AT THE PERFORMANCE

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Scott Palmer Artistic Director

Beth Lewis Managing Director

Cassie Greer Capital Campaign Manager

Arianne Jacques Patron Services Manager

Peter Schuyler Engagement Officer

THE 2015–2016 SEASON GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY

Ronni Lacroute and WillaKenzie Estate

GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY Stillness Within

Integrative Therapies

SPECIAL THANKS TO The Autzen Foundation, Cultural Coalition of Washington County,

Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council, Oregon Children’s

Theatre, Oregon International Air Show, and Wheeler

Foundation.

Carol Beauchamp

Julie Case

Karl Citek

Lisa DuPre’

Kathy Gaona

Sherry Lamoreaux

Beth Lewis

Eric Lewis

Patricia Logan

Linda Morrisson

Gayle Nachtigal (chair)

Scott Palmer

Jan Simmons

Donna Swanson

K. Marie Tyler

MOBY-DICK, REHEARSED

This performance lasts approximately 2 hours with one 15-minute intermission.

Please turn off your cell phone and remember, photography and recording are strictly prohibited.

Adapted by Orson Welles from the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

Directed by Scott PalmerBy Special Arrangement with Samuel French Publishing and the Orson Welles Estate

CAST Stage Manager/Elijah .................................................Arianne Jacques*

Young Actress/Pip/Cordelia ..............................................Cassie Greer*

Cynical Actor/Queequeg .................................................... Eric St. Cyr*

Middle Aged Actor/Stubb ................................................. Gary Strong*

Young Actor/Ishmael ....................................................... Jessi Walters*

Member of the Company/Carpenter................................ Joey Copsey*

Serious Actor/Starbuck ................................................. Peter Schuyler*

Old Pro/Peleg ..................................................................... David Heath

Member of the Company/Flask .................................. Heidi Kay Hunter

The Leading Lady/Father Mapple/Lear/Ahab.......... Kymberli Colbourne

Member of the Company/Tashtego................................Mia Duckart**

Member of the Company/Daggoo..............................Dawson Oliver**

CREW/PRODUCTION TEAM Director ............................................................................. Scott Palmer

Company Stage Manager & Props Mistress.....................Emily Trimble

Resident Costume Designer........................................... Melissa Heller

Resident Scenic Designer ..........................................Megan Wilkerson

Resident Lighting Designer ...............................................Molly Stowe

Technical Director .......................................................... Nate Patterson

Voice and Movement Coach ..............................................Clara Hillier*

Assistant Stage Manager .......................................... Amanda Kishlock

Projection Designer ............................................... Tiana Rasmussen**

Run Crew .......................................................................Jacque Sicks**

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*Member of the Bag&Baggage Resident Acting Company, generously sponsored by David and Shirley Woodford

** Students participating in Bag&Baggage’s Pre-Professional Internship Training Program

“Moby-Dick is Melville’s imagined world…Moby-Dick engages the reader’s imagination…Moby-Dick is not a novel. It is an imaginative miracle.” And on, and on, and on…

It is a massive, bulky, colossal, terrifying, and ultimately unfathomable thing. It is the physical representation of one artist’s transcendent vision, an entire internal universe externalized on the page. It is really, really long and complicated and scary. Yipes.

Which is why I am so happy we aren’t performing Melville’s Moby-Dick. Instead, we are doing the only slightly less terrifying adaptation by Orson Welles. Instead of trying to present a whole wide world on stage, we are just presenting a single massive continent; much, much easier.

Samantha Ellis, in her 2004 article about Moby Dick, Rehearsed, wrote, “By 1955, Orson Welles was already a monolith. At that stage of his career it is absurd to expect Orson Welles to attempt anything less than the impossible. It is all that is left to him. Mere possible things, like Proust or War and Peace, would confine him. He must choose Moby-Dick.”

Welles spent 8 years working on his adaptation of Moby-Dick.

8 years.

While also co-writing and directing Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, filming a quasi-documentary in South America, producing a massive failure of Jules Vernes’ Around the World In 80 Days, creating one of the most enduring visions of Shakespeare’s Macbeth in 1947, which he shot in only 23 days, producing a live television broadcast of a major adaptation of King Lear, staged by Peter Brooke, appearing in the John Huston film version of Moby-Dick, and starting work on Touch of Evil, considered by most to be his crowning artistic achievement.

This 8 year period makes me feel like an enormous failure as a human being and an artist. Orson Welles—what a show off!

