LANTERN THEATER COMPANY AT ST. STEPHEN’S THEATER10th & Ludlow Streets, Philadelphia, PA 215.829.0395 www.lanterntheater.org

March 10 toApril 17, 2011

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10TH & Walnut

brunch lunch dinner$20 thrEE cOUrse prix fixe menu

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Charles McMahon

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

LANTERN THEATER COMPANY

MeghanJones MaryFolino ScenicDeSigner coStumeDeSigner

DrewBilliau DanielPerelstein LightingDeSigner compoSer&SounDDeSigner

J.AlexCordaro RebeccaSmith* FightDirector Stagemanager

JoshuaL.Browns* SarahMitteldorf aSSiStantDirector& aSSiStantDirector aSSiStantStagemanager

TimMartin LauraBretherick* proDuctionmanager& aSSiStant propSDeSigner Stagemanager

CharlesMcMahon AnneShuff artiSticDirector managingDirector

Actors’EquityAssociation(AEA),foundedin1913,representsmorethan45,000actorsandstagemanagersintheUnitedStates.AEAseekstoadvance,promote,andfostertheartoflivetheatreasanessentialcomponentofoursociety.AEAnegotiateswagesandworkingconditions,providingawiderangeofbenefits,includinghealthandpensionplans.AEAisamemberoftheAFL-CIO,andisaffiliatedwithFIA,aninternationalorganizationofperformingartsunions.www.actorsequity.org

LanternTheaterCompanyproudlyparticipatesinTheBarrymoreAwardsforExcellenceinTheatre,aprogramoftheTheatreAllianceofGreaterPhiladelphia.www.theatrealliance.org

presents

DavidBlatt Quince/Egeus

MarkCairns Snout/Mustardseed

CharlieDelMarcelle* Theseus/Oberon

MikeDees Flute/Cobweb

LeeAnnEtzold* Helena/Peaseblossom

CharlotteFord* Hermia/Moth

DaveJohnson Puck/Philostrate

JoannaLiao* Hippolyta/Titania

BenjaminLloyd* Bottom

DavidJ.Sweeny* Lysander/Snug

BradleyK.Wrenn Demetrius/StarvelingSetting: Athens and environs

Intermission:12minutes

CharlesMcMahon*-Understudy

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

THE COMPANY

Box Office Hours: Duringperformanceweeks,theLanternTheaterCompanyBoxOfficeisopenMonday&Tuesday10am-5pm,Wednesday-Friday10am-intermission,andSaturday&Sundaynoon-intermission.

Late Seating: DuetotheintimacyoftheLantern’smainstagetheater,weareunabletoseatpatronsintheorchestraonceaperformancehasbegun.Ifyouarrivelateorneedtoleavethetheaterduringtheshow,youwillbeseatedinthefirstavailableseatinthebalconytoavoiddisturbingtheperformance.Foryoursafetyandthesafetyofthosearoundyou,pleasecomplywithallinstructionsprovidedbyourhousemanagementstaff.

Use of Electronic Devices: Pleaseturnoffandputawayallcellphones,pagers,watchalarms,andtextmessagingdevicespriortoenteringthetheatersoasnottodisturbtheperformance.

Recordings: The taking of photographs or recordings of any kind is strictlyprohibitedbylaw.

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION

DIRECTORS: IN CONvERSATIONFriday, March 18, 7:00pm

Getafirst-handlookintothedesignandrehearsalprocesswithA Midsummer Night’s DreamdirectorCharlesMcMahon.FREE

ARTISTS: IN CONvERSATIONFriday, March 20, after the 2:00pm performance

Meettheactorsandhearbehind-the-scenesstories.FREE

PRE-CURTAIN COCkTAILSFriday, March 25, 6:00pm

MingleoverhappyhourspecialsandcomplimentarylightfareatourlocalMarathon(10th&WalnutSts.,upstairs).FREE

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: IN CONvERSATIONFriday, April 1, 7:00pm

JoinArtisticDirectorCharlesMcMahonandAssociateArtisticDirectorKathrynMacMillanforaconversationaboutwhat–andwho–makestheLanterndistinctive.FREE

SCHOLARS: IN CONvERSATIONMidsummer’s Magic: Commedia, Sex & the Supernatural

Thisthree-partseriesbringstogetheraudiences,artists,andguestscholarstoexploretheBard’swork.BecomeaShakespeareexpertinjustthreeweeks!

