February 21 - 24, 2013Lydia Mendelssohn TheatreDepartment of Theatre & Drama

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Cast of CharaCters Mr. Antrobus ............................................................................................Ben BlackmanMrs. Antrobus ................................................................................................. Elly JarvisSabina ............................................................................................ Brittany UomolealeHenry .................................................................................................... Robert O’BrienGladys .................................................................................................... Shannon EagenMr. Fitzpatrick ..........................................................................................Austin Andres

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Act II: Atlantic City BoardwalkFortune Teller ....................................................................................... Melissa GollidayChair Pusher ........................................................................... Jeffery Owen Freelon, Jr.His Son ..................................................................................................... Eric Myrick IIBroadcast Official ...................................................................................... Kevin CollinsConveeners ...Tyler Dean, Jordan Golden, Will Ropp, Emily Shimskey, Nick SkardarasyDefeated Candidate ..................................................................................Tim MarkhamShow Girl ...............................................................................................Samantha RehrHomeless Musician ..................................................................................... Caitlin ChouMadonna Impersonator ......................................................................Alexandra DeMaioTourist ......................................................................................................... Alex Madda

Act III: Home, Excelsior, New JerseyIvy ............................................................................................................... Blair PrinceActors ............................Caitlin Chou, Kevin Collins, Tyler Dean, Alexandra DeMaio, Jeffrey Owen Freelon Jr., Alex Madda, Tim Markham, Nick Skardarasy

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about the Playwright

thornton wilder (1897-1975) Born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at Yale and Princeton, Thornton Wilder was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works explore the connection between the commonplace and the cosmic dimensions of human experience. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of his seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, and his next-to-last novel, The Eighth Day received the National Book Award (1968). Two of his four major plays garnered Pulitzer Prizes, Our Town (1938) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1943). His play, The

Matchmaker ran on Broadway for 486 performances (1955-1957), Wilder’s Broadway record, and was later adapted into the record-breaking musical Hello, Dolly! Wilder also enjoyed enormous success with many other forms of the written and spoken word, among them translation, acting, opera librettos, lecturing, teaching and film (his screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 psycho-thriller, Shadow of a Doubt remains a classic to this day). Letter writing held a central place in Wilder’s life, and since his death, three volumes of his letters have been published. Wilder’s many honors include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Book Committee’s Medal for Literature. On April 17, 1997, the centenary of his birth, the US Postal Service unveiled the Thornton Wilder 32-cent stamp in Hamden, Connecticut, his official address after 1930 and where he died on December 7, 1975.

Wilder continues to be read and performed around the world. Our Town is performed at least once each day somewhere in this country, with his other major dramas and shorter plays not far behind. In 2008, Our Town and The Bridge of San Luis Rey were selected as a joint choice for the NEA’s “Big Read” Program. In recent years Wilder’s works have also inspired a growing number of adaptations, among them an opera based on Our Town (music by Ned Rorem, libretto by J.D. McClatchy) and a dramatized version of his novel, Theophilus North (Matt Burnett).

— Biography courtesy Thornton Wilder Society, www.thorntonwilder.comPortrait of Mr. Wilder as Mr. Antrobus in The Skin of Our Teeth in 1948

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story of the Play

Here is a comedy about George Antrobus, his wife and two children, and their general utility maid, Lily Sabina, all of Excelsior, New Jersey. George Antrobus is John Doe, or George Spelvin, or you — the average American at grips with a destiny, sometimes sour, sometimes sweet. The Antrobuses have survived fires, flood, pestilence, the seven-year locusts, the ice age, the black pox and the double feature, a dozen wars and as many depressions. They run many a gamut, are as durable as radiators, and look upon the future with a disarming optimism. Alternately bewitched, befuddled, and becalmed, they are the stuff of which heroes are made — heroes and buffoons. They are true offspring of Adam and Eve, victims of all the ills that flesh is heir to. They have survived a thousand calamities by the skin of their teeth. Here is a tribute to their indestructibility. — Thornton Wilder

