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Playwright Kenneth Lin exposes back-room machinations in his Warrior Class.

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Meet Ken Lin.

Ken’s one of those crazy-smart young things who could work in absolutely any medium, but — lucky for us — decided he wanted to say what he had to say in the world of theatre. We first met Ken when his political

thriller “…said, Said” won our National Graduate Playwriting Competition’s second season. It was a work of astonishing ambition and intersecting stories of family, history and politics. We loved producing the play, and had the very strong feeling that here was a writer that would be making a mark on the American Theatre.

I love it when we’re right.

If you flip a few pages into your program, you’ll come across Ken’s biography. You’ll wonder how many decades he’s been in the field to have those kinds of credits. And then you’ll do the math on what a short period of time he’s actually been doing this, and you’ll be gobsmacked. But even better than the reading and the math I just suggested you do, how about this? How about you lean into a play called Warrior Class — a play The New York Times called “an incisive work of crackling authenticity” — and welcome its author back to Atlanta?

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In ‘Warrior Class,’ playwright Kenneth Lin exposes those back-room machinations

By Kathy JanichIn 2007, The Dramatist magazine named playwright Kenneth Lin one of “50 to Watch.” So far, he hasn’t disappointed.

The New York-based Lin, now in his mid- 30s, married and the father of a toddler son, is one of the most widely produced Asian-American playwrights in the country. At the moment, he has four plays in some stage of development, is creating a new limited series “American Way” for USA Networks and is a staff writer on Netflix’s “House of Cards,” starring Kevin Spacey.

His ”…said, Said,” you might recall, received its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in 2006, as winner of the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition. With Warrior Class, he returns to celebrate the 10th anniversary of that groundbreaking program, which helps graduate school playwrights move from academia into the real world.

“Ken is not only a great storyteller,” says Mark Bly, Lin’s mentor and

one-time instructor at the Yale School of Drama. “He tackles subjects that challenge us as artists and audience members. He creates rigorous stories for the stage that raise questions about our responsibilities as human beings to our fellow human beings.”

Warrior Class, which follows the surging political career of a young Chinese-American lawmaker with Obama-like magnetism, debuted in July 2012 at off-Broadway’s Second Stage Theatre. Critics called it “taut” and “provocative,” “smart, tight and topical.” Even The New York Times liked it. A lot.

Lin himself says, “I’m interested in politics in terms of how an ethical society is engineered.” By email, he shared a few other insights:

Question: Where did the idea for this play come from?

Answer: I began writing Warrior Class when I noticed an interesting phenomenon within myself. Whenever

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I heard a news report about a gunman that went on a mass rampage, a little part of myself worried that the shooter would be a young man of Asian descent. This scared the hell out of me, and I promised myself to always tell stories about what terrifies me to the core.

Q: Why this story? Why now?

A: America is changing, demographically, at a lightning pace. There are more languages spoken here than have ever been spoken before. Crowds looks different. Media looks different. We are stretching and growing as a nation. Length comes with pain. Let’s talk about it.

Q: How did your interest in politics start?

A: I am interested in people. There’s people micro, and people macro. Politics is people macro. Power, lust, seduction is people micro. Fold it together and good things happen onstage that talk about who we are individually, and who we are as a people.

Q: What common thread, or idea, that runs through your plays?

A: In looking at my body of work, I find

myself talking a lot about confinement or ensnarement. ”…said, Said,” is partially set in a prison; Po Boy Tango is about a man who can only bear to see his mother through a television screen; Intelligence-Slave is set in a prison; Fallow traces a journey on the way to see someone in a prison; Warrior Class is about the complicated philosophical, intellectual and personal ensnarements that are involved in a political career.

Q: What does Ken Lin bring to a play that another playwright might not?

A: I am a child of immigrants who ferociously trekked throughout the world, surviving political strife to come to America. I like a good fight, and I especially like them when there are serious stakes involved. I’m from a restaurant family, so I have a pathological need to feed you. Hopefully, it doesn’t taste like anything you’re accustomed to being served.

For more insight into Kenneth Lin’s work, read a longer version of this story on the Encore Atlanta website at www.encoreatlanta.com.

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castTHIS PLAY IS PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION.

SETTINGPresent day.

Baltimore, MD and Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, NY

CAST* Clayton Landey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan Berkshire* Moses Villarama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julius Weishan Lee Carrie Walrond Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Lillian Eames

UNDERSTUDIESTimothy Harland — Julian Weishan Lee

Matthew Lewis — Nathan BerkshireMorgan Pelligrino — Holly Lillian Eames

PRODUCTION AND DESIGN ASSISTANTS Ryan Oliveti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Directing Assistant Tia Herrod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Stage Manager Assistant

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CLAYTON LANDEY

MATTHEW LEWIS

MOSES VILLARAMA

MORGAN PELLIGRINO

CARRIE WALROND

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profilesCLAYTON LANDEY (Nathan Berkshire) is overjoyed to be back at the Alliance Theatre after a brief absence of 35 years. Last seen locally in Little Foxes at Theater in the Square. After 40 plays, 40 films, 150 TV episodes and 85 commercials, Clayton stopped counting. Drama-Logue Award, LA Weekly Award, Maddy, Garland Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nomination: Luther Adler World/LA premiere of Names. Drama-Logue for producing Andrea’s Got 2 Boyfriends. Norma Rae, Clayton’s first feature film, was named in 2011 to the Library of Congress National Film Registry. Venice (The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Cannes (She’s So Lovely), Sundance (Shadow Hours). Recent: Footloose, Trouble With the Curve. Starred in “1st and Ten”, the first original comedy series for HBO. Recurring roles in eight other TV series including “Drop Dead Diva,” “Necessary Roughness,” three seasons “Knots Landing,” one year “Days of Our Lives.” Board member Atlanta SAG-AFTRA. Chair, Muriel Moore/Danny Nelson SAG-AFTRA Conservatory. I love you my BW.

MOSES VILLARAMA (Julius Weishan Lee) is making his Alliance Theatre debut. His regional credits include King Lear, Amadeus, The Ladies of the Camellias, A Christmas Carol and 1001 at the Denver Center; Fornicated From the Beatles at the A.R.T. Emerging America Festival; and Arabian Nights at Kansas City Rep. Moses lives in New York, where he has appeared in Prison Dancer (NYMF Outstanding Ensemble Award), 167 Tongues, Lifetime Fairytale, Romeo & Juliet and Henry VI, Part 3. He has performed at Signature Theatre, Lark Play Development Center, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and Magic Theatre in San Francisco. He received an M.F.A. in acting from the National Theatre Conservatory. Many thanks to his wife and best friend, Amy, and to his agents, Barry Katz and Dulcina Eisen.

