11 BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY12 Cast Information13 Music Credits14 An Inspiration for Rock and Roll Legends to Come17 Artist Biographies

35 americUS36 Cast Information38 Breaking Bounds: A Closer Look at Universes40 Artist Biographies44 A Legacy of New Work

ALSO INSIDE32 Coming Next60 Patron Information

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A new year brings new possibilities. And the opportunity to take stock of where we are, especially when it is the beginning of a new decade. So, it seems like a good time to turn our gaze both backward and forward — to celebrate the past and challenge ourselves in the future. Our winter productions provide you with this compelling, dual opportunity.

In the nostalgia department, we’re thrilled to ring in 2020 by going back to our roots — the roots of rock and roll, that is — with Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. For a skinny kid from Texas, Buddy had an oversized influence on a generation of musicians and entertainers. This new version is directed by Tony Award-nominee and Playhouse favorite, Marcia Milgrom Dodge (The Secret Garden, Cabaret) and features a multi-talented ensemble of actor-singer-musicians who bring Buddy and all his friends to life right here on our biggest stage!

At the same time, we want to cast our gaze on the present and the future. Our world premiere of americUS by the internationally acclaimed performance ensemble Universes takes a keen and critical eye to what’s happening in contemporary America. Who are we as a country in 2020? How do we handle the challenges, inequities and opportunities in the coming decade? In a theatrical collage of monologues, song, spoken-word poetry and dance, Universes takes a deep dive into the state of the union. Is it challenging? Yes. Is it important? Absolutely. Please join us for a new kind of storytelling unlike anything you’ve seen before!

As always, we thank you for making the live theatre part of your life. Together with our arts partners throughout this community, we make Cincinnati a vibrant and fulfilling place to work and live.

Blake & Buzz

NOTES FROM BLAKE & BUZZ

Buzz WardManaging Director

Blake RobisonArtistic Director

7 • EXECUTIVE NOTES

CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARKBlake Robison Artistic Director

Buzz Ward Managing Director

By arrangement with Alan Janespresent

BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY

Season Sponsor of New Work:The Rosenthal Family Foundation

Written by ALAN JANESDirector/Choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge

Music Director Andy ChristopherSet Designer Christian Boy

Costume Designer Tracy ChristensenLighting Designer Rob Denton

Sound Designer Matt KrausCasting Director Stephanie Klapper, CSA

Jan. 18 – Feb. 16, 2020Robert S. Marx Theatre

Design Sponsor:

Robert S. Marx Theatre Season presented by:

Additional support provided by:

buddythemusical.com

Production Sponsor:

Artist Sponsors:

(In alphabetical order)

Buddy Holly/Guitar Andy Christopher*Jerry Allison/Drums Joe Cosmo Cogen*Hipockets Duncan/The Big Bopper & others/Guitar/Harmonica/Bass Jayson Elliott*Tommy Allsup/Ritchie Valens & others/Guitar Ryan Jagru*Apollo Headliner/Maria Elena Santiago & others/Keyboard Shayna Nicole Small*Apollo Headliner & others/Saxophone & Guiro Byron St. Cyr*Joe B. Maudlin/Bass & Trumpet Spiff Wiegand*

Stage Manager Andrea Shell*Second Stage Manager Jenifer Morrow*Stage Management Interns Gabriella C. Neuerer, Rachel Pelgen

Time: January 1956 — February 1959Place: Lubbock, Texas; Clovis, New Mexico; New York, NY; and Clear Lake, Iowa

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story will be performed with an intermission.

Additional Production StaffMs. Small Wig Design Gerard James Kelly

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

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 and with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees-Local No. 5.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park receives partial funding from the Ohio Arts Council, a state agency created to foster and encourage the development of the arts and to preserve Ohio’s cultural heritage. Funding from the Ohio Arts Council is an investment of state tax dollars that promotes economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

CAST

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MUSIC CREDITSThe use of the songs in this production is by arrangement with:

‘Flower Of My Heart’ Holly House Inc.‘Ready Teddy’ Unichappell Music Inc.‘Blue Days Black Nights’ Unichappell Music Inc.‘That’s All Right’ Unichappell Music Inc.‘A Teenager In Love’ Unichappell Music Inc.‘That’ll Be The Day’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren‘Peggy Sue’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren‘Maybe Baby’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren‘Not Fade Away’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren‘True Love Ways’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren‘Looking For Someone To Love’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren‘Listen To Me’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren‘It’s So Easy To Fall In Love’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren‘Well Alright’ MPL Comm. Inc. MPL/Wren‘When You Ask About Love’ Acruff Rose Music Inc.‘Words Of Love’ MPL Comm. Inc. ‘Oh Boy’ Wren Music Co. c/o MPL‘Rave On’ Wren Music Co. c/o MPL‘Heartbeat’ Wren Music Co. c/o MPL‘Changing All Those Changes’ Cedarwood Publishing Co.‘Think It Over’ Cedarwood Publishing Co./Southern Music Publishing Co.‘Everyday’ Southern Music Publishing Co.‘Mailman Bring Me No More’ Southern Music Publishing Co./Beinstock Publishing ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’ Southern Music Publishing Co.‘Shout’ Sony/ATV‘Why Do Fools’ Windswept Pacific Ent.‘Chantilly Lace’ Donald Daily, Glad Music Co./Fort Knox Music Inc./Trio Music Company Inc.‘Raining In My Heart’ House Of Bryant Pubs. Inc.‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’ Management Agency‘Johnny B Goode’ Isalee Music Co. ‘Rock Around With Ollie Vee’ Hill And Range Songs Inc.

All other songs, arrangements and incidental music by Paul Jury

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An Inspiration for Rock and Roll Legends to ComeBy Gigi Relic

As one of the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Buddy Holly is considered one of the most influential creative forces in early rock and roll. See what other rock and roll legends have said about Holly and his band The Crickets.

“He had recorded something like 60 songs and every one of them was a hit, and most were hit records. Even the Beatles cannot compare to the magnitude of this contribution. The music he made, he invented himself, with very little help from others.” — Don McLean

“I still like Buddy’s vocal style. And his writing. One of the main things about The Beatles is that we started out writing our own material. John and I started to write because of Buddy Holly. It was like, ‘Wow! He writes and is a musician.’” — Paul McCartney

“I was looking for a name like The Crickets that meant two things, and from crickets I got to beetles. And I changed the BEA, because ‘beetles’ didn’t mean two things on its own. When you said it, people thought of crawly things; and when you read it, it was beat music.” — John Lennon

“Buddy Holly was the first one that we were really aware of in England who could play and sing at the same time — not just strum, but actually play the licks.” — John Lennon

“I play Buddy Holly every night before going onstage. It keeps me honest.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“It was the fact that we were doing Buddy’s song [‘Not Fade Away’] that also gave us the extra provocation to start writing our own songs.” — Keith Richards

“I just have some sort of feeling that he was — I don’t know how or why — but I know he was with us all the time we were making this record in some kind of way.” — Bob Dylan

“[John] wore glasses, but he would only wear them in private… But when Buddy came out, the glasses came out too… In our imaginations back then, John was Buddy and I was Little Richard or Elvis. You’re always somebody when you start.”

— Paul McCartney

“I only needed specs for reading, but as a result of wearing them all the time to try to look like Buddy Holly, I became genuinely nearsighted.” — Elton John

“Of all the music heroes of the time, Buddy Holly was the most accessible, and he was the real thing… He was one of us.” — Eric Clapton

“Buddy Holly’s death is what I used to try to write the biggest possible song I could write about America. And not a ‘This Land Is Your Land’ or ‘America, the Beautiful’ or something like that. I wanted to write a song that was completely brand new in its perspective.” — Don McLean

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ANDY CHRISTOPHER(Buddy Holly/Guitar/ Music Director)Andy is making his Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park debut with Buddy. He previously toured North America with Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (25th

anniversary tour). Regionally, he has performed in Jersey Boys (Ogunquit Playhouse), Buddy (The Muny and many more), Hank Williams: Lost Highway (Flat Rock Playhouse, West Virginia Public Theater), This Land Is Your Land (TheaterWorks Hartford), Woody Sez (Ivoryton Playhouse) and Rock & Roll Man (Bucks County Playhouse). In concert, he performed in Muny Magic at The Sheldon. Andy thanks MMD; DGRW; Stephanie Klapper, CSA; and the Playhouse for all their work. He dedicates his performance to his wife, Esther, his daughter, Haven, and their newest family member arriving in April. Visit andychristopher.net and follow him on Instagram @mrandychristopher. Ps100.2.

JOE COSMO COGEN(Jerry Allison/Drums)Joe’s national credits include Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (25th anniversary tour). Regional credits include Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Casa Mañana Theatre, Great Lakes PA

Center, The Muny, Maine State Music Theatre, Fulton Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Ogunquit Playhouse, Eldorado Casino and Surflight Theatre) and Chamberlain: A Civil War Romance (Maine State Music Theatre). Joe is also an accomplished session and studio drummer in New York, performing with various artists in some of the city’s most prestigious venues, including Rockwood Music Hall, Highline Ballroom, BB King’s Blues Club, The Knitting Factory, Green Room 42, Joe’s Pub and many more. Visit joecosmocogen.com for more information.

JAYSON ELLIOTT(Hipockets Duncan/ The Big Bopper & others/Guitar/Harmonica/Bass)Jayson is humbled to be making his Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park debut with Buddy! Jay is no stranger to the Buddy Holly world. He

has been seen coast to coast as The Big Bopper (and others) in his 13 previous productions, as well as with the tribute band, The Rave-Ons, where they recreate the final concert of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Other recent favorites include The Full Monty (Dave Bukatinsky), Avenue Q (Brian), The Wizard of Oz (Cowardly Lion), Guys and Dolls (Nicely Nicely Johnson), The Music Man (Marcellus Washburn), Sister Act (Joey), Pump Boys and Dinettes (Jim, Eddie) and Smoke on the Mountain (Stanley). Jay also spent two years on the high seas with Disney as the iconic Genie in Aladdin. Much love and many thanks to everyone at the Playhouse, Marcia, Andy, his beautiful wife Karen and YOU for supporting live theatre! Let’s rock ‘n’ roll!

RYAN JAGRU(Tommy Allsup/Ritchie Valens & others/Guitar)Ryan is very excited to make his debut at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park with this production! He has paid tribute to rock and roll legend Ritchie Valens

multiple times in past productions of Buddy, as well as with the tribute group The Rave-Ons. Ryan can next be seen paying tribute to the Jonas Brothers next summer at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, N.H. His credits include Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story national tour (Ritchie Valens), The Disney Dream (Aladdin/Simba), 1DT: Tribute to One Direction (Zayn) and Tribute to Bruno (Bruno Mars). Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Bridget, friends and family for their endless love and support. Follow him on Instagram @rocknryry.