Commedia Monday, March 21, 7:00pm-8:30pmTheinfluenceofthismadcapcomicgenreonShakespeareandtheLantern.WithpanelistsDr.DarleneFarabee(UniversityofSouthDakota),CharlesMcMahon(director,Midsummer),andLeeAnnEtzold(Helena,Midsummer).

Sex Monday, March 28, 7:00pm-8:30pmLoveandpower,attraction,possession–we’llexplorethefieryrelationshipsattheplay’sheart.WithpanelistsDr.LoisPotter(UnniversityofDelawarel),JoannaLiao(Titania/Hippolyta,Midsummer),andCharlieDelMarcelle(Oberon/Theseus,Midsummer).

Supernatural Monday, April 4, 7:00pm-8:30pmHowthemayhemofmagicdrivesourproduction.WithpanelistsJohn-PaulSpiro(VillanovaUniversity),BenjaminLloyd(Bottom,Midsummer),andDaveJohnson(Puck,Midsummer).

Scholars: In Conversation: $10 per session ($8 Lantern subscribers/students)

LANTERN THEATER COMPANY: IN CONvERSATION

THREE SESSION SERIES ONLY ($20 Lantern subscribers/students)

$25

FROM THE DIRECTOR

OneofthethingsthathasalwaysfascinatedmeaboutShakespeareishisabilitytocreateineachplayadifferentimaginaryworldthatseemscompleteand

whole.Theseworldshavetheirownlogicandareentirelyconsistentwithinthemselves;nothingfeelspatchedonoroutofplace,andeveryeventthatShakespeareplacesinthemseemssomehowplausible,howeverextreme,ridiculousorforeigntousitmayappear.WithA Midsummer Night’s Dream,Shakespearehascreatedoneofthemostinterestingdramaticlandscapesinthehistoryoftheater.Hewasnotthefirstplaywrighttoincludesupernaturalcharacters–thathadbeengoingoninwesterndramaforover2,000years–buthebrokenewgroundingivingthesefairies,gods,anddemiurgessuchfullnessandcomplexitythattheyblendinseamlesslyamongthehumancharacters.

AsinalmostallofShakespeare’scomedies,thisplaybeginswithaworldoutoforder.Somecosmicimbalancehasledtoadangerousstateofaffairsinthehumanworld,andtheactionoftheplayistheprocessthatthatworldundergoestoputitselfbackintoastateofhealthandbalance.AsalwayswithShakespeare,theplayworksonthethreelevelsofthemetaphysical,thesocial,andthepsychological.WhatsetsMidsummerapartisthedegreeofsheerexuberance,andmasteryofformthatitdisplays.Thisistheworld’sgreatestplaywrightatthepinnacleofhisaudacityandcreativepower.WhatrespectableandseriousplaywrightofouragewoulddaretoputsomethinglikeMidsummerontothepage?Whocould,havingtakenonsooutrageousaproject,makeaworksofullofmeaning,reflectingsoauthenticallythehumanheartandmind?Intheend,heshowsussomethingofourselvesinthecharactershecreates,buthewon’tallowustotakeourselvestooseriously.

—Charles McMahon

DAvID BLATT(Quince/Egeus)isveryhappytoreturntotheLanternwherehehasappearedtwicebefore.PreviouslyhewasseenasTelegininUncle VanyaandWorcester&PetoinHenry IV, Part I.MostrecentlyDavidwasseengallivantingaboutintwospectacularlysurrealplaysinArtaud Unbound.Otherrecentcreditsinclude:Marat/Sade (EgoPo) Macbeth(DelawareShakespeareFestival),Love, Jerry(NicePeopleTheatre),King Lear(People’sLight),What, Where

(EgoPo),Unidentified Human Remains…(NewCityStage),Murder by the Book(MaplesRep),andFatal AttractionsforAnimalPlanet.MFA-TempleU.ThankstoCharles,JoshandBeckah.Hey,Boo.

