It's a Wonderful Life Program

NOV 18 –DEC 21, 2014

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE:A Live Radio PlayAdapted by Joe Landry

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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE:A Live Radio Play

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THE AMY HERZOG FESTIVAL: AFTER THE REVOLUTION & 4000 MILES

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An Introduction to the World of the Play

Welcome to Center Stage and to

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE:

A Live Radio Play I am delighted we chose this play for our holiday show. It is a

classic American story that has warmed the hearts of multiple generations of families in this country. The radio studio setting lets the performance start in 1940s Baltimore, before we are whisked away to Bedford Falls. This clever adaptation captures the essence of the film, delivering it to the stage in a creative and wistful performance.

As we gathered here at Center Stage for our first rehearsal of this production, director Nelson Eusebio reminded us that

this is more than a Christmas play: it is a story that celebrates our humanity—individually and as a community—while Joe Landry’s adaptation wonderfully captures the sense of awe and delight that draws us to theater in the first place. I love that description.

At the same time, this play can certainly be described as a modern American Christmas Carol. It’s a heartwarming tale of one man’s despair and redemption, set on Christmas Eve. It shows how deeply our lives are entwined, and how true wealth can be measured by the bonds of love and family. These themes are carefully cushioned in humor and brought to life by a bevy of charming characters. Come with us as we all go back to Bedford Falls.

We hope you enjoy the journey.

Warmly,

Kwame Kwei-Armah Artistic Director

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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A Live Radio Play

Adapted by Joe Landry

THE CAST (in alphabetical order)

Pun Bandhu* Harry “Jazzbo" Heywood/ Clarence and others

Ken Krugman* Freddie Filmore/Mr. Potter and others

Joseph McGranaghan* Jake Laurents/George Bailey

Chiara Motley* Sally Applewhite/Mary Hatch

Eileen Rivera* Lana Sherwood/Violet Bick and others

Anthony Stultz* Foley Artist

Laura Smith * Stage Manager

Captain Kate Murphy* Assistant Stage Manager*Member of Actors’ Equity Association

THE ARTISTIC TEAM

Joe Landry Adaptor

Nelson T. Eusebio III Director

Michael Locher Set Designer

Alixandra Gage Englund Costume Designer

Burke Brown Lighting Designer

Sarah Pickett Sound Designer

Gavin Witt Production Dramaturg

Stephanie Klapper Casting Director

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Nov 18 – Dec 21, 2014 2 The Setting

3 Meet the Creators

4 Making a Holiday Classic

6 Radio Theater

8 Bios: The Cast

10 Bios: The Artistic Team

12 Bios: The Staff

18 Supporter Spotlight

19 Supporting the Annual Fund

26 Center Stage Celebrations

27 Preview: Up Next

28 Staff

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SETTINGTIME AND PLACE

Time: Christmas Eve, 1947.

Place:

Studio A at WBAL Radio, and various locations in the Bedford Falls of our imagination.

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MEETTHE CREATORS

PHILIP VAN DOREN STERNAuthor and HistorianPhilip Van Doren Stern was the author of The Greatest Gift, a barely

remembered, almost-never-published short story initially inspired by a

dream. This story is the basis for Frank Capra’s film It’s a Wonderful Life.

Born in a small Pennsylvania town in 1900, Stern attended Rutgers and

lived most of his life in New York City. He became one of the country’s

foremost scholars of the Civil War, publishing fiction and nonfiction

accounts of that era. Stern also wrote and edited horror and science

fiction, including Tales of Horror and the Supernatural, The Midnight

Reader, and an Edgar Allen Poe biography. During World War II, he

served as general manager of a nonprofit that distributed paperback

books to active soldiers.

Originally unable to publish The Greatest Gift, Stern sent 200 copies of

the 21-page story to his friends as Christmas gifts in 1943.

FRANK CAPRA Director, Producer, Author Courtesy of Wesleyan University

Frank Capra’s work has become so well-known and respected that it

is today used as a yardstick by which critics and the public measure a

certain type of purely American film comedy.

Capra was born in Bisacquino, Sicily, on May 18, 1897, and immigrated

to the United States when he was five. He earned an engineering degree

at the California Institute of Technology in 1918 and then began a

long and successful film career. After working for Mack Sennett as gag

writer and director, he went to work at Columbia Pictures, and became

instrumental in lifting the studio out of the “Poverty Row” category.

Capra’s films brought him two Oscars for Best Picture and three for Best

Director: It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936),

and You Can’t Take It With You (1938). He also directed such landmark

movies as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), and

the ever-popular It’s a Wonderful Life (1946).

During World War II, Capra became a colonel in the Army Signal Corps,

directing the Award-winning Why We Fight series. He retired from

filmmaking in 1966, after which he published his autobiography, The

Name Above the Title, in 1971. Throughout the 1970s, Capra was much

in demand as a lecturer and guest at film festivals and other events, and

performed service for the US government. He retired from public life in

the 1980s following a series of debilitating strokes.

Capra was president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and

Sciences, president of the Screen Directors Guild, and the recipient of

the Distinguished Service Medal, the Order of the British Empire, the

White House National Medal of the Arts, the 10th Annual American

Film Institute Life Achievement Award, and many other honors.


IT TAKES A MIRACLE TO SAVE GEORGE BAILEY and restore his sense of hope; it arguably took no less of a miracle for his story to make its way into the world. While today Frank Capra’s film version of It’s a Wonderful Life might play in a reliable annual routine on countless screens, and in countless fond memories, the journey from original idea to cherished icon was one filled with bumps and hurdles, near-misses and ultimate grace.

It started with a vision. Noted historian and Civil War buff Philip Van Doren Stern had been trying his hand at fiction, with little success. One February morning in 1938, he was shaving when a story came to him, fully formed and intact as no story ever had before or would after. His problem, he recalls, was learning how to write what he already knew.

Clear to Stern was the tale of a small-town husband and father, George Pratt, discouraged and alone, who finds himself standing on a bridge at Christmas contemplating the dark waters below. To him appears a mysterious stranger, who grants George’s wish that he’d never been born. Masquerading as a salesman, George traverses his hometown to find himself truly absent from history and from the lives of his friends and loved ones.

Stern tried several drafts, unhappy each time with the results. Finally, in 1943 (exactly 100 years after Dickens published A Christmas Carol, for whatever you want to make of that), he had his agent send it around. But not one magazine or one publisher would print the story, now titled “The Greatest Gift.”

So Stern—himself of mixed faith traditions—had the story printed up at his own cost and distributed 200 copies as his annual holiday card (including enlisting his young daughter to pass it around). Through an unlikely chain of circumstances, the story came into the hands of an executive at RKO film studios. Stern had all but given up on his creation when, to his astonishment, he got a call from Western Union: RKO had bought the movie rights, hoping to use it as a vehicle for Cary Grant.

Some of Hollywood’s leading writers, including Dalton Trumbo and Clifford Odets, took a stab at crafting a screenplay, with little success. Grant moved on, the project languished, and RKO finally dumped it—selling the rights to Frank Capra in 1944 and throwing in the three existing screenplay drafts for free.

Once´upon´ a WonderfulBy Gavin Witt, Production Dramaturg

Jimmy Stewart had spent the war valiantly piloting bomber missions, rising to the rank of Colonel.

Donna Reed was a 4H Club alumna from small-town Iowa and found herself at home in the story; in fact, she later won a bet with Lionel Barrymore (Mr. Potter) by demonstrating her prowess at milking a cow.

George Bailey and Clarence working on a miracle.

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Capra, an Italian immigrant who had thrived as a director in pre-War Hollywood, fell in love with the story and knew just how to tell it. However, he was only just back from World War II, and anxious that his years away had set him back professionally. As further risk, he’d just launched his own new production company, Liberty Films, which had precisely zero track record and about as much clout. So in 1945, he reached out to a friend and fellow veteran.

Jimmy Stewart had spent the war valiantly piloting bomber missions, rising to the rank of Colonel—but was certain that his acting career had not survived the war with him. He was sure he’d never work in film again. But he and Capra had worked together before, and had a strong affinity. Stewart was from a small town in Pennsylvania, and after a stint in the family hardware business had gone on to Princeton to study architecture before Hollywood nabbed him; he felt the call of the material and signed on. Together, he and Capra hoped to secure another favorite collaborator, Jean Arthur, for their leading lady. When she proved unavailable, the part went to Donna Reed. A 4H Club alumna from small-town Iowa, Reed found herself at home in the story; in fact, she later won a bet with Lionel Barrymore (Mr. Potter) by demonstrating her prowess at milking a cow. The central trio was set.

