrived for fifty. The theater’s enduring legacy is a testimony to the aspirations and commitments of countless people—artists, administrators, educators, and community members—who have made contributions large and small to the success of a theater dedicated to the classics that has perched for five decades on the edge of America’s north coast.

On the following pages, in a symbolic gesture to the tens of thousands of people who have helped to shape our company, we are proud to honor “Fifty Stars” - individuals and organizations whose contributions to the theater have shone the brightest over the course of our history.

Every one of the “Stars” on our list represents at least another fifty that also deserve our gratitude. On this occasion, we are proud to thank all of the individuals that have given generously of their time, shared their talent, provided support or bought a ticket to a Great Lakes Theater performance over the past half century.

We’re extremely grateful and we look forward to the next exciting fifty years!

DID YOU KNOW?

We have connected over 4 million adults and students to the classics.

Over 9,000 artists and artisans have been employed by Great Lakes Theater.

We have staged over 300 productions.

Over 2,000 generous members of the northeast Ohio community have served on our company’s Board of Trustees.

Our School Residency Program has had a presence in northern Ohio schools for 30 consecutive years – and, today, impacts the lives of 16,000 students in 100 schools annually.

Our annual operating budget has grown from $50K in 1962 to $3.6M today.

our Fifty stars A Lasting Legacy

In 1961, president of the Lakewood school board Dorothy Teare sought a tenant to fi ll the high school’s vacant auditorium. She read of the departure of theater director Arthur Lithgow from Stan Hywet Hall and the cancellation of his summer season, and contacted him. A deal was proposed: in exchange for providing the auditorium rent free, Lithgow’s company would perform matinees of William Shakespeare plays for students at no charge. Teare became president of the Great Lakes Shakespeare Association, and Lithgow the company’s fi rst artistic director.

Georgia Nielsen, fi rst president of the volunteer Women’s Committee, coordinated many of that group’s start-up details, including ticket sales, sewing costumes and constructing stage armor. That fi rst season Audrey Watts was in charge of housing and would go on to launch the Festival’s fi rst Fashion Show, a fundraiser which ensured the undertaking of a second season. She chaired the Women’s Committee and numerous benefi ts, and was instrumental in conceiving the Festival’s annual London Tour.

Yet were it not for banker Carl Dryer, it is unlikely the company would have survived. Dragged to a history play by his wife in the inaugural season, he was hooked, and agreed to become chairman of fi nance. Dryer brought in Ernst & Whinney accountants, got early loans forgiven, and connected the Festival with The Cleveland Foundation, one of Great Lakes’ most signifi cant supporters to this day.

Lithgow departed in 1965. Lindsay Morgen-thaler, a trustee who joined Great Lakes in 1963 and a key player in cultivating community support for the company, brought a professor of drama from Carnegie Tech to Great Lakes as its second artistic director: Lawrence Carra. Carra broke Festival tradition of performing Shakespeare in Elizabethan style by producing a contemporary Hamlet in 1968 informed by the shooting of Robert Kennedy. The production mesmerized a drama instructor at St. Joseph Academy, Mary Bill.

Bill joined Great Lakes part-time, crafting grants to underwrite youth tickets. In the tradition of these efforts, Eaton Corporation continues corporate support for this cause, as well as provides ongoing trustee representation on the Festival’s board. In 1970 Bill was granted funding by The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, a dedicated supporter, to expand the education program. She

became GLSF’s fi rst full-time year-round employee and in 1974 brought Bill Rudman to intern at Great Lakes. He would become instrumental in the development of the education program, expanding the in-school residency program, helping launch the theater’s adult education program and in 1997 drafting the company’s mission statement. In 1975, Carra’s fi nal season, Great Lakes’ budget of $300,000 was six times the inaugural one, and included grants from The George Gund Foundation, the Festival’s largest long-term educational supporter.

In 1976 Vincent Dowling, former deputy director of his native Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, was named Great Lakes’ third artistic director following a search led by board president Marilyn E. Brentlinger. A trustee for 43 years, Brentlinger co-wrote a best practices book on producing not-for-profi t benefi ts which became an industry standard. Her Festival participation was always a family affair: her children played onstage extras, volunteered in the box offi ce, and her husband Paul’s support is ongoing.

In 1977 Dowling encouraged Tom Hanks to join Great Lakes as an intern. Hanks worked three seasons at the Festival, building sets, hanging lights, and acting on stage. It was at Great Lakes that he earned his Actors’ Equity card. Since making his mark in Hollywood, he has thrice returned to support Great Lakes and dazzle audiences.

In 1982, Dowling’s The Playboy of the Western World was taped by PBS and won a local Emmy Award. Its scenic design was by John Ezell, who joined Great Lakes in 1976, later becoming Associate Artistic Director. Ezell designed award-winning sets at the Festival for decades, collaborating with every subsequent artistic director.

The Festival was outgrowing its Lakewood home, and in 1980 board president Natalie Epstein, a passionate theater lover who joined Great Lakes in 1977, took a tour of the vacant PlayhouseSquare theaters. Standing on the stage of the dilapidated Ohio Theatre, she fell in love with it. She and Mary Bill teamed up to obtain funding for a renovation, and on July 9, 1982, Great Lakes opened its new home with its inaugural play, As You Like It.

After Dowling’s departure, the Festival named Lorain, Ohio native Gerald Freedman its fourth artistic director in 1985. With New York credits including the artistic directorship of the

New York Shakespeare Festival, Freedman brought celebrated actors such as Olympia Dukakis, Hal Holbrook, and Jean Stapleton to Cleveland. Several landmark education programs were launched during these years, including community Surrounds, notably “Festival Fantas-tico!” in 1988, co-produced by Bill Rudman and Margaret Lynch. Lynch served as an usher in the 1960s, worked in the costume shop in the ‘70s, and later became Great Lakes’ dramaturge, writing program notes, lobby exhibit materials, the company’s exemplary 25th Anniversary history (to which much material from this narrative is indebted), and eventually directing adult education programming.

In 1985 Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival was renamed Great Lakes Theater Festival to refl ect the broader body of work produced, and rotating repertory yielded to performance in stock. In 1991 the production calendar was changed from summer to September-May. To help manage this momentous undertaking, Anne DesRosiers was hired as Managing Director, a position she held through 1998. DesRosiers’ strong fi scal sense helped the Festival through some challenging times, with no shortage of artistic, educational, and fi nancial accomplishments along the way.

Offstage, several key board members who would play an essential role in the success of the Festival emerged during the Freedman era. John Collinson joined GLTF in 1981, and in the ’90s put together a bank consortium to have Great Lakes’ debt forgiven. William E. MacDonald III came aboard in 1990 and served for nearly two decades. Retired Vice-Chairman of National City Corporation, a longtime major sponsor of the Festival’s work, MacDonald chaired Great Lakes’ committee on trustees and mentored numerous board members. Ellen Stirn Mavec, president of the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation, joined GLTF in 1986. Her long-term support, including signifi cant support of the Hanna Theatre capital campaign, have been instrumental in the company’s success. Michael J. Peterman, a trustee since 1992, has shared his real estate expertise as Executive Vice President of North Pointe Realty on all property and leasing issues facing the Festival. James O. Roberts joined Great Lakes in 1984. When business obligations prevented his continued participation, his wife Georgianna T. Roberts stepped in, fi lling his vacancy. Jim was able to return in 1997, and both husband and wife served together as trustees. Their partnership, in personal life and in their relationship with Great Lakes, embodied love of life, love of the arts, and love of education. John D. Schubert, an art and literature afi cionado, has been a trustee since 1979. He has provided steady, constant support of the company for over three decades. Laura Siegal fi rst joined Great

Lakes in 1989, and along with her husband Alvin Siegal, have been staunch Festival supporters. The Siegals are passionate about education and theatre, are deeply committed to the production of professional Shakespeare and exposing students to the classics.

Ernst & Young Partners have long played important roles at Great Lakes. John E. Katzen-meyer, Thomas G. Stafford, and Robrt D. Neary are among them. A retired E&Y Partner, Katzenmeyer’s watchful fi scal eye and generous support of Great Lakes since he fi rst joined the Festival in 1974 have seen the theater through many tough times. His good humor, personal generosity, love of the classics and deep support of education make him a treasured trustee. Stafford, also a retired Partner at E&Y, joined Great Lakes in 1977. He memorably signed Tom Hanks’ fi rst Equity paycheck, recalling it to be “somewhere in the mid-two fi gure range.” Neary, a trustee since 1995, is a retired Co-Chairman of E&Y. He was brought to the board by his wife Janet E. Neary, whose commitment to Great Lakes began in 1987. Bob’s strong fi nancial oversight and his leadership in inaugurating the company’s Legacy Society have proven invaluable. Janet’s strategic behind-the-scenes work on the Hanna Theatre campaign exemplifi es her continued guidance and commitment. As a couple, the Neary’s dedication to the company’s mission, and their generosity on every level makes them one of the primary forces behind Great Lakes’ success.