MARk CAIRNS(Snout/Mustardseed)mostrecentlyperformedintheensemble(andservedasMilitaryAdvisorto)TheWilmaTheater’sMacbeth,andalsorecentlyintheWilma’sLeaving(Albin)andRock’N’Roll(Milan).MarkhastwiceperformedinPDC’sAnonymousTheatreandlivedtotellaboutit.OthercreditsincludeBCKSEETProduction’sThe Reindeer Monologues(Donner),PhiladelphiaShakespeareFestival’sRomeo and JulietandPericles(PrinceEscalus,Ensemble),

Plays&Players’Oleanna(John),andFlashpointTheatreCompany’sFaculty Room(Adam).ThankstohisbestgalAileenforherloveandsupport,andhisbrotherMikeforkeepingussafeoverseas.

CHARLIE DelMARCELLE(Theseus/Oberon)devotesmuchofhistimetocommunityoutreach,theatreedu-cation,andtheatreforyoungaudiences.HeservesasarosterartistforthePACouncilontheArts,aninstructorfortheFultonTheatreAcademy,andanadjunctfacultymemberatbothWestChesterUniversityandAlbrightCollege.HehasperformedlocallywithInisNua,Azuka,EgoPo,WhiteBox,Amaryllis,DelawareTheatreCompa-

ny,andCommonwealthClassicTheatre.CharliewasseenattheLanternearlierthisseasoninUncle Vanyaandisverypleasedtobeback.SpecialthankstoCharlie,Josh,Beckahandthisamazingcast.KO,XO.

MIkE DEES(Flute/Cobweb)isthrilledtobereturningtotheLanternstage.HeappearedasLambin2008’sThe Hothouse,andisateachingartistfortheLantern’sIlluminationprogram.MikehasanMAinTheatrefromVillanovaUniversity,wherehewonthe2002BarrymoreAwardforSupportingActorinaMusical.HehasperformedwithTheWilmaTheater,1812Productions,InisNua,andAzukaTheatre,amongothers.ThankstoCharles,Josh,Beckah,castandcrew!

WHO’S WHO

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LEE ANN ETzOLD(Helena/Peaseblossom)isreturningtotheLanternaftertwoyearsofperforming,teaching,anddirectingintheUK,Spain,andCzechRepublic.ShehascreatedoriginalworkwithOBIEAward-winningNewParadiseLaboratories(foundingmember)andPigIronTheatreCo.,touringregionallytotheHumanaFestival(ActorsTheatreofLouisville),7Stages(Atlanta),WalkerArtsCenter&Children’sTheatreCompany(Minneapolis),TheAndyWarholMuseum(Pittsburgh),

andTheOhioTheatre,OntilogicalHysteric,andPS122(NewYork).RecentUSCredits:The Happiness LecturewithBillIrwin,PhiladelphiaTheatreCompany(Barrymore,OutstandingSupportingActress);Picassoat the Lapin Agile,DelawareTheatreCo;The School for Wives&The Comedy of Errors(Barrymore,OutstandingEnsemble),LanternTheaterCo.SheisInterimCo-ArtisticDirectorofBratProductions.ForDoug.

CHARLOTTE FORD(Hermia/Moth)isaPhiladelphia-basedtheatreartist.DevisedworkincludesCHICKEN(2010PhiladelphiaLiveArts),Flesh and Blood & Fish and Fowl(2008PhiladelphiaLiveArts,FringeFirstat2010EdinburghFringe,2011LondonInternationalMimeFestival),PigIron(Welcome to Yuba City),LuciditySuitcase,Rainpan43,andNewParadiseLaboratories,amongothers.Regionally:1812Productions(Cherry Bomb)andTheatreExile(Red Light Winter, That

Pretty Pretty, or the Rape Play),amongothers.SheisarecipientofaPhiladelphiaTheatreInitiativegrant,theIndependenceFoundationfellowship,andLeewayArtandChangegrant.NominatedforfourBarrymoreawards.BA:BrynMawrCollege.MFA:LISPA.

DAvE JOHNSON(Puck/Philostrate)ishonoredtobemakinghisthirdappearanceontheLanternstage.HewasseenlastinScapinasLeander/SylvestreandHamletasRosencrantz.Recentcredits:FrostyinThe Very Merry Xmas Carol,VicePrincipalPanchinSpelling Bee,bothwithTheatreHorizon.Workwithotherlocalcompanies:People’sLight,TheatreExile,CommonwealthClassic,MumPuppettheatre,andEnchantmentTheatreCo.Davehasalsocollaboratedonfouroriginalpieceswithhis

groupTheBerzerkerResidentswithanuntitledfifthintheworksforFall2011inNYC.ThankstoCharlesandlovetoGenevieve…nooffense,Charles.