There remained the problem of a shooting script, however, and more hard work and near failures followed before a working screenplay emerged—under the steady guidance of Capra’s vision. He confidently had an enormous location set constructed, complete with 80 buildings over nearly four city blocks to create a veritable Bedford Falls. Fully grown trees were planted; animals and livestock were turned loose; and the production department even invented a revolutionary new form of fake snow to transform a California heatwave into a Currier and Ives winter spectacle.

Shooting went well, and everyone involved reported a magical, family atmosphere on set. All had high hopes for the endeavor. Both Capra and Stewart always spoke about it as the favorite among all their many films. When the finished picture was released in 1946, however, it garnered mixed reviews. It lost money at the box office, and fairly quickly sank into obscurity. It even managed to get some negative attention from the FBI, which passed on a report alleging seditious, even Communist, messages in the movie.

The miracles and movie magic weren’t done, though. Through yet another set of unlikely coincidences, the movie passed out of

copyright protection in the 1970s and suddenly became a staple of television re-runs. A new generation discovered its many charms and its potent message of hope, redemption, and community. As if at a stroke, the movie became one of the most beloved, and often-viewed, of its own or any era.

Capra lived long enough to see his film “redeemed” from relative obscurity and firmly ensconced in American culture as a beloved classic. Whether this is your first encounter with George Bailey and the denizens of Bedford Falls, or your 1000th, they are ready to work their magic once again.

Once´upon´ a WonderfulCapra constructed 80 buildings over nearly four city blocks to create a veritable Bedford Falls. Fully grown trees were planted; animals and livestock were turned loose; and the production department even invented a revolutionary new form of fake snow to transform a California heatwave into a Currier and Ives winter spectacle.

Everyone involved reported a magical, family atmosphere on set.


The Golden Age of Radio began with the explosion of broadcasting in the early 1920s and waned as television took over in the 1950s. In its heyday, some 80% of Americans may have been regular listeners. Entire families gathered at regularly scheduled times, often interrupting any other activity, to listen to cherished programs. There were soap operas like The Guiding

Light, and a myriad of exotic mystery serials like The Adventures of Ellery Queen or The

Shadow. There were situation comedies like Fibber McGee and Molly, Ozzie and Harriet, or Father Knows Best; and numberless variety shows of all sorts.

Through the depths of the Depression, with millions out of work and out of hope, people sought consolation and found renewed strength listening to President Roosevelt and his Fireside Chats. When war clouds gathered and burst, Edward R. Murrow kept

them abreast with his broadcasts from the

front lines. When the airship Hindenburg

burst into flames, the nation listened

breathless to the disaster on radio. When

Kentucky caver Floyd Collins was trapped

underground, or aviator Charles Lindbergh

first bravly crossed the Atlantic, the country

followed along over radio. The likes of folksy

humorist Will Rogers, wry wisecracker Jack

Benny, dulcet crooner Bing Crosby—and

along with them, signature sponsors from

hair tonics to soap suds—all claimed a

treasured place in homes across America via

the radio waves.

Wireless transmission into private homes

only emerged around 1920. Shortly after,

in 1922, the first dramatic radio series was

broadcast over WGY in Schenectady, New

York, producing a series of play adaptations.

In 1936, the popular Lux Radio Theatre

moved from New York to Hollywood, to

broadcast films adapted into hour-long radio

scripts. For more than 20 years, it was the

most successful dramatic anthology on the

air, featuring popular stars in hit movies.

But the single best-known episode of radio

drama must remain the Orson Welles-

directed adaptation of H.G. Welles’ The

War of the Worlds from 1938—which many

listeners believed to be actual reports of

an invasion from Mars, so established was

radio’s credibility.

Th

e Golden Age of Radio Drama

BY GAVIN WITT, PRODUCTION DRAMATURG

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From adventure serials to soap operas, from Buck Rogers’ whizzing spacecraft to Jack Benny’s wheezing jalopy, there would have been no

radio theater without two crucial components. First essential was the hungry imagination of the listener. Second essential, to fire that imagination and bring to life the worlds and the action, was the sound effects operator.

Known as Foley work on film, where it is almost always created in post-production, the sound effects on radio were made by operators who had to work live, fast, and on the spot. Despite best intentions, they didn’t always get the script in advance, and nothing is ever more predictable than the unpredictable.

A combination of musician, technician, actor, contortionist, basement tinkerer, and sound wizard, the alchemists of audio had

to use all their know-how and considerable

inventiveness to create believable effects

and convincing atmosphere, unobtrusively

in a small space with some of the oddest

assortment of tools. Obviously, there were

well-established stand-bys to draw on, like

thundersheets and wind machines, or crash

boxes and starter’s pistols. There were door

knockers and doorbells to fall back on. But

they also devised new routines, like squeezing

boxes of baking soda for the sound of walking

in snow. And nearly every script would

stretch their capacity and their ingenuity in

unexpected ways.

Every sound you hear, they would make: every

footstep, door slam, car engine, bird twitter,

train whistle, gun shot fired or whiskey shot

poured. Also, every place you see, every

action you can imagine, they help bring to

life in your imagination: every distant vista, or diner counter; every cozy fireplace or faraway seaport; every snowstorm or creaky staircase. Our hero is trapped in a fusillade of bullets? Our happy couple snuggles on the settee? A mysterious figure lurks in the shadows, or creeps down rains-slick streets? That’s the sound effects operator you have to thank for that image.

Joe Landry’s adaptation of It’s a Wonderful

Life suitably incorporates, and relies on, this classic element. To join the fun, check out the “Foley” station in the lobby, footage on the Media Wall, and the digital dramaturgy at centerstage.org/wonderful.

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e Golden Age of Radio Drama

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Pun Bandhu*—Harry “Jazzbo" Heywood/Clarence and others. Center Stage: debut. Broadway— Wit w/Cynthia Nixon. Off Broadway—Productions

with Soho Rep, PS 122, Target Margin, Ma-Yi, NAATCO, Pan Asian Rep, Foundry Theatre, among many others. Regional—Favorites include McCarter Theatre: The Bells (Theresa Rebeck World Premiere, dir. Emily Mann); TheatreWorks: Yellow Face (David Henry Hwang Regional Premiere), Warrior Class; Yale Rep: The Birds (Len Jenkins World Premiere); Williamstown: Big Knife (dir. Joanne Woodward), Far East (AR Gurney World Premiere, dir. Daniel Sullivan); Denver Center: The Catch (Ken Weitzman World Premiere, Henry Award, Best Supporting Actor in a Play). TV—The Good Wife, Without a Trace, Elementary, Law and Order, Criminal Intent, Conviction, SVU, Body of Proof, White Collar, Nurse Jackie, among others. Film—Michael Clayton, Burn After Reading, Late Phases, Stephen King’s A Good Marriage, The Judge. Education—MFA Yale School of Drama. punbandhu.net.

Ken Krugman*—Freddie Filmore/Mr. Potter and others. Ken is thrilled to be making his Center Stage debut. Broadway & National Tours—Les Miserables,

Candide, Jersey Boys, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Titanic, and the Tony Award-winning revival

of Assassins. Off Broadway—Splendora, Passion; City Center Encores: Irma La Douce. Regional—Guthrie Theatre, Arena Stage, Goodspeed, Bay Street Theatre, Theatre Aspen, Capital Rep, Centenary Stage, Two Rivers Theatre. International—The Man in the Moon Theatre in London: Grimm Tales. Film—Let It Snow. TV—Blue Bloods, Royal Pains, Law & Order(s), Hope & Faith, Chappelle’s Show, Late Show with David Letterman. Ken thanks his family and friends for their love and support.

