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GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE

2017 – 2018

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Board of Trustees

Robert L. BramsonAl D’Augusta

Cody P. EckertPeter Goldberg

George Wolansky, Jr.

Clarence E. LockettAnthony L. Marchetta

Chairman: James N. Heston*

President: Penelope Lattimer, Ph.D.*

First Vice President: Lucy Hughes*

Treasurer: David Fasanella*

Secretary: Sharon Karmazin*

Ronald BleichKenneth M. Fisher

William R. Hagaman, Jr. Norman Politziner

Kelly Ryman*

David Saint*

W. Burton “Tripp” Salisbury

Ben Sifuentes-Jáuregui, Ph.D.Frances C. Stromsland, Ed.D.

Jocelyn SchwartzmanJanice Stolar

Lora TremayneStephen M. VajtayAlan W. Voorhees

*Denotes Members of the Executive Committee

Honorary Board of Trustees

Maurice Aaron∆

Dr. Edward Bloustein∆

Dora Center∆∆

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.∆

Milton Goldman∆

John Hila

Arthur Laurents∆

Richard Sellars∆

Barbara Voorhees∆∆

Edward K. Zuckerman∆

Adelaide M. Zagoren

∆∆ – Denotes Trustee Emeritus∆ – Denotes Honorary Trustee

Trustees Emeritus

Thomas H. Kean Eric Krebs

Honorary Memoriam

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From the Artistic Director

Years ago I had the pleasure of directing the national tour of Larry Shue’s comedy The Foreigner. I got to know Larry as one of our most promising writers of comedy for the stage. Unfortunately, shortly after The Nerd opened on Broadway, Larry died in a plane crash. American Theatre’s great loss.

I have wanted to do his hysterical farce The Nerd for a long time. But this play requires an expert

team of farceurs to be led by a smart and very funny director. We are so fortunate to have both with Kevin Cahoon directing some of the funniest comic actors from Broadway and television working today.

We welcome back Colin Hanlon and Ann Harada – GSP favorites – as well as newcomers: the exceptionally talented Jonathan Kite, Kate Reinders, Zach Shaffer, and Stephen Wallem along with the promising young NJ actor Hayden Bercy. Together, with a top design team, they form one-of the most hilarious ensembles ever to grace our stage.

We hope you enjoy this wild and joyous romp to end our first season here in our temporary home while the magnificent New Brunswick Performing Arts Center is being built on our old site.

As the weather turns warm here on “the Farm” we welcome spring with a hearty laugh!

Enjoy!

David SaintArtistic Director

David Saint Artistic Director

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In accordance with Actors’ Equity Association regulations, we remind you that all electronic devices, including pagers, cellular phones and watches must be turned off during the performance.

GeorGe Street PlayhouSeDavid Saint, Artistic Director

Kelly Ryman, Managing Director

Presents

The NerdBy Larry Shue

Directed by Kevin CahoonSet Design by David L. Arsenault

Costume Design by Leon DobkowskiLighting Design by Jason Lyons

Sound Design by Fitz PattonHair and Wig Design by Leah Loukas

Production Manager Christopher J. Bailey Production Stage Manager Kristin Pfeifer*

Casting by McCorkle Casting, Ltd.

April 24 – May 20, 2018

The Nerd is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.George Street Playhouse is a constituent of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and a member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. The theatre operates under an agreement between LORT and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States, and is a member of the New Brunswick Cultural Center.

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CAST in order of appearance

Willum Colin Hanlon*

Axel Zach Shaffer*

Tansy Kate Reinders*

Waldgrave Stephen Wallem*

Clelia Ann Harada*

Thor Hayden BercyRick Jonathan Kite*

*- denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association.

The Nerd is performed with one fifteen minute intermission.

The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

The George Street Playhouse playbill is published five times a year by George Street Playhouse, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation. Please send advertising inquiries to George Street Playhouse,

P. O. Box 194, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0194, attn: Playbill Advertising.

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The director is a member of The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Inc., an independent national labor union.

The stage technicians of George Street Playhouse are proud members of IATSE Local 21.

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COMPANY bios.

Colin Hanlon (Willum Cubbert) returns to George Street Playhouse, where he appeared in Falsettos, The Last Five Years, and Tick, Tick...Boom!

Broadway appearances include the Falsettos revival, In Transit, and Rent. Hanlon also played Fiyero in the first national tour of Wicked. He played Adam in the New York premiere of Dot by Colman Domingo, directed by Susan Stroman (Vineyard Theatre). Hanlon was in the original casts of I Love You Because and Edges. Hanlon’s television credits include Steven on the Emmy Award-winning Modern Family on ABC, Difficult People on Hulu, and The Sinner on USA Network. He also starred in and produced Submissions Only.

Ann Harada (Clelia Waldgrave) played Christmas Eve in the Broadway and West End productions of Avenue Q and stepsister Charlotte in

Rodgers+Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Other Broadway: Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables (Revival), 9 to 5, Seussical the Musical and M. Butterfly. Film credits include Sisters, Trouble, Youth in Oregon, Admission, Hope Springs, Feel, and Happiness. She has appeared in the television series Smash (as Linda, the Stage Manager), Lipstick Jungle, 30 Rock,

Doubt, The Good Wife, House of Cards, Master of None, The Jim Gaffigan Show and Search Party.

Jonathan Kite (Rick Steadman) is best known as Oleg, the hilarious, sex-crazed Ukrainian cook opposite Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs in the

Emmy Award-nominated CBS hit comedy 2 Broke Girls. Television credits include: NCIS, Family Guy, American Dad, Boss Baby, Black Dynamite: The Animated Series, Raising Hope. Theatre credits include: Waiting For Godot, True West, Servant of Two Masters, Ubu Roi, Murder at the Howard Johnson’s. He is also an expert mimic, boasting over 100 celebrity impressions that include: Tom Hanks; Vince Vaughn; Anthony Bourdain; Seth Rogen; Liam Neeson; Christian Bale; Jeff Bridges; Robert Downey, Jr. and John Lithgow.

