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ENSEMBLE THEATRE CINCINNATI
The 2015-2016 Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Season
D. Lynn Meyers, Producing Artistic Director
Premiere Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Beer Sponsor: Rhinegeist Brewery
LUNA GALE
by Rebecca Gilman
Directed by D. Lynn Meyers† September 8-27, 2015
Set & Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Costume Designer
Properties Master & Design Assistant
Production Coordinator & Master Electrician
Technical Director
Production
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Brian c. Mehring
Matt Callahan
Reba Senske
Shannon Rae Lutz
Matthew Hollstegge
Jack Murphy
Brandon T. Holmes*
Elizabeth Freyman*
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing, Woodstock, Illinois.
Luna Gale received its world premiere at Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Ill., on Jan. 27, 2014, Robert Falls, Artistic Director, Roche Schulfer, Executive 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.
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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
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Cincinnati State Technical & Community College, Interpreter Training Program
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LPK
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CAST & CREW
CAST
Pastor Jay Charlie Clark*
Caroline ....................................................................................... Annie Fitzpatrick*
Karlie ................................................................................................... Molly Israel
Lourdes .............................................................................................. Natalie Joyce
Peter ............................................................................................ Patrick E. Phillips
Cliff Brent Vimtrup*
Cindy................................................................................................... Kate Wilford*
RUNNING CREW
Assistant Stage Manager ......................................................... Elizabeth Freyman*
2nd Assistant Stage Manager Ammon Hollister
Assistant Director ................................................................................ Ben Raanan
Sound Board Operator .................................................................... Lauren Bowler
Light Board Operator ....................................................................... Kendra Beitzel
Wardrobe ..................................................................... Daniela Nikolaeva Nenova
Running Crew Brendan Getches, Katie Groneman, Joshua Harris, Stephen Kell
UNDERSTUDIES
Pastor Jay ............................................................................................ Stephen Kell
Caroline ....................................................................................... Ammon Hollister
Karlie Kendra Beitzel
Lourdes ......................................................................... Daniela Nikolaeva Nenova
Peter .................................................................................................. Joshua Harris
Cliff .............................................................................................. Brendan Getches
Cindy................................................................................................ Lauren Bowler
SETTING
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; The Present.
Luna Gale is performed with one intermission.
Approximate total running time is 2 hours, 15 minutes.
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDMENTS
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
David Logan
Steve Miller
University of Cincinnati—College-Conservatory of Music
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
We never see Luna Gale and yet she is the center of this play. The title of this play and the name of the child Luna Gale is a wonderful choice, I believe, by playwright Rebecca Gilman. It brings to my mind a magnificent dark night with a full moon shining brightly and yet a storm of enormous proportion about to strike and wipe it from the sky. Peace on the verge of destruction.
In any child’s life there are many elements. This play delves into the life of one child and the circumstances that will impact her destiny. We also meet another child of “the system” with Lourdes and get an inside view into the people who work these cases and who care for these children. Names not numbers, families not just files with facts, an overwhelming issue in our nation and as a nation we must be responsible for those who cannot take care of themselves.
Gilman has a way of presenting the norm and then tearing it away layer by layer the way a mystery unfolds. Each of the characters we meet in this play appear to be people who you would be in line with at any grocery store on any given day. The kid working at the drive through restaurant, the nurse at the doctor’s office, the guy driving an old truck in front of you on I-71. There are no villains here and no heroes, just people who make decisions as best they can.
When I first read the play I stepped back from it, it unsettled me, and then I quickly realized that I could not stop thinking about it. Unsettled is a good thing; it became clear to me that it needed to be in our season.
It is a deliberate choice to start our thirtieth anniversary season with this play. It embodies our mission of presenting plays that have a social conscience. It addresses our community in this moment. Over 400,000 children on any given day are in foster care. There were 70,000 deaths from drug overdoses and drug related deaths last year and this year threatens to show an increase. Centers for treatment and drug rehabilitation are over crowded, under funded, and the need grows daily. These are not just numbers, these are lives. Luna Gale is one life, one story, and our future.
