September 2011 Broke at the Alliance Theatre

September 23 – October 23, 2011

Series on the Hertz Stage

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16 IfItAin’tBroke… Award-winning playwright Janece Shaffer on her 4th Alliance production.

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Sometimes theatre distracts you from the world outside. And sometimes it gives you a light to shine on that world, to help you see a path. And once in a while — it can do both.

As I sit here writing a program letter for a play called Broke, the economic pundits are shifting their rhetoric from whether this is a double dip recession to how to chart a path through its quite evident presence. As we begin rehearsals for this play, we do so with a smaller staff than we had before that aforementioned recession, and with people all around us with firsthand knowledge of a spouse

who has lost his or her job. There’s nothing hypothetical about this play.

Janece Shaffer delights in a good story. She hoovers them out of people who would never think of themselves as forthcoming; I’ve watched her do it time and again. And lucky for all of us, she takes those riches, puts them in the spin cycle with what is happening in our world, and creates even better stories. These are stories for a kind of theatre that entertains us because it’s about something thick and human. Theatre that compels us not in spite of its direct collision with the complications of our lives — but because it hits us so squarely head on. It seems purely inevitable that this author has written a play called Broke.

So maybe this one’s about someone you know. Or maybe it’s about you. Either way — hold its hand. It knows the way.

Susan V. BoothJennings Hertz, Jr. Artistic Director

Since Black Monday in 1987, the American economy has exploded and crashed, exploded and crashed: 1990, 2001, 2008 ...

Janece Shaffer’s play, Broke, examines one family’s crash. It begins with the moment when everything changes. The primary bread winner, a corporate executive, loses her job.

This leads to the inevitable downsizing of household expenses, which is where the dramatic tension in Shaffer’s play springs from. What is stressful in real life translates into delicious fun in the theatre. Talking about finances is a tricky proposition. Defining necessity becomes a class issue. And class issues become particularly stressful in a society where

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“You can’t have everything.

Where would you put it?”

— Steven Wright

A bumpy economy inspires A new plAy

“The basic premise [of “the new normal”] is that we are in the midst of a major national and global realignment. The main catalyst was the financial crisis of 2008, but the underlying

factors have been there for a while. The question is: What does the world look like post-realignment? The world is on a bumpy

journey to a new destination and the New Normal.”— Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and co-chief investment officer of Pimco

class status is perceived to be fluid and defined in large part by spending habits. Disclosing decisions about money breaks social taboos. But as always in the theatre, what is difficult to discuss in “real” life can make a great play.

What interests Janece Shaffer isn’t stock market trends, recessions or GNP. She is interested in her neighbors in Atlanta. She is wonderful at listening and chronicling her hometown. And in the past few years, Atlanta has buzzed with many (often whispered or covert) discussions about money.

Broke portrays a specific family facing change in the wake of the “new normal.” Shrinking resources to cover expanding

responsibilities define our moment. This play allows Atlanta to come and experience this new normal together.

Please respond to the play with your stories, comments and reactions at www.alliancetheatre.org/broke.

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Broke: SynopsisThe Eliasons were living the American dream … granite countertops, Range Rovers and HDTV. And then 52-year-old Liz Eliason, a high-level marketing executive (and the major breadwinner in the household) comes home to her husband Jonathan with the news that she’s been fired. She is shocked; he is thrilled. With the wealth they have accrued from her career, they can now finally enjoy a life together. But when the company Liz has worked for goes under a few days later and, with it, a great part of their wealth, Liz, Jonathan and their 19-year-old daughter Missie — a student at NYU — are now facing a new reality. In this world of uncertainty, Broke asks: When it seems like everything is falling through your fingers, what (and who) do you hold on to?

discover us. discover you.Members of our community respond to the work on the stage

Our truest selves, the best and worst of us, are revealed in moments of crisis. Our compassion, our selfishness, our fear and our heroism fight it out with no certain winner. We survive. We regroup. We move on. Janece Shaffer’s Broke resonates with the truth that we are all flawed. We do our best; we hurt one another; we comfort one another; we need one another and we resent the needing. In Broke we discover that our deepest relationships are more tensile than fragile, stretching and bending to let us grow.

— Penny McPhee, president, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation


ALLIANCETHEATREpresents

Written by Janece Shaffer

Scenic Design by

Jack Magaw Costume Design by

Janice PytelLighting Design by

Pete ShinnSound Design by

Kendall Simpson

Directed by Jason Loewith

Production Stage Management by

lark hackshaw & R. Lamar Williams

Dramaturgy by

Celise KalkeCasting by

Jody Feldman& Harriet Bass

Hertz Stage Season Sponsored by:

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in alphabetical order

Galen Crawley .....................................................................................Missie Eliason*Tess Malis Kincaid .................................................................................... Liz Eliason*James M. Leaming ........................................................................... Jonathan Eliason*Elisabeth Omilami ................................................................................ Evalyn Rentas

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies never substitute for listed players

unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

Linda Carnes ....................................................................................... Evalyn Rentas Rachel Garner .......................................................................................... Liz Eliason Emma Jackson ....................................................................................Missie Eliason Alpha Trivette .................................................................................. Jonathan Eliason

*lark hackshaw ..........................................Production Stage Manager (through 10/09)*R. Lamar Williams .................................... Production Stage Manager (starting 10/11) Jayson T. Waddell ......................................... Stage Management Production Assistant

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

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

Special thanks to Scot Mann.

SETTING:Today. Right now. Atlanta.

ThERE wILL bE onE 15 MInUTE InTERMISSIon.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited, is a violation of United States Copyright Law and is an actionable Federal offense.

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GALEN CRAWLEy

TESS MALIS KINCAID

JAMES M. LEAMING

ELISAbETh OMILAMI

LINDA CARNES

RAChEL GARNER

EMMAJACKSON

ALPhATRIvETTE

GALEN CRAWLEY (Missie Eliason) is thrilled to be making her debut at the Alliance! You may have seen her this year as Erin in Married Alive (ART Station) or as Alexandra in The Little Foxes (Theatre in the Square). Regional credits include Sally in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Festival 56); Hair, Annie and Show Boat (The Little Theatre on the Square); and Hairspray, Annie and Hello, Dolly! (Arrow Rock Lyceum). She has a bFA in musical theatre from the Conservatory at webster University in St. Louis. Thanks to Mom and Dad for not turning her bedroom into a home gym, Devyn for liking SYTYCD, Dan for Skype hugs and her friends all over the country for their phone calls.