Joseph McGranaghan*—Jake Laurents/George Bailey. Center Stage: debut. New York—The Workshop Theatre Company: Thalassa; Storm Theatre: Our God’s

Brother; Hudson Warehouse: The Bald Soprano; Bakerloo Theatre Project and Prospect Theatre: Hamlet; CITI Company: The Beauty Project. Regional—Bucks County Playhouse: New Voices Festival; Clarence Brown Theatre: Noises Off; Asolo Rep: The Game’s Afoot, You Can’t Take It With You; Quantum Theatre: The Task; Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre: Julius Caesar and The Shaughraun. Tours—Chamber Theatre of Boston: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Asolo Rep New Stages: Macbeth. Film—The Lucky 6, Graduation. Training—FSU/ Asolo Conservatory. For my wife: a lassoed moon.

Chiara Motley*—Sally Applewhite/Mary Hatch— is delighted to be making her debut at Center Stage. She was last seen playing Irene Adler in Sherlock Holmes: The

Great Adventure (Arts Center of Costal Carolina). Seattle Shakespeare Company: Othello, Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Denver Center: The Three Musketeers, The Taming of the Shrew. Regional—Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival: King Lear, The Three Musketeers; Seattle Public Theatre: A Wedding Story; Book-It: Persuasion; Studio Lab: Syringa Tree. Other—Chiara’s voice can be heard on Her Interactive’s Nancy Drew video games. Education—MFA, National Theatre Conservatory. BA, Stanford University. chiaramotley.com.

Eileen Rivera*—Lana Sherwood/Violet Bick and others. Center Stage: debut. Off Broadway—Rattlestick: A Fable; NYTW: Beast; Culture Project: Sides: The Fear is Real;

Public/NYSF: Dogeaters. Other New York—Leviathan Lab: Twelfth Night; Queens Theater: Rosa Loses Her Face; Diverse City: The Encounter; Jaradoa: Shafrika, The White Girl, The Small of Her Back, Serenade. Regional—Virginia Stage Co.: The Comfort Team; Perseverance: The Long Season. TV—Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Eileen has co-produced and acted in a handful of short films: Mildred, Daughter of Venus, The

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Left to right: Chiara Motley, Public Relations Manager Cassandra Miller, and Pun Bandhu at first rehearsal. Cast and staff prepare.

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Barrelman Caper, INS & Outs (Grand Prize Winner, 2013 AAFL 72-Hour Shootout). The short film Two Weeks, which she also wrote, has screened around the country and on television. Learn more at eileenrivera.com. Heartfelt thanks to Nelson Eusebio.

Anthony Stultz*— Foley Artist. Center Stage: debut. Off Broadway—Gertrude Stein SAINTS, Abrons Arts Center (sound design). Regional—Seven

Guitars (musician), Carnegie Mellon University. Other—For the Birds (composer/sound designer), National Aviary. Education—BA Recording Studies, Classical Guitar Performance from Butler University. Thank you for all the love, support, and happiness: Mom, Annie, Doug, Lori, and Almeda.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association

Joe Landry—Adaptor. Center Stage: debut. Plays include Vintage Hitchcock, Reefer Madness, Numb, Getting Tall, Lifeboat Dahling! (with Bert Bernardi). Musicals include Meet Me in St. Louis: A Live Radio Play, Mothers and Sons (book with Kevin Connors). Upcoming—A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play (MTC MainStage), The War of the Worlds (NYC in 2015). Founder—Second Guess Stage/Screen. Member—The Dramatists Guild. joelandry.com.

Nelson T. Eusebio III—Director. Center Stage: debut. Off-Broadway—Ensemble Studio Theatre: Solar Plexus, Asking for Trouble; NYSF/Delacorte: All’s Well That Ends Well; Pan Asian Rep: Finding Ways… Other New York—2014 ABC Actor Showcase; Leviathan Lab: Twelfth Night; Creative Destruction: Obama Drama; Theatre Row: God, Sex & Blue Water; DiverseCity Theater: The Encounter. International—Rhodopi International Theatre Collective: The Bacchae. Regional—Playmaker’s Rep: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play; Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Yellow Face (FAIRplay); Old Globe: Twelfth Night (educational tour). Film—INS & Outs; The Barrelman Caper; Mildred, Daughter of Venus; Yield. Education—MFA, Directing, Yale School of Drama. Professional—Member, Lincoln Center Theatre Director’s Lab; Phil Killian Directing Fellow, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Director, NEA/TCG Career Development Program; former Artistic Director, Leviathan Lab. Nelson is a participant in the SPARK Leadership program, funded by American Express, The Joyce Foundation, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group. nelsoneusebio.com.

Michael Locher—Set Designer. Center Stage: debut. Off-Broadway—Sin, Dramatis Personae, Crane Story. Regional—Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Troilus & Cressida, Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land; Guthrie: Happy Days, Freud’s Last Session; Yale Repertory: Trouble in Mind; Playmakers Repertory: Happy Days; Marin Theater

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Company: The Whale, I & You; Great Lakes Theater: The Taming of the Shrew; Cal Shakes: Spunk, The Winter’s Tale; Idaho Shakespeare Festival: The Taming of the Shrew; The Magic Theater; Theatreworks (CA); Center Rep (CA). Education—Yale School of Drama; Professional—Adjunct Professor, San Jose State University; Freelance graphic designer and illustrator; Associate Artist, The Cutting Ball Theater; Founding Member, Tilted Field Productions.

Alixandra Gage Englund—Costume Designer. Center Stage: debut. Based in her native New York, Alixandra designs costumes for theater, dance, opera, and film. Recent credits include 4000 Miles (Asolo Rep), Stoop Stories (Weston Playhouse), Sumedida’s Song (HERE), The Electric Baby (Two River Theatre), and Take What is Yours (59E59). She’s designed for a number of New York companies including NAATCO, Epic Theatre, Fordham University, Columbia Stages, and The Women’s Project, and is a frequent collaborator with Beth Morrison Productions on new operatic works. Regionally, Alixandra has designed for the Yale Rep, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, Skylight Opera, and Bard Summerscape. She is a founding member of Wingspace Theatrical Design, and attended Brown University and the Yale School of Drama.

Burke Brown—Lighting Designer. Center Stage: debut. Recent New York—Rattlestick Playwrights Theater: The Long Shrift, Stay, Basilica; Clubbed Thumb: Phoebe in Winter.

Other NYC— 52nd Street Project, Ars Nova, NYSF-Public Theater, La Mama ETC. Recent Regional Designs—Cal Shakes: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Magic Theatre: Se Llama Cristina; Cleveland Playhouse: Yentl; PlayMaker’s Rep: It’s a Wonderful Life, A Number. Other Regional—Asolo Rep, Northern Stage, Two River Theater. International—Abbey Theatre (Dublin), Golden Mask Festival (Moscow), Seoul Performing Arts Festival (South Korea), Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto, Italy). Recent dance designs—Aszure Barton & Artists: Awáa; Alvin Ailey America Dance Theater: Lift; Hubbard Street Dance Chicago: Fluence, Cloudless; Bayerisches Staatsballett: Konzert für Violine un Orchester; Houston Ballet: Angular Momentum. Education—MFA: Yale School of Drama. Member of Wingspace Theatrical Design. wingspace.com/burke.

Sarah Pickett—Sound Designer. Center Stage: debut. New York—Theatre for a New Audience: Othello, Macbeth, Measure for Measure; Women’s Theatre Project: Aliens with Extraordinary Skills. Regional—Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado about Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard III; American Players Theatre: Antony & Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, All’s Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare’s Will, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Cure at Troy, Of Mice and Men; Portland Center Stage: Red, Santaland Diaries; Yale Repertory Theatre: Hamlet, A Delicate Balance, Death of Salesman; Asolo Rep Theatre: The Winter’s Tale, Venus in Fur;

PlayMakers Repertory Company: Nicholas Nickleby, All My Sons; Dallas Theater Center: To Kill a Mockingbird; Long Wharf Theatre: Italian American Reconciliation; Drury Lane at Oakbrook: Gypsy; Victory Gardens Theater: We Are Proud to Present…. Other—Faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama teaching sound design and music composition. Education—MFA, Yale School of Drama; MA, Cornell University; BFA, Syracuse University.