-D. Lynn Meyers, Director
THE CAST
CHARLIE CLARK (Pastor Jay) is thrilled to be back at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, where he was last seen as Benny in Hands on a Hardbody. Previous Cincinnati credits include Don in Rapture, Blister, Burn, Dr. Rock in Next to Normal, Brandon in Next Fall, Joe/Jerry in Grey Gardens, Man #2 in Don’t Make Me Pull This Show Over, Prince Ivan in The Frog Princess and Tweedledum in Alice in Wonderland, all with Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; Enoch Snow in Carousel, Fagin in Oliver!, and Freddie in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, all at The Carnegie; and Boyet in Loves Labour’s Lost and Lord Chamberlain in Henry VIII, both with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. His other local credits include Jerry in The Full Monty, George in Sunday in the Park with George and Mason in Take Me Out, New Stage Collective; The Husband in See What I Wanna See, Know Theatre; The Husband in Hello Again, The Satori Group; and Charlie in The Charlie Clark Show, 2008 Fringe Festival. Prior Chicago credits include Gabriel in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Apple Tree Theatre; The Hawkshaws, The Baum House; and Frank in Merrily We Roll Along, Jack in Into the Woods, and Robert in Company, Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago, among others. Now based in Indianapolis, Mr. Clark was seen as Charlie in On Golden Pond with Indiana Repertory and Dan in Next to Normal at Phoenix Theatre. He would like to thank his wife, Greta, and sons Ben, Jack, and Owen for letting him play. You can see what he is doing next at facebook.com/charlie.clark.actor.
ANNIE FITZPATRICK (Caroline) recently appeared in Hands On A Hardbody at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. Her other favorite productions include: Next Fall, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Rabbit Hole, String of Pearls (for which she received an Acclaim Award), Wayfarer’s Rest, Intimate Apparel, The Exonerated, Women of Lockerbie, and Earhart. Additionally, Ms. Fitzpatrick received Cincinnati Entertainment Awards for her performances in Copperheads, Dinner With Friends, and Mauritius. She appeared in Pride and Prejudice and Hank Williams: Lost Highway, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Little Women, A Man For All Seasons, and Blithe Spirit, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; and Pluto and Collapse at Know Theatre. She has worked regionally at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Geva Theatre, Florida Stage, Florida Studio, CATCO, Human Race Theatre Co., Porthouse Theatre, and New Edgecliff Theatre. She was a founding member of The New Group in New York and toured internationally with Murder à La Carte. She has appeared in numerous soaps and in local and national commercials. Her TV and film credits include Those Who Kill on A&E, Army Wives, Little Accidents, Fun Size, and Milk Money.
THE TEEN SCENE
Ensemble Theatre's Teen Scene is a fun, Saturday afternoon mainstage subscription designed specifically for ages 13-19! Following Teen Scene matinees, participants get to kick back over pizza with cast members and theatre artists to discuss the show in a casual, relaxed environment. This affordable performance series is perfect for young theater enthusiasts to see and interact with our productions!
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Teen Scene participants pose with the cast of The Mountaintop following the performance.
Photo by Anna Penny.
THE CAST CONT.
MOLLY ISRAEL (Karlie) is deeply honored to be a part of the regional premiere of Luna Gale. Ms. Israel is a graduate of Muhlenberg College and was a member of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati's 2014-2015 Acting Intern Company, where her favorite shows included Love and Information (Ensemble) and The Other Place (The Woman U/S). At Muhlenberg, her stage credits included Riley in the world premiere of Brighde Mullins’ The Bourgeois Pig and Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, for which she received Irene Ryan nominations. Next up, she will be flying off to Neverland to play Molly Aster in the Cleveland premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher at Dobama Theatre in December. She is forever grateful to Lynn, the ETC family, the fearless 2014-2015 interns, and her family for their unconditional support. www.mollyisrael.com
NATALIE JOYCE (Lourdes) is thrilled to be returning to Ensemble Theatre for the opening of its thirtieth season! She is a proud alumna of ETC's 2014-2015 Acting Internship Program. Last year, Ms. Joyce served as an understudy in both Hands on a Hardbody (Heather) and An Iliad (The Poet) as well as performing in Sleeping Beauty (Stem) and Love and Information (Ensemble). She is originally from Philadelphia and is a graduate of Penn State's B.A. Acting Program. Some of Ms. Joyce's favorite credits include Georgie in Spike Heels and Maria in The Sound of Music. She would like to thank Lynn, the amazing ETC staff and crew, and her family for their support. Finally, Ms. Joyce would like to thank the brand new acting apprentices and welcome them to the Cincinnati theatre family.