Here is my favorite thing ever said about Orson Welles, from Orson Welles: The Rise and Fall Of An American Genius by Charles Higham: “It was this quality of visionary dreams that gave a devastating

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force to his creations…in which blood, fire, and brutality dominated the theatre for an evening and left the audience exhausted and exhilarated all at once. It was his ambition, and ambition in which he succeeded, to take the actors with him through the dark tunnel of his imagination, milking them of emotion, making them the slaves of his dreamings.”

And Welles’ vision of Moby-Dick is, in fact, one that focuses on that key aspect of Melville’s universe that is so much a part of more than a century of critical response: the imagination.

Moby-Dick, Rehearsed was both a hit and not a hit when it premiered in 1955. As a work of “theatrical imagination,” it was pure genius. As a vehicle for Welles himself, not so much. Critics found his approach…well, a little ham-fisted. But what was so remarkable about it was its pure inventiveness, the sheer imaginative scale, the way in which the script demanded of both actor and audience a fully engaged imagination. JC Trewin said, “The play gets us to use our imaginations as fiercely as they have been used in the theatre for some time.”

Which is exactly what I hope this cast and our audiences will do…use our collaborative, creative vision to tell a really imaginative whale of a story. We hope you will go there with us.

Because, really, it’s why we do this. There isn’t any other reason to…There isn’t any other way we make art that lasts beyond us.

One final note of thanks to the Welles Estate for their generosity in granting us permission to cast a woman in the role of Ahab. It has always been my feeling that women in the theatre have too long been denied an opinion on the nature and meaning of some of the greatest, most iconic, and most complex characters in classic dramatic literature—who also happen to be male. Thanks to the Welles Estate for agreeing with us and allowing these remarkable women the chance to exercise their own imaginations (and our audiences’) by exploring roles like Ahab and Ishmael.

Scott Palmer

Founding Artistic Director

KYMBERLI COLBOURNE(LEADING LADY/FATHER MAPPLE/LEAR/AHAB)Kymberli received her BA in Theatre Performance from Scripps College and also spent her junior

year in conservatory training in London through the Marymount Tarrytown/RADA Drama Program. She has been seen on stage all across the country, touring with The National Theatre of the Deaf in One More Spring and Treasure Island. Regionally, she has appeared in numerous roles including productions for the Oregon Children’s Theatre: Ramona Quimby (as Dorothy Quimby); Book It Rep: Owen Meany Christmas (as Mary Beth Baird) and Jane Eyre (as Mrs. Fairfax); Seattle Children’s Theatre: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (as Mrs. Beaver) and 1984 (as Snowball); Seattle Shakespeare Festival: Julius Caesar (as Cassius) and Richard III (as Mad Margaret); Oregon Cabaret: Just A Closer Walk (as Patsy Cline), just to name a few. When not on stage, you will find Kymberli working behind the mic as a full time voice over actor in her home studio. Check out her VO work at www.kcvoice.com. A relative newcomer to the Portland scene, she is honored and thrilled to be working with Bag&Baggage and for the opportunity to be the first woman to play Ahab in Moby-Dick, Rehearsed. A thousand thanks to Scott, the Bag&Baggage family and her own family for their generosity and support. 

JOEY COPSEY*(MEMBER OF COMPANY/CARPENTER)Joey received his primary theatrical training at Hiram College in Ohio. Having grown up on the south Oregon Coast

Joey returned to Oregon after college and has worked on stage intermittently in the years since around the Portland area. This is his third show as a resident actor with Bag&Baggage, having just performed in B&B’s incomparable Richard III and The Best of Everything. He has recently appeared for Valley Repertory Theatre in All My Sons (as Chris Keller) as well as a reading of Spokesong (as Francis) with Corrib Theatre. Some notable productions include Antony and Cleopatra (as Marc Antony); How the Other Half Loves (as Frank Foster); and Caucasian Chalk

ACTOR BIOS

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season - favorites include Our Country’s Good (as Duckling/Tench); The Great Gatsby (as Daisy Buchanan); Julius Caesar (as Mark Antony); and Crimes of the Heart (as Meg Magrath). A huge advocate of theatre training and education, Cassie is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, and actively teaches acting and voice students in the greater Portland area, in addition to coordinating Bag&Baggage’s Pre-Professional Training programs. She wouldn’t be here without Danny, and is incredibly grateful to her family and friends for their continual love, support and energy.

