DIGITAL MEDIA DIRECTOR Jennifer Nelson jennifer@encoremagazine.com
PROGRAM PRODUCER Mashaun D. Simon Mashaun.Simon@alliancetheatre.org
On the first page of Beth Hyland’s magnificent script, Fires, Ohio, is a quick exchange of dialogue from the Seinfeld episode “The Keys.” George and Kramer are in conversation about their different approaches to life George craves and Kramer yearns. George is unashamed of his preference for desiring immediate gratification over Kramer’s deep, often melancholy, psychological longing for something absent.
This yearning, this soulful ache for purpose is distinctly Chekhovian, as is Fires, Ohio. Our playwright has masterfully created characters who (not unlike the characters in Uncle Vanya) are grappling with regret over their unsatisfactory lives and resentment towards the people in their orbits. In the face of climate change, crippling illnesses and despair over finding work with meaning, they are asking the evergreen question “what is this thing called life all about?” And yet, even in their feelings of ennui, we sense the electricity of the yearning. We empathize with their restlessness in the search for life’s meaning but are energized by their relentless quest to figure it all out.
Oh, and it’s painstakingly relatable…and funny.
Fires, Ohio is our 22nd Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition winner. For 22 years, playwrights from MFA playwriting programs across the country have graced our halls and stages with new stories for the theater stories that grapple with seemingly unanswerable questions but sure light us up to engage, to self-reflect, to keep challenging the status quo and engaging in conversation with our fellow human beings. While we may not be able to pinpoint a solution to the dis-ease in our world nor a bona fide explanation to the meaning of life, we can certainly know we are not alone in these yearnings and feel a little less alone; a little more heard, a lot more open minded and comfortable with the discomfort of the unexplainable.
And isn’t that what theater is here for?
We think so, and we are so glad you are here.
Amanda Watkins Director of New Work
BETH HYLAND TALKS GIVING ‘MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY’ TO CHARACTERS OFTEN IN THE BACKGROUND IN FIRES, OHIO
STORY BY Mashaun D. Simon
Beth Hyland learned about the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition almost as soon as she arrived in the Master of Fine Arts program in Playwriting at the University of California San Diego. From the beginning, as she and her classmates were encouraged to apply to the competition, they were also encouraged to see it as an opportunity or better yet a capstone.
“Naomi Iizuka, the head of the program at UCSD, encouraged us to apply,” says Hyland. “She described Kendeda as something to aspire to because it’s this kind of capstone to a graduate program in playwriting.”
For Hyland, that encouragement planted a seed that would grow into a singular goal. So, to be named the year’s winner?
“It’s a dream come true,” she says. “It’s like a best-case scenario of stepping out of grad school and into the regional theater landscape. New works are risky and expensive. For young playwrights at the beginning of our careers, it’s very easy to get stuck in the workshop pipeline. You get readings, you get development, but the leap from workshop to production can take years—or never happen at all. As a launching pad, Kendeda is the best-case scenario.”
That is also why winning Kendeda with this play, , is incredibly rewarding.
The play has already lived many lives. Hyland first began writing it in 2019, long before graduate school, and over time it has evolved through readings, revisions, and near misses. By 2025, she had made peace with the possibility that it might never receive a full production. Then came the call.
She still remembers the day Amanda Watkins, the Alliance Theatre’s Director of New Work, called to inform her
“I was sitting on my couch when the phone rang,” she remembers. “When I saw the area code for Atlanta on my phone I held my breath. I wasn’t sure if the call was to tell me I won or to politely reject me.”
It’s just the perfect outcome; one that the greatest playwright couldn’t write if they tried.
At its core, Fires, Ohio is a contemporary reimagining inspired by Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya , but Hyland is careful to resist the label of “adaptation” as something limiting or exclusionary. In fact, her guiding principle has been the opposite.
“It’s really important to me that people who have never heard of Uncle Vanya can enjoy Fires, Ohio fully,” she explains. “This is not an adaptation where you only enjoy it if you know Chekhov. Theater can already be so exclusionary, and the absolute last thing I want to do is shrink the pool of people who can enjoy the play.”
While audiences familiar with Chekhov may notice resonances and echoes, Hyland insists the play stands entirely on its own. The goal is not reverence, but conversation.
“What I love about adaptation is that you get to be in conversation with an artist you love and admire,” she says. “You get to argue with them. You get to use them as a jumping-off point. You get to experiment with things that maybe disappointed you in the original work—all while holding real humility for the historical context you’re engaging.”
Hyland’s relationship with Chekhov is deeply personal. During an undergraduate class trip to Russia in 2012, she encountered Uncle Vanya in a way that stayed with her. But it wasn’t the play’s title character that stood out to her, no! It was Sonia, a figure often relegated to the margins of the play. Sonia’s quiet endurance, her generosity, and her sense of being overlooked resonated with Hyland at a moment in her own life when she felt similarly small.
When she sat down to write what would be the initial iteration of Fires, Ohio , Sonia became the focus and protagonist.
“That was the challenge and the joy,” Hyland says. “How do you make someone without ‘main character energy’ into the center of the story? I love Sonia. I love her goodness. I love her purity of heart. Those are aspirational qualities for me.”
Hyland wrote much of the play while working as an administrative assistant at a college, pursuing playwriting alongside a day job that often made her feel invisible. That lived experience infuses the play with empathy for characters who occupy the background.
Humor, too, is central to Hyland’s storytelling. While Fires, Ohio grapples with isolation, loneliness, and unfulfilled desire—feelings made even more resonant in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic—it is also deeply funny.
Playwright Beth Hyland and Production Director Marissa Wolf, at the first rehearsal for the Alliance Theatre’s 2025/26 Season production of Fires, Ohio. Photo by Anna Walters.
“Humor is a major coping mechanism for me,” she says. “It’s how I make sense of everything in my life.”
She points to Chekhov’s famous stage direction, often translated as “laughing through tears,” as a guiding influence. The characters in Fires, Ohio use humor to connect, to deflect, to wound, and to survive—often all at once.
“What I hope audiences get,” Hyland reflects, “is a feeling of intimacy. Like you’re sitting at the table with this family, witnessing some of the most romantic, devastating, and momentous moments of their lives. You get to be a silent observer in moments we don’t usually get to see.”
Just as importantly, she hopes audiences do not arrive feeling that the play isn’t for them.
“I hope people don’t think, ‘If I’m not a theater person, or I don’t know Chekhov, I won’t like this,’” she says. “This isn’t inside baseball. You don’t need special knowledge to enjoy it.”
She is also excited to be reunited with this production’s director, Marissa Wolf. The two first worked together during a reading of Fires, Ohio in Portland in 2024. Hyland recalls being immediately struck by Wolf’s leadership, intelligence, and generosity in the rehearsal room.
The production also draws on Atlanta’s deep bench of theatrical talent—something Hyland says became abundantly clear during auditions.
“The level of talent here is bananas,” she says. “The cast is extraordinary, and I think audiences are going to feel that electricity.”
And for audiences gathering in the dark, waiting for the lights to rise on Fires, Ohio, it’s an invitation—to sit at the table, to laugh through tears, and to see themselves reflected in stories that insist everyone, even those in the shadows, matters.
David de Vries and Tiffany Denise Hobbs at the first rehearsal for the Alliance Theatre’s 2025/26 Season production of Fires, Ohio. Photo by Anna Walters.
FIRES, OHIO THROUGH THE LENS OF ESCAPISM
STORY BY Emma Jean Scott, Oglethorpe Literary Intern
Do you have a hobby? If so, think about when you do it. What triggers the impulse to begin your task? Is it stress? The need for a moment of solace in a whirlwind world?
If you answer yes, you are participating in a form of escapism.
Plainly, escapism is any activity one does to flee from the world around them. It is an avoidant behavior that, if left unchecked, can blossom into addictive habits. That being said, like most things in life, there is a delicate balance. Rabi Subudhi, a writer and adjunct professor at Centurion University of Technology considers escapism “part of the practiced behavior of human beings.” Escapism isn’t a bad thing, but diverting from the main goal in life for an extended period of time is definitely negative he believes.
My first time reading Beth Hyland’s Fires, Ohio, this concept burst into my mind. Hyland has created a modern-age Chekhovian family drama, placed in the shadow of impending wildfires and highlighting a reliance on the internet as means of escape. Each character is uniquely tethered to the online network—differing levels of internet reliance supporting the desperation for escape in each person. Sonia’s secret fanfiction writing acts as a door to a new world, something to shut her family and her life away. It is completely separate from day-to-day life. This behavior would be referred to as active/evasive escapism: a habit that allows one to be actively engaged in one activity to avoid others. A similar categorization can be given to her brother’s questionable Reddit activities.
Active/evasive is also the category of escapism that most easily bleeds into addictive behaviors. This is where the delicate balance comes into play. Escapism can be classified into four main categories: evasive, passive, active, and extreme. Evasive behaviors allow one to be engaged deeply in one activity to avoid others. The addition of an ‘active’ categorization simply means that an individual must give input, such as physical motion or in-depth thought, into the activity. Passive behaviors, however, allow users to release mental stress without giving anything besides their attention. It is the addition of personal input that fully attaches someone to a behavior and more easily turns an escapist activity into an addiction.