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SHAYNA NICOLE SMALL(Apollo Headliner/Maria Elena Santiago & others/Keyboard)Shayna is happy to be making her Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park debut! Her off-Broadway credits include Parable of the

Sower (The Public Theater) and Rags Parkland Sings Songs of the Future–workshop (Ars Nova). Regional credits include How to Catch Creation (Baltimore Center Stage, Philadelphia Theatre Company), Intimate Apparel (Bay Street Theater), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Great Lakes Center for the Arts) and The Colored Museum (Huntington Theatre). Tours include Parable of the Sower. Film credits include The Smell, Pour Aimer. Shayna is a proud alum of the Baltimore School for the Arts and holds a Bachelor’s of Arts from The Juilliard School. Visit shaynasmall.com for more information.

BYRON ST. CYR(Apollo Headliner & others/Saxophone & Guiro)Byron is excited to be making his Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park debut. His credits include Billy Elliot (Goodspeed Musicals), On Your Feet (Westchester

Broadway Theatre), Elf: The Musical (Syracuse Stage) and the national tours of Miss Saigon and My Fair Lady, among others. Recent solo concert work includes Byron St. Cyr: Back to Before, Byron St. Cyr Swings Down Broadway and 4600 Mithra: My New Orleans (2018 MAC Nomination). Thank you to Eddie and my Take 3 Talent team. For more info visit byronstcyr.com or follow @BSCjr on Instagram.

SPIFF WIEGAND(Joe B. Maudlin/Bass & Trumpet)Spiff is excited to return home for his debut with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. He was born in Northern Kentucky with two thumbs on his right hand

and plays over 20 instruments. Jimmy Fallon and Brad Pitt have lip-synced to his yodeling and his accordion playing was featured on John Oliver. Spiff was once a “mark” on What Would You Do? He did the right thing. Spiff was on the national tour of War Horse as the on-stage accordionist. New York appearances include The Grateful Dead musical, Red Roses, Green Gold (Minetta Lane Theatre); New York Animals by Steven Sater (Bedlam Theatre Company); and Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre for a New Audience). Spiff has performed regionally in many actor/musician shows including Indecent (Palm Beach Dramaworks, Pittsburgh Public Theater), Ring of Fire (Actors’ Playhouse at The Miracle Theatre, Infinity Theatre Company), Woody Sez (People’s Light, Stages Repertory Theatre), Mark Twain’s River of Song (Milwaukee Repertory Theater) and more. He is noted for one-man-band performances of his own songs, in which he has played up to seven instruments at once. You can find his videos on YouTube at Spiff Wiegand.

ALAN JANES(Playwright)Alan has written extensively for television, films and theatre over a 40-year career since training at London’s world-famous Stratford East Theatre under the theatrical legend Joan Littlewood.

Alan wrote and produced the soul musical 125th Street, and wrote and produced the musical Jailhouse Rock, based on the Elvis Presley film, both of which ran in London’s West End. In 1989 his musical Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story was presented in the West End and ran for 15 years. The U.K. tour of Buddy has run, with the occasional break, for 28 years and the show has

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enjoyed worldwide success, playing: Broadway and five U.S. National Tours, Canada, Sweden, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Holland, Singapore, Finland, Austria and Denmark. Alan was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Musical, and internationally Buddy has received many nominations and awards including a Tony.

MARCIA MILGROM DODGE(Director/Choreographer)“MMD” is a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award-nominated director and choreographer for the Kennedy Center/Broadway revival of Ragtime, for which she also received

the Helen Hayes Award for Best Director. Her Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Secret Garden and Cabaret. Television: Marcia appears as herself in Kristen Bell’s new musical series Encore! for Disney+, Season1: Ep1 (Annie), Ep12 (Ragtime). New York and National Tours include Curious George and Seussical (TheatreworksUSA), Ragtime (Phoenix Entertainment), Cookin’ (Minetta Lane Theatre), Venus Flytrap (Active Theater), Radio Gals (John Houseman Theatre), Maltby & Shire’s Closer Than Ever (original production) and William Finn’s Romance In Hard Times (The Public Theater). Regionally, Marcia has directed and choreographed at The Muny, TUTS, The Cape Playhouse, Olney Theatre Center, Cleveland Play House, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Pioneer Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Center Stage, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Denver Center, Pittsburgh Public Theater, The Glimmerglass Festival, Bay Street Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Lyric Stage, Goodspeed, Huntington Theatre and Arena Stage. Marcia is also a wife, mother, teacher and a published and produced playwright. For T, N & CJ.

CHRISTIAN BOY(Set Designer)Christian is happy to be making his Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park debut. Christian’s designs have been seen on the stages of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,

California Musical Theatre (Music Circus), Jewish Theatre of the South, Horizon Theatre and the Black Hills Playhouse. Christian holds degrees from Augustana College and The University of Kansas and teaches at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. Much love always to MMD and Tony.

TRACY CHRISTENSEN(Costume Designer)Tracy happily returns to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park after designing The Roommate in 2018. She designed the recent Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn

Close, Candide at Carnegie Hall with John Lithgow, Lady in the Dark starring Victoria Clark for MasterVoices, and Carousel for London’s English National Opera. Recent premieres include Scotland, PA (Roundabout Theatre Company); The Prompter (Bay Street Theater); Passing Through (Goodspeed Opera House); The Willard Suitcases (American Shakespeare Center); Anne of Green Gables (Merry Go Round Theater, 2018 Syracuse Area Live Theater Award nomination); and Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Pride & Prejudice off-Broadway. Her other projects include Caesar & Cleopatra (off-Broadway), Souvenir (Broadway), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Folger Shakespeare Library), Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Weston Playhouse), Noises Off! (Asolo Repertory Theatre), Oklahoma! (Goodspeed Opera House), Mamma Mia! (Great Lakes Theater, 2018 Cleveland Critics Circle Award), Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (film for HBO with Audra McDonald), Sherwood (Playmakers Repertory), Seussical

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(TheatreworksUSA, directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Lucille Lortel nomination), and Hand To God (TheaterWorks Hartford). She has worked with the Chautauqua Theatre Company for 10 seasons and is a faculty member at Purchase College SUNY for costume design. Visit tracychristensen.com for more information.

ROB DENTON(Lighting Designer)Rob is thrilled to design his first show at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Rob’s recent designs include Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors and South Pacific (Maltz Jupiter Theatre); Matilda,

Footloose, Cinderella and Guys & Dolls (The Muny); Your Best One (Capital Repertory Theatre); The Humans and Oslo (Repertory Theatre of St Louis); Girlfriend (TheaterWorks); Will Roger’s Follies (Goodspeed Musicals); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Theatre under the Stars); Daughter of the Regiment (Atlanta Opera); and Tosca and La Bohème (Opera San Antonio). Some of Rob’s upcoming designs include The Cake (Repertory Theatre St. Louis and TheaterWorks). Visit rdentex.com for more information.

MATT KRAUS(Sound Designer)Matt’s Broadway credits include Liza’s at the Palace…, Kristin Chenoweth: My Love Letter to Broadway, and Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony. His off-Broadway credits include Caucasian Chalk Circle, 50 Shades! The Musical Parody, Forbidden Broadway, Voca People and Cruel Intentions national tour. Matt is also the audio coordinator for remote shoots at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Regional theatre credits include Paper Mill Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Walnut Street Theatre, Barrington Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse and

Bucks County Playhouse. Matt has also played many of the world’s greatest venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Hampton Court Palace, Olympia in Paris, Sydney Opera House, Monte Carlo Sporting Club and Vienna State Opera House. He won an Emmy for his work on Disney’s Broadway Hits at Royal Albert Hall.

STEPHANIE KLAPPER, CSA(Casting Director)Stephanie is thrilled to continue her collaboration with Blake Robison and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Select shows she has cast for the Playhouse are Once on This Island;

Alias Grace; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; The Thanksgiving Play; Two Trains Running; A Christmas Carol; Cincinnati King; Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley and The Roommate, in addition to Shakespeare in Love, Mr. Joy, Be Here Now, Marie and Rosetta, Sooner/Later, Treasure Island and Murder for Two in 2017-18. Previously for the Playhouse, she cast A Prayer for Owen Meany, Disgraced, A Christmas Carol, Jane Eyre, All the Roads Home, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, The Secret Garden, Sex with Strangers, Mad River Rising, Native Gardens, The Revolutionists, To Kill a Mockingbird, Mothers and Sons, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, Safe House, Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical, Circle Mirror Transformation, Peter and the Starcatcher, Buzzer, Fly, Seven Spots on the Sun, Clybourne Park, 4000 Miles, Pride and Prejudice, as well as Shipwrecked! An Entertainment; The Book Club Play; Leveling Up; Abigail/1702; The Three Musketeers. Her work is frequently seen on Broadway, off-Broadway and regionally, as well as on film and television. She has many exciting projects running and upcoming in New York, regionally and in Europe. Stephanie is a member of the Casting Society of America.

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ANDREA L. SHELL (Stage Manager)Andrea is excited to be celebrating her 20th season with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, having worked on more than 90 productions. A highlight of every season for her is stage managing

A Christmas Carol. Favorite Playhouse credits include Alias Grace; The Last Wide Open; The Roommate; Treasure Island; Be Here Now; Mr. Joy; Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End; Jane Eyre; Disgraced; Bad Dates; The Revolutionists; Peter and the Starcatcher; I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti; The North Pool; The Trip to Bountiful; Merrily We Roll Along; As You Like It; Behind the Eye; The Understudy; Blackbird; Durango; Around the World in 80 Days; Altar Boyz; Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming; Reckless; Ace; The Clean House;

A Picasso; One; Abracadabra (2002-2007); The Bible … (abridged); and Dark Paradise. Regionally, she stage managed The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead (Dallas Theater Center); Ace (The Old Globe); Lost Prospect (Ingenuity Festival of Cleveland); A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Nutcracker (Cincinnati Ballet); and Snow White and Beauty and the Beast (Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy). She also served as the production stage manager for the Jonesborough Repertory Theatre. Andrea is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. She would like to thank her family, friends, Dylan and Scott for their unending support.

JENIFER MORROW(Second Stage Manager)See bio on Pg. 43.

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CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARKBlake Robison Artistic Director

Buzz Ward Managing Director

americUS

Director Joan HerringtonSet/Costume Designer Misha Kachman

Lighting Designer Mike DurstComposers Universes

Additional Music Composition & Sound Designers Broken Chord

Feb. 1 – March 8, 2020Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre

by UNIVERSES

Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre Season Presented by:

Production Sponsor:

Andrea and Dr. Edward Herzig

Additional support provided by:

With support from: THE ROSENTHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION

Design Sponsor:

americUS was commissioned through the Playhouse’s Jerome Fey Endowment.

Additional Support Provided by The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.