TEss MALis KiNCAid (Liz Eliason) appeared last season at the Alliance as barbara in August: Osage County. She has also appeared here in Moonlight and Magnolias, The Miracle Worker and Amadeus. Tess is an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare, where she has performed in Antony and Cleopatra, Noises Off, Titus Andronicus, The Odyssey, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Last year she traveled to San Francisco to perform in The Seagull at Marin Theatre Company. Tess has also worked at Actor’s Express, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Theatre in the Square, horizon Theatre, People’s Light & Theatre (Philadelphia) and nC Shakespeare Festival (eight seasons). Film/TV: I Can Do

Bad All By Myself and “house of Payne.” She received the 2010 Suzi bass Award for best actress in a play for Good Boys and True. She is married to actor Mark Kincaid, and they have a beautiful daughter, barbara Rose.

JAMEs M. LEAMiNG (Jonathan Eliason) AllianceTheatre debut. A Few Good Men, Peninsula Players; Tobacco Road, American blues Theater, Chicago; This Wonderful Life at Cleveland Playhouse (2010), Syracuse Stage (2009) and Asolo Repertory in Florida (2008); Devil’s Disciple, Winter’s Tale and Inventing Van Gogh. This season his one-person This Wonderful Life will play at Laguna Playhouse, Calif. In Chicago he has worked for Steppenwolf, northlight, Victory Gardens, Goodman, next and at Canamac Productions in Botanic Garden with his wife, Carmen Roman, directed by olympia Dukakis. he is a founding member of American blues Theater (1985). Training: American Conservatory Theatre (San Francisco), Second City (Chicago). Awards: After Dark best actor for The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon; Sarasota Magazine best actor and best show for This Wonderful Life; and a Joseph Jefferson Award for the set design of Tobacco Road. he is proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

ELisABETH OMiLAMi (Evalyn Rentas) is excited to return to the Alliance Theater stage after being away many years focusing on her non-profit, hosea Feed the hungry

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and homeless, and developing her television and film career. She still remembers the wonderful roles she’s played at the Alliance Theatre including Mrs. Fezziwig in David bell’s A Christmas Carol (ummm Christmas!). other Alliance performances include The Amen Corner and The Old Settler. with over 30 years experience on the professional theater stage Elisabeth can be seen most recently in the lifetime TV movie Marry Me and in the theatrical film The Blind Side. She thanks the Alliance for choosing her. her husband, actor Afemo omilami, was recently seen in Brokeology, so they have a running joke at home, which you can imagine. her filmography and stage credits can be seen at omilami.com

LiNdA CARNEs (US Evalyn Rentas) is an alumna of the Alliance Theatre Acting Program and was last seen as blanche Dubois in Desire, Desire, Desire; Grace Dunbar in scenes from The Nacirema Society…; and Flo in Picnic, all produced by the Acting Program. She performed Eve in the monologue, Past Eve, and the role of Carol in Watching Love in the 2010 Artist’s Showcase Atlanta at Seven Stages Theater. She appeared last as Clairee belcher in a community theater production of Steel Magnolias and is featured in the role of Julia brown in the AlphaFem Productions’ film, Chameleons. when not on stage Linda travels, cooks, engages in b.A.b.E.S., her charity and collects primitive art. She is an alumna of Drew University, Syracuse University and holds a doctorate from the University of Southern California. Linda is especially the proud mother of Chloë, a college student preparing to be an entrepreneur or marine biologist. She is represented by houghton Talent.

RACHEL GARNER (US Liz Eliason) Rachel is delighted to be working at the Alliance for the first time. An Atlanta native, she graduated from Emory University with a degree in Theater Studies. Previous Atlanta credits include Sy in Fair Use at Actor’s Express, Susan Smith in 1:23 at Synchronicity Theatre, and Pace in The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek at Theater Emory.

EMMA JACKsON (US Missie Eliason) nationally: The Ugly Duckling (Serenbe Playhouse, Atlanta), Meeting at the Elders’ Circle (JPEK Creative works, St. Louis), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (outlaw Style Thrance Company, Los Angeles). Internationally, Emma wrote, produced and

directed a bilingual adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk in Shamakhy, Azerbaijan. onscreen credits include The Spiderwick Chronicles and the short film Yellow. Emma holds a bFA from webster University’s Conservatory of Theater Arts.

ALPHA TRiVETTE (US Jonathan Eliason) is honored to be making his Alliance Theatre acting debut. his early credits include the CbS-TV film A Time to Triumph and Fox’s “America’s Most wanted.” After a career as a headlining stand-up comic and 25 years as a morning-radio personality, Alpha returned to acting with classes in the Alliance Theatre’s Education Department. he starred in a number of black-box presentations, including Once in a Lifetime, Our Town, Election Day, Splinters and showcase roles in Circle Mirror Transformation, August: Osage County and Man From Nebraska. Alpha stars in the long-running hit Peachtree Battle at the Ansley Park Playhouse. In the past year, Alpha has had featured film roles in Tiger Lily, Slice, The Ivy League, Encuntrate and upcoming roles in Slice II and Pimp. he is grateful to the Alliance Theatre for the confidence in offering this role and to his family for their love and support.

JANECE sHAFFER (Playwright) is an Atlanta native and nationally produced award-winning playwright. her play Managing Maxine (Edgerton Foundation new American Play Award, Gene-Gabriel Moore best new Play Award) was commissioned by the Alliance and premiered here under the direction of Susan V. booth in 2009 and then went on to the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota. Shaffer’s Brownie Points (2010 Gene-Gabriel Moore best new Play Award) debuted at Theatrical outfit and was produced in May 2011 at Seattle’s Taproot Theater. other Alliance credits include Bluish (also produced at Teatron Theatre, Toronto; the new Jewish Theatre, St. Louis; and Arizona Jewish Theatre Company, Phoenix), and her very first play, He Looks Great in a Hat. Shaffer’s newest work, With Love From the Pyramids of Atlanta was presented in a staged reading under the direction of Kenny Leon at True Colors Theatre Company in April 2011. Shaffer has also developed work at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Theatre J, Sacramento Theatre Company, horizon Theatre, San

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Diego Repertory Theatre and with new Rivers Dramatists. Shaffer dedicates this show to her wonderful family.

