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18 – A Christmas Carol

Now in its 59th season, Milwaukee Repertory Theater is dedicated to providing the highest level of professional theater to Milwaukee and Wisconsin in addition to offering a wide range of educational and community programs. Located in the heart of downtown Milwaukee, the Patty and Jay Baker Theater Complex is a cleverly-converted power generation plant that houses Milwaukee Repertory Theater consisting of three theaters: the Quadracci Powerhouse (720 seats), the Steimke Studio (205 seats) and the Stackner Cabaret (118 seats), which is also a full-service restaurant and bar. Together, these spaces offer a variety of staging options from compelling dramas, powerful classics, award-winning contemporary works to full-scale musicals and comedies. Milwaukee Repertory Theater is committed to creating plays that are meaningful and relevant to the society we live in – plays that are challenging, visceral and engage the community through the issues they explore. With the start of the 2012/13 Season, The Rep expanded its Artistic Family to 19 Associate Artists. This new creative initiative will build upon the indelible legacy of The Rep’s Acting Company and now will expand to include directors, writers, designers, musicians and actors. This group will help participate and advise in choosing plays The Rep produces as well as other initiatives. They will contribute to the work seen on all Rep stages, read scripts, engage in education projects, along with other duties as well as serve as advocates for The Rep in their home communities across the nation. The Rep has long been committed to a core group of artists and this new ensemble will continue The Rep’s commitment to giving voice to a broad spectrum of cultural, educational and community experiences that serve and reflect the diversity of perspectives found in this region.

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A Christmas Carol – 19

MillerCoors Proudly PresentsMilwaukee Repertory Theater’s Production of

Mark Clements Dawn Helsing WoltersArtistic Director Managing Director

By Charles DickensAdapted by Joseph Hanreddy and Edward Morgan

Directed by Aaron Posner‡

Scenic Designer Marjorie Bradley Kellogg Costume Designer Martha Hally Lighting Designer Thom Weaver Sound Designer Barry G. Funderburg Musical Director James Sugg Music Arranger John Tanner‡ Movement Director Michael Pink Dialect Coach Jill Walmsley Zager Casting Director Sandy Ernst Assistant Casting Director Jessica Ventura Children’s Director Erin Weaver Make-up/Hair/Wig Designer Lara Leigh Dalbey Production Stage Manager Briana J. Fahey* Assistant Stage Manager Sarah Hoffmann* Assistant Stage Manager Jason Simpson Children’s Stage Manager Marissa Robinson Assistant Children’s Stage Manager Maddy Ernst Assistant Director Maggie Ellsworth

Production Manager Melissa Nyari Vartanian Lighting & Sound Director Craig Gottschalk Technical Director Tyler Smith Properties Director James Guy Charge Scenic Artist Jim Medved Properties Coordinator Jill Lynn Lyons Costume Director Holly Payne

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The Director of this show is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

‡Milwaukee Repertory Theater Associate Artist


C A S T L I S T

Ebenezer Scrooge ....................................................................Christopher Donahue*Ghost of Christmas Present ................................................................. Melody Betts*Mrs. Dilber/Ghost of Christmas Past/Lucy ............................. Renata Friedman*Mrs. Cratchit/Mrs. Oatway ....................................................................... Marti Gobel*Young Scrooge/Barnaby .........................................................................Erik Hellman*Miss Tywce/Mrs. Fezziwig/Mr. Mudd/Businessman ............. Angela Iannone*‡Reverend Waghorn/Marley/Old Joe ......................................... Gerard Neugent*‡Mr. Grimgrind/Mr. Topper ...................................................... Alexander Pawlowski*Belle/Madeline.........................................................................................Melisa Pereyra*Mr. Philpot/Mr. Fezziwig/Mr. Scadger/Businessman ......... Jonathan Smoots*Fred/Mr. Oatway ..........................................................................................Luigi Sottile*Catherine/Mrs. Sidebottom/Cook .........................................................Emily Trask*Bob Cratchit/Mr. Sidebottom ..............................................Jonathan Wainwright*Ghost of Christmas Future ................................................................. Teddy SpencerFan .................................................................................................Anastasia Brasser-VosMartha Cratchit .................................................................................... Morgan GamblinPeter Cratchit ............................................................................................Jamaica GobelTiny Tim .............................................................................Kate Ketelhohn/Jack TrettinBelinda Cratchit .....................................................................................Freedom GobelAlice Cratchit ..........................................................................................Claire ZempelMary Cratchit ............................................................................................ Meagan HauptPercy Smudge ...................................................................................Luke BrotherhoodBoy Scrooge .....................................................................................................Seth HorneRemembrance ................................................................................................Zoe FrancisForgiveness .................................................................................................. Karly FrancisDick Wilkins ........................................................................................John BrotherhoodIgnorance .........................................................................................................Gabe SmithWant .................................................................................................................Alyssa Sachs

A Christmas Carol Children’s Ensemble:Kendal Briscoe, Elliott Brotherhood, John Brotherhood, Kemet Gobel,

Nya, Alyssa Sachs, Leah Schiman, Gabe Smith

A Christmas Carol Ensemble:Lamar Jefferson, Casey Kitzman, Sophie Kobylinski, Toni Linn Martin,

Jessi Noel, Tyrone Phillips, Jamie Rezanour, Kaitlyn Serketich, Teddy Spencer, Bri Sudia, Trequon Tate, Mercedes White

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

‡Milwaukee Repertory Theater Associate Artist

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T I N Y T I M T IC K E T P RO G R A M

November, 2012

Dear Friends,

Once again all of us at The Rep are delighted to thank the Patty and Jay Baker Foundation for their generosity and commitment to the children of our community. Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s annual production of Charles Dickens’ classic has become a holiday tradition for families in Milwaukee. Now celebrating its 37th anniversary, A Christmas Carol has brought joy to thousands of children and adults every holiday season. Because of the Tiny Tim Ticket program, we are happy to be able to provide tickets to those who otherwise would not have had the opportunity to enjoy this Yuletide classic.

Our warm thanks to the Bakers for their generous holiday gift to our community.

Happy Holidays!

Dawn Helsing WoltersManaging Director

Through the continued generosity of Patty and Jay Baker, The Rep was able to provide tickets to the following organizations this year through the Tiny Tim Ticket Program:

Arlington Court Resident Organization (Housing Authority)

Audio and Braille Literacy EnhancementAurora Sinai Medical CenterBenedict CenterBig Brothers Big SistersCalvary Baptist Church GroupCasa MariaChildren’s Service Society of WisconsinEaster Seals of WIEmmaus Lutheran SchoolEsperanza UnidaFoster and Williams (ASL School)Goodwill IndustriesGreat Lakes Hemophilia FoundationHarwood Place Assisted LivingHope HouseHorizon CampusHorizon HouseHousing Authority of MilwaukeeInterfaith Older Adults ProgramJoann Wolf Benedict Center for WomenJourney HouseLady PittsLa CausaLapham Peak Resident Organization

LGBT CenterLiterary Services of WisconsinLoyola AcademyLutheran Social ServicesMilwaukee Achiever Literary ServicesNeu Life Community Resource CenterNext Door FoundationNOVA High SchoolPenfield Children’s CenterProject ExcelProject STAY Alternative High SchoolRedeemer Senior CenterRhonda Alter Group HomeSAGE MilwaukeeSEOTSSt. Rose Youth and Family CenterTeen Challenge WisconsinThe Achievement CenterUrban UndergroundUWM-Planning for the FutureUW-Waukesha Pre-College ProgramWashington DuBois Christian

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A M E S S AG E F ROM T H E A R T I S T IC DI R E C T OR

It is with great good cheer that I welcome you to Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and with even greater eagerness that I look forward to sharing with you Dickens’ vital and timeless message of benevolence and kindness toward our fellow human beings.