PATRICK E. PHILLIPS (Peter) is ecstatic to be a part of the opening production of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati’s thirtieth anniversary season. He is a graduate of Xavier University where he received his BA in Theatre and English. He is also the recipient of the League of Cincinnati Theatres’ 2014 Rising Star Award and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor the same year. He appeared on ETC's stage in the 2014-2015 Acting Intern production of Love and Information (Ensemble) and in Sleeping Beauty (Branch/Dragon). During his internship, he understudied some amazing talent including Michael G. Bath (Hands on a Hardbody, The Other Place), Bruce Cromer (An Iliad ), and Brian Isaac Phillips (Outside Mullingar). Some of Mr. Phillips’ favorite collegiate credits include The Crucible (Rev. Hale; co-production with Cincinnati Shakespeare), From White Plains (Gregory), Avenue Q (Princeton), and The Taming of the Shrew (Lucentio). Mr. Phillips sends his love and gratitude to D. Lynn Meyers for this opportunity, Shannon Rae Lutz, Stephen Skiles, his family, friends, and his beautiful fiancé, Julia. You can find out more about Mr. Phillips and his work at www.PatrickEPhillips.com.
THE CAST CONT.
BRENT VIMTRUP (Cliff) is so very pleased to be making his ETC debut. He makes his artistic home as part of the resident ensemble at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company where he has played a slew of amazing roles including: John Proctor in The Crucible (League of Cincinnati Theatre Award for Best Actor), and title roles in Hamlet and Richard II. Selected additional credits include: The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Syracuse Stage; The Voysey Inheritance, Milwaukee Rep; and Sight Unseen, InProximity Theatre (for which he was a nominated for a 2011 New York Innovate Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role). He sends much love to his wife-to-be, Eileen, for her inspiration and support.
KATE WILFORD (Cindy) is honored to join the Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati in their thirtieth season opener. She was seen last season in Hands on a Hardbody and Sleeping Beauty. Her last holiday show was Alice in Wonderland. Her other past Ensemble favorites are Becky’s New Car, Good People, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Women of Lockerbie, as well as the world premieres of the musicals Snow White, Don’t Make Me Pull This Show Over, Keeping The Faith, and Joe McDonough’s drama Wayfarer’s Rest. Elsewhere, she won Acclaim and CEA awards as best actress for her performance in Death of A Salesman. Other award winning performances were in When the Rain Stops Falling at Know Theatre and Don’t Make Me Pull This Show Over here at ETC. She has appeared at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in Romeo and Juliet, The Cherry Orchard, All My Sons, and Bedroom Farce. Regionally, she has worked at The Lyceum Theatre, Beef N Boards, Westgate Theatre, The Kenley Players, and was a founding member of The Troupe, here in Cincinnati, as well as directed at Xavier University, Thomas More College, and for three years at Cincinnati Children’s Theatre. She is the Executive Director of Afterschool Acting, a non-profit dedicated to experienced actors teaching the acting experience in area schools. She is also an adjunct acting and directing teacher at Thomas More College, CCM, and Chatfield College. She sends her love and thanks to Lynn and the Wilford family for their love and support.