So, how do these behaviors change a person? What happens when these private habits leak into one’s interpersonal life? What happens when they are exposed to the world? These are the questions that Hyland so expertly weaves into the dark comedic world of Fires, Ohio
So, sit back, relax, and enjoy your time in passive escape.
Beth Hyland, Playwright, Fires, Ohio
MAY 16 – JUL 5, 2026
Book by KAREN ZACARIAS Music & Lyrics by GLORIA ESTEFAN & EMILY ESTEFAN Directed by MICHAEL GREIF Choreography by PATRICIA DELGADO Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements by ALEX LACAMOIRE Music Director CYNTHIA MENG Dramaturgy by KEN CERNIGLIA
ALLIANCE THEATRE
TINASHE KAJESE-BOLDEN
Jennings Hertz Artistic Director
CHRISTOPHER MOSES
Jennings Hertz Artistic Director
BRANDON KAHN Managing Director
present
BY BETH HYLAND
SET & COSTUME DESIGN
LEX LIANG
SOUND DESIGN
MADELEINE OLDHAM
CASTING JODY FELDMAN
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY JAKE GUINN
LIGHTING DESIGN ROBERT J. AGUILAR
INTIMACY COORDINATOR LAURA HACKMAN
STAGE MANAGER XIAONAN CHLOE LIU
DIRECTED BY
MARISSA WOLF
HERTZ SERIES SPONSOR PRODUCTION SPONSOR
Heidi and David Geller
Matthew and Doris Geller
Fires, Ohio was developed, in part, at both the Goodman Theatre’s New Stages Festival and Portland Center Stage’s JAW New Play Festival.
This production is supported in part by the BOLD Theatre Women’s Leadership Circle. This project was made possible by the Helen Gurley Brown BOLD Theatre Ventures Fund.
Scenic construction for the 2025/26 Season is generously supported by The Home Depot Foundation.
CHISOM AWACHIE .
*DAVID DE VRIES .
CAST
Erin
Professor
*TIFFANY DENISE HOBBS Elena
*REBECA ROBLES Sonia
*BILLY HARRIGAN TIGHE John
UNDERSTUDIES
MADDIE COMPTON Sonia
RIAL ELLSWORTH Professor
WARREN LEVI HANEY John
LIZZIE LIU .
IRENE POLK
*XIAONAN CHLOE LIU.
STAGE MANAGERS
Erin
Elena
Stage Manager
PHOEBE SWEATMAN Stage Management Production Assistant
PRODUCTION AND DESIGN ASSISTANCE
SAREE GRIMES Assistant Director
KATE FIELD Associate Set Designer
AARON VOCKLEY Associate Sound Designer
BRANT ADAMS Casting Assistant
FOR THIS PRODUCTION
MONICA M. SPEAKER .
LAURA SANDERS
Wardrobe
Wardrobe
ALANA SPACH Wig Crew
AARON VOCKLEY Production Sound Engineer
KATIE ROWLAND Sound Engineer
AUSTIN BRYAN Stagehand
NEIL ANDERSON Lighting Programmer
SARAH STEIN Lighting Board Operator
COURTNEY O’NEILL Production Management Lead
*Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
The Alliance Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union. The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young Audiences (ASSITEJ/USA), The Atlanta Coalition of Theatres, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Midtown Alliance.
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Photos, videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited, is a violation of United States Copyright Law, and is an actionable Federal Offense.
This production is approximately ninety minutes long and has no intermission.
CHISOM AWACHIE (Erin) [she/her] is excited to make her Alliance Theatre debut in Fires, Ohio! Favorite credits include Robert in Destination Undefined (Cellunova Productions), Commander Mercado in Brought Up (University Settlement), and Lee in The Gap (Sarah Lawrence College). Chisom holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and spends her free time testing the limit of the number of plants she can fit in her one-bedroom apartment (13 so far, not counting the avocado pit propagating in her kitchen). Endless thanks to her family and friends for getting her through every day. Don’t be a stranger! Find her on social media: @chisom_awachie
MADDIE COMPTON (u/s Sonia) is overjoyed to be returning to the Alliance Theatre for Fires, Ohio! Favorite credits include Little Sally in Urinetown, Emily Webb in Our Town, and understudying A Christmas Carol here at the Alliance Theatre. She holds her BFA in Acting from Brenau University and is currently an acting teacher for kids and teens. Outside of performing, she enjoys making things with her hands. She would love to thank her loved ones for their unwavering support and encouragement. All glory to God.
DAVID DE VRIES (Professor) was an acting and directing intern here many years ago. He returns to the Alliance, having appeared in shows ranging from Sleuth, Glengarry Glen Ross, and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter to A Christmas Carol, Arcadia and Laughing Wild over the past 40 years. His directing credits at the Alliance include the world premieres of Knead and Pancakes, Pancakes! Film and Television credits include “Reasonable Doubt,” “Ozark,” “Dopesick,” Lily, The Founder, and the upcoming films Judgment Day and Clean Hands. David is an award-winning audiobook narrator with works by Joseph Campbell, Leon Uris, and Norman Mailer to his credit, along with the upcoming experimental title “The Most Unwanted Novel” by Tom Comitta. Cremalosa, wife Meridith Ford’s gelateria, serves the best ice cream in the state in Avondale (go! enjoy!). His son Willem is a first-year resident at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Find David at www. daviddevries.net.
RIAL ELLSWORTH (u/s Professor) is thrilled that history is repeating itself with this return to the Alliance as an understudy for another great show! Previously he was here in August: Osage County and Shakespeare in Love. When not being an understudy, he is still an active actor around town in a wide range of productions. Favorite credits: Our Town (Merely Players Presents), Native Gardens (Stage Door Theatre), White Christmas (Springer Opera House), The Drowsy Chaperone (Atlanta Lyric Theatre), West Side Story (Atlanta Opera)The Crucible (Actor’s Express), Southern Comforts (Stage Door Players), Other Desert Cities (Out of Box), and for something completely different, The Ethel Merman Disco Christmas Spectacular (Out Front Theatre). He thanks you for supporting the arts in Atlanta.
WARREN LEVI HANEY (u/s John) is immensely grateful to once again work on another Alliance Theatre production! Favorite theatre credits include Russ in The Songs We Sing At Funerals (Greenlight Acting Live!), Tomlin (u/s) in BUST (Alliance Theatre), Little Charles in August: Osage County (Greenlight Acting Live!), Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Cloten in Cymbeline (Greenstage), and Frederic in Pirates of Penzance (The Core Ensemble). Favorite film credits include Francis in The Little Theatre Story, Kicks in KICKS, Paul in Love Vs. The Red Pill, and Cash Lucas in Chasing Fame. Warren received his B.F.A. from Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle, WA), and moved to Atlanta to do high-caliber work with equally high-caliber people. You can find him most times at Greenlight Acting Studios where he is both student and coach, teaching scene study and Shakespeare for professional actors. Warren thanks his family near and far for supporting this Idaho boy in all his crazy acting endeavors. May we all rise together! Find him on social media: warrenlevihaney
TIFFANY DENISE HOBBS (Elena) [she/her] is delighted to return to the Alliance Theatre for Fires, Ohio! A proud Suzi Bass Award winner for her role as Mrs. Muller in Doubt (Actor’s Express), Tiffany’s stage career has taken her from the Broadway company of Waitress to the Pride Lands in the National Tour of The Lion King where she starred as Shenzi. Favorite regional credits include Much Ado About Nothing (The Public Theater), Twelfth Night (Yale Repertory Theatre), A
Tale of Two Cities (Alliance Theatre), and The Color Purple (Aurora Theatre). On screen, she has appeared in fan-favorites like “She-Hulk”, “Ozark”, “Atlanta”, and “Elsbeth”, as well as the Oscar-nominated film The Trial of the Chicago 7. A lifelong student of the craft, she holds credentials from the University of Georgia, Southern Methodist University and Yale University, with additional training from The Second City and UCB. When she isn’t on stage or set, Tiffany is likely with family, teaching her amazing students at SCAD, exploring a city by way of music or food, or snuggled up watching her favorite shows. She sends a huge “thank you” to her family and loved ones for their endless support. Follow her journey on IG: @tiffanydenisehobbs
LIZZIE LIU (u/s Erin) [she/ they] is thrilled to join the incredible cast of Fires, Ohio at the Alliance Theatre. Favorite credits include Alex in Home; I’m Darling at Synchronicity Theatre and The Other Woman/The Stranger in Dead Man’s Cell Phone at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. She holds a B.F.A Theatre Arts degree from Point Park University, and enjoys writing, rock climbing, and dancing. Lizzy would love to thank her friends and family for their support, and hope you enjoy the show! Find her on social media:@lizztits
IRENE POLK (u/s Elena) [she/her] is thrilled to join the cast of Fires, Ohio at the Alliance Theatre! Her favorite credits include A Complicated Hope (Yellowhammer Theatre), Immediate Family (Out Front Theatre), and The Exterminating Angel (Vernal & Sere Theatre). She has also been seen on other stages across Atlanta, including Synchronicity Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Stage Door Theatre, and The Strand Theatre. Irene is a board member at Dad’s Garage, and an ensemble member at Working Title Playwrights. She hopes this show reminds you that while we cannot always control the world around us, we are always responsible for ourselves. Follow her on social media: @irenepolk4
REBECA ROBLES (Sonia) [she/her] is so excited to be returning to Atlanta (at long last) for Fires, Ohio at the Alliance Theatre. Select theater credits include Uncle Vanya (Yale Drama), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Yale Rep), Indecent (Chautauqua Theater), The Wolves (Horizon Theater), and The Hero’s Wife (Synchronicity). Select TV and film credits include an upcoming guest star on the “The Dutton Ranch” (Paramount), as well as previously
“Reprisal” (Hulu), “Better Things” (FX), and the feature film, Old Flame. Rebeca has an MFA in Acting from The Yale School of Drama and would like to dedicate her performance to her beloved classmate Malik James. Follow her on social media: rebecalrobles
BILLY HARRIGAN TIGHE (John) is thrilled to be joining the world premiere cast of Fires, Ohio at the Alliance Theatre! He was last seen as Carl the security guard in Millions at the Alliance Theatre. BROADWAY: originated the role of Tucker in The Heart of Rock & Roll, Pippin. West End: The Book of Mormon (Elder Price). OFF BROADWAY: Sweeney Todd (Anthony Hope). NATIONAL TOURS: Finding Neverland (JM Barrie), The Book of Mormon (Elder Price), Wicked (Fiyero), La Cage Aux Folles (Jean-Michel), Dirty Dancing. SELECTED REGIONAL: Waitress (Dr. Pomatter; Theatre Raleigh) The Music Man (Harold Hill; City Springs Theatre Company), Cinderella (Topher; Paper Mill Playhouse), Secret of My Success (Brantley; Paramount Theater), Cabaret (Cliff; Ogunquit Playhouse, Atlanta Opera), A Chorus Line (Zach; PCLO), Back Home Again (Ben; Lesher Center), Hairspray (Link; Marriott Theatre), Happy Days (Potsie; Goodspeed Opera House), Spamalot (Galahad; City Springs Theatre Company). Guest soloist for symphonies across the country and internationally. Co-director of City Springs Pre-Professional Conservatory with his wife, Kristine Reese. Together they also run KBT Productions Photography, a boutique photography and artistic consulting company. Love and thanks to BRS/GAGE, family, friends and Kristine for the endless support. Find him on social media: @billyharrigantighe.