This year’s production marks the 37th installment of The Rep’s telling of this spectacular and relevant holiday tale, making ours the second-longest continuously-running Carol in America! When I assumed the role of Milwaukee Rep Artistic Director in 2010, I was immediately struck by many impressive aspects of the organization – not the least of which was the passion and dedication with which the staff approached this production each season, and how deeply the staff and Board of Trustees valued the tradition that The Rep’s Carol had become. And in the ensuing months, I’ve learned the deep appreciation that our audience and Milwaukee have for that very same tradition. I’ve heard the stories of families who center their own holiday celebrations around the play year after year. I’ve heard the stories of audience members or members of the children’s cast who have been inspired by the experience to go on to forge productive careers as theater practitioners themselves. And I’ve heard the stories of how children who attended the show with their parents now bring their own children to experience the fundamentally human lessons of Scrooge’s reclamation. These stories warm my heart very much, indeed, and serve as an annual reminder to us all of the very real present-day impacts of this “old” story quickly approaching its bicentennial.

This year’s production marks a new era for our Carol, now – after more than a dozen seasons of careful and loving direction from former Artistic Director Joe Hanreddy, former Associate Artistic Director Edward Morgan, and former Production Stage Manager and Production Manager Judy Berdan – moving forward in the capable hands of my good friend and colleague, director Aaron Posner, who has brought to us in recent seasons the excellent My Name is Asher Lev (in our Stiemke Studio), and last season’s well-loved To Kill a Mockingbird (in our Quadracci Powerhouse). I’m so pleased that Aaron has agreed to tell our treasured tale of redemption and rebirth, and to move it into the next stage of its life here at The Rep with his customary attention to detail, flair for visual storytelling, and great, warm heart.

And we’re thrilled, as always, to once again be mounting the production in the glorious Pabst Theater, which has housed our Carol for each of those 37 productions – a home every bit as grand and majestic as the story itself. We’re very grateful to Pabst Theater Corporation Executive Director Gary Witt and the entire Pabst staff for creating such an inviting holiday home for us, and for each of you, in which to enjoy this timeless tale.

I hope that you enjoy this year’s production, and that the story of Scrooge reminds you of the value of your (to borrow a phrase from Mr. Dickens), fellow travelers – be they friends, family, or strangers – as we move through this season with good cheer and a kind word for all of our fellows.

Happy Holidays!

Mark Clements Artistic Director


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C A S T B IO G R A P H I E S

Melody Betts, Ghost of Christmas Present

Melody Betts is elated to make her Milwaukee Repertory Theater debut and even more excited to

play the Ghost of Christmas Present in her very first production of A Christmas Carol! Regional credits include: Sarah’s Friend in Ragtime, Muzzy Van Hossmere in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Luce in The Boys from Syracuse and Sour Kangaroo in Seussical the Musical (Drury Lane Oakbrook); Asaka in Once on this Island, Sister Hubert in Nunsense and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (TYA); Sylvia in All Shook Up and Trix the Aviatrix in The Drowsy Chaperone (Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire); Courtesan/Abbess in Short Shakes! Comedy of Errors and Blue Fairy in Pinocchio (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Tasha in Motherhood the Musical (Royal George Theatre) and Mother of Mary in The Nativity (Goodman Theatre). TV credits include Keisha in Chicago Code (FOX). She received her MFA in theater from WIU mainly due to the love and support of her family and close friends. AEA, AFTRA-SAG. In this day and age, kindness has become scarce, but we can change that with just one RAK (random act of kindness) a day! 1 John 3:18.

Christopher Donahue, Ebenezer Scrooge

Christopher is very, very pleased and honored to be making his Milwaukee Rep debut as part of A

Christmas Carol. He has also performed at Arden Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Circle in the Square, City Theatre Pittsburgh, Classic Stage Company, Court Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theater, Remains Theatre, Seattle

Repertory Theatre, Second Stage Theatre, Stories on Stage (Chicago), Two River Theater Company, Weston Playhouse and Yale Repertory Theatre.

Renata Friedman, Mrs. Dilber/Ghost of Christmas Past/Lucy

New York credits include: New Victory Theater, Baruch Performing Arts

Center, Fringe NYC and Fringe Encores, The Orchard Project and Aquila Theatre Company. Regional credits include: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, TheatreWorks (Palo Alto), TheatreWorks New Works Festival, Barrington Stage Company, Illusion Theater (Minneapolis), Humana Festival, Icicle Creek Theatre Festival, Aquila Theatre touring company and nearly a dozen shows between Intiman Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre and ACT (Seattle). Graduate of NYU. Seattle Magazine’s Best Actress of 2011.

Marti Gobel, Mrs. Cratchit/ Mrs. Oatway

Marti Gobel is overjoyed to return to Milwaukee Repertory Theater for this long-

honored holiday tradition! It is a dream come true to share the stage with her children. Ms. Gobel was a proud Rep intern during the 2008/09 Season and last appeared at The Rep in Yankee Tavern in 2010. In addition, she looks forward to her roles as Francine/Lena in the upcoming production of Clybourne Park. Ms. Gobel has also had the honor of working with Milwaukee Shakespeare, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, First Stage Children’s Theater, Forward Theater Company, UPROOTED Theatre and Optimist Theatre. Ms. Gobel’s most challenging role has been as the Producing Artistic Director for UPROOTED Theatre. She hopes you enjoy the show!



Erik Hellman, Young Scrooge/Barnaby

Erik is happy to return to Milwaukee Repertory Theater having previously appeared in I Just

Stopped by to See the Man in The Rep’s Stiemke Theater. Regionally, Erik has appeared in leading roles at Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre, Houston’s Stages Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz and Off-Broadway at Mirror Repertory Company. Erik is a Chicago-based actor, where he recently appeared in the world premieres of Hysperia at Writers’ Theatre and Eastland at Lookingglass Theatre Company. He has also appeared at Steppenwolf Theatre Company: Honest, Elephant Man and Huck Finn; Chicago Shakespeare Theater: The Madness of King George, Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth and Edward II and Court Theatre: Arcadia, Titus

Andronicus, Comedy of Errors and The Mystery of Irma Vep, for which he was nominated for Chicago’s Jeff award. Other Chicago credits include TimeLine Theatre Company, Remy Bumppo Theater Company, Chicago Dramatists, Next Theatre, The House Theatre and Strawdog Theatre Company. Erik’s film and TV work includes The Dark Knight, The Chicago Code and BOSS.

