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The 2014-2015 Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Season D. Lynn Meyers, Producing Artistic Director
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by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare based on Homer's The Iliad, translated by Robert Fagles
Directed by Michael Evan Haney† October 14-November 2, 2014
Set & Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Costume Designer
Properties
Master & Design Assistant
Production Coordinator & Master Electrician
Technical Director
Production Stage Manager
Brian c. Mehring
Matt Callahan
Reba Senske
Shannon Rae Lutz
Matthew Hollstegge
Jack Murphy
Brandon T. Holmes*
AN ILIAD was originally developed as part of the New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspects Program, Off-Broadway premiere produced by New York Theatre Workshop (Jim Nicola, Artistic Director; William Russo, Managing Director) in 2012.
AN ILIAD was originally produced by Seattle Repertory Theatre (Jerry Manning, Producing Artistic Director; Benjamin Moore, Managing Director).
It was subsequently produced by McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, NJ (Emily Mann, Artistic Director; Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director; Mara Isaacs, Producing Director).
AN ILIAD was developed in part with the assistance of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program.
AN ILIAD is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
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*Cast/production member belongs to Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. This theatre operates under an agreement between Actors’ Equity Association, Professional Actors, and Stage Managers in the United States. Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.
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The Poet ......................................................................................... Bruce Cromer *
The Muse ............................................................................................. Emily Scott
The Chorus ................................................................................. Deirdre Manning
running Crew
1st Assistant Stage Manager ........................................................Patrick E. Phillips
2nd Assistant Stage Manager ............................................................Aziza Macklin
Sound Board Operator ..............................................................Kadeem Ali Harris
Light Board Operator ..............................................................Natalie Joyce Smith
Running Crew/Wardrobe .....................................Terrance J. Ganser, Molly Israel
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Terrance J. Ganser, Kadeem Ali Harris, Molly Israel, Aziza Macklin, Patrick E. Phillips, Natalie Joyce Smith
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Time and place: here; now. An Iliad is performed without an intermission. Approximate total running time is 90 minutes.
All works are from the collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. This exhibition was organized by art2art Circulating Exhibitions. Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Anna Lo Prodvino with Chichi and Gogo, avenue du Bois de Bou/ogne, Paris (detail), 1911, gelatin silver print. Collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. © Estate of Jacques-Henri Lartigue
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A human being telling a story to other human beings. Simple. Primal. Theatre.
An Iliad is a new adaption and interpretation of Homer’s classic epic poem The Iliad. An Iliad was created by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare using the brilliant translation from the Greek by Robert Fagles. Iliad means “of Troy.” (The topless towers of Ilium,” as Shakespeare calls the city in Hamlet.) The story is that of the Trojan War focusing on a feud between the leader of the Greeks, Agamemnon, King of Men, and their greatest warrior Achilles and the subsequent dishonor suffered by him. The poem's initial word is μῆνιν, which means “rage.” It is the manifestation of Achilles’ personal rage and wounded soldier's vanity that propels the events of the story. It is a story of war and the havoc it wreaks on all of the participants, armed and civilian. How amazing that even three thousand years ago man knew all there is to know about the folly of war.
Homer is a Greek name meaning "hostage" or "he who accompanies; he who is forced to follow," and although nothing definite is known about him, many legends abound. One tradition, which asserts that he was blind, may have arisen from an alternate meaning of his name in some Greek dialects. I personally like “he who is forced to follow.” Our storyteller or Poet in An Iliad seems somehow compelled against his will to tell this story of the folly of war. Although he is a reluctant storyteller—with the help of The Muses—he is a splendid one.
What drew me to this version of this classic story is how modern it is. The great achievement of An Iliad is that Ms. Peterson and Mr. O’Hare, without losing the power or the beauty of the original poem, have brought the tale up to date and given it a contemporary feel. The ancient Poet, finding himself singing his song for a present-day American audience, is forced to adapt and explain and cut away the more antique and cumbersome sections of the 15,693 line poem. The Poet’s need to connect to his audience breathes new life into this marvelous tale written almost three thousand years ago.
It is always such a pleasure for me to be here at Ensemble Theatre with Lynn Meyers and her superb staff and collaborating with the supremely talented Bruce Cromer. We have all strived to make this production compelling and entertaining. This is an Iliad for the 21st Century.
We hope you enjoy it, -Michael Evan Haney
T he g O d S
zeus—God of the sky, and king of the gods. Youngest son of Cronus and Rhea, he was the supreme ruler of Mount Olympus and of the Pantheon of gods who resided there. He used the weather and nature to keep order on the Earh and most notably employed lightning bolts to spite his enemy.