BETH HYLAND
(Playwright) is a playwright, librettist, and screenwriter who is thrilled to be working at the Alliance for the first time. Her plays and musicals, which include Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia; Baby Shower Katie; Cancelina; Anna K.; Fires, Ohio; and Seagulls, have been produced and developed at the Geffen Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Goodman Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Round House Theatre, Know Theatre, Cygnet Theatre, The Hearth, Octagon Theatre Bolton, The Sound, and others. She is the recipient of the 2025 Alliance/Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Award and the 2024 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Prize. She currently holds commissions from Manhattan Theatre Club, Geffen Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Steppenwolf Theatre, and Williamstown Theatre Festival and has projects in development with Scenario Two and No
Pool. MFA: UC San Diego. Representation: Jamie Kaye-Phillips, Paradigm; Benjamin Blake and Anthony Ippolito, Heroes and Villains. bethhyland.com
MARISSA WOLF (Director)
[she/her] is artistic director of Portland Center Stage, the second largest theater company in Oregon, where she was named one of Portland’s “25 People Shaping the Arts in Portland,” by Willamette Week. She has developed work with playwrights including Beth Hyland, Lauren Yee, Larissa Fasthorse, Jonathan Spector, and Ty Defoe. Select directing credits include Fire in Dreamland by Rinne Groff (The Public Theater; world premiere at KCRep); Man in Love by Christina Anderson (KCRep, world premiere); Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt 2B by Kate Hamill (PCS, west coast premiere) and The Late Wedding by Christopher Chen (Crowded Fire Theater, world premiere). She’s been nominated for Best Director by BroadwayWorld San Francisco and the Bay Area Critics Circle. Marissa held the Bret C. Harte Directing Fellowship at Berkeley Rep, and has a degree in drama from Vassar College, with additional training from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
LEX LIANG (Scenic & Costume Design)
Lex is thrilled to be back at the Alliance, where he previously designed Carapace, Candide, Troubadour, What I Learned in Paris, In Love and Warcraft, Into the Woods, and many others. NYC/Off-Broadway: 50+ productions. Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Asolo, Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Dallas Theatre Center, Denver Center, Geva Theatre, The Goodman, The Guthrie, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, The Old Globe, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Woolly Mammoth. He is the founder and owner of LDC Design Associates, an experiential event design and production company in NYC. Recent projects include Ubuntu Pathways: Fight For Good, Operation Smile’s 35th Anniversary Gala, The Tony Awards Gala, and BCBG’s 30 Year Retrospective, NYFW. Member, United Scenic Artists-829. www.LexLiang.com
ROBERT J. AGUILAR (Lighting Design) is delighted to make his Alliance Theatre debut. A specialist in the development of new plays and musicals, Robert’s work is driven by the belief that light is an essential narrative tool, capable of bridging the gap between a character’s internal world and the physical stage. He is particularly drawn to the collaborative process of world premieres, using texture and atmosphere to navigate the liminal spaces and emotional heartbeats of original stories. Recent credits include Come From Away at Seattle Rep and the
world premiere of Young Dragon A Bruce Lee Story at Seattle Children’s Theatre. His extensive regional designs have been featured at The Old Globe, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Opera, ACT Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Village Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and Milwaukee Rep. Beyond the stage, Robert’s work includes the films The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Special and Potato Dreams of America. Robert is a proud member of USA 829 and serves as the Lighting Director at Seattle Rep. He is represented by The Gersh Agency. www. robertjaguilar.com | IG: @fake_robert
MADELEINE OLDHAM (Sound Design) is a sound designer and DJ based in Oakland, CA. She has designed sound for theaters off-Broadway and around the country including ACT, Berkeley Rep, Portland Center Stage, Kansas City Rep, Marin Theatre Company, Crowded Fire, and more. You can hear her on KALX radio as DJ Madame X. Madeleine believes that stories hold power for both good and evil, and it’s up to us to keep this knowledge close and use it well. She also understands that the best sport is ice hockey, and wiener dogs are the embodiment of joy.
LAURA HACKMAN (Intimacy Coordinator) [she/her] is pleased to join Fires, Ohio at the Alliance Theatre. Recent and upcoming intimacy direction credits include the critically acclaimed Initiative (world premiere) at The Public Theater (NYC) and Mrs. Christie (upcoming) at McCarter Theatre (NJ). Her work as an intimacy director and sensitivity specialist is grounded in extensive training and a consent-based, trauma-informed approach to rehearsal and performance. She has served as consulting intimacy director and sensitivity specialist with Mercury Store in Brooklyn since 2022. In Atlanta, she has had the pleasure of working with Alliance Theatre’s incredible education program, Actor’s Express, Out Front Theatre, Woodstock Arts Theatre, Oglethorpe University, and Georgia State University. She developed and taught the first Introduction to Intimacy for Stage and Screen course in the University System of Georgia and is currently teaching a revised version of the course at Oglethorpe University.
JAKE GUINN (Fight Choreography) is an Atlanta based director, choreographer, and designer. He is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Havoc Movement located here in Atlanta. Jake is a second generation fight director following in the footsteps of his father and mentor, Mark Guinn. His selected credits include Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes; TruTV’s Fake/Off; New Jack City Live!; A Tale of Two Cities, Millions, Fiddler on the Roof, and Covenant, Havoc Movement’s DRACULA: The Failings of Men, The Hobbit at Synchronicity
Theatre, the Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Florida Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Playhouse. Jake is also a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors and a Flying Director and Rigger for ZFX Flying Effects.
JODY FELDMAN (Casting) began her theater career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the Assistant General Manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. It was at the Academy that Jody realized the importance of theatre to a city’s cultural values and identity. Feldman started her career at the Alliance as casting director in 1991 and added producer to her title and responsibilities in 2001. She has cast and produced more than 250 productions at the Alliance, encompassing a range of world premieres that include The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, Blues for An Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage, The Geller Girls by Janece Shaffer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney, more than 20 years of Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competitionwinning plays, such world and regional premiere musicals as Aida; The Color Purple; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring It On: The Musical; Tuck Everlasting; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; Harmony, A New Musical; The Prom; Trading Places, and finally exciting new plays developed specifically for children and families, which is integral to the expansion of audience and mission for the Alliance. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance community engagement and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for civic conversation and connection.