DAVID HEATH(OLD PRO/PELEG)David is pleased to be appearing in his fifth show at Bag&Baggage, where he last appeared in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (as Judge

Danforth). He has been performing in various Northwest venues for more than 40 years. He was a long-time member of the New Rose Theatre ensemble, where he appeared in Born Yesterday (as Ed Devery); The Norman Conquests (as Norman); Travesties (as James Joyce); Joyce’s Exiles (as Richard Rowan); and The Adventures of Robin Hood (as Sheriff of Nottingham), to name but a few of his favorites. He has also appeared at Artists Repertory Theatre including: The Crucible (as Putnam); Season’s Greetings (as Uncle Harvey); and Passion (as Jim), Storefront Theatre; Ten November, Lakewood Center for the Arts; Portland Repertory; Portland Civic; Northwest Classical Theatre; and Profile Theatre Project. He has also appeared in an episode each of the locally filmed Portlandia and Leverage. In his spare time he is an avid birder and world traveler.

HEIDI KAY HUNTER(MEMBER OF COMPANY/FLASK)Heidi is thrilled to make her Bag&Baggage debut in such a bold production and with such a talented cast. Originally trained as

a dancer, Heidi studied acting and theatre at Portland Actors Conservatory and at Portland State University, where she received her Master of Arts in Literature. Heidi has appeared in numerous local productions including The Comedy of Errors (as Luciana) with Post5 Theatre

Circle (as Azdak) at Hiram College. More recently at Portland Community College he appeared in Judevine (as David); and Woyzech (as The Captain). Joey lives in Portland and when not acting spends as much time as he can with his incredible friends and family, and his cat. He also runs a small residential contracting business, and just generally tries to be useful.

MIA DUCKART(MEMBER OF THE COMPANY/TASHTEGO)Mia is a sophomore in the pre-professional theater arts pathway at Beaverton’s Arts & Communication Magnet

Academy (ACMA). She currently studies voice with Barb Irvin, and has participated in ACMA’s Summer Musical Theatre Intensive for the last 3 summers, where she appeared in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Children of Eden (as Aisha and the Snake); and Once Upon A Mattress (as The Minstrel). In just the last year she has appeared in Evil Dead: The Musical (as Cheryl); Proof (as Claire); and Macbeth (as Lady MacDuff). Mia’s other interests include photography, guitar, film, and writing and recording her own music. She would like to thank her sister Chloë for inspiring her to audition ever; Brian and Alana Bertram and Katie McLoughlin for casting her in her first challenging roles; Scott and Cassie for giving her her first professional performance opportunity; and you for coming to see this show. 

CASSIE GREER*(YOUNG ACTRESS/PIP/CORDELIA)Cassie received her training in the MFA Acting program at Florida Atlantic University, and the undergraduate

theatre program at Goshen College in Indiana. She has appeared with a number of companies around the country, some favorite shows being with New World Arts: Hello and Goodbye (as Hester); Shared Space: David’s Redhaired Death (as Jean); Festival Rep. Boca Raton: Company (as Sarah); South Bend Civic: Intimate Apparel (as Mrs. VanBuren); and Oregon Children’s Theatre: Gathering Blue (as Katrina). Cassie is a proud Resident Acting Company member at Bag&Baggage, where she has appeared in sixteen shows since the 2011/12

ACTOR BIOGRAPHIESACTOR BIOSCompany; Richard III (as Ratcliffe, Duke of York) with Northwest Classical Theatre Company; and Kindertransport (as Eva Schlesinger) with Jewish Theatre Collaborative, for which she received a Drammy Award for Best Actress. She spends her summers performing in Portland’s parks as a proud member of the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival. She enjoys reading Calvinist and Talmudic philosophy, cooking, travel and her elderly cats. Thank you to Emily and Scott for their vision and drive. Much love to her fiancé Brian and her best friend Jack for their continual support.

ARIANNE JACQUES*(STAGE MANAGER/ELIJAH)Arianne holds a Bachelor’s in Theater Arts from Oregon State University. Over the past seven seasons with

Bag&Baggage Productions, favorite roles include: The Importance of Being Ernest (as Gwendolyn); Crimes of the Heart (as Babe); The Great Gatsby (as Jordan); Private Lives (as Sibyl); The Crucible (as Abigail Williams); Our Country’s Good (as Mary Brenham); and most recently The Best of Everything (as Gregg Adams). Arianne has been box officer for the company since 2011, and is now the Patron Services Manager for B&B. When she is away from the theater, Arianne spends her time reading, and watching nature documentaries. Arianne would like to thank Jason, Aurora, and her mom and pop for their endless love and support.