CASTRingmaster/Magnifique Philip Martin/Ensemble Steven Sapp*Lulu/Luisa/Ensemble Mildred Ruiz-Sapp*Emmitt Weatherman/Crawfish/Ensemble Gamal Chasten Sunny/Senna/Ensemble Asia Mark*

Production Stage Manager Jenifer Morrow*Stage Management Intern Erin Speno

Time: 2020Location: USA

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

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 and with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees-Local No. 5.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park receives partial funding from the Ohio Arts Council, a state agency created to foster and encourage the development of the arts and to preserve Ohio’s cultural heritage. Funding from the Ohio Arts Council is an investment of state tax dollars that promotes economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

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Breaking Bounds: A Closer Look at UniversesBy Natalie Hulla

Universes is an award-winning, multicultural performance ensemble that breaks traditional theatrical bounds to create its own brand of live storytelling. They innovatively fuse theatre, poetry, dance, jazz, politics, hip-hop, Spanish boleros and down-home blues to craft stimulating and entertaining productions unlike many theatre companies performing today. The ensemble originated in The Bronx in 1995, and their artistic origins were inspired by the urban music and poetry scene that took over New York City in the ’90s. With national and international touring credits, Universes has been praised by critics for their singular and unforgettable performance style. Take a look at some of the acclaimed works Universes has created.

UNISONUNISON is a modern-day drama about collective memory and legacy that exclusively features the poetry of legendary playwright August Wilson. Through original music and movement, alongside Wilson’s poetry, UNISON tells the story of a dying poet who bequeaths his apprentice a secret box that they’re instructed to destroy. But the apprentice gives in to their curiosity and opens the box, releasing the terrors and demons that afflicted the poet all his life.

“This is theater of the highest caliber that does not play it safe…In the hands of this group of exceptional artists, UNISON is a raw and soulful triumph full of creativity and poignancy.” — Siskiyou Daily

Party PeopleInspired by social revolutionaries of the ’60s and ’70s, Party People finds two young men debuting a video at an art gallery about the era’s most influential activist groups. At the gallery opening, they find themselves reuniting with original members of the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords Party/Org, and what unfolds is a challenging and complex narrative about what revolution means through both historical and contemporary lenses. Party People is based on dozens of interviews from original activists from both parties.

Asia Mark, Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp and Gamal Chasten at an americUS workshop at the Playhouse.

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“Fast, confrontational, reflective by turns, and packed with music and dance as propulsive as the years when the groups were spawned… Volatile, fiery choreography and spirit-moving blues, jazz, work-song and Latino songs… A well-deserved, prolonged standing ovation… Power to the people, indeed!” — San Francisco Chronicle

AmerivilleAmeriville takes place in New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The show reflects personal stories about surviving the storm (and the storm’s aftermath) that the ensemble collected through interviews with local artists and community members in the region. Through poetry, original music and dance, the show is a challenging artistic critique of a “culture of fear” that’s gripped America since its founding.

“An effervescent, racially mixed group who call themselves Universes... are as likely to kick some poetry as break out into a capella singing, to orchestrate a vocal exercise as they are to burst into a step show.... Their energy and realness is unmatchable.” — The Village Voice

SlanguageBorrowing from personal experiences, Slanguage is an artistic portrait about life on the American streets. This five-person show is built around a subway ride from Brooklyn to the Bronx and uses poetry, rap, gospel, jazz, the blues and Spanish boleros to tell an innovative tale that is uniquely New York. Slanguage balances moments of humor with dramatic truth-telling to render an ultimately hopeful story about the contemporary urban landscape.

“For what these brilliant wordsmiths really do — and do with the kind of verbal and musical facility old Bill Shakespeare engaged in when modern English itself was in its earliest stages of development — is nothing short of reinventing the multiplicity of mother tongues in which they negotiate their world on a daily basis.” — Chicago Sun-Times

To learn more about Universes’ body of work and artistic perspective, visit universesonstage.com.

Gamal Chasten and Asia Mark at an americUS workshop in Ashland, Oregon, while Blake Robison looks on.

Asia Mark, Gamal Chasten, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp and Steven Sapp (standing) with Broken Chord’s Aaron Meicht at an americUS workshop at the Playhouse.

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STEVEN SAPP(Ringmaster/Magnifique Philip Martin/Ensemble)Steven is a co-founder and member of UNIVERSES, where he has served as a playwright, actor and director since 1995. His playwright and acting credits

include AFRICANTIC; americUS; UNISON; PARTY PEOPLE; AMERIVILLE; The Denver Project; One Shot in Lotus Position; BLUE SUITE; SLANGUAGE; RHYTHMICITY; THE RIDE; and The Comedy of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Directing credits include PASSOVER by Antoinette Nwandu, SWOPERA (Carpetbag Theatre), Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman, Will Powers’ THE SEVEN (University of Iowa), THE ARCHITECTURE OF LOSS (Assistant Director) and Alfred Jarry’s UBU: Enchained (Poland). Awards and affiliations include the 2015 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award (Theatre); Oregon Shakespeare Festival Acting Company (2012-present); U.S. Cultural Ambassador with the U.S. State Department for Jazz at Lincoln Center Rhythm Road Tour (2008); Theatre Communications Group; Theatre National Directors Award (2002); National Theater Artist Residency Program Award (2002-2004 and 1999-2001); Peter Zeisler Award (2008); BRIO Awards (Bronx Recognizes Its Own — Performance, 1998 and 2002); Van Lier Fellowship (New Dramatists); The Point CDC (co-founder), and New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspects. His publications include UNIVERSES’ The Revolution will be Live! (2020 release through Theatre Communications Group Books); SLANGUAGE in The Fire This Time; BLUE SUITE (Goodman Theatre’s Festival Latino); PARTY PEOPLE (Manifesto Anthology); and he has been featured on the covers of American Theatre Magazine (2004) and The Source (2000). Steven is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association and holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Theatre from Bard College.

MILDRED RUIZ-SAPP(Lulu/Luisa/Ensemble)Mildred is a board member of the National Performance Network and co-founder and member of UNIVERSES—where she has served as a playwright, actor and director since 1995. Her

playwright and acting credits include AFRICANTIC; americUS; UNISON; PARTY PEOPLE; AMERIVILLE; The Denver Project; One Shot in Lotus Position; BLUE SUITE; RHYTHMICITY; SLANGUAGE; THE RIDE; The Merry Wives of Windsor; The Comedy of Errors; The Unfortunates; and Alfred Jarry’s UBU: Enchained. Musical direction credits include SWOPERA. Awards and affiliations include the 2015 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award (Theatre); Oregon Shakespeare Festival Acting Company (2012-present); U.S. Cultural Ambassador with the U.S. State Department for Jazz at Lincoln Center Rhythm Road Tour (2008); Theatre Communications Group; Theatre National Directors Award (2002); National Theater Artist Residency Program Award (2002-2004 and 1999-2001); New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspects; the Career Advancement Fellowship from the Ford Foundation through the Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (2006); the Peter Zeisler Award (2008); and former board member of the Network of Ensemble Theaters. Her publications include UNIVERSES’ The Revolution will be Live! (2020 release through Theatre Communications Group Books); SLANGUAGE in The Fire This Time; BLUE SUITE (Goodman Theatre’s Festival Latino); PARTY PEOPLE (Manifesto Anthology); and she has been featured on the covers of American Theatre Magazine (2004) and The Source (2000). She is a member of the Dramatist Guild and Actors’ Equity Association, and holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Literature and Language from Bard College.

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GAMAL CHASTEN(Emmitt Weatherman/Crawfish/Ensemble)Gamal is a poet, playwright, composer and co-founder of Universes theatre ensemble, originally based out of New York. Gamal’s theatrical writing credits include The

Last Word, God Took Away His Poem, The Black Mann Act Trail of Jack Johnson, The Wall, The Ride (Universes), Slanguage (Universes), Ameriville (Universes) and Let Bygones Be, featured at the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s 34th Humana Festival of New American Plays Ten-Minute Play series. Commissions include Slanguage (New York Theater Workshop, 1999), United States History Cycle 2008 (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Ameriville (Actors Theater of Louisville, 2009) and americUS (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 2020). Published works include Writers Corp Teacher Anthology (City Lights Books, 2009); The Fire This Time: African American Plays for the 21st Century; and Humana Festival: The Complete Plays (2003, 2009, 2010).

ASIA MARK(Sunny/Senna/Ensemble)Asia is a creator from Detroit, Mich., who is excited to be making her Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park debut! Asia obtained her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Acting from Western

Michigan University and went on to join the acting company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (UNISON, Shakespeare in Love). She has been blessed to be able to create and perform new, diverse work. Uninterested in keeping the same stories and experiences on stage, she is passionate about bringing new work and new experiences into the American theatre. As a theatre and visual arts teacher, Asia aims to use her influence to help usher in a new generation of fresh, original voices to audiences and present theatre collaborations that will continue to shape the

American theatre that reflect our reality in the vibrant colors of our time. She dedicates her performance to the amazing humans that she calls her family. You can find her on Instagram at @AsiaMayMark.

UNIVERSES(Authors/Creators/Composers)Universes is a national theatre company dedicated to the creation, development, production, touring, community engagement and educational dissemination of new theatrical and performance works for the stage. It supports artists within and outside of its core company to foster artistic excellence in American theatre. Its core company consists of a revolving and evolving set of multi-disciplined writers and performers who fuse poetry, theatre, music and dance to bring American voices to life through moving, challenging and entertaining theatrical works. Led by its Founders/Artistic Directors, Steven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, the core group of writers breaks the bounds of traditional theatre, building on Universes’ aesthetic and unique brand, to invite/challenge old and new generations of theatre crafters, as well as theatregoers and newcomers, to envision a new American theatre. Founded in The Bronx, New York, in 1995, the original members of Universes came together in the urban poetry and music scene of the late 1990s, quickly moving through the “downtown” performance scene to build a home for themselves in American theatre. In their 24 years, they have taken their original pieces around the world, electrifying crowds and sparking conversation about just what it means to be an American citizen: right here and right now.

JOAN HERRINGTON(Director)Joan’s work as a director has taken her from coast to coast with productions in New York and Los Angeles and as far as the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. With a focus

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on new play development, Joan is also a long-time dramaturg, most recently working with Universes for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of UNISON. She is also the founder and a resident director/dramaturg for the Activate: Midwest New Play Festival. Joan has served as literary consultant to several regional theatres and on a number of feature films. She is author of six books and over a dozen book chapters and journal articles that examine the creative process of playwrights and directors with specific focus on the work of August Wilson. She also serves as Chair of the Department of Theatre at Western Michigan University.