Kate Reinders (Tansy McGinnis) was last seen on Broadway in Meteor Shower (standby for Amy Schumer). She created the role of Portia in

Something Rotten! and has played Glinda in Wicked (Broadway and original Chicago company). Other Broadway: Gypsy (with Bernadette Peters, directed by Sam Mendes), Good Vibrations,

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Into the Woods (2002 revival), and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Reinders was a series regular on Work It (ABC) and Sherri (Lifetime), and a guest star on Anger Management, Modern Family and Ugly Betty. She has appeared in the films Russell Madness, Grudge Match, Such Good People, Certainty and Kinsey. Reinders is also part of the singing/songwriting duo TASTiSKANK (with Sarah Litzsinger), recipient of the 2007 Breakout Award at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival.

Zach Shaffer (Axel Hammond) Broadway: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A View From The Bridge, The Man Who Came to Dinner. Additional theater

credits include: Taking Care of Baby (MTC) The Wii Plays, Playlist (Ars Nova) Mine (Slant), Brown, Love is Deaf (EST), Down the Drain, Til the Rapture Comes, Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, Portland Center Stage. Film and TV: Chicago Justice, Smash, The Black Donnellys, Law & Order (NBC), Salt (Columbia Pictures), Black Box (ABC), Strangers With Candy, Six Feet Under, XX/XY, Gayby. Co-directed and produced the NYC nightlife documentary Squeezebox!, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival before going on to tour film festivals around the world.

Stephen Wallem (Warnock Waldgrave) is a SAG Award-nominated actor best known as Thor Lundgren for seven seasons on the Emmy-

winning Showtime series Nurse Jackie. Other appearances include Randall on Horace and Pete and Chad on Difficult People. East Coast Stage: Pipe Dream (Encores) Poster Boy (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and teaming with Edie Falco for a sold-out run of the original cabaret The Other Steve and Edie at the Laurie Beechman. The Muny: Shrek the Musical (Shrek), Seussical (Horton) and The Wizard of Oz (Lion). National tours include Forever Plaid, Into the Woods, and Scrooge starring Richard Chamberlain.

Hayden Bercy (Thor Waldgrave) is thrilled to make his George Street Playhouse debut. Hayden recently appeared as Flick in the National Tour of A

Christmas Story: The Musical and Ben in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Other theatre credits include Young Tommy in The Who’s Tommy and Newsboy in Gypsy (Count Basie Theatre). TV credits include Pandora’s Box and Wonderama. NYC cabaret appearances: Don’t Tell Mama, The Triad and Broadway Sessions at the

COMPANY bios.

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Laurie Beechman. Thank you: Kevin and George Street team, Lisa Calli, Emily, Janine, Elise, Mom, Dad and Brielle. Instagram: @haydenbercy

Kevin Cahoon (Director) has appeared on Broadway, off-Broadway, in regional theatre, as well as on television and film. Theatre highlights include roles in the original Broadway companies of The Lion King, The Wedding Singer and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; the original off-Broadway company of Hedwig and The Angry Inch, The Foreigner at The Roundabout (Lortel Nomination); and at Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, MTC, The Old Globe, and The Guthrie, among others. TV and film highlights include Nurse Jackie, Modern Family, Elementary, and Mars Needs Moms. He currently plays Hugo on Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. He has directed developmental productions at NYC’s Ars Nova, for the comedy duo Tastiskank, two consecutive galas for New York Theatre Workshop, and numerous productions for The Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theatre.

Larry Shue (Playwright) is the author of The Nerd, which ran successfully on Broadway with a National Tour and many productions overseas. His play Wenceslas Square was performed off-Broadway at the New York Shakespeare Festival. Wenceslas Square is part of Best Play of 1987-1988, published by

Dodd, Mead and Company. He also wrote The Foreigner, which, following a record-breaking run of 700 performances at New York’s Astor Place Theatre, was produced successfully internationally.

David L. Arsenault (Set Designer) As as designer and associate, David’s work has been seen on Broadway, off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally. Recent designs in NYC include: A Letter to Harvey Milk (Acorn Theatre), Peer Gynt (CSC, directed by John Doyle) and Education (59e59). Regional design credits include productions at The Kennedy Center, Bay Street Theatre, Kitchen Theatre Company, Geva Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Northern Stage, Merry Go Round Playhouse, and Gulfshore Playhouse, among others. Internationally, he has worked at English Theatre Berlin in Germany. Broadway (Associate) work includes: The Color Purple (Tony-winning revival, also London and National Tour), Les Liaisons Dangereuses and King Charles III. www.DavidArsenaultDesign.com.

Leon Dobkowski (Costume Designer) Annie, Mary Poppins, A Christmas Story, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Paper Mill Playhouse); The Wizard of Oz, Mamma Mia, Newsies, Seussical (St. Louis Theater Circle Award), Tarzan (Muny, Judy Award); Memphis (TUTS); South Pacific (Asolo Repertory);

COMPANY bios.

