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Kingdom County ProduCtions: 2011 - 2012 PerformanCe season

World-Class Music, Theater, and DanceIn the Northeast Kingdom

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Presented by Kingdom County ProduCtions working in association with Catamount arts and supported by The National Endowment for the Arts.

Opening Act: Eden Brent7pm, Thursday, August 25 Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy

7:30pm, Saturday, September 10 South Congregational Church, St. JThis eight-member San Francisco women’s vocal ensemble brings pure unflinching emotion and exquisite technique to traditional ballads, sacred music, & Eastern European folk songs.

“A stunning group unlike any other… absolutely electrifying.” – garrison Keillor.

& ORLEANS AVENUE

TROMBONE SHORTY KITKA

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Grammy-nominated Trombone Shorty Andrews and his power-house band, Orleans Avenue, are known for their devastating live performances that combine virtuosity, a high-energy party-down intensity, and a streetwise, gritty feel that defies the stereotype of the New Orleans jazz musicians. Together, they articulate an explosive musical sound of game-changing significance.

SPONSORS: Lyndon State College,

Passumpsic Savings Bank, Diana and Jerry Senturia,

Fairpoint Communications, Greensboro Garage. SPONSORS:

Lyndon State College, Wells River Savings Bank, Bill and Pam Eddy, St. J. Food Coop.

“An unstoppable force.” – New York Times

Kingdom County Presents: 2011 - 2012 PerformanCe season

Welcome to tonight’s show — and our second season of Kingdom County Presents!

I wasn’t sure, last year when we launched this series, that we could sustain it. But I wanted KCP to take a chance and explore what a world-class Northeast Kingdom performance season could look like in 2011. Any series pro-

duced in a small rural town faces numerous challenges—of funding, facilities, technical production, marketing, artist availability, and more. We’re launching a second season because of broad and sturdy community partnerships that have developed, including with our friends at Catamount Arts. Our sponsors provide crucial support. Please thank them – and note several important ways you can also help us:

• Consider making a donation to KCP. Every show requires support. Even recent full house shows by Trombone Shorty, Momix, Swan Lake, Bettye LaVette, andLeAnn Rimes required $7,860, $6,695, $9,458, $4,329, and $3,238, respectively. Sponsors, including individual donors, help us meet program costs and reach out to students and limited income populations. Please help us keep this series healthy, dynamic, and accessible.

• We’ve had to program some weeknights as the only possible times for exciting artists like Natalie MacMaster, the Acting Company/Guthrie Theater’s A Com-edy of Errors, and blues guitar legend Buddy Guy. Please make a special effort

to clear your schedule and invite family, friends, neighbors, and local students to join you for these memorable evenings. We’ll start at 7pm so you’ll be headed home by 9pm.

• Finally, please bear with us as we work to improve local facilities. We experienced uncomfortable conditions last year for Death of a Salesman, when an out-of-control Fuller Hall radiator couldn’t be turned off. We’ve fixed the radiator, improved natural air circulation, and added efficient fans to move air. Conditions are better. We’re also working with our friends at St. Johnsbury Academy to make long-term fixes in several key areas. We depend on audience members’ patience—and continued attendance—while we improve our venerable theaters.

I’m more convinced than ever, especially in our wired age, that the performing arts create essential moments of shared experience and healthy community. They bring all ages together, provide lasting educational and cultural value, and stimulate local economies by attracting new people here. Thanks so much for joining us here tonight. You make this possible.

Enjoy the show!Jay Craven, Artistic Director

Kingdom County Productions 802-274-1974 • [email protected]

Dear friends,FALL 2011

Welcome ........................................2

Trombone Shorty & Kitka .....3

Flying Karamozov Brothers & Queen City Radio Hour ...........5

LeAnn Rimes & Ballet Flamenco Jose Porcel ..............7

Moby Dick & A Cape Breton Christmas with Natalie MacMaster ....................................9

Michael Cleveland andFlamekeeper .............................11

Suzanne Farrell Ballet ..........13

Julius Caesar & The Comedy of Errors ......................................15

Buddy Guy .................................17

Tickets, venues, media sponsorships ..............18

Paula Poundstone & Adele Myers and Dancers ................19

Behind the Scenes .......... 20-21

Support KCP .............................22

Community partnership .....23

Capture the Moment!www.KingdomCounty.org

Kingdom County ProduCtionsOffice locations: 949 Somers Road, Barnet, VT 05821 106 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Telephone: 802-357-4616 [email protected]