Hera—Wife of Zeus, queen of the gods. Goddess of marriage and childbirth. Defends the Greeks.
aTH ena—Zeus' daughter and the goddess of war, reason, intelligence, the arts, and literature. Fights on the side of the Greeks.
ap H rodi T e—Zeus' daughter and the goddess of love, desire, and beauty
apollo—Zeus' son and the god of music and prophecy. Punishes the Greeks with a plague when Agamemnon takes the daughter of one of his priests. Referred to as the son god since he used his chariot to drive the sun across the sky each day
HerM es—God of messenger and mischief. Helps guide Priam across the battlefield of Troy.
ares—God of war. Fights on the side of the Trojans.
H ep H aes T us—God of fire. Makes a new set of armor for Achilles.
a CH illes—The greatest warrior in the Greek camp, Achilles is a demi-god: half-man, half god. After a disagreement with Agamemnon, the supreme commander of the Greek army, he returns to his tent, refusing to continue fighting. Also known for his rage and stubornness in the Trojan War.
aga M e M non—Supreme Commander of the Greek army. Kidnaps the daughter of a Trojan priest as the spoils of war, angering the god Apollo. When he is forced to give her back, he takes a girl promised to Achilles.
B riseis—Achilles' lover, taken by Agamemnon, causing conflict between the two soldiers.
M enelaus—King of Sparta, husband of Helen, brother of Agamemnon.
H elen—Considered the most beautiful woman in the world. Originally known as Helen of Sparta, as she was already married to Menelaus. She would later be called Helen of Troy and immortalized as "the face that launched a thousand ships." Throughout ancient texts, poets and storytellers offered varying contradictions as to whether she left Sparta with Paris of her own volition or whether she was kidnapped against her will.
paT ro C lus—Best friend and brother-in-arms of Achilles. He tries to convince Achilles to rejoin the fight and when Achilles refuses, he takes Achilles' armor and fights the Trojans in his place.
H eCT or—Prince of Troy, he is the greatest fighter for Troy and Commander of the Trojan Army. Priam's eldest son, married to Andromache, father of Astyanax. Kills Patroclus during battle, igniting the conflict between he and Achilles.
a dro M aCH e—Wife of Hector and mother of the infant Astyanax.
as T yanax—Hector's newborn son.
paris—Brother of Hector, younger son of Priam. Stole Helen from Menelaus, setting the war in motion, yet manages to stay of the war. Handsome and cowardly.
pria M—The elderly King of Troy, the last King of Troy. Father of Hector and Paris.
H eC u B a—Queen of Troy, wife of Priam, mother of Hector and Paris.
TH e dardan—Trojan soldier who wounds Patroclus before he is killed by Hector.
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The Nine Muses were sister goddesses, born from Zeus' relationship with the Titaness Mnemosyne (memory personified), who was the inventress of language and words. As a Titan daughter of Ouranos (Heaven), Mnemosyne was also a goddess of time. She represented the rote memorization required—before the introduction of writing—to preserve the stories of history and sagas of myth. In this role she was represented as the mother of the Mousai (Muses), originally patron goddesses of the poets of the oral tradition.
The Muses are Clio (history), Urania (astronomy), Melpomene (tragedy), Thalia (comedy), Terpischore (dance), Calliope (epic poetry), Erato (love poetry), Polyhymnia (sacred poetry), and Euterpe (lyric poetry). In painting, the Muses are usually presented as ethereal women with divine beauty, holding laurels and other items depending upon their faculty. For instance, Thalia and Melpomene were always portrayed holding a comedy mask and tragedy mask, respectively. Over time, the masks have endured as remnants of these original depictions and have themselves become synonymous with theatre.
The Muses lived on Mount Helicon in Central Greece. They were expected to sing at various events for the gods on Mount Olympus, such as feasts, festivals, weddings, and funerals. Their most important job, however, was to inspire mortals in their particular artistic category and in so doing preserve the gods' stories and legacy. Not only are the Muses explicitly used in modern English to refer to artistic inspiration, but they are also implicit in words and phrases such as "amuse," "museum," (a place sacred to the Muses; a building devoted to learning or the arts) "music," and "musing upon."
In An Iliad, the main character—simply 'The Poet,' and otherwise nameless— references The Muses by calling out to them during his storytelling. The Poet could arguably be anyone, at any time, who has been charged with the awesome responsiblity of passing on the tales of the gods to future generations.