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aCknowledgments Thanks to Professors John Neville-Andrews, Bert Cardullo, Gary Decker, Eric Fredricksen, Sarah Jane Gwillim, Philip Kerr, Annette Masson, Janet Maylie, Jerry Schwiebert, and Leigh Woods for showing me the ropes and sending me off into the world.  Thanks to Basement Arts for giving me my first directing opportunities and for making me passionate about the work. To Priscilla Lindsay for bringing me in and giving me this opportunity. And finally, to the BFA Performance classes of ‘97 and ‘98 - I am grateful every day to have gone through these formative years with you. — Jonathan Berry

Special thanks to Mark Gmazel, Sybil Boone, and Kevin Leeser. Additional thanks to Dermalogica. This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

Human beings are fallible. According to one origin myth, we made a choice in the garden to partake of the tree of knowledge. Partaking in that knowledge created in us both hope and fear, or rather belief in, or distrust of, the people with whom we go through existence. And from those two points of view stem all that is great and terrible in mankind. The balance of hope and fear in people determines their actions and propels them, either towards peaceful coexistence or wrathful aggression. 

Written in 1940 and 1941, opening first in New York ten months after Pearl Harbor and the beginning of U.S. involvement in the 2nd great war of the still young century, Wilder, despite mounting evidence to the contrary, looked at the turbulent present and the destructive past, and saw in that tangle of evidence a reason to hope. For all of the horrors of the young century, and the centuries that came before, he saw progress. Or, as Mr. Antrobus states: “We’ve learned. We’re learning.”

No wide-eyed idealist, Wilder understood that the path of human progress was not an easy one. There is comfort that comes from the black and white clarity of war, when viewed in contrast with the terrible ambiguous greyness of peace. Working with, rather than fighting against, is always the more challenging course – and yet, it is always the most challenging course that yields the greatest results. 

The course of human events is, I think, a tight spiral, wending slowly but surely ever upward. With every revolution, we climb ever so slightly higher – that much closer to a world of peace and shared prosperity. You can’t see it from where you are at, sadly.  It takes the long view – the view from a thousand miles away. It takes, unfortunately, faith – trust in the better nature of man, even as evidence piles up to the contrary. It is only through that faith that we can take up Wilder’s seemingly impossible charge, to “save the human race.”

Thank you for coming tonight – it feels really good to be home.— Jonathan Berry, Director, U-M class of 1997

Jonathan berry (Director) is a director and teacher in Chicago. Regional Theatre: Griffin Company Artistic Associate, productions include: Burnt Part Boys, Punk Rock (Jeff Award), Port, On the Shore of the Wide World, Spring Awakening, Company, Picnic, Time and the Conways (Jeff Award nomination), Dead End, The Hostage, Journey’s End; Artistic Associate, Steep Theatre: Moment, Festen, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The Hollow Lands; Gift Theatre: the premier of Andrew Hinderaker’s Dirty, Suicide, Incorporated; Chicago Dramatists, I am Going to Change the World; Roundabout Theatre, Suicide, Incorporated. Steppenwolf Theatre: A Separate Peace, Gary, Goodman Theatre, The World of Extreme Happiness; Theatre Mir: The Sea, Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle. Other: MFA, Northwestern Univ. (Thesis Pending); BFA, U-M.  

JessiCa hahn (Costume Designer) Prof. of Theatre & Drama, Head of Design and Production. U-M: Bat Boy, Chicago, The Beaux Stratagem, The Full Monty, Arms and the Man, Much Ado About Nothing, Ragtime, Pride and Prejudice, You Never Can Tell, The Pajama Game, Playing for Time. Regional Theatre: Virginia Stage Company; Goodman Theatre; Lyric Opera Center; Northlight Theatre; Court Theatre; Roundabout Theatre, N.Y.; Utah Shakespearean Festival; Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Co.; former resident designer: Hubbard St. Dance Co., National Jewish Theatre. Awards: Three Joseph Jefferson Awards, Charles MacArthur Award. Other: Curator, Historic Costume Collection; Member, United Scenic Artists; Costume Society of America.