CARRIE WALROND HOOD (Holly Lillian Eames) is excited to be back at the Alliance after understudying two roles in Bike America last season. Past Atlanta stage credits include No Exit (Estelle), Unnecessary Farce (Karen), Fuddy Meers (Claire) and The Underpants (Louise). Carrie has acted in a number of regional and national commercials. Recent TV/film credits include Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva” and “Witches of East End,” as well as the role of Principal Walters in Tyler Perry’s soon-to-be-released film, Single Mom’s Club. Carrie is a producer and director of video content for The reThink Group. Lots of love to her two favorite guys ... her husband, Ryan, and their 2-year old son, Porter.

TIMOTHY HARLAND (US Julius Weishan Lee) is a recent graduate of Emory’s Theater Studies program and excited to make his debut at the Alliance Theatre. Atlanta: Hidden Away (The Lucky Penny), Waiting for Godot (Independent), Mistero Buffo (Theater Emory), Lieutenant of Inishmore (Theater Emory), You Can’t Take It With You (Theater Emory), Hominid (Theater Emory/Out of Hand).

MATTHEW LEWIS (US Nathan Berkshire) is pleased to be working with the Alliance for the first time. Off-Broadway: Hell: Paradise Found (59E59). Regional: The Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale, Camelot (Texas Shakespeare Festival). Atlanta: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story, Great Expectations (Georgia Ensemble); Urinetown, Assassins (Fabrefaction); Cannibal! The Musical (Dad’s Garage). Matt received his M.F.A. in acting from the University of Alabama and a B.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies from Kennesaw State University. www.mattlewisactor.com



MORGAN PELLIGRINO (US Holly Lillian Eames) was last seen playing Nora in Pinch ‘N’ Ouch Theatre’s comedy Assistance. Other credits include Cécile Volanges/Dangerous Liaisons, Hero/Much Ado About Nothing, Perfect Love/The Arabian Nights. She has co-starred in an episode of “The Vampire Diaries.” You can also catch her performing improv at various venues around town with her group The Janiteers. Morgan graduated from the University of Georgia with degrees in theatre and mass media arts. She is currently beginning her own handmade craft and jewelry business called Moon Penny. Morgan would like to thank the Alliance for bringing her on board for this production.

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KENNETH LIN (Playwright) Mr. Lin’s plays Warrior Class (TCG Edgerton New Play Prize), Fallow (Barrymore nomination: Outstanding New Play, Brown Martin Philadelphia Award), Intelligence-Slave, Po Boy Tango, (TCG Edgerton New Play Prize), said Saïd (Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition winner, L. Arnold Weissberger Award, Princess Grace Award), Life on Paper, Agency* and Genius in Love have been performed at theatres throughout the world, at the Alliance, Second Stage Theatre Company, BBC Radio 4, Northlight Theatre Company, Alley, People’s Light and Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, South Coast Rep, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Marin Theater Company and East West Players, and other venues. He is a writer on the Emmy-nominated Netflix series “House of Cards.” Education: Cornell University, Fulbright, Yale School of Drama.

ERIC TING (Director) Alliance Theatre debut. Recent credits: Jackie Sibblies Drury’s We Are Proud to Present … (Soho Rep), for which he received a 2013 Obie Award for Direction; Clybourne Park (Long Wharf); Nora Chipaumire’s Miriam (BAM Next Wave). As associate artistic director at Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven, Conn.), Ting has directed multiple world premieres, adaptations and revivals, including Agnes Under the Big Top by Aditi Brennan Kapil and Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man & the Sea. Other Long Wharf credits: The Bluest Eye (with Hartford Stage); Underneath the Lintel (Conn. Critics Circle awards for best play and best direction); and his Vietnam War-era adaptation of Macbeth. Upcoming: Rising Son (Singapore Rep), Kristoffer Diaz’s The Upstairs Concierge (Goodman), 4000 Miles (Long Wharf). Ting is a founding member of the artists’ collective INTELLIGENT BEASTS and a recipient of a 2012 MAP Fund Award for the development of motherland/foreign relations by Meiyin Wang.

MIMI LIEN (Set Designer) is a designer of sets and environments for theater, dance and opera. Having arrived at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/environment and object/performer. She is an artistic associate with Pig Iron Theatre Company and The Civilians. Previously at the Alliance: In the Red and Brown Water. Recent work includes Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812, The Dance and the

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profilesRailroad (Signature), Luck of the Irish (Lincoln Center), Zero Cost House (Pig Iron). Regionally, her work has been presented at Berkeley Rep, A.R.T., Wilma Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Portland Center Stage and Playmakers Rep, among others. She has been a MacDowell Colony fellow and a recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program, a Barrymore Award, four Barrymore nominations, a Hewes Design Award nomination, Bay Area Critics Circle nomination and an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.

SYDNEY ROBERTS (Costume Designer) Alliance Theatre: Next to Normal, I Just Stopped By to See the Man, Spoon Lake Blues and 13 years of designing Theatre for Youth and Families (TYF) productions with Rosemary Newcott. Atlanta: Georgia Shakespeare (associate artist), True Colors Theatre Company, Theatre Emory, Actor’s Express, Theatrical Outfit, Horizon Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre. Regional: Geva Theatre (N.Y.), Red Mountain Theatre (Ala.), Portland Center Stage (Ore.), Swallowtale Dance (Tenn.). Sydney held a position at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for 32 years but is very happy to be retired and working full time out of Atlanta! She is a member of USA-829. www.sydneyrobertscostumedesign.com

MATTHEW RICHARDS (Lighting Designer) Alliance Theatre: Bike America. Broadway: Ann. Off-Broadway: Atlantic Theater Company; Brooklyn Academy of Music; EST; Lincoln Center; The Play Company; Playwrights Horizons; Primary Stages; MCC; Rattlestick; Second Stage; Theatreworks USA. Regional: the Alley; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Arena Stage; Baltimore’s Center Stage; Bay Street; Cincinnati Playhouse; Cleveland Playhouse; Dallas Theater Center; Ford’s Theatre; the Goodman; Hartford Stage; the Huntington; the Old Globe; Shakespeare Theatre; Westport Playhouse; Williamstown Theatre Festival; Yale Repertory Theatre. Education: University of Massachusetts, and the Yale School of Drama. matthewrichardsdesign.com.