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7pm, Thursday, September 29Lyndon Institute

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Queen CityRadio Hour

With singer/songwriter

Antje Duvekot7:30pm Friday,

October 21 Twilight Theater

Lyndon State College

Direct from sold out shows on Broadway, Lincoln Center, and London’s West End, these zany multi-tasking madcap comics just juggle till they drop – and then keep juggling. Sporting kilts, tuxedos, and a relentless sense of fun, the Karamazovs blend tight timing and nonchalant punning as they send a startling mix of batons, balls, meat cleavers, cakes, and who-knows-what-else into the air.

“The Marx Brothers meets the Juilliard String Quartet.”

– Boston Globe

What’s got eighteen ears, sings, and provokes howls of laughter? The six

actors, two musicians, and sound effects artist of the Queen City Radio

Hour, Kingdom County’s own homegrown variety show featuring

sly comedy with a Vermont twist. With special guest actor Gary Farmer

(Smoke Signals, Dead Man, Disappearances). Head writer:

Sascha Stanton-Craven. Produced and directed by Jay Craven.

SPONSORS: Lyndon State College, Marlboro College, Cabot Creamery, Lois and Russell Williams, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont, Silver Mountain Graphics.

7pm, Sunday, October 23 Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy

7pm, Wednesday November 2 Lyndon Institute Auditorium

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Country singer LeAnn Rimes skyrocketed to stardom at the age of 13 when her debut album, Blue, reached # 1 on the charts and the album’s lead single of the same name (originally intended to be recorded by Patsy Cline) became a Top Ten hit. Rimes became an immediate sensation, with many declaring that her spectacular voice made her the finest female country vocalist since Cline.

SPONSORS: Lyndon State College, Passumpsic Savings Bank, Twin State Ford, Miss Lyndonville Diner, St. Johnsbury Academy, Cabot Creamery.

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Ballet Flamenco Jose Porcel in Gypsy Fire

Direct from Spain, international flamenco star José Porcel’s dances are passionate, spontaneous, festive, and dramatic. His six mu-sicians and eight dancers exude grace, sensuality, agility, and fury.

“Astonishing.”– Charleston City Paper

SPONSORS: Lyndon State College, Podo Shoes, Lyndon Institute, Dover Ford, Wells River Savings Bank, Quality Motors Suzuki, Capitol City Kia.

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SPONSORS: Lyndon State College, Ned Desnmore and Kathie Lovett, Concept 2, Fairbanks Scales, Merchants Bank.


moBy diCK7pm, Friday, November 18St. Johnsbury School

From Dublin’s Gare St. Lazare Players

Based on actual events, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is a work of immense detail, charismatic characters, obsessive revenge, and a promethean challenge to the gods. This monumental story conjures the adven-ture of a wandering sailor, Ishmael, and his voyage on the whale ship, Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one very specific whale: Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale that, in a previous encoun-ter, destroyed Ahab’s boat and bit off his leg. Ahab intends to take revenge. This riveting New England tale will be performed by acclaimed Irish actor, Conor Lovett who, with his wife Judy Hegarty Lovett, adapted the novel for this towering one-man performance.

“A must-see. Lovett holds us spellbound as he captures the humor as well as the wisdom of Melville” – The irish examiner

Natalie MacMasterCHristmas in CaPe Breton

Holiday Concert!special guests: The Hilltones

7pm, Monday, December 19, Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy Equally at home on the concert stage or at a folk festival, Gram-my-nominated Cape Breton fid-dler Natalie MacMaster’s many projects include collaborations with Alison Krauss, Carlos San-tana, the Chieftains, Paul Simon, Pavarotti, and Yo-Yo Ma. Natalie’s live performances feature foot-tapping rave-ups, heart-rending ballads, world-class step dancing, and fiddling fireworks.

SPONSORS: Lyndon State College, Community National Bank, Saint J. Subaru, St. Johnsbury Academy, Cabot Creamery, Comfort Inn, Caledonian Record, Sunshine Boutique, Moose River Lake and Lodge, Burke Mountain.