Angela Iannone, Miss Twyce/Mrs. Fezziwig/Mr. Mudd/Businessman

Angela Iannone is thrilled to return to Milwaukee Rep, where

she is now an Associate Artist. A familiar face to Milwaukee, Madison and Chicago theater patrons, Ms. Iannone was most recently seen at Milwaukee Rep as Louise in Always . . . Patsy Cline, Marie Lombardi in Lombardi and as Fräulein

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Gerard Neugent, Reverend Waghorn/Marley/Old Joe

Gerard just completed his tenth season with The Rep, his sixth season as a member

of the Resident Acting Company and is now a Rep Associate Artist. He most recently appeared as Doug in The Rep’s production of Gutenberg! The Musical!, Iago in Othello, Gerry in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Michael McCormick in Lombardi, Happy in Death of a Salesman, Clown 2 in The 39 Steps, Stan Laurel in Laurel and Hardy, Lou Max in Seven Keys to Slaughter Peak, Jimmy/Lendall/Randy/Phil/Dave in Almost, Maine, Johnny in Happy Now? and Hlestakov in The Government Inspector. Previously, he was seen as Simon Panteleyevich Yepikhodov in The Cherry Orchard, Charles Bingley in Pride

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Alexander Pawlowski, Mr. Grimgrind/ Mr. Topper

Alex was part of The Rep’s Acting Internship program for the past two

years; you may have seen him as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird or as The Customs Officer in Cabaret, among other roles. This is his third A Christmas Carol at The Pabst, and his first as a proud new member of Actors’ Equity Association. Roles elsewhere include summers at Utah Shakespeare Festival and at Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Next up: First Stage Children’s Theater’s production of Jackie and Me, the Jackie Robinson story. Many thanks to his family in Oregon, the amazing people here at The Rep, and to his one-in-a-million true love, Mariel.

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Jonathan Smoots, Mr. Philpot/Mr. Fezziwig/Mr. Scadger/Businessman

Jonathan Smoots returns with delight to participate in

the telling of this remarkable story. Other Rep credits include: In the Next Room or the vibrator play (Mr. Daldry); Speaking in Tongues (Pete/Neil/John); The Seafarer (Mr. Lockhart); The Voysey Inheritance (Major Booth); A Doll’s House (Torvald); Arsenic and Old Lace (Jonathan Brewster); The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Pato) and An Ideal Husband (Sir Robert Chiltern). As a resident actor at American Players Theatre, he has played dozens of roles over 23 seasons. Jonathan lives in Shorewood with two lovely redheads: Laura and Toby.

Luigi Sottile, Fred/Mr. Oatway

Luigi is thrilled to be making his Milwaukee Rep debut. Favorite credits: Angels in America (Joe, Wilma

Theater); Cyrano (Christian, Arden Theatre Company); The Mystery of Irma Vep (Jane, Lord Edgar, etc., Act II Playhouse); In the Next Room or the vibrator play (Leo, Wilma Theater, Barrymore Nomination); Macbeth (Malcolm, Wilma Theater); Nathan the Wise (Templar, People’s Light & Theatre Company); Government Inspector

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Emily Trask, Catherine/Mrs. Sidebottom/Cook

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Jonathan Wainwright, Bob Cratchit/ Mr. Sidebottom

Jonathan is terribly happy to be back at The Rep and back at The Pabst this time in

the shoes of Bob Cratchit in this exciting production. In the spring, he was seen as Roderigo in The Rep’s powerful production of Othello, and most recently as Vern in the world premiere of Broken and Entered this past fall for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. This spring will see Jonathan returning to Next Act Theatre in Grace. Favorite roles at Next Act include Bobby in Coyote on a Fence, Clifford in Sideman and Kerry Max Cook in The Exonerated.

Aaron Posner, Director

Aaron is a freelance director, playwright and teacher. He is an Artistic Associate at Folger Theatre and

an Associate Artist here at Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Past Rep productions include My Name Is Asher Lev and To Kill a Mockingbird. He is a founding Artistic Director of Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre Company and has directed over 100 productions at major regional theaters. His adaptations include Ken Kesey’s Sometimes a Great Notion, a musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage and Chaim Potok’s novels The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev. Aaron is an Eisenhower Fellow, went to Northwestern University, is from Eugene, OR and currently lives in Maryland with his wife, Erin Weaver, and his tiny daughter, Maisie.

Joseph Hanreddy, Co-Adapter

Joe served as Milwaukee Rep’s Artistic Director from 1993 to 2010 during which time he

established one of the country’s most respected resident acting ensembles, engaged acclaimed international directors to create innovative productions of world classics and produced several premieres of new plays by leading American dramatists. Prior to coming to The Rep, Joe was the Artistic Director of the Madison Repertory Theatre and founded the Ensemble Theater Company in Santa Barbara, CA. During his years with The Rep, Joe directed dozens of original and contemporary plays, as well as classics by Shakespeare, Schiller, Chekhov, Pirandello, Gogol, Oscar Wilde, John Millington Synge, W.S. Gilbert, as well as commissioning and authoring several dramatic adaptations of world literature. Last season he directed The Rep’s productions of Ten Chimneys and A Christmas Carol, and his other recent work includes directing Moliére’s The Misanthrope at The Pearl Theatre Company in New York, nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Best Revival, The Blonde, The Brunette and The Vengeful Redhead for Writers’ Theatre in Chicago, O Beautiful for Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Our Country’s Good for The REP/PTTP at The University of Delaware as well as productions of Private Lives and Macbeth for Utah Shakespeare Festival. Joe’s stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice (with JR Sullivan) has been performed at several major regional theaters in the U.S. including the Oregon and Utah Shakespeare Festivals, South Coast Repertory, Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts, Connecticut Repertory Theatre and Round House Theatre in Washington, D.C. He and JR Sullivan are currently writing an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility for Utah Shakespeare Festival, and this summer and fall he will direct Shakespeare’s Richard III for the Idaho and Great Lakes Shakespeare Festivals.

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Edward Morgan, Co-Adapter

Edward Morgan is a freelance director, writer and teacher. His recent productions in the U.S. include

Microcrisis at Next Act Theatre and To Kill a Mockingbird at Utah Shakespeare Festival. On other shores, Mr. Morgan recently directed Dicen las paredes in San Jose, Costa Rica, where he was also teaching actors and dancers at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica; he has also been teaching and working as an education and arts consultant in the Dominican Republic. In August 2011, he toured India as director/actor of John Kishline’s Success on a tour sponsored by U.S. State Department. Mr. Morgan was Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Associate Artistic Director for six seasons and directed a score of productions for The Rep. He has also worked at Virginia Stage Company, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Round House Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Kennedy Center, Trinity Repertory Company, The Shakespeare Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre and others. He and his work have been honored with Helen Hayes Nominations and Awards, taped for Milwaukee Public TV and he was a Director’s Project Fellow through The Drama League of New York. Mr. Morgan is also a Casting Partner for Cirque du Soleil. His website is: www.edward-morgan.com.

Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, Scenic Designer

Ms. Kellogg’s most recent design in the general Milwaukee area was in the summer of 2009 for The Philanderer at American Players Theatre. Her designs for opera include the world premiere of Richard Danielpour’s Margaret Garner for Michigan Opera Theatre, plus The Tender Land for Skylight Music Theatre and Paul Bunyan for the Manhattan School of Music. She will be designing at Glimmerglass Opera in their 2013 season. Broadway credits include a season as resident designer for the National Actors Theatre, as well as Any Given Day, the George C. Scott revival of On Borrowed Time, Lucifer’s Child (starring Julie Harris), American Buffalo with Al Pacino, Da, Requiem for a Heavyweight, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Solomon’s Child, Arsenic and Old Lace, Steaming and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Designs for Circle in the Square include Spokesong, Heartbreak House and Present Laughter. Off-Broadway, Ms. Kellogg has worked for New York Shakespeare Festival’s Public Theater, Signature Theatre Company, Second Stage Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons and Roundabout Theatre Company, among others. She received the 2006 USITT Distinguished Achievement Award in Scene Design, and earlier, the 2002 Ruth Morley Design Award and the 1995 Mary L. Murphy Award for Excellence in Design. She shared the first Michael Merritt

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Martha Hally, Costume Designer

Martha Hally’s designs for The Rep include: Seven Keys to Slaughter Peak, The Government Inspector, King Lear, Armadale, Pride and Prejudice, Sueño, The Voysey Inheritance and The 39 Steps, among others. She has designed costumes at regional theaters across the country including Pittsburgh Public Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, CenterStage, Dallas Theater Center, Alley Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Resident Ensemble Players (University of Delaware). Recent New York designs include: the Off-Broadway productions of Richard II (The Pearl Theatre Company); Mary Broome, Wife to James Whelan and Is Life Worth Living? (Mint Theater); The Late Christopher Bean and Bedroom Farce (TACT); Banished Children of Eve, Gaslight and The Field (The Irish Repertory Theatre) and Secret Order (59E59). Martha has designed operas for Chicago Opera Theater, Virginia Opera, Manhattan School of Music and The Center for Contemporary Opera in NYC.

Thom Weaver, Lighting Designer

Off-Broadway credits include: Teller’s Play Dead and Thrill Me (York Theatre Company), Two Rooms (Theatre Row), King Hedley II (Signature Theatre Company), Frankenstein (37 ARTS), Masked (DR2 Theatre), Lincoln Center Festival, Vital Theatre Company, Summer Play Festival, New York Musical Theatre Festival and Lincoln Center Institute. In Philadelphia, he has worked with Arden Theatre Company, Wilma Theater, People’s Light & Theatre Company, Walnut Street Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Theatre Exile, 1812 Productions, Azuka Theatre, New Paradise Laboratories, Curtis Opera Theatre and Flashpoint Theatre Company, where he is Artistic Director. Regionally his work has been seen at CenterStage, Syracuse Stage, Portland Center Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Play House, Virginia Stage Company, California Shakespeare Theater, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Theatre J, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Hangar Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Round House Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Spoleto, City Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater and Yale Repertory Theatre. His awards include the AUDELCO, nine Barrymore nominations, winning for In the Next Room or the vibrator play and two Helen Hayes nominations. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale School of Drama.

Barry G. Funderburg, Sound Designer

Mr. Funderburg is excited to return for his 15th season of A Christmas Carol and his 60th production at The Rep. Memorable Rep productions include Othello, In the Next Room or the vibrator play, The 39 Steps, The Cherry Orchard, Pride and Prejudice, Armadale, Mary Stuart, Work Song and Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. Off-Broadway, Barry recently designed the critically acclaimed New York premiere of Wittenberg at The Pearl Theatre Company. Other regional theater credits include Fake, Carter’s Way and



Mother Courage and Her Children at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and productions at Utah Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, City Theatre (Pittsburgh), CenterStage (Baltimore), Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Peninsula Players, American Players Theatre, LA Theatre Works and Indiana Repertory Theatre. Chicago credits include Next Theatre, Theatre at the Center and Lookingglass Theatre Company. Barry has received four Chicago Equity Jeff Award nominations, the 1996 and 2008 Jeff Awards for Sound Design and an MFA in Sound Design from Purdue University.

James Sugg, Music Director

James Sugg is a member of Pig Iron Theatre Company with whom he has created 18 original pieces. He has also worked with Milwaukee Rep, Arena Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Wilma Theater, Arden Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Headlong Dance Theater, Rainpan 43 and Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental. He is the composer of the musicals: A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage (book and lyrics by Aaron Posner); James Joyce is Dead and So is Paris (Pig Iron); The Sea (a one-man electric chamber opera) and Cherry Bomb (book and lyrics by Jen Childs). His work has been recognized with two Obies, four Barrymores for Outstanding Sound Design, the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theater Artist and a Pew Fellowship.

John Tanner, Music Arranger

John Tanner is a composer, sound designer and one of the Principals of Tanner-Monagle Inc., a video and audio production and post-production house in Milwaukee, WI. He is also a Rep Associate Artist. His experience covers a broad range of work in scoring, arranging and music composition for television, documentaries, radio, industrial video and theater. His music has won numerous awards, including: Golden Reel Awards; Telly Awards; national, regional and local American Advertising Federation “Addys;” Silver Microphone awards and RAC awards for retail advertising. John has also garnered both Gold and Platinum sales certification for his album engineering work. His projects include scores for NBC, ABC, Lion’s Gate and PBS. Recent work includes projects with Donald Driver and David Zucker. He has written original scores and designed sound for theatrical productions at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, First Stage Children’s Theater and many others.

Michael Pink, Movement Director

Michael Pink is an international choreographer and teacher, and has been Artistic Director of the Milwaukee Ballet since December 2002. During that time, he has established himself as a prominent member of the

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Jill Walmsley Zager, Dialect Coach

Jill is very happy to be back at The Rep for the 2012/13 Season. Other Milwaukee Rep credits include The Diary of Anne Frank, The Mountaintop, Assassins, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, Lombardi, Yellowman, Ten Chimneys, Cabaret, My Name Is Asher Lev, Laurel and Hardy and The 39 Steps. Jill has recently returned to Milwaukee from three years as the Co-Head of Voice and Dialects and the Company Coach at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Regionally, she has worked at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Drury Lane Water Tower, Apple Tree Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, Utah Shakespeare Festival and Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. Jill earned her Master’s Degrees at CSSD (London) and Northwestern. She is married to James Zager, the Head of the Theatre Program at Carroll University.

Sandy Ernst, Casting Director/Associate Artistic Director

Sandy made her first casting trip to New York City with American Players Theatre founders Randall Duk Kim and Annie Occhiogrosso over 30 years ago, and continued casting with APT as both a member of the directing staff and as the Production Stage Manager for the next 15 years. She has served as Milwaukee Rep’s Casting Director for over a decade, seeing up to a thousand auditions each season. She is also the Artistic Intern Company Director, teaches professional audition technique and auditions emerging artists for The Rep’s Acting Internship in colleges and universities throughout the country. Sandy was Casting Director for the independent feature films Baraboo and Waterwalk.

Erin Weaver, Children’s Director

Erin Weaver is an actress, teaching artist and director based outside of Washington, D.C. She recently played Thomasina in Arcadia at Folger Theatre for which she won a Helen Hayes Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other favorite roles include Emily in Our Town, Mary in Mary’s Wedding, Mary in A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage and a variety of heroes and heroines in five Pantos at People’s Light & Theatre Company. She has worked regionally at Arden Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, Act II Playhouse, Two River Theater Company and many more. Erin is part of a highly theatrical family and started her professional career at age ten as Young Eponine/Cosette in the second National Tour of Les Miserables in Philadelphia. Erin is an Honors Graduate from the University of the Arts and is a Master’s Candidate in Theater Education at NYU.


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Lara Leigh Dalbey, Make-up/Hair/Wig Designer

Lara is happy to be returning to the beautiful Pabst Theater for her 13th A Christmas Carol. She is the Wig Master and Make-up Supervisor for The Rep. Her work has been seen at Arizona Opera, Skylight Musical Theatre, Opera in the Ozarks, American Players Theatre and Writers’ Theatre. To our Dear Rey, your presence is keenly missed this holiday season.

Mark Clements, Artistic Director

Mark Clements began his tenure as The Rep’s Artistic Director with the 2010/11 Season.