Victoria Bussert was hired by Freedman in 1985 as his assistant director, and made her GLTF directing debut in 1988. She served as Freedman’s Associate Director through 1997 and is presently Resident Director. Bussert has become the region’s premiere director of musical theater. She has directed 32 productions at Great Lakes, including staging Freedman’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol a dozen times and working with numerous actors of great talent, including the Festival’s inaugural Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley: William Leach and John Buck, Jr.

Leach portrayed Scrooge in the fi rst seven productions of A Christmas Carol. Capturing the true spirit of transformation, his onstage gifts were apparent to all fortunate enough to be in his audience. Leach’s acting partner in the famous Ghost of Marley scene was John Buck, who portrayed the fettered spirit fi fteen times from 1989 through 2003. Buck’s acting gifts are many, but among them are his precision as an actor, his presence in the moment and his masterful vocal tone.

In 1989, Mark Cytron joined Great Lakes as a carpenter. He worked his way up the backstage ranks to become Great Lakes’ Technical Director, a position he also holds at the Idaho Shakespeare

Festival (ISF) and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (LTSF). In 1996, Christopher Flinchum was hired as assistant stage manager, later promoted to Production Stage Manager, and is now the Festival’s Production Manager, overseeing all elements of production for Great Lakes as well as ISF and LTSF.

After Freedman’s 1997 departure, Bussert and Ezell served as the Festival’s Co-Artistic Directors in 1997-98, and in time for the following season the board hired Great Lakes’ fi fth artistic director, James Bundy.

Bundy broadened the Festival’s aesthetic and cultural defi nitions of classic, embracing diversity onstage and off, and initiated discussions with the board and PlayhouseSquare about moving Great Lakes to the Hanna Theatre. Programming in this period featured Shakespeare and musicals, included contemporary adaptations of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck, and promoted newer works with classic structures and themes such as Thunder Knocking on the Door, From the Mississippi Delta, and the musical Lone Star Love.

In 2001 Bundy promoted Daniel Hahn to the position of Education Director. Hahn’s love of the company’s rich history and his personal dedication to Great Lakes’ mission began in 1995 as an actor-teacher in the school residency program under Kenn McLaughlin. Four years later, Todd S. Krispinsky was hired as Outreach Tour stage manager and made himself indispensable to GLTF, wearing many hats while rising through the ranks. In 2005 Krispinsky became the Festival’s Director of Marketing and Communications, overseeing double-digit sales increases and garnering national coverage in American Theatre magazine and The Wall Street Journal.

The 2001 season began under the leadership of new board president David P. Porter, who joined Great Lakes in 1998. Bundy had accepted the position of Dean of the Yale School of Drama, and the search for a new artistic director was underway. Porter’s governance during this era of transition and fi nancial challenge, as well as his personal generosity and dedication to the Festival’s artistic and educational core values, helped sustain Great Lakes at a time of uncertainty.

In the spring of 2002, the Festival landed Charles Fee to helm Great Lakes. Producing Artistic Director of ISF, Fee brought a wealth of experience producing and directing the classics, as well as leading a successful capital campaign for the Boise theatre. With Great Lakes’ working capital funds exhausted, an accumulated defi cit looming and merger talks with the Cleveland Play House

in progress, Fee immediately inserted a second Shakespeare play into GLTF’s schedule: his A Midsummer Night’s Dream, originally conceived in Boise. Great Lakes’ future production model had begun: creatively sharing work between companies led by Fee, which now include ISF and LTSF.

Fee’s production of Midsummer saw the Festival debut of Cleveland favorite Andrew May, who would continue for eight seasons at GLTF, acting in 17 productions, directing, and serving as Associate Artistic Director. That same year, Heather Sherwin joined Great Lakes as Director of Development, helping to set the company on secure fi nancial footing, and then serving as chief strategist and manager of the Hanna Theatre campaign. Working closely with Sherwin was trustee Robyn Barrie, who joined the board in 1998. Time and again Barrie has chaired annual benefi ts and worked tirelessly to ensure goals were achieved and fun was had by all.

The culmination of Great Lakes’ capital campaign, chaired by Timothy K. Pistell, a trustee since 1997, came in 2008 with the opening of the completely reimagined Hanna Theatre. As Executive VP & CFO of Parker Hannifi n Corporation, Pistell drew signifi cant corporate and individual support, resulting in a campaign that exceeded its goal. Featuring the Parker Hannifi n hydraulic thrust stage, the Hanna retains all of its historical legacy while enjoying the most modern theatrical amenities. In partnership with PlayhouseSquare under the leadership of President and CEO Art Falco, whose unwavering support and advocacy for the project was instrumental, the Festival’s historic move into its new home is the culmination of an extraordinary team effort.

A key player on that team is Bob Taylor, who joined Great Lakes in December 2000 as Development Manager, was promoted to Director of Administration in 2001, and named Executive Director in 2003, a position he also holds at LTSF. Along with Fee, Taylor has led the fi nancial turnaround of the company and the move into the Hanna Theatre.

As Fee embarks upon his tenth season as Producing Artistic Director and Great Lakes Theater honors the 50 Stars whose dedication make this celebration possible, we save the fi nal distinction for you: The Great Lakes Theater Audience. Over 4 million adults and students taking in over 300 productions spanning fi ve decades have made this journey a reality. Thank you for your continued support, and here’s to the next fi fty years!

Daniel Hahn, Director of Education

our production historyFive Decades of the Classics

1962As You Like ItRichard IIOthelloHenry IV, Part IHenry IV, Part IIThe Merchant of Venice

1963The Comedy of ErrorsRomeo and JulietThe Merry Wives of WindsorHenry VJulius CaesarMeasure for Measure

1964The Taming of the ShrewHamletMuch Ado About NothingHenry VIRichard IIIAntony and Cleopatra

1965MacbethThe RivalsA Midsummer Night’s DreamThe School for Wives + Marriage Proposal

Henry VICoriolanus

1966Twelfth NightShe Stoops to ConquerKing LearThe Importance of Being EarnestA Winter’s Tale

1967Romeo and JulietLove’s Labour’s LostCyrano de BergeracMisallianceAll’s Well That Ends Well

1968The TempestHamletCymbelineArms and the ManThe Beaux’ Stratagem

1969The Would-Be GentlemanAs You Like ItMacbethCandidaTroilus and Cressida

1970The Merchant of VeniceR.U.R. (Rossom’s Universal Robots)Julius CaesarVolponeThe Comedy of Errors

1971OthelloYou Never Can TellThe Taming of the ShrewGodspell Henry IV, Part I

1972The Merry Wives of WindsorThe Beggar’s OperaRichard IIIThe Marowitz HamletElectra

1973Twelfth Night

A Midsummer Night’s DreamMuch Ado About NothingThe Italian Straw Hat

1974King LearThe Playboy of the Western WorldMeasure for MeasureUnder the GaslightThe Comedy of Errors

1975As You Like ItThe MiserOur TownCelebration of Mime TheaterThe Frogs A Winter’s Tale

1976The TempestDear Liar Ah, Wilderness!The Devil’s DiscipleRomeo and Juliet

1977Hamlet Peg O’My Heart In a Fine FrenzyThe Glass MenagerieThe Importance of Being Oscar The Taming of the Shrew

1978Polly The Two Gentlemen of Verona What Every Woman KnowsThe Wild Oats The Nine Days Wonder of Will KempKing John

1979Twelfth Night Juno and the PayCock ClarenceDo Me a Favorite Blithe SpiritOthello

1980Henry IV, Part ICharlie’s AuntMy Lady LuckHughie The Boor The Comedy of ErrorsTitus Andronicus

1981The MatchmakerStreetsongsKing LearA Doll’s HouseMuch Ado About NothingMy Lady Luck

1982As You Like ItThe Playboy of the Western WorldPiaf: La Vie L’Amour!The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyA Child’s Christmas in Wales

1983The Merry Wives of WindsorBlanco!Waiting for GodotHenry VThe IslandThe Dark Lady of the SonnetsW.S.The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyA Child’s Christmas in Wales

1984The Taming of the ShrewShe Stoops to ConquerOur TownAlcestis and ApolloJeeves Takes ChargePeg O’My HeartA Midsummer Night’s Dream

1985Twelfth NightThe Skin of our TeethMiss Margarida’s Way

The Game of LoveOpen AdmissionsTake One Step!