KENDALL SIMPSON (Sound Designer) has designed and composed original scores for Atlanta theatres including Georgia Shakespeare, Alliance Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit and Theater Emory. Working in film, Simpson scored The Promotion (2011). Other independent films include The Etiquette Man, which received top honors at several film festivals. Television credits include scores for “Sesame Street” and Elmo DVDs. Simpson’s most recent work for dance is the video Transit, which premiered at the 2012 American Dance Festival. Other works include Papillon, premiered by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Lee Harper and Dancers. Simpson is honored to have won three Suzi Bass awards. He serves as music director of the Emory Dance program.

CELISE KALKE (Director of New Projects) is honored to work as dramaturg on a play by Ken Lin, and thrilled to have Warrior Class be part of the 10th Anniversary Alliance/Kendeda Competition season. Competition world premieres at the Alliance include these critically acclaimed and exciting productions: Bike America, Fairy Tale Lives of Russian Girls, Carapace, Tennis in Nablus, Smart Cookie, In the Red and Brown Water and False Creeds. Both Bike America and Fairy Tale Lives of Russian Girls are receiving important 2nd and 3rd productions this season. Before moving to the Alliance, Kalke was the Director of the Literary Department at the Public Theater in New York, and serving as the production

dramaturg for the Shakespeare in Central Park productions. At the Public she worked with many well known actors including Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def, Ben Stiller, Jimmy Smits, Peter Dinklage and Rosie Perez. She was an Artistic Associate at Next Theatre and the Resident Dramaturg for Court Theatre in Chicago.

JON GOLDSTEIN (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled and grateful to be working on his second Alliance Theatre production, recently being introduced/ initiated as a stagehand for Choir Boy. An Atlanta native, Jon has been a longtime fan of the Alliance having been involved in the Atlanta theatre community for more than 30 years. An Equity member since 1993, he has stage managed more than 150 productions with various Atlanta theatres including serving as resident stage manager and administrator for Theatrical Outfit (seven years) and ART Station (20 years). Jon thanks his family, Eric and the boys for their love and support. Thank you for supporting live theatre and all of the arts.

JODY FELDMAN (Associate Producer) began her theatre career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the assistant general manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Jody is the associate producer at the Alliance Theatre, where she started in 1991 as casting director. While at the Alliance, Jody has cast and produced more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions including a wide range of world premieres including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, What I Learned in Paris by Pearl Cleage, Broke by Janece Shafer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney, and 10 years of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition winning plays, as well as world and regional premiere musicals such as Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical, Bring It On: The Musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and, most recently, Zorro. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance engagement activities and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for community conversation and connection.

SUSAN V. BOOTH (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, created local producing partnerships and has overseen regional collaborative productions as well as commercial partnerships on projects including Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. As a director, she has worked at theatres including the Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and

Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation. She has held teaching positions at Northwestern and DePaul universities, and serves as adjunct faculty with Emory University. She is the past president of the board of directors for Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization for the field), is on the artistic board of the Steinberg Charitable Trust in New York and is a trustee of Denison University. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal. [email protected]

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The Hertz Stage this season is home to an epic conflagration of imagination, talent and original voices. The four-show lineup introduces Atlanta audiences to new work by some of America’s brightest young playwrights — three old friends and one new one.

Together we’re celebrating a milestone for the Alliance/Kendeda National Playwriting Competition, an idea that took root 10 years ago and has grown stronger and more vibrant than we could ever have imagined. This one-of-a-kind national competition helps student playwrights in the country’s leading graduate programs make the transition to professional theatre.

We happily introduce you to 2014 winner Madhuri Shekar, from the University of Southern California, and welcome back Tarell Alvin McCraney (In the Red and Brown Water, 2008), Kenneth Lin (…,” said Said, 2006) and Meg Miroshnik (The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, 2012).

Each is sharing a new piece with us. Alliance audiences have already seen McCraney’s Choir Boy, a coming-of-age story about a charismatic boy at an all-boys private prep school for African-Americans. McCraney’s work has been across the country and in London and, in September, he was awarded a prestigious MacArthur “genius” grant. The rest of the lineup:

Warrior Class. Through Nov. 17. Lin’s critically acclaimed political thriller features an Asian-American candidate who’s being groomed for a big Republican race — unless an ex-girlfriend gets in his way. Lin have become one of the most widely commissioned and produced Asian-American writers in the country.

In Love and Warcraft. Jan. 31-Feb. 23, 2014. Evie, a master of relationships, is the focal point in Shekar’s world premiere. She

has a waiting list of classmates willing to pay her top dollar to fix their relationships. How does she do it? By using the skills and tactics she learned playing World of Warcraft.

The Tall Girls. March 7-30, 2014. Sometimes basketball is the only way out. Even for a girl. Even in the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. When a mysterious man gets off the train in Poor Prairie, a few things are clear. He’s teaching at the high school, he knows the game and he has the only inflated basketball in town. Another world premiere from Miroshnik.

These writers are among 50 extraordinary artists to have come through the Kendeda program, which, this season includes 12 readings/workshops by other alumni. Experiences have already included an exciting portrait of a drag family hosted by the Jungle and a reading of a play about dementia that brought together Atlanta’s caregiving community. Please email [email protected] or check alliancetheatre.org for details.


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about the alliance theatreFounded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre has become the leading theatre of the Southeast, creating the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse audiences. The Alliance values excellence, pursued with integrity and creativity, and achieved through collaboration. Reaching more than 200,000 patrons annually, the Alliance delivers programming that challenges adult and youth audiences to think critically and care deeply. Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, the Alliance received the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award in recognition of excellence.

The Alliance, known for its artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, has premiered more than 70 original productions including Tony winners The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo. It has a reputation for developing important American musicals with a track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent productions, including the world premieres of Sister Act, Come Fly Away, Bring It On and the U.S. premiere of Zorro, with music by the Gipsy Kings. The Alliance nurtures the careers of playwrights through its Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, producing a premiere for the winner and national networking opportunities for four finalists.