about the artists

about the Cast austin andres (Mr. Fitzpatrick) sophomore, BFA Perf., Dublin, OHben blaCkman (Mr. Antrobus) junior, BFA Perf., New York, NYCaitlin Chou (Muse/Homeless Musician) sophomore, BFA Perf., Irvine, CAkevin Collins (Refugee/Broadcast Official) sophomore, BFA Perf., Denver, COtyler dean (Dinosaur/Conveener) junior, BFA Perf., Plymouth, MIalexandra demaio (Muse/Madonna Impersonator) sophomore, BFA Perf., Weston, FLshannon eagen (Gladys) senior, BFA Perf./BA Communication Studies, Southfield, MIJeffery owen freelon, Jr. (Moses/Chair Pusher) senior, BFA Perf., Chicago, IL Jordan golden (Refugee/Conveener) junior, BFA Perf., North Miami Beach, FLmelissa golliday (Fortune Teller) junior, BFA Perf./BA Communication Studies, St. Joseph, MIelly Jarvis (Mrs. Antrobus) senior, BFA Perf., St. Cloud, MNalex madda (Muse/Tourist) junior, BFA Perf., Sherman Oaks, CAtim markham (Homer/Defeated Candidate) junior, BFA Perf., Novi, MIeriC myriCk ii (Usher/Refugee/Son) first-year, BFA Perf., Ypsilanti, MIrobert o’brien (Henry) first-year, BFA Perf., Sebastopol, CAblair PrinCe (Ivy) first-year, BFA Perf., Royal Oak, MIsamantha rehr (Muse/Show Girl) sophomore, BFA Perf., Weston, CTwill roPP (Telegraph Boy/Conveener) first-year, BFA Perf., Darien, CTemily shimskey (Mammoth/Conveener) sophomore, BFA Perf., West Bloomfield, MIniCk skardarasy (Doctor/Conveener) senior, BFA Perf., Grosse Pointe Shores, MIbrittany uomoleale (Sabina) senior, BFA Perf./BA Communications, Westport, CT

about the artists annette masson (Vocal Coach) has taught and coached actors and public speakers both nationally and abroad. She has worked on theatre productions at Harvard’s American Repertory Theater, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Western Australia Academy, Drama Studio London, and The Purple Rose Theatre.  Her “public speaking techniques” have been used by political candidates, film, radio, and television personalities, as well as CEOs for Polaroid, GM, Lilly, and Pfizer.

vinCent mountain (Scenic Designer) is a Professor of Theatre & Drama. U-M: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Beaux Stratagem, Brigadoon, Gibson Fleck, Macbeth, Pride and Prejudice, J.B., Playing for Time, The Coronation of Poppea, The Hot L Baltimore, Hansel and Gretel, Jesus Christ Superstar, Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi. Regional Theatre: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Macbeth, Orpheus Descending, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Devil’s Disciple, Alley Theatre; Playland, Intiman Theatre; Roosters, Seattle Group; La Traviata, Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Little Women, Central City Opera, Opera Omaha, Chautauqua Opera. Other: MFA in Design, UCSD.

henry reynolds (Sound Designer) is an Asst. Professor in the Dept. of Theatre & Drama and the sound engineer and information systems manager for Univ. Productions. U-M: Sound Designer: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Trumpets and Raspberries, Trafford Tanzi, Macbeth, Jonesin’, Pride and Prejudice, J.B., Playing for Time, The Laramie Project, The Rover, The Nutcracker, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird, Our Country’s Good, I Am A Man, Born in the R.S.A. Regional Theatre: Sound Design, Of Mice and Men, 2008 Fort Worth Opera Festival.

dawn rivard (Wig & Makeup Designer) World Premieres: Ragtime, Sunset Boulevard, Showboat, Rio de Sangre, Grammy Award-winning opera Elmer Gantry. International Theatre: Teatro Alla Scala, Rinaldo; Award winning productions of Cats and Die Schöne und Das Biest in Germany & Switzerland. TV/ Film: Emmy Award for Feast of All Saints, wig builder for Hairspray, Skinwalkers, and Mike Myers’ The Love Guru. Clients have included Jonathan Rhys Myers, Donald Sutherland, Jessica Biel, Aiden Turner, CCH Pounder, and Lily Collins.