Gavin Witt—Production Dramaturg. (see page 12)

Laura Smith*—Stage Manager. Center Stage: Resident Stage Manager: Amadeus; Wild with Happy; Twelfth Night; Stones in His Pockets; dance of the holy ghosts; Clybourne Park; Beneatha’s Place; The Mountaintop; Bus Stop; An Enemy of the People; The Whipping Man; Gleam; The Rivals; Snow Falling on Cedars; Cyrano; Working it Out; Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Regional—Everyman: Pygmalion, Shipwrecked, The Exonerated, Rabbit Hole, Doubt, Gem of the Ocean, And a Nightingale Sang, The School for Scandal, A Number, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, Yellowman; Woolly Mammoth: Gruesome Playground Injuries, House of Gold, The Unmentionables, Vigils, After Ashley; Folger: Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors (ASM); Olney Theatre: Stuff Happens; Theater Alliance: Headsman’s Holiday, Pangea, [sic]; Catalyst: Cloud 9; Longacre Lea: Man with Bags.

Director Nelson T. Eusebio III discusses the play with the cast of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.

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Captain Kate Murphy*—Assistant Stage Manager. Center Stage: Resident Stage Manager; Stage Manager: Next to Normal, A Civil War Christmas, Animal Crackers, Mud Blue Sky, The Mountaintop, …Edgar Allan Poe, A Skull in Connemara, American Buffalo, Crime & Punishment, Let There Be Love, The Santaland Diaries; Assistant Stage Manager for The Importance of Being Earnest, Things of Dry Hours, Trouble in Mind, Three Sisters, Radio Golf, The Murder of Isaac, Once on this Island, King Lear; Assistant Production Manager 2008-09. Regional—Trinity Rep: Veronica Meadows, Boeing-Boeing; Actors Theatre of Louisville: All Hail Hurricane Gordo˚, The Clean House, Moot the Messenger˚, Dracula, The Ruby Sunrise˚, Tall Grass Gothic˚, The Drawer Boy, Amadeus, As You Like It (˚premieres at the Humana Festival of New American Plays); Contemporary American Theater Festival: The Overwhelming, Pig Farm; Totem Pole Playhouse: Over 80 productions through 14 summer stock seasons. Film/TV—Route 30, Route 30 Too!, Next Food Network Star. Proud Actors Equity and ASCAP Member.

Stephanie Klapper—Casting Director. Center Stage: Next to Normal, Vanya and Sonia…, Stones in His Pockets, dance of the holy ghosts, …Poe, The Whipping Man, A Skull in Connemara. Selected credits include: Broadway—A Christmas Story, The Musical; Dividing the Estate; Bells Are Ringing; It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues. Off Broadway—Emotional Creature (Linney Theatre at the Signature); Daisy Foote’s

HIM; Horton Foote’s Harrison, Texas; The Morini Strad (Primary Stages); Twelfth Night (New York Classical Theatre); Karen O’s Stop the Virgens! (St. Anne’s Warehouse); Cactus Flower (Westside Theatre); The Temperamentals (New World Stages). Regional—A Christmas Story, The Musical (National Tour); Emotional Creature (NY Casting/Berkeley Rep); White Snake (New York Casting/Oregon Shakespeare Company); Nobody Loves You (Old Globe, San Diego); Three Musketeers (Cincinnati Playhouse); Venice (KC Rep/Kirk Douglas Theatre); God of Carnage (Capital Rep); Assassins (Milwaukee Rep); The Cherry Sisters (NY Casting/Actor’s Theatre of Louisville). Film/TV—Alice Jacobs is Dead, Roberta, Feast of the Goat; Lazytown. Member—Casting Society of America and The League of Professional Theatre Women.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association

Costume drawings on rehearsal room wall. Alixandra Gage Englund and Gavin Witt.

DININGSascha’s Express, our pre-performance dinner service, is located up the lobby stairs in our Mezzanine café. Service begins two hours before each performance. DRINKSYou are welcome to take beverages with lids to your seats! But please, no food. PHONESPlease silence all phones and electronic devices before the show and after intermission.RECORDINGPhotography and both audio and video recording are strictly forbidden.ON-STAGE SMOKINGWe use tobacco-free herbal imitations for on-stage smoking and do everything possible to minimize the impact and amount of smoke that drifts into the audience. Let our Box Office or front of house personnel know if you’re smoke sensitive.ACCESSIBILITYWheelchair-accessible seating is available for every performance.We offer free assistive listening devices, braille programs, and magnifying glasses upon request. An Open Captioned performance† is available one Sunday performance of each production. Several performances also feature Audio Description†.

PARKINGIf you are parking in the Baltimore Sun Garage (diagonally across from the theater at Monument & Calvert) you can pay via credit card at the pay station in the garage lobby or at the in-lane pay station as you exit. If you have a pre-paid voucher, proceed directly to your vehicle and enter your voucher after inserting the parking ticket you received upon entering the garage, in the machine as you leave. We are unable to validate parking tickets.

FEEDBACKWe hope you have an enjoyable, stress-free experience! Your feedback and suggestions are always welcomed: [email protected].†Open Captioning & Audio Description performances for It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play: Sun, Dec 14. Audio Description at both 2 pm and 7:30 pm. Open Captioning at 7:30 pm.

AUDIENCESERVICES


Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE is an award-winning British playwright, director, actor, and broadcaster. At Center Stage he has directed

Amadeus, dance of the holy ghosts (City Paper Top Ten Productions, 2013); The Mountaintop; An Enemy of the People; The Whipping Man, for which he was named Best Director; and Naomi Wallace’s Things of Dry Hours. In 2014, Kwame was named Best Director in City Paper’s Best of Baltimore, and he was nominated for SDC's Zelda Fichandler Award for Best Theater Director. Among his works as playwright are Elmina’s Kitchen and Let There Be Love as well as A Bitter Herb, Statement of Regret, and Seize the Day. His latest play, Beneatha’s Place, debuted at Center Stage in 2013 as part of the groundbreaking Raisin Cycle. His other directorial credits include Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew at the Lark Play Development Center in New York, New York’s Public Theater’s production of Much Ado About Nothing, the World Premiere of Detroit ’67 (nominated for Best Director) at New York’s Public Theater, and the World Premiere of The Liquid Plain at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has served on the boards of The National Theatre and The Tricycle Theatre, both in London, and as Artistic Director for the World Arts Festival in Senegal. He was named the Chancellor of the University of the Arts London, and in 2012 was named an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Managing Director Stephen Richard has worked in ballet, museums, and theater, with his longest tenure at Arena Stage. As Arena’s Executive

Director, he planned and managed the theater’s capital campaign for the Mead Center for American Theater. He has served as professor of Arts Management at Georgetown University. He has also served on the boards and committees of some of the nation’s most prestigious arts organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts, American Arts Alliance, the League of Resident Theatres, and the Theatre Communications Group. He currently serves on the Advocacy Committee of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance and on the board of directors of the Maryland Citizens for the Arts.

Associate Director Gavin Witt came to Center Stage in 2003, after nearly 15 years in Chicago as an actor, director, dramaturg, translator, and teacher—and

co-founder of the classically based greasy joan & co theater. In addition to working as a dramaturg on scores of productions, readings, and workshops at Center Stage, he has helped develop new work around the country. Before making his Center Stage mainstage directorial debut with Twelfth Night, Gavin directed more than a dozen Young Playwrights Festival entries, as many new play readings, and the 50th Anniversary Decade Plays for Center Stage. A graduate of

Yale and the University of Chicago, he has taught at the University of Chicago, DePaul, and locally at Towson; served on the advisory boards of several theaters; and spent more than a decade as a regional vice president of the national association of dramaturgs, LMDA.

Associate Director Hana S. Sharif is a director, playwright, and producer. She served as Associate Artistic Director, Director of New Play Development; and

Artistic Producer at Hartford Stage; and recently as Program Manager of the ArtsEmerson Ambassador Program; and as Developmental Producer/Tour Manager of Progress Theatre’s musical The Burnin’. Hana also served as co-founder and Artistic Director of Nasir Productions, which brings theater to underserved communities. Directing credits include The Whipping Man, Gem of the Ocean (six CCC nominations), Gee’s Bend (CCC Award Best Ensemble, two nominations), Next Stop Africa, Cassie, The Drum, and IFdentity. Hana has directed numerous developmental workshops, including Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder’s The Chat and Chew Supper Club. Her plays include All the Women I Used to Be, The Rise and Fall of Day, and The Sprott Cycle Trilogy. Hana is the recipient of the 2009–10 Aetna New Voices Fellowship and the Theatre Communications Group (TCG) New Generations Fellowship.

