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The performers in this production are students in the Department of Theatre & Drama. The designers for this production are faculty and students in the SMTD. Scenery, costumes, properties, sound, and lighting were realized by the students and staff of University Productions, the producing unit of the SMTD. Ticket sales assist in providing SMTD students with practical training experience before live audiences. Thank you for supporting our educational mission.

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DirectorScenic Designer

Costume DesignerLighting Designer

Sound DesignerWig & Make-up Designer

Vocal CoachStage Manager

John Neville-AndrewsGary DeckerChristianne MyersJanak JhaHenry ReynoldsRowan Renstrom-RichardsAnnette MassonSara Burgess

There will be one intermission.

Clybourne Park was produced on Broadway by Jujamcyn Theaters at The Walter Kerr Theatre, 2012. Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City,

produced the World Premiere of Clybourne Park Off-Broadway in 2010.

Clybourne Park is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

a comic drama by Bruce Norris

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Cast of CharaCters

Russ/Dan ..........................................................................................David NewmanBev/Kathy ................................................................................... Madeline RouverolFrancine/Lena .........................................................................................Blair PrinceJim/Tom ..................................................................................................Jordan RichAlbert/Kevin ............................................................................................Aaron HueyKarl/Steve ................................................................................................Jack AlbertsBetsy/Lindsey ..............................................................................................Lila Hood Kenneth ............................................................................................Julian Schwartz

Setting:406 Clybourne Street, near the northwest of central Chicago.

Act I: 1959 • Act II: 2009

about bruCe Norris

bruCe Norris (playwright) is the author of Domesticated, currently playing at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, which was commissioned by Lincoln Center and premiered there in November 2013. Earlier in 2013 the Royal Court premiered The Low Road in London. His play, Clybourne Park, won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2012, the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards (London) for Best Play, 2011, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2011. It is currently receiving productions throughout the United States as well as Germany, Australia, and elsewhere.

Other plays include The Infidel (2000), Purple Heart (2002), We All Went Down to Amsterdam (2003), The Pain and the Itch (2004), The Unmentionables (2006) and A Parallelogram (2010), all of which had their premieres at Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago. His work has also been seen at Playwrights Horizons (New York), Lookingglass Theatre (Chicago), Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles) Philadelphia Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Washington, D.C.) Staatstheater Mainz (Germany) and the Galway Festival (Ireland), among others. His plays have been published by Northwestern University Press, Nick Hern Books, Faber & Faber and Dramatists Play Service.

He is the recipient of the Steinberg Playwright Award (2009) and The Whiting Foundation Prize for Drama (2006) as well as two Joseph Jefferson Awards (Chicago) for Best New Work. As an actor he can be seen in the films A Civil Action, The Sixth Sense and All Good Things. He lives in New York. — Steppenwolf.org

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from the direCtor It’s been a privilege to direct Clybourne Park, so artfully written by Bruce Norris about race, racism, and real estate. Many Americans live in a predicament concerning racial issues: desperate to be straightforward and inclusive on one hand, but panicky about expressing a thoughtless or offensive perspective on the other. They endeavor to say the appropriate words, believing they are well meaning and enlightened, and do not consider themselves maliciously racist. However, racial enmity frequently bubbles under the surface as they clumsily scramble to say the most politically correct thing.

And so it is with the characters in Clybourne Park. Almost everyone in Clybourne Park has an inner life that hinges on a hidden agenda. As the tension rises in the play, the characters adopt “code speak” to camouflage their true feelings. In Act One, set in 1959, the characters use their “code speak” since they do not have the emotional capability to express their genuine feelings on racial issues, even though they do understand exactly what is going on. The characters tap dance around the real ramifications of a White family, living in a predominately White neighborhood, selling their house to a Black family, potentially causing reduced property values and changing the culture of the community. For Karl Linder, a Caucasian and head of the Community Association, his “code speak” centers around his determination that people of different races shouldn’t live together in a neighborhood. He asks Bev & Russ’s African-American maid Francine: “I think you’d agree, I’m assuming, that in the world, there exist certain differences. Agreed?” … That people live differently.”