XIAONAN CHLOE LIU (Stage Management) [she/her] is happy to be in the Fires, Ohio company! Chloe has worked on Fiddler On The Roof, Millions, Bust, A Christmas Carol, The Chinese Lady and Pearl Cleage’s Something Moving: A Meditation on Maynard at the Alliance. She graduated from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale and holds a B.A. from Shanghai Theatre Academy. Her working experience in China included Shanghai Disney production Beauty and The Beast and The Lion King; and the national tour of Man of La Mancha and The Sound of Music
PHOEBE SWEATMAN (Stage Management Production Assistant) [she/her] is a North Georgia native and graduate of the University of North Georgia’s Theatre Program with a BFA in Design & Technology. She also completed her stage management apprenticeship with Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. Some of her favorite credits include Hot Jambalaya (Dad’s Garage), A Christmas Carol (Alliance Theatre), Legally Blonde the Musical (City Springs Theatre), White Christmas (City Springs), People Places & Things (Studio Theatre). Phoebe is
delighted to be a part of Fires, Ohio and would like to thank her people for their constant love and support. You can find her on Instagram: @phoebesweatman
TINASHE KAJESE-BOLDEN (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) began her tenure at the Alliance in 2016 as the BOLD Associate Artistic Director, assuming her current role in 2023. Originally from Zimbabwe, KajeseBolden combines her commitment to great art, deep education and community empowerment with an agile enthusiasm and unflappable, calm energy to inspire new possibilities. Kajese-Bolden honed her directing and producing skills as a freelance director working in regional houses across the country and on set. As a director and actor, she fosters deep ongoing collaborations with playwrights and has mounted innovative and critically acclaimed productions that merge elegant, theatrical designs with complicated human stories. A Princess Grace Award 2019 Winner for Directing, and Map Fund Award recipient as a director and actor, she has worked on and Off-Broadway as well as recurring roles in the Marvel universe “Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special,” Suicide Squad, “Hawkeye,” and CW’s “Valor,” “Dynasty,” HBO’s “Henrietta Lacks,” Ava Duverney’s “Cherish the Day,” among others. Up next, she is developing a new Opera, Forsythe is Flooding: The Joy of Lake Lanier, and proudly serves on the ARTS-ATL Artist Advisory Council. “My mission is the pursuit of what connects our different communities and how we create art that liberates us to imagine a more inclusive future.”
CHRISTOPHER MOSES
(Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) has been working in professional theatre for twenty years and in 2022 was given the Governor’s Award for Arts in Humanities for his body of work. In January of 2011, Chris took on the position of Director of Education at the Alliance Theatre, overseeing the Alliance Theatre Institute (twice recognized as an Arts Model by the Federal Department of Education), Theatre for Youth & Families, and the Acting Program. Since taking over this position, Chris has expanded the reach and impact by making the Alliance Theatre Education department a vital resource for advancing the civic agenda of Atlanta. This work is accomplished through deep and sustained partnerships with social service organizations throughout the city. Under his leadership, the Alliance launched its Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young program, which provides fully interactive professional theatre experiences for children of all abilities from ages newborn through five years old; the Alliance Teen Ensemble, which performs world premiere plays commissioned for and about teens; the Palefsky Collision Project, where teens produce a new work after colliding with a classic text; expanded the Alliance’s summer camp
program to include over 3,000 children in multiple locations across Atlanta; and Alliance@work, a professional development program designed for the business sector — the latest offering of which uses theatre practice to create a culture of civility in the workplace. In 2014, Chris added the title Associate Artistic Director, and has continued to expand the Alliance’s education offerings. During his tenure in this position, the Alliance has produced over a dozen world premiere plays for young audiences, including Pancakes, Pancakes! by Ken Lin, The Dancing Granny by Jireh Breon Holder, Max Makes a Million by Liz Diamond, and The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Madhuri Shekar. Currently, the Alliance serves over 100,000 students pre-k—12 each season, as well as over 4,000 adults through its extensive education offerings. In 2023, he was named Artistic Director of the Alliance Theatre.
BRANDON KAHN (Managing Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2025 as Managing Director following his role as General Manager at Houston’s Alley Theatre since 2018. As General Manager, Brandon worked closely with the Artistic Director and Managing Director in handling the day-to-day operations of the Theatre. During his time at the Alley, Brandon focused on improving operational systems to enhance the workplace environment for all of those involved. Brandon was instrumental in multiple transfer productions from Born with Teeth that will play in the West End this fall, Cambodian Rock Band which was a multi-city co-production, and the recently announced Off-Broadway transfers of Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium and Torera. Brandon came to the GM role from Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, where he served over six seasons as Producing Manager,
Associate Line Producer, and Resident Production Stage Manager. During his time at Williamstown, three productions moved to major New York City not-forprofits, including Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cost of Living, and five productions transitioned to Broadway. Prior to Williamstown, Brandon worked as a freelance stage manager for ten years where he worked on five Broadway shows, six Off-Broadway shows and many regional productions. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Management and Producing from Columbia University. Additionally, Brandon has lectured at Columbia University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Brandon is on the Board and serves as Secretary for the League of Resident Theatres (LORT). He has served on multiple committees for LORT, including planning multiple conferences and serving as a mentor in the LORT EDI Mentorship Program. He completed the Business/ Civic Leadership Forum with the Center of Houston’s Future. His wife Jennifer is Founder of SCENERY BAGS, and they have two boys, Hudson and Judah.
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA)
Founded in 1913, AEA is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. www.actorsequity.org
Playwright Beth Hyland, Production Director Marissa Wolf, and Jennings Hertz Artistic Directors Tinashe KajeseBolden and Christopher Moses at the first rehearsal for the Alliance Theatre’s 2025/26 Season production of Fires, Ohio. Photo by Anna Walters.
SYNOPSIS
As wildfires rage closer and closer to a small Ohio college town, the mopey grown children and second wife of a sort-of-mediocre professor are threatened by another kind of crisis: a visit from a family friend that threatens to bring all of their tensions to a towering inferno. Now, each of them will be forced to choose: stay and smolder, or leave and burn?
Founded in 1968, Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theater in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually. The Alliance is led by Jennings Hertz Artistic Directors Tinashe KajeseBolden and Christopher Moses, and Managing Director Brandon Kahn. The Alliance is a recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award® for sustained excellence in programming, education, and community engagement. In January 2019, the Alliance opened its state-of-the-art performance space, The Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre. In January 2026, the Alliance opened the new Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families on the campus of the Woodruff Arts Center to expand its programming and commitment to excellent productions for family and student audiences of all backgrounds. Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 140 productions including eleven that have transferred to Broadway. The Alliance education department reaches more than 90,000 students annually through performances, classes, camps, and in-school initiatives designed to support teachers and enhance student learning. The Alliance Theatre values community, curiosity, collaboration, and excellence, and is dedicated to reflecting the cultural richness of Atlanta’s community with the stories we tell, the artists, staff, and leadership we employ, and the audiences we serve.
OUR MISSION
To expand hearts and minds onstage and off.
OUR VISION
Making Atlanta more connected, curious, and compassionate through theatre and arts education.
Who are we before our family tells us who we are? Families develop their own dialects—coded ways of expressing (or not expressing) need, anger, love, pain. In Fires, Ohio we witness a household slowly combusting from within, long before the wildfires encroaching on Mt. Vernon can consume it.
What makes a family dysfunctional? The family in Fires, Ohio are blind to the deeply ingrained hostilities that seem, to them, like normal family banter. Sonia has internalized her role as invisible caretaker, serving everyone else while disappearing into fanfiction and silent longing. She has subsumed herself to her fate so completely that she can barely speak declaratively, ending every sentence with a questioning inflection that undermines her own authority, laying herself open to the aggression that in her family passes for conversation. Her sexuality remains unexplored because there is no room in her assigned role for desire. Her father mocks this pattern even as he fostered it narcissistically absorbed, lashing out from his illness, his smug superiority, his spiritual injury.
John, the disappointing son, the failure to launch, the source of embarrassment, has internalized his status so thoroughly that he seeks out online communities who reinforce his unworthiness. He loves Elena as a memory, the person who keeps the image of him before becoming “the problem.” Elena herself deflects with humor and seeks escape, purchasing dress after dress she will never wear.
Each character orbits the others carefully, repeating patterns that substitute for connection. They speak past one another in their roles performance, not intimacy. The Professor lectures rather than converses. John provokes rather than communicates. Elena deflects with self-deprecating humor. Sonia absorbs everything without protest, and we sense that that cannot last. The introduction of Erin’s voice into the ossified family discourse “the first interesting person to walk through these doors in 20 years” is the catalyst that lays bare and, ultimately, dismantles the family’s toxic tropes.
Fires, Ohio brilliantly dramatizes how hard it is to imagine alternatives when the patterns you repeat over and over are all you’ve ever known. Dysfunction flourishes in families where authentic emotion becomes unspeakable. Desire gets weaponized, everyone’s vulnerability fodder for points to be scored. Pain reproduces itself through language, through emotion, through fraught relationships we cannot escape, generation after generation, until someone finally breaks—or, unable to find words anymore, howls her anguish through action instead.
Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D.
Founding Director, Center for Peace and Conflict Transformation (PACT)
Emory
University
www.adifferentfuture.net
Alliance Theatre Sets Wonder Free.
And what delights during performances ignites a brighter future. You can invest in better tomorrows by supporting access for youth to experience world-class theatre on a stage that’s all their own. Now is the time.
Introducing The Goizueta Stage
For Youth And Families,
a transformative new space designed to inspire young audiences year-round. Research shows that early access to live theater can significantly combat critical issues like low literacy rates and the urgent youth mental health crisis. To fulfill this promise, the Alliance Theatre is launching a $10 million Imagine Endowment to expand our capacity to serve more young people and sustain these enriching experiences in perpetuity. With this endowment, the Goizueta Stage will be a beacon of accessibility, welcoming children from all backgrounds and removing economic, geographic, and physical barriers to ensure that every child can engage with the magic of theatre for generations to come.