1986Arsenic and Old LaceGhostsBarbara Cook in Concert

Macbeth

1987The Boys from SyracuseBroadwayThe Regard of FlightRomeo and JulietHedda Gabler Absent Forever Up From Paradise

1988Love’s Labour’s LostMan and SupermanLady Day at Emerson’s Bar and GrillA Doll’s HouseBlood Wedding

1989HamletGrandma Moses: An American Primitive

The Threepenny OperaThe SeagullA Christmas Carol

1990King LearA Delicate BalanceThe Lady from Maxim’sLa RondeDividing the EstateA Christmas Carol

1991-92Coming Home Uncle VanyaPaul RobesonA Christmas CarolOhio State MurdersMother CourageAn Intimate Evening with Dixie Carter

1992-93Cyrano de BergeracRough CrossingA Christmas CarolNow Playing Center School for WivesOthelloSisters, Wives, and Daughters: Portraits of Shakespeare’s Women

1993-94The Cherry Orchard A Christmas CarolNoel and GertieThe Taming of the ShrewDeath of a Salesman

1994-95Shakespeare for my FatherA Midsummer Night’s DreamA Christmas CarolThe School for WivesThe Bakkhai

1995-96School for ScandalA Christmas CarolAs You Like ItThe DybbukBlithe Spirit

1996-97She Loves MeA Christmas CarolAntony and CleopatraWhat the Butler SawThe Glass Menagerie

1997-98The TempestA Christmas CarolFallen AngelsThe Most Happy FellaWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

1998-99Richard IIIA Christmas CarolA Little Night MusicA Raisin in the SunThe Beauty Queen of Leenane

1999-2000Thunder Knocking on the DoorA Christmas CarolThe Wild DuckTwelfth NightTravels With My Aunt

2000-01MacbethA Christmas CarolGypsyFrom the Missippi DeltaPeter Pan

2001-02Lone Star Love, or The Merry Wives of Windsor, TexasA Christmas Carol...Love, LangstonA Moon for the MisbegottenRomeo and Juliet

2002-03Much Ado About NothingA Christmas CarolAnything GoesArms and the ManA Midsummer Night’s Dream

2003-04Hamlet

A Christmas CarolPrivate LivesNickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

2004The Taming of the ShrewThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

The Importance of Being EarnestJulius CaesarA Christmas Carol

2005As You Like ItA Christmas Carol

2006-07A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Love’s Labour’s LostA Christmas CarolHay FeverThe Tempest

2007-08Arsenic and Old LaceMeasure for MeasureA Christmas CarolThe CrucibleAll’s Well That Ends Well

2008-09MacbethInto the WoodsA Christmas CarolThe Comedy of ErrorsThe Seagull

2009-10The Mystery of Edwin DroodTwelfth NightTom Hanks at the HannaA Christmas CarolBat Boy: The MusicalA Midsummer Night’s DreamJohn Lithgow: Stories By Heart

2010-11OthelloAn Ideal HusbandA Christmas CarolThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

2011-12CabaretThe Taming of the ShrewA Christmas CarolThe MousetrapRomeo and JulietSondheim on Sondheim

AnonymousBonnie & Chuck AbbeyJeanette S. BarclayRobyn & David BarrieFred & Mary BehmJohn & Jeannene BertosaBernice A. BolekStanley Brandt & Mary WhitmerRichard & Mary Ann BrockettMarilyn CallalyMr. & Mrs. Frank CerconeJohn & Donna CliffordKathleen CooperDavid & Gayle CrattyMarilyn P. DemeterCarol Dolan & Greggory Hill Dr. & Mrs. Michael EppigGene & Patricia EwaldMr. & Mrs. David ForteDeborah A. GeierJanet & Patricia GlaeserVirginia T. GoetzMs. Roe GreenBrenda and Jonathan HenryTom & Luz HiggasonClyde A. HornRobert & Linda JenkinsKenneth KarosyLauren KawentelBob & Nanci KirkpatrickRonald Kollar

Eleanor & Stephen KushnickSheryl & Thomas LoveMr. & Mrs. Donald J. MayerMs. Linda McGinty, Lois Weller, Cheryl Warner and Joan Riha

Stephen & Donna MillerDavid & Leslee MiraldiMr. & Mrs. Robert D. NearyMr. & Mrs. Robert OshinskyLee & Maria ParksMr. and Mrs. PetrasMr. and Mrs. John S. PietyMr. and Mrs. Harry PollockJohn & Norine PrimLarry & Susan RakowMr. & Mrs. Clifford A. Reeves Jr.Mario Sinicariello & Ellen RobertsOtmar & Rota SackerlotzkyDina & Richard SchoonmakerBryan Schwegler & Adam NolleyMr. & Mrs. David K. SiegelEdward W. & Donna Rae SmithWilliam E. SpatzKathlyn & Harry StenzelDan and Robin SullivanMary E. ThomasElizabeth TwohigCarol Lee VellaDr. and Mrs. Leslie WebsterMr. & Mrs. John H. WeitzJohn & Dianne Young

50th anniversary angels Thanks and Many Thanks

The following generous supporters gave a special 50th anniversary gift.

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Friends,

On behalf of our artists, staff, and Board of Trustees, welcome to GreatLakes Theater’s 50th Anniversary Season!

“It all started with an empty auditorium and a group of concerned citizens.The hall was fastened to the public high school in suburban Lakewood. Thecitizens were members of the Lakewood Board of Education who wanted tofill the auditorium during the summer months with cultural offerings. Theyear was 1961 when Lakewood Board of Education president DorothyTeare persuaded a peripatetic Shakespeare troupe to make Lakewood CivicAuditorium its home.”

Thus began the 50-year history of Great Lakes Theater under the visionary leadership of DorothyTeare, and our first Artistic Director, Arthur Lithgow. In the succeeding decades, fortune has shinedon our company through a succession of extraordinary leaders, dedicated board members, and acommunity of support undaunted by the challenges of creating and sustaining the artistic and educational mission of “Cleveland’s Classic Company.” We are thrilled to begin our 50th season in asstrong a position as we have ever been – both financially and artistically!

Over the course of this golden anniversary season we will take many opportunities to recognize andhonor the extraordinary contributions made by individuals and organizations over the past five decadesof Great Lakes Theater. In a symbolic gesture to the thousands of people who have shaped our comp any,we will honor “Fifty Stars” who contributions have shone the brightest over our history. We began inJuly by featuring the name of each honoree for a full week on the marquee of the Hanna Theatre.Completing the 52 weeks of shining stars will be the names of William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens– in recognition of the significant role their works continue to play in the life of our company.

On January 7th, we will celebrate in grand style at the Great Lakes Theater 50th Anniversary Gala,being held at the InterContinental Hotel. We hope that you will join us for a “Twelfth Night” themedevening of revels, memories and surprises honoring our history and celebrating our future!

At the center of our celebrations this year, we are creating our most expansive programming indecades – a six play season of great works performed by a company of stellar artists who define ourwork onstage and in the community year round. Running from September through July, the seasonfeatures two of Shakespeare’s most captivating plays, The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet;an iconic murder mystery by the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap; our traditional holiday offering by Mr. Dickens, A Christmas Carol; and a pair of musicals – one, a daringclassic, Cabaret and the other, the newest work by America’s greatest composer for the theatre,Sondheim on Sondheim.

We hope you will join us many times this season in celebration of the rich legacy of Great LakesTheater’s commitment to the classics, the city of Cleveland, and our fifty year history as one of theregion’s most vital providers of educational programming!

I look forward to seeing you in our audience throughout this exciting season.

Sincerely,

Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director

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ACTING COMPANY

Kjerstine Rose Anderson*Bianca in The Taming of the ShrewGreat Lakes Theater debutFirst season with Great LakesTheater. Four seasons with the Ore -gon Shakespeare Festival: Helena in

All’s Well That Ends Well, Clarice in The Servant ofTwo Masters, Helena in A Midsummer Night’sDream, Natalie in Distracted, Sugarsop in TheTaming of the Shrew and Liberty in an adaptationof The Comedy of Errors. Other credits includeElinor in Sense and Sensibility (Book-It Rep),Calpurnia in Julius Caesar (Freehold EngagedTheater Tour), Maria in Twelfth Night (NewTheater House), Beatrice in The Changeling(Black Swan Project) and Lula in The Dutchman(Black Swan Project). She holds a BFA in actingfrom Cornish College of the Arts, and is a mem-ber of Actors’ Equity.

Neil Brookshire*Clifford Bradshaw in Cabaret andTranio in The Taming of the ShrewThree seasons at Great LakesTheaterGreat Lakes Theater: Valentine, The

Two Gentlemen of Verona and Moth, Love’sLabour’s Lost. Idaho Shakespeare Festival:Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Cliff inCabaret; Tranio in The Taming of the Shrew,Stephen in Major Barbara, Edgar in King Lear,Orlando in As You Like It, Witch in Macbeth andothers. He has also worked with BoiseContemporary Theater: Miles, The Drawer Boy;Dr. Seward, Dracula and Bartley, The Cripple ofInishmaan; as well as Company of Fools (Idaho),Idaho Dance Theatre, Opera Idaho and SeattleNovyi Theatre. He has an MFA in acting fromNorthern Illinois University, and is the founder ofDirt Hills Productions, a website featuring audiodramas and documentaries.