JOANNA LIAO(Hippolyta/Titania)ThisisJoey’ssecondappearanceattheLantern.PreviouslyherturnasAgnesinThe School for WivesreceivedanHonorableMentionforBestActressinaPlayfromPhiladelphia Weekly.ShehasperformedatTrinityRep,TheCherryLane,People’sLight,TheatreSounds,CentennialTheater,TheFlea,Perishable,TheVital,Wings,TheLark,ManhattanTheatreSource,TheBrechtForum,ThePresentCompany,NewGate,

WHO’S WHO

BrownSummerTheater,andtheInterartAnnex,tonameafew.HerperformanceasShen-Te/Shui-TaintheNewYorkpremiereofTonyKushner’sadaptationofBrecht’sThe Good Person of SzechwanwasaBackStageCritic’sChoiceforBestoftheYear.SheattendedBrownUniversityandcanbeseeninrerunsofLaw & Order: SVUandUnsolved Mysteries.

BENJAMIN LLOYD(Bottom)returnstotheLanternafterplayingScapininScapinlastseason,andbeforethat,KaterinainThe Taming of the Shrewtheseasonbefore.Importantstuff:actinginandaroundPhillysince1994,teachingactingatTempleandPennState,www.whitepinesproductions.org,www.actorsway.com,beingadadtoGriffenandEllaandahusbandtoSusan.In1970,Ben’sdadLewisLloydtookhimtotheBrooklynAcademyofMusictoseethisplayperformed

bytheRoyalShakespeareCompany,anditchangedhimforever.HeplayedOberon/TheseusinhighschoolandLysanderincollege.Midsummerhasfollowedhimaroundhiswholelifelikeanoldsweetsong.Sothanks,Dad.Thisisforyou.

DAvID J. SWEENY(Lysander/Snug)isthrilledtobemakinghisLanterndebutwithsuchanincrediblecast!BasedinSouthPhiladelphia,DavidhasappearedwithPigIronTheatreCo.(Cankerblossom),ArdenTheatreCo.(Peter Pan),SwimPonyPerformingArts(SURVIVE!),ShakespeareinClarkPark(The Comedy of Errors),andmanyothers.Davidisalsothecreator/producerofJohnny Showcase and the Lefty Lucy Cabaret,whichrockedthe2009PhiladelphiaFringe

FestivalwithsmashhitPurr, Pull, Reign: A Litigious Fantasy in D.As“Johnny,”DavidwillberecordinghisveryfirststudioalbumwithlegendaryproducerHenryHirsch(Lenny Kravitz, Madonna, Mick Jagger)thisApril.LovetoNancyDrew.

BRADLEY k. WRENN(Demetrius/Starveling)isaPhiladelphia-basedtheatremaker.Overthelastsixyearshehasproduced,created,andperformedinoverhalfadozenoriginalworks:thehighly-acclaimedBallad of Joe Hill(withAdrienneMackey)andFringefavoritesThe Jersey Devil, The Giant Squid,and The Annihilation Point(TheBerserkerResidents).Heisanaccomplishedpuppeteer,“wigglingthedollies”fornumerousMumPuppettheatreproductions

includingThe Visit, Velveteen Rabbit, Midsummer,andtheBarrymore-nominatedensembleofAnimal Farm.HehasalsoperformedwithBratProductions,EnchantmentTheatreCompany,LanternTheaterCompany,andMauckingbirdTheatreCompany.LookforBradinTheBerserkerResidents’newestpieceatArsNovainNYCthiscomingfall.LovealwaystoMackey!

