Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park
Opera
e nsemble t heatre c incinnati
The 2015-2016 Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Season
D. Lynn Meyers, Producing Artistic Director
Premiere Sponsor:
Technology Sponsor: fbtTECH
Beer Sponsor: Christian Moerlein Brewing Company
grounded
by George Brant
Directed by Michael Evan Haney† January 26-February 14, 2016
Set & Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Costume Designer
Properties Master & Design Assistant
Production Manager & Master Electrician
Technical Director
Production Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Brian c. Mehring
Matt Callahan
Starr Fish
Shannon Rae Lutz
Matthew Hollstegge
Jack Murphy
Brandon T. Holmes*
Elizabeth Freyman*
GROUNDED is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
GROUNDED was first produced in a rolling World Premiere by SF Playhouse (California), Borderlands Theater (Arizona), and Unicorn Theatre (Missouri) as part of the National New Play Network's Continued Life program. New York Premiere of GROUNDED was produced by Page 73 Productions (Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Executive Directors; Michael Walkup, Associate Director)
The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production is a violation of United States copyright law and an actionable federal offense.
This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
*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.
Season Funder:
2015-2016 Season Presenting Sponsor:
outreach Sponsor:
Fairy godmother Sponsor:
Season Ticket Sponsor:
educational outreach Supporters
Eleanora C.U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
William P. Anderson Foundation
The Charles H. Dater Foundation
Donald C. and Laura M. Harrison Fund of
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation P&G Fund
The William O. Purdy, Jr. Foundation
The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee
Jack J. Smith, Jr. Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, N.A. and Karen B. Wachs, Co-Trustees
Summerfair Cincinnati
The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation
next Stage Supporters
Anonymous (2)
Walter Blair
Rosemary H. & Frank Bloom Special Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
City of Cincinnati
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
The Mitchell S. & Jacqueline P. Meyers Foundation
Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission
Ohio Valley Foundation
P&G Fund
Ruth D. & John Sawyer
operating Support:
Season Supporters
Mitchell & Jackie Meyers
Susan Friedlander
Season Accommodations Sponsor
Garfield Suites Hotel
Caffeinated Conversations Sponsor GBBN
In-Kind Contributors
Chet Cavaliere
Cincinnati State Technical & Community College, Interpreter Training Program
College Hill Coffee Co. & Casual Gourmet
Knickers of Hyde Park LPK
Suder’s Art Store
Trader Joe's
WGUC 90.9 FM
WNKU 89.7 FM
WVXU 91.7 FM
Apprentice Sponsors
Tim & Cathy Cody
joe & Norah Mock
College Nights
@ Ens E mbl E Th E a T r E Cin C inna
Score $10 advance tickets* for any 7:00 pm Sunday performance during the 2015-2016 Season
Greater Cincinnati area college students with a valid student i.d. may purchase up to two (2) $10 tickets* in advance for any 7:00 pm Sunday performance. Includes: Grounded, Annapurna, and Violet.
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CAST & C rew
CAST
The Pilot ......................................................................................... Kathleen Wise*
runnIng Crew
Assistant Stage Manager ......................................................... Elizabeth Freyman*
2nd Assistant Stage Manager Daniela N. Nenova
Assistant Director ................................................................................ Ben Raanan
Motor Operator ............................................................................... Kendra Beitzel
Light Board Operator ....................................................................... Lauren Bowler
Sound Board Operator ................................................................. Katie Groneman
Projections Operator Joshua Harris
Running Crew ........................................................ Brendan Getches, Stephen Kell
underSTudIeS
The Pilot ...... Kendra Beitzel, Lauren Bowler, Katie Groneman, Daniela N. Nenova
Approximate total running time is 1 hour, 20 minutes with no intermission.
SPeCIAl ACKnowledgmenTS
Aaron Clements, Sterling Shelton, University of Cincinnati CCM
When I first read Grounded, what struck me first, besides the beautifully constructed prose poem of a script, was the fact that it is a war story told by a woman—a fighter pilot no less.
