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THRILL ME: THE LEOPOLD& LOEB STORY

Book, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Dolginolff

Nathan .............................................................. Adam Estes* Richard ................................................................ Joe Fransee Offstage Voices ..............................................Les Ambrose Jack Lee

Director .............................................................. Chris Flieller Set Design............................................. Rick A. Rasmussen Sound Design ......................................Jonathon Leubner Costume Designer .......................................Pam Rehberg Light Design ..............................................Holly Blomquist

Rehearsal Stage Manager/Crew ...............Mary Buchel Board Operator .......................................Colin Gawronski

The action of the play takes place in the Joliet Prison parole board hearing room (1958) and in flashbacks in various locations in Chicago (summer, 1924).

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, appearing under a Special Appearance Contract.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited including camera phones.

Originally produced in New York City by Jim Kierstead. Off-Broadway production by the York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director). New York cast album available on Original Cast Records.

THRILL ME: THE LEOPOLD & LOEB STORY is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

This project is supported, in part, by a grant from the Milwaukee Arts Board and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin, the United Performing Arts Fund and CAMPAC (County Funding)

There will be no intermission.

The opening night reception of Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story is courtesy of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, SC

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Chris Flieller (Direc-tor/Artistic Director, In Tandem Theatre) A fixture both on and backstage for more than 25 years in Mil-waukee, Chris has numerous credits to

his name. Acting credits include In Tan-dem Theatre, Skylight Opera Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Theatre X, First Stage Children’s Theatre, and the Marcus Center/Milwaukee Repertory. Among his directing credits are WON-DER OF THE WORLD, SHAW SHORTS, THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES, HOLIDAY HELL, POLISH FROST, HOME, EQUUS (in a co-presentation with the UWM undergraduate acting program), OLD WICKED SONGS and most recently, ART OF MURDER for In Tandem. Chris directed ORPHEUS DESCENDING for the UWM Theatre Program and coaches numerous dialect and performance workshops. Chris looks forward to bringing back TEA AT FIVE, the story of Katharine Hepburn featuring the in-comparable Angela Iannone, to In Tan-dem this August.

Jane Flieller (Manag-ing Director, In Tan-dem Theatre) A for-mer stage manager, Jane toured nation-ally with the Great American Children’s Theatre Company

and has worked locally for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, First Stage Children’s Theatre, Theatre Tesseract, Next Act The-atre and Next Generation Theatre. For several years, Jane was the stage man-ager for ComedySportz, a position she originated. She co-founded In Tandem Theatre with her husband, Chris, in 1998 and now unleashes her creative ener-gies in all aspects of running a small arts organization. Jane’s directing cred-its include In Tandem, Whitefish Bay High School, Carroll College and Broad-way Baby Dinner Theatre. As always, she gives thanks to her beloved husband, partner and best friend, Chris, through whom all things are possible. She dedi-cates this season to her father, Richard Aronson (1926-2010).

David Bonofiglio (Musical Director/Accompanist) David, a Milwaukee native, holds a BFA in piano performance from Cardinal Stritch Uni-versity. As a freelance

pianist and accompanist, David has worked for many area theatre compa-nies as accompanist and musical direc-tor. Recent theatre credits include SCROOGE IN ROUGE, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, A CUDAHY CAR-OLER CHRISTMAS, HANSEL AND GRE-TEL, ongoing music supervision for FOUR GUYZ IN DINNER JACKETS, as well as cabaret appearances at the Skylight Opera’s Miller Cabaret. Upcoming proj-ects include MY LIFE: THE MUSICAL fea-turing Beth Mulkerron at Skylight’s Mill-er Cabaret. In addition to his theatrical work, David is currently the Director of Liturgical Music at Saint Matthias Parish in Milwaukee, WI.

Adam Estes (Nathan Leopold) Adam is delighted to be mak-ing his In Tandem debut. Recent credits include Jeff in [title of show] at The Lake Dillon Theatre, Grego-

ry Gardner in A CHORUS LINE at The Marriott Lincolnshire and ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (starring Patti LuPone) at The Ravinia Festival. Other credits in-clude performances at The Goodman Theater, Writer’s Theater, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Madison Repertory Theater, The Arvada Center, First Stage Children’s Theatre, Skylight Opera, Flo-rentine Opera, and The Fireside. For more information, please visit www.adamestes.com

Joe Fransee (Richard Loeb) Joe makes his In Tandem debut as Richard in THRILL ME. As a local performer, Joe has appeared with The Skylight Opera, Boulevard

Ensemble, Off The Wall Theatre, Milwau-kee Shakespeare, and Windfall Theatre.

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As both dancer and choreographer, he has worked with Danceworks, Wild-space Dance Company, and Theatre Gigante. Joe is a graduate of UW-Mil-waukee with a Bachelor of Arts in The-atre and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance.