In the second act, set fifty years later in 2009, the characters have presumptions regarding race and racism, but initially refuse to divulge them until their “code speak” fractures and their true feelings are crudely and humorously exposed. In what is now a Black neighborhood that seems to have fallen into decline, a White family has bought the house with the wish of tearing it down to build something higher than the surrounding houses, thereby changing the aesthetic of the neighborhood and possibly starting the process of gentrification. Lena, a direct descendent of the Black family who bought the house in 1959, uses her own “code speak” to state her opposition to the house being rebuilt. “And some of our concerns have to do with a particular period in history … That’s just a part of my history and my parents’ history – and honoring the connection to that history…” For Lena it’s simply: “we don’t want you here; we don’t want you to rebuild this house.”

The two acts of Clybourne Park have been categorized respectively as a tragedy and a comedy. The first act helps to clue in its audience to listen for every nuance in the second act, which nevertheless does not provide any uncomplicated resolutions. The way you see each act might rely on your own race, your own “politically correct” way of thinking, and your own “code speak” when it comes to racial issues.

— John Neville-Andrews

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about the Cast JaCK alberts (Karl/Steve) first-year, BFA Theatre Perf., Highland Park, ILlila hood (Betsy/Lindsey) junior, BFA Theatre Perf., Mill Valley, CAaaroN huey (Albert/Kevin) first-year, BFA Theatre Perf. Indianapolis, INdavid NewmaN (Russ/Dan) sophomore, BFA Theatre Perf., Washington, D.C.blair PriNCe (Francine/Lena) senior, BFA Theatre Perf., Royal Oak, MIJordaN riCh (Jim/Tom) junior, BFA Theatre Perf., Atlanta, GAmadeliNe rouverol (Bev/Kathy)junior BFA Theatre Perf. Santa Rosa, CAJuliaN sChwartz (Kenneth) first-year, BFA Theatre Perf., Pittsburgh, PA

about the Creative team sara burgess (Stage Manager) is a junior BFA Design & Production candidate with a concentration in stage management. U-M: The Arabian Nights (1st ASM), Cabaret (1st ASM), The Magic Flute (ASM), The Music Man (A2), Les Misérables (A2). Rude Mechanicals: The Cherry Orchard (SM).

gary deCKer (Scenic Designer) has designed more than 125 productions. In Michigan, he has worked at the Gem, Attic, Birmingham, Boarshead, and Purple Rose Theatres. National tours include The Sunshine Boys and Same Time, Next Year. Recent University of Michigan designs include Henry IV Part I, Hay Fever, Dead Man Walking and Giulio Cesare in Egitto. He has been a visiting faculty member at the Central-St. Martins in London and the Classic Theatre Institute in Athens. Mr. Decker has been on the faculty of the Department of Theatre and Drama since 1984.

JaNaK Jha (Lighting Designer) is a junior BFA design and production candidate with a concentration in lighting design. U-M: American Idiot (LD), The Tempest (LD), Fuente Ovejuna (ALD), Dead Man Walking (PE),The Magic Flute (Asst. ME), Agamemnon (LD), The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (ALD). MUSKET: Big Fish (SD), Spring Awakening (ME), Into The Woods (LD), Sweeney Todd (LD). Basement Arts: Night of Fights 2015 (LD), It’s All True (LD), In The Next Room (LD). Regional Theatre: Spoleto Festival USA, Steppenwolf Theatre: This is Our Youth, The Qualms (Lighting Intern).

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 GM, Lilly, and Pfizer.