JAsON LOEWiTH (Director) won Lucille Lortel, outer Critics Circle and Jeff awards for best new Musical for Adding Machine: A Musical, which he co-wrote with composer Joshua Schmidt (off-broadway, 2008). Recent regional work as a director includes Crime and Punishment and Working It Out (baltimore CEnTERSTAGE), Adding Machine: A Musical (Studio Theatre, DC), and a dozen plays for Chicago’s next Theatre Company, where he served as artistic director from 2002-08. Those include the Chicago-area premieres of Dying City, Defiance, The Long Christmas Ride Home and Fabulation. while at next, he conceived and directed the world premiere of The American Dream Songbook, wrote and directed the world premiere of War With the Newts and produced Chicago premieres by Caryl Churchill, Suzan-Lori Parks, Carson Kreitzer, Sam Shepard, Dael orlandersmith and many more. he is a three-time nEA artistic excellence grantee, recipient of support from the Rockefeller MAP Fund and MacArthur’s International Connections Fund and a TCG new Generations Future Leaders grant. Jason lives in washington, D.C., where he is the executive director of the national new Play network.

JACK MAGAW (Scenic Designer) makes his Alliance Theatre debut with this production of Broke. Recent Chicago and regional theatre design credits include Gee’s Bend (Cincinnati Playhouse), Samuel J & K (Steppenwolf Theatre),Eclipsed and A Life (northlight Theatre), Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and Home (Court Theatre), Funny Girl (Drury Lane oakbrook), Mauritius (TheatreSquared), She Loves Me, The Old Settler and Picnic (writers’ Theatre), All My Sons (TimeLine Theatre), Radio Golf (Pittsburgh Public Theatre), Cabaret, A Flea in Her Ear and Winesburg, Ohio (Kansas City Repertory) and Bug (Redtwist Theatre), which he co-directed and designed with Kimberly Senior. he received Joseph Jefferson Award nominations for Picnic and Bus Stop (writers’ Theatre), Fences (Court Theatre) and Seven Guitars (Congo Square). Upcoming projects include Superior Donuts (Geva Theatre) and The Caretaker (writers’

Theatre). Mr. Magaw lives in Chicago with director Kimberly Senior and teaches design classes at both the Theatre School, DePaul University, and the Department of Theatre, northwestern University. jackmagaw.com

JANiCE PYTEL (Costume Designer) broadway: 33 Variations, I Am My Own Wife. Regional: Middletown, The Seafarer, Sonia Flew, The Last of the Boys, The Pain and the Itch and The Drawer Boy (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); A Streetcar Named Desire (williamstown Theatre Festival); Crime and Punishment (Centerstage); The Long Red Road (Goodman Theatre); Winesburg Ohio, The Glass Menagerie, and The Drawer Boy (Kansas City Rep); The Detective’s Wife, A Streetcar Named Desire, Picnic and The Savannah Disputation (writers’ Theatre); as well as productions with Center Theatre Group and Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Madison Rep, Indiana Rep, Court Theatre, hubbard Street Dance Company and numerous small theatres in Chicago. Janice is a member of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble in Chicago and is acting as its literary manager.

PETE sHiNN (Lighting Designer) is the master electrician for the Alliance Theatre. his most recent designs have been HONK!, Disney’s Mulan, Class of 3000 LIVE, Seussical: The Musical, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and Glengarry Glen Ross at the Alliance; Blood Knot, Keeping Watch and A Christmas Memory for Theatrical outfit. his previous designs have been with the Alliance Theatre (Alliance Stage and hertz Stage), Actor’s Express, horizon Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, George Street Playhouse and Delaware Repertory Theatre.

KENdALL siMPsON (Sound Designer & Composer) has designed and composed original scores for several Atlanta theaters including Georgia Shakespeare, Alliance Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, horizon Theatre, Theatrical outfit and Theater Emory. working in film, Simpson recently scored The Promotion (2011). other independent films include the The Etiquette Man, which has received top honors at several film festivals. Television credits include scores for “Sesame Street” and “Elmo” DVDs. Simpson’s most

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recent work for dance is a video, “disrepair,“ which was premiered at the 2009 American Dance Festival. other work includes Papillon, which was premiered by the Atlanta Symphony orchestra with Lee harper and Dancers. Simpson is also honored to have won two Suzi bass awards.

lark hackshaw (Production Stage Manager) Favorites include off-broadway: Langston in Harlem; Hoopz (Disney); Mama, I Want to Sing. Alliance Theatre: Bring It On: The Musical, Twist, Avenue X, August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf; Eurydice; Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies; Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; Jelly’s Last Jam; Five Guys Named Moe; Topdog/Underdog; King Hedley II; Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk; Wit; and How I Learned to Drive. national tours: Ain’t Misbehavin’; Noise/Funk starring Savion Glover; Dreamgirls starring Jennifer holliday. Regional theatre: Rejoice!, True Colors Theatre Company; Soldier’s Play, black Spectrum Theatre; Blues in the Night, Arena Stage; My Castle’s Rockin’, n. Carolina black Repertory; Grease, Muny Theatre; Dance: Urban Nutcracker; The Leopard Tale, ballethnic Dance Company. other credits: An Evening With Carol Burnett; line producer/executive assistant to producing artistic director, north Carolina national black Theatre Festival 1997–present.

CELisE KALKE (Director of New Projects) is proud to work on her third world premiere with Janece Shaffer (Bluish, Managing Maxine and now Broke). Celise joined the staff of the Alliance in 2005. She has grown the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition to include new York readings, a festival in Atlanta, new play workshops across the country and was dramaturg for world premieres at the Alliance (Carapace, Tennis in Nablus, Smart Cookie, In the Red and Brown Water and False Creeds). She was the director of the literary department at the Public Theater in new York, working with writers such as John Guare, Diana Son, Tracey Scott wilson and Stephen Adly Guirgis, and the production dramaturg for Shakespeare in Central Park productions. At the Public she worked with such well-known actors such as Jeffrey wright, Mos Def, ben Stiller, Jimmy Smits, Peter Dinklage and Rosie Perez. She was an Artistic Associate at next Theatre in

Chicago, working with Jason Loewith on War With the Newts and was featured in American Theatre as one of 25 American theatre leaders of the future.