DAWSON OLIVER (MEMBER OF THE COMPANY/DAGGOO)Dawson is a junior at Gaston High School, where he has been a member of the Gaston Drama Club for the

past three years. In that time, he has appeared in a number of productions, including Arsenic and Old Lace (as Teddy); Scrooged Up; and The Last Gladiator. Dawson’s recent roles include Jacob Marley in his school’s production of A Christmas Carol and Mr. Tumnus in Capital Community Church’s production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Dawson spends his spare time reading anything he can get his hands on and hanging out with friends. Dawson would like to thank Bag&Baggage for the chance

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to act in this production through their pre-professional acting program, and is very excited to be a part of this performance.

PETER SCHUYLER*(SERIOUS ACTOR/ STARBUCK)Peter is a proud member of the Bag&Baggage Resident Acting Company. He holds a Bachelors of Theatre

Performance from Northern Arizona University, and apprenticed at the now defunct Grand Canyon Shakespeare Festival and AZTheatreWorks in Flagstaff. Since moving to PDX from NYC in 2011, Peter has performed for numerous companies including Artists Repertory Theatre, Badass Theatre Co, triangle productions!, Lakewood Theatre, Northwest Classical Theatre Company, Portland Actors Ensemble, and Northwest Children’s Theater. In NY, he worked with La Mama E.T.C., Immediate Theater, Dysfunctional Theatre, DMTheatrics, Three Graces, NativeAliens, The Tank, Alliance Repertory, and more. Bag&Baggage credits include: A KBNB Kristmas Karol (as Arthur Adams); Richard III (as Richard III) - BroadwayWorld Portland Award Winner, Best Actor in a Play 2015; Our Country’s Good (as Phillip/Wisehammer); The Crucible (as John Proctor); Of Mice and Men (as George Milton); and Crimes of the Heart (as Doc Porter). Peter also serves as the Engagement Officer for Bag&Baggage, coordinating community outreach and special events. When not on stage, he enjoys cooking, hunting down great Malbec, singing, plunking on the ukulele, and most importantly spending time with the ladies in his life — his wife Dawn and their daughter Olivia.

ERIC ST. CYR*(CYNICAL ACTOR/QUEEQUEG)Born and raised a short drive outside the city of Boston, Massachusetts, Eric is a proud graduate of Plymouth State

University where he received his BA in Theatre Arts with a concentration in Acting. Following his graduation, Eric joined up with Lost Nation Theatre in Montpelier, Vermont for Woody Guthrie’s American Song (as Young Woody Guthrie). Eric then ventured back to the NH seacoast where he performed

regularly with The Players Ring, New Hampshire Theatre Project, and ACT ONE (Artists Collaborative Theatre of New England). Eric received two Seacoast Spotlight Award nominations under the category of Best Supporting Actor in a Play for his roles in Eurydice (as Nasty Interesting Man/Lord of the Underworld) and his role in the world premiere of Kate Wenner’s Make Sure it’s Me (as Lance Corporal Kevin Daniels). Eric was most recently seen in Bag&Baggage’s summer production of Richard III (as Lord Hastings/Second Murderer) and is thoroughly enjoying his new home on the West Coast as a Resident Acting Company Member with Bag&Baggage. Eric would like to thank his wife, Jamie, for her continued love, support, and patience, and his daughter, Romy Mae St. Cyr, for her everyday inspiration.

GARY STRONG*(MIDDLE AGED ACTOR/STUBB)Gary Strong is one of the inaugural members of the Resident Acting Company here at Bag&Baggage. Gary

started his theatrical career at Western Oregon University, but most of his training has honestly come through working at Bag&Baggage under Scott Palmer. You last saw him over the holidays performing in A KBNB Kristmas Karol (as the always inept Winston Whiteside). His previous work with this company includes Private Lives (as Victor Prynne); Love’s Labour’s Lost (as the colorful Don Armado); and The Merry Wives of Windsor: Or the Amorous Adventures of the Comical Knight Sir John Falstaff (as the comical knight Sir John Falstaff). When not working for Bag&Baggage, Gary loves to perform in anything and everything that has to do with Shakespeare around Portland. Gary would like to personally thank his fiancée Lindsey Chamberlain; he could not have done this without her dedication and support.