CENTER STAGE ADVISORY BOARDThe Center Stage Advisory Board is a group of Artistic Directors from theaters across the country. We thank these experienced professionals who are on hand to provide guidance and advice to Center Stage leaders, board, and staff.

Susan Booth, Artistic Director at Alliance Theatre

James Bundy, Artistic Director at Yale Repertory Theatre

Marc Masterson, Artistic Director at South Coast Repertory

James Nicola, Artistic Director at New York Theatre Workshop

Diane Paulus, Artistic Director at the American Repertory Theater

Neil Pepe, Artistic Director at Atlantic Theater Company

Carey Perloff, Artistic Director at the American Conservatory Theater

Bill Rauch, Artistic Director at Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director at Center Theatre Group

Tim Sanford, Artistic Director at Playwrights Horizons

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Opening Night Receptions, Backstage @ Center Stage, the Annual Benefit Gala, the annual Auction—these are just a few of the events that happen every year at Center Stage, and are made possible thanks to the generous in-kind support of The Classic Catering People.

A member of the community for over 40 years, it’s hard to imagine a company more entwined with Baltimore than Classic. Classic’s roots are in Baltimore, and the company is deeply connected to its residents. From Center Stage to numerous cultural and educational institutions, from the Baltimore Ravens at the Under Armour Performance Center to holiday parties for children at local hospitals, the Classic team has helped transform events into memories for all those they serve.

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Under the leadership of the late Eddie Dopkin, as well as his sister Harriet Dopkin, and Larry Frank, Classic has always been about more than just food. Classic believes that the only thing better than bringing people together for a good meal is to bring them together for a good cause. Team members volunteer at many local nonprofits, chefs provide cooking classes to kids, and during every season at Center Stage Classic helps make possible one of our most popular community programs: Kickin’ it with the ‘Rents.

Conceived as a way to encourage parents and children to attend theater together, these special performances bring families and Center Stage artists together before a production, allowing them to ask questions and engage with art in a deeper, more meaningful way. Every season, Classic provides meals for these intimate occasions, helping us inspire the next generation of theater-goers and theater-makers. As one parent noted, “I am truly grateful that programs like this exist. The added experience of dinner and meeting the cast really was enjoyable. What a great way to introduce kids to theater.”

As a longtime supporter of Center Stage, it is clear The Classic Catering People understand how the arts can nourish a community. Thank you Classic for making our events so special and ensuring our guests leave with the best possible memories.

Did you know that everything you see on stage is created right here at Center Stage? The smallest details, down to the perfect vintage microphones, are thoughtfully curated by Center Stage’s talented artists.

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The following list includes gifts of $250 or more made to the Center Stage Annual Fund between April 16, 2013 and October 15, 2014. Although space limitations make it impossible for us to list everyone who helps fund our artistic, education, and community programs, we are enormously grateful to each person who contributes to Center Stage. We couldn’t do it without you!

SUPPORT The Annual Fund at Center Stage

INDIVIDUALS & FOUNDATIONSThe Center Stage Society represents donors who, with their annual contributions of $2,500 or more, provide special opportunities for our artists and audiences. Society members are actively involved through special events, theater-related travel, and behind-the-scenes conversations with theater artists.

INDIVIDUAL SEASON SPONSORS($50,000+)Ellen and Ed BernardLynn and Tony DeeringJane and Larry DroppaJudy and Scott PharesMr. and Mrs. Philip RauchJay and Sharon SmithMs. Barbara Voss and Charles E. Noell, III

PRESIDENTS’ CIRCLE($50,000+)

The Annie E. Casey FoundationThe Charlesmead FoundationEdgerton Foundation

New American Play AwardsThe Shubert Foundation, Inc.Harold and Mimi Steinberg

Charitable TrustMs. Katherine L. Vaughns +

PRODUCERS’ CIRCLE($25,000-$49,999)

The Miriam and Jay Wurtz Andrus Trust

William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Awards

Penny BankStephanie and Ashton CarterJames and Janet ClausonKathleen HyleJI FoundationMarilyn MeyerhoffTerry H. Morgenthaler and

Patrick Kerins

ARTISTS’ CIRCLE($10,000-$24,999)

The William L. and Victorine Q. Adams Foundation and The Rodgers Family Fund

Peter and Millicent BainThe Jacob and Hilda Blaustein

Foundation, Inc.The Bunting Family FoundationThe Helen P. Denit Charitable TrustMs. Nancy Dorman and

Mr. Stanley MazaroffFascitelli Family FoundationDaniel P. GahaganJohn Gerdy and E. Follin Smith

The Goldsmith Family Foundation

The Laverna Hahn Charitable Trust

Francie and John Keenan

Townsend and Bob Kent

Kenneth C. and Elizabeth M. Lundeen

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds

Mr. J. William Murray

George Roche

Mr. and Mrs. George M. Sherman

Mr. Louis B. Thalheimer and Ms. Juliet A. Eurich

Department of VSA and Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

PLAYWRIGHTS’ CIRCLE($5,000-$9,999)

James T. and Francine G. Brady

Mary Catherine Bunting

August and Melissa Chiasera

The Nathan & Suzanne Cohen Foundation

The Jane and Worth B. Daniels, Jr. Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Doggett, III

Brian and Denise Eakes

Dick and Maria Gamper

Carole and Neil Goldberg

Fredye and Adam Gross

Martha Head

Murray Kappelman

Kwame and Michelle Kwei-Armah

The John J. Leidy Foundation, Inc.

The Macht Philanthropic Fund

Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker

Stephen Richard and Mame Hunt

The Jim & Patty Rouse Charitable Foundation

Charles and Leslie Schwabe

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Thompson Webb

Ms. Linda Woolf

DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE($2,500-$4,999)

AnonymousThe Lois and Irving Blum FoundationDrs. Joanna and Harry BrandtSylvia and Eddie BrownMr. John DavisonThe Mary & Dan Dent Fund of the

Baltimore Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Mathias J. DeVito

Mr. and Mrs. Michael FalconeThe Harry L. Gladding Foundation/

Winnie and Neal BordenGoldseker Foundation/ Ana GoldsekerRobert and Cheryl GuthThe Hecht-Levi Foundation, Inc.David and Elizabeth JH HurwitzSteve and Susan ImmeltJonna and Fred LazarusMr. and Mrs. Earl & Darielle Linehan/

Linehan Family FoundationMrs. Diane MarkmanLinda and John McClearyJohn and Mary MessmoreJim and Mary MillerMr. and Mrs. Hugh Mohler, Jr.John and Susan NehraDr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. PakulaThe Pearlstone Family Fund Lainy Lebow Sachs and Leonard SachsMonica and Arnold SagnerMr. and Mrs. Todd SchubertScott and Mimi SomervilleScot T. SpencerMr. Gilbert H. Stewart and

Ms. Joyce L. UlrichMr. Michael StyerMr. and Mrs. Harry ThomasianMr. and Mrs. Donald and

Mariana ThomsTrexler Foundation, Inc. -

Jeff Abarbanel and David GoldnerKathryn and Mark VaselkivLoren and Judy WesternTed and Mary Jo WieseCheryl Hudgins Williams and

Alonza WilliamsMr. Todd M. Wilson and

Mr. Edward DelaplaineDrs. Nadia and Elias Zerhouni

Robert W. Smith, Jr., PresidentEdward C. Bernard, Vice PresidentJuliet Eurich, Vice PresidentTerry H. Morgenthaler, Vice PresidentBrian Eakes, TreasurerJ.W. Thompson Webb, Secretary

Penny BankKatharine C. Blakeslee*James T. BradyC. Sylvia Brown*Stephanie CarterAugust J. ChiaseraLynn DeeringJed DietzWalter B. Doggett, IIIJane W.I. DroppaBeth W. FalconeJennifer FosterDaniel GahaganC. Richard Gamper, Jr.Suzan GarabedianAdam GrossCheryl O'Donnell GuthMartha Head*Elizabeth J. Himelfarb HurwitzKathleen W. HyleTed E. ImesJoe JenningsMurray M. Kappelman, MD*John J. KeenanE. Robert Kent, Jr.Joseph M. Langmead*Kenneth C. Lundeen*John McCardellMarilyn Meyerhoff*Hugh MohlerJ. William MurrayCharles E. NoellEsther Pearlstone*Judy M. PharesJill PrattPhilip J. RauchHarold RojasMonica Sagner*Renee C. Samuels RosenfeldTodd SchubertCharles SchwabeGeorge M. Sherman*Scott SomervilleScot T. SpencerMichael B. StyerHarry ThomasianDonald ThomsKatherine Vaughns+Krissie VerbicLinda S. Woolf* Trustee Emeriti+ Deceased

BOARD OF TRUSTEES


DESIGNERS($1,000-$2,499)

Anonymous

Denise and Philip Andrews

Mayer and Will Baker, in honor of Terry Morgenthaler

Ms. Taunya Banks

Mr. and Mrs. Marc Blum

John and Carolyn Boitnott

Dr. and Mrs. Donald D. Brown

Sandra and Thomas Brushart

Meredith and Joseph Callanan

The Campbell Foundation, Inc.