He is an award-winning international theater director whose work has appeared in over 100 major theaters throughout Europe and the United States. Recent productions include: Assassins, Othello, Next to Normal, Death of a Salesman, Bombshells and Cabaret at The Rep; Oliver!, Born Yesterday, Great Expectations and Les Miserables (2008 Barrymore Award – Best Production of a Musical) and Of Mice and Men (2007 Barrymore Award – Best Director and Best Production of a Play), all for Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia; The Milliner (Off-Broadway, World Premiere), CSC, New York; My Fair Lady, Copenhagen; The Browning Version (Barclays/TMA Regional Theatre Award) at Derby Playhouse and Blunt Speaking (World Premiere), Chichester Festival Theatre U.K. and Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York both starring Corin Redgrave. Other productions include: Speaking in Tongues (U.S. Premiere) with Kevin Anderson and Karen Allen (SDC’s Joe Calloway Award, Best Director Nomination), Roundabout Theatre Company; Speaking in Tongues (European Premiere; Barclays/TMA Best Director Nomination), Hampstead Theatre, London; Creator/Director – Soul Train (Laurence Olivier Award Nomination), West End and three U.K. national tours; and the U.K. national

tours of The Glass Menagerie, The Gingerbread Lady and Love & Marriage, all for Bath Theatre Royal productions. Mark served as an Associate Artistic Director for Moving Theatre Company, the production company founded by Vanessa and Corin Redgrave. He has also been Associate Director for New End Theatre and New Players Theatre, both in London, Royal Theatre in Northampton and Torch Theatre in Wales. Additionally, Mark served as Artistic Director of the award-winning Derby Playhouse in the U.K. from 1992 to 2002, where he produced over 100 productions, directed 47, including nine transfers to London’s West End and many U.K. national tours and international collaborations with leading companies in Europe and the U.S. He serves on the National Advisory Board for the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program at Ten Chimneys.

Dawn Helsing Wolters, Managing Director

Dawn Helsing Wolters joined Milwaukee Repertory Theater as Managing

Director in 2009. She currently serves as President of the Milwaukee Arts Partners consortium and as a member of the Bridge Committee for the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, the National Advisory Board for the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program at Ten Chimneys, the Rotary Club of Milwaukee and the Advisory Board for the Chicago-based Still Point Theatre Collective. Dawn was Executive Director of Chicago’s Court Theatre from 2005 to 2009, where she served on the board of The League of Chicago Theatres, chairing its Nominating Committee. As a founding board member of the Hyde Park Cultural Alliance, she helped lead the group’s transition to an independent not-for-profit organization, chairing its Governance Committee. Dawn served as Director of Development at Center Stage in Baltimore, and held marketing and public relations positions at Center Stage and Arena Stage in


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Washington, D.C. While completing her MFA in Theatre Management at Yale School of Drama, she was Associate Managing Director of Yale Repertory Theatre and Managing Director of the Summer Cabaret. Dawn has served on the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres and consulted in leadership development, capacity building and fundraising and served in an advisory capacity for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Commission, Arts Midwest, The University of Chicago’s Graham School of General Studies and Goucher College’s graduate Arts Administration program and been a guest lecturer at several colleges and universities.

Briana J. Fahey, Production Stage Manager

Briana is grateful to be returning for a tenth season to this production of A

Christmas Carol. She is blessed to be working with such a talented group of people. Many thanks to Sarah, Jason and Marissa for their support. Love to Biff.

Sarah Hoffmann, Assistant Stage Manager

Sarah is so very pleased to return to The Pabst for her fifth A Christmas

Carol. She has worked at numerous theaters throughout Wisconsin including American Players Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, American Folklore Theatre and First Stage Children’s Theater, where she was the Production Stage Manager for three years. As always, Sarah is continually grateful to be working in the arts.

Jason Simpson, Assistant Stage Manager

Jason graduated with a BS in Theater from State University of New York at

Brockport. Last year he was the Stage Management Intern for The Rep and he is thrilled to be returning as the Stage Management Apprentice this year, continuing to be a part of this wonderful team. In the past he has worked as a Stage Management Intern for Geva Theatre in Rochester, NY and a Stage Manager for Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater, MI. Jason hails from Upstate New York, near Rochester, where his passion for theater developed. Jason loves living in Milwaukee and experiencing life with his cat, Tony. Jason would like to thank everyone here at The Rep for this amazing opportunity!

Marissa Robinson, Children’s Stage Manager

Marissa is thrilled to be joining Milwaukee Rep this season. She is originally from

Connecticut and is a recent graduate of Emerson College in Boston. Previously, she has worked for Anne Bogart’s SITI Company, The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and The New London Barn Playhouse. She also recently spent a semester in London where she got the fabulous opportunity to work and study at Shakespeare’s Globe, and at Duchess Theatre and Playhouse Theatre on the West End. Special thanks to friends and family for their endless support and encouragement.


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Maddy Ernst, Assistant Children’s Stage Manager

Maddy is so excited to be part of the Stage Management staff for A Christmas Carol.

A senior at Shorewood High School, Maddy has seen every production of The Rep’s ACC since she was three, and was part of the children’s ensemble in six productions. She would like to thank Briana for the opportunity to work with this great team, the children’s cast, because she knows how hard they work, and Sarah, Jason and Marissa for welcoming her aboard. This is for Rey – she will miss shopping for Christmas families with him.

Maggie Ellsworth, Assistant Director

Maggie Ellsworth is proud to be a Directing Intern for the 2012/13 Season. So far this season,

she has assisted Laura Gordon on Gutenberg! The Musical!, May Adrales on The Mountaintop and Megan O’Brien on Blues in the Night. Maggie holds an MFA in Theatre-Directing from Western Illinois University and a BA from Carthage College where she studied Musical Theatre and Political Science. Many thanks to Aaron, Sandy and Mark for this rewarding experience and her husband, Brett, for his unwavering support. “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”

Understudies

Ebenezer Scrooge, Jonathan Smoots*; Reverend Waghorn/Marley/Old Joe, Lamar Jefferson; Ghost of Christmas Present, Toni Linn Martin; Belle/Madeline, Jessi Noel; Bob Cratchit/Mr. Grimgrind/Mr. Topper/Mr. Sidebottom/Ghost of Christmas Future, Tyrone Phillips; Miss Twyce/Mrs. Fezziwig/Mr. Mudd/Businessman, Jamie Rezanour; Fred/Mr. Oatway/Young Scrooge/Barnaby, Teddy Spencer; Catherine/Mrs. Sidebottom/Cook, Bri Sudia; Mr. Philpot/Mr. Fezziwig/Mr. Scadger/Businessman, Trequon Tate; Mrs. Dilber/Ghost of Christmas Past/Lucy/Mrs. Cratchit/Mrs. Oatway, Mercedes White

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Special Thanks

To all of the parents of the children in A Christmas Carol

To the staff and management of The Pabst Theater

ACC Run Crew

Jon AltendorfSam BertzDan DoughtyJames FyksenKurt HolzhauerNeal RaashDebbie SteidlJeff SharrowRobert Zenoni


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The ensemble cast of A Christmas Carol is composed of actors from The Rep’s Artistic Intern Company. The Rep draws actors, directors and dramaturgs from a pool of some of the finest emerging and mid-professional theater artists found at a wide variety of training programs and theaters nationwide. Artistic Interns generally spend an entire season with The Rep and form a large part of the core of The Rep’s artistic production staff. The Artistic Intern Company allows The Rep to mount ambitious and engaging productions in an economically feasible manner, while at the same time nurturing and assisting in the development of the next generation of American theater artists. Directing Interns serve as Assistant Directors for mainstage productions and Acting Interns, in addition to serving as the ensemble company in larger productions, understudy all roles in the Quadracci Powerhouse and Stiemke Studio and A Christmas Carol, as well as playing small principal roles of their own throughout the season. The Rep thanks them for their hard work and diligent dedication.