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The Weir, The Dead, 1904 (Irish Rep); The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde (Music Theatre of Wichita); The Wiz (Maltz Jupiter); Mickey and Minnie’s Doorway to Magic (Disney Live); Up and Away (PCLO); The Legend of Georgia McBride (TheaterWorks Hartford); George M. (Westchester Broadway); Romeo and Juliet (Yale Rep); Peter and the Starcatcher, Once (Weston Playhouse); Claudio Quest (NYMF, Outstanding Overall Design). MFA Yale School of Drama. LeonDobkowski.com

Jason Lyons (Lighting Designer) GSP: An Act of God. Broadway: Hand to God, On the Town, Bronx Bombers, Let It Be, Bring It On: The Musical, Rock of Ages (as well as the Vegas, Toronto, Australia, London, and national tours), The Threepenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park and Good Vibrations. Recent: Honeymooners (Paper Mill), Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion: The Musical (5th Ave), Robin Hood, Red Velvet, Macbeth and Love Labors Lost (The Old Globe), Dry Powder, Barbecue (The Public Theatre), Smart People, Murder for Two (2nd Stage), Heathers: The Musical (New World Stages), Linda, The Commons of Pensacola (Manhattan Theatre Club). Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design. jasonlyonsdesign.com

Fitz Patton (Sound Design) Upcoming Broadway: Bernhart/Hamlet, Choir Boy. Current Broadway: Three Tall Women. Broadway: Meteor Shower, Present Laughter, The Little Foxes, The Humans

(Drama Desk Award), Our Mother’s Brief Affair, Blackbird, The Father, An Act of God, It’s Only a Play, Airline Highway, The Other Place, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, Outside Mullingar, Casa Valentina, The House of Blue Leaves, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound. Off-Broadway: Torch Song; Napoli, Brooklyn; Yen; Prodigal Son; The Other Place (Drama Desk nomination); and When the Rain Stops Falling (Drama Desk; Lucille Lortel Awards). He is the founding editor of Chance Magazine, a serialized art book on performance and design.

Leah J. Loukas (Hair and Wig Designer) Broadway: Escape to Margaretville; Time and the Conway’s; Marvin’s Room; Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812; Sweat; Oh, Hello!; The Heidi Chronicles; On the Town; A Night with Janis Joplin; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; American Idiot; Irena’s Vow; Sweat; Plenty; Barbecue; Fortress of Solitude (The Public Theater); Julius Ceaser; Taming of the Shrew; Love’s Labour’s Lost; Into the Woods (Shakespeare in the Park series). Ms. Loukas has designed various productions at many regional theaters including: La Jolla Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, and The Muny in St. Louis, MO and Dallas Theater Center.

Kristin Pfeifer (Production Stage Manager) is so happy to be returning to George Street Playhouse after previously

COMPANY bios.

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THE CuRTAiN RiSESOcTOBER 2019

FuTuRE HoME oF GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE

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stage managing The Fabulous Lipitones in 2014. Kristin is the Resident Stage Manager at the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, NJ. Credits at NJ Rep. include: Multiple Family Dwelling, & Juliet, Halftime with Don, F-Theory, Mutual Philanthropy, The Calling, Wild Horses and Love Letters w/ Dan Lauria and Wendie Malick. Other Regional credits include: The Crucible (ASM, The Cleveland Playhouse) The Toxic Avenger, It Shoulda Been You, Calvin Berger, RED (ASM, George Street Playhouse) Kristin is a proud member of Actor’s Equity.

Christopher J. Bailey (Production Manager) This season marks Mr. Bailey’s 20th at George Street Playhouse and 14th as its Production Manager, having previously served the Playhouse as Technical Coordinator and Sound and Lighting Manager. He was recently Lighting Designer for GSP’s productions of Trying, American Hero, Bad Jews, Daddy Long Legs, My Name is Asher Lev, Sex With Strangers, Nureyev’s Eyes and Clever Little Lies, which moved to the Guild Hall Theatre in East Hampton and then off-Broadway to the Westside Theatre. He was Sound Designer for GSP’s American Son and off-Broadway productions of The Fourth Wall at Primary Stages and Down the Garden Paths at the Minetta Lane Theatre. His work includes 6 scenic designs and 9 sound designs for GSP’s Educational Touring productions and 27 lighting designs and 40 sound designs for GSP’s mainstage productions. He has also

designed for: French Institute Alliance Française, The Pearl Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, Premiere Stages, The Bickford Theatre, Abingdon Theatre, Strand Theatre, The Berkshire Theatre Festival, Two River Theater Company, Ashlawn Highland Opera Festival, LKB Dance, Randy James Dance, The Rand Theater, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Jacob’s Pillow, and more.

McCorkle Casting, Ltd. (Casting) Pat McCorkle (C.S.A.), Katja Zarolinski (C.S.A.) have been the proud casting director of George Street Playhouse for over 20 years. Broadway: Over 50 productions; Amazing Grace, On The Town, End of the Rainbow, The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, The Glass Menagerie, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus, She Loves Me, Blood Brothers, A Few Good Men. Off Broadway: Over 60 original productions; Clever Little Lies, Becoming Dr. Ruth, Tribes, Our Town, Falling, Toxic Avenger, Freud’s Last Session, Almost Maine, Killer Joe, Driving Miss Daisy. Feature film: Senior Moment, Year by the Sea, Child of Grace, My Man is a Loser, Ghost Town, Secret Window, Tony and Tina’s Wedding, The Thomas Crown Affair, The 13th Warrior, Madeline, Die Hard with a Vengeance, School Ties, etc.,Television: Twisted (ABC Family) humans for Sesame Street, Californication (Emmy nomination), Hack (CBS), The Education of Max Bickford (CBS), Chappelle’s Show, Strangers with

COMPANY bios.

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Candy, Barbershop (Comedy Central) and series’ for Showtime, HBO, TMC.