Jonathon Leubner (Sound Design) Jonathon is pleased to help transport In Tandem Theatre’s discerning audiences back in time to the crime of the century of the 1920’s in the musical THRILL ME. Jonathon has spent the past 27 years providing award winning audio produc-tion to theater, film, commercial, docu-mentary, television and music recording projects. His past awards include an Emmy, numerous Silver Microphone, Addy and BPME awards, as well as a Grammy award nomination. It has been his privilege to work and create along-side the talented directors, designers, actors, theater staff and volunteers that all bring the magic to the stage of In Tandem Theatre. Jonathon dedicates all of his work to his beautiful wife Mary and their three wonderful boys for their endless inspiration, love and support.

Pam Rehberg (Costume Design) Pam joyfully returns for THRILL ME hav-ing last worked for In Tandem on THE APPLE TREE. Pam is an Associate Profes-sor at UW – Milwaukee and teaches courses in draping, pattern making and costume design. Past design work for In Tandem includes EQUUS and TWO ROOMS. Other design work includes THE THIEF LORD, WITNESS, THE QUILT-MAKERS GIFT and HONK at First Stage, PETER AND THE WOLF for the Milwau-kee Ballet Academy, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, HERE’S LOVE and SOUND OF MUSIC at Fireside Dinner Theatre, MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS at Milwaukee Cham-ber Theatre and HAIR, HAYFEVER and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at UW-Milwaukee. As always, love to Randy, Josh, Amanda and Matt, who help keep my world in balance.

Holly Blomquist (Lighting Design) Holly is pleased to return to In Tandem Theatre after designing past produc-tions TEA AT FIVE, OLD WICKED SONGS

and HA!. This season you may have seen her work at Renaissance Theatre-works’ REASONS TO BE PRETTY, and MAURITIUS with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. Past favorites include RABBIT HOLE (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre), THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Madison Repertory Theatre), and THE INTERNA-TIONALIST (Boulevard Ensemble). In addition to lighting for theatre produc-tions, Holly designs lighting for archi-tectural projects around the city and state. If you find yourself in the lobby of the Rep’s Steimke Theatre or anywhere inside the police station in Middleton, Wisconsin, you will see some of her recently completed handiwork. Thanks Chris and Jane!!

Rick A. Rasmussen (Set Designer) Rick is happy to making his design debut with In Tandem Theatre Company. Currently living in Seattle, he is a frequent visitor to

the Milwaukee area. Some of the the-atres with whom he is currently work-ing are Next Act Theatre, Fireside Dinner Theatre, Skylight Opera Theatre, Cham-ber Theatre and Renaissance Theatre-works. Some of Rick’s favorite design projects this season have been, A SLEEPING COUNTRY with Next Act The-atre, DAMES AT SEA at the Skylight Op-era, CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY at Renaissance Theatreworks and ANNIE at the Fireside Theatre.

Mary Buchel (Rehearsal Stage Manager/Crew) Mary will soon graduate from UWM’s Theatre program where she has appeared in OUR TOWN and BY THE

BOG OF CATS. At the Boulevard Ensem-ble Theatre, Mary was seen in CATHOLIC SCHOOLGIRLS and in CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD for Soulstice Theatre. As a Dramaturg, she has created several dis-covery guides for In Tandem’s produc-tions. Mary recently completed an in-ternship in stage management for In Tandem’s MURDER AT THE HOWARD

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JOHNSON’S. Since then, she appeared with Imagination Theatre of German-town in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. Mary is delighted to return to In Tan-dem for this show and happy for the opportunity to work with and learn from, Chris and Jane.

Colin Gawronski (Board Operator) Colin is happy to be working with In Tan-dem for the first time. Colin is a graduating senior at UW-Milwau-kee where he has

studied stage management and hair/make-up as well as lighting. Colin has worked with Milwaukee companies such as Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Youngblood, Your Mother Dances, Cart-er Productions, and Milwaukee Public Theatre, as well as UWM’s Dance, Opera and Theatre Departments. Credits in-clude MAURITIUS, FLOW: THE TRAVEL-ING WATER CIRCUS, IN A BLACK MOOD, NEW DANCEMAKERS 2010, FREAK-SHOW, PURPLE HEARTS, LETTERS TO NO-ONE, THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF, THE ROAD NORTH, WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER, WHO KILLED SANTA? and WINTER VOICES. Give love always.

Cindy Thomas (Administrative/ Marketing Assistant, In Tandem Theatre) Cindy has been with In Tandem Theatre since August of 2008 as Marketing/ Admin-

istrative Assistant. She has been in-volved with the arts, especially music, since she can remember. After graduat-ing in 1981 from Silver Lake College with a BA in Voice and a minor in music business, Thomas moved to Milwaukee where she managed the print music departments of two local music stores and worked in sales/marketing for a print music publishing company. Cindy has sung and performed with the Mil-waukee Symphony Orchestra, Music Under the Stars, Bel Canto Chorus, and is currently a member of the Florentine Opera Chorus.