ChristiaNNe myers (Costume Designer) is an Asst. Professor in the Dept. of Theatre & Drama. U-M: Henry IV, Part I, Caroline, or Change, Good Kids, Moving Pictures, A Little

Night Music, Ariadne auf Naxos, Almost, Maine, The Rake’s Progress, Suddenly Last Summer, and Dancing Americas among others. New York: Running Man, Oedipus, American Dreams: Lost & Found; Theatreworks/ USA; The Public Theatre & Ma-Yi Ens.; Irondale Ens.; Lincoln Center Institute; The Juilliard School. Regional Theatre: Purple Rose Theatre; Indiana Rep; Vermont Stage Co.; Clarence Brown Theatre; Syracuse Stage; Pine Mountain Music Festival; Florentine Opera; Opera Memphis. Other: BFA, Pace Univ.; MFA, New York Univ.

JohN Neville-aNdrews (Director) Professor, Dept. of Theatre & Drama; in 2013 awarded the Claribel Baird Halstead Professorship. U-M: Director: recently, The Comedy of Errors, August: Osage County, Noises Off, Much Ado About Nothing, Uncommon Women and Others Regional Theatre: Former Artistic Producer of The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington D.C. and The Michigan Shakespeare Festival. He has directed or acted for regional theatres across the country. Broadway: The Elephant Man. Off-Broadway: The Homecoming, Clarence. Co-author of the Drama Desk Award-winning and everlasting comedy, El Grande de Coca-Cola. Awards: Recipient of the American Theatre Assoc. Award for Achievement & Contribution to Theatre as an Actor, Director and Author.

rowaN reNstrom-riChards (Wig & Makeup Designer) is a junior BTA candidate with concentrations in wig & makeup design and devised theatre. U-M: Wigs & Makeup: How to Deceive Your Family (Asst. Des.), All My Sons (Wardrobe Crew Head), The Music Man (Asst. Des.). MUSKET: Spring Awakening (Wig/MU Des.), RENT (Wig/MU Des.). Regional Theatre: The Barn Theatre: Wig & Makeup Design: Rock of Ages, American Idiot, GHOST The Musical, Mary Poppins.

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: Henry IV, Part I, All My Sons, Stupid Fucking Bird, Fuente Ovejuna, Dead Man Walking, Good Kids, Marisol, Hay Fever, Three Sisters, Red Noses, August: Osage County, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Trumpets and Raspberries, Trafford Tanzi, Macbeth, Jonesin’, J.B., Playing for Time, The Laramie Project, The Rover, The Nutcracker, A Streetcar Named Desire. Regional Theatre: Sound Design, Of Mice and Men, 2008 Fort Worth Opera Festival.

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Special thanks to Agusta Gunnarsdottir for her advice on real estate, Erica Watson for ASL instruction, and Rob Najarian for assistance with stage violence. Additional thanks to Dawn Rivard. This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF).

about the Creative team

AARON P. DWORKIN, DEANPaul Boylan Collegiate Professor of Music

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DRAMAChair ...............................................................Priscilla LindsayDepartment Administrator ............................... Jennifer KnappStudent Services ................................................ Patricia Kalosa Administrative Asst ...................................Lindsay FrischmuthPerformance/Directing ...............Daniel Cantor, Gillian Eaton, Priscilla Lindsay, Annette Masson, Janet Maylie, Robert Najarian, John Neville-Andrews, Malcolm TulipDesign/Production ............... Toni Y. Auletti, Mark Allen Berg, Laura Brinker, Gary Decker, Patrick Drone, Douglas Edwards, Jessica Hahn, Richard W. Lindsay, Jr., Vincent Mountain, Rob Murphy, Christianne Myers, Henry Reynolds, Nancy UffnerTheatre Studies/Playwriting .......Enoch Brater, Anita Gonzalez, Ashley Lucas, Mbala Nkanga, E.J. Westlake, Leigh WoodsArts Mgmt. ....... Jeffrey Kuras, Greg Poggi, Kerianne M. TupacInterarts.....Holly Hughes, Priscilla Lindsay, Christianne MyersProfessors Emeriti ......................Alan Billings, Peter W. Ferran, Erik Fredricksen, Philip Kerr, OyamO, Jerry Schwiebert, Zelma Weisfeld