aaron taCy (Lighting Designer) is a junior BFA design  & production candidate concentrating in lighting, projection and scenic design.  U-M:  Bat Boy, Spring Awakening (LD); Sunday in the Park with George (Projection Design);  The Full Monty (Asst. LD); Arachne: The Origin (Assoc. LD); U.S. premiere The Diver (PD). MUSKET: The Who’s Tommy (PD), Cabaret (Asst. LD). Regional Theatre: Spoleto Festival USA (electrician): U.S. premiere of Glass’ Kepler (ML Programmer), TRACES (electrician), Einstein on the Beach 2012 tour (production intern), Nadanta: Rhythms of India.

samantha vettrus (Stage Manager) is a junior BFA design and production candidate concentrating in stage management, rigging and scenic design. U-M: Don Giovanni, Almost, Maine (Flysman); Noises Off (Scenery Crew Head), Suddenly Last Summer, The Crucible (ASM). BASEMENT: Bare: A Rock Opera (Scenic Design); The Pelican (SM);Tender (ASM).

2012-2013 Season

The Laramie Projecta drama by Moisés Kaufman & the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project

Directed by Hank StrattonIn 1998, Matthew Shepard’s murder shocked a nation. Its effect on the small town of

Laramie, Wyoming, was equally as devastating and extraordinary.Arthur Miller Theatre • Feb. 21 - 24, 2013 • Dept. of Musical Theatre Studio

Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos)an opera by Richard Strauss and Hugo von HofmannsthalUniversity Opera Theatre directed by Kay Walker Castaldo

University Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Kamal KahnIn this opera mixing sublime music with slapstick comedy, opera divas are forced to join

with commedia dell’arte actors to present the Greek myth of Ariadne.Sung in German with projected English translations.Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre • Mar. 28 - 31, 2013

University Opera Theatre • University Philharmonia Orchestra

August: Osage Countya dark comedy by Tracy Letts • Directed by John Neville-Andrews

A vivid portrait of familial dysfunction, this fiercely funny, Pulitzer-Prize winning play has been called “the most exciting new American play seen in years.” (New York Times)

Arthur Miller Theatre • Apr. 4 - 14, 2013 • Dept. of Theatre & Drama

Jazz ShowcaseThe Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation with an evening of great jazz

featuring compositions and arrangements by UM students, faculty, and more.Stamps Auditorium • Apr. 14, 2013 • Jazz Ensembles

Crazy for Youa musical by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, & Ken LudwigDirected by Linda Goodrich • Choreography by Shari Jordan

Music Direction by Catherine Walker Adams A star-struck New York City playboy finds his dreams - and love - in a small

Nevada mining town in this irresistible romp full of memorable songs.Power Center • Apr. 18 - 21, 2013 • Limited seating • Dept. of Musical Theatre

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UNIVERSITy PRODUCTIONSADMINISTRATIVE STAFFDirector ................................................................Jeffrey KurasDepartment Administrator ............................. Fatima AbdullahOffice Assistant III/Usher Coordinator .................Shelda SmithMarketing & Communications Dir. ........... Kerianne M. TupacGraphic Design ..............................Chris Purcell, CAP DesignsPhotographer .................................... Peter Smith PhotographyInformation Systems Manager ......................... Henry ReynoldsFacilities Manager ................................................Shannon RiceHouse Manager ............................................ Dianne WidzinskiSenior Backstage Operations Mgr. .........................Barry LaRueBackstage Operations Mgrs. ........Mark Gordon, David Pickell, Dane Racicot, Donald C. WatkinsAdministrative Office Assts. .........Allison Brown, Abrielle Case, Olivia Neinhouse, Taylor Norton, Hannah SparrowTheatre 386 ............Carly Baron, Beth Chimera, Joanna Miller, Stephen Risko, Erin Roulier, Eric Szkarlat, Bailey Vos PRODUCTION STAFFProduction Manager .....................................Amanda MengdenProduction Stage Manager...................................Nancy UffnerProduction Office Assts. .....................................Kelly Comastro, Amanda Jerzykowski, Lydia LopezTechnical Dir. (Power) ................................... Douglas EdwardsTechnical Dir. (Walgreen) ......................Richard W. Lindsay, Jr.Master Carpenter .................................................. Paul HunterCarpenter ........................................................... Russ DunhamCharge Scenic Artist (Power) ..............................Toni Y. AulettiCharge Scenic Artist (Walgreen) .......................Beth SandmaierInterim Properties Master ....................................Patrick DroneInterim Asst. Properties Master ............................Sarah Tanner

