by John Patrick Shanley
MAY 5 -24, 2015
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DESIGN SPONSOR: Glenda Suttman
ENSEMBLE THEATRE CINCINNATI
The 2014-2015 Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Season
D. Lynn Meyers, Producing Artistic Director
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OUTSIDE MULLINGAR
by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Ed Stern† May 5-24, 2015
Set Designer
Lighting Designers
Sound Designer
Costume Designer
Properties Master & Design Assistant
Production Coordinator & Master Electrician
Technical Director
Production Stage Manager Dialect Coach
Joe Tilford‡
Brian c. Mehring, Matthew Hollstegge
Matt Callahan
Reba Senske
Shannon Rae Lutz
Matthew Hollstegge
Jack Murphy
Brandon T. Holmes* Rocco Dal Vera
OUTSIDE MULLINGAR is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
Originally commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Executive Productions, with funds provided by U.S. Trust and received its world premiere there on January 3, 2014.
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.
‡ Production member belongs to United Scenic Artists, Local 829, a labor union representing designers and artists in the entertainment industry. It is a nationwide autonomous Local of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).
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Educational Outreach Supporters
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William P. Anderson Foundation
The Charles H. Dater Foundation
The H.B., E.W., & F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank & Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees
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
The Ladislas & Vilma Segoe Family Foundation
Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati
Jack J. Smith, Jr. Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, N.A. and Karen B. Wachs, Co-Trustees
Summerfair Cincinnati
Toyota
The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation
Next Stage Supporters
Anonymous (2)
The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation City of Cincinnati
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
The Mitchell S. & Jacqueline P. Meyers Foundation
Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission P&G Fund
Ruth D. & John Sawyer
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CAST & CREW
CAST
Aoife Muldoon Dale Hodges*
Rosemary Muldoon ................................................................................ Jen Joplin*
Tony Reilly .......................................................................................... Joneal Joplin*
Anthony Reilly .......................................................................... Brian Isaac Phillips*
RUNNING CREW
1st Assistant Stage Manager................................................. Shannon M. Williams
2nd Assistant Stage Manager ................................................................ Emily Scott
Assistant Director ............................................................................... Ben Raanan
Assistant Director .............................................................................. Anne Wrider
Sound Board Operator ............................................................... Patrick E. Phillips
Light Board Operator ....................................................................... Aziza Macklin
Wardrobe ............................................................................... Natalie Joyce Smith
Running Crew ....................... Terrance J. Ganser, Kadeem Ali Harris, Molly Israel, Deirdre Manning, Brett Pavlovich
UNDERSTUDIES
Aoife Muldoon................................................................................... Anne Wrider
Rosemary Muldoon ............................................................................. Emily Scott
Anthony Reilly Patrick E. Phillips
SETTING
Killucan, Ireland. 2008, 2009, 2013.
Outside Mullingar is performed without an intermission.
Approximate total running time is 1 hour, 30 minutes.
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDMENTS
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Aaron Clements
Steve Miller
Nell Parry
Phil Rundle
University of Cincinnati—College-Conservatory of Music
Written by David Edgar
Oct. 1 - 4, 2015
CAROUSEL
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 2015
Music by Franz Lehár
Libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein
Nov. 19 - 22, 2015 AH,
Written by Eugene O’Neill
Feb. 11 - 14, 2016
AMERICAN IDIOT
Book and lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong
Book by Michael Mayer
Music and lyrics by Green Day
March 3 - 13, 2016
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
Composed by Leoš Janáček
Libretto by Leoš Janáček after Rudolf Těsnohlídek
April 8 - 10, 2016
SWAN LAKE
Composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
April 21 - 24, 2016
Macbeth photo by Mark Lyons (2014)
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, we live in an age of hype. I open the arts section of the Times on Sunday to be assaulted by exclamation points. "Funniest play in years!!!!" "Best musical since (fill in the blank)!!!!!!" Etc!!! Etc!!! Etc!!!!
For me, John Patrick Shanley sometimes suffered from excess. He could write excellent work (Doubt) or loathsome fare (anyone see Joe Versus the Volcano?). So much of his work was characterized by hyper drama (Defiance) or hyper comedy (Italian American Reconciliation). I thought I could discern Shanley's writing by this kind of verbal assault. Drama through exclamation point.