Within the script of An Iliad, the authors' note explains:
"An Iliad started out as an examination of war and man's tendency toward war. In the end, it also became an examination of the theater and the way in which we still tell each other stories in order to try to make sense of ourselves, and our behavior. Someone started telling the story of the Trojan War, in all its glory and devastation and suprise, over 3,000 years ago. We pass it on."
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B ru C e C ro M er (The Poet) has previously been seen at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati as C.S. Lewis in Freud's Last Session, Dan in Next to Normal, Richard in Time Stands Still, Butch in Next Fall, Dylan in Wayfarer's Rest, Dr. Smith in Blue/ Orange, and the Librarian in Underneath The Lintel. He has been a proud AEA actor in American regional theatres for over thirty years, appearing at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the St. Louis Repertory, the Milwaukee Repertory, Santa Fe Stages, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Cincinnati Shakespeare, etc. Mr. Cromer is a Resident Artist with the Human Race Theatre in Dayton, the Head of Acting in the Professional Actor Training Program at Wright State University, and a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. He is husband to the beautiful Carol Allin and proud father of Charlie, Toby, and Elliot.
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M i CH a el evan H ane y (Director) is delighted to return to ETC where he has directed: Tribes, Freud's Last Session, Time Stands Still, End Days, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Souvenir (transferring to The English Theatre of Vienna and Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Permanent Collection, Blue/Orange, Bed Among the Lentils/Underneath the Lintel, Syncopation, The Countess, and Private Eyes. He also directed Hound of the Baskervilles and Oliver Twist for Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. As Associate Artistic Director for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, he has directed A Delicate Ship, Double Indemnity, Speaking in Tongues, As You Like It (co-directed with Ed Stern), The Understudy, Over The Tavern, The History of Invulnerability, Sleuth, Blackbird, Love Song, Around the World in 80 Days (transferred Off-Broadway to the Irish Repertory Theatre), Crime and Punishment, Reckless, Witness for the Prosecution, The Clean House, A Christmas Carol (1993-2013), Bad Dates, A Picasso, Hiding Behind Comets, The Drawer Boy, The Syringa Tree, Proof, and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. His international credits include: The Syringa Tree (the English Theatres of Vienna and Frankfurt); and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Mr. Haney’s regional credits include: All My Sons, Alabama Shakespeare Festival; The Drawer Boy, Actors Theatre of Louisville; The Heidi Chronicles, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; The Underpants, Capital Repertory Theatre; The Mystery of Irma Vep, Meadow Brook Theatre; Comedy of Errors and Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting, Sacramento Theatre Company; Monument Boulevard, Missouri Repertory Theatre; The Potting Shed, Washington Stage Guild; Comedy of Errors, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival; King of Dominoes, Passage Theatre Company; Scotland Road, Pacific Resident Theatre, Drama-Logue Award for direction; and As the Wind Rocks the Wagon (a one-woman show written and performed by his wife Amy Warner). He was also the Artistic Director of Allenberry Playhouse in Pennsylvania. Mr. Haney’s acting credits include seasons with The Arena Stage, Missouri Repertory Theatre, and Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival; a national tour of Nicholas Nickleby, Return to the River, Jail Diary of Albee Sachs, and The Devils (off-Broadway); and Elie Wiesel’s Zalmen on Broadway.
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lisa pe T erson (Co-Writer) is a theater director who wrote and adapted An Iliad with actor Denis O’Hare, for which they won 2012 Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards. Her other adaptations include The Waves, adapted from the novel by Virginia Woolf, with composer David Bucknam (Drama Desk nominations), the upcoming The Good Book with Denis O’Hare, and Insurance Men with composer Todd Almond. She was Resident Director at the Mark Taper Forum for ten years, and Associate Director at La Jolla Playhouse for three years before that. Her directing credits include the world premieres of Tony Kushner’s Slavs!, Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories and The Model Apartment, Naomi Wallace’s Trestle At Pope Lick Creek, Janusz Glowacki’s The Fourth Sister, John Belluso’s The Poor Itch, Beth Henley’s Ridiculous Fraud, José Rivera’s Sueno, Marlane Meyer’s The Chemistry of Change, and many others. She has worked at theaters around the country including New York Theater Workshop, The Public, Playwrights Horizons, The Vineyard, Primary Stages, Manhattan Theater Club, MCC, Guthrie Theater, Seattle Rep, Berkeley Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, Yale Rep, and the McCarter Theater. Ms. Peterson won an Obie in 1991 for Caryl Churchill’s Light Shining in Buckinghamshir e at NYTW, and Dramalogue, Drama Desk, and Calloway Award nominations for many other productions. She was the recipient of a TCG/NEA Career Development grant, and regularly develops new plays with the Sundance Theater Lab, New Dramatists, The Playwrights’ Center, and the O’Neill Theater Center. She is a graduate of Yale College, and a member of Ensemble Studio Theater and the executive board of SDC.