David Saint (Artistic Director) is in his 21st season as Artistic Director of George Street Playhouse. He has directed 39 mainstage productions at GSP, having most recently helmed this season’s American Hero; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; and An Act of God starring the legendary Kathleen Turner. His time here has been marked by collaborations with such artists as Keith Carradine, Tyne Daly, Rachel Dratch, Sandy Duncan, Boyd Gaines, A.R. Gurney, Uta Hagen, Jack Klugman, Dan Lauria, Kathleen Marshall, Elaine May, Anne Meara, David Hyde Pierce, Chita Rivera, Paul Rudd, Stephen Sondheim, Marlo Thomas, Eli Wallach and many others, including a remarkable partnership with Arthur Laurents. In addition, many new award-winning works have begun their life here during his tenure, such as The Toxic Avenger, Proof, The Spitfire Grill, Joe DiPietro’s Clever Little Lies and It Shoulda Been You. He has directed Clever Little Lies at Guild Hall in East Hampton, N.Y., and off-Broadway at Westside Theatre, as well as the National Tour of West Side Story. In July 2016, he directed a two-night concert performance of West Side Story at the legendary Hollywood Bowl. He also has directed on Broadway, off-Broadway and regionally at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary Stages, McCarter, Williamstown, Seattle Rep, Pasadena

Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public, Long Wharf and many others on premieres by writers such as Aaron Sorkin, Wendy Wasserstein, Peter Parnell, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Joe Di Pietro and Jonathan Larson. He is the recipient of the Alan Schneider Award, Helen Hayes Award, L.A. Drama Critics Award, several Drama-Logue Awards and is the President of The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation.

Kelly Ryman (Managing Director) is now in her 18th season at George Street Playhouse. As Director of Marketing and Public Relations from 2000 to 2013, Kelly spearheaded promotional efforts resulting in the top 10-highest grossing productions in the Playhouse’s history, including the hit musical It Shoulda Been You, which ran on Broadway in early 2015. Off-Broadway, Kelly was a member of the marketing team for The Toxic Avenger, which premiered at GSP and won the 2009 Outer Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Musical. She serves on the Board of Directors of New Brunswick City Market. Prior to her tenure at George Street Playhouse, Ms. Ryman worked at McCarter Theatre, and The Wilma Theatre. She is an adjunct professor of Arts and Entertainment Business at Mercer County Community College, and was recognized in 2012 by ArtPride NJ with their Jersey Arts Marketers Leadership Award.

COMPANY bios.

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When he died in a commuter plane crash in September 1985, at the age of thirty-nine years, Larry Shue may not have had an extensive repertoire of written work. But he did leave an impressive legacy of plays. Shue was first and foremost an actor; in fact, he took roles in many of his own plays, as well as other television and theatre productions. But his shining triumphs are his full-length comic plays, The Nerd and The Foreigner. Both of these plays were successful and continue to find eager audiences in both the professional and amateur theatre.

Shue was destined for the world of the stage. He graduated cum laude from illinois Wesleyan university, where he received a B.F.A. in 1968. After a stint in the Army, he began his career as a professional actor and playwright with the Harlequin Dinner Theatre in Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. Not long afterwards John Dillon, artistic director at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, offered

a job to Shue at the Rep. Shue left the dinner theatre circuit to start a promising phase in his career. Although Shue was an experienced actor, Dillon knew Shue had written skits and short plays since his college days. He encouraged a reluctant Shue to use his writing skills. Without the loving bullying of Dillon, the world may never have seen Shue's twisted humor and heartwarming work.

Although he was a superb playwright, Shue admitted he found the writing process unpleasant. in a 1984 interview Shue admitted, “The thing that gets these plays written is stomach churning fear. They are selling the tickets for the play, so i know i must finish it. i worry about it all the time.” Many hours writing the comedies were spent on a bench overlooking Lake Michigan and Milwaukee's Central Library.

Fortunately, he did finish both his final plays. The Nerd was first seen at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre in

The FleetingFarceur

The all too–short career of Larry Shue

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April 1981 where Shue played the part of the architect. The Foreigner also had its premiere at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, on January 1983. it continued a long off-Broadway run.

Shue may have been a reluctant writer, but like any playwright he had his reasons for writing The Foreigner and other theatre works. Rep actor James Pickering, for whom Shue wrote the lead character in The Nerd, said, “As you can tell from Larry's plays, he had an extremely active verbal imagination. His skill at writing comedy was hard-wired into him. it was in his DNA.”

Shue himself revealed the real reason for writing in a 1984 interview when he said, “The end result is so much fun. i try to write all the parts like i would want to play them.” “i write plays out of embarrassment, because i have a deadline and i can`t get out of it," Mr. Shue, a shy man offstage, said. “i generally write them either about my personal experiences, or i find an interesting character and try to fill in the world around him.”

Shue has been described as many things, including shy, funny, eccentric, and talented. He loved acting, his comic writing was surprising and a bit unpredictable, and his theatrical inter-ests extended to fiddling with make-up, disguises, and prosthetics. He used his kitchen as a laboratory to experiment with his favorite disguise material, foam latex. His kitchen-turned-lab

was probably one of the reasons he spent most evenings eating out at an establishment called Ma Fisher's. Yet, the best way to know him is to see his plays. “What was really remarkable about Larry is people who know his plays really know him,” according to friend Amlin Gray, a resident playwright at the Rep during the time Shue was a member of the company and later, after Shue's death, his brother-in-law (he married Shue's sister, Jackie).

Shue has a long list of acting credits that include parts in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, American Buffalo, One Life to Live, The Foreigner and The Nerd.He also wrote and appeared in the shorts A Common Confusion, The Land of the Blind and Another Town. He also won two obies and two New York Drama Critic Awards during his lifetime. His playwright credits include Siliasocles, the one-act Grandma Duck is Dead, a one-act children's musical My Emperor's New Clothes and a political drama Wenceslas Square.