Sara M. Bruner*Fraulein Kost in Cabaret andKatherine in The Taming of theShrewEight seasons at Great Lakes Theater

Sara is pleased to return to Cleveland to GreatLakes Theater, where she has appeared as a musi-cian in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Desdemonain Othello, Drood in The Mystery of Edwin Drood,Viola in Twelfth Night, Masha in The Seagull, aWitch in Macbeth, Abigail in The Crucible, Ariel inThe Tempest, Raina in Arms and the Man, Opheliain Hamlet, Marianne in Tartuffe, Helena in AMidsummer Night’s Dream and Sorel in HayFever. She has spent 15 years at the IdahoShakespeare Festival. Favorite roles include Julietin Romeo and Juliet, Audrey in Little Shop ofHorrors, Percy in The Spitfire Grill, KateHardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer, Julia in TheTwo Gentlemen of Verona, the Courtesan in TheComedy of Errors, Cecily in The Importance ofBeing Earnest, Zerbinetta in Scapin and Rosalindin As You Like It. She has also adapted and direct-ed multiple shows for ISF’s educational outreachprogram. Her most recent production wasTwelfth Night. Sara has performed with TheRepertory Theatre of St. Louis, BoiseContemporary Theater and Drop DanceCollective and served as assistant director toCharles Fee, Risa Brainin and Victoria Bussert.

Phillip Michael Carroll*Victor/Max/Sailor in Cabaret andCurtis/Coffee Vendor/Cop in TheTaming of the ShrewThree seasons at Great LakesTheater

Phillip Michael Carroll is thrilled to be returningto the Hanna stage, having been a member of theinaugural productions of Into the Woods andMacbeth. Other credits include Amadeus, As YouLike It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and AChristmas Carol (Great Lakes Theater); Brooklyn:the Musical (14th Street Theatre); Hair, Bat Boy:the Musical and West Side Story (Cain Park);Passion and Moby Dick: the Musical (Beck Centerfor the Arts).

Aled Davies*Vincentio in The Taming of the ShrewEleven seasons at Great LakesTheater Previously for GLT: Scrooge/Samuels in A Christmas Carol, Duke

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of Milan in The Two Gentlemen of Verona,Brabantio in Othello, The Earl of Caversham inAn Ideal Husband, Sheriff Reynolds in Bat Boy:The Musical, Oberon/Theseus in A MidsummerNight’s Dream, Your Chairman in The Mystery ofEdwin Drood and Sea Captain/Priest in TwelfthNight. Duncan/Siward in Macbeth, Solinus/Dr.Pinch in The Comedy of Errors, Dorn in TheSeagull, Deputy Governor Danforth in TheCrucible, King of France in All’s Well That EndsWell, Mr. Witherspoon in Arsenic and Old Lace,Escalus in Measure for Measure, Prospero in TheTempest, David Bliss in Hay Fever, Senex in AFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,Boyet in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Lady Bracknell inThe Importance of Being Earnest, Julius Caesar inJulius Caesar, Claudius in Hamlet, Cleante inTartuffe, Oberon/Theseus in A MidsummerNight’s Dream, Leonato in Much Ado AboutNothing, Buckingham in Richard III and Topperin A Christmas Carol. Aled has been a proud andappreciative member of Actors’ EquityAssociation since 1984. Go Browns!

Jodi Dominick*Sally Bowles in Cabaret andIvana/Tailor in The Taming of theShrewFive seasons at Great Lakes Theater Jodi’s previous roles include The

Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Lady MacDuff inMacbeth, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Helena Landlessin The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Lady Chiltern in AnIdeal Husband, Bianca in Othello andLucetta/Outlaw in Two Gentlemen of Verona. Othercredits include Diana in I Love You Because atPlayhouseSquare; Helen/Frances/Bad Perm, TheBreak Up Notebook at The Beck Center for the Arts,New World Stages (NYC) and Hudson BackstageTheatre (LA); Clara, Passion at The Beck Center forthe Arts; Woman 1 and 2, I Love You, You’re Perfect,Now Change at The Hanna Theatre,PlayhouseSquare; Debtor’s Wife, A Christmas Carol,Great Lakes Theater; and Gypsy at Great LakesTheater, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis andThe Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Other showsinclude Lovelace: A Rock Opera, The HayworthTheatre (LA); Violet and Bye Bye Birdie, Cain Park;and Closer, Dobama Theatre. Jodi is a graduate ofBaldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Musicand proud member of AEA.

Nika EricsonEnsemble in Cabaret and MapSeller/Waiter/Servant Peter /Haber -dasher in Taming of the ShrewTwo seasons at Great Lakes TheaterNika is thrilled to be coming back for

the second time to the Great Lakes Theater. She hasworked in and around Chicago with such theatersas Writer’s Theatre, Babes with Blades, First FolioTheatre and Stage Left. Nika received her MFA inacting from Penn State University, where she wasgiven the Manuel Duque Award for excellence inacting. She is currently an Equity MembershipCandidate. Nika would like to thank her wonderfulfamily for their endless love and support.

Reggie Gowland*Lucentio in The Taming of the ShrewGreat Lakes Theater debutReggie is thrilled to make his firstever trip to Cleveland to join GLT.With Idaho Shakespeare Festival:

Amadeus, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, The MerryWives of Windsor and As You Like It. Recentregional credits include Ken Ludwig’s new farceThe Fox on The Fairway at The George StreetPlayhouse directed by David Saint, Seussical atThe Summer Theatre of New Canaan, ThomasHiggins’ A Different Kind of Animal at the SamFrench Short Play Festival, and appearances in theEdinburgh and New York Fringe Festivals. TV:Evan and Gareth are Trying to Get Laid. Reggieholds a BA from Northwestern University and is afounding member of The Filament TheatreEnsemble in Chicago, appearing in their produc-tions of Six Impossible Things and A Muse in Love,both directed by Filament’s artistic director, JulieRitchey. Proud AEA member.

Danny Henning*Bobby/Gorilla in Cabaret andBiondello in The Taming of theShrewFour Seasons at Great Lakes Theater GLT credits: Twelfth Night

(Valentine, u/s Sebastian), The Mystery of EdwinDrood (Deputy) and three seasons in A ChristmasCarol (Dick Wilkins). With Idaho ShakespeareFestival: The Comedy of Errors (ensemble), TwelfthNight (Valentine, u/s Sebastian) and The Mysteryof Edwin Drood (Deputy). Other credits includeFreddie in Chess (PlayhouseSquare), Leo Bloom

in The Producers, Tony in West Side Story, DeanHyde in All Shook Up (Timber Lake Playhouse),Jimmie Curry in 110 in the Shade (KalliopeStage), Victor in Cabaret (Milwaukee RepertoryTheatre), Hair and Kiss Me Kate (Cain Park).Danny has a bachelor of music from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. He is aproud AEA member. Love, respect and greatestthanks to Charlie, Ms. B, ISF/GLT family, mom,dad, MSKN, Kyle and Nicholas.

Jillian Kates*Texas in Cabaret and TouristMom/Servant Nathaniel/Bridesmaidin The Taming of the ShrewGreat Lakes Theater debutJillian is thrilled to be making her

theatrical debut with Great Lakes Theater!Favorite credits include Little Edie in GreyGardens at Beck Center, Mimi in Rent at Baldwin-Wallace College, Sally in You’re A Good ManCharlie Brown at Heartland Festival, Liesl in TheSound of Music at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma andCinderella in Into The Woods at Tolbert Theatre.Jillian graduated with her BM in music theaterfrom the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatoryof Music in May and will be moving to NYC thisfall. Much love and thanks to family, friends,Vicky, Greg, Charles Fee, the GLT cast and crew,teachers past and present and the wonderful peo-ple at Stewart Talent. Proud member of AEA. Thisperformance is for Nanny. www.jilliankates.com

Andrea Leach Rosie in Cabaret and ServantPhillip/Jogger/Bridesmaid in TheTaming of the ShrewTwo seasons at Great Lakes TheaterAndrea is so honored to be making

a return to the Great Lakes Theater for it’s 50thseason! Regional: An Ideal Husband (LadyBarford) at Great Lakes Theater, Chess (ChessQueen) at the 14th Street Theatre, Pippin at CainPark, Chicago (Velma Kelly), Oklahoma, andCurtains at Timber Lake Playhouse. Collegiate:Rent (Maureen) and The Wild Party. Andrea iscurrently studying at the Baldwin-WallaceConservatory of Music and will earn a bachelor’sdegree of music in May 2012. Love to my ever-supportive family and a huge thank you to thepatrons for supporting the arts!