The Acting Program and Education Department reaches nearly 50,000 students annually through performances, classes, drama camps and in-school initiatives. The Alliance creates and produces plays for young audiences at every age level: from the Collision Project, where high school artists create and perform new work based on a classic text, to Theatre for the Very Young, creating interactive shows for infants and toddlers. The Alliance offers community education classes for all ages and levels of theatre interest, and adult student productions of unproduced plays in development.

Active in Georgia classrooms, the Alliance has developed programs using theatre techniques to help students learn through storytelling and problem-solving. The Alliance’s Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists equips teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum, align with the Georgia Performance Standards and increase student learning. These programs include GA Wolf Trap, which focuses on literacy skills for children in Pre-K – 2nd grade, and Dramaturgy K-12, in which students create research material that informs Alliance productions and prepares peer audiences. Twice recognized by the U.S. Education Department as leaders in arts education, these programs reflect the Alliance’s commitment to citywide arts access.

The Alliance delivers the finest talent, art and educational opportunities for Atlanta audiences — proving once again that this is where great theatre lives.

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discover us. discover you.Chicago newspaperman and humorist Peter Finley Dunne graduated last in his high school class, but that didn’t stop him from coining one of the best-known phrases about American politics:

“Politics ain’t bean bag,” Dunne wrote sometime in the 1890s.

Now in 2013 we have Warrior Class, Kenneth Lin’s modern-day political cautionary tale to confirm Dunne’s observation. Lin has created a scenario where nothing is as it seems, no motives are pure, and there are no good guys for whom to cheer. It’s a world of sharp elbows and back-room maneuvering. And to a guy who covered American politics for more than

20 years, it feels pretty damned real. Politics indeed ain’t bean bag ... and the characters in Warrior Class are pitching hardballs high and inside.

Bill Nigut, 30-year Alliance Theatre patron

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Do you appreciate live theatre, enjoy meeting new people and trying new things? If so, then get involved with one of the largest volunteer forces in the arts. The Alliance Theatre volunteer STARS program offers a wide range of opportunities, which includes advocating for live theatre, ushering for Alliance productions, participating in and staffing fundraising & hospitality events, and assisting Alliance staff members with daily office tasks. STARS is composed of four separate organizations working together on fund-saving and fund-raising projects to benefit

the theatre. The four volunteer groups are the Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild, Alliance Theatre Guild, the Direct Volunteers and the Usher Corps.

For more information on becoming a volunteer, please contact Shana Orr at [email protected] or call 404.733.4761.


SYNOPSISWarrior Class centers on Julius Weishan Lee, a New York assemblyman who’s been dubbed “The Republican Obama.” Lee, the son of Chinese immigrants and a decorated war veteran, seems to have a limitless political career ahead of him. But when someone from his past threatens to reveal a college transgression, he must decide how far he’ll go to keep the incident out of the public eye. Whatever his decision, the consequences may be costly.


board of directors Chair: Victoria Palefsky Vice Chair: Reade Fahs Immediate Past Chair: Dan Reardon Treasurer: Steve Chaddick

Kristin R. AdamsJames AndersonLynn AyersKenny BlankPhilippa EllisDaryl EvansJoseph W. EvansHoward FeinsandMolly FullerRichard GoerssAndrew Golde, M.D.Pat GunningVirginia A. HepnerLila HertzJocelyn HunterRosthema Kastin

John KellerLauren KieferJames KilbergWilliam F. KimbleJeff LevyCynthia MaloyAlan McKeonCarol MeadowsHala ModdelmogPhil MoiseMaureen MorrisonScarlet Pressley-BrownHelen Smith PricePatty ReidMaurice RosenbaumBill Rowland

Steve SeligPam SessionsFrank SkiBill SleeperBronson SmithKaren SpiegelJohn StromChuck TaylorRosemarie ThurstonRebekah WassermanCynthia Widner WallPeter WeitznerJill WilsonP.J. Younglove HoveyTodd Zeldin

Rita AndersonKen BernhardtFrank ChewAnn CramerLinda Davidson

George GoodwinLaura HardmanHays MershonRichard S. MyrickHelen Regenstein

Bob ReiserDebbie SheltonJane ShiversSally G. TomlinsonBen White

Madelyn AdamsTracie ArnoldConnie AustinTerri BagenMichael BarrettCandace BellMark BellVeronica BigginsMelanie BoltaxErin BrownStephen BrownDonna BurchfieldCatharine BurkettSusan CallawayImara CanadySona ChambersTony ConwayJackie CushmanSallie DanielDebbie Dermer

John DeushaneSally DorseyEnid DraluckCydnee DubrofDiane DurginRobert EckardtKathryn Farley, Ph.D.Donna FitzmauriceCindy FowlerKevin GlassPatrice GreerMichael HarperHeather Vincent HolleyRita IzaguirreStacii Jae JohnsonAndrea JonesDavid KunianskyConstance LewisKristie MadaraRosemary Magee

Juanita MarkwalterPhilip McAdooReese McCranieAlan McKnight, Jr.Penelope McPheeDori MillerMary MooreStarr MooreCynthia M. MorelandBill NigutKathryn RichardGeorgia Schley RitchieCandace RodriguezBobby RosenbloumJack SawyerChris SchneiderAlan SchreihoferSonny SealsThe Honorable Leah

Ward Sears

Linda SeligJanece ShafferJonathan ShaperoLinda SilbermanE. Kendrick SmithLynda SmithChandra Stephens-

AlbrightCharlita Stephens-

WalkerSteven J. SteindelTodd A. TautfestWayne R. VasonLynda WalkerBob WalkerAaron WatsonMary WilliamsSuzanne B. WilnerJoni WinstonPaul Root Wolpe

President, STARS:President, Alliance Theatre Guild:

President, Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild:

Lynn AyersSarah LarsonJane Morgan

Volunteer Leadership

Officers

Directors

Life Directors

Advisory BoardAdvisory Board Chair: Ann W. Cramer

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sponsorsAlliance Sponsors are businesses, corporations and institutions that have supported the work of the Alliance Theatre. We thank them for their generosity and support.

★★★★★★★ $250,000+The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Goizueta Foundation

The Kendeda FundThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Wells Fargo Foundation

★★★★★★ $100,000+Delta Air Lines, Inc.