At the time of his death, Shue was working on a film adaptation of The Foreigner for Disney. He was also working on the script for a comedy series for CBS, had been commissioned to write the book for a Broadway musical based on The Honeymooners television series, and he was about to make his Broadway acting debut in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Courtesy of Rachelle Hughes, Utah Shakespeare Festival

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MAY 18-19

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Inspirers’ Circle members are individual donors who provide core financial support for George Street Playhouse’s Education Department. Their generous support helps to provide exceptional theatre arts education experiences for children and adults throughout New Jersey.

photo by Brad Resnick

Laura and Norm Baron

Mary and Patrick Callan

Josi Callan-Cole

Richard DeLisi, PhD

Dina Elkins

Suzanne B. Engel

Joann and Kenneth Fisher

Judy and Jim Hancock

James N. Heston

Lucy Hughes and Sean Devlin

The Honorable Thomas H. Kean

Penelope Lattimer, PhD

Joy and Thomas McPartland

Jocelyn Schwartzman

Vikki Schwartzman

Rozann and George Shackleton

Lynn and Barry Sherman

Fran and Ken Stromsland

Lexine and Cuyler Tremayne

Lora and William Tremayne

Marlene and Anthony Volpe

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Touring TheatreGeorge Street Playhouse is proud to commission and produce dynamic educational touring theatre for young audiences.

Touring productions address themes such as respect, bullying, conflict resolution, and health and wellness.

Education at George Street Playhouse

Artist-in-Residence ProgramRecipient of a Citation of Excellence in Theater Arts Education by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, GSP’s classroom residency programs strengthen content knowledge in English language arts, math, science and social studies.

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Acting Classes for All

George Street Playhouse’s Theatre Academy for youth, teens and adults celebrates each student’s creative expression by providing a fun, engaging environment to explore theatre, develop self-confidence and collaborate with others. Classes are

ideal for those with or without theatre experience.

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CONTRIBUTORS as of March 1, 2018

George Street Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the many individuals, corporations, foundations, organizations and government agencies whose gifts play a significant role in our mission to produce world-class theatre and to bring the power of theatre education programs to over 35,000 students each year.

ExECUTIVE PRODUCERS ($100,000 and Above)The Blanche and Irving Laurie FoundationThe Horizon Foundation for New JerseyJohnson & Johnson The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust FundNew Jersey State Council on the ArtsNovo Nordisk, Inc.

PRODUCERS ($50,000 - $99,999)The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation The Karma Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc.

CO-PRODUCERS ($20,000 - $49,999)Bank of AmericaBloomberg PhilanthropiesBristol-Myers SquibbMiddlesex County Cultural and Heritage CommissionNew Jersey Council for the Humanities The Provident Bank Foundation Rutgers Community Health FoundationRWJ Barnabas HealthUnion Foundation

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS ($10,000 - $19,999)E. J. Grassmann TrustThe Hyde and Watson Foundation PNC FoundationRita Allen Foundation Robert Wood Johnson III Fund #2 of the Princeton Area Community FoundationTD BankWells FargoWithumSmith+Brown

CONTRIBUTING PARTNER ($5,000 - $9,999)Albert Garlatti Construction Inc.The Amboy FoundationBorden Perlman Salisbury & KellyColgate-Palmolive CompanyThe George Link, Jr. Charitable TrustInvestors FoundationMcCarter & English, LLPMerrill G. and Emita E. Hastings FoundationNew Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO)Parker Home at StonegatePSE&GRobert Wood Johnson University HospitalSidney J. Harris Trust

GUARANTORS ($2,500 - $4,999)Anela Kolohe FoundationThe Fred C. Rummel Foundation

PATRONS ($1,000 - $2,499)Boston PropertiesThe Campbell Family FoundationCushman & WakefieldEisnerAmper LLPEngel and Devlin, P.C.Flemington Car & Truck CountryFox Rothschild LLPFund for the New Jersey Blind, Inc. Gilbane Building CompanyGordon and Llura Gund Foundation Grounds for SculptureInfineum USA, L.P.International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 456LCK Wealth AdvisorsLincoln Center TheatreMarkowitz, Fenelon, & Bank LLPMerrill Lynch & Co.

NJP AssociatesPlumbers & Pipefitters Local 9Saint Peter’s University Hospital Auxiliary Somerset Health Care FoundationWilliam Morris Endeavor

BACkERS ($500 - $999)Actors Equity Foundation, Inc. Franklin Mutual InsuranceGlenmede Trust CompanyHoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLPI.A.T.S.E InternationalKelso & BradshawLeonard Bernstein FoundationNew Brunswick Cultural Center, Inc.New Brunswick Parking AuthorityNew Jersey Theatre AllianceRBC Wealth ManagementRutgers Office of Community AffairsSchenck, Price, Smith, & King LLPMazars USA LLP

ANGELS(Gifts Under $500)AlphaGraphics Fox Stage ProductionsRutgers School of Dental MedicineSiperstein’s Fords Paint CorporationZimmerli Art Museum

GIFTS-IN-kINDBeasely Media GroupBrother Jimmy’s BBQDI GroupThe Frog and The PeachThe HeldrichNassau CommunicationsPanico’sTumulty’s PubWegmans

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTORS

If you notice an error here, please do not hesitate to contact the Development Office at 732-846-2895 x144 so that we may correct it for our next printing.

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THANk YOU for your supportINDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS ($1,000 - $2,499) Frank BarkerRegina BelowskyWalter Bradhering and Daniel KluchinskiJoan and Robert Bramson Mary and Patrick CallanCarol and Joe CiorciariMaryLou and Alfred D’AugustaRichard DeLisiD’Maris and Joseph F. DempseyLillian and Michael DipiazzaBarbara and Paul EggermannJane EngelSuzanne EngelLyn and David Fasanella Jennie and John FischerSusan Forman and Richard LehneMarc GonzerClara and John GrossoMark Gruber Lorraine and Robert HenryJean and Claude HellerWinnie Holzman and Paul DooleySuzanne and Steve KalaferMindy Raso Kirstein and Phil KirsteinCharles T. LarssonNancy L. and Arthur E. LeeLaura and Joel LeizerLaura and Dean B. LivingstonPamela and Andrew LovaszDavid LumiaChip Hoever and Dan MackeyDaphne and Steve MishkinMark McMahon and Roberto Moreira Joy and Thomas McPartlandRichard PattAnn and Robert RafanoChristine Renz and Noah R. Levy Adrienne and Andrew Ross Carole and Stephen Schneider Rozann and George ShackletonLynn and Barry ShermanBen Sifuentes-Jáuregui and Mark TrautmanFran and Ken StromslandMarlo ThomasRenee TroianoMargaret VeldenBob VirgadamoCaroline S. and F. Helmut WeymarNancy and Edward WinantMichele and George Wolansky