Caplan Family Foundation, Inc.

Rose Carpenter

John Chester

Ann K. Clapp

Combined Federal Campaign

Constantinides Family Foundation

Mr. Thomas Crusse and Mr. David Imre, in honor of Stephanie and Ash Carter

The Richard and Rosalee C. Davison Foundation

Gene DeJackome and Kim Gingras

Albert F. DeLoskey and Lawrie Deering

Mr. Jed Dietz and Dr. Julia McMillan

The Epp Family

Dennis Flynn

Dr. and Dr. Matthew Freedman

Frank and Jane Gabor

Jose and Ginger Galvez

Ms. Suzan Garabedian

Pamela and Jonathan Genn, in honor of Cindi Monahan and Beth Falcone

Sandra Levi Gerstung

F. Barton Harvey, III and Janet Marie Smith

Bill and Scootsie Hatter

Donald and Sybill Hebb

Sandra and Thomas Hess

Drs. Dahlia Hirsch and Barry Wohl

Len and Betsy Homer

The A. C. and Penney Hubbard Foundation

Ms. Harriet F. Iglehart

Joseph J. Jaffa

Max Jordan

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Joseph, in honor of Lynn Deering

Ms. Shirley Kaufman

Francine and Allan Krumholz

H.R. LaBar Family Foundation Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

The Herschel and Judith Langenthal Philanthropic Fund

Andie Laporte, in honor of Philip and Lynn Rauch

Dr. and Mrs. George Lentz, Jr.

Robert and Susan Mathias

Mr. and Mrs. Steven and Karen McCurdy

Joseph and Jane Meyer

Mr. and Mrs. John and Beverly Michel

Tom and Cindi Monahan

Jeannie Murphy

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ogburn

Dr. Bodil Ottesen

Linda Hambleton Panitz

Dave and Chris Powell

Jill and Darren Pratt

The James and Gail Riepe Family Foundation

Nathan and Michelle Robertson

The Rollins-Luetkemeyer Foundation

Gail B. Schulhoff

Bayinnah Shabazz, M.D.

Barbara and Sig Shapiro

The Earle & Annette Shawe Family Foundation

Barbara P. Shelton

Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Smelkinson

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Terri Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Smith

Judith R. and Turner B. Smith

Ms. Kimberly Stokes

Dr. and Mrs. John Strahan

Susan and Brian Sullam

Dr. Edgar and Mrs. Betty Sweren, in honor of Cindi Monahan

Robert and Patricia Tarola

Nanny and Jack Warren, in honor of Lynn Deering

Sydney and Ron Wilner

Ann Wolfe and Dick Mead

Dr. Laurie S. Zabin

Mr. Calman Zamoiski, Jr., in honor of Terry Morgenthaler

COMPANY($500-$999)

Anonymous

Ms. Diane Abeloff, in memory of Martin Abeloff

Mr. and Mrs. Delbert L. Adams

Mrs. Alexander Armstrong

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Dorothy Bair

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bank Family Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation

Charles and Patti Baum

Jaye and Dr. Ted Bayless Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation

Steve and Teri Bennett

Harriet and Bruce Blum

Jan Boyce

Jason and Mind Brandt

Cindy Candelori

Ms. Sue Lin Chong

Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Christ

William and Bonnie Clarke

Ms. Clare Cochran

Ms. Barbara Crain and Mr. Michael Borowitz

Robert and Janice Davis

Richard and Lynda Davis

James DeGraffenreidt and Mychelle Farmer

The Honorable and Mrs. E. Stephen Derby

Lynne Durbin and John-Francis Mergen

Patricia Yevics-Eisenberg and Stewart Eisenberg

The Eliasberg Family Foundation

Buddy and Sue Emerson, in appreciation of Ken and Elizabeth Lundeen

Mr. Donald M. and Mrs. Margaret W. Engvall

Faith and Edgar Feingold, in memory of Sally W. Feingold

Andrea and Samuel Fine

Merle and David Fishman

Ms. Nancy Freyman

Dr. Joseph Gall and Dr. Diane Dwyer

Megan M. Gillick

Terry L. Gladden

Mary and Richard Gorman

Stuart and Linda Grossman

Terry Halle and Wendy McAllister

Vicki and Jim Handa

Rebecca Henry and Harry Gruner

Mrs. Heidi Hoffman

James and Rosemary Hormuth

Dr. and Mrs. J. Woodford Howard

Ralph and Claire Hruban

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Imes

Mr. and Mrs. James and Julia Johnstone

Kirk and Debbie Joy

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kaplan

Mr. and Mrs. Padraic Kennedy

Roland King and Judith Phair King

Donald Knox and Mary Towery, in memory of Carolyn Knox and Gene Towery

Stewart and Carol Koehler

Joseph M. and Judy K. Langmead

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Lesser

Marilyn Leuthold

Kenneth and Christine Lobo

The Ethel M. Looram Foundation, Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lynch

The Dr. Frank C. Marino Foundation, Inc.

Maryland Charity Campaign

Mary L. McGeady

Jeston I. Miller

The Honorable Diana and Fred Motz, in memory of Nancy Roche

George and Beth Murnaghan

Ms. Jennifer Nelson

Roger F. Nordquist and Joyce Ward

Ms. Jo-Ann Mayer Orlinsky

Pitt O’Neill Family

Michael and Phyllis Panopoulos

Leslie and Gary Plotnick

Robert E. and Anne L. Prince

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Radmer

Mrs. Peggy L. Rice

Jane and Stanley Rodbell and James R. Shapiro

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rojas

Dorothy L. and Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr.

Renee Samuels Rosenfeld and Jordan Rosenfeld

Kevin and Judy Rossiter

Mr. Al Russell

Mrs. Bette Rothman

Sheila and Steve Sachs

Kurt and Patricia Schmoke

Eugene and Alice Schreiber Philanthropic Fund

The Sinksy-Kresser-Racusin Memorial Foundation

Susan Somerville-Hawes, in honor of The Encounter Program

Ms. Jill Stempler

Mr. and Mrs. Barbara and Paul Timm-Brock

David and Sharon Tufaro

United Way of Central Maryland Campaign

Mr. and Mrs. George and Beth Van Dyke

Mr. John Wessner

Ms. Camille Wheeler and Mr. William Marshall

Mr. John Wessner

Mr. and Mrs. Barry and Linda Williams

Dr. and Mrs. Frank R. Witter

Dr. Richard H. Worsham

Mr. Norman Youskauskas

ADVOCATES($250-$499)

Anonymous

Rita and Walter Abel

Ms. Lisa Abrams

Bradley and Lindsay Alger

The Alsop Family Foundation

Mr. Alan M. Arrowsmith, II.