denis o' H are (Co-Writer) is an actor and writer who lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Mr. O’Hare attended Northwestern University where he studied poetry for two years under Alan Shapiro, Mary Kinzie, and Reginald Gibbons. He ultimately received a B.S. in the theatre department and pursued an acting career in Chicago while maintaining a literary salon called the “Ansuz.” In 1992, Mr. O’Hare moved to New York to continue his acting career where he appeared in numerous productions on Broadway and Off-Broadway, all the while exploring creative writing in the form of plays and screenplays. He has written three screenplays, numerous poems, and one other play. Mr. O’Hare and Ms. Peterson began collaborating on An Iliad in 2006 and honed the project through multiple workshops with New York Theatre Workshop at Vassar and Dartmouth and with the Sundance Lab Institute. He is married to Hugo Redwood, an interior designer, with whom he has a son.
B randon T. H ol M es (Production Stage Manager) is currently in his third season with ETC. He holds a BFA from Wichita State University in Technical Theatre and Design. He served as Production Stage Manager for LOOK Musical Theatre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also worked with Music Theatre Wichita for four summers where he assistant stage managed over twenty productions. He moved to Cincinnati to spend two seasons at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park as a stage management intern. His other credits include the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Theatre in the Park, Kansas City Starlight, and Wichita Center for the Arts. His favorite productions include Thunder Knocking on the Door, Merrily We Roll Along (directed by John Doyle), Disney’s The Little Mermaid, The Producers, Miss Saigon, Tribes, and Sunset Boulevard. Thank you to the cast and design staff for making this fantastic experience. Love to MDRJMLAT. He is a proud Actors' Equity Association member!
B rian c. M e H ring (Resident Set & Lighting Designer) has designed over 100 productions at ETC. His favorite productions include: Thom Pain (based on nothing), Next to Normal, 33 Variations, Freud's Last Session, and I Am My Own Wife. Mr. Mehring’s regional favorites for set design include: The Last 5 Years and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Playhouse in the Park; Henry IV, Part 1, The Georgia Shakespeare Festival; and I Am My Own Wife, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Peterborough Players, and Florida Studio Theatre.
s H annon rae lu T z (Properties Master/Design Assistant) earned her Master’s degree in 1996 and became Prop Master at ETC. Ms. Lutz would like to thank the Cincinnati theatre community and patrons for their generous, supportive and tenacious spirit. Trained as a performer, she first appeared on ETC’s stage during the 1989 New Works Festival. In 1991, she was granted an ETC Internship. Now the Director of Intern Programming, she is honored to guide ETC’s essential ensemble: the Intern Company. She would like to thank her family for their persistent love and support, Ruth D. Sawyer for lessons in art, life, and integrity, and D. Lynn Meyers for her dedication to our dreams.
re B a senske (Costume Designer) is CCM's Associate Costume Designer. She's designed costumes for ETC's Becky's New Car, Dead Man's Cell Phone, 33 Variations, Mauritius, Grey Gardens, The Seafarer, Mary's Wedding, Rabbit Hole, Souvenir, String of Pearls, I Am My Own Wife, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), among countless others. Her other credits include ETC's world premiere holiday productions of Ugly Duck, Cinderella, The Frog Princess, Alice in Wonderland, and Sleeping Beauty, as well as Side Man, A Question of Mercy, Seascape, and Traveler in the Dark. CCM credits include: Hot Summer Nights, Violet, We Tell the Story, and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. Other CCM credits include: Singin' in the Rain, The Boys from Syracuse, Oklahoma!, and Big River. She designed Noah's Flood for the May Festival and is Cincinnati Opera's costume coordinator. She designed Ainadamar, Cosi Fan Tutti, and most recently, Calisto for the Cincinnati Opera.