WHO’S WHO

WILLIAM SHAkESPEARE(Playwright)(1564-1616)Asidefromfinancialrecordsthatindicatehisfather’sbusinessasaleathermerchant,thereisrelativelylittleknownaboutShakespeare’syouthinStratford-Upon-AvonbeforehemarriedAnneHathawayin1582.ItisbelievedthatShakespearearrivedinLondonaround1588andestablishedhimselfasanactor,playwright,andpoet.By1594,hewasactingandwritingfortheLordChamberlain’sMen,latertheKing’sMen,themostsuccessfultheatercompanyinLondon.Aspart-owner,Shakespearebecamenotonlyafamousplaywrightbutasuccessfulbusinessman,andreturnedtoStratfordtoretirecomfortablyin1611.A Midsummer Night’s Dream isoneof36playsattributedtohimandamonghismostbeloved,althoughthereisnorecordedpublicperformanceofitduringhislifetime.Giventheplay’sframingdevice,themarriageofTheseusandHippolyta,itiswidelybelievedtohavebeencommissionedandperformedforanimportantweddingatcourt.Thewords“bedroom,”“mimic,”and“moonbeam,”appearedforthefirsttimeinA Midsummer Night’s Dream. ItisimpossibletoknowhowmanywordsandphrasesShakespearecontributedtotheEnglishlanguage(somescholarsestimateitaround3,000),including“advertising,”“gossip,”and“premeditated,”andthephrases“elbowroom,”“forgoodnesssake,”“itwasGreektome,”and“toomuchofagoodthing.”CHARLES McMAHON (Director/Artistic Director)co-foundedtheLanternandservesasArtisticDirectorinadditiontoactinganddirectingforthecompany.PreviousrolesincludeHeisenberginCopenhagen,LuckyinWaiting for Godot,GuildensterninRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,EdmundinKing Lear,andPeteSeegerinUn-American.LanterndirectingcreditsincludeHenry IV, Part I,Hamlet,Othello,La Ronde (alsotranslatorandadaptor),Richard III (BarrymoreAward,OutstandingProductionofaPlay),Much Ado About Nothing,The Comedy of Errors (Barrymorenomination),King Lear,andA Doll’s House.CharlesisagraduateofNYU’stheaterdepartmentwherehestudiedactinganddirectingbeforereturningtoPhiladelphia.MEgHAN JONES(Scenic Designer)isdelightedtobepartofthedesignteamforA Midsummer Night’s Dream.MostofherscenicdesignscanbeseenthroughoutthePhiladelphiaarea.PastcompaniesincludeInisNuaTheatreCompany,TheIdiopathicRidiculopathyConsortium,InterActTheatreCompany,TheatreExile,AzukaTheatre,andPeople’sLight.PreviousdesignswiththeLanternincludeThe Hothouse, Henry IV, Part I, and Uncle Vanya.OtherhighlighteddesignsincludeKidnapped, Hunter Gatherers, When We Go Upon The Sea, Neighborhood 3, Pumpgirl,and The Early Bird.RecentlynominatedfortheIndependenceFoundation’sFellowshipintheArts,sheholdsherMFAfromTempleUniversity.MuchappreciationtotheLantern’sstaff,cast,andcrew.MARY FOLINO(Costume Designer)iscurrentlytheassistantcostumeshopmanageratWalnutStreetTheatre,andtheassistantcostumedesignerformanyoftheirmainstageproductions,includingtherecentBarrymoreAward-winner,Fiddler on the Roof.MaryisalsotheresidentcostumedesignerforSt.Joseph’sUniversityCapandBellsSociety,andhasdesignedover15productionsfortheWalnut’sIndependence