MISHA KACHMAN(Set and Costume Designer)Misha’s previous Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park designs include Cincinnati King, Mr. Joy, Venus in Fur and Sex With Strangers. He has also worked at Arena Stage, Asolo Repertory

Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Children’s Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, The Kennedy Center, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Olney Theatre Center, Opera Lafayette, Opera Royal Versailles, Pasadena Playhouse, Filarmónica de Jalisco, Portland Center Stage, Round House Theatre, Seattle Rep, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, Signature Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Studio Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Theater J, Wilma Theater and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, among many other companies in the United States and abroad. Misha is a recipient of the 2013 Helen Hayes Award and a company member at Woolly Mammoth in Washington. He is a graduate of the St. Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy and serves as professor and department head of Master’s in Fine Arts in Design at the University of Maryland. For more information visit mishakachman.com.

MIKE DURST(Lighting Designer)Mike is a Chicago-based lighting designer and ensemble member with A Red Orchid Theatre. His off-Broadway credits include shows with Primary Stages, 59E59

and Cherry Lane Theatre. National tour credits include The Nightman Cometh: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Regional and Chicago credits include Goodman Theatre (Santaland Diaries), Court Theatre (Belle of Amherst, King Hedley II), McCarter Theatre (Simpatico), Huntington Theatre Company (Come Back, Little Sheba), Lookingglass Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Cardinal Stage, Detroit Public Theatre, Timeline, A Red Orchid Theatre, The Hypocrites, The House Theatre and others. Concert lighting design credits for artists are as varied as Clipping, Lea Salonga, Chicago Sinfonietta and Pete Townshend. Mike is the lecturer of Lighting Design at University of Chicago and a consultant on theatrical renovations. He is a recipient of Chicago’s Jeff Award, L.A.’s Ovation Award and San Diego’s Craig Noel Award. Mike is a member of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 2 and United Scenic Artists 829. Visit MikeDurst.com for more information.

BROKEN CHORD(Additional Music Composition & Sound Designers)Broken Chord is pleased to be making their Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park debut. Broadway credits include The Parisian Woman and Eclipsed. Off-Broadway credits include Toni Stone at Roundabout Theatre Company; The Lying Lesson at the Atlantic; OZET at Independent Artists’ Playhouse; Bull in a China Shop at Lincoln Center Theater; When We Were Young and Unafraid at Manhattan Theatre Club; The Good Negro and Party People at The Public; and Appropriate at Signature Theatre. Regional credits include Tom Sawyer at Actors Theatre

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of Louisville; Angels in America: Parts One and Two at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; As You Like It and Enemy of the People at the Guthrie Theater; Ruined at Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Hair at Dallas Theater Center; Make Believe at Hartford Stage; Top Girls at the Huntington Theatre; UNISON at Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Macbeth and Hamlet at Shakespeare Theatre Company; and These Paper Bullets! at Yale Rep. Film credits include Fall to Rise. Visit brokenchord.us for more information.

JENIFER MORROW(Production Stage Manager)A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association for 30 years, Jenifer has been a stage manager at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park since 1994. She became the PSM (head of

the department) in 2005. Jenifer has worked on more than 100 productions, including

a number of regional and world premieres, and has traveled to several other theatres to bring co-productions back to the Playhouse. Her recent credits include The Lifespan of a Fact; Tiny Houses; August Wilson’s Two Trains Running; The Second City — It’s Not You, It’s Me; Cincinnati King; Misery; Murder for Two; Marie and Rosetta; An Evening With Groucho; Shakespeare in Love; Little Shop of Horrors; The Second City’s Holidazed & Confused Revue; A Prayer for Owen Meany; To Kill a Mockingbird; The Secret Garden; and Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical. Jenifer served as the PSM at Santa Fe Stages for several seasons. She has also stage managed at Cleveland Play House, La Jolla Playhouse, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Long Wharf Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, The Ordway and Players Theatre Columbus. One of her most memorable experiences was stage managing the U.K. tour of Miss Evers’ Boys at The Barbican Centre in London and at the historic Bristol Old Vic.

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AnonymousRomola N. AllenHenrietta BarlagRoderick and Barbara BarrPeggy BarrettMr. Neil BillmanRosemary and Frank BloomThomas J. BreedCharlin and Peter BriggsJack G. and Rosemarie BrownJohn and Peg BruggemanSusan and Burton ClossonCarol C. ColeRichard and Theresa CurryGuy and Cathy DeDiemarJackie Dieckman and Mike CameryMrs. James M. EdwardsBarbara FitchSusan S. FriedlanderVictoria Buyniski Gluckman Mrs. Charles GoeringJ. Frederick and Cynthia GossmanLinda GreenbergJan and Herman GroshoffMary HainlineCheryl Harden-LoveJoan and Joe HarrisMrs. Robert J. HaslRobert and Judith HeatonMrs. Andrea and Dr. Edward HerzigKarlee L. HilliardAndrew MacAoidh JergensJudith E. JohnsonM. J. JohnsonJan and Jay KalagayanWinifred B. KesslerRandolph and Patricia KrummMs. Abby E. LangdonMinor and Dan LeBlondTerry LemmermanMr. and Mrs. Ron LyonsJacqueline M. MackRichard and Sandy ManteuffelJames A. Markley, Jr.David MartinDavid Mason

Ron Matson and Daniel YoungManuel D. and Rhoda MayersonBarbara A. McCrackenCharles and Joann MeadJames A. MillerDavid and Diane MocciaWilliam J. and Mary G. MoranMr. and Mrs. Arnold MorelliPatti Myers and Alan FlahertyMort and Barb NicholsonRichard and Julia OkenfussJack and Marilyn OsbornCharlotte and Robert OttoJenny and David PowellBetty L. PrincePamela ReisingEllen RieveschlRichard RosenthalJack and Moe RouseRobert and Dell Ann SatheMrs. Robert C. Schiff, Sr.Mark and Rosemary SchlachterCarol J. SchroederDigi France SchuelerJohn and Marsha ShieldsJerry and Betsy ShroatElizabeth C. B. and Paul G. SittenfeldAdrienne Angst SmithLouise W. SpiegelFrancis and Susan StantonCharles L. Thomas, Jr.Lynda A. ThomasSidney Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Thomas ToddMarty TombMargaret and Albert Vontz IIIDaniel G. WalkerJoAnn and Paul WardStuart WarshauerDr. and Mrs. Nelson B. WattsJim and Jo Ann WeberIrwin and Barbara WeinbergBarbara M. WeyandRonna and Dr. James B. WillisBarbara WitteSusan and Don Zaunbrecher

POSTHUMOUSLY REMEMBEREDHelen and Charles AbramovitzMrs. Thomas AdlerRobert H. AllenKaren H. BellLeland M. ColeEva Jane Romaine CoombeJohn V. CrableJohn F. CurleyAnne Elkins DidrichsenMrs. Elizabeth EasleyJames M. EdwardsFelix and Weta Mae ElkinsMargaret M. EmbshoffJerome A. Fey and Robert J. SchlafleStona FitchWilliam A. FriedlanderOliver M. GaleMr. Charles W. GoeringPeter HainlineCarlyn G. HamiltonDr. Robert J. HaslMrs. Morse JohnsonStanley M. Kaplan, M.D.Keith LemmermanMaurice E. OshryGeorge RieveschlLauncey RoderLois RosenthalGene F. SantoroMr. Robert C. Schiff, Sr.Karl and Roberta Schlachter Mary Louise SchrothRick SteinerJane K. SteinfirstThurza R. SternbergCharles and Sue StrausJoan ThomasHoward TombAlbert Vontz, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Dick WaiteGladys C. WarshauerMonte Witte

Please remember the Playhouse in your will or estate plan — and let us know if you do!

BOARD OF TRUSTEESBOARD OF TRUSTEESWoody Taft

PresidentEllen G. van der Horst

Vice PresidentJohn Stein

TreasurerTerry Lemmerman

SecretaryJack Rouse

Chair

TRUSTEESCathy BaileyRonald T. BatesMono BhattacharyaDavid BillmireDouglas Brauch

Ryan L. BrownRobert S. CastelliniJames P. Conway, Jr.Alva Jean CrawfordMark DawesScott X. DetersPeter A. DraugelisLouis A. FenderElizabeth GeorgeLinda GreenbergNirvani HeadAndrea A. HerzigKaren M. HoguetRichard P. HomanPeter HortonHolly HuttenbauerSusan IngmireThomas M. Keckeis

James C. LeonardStephen S. LettJacqueline MackKevin N. McMurrayRoy A. MitchellWilliam J. MoranPatti MyersJack D. OsbornKenneth OswaldJenny PowellMatt ReckmanRobert C. ReifsnyderAustin SchiffDigi SchuelerJerry ShroatMarty TombBarbara A. TurnerLawrence N. Vignola

Al Vontz IIIRandolph WadsworthJill A. WarmanJulia WesselkamperBarbara WeyandLeo T. WhittSusan B. Zaunbrecher

EMERITIOtto M. Budig, Jr.Charles O. Carothers, M.D.David C. HerrimanAndrew MacAoidh JergensMorse JohnsonLois RosenthalHoward TombAlbert W. Vontz, Jr.

Thanks to your vision and commitment to the Playhouse, we can continue to produce extraordinary theatre for Playhouse audiences of tomorrow. We are grateful to you for including the Playhouse in your estate plans.

This list recognizes members of the Morse Johnson Society as of November 7, 2019. For more information on joining or including the Playhouse in your estate plan, please contact Director of Individual Giving Helene Herbert at 513-977-2025.

THE MORSE JOHNSON SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK

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IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORSTony Arrasmith/Arrasmith

& AssociatesThe Blind Lemon and

Eddie SheppardThe BonBonerieCincinnati Park Board Eat Well

Erlanger Window CleaningFunky’s CateringJeff Thomas CateringMt. Adams Bar & GrillOptic Lizard ProductionsPoemeVonderhaar’s Catering, Inc.

WDBZ-AMWGRR-FMWKRC-TVWKRQ-FMWOSL-FMWRRM-FMWXIX-TV

ACCESSIBILITY WITH DIGNITY

“The arts are a right, not a privilege … No citizen should be deprived of the beauty and insights into the human experience only the arts can impart.” – National Council on the Arts, 1973

AUDIO DESCRIPTION AND SIGNED PERFORMANCESThe Cincinnati Playhouse offers live audio description for patrons who are sight-impaired and signed performances for those with hearing impairments. These services are available for designated performances throughout the season. Audio description equipment courtesy of Cincinnati Bell Foundation. Telex FM equipment courtesy of Bethesda Hospitals. Signers and describers for the season are Dawn Caudill, Mark DeWitt, Paula Fleming, David Lichtenfeld, Betsy Mann and Mike Snyder.

FACILITY ACCESSIBILITYPatrons who are mobility-impaired may be dropped off outside the Playhouse’s south entrance to the Otto M. Budig Lobby. An elevator in the Budig Lobby allows for access to all levels of the Playhouse. Parking for those with disabilities is located in front of the main entrance, as well as in the Playhouse parking garage. Parking for persons with disabilities is limited and must be reserved and paid for in advance. All vehicles using these spaces must display a valid disability placard. Wheelchair seating in the theatres is subject to availability and should be requested at the time of ticket reservation.