JESSI WALTERS*(YOUNG ACTOR/ISHMAEL)Jessi holds a BA in Theatre, Film, and Dance from Humboldt State University, and has also received training

from Dell’Arte International School of

Physical Theatre, Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE), and the Actor’s Academy in Southern California. Jessi is a proud member of Bag&Baggage’s Resident Acting Company. She was most recently seen on the Venetian stage as the sassy, silly, and sexy villain, Laverne North Berkshire in A KBNB Kristmas Karol. Previous Bag&Baggage performances include The Best of Everything (as Mary Agnes Russo); The Six Gentlepersons of Verona (as Launce, Silvia, Lucetta); Lear (as Regan); Our Country’s Good (as Dabby Bryant/Meg Long); and Love’s Labor’s Lost (as Maria). Jessi has been seen on stage with Post5 Theatre (Founding Company Member 2011-2014) in Romeo & Juliet (as Nurse); Arabian Nights (as the Jester’s Wife); The P&J Show (Co-host); and with Northwest Classical Theater Company in Much Ado About Nothing (as Borachio). When she isn’t performing, Jessi enjoys watching scary movies, catching up with friends, spending quality time with her sweetie Phillip, and spoiling their kitty, Cheri Cat.

* Member of the 2015-2016 Bag&Baggage Resident Acting Company

CASSIE GREER, CAPITAL CAMPAIGN MANAGER Since 2005, Cassie has worked with theaters, arts organizations, and training programs across the country, connecting with communities, facilitating events, educating actors, and helping to build frameworks that allow these organizations thrive. She has worked as a Production Manager, Event Manager, and Production Stage Manager at the Goshen College Music Center; as Event Coordinator for New World Arts (Goshen, Ind.); as Publicity Coordinator for the Florida Atlantic University Department of Theatre and Dance; and as the Ten4One/PASSPORT Coordinator, “Think It” Project Manager, and Pre-Professional Internship Coordinator right here at Bag&Baggage. Her current work with the company unites her passion for challenging, engaging live performance experiences with her passion for promoting the presence of arts organizations within communities, helping to ensure their success; she is grateful to be able to call Bag&Baggage her artistic home.

MELISSA HELLER, RESIDENT COSTUME DESIGNER A six year Portland resident, Melissa is a native Oregonian, originally from Bend. She received a BS in Apparel Design while attending Oregon State

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University where she began her work with the OSU Theatre in 2006 as Assistant Costume Designer. After graduating in 2008, Melissa moved to Portland and began work with Oregon Ballet Theatre in 2010 where she helped to create costumes for all of their productions for the 2010/2011 season. Melissa splits most of her time between heading the costume shop and designing costumes at Pacific University, designing for local area theatre companies, and a few custom projects in between. Her partnerships include Mt. Hood Community College, Broadway Rose Theatre Company, St. Mary’s Academy, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Pacific University, in addition to being the Resident Costume Designer for Bag&Baggage Productions since 2010. Her recent works include Richard III, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Lear, The Great Gatsby with Bag&Baggage Productions; Charlotte’s Web with Oregon Children’s Theatre; and The Jungle Book with Broadway Rose. Melissa thanks Bag&Baggage for their continued and engaging partnership, and her husband Brad, for his unending support and late-night dinners.

ARIANNE JACQUES, PATRON SERVICES MANAGER Arianne holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Oregon State University. She began working as an actor with Bag&Baggage in their 2007/08 season, but has also become a staff member as well.  After originating the role of Box Office Manager in 2009, she then became Operations Officer in 2013 and is, as of this season, Patron Services Manager for the company. Arianne looks forward to continuing to grow with Bag&Baggage as the company evolves and expands. 

AMANDA KISHLOCK, ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Amanda has been working in theatre professionally since the age of sixteen. Over the past few years she has worked as part of several Bag&Baggage productions, including The Merry Wives of Windsor; Rough Crossing; Julius Caesar; The Great Gatsby; It’s a (Somewhat) Wonderful Life; Lear; Love’s Labour’s Lost; The Crucible; A Miracle On 43rd Street; The Six Gentlepersons of Verona; Our Country’s Good; Richard III; and most recently A KBNB KRISTMAS KAROL. Amanda also works locally doing assorted work for Bag&Baggage; doing event work for Portland Community College; teaching stagecraft to Glencoe High School students; and acting as technical

director of their theatre program. When not working behind the scenes, Amanda enjoys reading, painting, and taking funny pictures of her dog. She would love to thank Scott and the Bag&Baggage company for their dedication to promoting the arts and making their shows accessible to students with the PASSPORT program.