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Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper

7:30pm, Friday, February 18St. Johnsbury School

No one plays the bluegrass fiddle with the intensity and abandon of Michael Cleveland, 9-time winner (including 2011) of Fiddle Performer of the Year honors from the International Bluegrass Music Association

(IBMA). Blind from birth, Michael’s love for bluegrass began in 1990, at the age of 10, when he first appeared at Bill Monroe’s renowned Bean Blossom Festival. In 1993, he appeared as fellow fiddler Alison Krauss’ guest at the

Grand Ole Opry, then on A Prairie Home Companion and playing before the U.S. Congress. In 1999, Cleveland joined Dale Ann Bradley, then teamed up with Rhonda Vincent and the Rage in 2000, when he also began winning the pres-

tigious IBMA’s top fiddle awards. Expect Mike and his talented band to present a program of tight vocal trios and duos, blistering instrumentals, and fiddle-and-banjo duets that echo the first-generation stars of bluegrass.

“Michael Cleveland is a thrill-a-minute to hear, a gale-force musical titan.” – PopMatters SPONSORS: Lyndon State College, Twin State Ford, Vermont State Employees Credit Union, Peabody and Smith Realty, James McFaul, Esq. Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs, Fairbanks Scales, Dylan’s Restaurant, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital.

Sizzling bluegrass!

Special guest: Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing

Opening act Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing, a new all-star Vermont bluegrass band. Line-up includes Bob Amos, Freeman Corey, Mike Santosusso, Colin McCaffrey and Adam Buchwald.

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Suzanne Farrell

Ballet

7pm, Sunday, February 26Lyndon Institute Auditorium“Understated glamour, alluring reserve, and attention to detail” is how The New York Times describes the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, led by the legendary New York City Ballet principal whose career of three decades made her the most influential American ballerina of the late 20th century. One of master choreographer George Balanchine’s most celebrated muses, Farrell has staged Balanchine’s acclaimed dances for a range of companies, including the Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Berlin Opera Ballet, Vienna State Opera Ballet, and Bolshoi Ballet. Produced by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Suzanne Farrell Ballet will perform an all-Balanchine program thatincludes some of this dance master’s most cherished creations.

“Stravinsky once remarked to Balanchine that the young Ms. Farrell was the most musically intelligent dancer he had ever seen. Now she is passing that quality on.” – alastair macaulay, new york times

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10am –Julius CaesarThe struggle for power. The clash of arms. Julius Caesar is the classic story of pride and envy, arrogance and honor, probing the historical events of this iconic Roman emperor’s reign and creating one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. Directed by Rob Melrose, artistic director of San Francisco’s Cutting Ball Theater with credits at Guthrie Theater, Magic Theater, and The Public Theater, who says this: “During the 80s and 90s, every election was peppered with reports of “voter apathy.” The intense passion that now permeates our politics and threatens to divide our country make this a per-fect time to re-examine Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar – a play that looks at what happens when political convictions create conflict and sometimes tragic upheaval.”

7pm – The Comedy of ErrorsThe Comedy of Errors is Shakespeare’s shortest play and one of his most farcical. A major part of the plays humor derives from slap-stick, puns and wordplay. The story of two sets of identical twins accidentally separated at birth involves a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities that lead to wrongful attacks, a near-seduction, an arrest, and accusations of infidelity, theft, madness and demonic possession. Shakespeare sets all this action in one day and explores a recurring theme across his work: blending tragic situations with comedic resolutions and slapstick. Directed by Ian Belknap (credits include last year’s Romeo and Juliet, and The Lover and the Poet w/ Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep.

A FEAST OF SHAKESPEARE -LIVE ON STAGE!

JuLius Caesar (10am) &The Comedy of errors (7pm)The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company present

Wednesday, March 21Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy

Sponsors: Lyndon State College, Passumpsic Savings Bank, Dover Ford, Bill and Pam Eddy, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont, Bob and Pat Swartz, Concept 2., St. Johnsbury Academy, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital.

“Exploits the small moments as well as the big ones. Slight shifts in tone bolster the wit, while smart timing makes the puns far funnier.” – New York Times

Both the Acting Company and Guthrie Theater have received Tony Awards for Excellence in Theater.

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7pm, Monday, April 16Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury AcademyAt age 74, he’s a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a ma-jor influence on guitar titans Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side blues scene. Buddy Guy has played with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Koko Taylor, Big Mama Thornton, and the Rolling Stones, to name just a few. He has received 6 Grammys and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone ranked him in the top 30 of its “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”

Buddy Guy is known for his electrifying showmanship on stage. Eric Clapton says that he got the idea for the “blues rock power trio” that became Cream—from watching Guy. “Buddy Guy was to me what Elvis was to others, “Clapton said in a 1985 Musician magazine article. “Buddy Guy is by far and without a doubt the best guitar player alive...if you see him in person, the way he plays is beyond anyone. Total freedom of spirit, I guess. He really changed the course of rock and roll blues.”