PNCThe Shubert Foundation

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

★★★★★ $50,000+The Frances and Beverly DuBose Foundation

Edgerton Foundation New American Plays AwardFulton County Arts & Culture

Hearst Foundations

The Home DepotNorth Highland Company

The Rich Foundation

★★★★ $25,000+AT&T

Atlanta FoundationCarter’s Inc.

City of Atlanta Office of Cultural AffairsNational Endowment for the Arts

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

TargetDavid, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund

Wal-Mart Foundation

★★★ $10,000+Aon

Bryan CaveCartoon Network

Connolly Family FoundationDuke Realty

Georgia Council for the Arts

Georgia-Pacific FoundationGeorgia Power

Charles Loridans FoundationImpact Creativity/NCTF

Jones DayNewell Rubbermaid

State BankSutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP

Mark and Evelyn Trammell FoundationFrances Wood Wilson Foundation

★★ $5,000+Express Oil Change

John and Mary Franklin FoundationGreenberg Traurig, LLP

JP MorganThe Japan Foundation

Plum Creek

★ $2,500+ACG Professionals

DocAutoEquifax

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By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2013-14 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 45. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 45 years

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sponsors

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.This program is supported in

part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. GCA is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation

deserves great art.This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

government

Restaurant Partners

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TURNER VOICES is committed to meaningful corporate citizenship in the communities in which the company operates and its employees work and live. The arts is one focus area of Turner’s local philanthropy, in particular organizations and programs that enhance the quality of life for all residents of its Atlanta hometown.

Official Hotel

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Marketing Partner

Community Foundation


annual fund$50,000+

Victoria & Howard Palefsky

$35,000+

Barbara & Steve ChaddickJames Starr Moore Memorial

FoundationSally G. Tomlinson

$25,000+

Mr. & Mrs. Howard FeinsandDan & Garnet ReardonJoni Winston

$10,000+

The Balloun FamilySusan V. Booth & Max LeventhalAnsley & Mark CallawayAnn & Jeff CramerLinda & Gene DavidsonDiane & Daryl EvansMr. & Mrs. Joseph W. EvansMr. & Mrs. Reade FahsDoris & Matthew GellerDr. & Mrs. Andrew GoldeDavid & Carolyn GouldMr. Patrick J. GunningDoug & Lila HertzJohn & Angie KellerMr. & Mrs. David E. KieferJames & Lori KilbergMrs. J. Hicks LanierJeffrey C. LevyMr. & Mrs. Steven J. ModdelmogPhil & Caroline MoïseMr. & Mrs. Angus MorrisonRichard S. & Winifred B. MyrickStephen & Marjorie OsheroffPatty & Doug ReidBob & Margaret ReiserLinda & Steve SeligMr. & Mrs. H. Bronson SmithJohn & Karen SpiegelLynne & Steve SteindelChandra Stephens-Albright

& Warren AlbrightCharlita Stephens-Walker,

Charles* & Delores StephensChuck & Lisa Cannon-TaylorMr. & Mrs. Ramon ToméRick & Terri WesternRamona & Ben WhiteSuzy WilnerAmy & Todd Zeldin

$7,500 - $9,999

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Marsha & Richard GoerssP.J. Younglove HoveyJocelyn J. HunterAndrea & Boland JonesPaul & Rosthema Kastin

Helen Smith PricePatricia & Maurice RosenbaumRosemarie & David Thurston

$5,000 - $7,499

Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora HarlowMrs. Kristin AdamsJames AndersonMr. & Mrs. Jeff AustinBill & Peg BalzerLisa & Joe BankoffKathy & Ken BernhardtFrank & Mary Anne ChewEzra Cohen Charitable TrustDoug & Donna CurlingMarcia & John DonnellEve & Bob EckardtErin & John HeymanMr. & Mrs. James C. KennedyPhilip I. Kent FoundationDavid L. KunianskyCynthia & Alan MaloyMr. & Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. John Hays MershonDedi & Julian MohrMr. & Mrs. Solon P. PattersonMs. Scarlett Pressley-Brown

& Mr. Wendell BrownHugh & Susanne RippsBill & Rhonda RowlandDr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee SpanglerMr. & Mrs. John R. StromBruce Westbrook

$2,500 - $4,999

Dr. & Mrs. Raymond AllenIn honor of the Alliance Theatre

Education DepartmentJudy M. AndersonEllen ArnovitzBalfour Beatty ConstructionLeslie Bassett & FamilyMs. Susan Beallor-Snyder

& Mr. Stuart SnyderKaren Beardslee & Susie McGinnisMs. Beryl BergquistRon & Lisa Brill Charitable TrustMr. & Mrs. W. Kent CanipeMr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft IIIRussell & Sandra DawsonDouglas & Camille DuerrDiane DurginEierman FoundationPhilippa & Burrell EllisThe Elster FoundationJohn & Cindy EthridgeKathryn T. Farley, PhDDr. Cynthia J. Fordyce

& Sharon HuletteMr. & Mrs. Adam FullerMr. & Mrs. John D. FullerMr. & Mrs. Barry GoheenMrs. Carrie G. HallJohn & Simone Hanson

Dr. & Mrs. John B. HardmanVirginia Hepner & Malcolm BarnesHenry & EttaRae Hirsch FoundationPearlann & Jerry HorowitzDr. & Mrs. John A. JohnsonLeslie Leigh M.D.Dick LyonKristie L. MadaraMr. & Mrs. Paul P. MattinglyMr. Alan B. McKeon

& Ms. Evelyn AshleyMelanie & S. Alan McKnight, Jr.Carol & Dart MeadowsNancy & Mike MillettMr. Walter W. MitchellMorgens West FoundationKathleen Nixon & Gregory BerkeySusan & David PetersonJared RippsDavid & Sharon SchachterAlan & Cyndy SchreihoferSonny & Jeanne SealsCharlotte & Tom ShieldsBrian Shively & Jim JinhongMr. & Mrs. Mark SilbermanWilliam & Margarita SleeperOronda M. SmithSouthern States LLCHenry N. & Margaret P. StaatsTAYLAR DevelopmentKaren & Alex StickneyMaria-Ruth StortsJim & Janie StratigosMr. James ThomasMichael & June TompkinsTull Charitable FoundationKimberly & Kevin WaltherSusan & Tom WardellJanice M. WarnerPenn & Sally WellsJoan N. WhitcombJohn & Kathy Zamer

$1,500 - $2,499

Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams

Diane & Kent AlexanderElaine & Miles AlexanderJeff & Belinda AllenTheodore & Andrea AltholzRita & Ted AndersonMr. & Mrs. William AndradeMary Allen ArnoldJW Ayers Plumbing, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. John Bacheller, Jr.Elizabeth & John BaconJames & Therese BaileyMr. Mrs. Michael BarrettMr. & Mrs. BasarabaCandace & Jeff BellMark & Pam BellMr. & Mrs. Mark BlumenthalGeorge H. BoulineauGinny & Charles Brewer

annual fundAlliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of September 1, 2013.