But more than that, it is a story about drones—the killing machines, we read about so often now, that can assassinate targets half a world away with the pressing of a button. And more than that, it deals with the duality of modern life—the schism between our virtual selves and our real lives—as the author George Brant describes it: "about being there and not being there."
One of the most moving passages in the play for me describes the Pilot, our heroine, returning home after a twelve-hour shift of staring at a screen and killing "men of military age" who are enemy targets. Imagine the disconnect.
"The door opens and the happy Family greets their hero home from the war
It would be a different book
The Odyssey
If Odysseus came home every day
Every single day
A very different book."
I feel that Lynn Meyers and the Ensemble Theatre with this play, along with last season's An Iliad, have shared with their audience two very different yet companionable views into mankind and the destruction war wages on the soul of (wo)man.
-Michael Evan Haney, Director
TH e CAST
kaTHLEE n wi SE (The Pilot) is thrilled to be making her Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati debut. Her theater credits include: Vinegar Tom (Potomac Theater Project/NYC), The Winslow Boy (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Talley's Folly (Merrimack Rep), Julius Caesar (The Acting Company/Guthrie Theater), Chain of Fools (Guthrie Theater), Diary of Anne Frank (Indiana Rep/ Pioneer Theatre), Murder on the Nile (Dorset Theatre Festival), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum). She has played leading roles in the independent films Ironwood, Bella Vista, Historias del Canal, 4 Nights in the Hamptons, and Antidote. Other television and film credits include Palimpsest (Sundance Film Festival 2012), Unforgettable, and the award-winning web series WILDCATS. A Cincinnati native, Ms. Wise received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MFA from NYU’s Graduate Acting program. She dedicates this performance to her family and to the memory of her father.
ENSEMBLE THEATRE CINCINNATI’S PREMIERE PARTY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2016
MUSIC HALL BALLROOM
1241 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45202
Enter Through Elm Street Entrance
Attire: Fun Cocktail
7:00 PM
Doors Open – Dinner by the Bite 8:00 PM
Program and Performance featuring The Marvelous Wonderettes 9:00 – 10:00 PM
A special performance by Over the Rhine
TH e C re ATI ve T e A m
g E o R g E BR an T ' S (Playwright) plays include Grounded, Elephant’s Graveyard, The Mourners’ Bench, Any Other Name, Salvage, Grizzly Mama, Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile, and Dark Room. A Core Writer at the Playwright’s Center, his scripts have been produced internationally by Trinity Repertory Company, the Studio Theatre, City Theatre, the Gate Theatre of London, Page 73, and the Traverse Theatre, among others. He has received a Kennedy Center National Playwriting Award, the Smith Prize, an Edinburgh Fringe First Award, a Creative Workforce Fellowship, two OAC Individual Excellence Awards, and the Keene Prize for Literature. He has been awarded writing fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the McCarter Theatre Center, Blue Mountain Center, the Djerassi Resident Artist’s Program, and the Michener Center for Writers. He is published by Samuel French, Oberon Books, and Smith & Kraus.
TH e d I re CTor
M i CH a EL E van H an E y (Director) is delighted to return to ETC where he has directed An Iliad, 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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TH e P rodu CTI on T e A m
BR andon T. H o LMES (Production Stage Manager) is currently in his fourth season with ETC. He holds a BFA from Wichita State University in Technical Theatre and Design. For four summers, he served as an Assistant Stage Manager with Music Theatre Wichita where he worked on over twenty productions. He also served as Production Stage Manager for LOOK Musical Theatre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2010, he moved to Cincinnati and spent two seasons at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park as a stage management intern. His other credits include the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Theatre in the Park, and Wichita Center for the Arts. Favorite productions include Thunder Knocking on the Door, Hands on a Hardbody, Merrily We Roll Along (directed by John Doyle), Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Outside Mullingar, Miss Saigon, Tribes, and Sunset Boulevard. Thank you to Lynn, Matt, Shannon, and Brian for imagining such beautiful productions and creating the magic that is seen onstage. Love to MDJATA for sending their love and support from KC & Seattle. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.