WHO’S WHO

WHO’S WHOStudioon3.Favoritedesignsinclude:Musical of MusicalsandThe Glass Menagerie(Walnut’sIndependenceStudio),Hair(PrinceMusicTheater),Sunday in the Park and Sweeney Todd(SJU),andScapin(LanternTheaterCompany).ManythankstoCharlesandeveryoneattheLanternforthisamazingexperience!DREW BILLIAU(Lighting Designer)LightingdesigncreditsincludeOperaCompanyofPhiladelphia’sRomeo & Juliet,Tea: A Mirror of Soul, Turandot,Madame Butterfly,Porgy and Bess,Faust andMacbeth; Abduction of Seraglio for TeatriS.p.A.ofTreviso: Iron forTheatreExile; LuciditySuitcase’sRed Eye de Havre de Grace,The Melting Bridge,andFlamingo Winnebago;NewParadiseLaboratories’FatebookandProm;ArdenTheatreCompany’sA Year With Frog and Toad, The Borrowers, All My Sons, Violet,andFalsettos;LanternTheaterCompany’sHamlet andHenry IV, Part I;andBalletX’sLe Baiser Inèvitable, They Break,andRisk of Flight.DANIEL PERELSTEIN(Composer & Sound Designer)isafreelancesounddesigner,composer,andmusicaldirectorinPhiladelphia.Recent:Macbeth(TheWilmaTheater),Nocturne(FlashpointTheatreCompany),Neighborhood 3(AzukaTheatre),Early Bird(InisNuaTheatreCompany),Punchkapow(TSunPCo),Very Merry Xmas(BerserkerResidents,TheatreHorizon),A Christmas Carol(WalnutStreetTheatre),Love, Jerry and Grace, or the Art of Climbing(NicePeopleTheatreCompany).Next:Terrible GirlswithAzukaTheatre.HehasbeenfortunatetoworkwithotherprominentdesignersandcomposersincludingPavelFajt,TroyHerion,ChasMarsh,AndrewNelson,RobKaplowitz,ChristopherColucci,andespeciallyNickKourtides.Education:B.S.Engineering,B.A.Music,SwarthmoreCollege.Hearsamplesatwww.danielperelstein.comJ. ALEx CORDARO(Fight Director)isthrilledtobeworkingwiththeLanternonceagain.OtherLanternproductionsincludeA Skull in Connemara, Uncle Vanya,Henry IV, Part I, Hamlet, Othello, and The Lonesome West.RecentproductionsincludeMacbethatTheWilmaTheaterandThe Duchess of MalfiatPhiladelphiaArtistsCollective.UpnextisLydiawithAmaryllisTheatreCompany,andtherevivalofSaturday Night FeverforCarnivalCruiseLives.Alexisatwo-timeBarrymoreAwardnomineeandaCertifiedInstructorofTheatricalViolencewiththeSocietyofAmericanFightDirectors.BigLovetoSuzanneandtheLads!TIM MARTIN (Production Manager & Props Designer)joinedtheLanterninthe2009/10season.HehasworkedwithmanylocalcompaniesincludingCommonwealthClassicTheatreCompany,RebeccaDavisDanceCompany,MumPuppettheatre,InternationalOperaTheater,EnchantmentTheatreCompany,andsundryothers.Intheacademicworld,TimhasworkedforDrexelUniversity,TheShipleySchool,andSwarthmoreCollege.Alsoaplaywright,severalofhisplaysandadaptationshavebeenseeninthePhiladelphiaarea.Hewouldliketothankthiswonderfulcastandcreativeteam.REBECCA SMITH (Stage Manager)isinherthirdseasonattheLanternandishappytobeworkingwithsuchawonderfulcastandcrew.SheisagraduateofTempleUniversitywithaBAinEuropeanHistoryandaminor