LARGE PRINT PROGRAMSLarge print programs for those with visual impairments are available upon request at every performance.

HEARING ENHANCEMENTIn the Marx Theatre, hearing enhancement receivers providing volume enhancement to patrons with hearing impairments can be obtained prior to every performance from a house manager. The Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre has a new hearing loop system which works with existing T-Coil or Telecoil enabled hearing aids or cochlear implants. For more information, please see the house manager.

AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE SCHEDULEBuddy: The Buddy Holly Story Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 p.m.

Leading Ladies presentsDestiny of Desire Saturday, March 21, 4 p.m.

SIGNED PERFORMANCE SCHEDULEBuddy: The Buddy Holly Story Sunday, Feb. 9, 2 p.m.

Leading Ladies presentsDestiny of Desire Sunday, March 22, 2 p.m.

Funding for this program is made possible by Bartlett Wealth Management.

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2019-20 LEADING LADIESBRAVA! Thank you for stepping into the spotlight and joining the Playhouse’s Leading Ladies program. This list recognizes members of the Leading Ladies as of November 11, 2019. For information on accepting your role as a Leading Lady, please contact Helene Herbert at 513-977-2025.

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRSLinda YoungSue Showers

GRAND DAMESSue CummingsLinda GreenbergKarlee HilliardRosemary SchlachterRonna K. Willis **Jill Wilson

DIVASJanet G. BanksRandal S. BlochLisa BrounMrs. Angela BuckleyMarjorie ComptonKelly DehanPatricia DoyleHolly HuttenbauerLindsey HuttenbauerMary E. Ivers **Judy KennistonMargo KirsteinJill MitchellPatti Myers **Karen NeyerMrs. Julia PentecostAnne PierceJenny PowellBetty L. PrinceDigi Schueler **Paula SteinerDr. Susan R. StrickMaureen Vignola **Barbara Weyand

STARLETSDebra Hust AllisonSusan AnthonyCarol AquinoElizabeth C. ArmitageSusan ArnoldCathy Bernardino BaileyJean BalassoneMolly R. BarberPeggy BarrettJan BartelMandy BartelMarianne M. BeardRebecca BeckstedtMary Ann BellStephanie BeslSusan Brand

Linda D. BrinkHolly BortzHeather BrownFaith BryanSara M. ButlerCarol CampbellAnne ChasserMary Ellen CodyCynthia ColeKassy CorkenAlva Jean CrawfordAmelia Crutcher **Judy S. DalambakisDebora Del ValleSharon FiscusOra ForuszJoanne FriedDr. Gail H. FriedmanElizabeth GeorgeSue GilkeyNancy GollobinMargo HallBarbara HauckLouise HeadNirvani Head **Camille K. HealyCarolyn HeckPatti HeldmanBetsy HendyJudy Tondi HerdKyle HodgkinsCathy Hogan **Linda R. HolthausDebra E. HowieMarty HumesPatricia HumphreyDr. Linda HuntressSusan IngmireDiane IsemanJennifer JacksonAnne JaroszewiczCarrie JohnsonSarah Raup JohnsonEileen KildayRachel KirleyHeather KrombholzLynn P. LarsonCaren J. LavertyFrance LeMaireTerry LemmermanNancy LippincottSally A. LloydJanet LongacreJackie MackCarolyn Ott Martin

Nancy MartinEvelyn Banzhaf McCordJoann MeadMary Ann MeanwellAudrey MillerEmily MiracleDanute MiskinisDiane MocciaAbby MoranMary G. Moran **Maura Moran-BerryConnan MorrisseyCatherine MoulasJeannie NiebuhrClaire PattersonPatsy PikeJane PortmanIldiko PrayKathy QuallsMargie RauhPamela ReisingSherri Adams RemaklusMargie RennieKaren RenzCarol ReubelDeborah White RichardsonBuffie RixeyMary Ellen RobertsKeke SansaloneCarol SchroederLaura SchumanPatricia SheppardJulie ShifmanSue ShowersKathryn Shumrick, MDLaura SkidmoreKim SpringerGlenda SuttmanKazue TakeuchiTeresa TelfordJan H. Tepe, D.D.S.Kathleen S. ThorntonSally TiekeCatharina Toltzis Ph.D.Dionn TronSusie TweddellMaureen ValentineEllen G. van der HorstNancy VirgulakJill WarmanBettie WattsJudith W. WellsShelby WoodLinda YoungSuzanne J. Zimmerman

Bold indicates Steering Committee Members ** Indicates Advisory Committee Members

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DIRECTING THE FUTURE: A NEW STAGE FOR CINCINNATI’S NATIONAL THEATREThank you to all our incredible supporters of our Directing the Future Campaign. Your support ensures the Playhouse’s new mainstage theatre is a place where great artists continue their work behind the scenes and on our stages.

This list recognizes donors to our Capital Campaign as of November 12, 2019. For more information about making a donation, please contact Allison Gerrety at 513-977-2022.

Anonymous (9)Richard and Virginia AdamsMartha AnnessJames Anthony and Sarah CorathersPatricia J. ArmstrongAtkins & Pearce Inc.Bruce and Helene AultRicki and Gerald AyerTodd and Ann BaileyMr. and Mrs. Robert O. BanksRon Bates and Randy LasleyMary Ann and Doug BellKenneth W. and Dawn H. BertscheDavid and Elaine BillmireBernice and Thomas BishopMr. and Mrs. Robert BlattRuth and Tom BobenreadNeil K. Bortz FamilyJack G. and Rosemarie BrownMr. and Mrs. Ryan L. BrownMrs. L.L. Browning, Jr.Clement and Ann Buenger FoundationM. Cathleen CalliesBernie and Mary Kay CalongeCastellini Foundation/

Robert S. CastelliniDebbie ChamberlainDenise and Martin ChambersBurton and Susan Closson

Carl and Deborah CoburnJohn and Julie Cohen*Lois and Philip Cohen*Marjorie E. ComptonJames P. Conway, Jr.

and Richard D. RobertsonThe Crawford Family FoundationElizabeth DaleMark DaunerKenneth DavisDawes direct, LLCNancy and Mark DawesKelly Dehan and Rick StaudigelJackie Dieckman and Mike CameryMichael and Kathleen DohertyBarbara DoviakPeter DraugelisJohn and Liz DyeMs. Joyce ElkusBill and Sharon EmeighGreg and Vickie FehrLouis and Lisa FenderJohn Finocharo and Valerie TaylorGail F. ForbergPete and Betsy FrameMr. and Mrs. John FreemanSusan FriedlanderFriends of the PlayhouseTimothy P. Gilday

Frank and Karen GirolamiGary and Catherine GochoelPeggy L. Golden and Kerry J. KlumpeChandra and Mel GravelyCarl and Joyce GreberLinda and Gary Greenberg*The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./

U.S. Bank FoundationMr. and Mrs. J. Joseph Hale, Jr.Christopher and Marti HallJeanne and Richard HannanJim and Sally HarperJeb and Nirvani HeadMrs. Louise A. HeadDave and Betsy HendyAndrea and Dr. Edward HerzigMs. Karlee L. HilliardDale Hodges and David F. LoganSue HoelKaren and David HoguetRichard and Renita HomanMr. Peter HortonMarty and Tom HumesHuttenbauer FoundationSusan Ingmire and Lynn HaileyBill and Mary Jane JamesLinda Busken Jergens and

Andrew MacAoidh Jergens

Rendering by BHDP Architecture.

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The Morse and Betty Johnson Family Foundation

Patti and Tom Keckeis*Barbara and Larry KellarArleene KellerShelley KirkDennis and Laura KirleyMargo and Elliott KirsteinDavid and Janice KlockeMr. and Mrs. John KmetAustin E. Knowlton Foundation, Inc.Sally and Gerry KorkinMr. and Mrs. Michael H. KremzarMr. and Mrs. Michael C. KrugMr. and Mrs. Randolph L. KrummMr. Charles KubickiBill and Evelyn LandriganMr. Edward LanzitThe Lemmerman FamilyMr. and Mrs. James C. LeonardMr. and Mrs. Stephen S. LettDoris M. and Charles B. Levinson FundJonathan and Nancy LippincottSherwin LittleLKC FoundationSally A. LloydWhitney and Phillip LongCarole LonnemanJacqueline M. Mack and

Dr. Edward B. SilbersteinJohn and Mary Ann MacLeodJoan MadejaCraig and Anne MaierPaul and Suzie MaioneMr. and Mrs. W. R. ManteuffelMariner Wealth AdvisorsDavid L. MartinSuzanne MastersonDr. and Mrs. Sean McCauleyMr. Kim and Mrs. Barbara McCrackenMary McCullough-Hudson and

Greg HudsonMark McKillip and Amira BeerCharles and Joann MeadMary Ann MeanwellCarol MeibersMesser Construction Co.Leon and Barb MeyerBecky MiarsMr. Roy A. Mitchell

Diane and Dave MocciaWilliam J. and Mary G. MoranArthur C. Morrissey and

Janet M. HayesW. Stanley and Mary W. MortonDean and Catherine MoulasPatti Myers and Alan FlahertyKen and Nancy NatorpEleanor D. NelsonMs. Meghan Sullivan NelsonLouis and Louise Nippert

Charitable FoundationOhio Valley Foundation,

Fifth Third Bank, AgentRobert and Carol OlsonJack and Marilyn OsbornCharlotte and Robert OttoKit and Jack OverbeckBarb and Al PearlmanHap and Lynn PendletonThe Daniel and Susan Pfau FoundationMr. and Mrs. Don PopelarJan and Wym PortmanJennifer and David PowellBetty PrincePrudential - Matching FundGerald D. RapeRob and Gretchen ReifsnyderPamela and Dick ReisDon and June ReynoldsLyle and Jean RitzeMrs. Mary Ellen RobertsBlake Robison and Connan MorrisseySylvia RobisonJohn and Amy Rosenberg Family FundThe Rosenthal Family FoundationMoe and Jack RouseWilliam S. Rowe FoundationRobert and Dell Ann SatheSusan and Clint SchertzerRobert and Adele Schiff

Family FoundationMartha and Lee SchimbergRosemary and Mark SchlachterJacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts,

Fifth Third Bank, TrusteeMichael and Natalie SchoenyThe Harold C. Schott FoundationThe John A. Schroth Family Charitable

Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee

Digi and Mike SchuelerAbby and David SchwartzLadislas and Vilma Segoe

Family FoundationTeri Seippel and Debra JohnsonThe Louise Taft Semple FoundationLauren Hannan ShaferKathy Shell and Joetta ProstJohn L. ShieldsBetsy and Jerry ShroatMelinda and Irwin SimonMr. Jeremy F. SimpsonRobert and Linda SingerElizabeth C. B. and Paul G. SittenfeldEllen Pease and V. Clark Sole, Jr.