Support The Imagine Endowment
For more information about the Alliance’s Imagine Campaign or to make an endowment contribution, please contact: Trent Anderson, Director of Advancenent & Institutional Strategy trent.anderson@alliancetheatre.org (404) 733-4710
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Thank You To Our IMAGiNE Donors
Kenny Blank, Campaign Chair
Ms. Kristin Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Adkins
Mr. & Mrs. George Ajy
James Anderson
Liz Armstrong
Around the Table Foundation
Rona Gomel Ashe & Neil Ashe
Farideh & Al Azadi Foundation
Joel Babbit
The Bailey Family
Juli & Billy Bauman
Alba C. Baylin
Ken Bernhardt & Cynthia Currence
Jill Blair & Fay Twersky
Liz & Frank Blake
Ms. Stephanie Blank
Bollman-Cockey Family
Terri Bonoff & Matthew Knopf
Bosworth Family
Brian & Jennifer Boutté
Christine & Matthew Brodnan
Maranie Brown
Bobby & Cindy Candler
Candace Carson
Jane Jordan Casavant
Roxanne & Jeff Cashdan
Madeline Chadwick
Bruce Cohen
Miles & Nicole Cook
LeighAnn & Chad Costley
Ann & Jeff Cramer
The Crowley-Mack Family
Ann & Jim Curry
Ms. Sallie Adams Daniel
Linda & Gene* Davidson
Collins & Jay Desselle
Diane Durgin
Peggy Roth & Charlie Eagle
Kelly Estrella
Katie & Reade Fahs
Ellen & Howard Feinsand
David & Jessica Felfoldi
John & Mary Franklin Foundation
The Robert S. Elster Foundation
Doris & Matthew Geller
Rick Gestring
Lou & Tom Glenn
Marsha & Richard Goerss
Heide Grieb
Carole & Don Guffey
Rand & Seth Hagen
Laura & John Hardman
Jennifer & Quill Healey II
Anne & Scott Herren
Douglas J. Hertz Family Foundation
Justin & Monique Honaman
Jocelyn J. Hunter
Janin & Tad Hutcheson
The Imlay Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Ivester
Malvika Jhangiani & Dipankar
Bandyopadhay
Alexander Johnson & Susan
Somersille Johnson
Joia Johnson
Katie & West Johnson
Anne & Mark Kaiser
Mr. Keith Bolden & Ms. Tinashe
Kajese-Bolden
John C. Keller
The SKK Foundation
Mr. Matthew D. Kent & Mr.
Joseph C. Miller
Jim Kieffer
James & Lori Kilberg
Jesse Killings
Amy & Jeremy King
Phyllis Kozarsky & Eliot Arnovitz
Sheri & Steve Labovitz
James & Mary Anne Lanier
Timothy Hardy & Allegra
Lawrence-Hardy
The Michael & Andrea Leven Family Foundation
Rick Loffert
The Billi Marcus Foundation
Denny Marcus & André Schnabl
Jean Ann & Barry C.McCarthy
Mary Makes a Difference Foundation
Lloyd & Mary* McCreary
Evelyn Ashley & Alan B. McKeon
Dori & Jack Miller
Jeffrey Miller*
Hala & Steve Moddelmog
Phil & Caroline Moïse
Ned & Andrea Montag
Starr Moore & James Starr
Moore Memorial Foundation
Chris & Brittany Moses
Robert M. Moses
Allison & Shane O’Kelly
Victoria & Howard Palefsky
Paul Pendergrass & Margaret Baldwin
Jamal & Tiffany Powell
Dr. Denise Raynor
Cindy K. & Gary M. Reedy
Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation
Bob & Margaret Reiser
Ronald E. Ridgeway
Robyn Roberts & Kevin Greiner
A.J Robinson & Nicole Ellerine
Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum
Mr. & Mrs.
Mark Rosenberg
Mr. George Russell, Jr. & Mrs. Faye Sampson-Russell
Jane & Rein Saral
Mike Schleifer & Laura Hackman
The Selig Foundation: Linda & Steve Selig, Cathy & Steve Kuranoff
Jane E. Shivers & Bill Sharp
Suzanne & Willard* Shull
Kristen & Jordan Silton
Steven Simmons & Wynnetta Scott-Simmons
William & Margarita Sleeper
Dean DuBose & Bronson Smith
Kendrick & Caryl Smith
Maggie & Henry Staats
Charlita Stephens & Delores Stephens
Chandra Stephens-Albright
Caroline Munroe Stewart
Susan & Alan* Stiefel
Maria-Ruth Storts
Dr. Alan & Betty Sunshine
Mark E. Swinton
Greer & Alex Taylor
Rosemarie & David Thurston
Lisa Bigazzi Tilt
Kathy & Ronald* Tomajko
University of North Georgia
Rich & Melissa Valladares
Benny & Roxanne Varzi
Ms. Kathy Waller & Mr. Kenneth Goggins
Rebekah & Mark Wasserman
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Weiss
Ramona & Ben White
Bryan & Carrie Williams
Cristel Williams
Suzanne Bunzl Wilner
Amy & Todd Zeldin
Anonymous (3)
Listing is current as of February 4, 2026 and reflects gifts $1,000 and
THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE
Thank you to the Woodruff Arts Center’s dedicated Annual Fund donors whose gifts support the arts and education work at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art.
$1,000,000+
A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra • A Friend of the High Museum of Art
Lauren Amos • Mr. Joseph H. Boland, Jr.* • Mr. & Mrs.* Shouky A. Shaheen
$500,000 - $999,999
Anonymous
Art Bridges Foundation
$250,000 - $499,999
Accenture
Farideh and Al Azadi Foundation Bank of America
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Chick-fil-A Foundation |
Rhonda and Dan Cathy
The Sara Giles Moore Foundation
Google
Reverend Ruth T. Healy*
$100,000 - $249,999
AAA Parking
Alston & Bird
Atlantic Station
Sandra and Dan Baldwin
Helen Gurley Brown Foundation
Cadence Bank
The Chestnut Family Foundation
City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Sheila Lee Davies and Jon Davies
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
Barney M. Franklin and Hugh W.
Burke Charitable Fund
Mr. James E. Gay*
Georgia Council for the Arts
Georgia Power Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation Zeist Foundation
Sarah and Jim Kennedy
E. Mcburney Trust
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Novelis, Inc.
The Rich’s Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Smurfit Westrock
Alfred A Thornton Venable Trust
Truist Trusteed Foundations:
Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust,
The Florence C. and Harry L.
English Memorial Fund and the Woolford Charitable Trust
UPS
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Georgia-Pacific
Estate of Burton M. Gold
Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Hazel Hale Trust
The Hertz Family Foundation, Inc.
M. Douglas and V. Kay Ivester Foundation
King & Spalding, Partners & Employees
KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees
The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.
The Marcus Foundation, Inc.
Amy W. Norman Charitable Foundation
Northside Hospital
Piedmont Realty Trust
PNC
Garnet and Dan Reardon
Patty and Doug Reid
Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc.
Southern Company Gas
Carol and Ramon
Tomé Family Fund
Warner Bros. Discovery
Mrs. Harriet Warren
Rod and Kelly Westmoreland
The Woodruff Arts Center’s Experience Atlanta, Experience Woodruff campaign succeeded in modernizing the campus and expanding arts education. We extend our deepest gratitude to the generous donors whose commitment brought this milestone to life.
$1,000,000+
Anonymous
The Coca-Cola Foundation
James M. Cox Foundation
The Delta Air Lines Foundation
The Goizueta Foundation
Douglas J. Hertz Family Foundation*
The Home Depot Foundation
$500,000 - $999,999
Acuity Inc.
Anonymous
$250,000 - $499,999
Bank of America
Chick-fil-A, Inc. |
Rhonda and Dan T. Cathy
The Fraser-Parker Foundation
$100,000 - $249,999
A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center
Liz and Frank Blake*
Stephanie Blank*
Aimee and Tom Chubb
Ann and Jeff Cramer*
$10,000 - $99,999
Ann A. Adams
Anonymous
Yum and Ross Arnold
Ed Bastian
Ken Bernhardt and Cynthia Currence*
Tony Conway, Legendary Events
Johnson and Margaret Cook
Cousins Properties
Lee and Warren Culpepper
Mike and Nancy Doss
Mike and Mindy Egan
Vicki Escarra
Georgia Council for the Arts
Patrick Gunning and Elizabeth Pelypenko
Rand and Seth Hagen*
Joan Stanescu and Terrence Hahn
Philip Harrison and Susan Stainback
S. Jack and Michal Hart Hillman
The Imlay Foundation*
Sarah and Jim Kennedy*
The Marcus Foundation
Norfolk Southern
PNC Bank
Patty and Doug Reid Family Foundation*
Cisco Systems
Georgia Power Foundation
The Fay S. and W. Barrett Howell Family Foundation
Phil and Jenny Jacobs
Margaret and Bob Reiser*
Emerald Gate Charitable Trust
Harland Charitable Foundation
The Hearst Foundations
Joia M. Johnson
Sartain Lanier Family Foundation
Julia Houston
Robin and Hilton Howell
The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation
Jim and Lori Kilberg*
KPMG LLP
The Dennis Lockhart and Mary Rose
Taylor Memorial Fund
Beau and Alfredo Martin
Jean Ann and Barry C. McCarthy*
John F. McMullan**
Richard and Wimberly McPhail
Kavita and Ashish Mistry
Pat Mitchell Seydel and Scott O. Seydel
Hala and Steve Moddelmog*
Kent and Talena Moegerle
Ken and Val Neighbors
Galen Oelkers
Chuck and Kathie Palmer
The Pighini Family
Experience Atlanta, Experience Woodruff is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Sara Giles Moore Foundation
The Carol and Ramon Tomé Family Fund
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
Zeist Foundation
Kelin Foundation
Truist Trusteed Foundations: Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust, The Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund and the Woolford Charitable Trust
The Selig, Lewis, Shoulberg Families*
Truist Charitable Fund
Kathy Waller and Kenneth Goggins*
The Rockdale Foundation
Lauren and Andrew Schlossberg
Lauren and Tim Schrager
June and John Scott
Southface Institute
Candace Steele Flippin
Dave Stockert and Cammie Ives
The Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation, Inc.