Sara & Alex BrownStephen BrownSusan & Tom CallawayMark & Ruth CoanTim D. CouchMr. & Mrs. James L. CurryMr. & Mrs. Adams DanielJulia & André DemetriusMr. & Mrs. James C. EdenfieldDrs. Bryan & Norma EdwardsRalph & Ree EdwardsDr. & Mrs. Norman ElliottMs. Elizabeth R. EtollTim & Tina EyerlyFantastic Finds

& Fantastic Finds For HimMichael & Jody FeldmanAndrew & Wendie FisherMike FlueckingerViki & Paul FreemanHeidi & David GellerMr. Andrew L. GhertnerPatrice & Earnest GreerMrs. Kristin Hathaway Hanesn

& Norman HansenDr. Steven & Marnie HarrisJoan & David HerskovitsMr. & Mrs. J. Michael HostinskyDr. Joyce F. HouserLinda & Richard HubertMr. & Mrs. James E Hugh, IIIRichard & Marcia JacobsonRobert A. JetmundsenDr. & Mrs. Michael KalsonLucy KinnairdDr. Shirley Williams-KirkseyDr. William A. KiserSteven & Sheri LabovitzLanier-Goodman FoundationJ. Bancroft LesesneJulie & Billy LevineConchita Heyn & Robert LichtefeldLubo FundLTC. (Ret) Eugene MartinThe McGee Group

Sally & Tom McNultyMr. & Mrs. Nathan MetzgerMs. Nancy MitchellJune M. MorrisonMr. & Mrs. Charles MoseleyJoyce & Michael NatbonyNeuro Tour Physical Therapy, Inc.Kathy PaisJohn & Helen ParkerMonica W. ParkerBill & Carey PeardMs. Kathleen PendergraftEdwin Perkins & Elicia ScaifePeg PetersenSam & Barbara PettwayKaren PorchDon & Rosalinda RatajczakKathryn & John RichardDr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David RifkinPeter & Alice RogersDr. & Mrs. Charles RosenbergMr. & Mrs. Mark RosenbergThe Honorable Leah W. Sears

& Mr. Haskell WardMr. Scott ShicklerMartin & Patricia SilbigerA. Boyd Simpson

& Melody Mann-SimpsonDrs. Marjorie & Quentin SmithSusan & Alan StiefelMichelle SutterDr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. TaylorThe Tolson FirmJoshua & Zenobia TrexlerKimberly S. Tribble

& Mark S. LangeVan Laar Skin CareMs. Ann WestbrookJ.M. Wilkerson Construction CompanyJeannie Wynn

$1,000 - $1,499

Mr. & Mrs. Robert ArogetiMr. & Mrs. Michael P. BarrettMr. Donald Bonar

& Mr. Elmer LanghamDavid H. & Christine T. CofrinIn Memory of George Mason ColemanTerry & Sharon CulpBrad & Sally CurreyMr. & Mrs. Michael DePintoMr. & Mrs. David E. DermerMr. & Mrs. John DeushaneMs. Patricia L. DickeyKaren & David DortonEnid & Jerry DraluckThe Galloway Foundation in honor of

Dr. Andrew GoldeMr. & Mrs. John J. GillinRon Grapevine & Rosemary MageeSherry & Isaac HabifValerie HartmanMr. & Mrs. Mark HaylerMrs. Elaine L. HentschelMark HobsonMr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hyman, Jr.Kay H. & Burke C. JonesGary C. & Carolyn A. LovettWilliam McDanielAnn Starr & Kent NelsonMr. & Mrs. Markham D. OswaldMs. Del PodsiadloMs. Rebecca J. ReevesKevin RuhlGary, Cannon, Frankie & Trey SayersSharon & Chip ShirleyPhilip SlaughterSusan & Jay SmithAnn Starr & Kent NelsonMr. David Stockert

& Ms. Cameron IvesBob SullivanElizabeth Wallace & Chris ScislowiczMelody Wilder WilsonLynne WinshipHolly & Marty YorkThe Zaban FoundationLynn T. Zappone

* Deceased



annual fund alliance theatre staffLegacy SocietyThe following are members of the Legacy Society who are ensuring the future strength of the Alliance Theatre through planned gifts to benefit the Theatre. The Legacy Society is the special recognition group for those who have included the Theatre or any component of the Woodruff Arts Center in their estate plans. For more information about making a planned gift to benefit the Alliance Theatre, contact Maya Robinson, Major Contributions Manager at 404.733.4710 or [email protected]

Rita M. AndersonAnonymous

Betty Blondeau-RussellJim & Anne Breedlove

Ezra CohenAnn & Jeff Cramer

Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft, IIISallie Adams Daniel

Linda & Gene DavidsonLaura & John Hardman

Glen E. & Nancy HeslerP.J. Younglove Hovey

William C. HydeVirginia Vann & Ken Large

Mr. & Mrs. John Hays MershonMr. & Mrs. John McColskey

Phil & Caroline MoïseJan Pomerantz

Helen M. RegensteinBob & Margaret Reiser

Neal & Tricia SchachtelMr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton, III

Jane E. ShiversWayne & Lee Harper Vason

Rick & Terri WesternRamona & Ben White

Lynne Winship

Matching Gift CompaniesWe would like to thank the following companies who have donated matching gifts to the Alliance Theatre’s

Annual Fund. Please check to see if your employer will match your contribution.

American ExpressAmerican Honda Motor Co.

AIG CorporationAon Corporation

AT&TBank of America

Bryan Cave-Powell GoldsteinCharles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Chubb & Son, Inc.CIGNA Corporation

Citigroup Foundation

The Coca-Cola CompanyEquifax, Inc.