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THE PLAYWRIGHT
REBECCA GILMAN (Playwright), an American playwright, was born in Trussville, Alabama. She graduated from Birmingham-Southern College and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop at the University of Iowa (1991). She currently lives in Chicago where she is an associate professor at Northwestern University, an Artistic Associate at the Goodman Theatre, and serves on the board of the Dramatists Guild of America. Her plays include Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, The Glory of Living, and the Goodman Theatre world premieres of L una Gale, A True History of the Johnstown Flood, Dollhouse, Spinning Into Butter, Boy Gets Girl, and Blue Surge. Her plays have also been produced at the Lincoln Center Theatre in New York, Royal Court Theatre in London, the Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Manhattan Class Company, as well as other theaters around the country and abroad. She is a three-time Joseph Jefferson Award-winner. The Glory of Living was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. The play was also named a Time Magazine Top 10 play for 2001, and it won Gilman the George Devine Award and the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright. Ms. Gilman was the first American playwright to win an Evening Standard Award. She was awarded the 2008 Harper Lee Award.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
D. LYNN MEYERS (Director) is in her seventeenth season as the Producing Artistic Director of Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati where she has directed over fifty world and regional premieres, including Hands On A Hardbody, Rapture, Blister, Burn, Next to Normal, and The Whipping Man. She directed The Pavilion at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Pride and Prejudice for Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. She directed Off- Broadway at the York Theatre with Marsha Norman’s Traveler in the Dark and James McClure’s Max and Maxie. Her several Canadian national tours included Mass Appeal with the late great Gale Gordon. As a producer for Dove Audio, she produced and directed dozens of audio books. She served as the Associate Artistic Director at Cincinnati Playhouse for several seasons where she cast over a hundred productions as well as directed. In addition to directing, she is a member of the Casting Society of America and has cast for Hallmark, PBS, CBS, BBC, HBO, Paramount, and MGM. Her feature credits include serving as Location Casting Director for Shawshank Redemption, Carol, and Miles Ahead. She was named one of four finalists for the Zelda Fichandler National Award in 2011, honoring directors whose work is making an impact on the art form and their community. She was honored as a YWCA Woman of Achievement and given the Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Continued Excellence. She's a graduate of Thomas More College and serves on the college’s Board of Trustees.
THE PRODUCTION TEAM
BRANDON T. HOLMES (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 members of Actors’ Equity.
ELIZABETH FREYMAN (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.
BRIAN c. MEHRING (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.
SHANNON RAE LUTZ (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."
PRODUCTION TEAM CONT.
REBA SENSKE (Costume Designer) is CCM's Associate Costume Designer. She's designed costumes for ETC's Becky's New Car, 33 Variations, Mauritius, Grey Gardens, The Seafarer, 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 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 Calisto for the Cincinnati Opera.
MATT CALLAHAN (Sound Designer) was the Resident Sound Designer for Actors Theatre of Louisville for 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; Detroit '67, Size Matters, Other Desert Cities, Mrs. Mannerly, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. 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, a nomination for Fortinbras, and a Kevin Kline nomination for Sherlock Holmes.
JACK MURPHY (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.
THE PREMIERE SOCIETY
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 August 3, 2015 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $1,000 + since June 1, 2014. For questions or corrections, please contact Ashley Johnson at (513) 421-3555, ext. 17.
WORLD CIRCLE ($10,000+):
Anonymous (2)
Eleanora C.U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
ArtsWave
Rosemary H. & Frank Bloom Special Fund*
Lucille K. & Charles O. Carothers
The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc.
Harry & Linda Fath
William A. Friedlander Fund*
John & Gloria Goering Family Gift Fund
The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./US Bank Foundation
Donald C. & Laura M. Harrison Fund*
Kroger
Macy's
Mitchell S. Meyers & Jacqueline P. Meyers Foundation
P&G Fund*
PNC Foundation
Richard Postler & Manuel Hernandez
Ohio Arts Council
The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Nellie Leaman Taft Foundation
Thompson Hine LLP
Marilyn & Martin Wade/Rookwood Pottery Company
NATIONAL CIRCLE
($5,000-$9,999):
William P. Anderson Foundation
Crosset Family Fund*
GBBN Architects
Dennis & Rita Geiger
Chip Gerhardt
Marcene & Jim Kinney
LPK
Messer Construction Co.