Jim Lichtscheidl*Ernst Ludwig in Cabaret andPetruchio in The Taming of theShrewGreat Lakes Theater debutThis is Jim’s first appearance at the

Great Lakes Theater. Recent credits include play-ing Billygoat in the world premiere of TinyKushner at the Tricycle Theater in London andBerkeley Repertory; Lou Levy in Sisters of Swing atRiverside Theater in Vero Beach, Florida; andCaptain Bluntschli in Arms and the Man andClown 1 in The 39 Steps at the Guthrie Theater inMinneapolis, where Jim has appeared in morethan 25 productions. Jim also works in the TwinCities area as an instructor of improvisation andmovement, choreographer and collaborator, hav-ing created original works such as Igloo Glue forthe Southern Theater, archy and mehitabel: life inlowercase for Open Eye Figure Theater andKNOCK! for Theater Latte Da, which earned Jima 2006 Ivey Award and Best of the Fringe award.Jim is also an acting core member for TenThousand Things Theater, a company that bringstheater to prisons, homeless shelters and low-income audiences.

Bailey Carter MoulseTourist Kid/Servant Joseph/Brides -maid in The Taming of the Shrewand Fritzie in CabaretTwo seasons at Great Lakes TheaterBailey is delighted to be returning to

Great Lakes Theater, having previously been a partof The Mystery of Edwin Drood. She just finishedher first season with Idaho Shakespeare Festival,where she appeared in Cabaret and The Taming ofthe Shrew. Previous roles include Shelly in theregional premiere of Evil Dead: The Musical at TheBeck Center for the Arts, Alice in Bye, Bye Birdie(Porthouse Theatre), Babette in Beauty and theBeast (Regent University), Lizzie in Goblin Market(The Governor’s School for the Arts) and ensemblein the world premiere of Rent and La Boheme inrepertory at Baldwin-Wallace College. Other BWCcredits: Marcy in Dog Sees God, Cecily Pigeon inThe Odd Couple and Bridget Sullivan in a work-shop of the new rock musical Lizzie Borden. Baileyis a senior music theater major at Baldwin-WallaceCollege Conservatory of Music. Special thanks toMom, Dad, Vicky, Scott, Greg, Joan, Jason andMT12 for their endless love and support.

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Shannon O’Boyle*Lulu in Cabaret and Executive/ServantNicholas/Bridesmaid in The Taming ofthe ShrewGreat Lakes Theater debutShannon is thrilled to be making her

debut with Great Lakes Theater. Favorite creditsinclude Logainne Schwarzand Grubeniere in 25thAnnual Putnam County Spelling Bee at HeartlandFestival, Mimi (u/s), Mrs. Jefferson and ensemblein the world premiere of Rent and La Boheme inrepertory at Baldwin-Wallace, Bette Brennan(The Marriage of Bette and Boo), Celia (As YouLike It) and the title role of Lizzie Borden in aworkshop of the new rock musical. Shannon willreceive her BM in music theater from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music in May2012. All my gratitude to Vicky, Scott, Greg, Sara,Mr. C., Charles Fee, Sara and Ben.

Laura Perrotta*Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret andThe Widow in The Taming of theShrewThirteen seasons at Great LakesTheater

Representative roles: NY: Love’s Labour’s Lost,Heartbreak House, Kabuki Macbeth, Troilus andCressida, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night,Major Barbara, Boy Meets Girl, The Long Goodbye,Talk to Me Like the Rain... Whispers on the Wind,Private Lives; Cleveland: Hedda Gabler, BrokenGlass, Uncle Vanya, King Lear, Jocasta, The FrontPage, Angels in America, Three Days of Rain, Closer,The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, How I Learned toDrive; Great Lakes Theater: The Wild Duck, Gypsy,Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Arms and the Man,Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest,Private Lives, Tartuffe, Hamlet; Idaho ShakespeareFestival/Great Lakes Theater: The Taming of theShrew, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to theForum, Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear, Romeo andJuliet, Hay Fever, Into the Woods, Twelfth Night,Othello, An Ideal Husband, Cabaret and Taming ofthe Shrew. To Daisy with love.

Eduardo Placer*Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret andHortensio in The Taming of the ShrewThree seasons at Great LakesTheaterPrevious GLT & ISF credits include

Puck (A Midsummer Night’s Dream),Bud/Pan/Daisy (Bat Boy: The Musical), Ghost ofChristmas Past (A Christmas Carol), Roderigo(Othello), Vicomte de Nanjac (An Ideal Husband),Neville Landless (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)and Feste (Twelfth Night). NY credits: Clincher Sr.(The Constant Couple) and Rosencrantz (Hamlet)at The Pearl Theatre. Regional credits: world pre-miere productions of Zhivago (La JollaPlayhouse) and Senor Discretion Himself (ArenaStage), Much Ado About Nothing (TheShakespeare Theatre), Camelot (Arena Stage), AMan’s A Man (Arena Stage), The Mineola Twins(Woolly Mammoth). Training: MFA in Acting,UCSD. BA in English from the University ofPennsylvania. Proud AEA member since 2003.

Maggie RoachFrenchie in CabaretGreat Lakes Theater debutMaggie is thrilled to be making hertheatrical debut with Great LakesTheater! Favorite credits include

Heidi in [title of show] (PlayhouseSquare), Dodiin See Rock City (Dobama Theatre), Julie in ShowBoat (Carson-Dater Performing Arts Center),Chess Queen in Chess (PlayhouseSquare),Frenchie in Cabaret (CBB of St. Louis), Dolores inThe Wild Party (Baldwin-Wallace College), Essiein Parade (Baldwin-Wallace College) and others.She holds a bachelor of music in music theaterfrom Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory ofMusic. Tons of love and thanks to Miss V, Greg,teachers past and present, my NYC family as wellas my 6 Roaches at home. This performance isdedicated to THE best audience member thereever was, Hoberta Roach (Nana).

Dudley Swetland*Autograph Hound/Merchant inThe Taming of the ShrewFifteen seasons at Great LakesTheaterLast summer, Dr. Swetland

appeared as both the Duke and Don Antonio inthe Idaho Shakespeare Festival production of TheTwo Gentlemen of Verona. At Great Lakes Theater,he has appeared in many roles over the last 15years, including that of Scrooge for 12 years. Otherproductions include Antony and Cleopatra(directed by Gerald Freedman), As You Like It,Measure for Measure, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Julius

Ceasar and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, alongwith many non-Shakespearean productions overthe last several seasons. He even dipped his cre-ative toe into the musical theater genre in bothShe Loves Me and A Funny Thing Happened on theWay to the Forum. Since graduating from OhioState (Ph.D. 1976), Dr. Swetland has served as amember of the acting faculty at Case Western, waspart of the Cleveland Play House artistic staff,served as a staff director for four summers at theChamplain Shakespeare Festival, was a MasterActing coach at the University of Akron for onesemester, and has appeared at almost all theatricalvenues throughout Cleveland. He remembersfondly working with the late Tony Randall in theJohn Kenley production of The Man Who Cameto Dinner (and feels blessed to have known thesetwo theatrical icons). For many years, he hasworked as a voice-over talent and is often heardon radio in that capacity. Dr. Swetland is trulyappreciative of the opportunity afforded him inbeing a part of Great Lakes Theater.

M. A. Taylor*Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew10 seasons at Great Lakes TheaterMark Anthony (aka M.A.) isdelighted to return to the HannaTheatre for another Autumn

Sonata. He has most recently been seen in TheTwo Gentlemen of Verona (Speed), The CompleteWorks of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Actor3), Othello (Gratiano), An Ideal Husband(Phipps), A Midsummer Night’s Dream(Flute/Fairy), A Christmas Carol (CharityMan/Old Joe), The Mystery of Edwin Drood(Durdles) and Twelfth Night (Fabian). Alsoamong his credits: Candy in Of Mice and Men(directed by Adrian Hall) for PTTP/Rep, Draculafor Boise Contemporary Theater in the title role,Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona,Gravedigger/Player King in Hamlet forPennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and Crave &Fully Committed for Tooth & Nail Theater in SaltLake City. Other productions include Arsenic andOld Lace, The Crucible, She Stoops to Conquer, AStreetcar Named Desire, Tooth of Crime,Translations, An Ideal Husband, All the King’s Men,The Effects of Tobacco, Swan Song, Saint Joan andThe Count of Monte Cristo. He holds an MFAfrom the University of Delaware’s ProfessionalTheatre Training Program (PTTP). He wishes to

give special thanks to my supportive families,both professional and genetic. Go Tribe!