PRODUCING DIRECTORS ($20,000 and Above) Joan and Robert CampbellJoann and Ken FisherJames N. HestonThe Family of Robert Wood Johnson, Jr.Sharon KarmazinThe Honorable Thomas H. Kean, in Honor of David SaintElizabeth and Arthur Roswell Marlene and Tony Volpe

ExECUTIVE PRODUCERS ($10,000 - $19,999) Lucy Hughes and Sean DevlinPeter Jewell and Fred EisingerDavid Saint

PRODUCERS($5,000 - $9,999)Laura Z. BaronIsa and Michael BeckElaine and Robert CiattoDina ElkinsWilliam EngelDavid M. GreeneMary and Edward HartnettLorraine KnappNancy and Duncan MacMillanLisa Moro and Alan VoorheesDorothy and Norman PolitzinerJocelyn SchwartzmanVikki SchwartzmanMargaret StyneLexine and Cuyler TremayneLora and William Tremayne

CO-PRODUCERS ($2,500 - $4,999)Edward S. AtwaterLois and Ronald BleichNancy Boucher and W. John BauerWilliam HagamanTillie and Bob KahlePenelope E. Lattimer, Ph.D.Leonard LittmannElizabeth OtterbeinEllen Ozur and Stuart BrownRita Paszamant Janice G.and Lewis StolarGabriella and Stephen M. Vajtay

PARTNERS($500 - $999) Kathleen and Tom CarralLaura Cahill and the Honorable James CahillCarol CondonLeo Devine  Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr.Nancy and Richard EngleRick Engler and Brad CaswellDavid A. Feigley Ellen Frede and Steven BarnettBobbi and Barry FreedmanSusan and Bryan GarrutoWilma and Arthur GelfandJulie and Robert GoldsteinMidge GolinBeth and Martin HammerElizabeth and James HanceNancy and Richard HinesEllen and George Horowitz Susan and Jeffrey HymanKaren and Ronald JohoJoyce and William JonatIrene and Steven LiebermanBarbara and Robert MartalusMichael Mastro and Richard HesterJoan Barry and Richard L. McCormickDoreen Molloy and John ManfrediMaria and Abel MoreyraMarlene and Michael NissenblattMary and Ted PettiMona and Barry PortnoyKaren and Robert PredaleJulie and Rob RafanoJoan RaffeMarie and Marshall RosenKaren and Henry RossSue and Evan SchwartzmanRozann and George Shackleton, in Honor of Penelope LattimerBarbara and Howard SorkinNickie and L. Richard Wolff

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ANGELS($100 - $249)Beatrice AbramsCarol AdelmanArda Agulian and Ron RussoNancy and William AinslieBeatrice and Ed AlbaumDavid AlbertsJennifer AllenMr. and Mrs. Marc L. Alterman Carol and Thomas F. ArnoldSilvia AscarelliMaryjane AustinLinda BachmanBarbara BaierIsabelle and John BakerPeggy Barbella Nancy R. BaronJeanne and James F. Barrett, IIShirley and Stuart Bauer Kathi and Greg BaxterEdythe Ben-IsraelSandra Bergelson and Gerald PomperAnne BerryDorothea Berkhout and Paul BreitmanSusan and Alan Blanchette Karen and David BlivaissNancy and Russell Block Stephen BoguchwalBill Braden Jody and Phil Bramson Shelley BranknerEileen and John BufeRichard Bullock Joanne and James BunceMr. & Mrs. Charles M. CarrollLinda and Theodore M. Choplick Carolyn and Larry CohenEllen and Ted CohenSylvia and Howard Cohen Donald B. CookSheila CooperMark CorsoWendy Cotton Elizabeth CounselmanEllen and Cliff CramerRobert DalyNatalie DarwinNancy and Jeff Davis Madeline DetalvoNorman DiamondEllen and Richard DiamondBetty and Paul DickerSusan and Merv DickinsonDavid Drinkwater and Jonathan MillsKatherine DulanSandi and Allan EllisJoseph ErcolinoPaulette EwertSondra FechtnerPaula and Irwin FeiferDavid FeigleyGail and S. Ashby FooteMarie Foucher and Daniel D. Hyman Bonnie and William Fox

BACkERS($250 - $499) Marci and Martin AbschutzMichael AntoniadesFrank ArcaroEllen BermanKaren A. BeverlyJacqueline BrendelMr. and Mrs. Terrill BrennerAdele and Jack BorrusChristine and Benjamin BuccaAndrea and James CarrollScott CorbettLynnette DurkoDina and Peter EnglerElaine and Bill FlynnMark Froelich and Doug OtrimskiBoyd GainesStephen GarveyWillard GellerPaula and Jack GentempoNancy GreenbergerMargaret GroveIrwin HametzRobert HartmannEvelyn HartmannValerie and Nathaniel HartshorneKenneth KaufmanRuth B. Klein Joseph KosmoSusanne and Alexander KucsmaHoward R. LevineNicky and Paige L’Hommedieu Andrew LippaLanny and Lee LivingstonRose and Anthony Lo CastroKathleen MattinglyRichard McAdamsJohn McEwenMary Ann McLaughlinJohn MortensonLilia and Roberto MunizBarbara Nathan Brenda Overcash and Thomas WestCori and Jim PalmereKimberly and Gregory ParrisMarion and Michael PortnoyJanet and Joseph PotenzaBethany and Jonathan RabinowitzMary ReeceStephen L. RitzAlan RothschildRita Seplowitz SaltzArline SchwartzmanMegan ShookPatricia SheehanJerry StillerJoel StudebakerBonnie and David SudolGail and James SzelugaBlanquita B. ValentiDan VickeryJoanne and Allan Williams