Miranda Levy (Gal-lery Curator, In Tan-dem Theatre’s Tenth Street Gallery) Mi-randa grew up in Wil-ton, Wisconsin and joined the military at seventeen. She served

eight years in the Army as a construc-tion equipment mechanic where she was fortunate enough to serve in Ger-many for two months of the three years of her active duty service. Shortly after her tour on Active Duty, she attended UW-Milwaukee where she received her BFA in Photography and Fibers in 2009. Throughout her career as an artist, she has competed in several local juried exhibitions and has shown her work in fashion shows at the Milwaukee Art Mu-seum. Her artwork compares the deco-ration of domestic spaces with the dec-oration of the female body, and ex-plores how identity is formed though this process.

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DIRECTOR ’S NOTES

So much has been written regarding these two young men -- trial transcripts, analyses, plays, movies, and so on. But all that has been written, even the parole hearing transcripts, fail to answer the one unanswerable questions: Why? No one can now, ultimately, what resided in the secret chambers of the hearts of these two men. Richard Loeb was a keenly intelligent, seductive charmer who was equally at ease with CEO’s or janitors. Nathan Leopold was his intellectual superior in every way, with an IQ of 210, yet terribly uncomfortable, even off-putting, in social situations. They couldn’t be more different, but they completed each other like two sides of the same person. How could they have done what they did? This work postulates one scenario that does not pose an answer per se, but rather raises questions about the uses and abuses of power and the mysterious line between love and obsession.

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IN TANDEM THEATRE ADMINISTR ATIVE STAFF

Chris Flieller, Artistic DirectorJane Flieller, Administrative Director

Cindy Thomas, Marketing/Administrative AssistantMiranda Levy, Gallery Curator

BOARD OF DIRECTORSEllen Martinkovic, President

Leigh Wallace Tabak, SecretaryDan Glaser, CPA, Treasurer

Scott BerkesMilt Flieller

Dennis KoisPaul Snyder

Christopher StoneJessica Thibodo-Johnson

ADVISORY BOARDAnnie JurczykCharles KakukDan Kattman

Claude Krawczyk

In Tandem Theatre is currently in need of additional members to their Board of Directors. We seek individuals who will commit to fostering awareness of In Tandem Theatre, supporting its mission and nurturing its growth. If you would like more information about the role of the board and its responsibilities, please call 414-271-1371.

In Tandem Theatre is a proud member of Theatre Wisconsin: The Alliance of Professional Non-Profit Theatres in Wisconsin. Please visit www.theatrewi.org for information about all the exciting theatre going on in town! Check out the special section for discount tickets to all your favorite companies!

ABOUT THE PL AY WRIGHT

Mr. Dolginoff received Drama Desk Award nominations for Best Musical and Best Music Score, an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Best Off-Broadway Musical, and won an ASCAP Music Award for the New York production of THRILL ME. Now published by Dramatists Play Service, with a cast album on OC Records, THRILL ME has had nearly 50 productions in cities all over the world including Seoul, South Korea (now in its fourth year); Athens, Greece; Melbourne and Sydney, Australia; Seattle,

Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles (Ovation Award Nomination for Best Musical, Garland Award for Outstanding Music Score); Dallas, New Orleans, Orlando, Boston, Richmond and San Francisco It was also featured on the PBS national television broadcast of the Drama Desk Awards. Upcoming international productions will take place in Brazil, Tokyo and Vancouver. Mr. Dolginoff also wrote and composed MOST MEN ARE, ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR (Backstage Bistro Award for Outstanding Book, Music and Lyrics) and JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH which has been produced in New York City and across the United States, and released as cast albums. Mr. Dolginoff contributed music to the lyrics of Kenward Elmslie for the Off-Broadway revue LINGOLAND. His first musical BEAUTY SLEEP, was produced by New York University where Mr. Dolginoff received a BFA in Dramatic Writing. His musical, PANIC, the story behind Orson Welles’ infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast, had its world premiere at the Lamb Theatre in Sioux City, Iowa and will soon be seen on the East Coast. As an actor, Mr. Dolginoff played the role of Nathan Leopold in THRILL ME Off-Broadway, Seattle, Tampa, Buffalo and on the cast album. (www.thrillmethemusical.com)

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Theatrical Tendencies, David Carter, Loren Watson, Brad McKendry, Lance Lamont, Milt Flieller, Mark Frohna, Dave Glenn