BETH LEWIS, MANAGING DIRECTOR Beth has over ten years of experience in theater administration and management. She most recently served as Managing Director of Curious Comedy Theater, Portland’s only nonprofit comedy theater. She moved back home to the Portland area in 2013, after being in Los Angeles for five years working at The Pasadena Playhouse where she ended her tenure there as their Annual Giving Manager. Before that, she lived in New York City, where she served as the Director of Development for The Looking Glass Theatre, and the Associate of Special Events for Sonnet Repertory Theatre. In addition to her work at Bag & Baggage, she is currently a board member of the Portland Area Theatre Alliance. She also holds a BA in Theatre from Connecticut College and is a Core Company Member of the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival. 

SCOTT PALMER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Scott received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Oregon, his Master’s Degree from Oregon State University, and completed his PhD Coursework in Theatre, Film, and Television studies at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Over the past 20 years, Scott has developed an international reputation for his approach to classical dramatic literature, and more specifically his work with major literary adaptations of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Scott has adapted and directed critically acclaimed shows for Glasgow Repertory Company, Toi Whakkari (the National Drama School of New Zealand), Salem Repertory Theatre, Oregon State University, and Bag&Baggage Productions. Scott was the Founding Artistic Director of Glasgow Repertory Company, Scotland’s only Shakespeare-dedicated theatre company, as well as the Bard in the Quad Outdoor Shakespeare summer event at Oregon State University. Scott is a Hillsboro native and has served on the Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council and the Westside Cultural

CREW BIOGRAPHIESAlliance, and previously worked as the Trust Manager of the Oregon Cultural Trust. Thanks to Brian for all of his support.

PETER SCHUYLER, ENGAGEMENT OFFICERFor more than 20 years Peter has acted, produced, and directed professionally all over the country; from Arizona, to New York City, and now in the Portland/Metro Area. He graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor’s in Theatre Performance. The day after, he joined AZTheatreWorks — Flagstaff’s only professional theatre — as the Assistant to the Artistic Director until the company closed its doors. After moving to NYC in 2001 he became a fixture in that city’s independent theater scene, working in spaces such as La Mama E.T.C., HERE Arts Center, The Kraine, and The Brick. While in NYC, Peter served as a producing board member of NativeAliens Theatre Collective, as Director of Development for Dysfunctional Theatre Company, and as a staff writer for NYtheatre.com/Indie Theater Now. During that time, he was employed full time as the Customer Service and Operations Manager for Dramatists Play Service, one of the premier publishers of theatrical literature in the USA.

MOLLY STOWE, RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER Molly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Purchase College in New York. Over the past ten years she has worked all over the country from The Santa Fe Opera to New York’s Lincoln Center Festival (where she was fortunate enough to work closely with the Royal Shakespeare Company), Ireland’s Druid Theatre Company, and on the US premier of Peter Brook’s A Magic Flute. Molly’s most recent design credits include Twelfth Night; Cendrillon; The Nutcracker; White Christmas; and Fool for Love. She has been in the Portland area now for just over two years and has had the pleasure of working with Bag&Baggage on Rough Crossing; Twelfth Night of the Living Dead; The Crucible; Dial M for Murder; Miracle on 43rd Street; The Six Gentlepersons of Verona; Our Country’s Good; The Best of Everything; Rope and most recently A KBNB KRISTMAS KAROL. Molly would like to thank her husband Steven for supporting and encouraging her as well as her friends and family. She is also currently the Resident Designer and Technical Director at David Douglas High School in Portland.

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EMILY TRIMBLE, COMPANY STAGE MANAGER & PROPS MISTRESS Emily holds a BA in Arts & Performance from The University of Texas at Dallas. Originally from Houston, she moved to Dallas for college as an Electrical Engineering major. Finding that to not be nearly as interesting as anticipated, she changed her major to theatre and quickly fell in love. While living in Dallas she worked as Run Crew, Assistant Stage Manager, and Stage Manager at many companies including: WaterTower Theatre, Dallas Children’s Theatre, Undermain Theatre, and Nouveau 47. She moved to Portland in early 2012 and got her first professional gig here as Light Board Op for B&B’s production of Dangerous Liaisons. The next season she worked as ASM on The Velveteen Rabbit and Rough Crossing. Bag&Baggage’s 13-14 season brought her her first Stage Manager and Props Mistress jobs with the company, and she has been Stage Managing and gathering props on shows ever since. In July 2015 she became Company Stage Manager and Resident Props Mistress

for Bag&Baggage. Also in Portland, Emily has worked with Broadway Rose on The Jungle Book (SM) and My Fair Lady (ASM); and at Oregon Children’s Theatre on The Giver (ASM). When not in a show she likes to climb rocks, crochet, and play with her adorable cat Korben. She’d like to thank her mom for everything she does and helping her pursue her passion.