From the top left: Row 1: Thomas Novak, Jonathan Altman, Lamar Jefferson, Toni Linn Martin, Kaitlin Kitzmiller Row 2: Shannon Meyer, Teddy Spencer, Trequon Tate, Bri Sudia, Lenny BanovezRow 3: Jeremy Dominik, Jess Prichard, Emily Berman, Maggie Ellsworth, Tyrone PhilipsRow 4: Marissa Robinson, Jamie Rezanour, J.R. Yancher, Mercedes WhiteNot pictured: Jessi Noel

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In MemoriamBeloved, long-time Milwaukee Rep staff member Rey Dobeck died unexpectedly this July at his home in Shorewood. Rey was a First Hand in The Rep’s Costume Shop for over 20 years and was the Rep Company Member of the Year during the 2003/04 Season. His dedication, dry sense of humor and commitment to his craft and to The Rep will be sorely missed.

Rey was especially devoted to nurturing The Rep’s Intern Company – young actors, technicians and directors who come to The Rep to hone their craft and gain important experience working alongside professionals. Rey started a wonderful holiday tradition over ten years ago. Each year during the run of A Christmas Carol, Rey, along with other members of the Costume Shop, would sew stunning hand-made Christmas stockings from leftover pieces of fabric from Rep costumes to give to the interns. The stockings would be stuffed with an assortment of food and other goodies donated by the entire Rep family. Rey knew that these hand-made stockings were a treasured gift for each intern and a wonderful memento of their time at The Rep. He took great delight in distributing the stockings to the interns each year at The Rep’s Tree-Trimming party.

An active volunteer with The Friends of The Rep, Rey won the Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award from the Friends in 2005. Each year he provided the lovely hand-sewn quilts that were part of The Friend’s Annual Raffle. In addition to being a costumer and designer, Rey was a talented jewelry maker as well as a performer who worked locally at Sunset Playhouse and The Fest City Singers.

A beautiful memorial service was held for Rey in July. Friends, family, co-workers and the Milwaukee theater community gathered to share their condolences with his partner, John Luedtke, and Rey’s family. As Rep Company Manager Dawn Ross said about Rey, “He was one of the biggest flirts I knew. Rey told every woman how beautiful she was and made them feel like the prettiest girl in the room!” Everyone who knew Rey, the entire Rep family from Trustees, Donors to Housekeeping and the Cabaret wait staff, will miss his wonderful creative talents, sparkling personality and zest for life.

Rey has been sorely missed this holiday season, but we are happy to report that the intern Christmas stocking tradition will continue in his honor. We miss you, Rey!


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Late Arrivals Out of courtesy to the actors and audience, patrons arriving after the performance has started will be seated at the discretion of House Management.

ParkingMilwaukee Center offers onsite parking with indoor access to The Rep operated by InterPark. Enter from Kilbourn Avenue or Water Street.

Parking PassesYou may purchase parking passes to the Milwaukee Center’s garage for $7.00 in the Quadracci Powerhouse, Stiemke Studio and Stackner Cabaret theater lobbies and The Rep’s Ticket Office during Rep performance times. SAVE TIME AND MONEY!

Policy on Children Children under age five are not admitted in the theater.

Weather Policy The Rep does not cancel or reschedule performances due to inclement weather, nor do we offer refunds.

Recording Equipment and CamerasThe use of recording equipment and cameras in the theater is strictly forbidden.

Speakers’ BureauMembers of The Friends of The Rep are available to speak to your social group or club. Our program can be designed to fit your group’s special interests. Classroom presentations are also available. Call 414-224-1761 for further information.

WheelchairsWheelchair seating is limited. If you need wheelchair access, please contact the Ticket Office at 414-224-9490.

Cellular Phones/Electronic Paging DevicesPlease remember to turn off your cell phones and electronic paging devices. In case of

emergency, these items may be left with the House Manager. Also, as a courtesy to your fellow theatergoers and the actors on the stage, please refrain from text messaging during

the performance. Thank you!

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M I LWAU K E E R E P E R T O R Y T H E AT E R B OA R D O F T RU S T E E S

F R I E N D S O F T H E R E P B OA R D

OFFICERS

PresidentJudy Hansen

Vice President, Audience DevelopmentJohn N. Greene

Vice President, TrusteesSusan Esslinger

Vice President, DevelopmentJames Braza

Vice President, PersonnelDwight L. Morgan

Vice President, Strategic PlanningPete Hotz

SecretaryCatherine Robinson

TreasurerKathleen A. Gray

At LargeWendy Blumenthal

TRUSTEES

Patsy AsterEliza AudleyMatt Bartel

Judy BerdanRandy BryantWarren BulioxJane ChernofMark DilibertiNorman Dyer

Patrick GallagherStephen IsaacsonMichael Jolin, CFA

J. Patrick KeyesKristine Lueders

Robert H. ManegoldMichael McNeely

Abigail NashDr. Mark Niedfeldt

Elizabeth Quadracci HarnedJoseph A. Rock

Micky SadoffTom ScrivnerPatrick Smith

Stephen VanderBloemenTom WardenKarin Werner

Stacy Williams

OFFICERS

PresidentJudy Berdan

Vice President of FundraisingCathy Jakicic

Vice President of External ServicesBrittany Roskom

Vice President of Internal ServicesJim Mergener

Secretary/President-ElectDan Roskom

TreasurerDiane Dalton

Past-PresidentLisa Gehrke

DIRECTORS AT LARGE

Erica BailEunice Beckendorf

Walter DaumlerSusan Esslinger

Jim GehrkeCecilia Gilbert

Connie KordsmeierSue McComb

JJ SellandAileen Smith


Milwaukee Repertory Theater is supported in part by:

The Rep would like to thank all of the organizations and individuals listed below who generously contributed to The Rep. This list reflects gifts received from July 1, 2011 to November 7, 2012.

D O N O R S

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCY DONORS$50,000+The Lynde and Harry

Bradley Foundation Greater Milwaukee

FoundationThe Richard and Ethel

Herzfeld FoundationMillerCoorsThe Shubert FoundationDavid and Julia Uihlein

Charitable FoundationUnited Performing Arts

Fund (UPAF)

$25,000 – $49,999CAMPACElizabeth Elser Doolittle

Charitable TrustsThe Friends of The RepHarley-Davidson

FoundationThe Faye McBeath

FoundationNational Endowment for

the ArtsNorthwestern Mutual

Foundation

$10,000 – $24,999Helen Bader Foundation,

Inc.Robert W. Baird & Co. Jay and Patricia Baker

Foundation

Briggs & Stratton Corporation Foundation

Mae E. Demmer Charitable Trust

Einhorn Family FoundationThe Charles E. Kubly

FoundationMPS FoundationRockwell AutomationRogers Memorial HospitalWisconsin Arts Board

$1,000 – $9,999Badger MeterBell AmbulanceFiduciary Management, Inc.Foley & Lardner LLPHigh Point Fund: Supporting

African American Performing Arts

Halloin and Murdock S.C.Frieda & William Hunt

Memorial TrustJohnson Controls

FoundationThe Sheldon and Marianne

Lubar Fund of the Lubar

Family FoundationM&I Wealth ManagementMilwaukee Arts BoardPark Bank FoundationTargetThe VanderBloemen Group

LLCWe Energies

Under $1,000Alliance Staff, LLCGreater Milwaukee

Association of Realtors Youth Foundation

Quarles & Brady LLP

Participants in the Matching Gift Program

American Transmission Co., LLC

Assurant HealthAurora Health CareBon-Ton Stores FoundationBucyrus Foundation, Inc.ChevronExxon MobilFM GlobalGE FoundationGeneral Electric

FoundationJohnson Controls

FoundationJohnson Controls, Inc.