M aT T C al la H an (Sound Designer) has been the Resident Sound Designer for Actors Theatre of Louisville for the past seven seasons. Most recent designs include The Pavilion, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Bob, LMNO Pea, The End, Sirens, The Cherry Sisters, Ground, A Christmas Story, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hard Weather Boating Party; Size Matters, Other Desert Cities, Mrs. Mannerly and Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; This Beautiful City, All Hail Hurricane Gordo, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Tempest and Sherlock Holmes. Mr. Callahan was also a co-creator/designer of Rock n’ Roll: The Reunion Tour. He has spent two seasons as the resident sound designer at The Eugene O’Neil Center for their National Playwrights Conference. He was formerly the sound engineer for The Steppenwolf Theatre, the Assistant Engineer for Blue Man Chicago and a member of the disbanded Defiant Theatre. He received a Jeff Citation for Red Dragon (Defiant Theatre), a nomination for Fortinbras (Defiant Theatre) and a Kevin Kline nomination for Sherlock Holmes (St. Louis Rep and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park).
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Howard & Nancy Starnbach
Ed & Anne Stern
Elizabeth Stites & Kevin Randall
Elizabeth A. Stone
Joe & Nancy Stratman
The Tarshis Family Fund at Schwab Charitable Fund
Jennifer Verkamp
Buzz Ward
Steve F. Warkany Fund*
Norm & Wendy Wasserman
Joseph Wessling
Barbara Wiedemann
Gene Wilson
The Rev. Anne Wrider
Jeffrey & Nadia Wuest
C rew Colu M n ($125-$249):
Anonymous (7)
Karen & Fred Abel
Christine O. Adams
Larry & Debby Adams
Albert & Lillian Andrews
Henrietta Barlag
Bill & Janet Berger
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bloch
Neil Bortz
Warren & Gail Cato
Kevin & Linda Chaney
Anne E. Charles, in memory of Richard Charles
Sally Chatfield Dunn
James Cissell
Rev. Dr. Robert W. Croskery & Beverly Croskery, Ph.D.
Douglass L. Custis
Amy Diamond & Edward Wolf
Emilie W. & David W. Dressler Family Fund*
Jane & Igor Dumbadze
Peggy Eberhard
Charles K. Eckert
Charles & Harriet Edwards
Ray & Kay Edwards
Teri Foltz
Carol S. Friel
Eugenie & Edward Goggin
Elaine & Joseph Grever
Michael Gumbleton & Teddy Gumbleton
Irving Harris
Joe & Susan Harten
Ann E. Hicks
Jacquelyn Hirt
Emily M. Hodges Fund
David & Karen Hoguet
Cindy & Bill Hopping
Erin Houlihan & John Bostick
James & Robin Huizenga
Kenneth Jordan
* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Charles D. King
Kurt Kishler, in memory of John Arthur
Tim & Mary Alice Koch
Dorothy K. Larsson
John Lin
Jacqueline M. Mack & Dr. Edward B. Silberstein
Dick & Barbara Males
DeDe & Kevin McNeal
Mary Ann Meanwell
Jan & Marilyn Methlie
Dr. Ralph Meyer
Dr. Stephen F. Mielech
Anu & Shekhar Mitra
Mary Sue Morrow
Nora & Michael Moushey
Eunice H. Murphy
Paul & Mary Ann Odegard
Fred & Leila Oliver
Maurice Oshry
Myles L. & Patricia N. Pensak
David M. Piatt Fund*
Sara H. Pritchard
Irene & Daniel Randolph Family
Sherrill Redovian
Margaret M. Reid
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Revelson
Richard Russell
Patti & Mitchell Sacks
Catharine B. Saelinger
James & Joyce Salinger
Jeanie Schmidt
Jack & Kris Schwein
Elizabeth Sherwood & Tina Stoeberl
Elaine Shinkle
Paul Shortt
Eli E. Shupe, Jr. & Toby Ruben
Mrs. Barbara B. Simon
Mary Lee & Louie Sirkin
Keven Speece
Jean Springer
Jerry Stein
Fred & Anne Straus Charitable Fund
Dennis & Helen Sullivan
Tom Tepe
Carol Thaman
J. Michael & Patricia Thierauf
Barbara Tobias
Tom Umfrid & Phil Tworek
Rosalie P. van Nuis
Vendini
Ann & Victor Warner
Pann & Terry Webb
Kate & Jay Wilford
Joseph D. Williams
Mark & Irene Zigoris
e xe C u T ive B oard
John Sawyer Stephen M. King
Chair President
Marcene Kinney Mitchell Meyers
Vice President Treasurer
Jane Sellers
Secretary
a d M inis T raT ive s Taff
D. Lynn Meyers
The Ruth Dennis Sawyer/ Mary Taft Mahler
Producing Artistic Director
Richard J. Diehl
Managing Director
Jocelyn Meyer
Director of Marketing & Communications
Jared D. Doren
Director of Patron Services & Development Associate
Ashley Johnson Grants & Annual Fund Manager
Amy Janowiecki
Marketing & Development Associate
Ben Raanan
Director of Education & Outreach, Directing Apprentice
Box offi C e asso C iaT es