EL iza BETH FRE y M an (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be returning to ETC for the full season. A graduate of CCM’s Stage Management Program (BFA, 2014), she is now a proud member of Actors' Equity. Previous Ensemble Credits: Freud’s Last Session, Black Pearl Sings!, The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns, and Sleeping Beauty. Other selected credits include: Le nozze di Figaro (PSM), The Princeton Festival; Il Trovatore (ASM), Knoxville Opera; Magic Flute (PSM), Piedmont Opera; Street Scene (ASM), Opera North; and Der fliegende Holländer (ASM), Piedmont Opera. Love to her amazing family and the best friends.
BR ian c. MEHR ing (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.
SH annon R a E LUT z (Properties Master/Design Assistant) earned her Master's degree from UC-CCM 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 1988-1989 New Works Festival. In 1991, she was granted an ETC Internship. Now the Director of Apprentice Programming, she is honored to guide ETC's essential ensemble: The Professional Acting Apprentice Company. "Happy 30th ETC and thank you Ruth and John Sawyer, the Mahlers, D. Lynn Meyers and countless others for making that possible."
TH e P rodu CTI on T e A m C on T.
ST a RR F i SH (Costume Designer) earned her Master’s Degree in Costume Technology from University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and her Bachelor of Arts in Theater Design from Buffalo State College. She is often seen sewing around town at the Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, the CCM costume shop and right here as the costume assistant for Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
J a C k MURPH y (Technical Director) grew up in the Cincinnati area. He went to undergrad at Hanover College where he studied technical theatre. While there he spent his summers at several different summer stock theatres such as Georgia Shakespeare Company and the Brevard Music Center’s Janiec Opera Company as a carpenter. After graduation he moved to Bellport, NY to work for The Gateway Playhouse as a carpenter and rigger. When he left Gateway, he went to work on The Pride of America, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship. After another summer at the Janiec Opera Company, he came full circle and returned home to Cincinnati. Since he has been back, he has worked at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and River City Scenic as well as ETC.
TH e P rem I ere S o CI e TY
The Premiere Society recognizes individuals who have made gifts totaling $1,000 or more within the past year. The exceptional generosity of these donors enables ETC to present world class new works and works new to the region by having the resources to achieve the highest level of artistic quality possible. The following list was updated November 9, 2015 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $1,000 + since September 1, 2014. For questions or corrections, please contact Ashley Johnson at (513) 421-3555, ext. 17.
wo RL d C i RCLE ($10,000+):
Anonymous (2) ArtsWave
Rosemary Bloom Gifting Fund*
The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Lucille K. & Charles O. Carothers
The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc.
The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./US Bank Foundation
Donald C. & Laura M. Harrison Fund*
John & Gloria Goering Family Gift Fund LPK
Macy's
Mitchell S. Meyers & Jacqueline P. Meyers Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
Ohio Valley Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Agent
P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Fund PNC Foundation
Richard Postler & Manuel Hernandez
The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Jack J. Smith, Jr. Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, N.A & James S. Wachs, Co-Trustees
Nellie Leaman Taft Foundation
naT iona L C i RCLE ($5,000-$9,999):
Anonymous (2)
William P. Anderson Foundation Crosset Family Fund*
Harry & Linda Fath
Dennis & Rita Geiger
Jane & Chip Gerhardt
The Raymond C. & Anna T. Johnson Foundation Kroger
Edward & Anita Marks
Messer Construction Co.
Lynne Miller & Stephen King
Valerie Newell & Tim Smith
Charles Scott Riley III Foundation
Moe & Jack Rouse
Elizabeth Sawyer Selnick Fund*
The Dudley S. Taft Charitable Foundation
Thompson Hine LLP
Toyota
Irwin & Barbara Weinberg
The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation
RE giona L C i RCLE ($2,500-$4,999):
Anonymous
Nicholas Apanius
Mary & William Bonansinga Charitable Family Fund*
Mrs. Charlene Breidster
Kathy DeLaura & Ron Steinhoff
GBBN Architects
Linda Greenberg Fund*
Bob & Judy Heaton
Mr. & Mrs. Skip & Susan Hickenlooper
Mr. & Mrs. David E. Moccia
Norah & joe Mock
David & Judith Morgan Fund*
* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Digi & Mike Schueler
Betsy & Paul Sittenfeld
Mary Stagaman
Paul & Jill Staubitz
Summerfair Foundation, Inc.