Sara WhaleHelga in CabaretTwo seasons at Great Lakes TheaterSara attended the Juilliard Schoolbefore joining Ram Island Danceand the Maine State Ballet, where

she performed, taught and choreographed forboth Portland-based companies. During hercareer, Sara has performed works by CharlesWeidman, George Balanchine, Linda MacArthurMeile, Randy James, Daniel McCusker, JeffDuncan, Dan Wagoner, Buffy Miller and DougVarone, and has performed as an ensemble mem-ber in Great Lakes Theater’s production ofArsenic and Old Lace. She moved to Cleveland in2007 after earning a BFA in graphic design fromPacific Northwest College of Art. Sara is current-ly a member of the dance faculty at Baldwin-Wallace College and teaches for the DancingWheels Company. She has recently created newworks for Verb Ballets, Meg Louise Dance, TheDancing Wheels Company, Cleveland PublicTheatre’s Big [BOX] Series and Cleveland’sPlayhouseSquare Dance Showcase and was a fea-tured dancer in the Zurich Opera’s production ofDon Giovanni with the Cleveland Orchestra.

Rod WolfeCustoms Official/Rudy in Cabaretand Gremio in The Taming of theShrewGreat Lakes Theater debutRod has performed seven seasons

with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Favorite ISFroles include Trinculo in The Tempest, Cleante inThe Miser, Conrad/Balthazar in Much Ado AboutNothing, Valentine in Twelfth Night, Protean in AFunny Thing Happened On The Way To TheForum, Audrey 2 in Little Shop Of Horrors andOfficer Klein in Arsenic And Old Lace.Shakespearience roles include Claudius/Ghost inHamlet/ Roderigo in Othello, and Malvolio inTwelfth Night. Rod has also performed with BoiseContemporary Theater as Sagot in Picasso at TheLapan Agile and as Jeeter in Last Of The Boys forAlley Rep Theater. He is a co-founder of IdahoTheater for Youth. Some favorite ITY roles includeMark Twain in Liar’s Stew, Fool in Commedia DeLazzi, Giant in Jack and the Beanstalk, Tubby in

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Little Lulu and Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web. He ded-icates his work to his family.

John Woodson*Herr Schultz in Cabaret and BaptistaMinola in The Taming of the ShrewFive seasons at Great Lakes TheaterJohn Woodson has been a workingtheater professional for more than 30

years. NYC credits: Broadway: Jason in Medea,starring Dame Diana Rigg; Kent in King Lear withHal Holbrook at Roundabout Theatre; Kent inKing Lear with F. Murray Abraham at the NYShakespeare Festival/Public Theatre, Exeter inHenry V, NY Shakespeare Festival. Regionally,John has worked in many outstanding theaters,including Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, GreatLakes Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park,Dallas Theatre Center, Alley Theatre, AlabamaShakespeare Festival (company member),Cleveland Play House, Williamstown TheatreFestival, Philadelphia Theatre Company, LongWharf, Buffalo Studio Arena and the NorthCarolina Shakespeare Festival (a founding compa-ny member). John served as Artistic and ExecutiveDirector of The Warehouse Theatre in Greenville,South Carolina, from 2002-2006. In 2007, Johnfounded Atlantic Stage in Myrtle Beach, andserved as its Artistic Producer until 2010.

UNDERSTUDIES

Phillip Michael Carroll*, Cameron Cornelius, JayEllis, Nika Ericson, Danny Henning*, AntwaunHolley, Andrew Holmes, Rachel Jones, JillianKates*, Kara Konken, Andrea Leach, Meg Maley,Bailey Carter Moulse, Shannon O’Boyle*, LauraPerrotta*, Stewart Tabler, Nick Varricchio

DIRECTORS/CHOREOGRAPHER

Victoria BussertDirector, CabaretTwenty-six seasons at Great Lakes Theater Victoria Bussert has been with Great Lakes Theaterfor 26 seasons, having directed Bat Boy: TheMusical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Into theWoods, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to theForum, Anything Goes, A Little Night Music, SheLoves Me, The Most Happy Fella, Rough Crossing,Blithe Spirit, La Ronde, The School for Wives, Noeland Gertie, The Threepenny Opera and Lady Day atEmerson’s Bar and Grill. Her work has been seen at

many theaters across the country, including IdahoShakespeare Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club,Goodspeed Opera, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis,Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Portland Stage,Dallas Theatre Center, Cleveland Play House,Pegasus Players, Porthouse Theatre, DobamaTheatre, Beck Center and, for 23 seasons, at CainPark. She has had an active career in opera directionwith productions at Piedmont Opera, AnchorageOpera, Skylight Opera Theatre, PennsylvaniaOpera and Cleveland Opera. Victoria has directedseven national tours, including Into the Woods, Onceon the Island and The Who’s Tommy, and has herMFA in directing from Northwestern University.She serves as Director of Music Theatre forBaldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music.Upcoming projects include Avenue Q in Denmark,Spring Awakening at Beck Center and the regionalpremiere of Sondheim on Sondheim, a co-produc-tion between GLT and PlayhouseSquare. Proudmember of SDC. Many thanks to Charlie, Bob andher GLT family, Jeff, Matt, Greg, Charlotte, Corrie,Norman and her Cabaret family, and especially toDale and Zoey — her “family” family.

Gregory DanielsChoreographer, CabaretGreat Lakes Theater debutGregory Daniels is thrilled to be making his chore-ographic debut with Great Lakes Theater. He is thehead of the dance department at Baldwin-WallaceCollege. As a professional dancer, he has per-formed in regional theaters from coast to coast, innational tours of Broadway shows and, for nineyears, at the famed Radio City Music Hall in NYC.His choreographic credits include Anything Goes(Houston Theatre Under the Stars), starring TonyAward nominated actress Dee Hoty; the worldpremiere of a new musical, My Own Song(Flatrock Playhouse, NC), starring Clint Holmes;and Putting it Together (Syracuse Stage), starringTony Award winners Lillias White and ChuckCooper. Other shows include Forever Plaid; I Do! IDo!; Hello, Dolly!; I Love You, You’re Perfect, NowChange (winner of Broadway World.com PhillyAward for Best Musical); The Producers andHairspray (nominated for a 2010 New HampshireTheatre Award for best choreography). He had therare honor of creating and choreographing abrand-new number for The Rockettes for TheCommerce Bank Wow Awards. Most recently, hechoreographed Rent and La Boheme for Baldwin-

Wallace College, Dreamgirls for Cain Park andCabaret for Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Proudmember of SDC. Thank you to Vicki, Charley,Chris, Bob and the entire Great Lakes Theaterfamily and to Jared for always being there withsupport and smiles. For more info, please visitwww.gregorydaniels.net

Charles FeeProducing Artistic DirectorTen seasons at Great Lakes TheaterDirecting credits at GLT: The Two Gentlemen ofVerona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, TwelfthNight, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, All’s WellThat Ends Well, Hamlet, Hay Fever, The Importanceof Being Earnest, Arms and the Man and TheComplete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Charles holds a unique position in the Americantheater as Producing Artistic Director of three inde-pendently operated, professional theater compa-nies: Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland, Ohio (since2002), Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho(since 1991) and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival inLake Tahoe, Nevada (since 2010). His appoint-ments have resulted in a dynamic and ground-breaking producing model for the companies, inwhich 37 plays have been shared since 2002.

In 2009, Charles was honored to receive recogni-tion for his leadership by the Cleveland Arts Prize asa recipient of the Martha Joseph Award. Otherawards include The Mayor’s and Governor’s awardsfor Excellence in the Arts, in Boise, Idaho. From1988 to 1992, he held the position of artistic direc-tor at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in California. Hehas also worked with such companies as The OldGlobe, La Jolla Playhouse, the Milwaukee andMissouri repertory theaters, Actor’s Theatre ofPhoenix and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival.

In addition to his work with the companies inOhio, Idaho and Nevada, Charles is active withinthe community. He has served as a member of thestrategic planning committee for the MorrisonCenter, as producer of the FUNDSY Award Gala(’96, ’98 and 2000), and as producer of the 1996Idaho Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Charles hasserved on the board of the Boise Metro Chamberof Commerce and as a member of the DowntownRotary Club. He received his BA from theUniversity of the Pacific and Master of Fine Artsfrom the University of California, San Diego.

Along with his wife, Lidia, and 16-year-olddaughter, Alexa, Charles resides in Boise, Cleveland

and Lake Tahoe –– a feat that is only possiblebecause of the incredible love and support of hisfamily, and the generous communities he serves!

Matthew WebbMusic Director, CabaretFive seasons at Great Lakes TheaterMatthew is returning to Cleveland for his fifthseason with Great Lakes Theater. A graduate ofthe Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory ofMusic, Matthew was Music Director for Bat Boy:The Musical and for The Two Gentlemen of Veronaearlier this year. Off-Broadway: Ernest in Love(The Irish Repertory). New York: The Cure (RoyArias Theatre), The Water Coolers. Regional: ILove You Because (PlayhouseSquare’s 14th StreetTheatre), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (GreatLakes Theater & Idaho Shakespeare Festival), TheBreakup Notebook: The Lesbian Musical (The BeckCenter), The Wiz (Cain Park), Guys on Ice(American Folklore Theatre and The MilwaukeeRepertory), The Phantom of the Opera (Baldwin-Wallace College), Hair (Cain Park and Kent StateUniversity) and A Cabin With A View (AFT).Infinite thanks to my parents for their continuedlove and support, to Charlie & Vicky for theirencouragement to grow, and to M3N for beingthe best.