JOdY FELdMAN (Associate Producer) has been the head of casting for the Alliance Theatre since 1991. She has cast more than 200 LoRT b, D and TYA productions for the Alliance including a wide range of classical, contemporary and world premiere dramas and musicals. She has worked with such directors as Susan V. booth, Kenny Leon, David h. bell, Kent Gash, Doug hughes, Gary Griffin, Molly Smith and Andy blankenbuehler. Since the Alliance is a center for new play development and productions, Jody has been privileged to cast a large number of new plays including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, Flyin’ West and Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell McCraney, and world premiere musicals such as Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical, and Bring It On: The Musical. Jody also serves as the casting director for Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company and is working as Atlanta casting director for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Tribute in washington, D.C., and the feature film Charming the Hearts of Men. Jody began her theatre career as an actress and then as assistant general manager of the Academy Theatre with Frank wittow. More than anything, Jody would like to thank you for being here to share the joy of live theatre with her Alliance Theatre family.

susAN V. BOOTH (Jennings Hertz, Jr. Artistic Director)

Susan joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001. She initiated the Collision Project, the national Graduate Playwriting Competition, created local

producing partnerships and overseen regional and commercial partnerships including 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, which she also directed. She has directed nationally at theatres including Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, new York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens and many

others. She holds degrees from Denison and northwestern Universities and was a fellow of the national Critics Institute. She has held teaching positions at northwestern and DePaul Universities, and currently with Emory University. She is immediate past president of the board for Theatre Communications Group (national service organization for the field), is an advisor for the Steinberg Charitable Trust, and serves on the board of the Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal. [email protected]

ROsEMARY NEWCOTT (The Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families) has been working and playing at the Alliance Theatre since 1988. Some favorite Alliance directing credits

include Honk!, Middle School the Musical (world premiere); Disney’s Mulan; Class of 3000, LIVE (world premiere); Goodnight, Moon; Go, Dog Go!; Seussical the Musical; Degas’ Little Dancer; Disney’s Aladdin; A Christmas Carol; Einstein Is a Dummy (world premiere); The Miracle Worker; Ferdinand the Bull; Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse; Androcles and the Lion; The Hobbit; and the acclaimed high school Collision Project. newcott has directed at horizon Theatre, Theatrical outfit, Center for Puppetry Arts, Academy Theatre, Pittsburgh CLo, Virginia Stage Company, Seaside Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, the Kennedy Center and all over Atlanta. She was named PbA Lexus Leader of the Arts and best director by the Atlanta Journal Constitution for the 2001-2002 season. In 2005, she received the GTC Distinguished Career Award. newcott is also the recipient of a Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship and the 2010 Suzi bass Spirit Award. She is on the board of TYA/USA.

about the alliance theatre


Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre remains closely tied to the cultural identity of Atlanta, growing as the city has grown. in 1977, the Alliance merged with the Atlanta children’s Theatre (1929) to include Atlanta’s youngest audiences in fully produced theatrical experiences. in 1979, the Alliance created the Theatre School (now the Acting Program and Education Department) in order to strengthen the relationship with our community. in 2007, under the leadership of Susan Booth, Artistic Director, the Alliance received the regional Theatre Tony Award®.

The Alliance has created a large body of new work: world premiere musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent regional productions; the plays of early career playwrights through the Kendeda/Alliance National graduate Playwright competition; work on a nationally watched stage, launching and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community; and original plays for young audiences at every age level.

The Alliance takes great pride in our educational programming through the institute for Educators and Teaching Artists, community education including classes for all ages and abilities of theatre interest; and adult student productions of unproduced plays in development. Twice recognized by the Federal Department of Education as leaders in the field of arts education, these programs reflect the Alliance’s commitment to arts access.

The Alliance Theatre strives to set the highest artistic standards and create the powerful experience of shared theatre for a diverse audience. Above all else, we value excellence, pursued with integrity and creativity, and achieved through collaboration.

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T o hear Janece Shaffer tell it, you might think the Atlanta playwright

fell into her career. When she went to grad school at Georgia State, she pursued a film degree; her first script, He Looks Great in a Hat, was a screenplay for her master’s thesis. Fortunately, good friend, and former Alliance Artistic Director, Kenny Leon recognized the screeplay’s potential for theatrical adaptation and offered to do the show at the Alliance. Now, 15 years later, the award-winning scribe has had her plays produced at Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit and Jewish Theatre of the South, among others in Atlanta and around the country. Her latest play, Broke, marks her fourth Alliance Theatre production.

You’ve been writing for the stage for 15 years now. What are the biggest lessons you’ve learned? I really work hard to make those people onstage feel as real as possible. I feel my best when there is that kind of identification where people say, “I’ve said that,” or, “I’m just like that!” I am also very much about telling Atlanta stories and sending those out into the world. I’ve learned the art of really listening to people around me and that, for me, the longer the scene is the stronger it is because you don’t have that constant reminder that you’re watching

a play. I love it when it just feels live in the moment.

What is your writing process like?I work and rewrite until opening night, literally. Even as we’re talking about Broke, it’s still unfolding. I will rewrite all through rehearsals. Once we have an audience, I will surely be doing rewrites like crazy. It’s really important to me when I cast that I get people who are team players, because there’s going to be chunks of new pages every day. I want to try everything that I can on people, and then tailor to the voices in the room as I continue to refine the story.

What was the inspiration behind Broke? I was having a discussion with my husband about bills, and then I went to open a bottle of wine and thought, “Why do we have a $90 corkscrew?” We are very modest people, but we have a $90 corkscrew called “The Rabbit!” Then I had a number of friends who lost their jobs and were having really tough discussions, like “What is it that matters most to us?” So it’s about losing your job, but it’s also about losing what defines you. Without the staff, the title, the schedule, what is it that makes me, me? What is the priority in our lives? Some of the choices we make are crazy.