MUSICAL NUMBERS AND LOCALES

WHY ..........................................................................................................................................NathanEVERYBODY WANTS RICHARD ........................................................................................NathanNOTHING LIKE A FIRE ................................................................................Richard and NathanA WRITTEN CONTRACT .............................................................................Richard and NathanTHRILL ME .....................................................................................................Nathan and RichardTHE PLAN .......................................................................................................Richard and NathanWAY TOO FAR ........................................................................................................................NathanROADSTER ..............................................................................................................................RichardSUPERIOR ......................................................................................................Nathan and RichardRANSOM NOTE ............................................................................................Richard and NathanMY GLASSES / JUST LAY LOW .................................................................Nathan and RichardI’M TRYING TO THINK .................................................................................Richard and NathanWAY TOO FAR (Reprise) ......................................................................................................NathanKEEP YOUR DEAL WITH ME......................................................................Richard and NathanAFRAID ....................................................................................................................................RichardLIFE PLUS NINETY-NINE YEARS ..............................................................Nathan and RichardFINALE .....................................................................................................................................Nathan

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IN TANDEM NEEDS YOU !

As a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization, In Tandem Theatre relies on the generosity of our patrons and friends to keep moving forward. We’ve accomplished a great deal for a small company since we began in 1998 and we are excited about the possibilities the future holds. But we simply can’t do it without you. Please consider a tax-deductible donation that will make you the “heart and soul” of In Tandem Theatre!

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Funding)Lynn ChappyGregory M. ChrisafisDavid and Leslie Feiler-

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Diane BrownDennis KoisPam KrigerKonrad KuchenbachThe Marshall-Bowman

FamilyEllen M. MartinkovicJohn and Clare

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Dan and Barbara DraegerDrs. James and Margo

FreyChris and Jeanne GrendaDon and Paula HansonMary Handrich-GaffeyDennis E. Hennessey

and Linda M. Roethlisberger

Christine HarrisRichard Ippolito and

Pamela FrautschiAllen JohnsonRobert KloesGreg and Linda KnappClaude and Sue KrawczykGary and Sarah KrenzKurt MagoonJulie S. McHale

Raeleen McMillionCalvin W. MillerJames and Chris O’BrienJane O’ConnellTerry Ann PetersonJoanne PrymekFran RiedlMicky and Ron SadoffPatrick M. Schumacher

and Mary A. Henneman

Kris SchmidtRuth E. Schmidt **Mary E. SchutzJudy and Mike Servido **Gojko and Tanya StulaJulie SwensonSheila Tobin ClancyMax Tolzman

Jacque and Tim TroyMichelle WaideMary M. WegenerRussell and Alyce WeissWindhover FoundationTerry and Dorothy

WobickDiane Zayechek

In-Kind SupportMark FrohnaDaniel Glaser, CPA / Lora

MurrayClaude Krawczyk

**In memory of Richard Aronson

This list represents donations received since Spring 2010. We are grateful to all our donors whose generous contributions are vital to the growth of In Tandem Theatre. We appreciate your support and commitment. If we have inadvertently omitted or misspelled your name, please accept our sincere apologies and contact us immediately at 414-271-1371 so that we can make the correction.

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ANNOUNCING OUR 2011-2012 SEASON!

SPECIAL BONUS SHOW!

TEA AT FIVE by Matthew LombardoAugust 3 - 21, 2011

Back by popular demand, Angela Iannone captures the fiery spirit of Katharine Hepburn in this one-woman show. Not part of the subscriber packages, however

deeper discounts on single tickets for subscribers up to July 15, 2011!

MRS. MANNERLY by Jeffrey HatcherOctober 7 - 23, 2011

Based on his own experiences, playwright Hatcher conjure up the world of a nine-year old studying manners from the title character. In the summer of 1967, young Jeffrey is determined to be the first to achieve a perfect score in the title

character’s tough etiquette class. A unique comic tale about the face we present and the selves inside.

SCROOGE IN ROUGE by Ricky Graham and Jefferson TurnerDecember 2 - 31, 2011

In Tandem brings back this wildly popular alternative holiday show for one more year! In a British Music Hall at the turn-of-the-century, a troupe of 23 actors is about to embark on a musical version of A Christmas Carol when 20 of them

come down with food poisoning, leaving just three to pull off the show!

THE CHOSEN by Aaron Posner and Chaim PotokMarch 2 - 25, 2012

In 1940’s Brooklyn, two Jewish boys whose life paths are preordained, must weight the cost of choosing their won destinies. Adapted for the stage from

Potok’s classic novel.

VERONICA’S POSITION by Rich OrloffMay 4 - 20, 2012

Love, politics and the art world collide in this romantic comedy set in Washington, d.C. A dashing senator, a suave ex-husband and a sexy female director force movie

star Veronica into a delightfully uncomfortable position!

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In Tandem Theatre is committed to producing exciting, innovative theatre, presenting a creative and eclectic program that enlightens, inspires, provokes, and entertains a diverse audience.

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