David and Julia Uihlein Charitable Foundation


D O N O R S

Mead Witter Foundation, Inc.

Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program

Reader’s Digest FoundationRockwell Automation Corp.

Matching Gift ProgramSPX Corporation

FoundationU.S. BankWe EnergiesQuad/Graphics Inc.

INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Executive Producer ($25,000 and up)Patricia LindnerSally S. ManegoldRobert H. and Carol O.

Manegold ¤Kathleen H. Seidel

Associate Producer ($10,000 – $24,999) James and Mary Braza ¤Jim and Pati Ericson ◊George and Audrey GroveJudy Hansen ¤Lloyd and Edith Herrold

Director ($5,000 – $9,999)Julia and Bladen BurnsRuth DeYoung KohlerJacqueline Herd-Barber

and Michael Barber ◊Keyes Family ¤John and Constance

Kordsmeier ◊David and Camille Kundert ◊Betty Quadracci ◊Gordana and Milan RacicCatherine and Buddy

Robinson ¤Teddy and Karin Werner ¤

Assistant Director ($2,500 – $4,999) Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Aster ¤Matthew J. Bartel ¤Kathe and Bill Biersach ¤

Wendy and Warren Blumenthal ¤

Robert and Carolyn Burrell Susan and Gee Esslinger ¤Kirt and Dixie FiegelKathleen Gray and Ronald

R. Hofer ¤Peter and Linda Hotz ¤Henry and Margery

HowardJeffrey and Jacqueline

JahnkeJudy and Gary Jorgensen ◊Judith Keyes Kristine and Wayne

Lueders ¤Paul McElwee and Gayle

Rosemann Geraldine Mesching Anthony and Donna Meyer◊Dwight and Marleen

Morgan ¤Abigail and David Nash ¤Ruth OlsenAnthony Petullo◊Micky and Ron Sadoff ¤Jay and Anne SchambergJune SchloerbThomas and Meredith

Scrivner ¤Michael F. Smith ¤Robert and Malissa WelkeStacy and Blair Williams ¤Kristine and David Zahn

Playwright ($1,500 – $2,499)Mark and Gerry Biehl ◊Cheryl and Mark BrickmanRandy Bryant and

Cecilia Gore ¤Elaine Burke Jane and Stephen Chernof ¤Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dyer ¤Aly El-Ghatit Patrick and Molly

Gallagher ¤Connie Gavin and Bob

Rothacker ¤Franklyn and M. Anne

Gimbel ◊

Greater Milwaukee Foundation: Margaret Heminway Wells Fund

John and Tameica Greene ¤Susan and John Harrits Carla and Robert HayDawn Helsing Wolters and

Tony WoltersDr. and Mrs. Burt HoffmanStephen and Roberta

Isaacson ¤Maja Jurisic and Don

Fraker Charles and Mary Kamps Otho Kile Jr. Charitable

Trust Robert and Gail KorbArthur and Nancy Laskin ◊Phoebe R. and John D.

Lewis Foundation ◊Dr. Paul W. Loewenstein

and Ms. Jody Kaufman Loewenstein

Michael and Sandra McNeely ¤

Vivian Moller Robert and Dianne MorrisGeorge and Julie Mosher Dr. David Paris Paul and Lynn RixJoseph A. and Sarah Rock ¤Joe and Katy SchlidtPatrick Smith ¤Nita SorefJudy Van TillThomas Warden ¤Wilfred WollnerClare and Judy Zempel

Stage Manager ($1,000 – $1,499) Fran and Lowell AdamsMatteo Alioto Helen and Bruce AmbuelDaniel and Amy ArgallIsabel L. BaderJanet Balding John and Carol BannenDr. and Mrs. R.P. BarthelRandal and Mary Lynn

Brotherhood


D O N O R S

Warren Buliox ¤ Dr. and Mrs. Bruce M.

CamittaJim Cauley and Brenda

AndrewsCherchian Family

Foundation Mark ClementsBeverly and Ervin Colton George and Sandra

Dionisopoulos ◊Dwight and Lin Ellis/

Crysdahl Foundation Suzy Ettinger Byron and Suzanne Foster ◊Karen and Gardner

Friedlander Richard S. and Ann L.

Gallagher ◊Lloyd and Mary Ann

Gerlach ◊Stephen and Bernadine

GraffGreater Milwaukee

FoundationDonald and Barbara Abert

Fund (JM)

Anthony and Andrea Bryant Family Fund

Leland Hansen Edward Hashek and John

Jors ◊Mary HoerigDr. Lawrence and Joyzele

HowardsKenton and Janet

Howenstine Janet and Graham Hume ◊Aaron and Christy JagdfeldPam Kriger Vince and Jan Martin ◊Mary E. McAndrewsDaniel and Constance

McCarty Hazelyn McComas ◊Jim and Sally MergenerCathy and Wally Morics ◊Justin and Susanna

MortaraKaren Plunkett and

Thomas Muenster Drs. Mark and Jennifer

Niedfeldt ¤Greg and Rhonda Oberland

David Olson and Claire Fritsche

Bruce and Peppy O›NeillBob and Mary Lou Parrish Elaine N. Peterson ◊Jim and Gwen Plunkett ◊James and Lys ReiskytlSusan RiedelCornelia RiedlPatrick Schmidt and

Dewey CatonThomas and Lori Schuster John Shannon and Jan Serr Bonnie and Bill Stafford Frank and Elsa SternerAnne and Fred Stratton ◊James and Elaine Sweet Maureen Swokowski and

Hillerian HessSean and Cathie Torinus ◊Chandra S. UnniThomas Warden¤Sargit WarrinerDr. and Mrs. Paul WeismanBettie Zillman

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(414) 224-9800

The Wisconsin Complex with the following offices to serve you:

Merrill Lynch is proud to salute the

Milwaukee Repertory Theater and its production of

“A Christmas Carol”

• Milwaukee - Downtown • Mequon • Pewaukee


ARTISTIC DIRECTORMark Clements

ARTISTICAssociate Artistic Director ......................Sandy Ernst Associate Artistic Director ................Brent Hazelton Artistic Associate ..........................Michael M. Kroeker

EDUCATIONEducation Director .............................. Jenny KostrevaEducation Coordinator.......................Leda HoffmannEducation Associate ............................Neal EasterlingTeaching Artists .....Marcy Kearns, Cheryl Ann LisowskiFull-time Education Intern ....... Lindsey SchmeltzerPart-Time Education Intern ............ Radhika Sharma

ASSOCIATE ARTISTSMay Adrales, Jonathan Gillard Daly, Timothy

Douglas, Lee E. Ernst, Laura Gordon, Angela Iannone, Todd Edward Ivins, Dan Kazemi,