Ed Trach
The Dennis B. & Patricia L. Worthen Fund
Jeff Wyler
C in C innaT i C i RCLE ($1,000-$2,499):
Anonymous (3)
Anatole Alper
Renee Alper
Americana Arts Foundation
Norita Aplin & Stanley H. Ragle
Wilma & Herb Beigel
Len Berenfield
Michael Berry & Melanie Garner
Robert L. Bogenschutz
Alicia Bond-Lewis
J Allan & Dorothy Campbell Family Fund*
Ken & Joan Campbell
Denise & Martin Chambers
Burton & Susan Closson
William & Catherine Cody
Thomas R. Dietz
John DuBois
Grace A. Epstein
Mary & Bob Fitzpatrick
Shelly Shor Gerson
Judith B. Green & Thomas M. McDonough
Irving Harris
Suzanne & Dr. Bob Hasl
Marilyn P. & Joseph W. Hirschhorn Fund*
Emily M. Hodges Fund
Daniel Hurley
William & Mary Jane James
Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund*
Arleene Keller
Kroger Community Rewards Program
The Links Inc. Cincinnati Chapter
Ron Longstreth & Allen Black
Mr. Ihor & Dr. Lisa Jo Melnyk
John & Deborah Moffatt
Netherland Rubber Co.
Marilyn Z. Ott
Pepper Family Fund*
Joseph A. & Susan E. Pichler Fund*
Hera Reines
Marvin & Betsy Schwartz Fund*
Jane Bogart Sellers
Paula Steiner
Glenda Suttman
Ms. Carol Talbot
Judith B. Titchener
Howard & Marty Tomb
UPS
Ronna & James Willis Charitable Fund
Mike & Liz Zimmer
Nora Zorich & Thomas Filardo Family Fund*
our S u PP or T er S
ETC gratefully acknowledges the extraordinary individuals, families, and organizations whose generous support makes it possible for us to present exceptional theatre and unique educational outreach programs for our community. The following list was updated October 1, 2015 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $125 + since August 1, 2014. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. For questions or corrections, please contact Ashley Johnson at (513) 421-3555, ext. 17.
30 F o R 30 CLUB:
Bob Amott & Janice Flanagan
Mark Bowen
Chet Cavaliere
James Cissell
Jacqueline Conner
Mark Dauner
Bob Gaston, DVM
Ann E. Hicks
Ervin W. Houston
Betty Huck
J.B. Lutz Family
Dr. Robert Keith & Kathleen Thornton-Keith
Bill & Karen McKim
Allen R. Middleton & Gary A. Daniels
James & Mary Nordlund
Barbara & Michael Porte
Al Roane
Tom & Mary Schmitz
Jennifer Stucker & John Eck
Buzz Ward
Barry & Karen Webb
Pann & Terry Webb
Beverly & Robert Winkelman
aCTo RS Co LUM n ($500-$999):
Anonymous (2)
Actors' Equity Foundation, Inc.
Lois Annich & Richard Israel
Malcolm A. & Glenda Bernstein
Walter Blair
Bob & Elaine Blatt
Clay & Emily Bond
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Matching Gift Program
Gary & Jackie Bryson
Brenda Carter
James Cissell
Meredythe G. & Clayton C. Daley, Jr. Family Fund*
Mark Dauner
Kathryn J. DeLong
Richard & Carol Fencl
Nora Zorich & Thomas Filardo Family Fund*
GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Helen & John Habbert
Mrs. C. H. Harrison III
Debra Hartsell & Michael James
Erin Houlihan & John Bostick
Diane & Ervin Houston
Betty Huck
Keith & Patti James
Knickers of Hyde Park
Al & Mary Lopez
Dr. Ralph Meyer
William & Sara Morgan
Kit & Jack Overbeck
Alice & Burton Perlman
Barbara & Michael Porte
Presidential Plaza Associates, LTD
* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Bob & Connie Reed
Becky & Ted Richards
Stephen & Helen Rindsberg
B.W. Robb
George & Caroll Roden
Rich & Jess Roedersheimer
John J. Schiff, Jr.