John Diehl
Becca Howell
Seth Longland
Sarah Nix
Sharisse Saunders
Becca Schall
House M anagers
Becca Howell
Sharisse Saunders
H ead of se C uri T y
Officer Nick Ligon
B oard of Trus T ees
Nick Apanius
Mary Bonansinga
Otto M. Budig
Dr. Charles O. Carothers
Brenda A. Carter
Kathy DeLaura
Tom Dietz
Dennis Geiger
produ CT ion s Taff
Brian c. Mehring
Chip Gerhardt
Skip Hickenlooper
Dan Hurley
Edward G. Marks
Richard L. Postler
Paul Sittenfeld
Simón Sotelo
Mary Stagaman
Mike Zimmer
Resident Set & Lighting Designer
Matthew Hollstegge
Production Coordinator & Master Electrician
Shannon Rae Lutz
Property Master, Design Assistant & Director of Intern Programming
Jack Murphy
Technical Director
Melissa Bennett
Technical Associate
Brandon T. Holmes
Production Stage Manager
Starr Fish
Costume Assistant
f inan C ial a dvisor
Chet Cavaliere
s Tage M anage M en T i n T erns
Stacey Catron
Laura Stenger
Shannon M. Williams
aCT ing i n T ern C o M pany
Terrence J. Ganser
Kadeem Ali Harris
Molly Israel
Aziza Macklin
Deirdre Manning
Patrick E. Phillips
Emily Scott
Natalie Joyce Smith
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e TC Box o ffi C e Hours & aCC ep T ed pay M en T
Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 2 hours prior to curtain. Weekend hours vary. VISA, MC, Discover, and AmEx are accepted, as well as Downtown Gift Cards.
Ti C ke T reservaT ions & s ale poli C y
Reservations can be made by calling the box office, in person, or online. Ticket reservations are not accepted via email. Single-ticket purchases are a final sale with no refund. Single tickets may, however, be exchanged for another performance during the run of a show for a fee, but may not be exchanged from one production to another. If a patron is a no-show for their reserved performance, ETC is under no obligation to reschedule his or her tickets.
Tax C redi T s
If for any reason you cannot attend your performance and cannot reschedule for another date, tickets released prior to performances by calling the ETC box office are fully deductible as a charitable contribution. No-shows or tickets released after curtain time do not qualify as tax credits.
parking
Patrons may park at the Gateway Garage (accessible via 12th Street) or at the surface lot, both are conveniently located at the corner of Vine and 12th Streets. Parking is also available at Washington Park Garage and Mercer Commons Garage.
C H ildren
Children under the age of 4 will not be admitted to productions unless otherwise advertised. Parents with disruptive children will be asked to leave the theatre.
l aT eC o M ers & ad M i TTan C e
Latecomers will be seated at the House Manager’s discretion and may be denied admission depending upon the demands or structure of a particular production. Should you need to leave the theatre during a performance, readmittance is not guaranteed. ETC reserves the right to deny admission and/or remove any disruptive patrons from the theatre at any time.
r es T roo M s
Restrooms are located at the front of the lobby. Should you need to use the restroom during a performance, please exit the theatre the same way you came in. Readmittance will be at House Manager's discretion.
a CC essi B ili T y
Please notify the box office in advance if you require wheelchair-accessible seating or have special seating needs and our staff will be happy to accommodate you. Audio-enhancement available. Generally, signinterpreted performances are on the third Wednesday of every production.
Ca M eras, Cell p H ones & s Tage
Actors’ Equity Association strictly prohibits the use of cameras or recording devices (including camera phones) in the theatre. Kindly turn off any cell phones or pagers prior to the show starting. Text messaging during the show disturbs other audience members and actors and will not be tolerated. For safety reasons, audience members are strictly prohibited from standing, sitting or otherwise being or putting anything onstage at any time.
g roups & d is C oun T s
Groups of 8 or more can save over single-ticket prices. Student rates, rush discounts, Public Radio Perks Card, AAA, ArtsWave ArtsPass, Enjoy the Arts, and educator and military member discounts available (please consult your appropriate membership(s) for details and exclusions).
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