Lynne Miller & Stephen King
Valerie Newell & Tim Smith
Charles Scott Riley III Foundation
Moe & Jack Rouse
Elizabeth Sawyer Selnick Fund*
Glenda Suttman
The Dudley S. Taft Charitable Foundation
Toyota
The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation
REGIONAL CIRCLE ($2,500-$4,999):
Anonymous
Mary & William Bonansinga Charitable Family Fund*
Kathy DeLaura & Ron Steinhoff
Linda Greenberg Fund*
Bob & Judy Heaton
Mr. & Mrs. Skip & Susan Hickenlooper
The Raymond C. & Anna T. Johnson Foundation
Edward & Anita Marks
David & Judith Morgan Fund*
Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati
Digi & Mike Schueler
* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Betsy & Paul Sittenfeld
Mary Stagaman
Summerfair Foundation, Inc.
Ed Trach
The Dennis B. & Patricia L. Worthen Fund
Jeff Wyler
CINCINNATI CIRCLE ($1,000-$2,499):
Anonymous (3)
Anatole Alper
Renee Alper
Americana Arts Foundation
Nicholas Apanius
Norita Aplin & Stanley H. Ragle
Len Berenfield
Michael Berry & Melanie Garner
Robert L. Bogenschutz
Alicia Bond-Lewis
Karen & Christopher Bowman
Mrs. Charlene Breidster
Ken & Joan Campbell
Denise & Martin Chambers
Burton & Susan Closson
Thomas R. Dietz
John DuBois
Grace A. Epstein
Mary & Bob Fitzpatrick
Judith B. Green & Thomas M. McDonough
Irving Harris
Suzanne & Dr. Bob Hasl
Marilyn P. & Joseph W. Hirschhorn Fund*
Daniel Hurley
William & Mary Jane James
Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund*
Kroger Community Rewards Program
The Links Inc. Cincinnati Chapter
Mr. Ihor & Dr. Lisa Jo Melnyk
Diane & Dave Moccia
Norah & joe Mock
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
Shelly Shor Gerson
Paul & Jill Staubitz
Paula Steiner
Judith B. Titchener
Howard & Marty Tomb
UPS
Maureen & Larry Vignola
Irwin & Barbara Weinberg
Stuart & Melinda Woolley
OUR SUPPORTERS
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 August 3, 2015 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $125 + since June 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 FOR 30 CLUB:
Bob Amott & Janice Flanagan
Mark Dauner
Ervin W. Houston
Dr. Robert Keith & Kathleen Thornton-Keith
Barbara & Michael Porte
Jennifer Stucker & John Eck
Barry & Karen Webb
ACTORS COLUMN ($500-$999):
Anonymous
Actors' Equity Foundation, Inc.
Bob Amott & Janice Flanagan
Malcolm A. & Glenda Bernstein
Walter Blair
Bob & Elaine Blatt
Clay & Emily Bond
Gary & Jackie Bryson
Brenda Carter
William & Catherine Cody
Meredythe G. & Clayton C. Daley, Jr. Family Fund*
Richard & Carol Fencl
Nora Zorich & Thomas Filardo Family Fund*
Kenneth J. Furrier
GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Helen & John Habbert
Mrs. C. H. Harrison III
Debra Hartsell & Michael James
Erin Houlihan & John Bostick
Diane & Ervin Houston
John Isidor & Sandy Kaltman
Keith & Patti James
Arleene Keller
Knickers of Hyde Park
William Morgan, in memory of John Sawyer
Kit & Jack Overbeck
Morris & Patricia Passer Family Fund*
Alice & Burton Perlman
Barbara & Michael Porte
Presidential Plaza Associates, LTD
Bob & Connie Reed
Becky & Ted Richards
B.W. Robb
George & Caroll Roden
Richard Roedersheimer
John J. Schiff, Jr.