MEGAN WILKERSON, RESIDENT SCENIC DESIGNER Megan holds an Masters of Fine Arts in Design for the Theatre from the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. Besides being the Resident Scenic Designer for Bag&Baggage Megan is also a Resident Artist at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland and an Ensemble Member at Rivendell Theatre in Chicago. Megan was a Recipient of Chicago’s After Dark Award in Scenic Design for her “thoroughly creepy” set for Marisa Wegrzyn’s Psalms of a Questionable Nature with Rivendell and was nominated for a Drammy award for her design for The Childrens Hour at deFunkt theatre

in Portland. Her Design work has also been recognized by The Chicago Tribune, The Austin Critics Circle, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the South Eastern Theatre Conference, and The United States Institute for Theatre Technology.  Regionally she’s worked with The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Artists Repertory Theatre, The New Conservatory in San Francisco, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Broadway Rose, Teatro Milagro, deFunkt Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and the Portland Opera. She has taught Theatre, Design and Art courses at Lewis & Clark College, The University of Portland, Michigan State University, The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, St. Norbert College, Randolph-Macon Women’s college, Carroll University, Central Michigan University, the Milwaukee High School for the Arts, and The University of Minnesota in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Megan’s Portfolio can be found online at www.meganwilkerson.com.

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Brennan*Darell & JoAnn LumacoWinston Saunders & Sara

StameyJanica StewartDelbert & Donna SwansonK. Marie TylerBrian Whitney

BELL CAPTAIN $100 & ABOVEClark & Sharon AllworthJohn BakumMary Jo BartelsAlice BarteltPamela BearceJim & Betsy BillerDon & Bonnie BlishDennis Boardman &

Andrea TrautweinGreg Bruce*Mark Brumley*Scot BurckhardtJohn & Cheryl BurnorCarla CaesarPatricia CollinsRon & Kitty CrismanNancy CullersLisa CurryCindy Dauer*Becky DecesaroLayne & Sharon DeLappSegun De SilvaArthur DiederichJoanne DuchamBill & Barbara DuerdenGlynn DurhamAlison Ebbott & Bill HasanChristine Edgar & Nathan

JohnsonPaul & Linda EricksonNan Frederick &

Michael Ponder*Kathryne A. &

Donald H. GilbertGimre’s Shoe Store

Larry & Ann GreerMarilyn Grendele*A. Jay Hamlin & Kay DemlowGregory & Laurie HannonPeter & Sue Harris*Charlotte Headrick, in honor

of Scott Palmer & Arianne Jacques

Karen Hershey & Roark Berkey*

Keren HooverMark & JoAn HudsonLynn Ironside*Annemarie & John JacquesArianne Jacques &

Jason MyersJanette KilgoreMalle KollomSamuel LittleSandra LittleDoreen LundbergGene & Judy Lynch*Dina Marie &

Andrew Harvey*Heather and Eric MashBarbara Mason*Linda MattoxCarole & David McAdamsVictoria MeeAmy MihelichGayle MillerJohnathon & Vickie MillerLen MillerAnn Nickerson Landscape

Design*David & Lisa OgdenKathryn OlivaHillary Ostlund, in honor

of Karen Muller and Tom Maurer

Robyn Parnell & Mark Waggoner

Carol ReichLisa Rowley*Elaine RuysJohn RyanPaula SeidKay & Pete ShoudyDavid & Sandi SiegelRuby & Richard SiegelPamela SouthLinda & Larry Sparks*Patrick SpikeDick & Doreen StensonKim StrelchunRhonda Studnick KaiserAngela & Greg SweeneyGerda SylvieGary TaliaferroFawn TaylorTestech, Inc.*Ermine & Susan ToddBruce UlrichWard/Davis Associates*Larry WhiteRichard WinkelRichard & Kasi WoidylaClark Woodford & Bob ReadDelbert & Janet Yocam*Bob & Kris Zorko

COURIER $50 & ABOVEWilliam & Marcia Anderson*Anonymous (2)Ian ArmstrongNoel ArnoldCasey CampbellKirsten Carpentier

Helen ConoverCornelius Veterinary Clinic PCNancy Davis & Jim LaneRenee DemkeDebra DuffeBonnie Gilchrist*Laurel GregoryCarol GrydeKen & Anne Jackson*Rae KnowlesKat LarsenFay LittlefieldPhil & Heather McKnightSabra MischelMelissa MooreAnne Mueller & Lars C.