Linda & Andy Smith
John & Martha Spiess
Thornton-Keith Family Charitable Gift Fund
Jennifer Verkamp
Maureen & Larry Vignola
Steve F. Warkany Fund*
Larry Weber
Jo Ann Wieghaus
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph & Patricia Witson
Anne J. Wrider
STag E M anag ERS Co LUM n ($250-$499):
Anonymous (4)
Anne Aiken
Howard & Frankie Alper Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
Bob Amott & Janice Flanagan
Norman Bates
Mike & Juliette Bezold
Neil E. Billman, In Memory of Taffy Billman
David & Elaine Billmire
Eileen & William Bishop
dabby Blatt
Mark Bowen
Mr. David A. Brashear
Daniel Brown & Mark Haggard
Philip & Marjorie Compton
Jacqueline Conner
Roger Cranos
Judith de Luce
Kelly M. Dehan
Robert & Elizabeth Ehrsam
Terrell & Susan Finney
Mary Fiorini
Gulf Coast Combined Federal Campaign
Gumbleton Family
Betsy & Tom Hampton
Sue Harris & Meredith Green
Joe & Susan Harten
Julia Hawgood & Harry Kangis
Ann E. Hicks
Florette Hoffheimer
Indian Hill Episcopal-Presbyterian Church 2014 Vestry/Session, In Honor of Rev. Anne Wrider
John Isidor & Sandy Kaltman
Tim & Grace Kerr
Pinky & Sam Kocoshis
Carmen & Rich Kovarsky
Toni Laboiteaux
Renee & Bradley Lemberg
J.B. Lutz Family
Mark D. Manley & Annette J. Wick
our S u PP or T er S C on T.
William M. & Karen P. McKim
Allen R. Middleton & Gary A. Daniels
William & Sibyl Miller
Hatsuki Miyata
Anne Mulder & Rebecca Gibbs
Patti Myers & Alan Flaherty
Linnea & Norbert Nadel
Roy & Cheryl Newman
Terry & Jill Parsons
Sara H. Pritchard
Irene & Daniel Randolph Family
Margaret M. Reid
Steven & Carol Reubel
Al Roane
J. R. Rulon
Jude Samuel
Mark Schlafman
Tom & Mary Sue Schmitz
Russell Schnurr
Patrick & Ida Sepate
Arnie & Ina Shayne
Robert & Eleanor Shott Philanthropic Fund
Richard & Jackie Snyder
Barbara & Ethan Stanley
Ed & Anne Stern
Elizabeth Stites & Kevin Randall
Elizabeth A. Stone
Jennifer Stucker & John Eck
Dennis & Helen Sullivan
Carol Thaman
Buzz Ward
Ann & Victor Warner
Wendy & Norm Wasserman
Barry & Karen Webb
Pann & Terry Webb
Joseph Wessling
Lois Widlansky
Jay & Kate Wilford
Beverly & Robert Winkelman
CRE w Co LUM n ($125-$249):
Anonymous (7)
Christine O. Adams
Larry & Debby Adams
Lucy Allen
American Express Employee Giving Program
Albert & Lillian Andrews
Daniel & Frances Bailey
Marshall & Alyce Bailey-Thomas
Henrietta Barlag
Jane Bennett
Allen Bernard & Virginius Hall
William Blake
Neil Bortz
Charlin & Peter Briggs
Rhoda & John Brooks
Jack & Sue Buescher
Warren & Gail Cato
Kevin & Linda Chaney
Anne E. Charles, in memory of Richard Charles & Rebecca Parker
Christian Moerlein Brewing Co.