Linda & Andy Smith
John & Martha Spiess
Thornton-Keith Family Charitable Gift Fund
Jennifer Verkamp
Barry & Karen Webb
Larry Weber
Jo Ann Wieghaus
Dr. & Mrs. James & Ronna Willis
The Rev. Anne Wrider
Mike & Liz Zimmer
* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
STAGE MANAGERS COLUMN ($250-$499):
Anonymous (6)
Anne Aiken
Mike & Juliette Bezold
Neil E. Billman, In Memory of Taffy Billman
David & Elaine Billmire
Eileen & William Bishop
dabby Blatt
Mark Bowen
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Matching Gift Program
Daniel Brown & Mark Haggard
Philip & Marjorie Compton
Roger Cranos
Judith de Luce
Kelly M. Dehan
Robert & Elizabeth Ehrsam
Terrell & Susan Finney
Mary Fiorini
Gulf Coast Combined Federal Campaign
Betsy & Tom Hampton
Sue Harris & Meredith Green
Julia Hawgood & Harry Kangis
Emily M. Hodges Fund
Florette Hoffheimer
Betty Huck
Indian Hill Episcopal-Presbyterian Church 2014 Vestry/ Session, In Honor of Rev. Anne Wrider
Tim & Grace Kerr
Pinky & Sam Kocoshis
Toni Laboiteaux
Renee & Bradley Lemberg
Al & Mary Lopez
William M. & Karen P. McKim
Dr. Ralph Meyer
William & Sibyl Miller
Hatsuki Miyata
Anne Mulder & Rebecca Gibbs
Patti Myers & Alan Flaherty
Linnea & Norbert Nadel
Roy & Cheryl Newman
Paul & Mary Ann Odegard
Sara H. Pritchard
Margaret M. Reid
Steven & Carol Reubel
J. R. Rulon
Jude Samuel
Mark Schlafman
Russell Schnurr
Patrick & Ida Sepate
Arnie & Ina Shayne
Barbara & Ethan Stanley
Ed & Anne Stern
Elizabeth Stites & Kevin Randall
Elizabeth A. Stone
Jennifer Stucker & John Eck
Dennis & Helen Sullivan
Carol Thaman
OUR SUPPORTERS CONT.
Vendini
Buzz Ward
Steve F. Warkany Fund*
Ann & Victor Warner
Wendy & Norm Wasserman
Joseph Wessling
Lois Widlansky
Jay & Kate Wilford
CREW COLUMN ($125-$249):
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Christine O. Adams
Larry & Debby Adams
Lucy Allen
American Express Employee Giving Program
Albert & Lillian Andrews
Daniel & Frances Bailey, in memory of John & Ruth Sawyer
Henrietta Barlag
Norman Bates
Jane Bennett
William Blake
Neil Bortz
David A. Brashear
Charlin & Peter Briggs
Jack & Sue Buescher
Warren & Gail Cato
Kevin & Linda Chaney
Anne E. Charles, in memory of Richard Charles & Rebecca Parker
Sally Chatfield Dunn
James Cissell
Sue Cohen & Rob Schmuelling, in memory of John & Ruth Sawyer
Jacqueline Conner
Barbara & Gary Cummins
Sonia Daoud
Steve & Daina Dennis
Jane & Igor Dumbadze
Peggy Eberhard
Charles K. Eckert
Charles & Harriet Edwards
Andy & Deborah Emont Scott
Linda Erpelding
Frederick Fink
Bruce W. Fisher
Amy Fitzgibbons
Carol S. Friel
Eugenie Goggin
Diane & Stanley Goodman
Michael Gumbleton & Teddy Gumbleton
Michael Haney & Amy Warner
Joe & Susan Harten
Ann E. Hicks
Dave & Susan Hill
Jacquelyn Hirt
David & Karen Hoguet
Janice Kagermeier
Barbara Kelley
Dick & Mona Kerstine
Charles D. King
Mary Alice Koch
Carmen & Rich Kovarsky
Susan Kruezmann
* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Virginia Kuertz
John & Pat Leikhim
David Logan & Dale Hodges
Jackie Mack & Ted Silberstein
Mary McDonough
Laura S. Menge
Jan & Marilyn Methlie
Anu & Shekhar Mitra
Sally Moore
Eunice H. Murphy
Fred & Leila Oliver
Terry & Jill Parsons
David M. Piatt*
Irene & Daniel Randolph Family
Al Roane
Dr. Raymond H. Rolwing