Properties Artisan ............................................... Robert BrownMaster Electrician (on-leave) ...........................Mark Allen BergInterim Master Electrician ............................... Heather HunterSound Engineers .......................Roger Arnett, Henry ReynoldsCostume Shop Manager ......................................Laura BrinkerAssoc. Costume Shop Manager .......................... George BaconCutter/Drapers .... Corey Globke, Lea M. Morello, T J WilliamsonCrafts Artisan ...........................................Elizabeth GundersonCostume Stock Administrator .............................. Renae Skoog

PRODUCTION CREWFirst Asst. Stage Manager ...................................... Elana LantryAsst. Stage Manager......................Sarah Frank, Flores KomastuAsst. Costume Designer .................................. Alyssa BattersbyAsst. Sound Designers ....................... Eric Garcia, Neil VaughnAsst. Master Electrician .......................................Geehoon LimScenery (Walgreen).............................Lucy Briggs, Elliot Cruz, CJ Eldred, Daniel Estrella, Liz Freed, Tyler J. Melnik, Rena Steed, Samantha Vettrus, students of Theatre 250 & 252Professional Painters ....................Alexander Carr, Laura StrowePaint ............. Angela Alvarez, Michael Barbour, Carisa Bledsoe, Devin Eggert, Ryan Ernst, Austin Kozlowski, Katie Nadolny, Tanner Porter, Stephanie Schoenhofer, Diana Sussman, students of Theatre 250 & 252Props ..................................Michael Barbour, Jessica Browning, Kerry Concannon, Jordan Miller, Josie-Lynn Patalon, Eli Schlatter, students of Theatre 250 & 252Professional Stitchers .......................................Patricia Branam, Laura Kantner, René Plante Costumes ........... Leslie Bates, Alyssa Battersby, Danielle Cohn, Aleah Douglas, Carrie Fisk, Laura Kemp, Kaitlin Lantz, Allyssa Powell, Tiffany Reynolds, Emily Shimskey, students of Theatre 250 & 252Lighting ..............Rachel Apsey, Colin Bianchi, Jennifer Jacobs, Annie Jacobson, Alexandra Jehle, AJ Klopach, Alyssa Loiacano, Charles Malott, Andrew Lott, Miriam Michaels, Tess Nugent, Clarissa Ortiz, Aaron Tacy, Andrew Wysocki, students of Theatre 250 & 252

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Michelle Elias ’11 Asst. Stage Manager for Opera Memphis 2012-2013 season.

Bridget Coyne Gabbe ’10 Television: Blue Bloods. Film: Surf (short)

David Garcia ’02 Director of Content Strategy, CBS Television Distribution.

Adam Greenfield ’97 Dir. of New Play Development, Playwrights Horizons, New York.

Daniel Brunnemer Hall ’01 Director, The Jog, Best Short Film nomination for International Film Festival, Shriekfest

Mandy Heuermann ’04 Asst. Stage Mgr. for Joffrey Ballet.

Mitch Hodges ’10 Asst. Stage Mgr. for Les Miserables National Tour.

Andres Holder ’10 Asst. Company Manager, Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.

Brian Holden ’09: Chicago: UP Comedy Club: Starkid Productions’ Airport for the Birds with fellow alums Daniel Strauss ‘07, Jaime Lyn Beatty ‘10, Meredith Stepian ‘09, Joe Walker’09, Nick Strauss ‘11, Jeff Blim’07.

Beth Hoyt ’05 Host of My Damn Channel Live, a live web series shown every weekday; Film/TV: The Bachelorette (2012); The Reggie Watts Show, Comedy Central.

Chris Jamros ’99 Digital design for The Today Show. Former Production Stage Mgr., Wicked.

Marc Kamler ’01 Vice President, Alternative and International Television, APA Talent and Literary Agency, Los Angeles.

Benjamin Endsley Klein ’02 Broadway: Director: Ann, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, March 2013; War Horse: Resident Director (replacement) 2012

Pomme Koch ’11 Uday Hussein in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Round House Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland

Justin Lang ‘09 Designed set for the Araca Project’s The Man With America Skin at The American Theatre of Actors, New York.