If I had first read Outside Mullingar without knowing its author, I definitely would not have guessed it was John Patrick Shanley. There is a lyricism, a beauty, with nuanced comedy and drama intermingled into a soft human and humane work. No excess, but a love for each of these wonderful and wonderfully flawed human beings. Outside Mullingar is a sweet, touching work filled with beauty and blarney. Irish charm without any exclamation points. Sit back and enjoy. On this spring day it is as if white heather is growing in Over-the-Rhine.
-Ed Stern, Director
June 12July 5, 2015
THE CAST
DALE HODGES (Aoife Muldoon) became a member of Actors’ Equity in 1974 and has worked both on and off-Broadway and in regional theatres around the country. Since moving to Cincinnati in 1988, she has performed on most area stages. Her many appearances at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati include Other Desert Cities, Mrs. Mannerly, Grey Gardens, 33 Variations, Copenhagen, and Seascape. Her Playhouse in the Park credits include Wit, The Fool in King Lear, The Piano Teacher, 22 seasons of A Christmas Carol, and most recently Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club. With the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company she played Mary Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and with the Opera she appeared as a non-singing, French-speaking Duchess of Krakenthorpe in La Fille Du Régiment on the glorious Music Hall stage. Last winter she was in Ed Stern’s production of Noises Off at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and this summer she will return for her twelfth visit to Peterborough Players in New Hampshire. Most recent of all, she has had fun playing two very contrasting character ladies with flower names: Daisy in Driving Miss Daisy at Covington’s Carnegie Theatre, and Violet in August: Osage Country at Ludlow Avenue’s tiny Clifton Performance Theatre. Ms. Hodges is delighted to be back at the Ensemble, her downtown theatre family, in this lovely Irish play. Thanks to Lynn and to her other family: husband David Logan, son Sebastian, and stepson Hugh.
JEN JOPLIN (Rosemary Muldoon) is always thrilled to come and play with Ensemble! ETC audiences saw Ms. Joplin last season as Ruth in Tribes and one of her all-time favorites, Gwen in Rapture, Blister, Burn. Originally from St. Louis, she has worked across the country as an actress, corporate trainer, voiceover artist, and teacher. Some of her other favorite roles include Annette in God of Carnage, Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra, Catherine in Proof, Lenny in Crimes of the Heart, Bun in The Love Talker, and Harper in Angels in America. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and graduate of Wright State University. She would like to thank Ed for this amazing experience and Lynn for welcoming her into the ETC family. And her very rich and crazy life would not be possible without support from her husband and son, friends and family. But above all tonight, she is forever thankful for this opportunity to share the stage with her father. Love to you, Da.
THE CAST CONT.
JONEAL JOPLIN (Tony Reilly) is pleased to be returning to Ensemble Theatre where he was previously seen as Niels Bohr in Copenhagen and Richard in The Seafarer. Cincinnati theatergoers have also seen him in productions at the Playhouse in the Park and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Roles have included Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, The Old Actor in The Fantasticks, Lear in King Lear, Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd, Matthew Brady in Inherit The Wind, James Tyrone in Long Day's Journey, Krapp in Krapps Last Tape, Erie Smith in Hughie, and Candy in Of Mice and Men, to name a few. He has appeared in theatres across the country in over 250 productions, most recently at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner as Monsignor Ryan. He is delighted to be sharing the stage with his daughter, Jennifer. This one is for his own "Mary," his lovely wife of 52 years, Janie.
BRIAN ISAAC PHILLIPS (Anthony Reilly) is delighted to return to the Ensemble Theatre stage after having appeared in Dead Man's Cell Phone, The Seafarer, Ice Floe, and the Off-Center Series production of God's Country. Other recent credits include Collapse at Know Theatre, Porgy & Bess and Carmen at the Cincinnati Opera, as well as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. His other favorites include the title roles in Hamlet, Macbeth, and Henry V, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Weir, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; The Goat or Who is Sylvia, New Stage Collective; as well as productions with Playhouse in the Park and the Children's Theatre. He is proud to be serving his twelfth season as Producing Artistic Director at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. He would like to thank Corinne, Holden, and Annabel for making every day a day when the sun is shining.