Federated Department Stores Inc.GE Energy

Home Depot FoundationIBM CorporationJPMorgan Chase

Kimberly-Clark FoundationMacy’s Foundation

McDonald’s CorporationMerrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Microsoft CorporationNDCHealth

Norfolk Southern CorporationPrudential Financial

SprintSunTrust Foundation

Time Warner, Inc.UPS

Verizon CorporationYahoo!

alliance theatre staff


ArtisticJennings Hertz Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . Susan V. BoothSally G . Tomlinson Artistic Directorof Theatre for Youth . . . . . . . . . . . .Rosemary NewcottAssociate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody FeldmanDirector of New Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Celise KalkePlaywright in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pearl CleageCommunity Engagement Manager . . . . . . . . Michael WinnArtistic Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo MoskowitzArtistic Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily KleypasLiterary Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rachel Linn, Levi JelksKenny Leon Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emily KellyEducationDirector of Educational Programs . . . . . Christopher MosesDirector, Institute for Educatorsand Teaching Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . Michele MummertEducation Coordinator & Producer of Drama Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina DresserEducation Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel JonesTheatre for the Very Young Coordinator . . . . . . Olivia AstonResident Artist in Education . . . . . . . . . Patrick McColeryResident Teaching Artists . . . . . . Kim Bowers-Rheay Baran,

Valetta AndersonTeen Programs Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah WallisProject Coordinator, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Alice NicholsEducation Communications Manager . . . . . . . . . J. NobleTeaching Artists . . . . . Ricardo Aponte, Paul Armbruster,

Olivia Aston, Sharon Brewer, Katie Grace Brown, Daniel Brown, Kristin Calvert, Sarah Lancaster Cave,

Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, Jessica De Maria, John Doyle, Sharon Foote, Polly Garcia,

Allison Gardner, Kimberly Geter, Trevor Goble, Neeley Gossett, Garrett Gray, Terry Guest, Holly Godwin, Al Hamacher, Amy Handler,

Michele Hazard, BJ Hughes, John Jaramillio, Rachel Jones, LeeAnna Lambert, Amy Lucas,

Barry Stewart Mann, Bryan Mercer, Marcie Millard Tracy V. Moore, Claire Ritzler, Diany Rodriquez,

Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Sheri Mann Stewart, Michael Stiggers, Shirnest Tolbert, Ebony Tucker,

Jeremy Varner, Davia Weatherill, Elizabeth Wexler

ArtsVibe Teen Ensemble . . . . .Adia Barlow, Carolyn Rogan, Delly Fears, Dori Waymer, Emily Russ, Jackie Kenny, Jaelen Tyner, Lucy Brooks, Nick O’Neill, Pedro Rios,

Rachel Jordan, Saharah Jiminez, Shaina McLawrence, Shelby Bice, Torreke Evans, Zoe Nuhfer

Administration/FinanceDirector of Finance & Administration . . . . . . . Brian ShivelyCompany Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura ThrustonManager of Information Resources . . . . . . . . . Jim HubbertAccounting Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julie HallAccounting Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . .Ashley BradfordDevelopmentDirector of Development . . . . . . Kristin Hathaway HansenCorporate Relations Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige SmithMajor Contributions Manager . . . . . . . . . Maya RobinsonSpecial Events & Board Coordinator . . . . . . . .Bryan SaxonGrants Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca LevenbergDevelopment Coordinator . . . . . . . . . Janet AbercrombieDevelopment Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine HentschelMarketingDirector of Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary SayersBrand Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline TannerCommunications Manager . . . . . . . . Kathleen CovingtonOnline Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . John MaleyCreative Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talia BromstadMarketing Volunteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don VannGroup Services Coordinators . . . . . . . . . Celeste Mercer,

Kate McNeelyMarketing Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenna HarrisTicketing & Patron Services Manager . . . . . . . . Shana OrrMarketing Communications Coordinator . . . . . Holland BairdHouse Managers . . . . . Olivia Aston, Dana Hylton Calabro,

Christina Dresser, Kate McNeely, Ken McNeil, Margo Moskowitz, Lynn Vatter

Assistant Manager Season Tickets . . . . . . .Danielle HicksSenior Ticket Agents . . . . . . . . Chad Martin, Ken McNeil

ProductionProduction ManagementDirector of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor W. SmithCostumesCostume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . Carol HammondDesign Assistants . . . . . . .English Benning, Lea PrestonDrapers . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou WhoStitchers/First Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laury Conley,

Lyudmila Fesenko, Maegan RobinsonWardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . .Hauzia Conyers, Jenn Rogers,

Niki Traxler, Alexandra MatthewsDesign Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April AndrewElectricsElectrics Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pete ShinnStaff Electricians . . . . . . . . . Steve Jordan, Steven Love,

Jenn TrippeAdditional Electricians . . . . . . Heather Pynne, Tara O’NeillPropertiesProperties Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert ElliottMaster Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Cooper MorrisProperties Buyer/Artisan . . . . . . . . . . Heather SchroederProperties Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce ButkovichAdditional Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth LyonsSceneryTechnical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle LongwellAssistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan KierShop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick ConleyCarpenters . . . . . . . . . . . .Manny Abreo, Erin Canfield,

Jonathan Fries, Michael LyonsCharge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kat ConleyScenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenna Engelmann

Stage ManagementAlliance Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . lark hackshaw,

Liz Campbell Alliance Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . Jayson T. WaddellHertz Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon Goldstein,

R. Lamar WilliamsHertz Stage Manager Production Assistant . . . . . Tia HerrodStage Management Apprentices . . . . . . . Prenecia Brooks,

Haylee ScottTYF Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Gantt O’HaleyTYF Stage ManagementProduction Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erin Sanchez

Stage OperationsStage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . Scott BowneCrew Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent SimmonsFlyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willie ParksProperties Stagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney O’NeillStagehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deb MaberryAdditional Stagehands . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Locklear,

Russell Michniak, Haley Scott

SoundResident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . Clay BenningSound Engineers/Board Ops . . . . . . . . . . . Holly Blakely,

Michelle Jarvis, Hidenori NakajoSound Design Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Singer


The Woodruff CircleThe Woodruff Arts Center and our four artistic partners – the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences – rely on the generosity of those donors whose support extends to all parts of our organization. The members of The Woodruff Circle each contributed more than $250,000 to our efforts last year. We are deeply grateful to these 34 partners who help to ensure that the arts thrive in our city.