UNIVERSITY PRODUCTIONSADMINISTRATIVE STAFFDirector ................................................................Jeffrey KurasDepartment Administrator ............................. Fatima AbdullahAdministrative Assistant Senior .............Evelyn Craft-RobinsonMarketing & Communications Dir. ........... Kerianne M. TupacGraphic Design .....................................................CAP DesignPhotographer .................................... Peter Smith PhotographyInformation Systems Manager ......................... Henry ReynoldsFacilities Manager ................................................Shannon RiceHouse Mgr. of Performance Halls....................Dianne WidzinskiUsher Coordinator ................................................Brian RoddyLM House Managers ...............................................Rick KatonSenior Backstage Operations Mgr. .........................Barry LaRueBackstage Operations Mgrs. ........Mark Gordon, David Pickell, Dane Racicot, Donald C. WatkinsAdmin. Office Assts. .....Violet Andrews-Kelly, Jeannie Sandefer PRODUCTION STAFFProduction Manager .....................................Amanda MengdenProduction Stage Manager...................................Nancy UffnerProduction Office Assts. ......Aishawarya Singh, Rachel WaddellTechnical Dir. (Power) ................................... Douglas EdwardsTechnical Dir. (Walgreen) ......................Richard W. Lindsay, Jr. Master Carpenter .................................................. Paul HunterCarpenter ...........................................Russ Dunham (on leave)Charge Scenic Artist (Power) ..............................Toni Y. AulettiCharge Scenic Artist (Walgreen) .......................Beth SandmaierProperties Master ...........................................Patrick A. DroneAssoc. Properties Master .......................................Sarah Tanner

Properties Artisan ................................................Dan EricksonTheatrical Lighting Director ............................Mark Allen BergSound Engineers .......................Roger Arnett, Henry ReynoldsCostume Shop Manager ......................................Laura BrinkerAsst. Costume Shop Manager .........................Leslie Ann SmithCutter/Drapers .....Corey Collins, Lea M. Morello, T J WilliamsonCrafts Artisan ...........................................Elizabeth GundersonCostume Stock Administrator .............................. Renae Skoog

PRODUCTION CREWFirst Asst. Stage Manager ..............................Jacqueline SaldanaAsst. Stage Managers ..................Berritt Keller, Laureana SmithAsst. Sound Designer .....................................Mitchell GrahamHead Electrician ............................................... Martijn AppeloScenery ..............Sherry Green, Katelyn Johnson, Kellan Kryak, Madeline Rouverol, Daniel Salera, Patrick Thrasher, students of Theatre 250Professional Painter ..................................... Lavinia Hanachiuc Paint .............Paulina Bromberg, Jordan Andre, Leah Mattfield, Jordan Samuels, Tanner Porter, Caroline-Michele Uy, Aidan Ziegler-Hansen, students of Theatre 250 & 252Properties ........Rachel Kaplow, James Chau, Sarah McNamara, Jordyn Norkey, Brittany Schloskey, Jessica Schloskey, Anton Volovsek, Steven Wezelman, students of Theatre 250 & 252Professional Stitchers .............................Patty Branam, Rene PlanteCostumes ..............................Lindsay Balaka, Camille Charara, Jean-Luc Deladurantaye, Kayleigh Laymon, Sophie Raymer, Rowan Renstrom-Richards, Jasper Richter, Janin Rosas, Grace Santamaria, Michaela Tanksley, Michayla VanTreeck, students of Theatre 250 & 252Sound............................................................ Alexandria ButlerTheatrical Lighting ....................Martijn Appelo, Jessica Balaka, Rachel Banks, Jennifer Barretto, Sten Eikrem, Eric Fegan, Sarah Frank, Janak Jha, Berrit Keller, Abbey Kojima, Megan Oosthoek, Benjamin Richer, Jacqueline Saldana, Nicholas Shafer, Christopher Simko, Steven Wezelman, Kaiqi Zhu, students of Theatre 250 & 252

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Joey Richter ’11 Film: Non Transferrable, That Summer TV: Henry Danger.