Tracy YoungDirector, The Taming of the ShrewGreat Lakes Theater debutThis is Tracy’s first season with the wonderfulGreat Lakes Theater, and she’s very happy to behere! Thanks to the amazing cast and productionteam. Directing: The Imaginary Invalid, TheServant of Two Masters, Luis Alfaro’s BreakfastLunch and Dinner (Oregon Shakespeare Festival);Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella (Yale RepertoryTheatre, co-directed with Bill Rauch); The Winter’sTale (Ten Thousand Things); Michael Schlitt’s JesusRide (The Marsh, San Francisco); Alison Tatlock’sJolly Good Fellow (Chalk Repertory Theatre); TheEstrogen Map (The Improv, LA); Your New BestFriends, An Anti-Clown Show (Onyx Theatre);Shishir Kurup’s Merchant on Venice (Taper Tooworkshop); Yehuda Hyman’s Center of the Star(Greenway Court); Laural Meade’s The Wide OpenOcean Ate Aimee Semple Whole (Los AngelesTheatre Center); Liberty! (Inside the Ford);Hysteria, Euphoria, DreamPlay (The Actors’ Gang).Other credits: Resident Director, The Actors’ Gang,

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1992-2001; Associate Artist, Cornerstone TheaterCompany, 1996-2002; Assistant Director, TheClean House (Lincoln Center Theater).Playwriting: DreamPlay, Euphoria, Hysteria(Actors’ Gang Theater); Adapting: The ImaginaryInvalid, The Servant of Two Masters (with OdedGross); Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella (with BillRauch); and Four Roses (based on the plays ofTennessee Williams). Awards: Connecticut CriticsCircle, Ovation, LA Weekly and Backstage WestGarland awards for direction; finalist for the AlanSchneider Directing Award, CTG RobertSherwood Directing Award and the P.E.N. WestPlaywriting Award. Proud member of SDC.

DESIGNERS

Eva Wielgat BarnesDialect Coach, CabaretGreat Lakes Theater debutEva is delighted to be dialect coach on Cabaret.She has coached productions at many theaters,including the La Jolla Playhouse (Jersey Boys pre-miere, Tartuffe, Xanidu, Carmen, Zhivago, OurTown and many more), the Mark Taper Forum,Ahmanson Theatre (Romeo and Juliet, directed bySir Peter Hall) Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatrein Washington D.C., McCarter Theatre, SanDiego Repertory Theatre, Missouri RepertoryTheatre and the Joseph Papp Public Theatre. Shecoached Anna Deavere Smith’s House Arrest andTwilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (on Broadway and thePBS film), as well as the film Big Night. Eva hasalso performed in many of these theaters. She isnext performing in Pride and Prejudice at SouthCoast Rep. in September. Eva is on the acting fac-ulty at UCSD, where she received her M.F.A.

Norman Coates Lighting Designer, CabaretSix seasons at Great Lakes TheaterCabaret is Norman’s sixth design for GLT. Previousdesigns were The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Into theWoods, The School for Wives, The Most Happy Fellaand Gypsy. His regional credits include work atIdaho Shakespeare Festival, Triad Stage, AmericanStage Festival, The North Carolina ShakespeareFestival, Playmakers Repertory, Burt ReynoldsJupiter Theatre, The Hirshfeld Theatre and TheNorth Carolina Theatre. He has designed with var-ious opera companies, including The PrincetonFestival, Opera Pacific, Opera Carolina, OperaOmaha, Fort Worth Opera, Piedmont Opera

Theater and Greensboro Opera. On Broadway, hehas designed lighting for The News and Prince ofCentral Park. Norman’s off-Broadway creditsinclude work at the Roundabout Theater, Here AreLadies with Siobhan McKenna, Diversions andDelights with Vincent Price, Blood Knot withDanny Glover at Circle in the Square,Provincetown Playhouse, The Lion Theatre andWestbeth Theater, where he lit Limbo Tales whichearned the Villager Award for lighting design. Hiswork has also been seen around the world in theinternational tour of Camelot with Richard Harris,and in Encounter 500 in Europe. Norman is thefounder and director of the Winston-Salem LightProject (www.lightproject.org), devoted to the cre-ation of multimedia public art presentations. He iscurrently the Director of Lighting at The NorthCarolina School of the Arts and a member ofUnited Scenic Artists.

Jeff HerrmannScenic Designer, CabaretFive seasons at Great Lakes TheaterJeff is pleased to return to Great Lakes Theater forhis fifth season. Previous productions for GreatLakes Theater include Bat Boy: The Musical, TheMystery of Edwin Drood, A Funny ThingHappened on the Way to the Forum and, for theopening season in the Hanna Theatre, Into theWoods — all joint productions with the IdahoShakespeare Festival. Other ISF productiondesigns include I Love You, You’re Perfect, NowChange; The Spitfire Grill and Little Shop ofHorrors. For Cain Park in Cleveland Heights, Jeffhas designed a combination of scenery and light-ing for productions including Tintypes, Bye-ByeBirdie, Damn Yankees, The Sound of Music, WestSide Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver, Songs for aNew World, Hair, Dreamgirls and the Clevelandpremiere of tick...tick...Boom! For DobamaTheatre, he has designed scenery for theCleveland premieres of Closer, Wit, Refuge, TheTale of the Allergist’s Wife, Take Me Out, The LastFive Years, The Blue Door and Blackbird. Jeff is theChair of Theatre and Dance at Baldwin-WallaceCollege, where he teaches courses in scene design,lighting design and stagecraft. As the resident sce-nic and lighting designer for the program, pro-duction design work for B-W this past seasonincluded Rent, La Boheme, Moon Over Buffalo,Passing Strange and Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Heholds an MFA in scene and lighting design from

Southern Illinois University and he is a memberof United Scenic Artists Local 829. Jeff resides inLakewood with his partner Bob.

Dan Jankura Sound Designer, CabaretTwo seasons at Great Lakes Theater Dan recently joined the Great Lakes Theater teamas the live sound mixer for last season’s productionof The Two Gentlemen of Verona. As a sound design-er, his recent credits include Cabaret (IdahoShakespeare Festival), Passing Strange (14th StreetTheatre at Playhouse Square), RENT (Baldwin-Wallace College), The Wedding Singer, The GreatWhite Hope (Weathervane Playhouse), A FunnyThing Happened on the Way to the Forum(Porthouse Theater), RENT (Kent State Uni versity)and Ragtime (Weather vane Playhouse). Dan is agraduate of Kent State University’s Department ofTheater and Dance with a B.A. in Theater and anemphasis in live sound reinforcement. Dan wouldlike to thank his friends and family for all of theirsupport in his love for the performing arts.

Alex JaegerCostume Desingner, The Taming of the ShrewGreat Lakes Theater debutAlex designs costumes for film and theater national-ly. His credits include Two Sisters and a Piano for thePublic Theatre N.Y.; August:Osage County, Cat on aHot Tin Roof, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Romeo andJuliet, Fuddy Meers, Handler, and Stop Kiss forOregon Shakespeare Festival; Once in a Lifetime, TheHomecoming, November, Rock N Roll and Speed thePlow for A.C.T. in San Francisco; more than a dozenproductions, including The Habit of Art, Caroline orChange, Grey Gardens and Rosencrantz andGuildenstern are Dead for the Studio Theatre inD.C.; Rock N Roll for the Huntington in Boston;Interpreting William for Indiana Repertory;Mauritius, OR, Oedipus El Rey and many others forthe Magic Theatre in San Francisco; Looped (withValerie Harper), Tally’s Folly and Doubt for thePasadena Playhouse; and Eclipsed and The ParisLetter for the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Alex received hisMFA from UCLA. He has taught design at UCLA,FIDM and UNLV and is the recipient of manyawards, including the Ovation award, L.A. DramaCritics Circle Award, several Backstage Garland andDrama-Logue awards and the TCG/ NEA designerfellowship. Alex is a member of USA 829.