$1,000,000+

$500,000 - $999,999

Yolandra & Joseph AlexanderGordon W. BaileyDebrah & Harris FeinnGeorgia Power Foundation, Inc.The Goizueta FoundationAndrew W. Mellon FoundationMabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Pamela & Douglass SelbyMargaretta TaylorTurner Broadcasting System, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.The Robert W. Woodruff

Foundation

$250,000 - $499,999

A Friend of The Woodruff Arts Center (3)

AT&TBank of America Charitable

FoundationPamela & Oliver CobbThe Community Foundation for

Greater Atlanta, Inc.Deloitte, its Partners &

EmployeesEquifax, Inc. & EmployeesFulton County Arts CouncilThe Home Depot FoundationSarah & Jim Kennedy

PNCPwC, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. Mrs. William A. SchwartzSunTrust Foundation,

SunTrust Bank Employees and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund and Greene-Sawtell Foundation

UPSZeist Foundation, Inc.

The Patron CircleEach year The Woodruff Arts Center raises critical dollars in support of the organization’s day-to-day operations through the Annual Campaign. The Patron Circle contributors helped us exceed a $9.2 million goal, ensuring that our artistic partners can continue to bring the best in visual and performing arts, as well as arts education, to millions of people in the years ahead.$500,000+

The Coca-Cola Company* Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.*

$300,000+

Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution, James M. Cox Foundation, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, WSB-TV The Hon. Anne Cox Chambers*

The Home Depot Foundation PwC, Partners & Employees UPS*

$200,000+

AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater

Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte, its Partners

& Employees*Equifax Inc. & EmployeesErnst & Young, Partners & EmployeesThe Sara Giles Moore FoundationSunTrust Foundation,

SunTrust Bank Employees and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund and Greene-Sawtell Foundation*

$150,000+

Alston & Bird LLP Jones Day Foundation & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.Wells Fargo

$100,000+

AGL Resources Inc. Bank of AmericaDelta Air Lines, Inc. Invesco Ltd.Kaiser Permanente Kilpatrick Townsend

Donations made from June 1, 2012- May 31, 2013


$100,000+ (cont’d)

King & Spalding Partners & Employees

The Marcus Foundation, Inc.* Sam’s Club/Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc.The David, Helen & Marian

Woodward Fund

$75,000+

Goodwin GroupThe Sartain Lanier Family

Foundation, Inc.Novelis Inc.Regions Financial Corporation* RockTenn Carol & Ramon Tomé Family Fund

$50,000+

A Friend of The Woodruff Arts CenterCrawford & Company Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota

and ScionHolder Construction CompanyNCR FoundationPNC Foundation The Primerica FoundationSouthwest Airlines Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLPFrances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$35,000+

Chick-fil-A FoundationCSXThe Imlay Foundation, Inc.Infor Global SolutionsIntercontinentalExchange Sarah & Jim KennedyNewell RubbermaidTroutman Sanders LLP Verizon

$25,000+

A Friend of The Woodruff Arts Center, In Honor of Virginia A. Hepner

Atlanta FoundationBalch & BinghamJulie & Jim Balloun Lisa & Joe BankoffBB&T CorporationThe Connolly Family FoundationCousins Properties FoundationFirst Data CorporationJohn & Mary Franklin

Foundation, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt IIIGeorgia Natural Gas Georgia-Pacific Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable FundGMT Capital CorporationGreenberg Traurig, LLPThe Howell Fund, Inc.*

Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas IvesterJPMorgan Chase & Co.The Klaus Family FoundationThe Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee

Foundation, Inc.Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Company Norfolk Southern FoundationPrintpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love

Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe Patty & Doug Reid Family FoundationSCANA Energy Southwire CompanyUnited Distributors, Inc.Waffle House, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw FundYancey Bros. Co.

$15,000+

ACE Charitable FoundationAcuity Brands, Inc.Aflac, Inc.AIGAlvarez & MarsalArnall Golden Gregory LLPAssurant Specialty PropertyThe Partners & Employees of Atlanta

Equity InvestorsAtlanta Marriott Marquis Juanita Powell BarancoAnna & Ed BastianSusan R. Bell & Patrick M. MorrisLaura & Stan BlackburnThe Arthur M. Blank Family

FoundationNancy & Kenny BlankThe Boston Consulting GroupW. Paul BowersCatherine S. & J. Bradford BranchBryan Cave LLPCamp-Younts FoundationCenter Family Foundation Mr. Charles Center Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene BermanThe Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc.CIGNA FoundationCiscoThe Correll Family FoundationThe Cousins Foundation, Inc.Ann & Jeff CramerMr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. Suzie & Randy DonaldsonMike DonnellyFifth Third BankFord & Harrison LLPFrazier & Deeter, CPA Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Golden Peanut CompanyHarland Clarke Virginia Hepner & Malcolm BarnesIBMICS Contract Services, LLC

Jenny & Phil JacobsJamestown PropertiesLou Brown Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family FoundationIngrid Saunders JonesJones Lang LaSalleJPMorgan Chase, AtlantaPhilip I. Kent Foundation Kimberly-ClarkKurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl DavisLanier Parking SolutionsBlanche Lipscomb Foundation, Inc. Livingston Foundation, Inc.Karole & John LloydMacy’s Foundation The Residences at Mandarin Oriental,

AtlantaMohawk Industries, Inc. & Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. BoykinNonami FoundationVictoria & Howard PalefskyVicki & John PalmerMr. & Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr.The Sally & Peter Parsonson

Foundation, Inc.Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc.Post Properties, Inc.Jane & Joe PrendergastMary & Craig Ramsey/Accenture The H. English Ermine Cater Robinson

FoundationMr. & Mrs. William H. Rogers, Jr.Russell ReynoldsLouise Sams & Jerome GrilhotSelig Enterprises, Inc./The Selig

FoundationSeyfarth Shaw LLPMr. & Mrs. Richard D. ShirkSmith & HowardKaren & John SpiegelState Bank & Trust CompanySuperior Essex Inc. Mr. G. Kimbrough TaylorTaylor Consulting Group, Inc.Taylor English Duma LLPTishman Speyer PropertiesTowers WatsonTrimont Real Estate Advisors, Inc.Sue & John WielandWomble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLPMr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Carla & Leonard WoodThe Xerox FoundationMr. & Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees

*Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donor

Donations for the Annual Campaign from June 1, 2012- May 31, 2013

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