Matt Letscher ’92 Devil’s Knot, The Carrie Diaries (2013) Teacher of the Year (2012). Also many other film and television roles including The Good Wife, Amish Grace, Eli Stone, The Mask of Zorro. Broadway: The Rivals, Proposals.

Angela Lewis ’00 Television: The Good Wife. New York: Don’t Go Gentle at Lucille Lortel Theatre. Milk Like Sugar with Tonya Pinkins at Playwrights Horizons: Best Leading Actress nomination for the 2012 Audelco Award.

Jason Lindner ’99 Playwright and actor for The Flying Machine’s adaptation of Frankenstein, nominated for four Drama Desk Awards.

Maggie Lofquist ‘09 Harlequin Theatre, WA: The Philadelphia Story; Lakewood Playhouse: The Children’s Hour, Viola in Twelfth Night.

Shawn McCulloch ‘10 is the Asst. Costume Designer New World Stages: Bare.

Katie McKee ’06 Asst. Stage Mgr. for Hair –Where Do I Go National Tour.

Seth Moore ‘09 author of the Araca Project’s The Man With America Skin at The American Theatre of Actors, New York; actor in These Seven Sicknesses, The Flea Theatre, New York.

Dominique Morisseau ‘00 author of plays: The Sunset Baby, having its world premiere at the Gate Theatre in London Fall 2012; also Detroit ’67 at the Public Theatre in 2012-13.

Joe Moses ’09 Team StarKid; The Joe Moses One-Man Shows: Off-Broadway, Los Angeles, Chicago, and The Shakespeare Theatre.

Matt Oberg ‘99 Recent pilots: The Smart One (ABC) Eugene! (Comedy Central); Feature Film: Bert and Arnie’s Guide to Friendship (2012). Television: 30 Rock, Delocated, series regular The Onion News Network,

Jesse Peri ’12 Connie, The Grapes of Wrath, A Noise Within Theatre, Los Angeles. 2013

Robin Quick ’99 Professor of Theater at Towson University; Elliott Hayes Award for Excellence in Dramaturgy by the Literary Mgrs and Dramaturgs of the Americas.

Gina Rattan ’08 Broadway: Resident Director, Billy Elliot; Director, Sweet Tooth, New York Fringe Festival 2012.

Christina Reynolds ’03 Assoc. Producer/Coordinator on reality TV episodes of America’s Next Top Model (international) and the National Geographic Channel.

Joey Richter ’11 Television: Glee (2013 recurring); Jessie (Officer Petey); Theatre: StarKid Productions. Jonathan Rosen ‘03 Sports Broadcaster for Fox Sports West.

Becca Rothman ‘11 Stage Manager, 1776, The Asolo Repertory Theatre, FL.

yuriy Sardarov ’10 Film: Argo; Television: Series regular, Chicago Fire.

Maureen Sebastian ’05 Film: Passing Harold Blumenthal; Television: Revolution, Hart of Dixie, Person of Interest. Off-Broadway: Lonely I’m Not, Second Stage .

Miriam Shor ‘93 Film: That’s What She Said; Television: The Good Wife, recurring role; Good Christian Belles, series regular.

Stephen Siercks ’07 Production Mgr. and Stage Mgr. for Universal Studios.

Joel Silver ’02 Assoc. Lighting Designer, National Tour: American Idiot.

Stephen Sposito ‘07: Broadway: Assoc. Director, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Asst. Director, Promises, Promises and Shrek The Musical.

Emily Stromberg ’12 Asst. Production Manager, The Araca Project

Katie Thomas ’04 member of comedy group, The Katydids with SNL member Cecily Strong; webseries newly premiered by The Onion.

Erin Whipkey ’05 Production Mgr. and Production Stage Mgr. for Opera Memphis.

James Wolk ’07 Vanessa & Jan; Political Animals; CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame’s Front of the Class; Lone Star.

U-M Friends of Theatre & Drama Annual Gifts from July 1, 2011 - February 4, 2013

Gifts provide scholarship support, funding for guest artists, and important performance opportunities for students.

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