Mr. Wayne Arvin

Mrs. Darlene E. Austin

Ayd Transport

Mike Baker

Melissa A. Behm

S. Woods and Cathy Bennett

Mr. Jason Bennett

Bob and Maureen Black

Rachel and Steven Bloom, in honor of Beth Falcone

Ms. Deborah W. Callard

Ms. Darlene Campbell

The Jim and Anne Cantler Memorial Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Carr

Mr. and Mrs. David Carter

Alice P. Clark

Brenda M. Cley, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Collins

David and Sara Cooke

B.J. and Bill Cowie

Gwen Davidson

Jay and Bette Demarest

Ed and Ina Dreiband

Stacie C. Dunlap

Deborah and Philip English

Ms. Vicky Favor

Ms. Rhea Feikin, in memory of Colgate Salsbury

Faith and Edgar Feingold, in memory of Sally W. Feingold

Bob and Susie Fetter

Genine and Josh Fidler, in honor of Ellen and Ed Bernard

Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Fleishman

Elborg and Robert Forster

Dr. Neal M. Friedlander and Dr. Virginia K. Adams

Mark and Patti Gillen

Hal and Pat Gilreath

Mr. Bruce Goldman

Dr. Larry Goldstein and Dr. Diane Pappas

Ms. Hannah B. Gould

Barbara and Howard Gradet

Thomas and Barbara Guarnieri

Mr. and Mrs. James Hackman

Christine B. Hall

Ada Hamosh

Aaron Heinsman and Nick Simko

Betsy and George Hess

Sue Hess

Mr. Donald H. Hooker, Jr.

Susan Horn

Ms. Sarah Issacs

James and Hillary Aidus Jacobs

Ms. Monica James

A.H. Janoski, M.D., in honor of Jane Stewart Janoski

Ann H. Kahan

Richard and Judith Katz

Dr. and Mrs. Myron Kellner

Stephen and Laurie Kelly, in memory of Rodney Stieff

Ms. Kim-Khoi Khue

David and Ann Koch

Thomas and Lara Kopf

Larry Koppelman and Liz Ritter

Gina Kotowski

Mr. Barry Kropf

Edward Kuhl

Ms. Dorothy Kuhlman

Truby LaGarde and Paul Lambertson

Mr. and Mrs. William Larson

Mr. Raymond Lenhard, Jr.

Marty Lidston and Jill Leukhardt

Dr. and Mrs. John Lion

Scott and Ellen Lutrey

Nancy Magnuson and Jay Harrell, in honor of Betty and Edgar Sweren

Frank and Joyce Margolis

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Mr. Elvis Marks

Jeanne E. Marsh

Mary and Barry Menne

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Meredith

Tracy Miller and Paul Arnest, in honor of Stephanie Miller

Faith and Ted Millspaugh

James W. and Shirley A. Moore

Dr. and Mrs. C.L. Moravec

Stephen and Terry Needel

Mildred and Timothy Nohe

Irene E. Norton

Dr, and Mrs. Alex Ober

Claire D. O'Neill

The P.R.F.B. Charitable Foundation, in memory of Shirley Feinstein Blum

Justine and Ken Parezo

Fred and Grazina Pearson

Chris and Deborah Pennington

Dr. and Mrs. James M. Pepple

Mr. Martin Perschler

Mr. William Phillips

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Phillips

Robin and Allene Pierson, in honor of Terry Morgenthaler

Ronald and Patricia Pilling

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Posner

Cyndy Renoff and George Taler

Dr. Michael Repka and Dr. Mary Anne Facciolo

John and Dotty Reynolds

Bob and Phoebe Reynolds

Natasha and Keenan Rice

Alison and Arnold Richman

Ida and Jack Roadhouse

Mr. Paul Roeger, in memory of Gloria Roeger

Mr. Wilfred Roesler

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rusk

Steven and Lee Sachs

Dr. and Mrs. Edward M.M. Sills

Ellen and Dino Sangiamo

Mr. and Mrs. L. Siems

Ms. Pamela Skelding

Dr. Donald Slowinski

Reverend Sharon Smith

Solomon and Elaine Snyder

Mrs. Clare H. Stewart, in honor of Bill Geenen

Brenda and Dan Stone

Renee Straber, in memory of Joan Marilyn Kappelman

Mr. Joseph Terino, in memory of Joan Marilyn Kappelman

Fred and Cindy Thompson

Mr. Martin Toner, in memory of Joan Marilyn Kappelman

Susan Treff

Laura and Neil Tucker, in honor of Beth Falcone

Sarah Valente

Mr. and Mrs. David Warshawsky

Boe and Patti Wells

Ms. Anita Wilmore

Deborah King-Young and Daniel Young

SPECIAL GRANTS & GIFTS:

The Leading National Theatres Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

GOVERNMENT GRANTSCenter Stage is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Center Stage’s catalog of Education Programs has been selected by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities as a 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award Finalist.

Baltimore County Executive, County Council, & Commission on Arts and Sciences

Carroll County Government

Howard County Arts Council through a grant from Howard County Government

Center Stage has been funded by the Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

GIFTS IN-KINDThe Afro American

Akbar Restaurant

Atwater’s

Au Bon Pain

The Baltimore Sun

Berger’s Cookies

Blimpie

The Brewer’s Art

Cakes by Pamela G

Casa di Pasta

The Classic Catering People

The Charles Theater

Chipotle

The City Paper

Dooby's

Eddie’s on Saint Paul

Edible Arrangements

Eggspectations

Express Vending

Fisherman’s Friend/ Pez Candy, Inc.

The Fractured Prune

Gertrude’s Restaurant

Gianni’s Italian Bistro

Greg’s Bagels

GT Pizza

HoneyBaked Ham Co.

The Helmand

Hotel Monaco

Iggie’s

The Jewish Times

Mamott

Mars Super Markets

Maryland Office Interiors

Maryland Public Television

Michele’s Granola

Mitchell Kurtz Architect, PC.

Mount Vernon Stable and Saloon

New System Bakery

Oriole’s Pizza and Sub

Pizza Boli’s

Pizza Hut

Planit Agency

PromoWorks

Republic National Distributing Company

Sabatino’s

Shugoll Research

The Signman

Style Magazine

Subway

Urbanite

Utz Quality Foods

Village Square Café

A Vintner’s Selection

Wawa

Wegman’s

Whitmore Print & Imaging

WYPR Radiowww.thecheckshop.us

MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES The Abell Foundation, Inc.

Bank of America

BGE

Becton Dickinson & Company

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Constellation Energy

The Deering Family Foundation

E-Bay Foundation

Illinois Tool Works Foundation

Kraft Foods

MASCO Corporation

McCormick Foundation

PLAYWRIGHTS’ CIRCLE

Anonymous

American Trading & Production Corporation

Ayers Saint Gross, Incorporated

The Baltimore Life Companies

Cassidy Turley

Chapel Valley Landscape Company

Cho Benn Holback + Associates

Environmental Reclamation Company

Ernst & Young

FTI Consulting, Inc.

Howard Bank

Jenkins Baer Associates

Legg Mason

McGuireWoods LLP

Pessin Katz Law P.A.

PNC Bank

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Saul Ewing LLP

Stifel Nicolaus

Sylvan/Laureate Foundation

Venable, LLP

Whiteford, Taylor and Preston

Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.

DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE

Baxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones, P.A.

Funk & Bolton, P.A.

Schoenfeld Insurance Associates

DESIGNERS

Chesapeake Plywood, LLC

Stevenson University

CORPORATIONS

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Miles & Stockbridge applauds Center Stage

and its enchanting production of

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.

We wish you and yours a magical holiday season.

It’s a Wonderful Life, but sometimes it can get tough— especially for the one in five people living with a mental illness or substance use disorder.

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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF ADVOCACY IN 2015


Guests celebrate at Opening Night of Next to Normal (clockwise from top left): Shannon Graham and Tiana Bias; Matthew Rodin and Kally Duling; Justin Scott Brown and Cassandra Miller; Paul Wissman, Katie Scarlett, and Andrew Woods; (back): Michael Winther, Kally Duling, Darren Cohen, Ariela Morgenstern, Matt Lutz, Justin Scott Brown, Matthew Rodin, and Jessica Hartman (front): David Schweizer, Kwame Kwei-Armah, and Ryan Haase; Jennifer Stearns, David Gleeson, and David Schweizer; Teresa Eyring and Kwame Kwei-Armah. Photos by Tyrone Eaton.

PHOTOSCenter Stage Celebrations

Major Donors Reception: Kwame Kwei-Armah and Jacqueline Caldwell; Julia Keller, Jacqueline and Robert Smelkinson; Terry Morgenthaler and Brenda Jews.

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By Kemp PowersJan 14–Feb 8

On February 25, 1964 Cassius Clay wins the world heavyweight boxing title, and instead of hitting the town, Clay chooses to celebrate in a Miami hotel room with his three close friends—activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke, and football star Jim Brown. This fictional account of a real night imagines what might have happened in that tiny hotel room.