Teagan Rose ’15 TV: The Middle, Future You; Theatre: Baby, Ojai Performing Arts Theatre; The Great Gatsby, Indiana Repertory Theatre .

Jon Rosen ‘03 Sports Broadcaster for Fox Sports West.

Michael Rubenstone ’00 The Goldbergs, Revenge, The Mentalist.

Dylan Saunders ’09 TV: Pig Goat Banana Cricket (voice), Kevin From Work. Singer/Songwriter: Confluence.

Yuri Sardarov ’10 Film: Argo; TV: Chicago PD; Chicago Fire; (series regular).

Eric Schinzer’07 ’TV: The Tim&Michah Project (pilot) Stupid Bitch Syndrome.

Stephanie Shechter ’09 Production electrician, The Tonight Show.

Maureen Sebastian ’05 Film,TV: Minority Report, Revolution (series regular), Ironside; Off-Broadway: Lonely I’m Not, Second Stage. .

Katie Shattock ’08 Cutter draper, The Joffrey Ballet.

Miriam Shor ’93 Film: Puerto Ricans in Paris TV: Younger (series regular 2016), The Good Wife (series regular).

Mandy Siegfried ’94 TV: Elementary, The Good Wife, The Following.

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

Kacie Smith ’11 Director: The Boxer, Athenaeum Theatre; DirectorsLabChicago participant.

Stephen Sposito ‘07: Broadway: Resident Director and 1st and 2nd National Tour, Wicked; 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.

Aaron Tacy ’14 Asst. master electrician, Spoleto Festival and Williamston Festival.

Kathryn Renée Thomas ’04 TV: Actor, Writer, Teachers (2016) .

Jacqueline Toboni ’14 Film: Liked, The Last Room (2016): TV: Grimm, (series regular), Major Crimes.

Brittany Uomoleale ’13 TV: Halo: The Fall of Reach (mini series). Theatre: The Grand Concourse, Steppenwolf Theatre.

Jocelyn Weborg ’15 Women’s Board & Benefits Assistant, Goodman Theatre.

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

James Wolk ’07 TV: Zoo, Mad Men, The Crazy Ones, (all series regular); Robot Chicken.

gifts of $1,000 & above

Henry & Harlene AppelmanMarlys HamillPran & Debbie Jha gifts of $500 - $999David Lampe & Susan RosegrantFrank Legacki & Alicia Torres gifts of $250-$499Gordon & Elaine Didier gifts of $100-$249Bradford & Lydia BatesNorman BerlingerSteven BolliniToni & William BrannerAlan Burg & Kenneth HillenburgOliver & Susan CameronClayton CarsonKenneth & Amy ColtonPeter Ehrlich & Deborah MackieJoyce & Christopher FrostJonathan HermanLynn HobbsDavid & Lisa KoiLeslie & Susan LoomansJohn & Nancy LucasBeverly MankoBonnie MetzgerJan & M. Haskell NewmanKaren & Gary ScanlonTheodore St. AntoineDavid Uhlmann & Virginia MurphyAlexander & Sarah Wiener gifts uNder $100Taylor AllenJanet AmmannJordan Andre

Athanasios Antoulinakis & Dimitra FotopoulouDaniel & Monica AtkinsDiana BachmanWalter BarajasDrew BarnesLenora BarnesKevin BehmerDavid BruceKaren ClickKevin & Judith ComptonMary CotterNorman & Anne CoxManuel Del ValleJames DelheyKathleen DiggsJohn EaganH. Jane FergusonElnora & James FinkelsteinAnn & William FurtwanglerRichard GarnerPanikos GeorgallisGarrett GoldsmithAlana GreenspanMark HaddoxMargaret HarringtonBradley & Cynthia HaycockChan-Wei Hsu & Wen-Hsiu LoLorna Hurl & David TuckerStevo & Susan JuliusJosephine Kasa-VubuJanine KerrRalph & Yarmilla KleinedlerCheryl & Henry KlobucarMonica LiebertStephen & Diane LuongoCarol & Robert LuzynskiJudith & William LynnKathryn Manthei