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Dan ReardonVictoria PalefskyHoward L. FeinsandPatrick J. Gunning

James L. AndersonJoe BankoffKenny BlankMark CallawaySteve ChaddickAlan ColbergLinda DavidsonPhilippa V. EllisDaryl EvansReade FahsA.D. FrazierLaura HardmanLila Hertz

Jocelyn HunterRosthema Viener KastinJames KilbergJeff LevyValarie LischerCynthia H. MaloyAlan McKeonS. Alan McKnight, Jr.John Hays MershonHala ModdelmogPhilip H. MoïseMaureen MorrisonRichard S. Myrick

Scarlet Pressley-BrownHelen Smith PriceMaurice M. RosenbaumWilliam B. RowlandStephen SeligDebbie SheltonWilliam D. SleeperH. Bronson SmithKaren SpiegelCharles E. TaylorRobert WalkerPeter D. WeitznerP.J. Younglove Hovey

Rita M. AndersonKenneth L. BernhardtFrank S. ChewAnn W. Cramer

George GoodwinHelen M. RegensteinRobert E. Reiser, Jr.Jane E. Shivers

Sally G. TomlinsonBenjamin T. White

Madelyn AdamsJudy AndersonTracie ArnoldNeil BarclayCandace BellMark BellBarry BerlinVeronica BigginsSarah Robinson

BordersErin BrownStephen BrownDonna BurchfieldSusan CallawayJames Cox ChambersRon ClarkTony ConwayRichard CraveyJackie CushmanSallie DanielDebbie DermerJohn Deushane

Patricia L. DickeySally DorseyEnid DraluckCyndee DubrofDiane DurginCharles EdwardsJo Roberson EdwardsRandi EmermanKathryn FarleyEllen FeinsandValerie FergusonBarry FlinkJay FreerMargie GoheenLisa GreenbergJennifer HaleValerie Hartman LevyVirginia HepnerStephanie HuskPam JenkinsAndrea JonesJohn Keller

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Anne Joyner SheehanBrian SheplerCindy SheplerLinda SilbermanChandra Stephens-

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WalkerVeda StoreyTodd TautfestSusan TuckerWayne VasonLynda WalkerA. Penniman Wells, Jr.Rick WesternMary WilliamsSuzy WilnerJoni WinstonPaul Wolpe

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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.

By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2011-12 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 43. help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 43 years by making another

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★★★★★★★ $250,000+The Coca-Cola Company Kendeda Fund U.S. Department of Education

★★★★★★ $100,000+Delta Air Lines, Inc. Fulton County Arts Council

The Shubert Foundation

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

★★★★★ $50,000+Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles

The Home Depot

North Highland Company

Target

Zeist Foundation

★★★★ $25,000+The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

AT&T

Callaway Foundation, Inc.

City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Georgia Council for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

Publix Super Markets Charities

Rich Foundation

Theatre Communications Group (TCG)

Wilmington Trust

David, Helen & Marian Woodward

Foundation

★★★ $10,000+American Intercontinental University

Atlanta Foundation

Cartoon Network

Georgia Pacific Foundation

Georgia Power

John H. and Wilhelmina D.

Harland Foundation

Premiere Global Services, Inc.

Price Gilbert Jr. Charitable Trust

Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

★★ $5,000+AON

Bryan Cave

Duke Realty Corporation

GV Financial Advisors

John and Mary Franklin Foundation

Harry Norman Realtors

Jones Day

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Plum Creek

Sharp Electronics

SunTrust

Wells Fargo Foundation

WXIA-TV

★ $2,500+Digital Arts Studio The Suzuki School

Alliance Theatre is a participant in the New Generations Program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for American theatre.


sponsors

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official hotel

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Wellness Partner

restaurant Partners

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

official Staffing consultant

Digital marketing Partner

marketing Partner

research Partner

Atlantic Station

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annual fund

DCD I R E C T O R ’ S C I R C L E

A L L I A N C E T H E A T R E

★★★★ $35,000+

★ $10,000-$14,999The Balloun FamilyLisa & Joe BankoffSusan V. Booth & Max LeventhalMark & Ansley CallawayAlan & Chi ColbergAnn & Jeff CramerMr. Tony L. ConwayLinda & Gene DavidsonMarcia & John DonnellMr. & Mrs. A. D. Frazier, Jr.Matthew & Doris GellerDavid & Carolyn GouldMr. & Mrs. Patrick J. GunningValerie Hartman Levy

Doug & Lila HertzJocelyn J. HunterAndrea & Boland JonesJohn & Angie KellerMr. & Mrs. James C. KennedyMrs. J. Hicks LanierJeff LevyMr. & Mrs. Steven J. ModdelmogMaureen & Angus MorrisonRichard S. & Winifred B. MyrickBob & Margaret ReiserPatricia & Maurice RosenbaumLinda & Stephen SeligMr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton III

Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson SmithJohn & Karen SpiegelChandra Stephens-Albright

& Warren AlbrightCharlita Stephens-Walker, Charles

& Delores StephensChuck & Lisa Cannon-TaylorMr. & Mrs. Ramon ToméMr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr.Rick & Terri WesternRamona & Ben WhiteSuzy Wilner

ToP biLLiNGExecutive Producers ★★ $7,500-$9,999

James AndersonThe Arthur m. Blank Family Foundation

Paul & rosthema Kastinmelanie & S. Alan mcKnight, Jr.

P.J. Younglove hovey

Executive Producers ★ $5,000-$7,499Peg & Bill Balzercandace & Jeff BellSarah & Jim BordersFrank & mary Anne chewEve & Bob EckardtDr. & mrs. Edmond i. griffinJay & Debbie goldman

Dr. & mrs. John B. hardmanKathy harrismr. & mrs. J. michael hostinskyPhilip i. Kent Foundationcynthia & Alan maloymr. & mrs. John hays mershonmr. Walter W. mitchell

Phil & caroline moïsemr. & mrs. Kenyon murphyhelen Smith Pricemr. & ms. hugh S. rippsDr. & mrs. Dennis lee Spangler

Producers ★★ $3,500-$4,999Kathy & Ken Bernhardtmr. Stephen Brown

& Dr. Bayley royermr. & mrs. W. Kent canipe

mr. Dick Dickson & ms. Yin locharles & carol EdwardsPhilippa & Burrell Ellismr. & mrs. rick Fuess

lubo Fundmrs. helen m. regensteinWilliam & margarita Sleeper

Barbara & Steve chaddick Victoria & howard Palefsky Sally g. Tomlinson

★★★ $25,000-$34,999

★★ $15,000-$24,999mr. & mrs. howard Feinsand James Starr moore memorial Foundation Dan & garnet reardon

James & Lori KilbergStephen & Marjorie Osheroff

Patty & Doug ReidJoni Winston

Southern States llcmrs. Susan Beallor-Snyder

& mr. Stuart Snyder

ms. Beryl Bergquistron & lisa Brill charitable TrustDr. & mrs. Thomas h. callaway

John & lucy cookmr. & mrs. Edward S. croft iiirichard & linda Diedrich

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499


annual fund

JoAnne & charles S. Ackermanmadelyn r. AdamsJudge gregory A. Adams

& Wanda AdamsDiane & Kent AlexanderElaine & miles AlexanderDr. & mrs. raymond AllenTheodore & Andrea Altholzrita & Ted AndersonJudy m. Anderson, georgia Power co.herbert & myrtice ArnoldElizabeth & John Baconmrs. Susan Beallor-Snyder