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THE PLAYWRIGHT
JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY (Playwright) is from the Bronx. He was thrown out of St. Helena’s kindergarten. He was banned from St. Anthony’s hot lunch program for life. He was expelled from Cardinal Spellman High School. He was placed on academic probation by New York University and instructed to appear before a tribunal if he wished to return. When asked why he had been treated in this way by all these institutions, he burst into tears and said he had no idea. Then he went into the United States Marine Corps. He did fine. He’s still doing okay.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
ED STERN is thrilled to return to Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, having last co-directed the world premiere of Size Matters last season, as well as the regional premieres of Mrs. Mannerly and Copenhagen. Mr. Stern recently retired as Producing Artistic Director from Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park after twenty seasons, where he also directed As You Like It, God of Carnage, The Piano Teacher, The Fantasticks, Victoria Musica, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Othello, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, Of Mice and Men, Stone My Heart, A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, Twelfth Night, Mister Roberts, One, The Smell of the Kill, Ah, Wilderness!, King Lear, Inherit the Wind, Wit, Gross Indecency, The Little Foxes, and Sweeney Todd, among others. Mr. Stern's regional credits include numerous regional theatres including The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Great Lakes Theater Festival, The Cleveland Play House, Kansas City Repertory Theatre and San Jose Repertory Theatre. Productions include Richard III, M. Butterfly, The Three Musketeers, Romance Language, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Rivals, and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. A graduate of the University of Virginia and Indiana University, he co-founded the Indiana Repertory Theatre in 1972. There he directed more than two dozen plays during his eight years as artistic director. He was on the directing faculty at Rutgers University, as well as the acting faculty for the William Esper Acting Studio in New York. He is married to Annie Ward Stern and has two sons, Robert and Ward.
THE PRODUCTION TEAM
BRANDON T. HOLMES (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!
JOSEPH P. TILFORD (Set Designer) makes his debut at ETC with Outside Mullingar. In Cincinnati he has designed the sets for over thirty productions for Playhouse in the Park and for the Cincinnati Ballet Company, he designed the sets for the 2014 world premiere of King Arthur’s Camelot. He has also designed for many of America's foremost professional theatres in New York, Chicago, and across the nation including The Goodman Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Missouri Repertory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and The Cleveland Play House. His work has been exhibited at the Prague Quadrennial and in a retrospective exhibit for the 50 th Anniversary of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology. A notable design educator, he taught design for many years at Northwestern University. He currently teaches design for the School of Design and Production at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he served as dean from 2003 to 2014.
SHANNON RAE LUTZ (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.
PRODUCTION TEAM CONT.
BRIAN c . MEHRING (Resident 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.
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 April 14, 2015 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $1,000 + since February 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*
The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Lucille K. & Charles O. Carothers
The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc.
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*
LPK
Macy's
Mitchell S. Meyers & Jacqueline P. Meyers Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
P&G Fund*
PNC Foundation
Richard Postler & Manuel Hernandez
The William O. Purdy, Jr. Foundation
John & Ruth Sawyer Fund*
The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Neallie Leaman Taft Charitable Foundation
Marilyn & Martin Wade/Rookwood Pottery Company
The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation
NATIONAL CIRCLE ($5,000-$9,999):
Anonymous (2)
William P. Anderson Foundation
Crosset Family Fund*
Harry & Linda Fath
GBBN Architects
Marcene & Jim Kinney
Kroger
Messer Construction Co.
Valerie Newell & Tim Smith
Charles Scott Riley III Foundation
Moe & Jack Rouse
The Dudley S. Taft Charitable Foundation
Thompson Hine LLP
Toyota
Western & Southern Financial Fund
REGIONAL CIRCLE ($2,500-$4,999):
Anonymous
Ken & Joan Campbell
Denise & Martin Chambers
Kathy DeLaura & Ron Steinhoff
John DuBois
Gallagher SKS
Dennis & Rita Geiger
Chip Gerhardt
Linda Greenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Skip & Susan Hickenlooper
* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
The Raymond C. & Anna T. Johnson Foundation
Kroger Community Rewards Program
Edward & Anita Marks
Lynne Miller & Stephen King
Diane & Dave Moccia
David & Judith Morgan Fund*
Pure Romance
Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati
Elizabeth & Blake Selnick
Summerfair Foundation, Inc.
Glenda Suttman
Ed Trach
Jeff Wyler
CINCINNATI CIRCLE ($1,000-$2,499):
Anonymous (4)
Anatole Alper
Renee Alper
Americana Arts Foundation
Nicholas Apanius
Norita Aplin & Stanley H. Ragle
Len Berenfield
Michael Berry & Melanie Garner
Robert L. Bogenschutz
Mary & William Bonansinga Charitable Family Fund*
Clay & Emily Bond
Alicia Bond-Lewis
Karen & Christopher Bowman
Mrs. Charlene Breidster
Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Closson, Jr.