Sondra & Fred Ross
Barb & Rich Ruddy
Richard Russell
Patti & Mitchell Sacks
Alfred & Stephanie Sassler
Carol Schaber
Jeanie Schmidt
Jim Schmidt
Abby & David Schwartz
Elizabeth Sherwood & Tina Stoeberl
Julie & Steven Shifman
Mrs. Barbara B. Simon
Mary Lee & Louie Sirkin
Richard & Jackie Snyder
Jean Springer
Howard & Nancy Starnbach
Fred & Anne Straus Charitable Fund
Tom Tepe
J. Michael & Patricia Thierauf
Marcia Togneri
Jeffrey T. Uetrecht
Rev. Thomas & Dr. Nancye Van Brunt
Rosalie P. van Nuis
Dr. & Mrs. George Waissbluth
Priscilla S. Walford
Pann & Terry Webb
Mike Wedig
Joseph D. Williams
JOHN SAWYER MEMORIAL:
Anonymous
Daniel & Frances Bailey
Jane Bennett
Peter & Charlin Briggs
Sue Cohen & Rob Schmuelling
Robert & Mary Fitzpatrick
Joyce Hildebrand
Allison Kahn
Jeff & Wendy Johnson
William & Sara Morgan
Marjorie Motch
Jean Marie & Tom Nelson
John J. Schiff
Linda Silvati
Paul & Betsy Sittenfeld
Tom & Diane Wagner
Larry Weber
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Stephen M. King, President
Marcene Kinney, Vice President
Mitchell Meyers, Treasurer
Jane Sellers, Secretary
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
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 & Development Associate
Jared D. Doren
Patron Services Manager & Development Associate
Ben Raanan
Director of Education & Outreach, Assistant Director
John Diehl
Operations Associate
BOX OFFICE ASSOCIATES
Warren Bryson
John Diehl
Becca Howell
Sarah Nix
Sharisse Saunders
Becca Schall
HOUSE MANAGERS
Becca Howell
Sharisse Saunders
OUR STAFF
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Nick Apanius
Alicia Bond Lewis
Otto M. Budig
Brenda A. Carter
Kathy DeLaura
Tom Dietz
Dennis Geiger
Chip Gerhardt
Skip Hickenlooper
Dan Hurley
Edward G. Marks
Richard L. Postler
Rich Roedersheimer
Paul Sittenfeld
Simón Sotelo
Mary Stagaman
Mike Zimmer
PRODUCTION STAFF
Brian c. Mehring
Resident Set & Lighting Designer
Matthew Hollstegge
Production Manager & Master Electrician
Shannon Rae Lutz
Property Master, Design Assistant & Director of Intern 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
HEAD OF SECURITY
Officer Nick Ligon
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
Chet Cavaliere
PROFESSIONAL ACTING APPRENTICES
Kendra Beitzel Joshua Harris
Lauren Bowler Ammon Hollister
Brendan Getches Stephen Kell
Katie Groneman
Daniela N. Nenova
PATRON SERVICES
ENSEMBLE THEATRE CINCINNATI
1127 Vine Street | Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 | www.ensemblecincinnati.org (513) 421-3555
ETC BOX OFFICE HOURS & ACCEPTED PAYMENT
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.
TICKET RESERVATIONS & SALE POLICY
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 CREDITS
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.
CHILDREN
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.
LATECOMERS & ADMITTANCE
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.
RESTROOMS
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.
ACCESSIBILITY
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.
CAMERAS, CELL PHONES & STAGE
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.
GROUPS & DISCOUNTS
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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