Family Fund*John F. Steele, Sr.John and Jennifer SteinPhil and Berni StephensonRobert D. Stern Fund*Stephanie and Joseph StittElizabeth A. Stone*Dudley and Tina TaftJennifer and Woody TaftCarol ThamanMr. Charles L. Thomas, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Scott TiekeMarty C. TombDaman and Barbara TurnerEllen and Ray van der HorstLawrence and Maureen VignolaMargaret and Albert Vontz III*Randolph WadsworthBuzz WardDavid and Ginger WarnerDr. and Mrs. Nelson B. WattsMarcia and Richard WeilandBarbara and Irwin Weinberg Fund*Don and Sandy WeinkamJulia Wesselkamper and Julian JohnsonBarbara WeyandLeo Whitt and Xia WangRonna and Dr. James B. WillisRobert and Judy WilsonSusan and Don ZaunbrecherMr. and Mrs. George Zuefle

DIRECTING THE FUTURE: continued

*Denotes a fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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RECOGNITION GIFTSWe are grateful to the following friends who have chosen to honor a loved one through a donation to the Playhouse. The following recognition gifts have been received from September 1, 2018, through November 12, 2019.

IN HONOR OF ROBERT FEELynn and Kathy Barber

IN HONOR OF SANDY GRAYCharles and Deanna Ashing

IN HONOR OF LINDA AND GARY GREENBERGElliot and Margo Kirstein

IN HONOR OF NIRVANI HEADJeanne and Richard HannanLauren Hannan Shafer

IN HONOR OF JACKIE MACKAnne DeLyons

IN HONOR OF JULIA HASL MILLERDoug and Susan Moehring

IN HONOR OF JACK ROUSEMr. and Dr. Tim Zimmerman, Jr.

IN HONOR OF MOE ROUSEMs. Alma BartosDorothy Anne BlattRon Bunt and Wei SunMr. and Mrs. Lee Ault CarterJohn D. Chapman, IIBrooks and Beth EwingSusan FriedlanderPaul and Nancy Gaffney

Liz Grubow and Jerry KathmanBarbara and Larry KellarAimée and Louis LangréeTimothy MaloneyAnn M. MeranusDanute MiskinisKim and Scott MoeningSara and Glenn MohnWilliam Price Family Foundation*The Rosenthal Family FoundationJack and Mary Bob RubensteinAnn Santen*Elizabeth C. B. and Paul G. SittenfeldBrett Stover and Christopher HassallDaniel J. HoffheimerJeffrey Thomas and Kent ShawDiane and Gary WestMargaret and John H. Wyant

IN HONOR OF DIGI SCHUELERDavid and Karen HoguetD. Lynn Meyers

IN HONOR OF ANDREA SHELLKathy Shell and Joetta Prost

IN HONOR OF JOHN STEINAmy Magenheim

IN HONOR OF JULIA WARDMike and Tracy Ward

MEMORIAL GIFTSWe are grateful to the following friends who have chosen to remember a loved one through a memorial gift to the Playhouse. The following memorial gifts have been received from September 1, 2018, through November 12, 2019.

IN MEMORY OF HOWARD AND ELISE AYERCarol Rice

IN MEMORY OF KAREN BELLMr. Edward Lanzit

IN MEMORY OF KIM BLACKLEYThe Family of Kim Blackley

IN MEMORY OF LUCILLE ‘TWINK’ CAROTHERSMrs. Betty Salzer

IN MEMORY OF BRUCE COYLERon BuntCornelius and Jane CoyleRebecca J. Graham James and Colleen Tingue

IN MEMORY OF VICTORIA MOORE GRAYAnonymous

IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH H. HEAD, JR.Liz and Hank AlexanderEllen and Ray van der Horst

IN MEMORY OF BARBARA HARKNESSJacqueline M. Mack and Dr. Edward B. SilbersteinRonna and Dr. James B. Willis

IN MEMORY OF TAMMY HILTONPamela M. GautierRoy and Peggy Whitford

IN MEMORY OF AMY MERRELLYousef Aouad

IN MEMORY OF OLIN CLYDE ROBISONJacqueline M. Mack and Dr. Edward B. SilbersteinRonna and Dr. James B. WillisBlake Robison and Connan Morrissey

IN MEMORY OF MARSHA SHIELDSJohn L. Shields

IN MEMORY OF EDWARD STERNMary Lou AufmannGordon M. BogdanThe Christ Hospital Wound Care CenterSusan CohenJacqueline M. Mack and Dr. Edward B. SilbersteinSusan and James MarrsSusan and Roger MartinMs. Laura MilburnRoy and Janet NelsonBetty RosenthalGhita R. SarembockBob and Dell Ann SatheCynthia C. Schmid-PerryGail and Tim SeifertElizabeth C. B. and Paul G. SittenfeldAnita TrottaLawrence and Maureen VignolaRonna and Dr. James B. Willis

IN MEMORY OF ALLISON TAFTBrian Swift

IN MEMORY OF HOWARD TOMBStephen Holmes and Christy Kaeser

IN MEMORY OF BRENDA WARRENAnonymous

53 • RECOGNITION AND MEMORIAL GIFTS

OUR MISSION

The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is a professional regional theatre committed to producing and presenting for diverse audiences the broadest range of theatre in an inviting theatrical environment. Our mission is accomplished through works of the highest caliber produced on stage in a fiscally responsible manner and through stimulating educational and outreach programs.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORTWe couldn’t do it without you. The generous support of donors like you makes it possible for us to present the finest theatre and innovative education and outreach programs for the Greater Cincinnati community.

This list includes all gifts given to the Playhouse from November 5, 2018 through November 5, 2019, not including endowment and Capital Campaign gifts. For questions about making a gift, contact Director of Individual Giving Helene Herbert at 513-977-2025.

Photo by Tony Arrasmith/Arrasmith & Associates.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLEAUDIENCEArtsWaveThe Charles H. Dater FoundationFirst Financial BankLouis and Louise Nippert

Charitable FoundationThe Ohio Arts CouncilRosenthal Family FoundationRobert and Adele Schiff

Family FoundationDigi and Mike SchuelerThe Schueler GroupThe Shubert Foundation

PLAYWRIGHTAnonymousTony Arrasmith/Arrasmith

and AssociatesHeidelberg Distributing CompanyThe Jewish Foundation of CincinnatiMacy’sMoe and Jack RouseU.S. BankVonderhaar’s Catering

PRODUCERBB&TMrs. L.L. Browning, Jr.Chemed FoundationClark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co.The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./

U.S. Bank FoundationTerry LemmermanOhio National Financial ServicesThe Daniel and Susan Pfau

Foundation

Roto-RooterRandolph WadsworthBarbara WeyandWillis Music

DIRECTORBahl & Gaynor Investment CounselBHDP ArchitectureRobert S. CastelliniThe Daley Family FoundationEmerge Managed Solutions, LLCFifth-Third FoundationThe Geiler CompanyLinda and Gary Greenberg*Mrs. Andrea and Dr. Edward HerzigLinda Busken Jergens and

Andrew MacAoidh JergensJohnson Investment CounselKeyBankCharles and Joann MeadMesser Construction Co.Leon and Barb MeyerBecky MiarsThe National Endowment for the ArtsThe Procter & Gamble Fund*Betsy and Jerry ShroatJohn and Jennifer SteinThe Harold and Mimi Steinberg

Charitable TrustEllen and Ray van der HorstBarbara and Irwin Weinberg Fund*

STAGE MANAGERElsa Sule FoundationJennifer and Woody TaftBarbara and Daman Turner

SET DESIGNERAAA Travel & Provident TravelBartlett Wealth ManagementRon Bates and Randy LasleyDavid and Elaine BillmireBonbonerieDenise and Martin ChambersCarl and Deborah CoburnDawes direct, LLC, Nancy and

Mark DawesFifth Third BankFrost Brown Todd LLCMrs. Victoria Buyniski Gluckman and

Dr. Jack GluckmanJeb and Nirvani HeadHomewood SuitesMs. Holly HuttenbauerPatti and Tom KeckeisMr. and Mrs. Michael H. KremzarThe LeBlond Foundation of MakinoMr. and Mrs. James C. LeonardJacqueline M. Mack and

Dr. Edward B. SilbersteinCraig and Anne MaierJames A. MillerDiane and Dave MocciaPatti Myers and Alan FlahertyJack and Marilyn OsbornKenneth Oswald and

Mary Beth MartinJenny and David PowellRichard Goettle, Inc.Amy and John RosenbergMark and Rosemary SchlachterLouis and Melba Schott FoundationElizabeth C. B. and Paul G. SittenfeldSkidmore Sales & Distributing Co., Inc.

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Jack J. Smith, Jr. Charitable TrustMargaret and Albert Vontz III*Leo Whitt and Xia WangRonna and Dr. James B. Willis

PLAYHOUSE SUPPORTERSCOSTUME DESIGNERLouise Allen and Tom GougeonAlpine ValleyWilliam P. Anderson FoundationMr. and Mrs. Ryan L. BrownEric Burgmann and Linda VaccarielloTerri and John ByczkowskiJanet and Bruce ByrnesCincinnati Coin LaundryJames P. Conway, Jr. and

Richard D. RobertsonThe Crawford Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. David Ellis, IIIMr. Robert C. FeeLouis A. and Lisa K. FenderGeneral ElectricGradison FoundationMrs. Suzanne HaslDavid and Karen HoguetRichard and Renita HomanHuntington BankSusan IngmireBill and Mary Jane JamesDr. Robert Keith and

Kathleen Thornton-KeithMr. and Mrs. W. R. ManteuffelMariner Wealth AdvisorsWilliam J. and Mary G. MoranDean and Catherine MoulasMt. Adams Bar and GrillThe Nelson Stark CompanyPaycor, Inc.Red Echo PostRob and Gretchen ReifsnyderEllen RieveschlThe Roehr AgencyJohn L. ShieldsRick SteinerDr. Susan R. StrickMarty Tomb

The Utilities GroupLawrence and Maureen VignolaAmanda and Tom WhiteJo Ann WieghausWorld Pac Paper, LLCSusan and Don Zaunbrecher

LIGHTING DESIGNERAnonymous (2)Americana Arts FoundationCathy Bernardino Bailey and