Maureen Martin & Michael PenskarDeidree & Robert MathisHiroko MawatariBurt & Gladys MaziaBrian McCabeN. Harris & Margaret McClamrochRaven McCrory & Thorne ComptonDavid & Gabriela McCubbreyMaureen McDanielNazarina Mwakasege-MinayaAndrew Nagy & Susan SchreiberRebecca NiehusDavid NugrahaKanan PandyaDavid PolusCharlotte Rader & Freeman AdamsDennis & Patricia RitchieDaniel Rivkin & Jennifer ConlinVeronica RussellLee RutledgeBethany SchmittRobert & Karen SchwarzRalph & Janet SmithAnna SpeckPatricia & Paul SteeleAllan & Marcia StillwagonDavid & Karen StutzMary Pat SuttingerPat TessmerBonnie ThompsonCatherine VaughnThomas & Lisa VeaseyArthur & Renata WassermanEdward WeberLisa Wolf & Aron KaufmanGary & Cathy ZiegelmeyerDavid Zubl & Ron Andrews

The University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their support of productions at the School. Gifts to U-M SMTD productions help support all aspects of productions - sets, costumes, lighting, sound, guest artists, and more - for all the School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s mainstage shows. These funds assist in providing SMTD students with practical training experience and the opportunity to network with guest professionals. Thank you.

U-M SMTD Production Support Gifts from July 1, 2014 - January 29, 2016

We apologize for any omissions or errors made in this donor listing. Please direct questions or comments to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Office of Development & External Relations at 734-764-5613.

U-M Friends of Theatre & Drama Friends of Theatre & Drama supports the SMTD Department of Theatre & Drama by providing vital discretionary support for scholarship funding to attract the most talented prospective students to the University of Michigan. Additionally, Friends’ support brings visiting artists, guest directors, agents, and other industry insiders to Ann Arbor to work with students and creates performance opportunities our students need to succeed in the competitive world of theatre, film, and television.

U-M Friends of Theatre & Drama Annual Gifts from July 1, 2014 - January 29, 2016

gift of $50,000Anonymous gifts of $10,000 to $24,999Ralph Beebe EstateCelia HavenStephen & Letitia KunselmanRick Rosen gifts of $5,000-$9,999Robert & Maria ChapelJoseph & Julie LearnerPiacentile Family FoundationJudith & Donald RumelhartSiegel Family FoundationHelene Siegel-FotosHoward TravisStephen Zuckerman & Darlene Kaplan gifts of $1,000-$4,999AnonymousMona & Richard AlonzoLinda Bennett & Robert BagramianPaul BoylanKathleen & William ConlinRichard & Jill DoppeltAnne & James DuderstadtJanet Maylie Fredricksen & Erik FredricksenPamela & Nicholas GuestPran & Debbie JhaPriscilla Lindsay & Richard Ferguson-WagstaffeCarole Caplan Lonner Family FundNancy & Zubin MehtaJoAnn & P. Lamont OkeyJack & Madeleine Ramsey

Hazel & Josephine RoodAnne & Jerald SchwiebertDouglas & Alicia SpriggMary & Joseph ToboniJohn & Jerry Weidenbach gifts of $500-$999Roslyn AbramsJames Adams & Naz EdwardsMaureen Anderman & Frank ConverseMelissa Berger BrennanFrank & Valerie BernackiWilliam & Ilene BirgeAlan Eisenberg Spencer Ford & Susan GoldsmithRandy & Ellen FrankJanet & David FritschDavid & Phyllis HerzigGretchen & John JacksonDiane KirkpatrickAlan & Jean KrischDavid Leichtman & Laura McGinnPearson & Robert MacekMargaret McKerrowSherry & Eric WexlerDavid & Nancy WoodruffRobert & Jennifer ZamoraJohn & Joni Zavitsanos Gifts of $250-$499Al & Jolene HermalinAlan BalakaVirginia BalakaGary Decker& Shelley MacMillan Howard Green & Paulene ReynoldsRobert & Irita GriersonJames Harris