Larsen*Colleen & David Myers*Larry NormanPatricia Orourke*Anita Osterhaug & Job

RabinowitzLisa Oyler*Russ & Carol PaineRobert J Rineer*Beth RobertsLesly SanockiBarbara SimonOlivia A. SolomonWilma SpikeBarbara & Jeffrey St. CyrChuck Steury & Samyak

YamauchiEileen & David ThreefootMisty TompolesSara & Kelly UhaczKristen Van KranenburghGinny & Mark WatsonElaine WillbanksVickie WilliamsJon & Jill WoodworthKathleen WorleyWilliam WuertzDeborah Zita & Maryka

Biaggio

BELL HOP $25 & ABOVEAnonymousToni BeattieJohn CaroneMargaret CollinsDave DanellSuzanne Jo DudyMarsia FergussonKeith FishMike FlynnBarbara GalbreathWilliam J. GiffinDavid GoldmanMichelle HammB. Gail HillyerAlma IbrekicFrances KingRebecca & David Klug*Laurel LahmersAlice LarsonBen MannyBarbara MillsLinda O’Connor*Carin & Matthew PackwoodPaula StewartNancy StubbsAmanda & Kail Walker

* all or a portion of this gift is directed to PASSPORT° all or a portion of this gift is directed to the

Silverna Scott Internship Fund

$2500 AND ABOVEKarl Citek & Patricia

LoganAndrew Hoffman & Linda

MorrissonPeter & Sherry

Sunderland

$1000 AND ABOVESara Behrman & F. X.

RosicaMolly DavisScott Eisenstein & Kelly

Ritz-EisensteinKathy GaonaSteve & Marilyn GrayChuck & Leah HageleTom & Gayle HughesKen & Anne JacksonCynthia KirkFred & Gayle NachtigalBrad & Linda NeedhamSandy PalmerScott Palmer & Brian

GarnerDon & Linda SinclairAngela & Greg Sweeney

$500 AND ABOVECarol A. Beauchamp*Dan Bergsvik & Don

HastlerPeter & Sue HarrisJohn HayesRalph & Marilynn

HelzermanKevin HooverMoon Lee-Comstock &

Chuck ComstockEric & Diane LewisRebecca & Scott WagarDave & Shirley WoodfordDelbert & Janet Yocam

$250 AND ABOVENita BrueggemanCraig & Cheron CalderHeather Ferrin MeyersBonnie GilchristAlan Jones/North Country

ProductionsJeff Kishlock & Anne

BrennanSherry Lamoreaux & Paul

DucheneSarah McGraw-PlasterDavid & Deanna PalmEric QuonJan SimmonsCarla VeldersJerry & Judy Willey

$100 AND ABOVEMartin ConleyLisa DuPre’Katherine FlemingKeith & Dorthy ImperLeonard A. & Susan

MagazineDavid & Lisa OgdenKelly RecktenwaldRoger Palmer & Donna

RondemaR. Scott SmithK. Marie TylerPatricia ViceJack WhiteheadLesley Wise

$25 AND ABOVEJennifer BruningCassie Greer & Danny

PalmerSelma NailLori SinclairPaula StewartNancy StubbsAmanda & Kail Walker

Our unique PASSPORT free ticket program enables Bag&Baggage to provide free tickets to any student from any high school in Washington, Columbia, Tillamook, and Yamhill Counties…on demand. As long as there is a seat available, B&B pledges to never turn away a student who wants to see our shows. Very special thanks to our donors who have generously supported this important program through our 2015 Gala and Auction.

THANK YOU 2015 GALA DONORS!

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Bag&Baggage is committed to unique interpretations and novel stagings of plays by the world’s best-known authors. We seek to rethink and reinvigorate the most celebrated titles, to challenge the public to experience them in new ways, and to connect our work to the lives and experiences of our audiences. Founded by a Hillsboro native, Bag&Baggage believes that cultural experiences like live theatre play an absolutely crucial role in the health of our community.

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