Legendary Six-Time Grammy-winning Blues Guitarist Buddy Guy

“Heaven is lying at Buddy Guy’s feet and listening to him play guitar.” – Jimi Hendrix

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7:30pm, Friday, April 27Twilight Theater Lyndon State College

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An Evening with

Paula Poundstone

Emmy-winning comedienne PAULA POUNDSTONE is famous for her razor-sharp wit and spontaneity, drawing from her own complex life: three kids, 13 cats, motherhood, demanding job, crazy travel schedule, her frustration at getting older, and a bag of neuroses, including her famous inability to ever shut up. In other words: she’s just like many of us. One of Comedy Central’s “Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time,” Paula Poundstone is a frequent guest on Leno, Letterman, A Prairie Home Companion, and the NPR’s show Wait Wait! Don’t Tell Me! Poundstone is so quick that audience members often leave complaining that their cheeks hurt from laughter.

“Poundstone improvises with a crowd like a jazz musician, swinging in unexpected directions without a net.”

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NOTE: Contains adult situations and language

7:30pm, Saturday, May 12St. Johnsbury School

Adele Myers and Dancers

For more than a decade, Adele Myers has lit up the dance world with a singular style that combines effortless grace with a sly sense of humor. A gifted choreographer working with a very talented five-member ensemble, Myers uses movement to create expressive narratives told from a distinctly female perspective.

Her latest work explores the quest for intimacy in a world of spectacle, fusing Myers’ trademark theatricality with dazzling athleticism and disarming poignancy.

”Engrossing…

the dancers

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It’s a rich little

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Box OfficeMore information and ticket purchasing links for each show can be found at our website--KingdomCounty.org. Tickets can also be purchased through the Catamount Arts Box Office, 115 Eastern Avenue, St. Johnsbury or by phone to 802-748-2600 Ext. 2. Box Office Hours: 11am to 6pm, Monday through Saturday. Online sales are available 24/7 at CatamountArts.org or CatamounTix.org. VISA and Master Card accepted.

Group Sales and School Sales are available by contacting Jay Craven at Kingdom County Productions (802-274-1974 or [email protected]).

Rush Tickets. For shows that are not sold out, thirty (30) discounted Rush Tickets will be made available four days before the show. To be contacted about Rush Tickets availability, contacting Jay Craven ([email protected]).

Notes on VenuesPlease note the difference between the venues at St. Johnsbury School (257 Western Avenue) and, just up the hill, Fuller Hall at St. Johnsbury Academy.

Parking. Spacious parking lots sit adjacent to the venues at St. Johns-bury School, Lyndon Institute and Lyndon State College. For events at St. Johnsbury Academy, please note that adjacent street parking is not per-mitted. No Parking restrictions will be enforced. Ample parking is available behind the St. Johnsbury Academy Field House and the Morse Arts Center, just southwest of Fuller Hall, a three-minute walk to the theater.

Tech Credits: Each show requires a substantial mobilization of techni-cal knowledge, personnel, and equipment. Production of tonight’s show would not be possible without the always inventive and patient leadership of Production Manager Linda Little and Technical Director Tim Mikovitz. Many thanks!

Media SponsorsKingdom County Productions could not undertake this series without the generous support of its lead media sponsors, Vermont Broadcast Associ-ates and Vermont Public Radio. Thanks also to media co-sponsors, Point FM, WDEV, WYKR, Caledonian Record, and Seven Days. We are deeply grateful.