& mr. Stuart Snydermark & Pam Bellmr. & mrs. Ted r. Benningms. Ann B. Bishopms. Pamela l. Blackburnmr. ron l. clark, Jr.Akbar cojoemr. & mrs. James l. curryms. Sallie Adams Danielms. Diana DePintoms. Patricia l. Dickeyms. cydnee Dubrof

& mr. robert mcDonoughcharles & carol Edwardsralph & ree EdwardsDr. & mrs. Norman Elliottms. Elizabeth r. Etollms. gail h. EvansKathryn T. Farley, PhDmichael & Jody Feldman

ms. Valerie FergusonDr. & mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotinmelanie & richard FineAndy FisherDr. cynthia J. Fordyce

& Sharon hulettemr. craig garrettmr. Joe gfallermr. & mrs. John J. gillinDale r.F. goodmanmr. & mrs. Seth greenberglouise Staton gunnrachel & mike hammerJohn & Simone hansonDr. & mrs. John B. hardmanms. Kristin hathaway hansen

& mr. Norman hansenEtta raye hirschPearlann & Jerry horowitzTycho & marie howle FoundationJocelyn J. huntermr. & mrs. Joseph hurleymr. & mrs. harold itkinrichard & marcia Jacobsonms. caroline JohnVeronique & Baxter Jonesmr. & mrs. richard Krugerms. carolyn lawsonconchita heyn & robert lichtefeldlubo FundDick lyonm.c. Jackson, Sr. Family Foundationmr. & mrs. Nathan metzger

mr. & ms. michael J. millettmr. Patrick millettJune m. morrisonmr. & mrs. charles moseleyJoyce & michael Natbonymr. Joseph Northingtonmrs. & mrs. Solon PattersonBill & carey PeardPeg PetersenSam & Barbara PettwayDon & rosalinda ratajczakmr. & mrs. John richardPeter & Alice rogersDr. & mrs. charles rosenbergDavid & Sharon Schachterms. christine Schneidermr. Kevin D. Seawaymr. & mrs. Timothy E. Sheehanmr. Brian Shively & mr. Jim Jinhongmr. & mrs. mark Silbermanmartin & Patricia SilbigerPaul V. Spiegl, Sr. mDDante’s Down the hatch, Buckheadin honor of carol Jones

& the Alliance Theatre Education Department

Jim & Janie Stratigosmrs. & mr. otha Sydnorms. Victoria SylvainDr. & mrs. Kenneth g. Taylorlanier-goodman Foundationchad Thornhilllynda & richard Walker

Associate Producers $1,500-$2,499

Alliance 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 August 1, 2011

Douglas & camille DuerrDiane DurginEierman FoundationDiane & Daryl EvansAlan & Willa Fabianmr. & mrs. reade Fahsms. Beryl Farrismr. & mrs. Barry goheenDr. & mrs. Edmond i. griffinmr. & mrs. lance E. hallJoan & David herskovitsmr. & mrs. James E. hugh, iiimr. clay Jacksonmr. & mrs. mark A. Jungers

David l. Kunianskyleslie leigh m.D.Kristie l. madaraDedi & Julian mohrJodi & henry NidenDr. Kathleen Nixon

& Dr. gregory BerkeyJohn & helen Parkermonica K. PearsonSusan & David Petersonms. lynne raganmr. Travis reedBill & rhonda rowlandAlan & cyndy Schreihofer

Sonny & Jeanne Sealsmichele & glenn Shearcharlotte & Tom ShieldsJane E. Shivershenry N. & margaret P. StaatsProcore SolutionsKaren & Alex StickneyTAYlAr Development & AssociatesBalfour Beatty constructionmichael & June TompkinsTroutman Sanders llPSusan & Tom WardellPenn & Sally WellsJohn & Kathy Zamer

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 (cont.)

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Legacy 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, please contact Kristin hathaway hansen, Director of Development, at 404.733.4611.

rita m. AndersonAnonymousBetty Blondeau-russellJim & Anne BreedloveAnn & Jeff cramermr. & mrs. Edward S. croft, iiiSallie Adams Daniellinda & gene Davidsonlaura & John hardman

glen E. & Nancy heslerP.J. Younglove hoveyWilliam c. hydeVirginia Vann & Ken largemr. & mrs. John hays mershonmr. & mrs. John mccolskeyPhil & caroline moïseJan Pomerantzhelen m. regenstein

Bob & margaret reiserNeal & Tricia Schachtelmr. & mrs. charles B. Shelton, iiiJane E. ShiversWayne & lee harper Vasonrick & Terri Westernramona & Ben Whitelynne 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 Express companyAmerican honda motor co., inc.Aon corporationAT&TBank of AmericaBryan cave-Powell goldsteincharles Schwab and co., inc.chubb & Son, inc.cigNA corporationcitigroup Foundation

The coca-cola companyEquifax inc.Federated Department Stores, inc.gE Energyhome Depot FoundationiBm corporationJPmorgan Private BankKimberly-clark Foundationmacy’s FoundationmcDonald’s corporation

merrill lynch & co., incNDchealthNorfolk Southern corporationPrudential FinancialSprintSunTrust FoundationTime Warner, inc.UPSVerizon corporation

Alliance 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 August 1, 2011

mr. Alex & mr. marc D. WeinbergJ.m. Wilkerson construction company

mr. & mrs. John A. Williamsmr. & mrs. D. Brent Wyper

mr. & mrs. Erwin Zaban

Associate Producers $1,500-$2,499 (cont.)

gene g. Abel, m.D. & Nora harlowmr. & mrs. howell Adams, Jr.ms. & mr. Jody l. Andrademr. & mrs. robert Arogetims. Karen Beardsleemr. & mrs. george Boydms. Barbara Bradyms. Erin A. Brown

& ms. regine clementmr. michael J. colesAlice J. cunninghammr. & mrs. David E. Dermerms. Jo r. Edwardsms. Diane hockstaderlinda & richard hubertmr. robert A. Jetmundsen

gordon l. Joyner, Esq.mr. & mrs. Peter g. Kessenichmr. & mrs. David E. Kiefermark & Brenda lichtensteinPrintpack inc. & The gay

& Erskine love Fdn.mr. Alan B. mcKeon & ms. Evelyn AshleyJim & Jo mcleanSally & Tom mcNultyAvery & Valerie munningsAnn Starr & Kent Nelsonmr. & mrs. lynn NewportDr. & mrs. Stephen i. oppenheimermr. & mrs. markham D. oswaldDr. Susan rifkin & mr. David rifkinmr. John A. Sabine

Kevin Sangstonmr. & mrs. ross W. SchiavoSimon Schwob Foundation, inc.mr. & mrs. Brian Sheplermr. & mrs. gerald SilverboardDr. odessa K. Spragginsmrs. c. Preston Stephensmaria-ruth Stortsmr. Todd A. Tautfest & mr. Kevin EschThe Elster FoundationDr. William Torresms. Kimberly Tribble

& mr. mark S. langeDr. & mrs. Bruce Y. Tylerlynne Winshipms. Amy Zeldin

Benefactors $1,000-$1,499 (cont.)