WHO’S WHOinTheater.ShehasworkedasproductionmanageratTheatreExile,andasstagemanageratBratProductions,Kaibutsu,andTempleUniversityTheater.PreviousLanternshowsincludeThe Hothouse,Sizwe Bansi Is Dead,Hamlet,Happy Days,Scapin,The Breath of Life,Henry IV, Part I, Uncle Vanya,and A Skull in Connemara.LAURA BRETHERICk(Assistant Stage Manager)graduatedfromWag-nerCollegein2008havingearnedaBAintheatrewithaconcentrationinstagemanagement.Whileattendingschool,sheinternedasanassis-tantstagemanagerforTheNewJerseyOperaTheatrefortheirsummerproductionofMozart’sCosi Fan Tutte.ShealsostudiedabroadinLondonwheresheinternedfortheKingsHeadTheatre.Aftergraduating,sheworkedOff-BroadwaywithThePearlTheatreCompanyasanassistantstagemanagerforthe2008/09season.AtthePearl,sheworkedonVieux Carre, Tartuffe, Twelfth Night, Nathan The Wise, and The Oedipus Cycle.Currently,sheistheproductionstagemanagerforTheGreaterOceanCityTheatreCompany.JOSHUA L. BROWNS(Assistant Director/Assistant Stage Manager)isa“manofmanyhats”attheLantern,havingfirstappearedin2005as“guywhohelpsusbuildtheset”onproductionslikeMuch Ado About Noth-ing,andlaterasaperformer,playingAlain/Orontein2007’sThe School for Wives.SinceSeptember2009,JoshhasservedastheLantern’sEducationDirector,overseeingtheLantern’sBarrymoreAward-winningeducationprogramaswellasteachingintheclassroomforresidenciesthroughoutPhiladelphia.OtherLanterncreditsincludeassistantdirectoronlastseason’sHenry IV, Part Ianddirectingandperforminginthissea-son’sChekhovFestival.HeholdsanMFAinactingfromtheProfessionalTheatreTrainingProgram(PTTP)attheUniversityofDelaware.Upnext:thetitleroleinRichard IIIforCommonwealthClassicTheatreCompany.LovetoTrixieandPhoebe.SARAH MITTELDORF(Assistant Director)graduatedfromReedCollegewithadegreeinLinguisticsandGeneralLiteratureandiscurrentlyworkingwithPhiladelphiaYoungPlaywrightsasaTeachingArtistApprentice.ShehasassistantdirectedGroundedAerial’sproductionsofInsectinsideandBent,stagemanagedforthePhiladelphiaSchoolofCircusArts,andassistantstagemanagedCabinet of WonderswithGas&ElectricArtsandHenry IV, Part IwithLanternTheaterCompany.Shecreatedanddirectedherownpiece,Spill,forlastyear’sPhillyFringe.Shefeelsreallyluckytobeworkingwithandlearningfromsuchawesomepeople.ANNE SHUFF (Managing Director)isinhersecondseasonasManag-ingDirectorfollowingsevenyearsofserviceontheLantern’sBoardofDirectors,includingfouryearsasTreasurerandthreeyearsasPersonnelCommitteeChair.AsManagingPartnerofMindLabs.net,shehasguidedonlinemarketingstrategyfortheatercompaniesacrossthecountry,andherworkhasbeenhighlightedbyWIRED magazine,The Philadelphia Inquirer,Philadelphia City Paper,andthedesignreferencebookWeb Site Design Goodies.ShepreviouslyservedasBusinessManageratTheWilmaTheaterandAssistantController&ISManageratWalnutStreetTheatre.SmoochiestoM/S/E.

Special Thanks To: MarkAndrews,AndrewBeal,DrewBilliau,BristolRiversideTheatre,SteveHungerford,MandellTheater,RajivShah,St.Stephen’sChurch(Dr.CharlesFloodandMarkYurkanin).

ADMINISTRATIvEArtistic Director CharlesMcMahonManaging Director AnneShuffAssociate Artistic Director KathrynMacMillanDevelopment Director JenniferPrattJohnsonEducation Director JoshuaBrownsProduction Manager TimMartinMarketing Associate AliRoyHouse Managers TerryBrennan,KatherineFritz,MaryBeth

SimonBox Office Managers ClaraElser,JonathonWelshBox Office Assistants SteveGudelunas,SarahMitteldorf,Chris

SanninoPress Representative MeganWendell,CanaryPromotion

PRODUCTIONStage Manager RebeccaSmithTechnical Director RajivShahCostume Shop Manager NataliadelaTorreStitchers KatherineFritz,RebeccaKanach,Alim

Morris,JuliaPoiesz,EstherScalavedraAssoc. Sound Designer JohnGreenbaumMaster Electricians DerekHachkowski,JoeGlodeckRun Crew JoshuaWallenfels,JenWeeksScenic Charge MeghanJonesScenic Painter ColleenSawyerCarpenters TerryBrennan,AnthonyCarpenter,Steve

Carpenter,NatHarting,ColleenHughes,NickMartorelli,JoshuaWallenfels

Properties TimMartin,ShannonTamonovich,JoshuaWallenfels

Bottom’s Mask JayWojnarowskiProduction Interns ShannonTamonovich,JoshuaWallenfelsArtistic Associates JanetEmbree,MeghanJones

STAFF

BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresidentStacyMariaDuttonvice PresidentMichaelH.RosenthalTreasurerKevinKleinschmidtSecretaryFrankA.Dante

DirectorsMichaelK.BrophyMarthaE.CandielloNicholasD.ConstanDavidS.ConwayAngelaH.D’AmatoJayL.Goldberg