Tull Charitable Foundation
The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc.
Susie and Patrick Viguerie
Sally and Mel Westmoreland
John Wieland
D. Richard Williams and Janet Lavine
David, Helen, and Marian
Woodward Fund
John and Ellen Yates
*Denotes additional support for the Alliance Theatre’s Imagine Campaign ** In memoriam
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OFFICERS
Chair
E. Kendrick Smith
Vice Chair
Allison O’Kelly
Treasurer
Matthew Kent
Secretary
Jennifer Boutté
Immediate Past Chair
Jocelyn Hunter
Ex-Officio
Brandon Kahn
Tinashe Kajese-Bolden
Hala Moddelmog
Christopher Moses
LIFETIME DIRECTORS
Rita Anderson
Ken Bernhardt
Ann Cramer
Linda Davidson
Howard Feinsand
Laura Hardman
Hays Mershon
Victoria Palefsky
Helen Smith Price
Bob Reiser
Jane Shivers
H. Bronson Smith
Ben White
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kristin Adams
Norman Adkins
Kimberly Ajy
James Anderson
Farideh Azadi
Deisha Barnett
Alba Baylin
Maggie Blake Bailey
Bridget Blake
Kenny Blank
Terri Bonoff
Jennifer Boutté
Traci Bransford
Kristen Burke
Jeff Cashdan
Madeline Chadwick
Bruce Cohen
LeighAnn Costley
Joe Crowley
Kelly Estrella
Katie Fahs
Reade Fahs
Richard Goerss
Branden Grimmett
Lila Hertz
Jocelyn Hunter
Malvika Jhangiani
Alexander Johnson
Jane Jordan Casavant
Brandon Kahn
Anne Kaiser
Tinashe Kajese-Bolden
John Keller
Matthew Kent
Andjela Kessler
Jim Kilberg
Jesse Killings
Carrie Kurlander
Allegra Lawrence-Hardy
Jean Ann McCarthy
Alan McKeon
Dori Miller
Hala Moddelmog
Phil Moïse
Christopher Moses
Allison O’Kelly
Jackie Parker
Anne Rambaud Herren
Stephanie Ray
Patty Reid
Margaret Reiser
Robyn Roberts
Maurice Rosenbaum
Susan Salyer
Steve Selig
Bill Sleeper
E. Kendrick Smith
Charlita Stephens
Mark Swinton
Julie Teer
Lisa Bigazzi Tilt
Richard Valladares
Benny Varzi
Rebekah Wasserman
Cristel Williams
LaNeah Williams
Wai Wong
Todd Zeldin
ADVISORY BOARD
Advisory Board Co-Chair
Laura Hardman
Advisory Board Co-Chair
Phil H. Moïse
Andrew Barrow
Allison Bass
Chris Brodnan
Maranie Brown
Carol Caines
La’Keitha Carlos
Haley Casola
LaMya Clinton
Jovan Davis
Mamie Dayan-Vogel
Joy Dyess
Brandon Fleming
Allen Fox
Liz Gillespie
Emmanuel Glaze
Jeff Graham
Aulona Graham-Simms
Erica Greenblatt
Dr. Lindsey Hardegree
Campbell Hastings
Donovan Head
Adrienne Hundley
P. Kimberleigh Jordan
Debraleigh Jowers
Jodi Kalson
Dr. Laura Kelly
Ellie Knight
January LaVoy
Jennifer Lee
JoJasmin “Jo” Lopez
Tre’Von McKay
Elizabeth McLean
Robbie Medwed
Aprille Moore
Jane Morgan
Susan Sim Oh
Pedro Pavón
Kama Pierce
Kat Reynolds
Michelle Robinson
Peggy Roth
Daniella Sandino
Sarah Anne Smith
Issa Solís
Natalie Sowell
Alicia Thompson
Joanne Truffelman
Tracey Underwood
Ana Urrego
Abby Vankudre
Christopher Walker
Melinda Weekes-Laidlow
Jennifer Weizenecker
Joni Williams
ALLIANCE SPONSORS
Alliance Sponsors are businesses, corporations, and institutions that have supported the work of the Alliance Theatre. We thank them for their generosity and support.
$500,000+
Chick-fil-A Foundation | Rhonda & Dan Cathy
Lettie Pate Evans Foundation
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
$250,000+
Anonymous
Chestnut Foundation
The Coca-Cola Company
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Shubert Foundation
WestRock
$100,000+
Accenture
Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Bloomberg
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Helen Gurley Brown Foundation
Georgia Power
The Home Depot Foundation
John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Fund
Norfolk Southern
PNC
The Rich’s Foundation
Truist
Zeist Foundation
$50,000+
City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
Edgerton Foundation
Georgia Natural Gas
Google
Kendeda Fund
King & Spalding
Liz Blake Giving Fund
Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Wellstar Foundation
Warner Bros Discovery
$25,000+
Anthem
AT&T Foundation
Bank of America
Cadence Bank
Fulton County Board of Commissioners
Graphic Packaging
The Imlay Foundation, Inc.
The Marcus Foundation
Johnny Mercer Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
National Vision
Northside Hospital
Peach State Health Plan
Regions Bank
Southwire
$10,000+
Anonymous
AEC Trust
Affairs to Remember
Alexander Babbage
Alston & Bird
Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition, powered by AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation
Cisco
Do a Good Day Foundation
First Horizon
George M. Brown Trust of Atlanta
Georgia Council for the Arts
Georgia-Pacific
John & Mary Franklin Foundation
Publix Super Market
Charities
SCANA Energy
The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
$5,000+
American Institutes for Research
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation
Osiason Educational Foundation
Perkins&Will
By attending our theater, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. Make another statement of support louder than any standing ovation. Visit alliancetheatre.org and click on Donate.
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Individual, foundation, and corporate donors contribute more than $10 million to the Alliance Theatre so that we are able to present exceptional theater and educational programming to our community. We are deeply grateful for your support. To find out more about the benefits of giving or to make your gift, visit us at alliancetheatre.org/waystogive or call 404-733-5157.
Listed below are pledges and gifts to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund.