Thomas R. Dietz
Dee & David Dillon Fund*
Grace A. Epstein
Mary & Bob Fitzpatrick
Judith B. Green & Thomas M. McDonough
Debra Hartsell & Michael James
Suzanne & Dr. Bob Hasl
Bob & Judy Heaton
Marilyn P. & Joseph W. Hirschhorn Fund*
Daniel Hurley
William & Mary Jane James
Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund*
Mr. Ihor & Dr. Lisa Jo Melnyk
Norah & joe Mock
John & Deborah Moffatt
Netherland Rubber Co.
Dr. Patricia O'Connor
Pepper Family Fund*
Joseph A. & Susan E. Pichler Fund*
Hera Reines
Digi & Mike Schueler
Marvin & Betsy Schwartz Fund*
Jane Bogart Sellers
Shelly Shor Gerson
Mary Stagaman
Paul & Jill Staubitz
The Corky & Rick Steiner Family Foundation
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 April 14, 2015 and includes the names of donors whose gifts total $125 + since February 1, 2014. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. For questions or corrections, please contact Ashley Johnson at (513) 421-3555, ext. 17.
CINCINNATI CIRCLE CONT.
Paula Steiner
Judith B. Titchener
Howard & Marty Tomb
Toyota
UPS
Maureen & Larry Vignola
Irwin & Barbara Weinberg
Jo Ann Wieghaus
Stuart & Melinda Woolley
The Dennis B. & Patricia L. Worthen Fund
ACTORS COLUMN ($500-$999):
Anonymous (3)
Actors' Equity Foundation, Inc.
Anne Aiken
Joan & Oliver Baily
Malcolm A. & Glenda Bernstein
Mike & Juliette Bezold
David & Elaine Billmire
Walter Blair
Bob & Elaine Blatt
Daniel Brown & Mark Haggard
William & Catherine Cody
Meredythe G. & Clayton C. Daley, Jr. Family Fund*
Kenneth J. Furrier
GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Helen & John Habbert
Irving Harris
Mrs. C. H. Harrison III
Florette Hoffheimer
Erin Houlihan & John Bostick
Betty Huck
John Isidor & Sandy Kaltman
Keith & Patti James
Arleene Keller
Ron Longstreth & Allen Black
William & Sibyl Miller
Marilyn Z. Ott
Kit & Jack Overbeck
Morris & Patricia Passer Family Fund*
Alice & Burton Perlman
Barbara & Michael Porte
Presidential Plaza Associates, LTD
Bob & Connie Reed
Becky & Ted Richards
George & Caroll Roden
Richard Roedersheimer
J. R. Rulon
Linda & Andy Smith
Howard & Nancy Starnbach
Jennifer Verkamp
Larry Weber
Dr. & Mrs. James & Ronna Willis
The Rev. Anne Wrider
Mike & Liz Zimmer
Nora Zorich & Thomas Filardo Family Fund*
* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
STAGE MANAGERS COLUMN ($250-$499):
Larry & Debby Adams
Neil E. Billman, In Memory of Taffy Billman
Eileen & William Bishop
dabby Blatt
Mark Bowen
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Matching Gift Program
Gary & Jackie Bryson
Brenda Carter
Warren & Gail Cato
Philip & Marjorie Compton
Roger Cranos
Susannah Davids & Steve Myer
Kelly M. Dehan
Peggy Eberhard
Charles K. Eckert
Robert & Elizabeth Ehrsam
Richard & Carol Fencl
Terrell & Susan Finney
Mary Fiorini
Maureen Flanagan & Will Groneman
Gulf Coast Combined Federal Campaign
Betsy & Tom Hampton
Sue Harris & Meredith Green
Julia Hawgood & Harry Kangis
Emily M. Hodges Fund
Diane & Ervin Houston
Indian Hill Episcopal-Presbyterian Church 2014 Vestry/ Session, In Honor of Rev. Anne Wrider
Grace & Tim Kerr
Pinky & Sam Kocoshis
Toni Laboiteaux
Star Le
Renee & Bradley Lemberg
Al & Mary Lopez
William M. & Karen P. McKim
Jan & Marilyn Methlie
Dr. Ralph Meyer
Hatsuki Miyata
Nora & Michael Moushey
Anne Mulder & Rebecca M. Gibbs
Patti Myers & Alan Flaherty
Linnea & Norbert Nadel
Roy & Cheryl Newman
David M. Piatt*
Sara H. Pritchard
Margaret M. Reid
Steven & Carol Reubel
B.W. Robb
Sondra & Fred Ross
Jude Samuel
Mark Schlafman
Jeanie Schmidt
Russell Schnurr
Patrick & Ida Sepate
Arnie & Ina Shayne
Elizabeth Sherwood & Tina Stoeberl
OUR SUPPORTERS CONT.