Marc Kudisch, Reese Madigan, Jeff Nellis, Gerard Neugent, James Pickering, Aaron Posner,Todd Rosenthal, Eric Simonson, Lindsay Smiling,

Deborah Staples, John Tanner

ASSISTANTS/APPRENTICES/INTERNSLiterary Assistant ...................................... JC ClementzDirecting Apprentice .......................... Lenny BanovezDirecting Intern .................................. Maggie Ellsworth Acting Interns .................................... Jonathan Altman,

Emily Berman, Lamar Jefferson, Toni Linn Martin, Jessi Noel, Tyrone Phillips, Jess Prichard,

Jamie Rezanour, Teddy Spencer, Bri Sudia, Trequon Tate, Mercedes White, J.R. Yancher

PRODUCTIONProduction Manager ........... Melissa Nyari Vartanian Assistant Production Manager .....Christine Ann CooksyProduction Purchaser ..............................Peter Koenig

CostumesCostume Director ........................................ Holly PayneCostume Shop Assistant ............................ Amy HorstSenior Draper.........................................Alex B. TecomaDraper .........................................................April McKinnisFirst Hand ....................................................... Jef OuwensFirst Hand ..................................................Jessica JaegerJunior First Hand ......................................Leslie Vaglica Stitchers ......... Colleen Geddes, Caitlin Lux, Carol Ross,

Mickey Simmons, Andrea WilliamsWig Assistant ........................................Jaime SchnittkePart-time Stitcher/Rental ................... Jade JablonskiStylist ...........................................................Kevin McElroyCrafts Artist/Milliner ........................ Kate McLaughlinShow Assistant/Shopper .................. Jennifer Vinent Wig Master.........................................Lara Leigh DalbeyACC Wardrobe Supervisor ...............Dana RochesterACC Wardrobe .................. Paul Helm, Hayley Jaeger,

Caitlin Lux, Tommy NovakWardrobe ....................... Cassie Head, Carissa Sexton

Lighting & SoundLighting & Sound Director ............. Craig GottschalkAssistant Sound Supervisor ........................Erin PaigeAssistant Lighting Design Intern........................................ Jeremy DominikElectrics Interns ......................................... Kayla Howell,

Nicholas Osenberg

Props Properties Director ..................................... James GuyAssistant Props Director/ Props Craft Artisan .................................. Anna WarrenProps Crafts Artisan ..............................Sarah KirkhamSoft Props Artisan......................Margaret Hasek-GuyProps Carpenter/Artisan....................... Erik LindquistProp Painter/Graphic Artist/Props Coordinator .................................Jill Lynn LyonsProps Intern ................................................... Lisa Griebel

ScenicTechnical Director ........................................ Tyler SmithAssistant Technical Director ....................Natalie BellCharge Scenic Artist ..................................Jim MedvedLead Scenic Artist ................................. Shannon MannScenic Artist .................................................Kira NehmerPaint Intern .............................................Shannon Meyer

Stage ManagementProduction Stage Manager .............. Briana J. FaheyStage Managers .................Richelle Harrington Calin,

Sarah Deming-Henes, Sarah Hoffmann, Rebecca Lindsey, Kimberly McCann,

Laura F. Wendt, Amanda WeenerStage Management Apprentice ......Jason SimpsonStage Management Interns .............Kaitlin Kitzmiller,

Marissa Robinson

Resident Stagehands & CarpentersBill Burgardt, Sam Garst, Rick Grilli,

Dave Hicks, John Nusslock, Jason Pruzin, Robert Schultz, Jim Zinky

MANAGING DIRECTORDawn Helsing Wolters

ADMINISTRATIONGeneral Manager .................................... Claude BinderCompany Manager .......................... Dawn Marie RossAdministrative Assistant........Erin Burgess-Ellingen Receptionists ............................ Andrea Roades-Bruss,

Michael Evans, Grace Hern, Katherine Ketter, Maria Roades

Intern .....................................................................Lisa Rowe

DEVELOPMENTDirector of Development ................... Danelle O’NeillInstitutional Giving Manager ...............Nina M. JonesIndividual Giving Manager ..................... Anne CauleyDevelopment Assistant ........................Casey HardingGala Consultant ................................ Lydia MladenovicDevelopment Intern .........................David GasperettiEvents Intern ..........................................Edward Lupella

T H E S TA F F


FINANCEFinance Director ................................ Leslie FillinghamPayroll/Benefits Specialist .....................Judi SchauerFinance and Production Accountant ....Lisa KrakauAccounting Assistant ............................... Marie Holtyn

HOUSEKEEPINGHousekeeping Supervisor ...................... Bruce MelickHousekeeping Staff ...................................Regail Blade,

Kaye Johnyakin, Dennis Reed, Rosie L. Williams

MAINTENANCEChief Building Engineer ................... Mark A. UhrmanLead Engineer .............................................. James RossEngineers .............................. Todd Ross, Riley Pardon

MARKETINGDirector of Marketing & Communications............................................Lisa FultonPatron Relations Manager............ Christine YündemMarketing Coordinator ..........................Kaitlin SchlickGraphic Design Intern....Marquayla Shanice EllisonMarketing Intern ..................................... Jenny LoefflerPhotographer......................................Michael BrosilowVideographer ..................................The Stage Channel

Public RelationsPublic Relations Director ....................Cindy E. MoranPR Interns ..............................Cassandra Lynn Nierode,

Fly Steffens, Michelle Vinson

House OperationsHouse Operations Manager .............Jared HollowayHouse Assistants ..............................David Gasperetti, John Mussatti, Lindsey Schmeltzer, Casey SchroeterConcierge .....................Seth Bobrow, LaToya Dupree,

Stephanie Schultz, Demetrius TrussGift Shop .......... Brianna Boyden, Stephanie Schultz

T H E S TA F F (c o nt .)

Teleservices Manager ......................................................... Joyce HaninSales Representatives .....................................Joe Della,

Mark Geisheker, Charles Grant, Melissa Neuman, Alyssa Ray-Alden,

Caryl Robers, Stacy Vittal

Ticket OfficeTicket Operations Manager ......... Michelle J. UsadelAssistant Ticket Office Manager................................. James ThibodeauSenior Ticket Representative ................... Jaime LacyTicket Representatives .....................Natalie Christian,

David Dziatkiewicz, Quiana Ellis, Janice Geis, Jessica Jante,

Harry Loeffler-Bell, Johnell Major-Wesley,Tamsyn Reed, Lindsey St. Arnold, Jake Seamens,

Kat Sterner, Rachel Tebow, Theodore Woo

STACKNER CABARETManager ..............................................Matthew FlanneryChef ..................................................................Clifford Hull

Cabaret StaffMichael Andersen, Kathleen Borchardt,

Robert Brooks, Terese Dick, Darian Emerson, Tim Gould, Caitlin Hagness, Tanya Haynes,

Alex Herrmann, Matt Herrmann, Mariel Hildenbrand, Leda Hoffmann, Caitlin Lux,

Jeff Marquardt, Anna Marie Meganck, Epiphany Outlaw, James Passow, Mike Passow,

Jon Peters, Amber Peters, Andrew Post, Claire Rydzik, Kari Schlottke, Jaime Schnittke,

Micheal Shorty, Frenisha Smith, Rachel Stenman, Charles Wallace

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