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Patron Circle of StarsBy investing $15,000 or more in The Woodruff Arts Center and its divisions — the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences — these outstanding Annual Corporate Campaign donors helped us raise more than $8.8 million last year. Thank you!

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★★★★★★★★★★★★$500,000+The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. UPS

★★★★★★★★★★$450,000+Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WSB-TV, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, James M. Cox Foundation

The Honorable Anne Cox Chambers

★★★★★★★★★$200,000+AT&T The Community Foundation

for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte LLP, its Partners

& Employees Ernst & Young, Partners

& EmployeesThe Home Depot Foundation Jones Day Foundation

& Employees The Klaus Family FoundationPricewaterhouseCoopers

Partners & Employees Mabel Dorn Reeder FoundationTurner Broadcasting System, Inc.

★★★★★★★★$150,000+Alston & Bird LLP Equifax Inc. & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. SunTrust Bank Employees & Trusteed Foundations Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust

Walter H. & Marjory M. Rich Memorial Fund

Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust

Greene-Sawtell FoundationWells Fargo

★★★★★★★$100,000+AirTran Airways Bank of AmericaDelta Air Lines, Inc. Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding LLP KPMG LLP, Partners

& Employees The Marcus Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore FoundationNovelis, Inc.Regions Financial Corporation Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund

★★★★★★$75,000+Holder Construction CompanyThe Sartain Lanier Family

Foundation, Inc.Patty & Doug Reid Family

Foundation

★★★★★$50,000+AGL Resources Inc. Lisa & Joe BankoffCiscoCoca-Cola Enterprises Ann & Jay DavisDoosan Infracore InternationalFrank Jackson Sandy Springs

Toyota and ScionGMT Capital CorporationBeth & Tommy HolderING Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas IvesterKilpatrick Townsend

& Stockton LLP Newell RubbermaidPrimericaDarrick Stephens

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLPThe Zeist Foundation, Inc.

★★★★$35,000+Accenture & Accenture EmployeesKatharine & Russell Bellman

FoundationMr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. GE EnergyThe Imlay Foundation, Inc. Invesco PLC Norfolk Southern, Employees

& Foundation SCANA Energy Siemens Industry, Inc.Harris A. Smith Troutman Sanders LLP Frances Wood Wilson

Foundation, Inc.

★★★$25,000+Air Serv CorporationAssurant Atlanta Companies Assurant Solutions Assurant Specialty PropertyAtlanta Foundation Julie & Jim Balloun BB&T CorporationBDO USA, LLPLaura & Stan BlackburnBrysan Utility Contractors, Inc.ChartisCIGNA FoundationCousins Properties IncorporatedCrawford & Company Drummond Company, Inc.Eisner Family FoundationFirst Data CorporationFord & Harrison LLPGenuine Parts Company Georgia-Pacific Jack & Anne Glenn Foundation, Inc.IBM Corporation Infor Global Solutions


Sarah & Jim KennedyPhilip I. Kent Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth

Lee Foundation, Inc.LexisNexis Risk SolutionsThe Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Livingston Foundation, Inc.Macy’s Foundation McKinsey & Company, Inc. Katherine John Murphy

FoundationPiedmont Charitable

Foundation, Inc.J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell

Charitable Trust Mary & Craig RamseyRock-Tenn Company Richard D. ShirkSouthwire CompanySpectrum BrandsTowers WatsonWaffle House, Inc. Gertrude & William C.

Wardlaw FundWaste Management Charitable

FoundationYancey Bros. Co.

★★$15,000+22squared, inc. A. E. M. Family FoundationACE Charitable FoundationAcuity Brands, Inc.AGCO CorporationAlix PartnersAlvarez & MarsalArnall Golden Gregory LLPThe Partners & Employees of

Atlanta Equity InvestorsAtlanta Marriott Marquis Beaulieu Group, LLC Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. MorrisThe Arthur M. Blank Family

Foundation The Boston Consulting Group

Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch George M. Brown Trust Fund

of Atlanta, GeorgiaBryan Cave LLPBuck ConsultantsThe Capital Group Companies

Charitable FoundationTalela & Beauchamp CarrRoxanne & Jeffrey CashdanCB Richard EllisCenter Family Foundation Mr. Charles Center Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene BermanThe Chatham Valley

Foundation, Inc.Chick-fil-A, Inc.CornerCap Investment CounselAnn & Jeff CramerDLA Piper Duke Realty Corporation Egon Zehnder InternationalExide TechnologiesFeinberg Charitable TrustMr. & Mrs. Frank L. FernandezFifth Third BankRobert Fornaro John & Mary Franklin

Foundation, Inc. Gas South, LLC Georgia Natural Gas Dolores & Javier C. GoizuetaGrant Thornton LLPHarland Clarke HD Supply The Howell Fund, Inc. ICS Contract Services, LLC JamestownJenny & Phil JacobsMr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family

Foundation Ingrid Saunders JonesDavid & Jennifer Kahn Family

Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Muhtar KentKurt Kuehn & Cheryl DavisLanier Parking SolutionsThe Latham Foundation Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy FundKarole & John LloydLockheed Martin Aeronautics

Company Marsh-MercerMcKenna Long & Aldridge LLPMohawk Industries, Inc.Mueller Water Products, Inc.Noonan Family FoundationGail & Bob O’LearyVicki R. PalmerThe Sally & Peter Parsonson

Foundation, Inc.Paul, Hastings, Janofsky

& Walker LLP Printpack Inc./The Gay

& Erskine Love Foundation David M. Ratcliffe J. Mack Robinson InterestsFrances & Jesse A. Sasser, Jr.Emily Winship Scott FoundationSelig Enterprises, Inc./