PREMIERE SUPPORT
Spotlight $100,000+
Mr. James E. Gay*
Dan & Garnet Reardon
The SKK Foundation
Artistic Director’s Circle $50,000+
Ann & Jeff Cramer
Starr Moore & the James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation
Chairman’s Circle
$25,000+
The Antinori Foundation Around the Table Foundation
Ali & Farideh Azadi
Ms. Stephanie Blank
Jane Jordan Casavant
Dean DuBose & Bronson Smith
Katie & Reade Fahs
Heidi & David Geller
David & Carolyn Gould
Doug & Lila Hertz
Jocelyn J. Hunter
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Ivester
Anne & Mark Kaiser
Jesse Killings
Daniel Marks & Keri Powell
Barry & Jean Ann
McCarthy
Phil & Caroline Moïse
Allison & Shane O’Kelly
Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum
Linda & Steve Selig
Kendrick & Caryl Smith
Rosemarie & David Thurston
Amy & Todd Zeldin
Leadership Circle
$15,000+
Maggie Blake Bailey & Andrew Bailey
Brian & Jennifer Boutté
Martha & Toby Brooks
Roxanne & Jeffrey Cashdan
Ellen & Howard Feinsand
Doris & Matthew Geller
Marsha & Richard Goerss
John Haupert & Bryan Brooks
Ellen & Thomas Harbin
Anne & Scott Herren
Mr. Matthew D. Kent & Mr. Joseph C. Miller
James & Lori Kilberg
Jane & J. Hicks Lanier
Kristie L. Madara
Victoria & Howard Palefsky
Patty & Doug Reid
Bob & Margaret Reiser
Robyn Roberts & Kevin Greiner
Mr. George Russell, Jr. & Mrs. Faye SampsonRussell
William & Margarita Sleeper
Mark Swinton
Richard & Melissa Valladares
Benny & Roxanne Varzi
Mark & Rebekah
Wasserman
Ramona & Ben White
Director’s Circle
$10,000+
Ms. Kristin Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Adkins
Kimberly & George Ajy
James Anderson
Deborah L. Bannworth & Joy Lynn Fields
Alba C. Baylin
Ken Bernhardt & Cynthia Currence
Dr. M. Brian Blake & Dr. Bridget Blake
Terri Bonoff & Matthew Knopf
Judge JoAnn Bowens
Traci Bransford
Mr. Adam Burke & Mrs. Kristen Wood Burke
Madeline Chadwick
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Chubb III
Mr. Bruce R. Cohen
Ezra Cohen Charitable Fund
Miles & Nicole Cook
LeighAnn & Chad Costley
Joe Crowley & Phil Mack
Diane Durgin
The Ermentrout Family
Kelly Estrella
Michael & Jody Feldman
Wyche Fowler
Viki Freeman
Malvika Jhangiani & Dipankar
Bandyopadhyay
Alexander Johnson & Susan Somersille Johnson
John C. Keller
Andjela & Michael Kessler
Mr. James Kieffer
Brian & Carrie Kurlander
Evelyn Ashley & Alan
McKeon
Dori & Jack Miller
Jeffrey Miller*
Paul Pendergrass & Margaret Baldwin
Diane & Mark* Perlberg
Wade Rakes & Nicholas Miller
Matt Richburg
Ms. Mital Shah
Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler
Lynne & Steve Steindel
Lisa Bigazzi Tilt
Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund
Ms. Kathy Waller & Mr. Kenneth Goggins
Ms. Cathy Weil
Suzy Wilner
R. Wai Wong
BENEFACTORS
$5,000+
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh S. Asher
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Balizer
Lisa & Joe* Bankoff
Deisha Barnett
Mr. & Mrs. Roland L. Bates
Candy & Stephen Berman
Natalie & Matthew Bernstein
Franklin & Dorothy Chandler
Ann & Jim Curry
Kathy & Jason Evans
Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel S. Fialkow
Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette
Dr. & Mrs. Marvin
Goldstein
Janin & Tad Hutcheson
Jason & Laurie Jeffay
Mr. Charles R. Kowal
Dr. & Mrs. John Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Bob A. London
Burrelle Meeks
Mary Catherine Pelham
Mr. & Mrs. Norman J. Radow
Ms. Barbara Schlefman
Alan & Cyndy* Schreihofer
Ms. Donna Schwartz
Charlita Stephens & Delores Stephens
Susan & Alan* Stiefel
Russ & Cam Still
Maria-Ruth Storts
Chuck Taylor & Lisa Cannon-Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Weiss
Bryan & Carrie Williams
$2,500+
Anonymous (2)
Sajjad Ali & SaraBeth Samuels
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen
Howard Alter
Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe
Candace Carson
Melodie H. Clayton
Rita & Ralph* Connell
Marcia & John Donnell
Karen & Andrew Ghertner
Mr. David F. Golden
Shauna Grovell*
Laura & John Hardman
Wes & Ariana Hargrave
Henry & Etta Raye Hirsch
Heritage Foundation
Monique & Justin Honaman
Linda & Richard Hubert
Mr. & Mrs. Wyatt T. Johnson
Sheri & Steve Labovitz
Judith Lyon
Lloyd & Mary* McCreary
Clair & Thomas Muller
Joan Netzel & John Gronwall
Sam & Barbara Pettway
Don & Rosalinda
Ratajczak
Ms. Kristin L. Ray
Dr. Denise Raynor
Mr. & Mrs. Jonas Reisinger
Dana Rice
Mr. & Mrs. Mark
Rosenberg
Jane & Rein Saral
Kashi Sehgal
Mr. & Mrs. S. Albert
Sherrod
Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong
Jane E. Shivers
Ms. Mary Anne Walser & James Smith
Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats
Mrs. Anuja Stites & Dr. John Stites V
Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright
Kathy & Ronald* Tomajko
Dana & Obi Ugwonali
Kim Boldthen & Carolyn Wheeler
Ms. Karen E. Willenken
Cristel Williams
Judy Zaban
$1,500+
Anonymous
Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda C. Adams
Mr. E. Scott Arnold
Christine & Matthew Brodnan
Ms. Johanna Brookner
Aubrey & Carol Bush
Susan Callaway
Gail Crowder & Claude Wegscheider
Celeste Davis-Lane
Tim & Tina Eyerly
Sandeep Goyal & Taylor England
Della & Theo Guidry
Warren M. Gump
Louise S. Gunn
Mr. Jefferson T. Hancock
Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel
Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky
Drs. Cathie & Hugh Hudson
Ashley & Elton James
Mr. Amble Johnson & Ms. Amy Coenen
Boland & Andrea Lea Jones
Mark Keiser
Amy & Jeremy King
David Long & Starane
Shepherd
Greg & Gillian Matteson
Robbie Medwed
Burt & Ruth Mirsky
Fabienne Moore
Dennis & Debra Murphy
John & Helen Parker
Mr. & Mrs. Armond Perkins
Peg Petersen
Daniel Regenstein
Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Rosenberg
Ms. Lili Santiago-Silva & Mr. Jim Gray
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor
Julie Teer
Valerie & Anthony Thomas
Stan & Velma Tilley
Dana & Obi Ugwonali
Ms. Avril Vignos
Mamie Dayan-Vogel & Steven Vogel
Linda Williams
Lynne Winship
William & Nancy Yang
PATRONS
$1,000+
Mr. William Allin
Jill Blair
Mark & Ansley Callaway
Dr. Sheila Goel & Martha Cargil
Stephanie Carter
Dr.* & Mrs. S. Wright Caughman
Susan & Edward Croft
Dr. Marla Franks & Rev. Susan Zoller
James S. Grien
Randy & Connie Jones
Ivory D. Kimbrough
Anna & Hays Mershon
Alexander Rohrer
Deborah W. Royer
Steve & Stephanie Schramm
Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III
Ms. Amy Speas
Karen & Alex Stickney
Tim & Maria Tassopoulos
Judith & Mark Taylor
Celia Till
ALLIANCE THEATRE MONTHLY SUSTAINER SOCIETY
We would like to thank our donors who have committed to giving us a recurring monthly donation to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund. Join today: www.alliancetheatre.org/sustainer
Dr. & Mrs. Marshall Abes
Mr. Faraz Ahmed
Mr. E. Scott Arnold
Dr. Evelyn Babey
Ms. Allison Bass
Maranie Brown
Dr. Deloris Bryant-Booker
Dean Jordan & Lee Burson
Brandon Bush
Karen & Harold Carney
Mr. Quentin David Cashman
Haley Casola
LaMya Clinton
Elizabeth Corrie
Christopher Cox & Draco Bohannon
Gray & Marge Crouse
Nash Ditmetaroj
Joy & David Dyess
Christine & Andrew Fry
Emmanuel Glaze
Caroline Gold
Erica Greenblatt
Bryant Gresham & Alexander Bossert
Ms. Jo Ann Haden-Miller & Mr. William Miller
Lindsey E. Hardegree
Ms. Linda Hare & Mr. Gerald Barth
Becca Hogue
Steven & Kimberly Hoovestol
Karen Jones
Dr. Kimberleigh Jordan
Kelley J. Jordan-Monné
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Kraft
January LaVoy
Dr. Andrea W. Lawrence
Joyce Lewis
Ms. Lauren Linder & Mr. Jonathan Grunberg
Christian & JoJasmin Lopez
Stephen Lynch
Elizabeth McLean
Heather & Jim Michael
Joshua O’Dowd
Lori & Jonathan Peterson
Ms. Kendrick Phillips
Marion Phillips
Marc & Jean Pickard
Deborah G. Robinson
Mr. Howard Rowe
Barbara Schreiber
Carlton & Miranda Segrest & SkyeTheFav
Tom Slovak & Jeffery Jones
Sarah Anne Smith
Charles Thompson
Ms. Stephanie Van Parys & Mr. Robert A. Cleveland
Abby & Shaunak Vankudre
Ben Warshaw
Caitlin Way
Elizabeth Wiggs Cooper & Larry Cooper
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MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES
Many companies offer a matching gifts program for employees and retirees. You can double, or even triple, your gift at no additional cost to you simply by asking your employer! Think of how much further your donation can go.
We would like to thank the following companies who have matched contributions to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund. To find out more about matching gifts, contact us at ATGiving@alliancetheatre.org.
AIG Corporation
American Express
Aon Risk Solutions
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
AT&T
Bank of America/Merrill
BlackRock
Bryan Cave-Powell
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Chubb Charitable Foundation
The Coca-Cola Company
Deloitte
Equifax Inc. Foundation
John and Mary Franklin Foundation
LEGACY SOCIETY
GE Energy
Georgia Power
Goldman Sachs Matching Gift
Goldstein
Google
Hearst Foundations
Home Depot Foundation
Honda Motor Co.
IAC, Inc
IBM
JPMorgan Chase
Kimberly-Clark
Lynch
MacArthur Foundation
Macy’s Foundation
McDonald’s Corporation
McMaster-Carr Supply
Microsoft Corporation
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Principal Financial Group Foundation
Prudential Financial
Publix Super Markets
Salesforce.com, Inc.
Sprint
Truist
Thrivent Financial for Lutherns
Veritiv Corporation
Verizon Corporation
The Walt Disney Company
Wells Fargo
Yahoo!
Celebrating our supporters who have made a legacy gift to the Alliance Theatre.
The Legacy Society celebrates individuals who have made a planned gift to the Alliance Theatre. Making a planned gift is a wonderful way to show your support and appreciation for the Alliance Theatre and its mission, while accommodating your financial, estate planning and philanthropic goals. With smart planning, you may increase the size of your estate and/or reduce the tax burden on your heirs. Just as important, you will know that you have made a meaningful and lasting contribution to the Alliance Theatre.
To learn more about the Legacy Society, please contact us at ATGiving@alliancetheatre.org.