Susan Cohen & Robert Schmuelling
Barbara & Gary Cummins
Sonia Daoud
Steve & Daina Dennis
* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Jane & Igor Dumbadze
Sally Chatfield Dunn
Peggy Eberhard
Charles K. Eckert
Charles & Harriet Edwards
Linda Erpelding
Mr. Frederick A. Fink
Bruce W. Fisher
Amy Fitzgibbons
Vanessa Freytag
Carol S. Friel
Eugenie Goggin
Diane & Stanley Goodman
Michael Haney & Amy Warner
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Jacquelyn Hirt
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Janice Kagermeier
Barbara Kelley
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Charles D. King
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Susan Kruezmann
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Barbara Lind
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Mary McDonough
Laura S. Menge
Jan & Marilyn Methlie
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David M. Piatt*
Rhinegeist
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Richard Russell
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Carol Schaber
Jeanie Schmidt
Jim Schmidt
Abby & David Schwartz
Andy & Deborah Emont Scott
Elizabeth Sherwood & Tina Stoeberl
Julie & Steven Shifman
Mrs. Barbara B. Simon
Mary Lee & Louie Sirkin
Howard & Nancy Starnbach
Fred & Anne Straus Charitable Fund
Tom Tepe
J. Michael & Patricia Thierauf
Marcia Togneri
Jeffrey T. Uetrecht
Tom Umfrid & Phil Tworek
Rosalie P. van Nuis
Vendini
Dr. & Mrs. George Waissbluth
Priscilla S. Walford
Mike Wedig
Jane C. Whalen
Joseph D. Williams
Ex ECUT iv E B oa R d
Stephen M. King, Chair
Chip Gerhardt, President
Kathy DeLaura, Vice President
Mike Zimmer, Treasurer
Nick Apanius, Secretary
a d M ini STR aT iv E STa FF
D. Lynn Meyers
The Ruth Dennis Sawyer/
Mary Taft Mahler
Producing Artistic Director
Richard J. Diehl
Managing Director
Julie Carpenter
Development Manager
Ashley Johnson
Grants & Annual Fund Manager
Jocelyn Meyer
Director of Marketing & Communications
Amy Janowiecki
Marketing Associate
Jared D. Doren
Patron Services Manager & Development Associate
Ben Raanan
Director of Education & Outreach, Assistant Director
John Diehl
Operations Associate
Box o FF i CE a SS o C iaTES
Warren Bryson
John Diehl
Becca Howell
Sarah Nix
Patrick E. Phillips
Sharisse Saunders
Becca Schall
Ho USE M anag ERS
Becca Howell
Sharisse Saunders
B oa R d o F T RUSTEES
Alicia Bond-Lewis
Otto M. Budig
Brenda A. Carter
Dennis Geiger
Dan Hurley
Marcene Kinney
Mitchell Meyers
di RECT o RS EMER i TUS
Skip Hickenlooper
Edward G. Marks
our STAFF
Nilesh Patel
Richard L. Postler
Rich Roedersheimer
Paul Sittenfeld
Simón Sotelo
Jane Sellers
Mary Stagaman
F o U nd ERS ' C i RCLE
Ruth D. & John Sawyer
Ken & Mary "Murph" Mahler
Dr. Charles O. Carothers
PR od UCT ion STa FF
Brian c. Mehring
Resident Set & Lighting Designer
Matthew Hollstegge
Production Manager & Master Electrician
Shannon Rae Lutz
Property Master, Design Assistant & Director of Apprentice Programming
Jack Murphy
Technical Director
Melissa Bennett
Associate Technical Director
Bryce Edmonston
Technical Apprentice
Brandon T. Holmes
Production Stage Manager
Elizabeth Freyman
Assistant Stage Manager
Starr Fish
Costume Assistant
HE ad o F SECUR i T y
Officer Nick Ligon
Finan C ia L a dvi S o R
Chet Cavaliere
P R o FESS iona L a CT ing a PPRE n T i CES
Kendra Beitzel
Lauren Bowler
Brendan Getches
Katie Groneman
Joshua Harris
Stephen Kell
Daniela N. Nenova
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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.
Pa R king
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 i L d RE n
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.
LaTEC o MERS & ad M i TTan CE
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 ESTR oo MS
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 CCESS i B i L i 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 MER a S, C ELL PH on ES & STag E
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.
gR o UPS & d i SC o U n TS
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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