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Kingdom County Productions (KCP) was established in May 1991 by Vermont impresario and filmmaker Jay Craven and theater and film producer Bess O’Brien—to fulfill their dream of making films rooted in the North Country. Since then, KCP has produced seven award-winning feature films, six docu-mentaries, a radio variety show, touring musical theater, more than 50 teen-made movies, and an Emmy-winning comedy se-ries. You may have seen some of these on TV or DVD, or maybe you caught one in a movie theater or during our town hall tours into more than 200 New England cities, schools, villages, and towns. KCP ti- tles include:

Bess O’Brien’s Shout it Out, Here Today, Journey Into Courage, and The Voices Proj-ect. Also, Jay Craven’s Windy Acres, After the Fog, Gayleen, and his Howard Mosher quartet (High Water, Where the Rivers Flow North, A Stranger in the Kingdom, Disappearances)

Kingdom County Presents. Jay Craven produces KCP’s Northeast Kingdom season of music, theater, and dance events. Craven and KCP also recently part-

nered with Burlington City Arts to produce a number of film and per-forming arts festivals including the 13-day 2009 Burlington Interna-tional Waterfront Festival, to com-memorate the 400th anniversary of French explorer Samuel de Cham-plain’s lake expedition, as the first European to make contact in Ver-mont.

Movies From Marlboro. Jay Craven has launched a new Film Intensive program that will partner KCP with Marlboro College to produce a dramatic feature

film based on Howard Frank Mosher’s unconventional coming-of-age sto-ry, Northern Borders. 10 film pro-fessionals will collaborate with 25 college students for a semester-long program that will include1) an excur-sion to the Sundance Film Festival, 2)

six weeks of intensive study, short film production, and preparation for the feature film, 3) and six weeks of feature film production, with students working in substantial roles in all departments. Participating students have enrolled

from Cornell, Wellesley, Champlain, Vassar, George Washington, Mount Holyoke, Connecticut College, Wheaton, and Marlboro. The film’s release is anticipated for late fall 2012.

Arts Voice Action. Bess O’Brien has recently launched a new KCP project to better focus her work in socially-

engaged filmmaking. Her institute of Arts, Voices, Action (AVA) recently released O’Brien’s Ask Us Who We Are, which explores the often hidden world of foster care in Vermont. O’Brien has d e v e l o p e d study mate-

rials to support the film and, as distribution continues, she has started work on a new documentary that will ex-plore the problem of prescrip-tion drug abuse in northwest-ern Vermont. Production will begin in late 2011 and contin-ue through 2012 with release planned in 2013.

Awards and Recognitions include the Producers Guild of America NOVA Award for Most Promising New Motion Picture Producer of the Year, two New

England Emmys, Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, Ameri-can Film Institute’s AFI: Project 20/20, National Education

Association’s SuAnne Big Crow Memorial Award, and more than a dozen film festival awards. Film Festivals include Sundance, Seattle, St. Louis, South By Southwest, Savannah, Cleveland, AFI Fest, Palm Beach, Nantucket, Nashville, Eurasia, Vienna, Vancouver, Avi-gnon. special screenings include the Smithsonian, Lin-coln Center, Anthology Film Archives, Cinémathèque Française, American Film Institute, Art Institute of Chi-cago, Harvard Film Archives, George Eastman House, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Cinemateca Nacional de Venezuela, Beijing Normal University, Constitutional Court of Johannesburg, and UNESCO, Paris.

KCP Executive Director Bess O’Brien founded and di-rected the Vermont Ensemble Theater (1984-88) where she staged innovative events including a world pre-

miere environmental theater production based on Federico Fellini’s classic film, LaStrada. She worked as Producing Di-rector at Catamount Arts (1988-91) and has served on various boards includ-ing The Vermont Wom-en’s Fund, The Vermont Film Commission, and Very Special Arts.

KCP Artistic Director Jay Craven founded and di-rected Catamount Arts (1975-91) and cofounded and produced the Circus Smirkus (1987-88). His work in education includes KCP’s Fledgling Films (1987-94), Vermont Young Playwrights (1993-96), and more than

fifteen years of classroom teaching at the arts-based Peacham School (1975-79) and Marlboro College, where he directs the film studies pro-gram. Craven writes regular commentaries for The Cale-donian Record and Vermont Public Radio.

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Underwriter ($10,000 or more)• National Endowment for the Arts• Lyndon State College• Bruce James & Vermont Broadcast Associates• Vermont Public Radio

Angel ($5,000 to $9,999)• Passumpsic Savings Bank• Bill and Pam Eddy• Vermont Arts Council• Jay Craven and Bess O’Brien

Mogul ($2500 to $4999)• Community National Bank• St. Johnsbury Academy• Impey Vermont Real Estate• Grace Richardson Trust• Cabot Creamery• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont • Dover Ford

Impresario($1250 to $2499)• Wells River Savings Bank• Saint J Subaru• Lyndon Institute• Diana and Jerry Senturia• Caledonian Record• Twin State Ford• Quality Motors Suzuki & Capitol City Kia• Vermont Community Foundation• Murphy Realty/Comfort Inn• Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital

Stage Manager($750 to $1249)• Ann Mills• Anthony’s Restaurant• Miss Lyndonville Diner• Peabody & Smith Realty• Podo Shoes• Ned Densmore and Kathie Lovett• Burke Mountain• Downs Rachlin Martin• Ben and Jerry’s Homemade• Kenneth E. Parr, Jr.• Anne S. Segal• Reeve Lindbergh and Nat Tripp

Prop Master ($550 to $749)• Greensboro Garage• Robert and Pat Swartz• Lois and Russ Williams• Merchants Bank• Concept 2• Natural Provisions• Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs• James V. McFaul, Esq.• Poulos Insurance• Vermont State Employees Credit Union• Moose River Lake and Lodge• Sunshine Boutique• Layn Lawn Care

Stage Hand ($300 to $549)• Peggy and Fritz Henry• Weidmann Electrical Technology

• Fairbanks Scales• Casella Waste Systems• Quatrini Real Estate• Optical Expressions• Dead River Co.• Samadhi Cushions• Palmer Brothers Dry Cleaning• Wildflower Inn• Don and Linda Tase• Susan Gresser and Stan Baker• Jo Elliott-Mata• Dead River Company• Judy and Jerry Rankin• Stahler Furniture• Fritz and Marto Walther• Jake and Cathie Wheeler• West Barnet Garage• Dylan’s Restaurant

Choreographer($180 to $299)• Laurel Stanley• Lyndonville Rotary Club• James Lamar & Sandra Mings-Lamar• Michael Ransmeier• Dawn Andrews• Bob and Anne Amos• Claire van Vliet• R. Scott Campbell and Mary O’l Ready• Evalyn and Rick Merrick• Stephen and Candace Peck

Understudy ($60 to $179)• Lyndonville Rotary Club• Suzanne Gallagher• Hope Hutchinson

• Thomas and Charlene Zabek• Jaboh Too Salon• J. M. Anderson• Barb Delzio• John Reilly• Jacqueline Dadourian• Sara Lussier• Linda and Dan Bishop • Jane Woodhouse and Bob Joly • Alison Hannan • Susan Brown• Rosalie and Ben Harris • Beth Ann McCabe • Jonathan Lynch• Elaine Stasny • Karen Bufka • Martha Elliott • Dick Ashton • Steven Jarrett • Barbara Edson • Michael Boylen • Carl and Joyce Roof • Tom and Dottie Turek • Edward Kelley and Ferris Buck

Member (to $60)• Buck Beliles• Sydney and Newcomb Greenleaf• Ann Chase and Lynn Troy

In-kind Partners• Catamount Arts• St. J. Food Coop• Colonial Theater• Lyndon Institute• St. Johnsbury School• St. Johnsbury Academy

Share the Moment!COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

Our Kingdom County’s Presents (KCP) series represents a bold program commitment that is made possible by sponsors and community partners who share our belief that a robust performing arts series strengthens our community, stimulates our economy, enriches the education of our young people, and enlarges our experience of living in the North Country.

KCP’s cash sponsors are essential. Costs for individual shows exceed ticket income by as much as 60%, even with a full house. Student tickets require even more support. Sponsors make up the difference. Please thank them—and donate!

Consider becoming a sponsor, if you’d like to help sustain Kingdom County Presents. Contact Jay Craven ([email protected]) for more information on how you can play a leading role.

KCP is pleased to work with Catamount Arts, now in its 37th year of serving the North Country. The Catamount Arts Center serves as this community’s cultural anchor—for film screenings, Live at the Met programs, gallery exhibitions, workshops, and more. Catamount provides box office services, front-of-house support on show nights, and marketing outreach.

Thanks to our Sponsors!

We apologize for any errors or omissions. Please contact Jay Craven to note changes.

Kingdom County ProduCtionsFeature Films. Documentaries. Television.

Music. Theater. Dance. Comedy. Live Radio. Circus Arts. Arts. Voice. Action.

www.kingdomcounty.org

All right here in the northeast Kingdom. Please learn more about us at:

Burlington Office

106 Main Street - Suite 2Burlington, Vermont 05401

Northeast Kingdom Office

949 Somers RoadBarnet, Vermont 05821

[email protected] Kingdom County Productions 802-357-4616

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