Barbara and Sheldon Freidenreich Judith E. GardnerStacey and David GarfieldChris GatelliJoyce and Alvin GlasgoldMarilyn GlassnerRona and Garry GoldbergSusan and Eric GoldmanJoel GoldsmithMarjorie and Bruce GoldsteinAnne and Robert Gordon Marlene and Joel GordonElizabeth and Roy GottaRobert GrantLaura GraumannBruce GreenbergMarcia Greenberg Judy and Michael GreenwoodEd GrossmanBrenda HaganJames HastingsDorothy and George HeinzeLucille HellerEllen and Joel HenkinDeborah Herman and Shelby WellsBlanche HoffmanLaura and James HoldsworthFrederick HoltAnn and John HoltBernice and Robert HowattBrian R. HumphreyRachel and Jeff HumphreyPamela ImbimboEdna IngoldJim JackMarilyn Jeris Janice and Sherry JohnsonDr. and Mrs. Frank JonesMaxine and Mark KasdinLiz and Murray KatzJohn P. KhouriElisabeth and Donald KingGregory KingIlene and David KleinPat and Roger KleinJackie KreugerEvelyn and George LanderKathleen Larkin and Frank Sonnenberg Ann and John LechRenee and Steve LevinMr. and Mrs. Michael Levine Karen and David LevinskyRita and Philip LevyMarlaine Lockheed and Steven Frakt Kathleen LoveCarolyn and Frank LumiaAdele and Joseph MaculaMr. and Mrs. Robert MargoliesRuth and Michael MargolinJoanne M. and Tom MarinoCharles MartinoElaine and William McClurePat McCorkleMary McDermottMary Ann McLaughlin

CONTRIBUTORS as of March 1, 2018

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Toni and Edward SternRobert StoneBeverly TeichSheila and Raymond TestaDonald ThomasMarie ThompsonJames TiesiJoseph TinleyBridget TroccoliCecilia TylerBonnie and Allan Warton Barbara WestergaardAdam WhiteCaroline WillardJon WinerPhilip WittAnita H. WolfsonJ. Wood, in honor of Marc Vogt

GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOLLOWING GIFTS GIVEN IN MEMORIAM:

In Memory of Stephanie BramsonJanice, Lewis, and Landon Stolar

In Memory of Joseph CiorciariMary BotteonNancy CatenaRick Engler and Brad CaswellDenise and Ashley Ruikis

In Memory of Al NacsonMargaret and Andrew BurkeAnnie and Andy BergerBarbara Day and Bob StrosniderSharon Grossman and Pat Crago

Susan and Jack MeolaSharon and Vance MerollaMarion MezzettiJoan and Rabbi Bennett MillerMichele and Irwin MillingerLinda and Hassan MinorKarol and Wayne MorrisonBruce Moskovitz and John FelllinJim MulroyJudith S. MusicantSuzanne S. NacsonBarbara and Kurt NathanRandi NeumanDebbie and Henry E. NewmanRochelle and Bruce D. NewmanWalter Newman Dennis O’Dea Eugene F. O’NeillT. OravetzTracey O’ReggioAnita and Harry PaborskyVirginia and Michael PalmerGlenn M. ParkerMargaret and Harry PerrinBarbara and Jim PetrosiniRosemary and Robert Polak, in Honor of Paul Charles BuckleyGeorge F. Poppe IIIMarcus Peter Porcelli Joan PritchardEllen O. RebarberMaureen and Frank Rees Susan Rivkind and Richard Zucker Ruth RobinsonDavid RogoffNaomi and Jerry RoseDavid RosenBuena RosenbloomJudith RubinKaren SatterthwaiteBarbara SchaferLolly SchenckCory and Stanley SchneiderPatricia Schneider and Roger Smith Dr. and Mrs. Ronald S. SchotlandKathy and Ken SchurzkySusette Schwartz and Marvin Brauth Todd and Tara SchwartzmanLynn and John SemmlowLurlee Shutkin and Donald WhiteMarjorie ShakunCarolyn and Arthur SherbinVictoria and Michael ShernicoffPat ShiffnerRachel and Michael SilversteinHarvey B. SingerKaren and Sheldon SingerElaine and Gene SletvoldCecile SpectorPatricia and Robert SpencerWilla and Michael SpicerRaymond SpyrkoRonnie and Drew StaffenbergNatalie and Ernest SteinSusan Steinfeld

THANk YOU for your support

* – deceased

ARTHUR LAURENTS MEMORIAL FUND DONORS:

Lauren Bacall*Roger BerlindLois and Ronald BleichPaddy BriglioTyne DalyJoe DiPietroHolly and Orlando EspositoFreddie and Myrna GershonDavid M. GreeneDavid HatcherMarcia HefterShirley Herz*James N. HestonWinnie Holzman and Paul DooleyBetty Wold JohnsonSharon KarmazinThe Honorable Thomas H. KeanJonathan LommaJudith A. McDowellAnne Meara* and Jerry StillerKaren S. PriceDavid SaintJocelyn SchwartzmanStephen SondheimThe Streisand FoundationMargaret StyneLora and Bill TremayneRalph W. Voorhees*

MAxIMIzE THE IMPACT OF YOUR GIFT with a matching gift from your company!

Double or triple the impact of your gift to George Street Playhouse! Include the name of your affiliation on your pledge form and your company’s matching gift form. GSP will credit the amount of your matching gift toward your gift total and include you in the higher level of benefits based on the combined gift total. Matching gifts play an essential role in the financial support of George Street Playhouse.