Terry BaileyJanet G. BanksBarnes Dennig & Company, Ltd.Peggy BarrettJan BartelKate and Bill BaumannDoug and Mary Ann BellThe Blackley FamilyRandal S. BlochMartha P. BologniniMr. and Mrs. Ken BorischMark and Jody BroseyMs. Lisa BrounMrs. Angela BuckleyRon Bunt and Wei SunRosalind ChaikenCityBeatPhilip ClaytonBurton and Susan ClossonLois and Philip S. CohenPearl J. Compaan, M.D.Marjorie ComptonContemporary Cabinetry EastThe Cord FoundationCors & BassettRobin Cotton and Cindi FittonMs. Susan CummingsRichard and Teddie CurryThe David J. Joseph CompanyKelly Dehan and Rick StaudigelScott X. DetersThomas and Florence DeWittMr. Albert C. Dierckes, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. DorwardPatricia and Timothy DoylePeter DraugelisEat Well Celebrations And FeastsVictoria FleckPaul and Nancy GaffneyClifford Goosmann and

Andrea WilsonGreater Cincinnati FoundationBetsy and Dave HendyMs. Karlee L. HilliardHixson Architects Engineers InteriorsLinda R. HolthausMr. Peter HortonHuttenbauer FoundationMs. Lindsey HuttenbauerIntrust IT

Mary E. IversEllen and Garrett Jackson*Johnson & Johnson - Matching FundMs. Wendy JohnsonBarbara and Larry KellarArleene KellerJudy KennistonMarilyn KinneDennis and Laura KirleyMargo KirsteinJack and Lynn KlahmMarvin KolodzikKroner Dry CleanersMr. and Mrs. Michael C. KrugMr. and Mrs. John LaMacchiaDr. John LarkinMr. and Mrs. Stephen S. LettBarbara Lewis and Bob GriffinThe Mathile FamilyMary Ann MeanwellJill MitchellMr. Roy A. MitchellKaren NeyerMichael Nordlund and Lisa LeeRandy and Marianne OlsonJudy and Thomas OxmanMrs. Julia PentecostPhillips Family Fund*Anne PierceBob and Patsy PikePoemeStuart and Ildiko PrayBetty PrinceNick PuncerMitch and Karen RashkinRobert and Connie ReedCharles Scott Riley III FoundationBlake Robison and Connan MorrisseyCaroll and George RodenJim Rubenstein and Bernadette UngerGlenn and Kitty SchaafPat and Paul SchlechtJanet R. Schultz and Russell LascellesMarvin and Betsy Schwartz Fund*Mary D. SchweitzerScripps Howard FoundationGlenn and Sue ShowersGerald and Sarah SkidmoreMr. and Mrs. Stephen SmithStapleton Electric Co.Paula SteinerBarbara E. Stern*Mr. and Mrs. Scott TiekeTowne PropertiesCarol and Robert VidalWaltek and Company LimitedRichard and Jill WarmanJulia Wesselkamper and

Julian JohnsonJill WilsonAnthony and Sally Woodward

Buffie Rixey, Board Member Jean Crawford, Program Co-Chair Sue Showers, and Paula Steiner enjoy the Leading Ladies event, Oct. 2019.

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ACTORAnonymous (7)Liz and Hank AlexanderDebra Hust AllisonThomas and Susan AnthonyCarol AquinoElizabeth C. ArmitageEric and Brenda Armstrong

Family Fund*Susan ArnoldJean BalassoneMolly R. BarberMandy BartelMarianne M. BeardRebecca BeckstedtMariana Belvedere and Samer HasanStephanie BeslJane and Gary BoothHolly BortzMark BowenSusan BrandLinda D. BrinkEdward BrownJohn and Peg BruggemanMs. Faith BryanJeff and Gay BullockSara M. ButlerDeborah and Banca ChamberlainMs. Anne ChasserMary Ellen CodyMr. Rick CoffeyCynthia ColeBarbara and John CollinsDr. and Mrs. Robert H. CollinsKassy CorkenDavid Crotty and Joan Von HandorfAmelia CrutcherJudy S. DalambakisDebora Del ValleJackie Dieckman and Mike CameryDuke Energy FoundationFreeman Durham and

Dean ClevengerSharon FiscusSarah and Grayson FitzhughOra ForuszDr. and Mrs. Bernard Foster

Sharon FreyhofJoanne FriedDr. Gail H. FriedmanFrost Brown Todd LLCLarry and Diane GamesH. Jane GavinElizabeth GeorgeKathleen GibboneySue GilkeyNancy GollobinTom GougeonCarl and Joyce GreberHelen and John HabbertMargo HallAl and Pat HarmannBarbara HauckJoseph and Louise Head, Jr.Camille K. HealyRobert and Judy HeatonCarolyn HeckMrs. Anne P. Heldman*Patti HeldmanJudy Tondi HerdMrs. Kyle HodgkinsNoel and Karen HofmannCathy HoganDebra E. HowieCarolyn and Michael HoytAmy and Larry HughesJoan Hume-Cohen and

Marvin CohenPatricia HumphreyDrs. Linda and Gordon HuntressIBM CorporationDiane IsemanJ. McLaughlinJennifer JacksonJarrell Media SolutionsCarrie JohnsonMark and Sarah JohnsonScott and Patricia JosephMr. and Mrs. Geoffrey KeenanRobert A. and Marian K. Kennedy

Charitable TrustEileen KildayDon and Kathy KingRachel KirleyRay and Marlene KloosHeather KrombholzEric and Maggie KuhnMichael and Paula KunkaAimée and Louis LangréeLynn P. LarsonRichard and Susan LaufCaren LavertyMs. France B. LeMaireNancy LippincottSally A. LloydWhitney and Phillip LongJanet LongacreMrs. Alleen Blesi Manning

Carolyn Ott MartinDavid MartinNancy MartinEmily M. MasonMs. Evelyn Banzhaf McCordStephanie McNeillJackie and Mitch MeyersAudrey MillerEmily MiracleMiramar Charitable FoundationMs. Danute M. MiskinisAbby MoranMaura Moran-BerryScott and Barb MuhlhauserJeannie NiebuhrNottinghill Investment Advisers, LTDKit and Jack OverbeckTom and Linda PalmerMelissa and John PanzecaMr. and Mrs. Daniel PardekooperClaire PattersonMs. Nancy Perry and

Dr. Raymond RolwingJeff and Diane PfaffJane PortmanMr. and Mrs. James PretzJim Price and EmpowerWilliam Price Family Foundation*Prudential - Matching FundKathy QuallsGerald D. RapeMargie RauhPamela ReisingMs. Sherri RemaklusMs. Margaret RennieMs. Karen RenzMs. Carol ReubelAlison and Rob RiceCarol RiceMrs. Deborah White RichardsonBuffie RixeyMary Ellen RobertsNancy RobinsonRita and Roger RossMichael and Christine RyanKeke SansaloneMark and Jan Sass

Director of Individual Giving Helene Herbert with Jan and Mandy Bartel at the Leading Ladies event, Oct. 2019.

Jen Painter, Board Member Bobby Castellini, and Managing Director Buzz Ward at the ADC Dinner, Sept. 2019.

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Martha and Lee SchimbergBret Schneider and Sean DavisCharles and Alice SchneiderRoger and Glenda Schorr Fund*Carol SchroederMs. Laura SchumanDr. P. Robert SchwetschenauBetty Ann ShenkPatricia SheppardJulie ShifmanDrs. Kevin and Kathryn ShumrickMr. and Mrs. Irwin SimonLaura SkidmoreAdrienne Angst SmithSandra and Henry SpitzWanda Wall SpiveyKim SpringerElizabeth A. Stone*Glenda SuttmanMs. Kazue TakeuchiThomas TamiMs. Teresa TelfordJan H. Tepe, D.D.S.Carlos and Roberta TeranMs. Catharina ToltzisMs. Dionn TronJames and Susan TrouttJames and Sue Ellen TweddellDoug and Molly TygerUnited MailMaureen and Andre ValentineChristopher and Nancy VirgulakMike and Tracy WardDr. and Mrs. Nelson B. WattsLarry WeberDr. and Mrs. Alan WeinsteinMs. Judy WellsDonald R. and Patricia R. WeltiChris and Diane WilliamsRobert L. and Judy A. Wilson, Jr.Wimberg LandscapingSusan and Dean WindgassenMs. Shelby WoodWow WindowboxesWuerdeman Family Fund II*Linda Young

STAGEHANDAnonymous (10)Sue and Don AdickAlbert and Lillian AndrewsMr. and Mrs. Daniel AnselDrs. Lori Aronson and Craig FroehleMrs. William T. Bahlman, Jr.Miss Martha L. BellKit BergerMichael BerryDoug and Judy BetzDr. and Mrs. John BismayerJulie and Mark BissingerRodd and Carol Bixler

Mr. and Mrs. Ben BlackmerMr. Bren BlainePhyllis Bossin and Robert StraussDr. Daniel T. Brown, DDS and

Mr. Mark HaggardChristine and Bob ChristenJames CissellThomas and Sondra CopanasMr. and Mrs. Roger CreasyAnne DagenbachMs. Elizabeth DaleJan DentonMr. Eric DepratoThomas DonnellyMarihelen DooleyJohn and Liz DyeMr. and Mrs. Jerome H. EichertDelores J. ErbyFinding Hope ConsultingDr. Daniella FisherJames K. and Susan FittonJoy and Bill FotschMr. and Mrs. Randel FranzShirley GallagherSusanne E. GeierFrank and Karen GirolamiMadeleine GordonPank and Wendy GouletDr. and Mrs. Samuel GreengusGlenn and Barbara GrohSandra Gross and John HuttonMary and Phil HagnerChristopher and Marti HallJoyce and Jim HambergDavid HammondIrmgard and Horst HehmannGwen and John HeilbrunAndrew D. Heldman Family Fund*Mr. and Mrs. W. Hensel, Jr.David and Elizabeth HimesStephen Holmes and Christy KaeserBarbara J. HowardDr. Carol HubbardPatti and Keith JamesJeff Thomas CateringNathan and Vanessa JenkinPaul J. and Carolyn G. KemperMrs. E.A. Kindel, Jr.Kroger Community RewardsPaul and Kira LaufmanCarol LeslieCarole LonnemanLupe LopezLynette LoveKay Lynch and Chuck BeckmanJohn and Mary Ann MacLeodMs. Nancy McBreenDennis and Carol McCoyMark McKillip and Amira BeerHope Earls McSwiganAnne and Rick Meyer

Roger and Mary Ann MeyerRichard I. Michelman and

Karen E. MeyerMr. and Mrs. Mark MillerSteven and Jacqueline Miller

Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. David A. MillettSara and Glenn MohnMonastery Event CenterMr. Mike MoninNora E. MousheyStephen E. and Meg B. MuethingLaura NassauGeorge L. NielsenJames NordlundAndrew J. NuckolsJ. Brett Offenberger and

Douglas DuckettCarol and Robert OlsonOssie BoutiqueAlice and Wilson PalmerPepper Family Fund*Mr. and Mrs. Roger PernaNancy L. PhelanEd PlagemanPhil and Susan PriceSue and Jay PriceMary RedingtonMr. and Mrs. Kenneth RevelsonCraig and Sue RichmondGeorge and Phyllis RobertsonSylvia RobisonDonald H. and Rebecca RolfRich and Barb RuddyMr. Richard H. RussellPat and Tom RuthemeyerJames SanitatoMr. and Mrs. David Savage, Jr.Austin SchiffTimothy and Jeannie SchoonoverDavid and Abby SchwartzMichael and Kathie SchwartzRecie and Jim ScottMs. Connie SheetsKathy Shell and Joetta ProstSandy and Hal SheversMary Lee and Louie SirkinJack and Barbara SmithSusan and David Smith

Pat and Randy Krumm at the 2019 Morse Johnson Society dinner.