Robert & Eleanor Shott Philanthropic Fund
John & Martha Spiess
Barbara & Ethan Stanley
Ed & Anne Stern
Elizabeth Stites & Kevin Randall
Elizabeth A. Stone
Fred & Anne Straus Charitable Fund
Dennis & Helen Sullivan
Carol Thaman
Thornton-Keith Family Charitable Gift Fund
Priscilla S. Walford
Buzz Ward
Steve F. Warkany Fund*
Ann & Victor Warner
Norm & Wendy Wasserman
Joseph Wessling
Jay & Kate Wilford
Joseph D. Williams
CREW COLUMN ($125-$249):
Anonymous (9)
Christine O. Adams
Lucy Allen
American Express Employee Giving Program
Henrietta Barlag
Norman Bates
Mary Ann Bender
Bill & Janet Berger
William Blake
Neil Bortz
David A. Brashear
Charlin & Peter Briggs
Rhoda Brooks
Jack & Sue Buescher
Kevin & Linda Chaney
Anne E. Charles, in memory of Richard Charles & Rebecca Parker
Sally Chatfield Dunn
Jean & Matt Chimsky
James Cissell
Jacqueline Conner
Rev. Dr. Robert W. Croskery & Beverly Croskery, Ph.D.
Barbara & Gary Cummins
Charles & Lois Deitschel
Jane & Igor Dumbadze
Charles & Harriet Edwards
Ray & Kay Edwards
Linda Erpelding
Carl & Marjorie Evert
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Fink
Bruce W. Fisher
Bob Amott & Janice Flanagan
Carol S. Friel
Joanne Glaser
Diane & Stanley Goodman
Lynne Meyers Gordon, MFA
Mrs. Madeleine H. Gordon
Elaine & Joseph Grever
Michael Gumbleton & Teddy Gumbleton
Joe & Susan Harten
Ann E. Hicks
* Denotes a Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Dave & Susan Hill
Jacquelyn Hirt
David & Karen Hoguet
Marilyn Hurrell
Barbara Kelley
Dick & Mona Kerstine
Charles D. King
Kurt Kishler, in memory of John Arthur
Tim & Mary Alice Koch
Carmen & Rich Kovarsky
Susan Kruezmann
Virginia Kuertz
Patrick C. Larkin & Mary C. Henkel
Dorothy K. Larsson
David Logan & Dale Hodges
John & Kathy Lorenz
Jackie Mack & Ted Silberstein
Phil & Joan Maechling
Mary McDonough
Mary Ann Meanwell
Laura S. Menge
Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Meyer
Jean & Buck Middlekauff
Anu & Shekhar Mitra
Sally Moore
Mary Sue Morrow
Eunice H. Murphy
Paul & Mary Ann Odegard
Ms. Nancy Ohnmeis
Fred & Leila Oliver
Maurice Oshry
Myles L. & Patricia N. Pensak
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Abby & David Schwartz
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Mrs. Barbara B. Simon
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
John Sawyer Stephen M. King
Chair President
Marcene Kinney
Mitchell Meyers
Vice President Treasurer
Jane Sellers
Secretary
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
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 OFFICE ASSOCIATES
John Diehl
Becca Howell
Sarah Nix
Sharisse Saunders
Becca Schall
HOUSE MANAGERS
Becca Howell
Sharisse Saunders
HEAD OF SECURITY
Officer Nick Ligon
OUR STAFF
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Nick Apanius
Alicia Bond Lewis
Otto M. Budig
Dr. Charles O. Carothers
Brenda A. Carter
Kathy DeLaura
Tom Dietz
Dennis Geiger
Chip Gerhardt
PRODUCTION STAFF
Brian c. Mehring
Skip Hickenlooper
Dan Hurley
Edward G. Marks
Richard L. Postler
Rich Roedersheimer
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
Mariah McDonald
Costume Assistant
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
Chet Cavaliere
STAGE MANAGEMENT INTERNS
Stacey Catron
Laura Stenger
Shannon M. Williams
ACTING INTERN COMPANY
Terrence J. Ganser
Kadeem Ali Harris
Molly Israel
Aziza Macklin
Deirdre Manning
Patrick E. Phillips
Emily Scott
Natalie Joyce Smith
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).