ONE NIGHT in MIAMI…

2013Los Angeles

Drama Critics Circle

AWARD

Sam Cooke. Jim Brown. Malcolm X .

M u ham mad Ali .

“Crackles with both the charisma and humanity of these iconic figures.”–The Hollywood Reporter

“Engrossing.”–Los Angeles Times

Tom Hall, Music Director

Christmas with Choral ArtsTuesday, December 2, 2014 at 7:30 pm

The Baltimore BasilicaThis annual festive holiday program features Tom Hall conducting the

Chorus and Orchestra.

Sing-Along MessiahFriday, December 19, 2014 at 7:30 pm

Kraushaar AuditoriumJoin in singing the choruses of Handel’s Messiah, or just enjoy

the surround-sound!

Christmas for KidsSaturday, December 20, 2014 at 11 am

Kraushaar AuditoriumHoliday fun for the entire family, featuring Pepito the Clown and

a visit from Santa!

Quest for PeaceSunday, April 26, 2015 at 3 pm

Kraushaar AuditoriumTom Hall leads the full chorus and orchestra in poignant settings of

Dona nobis pacem by Ralph Vaughn Williams and Pateris Vasks, and Arvo Pärt’s

beautiful meditation, Da pacem Domine.

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Baltimore Choral Arts is also grateful for the support of The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Awards, www.bakerartistawards.org.

Choral CLASSICS

A S E A S O N O FPREVIEW

UP NEXT 2014/15 SEASON


Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE–Artistic Director | Stephen Richard–Managing Director

AdministrationAssociate Managing Director–Del W. RisbergSpecial Assistant to the Managing Directors–

Kevin MaroneyExecutive Assistant–Sarah CurnolesManaging Directors’ Fellow–Neil ParikhManaging Directors’ Intern–Arrenvy Bilinski

Artistic & DramaturgyAssociate Director–Gavin WittAssociate Director–Hana SharifArtistic and Dramaturgy Fellow–

Catherine María RodríguezThe Lynn and Tony Deering Artistic Director’s Intern–

Brandon ButtsThe Stephanie and Ashton Carter Digital Media Intern–

Nick MorrisonHot Desk Resident Playwright–Jenny Connell Davis International Hot Desk Playwright–Mar Gómez GlezPlaywrights under Commission–de’Andre Aziza,

James Magruder, Daniel Reitz, KJ Sanchez

Audience RelationsBox Office Manager–Mandy BenedixAssistant Box Office Manager/Subscriptions Manager–

Jerrilyn KeeneAssistant Patron Services Manager–Laura Baker,

Nick HoranPatron Services Associates–Zerica Anderson, Samrawit

Belai, Tiana Bias, Arrenvy Bilinski, Kendrel Dickerson, Neil Parikh, Sonny Russo, Jess Strasser, Sarah Tomberlin, Paul Wissman

Front of House Manager & Volunteer Coordinator– Alec Lawson

House Managers–Laura Baker, Mandy Benedix, Sarah Hurst, Lindsay Jacks, Faith Savill, Paul Wissman

Bar Manager–Beth Ann Wilson Van CleveAudience Relations Intern–Sarah HurstAudio Description–Ralph Welsh &

Maryland Arts Access

AudioSupervisor–Amy WedelAudio Engineer–Mercer AplinThe Jane and Larry Droppa Audio Intern–

Robin Clenard

Community Programs & EducationDirector–Rosiland CauthenEducation Coordinator–Kristina SzilagyiCommunity Programs & Education Fellow–

Joshua ThomasCommunity Programs & Education Intern–

Andrew StromyerTeaching Artists–Maria Broom, Sean Elias, Jerry

Miles, Jr., Dustin Morris, CJay Philip, D. Wambui Richardson, Craig Richie, Oran Sandel, Susan Stroupe, Ann Turiano, Jacob Zabawa

CostumesCostumer–David BurdickDraper–Susan MacCorkleTailor–Edward DawsonCraftsperson–Wiliam E. CrowtherFirst Hand–Elisabeth RoskosThe Judy and Scott Phares Costumes Intern–

Sarah Barbour

The Kathleen Hyle Wardrobe Intern–Mika Eubanks

DevelopmentDirector–Julia KellerAnnual Fund Manager–Katelyn WhiteGrants Manager–Debbie JoyDevelopment Associate–Christopher LewisEvents Manager–Brad NorrisDevelopment Assistant–Alyson JacquesAuction Coordinator–Sydney WilnerAuction Assistant–Norma CohenThe Edward and Ellen Bernard Development Fellow–

Astoria Avilés

ElectricsLighting Director–Tamar GeistMaster Electrician–Bevin MiyakeStaff Electrician– Anthony ReedThe Gilbert H. Stewart and

Ms. Joyce L. Ulrich Lighting Intern–Jake Roberts

FinanceDirector–Susan RoseberyBusiness Manager–Kathy NolanBusiness Assistant–Kacy Armstrong

GraphicsArt Director–Bill GeenenProduction Photographer–Richard AndersonGraphics Intern–Katherine Marmion

Information TechnologiesDirector–Joe LongSystems Administrator–Mark Slaughter

Marketing & CommunicationsDirector–Tony HeaphyPublic Relations Manager–Cassandra MillerPublications Manager–Maggie BeetzMarketing Associate/Group Sales–Tia AbnerMarketing Associate–Sarah BichselDigital Content Associate–Emily SalinasThe Jay and Sharon Smith Marketing and

Communications Intern–Jessica Strasser

Multi-MediaCoordinator–Geoff MooreMultimedia Intern–Emery BeckerOperationsFacilities Manager–Shawn WhitenackBuilding Engineer–Harry PiaseckiSecurity Supervisor–James WilliamsCustodial Services Supervisor–Wylie ShawHousekeepers–Lanair Holland, Lori Duckworth

Production ManagementDirector of Production–Rick NobleAssociate Production Manager–Caitlin PowersCompany Manager–Sara GroveProduction/Stage Management Intern–

Hannah RennickeThe Philip and Lynn Rauch

Company Management Intern–Elizabeth FloydPropertiesProps Master–Jennifer StearnsAssistant Manager–Nathan Scheifele

Artisan–Samantha KuczynskiThe Kenneth C. and Elizabeth M. Lundeen

Properties Intern–Rachel Bennick

SceneryTechnical Director–Tom RuppAssistant Technical Director–Laura P. HillikerScene Shop Supervisor–Trevor GohrMaster Carpenter–Scott RichardsonCarpenters– Derek Lundmark, Hunter Montgomery,

WM Yarbrough, IIICarpentry Intern–Caitlin MagnessScenic ArtScenic Artist–Stephanie NimickScenic Art Intern–Maggie Foley

Stage ManagementResident Stage Managers–Captain Kate Murphy,

Laura SmithProduction Assistant–Lindsay EberlyStage Management Interns–Marian Jackson,

Kayla Whisman

Stage OperationsStage Carpenter–Eric L. BurtonWardrobe Supervisor–Linda Cavell

The following individuals and organizations contributed to this production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio PlayAssistant Lighting Designer– Benjamin Fichthorn Casting Assistants–Anna Ciamporcero, Carleen

McCarthyCasting Associate–Lauren O'ConnellCarpenters– Michael Cager, R. Castrence, Connie Frost

Chong, Mark HawkinsonElectricians– Lesley Boeckman, Alison Burris, Jake Epp,

Aaron Haag, Erin TeachmanWigs– Linda Cavell

Center Stage operates under an agreement between LORT and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

Musicians engaged by Center Stage perform under the terms of an agreement between Center Stage and Local 40-543, American Federation of Musicians.

Center Stage is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the nonprofit professional theater, and is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the national collective bargaining organization of professional regional theaters.

The Center Stage Program is published by:Center Stage Associates, Inc. 700 North Calvert Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202

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CONTACT INFORMATIONBox Office Phone 410.332.0033 Box Office Fax 410.727.2522 Administration 410.986.4000www.centerstage.org [email protected]

Material in the Center Stage performance program is made available free of charge for legitimate educational and research purposes only. Selective use has been made of previously published information and images whose inclusion here does not constitute license for any further re-use of any kind. All other material is the property of Center Stage, and no copies or reproductions of this material should be made for further distribution, other than for educational purposes, without express permission from the authors and Center Stage.

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