Anonymous
Rita M. Anderson
Roland & Linda Bates
Kathy* & Ken Bernhardt
Anne & Jim Breedlove
Ezra Cohen
Ann & Jeff Cramer
Susan & Edward Croft
Sallie Adams Daniel
Linda & Gene* Davidson
Terry & Stacy Dietzler
Diane Durgin
Elizabeth Etoll
Ellen & Howard Feinsand
Dorie Gallagher
James Edward Gay*
Laura & John Hardman
Nancy* & Glen* Hesler
P.J. Younglove Hovey
David A. Howell*
William & Debbie Hyde
Lauren & David Kiefer
David Kuniansky
Virginia Vann* & Ken Large
Edith Love*
Lauren & John McColskey
Anna & Hays Mershon
Caroline & Phil Moïse
Winifred & Richard*
Myrick
Victoria & Howard Palefsky
Armond & Sharon Perkins
Jan Pomerantz & Everett Wilcox
Helen M. Regenstein*
Margaret & Robert Reiser
Betty Blondeau-Russell*
Tricia & Neal Schachtel
Debbie* & Charles Shelton III
Jane E. Shivers & Bill Sharp
Roger Smith & Christopher Jones*
Ron* & Kathy Tomajko
Lee Harper & Wayne Vason
Terri & Rick Western
Ramona & Ben White
* deceased
ARTISTIC
Jennings Hertz Artistic Directors Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, Christopher Moses
Reiser Lab Artists Round 11 Ryan Jones, Kirsten King, Tadiwa Nashe, Lee Osorio, Lilliangina Quiñones, Maria Sager, Vauren Morris, Ian Sawan, and Alejandra Ruiz
Production Management
Director of Production
Lawrence Bennett
Associate Directors of Production Courtney O’Neill, Haylee Scott
Associate Technical Director Joseph Corbin, Luke Robinson
Shop Supervisor
Lead Welder
Carpenters
Patrick Conley
Chris Seifert
Mikaela Dalke, Marlon Wilson, Spencer Antoci
Charge Scenic Artist Kat Conley
Scenic Artist
Director of Audio
Associate Director of Audio
Audio
Amanda Nerby
Michael Carrico
Aaron Vockley
Sound Engineers Emma Mouledoux, Graham Schwartz, Katie Rowland
Stage Operations Manager
Audrey Myers, Austin English, Autumn Stephens, Ayanna Palmer, Ayla Altman, Baleigh Reed, Barry Mann, Benjamin Coleman, Bernard Gilbert, Brandon Holman, Brandon Smith, Brie Wolfe, Brittani Powell, Brooke Dixon, Brooke Edmunds, Brooke Fleurimond, Cait Cortelyou, Caitlin Slotnick, Caleb Vaughn, Cameron Woods, Carole Gilley, Caroline Donica, Caroline Stewart, Cat Amy, Chakendra Fennell, Chandler Smith, Charlie Edwards, Chase Anderson, Chelcy Cutwright, Chelsea Brown, Chloe Campbell, Chloe Lomax, Chloe Taylor, Christazja Rivers, Christian Magby, Christie Miller, Christopher Noyes, Christopher Ward, CJ Perkins, Clayton Landey, Connor Lamkin, Coral Brito, Coriana Raynor, Courtney Moors-Hornick, Cymiah Alexander, Da’Quan Cooney, Danielle Montgomery, Davan Glynn, Davis McDaniel, Deja Holmes, Derrick Robertson, Ebony Tucker, E Haeberlin, Elaina Walton, Elizabeth Garapic, Elizabeth Gardner, Ellie Tinley, Emily Eliasen, Emily Gray, Emily LaPollo, Erika Miranda, Erin Taylor, Ethan Davis, Ethan Escobar, Eva St. Clair, Gabriel Ocasio, Garrett Shedd, Gerome Stephens, Gloria Martin, Goldie Hatch, Gracie Tipton, Gregory Hernandez, Haley Smith, Hananya Allen, Hannah Chatham, Hannah Wheeler, Harriet Bass, Hayden Weiss, Helena Denton, Hollie Rivers, Hope Clayborne, Imani Banks, Isaac Breiding, Isaac Hohl, Izabel Dorst, Ja’Kyah Jackson, Ja’Siah Young, Jackson Baughman, Jacob Guinn, Jacob Martinez, Jade Roman, Jamiyah Smith, Janae Willock, Janie Kelly, Jasmine Thomas, Jazzë Lewis, JD Myers, Jeilianne Vazquez, Jenna Morris, Jeremiah Hobbs, Jeremy Blanding, Jessenia Ingram, Jhye Smith, Jocline Oliphant, John Doyle, Jo-Jo Steine, Jonathan Eddie, Jontavious Johnson, Jordan Hood, Jordan Rehm, Jordan Rivers, Jordyn Nelson, Juliana Hurtado, Julia Walters, Julissa Sabino, Justis Searcy, K’lah Morgan, Kaciah Jung, Kadence Gary, Kai Chisholm, Kalekidane Gizaw, Kalixta Easterwood, Kamille Burel, Kamryn Jones, Kamryn Loy, Kana Nagata, Karen Aguirre, Kate Jordan, Kate Varner, Kate Walsh, Katherine Hunt, Kathryn Steele, Katie Galbreath, Katie Wickline, Kayla Davis, Kayla Pettigrew, Kendall Brisco, Kennedy O’Neil, Kenya Perry, Kera Alleyne, Keshawn Morgan, Kim Baran, Kirk Campbell, Kirsten King, Koyahn Smith, Kristen Freeman, Kristian Martinez, Kyle Kiesler, Kyle Philson, Lacea Weakland, Laurel Burrington, Lauren Alexandra, Lauren Curtis, Leah Leonard, Leah Thomas, Lee Bertram, Lexi McKay, Lex Martin, Lia Marianes, Lizzie McDonald, Lola Oresegun, Lon Bumgarner, Louise Javelona, Luanna de Barros, Luiza Penha, Maddy Roberts, Madilyne Bagnoche, Maia Eaton, MaRah Williams, Marc Collins, Marcia Harper, Maria Scott, Marielle Martinez, Marissa Ciccone, Marissa Kovach, Marquelle Young, Martha Thomas, Mary Claire Page, Mary Patterson, Maurice Figgins, Max Kountz, Maya Diaz, Megan Carr, Megan Wartell, Mekhi Woods, Michelle Stover, Milner Patterson, Miracle Bennett, Molly Tucker, Morayo Otujo, Morgan Rysdon-Moulitsas, Moriah Baskett, Naiya Banks, Natalie Byman, Natalie Kasper, Nazia Fant, Nevaeh Riddle, Niani Braxton, Nicholas Taylor, Nicole Price, Nicolette Emanuelle, Noah Vega, Olivia Dantzler, Olivia Watts, Olivia Williams, Patricia de la Garza, Patrick Lacey, Paully C, Peter Pavlovsky, Rahul Daswani, Razaria Denae, Reid Gilbard, Reuben Haller, Ricardo Aponte Alvarez, RJ Siegler, Robin Colwell, Roman Hicks, Rosemary Newcott Marquardt, Ryan Dinning, Sabrina Booker, Saheim Patrick, Sam Hartsook, Samuel Yates, Sara Fanucchi, Sarah Anderson, Sarah Wallis, Scott Depoy, Selena Prewitt, Shaniya Horton, Sharon Foote, Sharrell Luckett, Shelby Folks, Shelby Terry, Sheree Pickett, Skye Pugh, Sof Delgado, Sophia Sapronov, Sophie Biel, Stephen Ruffin, Suehyla El-Attar, Sylvie Oechsner, Ta’Marion Freeman, Tafee Patterson, Taloria Merricks, Tapley Cronier, Terence Lee, Tomi Fawehinmi, Tom Zhang, Tori Luttrell, Trinitee Armstrong, Tyler Grubbs, Tyshawn Gooden, Uchenna Ukonu, Vallea Woodbury, William Allen, William Amato, William Sabonis-Chafee, Willow Lockridge, Wynne Kelly, Wyn Thomas, Xavier Mikal, Zuri Petteway
Teen Ensemble Members
Ava M. Graham, Zara Smith, Sasha Williams, Muhamed Jatta, Izzy Bregman, Aliyah Brailsford, Jefferson Hall II, Ana Sofia Keber-Diaz, Elyse Tindall, Anastasia Baker, Alysa Carr, Elliott Elliott, Ellie Bernard, Ja’Kyah Jackson, Kassidy Eno, Chelsea Smith, Jax Millarker, Noah Vazquez, Raven Jackson, Isaiah C. Phipps, Aja Najib, Cate Waide, Rachel Morrison, Ivey Nemorin, Sydney Yuhas
MANAGEMENT
Managing Director Brandon Kahn
Company Manager
Assistant Company Manager
Administration & Finance
Director of Finance
Controller & Head of Administration
Staff Accountant
Accounting Coordinator
Stage Operations
Assistant Stage Operations Manager
Crew Chief
Automation Stagehand
Properties Stagehand
Flyperson
EDUCATION
Dan Reardon Director of Youth & Families
Naserian Foundation Head of Early Childhood Programs
Scott Bowne
Kate Lucibella
Roy Sockwell
John Victor Mouledoux Jr.
Nic Stephenson
Nathan Peters
Olivia Aston Bosworth
Hallie Angelella
Head of Secondary Curriculum & Partnerships Liz Davis