Michael LocherScenic Designer, The Taming of the ShrewGreat Lakes Theater debutMichael Locher makes his GLT and IdahoShakespeare Festival debuts with The Taming of theShrew. Recent and upcoming credits include Troilus& Cressida (Oregon Shakespeare Festival) Goldfish,Mrs. Whitney, Or and Llyod Suh’s Jesus in India(Magic Theatre Company); Happy Days (GuthrieTheater), Trouble in Mind (Yale Repertory Theatre),La Finta Pazza (Yale Baroque Opera, American pre-miere), Happy Days (Playmakers Rep, NC). In NewYork, his recent and upcoming work includes off-Broadway productions of Dramatis Personae, CraneStory (The Playwrights Realm/Cherry Lane), SIN(Rose Nagelberg), Thomas Bradshaw’s The Bereaved(Partial Comfort, associate designer), and assistantdesign credit for Broadway’s Guys And Dolls. Michaelis a longtime artistic associate of the Cutting BallTheater in San Francisco, where his credits includeMarcus Gardley’s Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi,Pelleas & Melissande, Victims Of Duty, Bone To Pick,The Bald Soprano, Macbeth, The Vomit Talk OfGhosts, Roberto Zucco and The Tempest. AdditionalSF credits include The Bright River (The JewishTheatre), Liz Duffy Adams’ The Train Play (CrowdedFire), and several seasons with The LorraineHansberry Theatre (The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars,Ain’t Misbehavin and The Black Nativity). Michaelalso works as a freelance graphic designer and illus-trator, specializing in artwork for theater companiesand related organizations. A graduate of theUniversity of California, San Diego (Stewart Prize)and Yale School of Drama (Donald OenslagerScholarship in Stage Design), Michael relocated thisspring from New York City to the SF Bay Area.

Rick Martin Lighting DesignerNine seasons at Great Lakes TheaterMany productions with ISF and GLT. Other the-ater: US premiere of Kurt Weil’s Marie Galante(Opéra Français de NY), Hekabe, The Illiad andThe Rage of Achilles with Music-Theatre Group(New York and Santa Fe) and The Bitter Tears ofPetra van Kant (Henry Miller Theatre). Opera:Castor et Pollux, Pelléas et Méllisande and To BeSung (Opéra Français de NY) and Roméo etJuliette (Spoleto Festival USA). Concerts:Orchestre national de Lyon and the Orchestre deChamps-Élysées (Lyon, Poitiers, Buenos Aires,Montevideo, São Paulo). Coming up: La Chute de

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Charlotte YetmanCostume Designer, CabaretSeven seasons at Great Lakes TheaterCharlotte joins Great Lakes for her seventh season.She is an associate professor of theater at Baldwin-Wallace College, where she has recently designedLa Boheme, Rent, Wild Party, Phantom of the Opera,Parade, As You Like It, Macbeth, Company and AMidsummer Night’s Dream. Among her profes-sional credits are designs for Into the Woods, Arsenicand Old Lace, Major Barbara, The Complete Worksof William Shakespeare (Abridged) (IdahoShakespeare Festival); Into the Woods, Arsenic andOld Lace, You Can’t Take It With You, The CompleteWorks of William Shakespeare (Abridged) andPrivate Lives (Great Lakes Theater); Lady With AllThe Answers, Custody of the Eyes and Jocasta(Cleveland Play House); Jesus Christ Superstar(Theater-By-The-Sea); Frankenstein (TennesseeRepertory Theater); Silver Dollar, John & Jen, DasBarbecue and Heartbeats (Goodspeed OperaHouse); Conrack (Ford’s Theater); The Business ofMurder (Studio Arena Theater); The Cocktail Hourand Driving Miss Daisy (Pennsylvania StageCompany); La Dori and Les Bavards (MannesCollege of Music); Super Sunday and Widows(Williamstown Theater Festival); Bye-Bye Birdie,Damn Yankees, The Sound of Music, Goblin Marketand West Side Story (Cain Park); and the Americanpremiere of Ballenchine’s ballet Mozart ViolinConcerto No.5 with Tulsa Ballet Theater. Charlottereceived her BFA from Pennsylvania StateUniversity and her MFA from New YorkUniversity, Tisch School of the Arts. In addition toher costume work, she has been an assistant scenicdesigner and scenic artist with Oregon ShakespeareFestival and is a member of USA 829.

STAGE MANAGEMENT

Tim Kinzel*Stage Manager, Taming of the ShrewThree seasons at Great Lakes TheaterTim is delighted to be back in the city of Cleveland.Stage manager credits for GLT include AMidsummer Night’s Dream, An Ideal Husband andThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare

(Abridged). For Idaho Shakespeare Festival: AMidsummer Night’s Dream, An Ideal Husband andThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare(Abridged). For Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival:Twelfth Night. For NYC Cherry Lane Theater andPlaywrights Horizon: Asking for It. For Houston’sStages Repertory Theater: The Giver, Old Stories andAlways Patsy Cline. Assistant stage manager creditsfor Great Lakes Theater include The Mystery ofEdwin Drood and A Christmas Carol. Productionassistant credits for Houston’s Stages RepertoryTheater include Mr. Marmalade, Rounding Third,Lady, Unseen, Altar Boyz, Black Pearl Sings and TheSouvenir. For Great Lakes Theater: The Comedy ofErrors. Tim cannot ask for a better family and groupof friends. He is thankful for their continuous sup-port and encouragement through this journey. GoTribe and here we go Brownies!

Andrew Morton*Assistant Stage Manager, CabaretThree Seasons at Great Lakes TheaterThis is Andrew’s third season with Great LakesTheater. Andrew has worked on many shows incombination with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival,the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and Great LakesTheater. Past credits include, The Two Gentlemen ofVerona, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare(Abridged), A Christmas Carol, Othello, An IdealHusband, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and BatBoy: The Musical. Andrew earned his BA from KentState University. Proud member of AEA. Love andthanks to all his family and friends, especially Mom,Dad, Jenn, and Beth. “Life is a Cabaret!”

Corrie E. Purdum*Stage Manager, CabaretSeven seasons at Great Lakes TheaterGLT: The Taming of the Shrew, A Funny ThingHappened on the Way to the Forum, A ChristmasCarol, The Tempest, Measure for Measure, TheCrucible, Into the Woods, The Comedy of Errors,The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Bat Boy: The Musical,Othello and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Othercredits include The Complete Works of WilliamShakespeare (Abridged) at Lake Tahoe ShakespeareFestival, seven seasons with Idaho ShakespeareFestival, six seasons with the Cleveland PlayHouse, and three seasons with Cain Park. Corrie isan alumna of Baldwin-Wallace College, where sheteaches stage management.

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Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director

Bob Taylor, Executive Director

2011–12 ARTISTIC COMPANYFall Repertory

DIRECTORS

Victoria Bussert, Gregory Daniels, Dexter Fidler, Matthew Webb, Tracy Young

DESIGNERS

Norman Coates, Jeff Herrmann, Alex Jaeger, Dan Jankura, MichaelLocher, Rick Martin, Peter John Still, Charlotte Yetman.

ACTORS

Kjerstine Rose Anderson*, Neil Brookshire*, Sara M. Bruner*, PhillipMichael Carroll*, Aled Davies*, Jodi Dominick*, Nika Ericson, ReggieGowland*, Danny Henning*, Jillian Kates*, Andrea Leach, JimLichtscheidl*, Bailey Carter Moulse, Shannon O’Boyle*, EduardoPlacer*, Laura Perrotta*, Maggie Roach, M.A. Taylor*, DudleySwetland*, Sara Whale, Rod Wolfe, John Woodson*

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Production Manager .......................................Christopher D. FlinchumDirector of Education .........................................................Daniel HahnMarketing & Public Relations Director ...................Todd S. KrispinskyDevelopment Director .....................................................Holly Tomasch

EDUCATION

Education Associate .............................................Kelly Schaffer FlorianAssociate Residency Supervisor.....................................David HansenSupervisor, School Residency Program.............................Lisa OrtenziActor-Teachers School Residency Program.................Allison Bencar,

Katelyn Cornelius, Melissa Crum, Tim Keo, Debbie Keppler, Brian McNally, Randy Muchowski, Eric Perusek, Carrie Williams

ADMINISTRATION

Audience Engagement Manager ....................................Chris FornadelDevelopment Associate .........................................Joanna LaurenzanaFinance Associate .........................................................Tamara Nelson

PRODUCTION

Stage Managers ...........................Tim Kinzel*, Corrie E. Purdum*Assistant Stage Manager ....................................Andrew Morton*Production Associate.............................................Alisha GlasserTechnical Director .....................................................Mark CytronScene Shop Foreman .....................................William LangenhopAssistant Technical Director ..........................William J. Amato IIILead Carpenter .........................................................Lindsay LoarMaster Electrician ...................................................Tammy TaylorProperties Master ......................................................Terry MartinCharge Scenic Artist.....................................................Angi GrowCostume Shop Manager..................................Esther M. HaberlenFirst Hand ......................................................................Leah LoarWardrobe Supervisor ....................................................Anji DunnWardrobe Crew .............Lisa Hamilton, Leah Loar, Margret RubleSound Engineers.............................Dan Jankura, Daniel H. TaylorRun Crew....................Pat Hayes, Richard Haberlen, Lindsay LoarHanna Theatre Crew .............................. Thomas Boddy, Chris Guy,

Shaun Milligan, Robert PrahHouse Doctor........................................................... Dr. Donald Ford*Members of Actors’ Equity Association

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