The Selig FoundationSkanska USA Building Inc.Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Superior Essex Inc. Sysco AtlantaTriMont Real Estate Advisors, Inc.United Distributors, Inc. WATL/WXIA/Gannett FoundationJohn F. WielandMr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams Womble Carlyle Sandridge

& Rice, PLLCCarla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees

*As of May 31, 2011


alliance theatre staffARTIsTICJennings hertz, Jr. Artistic Director ...............................Susan V. BoothSally g. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth .........................................Rosemary NewcottAssociate Producer ....................................................... Jody FeldmanDirector of New Projects ................................................... Celise KalkeArtist in Dialogue ..............................................................Pearl CleageArtistic Associate .............................................................Bari Newportcommunity Engagement & casting ............................DayRon J. MilesArtistic Assistant ..................................................................William IllgArtistic intern ...........................................................Margo Moskowitzliterary intern ....................................................................Jirèh HolderKenny leon Fellow ............................................................Elliott Dixon

EDuCATIONDirector of Educational Programs .............................. Christopher MosesDirector of the Acting Program..............................................Al HamacherDirector, institute for Educators and Teaching Artists ..........Carol T. JonesAssistant Director, institute for Educators and Teaching Artists .............................Michele MummertEducation Development manager ......................................Sharon BrewerEducation coordinator & Producer of Drama camps .. Christina Dresserinstitute for Educators & Teaching Artists Assistant..............Padgett WardEducation Assistant .............................................................Rachel JonesTheatre for the Very Young coordinator ............................... Olivia Astonresident Artist in Education .......................................... Patrick McColeryresident Teaching Artists ............Kim Bowers-Rheay, Valetta AndersonTeaching Artists ................................Ricardo Aponte, Paul Armbruster,

Denise Arribas, Corey Bradberry, Enisha Brewster, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, John Doyle, Sharon Foote,

Allison Gardner, Kimberly Geter, Holly Godwin, Amy Handler, Bart Hansard, Angie Harrell, Michael Haverty, Laura Heckman,

Lesley Howe, BJ Hughes, John Jaramillio, Rachel Jones, LeeAnna Lambert, Amy Lucas, Barry Stewart Mann,

Morgan McCrary, Michele McCullough Hazard, Bryan Mercer, Tracy V. Moore, Kati Grace Morton, Jessica Muhammad,

Sarah Lancaster Cave, Karen Ramps, Claire Ritzler, Manny Rivers, Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert,

Don Slaton, Sheri Mann Stewart, Ambondem Tazano, Clint Thornton, Shirnest Tolbert,

Allison upshaw, Jeanene Williams

AdmINIsTRATIoNgeneral manager .............................................................. Max Leventhalcompany manager .......................................................... Laura Thrustonmanagement Assistant ...........................................................Alicia Quirkmanager of information resources ....................................... Jim Hubbert

FINANCEDirector of Finance & Administration .................................... Brian ShivelyAccounting coordinator ..............................................................Julie HallAccounting coordinator ..................................................Ashley Bradford

dEvELoPmENTDirector of Development .................................Kristin Hathaway Hansenmajor contributions manager...........................................Maya Robinsoncorporate relations officer ....................................................Paige SmithDevelopment coordinator ..........................................Janet AbercrombieSpecial Events & Board manager ..............................Lindsey HardegreeSpecial Events & Board Assistant .............................................April CaseDevelopment Volunteer ..................................................Elaine Hentschel

mARkETINgDirector of marketing..............................................................Gary SayersBrand manager ............................................................... Caroline TannerPublic relations manager ........................................ Kathleen CovingtonDigital Brand manager ............................................................John Maleygraphic Designer ...............................................................Nadine Chengmarketing intern ..............................................................Courtney Eptingmarketing Volunteer ................................................................... Don Vanngroup Sales manager ...................................................Quidana Bosmangroup Sales coordinator ..................................................Laura PeacockBrand coordinator ...............................................................Emily BrysonPatron Services manager. ......................................................... Shana Orrhouse managers .............................Olivia Aston, Dana Hylton Calabro,

Christina Dresser, Lindsey Hardegree, Ken McNeil, Alicia Quirk, Lynn Vatter

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

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Production ManagementProduction manager .......................................................Rixon Hammond

Stage ManagementAlliance Stage managers ...............................Pat A. Flora, lark hackshaw,

R. Lamar WilliamsTYF Stage manager .................................................................Liz CampbellTYF Stage management Production Assistant ................. Amy Radebaughhertz Stage management Production Assistant ...........Jayson T. Waddell

Stage OperationsStage operations manager ..................................................Scott Bownecrew chief ...................................................................... Vincent SimonsTYF crew chief ....................................................................Deb MaberryProperties Stagehand ....................................................Courtney O’NeillFlyman ...................................................................................Willie Parks

ElectricsElectrics manager ......................................................................Pete ShinnStaff Electricians .................. Sean Hamilton, Steve Jordan, Jenn Trippe

Soundresident Sound Designer ..................................................... Clay BenningSound Engineers/Board ops ..............Holly Blakely, Hidenori Nakajo,

Brian Smith

SceneryTechnical Director ...............................................................Victor W. SmithAssistant Technical Director ......................................................Megan KierShop Foreman ....................................................................Patrick Conleycarpenters....... Manny Abreo, Jes Cottrell, Kevin Green, Jessica Rohdecharge Scenic Artist ..................................................................Kat ConleyScenic Artist ......................................................................Christa Seekatz

PropertiesProperties manager ..............................................................Robert ElliottProps lead Artisan .......................................................... Suzanne MorrisProperties Buyer Artisan .............................................Heather SchroederProperties Artisan ................................................................. Brian MarinoProperties Apprentice ............................................. Noelle Jean-Baptiste

Costumescostume Shop manager ................................................Carol HammondDesign Assistant....................................English Benning, Emily KramerDraper ....................................................Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou Whocraftsmaster ................................................................. Diana L. ThomasStitchers/First hands ......Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Maegan RobinsonWig master ........................................................................Robert NavarreWardrobe ............................................................ John Hardy, Niki Traxler

Additional LaborWardrobe ............................................................................... Jenna LeithStagehand ........................................................................... Paul Prickett

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Why would you have surgery anywhere else?

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September 2011 Broke at the Alliance Theatre

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