Bristol-Myers SquibbGE Foundation

The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey

IBM CorporationJohnson & Johnson

Merck CompanyMerrill Lynch & Co

PfizerPrudential Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson FoundationUBS

Current Matching Gift Companies Supporting the Playhouse

Winifred and Edward HaymesSue and John JanssenMegan and Rich KacrinskyPhoebe KleinCarol KumhallDaniel Levin

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Thank you to the Rutgers Community for a Great Partnership in our new

theater on Cook Campus!– James N. Heston

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IN CASE OF EMERGENCYIf necessary, patrons are asked to leave cell phones with the bartender or House Manager, along with their seat location.

FIRE NOTICEThe exit indicated by the red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of a fire or other emer-gency, please do not run, WALK TO THE EXIT.

INCLEMENT WEATHERGeorge Street Playhouse maintains a policy of not cancelling performances due to inclement weather, except in the event a State of Emergency has been declared by the State or Local Government.

LATE SEATING POLICYThe theatre is open to the public one half-hour prior to the performance. In consideration of all patrons, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of House Management. Late patrons will be seated in the best available seating at an appropriate break or interval during the performance.

RECORDING EQUIPMENTDue to copyright and union regulations and restrictions, still cameras, video cameras or any type of recording equipment is not permitted at any time in the theatre and will be confiscated.

SMOkINGThe Playhouse is a smoke-free environment. There is no smoking in the building. If you wish to smoke, you may do so outside where there are ashtrays available.

AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCESThe audio-described performances for patrons with visual impairments are at 8pm on:

The Nerd, May 10

Please call the Box Office, 732-246-7717, for further information. Large print and Braille brochures and programs are available upon request. Audio-described performances are made possible by support from Fund for the New Jersey Blind, Inc.

OPEN-CAPTIONED PERFORMANCESThe open-captioned performances for patrons with hearing impairments are at 2pm on:

The Nerd, May 12

Please inform the Box Office that you wish to use this service so that you may be seated appropriately.

George Street Playhouse’s accessible program-ming is made possible in part by Fund for the New Jersey Blind, Inc., the Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation, the William G. and Helen C. Hoffman Foundation, the Hyde and Watson Foundation, the Union Foundation, and the E.J. Grassmann Trust.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEMFor patrons who have a hearing impairment, light-weight, comfortable, padded earbuds and receivers are available. George Street Playhouse offers all people equal access and opportunities to participate in its services, programs and activities. If any individual re-quires special assistance or assistive technology, please contact the Patron Services Manager at 732-246-7717 as far in advance of the program as possible.

GSP is located at 103 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901www.GeorgeStreetPlayhouse.org • Box Office: 732-246-7717

For Your Information

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STAFF

ARTISTICProducing Associate Scott GoldmanCasting McCorkle Casting, Ltd.

EDUCATIONDirector of Education and Outreach Jim JackAssistant Director of Education Christa CillarotoManager of Tour and Academy Programs Diana GundackerEducation Administrative Assistant Angela PeletierResident Teaching Artist/ Project Coordinator Annie Rutherford Lutz2017/18 – Touring Cast Christina Comizio Evan Hart Rachelle Legrand Joe PiserchioStage Manager Erica LeighTeaching Artists Dustin Ballard Laura Bozzone Brooke Garfinkle Heather Holmes Sam Leichter Annie Rutherford Lutz Rachel Matusewicz Katharine MaLeod Angela Peletier Lucas Pinner Sandy Sainvil Greg Scalera Dave Seamon Jaime Ward

MARkETING & PUBLIC RELATIONSDirector of Marketing & Public Relations Rick EnglerMarketing & Public Relations Associate Brian Kelley Graphic Designer/Marketing Associate Mark KieranSales & Community Engagement Assoc. Erin LederPhotographer T. Charles Erickson

PATRON SERVICES & BOx OFFICEPatron Services Manager Shakera Blakney Jaci D’ulisseHouse Manager Gerry Porcaro Lolly SchenckSales Associates Austin Brecht Cassidy Nogueira Aaron Ratzan Melissa Thompson Kether Tomkins

DEVELOPMENTDirector of Development Jacqueline BrendelDevelopment Associate, Events and Operations Caitlin ChristensenDevelopment Associate, Institutional Relations Cassidy NogueiraDevelopment Associate, Donor Relations Megan Shook

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIONDirector of Finance Karen PriceBusiness Assistant Lynne Holton

PRODUCTIONProduction Manager Christopher J. BaileyCompany Manager/ Assistant Production Manager Megan Cherry

SETSTechnical Director Marc VogtAssistant Technical Director Matthew SchmutzMaster Carpenter Frank GiamellaCarpenters Theodore Hoelter Stone CogginsScenic Charge James Hancocks

PROPERTIESProperties Master Helen TewksburyAssistant Properties Master Maureen HennesseyDeck Hand Andre Penn

COSTUMESCostume Shop Manager Esther ArroyoWardrobe Supervisor /Assistant to theCostume Shop Manager Kelli Kardell

SOUND & ELECTRICSMaster Electrician Tommy WilliamsonSound Engineer Ted CrimyAssistant Master Electrician and Lighting Console Operator Marlon Lockhart

FOR THIS PRODUCTIONAssistant Stage Manager Brandon Allmon-JacksonAssociate Costume Designer Amber PaulAssociate Lighting Designer Catherine ClarkAssistant Sound Designer John SullivanAssistant Hair and Wig Designer Dana FergerDresser ElleryJane RingAdditional Costumes Executed By Shana Albery Piort CandelarioCustom Costume Painting/ Dyeing/Distressing Julz KrobothGlasses by Fabulous Fanny’s

David Saint, Artistic Director • Kelly Ryman, Managing Director

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