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Harold and Faye SosnaSteelcase Foundation - Matching FundStephanie and Joseph Stitt

John StrawserCarol and Ted StrikerKendra L. Struthers

Millie SwaineDick and Jeanne-Marie TapkeRobert D. Temple and

Sue E. AuerbachCarol ThamanMr. Charles L. Thomas, Jr.James and Colleen TingueJanet G. ToddTorey and Tom TorreLiz and Dave WallingfordSarella WaltonMr. and Mrs. Paul H. WardDr. and Mrs. Galen R. WarrenRichard A. WeilandShelly WeisbacherMary Ann and Ted WeissDonna WelchJoseph H. WesslingKurt and Jean WhitfordMs. Anne Warrington WilsonMrs. Joan R. WilsonDaniel and Jessica WooJohn M. YacherDavid and Cynthia Zink

*Denotes a fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Director of Individual Giving Helene Herbert, Board of Trustees President Woody Taft, Maureen Vignola, Managing Director Buzz Ward, Trustee Nirvani Head, Artistic Director Blake Robison, Trustee Ellen van der Horst, and Ronna Willis celebrating the 2019 National Philanthropy Day.

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DIRECTORSArtistic Director Blake RobisonManaging Director Buzz Ward

ARTISTICAssociate Artists Wendy C. Goldberg, Nicole A. Watson,

Karen ZacaríasLiterary Associate Anita Trotta

ADMINISTRATIONGeneral Manager Suann PollockExecutive Assistant and Board Liaison Kathleen Roll UnkrichCompany Manager A.J. FordAssistant Company Manager Richard WanamakerReceptionist Steve Seitz

FINANCE/HUMAN RESOURCESHuman Resources Manager Fabrizio O. AlmeidaFinance Manager Jim HattonFinance Associate Brian AndersonPayroll and Benefits Specialist Amy Stier

DEVELOPMENTDevelopment Director Rachel KirleyDirector of Individual Giving Helene HerbertIndividual Giving Manager Kendra L. Struthers, CFREIndividual Giving Assistant William Stowell Meriwether Director of Institutional Giving Bethany DoverspikeGrants Manager Jenni MillerInstitutional Giving Assistant Josh HamiltonDirector of Major Gifts – Capital Campaign Raye AllenCapital Campaign Manager Allison GerretyCapital Campaign Assistant Molly K. HickeyDevelopment Events Manager Clare JaymesDevelopment Intern Annie Bloemer

OPERATIONSFacilities Manager Brian SmithFacilities Assistant Myron MonroeBar Manager Darren CoxBartenders Kathy Burr, Clint Collins, Justin Eckstein,

Rachel Ellis, Lori Hiltenbeitel, Barb Santel, John Simpson, Kathleen Thorman

Housekeeping Services Blue Chip 2000

MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONSDirector of Marketing and Communications Kathy NeusAssociate Director of Marketing Aly GomezMultimedia Designer Sean MartinContent Marketing Manager Natalie HullaMarketing Administrative Coordinator Assia M. JohnsonMarketing Associate Megan BowersMarketing Interns Ellie Deutsch, Rachel KazeePhotographer Mikki SchaffnerSales and Events Manager Piper N. DavisTicket System Administrator Patrick DesgrangeTicket Services Manager Don WongPatron Services Staff Jennifer Allen, Brianna Bernard,

Andrew Bishop, Ernaisja Curry, Emily Damelio, Jenny French, Sandra Gray, Christian Gutierrez, Chase Johnson, Jacob Krismanick, David Lopez, Julia Hasl Miller, Josh Neumeyer, Sarah O’Haver, Benjamin Ochsner, Julie Pergrem, Kathryn Pielage, Jennifer Radisch, Theresa Richmond, Sawyer Shafer, Tess Talbot, Hannah Wetherholt

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYIT Manager Matt Parsons

CAPITAL PROJECTCapital Project Manager Phil Rundle

HOUSE MANAGEMENTHouse Staff Supervisors Joellyn Goos, Stacy SmithHouse Staff Katie Baskerville, Amy Carroll, Ashley Goos,

Courtney Kennell, Suzann Kokoefer, Ryan Krofta, Rachelle Penilla, Addie Renne-Kolko, Barb Santel, Jacqueline Smith, Brian Wylie, Richard Zenk

EDUCATION/OUTREACHDirector of Education and Community Engagement

Daunielle RasmussenAssociate Director of Education and Community Engagement

Ariana Moses Education Associates Craig Branch, Ali DelianidesEducation Associate Producer Rebecca Armstrong Education Coordinator Valerie Perez

PRODUCTIONProduction Manager Veronica R. Pullins-BishopAssistant Production Manager Jessica LucasTechnical Director D.W. JonesAssistant Technical Director Haley SchutzenbergerScene Shop Assistant Emily Graver

STAGE MANAGEMENTProduction Stage Manager Jenifer MorrowStage Managers Brooke Redler, Andrea L. Shell

BRUCE E. COYLE INTERN COMPANYActing Intern Company Nicolás Acosta, Joshua Carandang,

Deja Elliott, Jo Garcia-Reger, Julia Gomez, Shonita Joshi, Ethan Graham Roeder

Stage Management Interns Micah Akilah, Gabriella C. Neuerer, Erin Speno

SCENERYCarpenters Bryan Bridewell, Leah Busse, Timothy FowlerSwings Bill Coates, Michael Lyons, Clint Nessler, Josh WardCharge Scenic Artist Kenton BrettAssistant Scenic Artists Stephen Childress, Abigail Heyd

PROPERTIESProperties Manager Liz LyonsAssistant Properties Manager Jen Lampson Properties Jeff Fowee, Ingrid Heithaus, Scott HubertMarx Properties Running Crew Lara SheridanRosenthal Properties Running Crew Chief Debra Hildebrand

COSTUMES/WARDROBECostume Shop Manager Gordon DeVinneyCutter/Draper Cindy WitherspoonFirst Hand Caitlin TurveyCrafts/Dyer Dean W. WalzWig Master/Makeup Artist Amy WhitakerAdministrative and Design Assistant Chad PhillipsCostume Technician/Shop Assistant Heather MerchantMarx Wardrobe Mistress Cindy Clifford SaalfeldAssociate Marx Wardrobe Mistress Karla KnochelmannRosenthal Shelterhouse Wardrobe Mistress Julie Hudson

LIGHTING/SOUNDElectricians John Parr, Jon PullenSound Cedric CollierRosenthal Shelterhouse Light Board Operator Justin ChandlerRosenthal Shelterhouse Audio Engineer M. Adam Jacob

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Cincinnati Playhouse in the ParkAddress: 962 Mt. Adams Circle, Cincinnati, OH 45202Administrative Offices: 513-345-2242Website: www.cincyplay.comBox Office: 513-421-3888OH, KY, IN Toll-Free: 800-582-3208Patrons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf blind or speech disabled dial 711 to connect to the Box Office via Ohio Relay Services.

ACCESSIBILITY WITH DIGNITY PROGRAM

The Playhouse is pleased to offer a variety of services to patrons with special needs. Included are an infrared sound enhancement system in the Marx Theatre, a hearing loop system in the Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre, large print programs, accessible seating in both theatres and all public areas, as well as audio described and signed performances in the Marx Theatre. For more information, please stop by the Box Office or see a house manager.

BACKSTAGE TOURS

Behind-the-scenes tours include information on the Playhouse’s history and the day-to-day workings of a professional regional theatre. Tours are $6 per person, last approximately 45 mins to one hour and are available for groups with a minimum of 10 participants. Some limited free tours are available based on financial need. Please contact the administrative office at 513-345-2242 to schedule a tour.

CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICES

Actors’ Equity Association strictly prohibits the use of cameras or recording devices in the theatre during the performance.

CHILDREN

Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted to Playhouse productions unless otherwise advertised. Parents with disruptive children will be asked to leave the theatre.

COAT CHECK

From October through March, a coat check facility is open inside the entrance to the Otto M. Budig Lobby.

EMERGENCIES AND PAGING SERVICES

If you require paging services, please register your seat location with the house manager upon arrival at the theatre. Leave the number 513-345-2247 with those who may need to reach you. Messages will be delivered to you as soon as possible. Please turn off beeping watches and other digital alerts.

GIFT CERTIFICATES

Need the perfect gift? The Playhouse offers gift certificates redeemable for single tickets or subscription packages. Call the Box Office or stop by at intermission for more information.

GROUP DISCOUNTS

Bring your group of eight or more to the Playhouse and receive great benefits and discounts, including special rates for students and seniors. Our popular corporate web discount program allows your employees to book tickets online at a discount whenever they want. Contact the group sales office at 513-345-2242 or groupsales@cincyplay.com for more details.

LATECOMERS AND READMITTANCE

Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the house manager, which may be as late as intermission. Latecomers may be denied admission depending on the demands or structure of a particular production. Please allow yourself adequate time to arrive, park and be seated. Should you need to leave the theatre during a performance, re-admittance and seating will be at the discretion of the house manager so as not to disturb the audience and actors.

PARKING

The Park Board reminds you that Eden Park officially closes at 10 p.m. As a grace period to the Playhouse, the police will not ticket vehicles until one half hour following the end of a performance. The Playhouse assumes no responsibility for anyone receiving a ticket for illegal parking. Convenient parking is available in the Playhouse garage. Purchase parking in advance to secure a space. Parking can also be purchased from our parking attendant immediately before the performance if available.

PROHIBITION OF WEAPONS

The Ohio Revised Code (R.C. 2923.126) has established the privilege of carrying a concealed handgun to Ohio citizens who have obtained the proper license. The same law explicitly grants private employers in the state the right to prohibit their employees and visitors from possessing firearms on the employer’s premises. With this notification the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is informing you that it prohibits weapons of any kind on its premises, and reserves the right to search persons, parcels and vehicles on the same. This policy applies to all employees, patrons and visitors to the facility.

RESTROOMS AND TELEPHONES

Restrooms are located in the Rosenthal Plaza. A phone is located near the Box Office in the Budig Lobby.

SMOKING/VAPING

Smoking/vaping is prohibited in the entire theatre complex.

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