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PhiladelphiaDrewBilliauLenBlumenthalBrandowClinicDanBrodyPhotographyPatBurnsMarthaE.Candiello,Esq.NancyH.Dutton,Esq.StacyMariaDuttonJanetEmbreeJim&KayGatelyGregoryKleiber&HarrietRavdinDavidKotokLaFournoRistoranteTrattoriaPaulaLiu

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The Men of Mah JonggSociety Hill Playhouse

3/8/2011 – 4/17/2011(215) 923-0210

A Midsummer Night’s DreamLantern Theater Company

3/10/2011 – 4/17/2011(215) 829-0395

Heaven Can WaitThe Broadway Theatre of Pitman

3/11/2011 – 4/3/2011(856) 384-8381

Evie’s WaltzSimpatico Theatre Project

3/17/2011 – 4/3/2011(215) 423-0254

HamletPhiladelphia Shakespeare Theatre

3/18/2011 – 5/14/2011(215) 496-8001

The Pride of Parnell StreetAct II Playhouse

3/22/2011 – 4/17/2011(215) 654-0200

A Flea in her EarTemple Theaters

3/23/2011 – 4/3/2011(215) 204-1334

ThirdThe Drama Group

3/24/2011 – 4/8/2011(214) 844-0724

The PillowmanBootless Artworks

3/25/2011 – 4/9/2011(302) 887-9300

Bat Boy: The MusicalVillanova Theatre

3/29/2011 – 4/17/2011(610) 519-7474

Wanamaker’s PursuitArden Theatre Company

3/31/2011 – 5/22/2011(215) 922-1122

July 7, 1994Arcadia University Theater

4/1/2011 – 4/3/2011(215) 572-2112

Educating RitaQuince Productions

4/1/2011 – 4/23/2011(215) 627-2727

Bernice ButterflyHedgerow Theatre

4/7/2011 – 4/23/2011(610) 565-4211

The Credeaux CanvasTheatre Horizon

4/7/2011 – 4/29/2011(610) 283-2230

As You Like ItThe Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre

4/7/2011 – 5/15/2011(215) 496-8001

Oklahoma!Rose Valley Chorus & Orchestra

4/8/2011 – 4/16/2011(610) 565-2210

Mud, River, StoneThe Stagecrafters

4/8/2011 – 4/24/2011(215) 247-8881

Two Jews Walk Into a War…InterAct Theatre Company

4/8/2011 – 5/1/2011(215) 568-8079

The Full MontyNew Candlelight Theatre

4/8/2011 – 5/22/2011(302) 475-2313

A View from the BridgeTemple Theaters

4/13/2011 – 4/23/2011(215) 204-1334

Chasin’ Dem BluesDelaware Theatre Company

4/13/2011 – 5/1/2011(302) 594-1100

Hail Mary!Montgomery Theater

4/14/2011 – 5/7/2011(215) 723-9984 ext. 10

The Diary of Anne FrankThe Ritz Theatre Company

4/14/2011 – 5/15/2011(856) 959-5230

O BeautifulResident Ensemble Players

4/19/2011 – 5/14/2011(302) 831-2204

Importance of Being EarnestQuintessence Theatre Group

4/20/2011 – 5/15/2011(1-877) 238-5596

HellEgoPo Classic Theater

4/26/2011 – 5/14/2011(1-800) 595-4TIX

Way to HeavenResident Ensemble Players

4/27/2011 – 5/13/2011(302) 831-2204

Saturn ReturnsTheatre Exile

4/27/2011 – 5/21/2011(215) 218-4022

Club CaliforniaArcadia University Theater

4/28/2011 – 5/8/2011(215) 572-2112

A Moon for the MisbegottenSouth Camden Theatre Co.

4/29/2011 – 5/15/2011(856) 409-0365

The Cripple of InishmaanThe Actors’ NET

4/29/2011 – 5/15/2011(215) 295-3694

4th Annual PlayShop FestivalPhiladelphia Theatre Workshop

4/29/2011 – 5/22/2011(215) 316-1361

Alter BoyzThe Broadway Theatre of Pitman

4/29/2011 – 5/22/2011(856) 384-8381

Don GiovanniAcademy of Vocal Arts

4/30/2011 – 5/14/2011(215) 735-1685

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