Charles KellyMary MatthewsGary MusanteJohn Neville-Andrews & Pamela LewisJoseph PlacekJohn RomaniStuart SacksIngrid & Clifford SheldonBrent Wagner gifts of $100-$249Barbara AndersonLaurie AtwoodSarah BaumFrank & Gail BeaverShirley & Joel BergerNorman BerlingerEric & Doris BillesCarol & Alan BillingsGertrude & Jonathan BulkleyElizabeth BunnLaura & Clifford CraigMarylee Dalton & Lynn DrickamerJames Eng & Patricia RandleKaren FergusonJames & Kathleen FiskJames & Patricia FrounfelterThomas GalantowiczThomas & Barbara GelehrterAndrea & John GenetteSteven & Joyce GerberMarilyn GholsonEdward & Mona GoldmanPeter & Hanna GoodsteinCharles GordonSusan Gratch & Patrick GleasonDon Haefner & Cynthia Stewart

I want to support the Dept. of Theatre & Drama with a gift to the: ❏ Friends of Theatre & Drama (364139) ❏ Friends of Theatre & Drama Endowment (796749)In the amount of: ❏ $1,000 ❏ $500 ❏ $250 ❏ $100 ❏Other ______

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Jessica HahnDeborah & Jonathan KarminShira & Steven KleinBarbara & Gary KrenzJerold & Judith LaxKathryn LongMarjory LutherDaisy Jean & Melvin ManisRobert & Judith MaransAnn Martin & Russell LarsonJennifer & Howard MartinAlan Miller & Susan O’HaraMichelle & Vince MountainWalter Mugdan & Vivienne LenkBetsy & Jon NakamuraJan Newman & M. Haskell Colin & Nancy OatleyBarbara Petoskey & James SalayTracey & Robert PierceJames PiperDiana & William PrattRobert ProuseBonnie SchaferGary Schaub & Maria GounarisJohn & Shirley SmeadKenneth & Fran SteinmanEllen & Jeoffrey StrossCharles SutherlandJoseph WaltersRoyal & Donna WardZelma Weisfeld

Mary & James WhiteRichard WinklerGladys Young gifts uNder $100Nancy BabingtonDaniel BeckerElizabeth BishopLillian BolandJohn Cederquist & Meg Kennedy ShawElizabeth CliseWilliam & Ellen ConlinKiley CorcoranJean DolegaAddie DrachSuzy & Niels EnglebergJordan FalbyJulia FieldsKathleen & James FiskSabrina FridleyJanice GeddesJ. Martin GillespieJoseph GoldMary Sue GrantHansen Marketing Services Inc.Elisabeth HendricksI.A.T.S.E. Local 395Jerome & Patricia JohnstonElaine & Michael KasperBonnie Kerschbaum

Ellen & Michael KettlerJudith & Thomas KhalilMarvin KirshLawrence LaferteJohn Lofy & Laura RubinGwen & Bruce MarkhamAnnette MassonDeidree & Robert MathisChris McElroyJoanna MillerFadi MuslehAnnick OdomAnna Owens & Thomas CookMark & Jennifer PintoThomas PorterDesiree QuinnMichael RothGail & George SchellHarriet SelinKenneth & Carol SprangTheodore St. AntoineJennifer & Jeffery StegerBrooke StewartLynda TabachnickRebecca ThomasMegan & Michael Van TreeckVirginia VassGlenn VincentLeigh Woods & Agusta Gunnarsdottir

For online giving, visit www.giving.umich.edu, e-mail Tess Eastment at [email protected], or call 734-764-5613School of Music, Theatre & Dance • Development Office • 2005 Baits Drive • Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2075

We apologize for any omissions or errors made in this donor listing. Please direct questions or comments to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Office of Development & External Relations at 734-764-5613.

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